Signal the Frog is ready for a summer vacation. Yes, that’s right – he’s packing thongs*, a snorkel, and many bottles of amphibian-proof sunscreen, because he is headed for Australia!
You can give it a burl in the bloody grouse celebration by joining us and going off on Saturday, January 27 and earn the Australia Day 2018 souvenir!
After an arvo of caching, we shall gather at Outback Steak House in W Knoxville from 6-8 pm for some ace grub and amber fluid until the docket comes. Fair dinkum stories shall be told, bull dust shall be thrown, and amber fluid shall flow.
330 N Peters Rd
Knoxville, TN 37922
If that's not enough to make you brave the cold, we’ll give you some fun facts and clear up some common misconceptions about Australia...
- There is rarely any shrimp on the barbie. “I’ll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you” was a marketing slogan from the Australian Tourism Commission in a TV ad in the 1980’s. Australians actually use the word prawn not shrimp, and you’re more likely to find sausages or hamburgers on the barbecue for Australia Day.
- January is summer time in Australia. Living in the Southern hemisphere means that having a picnic, beach parties, barbecues, and fireworks are all common activities on Australia Day.
- There is deeper relevance for the emu and the kangaroo on the Australian coat of arms. Not only are both animals indigenous to Australia, they also have one trait in common: none of them can walk backwards. This characteristic serves as a metaphor for Australians to always move forward.
*Flip flops are called ‘thongs’ in Australia, or ‘jandals’ in New Zealand. Here are some additional Aussie phrases for you to learn so you don't look like a kangaroo loose in the top paddock!
| Ace! : |
Excellent! Very good! |
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| Arvo : |
afternoon |
| Amber fluid : |
beer |
| Aussie : |
Australian |
| Beaut, beauty : |
great, fantastic |
| Big Mobs : |
loads, a lot of |
| Bloody : |
very |
| Bloody oath! : |
that's certainly true |
| Blue : |
argument/mistake |
| Bodgy : |
poor quality |
| Bonzer : |
great, ripper |
| Bottler : |
something excellent |
| Bottling his blood's worth : |
he's an excellent, helpful bloke |
| Buckley's chance (you've got) : |
no chance |
| Bull dust : |
rubbish |
| Cactus : |
dead, broken |
| Cark it : |
to die, stop working |
| Chocka : |
full up |
| Click : |
kilometre - "it's 20 clicks away" |
| Come a gutser : |
a bad mistake or have an accident |
| Come good : |
turn out ok |
| Cooee, not within : |
figuratively a long way away |
| Cost big bikkies : |
expensive |
| Crack a fat : |
get an erection |
| Cream : |
defeat by a large margin |
| Cut snake (mad as a) : |
very angry |
| Dead dingo's donger (as dry as a) : |
dry |
| Deadset : |
true / the truth |
| Dingo's breakfast : |
no breakfast |
| Dinkum / fair dinkum : |
true, real, genuine |
| Dinky-di : |
the real thing, genuine |
| Docket : |
a bill, receipt |
| Doco : |
documentary |
| Drink with the flies : |
to drink alone |
| Dunny rat (cunning as a) : |
very cunning |
| Exy : |
expensive |
| Fair dinkum : |
true, genuine |
| Fair go : |
a chance / break |
| Fair suck of the sav! : |
exclamation of wonder, awe, disbelief |
| Furphy : |
rumour |
| G'Day : |
hello! |
| Give it a burl : |
try it, have a go |
| Give it away : |
give up |
| Going off : |
good fun |
| Good oil : |
useful information, a good idea, the truth |
| Good onya : |
well done |
| Grouse : |
great, terrific |
| Heaps : |
a lot |
| Iffy : |
dodgy |
| It's gone walkabout : |
it's lost, can't be found |
| Kangaroos loose in the top paddock : |
Intellectually inadequate |
| Kick the bucket : |
to die |
| Knock back : |
refuse |
| London to a brick : |
absolute certainty |
| Lunch (who opened their?) : |
OK, who farted? |
| Mate's rate : |
cheaper than usual for a friend |
| Mate's discount : |
cheaper than usual for a friend |
| No worries! : |
no problem / its okay |
| Piece of piss : |
easy task |
| Pig's arse! : |
I don't agree |
| Plate, bring a : |
Instruction to bring a plate of food to a party |
| Pozzy : |
position |
| Quid, make a : |
earn a living |
| Rack off : |
get lost! get out of here! |
| Reckon! : |
for sure |
| Ridgy-didge : |
original, genuine |
| Right : |
okay |
| Ripper : |
Great |
| Rooted : |
ruined, broken |
| She'll be apples : |
It'll be all right |
| She'll be right : |
it'll be okay |
| Sparrows fart : |
dawn |
| Strewth : |
exclamation |
| Stoked : |
very pleased |
| Stuffed, I'll be : |
expression of surprise |
| Too right : |
definitely |
| Turps, hit the : |
go on a drinking binge |
| Zack, not worth a : |
not worth anything |
G'day and cache ya later, mates!
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