Any Australian's here?

[abbracadiabra]

What makes an island any different from "real land"?

 

[Dene]

Australia+New Zealand+a few other smaller islands make up Australasia

 

[AvGalen]

What makes an island any different from "real land"?

The quotes

But seriously, the difference between island and main land is only very relevant if the island isn't very big. From The Netherlands both England and Sweden can be reached by car without the need for a boat or plane, but one is an island and the other one isn't? The difference may be more important in times of war, but I don't think that is very relevant at the moment. Most people in Australia probably don't consider themselves living on an island.

 

[Dene]

In New Zealand I would hardly consider myself on an "island". We are all in essense just different sized land masses *above water*.

 

[newbiecubie]

WTF NZ is not like an island or anything! Its HUGE (not as big as USA or something but still big.

 

[36duong]

What makes an island any different from "real land"?

The quotes

But seriously, the difference between island and main land is only very relevant if the island isn't very big. From The Netherlands both England and Sweden can be reached by car without the need for a boat or plane, but one is an island and the other one isn't? The difference may be more important in times of war, but I don't think that is very relevant at the moment. Most people in Australia probably don't consider themselves living on an island.

Yeah, The US and Australia are similar in size (if you take Alaska and Hawaii away) Australia would be 7,741,220 km² and The US would be 8,079,464 km²

I don't think People in the US would think they were living on an island and most Australian wouldn't either. So I agree with the size factor that Arnaud suggested

 

[aznblur]

Correct me if I am wrong, but Australia is called an island, as there is only one country on the landmass.

 

[Leviticus]

i consider myself living on an "island", and too newbiecubie i wouldnt call NZ "HUGE" its actually small, and also off topic, in your sig im sure you will get sub 20 this year.

 

[popstar_dave]

im an aussie! im like the only aussie doing the sunday contest too lol.

Another Aussie here. I'm pretty new to the whole cubing thing. Only got into it at the end of last year. I'm solving at around 50s average using CFOP with 4LLL. I'm originally from Melbourne but living in Sydney for work at the moment.

Oh, and ccchips, you're not the only Aussie doing the Sunday comp now. I'm in there, too.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[ccchips296]

im an aussie! im like the only aussie doing the sunday contest too lol.

Another Aussie here. I'm pretty new to the whole cubing thing. Only got into it at the end of last year. I'm solving at around 50s average using CFOP with 4LLL. I'm originally from Melbourne but living in Sydney for work at the moment.

Oh, and ccchips, you're not the only Aussie doing the Sunday comp now. I'm in there, too.

Cheers,
Dave

lol yeah i know, i posted that thread a long time ago. now there alots of others like Levi Reichelt and Minh Duong and others

 

[Rubixcubematt]

hey i just joined but im a aussie in melboune. i have been cubing since march of this year and my best time is 18.50 secs. my pb average is about 26 secs (i have the video on youtube) but then again i don't really record average because i have a speedstacks timer that can't be hooked into the computer =( I have started to do the sunday contest but i need to make it more often. I am waiting to get a 2x2 4x4 and 5x5.

 

[Faz]

Yes, there seems to be a growing community of Australian cubers.
I am one.
We are probably going to have an official competition next year in Melbourne, although it won't be until Joshua Li is back from Hong Kong, as he will be the delegate. It is hard hiring the equipment and the venue too. If anyone would like to help, please do.

BTW, you can submit your times manually into the computer programs.

 

[ccchips296]

why melbourne? joshua comes to sydney anyway so shouldnt it logically be there (completely unbiased opinion)......seriously, he does come to sydney though.

 

[Leviticus]

You just want the comp in Sydney because you live there Chris And Josh IS in Australia now.

 

[Faz]

if it is to be in sydney then i can't organise it.

 

[ccchips296]

lol yeah.....that comes in to play, josh is only in australia for holiday now. and hes in sydney so yeah

 

[Faz]

how about you organise it, i will be able to fly up to visit some relatives or something.

 

[joshuali]

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ｓｏ　ｆａｚｒｕｌｚ．．．ｗｈａｔｓ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｐｌａｎ　ｉｎ　ｏｒｇａｎｉｓｉｎ　ａ　ｃｏｍｐ　ｉｎ　ｍｅｌｂｏｕｒｎｅ＂？

 

[popstar_dave]

For the Melbourne cubers here... I'm going to be down at the Melbourne Juggling Convention (26-28 September 2008) if you want to catch up for bit of a cube. If enough people express an opinion, I might even be convinced to bring my bunch of timers down and we could have a bit of an unofficial comp.

And Fazrulz, if you are planning on having a comp in Melbourne next year, then I would definitely recommend having a chat with the folks that organise the Melbourne Juggling convention. There's a fair overlap between jugglers and cubers, and I'm sure they'd be willing to offer a bit of hall space to have a comp. (PM me if you'd like some help, or an introduction or good word).

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Faz]

The main thing is, no other delegates will be able to come, Josh, when are you returning? Well, to put it in other words, when would you like the comp to be?

The juggling convention sounds like a great idea, perhaps you could ask about it dave?

If we don't have an official comp, i would definitely be coming to your unofficial one dave!

But there is still the problem of displays for the timers........