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Our House – Kilburn

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BOGES, 28
Occupation: Landscape gardener
Time in the house: 6 months
Hometown and state: Kempsey, NSW
Top quality I bring to the house? Biffo, Bundy and burping.
Weirdest housemate behaviour: Oli on that bloody unicycle! He can’t even ride it good.
Fave Aussie saying: Strewth!
Fave Aussie food: Tinnie of XXXX and a hot meat pie.
Holden or Ford? Holden, enough said.
Geez, I miss this about Australia: Me mates, the beach, the local ‘rissole’ (RSL), me ute, hunting and just a good Aussie accent.
What I love about London life? The birds, the nightlife, the culture, the travel.
Essential travel item: Combi van to travel aroundEurope!
Favourite travel destination: ‘Straya! Nah, Europe’s pretty good too (gotta love theGreekIslands).

 

OLI, 24
Occupation: Professional sailor
Time in the house: 4 months
Hometown and state: Melbourne, VIC
Top quality I bring to the house? Teaching peeps things like how to ride the unicycle, how to tie a proper knot and how to skol the fastest!
Weirdest housemate behaviour: Boges (you guessed what it’s short for – Bogan!) talking footy, footy and footy (and his ute).
Fave Aussie saying: Sheila.
Fave Aussie food: Fantales.
Holden or Ford? Holden.
Geez, I miss this about Australia: Yacht racing in the Aussie heat, theSydneytoHobart,AustraliaDay parties.
What I love about London life? London’s just a sick city to cut loose or relax in. Anything goes in this town.
Essential travel item: Compass.
Favourite travel destination: Anywhere by boat (but particularly the Caribbean).