Music: Coeur de Pirate (cute as!!)
How? You ask?
1. Feet-I’ve totally got the dirtiest feet. This is because in Australia, it is thong (flip flop) season all year round. In fact, barefoot is a-ok. About four days out of seven I am naked, ankle down. Seriously… Aussies everywhere (if everywhere means, in Australia) are walking around barefoot, and I LOVE it! No shoes? You still get service! Ping Pong! This is really helpful when you wear three inch heels to the club and afterwards, want water and sesame snaps from the convini. Or, when you wear (and then decide to take them off) not-yet-broken-into-slip-ons for your 45 minute walk to work and again, crave sesame snaps. Or, when it’s too wet and slippery to wear flip flops! barefoot, barefoot, barefoot, oi, oi, oi!
2. Swearing- If you thought I was bad before with my ‘ef this’ and ‘ef that’, you should hear me now! Australians have the biggest potty mouth! And it’s rubbing off! Fuckin’ aussies….
lookin fit;)
3. Aussie rules footy- I went to an Australian Football League game on Saturday night. It was a little confusing, but totally fun to watch. Mostly cause the fit boys don’t wear all the padding you see in NFL… and their shorts are short… heeeEEEeeey footy players.
4. Some words…. Things aussies say that I reckon (that’s number one) i’ll start saying:
- Far out- crazy.. can be good or bad
- Mad- yah, like I used to say back in grade six… they’re a little slow on the trends… “That guy is mad!”
- But- they use but at the end of their sentences…. example: “That cake was too sweet, mate!” “Yah, it was good, but!”
- ’something’ as… like: sweet as, good as, long as… assssss… what? not sure… you guess by the tone of voice i suppose. “Oi mate! That bird was hot as!”
- Bicky- an example of how Aussies shorten everything. This means Biscuit (cookie). They also say: Macca’s (McDonalds), Footy (Football), Wooly’s (Woolworths grocery store), relo’s (relatives), cuppa (cup of tea/coffee), Brizzy, Melbs, Goldie (Brisbane, Melbourne, Gold Coast)… it goes on and on and on…
- “How ya goin’, matey?“- How are you … person…
- Bogan- a nice term for someone who is slightly… well… white trash. Racial slurs, mullets, kids at 15,… you know.
- Goon- 4 litre sack of alcohol in a cardboard box with an easy to pour dispenser. Only $10.85 at your local Bottle-o (liquor shop).
5. Vegemite!!!!! I looooove it!!!!! Since their peanut butter isn’t that great here, I’ve taken to spreading the ol’ ‘mite on everything.
6. The Works- Aussies bring a whole new meaning to ‘the works’. Here is what you will get if you order a works burger (or in my case, chickpea pattie 
): Choice of pattie, mayo, tomato sauce (not ketchup 
), lettuce, to-mah-to, cucumber (not pickles 
), (this is where it gets crazy!) grated carrot, pineapple, fried egg, beet root (not pickled beet… even though it is…), avo (avocado is far too long to say) and I believe that about covers it. Woo! Eating is a work out! (This may also explain the rise in obesity…)
7. Alcoholism…if you thought i partied before (Scotty’s nickname for Ash and me “Party Girls” comes to mind….), you’ve seen nothing. Aussies love to drink (actually, they have a pretty serious alcoholism problem… but.. on the brighter side, they sure are fun!)
I saw one girl, at a party in the park, skull (chug) half a 26er of Smirnoff Vodka. She had already drank (more gracefully) the first half. Then she ate some grass…but that’s besides the point. She was like 100 pounds and still standing 5 hours later. Impressed. They also have these boxes that contain 4 litres of wine for ten dollars. That’s like $7 Canadian! Plus, boys here totally hit on girls! (I have also learnt that Canadian boys are timid). Even more of a reason to go out and dance it up when you drink for free 
. ALSO, parents party here like rock stars.
8. I sure wish I could finish with something classier than alcoholism… umm…. Oh i know! The cold! I was wearing a hoodie the other day because I was cold. It was probably like 15 degrees. Such a … what would an aussie say… “You’re such a windger, Canada.” (Yah… my mates call me Canada here… it’s cute as, but!)
