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The government of New South Wales (the Australian state of which Sydney is the capital) commissioned a corporate logo depicting a waratah (the NSW state flower)

by cjs_ac 1mo ago

The government of New South Wales (the Australian state of which Sydney is the capital) commissioned a corporate logo depicting a waratah (the NSW state flower) and got one showing a lotus. They still use it on everything.

jhy 1mo ago
And they just flat out told everyone who pointed it out -- nope, you're looking at it wrong; and anyway we already paid those consultants so we'd better use it, what?
- cube00 1mo ago
  It'd be a "waste of tax payers money" if they didn't use it so better to just use it and tell us we're all holding it wrong. "As a horticulturist I know a waratah when I see one," Mr Rees said in a statement. [1] [1]: https://www.smh.com.au/national/its-a-waratah-rees-insists-on-nsw-logo-20090716-dmaw.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/its-a-waratah-rees-insists-o...
jordanb 1mo ago
"Good enough for Australia" is a phrase I frequently heard from Aussies. There seems to be this attitude there that they're a frontier country where one improvises (half asses?) everything.
- shakna 1mo ago
  Pretty much. A lot of the innovations of our nation, come from that. Things like utes, inflatable escape slides on planes, race cameras, are all "hacks". But considering you can still see the gold mine which caused the foundation of my town, it isn't that surprising. We might not be the battlers we believe we are, but there's still a history of a people all around us.
- gizajob 1mo ago
  "Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck." - coined by social critic and journalist Donald Horne in his 1964 book The Lucky Country.
  - contingencies 1mo ago
    On the subject of flowers, the late Donald was a friend of a family friend who came over one night and after drinking a huge amount of wine decided in a midnight fit of inspiration (when we'd all gone to bed) to rearrange flowers throughout the house. We woke up in the morning to find little bits of flowers everywhere except the vases! Sadly, she passed away recently but it became a running joke in the family. Good sorts.
    - gizajob 1mo ago
      Why use ai to write nonsensical comments like this.
      - contingencies 1mo ago
        Hahaha, thanks that gave me a laugh. I assure you my nonsense is natural.
        gizajob 1mo ago
        It confuses he and she, and makes zero reference to the comment it’s referring to, and is generic nonsense.
        contingencies 1mo ago
        Nonsense is an nor-Englishman declaring correctness on an Australian thread, moreover one involving both botany (the English famously felling theirs), and wine! Stick to your corner and install some air conditioning, mate. The Italians would understand, for they are also a wine-drinking people.
crabmusket 1mo ago
Wow, that always confused me since moving here. I thought I didn't know what a Waratah was, but no, it's the logo that's wrong.
contingencies 1mo ago
Logo is https://www.nsw.gov.au/themes/custom/dcs_theme/favicons/sets/standard/logo.svg https://www.nsw.gov.au/themes/custom/dcs_theme/favicons/sets... whereas the actual waratah looks like https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=waratah https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=waratah
- thih9 1mo ago
  For comparison, New South Wales Waratahs logo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs

by cjs_ac 1mo ago

jhy 1mo ago

And they just flat out told everyone who pointed it out -- nope, you're looking at it wrong; and anyway we already paid those consultants so we'd better use it, what?

cube00 1mo ago
It'd be a "waste of tax payers money" if they didn't use it so better to just use it and tell us we're all holding it wrong. "As a horticulturist I know a waratah when I see one," Mr Rees said in a statement. [1] [1]: https://www.smh.com.au/national/its-a-waratah-rees-insists-on-nsw-logo-20090716-dmaw.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/its-a-waratah-rees-insists-o...

jordanb 1mo ago

"Good enough for Australia" is a phrase I frequently heard from Aussies. There seems to be this attitude there that they're a frontier country where one improvises (half asses?) everything.

shakna 1mo ago
Pretty much. A lot of the innovations of our nation, come from that. Things like utes, inflatable escape slides on planes, race cameras, are all "hacks". But considering you can still see the gold mine which caused the foundation of my town, it isn't that surprising. We might not be the battlers we believe we are, but there's still a history of a people all around us.
gizajob 1mo ago
"Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck." - coined by social critic and journalist Donald Horne in his 1964 book The Lucky Country.
- contingencies 1mo ago
  On the subject of flowers, the late Donald was a friend of a family friend who came over one night and after drinking a huge amount of wine decided in a midnight fit of inspiration (when we'd all gone to bed) to rearrange flowers throughout the house. We woke up in the morning to find little bits of flowers everywhere except the vases! Sadly, she passed away recently but it became a running joke in the family. Good sorts.
  - gizajob 1mo ago
    Why use ai to write nonsensical comments like this.
    - contingencies 1mo ago
      Hahaha, thanks that gave me a laugh. I assure you my nonsense is natural.
      - gizajob 1mo ago
        It confuses he and she, and makes zero reference to the comment it’s referring to, and is generic nonsense.
        contingencies 1mo ago
        Nonsense is an nor-Englishman declaring correctness on an Australian thread, moreover one involving both botany (the English famously felling theirs), and wine! Stick to your corner and install some air conditioning, mate. The Italians would understand, for they are also a wine-drinking people.

crabmusket 1mo ago

Wow, that always confused me since moving here. I thought I didn't know what a Waratah was, but no, it's the logo that's wrong.

contingencies 1mo ago

Logo is https://www.nsw.gov.au/themes/custom/dcs_theme/favicons/sets/standard/logo.svg https://www.nsw.gov.au/themes/custom/dcs_theme/favicons/sets... whereas the actual waratah looks like https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=waratah https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=waratah

thih9 1mo ago
For comparison, New South Wales Waratahs logo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Waratahs