belfastguzzi Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Golly gosh. Is this really the size of Australia? Does it really need to be this size? Link to comment
Steve G. Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Golly gosh. Is this really the size of Australia? Does it really need to be this size? Too bad most of the stuff in the middle is unhabitable. Great weather though. Steve Link to comment
belfastguzzi Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Too bad most of the stuff in the middle is unhabitable... France, Germany? Link to comment
pete roper Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Golly gosh. Is this really the size of Australia? Thing is most of the people live in the thin strip down the East Coast roughly where the European countries end. The vast majority of them live in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne! Almost the whole area covered by Europe is a hot, dry, miserable desert full of nothing but Emu's, Roo's and lost tourists drinking their own urine! What makes us the 'Lucky Country' is the fact that the bit covered by Spain and the North Atlantic is basically a huge lump of Iron, Copper and Bauxite. The bit covered by the UK and the Republic of Ireland is essentially a big lump of Uranium! The bit covered by Bulgaria and the Black Sea is a massive lump of Coal! Our population is about 22 million of whom a good 2/3rds live in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide and rarely leave them. That leaves plenty of space for the rest of us!!!! Pete Link to comment
Steve G. Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Thing is most of the people live in the thin strip down the East Coast roughly where the European countries end. The vast majority of them live in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne! Almost the whole area covered by Europe is a hot, dry, miserable desert full of nothing but Emu's, Roo's and lost tourists drinking their own urine! What makes us the 'Lucky Country' is the fact that the bit covered by Spain and the North Atlantic is basically a huge lump of Iron, Copper and Bauxite. The bit covered by the UK and the Republic of Ireland is essentially a big lump of Uranium! The bit covered by Bulgaria and the Black Sea is a massive lump of Coal! Our population is about 22 million of whom a good 2/3rds live in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide and rarely leave them. That leaves plenty of space for the rest of us!!!! Pete Almost the whole area covered by Europe is a hot, dry, miserable desert full of nothing but Emu's, Roo's and lost tourists drinking their own urine! Pete, you gotta write a book, "quotes of Pete Roper", it'll sell a million. Brilliant, best laugh in a week!! Steve Link to comment
Skeeve Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Pete, you gotta write a book, "quotes of Pete Roper", it'll sell a million. Brilliant, best laugh in a week!! Link to comment
Guzzi2Go Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 QUOTE (Steve G. @ Aug 30 2009, 02:06 PM) * Too bad most of the stuff in the middle is unhabitable... France, Germany? So same as in Europe then? Link to comment
Steve G. Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 QUOTE (Steve G. @ Aug 30 2009, 02:06 PM) *Too bad most of the stuff in the middle is unhabitable... So same as in Europe then? Oh, I'm not so sure about that. Of course just a visitor, but I spent the best holiday of my life last Sept. riding Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, Lichtenstein. Absolutely glorious time!!! Steve Link to comment
Lex Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Favorite Land of Oz factoid: West Australia is FIVE TIMES the size of Alaska and has 1 million people almost all of whom live in the south-west corner of the state near Perth. Tourists drinking their urine indeed! Great map, it will be helpful when trying to explain how big Australia is to a European. Anybody seen a map with Europe over the US and/ or Canada? The continental US is about the same size as OZ, Canada is even bigger. Its been ten years since I've been down there and almost that long since I've been to NZ, I'm way over due for a visit. Lex Link to comment
belfastguzzi Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 ....since I've been to NZ, I'm way over due for a visit. Lex and did I hear on the radio the other day that NZ is the about the same land mass as GB, but with a population of only 4 million? Link to comment
pete roper Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 and did I hear on the radio the other day that NZ is the about the same land mass as GB, but with a population of only 4 million? That's about right. Maybe a few more than 4 mill nowadays but not many.. About 1.5 mill of them live in Dorkland. It's a stunning place, fantastic roads and scenery. Pete Link to comment
tmcafe Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Incidentally (wonder who made this map?) I like to see Romania in its pre-WWII shape Link to comment
mdude Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Ahh, quite relived to find that Norway couldnt fit in, comfortable right where I am at the moment. Link to comment
raz Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 If we put Scandinavia in there it would crack from heat shock Link to comment
Admin Jaap Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Looks like there is plenty of "Lebensraum" left for Scandinavians... Sorry 'bout that... yesterday I saw the documentary "Speer and Hitler" Talk about megalomaniacs. Link to comment
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