Monday, 5 June 2017

Words to describe Australia

This continent is so diverse and we drove over 6158km of it. Some words that come to mind.....

* Great Ocean Road
* footy
*  boomerangs
* iced coffee
* nice people
* corrugated tin
* caravan parks
* tim tams
* vegemite
* kangaroos
* sheep
* surfing
* beautiful beaches
* waves
* shore dump
* crocs


Aussie's have their own version of the English language. Despite pronouncing Adidas with emphasis on different syllables they also say:

* how're you going - this is not a question, but a greeting
* reckon - you need to reckon at least 10 things a day
* pull a sickie - call in sick when you're not
* barbie
* sunnies - sunglasses
* whinge - complain
* bin - garbage can
* flat white - a type of coffee that I never did figure out
* bickie - cookie or biscuit
* chockie bickie - chocolate biscuit
*chook - chicken
* good onya - something well done
*mozie - mosquito
* thong - flip flop

Thanks for a memorable 2 months Australia!