Australian Sourcebook, Looking for info, or interested bodies Options

[Tiralee]

'Lo all,


Okay, I'm an Australian (See the "sourcebook" forum for my ramble) and I'm looking for resources, runs and well-thought out information regarding Australia in the Awakened age.

Since I'd rather like to avoid the awful cliches that are assigned to most Aussies (No Hans, I'm an Aussie, not an _Auzzie_ ...No! Hans! No!!!) and the misconceptions that cliches will bestow, I think that having a few of the natives run a "cultural accuracy" test might do wonders for readability.

The most so far has had something unpleasant land on Longreach (Couldn't happen to a nicer town.) and a mention in the "Fields of Fire" as a source of Merc-Work riding herd on convoys. There is a lot more thaa that and I'd like to see it exploited.

A few thoughts though - Oz has a lot of weird things hopping, slithering, crawling, swimming and preambulating their way across this wide brown land of ours...

So what in hell is going to try and eat your face post-Awakening? Bunyips, Yowies and Thylacines, oh my!? Coral reefs, nice beaches, interesting animals, mineral deposits that make most mega-corps drool...

But the nation is the most civilised in earth. No, not "cultured", civilised.

It means that we've got the most disproportionate mix of city:rural population, something upwards of 85%.

Therefore, most of the populace lives within 100 km of a civic centre. The rest are scattered over the hottest and flattest continent in the world, trying to make a living and supprting the population centres along the coasts.

So when VITAS hit, I'd surmise that there was more than a little instability which might have caused some drastic changes to the "Sun-bronzed Lifesaver" cliche.


This is not the place really for it, but if you're wanting to kick around a few ideas, please direct me where a forum should be, or mail me: distalmind@hotmail.com


Thanks,

L.