American reacts to the Top 8 Culture Shocks of Austalia 

sausage on bread rockssssss

I lived in America for a while, and it was living hell not having sausage sizzles or meat pies. how do yanks survive?! (high cholesterol levels aside, I mean.)

sausage on bread?!?!?!?!? have you idiots never heard of hot dogs or italian sausage that's served on onion rolls? and aussies are NOT friendly!

You don't know what your missing when we go to the hardware store Bunnings they hold a sausage sizzle in the car park for $2. To raise money for charity good too

​@Jun Xuan Liu Yes! With barbecued onions and tomato sauce too.

i always support this message it just hits home with me

Ouch. They need our support. I have plans

Ohhh, I live in a country town and have seen one of these when on a long drive and I’m always wondering why it is blue and no one I knew had an answer, this is helpful 😅 This is so sweet ☺️

We just plug along get shit done. Slipped disc's in the spine, knee reconstructions and your mates getting cancer. Just keep swimming like Dori

As an Australian, I didn't know that, I dont even think I've seen a blue tree (maybe it isn't a thing in SA

I had a much different feel. I felt weird that our Xmas was in the summer.

English heritage

Same

And north WA 😂 but also alot of rural places in the south. I've lived half my life in northern states and half in southern states. Every time I go back south I have to make a conscious effort to wear shoes or people look at me like im a bum 😂😂

I’m in Victoria and honestly I don’t think people would give a shit if you did. I go barefoot at times and in the summer I do see others and it’s honestly nothing to write home about but obviously strange to foreigners

And NSW

People go barefoot in all states in Australia haven't noticed it more prevalent in one state over another. Funny to think that its not common in other countries.

@@ann-pud I thought that until I lived in Darwin and Cairns. There u have office workers and school kids all without shoes. Down south if u show up to school without shoes, you're reported to child protection for neglect. Up there it's normal for half the school to show up without shoes

Oz min wage 4 times divided states

Yeah, there's not much point in the kitchen being open when everyone's already had tea and headed to the bar or pokies lounge.

Wages aren't high in Australia. Compared to the cost of living in the U.S.A, their wages aren't that low, either. If you compare their base wages to the actual cost of items and houses, it's not much different.

@@jublywubly what a bunch of crap i lived in that sad shthol the min wage in the divided states is about 7 or 8 dollars an hour not even a third of oz go travel and learn there countries without expensive health care racial tensions massive homelessness low wages high crime worst western country in the world funny though these sheeps so brainwashed they compare themselves to 3rd world countries and think they best country go travel and learn not even close

@@jublywubly Australia has the highest minimum wage in the world.

Can we assume you mean LACK OF mental health?

yea, is it the 'are you ok?' campaign or something like that?

​@@SusanMadge-vl9gxjust to raise awareness, so people are more empathetic. But yes, our mental health system, could do with more funding,

So true, I lost my lovely elder son in 2018, and just recently I've had him in my thoughts, hourly and daily. Memories of Liam as a toddler, where we'd go and what we'd do. An "Old Soul", witty and often Hilarious!. Miss you my Boy👍

​@@ronibancroft6897A HORRIFIC Shortage of Beds and Professionals. NOT Good Enough!.

"laziness", give us a break! Our pronunciation of Canberra is short, convenient and cute.

I mean Canberra is actaully pronounced Can-berra) not Can-bra… but people are just lazy and don’t want to say the correct pronunciation for that. Nor for Schedule and Privacy etc..

I believe even the prime minister says it can-bra

As a local Its really more Can-b-rah rather than Can-Bra and definitely not Can-bear-a

I don't think formatting it like can-bra is helpful, bra is already a word which is different to how the end of Canberra sounds. It's more Can-bre

Isn't everyone in Melbourne a bit more formal than the rest of us?

Yeah!even in summer! I swear it was like 20°c or Smth then I blinked and it started to rain!😂 Melbourne weather is very unpredictable😂

Can't get into most venues in Melbourne without shoes because of the health and safety laws. The shirts' thing is something else, there's the shirt rule and there's the shirt with a collar rules too, but let's face it, it's probably better than having to sit next to a half naked, hairy, fat, old fart having dinner at the next booth.

All ways barefoot in the warmer months in Melbourne. The no shirt thing isn't ok

Same in Tassie. But summer here is so hot bare foot and shirtless is acceptable 😂😂

Yep. Locked on the outside always.

Say “Canbrah”

I know! A cold Christmas sounds like a nightmare!! Nothing like a Barbie at the beach on Boxing Day!

Can’t beat a good old game of backyard cricket on Christmas

Its original mode. The repurposed ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia of feasting and gift giving following the winter solstice. If properly timed in the southern hemisphere xmas would be on June 25 instead of Dec 25.

Same as a Kiwi, someone was telling me it helps to get through the dark cold winter and that we just have seasonal depression instead, and everything made so much sense. But I still don't really think I can wrap my brain around what christmas would be like without cold ham, potato salad, maybe a BBQ, pav and cream, fruit salad, and that long lazy christmas afternoon

@@susanwilliams2392 Or the kids playing with their Xmas prezzies outside while the adults sleep off their big lunch on a handy couch.

dont forget the decent university loans HECS Help

the pot holes are awful here.

Our guns, for the most part, are used on farm. Sure, we have crime here.... tis how we were founded 😂 But, we don't worry about driving thru a bad neighbourhood ( we have bad neighbourhoods) and getting shot. It happens, but mostly in cities that are migrant populated. Not racist, just stating fact.

Less chance if dying on the roads💀 Idk what ur talking about, we have some of the worst drivers.

Hmmm available healthcare is debatable

Everyone has their own recipe😊

Lol I was like what is Can Bera 😆

Try Dandenong. It's hilarious.

Don't forget "Bris - Bayne" and "Mel - born"! It really gives me the shits when I hear these pronounced wrong!

It’s pronounced “Can brah” 😂

Kairmbra where Ken Behrens live.

If you live across the upper part of Australia (WA NT QLD) you swim all year. Maybe not in stinger season in the sea though. Watch out for tropical rain that brings out the crocs.

Even down the south coast of Sydney we still visit the beach in winter. Especially if the swell is pumping.

@@katel7309 so true Kate. In WA we tend to swim all year round. Usually only a couple of extremely bad weeks in winter you can’t swim. Also the grey nomads (people over 55) tend to pack up and go up north in winter to experience 30 degrees all year round. We are so lucky in Australia. Take care love Leisa WA

@@katel7309 so true Kate. In WA we tend to swim all year round. Usually only a couple of extremely bad weeks in winter you can’t swim. Also the grey nomads (people over 55) tend to pack up and go up north in winter to experience 30 degrees all year round. We are so lucky in Australia. Take care love Leisa WA

Yes they do I go to the beach in winter no one is around best time

Wait, wait... sometimes. also Bastard, both can be used for your good friends and for people you hate. It all depends on context. Yeah, mate, you have to live here or chill out a lot.

Unless it is said without a smile. Then you've beèn offensive. Watch out, things could escalate

I never even knew you could get fruit pies until only a couple of years ago, have always only eatin meat pies

We do. We have pot pies but they are usually only made with chicken

Same!!!!

meat pies are _delicious_ 👌

meat pies hit different

Same here. There was one year that was about 45 and my grandmother cooked the chooks the day before and we had them cold with salads and my father thought the world had ended.

Same here. Always the full traditional hot Christmas lunch with Christmas pud, icecream, custard and cream to follow ... I feel bloated just thinking about it, but tradition is tradition LOL

We still do - only difference is we cook the meat outside on the weber or over coals so the oven isn't on for hours, just the bake veg done inside

@@TheDukeofDuchess you need to get the cook an Air Fryer, mate, best bloody thing ever and you can pick one up in Kmart for like 50 bucks or so... I bought one about 5 or 6 years ago and it's still going strong and I haven't had to put the oven on for anything ever since...as ol' Mol used to say, "do y'self a favour"... 😁 🙃🐨🇦🇺

One of the best things we started doing was roasting was the ham or the turkey in the bbq. Just shut the lid and go back and baste every now and then . It turns out really well & stops the kitchen getting so hot while we still do everything else the traditional way.

But don't you know? The world revolves around Americans. ( According to Americans!!)

Ironically, it’s the same here in Adelaide even being a state capital city.

I’m so small minded I didn’t even know that it was a big deal haha if it’s 9 go home unless you’re out for a drink on the weekend haha

Yes, exactly. Shop and restaurant owners have a life too, and already work VERY long hours.

my work place gets busy with international tourists alot, and we had a group that travelled "3 hours" (they didn't, you used our bus) and got made that we weren't letting them inside

"m a y b e h e ' s f r o m N e w Z e a l a n d" 💀

@@gggghjkjhgbnjuytrfdcvbn that was my first thought.

Hahaha exactly! And then "He must be from New Zealand" 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Sounds exactly like a kiwi 😂😂😂

I wondered who KEN BERRA WAS.. 😂😂

@@hellabella8295 LOL

I thought he was saying Cam Barra, maybe some person? 😅

Love a good Democracy Sausage!

Especially with fried onions.

I always vote for the 'Sausage Party'.

Lived in Aus for 25 years.. still can't understand why you'd put a sausage in a slice of bread rather than a hot dog roll. Weird. Sausages are much better than hot dogs though (although both are pretty disgusting if you know: a) what's in them and b) how they're made.

@@bencodykirk A loaf of sliced bread is basic food in every household. Bread rolls tend to go stale quickly so not always at hand.

I wholeheartedly agree with this stament😂

And yet my feet are alive and well yet I need a jumper when it gets to 25 degrees

Proper culture shock 😂

Obviously you've not lived in Qld then 😊

@@kymdalton7277 😳

It's a northern thing... Qld always hot... Northern NSW as well. It's warm enough to never wear shoes... And most of our eastern cities are on the coast with a beach.

Western Australia very similar depending on the heat

Really? Where are you from in Aus? I'm born and raised in Melbourne. Okay, I don't see barefoot people out and about regularly in shops,or on the street. Probably not the weather for it most of the year. But I have definitely seen it quite a few times in my life, in summer. Mostly in older suburbs, with a more Anglicised/European population. Have to say I've never seen it in newer suburbs with more of a newer migrant population. I used to be all over Melbourne for 20 yrs with my old job, so I've seen a lot of suburbs and met a huge number of people from diverse cultures and religions. I have noticed that suburbs with newer migrants populations (2000s onwards) have never had the "barefoot in public" thing.

People overhype the craziness of Walmart. It's really just like any other big box store all over the world

​@Yeeyeeenation ... not from all the photo's we get to see of some of the more 'colourful' Walmart customers! 😱😳🤔😅😂

I'm originally from across the ditch in New Zealand. I'm from waaay down South where the accent is half Scottish/ half South African sounding. Until I read your comment about how to pronounce Canberra.... Can-brah, I never realised just how Aussie I am now. No wonder the relos tell me I sound like the people off neighbours. Cheers for the laugh.

@@elenawilliams32 Rofl! Sounding like the people off Neighbours - ha ha ha love that!

@@TiffGilleland1 Yeah, the cuzzies give me heaps for it. But 'Neighbours'.... Yes, I speak fluent 'ocker'. 😂

the way he said "can-ber-rah" nearly made me cry

@Problematicaroace 🤣 I know right!

50 year olds west Aussie, that’s disgusting not to wear shoes to the supermarket.

Have you looked at house prices lately? And rental prices? ( If you can even find a rental, that is). I love in South West Sydney, and rents are non-existent around here, especially affordable ones!

@@samanthafairweather9186 I had to buy my house off my ex a few months ago... so yes!

I hated the desperate false smiles on wait staff. They act as though their next meal depends on your tip - and it probably does! Such a greedy, selfish system.

The tipping creates an absolutely horrible atmosphere.. staff either crawl up your ass when they get $100 tip.. by mistake.. which happened to us while in America.. the next morning WE COULD NOT GET RID OF THE WAITERS.. it’s terrible.. Then we forgot to tip and THEY THREW OUR LUGGAGE AROUND AND DAMAGED IT.. The fake smiles and the desperation is palpable ALL BECAUSE OF TIPPING.. AND WHY DONT EMPLOYERS PAY THEIR STAFF A LIVING WAGE.. I just don’t understand.. why should patrons PAY THE STAFF EVERYWHERE.. you already pay for the goods and are then expected to SUBSIDISE THE WORKERS WAGES.. the business SHOULD PAY..

@@SusanMadge-vl9gxOMG.. THANK YOU! I found them so damn FAKE AND ANNOYING.. and it’s all because of tipping.. I have so many stories about tipping.. like the people we were with accidentally gave a $100 tip.. and the next morning the staff were like FLIES AND WE COULD NOT GET RID OF THEM.. IT WAS SO DAMN UNCOMFORTABLE.. then we forgot to tip at another place and they damaged our luggage.. we SAW THEM THROWING OUR STUFF AROUND ANGRILY.. the fake smiles are UNBEARABLE..

Love your outlook on your adopted country . Welcome and enjoy 👍

You need to watch drain cleaning and unblocking, a true aAussie

I hope you are enjoying life as a Brisbanite. Personally, I couldn't wait to leave and now live in the Highlands of Scotland where folk also enjoy the outdoor life, in all weathers. Oh, and hail doesn't destroy your car or house. :)

Apparently you have "an Australian accent"? Gotta love Americans 😂

Do you know the lyrics to waltzing Matilda?

Yeah but gravel near and around my house is insane

I do the same, but I never go into a shop that way. Plenty of people do (kids, mostly), and I don't see anybody caring. Though I should add: those 'no shirt no shoes no service' signs exist here, too.

Ken oath it would!

I agree. As long as I have a nice warm summer before it

I spent a week across the Christmas holidays in Wales one year. It was magical to wake up to snow, but overall it was very constricting - too cold and windy to do much travelling or socialising out of the house. I really missed the social aspect of Australian Christmas.

I agree. I hate summer. nothing better than sitting in the aircon and watching an American Christmas movie lol

Oh it would be amazing to have a cold summer, a white Christmas... jeebus, I think it's a dream for alot of Australians. Don't get me wrong I love our summers... but there feels like there is a real honest to goodness Christmas Tradition to have a white Christmas, hot chocolate around the fireplace... awful Christmas jumpers lol.

And NZ

I’m Australian and I’ve never seen a dead lock on a front door.

@@MeemahSN They all do. I have never lived in a house that doesn't. Where do live?

​@@MeemahSNbro how lemmie guess you live in a newer neighbourhood because deadbolts or deadlocks are more prominent in older houses

I thought everyone had these lol

Which city

@@pattersonstopmotions1282 Perth. Beatty Park ex commonwealth games swimming pool.

We used to go to the beach with grandparents,aunties,cousins etc! Everybody would bring something and we would picnic at the park(always next to the beaches) and grab ice creams to put on the Christmas pudding.Fantastic times!!

I grew up going to the high plains of Vic for family holidays. My sister and I would be barefoot the entire time. After a couple of weeks of running around and playing in rivers bashing your feet around on rocks, and the odd Bullant bite, your feet get pretty damn tough.

Down south you get the roos doing the same, but they're in gangs.😂 Only in Australia

That's classic! Knock knock, "Avon calling".

In florida we have gators. But the crocodiles are breaking into your homes? Yeah we have it good

@@Niggaihate😆😆😆🦘

lol I don't know if they get burnt, but I do know browns get really cranky on hot days, so heat does impact them negatively. I'd certainly stay clear of them in that setting

jeez 43°?

@@dragons_like_potatoes The highest here a few summers ago was 48°C. Fortunately we don't have many days like that. All you can do it sit in a dark room with the A/C full on and have a good supply of ice cold beer.

@@mehere8038 don't browns also chase people?

I remember when i was like 12 and our car broke down and we had to walk / run 5km to a near by house for help. It was a hot as hell day and guess... i didn't wear any shoes out.... it was too hot to leave me in the car, so picture me and my mom running 5km on a remote part of a rural bitumen road and going from white line to white line because it was the coolest part of the road.... god that sucked! 🤣

walk? no way. better in the air-con of the car after hitting the Maccas drive-thru lol

The good Xmas lights houses are spread out where I am so we do it in the car. Every year without fail, it's traditiona in my family

I remember as a kid, piling into the back of the neighbour's ute (that's what we call a pickup truck) with his 5 kids, to drive around the neighbourhood checking out the Christmas lights and bushfires 😂 Of course, that was before seat belt laws 😅

Australia still gets over 200 gun deaths each year with our tiny population. Our gun lawns aren't strict you just can't carry like other countries

And that's 200 without mass shootings. Kinda worrying

@@TheZeagon 0.008% isn't that bad, but we can def do better.

Australians being friendly has nothing to do with our gun laws haha. Back in the day we were even friendlier and yet we had guns back then too. Also Texans are some of the friendliest Americans and they have lots of guns haha.

@@Sarah_S_7 We still have guns. Most of our shootings are criminal on criminal!

I live in Kingsgrove, and go barefoot at Coles all the time in summer.

Live in Melbourne, not frowned upon to walk around barefoot.

I never wear shoes MUCH but please don’t go to the supermarket without shoes/thongs because it’s disgusting.. and harder to clean.. I owned a few supermarkets and it was a nightmare cleaning the floors after some grub with bare feet walked around.. and I could see their feet outline.. I think it’s the sweat and fat oozing from their feet mixed with the dirt.. 😂😂

​@@hellabella8295What about someone with mud, dog do-do or some other horrid substance on their shoes or thongs? If people step in these things with bare feet, they quickly wash it off; if they're wearing footwear, they probably won't even be aware of what's on the sole of their shoe.

Depends on where you are being Aussie born and raised it’s not everything the guy said but as to being friendly that depends on the area because we do have areas where people are downright hostile towards others but in the major cities yes people are friendly but if your in regional areas then it’s abit different some people are but others aren’t so yeah

@nathanielfarrell9349 thank you for your comment and yeah, you're absolutely right. I lived in regional QLD and northern NSW for about 18 months, and worked in retail, where the experience varied the most. I've heard my fair share of things like 'go back' but have had strangers step in to speak for me or ask if I'm okay, etc., everytime that has happened. So in my mind, the good outweighed the bad.

We have hot dogs in Australia…

one of my favourite things to eat during christmas when i was younger were prawns dipped in sauce. Reminds me that i should have some again!

Aussie here We still have turkey. Going out for Christmas lunch is common too.

You eat Ham at Xmas as well, that's smoked pork, and I used to swim 5am to 6am everyday, 12mths a year when I was younger before going to work.

Wtf I'm Aussie we have pork lamb and prawns EVERYONES DIFFERENT 1/2 eat seafood 🤣🤣🤣🤣 not alot do trust me it's more a Easter dinner thing 😉👍💯🇦🇺

Coming from the NSW Central West it was just too hot to be in the kitchen cooking hot food. We always had salad and ham and cold chicken. Plus in the intense heat you’re just not hungry…

Thank you I was just about to type this answer! the disuse of the term “ketchup” not only stems from a huge boom of Italian immigrants a few decades ago resulting in a lot of food-specific things we adopted linguistically (“Passata” for pasta/pizza/etc); but the Aussie “tomato sauce” and “ketchup” are in fact similar but 2 different recipes. When the recipe for tomato ketchup was being introduced to the Australian market it was too thick and too sweet for their palates and so they stuck to the local Aussie tomato sauce recipe instead - to this day there is still a company (Heinz) who keeps trying to convince us that we’d like ketchup but we’re definitely too stubborn 😂

My son has to have ketchup on his fries/chips, but needs tomato sauce on his sausage rolls

@@Precisa72 a true gourmet 😂

@@Precisa72 he sounds passionate about his _Cuisine._

We do in the Snowys, but it is rare lol

go to Mt.Bulla@@Ricardo_Moto

I'm over in NZ, and I can't imagine Xmas with the temps you guys have.

@@dgk42 trust me you get used to it pretty fast with the air conditioner on full blast!😂

Fellow Adelasians rise up

And, of course, on Election Day, you only go to a polling booth that has a sausage sizzle.

Love the ones at Bunnings

Why do you need to pay someone for that? sausage in bread at home is easily done.

@@geraldinegaynor1360 so is that why Australia keeps voting for the wrong people???

If the US had them, they'd need to be about 10 times bigger. Impractical. 😂

I'm quite surprised they have "ketchup" and also tomato sauce. I'm wondering what the difference is now. Our tomato sauce has that vinegary pickle zing, is theirs more like passata? I really want to find out now!

​@@suzanne5807as an Aussie I can say our ketchup is just tomato sauce with a bit of vinegar added. Tomato sauce differs from pasta sauce due to added spices in the pasta sauce and tomato sauce is basically a more watery tomato paste with a bit of salt and sugar added. They are all quite different

@@tabbi888 oh OK, well I don't think we have the watery tomato paste thing in Australia. We have tomato sauce which is the same as American ketchup, and we also have tomato paste, passata and other pasta sauces. But tomato sauce is what we put on meat pies, sausage rolls or little boys.

@@suzanne5807 I was trying to describe the difference between tomato paste and tomato sauce. Tomato sauce is more runny than tomato paste meaning it ha as a higher water content, not that it's actually water like just more liquid than paste but has salt and sugar added... ketchup has vinegar added which makes it a bit more tart tha tom sauce.

Rain doesn't make it cold 💀

It kinda does in this heat my guy ;-;

That one was weird to me. I was like "Wait, you mean doors aren't like that _everywhere...?"_

Actually, it's more to prevent people from easily leaving after breaking in via a window but yeah, pretty normal huh?

A dead lock requiring a key both sides doesn’t meet Australian building codes. People should have the night latch version so you can escape fire without finding keys.

@@tonydoggett7627 I was just about to say that! Wouldn't have one in my house in a pink fit! Too bloody dangerous if you need to escape for any reason. No wonder they are no longer put on newly built houses.

@@tonydoggett7627 I had one on my doors when I moved in where I am, but it also has the older locks. My deadlock's been in the open/tongue tucked into it position ever since I moved in. Only time I've ever used it was during covid, I would hold that as the door handle when coming in & out with shopping etc in winter, so as to be touching that to open the door, instead of the proper handle, then would wash my hands properly & return to using the proper handle & knowing if I'd had covid on my hands, it was on the deadlock, not the proper handle, so no need to be cleaning the door handle everytime I came in to control covid spread. As a kid, my parents used to engage the deadlock to lock both sides when we went on holidays, but no other time. Pretty sure they are still common around Australia though, although the lock from inside probably isn't used very often, or at least not without the person leaving the key in it when locking it for easy unlocking

ah, I just realised something. I was watching a video on holistic grazing from Africa & there were negative comments on it, as usual with that subject matter, but one of the big attacks I didn't get was about Allan being bare foot & how he was going to get tapeworms & stuff. Coming from Australia & being barefoot all the time, I thought it was weird & also wondered if maybe there was tapeworm issues or something there, or if they were just looking for excuses to attack him (as the opponents do), now it makes sense to me, the people making those comments probably had the same reaction Ryan's face did in this video & probably legit were freaked out seeing barefoot, cause it's not normal to them. I totally misread it lol & wish I had been allowed to go to school barefoot in NSW! School was the ONLY time I ever wore shoes as a kid! We HAD to wear them & I always hated it

Playing banjos, drinking moonshine & shagging your cousins is also very common in QLD

Very common here in Carnarvon Western Australia as well 😂

We didn't use shoes in the summer in eastern europe, but just for vacation time, going to river, or around the yard; going to school or anywhere semi serious we still used shoes even if it was over 30 degrees. So i think it's not just a weather thing.

@@mehere8038 In the rainy season on the Indian Ocean coast of East and Southern Africa, there are paracites which can infect the feet. Tapeworm isn't normally acquired this way, but the biggest issue is with poor hygiene creating foot sores conducive to roundworm and hookworm, and sometimes fungal infections. Good foot washing practices minimises these dangers, however, which exist in tropical climates the world over, even in the southern US states.

Yeah but we can still get arrested if you drop the C word around cops

@@cathybaldry7822 That's true.

Not around me it's not. It's a very offensive word.

I must admit as a woman I hate the “C word” and it seems to be used mostly a lot by the mid 20 year olds. I’m 57 and we never ever used to use it. It was only my daughter and her friends that used it but in my home it’s banned. I suppose just what your used to. Also the slit in the sauce is you hold upside down and squeeze and the sauce comes out the slit area. Great Aussie invention and easy to squirt over a pie or sausage roll. Love your channel you make awesome videos. Loads of love Leisa Western Australia xx

@@leisabrady5384 I'm not exactly fond of the word myself. I'm also a woman (a grandmother) and it's very rarely spoken in my house either. I live with my two youngest adult children and my son will sometimes say it when his "blood is up" but he knows I'd rather not hear it at all. Mind you, I was in the military in my youth at an army camp where men outnumbered women by ten to one and I was the youngest of five children and the only girl. When you grow up in a house full of men and choose a profession that is very male oriented, you quickly learn to develop thick skin. But again, none of my brothers or myself EVER used profanity of ANY kind in front of our parents, especially my mother, who were both a part of the so-called "Greatest Generation" and I never heard either of my parents ever utter a "swear word". I guess over time I've just adapted to hearing the word from time to time and it no longer bothers me as much as it used to.

I dunno about "smaller population centres", given the majority of Aussies live in the suburbs of our major cities - cities which are very large by the standards of the average European or US city.

@@Merrid67play True, should have stated country towns.

Marion, it's your job now to explain what a cossie is to this fine young man.....goes with the barefoot habits and summertime togs.

As an Ozzie you automatically know which footy they're talking about. We can understand different things with the same word.

I go barefoot at home all the time - we live out in the country in southern Victoria - but I only go barefoot when away from home when I'm at the beach.

Or Bondi to watch the drinks drowning on New Year's Day!! (Usually Irish backpackers)!!

If you are American you probably go to work? 😂

I believe the hours are governed by overtime that should be paid when worked. Occasionally, grocery stores will be open until 9 or 10 pm but that depends on the store and where they are located. Thongs are the general footwear here but still need shoes for school and work because of health and safety. If you are a tender foot like me then thongs protect your feet from meltingly hot tarred/bitumen roads and equally as hot sand. I grew up in an era where dressing up to go out was expected. The 60s and 70s was the time when it was “fashionable” for men to spit on the street. Not a delightful habit and certainly made wearing shoes a must. Being missed by one of these thoughtful men was a skill of speed by Mum grabbing us girls out of the way. When the laws were changed these fashionistas had to stop doing it, thankfully. Good luck with Canberra (canbra is closer to the pronunciation). I do notice that moving from the “UK” to Queensland must be like chalk and cheese. I’m from New South Wales and traditions and cultures there are different too. I was about 30 before I had a salad and cold meats for Christmas dinner. It was a traditional hot roast chicken, lamb, ham and veggies followed by a dessert that had jellies, custard, baked bread and butter custard, and of course ice cream. Temperature was up around 100F, no air con, no ceiling fans. And of course, after that a dash to the other grandparents’ place for their meal. No A/C in the car either. I’m addicted to A/C now. Can’t imagine a summer without it. Swearing in Aus is something you get used to or not. Depends on the age of the group, religious fervour and how much grog is involved or how many men are there, etc. I imagine it’s the same around the world. The ‘c’ word I still find deplorable possibly because it is gender specific and even without knowing that, it sounds terrible. The ‘f’ word seems to be far less offensive and sounds applicable in most situations. Enjoy!

ima a Melbourne (mel-ben not mel-born) girl and im proud of that. It pisses me off when people pronouce our states and cities wrong.

Yeah