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I'm sure I read in this forum somewhere that buskers had been turned away from Australia when they arrived with juggling props. Is this true? Is it safe to go there now? Please help. [img]confused.gif[/img]
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Unfortunatly Jester, yes,
It has been proved many times as wandering jugglers decided to go into the country so famous for it's beer consumption.
The reason for this isn't hard to spot if you look at it openly...See in Aussie everyone wants to buy you a tinnie(beer) if you participate you will get so ratarsed tell them you are the worlds greatest juggler..try and fail dropping and puking everywhere...they will then take your machetes and chop you to bits for dingo food.
Of course the other action is to abstain from the amber liquid and show off your skills as they get ratarsed....the result of this method would be that they will culumativly decide you are a flash cunt and garrott you with your diabolo string.
This fact is well documented and proven ( How many Aussie jugglers do you see in Europe? )....
SORRY!
P.S. Why do you ask you are a jester ?
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Jester,
Nickyboy tells the truth! I know of one bitter juggler who lost both his sense of humor and his left testicle down there!
(Robert Nelson)
Australia was the happenin’ place in the ‘80’s and early ninties!
(Marty Coffee)
Unfortunately, it quickly became the haven for ‘crap acts from cold climates’
(Gazzo).
Ironically, it was the Australians themselves who cut their own throats by stealing their material.
(David Cassell)
And then fighting amongst themselves.
(Zip & Zap)
Until Immigration and Naturalization was notified.
(Trevor Rooney)
And they said no more Americans.
(Checkerboard Guy)
But you should be fine with a British Passport.
(Marie´Claude d´Or)
P.S. For all you crap American acts, try to get a gig - (Eg. Freemantle, Perth, Adelaide Fringe) and then ask the consulate for either a Class TE Temporary Resident Sub Class 420 or a Class UC Temporary Resident Sub Class 456 Work Visa (either one good for 3 months) or just put on a toupee and go to a “juggling convention”.Comment
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Hello Jester.....
It seems to be all the Anglo countries....
that are world renowned for being very hard-nosed....
on turfing out foreign performers!
It all seems to operate on a tit-for-tat...
vice versa situation!
Oh well such is life!It's just the way it is! <img src="graemlins/jester.gif" border="0" alt="[jester]" />Comment
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Is not the best rule of thumb to go through ANY departure lounge with 'NO' props....(ok, when necessary and only in real desperate circumstances... limited props are a more realistic option) and instead buy them when you get there?
Why present them with a chance to turn you round?
Blimey what costs more an air fare..................... or a new set of clubs!?
Ok, I only deal in chalk and an amp (I can get away with my guitar by
being a hippy twat ) but surely it makes sense to ditch
the obvious give aways - clubs clubs clubs clubs spring to mind?
Wrap 'em like presents.
Stuff em in socks
BUY 'EM WHEN YOU GET THERE.
Treat props like drugs..... no go area
unless your legal .Comment
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Rumplestiltskin....is that you? You sound abit different?
You got a Jeckyl and Hyde thing going on there ?
I enjoy reading your other posts, the ones I consider to be 'normal posts'
( admittedly not all of them - you understand - just odd ones)
this one seems well weird. I think the topic must have hit a nerve........
Sanity prevails
Or insanity
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and once you're in Oz don't build a robot out of second hand car wiper motors and try and leave the country on a visa that's six months over, because it really pisses them off.
I got a three year ban for the visa over stay and an extra two year ban for trying to export used car parts without an export licence....
plus they wouldn't let me take my robot with me even though I explained it was a new part in my show....they just told me to shut up and go away or they would lock me up again...I haven't been back since
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It's all true
I was stopped at the border last time coming into my own country,with my props.They took me to a secret room and went through all my stuff asked me a zillion questions about my props,after answering them to the best of my abilities they ended up fining me for having coconut oil that i picked up in thailand,guess they couldn't get me for anything else but had too look like they didn't waste the boss's time.
As for doing shows here,it can be nice if you are used to the australian audiences.But if you've never performed here and you walk out on circular quay in 100 degrees,be prepared to question your career choice daily.
We have very large poisonous reptiles and almost any animal you see is capable of killing you {you're not even safe in the city}and we have the largest bugs in the world,But the crime rate is pretty low...
But hell ,anyone who comes over here and performs will walk away a stronger entertainer,guarenteed.
Later
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HIGH! ALAKAZAM !
Greetings from Denver!
100 degrees! What about the smoke and the dust? I hear you guys are really catching it. Earlier this year I stayed in Denver because OZ was burning, and then our forests caught fire and I got to breathe the smoke anyway. But nothing like what I read about at http://www.smh.com.au/
80 some bush fires, yikes!
Can't be good for tourism, or much of anything.
You'll have to add a fire extinguisher and a respirator to your act!
Take care man.
video man
Bill Coleman
Stretch's Lair, world record stilt walking info, fun place to visit!Comment
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Jester,
they are all talking shit,go to OZ have a good time and live in paradise for a few months!
We need as many jugglers as possible,in OZ so tell all your friends!
If they let Nick Nickalos in then they will let you in!
Do not listen to any Australians at all,they want it all for them selves
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I like what Alakazam wrote. Performing under difficult conditions is what sets the great performers apart from the rest.
It's SOOOO easy to say "yeah, I could go to Australia... but the MAN is keepin' me down."
I hear performers talking all the time how they "could" do this or that and how great there show is and blah blah blah and how agents suck or the job is "beneath them" etc. etc.
No pain, no gain. No risk, no reward.
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