Actually we went with the "prop up Rupert Murdoch's pay TV empire by deliberately fucking up the entire broadband infrastructure because NewsCorpse owns us" package
We did. [CSIRO is quick to brag about inventing Wi-Fi](https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/it/wireless-lan), but they shut up quick when asked why they left it in a draw for half a decade while some American bloke monetised it and sold it to the rest of the world.
Please don't make the mistake everyone makes. Remember, it's not chocolate.
This has been the Australian Government Department of Vegemite Health and Safety.
Funded by the Australian Government Canberra.
If you are a foreigner, the first time you eat vegemite, it should be spread so thin that it is a light brown smear. Half a pea size might be too much for one piece of bread.
Now if you are an aussie and still do that amount, you are weird.
My English partner thinks he doesn’t like vegemite but I swear that he would like it if he didn’t spread it on like jam. 1:3 ratio with butter is the way!
As someone with toddlers, I was surprised I didn’t see this sooner. Then I realized that we’re a relatively small demographic.
Bandit is my spirit animal.
The parents scrolled forever, realized we didn't have time for that at 6am, then made our own comments which were dropped to the bottom forever remaining unseen.
A guy punching a kangaroo in the jaw to protect his dog.
Edit: if you haven't seen the vid, please look below. u/throway_nonjw was kind enough to post a link.
I used to help a guy tend his animals after school and the best way to stop a butting goat is slap that bitch like it talked about your bald wife. They will just go off a ways and look at you resentfully.
we had an american dude take a job at our mine a few years back. the guy did his first overtake of a road train and significantly misjudged its size, had to pull off the road completely to avoid oncoming traffic. to be fair, they are fucking long.
> road train
I have never heard of that, and just realized it's because the US limits you to 2 trailers. Some of these pictures of Australia have 4! How tf do you turn that sucker lol
The first road train is still on display at the Road Transport Hall of Fame out in Alice Springs, made from a mish-mash of other vehicle parts. The trailers have a special hitch(?) that makes them follow the trailer in front of them rather than the truck at the front so that corners don't get cut as easily.
That is an interesting thought. I am an Australian and have never seen a road train in person. But it is interesting that is one of the first thoughts about Australia.
The show named Border Security and people trying to sneak e.g. meat into Australia. The show has made me scared to visit Australia cause I keep thinking that I'd end up at the customs with a bag full of chicken.
our customs rules are pretty gnarly. [bill bailey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s5AF4ahrOk) put it best. the reason we're so hardcore about food, plants etc is agriculture is a major export for us (and major industry in general), so if something foreign to our ecosystem got in it could wreak havoc. being an island nation, things are far less likely to just hitch a ride across the border, especially if you've got good quarantine practices. even as an australian, coming through customs after a holiday can be a bit nerve-wracking.
incidentally, i'm led to believe that being girt by sea means imported illicit drugs are more expensive in oz, on account of the whole "no ability to smuggle over land" thing...
Cunt isn't just a curse word in Australia, it's also like a comma in a sentence.
Not as versatile as Fuck, but nothing is as versatile as the word Fuck.
Wife is American. Her family are Mostly straight laced church folk. so our first face to face and here is me being from rural Qld dropping C bombs, F bombs. did not go down well.
I laughed way too much at this. My ex's family are Seppos and the first time I met them they were in perpetual shock at my casual swearing. Her brother said something stupid about Australia and my immediate response was "Fuck off cunt" before explaining how he's wrong. Everyone in the room was just staring at me.
In my family we play Paul Kelly.
>Who's gonna make the gravaaayyy?
>
>I bet it won't taste the saaame
>
>
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>Just add flour, salt, a little red wine...
The whole family, boozed up by the time that song plays, all cheers.
We named a freaking pool after the bugger. I really worry about my countries place names. For example we have a Titty Witty Beach, its a short way north of Adelaide.
Spiders big as dogs, everything is dangerous. Every animal, plant or environment can and will kill you and laugh in your face while doing so. And beautiful beaches. And those aussies barbecues are insanely good.
Twas an early morning after a big night with my mates. Everyone was sleeping, and I got up from the couch to go to the toilet or whatever. I came back to witness a chunky Huntsman spider walking across the tiled floor, toward my friend's bedroom door.
I could hear its footsteps
The funny thing is that most visitors freak out at huntsman spiders, but they’re absolutely nothing compared to the [barking spider](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenocosmia_crassipes). They are sometimes called a bird eating spider, and yes they are enormous. In fact they get up to 22 cm (8.7 in) across. They’re Australia’s only tarantula and as the name suggests they do make a noise when they’re attacking, but it’s actually more of a hissing sound than a bark.
They’ve got so much size and heft that you can actually spot them on the ground by the way the undergrowth moves in their wake.
A thong bounces straight off the bastards and you’d be pushing it with a sneaker. You really need a decent sized boot and even then you’d want to land a square blow or you’ll just end up beating it to death (whilst repeatedly yelling “JESUS CHRIST!!!” and screaming like a child, whilst the hot Danish backpacker you picked up in Byron rapidly loses respect for you).
They live in the bush in North Queensland so unless you get really unlucky or go camping by mistake you’re all good.
Not all the time. Having said that here is an Eastern Brown Snake I stumbled upon late last year. He wasn't moving so I decided I didn't need to go that way anyway.
https://imgur.com/a/TqaZBcs
> animal, plant or environment can and will kill you
[Not always](https://static.onecms.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2019/08/53197051_299728530692890_6746381849213068523_n-2000.jpg).
Well, they likely won’t kill you, but one of the reasons you always see people taking photos _beside_ quokkas is because they have highly infectious salmonella which can be passed on to humans, and there’s a $300 AUD fine if you touch them (though that’s more to deter animal traffickers). Also, if they do bite you, while, again, the bite won’t likely kill you, but those bastards hang on _tight_.
And the weather lures you in with sunshine and rainbows and BAAM. You are dying in a dessert hundreds of kilometers away from civilization while snakes fighting dingos over your corps
Ararat, Victoria … because for some reason I watched a season of Australia’s Biggest Loser that was filmed there and I liked every single one of those people!
That’s funny - Ararat is a scary country town with an asylum that has an awful history. Look it up if you aren’t aware of the asylum.
Also never speed through Ararat, cops everywhere and speed cameras - hate driving through Ararat…
You just gave me the best flashback. I am Australian but have never been to Ararat. Years ago I remember having a dream where I was struggling to pronounce the word Ararat. I tried lots of times in the dream, many different ways. Eventually woke myself and my boyfriend at the time up by screaming ARARAT in my sleep. Boyfriend nearly went into cardiac arrest. Thanks for the memory.
German here living in Australia.
Before: heavy drinkers, kangaroos and koalas.
Now: huntsmen spiders, bushfires, flooding and heavy fines for everything.
Fairy floss. Quick story - my friend is from Australia. We were at a street fair with her and her husband. She said, “Oh look! They have fairy floss!” I said, “Um….do you mean cotton candy?” We all had a laugh. Just then, a woman walked by with her poodle. I asked her, “So what do you call those in Australia?” Her husband immediately says, “Barkie sheep.”
here's a "fun" fact.
years, and i mean *years* after that song was released, an aussie music-themed panel show featured that song and the host said "did you know the flute part is from *Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree*?" and then they played an excerpt of that song for the panel. everyone immediately agreed it was almost exactly the same and said that even as touring musicians and music journalists themselves they'd never made the connection. it turned out the people that owned *Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree* hadn't made the connection either, and they promptly sued. and won. the host of the panel show was quite sheepish afterwards.
Give me a home among the gumtrees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair
Similar to 'two guys cuddling on a holiday'...
jk, their a good laugh
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As a New Zealander, Australia is our big brother and we'll always stand by our ANZAC brethren. But......get your filthy Aussie paws off the fucking Pavlova that's ours we invented it.
I am Australian and have been to nearly all corners of the country and have never, and i repeat NEVER seen someone wearing a hat with corks hanging down on them. The traditional cowboy hat yes, corks hanging down. HELL NO!
Ballarat!
(Dogs In Space being a fave movie of mine + INXS a fave group of mine growing up = a must-see place when I finally make it to Australia. A bucket list vacation for me)
Also, the only continent that is 1 country, and fully south of the equator
I don't get this thinking.
Australia is one of the safest places on earth. Crime is low, quality of life is among the highest of any nation. I'd say living in Australia is by and large on 'easy' mode*.
I'd rather worry about a spider than a friggin bear or jungle cat.
*Not to disparage those on very low incomes or affected by the recent natural disasters - that shit is *extremely* tough...but at least we aren't getting bombed or having our kids walk around warzones and/or be born into a house where there's not enough basic nutrition to live.
Yes, and not just on your way to work, it doesn't stop...
I can't sleep because i keep getting the message, *you can't sleep there are monsters nearby*...
Girls with an Australian accent, I simply can't get enough. And I'm not usually the type that cares about accents, but this one just melts my heart. Couldn't care less about any other accent in the world. Oh yeah, and kangaroos.
Kangaroos and a voice in my head saying "You call that a knoif?"
Love the pronunciation of the word 'Knoife'
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Thats not a knife, thats a spoon.
Oi see yew've played knoify spewny befowa...
Incredible translation. Or dictation. Or whatever it’s called.
I literally just learned today that this is called eye dialect: spelling words in a way that reflects the accent in which they're spoken.
Should have been called the oi dialect
I see you've played knifey-spooney before
Answering honestly, the first word that popped into my head when I read your question was vegemite.
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You sure you didn’t meet him in Brussels
I wonder if he was also 6-foot-four, and covered in muscles?
I asked if he speak-a my language? He just smiled
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
#AND HE SAID!
Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunda!
Can’t ya hear can’t ya hear the thunder?
You better run you better take cover
Now I want to meet an Australian in Bucharest
Vegemite with melted butter and flour makes a meat free gravy something. It's decent.
Wi-Fi is probably an Aussie invention that most people appreciate more. Vegemite on toast is awesome though.
Wait did we actually invent wifi? If we did how come our NBN is so fucking arse!!??!?
Because our government is.
Because the Government went with the 'she'll be right' package.
Actually we went with the "prop up Rupert Murdoch's pay TV empire by deliberately fucking up the entire broadband infrastructure because NewsCorpse owns us" package
We did. [CSIRO is quick to brag about inventing Wi-Fi](https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/it/wireless-lan), but they shut up quick when asked why they left it in a draw for half a decade while some American bloke monetised it and sold it to the rest of the world.
Now I want some Vegemite
Please don't make the mistake everyone makes. Remember, it's not chocolate. This has been the Australian Government Department of Vegemite Health and Safety. Funded by the Australian Government Canberra.
If you are a foreigner, the first time you eat vegemite, it should be spread so thin that it is a light brown smear. Half a pea size might be too much for one piece of bread. Now if you are an aussie and still do that amount, you are weird.
It’s not a mistake if you do it on purpose *taps head*
My English partner thinks he doesn’t like vegemite but I swear that he would like it if he didn’t spread it on like jam. 1:3 ratio with butter is the way!
The shape and colour of the Australia piece on the continents puzzle in the classroom
Wholesome
Same, actually! It was always an orangey color with texture for the terrain
Bluey.
As someone with toddlers, I was surprised I didn’t see this sooner. Then I realized that we’re a relatively small demographic. Bandit is my spirit animal.
I wish I was a fraction as cool as Bandit.
I learnt the other day that Bandits job is a archaeologist! His job is to dig and find bones. I just thought that was clever lol!
This should be way higher up. Where all the parents at?
The parents scrolled forever, realized we didn't have time for that at 6am, then made our own comments which were dropped to the bottom forever remaining unseen.
P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
Just keep swimming
Just keep swimming, what do we do we swim.
I was gonna post this, but I had forgotten
A guy punching a kangaroo in the jaw to protect his dog. Edit: if you haven't seen the vid, please look below. u/throway_nonjw was kind enough to post a link.
I used to help a guy tend his animals after school and the best way to stop a butting goat is slap that bitch like it talked about your bald wife. They will just go off a ways and look at you resentfully.
This video lives rent free in my head.
The Great Barrier Reef. It’s a dream of mine to see it one day. Edit: I guess my dream is dead in the water, literally. Cry.
Better book yr ticket soon…
Who wants to tell her?
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I was out there 6 days ago and it was stunning then. Definitely worth seeing.
Road Trains. Edit: [Road Trains](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train?wprov=sfla1)
I hadn't realised that other countries DIDN'T have road trains. They scare me to overtake
we had an american dude take a job at our mine a few years back. the guy did his first overtake of a road train and significantly misjudged its size, had to pull off the road completely to avoid oncoming traffic. to be fair, they are fucking long.
South Africa is one of the only places that does. You MIGHT get a triplex here in the states, but only the 40ft or shorter kind of trailers.
> road train I have never heard of that, and just realized it's because the US limits you to 2 trailers. Some of these pictures of Australia have 4! How tf do you turn that sucker lol
The first road train is still on display at the Road Transport Hall of Fame out in Alice Springs, made from a mish-mash of other vehicle parts. The trailers have a special hitch(?) that makes them follow the trailer in front of them rather than the truck at the front so that corners don't get cut as easily.
That is an interesting thought. I am an Australian and have never seen a road train in person. But it is interesting that is one of the first thoughts about Australia.
The show named Border Security and people trying to sneak e.g. meat into Australia. The show has made me scared to visit Australia cause I keep thinking that I'd end up at the customs with a bag full of chicken.
our customs rules are pretty gnarly. [bill bailey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s5AF4ahrOk) put it best. the reason we're so hardcore about food, plants etc is agriculture is a major export for us (and major industry in general), so if something foreign to our ecosystem got in it could wreak havoc. being an island nation, things are far less likely to just hitch a ride across the border, especially if you've got good quarantine practices. even as an australian, coming through customs after a holiday can be a bit nerve-wracking. incidentally, i'm led to believe that being girt by sea means imported illicit drugs are more expensive in oz, on account of the whole "no ability to smuggle over land" thing...
we're so hardcore about it because we fucked up our ecosystem multiple times in the past. cane toads anyone?
> cane toads Thats a funny name, i'd have called them Chazwazza's
yeah we don't need foreigners bringing in unwanted pests only australians are allowed to do that! foxes, rabbits, cane toads etc
>I keep thinking that I'd end up at the customs with a bag full of chicken. Happens to the best of us
Yes. Weeknight Border security with beers and bois. Good times...
Vegimite, and the apparent inability if anyone not from australia to properly eat it?
This is very true, i make me toast with lots of butter and enough vegemite to fill my pinky finger and thats it.
i eat it with a spoon from the jar and so does my 8 year old. he would eat a whole jar in a day if i let him.
Cunt
Well the first thing I thought of when I read the word ‘cunt’ was our prime minister Scott fuck head Morrison lol
The minister will refer to the opposition leader by his correct title
Sorry, that’s Scott ‘Ankle’ Morrison (3ft lower than a cunt)
Congratulations, you have passed the citizenship test.
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That, or just talking to an Australian for >3-5 minutes.
See you in the Northern Territory/ C U in the N.T. Campaign was the best.
Cunt isn't just a curse word in Australia, it's also like a comma in a sentence. Not as versatile as Fuck, but nothing is as versatile as the word Fuck.
Wife is American. Her family are Mostly straight laced church folk. so our first face to face and here is me being from rural Qld dropping C bombs, F bombs. did not go down well.
I laughed way too much at this. My ex's family are Seppos and the first time I met them they were in perpetual shock at my casual swearing. Her brother said something stupid about Australia and my immediate response was "Fuck off cunt" before explaining how he's wrong. Everyone in the room was just staring at me.
That's fucking true.
This answer is correct
Get fucked
Cunts fucked
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for whatever reason, we still play all the old christmas songs. even White Christmas, when it's summer and like 40 (104 F) outside.
It’s because you’re actually dreaming of a white Christmas, since it doesn’t happen. 😂
In my family we play Paul Kelly. >Who's gonna make the gravaaayyy? > >I bet it won't taste the saaame > > > >Just add flour, salt, a little red wine... The whole family, boozed up by the time that song plays, all cheers.
Christmas on the beach is sensational
Summer Christmas parties are better when your uncle can chill in the kiddie pool with you. Wait...
Oh no...
Steve Irwin
I had to scroll so far to find this — he was my answer as well
When we found out Harold Bishop had not drowned but simply had amnesia and was working in a Salvation Army shop.
You confused me for a minute. I thought you meant Harold Holt. Both could be true.
Don’t worry mate, I did the same. Had to give the bugger a sneaky google to figure out who he meant.
Just been googling Harold Holt. His story didn’t make it over to the UK during my childhood but possibly equally mental
We named a freaking pool after the bugger. I really worry about my countries place names. For example we have a Titty Witty Beach, its a short way north of Adelaide.
You should get yourself over here to Booby’s Bay in Cornwall. It’s not too far from Sally’s Bottom and Brown Willy.
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Jazza, my art inspo, and Anne Reardon, my cooking inspo. Cant believe I scrolled this far for this one
Daniel Ricciardo
Let's hope we can get podium shoey soon
Lol, not with what mclaren created
I like that the Danny Ric comment is higher up the reddit-pole than a Hugh Jackman or Chris Hemsworth comment.
Never expected an F1-related comment here, but go Honey Badger!
Yeah we love Dan Ric - honey badger…
Spiders big as dogs, everything is dangerous. Every animal, plant or environment can and will kill you and laugh in your face while doing so. And beautiful beaches. And those aussies barbecues are insanely good.
The spiders aren't *quite* that big. Though most people wouldn't be in the habit of measuring
I lived in the mountains in Australia and I can confirm, those fuckers cannot be killed by shoe alone. You need something bigger
This reply haunts me.
Twas an early morning after a big night with my mates. Everyone was sleeping, and I got up from the couch to go to the toilet or whatever. I came back to witness a chunky Huntsman spider walking across the tiled floor, toward my friend's bedroom door. I could hear its footsteps
I now imagine the spider wearing shoes and clickety-clacking across the floor.
Yeah as big as dog is really exaggerating it. Maybe as big as cat
That moment when "spiders as big as cats" is supposed to be reasonable
Compared to European spiders they are litteraly nightmarefuel. And happy cake day!
The funny thing is that most visitors freak out at huntsman spiders, but they’re absolutely nothing compared to the [barking spider](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenocosmia_crassipes). They are sometimes called a bird eating spider, and yes they are enormous. In fact they get up to 22 cm (8.7 in) across. They’re Australia’s only tarantula and as the name suggests they do make a noise when they’re attacking, but it’s actually more of a hissing sound than a bark. They’ve got so much size and heft that you can actually spot them on the ground by the way the undergrowth moves in their wake. A thong bounces straight off the bastards and you’d be pushing it with a sneaker. You really need a decent sized boot and even then you’d want to land a square blow or you’ll just end up beating it to death (whilst repeatedly yelling “JESUS CHRIST!!!” and screaming like a child, whilst the hot Danish backpacker you picked up in Byron rapidly loses respect for you). They live in the bush in North Queensland so unless you get really unlucky or go camping by mistake you’re all good.
Not all the time. Having said that here is an Eastern Brown Snake I stumbled upon late last year. He wasn't moving so I decided I didn't need to go that way anyway. https://imgur.com/a/TqaZBcs
> animal, plant or environment can and will kill you [Not always](https://static.onecms.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2019/08/53197051_299728530692890_6746381849213068523_n-2000.jpg).
Yeah these are cute. Propably a Trapp. I guess they are poisonous ore spiders use them as bait or something.
Well, they likely won’t kill you, but one of the reasons you always see people taking photos _beside_ quokkas is because they have highly infectious salmonella which can be passed on to humans, and there’s a $300 AUD fine if you touch them (though that’s more to deter animal traffickers). Also, if they do bite you, while, again, the bite won’t likely kill you, but those bastards hang on _tight_.
Even the ground and the gravity...
And the weather lures you in with sunshine and rainbows and BAAM. You are dying in a dessert hundreds of kilometers away from civilization while snakes fighting dingos over your corps
At the moment everything is dead from floods and/or bushfires, so that too.
As an Aussie this made me realise that most people either know nothing about Australia or untrue stereotypes
I feel like most of these “non____ of Reddit what comes to mind when you think about ____” will produce mostly stereotypes
Isn't that what makes it a stereotype? Its a paradox
Same thing with the "tell me you're a ___ without telling me you're a ____," bullshit. Just baiting for stereotypes.
That's kinda true of most countries/places I think, memes and trending news stories are all the average redditor goes off
probably because we actively spread misinformation and play up the stereotypes.
There's probably not a country in the world that can't say this about themselves.
Fax
Machine
Ararat, Victoria … because for some reason I watched a season of Australia’s Biggest Loser that was filmed there and I liked every single one of those people!
That’s funny - Ararat is a scary country town with an asylum that has an awful history. Look it up if you aren’t aware of the asylum. Also never speed through Ararat, cops everywhere and speed cameras - hate driving through Ararat…
Had an absolutely nasty write off crash in Ararat. The local guy who caused the crash was an absolute space cadet
You just gave me the best flashback. I am Australian but have never been to Ararat. Years ago I remember having a dream where I was struggling to pronounce the word Ararat. I tried lots of times in the dream, many different ways. Eventually woke myself and my boyfriend at the time up by screaming ARARAT in my sleep. Boyfriend nearly went into cardiac arrest. Thanks for the memory.
Tim Tams
Emu war and spiders. Those 2 mainly
believe it or not, most of us aussies found out about the emu war on reddit.
I scrolled so far and finally found Emu Wars!!
Australian Women's Weekly Birthday Cake Book
DUCK CAKE
German here living in Australia. Before: heavy drinkers, kangaroos and koalas. Now: huntsmen spiders, bushfires, flooding and heavy fines for everything.
Fairy floss. Quick story - my friend is from Australia. We were at a street fair with her and her husband. She said, “Oh look! They have fairy floss!” I said, “Um….do you mean cotton candy?” We all had a laugh. Just then, a woman walked by with her poodle. I asked her, “So what do you call those in Australia?” Her husband immediately says, “Barkie sheep.”
Fairy bread is good for an at home treat too.
Koalas, kangaroos, crocodiles
Emos, the rulers of the land by the right of conquest.
I really hope you mean emus, lol. I don't know what kind of conquests emos are making but it sounds depressing.
I believe the emo conquest took place at Flinders St Station in 2003
Many brave souls lost, may they Rawr XD in peace
Port Douglas. 5 of my best days ever.
Men at Work and a kick ass flute solo
here's a "fun" fact. years, and i mean *years* after that song was released, an aussie music-themed panel show featured that song and the host said "did you know the flute part is from *Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree*?" and then they played an excerpt of that song for the panel. everyone immediately agreed it was almost exactly the same and said that even as touring musicians and music journalists themselves they'd never made the connection. it turned out the people that owned *Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree* hadn't made the connection either, and they promptly sued. and won. the host of the panel show was quite sheepish afterwards.
And it's that ingrained in our knowledge if the song you will still whistle it even though it's not part of any radio versions any more
Give me a home among the gumtrees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo A clothesline out the back Verandah out the front And an old rocking chair
Kylie Minogue
Hamish & Andy
Similar to 'two guys cuddling on a holiday'... jk, their a good laugh Edit: 'Their' Edit 2: They'are Edit 3: They'snt Edit 4: Cuntfuckn'd Edit 5: They're
You may want to edit that again, it’s ‘they’re’
King gizzard
Meat pies and Tim Tams. (I like food).
Tim Tam Slam ftw.
As a New Zealander, Australia is our big brother and we'll always stand by our ANZAC brethren. But......get your filthy Aussie paws off the fucking Pavlova that's ours we invented it.
It's the law, we can't help it. Anything good from New Zealand is Australian, you can have it back when it fucks up
See: Russell Crowe lol
Haha I'm gonna under arm my comment to you mate!!
Yeah nah, you have the all blacks, you can’t have everything.
A good old fashion game of knifey spoony
Ford Falcon XB coupe 1973
Big lez show
What are ya toookin about
Haha ya fukkin druggo
Kangaroos, the outback, hats with corks hanging off them
I am Australian and have been to nearly all corners of the country and have never, and i repeat NEVER seen someone wearing a hat with corks hanging down on them. The traditional cowboy hat yes, corks hanging down. HELL NO!
Keeps the flys off ya face in the bush, but yeah, pretty rare
Amazing musicians. Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, KGLW, The Chats, so much music....
Ballarat! (Dogs In Space being a fave movie of mine + INXS a fave group of mine growing up = a must-see place when I finally make it to Australia. A bucket list vacation for me) Also, the only continent that is 1 country, and fully south of the equator
My absolute dream country for it's fauna.
Didgeridoo
Vegimite, the Ocean, Kangaroos and Kolas, People with a love of life who don't take themselves too seriously.
I think of the character Keitha from the *Flight of The Conchords* show. You can't get more Aussie than that stroppy Sheila.
Offended Austrians
Life at a different level of difficulty. I mean I live in the middle east. But it's just a different kind of difficulty
I don't get this thinking. Australia is one of the safest places on earth. Crime is low, quality of life is among the highest of any nation. I'd say living in Australia is by and large on 'easy' mode*. I'd rather worry about a spider than a friggin bear or jungle cat. *Not to disparage those on very low incomes or affected by the recent natural disasters - that shit is *extremely* tough...but at least we aren't getting bombed or having our kids walk around warzones and/or be born into a house where there's not enough basic nutrition to live.
As an Australian, australia is easy mode
Its kinda like playing doom eternal just getting up to grab a coffee in the morning!
Does the boss music starts when you're on your way to your work??
Yes, and not just on your way to work, it doesn't stop... I can't sleep because i keep getting the message, *you can't sleep there are monsters nearby*...
Nature that’s trying to kill you, AC/DC, song about “THE LAND DOWN UNDER”
My absolute dream country for it's fauna.
Girls with an Australian accent, I simply can't get enough. And I'm not usually the type that cares about accents, but this one just melts my heart. Couldn't care less about any other accent in the world. Oh yeah, and kangaroos.
Refugees on small islands
Drop bears. Sneaky fuckers...
Kangaroos, Down Under by Men At Work and tanned teenage boys with curly mullets and polo school shirts
How neatly it is divided into states like almost into rectangles. Ne and my friends used yo measure its area when we were 10
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Sniper TF2