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From: tgray@igc.apc.org (Tom Gray)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: --Australia: Wind 'Most Promising'
Date: 29 Dec 92 20:59:00 GMT
Nf-ID: #N:cdp:1472000065:000:2604
Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!tgray    Dec 29 12:59:00 1992


/* Written 10:13 am  Oct 12, 1992 by tgray@igc.apc.org in igc:en.energy */

WIND CITED AS 'MOST PROMISING'
RENEWABLE SOURCE BY AUSTRALIA
 
The government of Australia, in a new report on a "National
Electricity Strategy," described windpower as the most promising
renewable energy source for grid-connected electric power,
according to The Solar Letter.
 
According to the report, wind power plants such as one now
installed near the community of Esperance in Eastern Australia, can
generate power at a cost of A $.07 (US $.053) per kWh, and
reductions of up to 20 percent in that cost are possible in the
near term.
 
The report also views wind as having potential for sites off the
national grid.  Australia has about 300 villages and 10,000
households that are isolated from the grid, the article said.
 
The report also found that up to 10 percent of Australia's current
electric power demand could be supplied by intermittent energy
sources -- such as wind, solar, and wave power -- without
substantial need for backup capability and changes in the grid.
 
Australia currently has no provision for incorporating
environmental and other "external" costs of energy sources into its
process for choosing new power sources, and the report called for
steps to develop such a policy, noting that it would further
increase the attractiveness of renewable energy technologies.
 
Renewable energy, primarily hydro, now supplies about 11 percent of
Australia's electricity, but most potential hydro sites have
already been developed, the article said.
===============================

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From: tmarvan@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Thomas Marvan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Maintaining Australian Residency?
Date: 22 Dec 92 01:38:44 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <BzMA3p.EDx@mach1.wlu.ca> john7552@mach1.wlu.ca (Niall Johnson u) writes:
>In article <1992Dec20.221429.1244@altair.selu.edu> fcs$1224@altair.selu.edu writes:
>>I am currently a resident of Australia but am a US citizen.  If I
>>am an agent of a company (or companies) in Australia, will this
>>maintain my residency?  I am in the planning process of setting up
>
>My understanding (and I may well be wrong) is that if you have Permanent
>Residency (as I do) in Australia you should get a Re-entry Visa before you
>leave Australia. You are then technically re-granted residency each time you
>re-enter Australia. However I also believe that there is a time limitation -
>you can't be away from Australia for more than 3 years. Check your
>visa/permit and also contact your local Embassy/Consulate-General.



I am an American citizen with permamnent residency, and I obtained a
re-entry visa a number of years ago which states that I must return
to Australia before August, 1993.  I plan to go back in February, so
I should be OK, although I'll be leaving again in March for an
indefinite period.

I guess I should renew my my re-entry visit then, huh?





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Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu (JACK)
Subject: Request for information on Severe Tropical Cyclone Nina
Keywords:  Tropical Cyclone
Reply-To: jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu
Organization: FSU-Meteorology Department
Distribution:  world
Date: 28 DEC 92 02:18:25    

   Severe Tropical Cyclone Nina hit the Cape York Peninsula on December 25
and crossed into the Coral Sea on December 26. If anyone on this group has
any meteorological information on the storm or any reports of damage or
casualties, could you please either post them or e-mail them to me? This
information will be used in my weekly summary of tropical cyclones on sci.
geo.meteorology.

                                               Jack Beven
                                          Dept. of Meteorology
                                         Florida State University
                                          jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu

Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: umfu0009@ccu.umanitoba.ca (J. M. K. Fu)
Subject: Address of University
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 02:13:10 GMT

Hello netters,

   I am looking for my post-graduate study in Syndey. Please mail me
the address of University of New South Wales if any of you guys know.
Thanks. My email is umfu0009@ccu.umanitoba.ca

                                                 John.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: brennan@tango.cchs.su.oz.au (Luke Brennan)
Subject: Re: Visiting Australia, tipping...
Organization: Cumberland College of Health Sciences
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 20:24:07 GMT

In article <JBARNETT.92Dec21174119@bigwpi.WPI.EDU>, jbarnett@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jonathan R Barnett) writes:
   [...]
> 
> In theory, not tipping sounds fine.  But all too often I got the
> strangest looks in Sydney when I *didn't* tip (in restaurants).  One
> place even had the manager run after me and stop me in the street to
> see why I was so dissapointed with their service!  

	Yeah? I've had a bundle of $4/500 lunches in decent Sydney
	restaurants, and I have NEVER tipped 15%.
	For that matter, I have never had a manager run down the street
	after me - if he had, I'd have never gone back.
	I *already* pay a substantial premium, and if the service
	is EXCEPTIONAL then I may leave a modest tip, but I certainly
	don't see why any waiter would EXPECT a substantial tip.
 
> So, its all fine and dandy to say "we don't tip in Oz", but if you are
> an American tourist, a fair amount of embarrassment will be avoided if
> you *do* tip.

	yeah.. they start licking their lips when they see those
	people coming..

	I think the keyword here is a MODEST tip.. waiters here are
	not surviving on your tips as their only real income.
	If you respond to a waiter and let them know you are pleased
	with the service, then you are doing something just as
	effective, yet not doubling up on the premium you're already
	paying.
	If you dont think there's a premium, see how much your next bottle
	of Dom Perignon costs you IN your restaurant, etc, etc..
 
> By the way, I put up with the grief, and will not tip....but then I
> don't wear an Akubra hat in town, etc.

	hear! hear!

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From: jlp@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: transformers- watts and volts?
Date: 2 Jan 93 12:32:39 EST
Distribution: soc
Organization: Cornell University

Once again, the subject of transformers.  I am moving to Melbourne, and want 
to take a few appliances with me.  So, I went to Radio Shack and looked at the 
transformers they have available.  One is for EITHER 50watt electronic
appliances OR 1600watt heating appliances (non-motorised).  i know nothing
about
electricity, and have read admonishments on this newsgroup that you have to
be careful in purchasing transformers.


Will the transformer that I just mentioned be suitable for a 1000 watt ceramic
that has a small blower fan in it?  Perhaps more generally, what information
do I need to have about an appliance when I go to purchase a transformer?
And why wouldn't the 1600watt setting on the transformer work for a 50watt
small radio?  If someone has gotten transformers at Radio Shack, perhaps you
could tell me which ones (exactly?) you bought and what you find they work
with?

Also, can these sorts of transformers be run for long periods of time
without damaging the transformer or the appliance.

Someone mentioned that they took a power bar to Australia.  I have a good
one, but which transformer do I need for it?  Or, what information do I 
need to havea bout the power bar to decide what transformer I need?

I am excited about my trip, but trying to get there the cheapest way
possible is the pits in trying to organize these sorts of details.  :)
Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Cheers to a new year!

Jobi 
jlp@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu

Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: tcthorn@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Tim Thornbrough)
Subject: Boxing Day
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:14:13 GMT

My fiance's parents usually have a big party the day after Christmas which is
called Boxing Day.  Does anyone know the  reason behind this holiday?  Or is
it even a holiday at all?  She doesn't know much about it and we would like
any info you have!

- Tim
--
{------> Tim Thornbrough                              }
{-----------> tcthorn@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu          }
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: purp@wixer.cactus.org (Jim Meyer)
Subject: Graphic Designer, anyone?
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 20:11:13 GMT


I'm interested in getting information on any possible jobs in the
commercial art field in Australia. I've been feeling an itch to get out
of the country again (my father was USAF) and have been considering
relocating for at least a few years to Australia.

I'd also welcome information on emigration, residency, cost of living
(homes, vehicles, food, and entertainment), and life in urban/semi-urban
areas.

Thanks!

--Jim, looking for a change.
--
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
|  Julien Finaudere' de la Main Pourpre      |  Jim Meyer DoD#680      |
|  Collegium Turris Animarum, Bryn Gwlad     |  purp@wixer.cactus.org  |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
|        If no one else listens to my opinions, why should you?        |
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From: glenn.nosworthy@synapse.org (Glenn Nosworthy) 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: SYDNEY NOW
Date: 24 Dec 92 23:23:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: SYNAPSE BBS - GATINEAU, QUEBEC - 819-561-4321
Reply-To: glenn.nosworthy@synapse.org (Glenn Nosworthy) 

I was born in Sydney and spent the first 13 years of my life there.
Then my parents dragged me off to Canada (tonight it's -14 degrees
celsius. . . without wind-chill).  I'm much older now, but I'm still
curious about my homeland. Anyone out there from Sydney? If so, can you
answer the following questions - my nostalgic side would be grateful.
1.  Did Sydney Boys High School ever go co-ed? (am I giving my age
away?)

2.  Is King's Cross still a fleshpot? (I lived in Potts Point, "next
door")

3.  Is Bondi Beach really as polluted now as I hear? (It was pristine as
I remember it).

4.  How's the economy doing now - the job situation?

Thanks     --Glenn
                                                                                                           
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: ctalbot@mica.meddean.luc.edu (Carlos J. Talbot)
Subject: VHS/BETA formats in Australia?
Keywords: vhs beta ntcs pal
Organization: Loyola University Chicago
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:11:39 GMT

My fiancee will be down in Sydney or Melbourne mid-July and will probably
bring a VHS video tape with her. My question is, what format(VHS/BETA) is
commonly used in Australian VCRs and do they use NTSC or PAL? Any help would
be appreciated.  Thanks.
--
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Office of Fiscal Affairs          |         ctalbot@lucpul.it.luc.edu   
Stritch School Of Medicine        |         ctalbot@ref.tfs.com
Loyola University Medical Center  | Tel. 708-216-6347
From: justin@muppet.bt.co.uk (Justin Emery)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Bullocks/bollocks
Date: 29 Dec 92 15:53:20 GMT
Reply-To: justin@muppet.bt.co.uk
Organization: BTL

>my mind is deceiving me, but isn't the word bullocks/bollocks an
                                        
bullocks are animals, big a ugly cows basically.

bollocks is the Australian slang word of testicles.  I think it is used in a few
other countries too.  Also often used as a term meaning rubbish, bullshit etc.  So if
someone says something you don't believe you could say "bollocks" to them, and 
depending on where you are in the world you may get a smack in the mouth or just a
confused look.

Justin
From: pbright@ils.nwu.edu (Paul Brightbill)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Words to Waltzing Matilda
Date: 21 Dec 92 15:57:09 GMT
Organization: ILS - Northwestern University

I remember a thread from a few weeks past about the words to Waltzing
Matilda.  Does anyone have all the words or know where I can get them from?
 

Thanks

PB
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: balden@wimsey.bc.ca (Bruce Balden)
Subject: Victoria State Library
Organization: Wimsey Information Services
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 17:27:03 GMT

I'd like to get in touch with someone from the Victoria State Library.
My email address is balden@wimsey.com.
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sunday, 27 Dec 1992 15:51:57 CST
From: <U22822@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject:    suggest any good recent ozzie movies?


Could anyone  suggest recent good ozzie made movies?

Matt
From: kmurali2@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Electronic Engineer Job Query
Date: 1 Jan 93 19:08:47 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

Hi Netters,

	I would like to know what are the job prospectus for an Electronic
Engineer in Australia.

	Please send your responses to the net or to my e-mail address.

	Thank you,
	MK
From: jbarnett@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jonathan R Barnett)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Visiting Australia, tipping...
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:41:19 GMT
	<1992Dec17.120853.6717@devvax.mincom.oz.au>
	<865@pyrmania.pyramid.com.au>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
NNTP-Posting-Host: bigwpi.wpi.edu
In-reply-to: john@pyrmania.pyramid.com.au's message of 21 Dec 92 03:15:02 GMT

>    >> Please Tricia and Jim DO tip if you think a person deserves it.
>    >> The stuff about not tipping in Oz is pure rubbish and ignorance.
>    >> People in the hospitality industry love a tip and Americans are renowned
> 
>    Who wouldn't ? :-)
>    Americans are reknowned for their tipping because it is natural to them. It is
>    _not_ natural to anyone I know.
> 
>    >NOOOOOOO! Don't tip. its not expected and absolutely not the outrageous
>    >15% compulsory tipping that goes on in the US.
---more stuff deleted---

>    follow suit. In Aus. it is not the norm, so please don't!

In theory, not tipping sounds fine.  But all too often I got the
strangest looks in Sydney when I *didn't* tip (in restaurants).  One
place even had the manager run after me and stop me in the street to
see why I was so dissapointed with their service!  

So, its all fine and dandy to say "we don't tip in Oz", but if you are
an American tourist, a fair amount of embarrassment will be avoided if
you *do* tip.

By the way, I put up with the grief, and will not tip....but then I
don't wear an Akubra hat in town, etc.
From: mlaufer@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Matthias Laufer)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Visiting Australia, lots of questions!!
Date: 26 Dec 1992 07:50:19 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

<REAL AUSTRALIANS DON'T TIP>

Could someone please enligten me.
What are REAL Australians??
Surely, Anita couldn't have referred to Aborigines, or could she?

Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: brennan@tango.cchs.su.oz.au (Luke Brennan)
Subject: Re: --Australia: Wind 'Most Promising'
Organization: Cumberland College of Health Sciences
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:19:38 GMT

In article <1472000065@igc.apc.org>, tgray@igc.apc.org (Tom Gray) writes:

> WIND CITED AS 'MOST PROMISING'
> RENEWABLE SOURCE BY AUSTRALIA
	[...]
> According to the report, wind power plants such as one now
> installed near the community of Esperance in Eastern Australia, can

	urm.. are you talking about Esperance, WESTERN Australia? :-}
	hmm.. I guess if you have one of those PROPER maps that have
	Australia at the TOP, CENTRE of the world, then yeah.. east!

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From: bennett@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Christmas Carols
Date: 4 Jan 93 14:06:52 CST
Organization: Defence Science and Technology Organisation

In article <1h16ruINNrbl@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ch667@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Manfred K. Hanley) writes:
>>Seized by a sudden bout of nostalgia, I'm looking for words
>>to an Aussie Christmas Carol I heard in my youth. Although
>>much has escaped me, I can hum it (only faking a few notes ;)
>>and the chorus goes something like:
>>
>>"Six white boomers, snow white boomers,
>>Racing Santa Claus through the burning sun;
                                 blazing ?
>>Six white boomers, snow white boomers,
>>On his Australian run."

Just in case anyone was wondering, "boomers" are old man kangaroos.

Regards,

John Bennett                                   bennett@dstos3.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
From: cpalmer@dingo.rtp.dg.com ()
Subject: Re: Things to do in Hobart???
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 16:10:17 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, Westboro MA

In article <2524@eram.esi.COM.AU> dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall) writes:
>In article <1992Dec8.132550.23268@webo.dg.com>,
>    cpalmer@dingo.rtp.dg.com writes:

>| >I think you are confusing the devils with the tigers.  The Tassie Tiger
>| >is indeed extinct, due to humans thinking they had a better right to
>| 
>| Is not!!

>Or are you saying the tiger is NOT extinct?  In which case I beg to differ.
>It is indeed extinct, but alleged sightings have been made, and there is
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>at least one scientific investigation going on.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I guess I am not alone in this!!!!

>Please elaborate upon your "Is not" response...

I left out the :-)   Well, actually, I didn't think one was needed :-)
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From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Visiting Australia, lots of questions!!
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:26:00 GMT
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
X-Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"
X-Witty-Saying: "Mobius strip - see other side for instructions"

In article <BzHKGx.D64@ais.org>,
    sa@ais.org (Scott Almburg) writes:

| ....  a pocketful of australian coins is almost as bad  as a pocket
| of english coins!  It's not unlikely that you'll have 30 pounds ins
| change jangling in those pockets...   pound  coins  are small and 
| heavy....

Plainly you've never seen our $2 coins...

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sunday, 27 Dec 1992 16:16:37 CST
From: <U22822@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject:    LOOKING FOR SIVARAM IN NORTH DAKOTA

SIVARAM
I LOST YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS. DID YOU GO TO OZ YET?

MATT HIKMET
From: john@pyrmania.pyramid.com.au (John Sims)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.australian
Subject: Re: Visiting Australia, tipping...
Date: 21 Dec 92 03:15:02 GMT
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation, Perth, Western Australia

In article <1992Dec17.120853.6717@devvax.mincom.oz.au> anita@devvax.mincom.oz.au (Anita Graham) writes:
>In article <1gnefhINNb45@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>, mlaufer@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Matthias Laufer) writes:
>> Please Tricia and Jim DO tip if you think a person deserves it.
>> The stuff about not tipping in Oz is pure rubbish and ignorance.
>> People in the hospitality industry love a tip and Americans are renowned

Who wouldn't ? :-)
Americans are reknowned for their tipping because it is natural to them. It is
_not_ natural to anyone I know.

>NOOOOOOO! Don't tip. its not expected and absolutely not the outrageous
>15% compulsory tipping that goes on in the US.
>
>Sometimes, if we are a large group we will round up the perperson amount,
>and leave the change behind. But I NEVER deliberately tip in any other
>circumstance. 

[ Onto soap-box ]
I agree whole-heartedly. People in the hospitality industries here, by and
large get paid decent wages (not to speak of penalty rates - which we _won't_
discuss right here), and do _not_ need tips. My wife and I wouldn't dream of
tipping unless in highly exceptional circumstances, and people we mix with
are all the same. It is _not_ necessary. Too many other places I have visited,
that would not normally go in for tipping, now expect it, particularly from
western tourists. It is a bloody pain, and is a bad habit that we would do well
to prevent the spread of. In North America, it is the done thing and we should
follow suit. In Aus. it is not the norm, so please don't!
[ Down off soap-box ]

>
>The problem is that we don't want to get to the state the US and Europe are
>in where not tipping is major crime.

Absolutely.

>
>Matthias - where do you work?

Yes Matthias, where _do_ you work ? :-)

John.
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