Eggs get laid... what else? (and other quirky stuff).

Aussies ("No worries, mate") have sometimes been unfairly typecast as laidback. Truth be told, they are among the hardest working people around.

That makes them hungry, which means a lot of hens have to lay a lot of eggs to feed them, like what's in this carton ("100% Hunter Valley Produced") that my daughter Liane bought when Angie and I visited her and CK in Sydney:

Breakfast over (and those eggs dispatched), we all went to Paddy's Market. That's when, at the nearby University Technology Sydney, I came across something else that had been "laid":

Later in the week, on a trip to Kangaroo Valley, we came across other quirky signs at scenic spots we visited:

Hmmm... Reminds me of a sign supposedly spotted above a drinking fountain at an airport terminal in China: "It is safe to drink the water. It has been passed by the airport authorities". Anyway, we got thirsty, and -- duly forewarned -- drove on to a cafe in the town, which displayed this sign:

CK gamely asked for a "Spider" (and hold the web, please) and we learnt that it's actually a soda-ice cream float.

Back in Sydney, we went to the Sky Casino, and checked out the pastry outlet of Adriano Zumbo (he of Master Chefs fame). For staters, the macaroons were A$2.50 a pop:

His cakes were interestingly shaped, named, priced and displayed:

 

At the Imax Theatre, we caught a tornado-chasing documentary which featured specially fitted vehicles for that purpose. No glass was broken, no "breaking of wind" either, but the show's poster proclaimed something else:

Finally, here's "proof" that Aussies are not laidback. Even Santa has to work very hard to deliver his bag of presents:

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I still have two items to put up here with regard to the SMRT saga.

ST (19 Dec) ran a very good colour write-up of the hero who -- when the air inside his train carriage got really stale -- took the initiative to smash a window in the cabin last Thursday night (sorry, it was not an Angry Bird thaf did it, despite the picture I had used). Everyone except SMRT and the authorities hailed him as a hero. I'll use insing.com's story here:

http://news.insing.com/tabloid/smrt-will-not-fine-vandal/id-c5213f00

Finally, it had to happen... someone created a spoof YouTube video titled "The SMRT Song":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_cCWD0xX2w&feature=share