15 Things Aussies Miss When Travelling Abroad
- Australian lingo. Cause sometimes it’s too awks trying to explain to your Irish pals what you meant when you said you “went on a Maccas run in your tracky-dacks”.
- Eucalyptus trees. Somehow, it just doesn’t feel (or smell) the same without them.
- The laidback style of Australia’s morning breakfast shows. Nothing starts the weekdays better than colloquial banter with your 6am news.
- Proper garbage disposal, which keeps public areas clean.
- Genuine customer service. The kind where staff great you when you come in, smile and make sure you’re being taken care of.
- Not having to add on the price of GST to each of our purchases.
- The ‘cold’ Australian winters, where temperatures are unlikely to dip below 15°C and all you have to do to keep warm in chuck on a sweater.
- Classic Australian fashion wear, such as thongs, sunglasses and short-shorts.
- Always being within driving distance of luscious, white-sanded beaches. Y’know, the ones with crystal-blue water and bronzed beach babes.
- Aussie humour, including the frequent and casual use of crass, four lettered words.
- Not having to tip. Or rather, not having to dig around for cash.
- Australian food. Think MILO, Vegemite, Tim Tams, Weet-Bix, Shapes…
- The cloudless, blue Australian skies. You don’t even release how ah-maze-ing the skies are in Australia until you find your overseas destination is covered by an unrelenting blanket of greyish-coloured clouds.
- Fresh fruit and vegetable aisles with produce you can ski down.
- Not having to pay for shopping bags. Seriously. What’s up with that.
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