Having been to your fine country, it doesn't surprise me you guys are so happy.  Beautiful weather, thousands of miles of empty beaches and coastline, tropical rainforest, delicious seafood.  

On the Australian political front, I can't resist posting this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFELLK8htKM

All those British political satires are going to need to step up their game.  They've just been outdone by reality.

At $2 million an hour, good old Gina must be the happiest Australian.

It's a good thing they downgraded the mining tax ... all those unhappy billionaires would lower the Aussie happy rating.

LOL re the clip .....Shorten is as thick as two short planks.....

wonder whose daughter he can marry next to get another foot up the political ladder...

sent the article to my American sister-in-law who is in the throws (Edit: throes    )    of coming to Australia to live.... she's a little nervous.... then again... her only personal experience of Australia is Cairns.... and she hates humidity.... and bugs......  

Yes....there's lots of buggers in Cairns....

.....Psssst....it's "throes" .... ...

  caught by the Jafo....

in my defense.... I'm having a red whine nite....        I thought it looked funny when I typed it....  

Nope ... she looks like someone who should be living in a caravan.

What does red "whine" taste like?   

She sounds like the kind of person I've met many times before, a complete and utter idiot.

   haven't heard that before...

Sydney syrup......    

You guys have The Wiggles. 'Nuff said.

and also the 'ruff red' and the 'whineing white'

harpo

You guy certainly have some of the most interesting swimming, walking, an hopping critters around.  They're endless amusement in themselves.

then again we do have some of the most stupid politicians in existence, eg the last six governments( they all seem to think that taxing everybody to death is going to improve the prosperity of the country, when all it does is to KILL the country)

harpo