Things I’ve Learned in Australia

Posted by Prashant Katwa

Things that I’ve learned while being in Australia:

  • The proper pronunciation of Melbourne is “Mel-bin”.
  • Tea can mean dinner.
  • Toilets don’t flush in the other direction. In fact, water just rushes down in all directions.
  • There is the “bush” (rural areas) and then there is the “outback” (out where nobody really lives).
  • Kangaroos aren’t as big as I thought they were (at least the ones I saw).
  • People in Australia eat kangaroo meat.
  • BHP or Broken Hill Proprietary, started in the small mining town of Broken Hill and is now one of Australia’s top multi-national companies.
  • Only eight of the twelve apostles remain.
  • A stubby is a bottle of beer.
  • A scooner is a pint of beer.
  • They say “car park” not “parking lot”.
  • Bacon in Australia is like Canadian bacon.
  • A lot of the cars are the same, but many of them have different names.
  • Most clubs play techno and house music.
  • Fashion is slightly lame. Some people dress like its the 80s/90s.
  • The street signs never say the name of the road that your own, only the ones that you’re crossing.
  • Australian people don’t drive that well, or park well either.
  • Aussie’s curse a lot more than people do in the U.S.
  • Federal Parks are run by the States. yeah wtf.
  • And a bunch of other stuff that I seem to only remember at random times…

Places that I’ve visited since I’ve been in Australia:

  • Downtown Melbourne
  • Downtown Sydney
  • Sydney Tower
  • Sydney Harbor Bridge
  • Sydney Opera House
  • Blue Mountains
  • Hyde Park (Sydney)
  • MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
  • Apple Store in Sydney
  • National Australian Maritime Museum (Sydney)
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Immigration Museum (Melbourne)
  • Victoria Police Museum (Melbourne)
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Broken Hill, NSW
  • Silverton, NSW
  • Mungo National Park
  • Torquay, VIC
  • The Great Ocean Road
  • Apollo Bay, VIC
  • The Twelve Apostles
  • Cairns, QLD
  • Mission Beach, QLD
  • Rockhampton, QLD
  • Bundaberg, QLD
  • Hervey Bay, QLD
  • Brisbane, QLD

Some things that I’ve done since I’ve been in Australia:

  • went on a Ferry Ride
  • rode public transportation (trains, buses, and trams)
  • rode an overnight interstate train
  • drove a car (on the left side of the road sitting on the other side of the car)
  • went snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef
  • went on a road trip from Cairns to Brisbane
  • And a lot of other things.

If you ever get a chance, most definitely visit Australia!

Posted in: Australia Comments(0) December 2008

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