How Aussie are you, maaate?

I found this over at Good Golly Miss Holly's blog, and I believe this came from Reading Upside Down :-) Give it a go!

My score was; 67/102

I bolded the ones I'd completed! :-D

How many of these things have you done?

• Heard a kookaburra in person.  (All the time!)
• Slept under the stars.(Thank you, school camp!)
• Seen a koala. (I've even seen a wild one in my PADDOCKS! Recently in fact and I have the pics to prove it! I think this is totally unheard of, it was amazing! Although my horse wasn't fond of our guest!)
• Visited Melbourne. (For a horse exhibition :-))
• Watched a summer thunderstorm. (A million and one of them! They're exciting!)
• Worn a pair of thongs. Almost every day of my life! I even have worn socks with them - LOL!
• Been to Uluru (Ayer’s Rock)
• Visited Cape York.
• Held a snake. (They're cute but kinda scary. Having an ubundance of them around the house in summer does not help!)
• Sang along with Khe San. 
• Drank VB.
• Visited Sydney. (Yep! Luna Park is AWESOME!)
• Have seen a shark.
• Have used Aussie (and NZ) slang naturally in a conversation.
• Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian (Aboriginal).
• Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach. (Who hasn't doen this? LOL. I've done this at the snow, too!)
• Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
• Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down.
• Seen Chloe in Young & Jackson’s.
• Slept on an overnight train or bus.
• Been to Sydney’s Mardi Gras
• Have gone bush-bashing. (Fun story, actually. I couldn't hill-start a manual at the time. So we kept sliding back when I tried to start it and straight into a fence, LOL).
• Taken a sickie.
• Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football.
• Have seen wild camels.
• Gone skinny dipping. (When I was about 5, I might add, LOL).
• Done a Tim Tam Slam.
• Ridden in a tram in Melbourne.
• Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service. 
• Watched a sunrise or sunset. 
• Held a wombat. (No, but this would be FUN!)
• Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more. (Newcastle to Jindabyne for the snow every year :D)
• Seen the Great Australian Bight in person.
• Had a really bad sunburn. (Yep and may I just say - OUCH!)
• Visited an Aboriginal community.
• Seen a redback spider. (Not a pleasant experience. Especially when said spider has invaded your horse trailer!)
• Have watched Paul Hogan. (Crocodile Dundee mate! I loved that movie when I was littler!
• Seen Blue Poles in person. 
• Eaten Vegemite. (Yep! In fact, if you have it on toast with butter and layer it really lightly, it is really nice!)
• Thrown a boomerang. (Not that it worked out so well. Perhaps the word is "attempted" to throw a boomerang!)
• Seen the Kimberleys.
• Given a hitch-hiker a lift.
• Been to Perth.
• Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters.
• Tried playing a didgeridoo.
• Seen dinosaur footprints. (I wish!)
• Eaten Tim Tams. (Yuuuuummmmmmmm)
• Been to Darwin.
• Touched a kangaroo. (They're gorgeous!)
• Visted the Great Barrier Reef. (I SO wish....)
• Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson. 
• Killed a Cane Toad.
• Gone to a drive-in theatre. (Yes! To see Clash of The Titans and The Bounty Hunter, whoo!)
• Have read and own books by Australian authors. (Yes, namely Elyne Mitchell, Scott Westerfield and Ebony McKenna).
• Visited Adelaide.
• Know the story behind “Eternity”.
• Been camping. 
• Visited Brisbane.
• Been in an outback pub. (LOL)
• Know what the term “Waltzing Matilda” actually means.
• Gone whale watching. (And don't forget the dolphins!)
• Listened to Slim Dusty.
• Own five or more Australian movies or TV series. (The Silver Brumby again qualifies for this. Bet. Horse. Movie. EVER.)
• Sang along to Down Under. (I love this song, particularly the bit where it says "He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich").
• Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road. 
• Eaten a Four N Twenty pie.
• Surfed at Bondi. 
• Watched the cricket on Boxing Day. 
• Visited Hobart.
• Eaten kangaroo.(It doesn't taste very far removed from steak, in fact!)
• Seen a quokka.
• Visited Canberra.
• Visited rainforests.
• Used a Victa lawnmower.
• Travelled on a tram in Adelaide.
• Used a Hills hoist.
• Visited Kata Tjuta
• Used native Australian plants in cooking.
• Visited the snow. (Every year! WHOOO Thredbo and Perisher! As well as the BRUMBIES!)
• Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford.
• Visited the desert.
• Been water skiing (Kneeboarding is possibly better, LOL. And tubing).
• Read The Phantom. (I have vague memories!)
• Visited Parliament House. 
• Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting. (For the pig's sake, I will clarify - I went spotlighting, haha).
• Crossed the Nullarbor. 
• Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles. (And sharks. LOL).
• Listened to AC/DC. (It's a looong way to the top if you want to rock and roll! May I also see Dean Winchester has the best music tatse (from Supernatural). He listens to AC/DC, particularly Back In Black!).
• Called someone a dag.(And many other words. LOL.)
• Voted in a Federal Election.
• Have been swimming and stayed between the flags.(I stayed between the flags...for a while).
• Had a possum in your roof. (And chimney. Photos to prove that, too!)
• Visited the outback.
  
• Travelled over corrugated roads.
• Hit a kangaroo while driving. (Almost, but not yet!)
• Been well outside any mobile phone coverage. (I live without it. Except on a windowsill out of my reach).
• Seen an emu. (Wild ones, too! At the snow of course, everything happens at the snow :))
• Have woken to the smell of bushfires.
• Subscribed to RRR.
• Patted a pure-bred dingo.
• Seen the Oils live.

Cheers! :-D