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A crocodile and a ute

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382326) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Jul

The vehicle in the photo was used in the film Crocodile Dundee starring Paul Hogan. Paul has also written his signature on the dashboard. Thankfully, the realistic-looking crocodile is not real. We call this type of vehicle a...

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crocodile dundee

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A blast from the past - Mohee and Sioux

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382326) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Feb 22

One of the comments on my last discussion mentioned the Ute was the name of a Native American tribe. When I was small, my father bred horses and mostly paint/pinto/skewbald/coloured horses. Cowboy and Indian films were very...

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native americans

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Ute - another Australian word perhaps not commonly known

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382326) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Feb 22

When I first joined myLot, I had no idea there were so many words and phrases that were uniquely Australian. The word ‘ute’ was one that people asked about. ‘Ute’ is short for ‘utility vehicle’. It seems similar vehicles in...

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have you ever had a near death experience?

glenry86 @glenry86 (211) • Australia 5 Apr 07

my closest near death experience would have to be when i was up the bush drunk on the back of a mates ute and as he went around a corner the back wheel hit a pot hole on my side throwing me out of the tray, as i grave the bar on...

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All 4wd owners

Silverchic @Silverchic (396) • Australia 18 Jan 07

Do you ever find yourself getting annoyed at the stigma of being a 4wd owner? I had a conversation the other day with someone who thought all 4wd's should be banned in the city! Now I agree to a point...people who buy 4wd's...

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