And it isn’t just the wonderful invention that is chicken salt. Here are 13 things that we have in Australia that people from other countries can’t believe.Sure, your run the risk of stepping on a bindi or a shard of glass from a smashed Melbourne Bitter longneck, but that feeling of freedom which comes from walking into a corner store in summer barefoot, and selecting a Golden Gaytime from the ice cream freezer? Iconic.
It may seem kind of obvious, but it’s not until you go to a foreign country where taxes aren’t included in an item and you have to do actual maths that involves adding percentages that you really start to appreciate Australia’s very transparent pricing system. Prices inclusive of GST are where it’s at. Adding up percentages? Best left in Year 10.
While most Aussies have never come into contact with a real-life crocodile, we’ll take the tough reputation it gives us.Live in Senegal? You better like it bloody hot. Live in Russia? You better like it bloody cold. The beauty of being in a country that is so enormous is that you can jump on a domestic flight and be in a completely new climate in a few hours. If the tropical heat of Cairns isn’t suiting you, hop down to Cradle Mountain in Tassie and breath in that snowy mountain air.
We are not dimwits like Crocodile Dundee .. except the Irwin Brats
I’m sorry they made you write this Simone