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Australia Is A Whole Different World, And These 50 Photos Are Here To Prove It
"This land is cursed; the animals hop not run, birds run, not fly and the swans are black not white. This land is cursed and I'll have nothing more to do with it," wrote William Dampier, one of the first Europeans to ever explore the continent of Australia, back in 1688.
In case you didn't know, 26 January is the national day of Australia. And what could be a more beautiful way to celebrate the occasion than by honoring all the little things that make this country the beautiful, interesting and absolutely bizarre place that it is. With that being said, Bored Panda invites you to look through some of our favorite photos shared by people on the interwebs proving that Australia isn't just another country, but a whole different world. As per usual, don't forget to leave a comment here and there and vote for your favorite pics!
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This Interesting Plant Is Native To Australia
This Is How Much Food You Can Get For The Cost Of A Pack Of Cigarettes In Australia
As it should be, cigarettes need to be prohibitively expensive and the tax on them to treating smokers for both their addiction and the illnesses they cause.
@Maiun you should check the numbers though. Cynically: The cost of smokers' medical care is about average (similar to a pensioner's), illness appears on average around or after pension starts, and they die 20years earlier. Conclusion: They pay the same in taxes but cost 20y less of pension (and won't need retirement home care)... So they save the state money, as well as overpay in tax levies. Conclusion: I want NONE of my friends to smoke, all the rest please go ahead =).
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Cigarettes are actually quite cheap, it's the taxation that makes them so expensive. Obviously this is done to discourage people, especially poor people, from smoking. It has now reached the tipping point in price elasticity where we are seeing fake and smuggled goods replacing the genuine article. This is the point at which taxation should be (slightly) relaxed - fake cigarettes are even more unhealthy. We still have our hypocrisy about alcohol though. It's deemed acceptable despite being just as/more deadly than smoking. When I say this it usually provokes an angry response, this is because the view is so entrenched that most can't see alcohol for the dangerous drug it is..
I totally agree!! Alcohol is way more detrimental. I've never ruined my life on a cigarette, that's for sure.
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Yup, the price of smokes is staggering and whilst it is a deterrent for many people to not even start smoking, it doesn’t help people who are long time smokers. It is not easy to give up, I should know I quit about 3 years ago but tried MANY times before I was successful. My hubby is still a smoker (has tried quitting) and a pack of 30 cigarettes is approx $48.00 and that is for one of the cheaper brands.
Makes me feel really sad and a little sick, smoking is an addiction that is heavily supported by the Government for taxes, families do without because the addiction drives the budget. Particularly so in families on welfare payments. People can judge all they want but this is a fact that those on a low income are amongst the highest users of tobacco. Quitting isn't as easy as people think; it is compared with heroin addiction when attempting to quit. What is the solution; I am not sure but something has to be done.
The extra Taxes on tobacco are idiocy.If you want people to stop smoking, or at least the vast majority, simply make it a prohibited substance. Hiking up the prices isn't going to do much other that bilking the people who smoke. Its called an addiction for a reason. As a smoker, I know this to be true. Price isn't going to help me quit, no availability is.
what do you mean ban? so let's ban alcohol, sugar, coffee and etc. then? how did alcohol prohibition worked in USA?- poorly. taxing is proper way to discourage people not banning something. this is fact
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I see all the people with real intelligence get voted down, less people smoking, more cars on the road, 50 years ago everyone smoked, but very few cars, and very few cancers - think about it. now its 1 in 6 or less.
There are many many more toxic chemicals in cigarettes these days. To make them burn faster..to make them more addictive so you buy more. There's your cancers.
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Yeh... it's about taxes, not health! I'm in Australia and they're trying to ban vaping. You need a prescription from a dr to buy vape
It's quite expensive in the UK too: £9.29-13.25 per 20 cigarettes. I smoked menthols for a whole week in the mid 1980s... didn't quite finish a pack. Parents smoked since their mid teens... mother still does 60 years later. I sometimes try to figure out how much her habit has cost her over the years!
Why doesn’t everyone just mind their own business . People who smoke know what can happen. If you’re about taxing, let’s tax people who eat junk food or, is over weight, drinkers, for all the alcoholics & people with dui’s, people who don’t exercise,or whom their children don’t get enough exercise. Is anyone catching my drift ? If everyone would just mind their own business & stop harping on everyone else, the world would be a better place.
But they probably pay the employees less so it becomes a normal buy from the U.S.
Drugs and alcohol. Where are the exorbitant taxes. Whether you personally are a cigarette smoker or not please think of the pensioners who do. Some have been smoking since they were teenagers and find it impossible to give up. Notice in the supermarkets, they buy less and less groceries because they've tried, but failed giving up. Are you addicted to your phone, internet, gaming, gambling etc. How would you like the tax on them to be like smokes. Mobile phones have been linked to cancer. Would you give any of them up? Ever hear of smokers attacking people anywhere for a smoke? Any age, even in their own home for money, drug addicts do. Please think of other individuals, not 'people'. I won't knock you for your freedom to use affordable phones etc.
milk $2, pasta $1.50, bread $3 each, lot of woolworths/woolies branded stuff is either hit or miss. like the 20 chips and wheat biscuits and table spread (wtf is that) don't bother, but like the beef and veg its generally pretty decent.
Man in front of me at the cigarette counter bought a 10 pack carton of smokes. When I got to the counter I asked the girl how much was a carton, she said $240 , when I looked stunned she said his wife smokes a carton too, so he spends $480 a week just on cigarettes. That`s a house payment.
Maybe there are less smokers there. If so, they reached their objective!
That was my last ever cigarette, about 10 years ago now. And I have told my family long since
I managed a drama to make me stop. So mostly stopped just half a packed tucked away. I live in a granny flat, daughter and husband upstairs me down. We went to the neighbours for a few drinks. I had a couple and went home. Decided to might as well have one of my smokes. When you haven't had one for a while, smoking one will makes me dizzy. So outside my backdoor, so enjoyed my cigarette went to turn around and just 'dropped' with my head on the edge of our pond. Got a major fright. Had a bruise but it was covered by my hair. Quickly went to bed. Decided that was IT!. Needed to go to the city a few days later and though I should put my packet in a bin there. So, I was near a bin, along a very very busy street, with some seats along side. Throw my packet in the bin? Yes!! But... just one last one. I smoked it. Stood up and crashed forward onto the roadway!! Luckily the traffic was held up at the lights and about3 or 4 people came to pick me up. They probably thought I was drunk!
a packet of 20 cigarettes costs $23.86 a packet of 25 cigarettes costs $29.48 a packet of 30 cigarettes costs $38.11 a packet of 35 cigarettes costs $41.95 a packet of 40 cigarettes costs $49.63 a packet of 50 cigarettes costs $53.95 RYO tobacco costs between $34.95 and $74.95...................wow!
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This is about $50 of food since a pack of 30’s (for the cheaper brand) costs approx $48.00
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holy s**t, a pack here in thunder bay ont canada ,, on an indian reserve costs $ 4.50 a pack and we can still buy that
Well if you don’t want people dying from it make sure the only people who can afford it can also afford to treat it
That’s not how it works with addiction. Addicts will often go without necessities like food, rent etc to pay for their habits. A lot of the people who smoke also pay taxes that goes towards universal healthcare and they pay even more taxes from the cigarettes themselves. So essentially they are paying their way for possible future medical costs.
Load More Replies... The cigarettes are so expensive you can buy this amount groceries. $48 for a pack of 30 cheap brand cigarettes.(for those thinking the food is cheap.)
So... Do cigarettes cost that much or does food cost that little? And is that cigs in the US or cigs in AU?
A pack of 30’s costs approx $48.00 and that is AU.
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I once found an almost full packet of cigarettes. I don't smoke, so I gave them to an acquaintance who does. Now I can see exactly why he was so excited and pleased - I must have saved him a fortune.
Honestly the bread, cheese and margarine are all pretty feral and the potatoes are covered in dirt.
Y-you know you c-can get washed potatoes... right?
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Good and bad - good that it discourages new smokers but it can backfire - like image how smokers will cut down on healthy food to buy cigarettes
Non andro' mai in Australia per questo motivo, perché spendere cosi' tanto per un pacchetto di sigarette quando in Bolivia posso acquistarle a due dollari ed ho pure del cibo a bun mercato?
I was wondering is the food so cheap or the cigarettes so expensive?
Cigarettes are SUPER expensive. A packet of 30’s cost an average of $48.00.
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Great. More expensive they are, less they’ll be bought, possibly. Sure needs to be that way all over.
How many car, and other accidents are caused by smokers? Just curious, because all I've heard are drugs and alcohol. Drownings, quad bikes, even workplace. I won't keep adding to the list, but please let smokers be able to afford groceries and smokes
I had to look. The price ranges from A$29 - A$49 if it's a well-known brand. That's £16-27 or US$21-36 for a pack of 20 cigarettes. I'm still really dubious you can get THAT much food for one pack!
I had a skim over the food, and that's about what I'd expect to get for that cash. I do note the two meat containers are on sale, though they'd freeze fine.
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Afraid not. A pack of 30’s is approx $48.00 and that is for one of the cheaper brands.
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A pack of 30’s cigarettes is approx $48.00 for one of the cheaper brands.
Load More Replies...A 6 Month Old Baby Kangaroo I Am Raising Is Very Impatient At Bottle Time....
Too Hot For Jesus In Queensland!
Rainbow Wrasse Caught Off Christmas Island
An Emu Egg I Found A Few Years Back In Australia
Camping In Australia
"Just Pan Over To The Left Barry"
Lizards In Australia
This Accursed Land
Spencer Lake In Australia, Naturally Pink
He Came Down Through The Fireplace And Trashed The Place, Ate My Bananas And Jumped On Me At 2am
Wave Rock, Australia
Meanwhile In Australia
...You know Australia is going to be fun when it has drunk cockatoos
It’s So Bloody Hot Here In Australia At The Moment, And I Wondered Why Birds Weren’t Using Our Bird Bath
Still A Better Receptionist Than The One We Had On Check In
Finally, Something In Australia That Doesn't Want To Kill Me. Banana For Scale
You Know You're In Australia When Frogs Eat Snakes
Sexy Calendars In Australia
wow. it is clear that the kangaroo is THE most beautiful out of everyone. periodt.
Im Stuck In Europe Because Of Covid And Then My Family Took This Photo And Sent It From Their Camping Trip At Skenes Creek Victoria... Ok, Now I’m Really Homesick
Two Extremely Cute And Endangered Barking Geckos Waring Up On My Hand On A Cold Morning In Western Australia. These Are The Only 2 I've Ever Come Across So Was Pretty Awesome
Honey, There Is A Kid On Our Bug...
...I'm just going to move to the other side of the Earth. Dont mind me. \(""￣▽￣)/
Don't Expect Thanks From Loretta If You Find Her
As An American, You Guys Are Kinda Weird
This Tree In The Daintree Rainforest (Queensland, Australia)
Flushed All The Cane Toads Out Of My Brothers Dam. Some Of Them Took The Easy Way Out - Hitching A Ride On The Back Of A 3.5m Python
An Emu Just Cruising Around My Rural Towns Little Airport
Selling Point For Aussie School
This Roo In A River
My Daughter’s Boyfriend Has Been Helping At His Parents’ Farm In Kingaroy, Queensland. He Took This Shot When The Sheep Came Up To Say G’day
In Australia, This Is Why We Check Our Shoes
Summer In Australia
Typical Road-Side Ditch In Australia
Australia. Where Even The Hail Can Kill You
Rose-Breasted Cockatoo, Aka Pink And Grey Galah
March Of The Hairy Caterpillars
That’s A Blue Ring Octopus, Whose Venom Can Result In Death Within Minutes
Australian Moth
Shopping, Australian Style
A Seal Chilling Outside Sydney Opera House
Maybe I’ll Just Hold On
I See Your Possum Outside Your Window And Raise You Our Break And Enter Culprit Last Night
They Did Not Find The $1.47 A Litre Emusing
Kangaroos: F’ing Up Your Cars Since 1901
Lost count how many tourists I told not to drive after dark in the outback. Kangaroos love sitting on the warm bitumen at night. And are dumb as a thick plank.
What Ever Your View On Today Respect Your Neighbours
Jesus Sydney Take A Chill Pill
Oh god that must be a pain in the a** to figure out where ur going
Felt A Tickle On My Leg, Australia
40 Degrees Up North Vic Today. Had A Little Visitor Come And Smack The Door With His Tail Before Taking A Dip In Our Pond
New Coat Of Arms For Australia?
Note: this post originally had 70 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
Australia- the land of everything beautiful.Wouldn't live anywhere else! 🐨🦘
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It's funny as an Australian seeing all these non-Australians freak out over all this stuff. For real, the chances of seeing the actual dangerous animals is pretty slim, I live on a property in rural Queensland and I rarely see any of the actual dangerous animals.
Most dangerous thing in Australia is the sun. Worst sunburn of my life... Bondi beach.
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These are terrifying but it doesn't really discourage me: I'd love to go to Australia someday
yeah! i would like to see all the un-noped animals!
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I feel like ireland is the polar opposite. It's cold, raining, and our spiders are tiny, also, no snakes.
No snakes in Ireland and it's cold, if I move I'll gladly come to live there. I don't support the high heat in summer and don't want to a have a snake in my toilet.
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The amount of people holding in their hands or taking pictures of giant posionus stuff is insane, Australians fear nothing holy s**t
Sooo... how many people are carpooling to Mars? And do you guys have room for one more?
I am so torn between " I want to go to Australia" and "I never want to go to Australia"
At this point i wouldn't be surprised if Uluru just turns out to be an egg sac for a few dozen Plane-sized Kissing Bugs.
Australia is actually fabulous as hell. I've visited many times and I love love love it there.
every time i think it will be cool to move to australia i see stuff like this
You all know the song that goes, oh no , oh no, oh no no no no no. Australia version. Oh. Noer oh noer oh noer noer noer noer noer
lots of stuff was really pretty but i dont wanna go there cuz of snakes and stuff
I think this may be Australia's subtle way of discouraging cowardly tourists. It worked, I ain't going. ( Well, that, money and a long, long plane ride.
Thanks for the PSA...I will now cross that continent off my bucket list
I'd go find me a big-ol python and i'd see how close i could get to it and if i could pick it up cuz im an idiot
Phew, got through the whole post and not a single spider picture. Thank god...
Australia: the land of "i'll be dead within a week due to allergic reaction"
I actually wanted to visit Australia. but now I have seen those photos that Australia I actually don't want to visit anymore. from snakes, hot weather, many bugs and even those green things. look. I will stay in Athens! I have made my decision
Someone should have showed a picture of that scary as hell funnel web spider! I couldn't go to sleep at night unless it was in a clear locked box!!!
I wonder is australian jails are full of criminal animals cause surely there not going to let them animals get away with the theft and the breaking and entering gotta show dem animals whose boss
Huntsman Spiders. The one reason why I refuse to go to Australia (also the massive orb weavers).
Prob would explain why all the creatures are creepy looking, not regular sized, etc. Some look like the bugs you encounter in Fallout lol
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To be hones, the show Border Patrol is a much bigger deterrent than the bugs / other scary wildlife. The show makes it seem as if they think that there are 100% good guys in A and 100% bad guys everywhere else, (You took LSD once fifteen years ago? We might want to hold you back for half a day to discuss if we risk the downfall of our nation by letting you stay for your holiday), I quite like snakes, so I would need somebody to follow me and say "NO, do NOT try to pet it idiot, it might kill you"
Australia- the land of everything beautiful.Wouldn't live anywhere else! 🐨🦘
Load More Replies... It's funny as an Australian seeing all these non-Australians freak out over all this stuff. For real, the chances of seeing the actual dangerous animals is pretty slim, I live on a property in rural Queensland and I rarely see any of the actual dangerous animals.
Most dangerous thing in Australia is the sun. Worst sunburn of my life... Bondi beach.
Load More Replies... These are terrifying but it doesn't really discourage me: I'd love to go to Australia someday
yeah! i would like to see all the un-noped animals!
Load More Replies... I feel like ireland is the polar opposite. It's cold, raining, and our spiders are tiny, also, no snakes.
No snakes in Ireland and it's cold, if I move I'll gladly come to live there. I don't support the high heat in summer and don't want to a have a snake in my toilet.
Load More Replies... The amount of people holding in their hands or taking pictures of giant posionus stuff is insane, Australians fear nothing holy s**t
Sooo... how many people are carpooling to Mars? And do you guys have room for one more?
I am so torn between " I want to go to Australia" and "I never want to go to Australia"
At this point i wouldn't be surprised if Uluru just turns out to be an egg sac for a few dozen Plane-sized Kissing Bugs.
Australia is actually fabulous as hell. I've visited many times and I love love love it there.
every time i think it will be cool to move to australia i see stuff like this
You all know the song that goes, oh no , oh no, oh no no no no no. Australia version. Oh. Noer oh noer oh noer noer noer noer noer
lots of stuff was really pretty but i dont wanna go there cuz of snakes and stuff
I think this may be Australia's subtle way of discouraging cowardly tourists. It worked, I ain't going. ( Well, that, money and a long, long plane ride.
Thanks for the PSA...I will now cross that continent off my bucket list
I'd go find me a big-ol python and i'd see how close i could get to it and if i could pick it up cuz im an idiot
Phew, got through the whole post and not a single spider picture. Thank god...
Australia: the land of "i'll be dead within a week due to allergic reaction"
I actually wanted to visit Australia. but now I have seen those photos that Australia I actually don't want to visit anymore. from snakes, hot weather, many bugs and even those green things. look. I will stay in Athens! I have made my decision
Someone should have showed a picture of that scary as hell funnel web spider! I couldn't go to sleep at night unless it was in a clear locked box!!!
I wonder is australian jails are full of criminal animals cause surely there not going to let them animals get away with the theft and the breaking and entering gotta show dem animals whose boss
Huntsman Spiders. The one reason why I refuse to go to Australia (also the massive orb weavers).
Prob would explain why all the creatures are creepy looking, not regular sized, etc. Some look like the bugs you encounter in Fallout lol
Load More Replies... To be hones, the show Border Patrol is a much bigger deterrent than the bugs / other scary wildlife. The show makes it seem as if they think that there are 100% good guys in A and 100% bad guys everywhere else, (You took LSD once fifteen years ago? We might want to hold you back for half a day to discuss if we risk the downfall of our nation by letting you stay for your holiday), I quite like snakes, so I would need somebody to follow me and say "NO, do NOT try to pet it idiot, it might kill you"
