Slanguage

Originally posted by Art Johnson
How about "Whacker", seems to have been a favourite OZ expression.
"Out of the Mulga" another expression I recall from "Slim and ???" a pair of cartoon characters I recall from OZ army papers.

You can see how it can go wrong, a "Wacker" (no h) to us is a vibrating compactor, usually made by Wacker - Germany.

Either a wacker plate:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...813576854&rd=1
or a trench wacker:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...813485533&rd=1

I can understand Mulga since its an Oz tree that grows in the most arid, dry areas.

R.