Gems

Hello,

Im not in the UK at the moment! (god I say that a lot on here!Sorry)

Anyway we use bottle water over here. Which we go through a ton of the stuff as its hotter in the summer than the UK.

Well can you drink Australian tap water? If so is it ok, or bloomin awful taste?
Do people use one of those filter jugs, or just drink it straight from the tap?

GEMS

Gems

PS, another daft question.

Public toilets - do you pay in Australia?
Over here you cant have a pee without parting with your cash!

Ive got kids so it can get a pain carrying around plenty of coins on a day out.

Gems

Vash the Stampede

Yes.

Depends on where you are. Adelaide water is rubbish, Melbourne water is OK, and Perth water isn't too bad either. The best (IMHO) is Tassie water, which is just beautiful.

Both - depending on where they live.

No, you don't pay.

The barbecues in public parks are free as well.

kevinbloomfield

Tap water is fine in Queensland. As to paying to use the toilet, OZ doesn't seem to be the rip off place the UK is (apart from taxes, registrations etc). Here on the Sunshine Coast we do not have to pay to park the car, use public toilets, use public barbecues or anything else like that. I personally would rather pay higher taxes and get decent public services.

kitty4

We have pure rainwater to drink, which runs off our roof into a tank & goes through filters when you turn the tap on. Prefer it to tap (mains) water now.
No choice though, as no mains water where we live.

marco121068

Stuff out of my tap seems OK.

Australia_bound?

Hmmm at bottled water! Do you realise how bad for the environment it is?

Australian water is fine, just as it is in the UK.

Amazulu

Perth water is not that great IMO and I believe Adelaide's water is liquid mud. Not sure about the rest of the country.

Wendy

Adelaide water is fine and definitely not liquid mud

I do prefer it after it'd been in the fridge first though.

KatieStar

We keep bottles of tap water in the fridge. I don't mind the taste of the tap water, though my sister thinks it tastes muddy. I normally find when I move to a new place it takes a few days to get used to the taste of the water, after that I don't notice it.

gjs

Have to say I think Adelaide water tastes like kak!

Hutch

Drank tap water in the UK, drink tap water here - must be an unsophisticated sod, because it all tastes like, ermm, water to me.

Ransi

I buy water.....I do not like the taste from the tap.

Pollyana

Aussie water is fine - there just isn't much of it about......

Ransi

I dont like the taste.