AUSTRALIA Day is just around the corner, so there's no better time to have a bit of fun and take a look at what makes us unique.
Frequent traveller and blogger Anthony the Travel Tart has put together a tongue-in-cheek list for tourists visiting and working in our great sunburnt country to identify the signs they've stayed too long.
You know you're becoming 'true blue' when:
• You add 'hey', 'mate' or 'eh' to sentences.
• You discover that Bondi Beach actually isn't the nicest beach in Australia.
• You don't mind driving for 10 hours to see something you like.
• Likewise, the term 'just down the road' could mean a couple of hundred kilometres away.
• Calling English people 'Pommy b**tards' feels like a term of endearment, even if you're a Pommy yourself.
• Thongs are now a mandatory part of your fashion get-up. And also a great thing to inflate and float around on.
• Going to Bali for a holiday doesn't seem exotic anymore.
• You used to hate it, but Vegemite starts to taste fantastic and you have it every morning on your toast.
• It feels good to buy a gas guzzling V8 car, to fit in.
• You enjoy slagging off about politicians, even if this used to land you in jail back at home.
• It becomes normal to attend Cockroach Races to celebrate Australia Day.
• Your sense of sarcasm has developed tenfold.
• Critters that could potentially kill you like spiders and snakes don't seem to phase you anymore.
• You enjoy sending weird presents like Kangaroo Scrotum to all of your friends and relatives back home.
• You feel at home dressing up in fancy dress at the cricket.
• You know that strange events like having a boat race in a dry river bed are just thin disguises for a booze-up.
• You become bored of the sunshine and you wish for a bit of rain just so the grass can change colour from brown to green.
• The New Zealand accent finally becomes distinguishable from the Australian one.
• You don't mind eating meat pies, even if some of them only contain around 25 per cent real meat.
• The phrase 'it's always 5 o'clock in the world somewhere' is a good enough excuse to drink at any time of the day - beer is now an essential part of your diet.
• You'd rather go shopping for clothes in the US on a short trip there rather than blowing your money on clothes in Australia.
• You now know that most Australians don't wrestle crocodiles.
• You finally realise that Australian soapies like Neighbours and Home and Away are a completely unrealistic representation of Australian life.
• Your relatives say 'you sound like one of those Aussies!' They don't understand a single word you say when you call them.
• You can understand what 'I'm so hungry I could eat the **bleep** end of a low flying duck' means.
• You tend to spend more time travelling out of the country than staying in it.
Link To Article If You Want To See The Pictures
I like this one best:
"• You know that strange events like having a boat race in a dry river bed are just thin disguises for a booze-up."
You know you're becoming an Aussie when you know that a Budgie Smuggler is not a person arrested by Customs for smuggling native birds.
Queenslanders do surf you know.........but I prefer beaches like this
Queensland......perfect......
