All The Stereotypes Of Australia

[Nash56]

Hugh Jackman, he can sing and dance and play the role wolverine.

 

[Godsgrl]

EVERYTHING is poisonous!

 

[michickenwrangler]

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DH's stereotype of Australia, but he watches all those Discovery Channel shows "Australia's 10 Deadliest" "Killer Crocs" things like that

 

[maplesky7]

I think every body says, "g'day mate" and "Crikey."

and there's lots of crocs and aborigines.

and people don't ride kangaroos! They ride ostriches.

 

[hen-thusiast]

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I second that.

I also think of being in Tasmania and being amazed by the sheer amount of roadkill there. Guess that happens when most of your native animals are nocturnal.

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

Aussies have AWESOME accents!

 

[Beekissed]

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Hear, hear!!!

I also think of Crocodile Dundee....Paul Hogan was such a cutie, and Steve Irwin! Love the accent and the vernacular!

 

[joebryant]

I think of Australian women as all having BIG ankles.

 

[becc]

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Australia has every geographic climate - from rainforests to deserts. Being in the southern hemisphere, seasons are reversed from the northern hemisphere and also north-south are opposite of the United States in that the North of Australia is hot and the south is cooler. Dec/Jan/Feb is summer, Jun/Jul/Aug is winter. In the far north (Northern Territory, North Qld), the climate is tropical. Instead of summer/winter/autumn/spring, there is the wet season and the dry season. Temperatures there do not range a great deal. However in the south of the country/continent, you definitely get all four seasons and it can be quite cool in the winter. There is even skiing in several mountain ranges.

So no, not all of Australia is "hot" and "desert", although there are certainly large parts of it (they love to glorify the "outback" in movies) that are.

tell Australia that it's supposed to have a wet and dry season- at the moment Autumn is playing up.

 

[becc]

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I'd love it if we had wild ostriches

I never actually seen a wild croc, I think I'd have a heart attack