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Giant bright pink slug discovered in New South Wales, Australia

While visiting Shepparton Victoria, Australia, I came across this shop sign for a maternity store and it had me laughing out loud.

Australian billionaire wants to build a real life Jurassic Park, kinda

While it may not be possible to clone dinosaurs that have been dead for millions of years, one Australian billionaire wants to do the next best thing— a Jurassic Park like theme park populated with advanced life sized robotic dinos. Hell, many of the dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park movie were animatronic, so it could work, and it would be far safer than the real thing.

Guy heckles living statue performer, gets smacked

Though not hard enough.

Australian tries to sell next-gen Xbox prototype online, fails

An Australian man found out that you shouldn’t go around trying to sell corporate secrets stolen through hacking, because companies don’t tend to like that. The man apparently had come across prototypes of the next generation Xbox and was attempting to sell the information when local police and the FBI intervened.

There aren’t any details of what was found, so we’ll all have to wait until later this year when Microsoft unveils the new Xbox. But the Australian, known online as SuperDAE, is facing 20+ years in the slammer for his inquisitiveness.

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posted 22 February, 2013
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And in morning news, a reporter passes out during a live report

The g-forces will do that to ya.

IHC After Dark: King Parrot “Shit on the Liver”

Submitted by Sabata, who says “Here’s a slice of Australiana conspicuously absent from your wonderful site. They’re Sydney based and their shows are as chaotic as you’d imagine. Also, Bonox is a hot drink made of beef extract.”

posted 31 January, 2013
by cranberryzero
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Guy in Australia unearths a massive 11 pound $300k gold nugget with his metal detector

A prospector in Victoria, Australia, unearthed a 177oz (~11-lb) gold nugget he found using nothing but a metal detector. The gold itself is worth just under $300,000 by weight, but the piece will likely be sold for significantly more due to it’s unique nature.

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posted 21 January, 2013
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Australian scientists create a coconut flavored pineapple for easy pina coladas

Not that a pina colada is all that difficult of a mixed drink, but it is damn yummy. Scientists in Australia have brought the two great flavors together in a natural form by creating a pineapple that’s still sweet and juicy, but with the flavor of a coconut.

posted 15 December, 2012
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Everything wants to kill you in Australia, including Apple Maps

Authorities in Australia have warned motorists not to trust Apple’s new Maps program, as its incorrect maps and shitty directions my cause bodily harm or death. One wrong turn on the way to grandma’s house and suddenly you’re flying off a cliff into a den of deadly alligators and poisonous spiders. It is Australia after all… that could really happen.

Australian toothpaste commercials are the raunchiest toothpaste commercials (NSFW-ish)

I thought I knew where this was going, but I was wrong. It did in fact, make me smile.

posted 09 December, 2012
by cranberryzero
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Australian PM Julia Gillard addresses the world on the edge of the apocalypse

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is not only a firebrand, she’s also a good sport. In this promo for radio station Triple J, Ms. PM has fun with the Mayan Apocalypse thing with this address to the end of the world.

posted 06 December, 2012
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This ad for Australia’s Central Institute of Technology is possibly the greatest ad for a school ever

It’s a snap!

posted 05 December, 2012
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Exam board apologizes for using photoshopped image in tests

The above image, of a giant mech robot assisting 1917 Soviet socialist revolutionaries was accidentally used in the Australian VCE exam. For the record, Russian socialists did not have mech robots at the turn of the 20th century. The exam board has apologized and promised no one would be penalized for referencing the robot on the test.