You will get to shout me at long last (after putting up with your jokes on FB 
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375 mls is also a normal can- only sheilas drink small bottles.
Oh yeah, thats moi alma mater.
I was in charge of the sheep dip.
As others have noted, you can now buy a schooner in Melbourne, but it’s a different size to a Sydney schooner and I’m not sure what they use in Adelaide - they’re all messed up they consider West End to be Beer.
Now you have to be prepared to walk into a country pub in NSW and ask for a pony. If you have your mum with you get her a pony shandy.
Not that I saw. I actually was sad enough to check. 425ml, same as NSW.
Now, this is a weird thing. I’ve actually done as you described and ordered a pony or a “seven” for my mum. In the past this was no worries, but in recent years I’ve found a lot of NSW pubs no longer carry the glasses. Smallest is a middy. Similarly, twenty years ago, the middy was what was in the hand of about half the drinkers in a pub, but now it seems to be well on the decline. Everybody seems to be drinking schooners. I’ve seen similar in Victoria, where the seven ounce used to be the thing, and drinking a pot was a bit blokey, but now I never see the seven down there, and pots themselves are starting to give way to schooners (but more usually, pints).
Note to Brits reading this: a schooner is simply a 3/4 pint. IMHO, it is a bloody sensible measure.
Shoot for relocating to Perth. There’s a band out of there that I’d love to see live sometime, Boom! Bap! Pow!: "Suit" and "My World" live: Boom! Bap! Pow! at TEDxPerth - YouTube
So, how are the travel plans coming along, Vunderbob?
Started packing. A Nigerian prince will be delivering our visas any day now.
Yes, I buy schooners in Melbourne. Don’t forget to answer questions with, “Yeah, no”. As in, “Did your team win on Saturday?” “Yeah, no, they got thrashed”.
Most words are pronounced like baby talk, i.e. Brissie=Brisbane, Tassie=Tasmania, Firey=Fireman, Tinnie= can of beer, Barbie= BBQ, sunnies= sun glasses, Footy= Football, Cossie=bathing costume (bathers).
Hang about cobber, that’s a Kiwismism…dang summut like that. We have a national tv campaign explaining it to the POMS and Aussies.
Yeah Nah. That is Kiwi.
It’s Aussie too. 90% of Aussie rules players say it when asked about the game on TV.
Aussie Rules players are positively articulate, nay poetic or even silver-tongued, when compared with League players.
True. I find both codes equally tiresome, but the AFL players do at least seem to have necks and opposable thumbs. Mostly.
League players have thumbs, but they’re mostly up their opponent’s arses.
Hopoate used an index finger, I believe.
The building at 175 Eagle St Brisbane is (presumably much to the chagrin of its owners) known pretty much universally amongst Brisbane City folk as the “Hopoate Building”. I will leave it to you to work out why…
ps My office window is visible in this streetview.
“root” means “f***” - not sure if that is really outdated though
I do like an apt nickname.
I think it’s in decline a bit, but I wouldn’t say it’s outdated just yet.