19 Surprising Things That Aussies Actually Hate

“Foster’s: Australian for beer.” Yeah, nah mate more like Australian for bullshit.

1. Throwing a "shrimp" on the barbie.

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We can't even get proper shrimp in Australia.

2. Going to Bondi Beach on a scorcher of a day.

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Nothing like spending a 40 degree day stuck laying on top of other people.

3. Going to the beach in the summer in general.

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Bluebottles. Bluebottles everywhere.

4. The summer sun.

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25 degrees is great, 35 degrees is tolerable, but 45 degrees? Sorry but no.

5. Eating by the beach.

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Seagulls. That is all.

6. Everyone else thinking that all Aussies know how to surf.

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We don't all live by the water, nor do we all have that skill.

7. The country itself being so big.

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Who doesn't love driving for six hours and still being in the same state?!

8. Flying around Australia.

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Why pay $600 to get from Sydney to Perth when you can pay $200 extra and end up in Thailand!

9. Drinking Foster's beer.

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Throw us a VB mate. A XXXX. Anything other than a Foster's.

10. Foreigners talking about Vegemite.

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Of course you're going to hate it if you eat an entire spoonful.

11. Online shopping.

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The price of shipping to Australia is out of this world, that's if the site even delivers to us.

12. People saying Australians earn so much compared to Americans.

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It may be true but have you see the cost of living over here?

13. Every musician making their Aussie crowd chant "AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE..."

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Oi oi oi, mate you should've stopped after the first time.

14. The general idea that we all own kangaroos.

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Do you ride a deer to school?!

15. When people get mad that we eat kangaroos.

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So they might be on our 50 cent coin, but they're hardly underpopulated.

16. When people call koalas, koala bears.

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Marsupials mate, marsupials.

17. We dread flies more than spiders.

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You don't know hell until you're at an Aussie BBQ in the summer heat.

18. However, we still do hate spiders.

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Just because they're everywhere doesn't mean we have to love them.

19. And we absolutely hate each other during footy season.

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"Don't be a wanker, you were born in Sydney you can't support the Maroons."

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