From the 'Only in Australia' File #001

[uncle junior]

^too few and too late to make it a Dutch colony though

[Maanaam]

Gives new meaning to the term "trouser snake".

[David48atTD]

Byron Council votes to keep nudist beach open, despite complaints and sex offences




One for me, two for TC and a special guest appearance from The Enemy of Many (who is currently in the process of rebranding).

A nudist beach near Byron Bay will remain open, despite ongoing complaints about lewd behaviour and sex pests.
Byron councillors this week rejected a staff recommendation that the clothes-optional zone at Tyagarah Beach be abolished.



The decision disgusted Tyagarah woman Gwen Gould.

The 77-year-old addressed the councillors before they voted, telling them she was one of many women who had been
harassed by naked men at the beach.

"One of them even said 'If the women don't like this they should go to another beach,'," Ms Gould said.

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Feel the Freedom

[Maanaam]

Tasmania = ?

[NamPikToot]

So you are serious.

You bet, in much the same way they still own NY

[Maanaam]

You bet, in much the same way they still own NY

Sorry, you're wrong. It was Dutch in so far as Tasman placed the Dutch flag, named it Van Diemans Land and left. That was it as far as the Dutch were concerned. French had a go at settling there, but the British kicked them out and it's been a part of Australia since. Van Diemans Land was renamed Tasmania by Australia just last century in honour of Abel Tasman.

[NamPikToot]

Sorry, you're wrong. It was Dutch in so far as Tasman placed the Dutch flag, named it Van Diemans Land and left. That was it as far as the Dutch were concerned. French had a go at settling there, but the British kicked them out and it's been a part of Australia since. Van Diemans Land was renamed Tasmania by Australia just last century in honour of Abel Tasman.

Thanks. So they still own it then, technically.

[NamPikToot]

Was Abel Dutch?

[Maanaam]

Was Abel Dutch?

Pretty sure Tasman was Dutch.
So, the US owns the moon by dint of planting a flag and leaving? I think ownership, even in those days, requires more than just a stick in the ground with a country's colours. Settlement is/was required, which the Dutch never did.
A Dutchman actuall discovered Australia a couple of hundred years before Cook. Dirk Hartog. No flag that we know of but he nailed a pewter plate to a tree with some writing scratched on it.
But then...Tasmania and Australia were first discovered as uninhabited lands by the Aborigines....so definitely the Dutch never owned Tasmania and still do not.

[VocalNeal]

^ No Indonesian, he is a dentist

Dental Clinic (Drg.Abel Tasman Yuza)

[NamPikToot]

So, the US owns the moon by dint of planting a flag and leaving? .

Yes they do.

[NamPikToot]

^ No Indonesian, he is a dentist

Dental Clinic (Drg.Abel Tasman Yuza)

Fucker needs to get back and start collecting royalties, must be due a fortune from the convicts by now.

[Maanaam]

Yes they do.

No they don't.

[NamPikToot]

No they don't.

Look they planted a flag what more can you do, they could have laid a log as evidence but its not wise to drop your spacesuit to heave one out and in any case it may have floated off.

[Maanaam]

*sigh*
Who owns the Moon?
The short answer, according to University of Nebraska-Lincoln space law professor Frans von der Dunk, is no one.

Historically, planting a national flag in the soil amounted to claiming that territory for your homeland. So, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stuck the stars and stripesinto the Moon’s rocky landscape, did they officially assert ownership over the orb?
“Obviously, the astronauts had more important things on their mind than contemplating the legal meaning and consequences of that planted flag, but luckily the issue had been taken care of prior to the mission,” von der Dunk wrote in an article published by The Conversation.
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, ratified two years before man stepped foot on the Moon, maintains, among other points, that the cosmos are “free for all nations to explore, and sovereign claims cannot be made.”

Initially signed by 91 countries (including Japan, Russia, and the US), the accord sought to prevent the same colonial competition that raged for centuries on Earth.

https://www.geek.com/news/who-owns-t...nyway-1747298/

[NamPikToot]

*sigh*

Historically, planting a national flag in the soil amounted to claiming that territory for your homeland. So, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stuck the stars and stripesinto the Moon’s rocky landscape, did they officially assert ownership over the orb?

Yes they did

[uncle junior]

Everest is a US territory

[NamPikToot]

Everest is a US territory

Looks that way.

[Looper]

Naked butcher photos sees Kalkarindji residents throw out beef and sausages from NT meatworks

Meat is being dumped from stores across the remote community of Kalkarindji, the Gurindji Aboriginal Corporation says, after a photo of a naked butcher preparing sausages was uploaded to social media.
Key points:



Gurindji Aboriginal Corporation 'disgusted' after photo of naked butcher surfaces online
Supermarkets, school in Kalkarindji asked to dispose of meat sourced from facility
NT Department of Primary Industry in contact with company following incident

The photo, purportedly taken at a local meat supplier, shows a butcher handling sausages dressed in only boots and an apron, leaving his bare buttocks exposed.

Kalkarindji Traditional Owner and Gurindji Aboriginal Corporation spokesperson Rob Roy said the butcher and meat supply facility were "easily identified" by the community.

"That to me is one idiot who is treating black people of this community, Kalkarindji, very wrong and not with a lot of respect," he said.

"To me, that's making me think back to Vincent Lingiari, maybe that's why he walked off the station, because he wasn't treated fair.

https://www.xxx.xxx.xx/news/2018-10-...nline/10397356

[NamPikToot]

Fukin ell Jeff

[Dillinger]

That's Lulu, not Jeff

"That to me is one idiot who is treating black people of this community, Kalkarindji, very wrong and not with a lot of respect," he said.

[NamPikToot]

Too tall and hairy surely

[SKkin]

That's Lulu, not Jeff

Is that your Ozzie "master butcher" dill?

[David48atTD]

Welcome to Spell Bore — the search for the north's top stock camp


Ringers at sunset:-Hundreds of jackaroo's and jillaroos descended on Newcastle Water Station.

It's a dusty, hot day at the iconic Newcastle Waters Station in the middle of the Northern Territory — a pastoral empire made famous by its former owner, Kerry Packer.

Hundreds of jackaroos and jillaroos have descended on the makeshift yards, some travelling more than 1,000 kilometres to get there.
Swags are being thrown down, generous food devoured, horses unloaded and coaxed, and greetings amongst friends heard.


Women on horse:- Spell Bore started in the 1980s as a general campcraft open to the public.



Competitors mucking around:- Competitors weren't short of smiles or beer at Spell Bore.



Sunset horse:- The sun sets on another Spell Bore.


The best stock camp this year was Argyle Downs — ironically, the smallest station in the Consolidated Pastoral Company portfolio in Western Australia.

It just goes to show — it's not the size of the hat but the ticker below that can make all the difference.


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For all the images and story search ABC welcome-to-spell-bore-ringers-nt/10231022

[Maanaam]

Looks that way.

Even though it was a Kiwi that "knocked the bastard off", and even though the land sits within both Nepal and Chinese borders?

Yes they did

You can't read. There is an international treaty...

Very Little Boy Lu-ish in your stuborness to stick to an erroneous stance despite overwhelming evidence that you're wrong.