/ 04 October 2023

The Sagrada Familia nears completion, the world’s oldest skydiver, and that’s not how Aussies talk…

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Anyone who’s built or renovated would know that the delays can be killer – and it’s a good thing nobody was waiting to move into Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia Basilica… Five of its 6 towers are finally finished 140 years after construction began. 

Chicagoan Dorothy Hoffner isn’t taking the regular retirement route at 104yo… She’s hoping to score a Guinness World Record as the oldest person ever to skydive after completing a tandem jump on Sunday. She reckons she might try a hot air balloon next… 

If there’s one thing guaranteed to unite Aussies, it’s our unique lingo – and that might be why the US Embassy’s take on some not-quite-right slang had a few spitting the dummy. Some of the translations were “chubbers” (shoes), “freshie” (tourist) and “Sleeve Irwin” (sweatshirt). Yeah, nah…

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