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I always thought Nullarbor was a first nations word, but it's literally Latin for no trees
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Vladimir Poutine posted:My old housemate did customer service on those trains. They are essentially cruise ships, with similar excursions and a similar age demographic. At least the long routes like Adel-Bris or the Ghan were. From the prices, that checks out, though the Overland is actually comparable to flights price-wise. ...but with a 50% concession discount like the buses, huh.
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Jun 30, 2023 08:18
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Jestery posted:I always thought Nullarbor was a first nations word, but it's literally Latin for no trees lol they couldn't find a single thing there to name it after.
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Jun 30, 2023 08:36
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Jestery posted:I always thought Nullarbor was a first nations word, but it's literally Latin for no trees "Null arbor" Holy gently caress, how could I not see this
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Jun 30, 2023 09:54
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Nullarborists as well, but apparently that fact wasn't important enough to name it after.
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Jun 30, 2023 10:01
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KajiTheMelonMan posted:"Null arbor" this is hosed
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Jun 30, 2023 10:06
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KajiTheMelonMan posted:"Null arbor" a tree lawyers nightmare
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Jun 30, 2023 10:11
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Wait till you find out we've been saying Kosiusko wrong the whole time.
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Jun 30, 2023 10:12
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Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:Wait till you find out we've been saying Kosiusko wrong the whole time. Everest too
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Jun 30, 2023 10:18
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webmeister posted:Everest too and ikea
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Jun 30, 2023 10:25
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webmeister posted:Everest too Heh I love that, whenever a pristine Ford Everest cuts in front of me, laden with Supercheap accessories and a Built Not Bought sticker, I'm like "hoho I bet they don't know it's pronounced Eeeeve rst"
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Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:Wait till you find out we've been saying Kosiusko wrong the whole time. Kunama Namadgi?
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Jun 30, 2023 10:42
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The Overland is just an intercity service, it gets some regular people jumping on board the regional stations to head to either city. And when Covid hit SA didn't want to pay their half, so Vic now covers the operating costs of the Overland, mainly as a tourism generator for Melbourne.
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Jun 30, 2023 11:04
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drunkill posted:The Overland is just an intercity service, it gets some regular people jumping on board the regional stations to head to either city. Yeah it's a lot more threadbare and utilitarian than something like the Ghan. It's kind of a novelty in Australia to buy food and booze on a train though if you're used to metro services
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Jun 30, 2023 11:16
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Chrpno posted:Heh I love that, whenever a pristine Ford Everest cuts in front of me, laden with Supercheap accessories and a Built Not Bought sticker, I'm like "hoho I bet they don't know it's pronounced Eeeeve rst" It's Sagarmatha. Or Chomolungma.
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Jun 30, 2023 11:19
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EoinCannon posted:Yeah it's a lot more threadbare and utilitarian than something like the Ghan. It's kind of a novelty in Australia to buy food and booze on a train though if you're used to metro services There were no buffet cars on the Overland when I was little. There used to be a 20 minute stop at Ballarat where people got off the train to buy their pies and cups of tea.
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Jun 30, 2023 11:22
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There's a story that Canberra is a koori word for cleavage, and it's called that because it's in a valley between two mountains. If anyone knows that that's not true I won't believe you because it's too cool to be false
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Jun 30, 2023 14:54
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Ghost Leviathan posted:It's Sagarmatha. Or Chomolungma. Lungma?
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The Peccadillo posted:There's a story that Canberra is a koori word for cleavage, and it's called that because it's in a valley between two mountains. If anyone knows that that's not true I won't believe you because it's too cool to be false koori just really loved titties
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If I lived outside of Adelaide (I do), I would be extremely disdainful of anyone living in Adelaide (I am). loving losers
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I spent my 20s and some of my 30s travelling for work and ended up living in every state capital for between 1 and 3 years. Adelaide is actually a p nice place to live. My rankings are as such, from best to worst: 1. Melbourne 2. Adelaide 3. Perth 4. Brisbane 5. Hobart 6. Literally every other place in Aus 7. Sydney 
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Jul 2, 2023 10:42
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How do people who live in Sydney not murder the toll road company?
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Jul 2, 2023 10:51
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:How do people who live in Sydney not murder the toll road company? Deep down Sydney people know they deserve to be Punished for the crime of living in Sydney?
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Jul 2, 2023 11:03
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Sydneys fine, I live near the beach in a house I can afford the mortgage on, my commute is 15 minutes drive with no tolls and that's like once a fortnight anyway. I'd insert my one weird trick here but my parents died about 12 years ago and left me nothing but cleaning up their debts so I guess I just lucked out dropping out of university in Perth to go work in a niche IT adjacent industry that bought me here in the first place.
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Jul 2, 2023 11:07
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All the actual rich fucks in Adelaide live up in the hills or down by the coast.
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Jul 2, 2023 11:17
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I like the distinctive old stone buildings in Adelaide It really feels like a place where the desert isn't that far away
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EoinCannon posted:I like the distinctive old stone buildings in Adelaide Yeah, like 5km, before the end of the northern suburbs
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Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:Yeah, like 5km, before the end of the northern suburbs Pretty sure that's all swamp.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Pretty sure that's all swamp. All I remember is sand and dirt where crops might grow once a decade.
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Jul 2, 2023 13:23
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Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:All I remember is sand and dirt where crops might grow once a decade. You miiiight be a few hours off, absolutely that further north though. That's the land I grew up on in Eyre Peninsula! It sucks!
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I actually quite liked Eyre Peninsula when we went through a couple of years back, nice little chilled out coastal towns. Whyalla sucks and Port Lincoln wasn't much better, but all the other little spots were quite cool. Though I can imagine it wasn't a great place to grow up
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Beardcrumb posted:I spent my 20s and some of my 30s travelling for work and ended up living in every state capital for between 1 and 3 years. Adelaide is actually a p nice place to live. My rankings are as such, from best to worst: What about Darwin? I was only there for a few days and didn't get to really drink it in but it had a really weird vibe. Fun, but weird.
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Beardcrumb posted:I spent my 20s and some of my 30s travelling for work and ended up living in every state capital for between 1 and 3 years. Adelaide is actually a p nice place to live. My rankings are as such, from best to worst: No Canberra option?
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Outrail posted:What about Darwin? I was only there for a few days and didn't get to really drink it in but it had a really weird vibe. Fun, but weird. That's cause everyone is either drunk, or high on meth, trying to forget they live in Darwin.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:You miiiight be a few hours off, absolutely that further north though. That's the land I grew up on in Eyre Peninsula! It sucks! Just remember everything looked shithouse from Lower Light onwards. We got hit my a dust tornado on the way to Moonta once, there wasn't even grass anywhere.
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Blow posted:No Canberra option? No-one lives in Canberra.
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Outrail posted:What about Darwin? I was only there for a few days and didn't get to really drink it in but it had a really weird vibe. Fun, but weird. That's because everyone there knows that we will give them up the second someone invades from the north
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Non Compos Mentis posted:That's because everyone there knows that we will give them up the second someone invades from the north I for one welcome our new Tiwi overlords.
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Blow posted:No Canberra option? Never lived in Canberra or Darwin, only state capitals. Canberra is only home to bogans, politicians, and bogan politicians. I don't really fit into any of those demographics. I've visited Darwin and besides the despicable humidity, I quite enjoyed the people and atmosphere. Not sure if I'd ever live there though.
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