quicko: CWAA

Country Women's Association of Australia.  No idea what they do or why, but the name also came up on the taping of TGIF and my Australia friend had to explain the acronym to me.  You can do your own research here, if you can be bothered.

quicko: WIRES

Refers to Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES) and is Australia's largest wildlife charity.

quicko: the QVB

The Queen Victoria Building.  Icon of Sydney.  Not so famous as the Opera House, but it's been here way longer.  Currently under a bit of scaffolding, presumably for renovation, but still quite impressive.  A building that no doubt holds many secrets.

I also could have sworn I had a better picture of it.  Evidently not.

Finally, my phone's predictive text absolutely refuses to predict it.  Every other three letter combination it can handle, but it's my opinion that the lack of vowel throws it entirely and sends it into a rampage.  So catastrophically so that it starts predicting four and five letter words instead -- anything, anything, but at least give it a vowel, it cries.  So I give up and put a space between each letter.

Kim v. pink cell phone, who has won?  I was going to say I'd let you be the judge, but I don't like where that might be heading.  KIM has won, end of story!

quicko: the ATO

The Australian Tax Office.  Much as I dislike it throughout the year, I'm generally quite the fan post-June 30 when I get my tax back!  Currently holding on with bated breath!

quicko: TAFE

TAFE -- who knows what it stands for -- is Australian "tertiary" education -- i.e., past high school, but not really what I'd call college.  It's a bit like a vocational school or a community college -- but, depending on your social circles, possibly without such a stigma.

quicko: city center?

First off, the city center is called the CBD -- Central Business District. Which sort of explains this point, but not really: the thing is, Sydney city isn't all that happening when it comes to weekends. Yeah, there is stuff to do, but it can be a bit of a ghost town (especially around Martin Place and up Wynyard end) during the weekends -- its main purpose really does seem to be the Monday-Friday commerce and the people mostly live in the suburbs. Some areas are a bit more energetic (say, Oxford Street), but no matter where you are, it's ridiculously hard to get a hot chocolate anywhere after 6 pm, much less after midnight.