VOTE: misc avatar contest: typically Australian

This week's contest is about anything typically or characteristically Australian. With such a lot of really cool entries it's a very hard choice this time.
Please vote for 2 (not your own)
The poll runs for 3 days and then closes automatically

Kai "the spy":
2 Kangaroohs
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Collingwood Nick:
his Australian Avatar
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RJDiogenes:
the Barrier Reef
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scotpens:
boomerangs
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auntiehill:
the Sydney Opera House
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Orac:
an Australian BBQer
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Rhubarbodendron:
an opal
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Gecko of Gorn:
Bon Scott, Original frontman of AC/DC​

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Zion Ravescene:
Alf Stewart from Home and Away
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JiNX-01:
Ayers Rock (aka Uluru)
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Voted

My appologies for starting the poll 90 mins late: my internet connection is rather fragile and I only just now managed to get online.

 

Voted.

 

As they say Down Under: No worries!

 

Only two?

Had to go with roos and rangs-- Kai and scotpens.

 

I voted for opals and the great, late and wonderful Bon Scott.

 

Vote for the 'roo and the rock.

 

The reef and Alf Stewart.

 

Voted! :-)

the Reef and the rock...singer

 

LOL

Talk about a seriously bad time to change my avatar

 

Dwight might be my role model but he's no Australian

 

haha yes, Alf Stewart definitely

 

This is thrilling We have a tie between RJD and JiNX and there's a day left for votes.

 

Heh. Last time we each got zero votes for our competing cheesecake and beefcake and this time we're tied for first place.

 

Seems like I am the only person who loves opals.

Rhubarbodendron have you heard of Eric the Opalised Pliosaur? Back in 1993, when it looked like he would be sold overseas, a TV science program started an appeal to raise enough money for him to be kept in Australia. Within a few weeks $450,000 had been raised much of it coming from fundraising efforts of schoolchildren including my own children who donated their allowance. The Australian Museum ended up with him and they had so much money left over that Eric was able to go on a nationwide tour. My kids loved being able to see him with their own eyes. He is very beautiful, I don't think any photos of him do him justice.

 

I recall having heard of him but I've never seen pictures. I own a tiny opalized Nautilus shell, though, so I can imagine what he might look like.

Opals are a pretty cool variation of quartz! I've always been a bit envious as we don't have an opals here. But then we have rose quartz, amethysts, citrin, sceptre quartz, rutil quartz, layer quartz, hyalithe etc. I used to collect everything in the quartz-line but now my collection is quite complete. Most of it I found myself. Only the opals are bought. I have a black one, a few sparkly white ones and a few pieces of opal matrix (mostly black opal and the milky variant)

 

?! Are you keeping score?

 

No, there was just that thing with the hammock and the inner tube last time, and I thought it was funny that we both got nothing. This just makes it funnier. Or maybe I just have a weird sense of humor.

 

Oh. I forgot about that....