Are these furry ones indeed handcuffs or to restrain other utensils? 
Speaking of everyone's favorite prison island in the South Pacific, now that I've seen this here (all nearly three hours of it)
I know all about you! You shoot cangaroos from trucks, drink bear at fancy functions from the bottle, kidnap aborigine kids with one white parent and call them "creamy", have no air defense to speak of and your cowboys soap and rinse in the outback in a way to make post-coming-out-George Michael vids look innocent!
Uwe
PS: Did Herr Jackman film Woverine and Australia at the same time? He certainly looked scruffy enough in the latter to do both walking from set to set and has meanwhile perfected his "Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western era"-look right down to the pinched eyes and the raised eyebrow! Not a disaster the movie (and almost over-earnest in its attempt to do PC-justice to aborigine culture), but not an Aussie "Gone with the Wind" either, probably not even a "The Thornbirds".
Well, how could I not respond to such an eloquent post.
I haven't seen the movie (probably wont bother I guess). Mr Jackman = just another Mel Gibson-esque Aussie actor. Now Bryan Brown, that guy can act!
Things to consider when watching the movie:
1.Most Australians live on the coast in a completely urban environment and have never seen the outback.
2. The Australian coastline is 34,218 km. In a country of 22 million it is all but impossible to have any effective air defence across this area.
3. South Australians love to remind people that The state of South Australia has never been a penal colony.
4. A Ute is much the preferred vehicle than a truck to shoot Roos from but since John Howards prime ministership you would be hard pressed to locate a gun to shoot them with.
5. Roo tastes excellent, and since the longest fence in the world (the Dingo fence) was built in the 1880's there is little or no natural predator for the Kangaroo.
6. Kangaroos breed like rabbits.
7.Cowboys in Australia are referred to as Stockman or Jackaroos. There are no Cowboys in Australia.
8.I'm not sure I see the problem with drinking beer at fancy functions but the fact that we are one of the bigger wine producing countries in the world also means that its quite acceptable (and common) for a bloke to have a big Aussie Shiraz at said function.
9. Aborigines in Australia............. Very complicated issue with bad mistakes having, and still being made on both sides. I have a few aboriginal mates and grew up with 2 others in Katherine in the Northern Territory. Good and bad on both sides IMHO like most cultures. The worst people are the ones that try and simplify a very fragmented and as I said complicated situation.
10. Rent the 1955 Australian Movie Jedda
