Friday, July 16, 2010

What we've learned so far

  • Australians like weird flavored snacks (especially chicken flavor)
  • Green ants' butts are for licking
  • Tons of rotaries, but they're smaller than the ones in Gloucester
  • Vegemite should not be a FDA approved food
  • Sugar cane: everywhere
  • Flocks of wild cockatoos
  • Kangaroos hop down the street
  • Don't say fanny pack, it's called a bum bag here
  • Dude = Mate
  • Australian are like the chillest people ever
  • Things are more expensive (especially candy and shampoo/soap)
  • Look right first, cars drive on the other side of the road
  • She'll be right mate
  • Good on ya
  • New Zealanders = Kiwis
  • They like Italian words, but disregard the meaning of said word
  • To Australians, Italian and Spanish are interchangeable 
  • Chips = French Fries
  • Chips = Chips
  • Everything is called chips
  • When in doubt call it chips
  • Their money is weird*
  • Phone numbers are confusing
  • Women aren't allowed to have shaving cream
  • Orange soda tastes like orange fruit juice
  • They use the Rice Krispies from the 70's
  • They call it Rice Bubbles instead
  • The Duracell Bunny looks different
  • The Nesquik rabbit looks like a punk
* Australian money is very colorful. A $100 note is green, a $50 note is yellow, $20 note is red, $10 is blue, and a $5 note is purple. Also the size of the note gets bigger as the value increases. instead of having a $1 note, they have a $1 coin, and a $2 coin too. The coin denominations are $2 coin, $1 coin, 50 cent coin, 20 cent coin, 10 cent coin, and a 5 cent coin. from 5 cent to 50 cent they get bigger, but the $2 coin is smaller than the $1 coin. Also they've completely done away with the penny, so they round the prices to the nearest 5 cents. However they don't round the price until it's time to pay, so you'll see prices for $2.47 for example.

Here's some pictures: Notes and coins.

2 comments:

  1. Your adventures sound absolutely awesome! I look forward to reading new posts each night - I'll just start living vicariously through you guys! Keep up the great writing and STAY SAFE!
    Love you!
    Auntie Leen

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  2. This made me laugh out loud!!! I'm so glad you guys are having a blast =) I can't wait to hear some of these stories in person!!

    <3 Maggie

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