38 Australians Share Culture Shocks Tourists Get While Visiting

Australia day just makes me think of drunken bogans wearing Aussie flag beach towels as capes.... it's a day off work, that's what true Aussies celebrate....

Yes just like in the UK and the US the flag has been commandeered by the right wingers. Its a shame.

26 of jan has nothing to do with the first arrival that was the 13th jan

Depends on the country. In Denmark if the flag is raised it means it's your birthday. In Switzerland they just like having it up all the time( but not a in an extreme patriotic way like the USA). In France it's for national holidays. (Only talking about the countries I know for sure here)

Me too. And hospitality workers who are paid on the books often earn a good wage. Especially during that period just after lockdown, some hospitality workers here were earning over $100p/hour. I think it's levelled out now, but hospitality workers as a general rule definitely aren't scraping the absolute bottom of the financial barrel here (unless they're working at places off the book, then that is completely different.) Edit: Uh, downvoter, downvoted for telling the truth? Sorry; I'll make up some cr‍ap next time just to appease you.

Don't forget his wife.. yes, yes, yes, yes, yes... No.

I loved him 😅

Or "narrr" 😂

Just trying to to picture someone arriving with an empty plate-in-hand, and utensils sticking out of their top pocket!!

There was a couple at my old church who had recently arrived in Australia and when we had an event they thought they were supposed to bring an empty plate!

No, a lot of migrants don't know it means to bring something to share.

Ha. You're in for a hell of a culture shock visiting dodgy NZ then... :-)

City centres, eg Sydney or Melbourne? Not too many bare feet. Wouldn't walk around David Jones barefooted. But the suburbs or regional towns? Beachside or not? Sure.

Maybe in Melbourne or Sydney. Wouldn't walk around barefoot in David Jones. But in rural towns and in the suburbs of Sydney etc? Sure!

Only if it's a beachside town. So everywhere on the gold coast is a designated barefoot zone, including supermarkets, fuel stations etc. Anywhere in and around Bondi, or St Kilda for example - totally normal. But, if you in the suburbs or inner city and there are no nearby beaches or swimming places it would be less appropriate.

Yeah, it does. I'd imagine it'd be quite uncomfortable, not to mention what you could step on/in...

I always use a manned checkout. Use it or lose it.

The only time I don't use a register with a person is if I only have one or two items. There is always at least one open in the stores I use.

I have to admit I like self-checkouts because they're generally quicker where I am, but specialty stores (eg: butchers, fruit and veg, grog shops etc) are all manned and I do like to sometimes stop and have a chat with some of the staff. There's a particularly sweet woman who I'd have chats to for as long as she didn't have customers to serve and this hottie in the local grog shop, so... y'know. 😶

You say 'sheltered', I say 'you live in a more civilised area', lol. My experience is definitely more reminiscent of the poster's than yours.

I think it really depends on WHERE in Australia you are. It's a big country and there are many sub cultures. In Melbourne for egample it's not common to swear. An occassional s-hit or d-amn. But rarely an f-word and never the c-word. But I have family in country Qld and they all swear like a cut snake with f-that and c-bombs a plenty. I grew up in and around Brisbane and even there, there are areas where language varies wildly. In the western suburbs, swear away my friend, compared to the sunshine coast where swearing is not really a cultural thing.

Couldn't have said it better, Dawn. Make your comment x 2 for me.

Very much depends on who you hang out with. I adjust my swearing level accordingly.

Nobody in Tassie uses the 'c' word!

It depends on the people. Some Aussies never swear. Old-style Aussie men had a "never swear in front of ladies" rule. Many a wife literally didn't know her husband swore! But yes, for many it's as natural as breathing.

C word definitely is a swear word. Lots of people use it, however.

Yes but there is a correlation from when Obama left office and the countries widely perceived descent into a less than pleasant place to visit/live, and, "more America bashing".

I have to admit that as an Aussie I was reading this thread and responding as an Aussie eg: my experience compared with the article. Re-reading it, there are several rather anti US posts, huh. I do feel for you guys getting dumped on all the time. It must be frustrating, especially when most of the things don’t apply to the vast majority.

Or Bec. Unless they say they don't like it, of course.