You know you are in Australia when...
Nov 22nd 2011, 10:12 pm
#1036
Jan4kids
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Hertfordshire - Adelaide - now Gold Coast.
Posts: 1,156
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
Your Primary school has a big 'lay-by' into which you pull into for the brief minute or so it takes to unceremoniously dump your school kids out the car whilst still nagging them at 8:30a.m. This is known as 'kiss and drop'......or "It's just 'drop' Mum you're SO embarrassing!"
Nov 23rd 2011, 4:34 am
#1037
Forum Regular
Joined: Nov 2011
Location: Sydney
Posts: 118
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
When your outnumbered in a bar by the number of Pokie Machines...
Nov 23rd 2011, 6:40 am
#1039
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 22,348
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
You hear people say "No worries..." many many times a day 
Nov 23rd 2011, 9:50 am
#1040
High in the Dandenongs
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: Listening to Puffing Billy
Posts: 9,183
Nov 23rd 2011, 10:29 am
#1041
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 1,130
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
Kids are pulled out of school early - because there are fires near the farm and they need to help put them out. Laudable? Good job they didn't have the same attitude during the Blitz.
Nov 23rd 2011, 11:24 am
#1042
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Joined: Jul 2010
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 1,010
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
your house is littered with bottles of sunscreen all at various ages and stages of use and the kids still 'forget' to wear the &$$% stuff.
you instantly know how to operate an airconditioner's remote control regardless of the make or age.
you can tell if the postie's been by the scooter tracks across your lawn.
you stop at Hungry's or Macca's for frozen cokes on the way home from school.
your favourite fast food is sushi and even the kids can wield chopsticks like pros.
you don't cook in the house during summer.
your teens camp in a barn and know the python sleeping in the rafters is ok because its not a constrictor
your kid spends the week at GC schoolies and you're reasonably happy about it
thinking at least it wasn't Bali.
you wake up at dawn and get up before it gets too hot.
you don't curl your fingers around the recessed edges of the wheelie bins when moving them.
you instantly know how to operate an airconditioner's remote control regardless of the make or age.
you can tell if the postie's been by the scooter tracks across your lawn.
you stop at Hungry's or Macca's for frozen cokes on the way home from school.
your favourite fast food is sushi and even the kids can wield chopsticks like pros.
you don't cook in the house during summer.
your teens camp in a barn and know the python sleeping in the rafters is ok because its not a constrictor
your kid spends the week at GC schoolies and you're reasonably happy about it
thinking at least it wasn't Bali.you wake up at dawn and get up before it gets too hot.
you don't curl your fingers around the recessed edges of the wheelie bins when moving them.
Nov 23rd 2011, 11:28 am
#1043
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 1,130
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
your house is littered with bottles of sunscreen all at various ages and stages of use and the kids still 'forget' to wear the &$$% stuff.
you instantly know how to operate an airconditioner's remote control regardless of the make or age.
you can tell if the postie's been by the scooter tracks across your lawn.
you stop at Hungry's or Macca's for frozen cokes on the way home from school.
your favourite fast food is sushi and even the kids can wield chopsticks like pros.
you don't cook in the house during summer.
your teens camp in a barn and know the python sleeping in the rafters is ok because its not a constrictor
your kid spends the week at GC schoolies and you're reasonably happy about it thinking at least it wasn't Bali.
you wake up at dawn and get up before it gets too hot.
you don't curl your fingers around the recessed edges of the wheelie bins when moving them.
you instantly know how to operate an airconditioner's remote control regardless of the make or age.
you can tell if the postie's been by the scooter tracks across your lawn.
you stop at Hungry's or Macca's for frozen cokes on the way home from school.
your favourite fast food is sushi and even the kids can wield chopsticks like pros.
you don't cook in the house during summer.
your teens camp in a barn and know the python sleeping in the rafters is ok because its not a constrictor
your kid spends the week at GC schoolies and you're reasonably happy about it
thinking at least it wasn't Bali.you wake up at dawn and get up before it gets too hot.
you don't curl your fingers around the recessed edges of the wheelie bins when moving them.
Nov 23rd 2011, 11:33 am
#1044
Banned
Joined: Jul 2010
Location: Queensland, Australia
Posts: 1,010
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
you're really pleased that we got the Commonwealth Games 
Nov 23rd 2011, 6:34 pm
#1045
Possum. Amiculum. Latrina
Joined: Jan 2011
Location: Footloose
Posts: 3,427
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
Second hand bookshops charge more than the initial (Uk) purchase price and Bridget Jones's Diary will be put in the 'Classics' section.
Nov 24th 2011, 2:45 am
#1046
221b Baker Street
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Miles from anywhere, Victoria, Australia.
Posts: 14,125
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
Nov 24th 2011, 1:47 pm
#1047
Just Joined
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 7
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
I am moving to Oz next year and I don't know whether this thread makes me feel more or less nervous! haha.
Nov 24th 2011, 3:33 pm
#1048
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Posts: 22,348
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
Don't worry Claire, life in Australia is full of double-takes and jaw-dropping-moments but they're part of what makes this country an endearing and overall pleasant place to be. I'm sure you'll love it here
BTW, welcome to BE
Nov 24th 2011, 3:39 pm
#1049
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 22,348
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
...You see at the shops that bananas have suddenly gone down in price to $2.99 a kilo so you buy a huge bag of them only to return home and discover that your OH has done the same thing 
Nov 24th 2011, 3:42 pm
#1050
Just Joined
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 7
Re: You know you are in Australia when...
Thanks! I've literally just had the email from my case officer saying my visa application has been finalised and am just waiting for my grant letter. Exciting times! Not so excited about the mozzies though - they torture me!