Autistic and Augressive Ausie


There is a big discrepancy between how you see Australia from overseas and how you experience it from inside.

Thanks to our uni we were able to “brake free” and go for a car trip. It was around 6000km of experience. Firstly we went via inland road to Adelaide and then along the coast back to Sydney. I was assisting in Christina’s project (more about it here: http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/dept/centres/pirel/christinabirnbaum.html)

The referendum in 1999 on being independent republic and Tony Abott thing show how difficult it is for so big country with so much potential to change. It is obsessive about its status quo. Quite like a spoiled child who wants to still consume a lot and at the same time stay under protective wing of Mother England. None of the European country is in possession of so much natural renewable resources. Unfortunately the wind farms we have seen in Toora and nearby Port Fairy are here still a rarity. Not to mention about solar panels and small engine cars.

The seeds we have collected near Woollongong will always remind us about bitter side of Ausie land. Just because we said “Hi how are you” with our foreign accent made the running-by couple stop. The guy in offensive way gave a suggestion that we may go to jail if we bring the seeds overseas. He didn’t know that the seeds of weedy plants from the local site were brought by his ancestors and now invasive plants are big issue in Australia. Aim of our project is to learn how to control them. He played an apologetic guy after all and waved the hand for goodbye but this situation left bad memoirs in our minds.

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