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.
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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 discover that Bondi Beach actually isn't the nicest beach in Australia.
It is one of the best for a city, what other city has a better beach? There must be a reason why it is packed every day of the week.
There are far better beaches that's for sure......
Living in Queenslad.........
Icy, that wave looks suspiciously just like the waves at wollongong city beach (formerly known as south beach).
