So, I have to do a 5 minute Powerpoint presentation for school on Thursday and I need the help of my non-Aussie friends. Common perceptions/impressions/myths you have or have heard about Australia and Australians - GO!
Everything in Australia is trying to kill you! Marsupials! Deadly snakes and spiders! Platypus! Which can also poison you! Shrimp on the barby! Tall poppy syndrome! Deadly jellyfish! Ayers rock/Uluru! Aboriginal peoples! Sydney Opera House! Didgeridoos! Bushmeat! Crocodiles! Invasive species! Bushfires! Beer! Desert! Flooding! Drought! Walkabouts!
Nonsensical nicknames for everything, often longer than the actual word. Everyone loves vegemite/marmite All insects are out to kill you It's stupid hot all the time.
Australians are all racist, homophobic, backwater rednecks.*
And they all giggle when you use the word 'root'.
*This is a thing that I obviously know not to be the case, but I keep hearing stories that feed into it. Having a friend from Queensland probably doesn't help.
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Marsupials!
Deadly snakes and spiders!
Platypus! Which can also poison you!
Shrimp on the barby!
Tall poppy syndrome!
Deadly jellyfish!
Ayers rock/Uluru!
Aboriginal peoples!
Sydney Opera House!
Didgeridoos!
Bushmeat!
Crocodiles!
Invasive species!
Bushfires!
Beer!
Desert!
Flooding!
Drought!
Walkabouts!
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Root
Chocolate Thunder From Down Under (that story never stops being funny)
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Everyone loves vegemite/marmite
All insects are out to kill you
It's stupid hot all the time.
That's about all I've got.
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And they all giggle when you use the word 'root'.
*This is a thing that I obviously know not to be the case, but I keep hearing stories that feed into it. Having a friend from Queensland probably doesn't help.
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