tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537734033723164207.post8147637505379267787..comments2023-10-24T03:10:47.088+11:00Comments on A Goddess In The Kitchen: Australians all, and ostrichespurple goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05205284829507903435noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537734033723164207.post-46226049437371147392008-01-31T11:12:00.000+11:002008-01-31T11:12:00.000+11:00I love E&B on white with dead 'orse. We had our BB...I love E&B on white with dead 'orse. We had our BBQ at the Balnarring Cup, picnic races and put $2 punts on the nags.<BR/><BR/>We BBQ'd ourselves in the sun and ate snags on white bread, chook, coleslaw and a chockie cake. Around us the great Aussie tradition of flashing your brown-eye from bus and car windows was upheld and glasses of frozen Windex were offered to the kids in order for them to wreak havoc in the bushland and adjoining vineyards. <BR/><BR/>Men dressed in frocks carried balls and chains and blow up dolls. The hen parties had a combined foot race on the course and the best smelling BBQ seemed to be laid on for a bunch of serious Chinese punters who had themselves a marquee too.<BR/><BR/>Ya gotta love the Aussie spirit.stickyfingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861830835308131738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537734033723164207.post-73459953244807217112008-01-31T08:19:00.000+11:002008-01-31T08:19:00.000+11:00Grocer, as fetching as I would look in one of thos...Grocer, <BR/><BR/>as fetching as I would look in one of those hats, I eschewed that particular fashion statement and chose a more modest brimmed straw hat that matched my ensemble. <BR/><BR/>And jazz...<BR/><BR/>Free food IS a truly wonderful thing!!purple goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205284829507903435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537734033723164207.post-24396611232768029542008-01-31T00:42:00.000+11:002008-01-31T00:42:00.000+11:00Free food is truly a wonderful thing...Free food is truly a wonderful thing...Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644896022880634803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537734033723164207.post-39352259838912746072008-01-30T21:50:00.000+11:002008-01-30T21:50:00.000+11:00PG, those hats don't look like they offer much sha...PG, those hats don't look like they offer much shade... Did you get burnt wearing them?grocerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860154539429230909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537734033723164207.post-66917076577809966462008-01-30T19:05:00.000+11:002008-01-30T19:05:00.000+11:00I was also a CFA vollie & in our town, like yours ...I was also a CFA vollie & in our town, like yours everyone loves em during fire season. Its the blokey, beery & porn nite watching culture that have some rubbed the wrong way, perhaps arguably so.<BR/>Without being judgemental about the culture though,they still volunteer their time-something that many out of work people here could afford to do minus the value judgement. Oops I sound like Alan Jones!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537734033723164207.post-37877634899485072112008-01-30T16:43:00.000+11:002008-01-30T16:43:00.000+11:00The wonderful thing about a small seaside town lik...The wonderful thing about a small seaside town like Dromana, is that the vollies are the hub. Everyone belongs to the Lions or the CFA. Furry is a CFA vollie, but it has actually worked against him, when applying for jobs. <BR/><BR/>It seems everone loves the CFA boys at fire time, but no-one wants to employ one just incases they have to take time off. <BR/><BR/>It's bullshit. <BR/><BR/>Adequate funding, indeed.purple goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05205284829507903435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537734033723164207.post-5548899417900050232008-01-30T16:29:00.000+11:002008-01-30T16:29:00.000+11:00Where would we be PG without our volunteers? It sh...Where would we be PG without our volunteers? It shitted me a few years back when P.Costello pontificated that we (us huddling masses) should donate more of our time doing volunteering work. Whilst I agree with the sentiment, as our number of volunteers declines yearly, not a thought went to why we HAVE to freaking volunteer in the first place!<BR/>Try funding things adequately Mr-I-could-have-been-PM-but-I-lacked-the-ticker, Costello!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com