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1. The AUS government is evil... though I might be biased 'cause of my dad's opinions

2. We're not all rich.... but pools are a neccesity... especially when your family won't buy air-con cause they can't afford it at the moment *thanks god its not summer or else she wouldn't be able to post cause it'd be too hot to stay in room*

3. My dad doesn't even drink beer, except at the odd party, like once a year...

4. Kookaburras are cool, they sit on the fence in the backyard sometimes. So are Cockatoos, and Gallahs.....

5. Just to clear one thing up... not everyone lives on large property with bushland out the back and a swimming pool. I'm lucky in that I have a pool, and live in a semi-rural area so bushland isn't too far away. But I live on like an eighth of an acre. Most people live closer to the city and inner suburbs and don't even have bushland nearby.

6. It's really fun listening to all your opinions of Australia, and sharing some of my own Aussie knowledge with you all.

7. I have no idea why I'm numbering everything... I just am.

Too many.

Like ria, I'm really interested in everyone's opinion ^_^

Plus, it'll help me heaps with my speech

When people pass close enough, Koalas drop from the trees to knock out their victims, then slowly eat them over the course of the next few days.

Did a dingo eat your baby?

I'm going to reply so the things I've seen here, I find them all quite funny. I live in Australia by the way.


Never seen one here in my life.


We say it a few times. Older people though.



Never come across a person with either name.


Over 90% of Australians live within x amount of miles from the ocean.


Just our Prime Minister


You can get it for that at our supermarkets.


No-one drinks Fosters. Well some do but it is NOTHING in comparrison of XXXX and VB.


Most


No-one I know does.


Just Steve Irwin. And most Australians hate him.


Never even heard of the last two.


One of the most unpopular beers.


People are regurlay laughed at for greeting with G'day


Where I am about every 7th or 8th house.


Again, just our Prime Minister.


Only because the opposition sucks. Old people vote in masses let's not forget.

From reading bits of this, I get the feeling that some PPTers who live in Australia might be getting a bit miffed at the stereotypes some of us in the US have put forth. And are trying to justify just how untrue they are.

We non-Australian people were asked for "stereotypes," which we provided. I highly doubt that any of us US PPTers actually believe these stereotypes to be true. I know that I don't. They are just broad-based generalizations of a certain nationality. Sort of like saying "All Americans are fat." Yes, a lot of us are. But, a lot of us (*raises hand*) are not.

Before I remove my soapbox, I just want to say that I do hope everyone remembers that. And, that no harm was intended in the making of this post.

wooo drop bears

I have! i saw a guy walking down the street one day when i was at work, i had to stop what i was doing i was giggling so hard!

Lots of people walk around bare foot... in the city as well LOL and in uni.. lots of people walk around wearing shorts and a back pack... that's it.

What she said, except Morningstar said it way better than I would have been able to

All these stereotypes are going to help out heaps. And I'm definately not trying to justify how untrue they are - that's for my speech

Though I have to say, some of them are amusing me greatly - they're just so far off track that I can't help laughing.

I'm not miffed , like Alex I just find some of these random stereotypes very, very amusing... so amusing that I fall off my chair from laughing so hard.

Oh, and like someone else mentioned before, most Aussies do hate Steve Irwin... well at least most of my friends and family, no one here honestly speaks like he does, I think I'd go insane from the randomness of it all...

I like Steve Irwin... he think what he's done for animals is fantastic!

I thought it was a bit of a coincidence the other day because this weeks television guide actually has statistics on how much of Australia is actually desert, its 18%



I walk around in bare-feet, less-so as I've been getting older but I still do. I used to be able to run up and down hard gravel roads with no problems at all. Like Shoyru_Lover, I've seen people at University walking around in bare-feet, actually, I'd have said it was a big thing (would never do it myself, I've come home plenty of times with thumb-tacks in my shoes - I'd rather them in my shoes than feet).



Really? Wow, if I remember my slang correctly "chunder" is a reference to vomit and "tucker" is a reference to food. I have to admit I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually use them though.



Like some of the others have said, I'm not miffed either. I don't know how the other non-Australians are feeling about our feed-back but I have to say that if this was stereotypes for other countries I would like to be getting some responses in that its almost like a bit of fun education (population distribution statistics/guesses, geography, etc). I think what Morningstar has said about stereotypes and most people not believing them to be true is correct as well and is a very good point.

I had someone on the Internet the other day ask me if we get MSN in Australia, hehe

They all like Techno.

Alot of my friends do. Myself included.



And I have to say, I am NOT AT ALL offended. I think this is one of the funniest threads I've seen, I laughed at alot of the things posted. So I'm not at all offended, this thread is awesome