What do I need to know about Australia?

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Burger King is called Hungry Jacks.

Don't get involved in football clubs. You will be crushed by a bogan wielding a VB, and that's no good.

There is a difference between gas and petrol, but no one knows what it actually is. So get petrol.

Here is a brief, extremely incomplete, list of things they say and their American equivalent:

car park = parking lot
footpath = sidewalk
shopping trolley = shopping cart
serviette = napkin
tomato sauce = ketchup
lemonade = sprite / 7up / etc
chips = french fries
crisps = chips
New Zealand = funny accent
American = "I bet you can't even tell me who our prime minister is!"
seppo = derogatory term for an American (it comes from rhyming slang, eventually, but that's a whole can of worms I can't begin to describe accurately)

There's plenty more, of course, but I'm tired of that.

Be wary of roundabouts, if you plan to drive. They take some getting used to. And you'll be on the left side of the road and right side of the car, of course.

Toilets do not have handles, they have buttons. One usually is a light flush (for piss) and another is for a 'full' flush. And they will all be low flow.

There's a long drought going on so there are lots of restrictions on what and when you can use water. It's worse during the summer, of course, and it depends where you're going.

That's all I can be bothered to think of. Have fun

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You'd be better off finding a place to erect a hill's hoist to dry your clothes. Dryers are barbaric, you see.

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You'd be better off finding a place to erect a hill's hoist to dry your clothes. Dryers are barbaric, you see.

Hill's Hoist = Australian invention.

The Internets = American invention.

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You'd be better off finding a place to erect a hill's hoist to dry your clothes. Dryers are barbaric, you see.

Hill's Hoist = Australian invention.

The Internets = American invention.

Shows how our national mindsets work.

Australian: Strewth, my wife looks tired. I'll help her our with a rotary clothesline that can be extended from the ground!

American: Gee whiz, my wife looks tired. Where can I get some free porn?

Haha. I was actually just attempting to deliver a silly irrelevant response like Smid did. Of course the hill's hoist is Australian.. that's why I mentioned it. When I was there, people had them instead of dryers almost everywhere I went. And whenever I began talking about how much easier it is to throw your clothes in one and pull them out forty-five minutes later I was greeted with something close to ridicule.. and thus dealt with sudden torrential downpours forcing me to wear pajama pants to the shops. Plus you get the chance to shamelessly display your underwear in your backyard regularly. How often do you do that in America? It's a win for all.

Besides, I imagine 98% of American's wouldn't even know what the hell a hill's hoist is, let alone care that it's an Aussie invention I have never seen one here.

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Huh ha hoooo sh**t on you

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On the plus side, we DID invent vegemite.

Even if Kraft now owns it.

My dirty little secret that will get me hauled before the un-Australian Activities Committee is that I've never liked vegemite...

YES! Brother, where have you been?

Congratulations, you're now one of my anecdotes to battle the idea that all Aussies love vegemite.