Those Germans are at it again!

and my grandfather jumped ship in Sydney in 1911 and nver went back to Germany

And dont forget Hitler was an Austrian!!!!

Hi Paul

Most Americans think that Australians come from Austria as well.

My wife being German, is following a forum that German travellers are using, At the moment they all want to know how to immigrate.

Cheers Steve.

Steve,
some Americans have congratulated me on my good command of English when I've told them I'm from Australia!

was sitting in a bar in Orlando Fl talking and the yank asked me "did we have carpet in Australia" Yes i said

I was approached by a drunken bum in LA in 1985 when he heard my accent.

"Do they really hog tie cattle down there? he asked he asked"

"Umm yes, for rodeos and stuff" I replied.

"Oh so they really hog tie cattle down in Texas"

"No I am from Australia"

The bum nods and proceeds to swagger away singing "Tie me kangaroo dwn sort..tie me kangaroo down.."

I've had some stupid questions in America (like Floridians intrigued by crocodiles when there's a road-kill alligator in their street), but I've never been asked if I'm from Austria. Here in Florida on a holiday at the moment actually.

I have however had my accent be mistaken for being from Texas - also while in California! To me they sound nothing alike, but to the foreign ear... dunno.

Most Americans I've met here are reasonably knowledgeable about Australia, a large proportion surprisingly know quite a bit about our style of government and how it differs from theirs, and many even know who John Howard is. Buggered if I would know who the Canadian PM is. They're usually surprised to hear about things such as compulsory voting and superannuation, and that kangaroos are *not* hopping around in everyone's backyard. That's probably just based on the experiences that in many states here, whitetail deer get into yards on a regular basis, so they just assume we have similar problems with our kangaroos :)

Ah the old pom pom pom of the 40/60

Hi Tim
Not on the subject of Gyrocopters, but Paraburdoo caught my eye.
What do you do up there.
My daughter and her husband live/work at the Poo!

Cheers
Leigh

or if they're flying east to west, Hun in the sun ... if it's the mornin.

As long as they bring plenty of bratwurst mit spaetzle and a couple of under wing tanks filled with good German beer they can stay at my house for free! (And a present of a nice Unimmog....and a slection of H&K's.......and a BMW 1150GS......and a......;-))))

Your van is looking suspiciously like a Junkers fuselage to me Reiner;-) I want the wierd offset fuselage Blohm and Vohss myself.