Re: [OT]Aussie colors ?

Doug Evans wrote:
> 
> On:
> http://www.users.bigpond.com/costella/flag/
> 
> Not of Oz, myself, though I've friends AND family, I did see the
following
> comments concerning a posible Aussie Republic flag.
> 
> "However, to keep our traditional green and gold sporting colours..."

I've never seen Australian teams in any other colours. The first
explanation that I could Google up is:

"Just a note on the colours for Australia. Traditionally, green
and gold (well actually, bright yellow but gold sounds better!)
are Australia's sporting colours. That is what you'll see any
patriotic Australian wearing (at the games, teams, etc.) - green
for the land and gold for sun and surf. The Olympic team uniform
has been toned down to teal green and beige but the spirit of the
original colours are still there."

from http://www.dltk-kids.com/sports/maussiefriends.html

If Aussies picked green and gold for the land and sun, what made
the Kiwis go for all-black?

-- 
David Brewer

"The mentally disturbed do not employ the Theory of Scientific 
Parsimony: the most simple theory to explain a given set of 
facts." - P.K.Dick (from VALIS)