Helmets are very important for your personal safety and Australians take this very seriously, more so than anywhere else in the world.
Helmets are used for a plethora of activities that, while not particularly dangerous, could cause mental trauma.
Elsewhere in the world, such activities would be untertaken in a carefree manner with a complete disregard for personal safety. Not so Australia, where law requires you to we
ar a helmet for activities as diverse as climbing a tower to view a city (you could fall and hit your head,) standing under said tower
(something could fall from the tower and hit you in the head,) riding a large megafauna emu type bird statue in the park (the bird, being made of stone, could suddenly shatter, a piece of which could hit you in the head,) or even while walking beneath a cliff (a hoon, aussie for hooligan, above you could toss rocks off the cliff that could hit you in the head.)Elsewhere in the world, governments are complacent and willing to let their citizens encounter these dangers without any regard for their safety.
Not so Australia, where blatant disregard of the laws will land you here:
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Yet again another important post by Nico & Damo preparing all vistors for a time in Oz. The diversity your report brings to my repetoire of knowledge on Oz is critical: see, friends who have previously visited Oz have spoken of blatant disregard for public safety...such as no protection when riding inner tubes down rapids (very very) enclosed by canyons with lots of loose rock. Or being encouraged to jump off the boat to snorkel as the guide said "The sharks? They are friendly here".
Your report puts the scared Canadian at ease. There are Aussies that care, there are! What a great place to visit! AND you can ride megafauna emu type bird statues! Now that's a drawing card!!
funny sense of pathos...
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Hey Janet - we're just doing our part to inform (or is that misinform?)
I dig dirk_star's political blog!
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