Am I the only one embarrassed?

[Willow]

Better than beating up sheep.

 

[AuckMel]

Liked this one the moment I saw it.

Not too bad either.

 

[Willow]

It's a beaut flag. What holding up NZ to make the switch?

 

[Avenger]

I like this for the Australian flag. We keep the Southern Cross and appease the indigenous population with Uluru.

 

[Avenger]

Liked this one the moment I saw it.

Not too bad either.

They both look awesome.

 

[AuckMel]

It's a beaut flag. What holding up NZ to make the switch?

I don't know, but it's time I reckon.

 

[AuckMel]

Found this amongst the Kiwi flags.

 

[AuckMel]

One more sorry.

 

[RedVee]

I don't see any great need to change the flag, some people o/s don't recognise it? big whoop. How many can identify all those Euro tri stripe flags?

That being said, I am of a Republican nature and would like to see the Union Jack removed... but, thats it. Leave the rest as is... blue, Southern Cross and Federation Star.

Imagine the impact of the unveiling.... the GG/President steps forward to the Aussie flag and rips off the Jack and reveals the new flag.

 

[Hallatia]

I don't mind the flag, what I am really embarrassed by is the names of our states. The state with the best name is the most backward one-Tasmania. Our first and best state New South Wales, gets a friggin geniused name. As much as that Mitchell and Webb skit makes me smile <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df-uemc-e3w>, every time I think about the name New South Wales it makes me cringe. Western Australia, South Australia and Northern Territory (ACT too) might be the worst though, each of them is so stupid and unimaginative

 

[ozbash]

Better than beating up sheep.

we love our sheep, no harm comes to them..

 

[AuckMel]

we love our sheep, no harm comes to them..

I think it's nice how once we've finished with them we export them to Australia.

 

[madunit]

I'd like to see our flag look more like one of those Kangaroo road signs.

Doesn't get any better than that, plus souvenir shops don't have to replace all of their stock, so it's not going to affect our economy

 

[Willow]

I think it's nice how once we've finished with them we export them to Australia.

No thanks, we have our own.

Sheep (Ovis aries)

Australia and New Zealand are crucial players in the contemporary sheep industry, and sheep are an iconic part of both countries' culture and economy. New Zealand has the highest density of sheep per capita (sheep outnumber the human population 12 to 1), and Australia is the world's indisputably largest exporter of sheep and cattle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep

 

[Skinner]

No thanks, we have our own.

Sheep (Ovis aries)

Australia and New Zealand are crucial players in the contemporary sheep industry, and sheep are an iconic part of both countries' culture and economy. New Zealand has the highest density of sheep per capita (sheep outnumber the human population 12 to 1), and Australia is the world's indisputably largest exporter of sheep and cattle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep

aries.......jaysus, I remember aries :lol:

 

[Dragon Jim]

But there's nothing exclusively Australian about it. There are many other nations who use the Southern Cross on their flags.

Japan have the sun on their flag - the sun isn't exclusively Japansese...

 

[Henson Park Hornets]

This is something that I feel should be seen to ASAP.

Sure the Union Jack is a great looking flag and we should appreciate our British heritage, guess we will continue to do that with the names of the states. However, I really don't feel that the current flag represents ALL Australians, only the white, anglo saxons.

Another thing that p*sses me off when we talk about changing the flag is that tired notion that the diggers in WWI & WWII fought under the present flag. They didn't they were fighting under the Union Jack as members of Imperial Forces. In fact, around the time of WWI the Red Ensign was the preferred flag for Australians, along with the Union Jack.

Anyway, not overly impressed with the suggestions for the new flag, they're all a bit complex. After all a flag needs to be identifiable from a distance, so there can't be too many animals etc. Also have to remember that a flag will be seen from two sides, so we'd have to something like this:

 

[God-King Dean]

Japan have the sun on their flag - the sun isn't exclusively Japansese...

Considering the Japanese name for Japan is Nippon, which means 'the suns origin', it makes far more sense then a few stars which the entire Southern Hemisphere has.