Oz Dating

Anyone who lives in Australia will have noticed the very slickly produced television ads for eHarmony. It seems they really are working, because the site is already one of the biggest in the nation, with 650 000 members.

This story about an amorous kangaroo who has been following women in the Northern Territory in the hope of scoring a bit of action does seem a little hard to believe. Still, if it is dinkum, it does seem fitting for that particular part of Australia, which is renowned for being a pretty wild place where a lot of bizarre things happen.

Yet another Aussie sex survey has been completed. It looks like it was one of the bigger ones because it was completed by 10000 Australian men and women.

There are some interesting results. For instance about a third of people would happily sleep with someone on a first date, while approximately the same number of people prefer to wait until they're in a committed relationship.

So, we're certainly not prudes. But we do have some standards!

Dating site RSVP has commissioned a new survey on Australian online dating. It was very comprehensive, and turned up lots of interesting information. One thing that comes across loud and clear is that online dating is firmly established and definitely mainstream. If it isn't the most common way single people find each other these days, then it must be pretty close to it!

The oddly named dating site Ashely Madison was very popular (and controversial) in America, where it began. It is launching in Australia, provoking a similar reaction.

Conservative are claiming that it breaks up marriages, while the numbers of people signing up are huge, with 18000 Aussies already on the database.

Australians do have a reputation for being laid back, easy-going and generally unenthusiastic about formality. This does seem to have foundation in truth if the results of a recent survey on relationship behavior are to be believed. They showed that almost half of Aussie couples don't make a habit of going out on dates - with about a quarter saying they almost never do.

It's amazing how emotionally resilient these young Australian celebrities are. Take the beautiful young Aussie actress Jodi Gordon. Only last year she made headlines by being involved in a scandalous incident with an alleged bikie, then splitting with Ryan Stokes (son of media magnate Kerry Stokes).

That kind of experience would have made a lot of women very reluctant to get involved with anyone else for quite some time. It could have permanently soured their view of the media, and forced them to to resolve never court its attention again.

However, not only has Gordon already found another handsome, fit and successful young beau, but she is happily telling the media about her relationship with him!

She has come through this experience surprisingly unscathed (or at least it seems that way). In her resilience, she is not unlike her fellow Aussie celebrities Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle. 

Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle were a very popular celebrity couple who were seemingly deliriously happy with each other until a few weeks ago. Then everything went belly up very quickly. But neither of them seems to be have been too badly affected by their very public breakup.

Michael Clarke was out partying for his 29th birthday. And there are rumours that Lara Bingle has already found herself a new man.

Either their relationship didn't mean as much to them as it seemed - or they are both extremely emotionally resilient!

A building in Cairns which was at one time intended to be a swingers resort is now being auctioned off. At the time the owners applied for council permission to use the building for this function there was much disquiet. One of those most determined that the resort would not be permitted was called Paul Freebody. That's quite ironic an ironic name considering the context.

There's a lot of excitement about cougars at the moment, with a national Miss Cougar competition being held. And there's a similar buzz surrounding tradies. (Clearly, we have sexual equality in this country!) Online dating site RSVP has been running a competition to find the most attractive one in the country. State heats are being held now, and the national finals will be held on the 24th of February.