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I need our antipodean friends to answer a question for me.
Whilst spending a drunken afternoon with my dad, he mentioned the following.... It would appear that some Dutch explorer (Tasman??) managed to discover New Zealand and Tasmania, yet somehow missed Australia. Is this true?
If so, how did he manage to miss a whole friggin massive continent yet find such relatively small islands. or is this all bollocks?
Cheers,
SD
Yep. True story. Stupid Dutch...:rolleyes: :p
he must have seen Adelaide and thought, "This must be Tasmania again, its a bloody hole"
hmm..oz joke there...
maybe you guys didn't have your street lamps lit.
He prob thought that Australia wasn't worth it because it didn't meet the needs of the dutch. Anyone Tasmania is a part of Australia, so I don't know why he decided to name it.Quote:
Originally posted by SurfDemon
I need our antipodean friends to answer a question for me.
Whilst spending a drunken afternoon with my dad, he mentioned the following.... It would appear that some Dutch explorer (Tasman??) managed to discover New Zealand and Tasmania, yet somehow missed Australia. Is this true?
If so, how did he manage to miss a whole friggin massive continent yet find such relatively small islands. or is this all bollocks?
Cheers,
SD
well, all this Tasman dude had to do was send a radio sos saying he was a solo yachtsman and he needed rescuing. We would have found him easy
ok, i'm going to lunch before nightwalker massacres me...
Sending a radio sos would be very hard since they didn't have radios because they hadn't been invented.Quote:
Originally posted by Matt.Net
well, all this Tasman dude had to do was send a radio sos saying he was a solo yachtsman and he needed rescuing. We would have found him easy
Ironically, his first name was 'Abel'... :p
Were you born without sarcasm? Or is your perception really that limited? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by Nightwalker83
Sending a radio sos would be very hard since they didn't have radios because they hadn't been invented.
Pardon?Quote:
Originally posted by rjlohan
Were you born without sarcasm? Or is your perception really that limited? :rolleyes:
If you said a word of sense, it'd be lonely...:rolleyes:
Your not only blind but dumb aswell. Didn't you read my other posts?Quote:
Originally posted by rjlohan
If you said a word of sense, it'd be lonely...:rolleyes:
Yeah, and they all made about as much sense as a snowstorm in February...:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by Nightwalker83
Your not only blind but dumb aswell. Didn't you read my other posts?
Christ... I can't even begin to describe how moronic you sound sometimes... do you think Matt doesn't realise that ships circa 1800 didn't have two-way radios? :rolleyes:
Well there is fact in all stories SD. Abel discover NZ and thought "Holy Hell l've found the promised land, the garden of Eden, the utopia". But being an explorer he had to press on, and in so doing discovered Tasmania and thought, "What a hole, who would want to live on this cold desolute place", but a local koori spotted him so he had to plant the flag and own up to the discovery even though he knew his friends at the Disovery Lounge would laugh at him .... he then actually did discover mainland Australia at a place now called Wollongong. But this dole bludger was sitting farting on the beach and drinking fruit elixir, bloody hell thought Abel, l'm not even going near this bloke l can smell his BO from here. So with the help of a friendly wind blowing from the biggest butt this side of the black stump he set sail again.Quote:
Originally posted by SurfDemon
I need our antipodean friends to answer a question for me.
Whilst spending a drunken afternoon with my dad, he mentioned the following.... It would appear that some Dutch explorer (Tasman??) managed to discover New Zealand and Tasmania, yet somehow missed Australia. Is this true?
If so, how did he manage to miss a whole friggin massive continent yet find such relatively small islands. or is this all bollocks?
Cheers,
SD
And that explains why he never recorded his discovery of mainland Australia, or as we call it the West Island....
And in the spirit of international cooperation, I will highlight the FACT in this story... :pQuote:
Originally posted by Jethro
Well there is fact in all stories SD.
Abel discover NZ and thought "Holy Hell l've found the promised land, the garden of Eden, the utopia". But being an explorer he had to press on, and in so doing discovered Tasmania and thought, "What a hole, who would want to live on this cold desolute place", but a local koori spotted him so he had to plant the flag and own up to the discovery even though he knew his friends at the Disovery Lounge would laugh at him .... he then actually did discover mainland Australia at a place now called Wollongong. But this dole bludger was sitting farting on the beach and drinking fruit elixir, bloody hell thought Abel, l'm not even going near this bloke l can smell his BO from here. So with the help of a friendly wind blowing from the biggest butt this side of the black stump he set sail again.
And that explains why he never recorded his discovery of mainland Australia, or as we call it the West Island....
If he did then why did he write that stupid post?Quote:
Originally posted by rjlohan
Yeah, and they all made about as much sense as a snowstorm in February...:rolleyes:
Christ... I can't even begin to describe how moronic you sound sometimes... do you think Matt doesn't realise that ships circa 1800 didn't have two-way radios? :rolleyes:
Ummm..... he thought it was funny?
"thought" being the operative word.
you don't think i sat through all those history lessons at school for nothing?
and you don't think i know a little bit about the country i live in?
ah well...
Well, I didn't want to say anything, but what you said made perfect sense to me. I mean only an idiot would travel on the high seas without radio communication.
A Nokia 5110 at the very least...:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by cafeenman
Well, I didn't want to say anything, but what you said made perfect sense to me. I mean only an idiot would travel on the high seas without radio communication.
Must be an Ozzie expression, as our February's are besset with Snowstorms. :)Quote:
Originally posted by rjlohan
Yeah, and they all made about as much sense as a snowstorm in February
Here in siberia, we use
Yeah, and they all made about as much sense as a heatwave here. Oh oh oh. (that's how we siberians laugh)
:rolleyes:
If the dutch dude HAD found the Australian mainland... imagine what that would be like. Everyone speaking morphed out whacked up dutch, and the kangaroos would be wearing petticoats.
(rolls eyes again.)
He did discover it but when he landed he heard someone complain about the weather, the snakes and the mosquitos and he quickly set sail again thinking he accidentally landed in England during a rare heatwave.
Hey but we would be really hot at sped skating ....... ;)Quote:
Originally posted by mendhak
Here in siberia, we use
Yeah, and they all made about as much sense as a heatwave here. Oh oh oh. (that's how we siberians laugh)
:rolleyes:
If the dutch dude HAD found the Australian mainland... imagine what that would be like. Everyone speaking morphed out whacked up dutch, and the kangaroos would be wearing petticoats.
(rolls eyes again.)
You know how I hate to be the voice of reason :p but that story is not at all true. I am sure if Beaker was here he couldve set you straight. The Dutch already knew lots about Australia from Hartog onwards (I had that in Behemoth's quiz qtns) and Tasman was specifically searching further south for any more land masses and a new passage through to south america. He did discover Tasmania (which he name Van Dieman's Land after some Dutch official) but he did not 'miss' Australia :p
And we'd have double the beer-making skill! :p
We'd be second to none!!!
:D
Oh and Jethro ... he went the other way W to E ... so NZ was discovered after Tasmania... Wollongong was almost the landing spot for Captain Cook... Woonona to be precise.. a northern suburb... it had fresh water but the surf was too big that day so they couldnt land and kept heading north to some smog hole full of yuppies and westies :D
Thankyou BB!Quote:
Originally posted by beachbum
You know how I hate to be the voice of reason :p but that story is not at all true. I am sure if Beaker was here he couldve set you straight. The Dutch already knew lots about Australia from Hartog onwards (I had that in Behemoth's quiz qtns) and Tasman was specifically searching further south for any more land masses and a new passage through to south america. He did discover Tasmania (which he name Van Dieman's Land after some Dutch official) but he did not 'miss' Australia :p
*Steps up to podium*
As beachbum was saying the dutch first landed in Nor West Oz first naming an Island Dirk Hartog island around the Shark Bay area on his way to the Indies.
The chaps name as BB noted was Dirk Hartog he left behind a nice little pewter plate on the island nailed to a stake.
The dutch didnt realise they found Australia but continued to note the coastline on thier trips to the indies.
He didnt find anything of interest so didnt claim this as a new land.
More than likely because he landed during the dry season and would of seen nothing but dry barren land.
Beaker, how long did it take you to research all that wisdom?
:p
While back in years 10, 11 and 12 history class and Australian Studies(cant believe there was a class called Oz Studies and not one mention of getting pissed at a barbie!).
:p
so when did the Portuguese discover Oz?
Apprently the portugese discovered Oz b4 the dutch! That is only known by some maps that show some mapping of Oz. But no evidence of them landing like Vlaemingh and Hartog!
No-one misses or missed Australia.
It's common knowledge that the rest of the world would be better off without it.
:p
Oh, by the way, we've beaten you fair and square in the Ladies Davis Cup meeting past weekend (3-1).
Hah !
Ladies Davis Cup? oh you mean the Federation Cup? :p yeah well I heard the other day that whatsherface... the Hewitt lookalike girlfriend is considering moving to and playing for Australia... she will probably have to spend 4 years in a detention camp though and I dont think they have any tennis courts.
She'll never be eligible for Australian nationality. She hasn't got a criminal record :rolleyes:
She could marry one ... hewitt looks like something out of Oliver Twist
/mutters
Still, we won no matter how snide you are about it. I mean, for once we beat a great nation in tennis, they can't take defeat graciously. It's always the same with those *mumble grumble* ...
lol :D I am sorry Wally.. I didnt mean to be emmm snide... the Belgians are the greatest ever in the history of tennis ... better? :p ... actually we have had a long long long term dearth in women's tennis... all the way back to Evonne Goolagong :eek:
Whut ? Me holding a grudge ? Never :p
And who is Mrs. Goulashwok ?
Way to go Bell jam. So how many of their players are eligable for Oz citizenship, am sure Howard and co would be presuaded to by pass the detention centres if only for a chance for a good photo shoot.:rolleyes:
Don't know about the "presuaded" bit but a photo shoot of our players is a terrible idea unless you like midgets and horses that is.
Perhaps for Howard's personal photo album yes but other than that, I can't imagine Ozzies being that daft.
I wonder if child labour laws apply to pro athletes ... :rolleyes:
Not in the former Soviet Union or Australia, if they can kick a footie throw em on the pitch....
Must be that good old "don't prance about, get a job" spirit :rolleyes: