Baz Luhrmann directed an advertisement for Australian tourism (via Defamer) and whoops, Australia, this is your new tourism ad:

“Australia, only go there if you’re so fucking miserable that your life is about to fall apart.”
“Australia, we have enslaved the indigenous population and send them through the night to troubled white people in need of vacations around the world with pouches of magical dream dirt and no shoes.”
“Australia, you better fuck your husband here or he’s going to leave you.”
“Australia, God’s Wellbutrin.”
“Australia, seriously, about the indigenous population. It’s horrible what we’ve done. Come here!”

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Comments (7)
  1. Drew  |   Posted on Oct 8th, 2008

    Wow….I think I find Delaware’s state tourism video’s more effective than that. They have Go-karts.

  2. “Australia, what crash was to movies, we are to the world…(mystical)”

  3. Isn’t Walkabout the movie where the kids are left alone in the Outback to die?

  4. My favorite part was the magical Australia dust….

  5. As a young blacktress who is en route to Australia on a one-year Working Holiday visa, I’d have to agree with slogans 1 and 4. Thank you for this, Gabe.

  6. Ashley  |   Posted on Oct 9th, 2008

    Quit posting terrible commercials that almost make me cry, you guys.

  7. bayzie  |   Posted on Dec 3rd, 2008

    what terrible comments shame to anyone who said them i’m appalled

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