The Aussie Humour Thread

[Buckshot Bear]

47 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:

Out here in MT, you can get nearly free ramps for stock tanks so critters can get out.

 

That's such a good idea....so many birds and small animals drown unnecessarily in stock tanks in Oz.

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

3 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

 

And afterwards:

 

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[Sedalia Dave]

On 6/11/2025 at 7:39 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

 

We would wedge a board in our water tanks so that any animals that fell in could get out.  Saved a lot of chickens from drowning.

 

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

On 6/12/2025 at 10:41 AM, Buckshot Bear said:

 

   EEEK!!!!  murder chicken!  🥸

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

On 6/12/2025 at 10:41 AM, Buckshot Bear said:

 

   EEEK!!!!  murder chicken!  🥸

 

 

this warning needs repeating

Edited June 13, 2025 by Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062

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To quote Angel Steve, "I'll always have my dinosaurs".

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On the 11th of November 1975 the 2 millionth vehicle manufactured by Ford Australia came off the Broadmeadows production line Victoria, Australia which was an XB Ford Fairmont.

The first Ford built by Ford Australia was a Model 'T' Ford which rolled off the assembly line in an old wool store in Geelong in Victoria on the 1st of July 1925.

 

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W.H. Hannam wireless operator, Cape Denison, Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

 

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1854 Sarsaparilla soft drink introduced

The first people to sell it in Tasmania called it “The great American beverage”. So what’s sarsaparilla doing in a timeline of Australian food.

Well, although its popularity has waned in its native land, it still has enough fans in Australia to prompt strenuous online debate about the best brands.

Particularly popular in Queensland, sarsaparilla is an “old school” soft drink and it has a long history in this country.

Sarsaparilla root has an even longer history, being used as a herbal medicine since ancient times.

The Smilax genus has varieties native to many countries including Australia.

The local version was brewed into “sweet tea” by early colonists, although the variety most commonly used for medicine came from Central America.

It was supposed to cure everything from syphilis to arthritis and cancer. In the early 19th century, sarsaparilla root was advertised by colonial pharmacies alongside other herbs, remedies, cordials and essential oils.

Sarsaparilla first appeared as a drink in American drugstores where the syrup was mixed with fizzy water from the soda fountain. Like the original Coca-Cola syrup, it was deemed to be a tonic with health-giving properties. Enterprising operators began adding other flavourings such as caramel and vanilla to improve the flavour and sarsaparilla was on its way to becoming a popular bottled drink.

In 1854, notices appeared in Melbourne newspapers offering “aerated sarsparilla”, the first time the fizzy drink was advertised in Australia. It was being promoted by George Raistrick, of Emerald Hill (now South Melbourne). Raistrick’s advertisement announced:

The undersigned, the original introducer of Aerated Sarsaparilla into these colonies, and last year manufacturer of Cordials for two of the leading houses in this city, begs to intimate that he has commenced business on his own account, and trusts by assiduity, strict integrity, and the production of first rate articles, to merit the support of an intelligent rising community.

The same year, Armstrong and Robertson of Hobart Town claimed to have secured the services of “the original introducer (into the southern hemisphere) of the highly and deservedly extolled beverage”. Before long, nearly every major town in Australia had its local manufacturer of aerated waters, many of which included sarsaparilla in their ranges.

While the drink is less popular today than it was in its early years, or even in the 1950s and ’60s, it has its adherents. Queensland makers include Bundaberg, Crows Nest Soft Drinks and Wimmer’s, which traces its history back to 1887 when Alfred and Frank Wimmer arrived with a recipe from Germany. Kirks was founded in Queensland and still sees that state as its biggest market for its “Big Sars”. In South Australia, Bickfords seemed to have dropped it from their range. In Victoria, River Port in Echuca makes the extra-strong Double Sarsaparilla. And there are others.

The Sarsaparilla Spider (with a scoop of icecream) is still a popular drink in some quarters, while there are those who like to get creative by adding alcohol – vodka, rum or tequila, take your pick.

 

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[Alpo]

54 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

I don't see no beets. Or even no beetroots (since y'all don't know what the plant is called).

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10 hours ago, Alpo said:

I don't see no beets. Or even no beetroots (since y'all don't know what the plant is called).

 

Oh.... There's beetroot alrighty - 

 

https://www.nindigullypub.com.au/menu

 

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THE CONVICT TREADMILL- 1825

Hyde Park Barracks

As a punishment, convicts were made to step continuously on treadmills to power wheels that ground grain.

The men were rotated on and off the treadmills with rest periods of about 20 minutes per hour. This monotonous task was supposed to be a reformative punishment, unlike flogging. It also put convict manpower to good use, as they were helping to feed themselves. In 1825 Sydney’s treadmills were praised for producing 40 bushels (1000 kilograms) of ground corn per day.

Doctors and humanitarians were concerned that this type of punishment might be damaging to health. An overseer recorded in the ‘House of Correction Register’ each man’s weight as they went on and came off the treadmill to make sure they weren’t wasting away.

Two punishment treadmills were installed at Carters’ Barracks in 1823 and were used for the next 25 years. The larger treadmill was worked by 36 prisoners at a time, with 18 on each side. The smaller had ten men on each side.

 

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Baby Quokka

 

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[Sedalia Dave]

4 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

THE CONVICT TREADMILL- 1825

Hyde Park Barracks

As a punishment, convicts were made to step continuously on treadmills to power wheels that ground grain.

The men were rotated on and off the treadmills with rest periods of about 20 minutes per hour. This monotonous task was supposed to be a reformative punishment, unlike flogging. It also put convict manpower to good use, as they were helping to feed themselves. In 1825 Sydney’s treadmills were praised for producing 40 bushels (1000 kilograms) of ground corn per day.

Doctors and humanitarians were concerned that this type of punishment might be damaging to health. An overseer recorded in the ‘House of Correction Register’ each man’s weight as they went on and came off the treadmill to make sure they weren’t wasting away.

Two punishment treadmills were installed at Carters’ Barracks in 1823 and were used for the next 25 years. The larger treadmill was worked by 36 prisoners at a time, with 18 on each side. The smaller had ten men on each side.

 

 

Now people pay big bucks to health clubs to spend hours on treadmills and stair steppers. 

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Kerosene heater golly they used to stink!