44 Things That Surprise Visitors to Australia

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• DA

  @davidrossi1486 · 3 months ago

  It is 10 pm where I am in Australia and the entire supermarket and mall is completely open. I don’t know where people get this idea that everything shuts down at six. It is not true.

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• ME

  @Merrid67play · 1 year ago

  There was already an Australian business called Burger King before the American business arrived.

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• KO

  @KoalaFPA · 1 year ago

  Correction:  Kilometres and miles aren’t used  interchangeably.   We’re 100% metric, 100% kilometres.   If the car rental company issued paperwork referring to miles it’s likely because the booking was made via an American website and they thought they were doing the customer a favour.

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• AF

  @afpwebworks · 1 year ago

  There are over 200 languages spoken regularly in Sydney.     Australia is very multicultural.    Melbourne has the biggest Greek population outside Greece.   You can find almost every cuisine in the world in Australia, and cooked by all the different ethnic groups themselves.

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• GE

  @georgiacoombes699 · 1 year ago

  I don’t think Australians are so much intrigued by American as completely bewildered by it! 🤨

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• JJ

  @jj2024-themorethemerrier · 1 year ago

  Guys, I]m so proud, we got another one with the drop bears!

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• ME

  @Merrid67play · 1 year ago

  Sushi in Australia, even at the cheaper end, is made on the day and not kept overnight. Often you'll find bento boxes sold at a cheaper rate at the end of the day, if you're looking for a cut price meal.

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• JE

  @Jeni10 · 1 year ago

  We eat them cold and individually with jam and whipped cream, or butter and Vegemite, or butter and peanut butter, or peanut butter and banana slices, or strawberries and banana, etc.  We generally buy Pikelets which are just smaller versions, we also make pikelets at home but it’s a long process, so breakfast isn’t the time for them. Breakfast is usually Weet-Bix or Rolled Oats, hot in winter and cold in summer.  Most of us prefer to avoid high sugar cereals.

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• ME

  @Merrid67play · 1 year ago

  Crocodile Dundee is a caricature of the ocker accent from 40 years ago. You may find people who talk like that, but they're not common in urban areas.

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• ME

  @Merrid67play · 1 year ago

  Fruit across state lines depends on the state and it's usually about preventing fruit fly incursions, and in some significant wine growing regions, about preventingthe spread of phylloxera. It also includes honey, so check the rules when you buy.

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• PR

  @Prsboy78 · 1 year ago

  The birds that are known for swooping are Magpies and plovers. They swoop when you are in their territory or nests.

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• AU

  @aussieragdoll4840 · 1 year ago

  Drop Bears are not the same as Koalas.  Drop Bears are a more feral, and very dangerous cousin.

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