Germans in Australia
Notable Australians of German ancestry include actor Eric Bana, former Victorian premier Henry Bolte, film director Baz Luhrman , cricketer Shane Warne and early colonial artist Hans Heysen
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Germany
Oom-pah and Ale: The Oktoberfest Beer Festival
The Oktoberfest takes place in the last 2 weeks of September and is the highlight of any beer drinker’s year. Oktoberfest is fast food feeding frenzy. 6,000 chickens, 90,000 pork legs and 80 oxen, and the ever present Umtata bands.
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Germany Recipes – Black Forest Gateau (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte)
Choco curls (make from a chocolate bar by shaving with vegetable peeler) fresh or glace cherries for decoration.
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Germany Recipes – Franconian Sausages & Sauerkraut
Pull over the bowl with the casings made of pigs gut. Pick one out and find the end of the skin. Then, take a funnel and slip the casing over the end in one deft movement. Stuff the casing with the mixture, before tying it off to make a sausage.
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Bazaar: Berlin Shopping Guide
The city cannot compete with Paris, London or even Munich in the shopping stakes, but what Berlin lacks in sophistication, it makes up for in spirit.
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