Marmite/Vegemite. Love it or hate it?

Heh, heh, heh. We have cattle stations bigger than both of you.


(Just kidding, but it's still OZ Day and I'm allowed braggin' rights.... or at least taking them.)
 

Texans look away now!

I'm not far out. This one has a few countries beaten.

Anna Creek Station is the world's largest working cattle station.[SUP][1][/SUP] It is located in the Australian state of South Australia. Its area is roughly 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km[SUP]2[/SUP]; 9,400 sq mi) which is slightly larger than Israel. It is 1,977,000 acres (8,000 km[SUP]2[/SUP]; 3,089 sq mi) larger than its nearest rival, Alexandria Station in the country's Northern Territory and over seven times the size of the United States biggest ranch, King Ranch in Texas, which is 825,000 acres (3,340 km[SUP]2[/SUP]; 1,289 sq mi). [SUP][2][/SUP]
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N.Z.
New Zealand is located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia. Its land covers 268,680 square kilometers, with water covering 10 square kilometers. In comparison, it is about the size of the state of Colorado.

Its area is 268,021 km.[SUP]2[/SUP]
103,738 Sq. Miles (268,680 Sq. Km)
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England
Area
- Total
- Land (%)
- Water (%)		130,395 km[SUP]2[/SUP] (50,346 sq mi)
98%
2%

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/geography-of-england#ixzz2rVMGn9Hl
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Now this is creepy. I would guess I have heard Anna Ck station mentioned about 4 times in my entire life. I have the TV on as background noise more than out of interest but guess what has just popped up? 2 minutes after I posted that quote about it?
A report about the Great Artesian Basin, and how vital it is to ... Anna Ck Station!

Now that's just uncanny!
 
No, I don't believe it either!

Ok, so you beat us on size, cricket, rugby, weather, standard of living,...

We must win at something, let me think.....
 
Diwundrin said:
You trump us at population. ... and annual rainfall .... and thickness of history books .... and.... nup can't think of anything else.
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Beat me...I had just thought...history; we have one....and gave you yours!
 
Well Jen, I could throw the one used here sometimes to win history battles with the Poms, that ours is 40,000 years old.
But considering none of it was written down and it was pretty much the same year lived 40,000 times I consider it a bit below the belt.
 
I went to Boston Mass. With a Canadian friend once, who had studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.
as we were going on the hop-on hop-off bus, we went to America's oldest house.
we just laughed hysterically...didn't go down too well.
neither did our trip round the Boston Tea Party!
 
Diwundrin said:
Heh, heh, heh. We have cattle stations bigger than both of you.


(Just kidding, but it's still OZ Day and I'm allowed braggin' rights.... or at least taking them.)
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Cattle stations,!! you mean dry gulch country. we have cattle stations (50.000 acres) running as much stock on them as your million acres are capable of doing.

 
Katybug said:
I LOVE anchovies in any form, but not Vegemite. Haven't tried the other one, but assuming that it too is an acquired taste...one that never made it in the USA. My friend in Sydney eats Vegemite everyday and loves it!

Sorry, after I posted the above, I realized I had not been on the last page and the post had morphed. Kindly overlook.
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I don't think you would like Marmite either, Katie....Vegemite started in NZ; marmite in UK; hence the morph!
 
Vivjen said:
Sorry Fern; I meant compared with Australia! You and I are a little outnumbered here...
i love NZ, I have been twice; but I still prefer Marmite!
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Prefering marmite, I won't hold that against you. :D Bigger isn't necessarily better, Aus. may have the 'size' but the quality is so sadly lacking.
 
Fern said:
Cattle stations,!! you mean dry gulch country. we have cattle stations (50.000 acres) running as much stock on them as your million acres are capable of doing.

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Australia day is over, Fern; go for it!

But all those sheep.......

We have little farms with fields and hedges, and trees and things; very pretty!
 
Fern said:
Cattle stations,!! you mean dry gulch country. we have cattle stations (50.000 acres) running as much stock on them as your million acres are capable of doing.

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Picky picky... we're talkin' size here. Quantity, not quality. If you wanna send Milford Sound's annual rainfall to S.A. they could run all of your cattle on Anna Ck and lose 'em in the grass.
 
You either love it or hate it Pappy; I love it!
it is a yeast extract, can be put on toast or sandwiches, and also in gravy...Very British!
 
I am sure of that, Ina, and grateful......
 

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