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Getting to know you - A Fun 'My Favourite Things' Quiz
Michael wrote: "Hi Bobbi-Jo welcome to the Aussie readers group."Cheers for that Michael - thanks for having me
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Afternoon, about 4pm
2. Food: Italian
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Coopers Pale Ale
4. Band/singer: The Gaslight Anthem
5. Actor: Male: Sam Rockwell Female: I fell in love with Kate Winslett in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Spot in Australia: A quiet pub on a sunday afternoon
7. Team/Sport: I play pool a bit
8. Car: Simply not interested in cars
9. Animal: My dog Rockdog who was put down a year ago
10. Activity : Playing guitar, learning the harmonica, walking, reading, writing, crosswords, watching movies, the occasional reckless bender
11. Things to collect: embarassing text messages
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My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Early morning
2. Food: Italian, pizza, pasta
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Coke
4. Band/singer: too many
5. Actor: again hard to pick
6. Spot in Australia: Hamilton Island
7. Team/Sport: Volleyball
8. Car: Mazda
9. Animal: Sun Bear, dog
10. Activity: Reading, cooking, watching movies
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Thanks Brenda. I went there on my honeymoon and loved it. Great food and great atmosphere. Family friendly without cutting out couples etc either.
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Oh how wonderful! It sounds great! One day maybe....
1. Time of Day: somewhere between 2 and 3pm2. Food: fresh bread
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic):
4. Band/singer: The Triffids
5. Actor: Claudia Karvan
6. Spot in Australia: that seat by the window
7. Team/Sport: Melbourne / Australian Rules
8. Car: I'll take the tram, thanks.
9. Animal: the wild ones
10. Activity: eating, drinking and having fun
11. Things to collect:
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: when I get in bed at the end of the night and get to read a bit before my husband mucks up the sheets
2. Food: I really, really love lollies. But if you mean proper food....then probably indian.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Love a good cup of tea and glass of pinot gris.
4. Band/singer: Mercy Me (Bart Millard), The Killers.
5. Actor: John Malkovich, or for a bit of eye candy Jude Law
6. Spot in Australia: Cradle Mountain or the hinterland of Noosa.
7. Team/Sport: Wallabies
8. Car: Drive a Kluger but would really love a 1957 Thunderbird.
9. Animal: don't have a fav.
10. Activity: reading and singing.
11. Things to collect: don't collect anything, but now I feel like I should!!
thanks Michael...looking forward to it all!
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My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Morning I'm a typical morning person lol
2. Food: Country pub grub!!! I use to love going back to my home town and get a good Roast or Chicken Schnitzel
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Pineapple Juice
4. Band/singer: I love anything kind of folksy and rocky so Mumford and Sons, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire.
5. Actor: Don't really have one. I guess if I was to single some one out for a good giggle I usually following anything with Adam Sandler in it lol
6. Spot in Australia: CAIRNS!!!
7. Team/Sport: Don't have one
8. Car: Don't drive (by choice I don't believe I have the right to take other peoples life in my hands when I am not confident I can keep myself safe lol)
9. Animal: Anything feline from Tiger to Moggy lol
10. Activity:Reading, swimming at the beach.
11. Things to collect: I don't really collect to be honest I guess books if I was going to say anything I have brought like 11 of them lately lol
Geez just read my answers lol I dunno what you would make of me lol
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Love your #8 comment...there are a lot of others out there who should be so conscientious!!! :D
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Probably that time in the morning where everything is quite ominous and quiet. Can occur just before sunrise or a little after. ALSO, that feeling you get when you wake up and realise you can still sleep for a few more hours before having to actually get out of bed.
2. Food: Not so sure on this one, it changes from day to day. Probably Sushi or dumplings from china town.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Breakfast juice.
4. Band/singer: I like A LOT of music; Kings of Leon, RHCP, Simon and Garfunkel, CCWR, The Eagles, etc etc.
5. Actor: hmmmm, I will have to come back to this one
6. Spot in Australia: The Blue mountains, Stockton or Wollongong.
7. Team/Sport: Field Hockey
8. Car: What is my favourite car? Probably an Audi S5, but I drive a Corolla :D.
9. Animal: Dogs, especially my dog.
10. Activity: Hmmmm, Chemistry, Reading, Gaming, Swimming.
11. Things to collect: Old Marvel Cards
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Whatever time I'm skyping with my folks in the UK
2. Food: Avocado, popcorn, marshmallows
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Tea and lots of it
4. Band/singer: Bowling For Soup, LostProphets, Green Day, AC/DC, The Living End, Gyroscope, Foo Fighters.
5. Actor: Johnny Depp
6. Spot in Australia: Still so much to still discover, but at the moment Penguin Island, WA. I never thought that I would ever see a penguin in the wild let alone live just minutes from where they breed.
7. Team/Sport: AFL Fremantle Dockers / WAFL Peel Thunder
8. Car: Driving a little white Getz which sports fab Freo number plates :)
9. Animal: Penguin
10. Activity: All things footie, birding, reading, music, photography
11. Things to collect: Recipes, books, good memories
Hi Michael - I'm afraid I didn't follow football/soccer at all, in fact to be honest I didn't really follow any sport but I am hooked on my aussie rules now! My brother has been a Liverpool supporter all his life but his wife is an Arsenal supporter so it can get a bit interesting in their house at times!
Carmel wrote: "William did you see the Eagles when they toured last in Aust?Cheryl, you sound like you live in a lovely location!!!"
Hey Carmel,
No I didn't :(! Although I know a few friends who did. They went and saw it with their parents.
They said it was amazing.
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Morning. I seem to have more energy at that time.
2. Food: Pasta. I also love sushi.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): I hate to say it, but Coca-Cola with ice is the bomb!
4. Band/singer: Don’t really follow one. Songs I’ve liked lately include ET by Katy Perry, Watercolour by Pendulum and Grenade by Bruno Mars.
5. Actor: Hugh Jackman
6. Spot in Australia: My house. Yes, I’m a homebody.
7. Team/Sport: Bully Beatdown. Seriously!
8. Car: My husband would say Aston Martin, but I have a thing for US muscle cars, so Mustang or Camero would be the answer there.
9. Animal: Great Danes. Any animal, really.
10. Activity: Reading, watching movies, snuggling up on a rainy night to watch a horror.
11. Things to collect: Books
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: An hour before bedtime, as that is when my husband and I read aloud to each other from our current shared book.
2. Food: Indian vegetarian food, esp garlicky naan.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Latte with or without a dash of St Agnes brandy.
4. Band/singer: Sting performing John Dowland.
5. Actor: Russell Crowe, despite his personality.
6. Spot in Australia: I love Sydney best of all.
7. Team/Sport: I will watch Sumo wrestling once every few years or so, for about 10 minutes.
8. Car: I gave up driving/car ownership in 1990.
9. Animal: I love all animals but adore my affectionate little cockatiel hen.
10. Activity - reading, of course!
11. Things to collect: I collect scents, not just perfumes but also spices and aromatherapy oils, just to sniff for the sheer pleasure of it. My current favorite is Demeter's Frozen Margarita.
Hi, My name is Janine andI live in Perth. Iwas introduced to this site by Jan who I havent seen on here in a while!! Here is my list:My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: Early in the morning when it is really quiet.
2. Food: Pasta
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Bourban and coke
4. Band/singer: Too many to choose from
5. Actor: Again too many to choose from
6. Spot in Australia: At the moment I love Margaret River in WA
7. Team/Sport: None. I hate sport
8. Car: Ford Territory
9. Animal: Dogs
10. Activity Reading, watching movies, cooking, travel
11. Things to collect BOOKS!!!
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My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: the time there's a book in my hand
2. Food: Mango
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Midori
4. Band/singer: Ha!! Funny. Currently, Angus and Julia Stone
5. Actor: Colin Firth
6. Spot in Australia: Great Ocean Road
7. Team/Sport: Hockey
8. Car: 1967 Pontiac GTO
9. Animal: Tiger
10. Activity: Reading in a hammock
11. Things to collect: Books. Got two in the mail today :) Lady Susan shall soon be devoured!
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Carmel wrote: "Hi Kim you're a new member, welcome!!!"I am! Thank you!
Brenda wrote: "Big welcome to our group Kim, lovely to have you with us:)"Thank you! I'm very excited to be with you on this. I'm working on my list already, hope that's not cheating :/
Michael wrote: "Welcome to our warm and friendly group Kim. While your hear you might like to tell us all about more about yourself here http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3......"Thanks Michael. I will head over and add a little something :)
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: laaate morning on a Saturday
2. Food: Japanese
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Chai Latte
4. Band/singer: Ayreon
5. Actor: Jodie Foster
6. Spot in Australia: Brisbane
7. Team/Sport: Kenjutsu
8. Car: BMW Z4
9. Animal: Borrowing Bettong
10. Activity: reading, knitting
11. Things to collect: stories & memories
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Friday evening, knowing I have a whole weekend in front of me.
2. Food: Lasagna
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): I usually just drink water, but if I had to choose something else I'd say chocolate milkshake
4. Band/singer: I'm not sure, there are a lot of good ones out there and I like loads of different ones.
5. Actor: Depends on what movie/tv-series they're in, but I quite like Colin Firth
6. Spot in Australia: I've only been here 3 months, but I quite like Brisbane so far.
7. Team/Sport: I don't watch much sport, but I like to play volleyball and basketball.
8. Car: There are loads of nice ones, "unfortunately" I don't drive.
9. Animal: Cat, or maybe horse.
10. Activity: I love to travel and see new places, write and take pictures.
11. Things to collect: I used to collect napkins when I was younger, and rubbers/erasers, I've not collected anything lately though, except memories...
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Sunrises are beautiful, but I'm rarely up that early to see them. But nothing beats sighing as you sink into your feather mattress topper and reach for a book at bedtime.
2. Food: Indian, Thai, CHEESE ... yes, cheese.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Coffee, and semillon sauvignon blanc (particularly from the Adelaide Hills region)
4. Band/singer: That's like asking what is your favourite book... too many to choose from. I love what was the soundtrack of my childhood ... Pink Floyd, Donovan, The Moody Blues, Cat Stevens ... a current psychedlic band from LA that I adore are Heavy Water Experiments.
5. Actor: Recently, I'm one of those weird women who have developed an 'unlikely crush' on Mr Bates from Downton Abbey. So... Brendan Coyle, for the moment.
6. Spot in Australia: I think I live in God's Own Country (ie the Mid North Coast of NSW). But I love love the south-west region of WA.
7. Team/Sport: Now that I am single again ... NO SPORT ON TELLY HERE. 'Nuff said.
8. Car: I couldn't give a stuff. As long as it gets me from A to B. And has air conditioning. And cup holders.
9. Animal: Dogs. Horses. Elephants. Otters..
10. Activity: reading and singing (contralto, or when in traditional SATB choirs, I always end up singing tenor with the men). Drawing, making wire jewellery, needlecrafts, playing piano/guitar, 'loungeroom cinemateque'
11. Things to collect: old smelly books, of course! (I have a fetish for the smell of books.)
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Thank you Brenda. You know, I think No. 7 is my favourite too. One blissful thing about being single. Just one of the blissful things haha!
Michael wrote: "Pink Floyd rawk. :DWelcome to the Aussie Readers group Julia."
Thank you Michael. Always love finding fellow book nerds to yack with.
Well, early Pink Floyd rawk haha! Not much interested past The Wall.
Michael wrote: "Julia wrote: "Michael wrote: "Pink Floyd rawk. :DWatch your language, you young whippersnapper...you're not THAT far behind me ha ha!
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Friday night, end of a uni week
2. Food: bacon
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): vodka & raspberry
4. Band/singer: love a bit of Adele and Kimbra at the moment
5. Actor: Johnny Depp and Carey Mulligan
6. Spot in Australia: I used to go to Queensland alot as a kid, always loved it
7. Team/Sport: Don't really like sport :)
8. Car: Haha not a car fan either, anything that can go forward, reverse and brake suits me fine
9. Animal: Love hedgehogs. And dogs.
10. Activity: Well I'm studying acting, so acting lol
11. Things to collect: Candles :)
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: Sunset / evening
2. Food: Asian anything
3. Drink (non-alcoholic):Tea, Coopers Birell beer, Maggie Beer Sparkling Ruby Cabernet
4. Bands: Velvet Underground, Michael Nyman
5. Actor: Tilda Swinton
6. Spot in Australia: Tasmania; almost anywhere
7. Team: Time team/Sport: Extreme macrame
8. Car: yr kidding
9. Animal: Sloth, elephant, ape
10. Activity: Reading, walking, socialising
11. Things to collect: Art
Carmel wrote: "Moi wrote: "My Favourite...7. Team: Time team/Sport: Extreme macrame
9. Animal: Sloth, elephant, ape..."
Moi, well I never, you do extreme macrame, I have never heard of that, would be awesom..."
hehe I can't resist being a little silly when it comes to sports...;)
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: dusk. When the sky still owns a bit of light but the ground is in shadows, and the animals are putting themselves to rest for the night. Lovely.
2. Food: Freshly baked bread and "proper" butter. A rare indulgence for me.
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Pimms
4. Band/singer: hmmm, this changes often. Right now I'm listening to a lot of Adele.
5. Actor: don't really have one.
6. Spot in Australia: Sydney city, QLd beaches
7. Team/Sport: I like bushwalking, but think it's more of a past-time.
8. Car: whatever gets me from A to B.
9. Animal: dolphin.How can you not smile when you see one?
10. Activity: at the risk of being obvious, reading ;-)
11. Things to collect: the much-maligned dust bunnies.
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My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: Anytime I'm not at work. I especially like times when the light changes (e.g. late afternoon, after a storm)...
2. Food: Mezze, tapas, olive oil....
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Wine (mostly red, definitely Australian)
4. Band/singer: So many choices!... The Cat Empire, Seeker Lover Keeper, Gotye, The Herd, Wolfe Gang this could continue for a while...
5. Actor: Ben Mendelsohn, Ellen Page, Johnny Depp, Claudia Karvan, David Wenham...
6. Spot in Australia: Home, the Great Ocean Road, the Yarra Valley, the Murray River, the Grampians, turns out this could continue for a while as well...
7. Team/Sport: Physical skill to watch - Dance, Sport - any I don't have to watch or listen to.
8. Car: Subaru
9. Animal: Wombat, monkeys/apes, and more or less the rest of them
10. Activity: Gardening, enjoying stories (e.g. books or movies), snuggling, cooking and conversation.
11. Things to collect: Books, music, movies, seeds and recipes.
Emily, I always have difficulty choosing just one :)
Emily wrote: "Emily wrote: "Moi wrote: "Emily, I always have difficulty choosing just one :)"
I know! Who can have just one favourite...? That's crazy talk, besides variety is the spice of life ;)
1. Time of Day: Dawn/sunrise2. Food: food
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): cappuccino
4. Band/singer: Kings College choir
5. Actor: Eric Bana
6. Spot in Australia: Simpson Desert
7. Team/Sport: Tennis/gym/yoga
8. Car: Celica
9. Animal: dog
10. Activity gym/writing/reading
11. Things to collect: interesting people
My Favourite... 1. Time of Day: when my beautiful 2 year old wakes from his nap and is so happy to see my:)
2. Food: Asian!!!! i could seriously eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): soy mocha
4. Band/singer:jack Johnson, Missy Higgins ect anything i can reproduce on the guitar :)
5. Actor: definitely Johnny Deep yummy :)
6. Spot in Australia: goodness there are so many do i have to choose:) ummm the summit of cradle mountain tassie.
7. Team/Sport: my husband and i :)
8. Car: anything that you can sleep in or go off road in.
9. Animal: piglets
10. Activity: fire twirling, poi, hula dancing, making music, street performing ect
11. Things to collect: stamps, poi and Barbie dolls in their original boxs. random i know :)
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1. Time of Day: sunset2. Food: chocolate
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): tea
4. Band/singer: Lady Ga Ga
5. Actor: Colin Firth
6. Spot in Australia: home - Waroona
7. Team/Sport: Football
8. Car: Ford
9. Animal: dog
10. Activity: writing
11. Things to collect: books
My Favourite...1. Time of Day: When the kids go to bed..LOL (SunSet)
2. Food:My fav food is Pizza
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): Alcoholic is Any thing with Vodka or Bourbon..No Alcoholic is Water and Tea
4. Band/singer:Gosh there are so many but a Fave Band is Linkin park and The Foo Fighters,oh and Kelly Clarkson
5. Actor:I dont really have one..
6. Spot in Australia:Mt Tambourine :)
7. Team/Sport:Swimming/Footy/Baseball
8. Car:Ford, Tho i have a new Kia now
9. Animal:Dogs
10. Activity Reading,Knitting and gym
11. Things to collect, Books, candles(tho i burn them so fast)
Aussie Readers
Books mentioned in this topic
The Beer Lovers Guide to Australia (other topics)North and South (other topics)
Storm Boy (other topics)
My Favourite...
1. Time of Day: home time!
2. Food: anything pasta!
3. Drink (alcoholic or non-alcoholic): alcoholic - beer non-alcoholic - cordial mainly koola - cant go past green cordy
4. Band/singer: sad i know but Glee
5. Actor: mmmmm will smith great body and great humour
6. Spot in Australia: top end - Give me Darwin anyday
7. Team/Sport: Basketball - so the Perth Wildcats
8. Car: 2000 VT Calais Orange V8 - was back then and still is now
9. Animal: my two puppies!
10. Activity : other then reading, mountain biking (cant wait til it is warmer) sports, socialising
11. Things to collect: keyrings - have to get one everywhere i go