# Tourist unaware of the first rule of Australia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644 "2019-01-29T23:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644/41 "2019-04-20T05:30:46Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > And to think this whole time, I thought the first rule of Australia was “Don’t talk about Australia.” IME that would be news to a lot of Australians. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644/42 "2019-04-20T06:32:34Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > I thought it was funny. The first time, or the second? > [@SmartAleq](#): > > I thought it was “no poofters.” Is your name not ‘Bruce’? That’s liable to cause a bit of confusion! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644/43 "2019-04-20T08:50:02Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Drop bears oranginated in, like, nature. I didn’t think orangutans lived in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644/44 "2019-04-20T10:00:54Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > I presumed he was referring to [Stonefish](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanceia). > From personal experience they can be very hard to detect even in shallow water. (Not actually stood on thankfully) They scared me the most as a kid. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NqyHheVCRkM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Venomous Stone Fish | STONE FISH | River Monsters") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqyHheVCRkM) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644/45 "2019-04-20T16:46:27Z")
> [@bobmarleykingg](#): > > Australia having stone with venom. Mirab, with sails unfurled! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644/46 "2019-04-20T17:19:15Z")
How’s this motto? Australia: Even our Prime Ministers get eaten by sea creatures. ---
**Author:** ![ciroa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@ciroa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ciroa)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644/47 "2019-04-20T20:06:07Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > It is the only continent with venomous rocks. That is not exactly true. Although there is Coloradoite in Kilgoorie (I imagine that is your source for this true presence of mercury telluride, both metals that are venomous), the most poisonous mineral in the world is cinabrium, mined in Spain for centuries, followed by orpiment and stibnite, not present in Australia. Coloradoite is poisonous but is not worse than asbestos, arsenopyrite, torbernite or chalcantite or even galena. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-unaware-of-the-first-rule-of-australia/828644.md?page=2)