1. Foreigners: "Australia is full of bugs and spiders and things that'll kill you. I'll never live there."
Aussies: "Maybe, but it's the magpies you should really be scared of. The bugs stay out of your way, but the maggies make it their mission to get ya."
2. Foreigners: "Compulsory voting is such a good idea."
Australians: "LOL, I'm gonna draw a dick."
Someone ordered a kebab on their senate voting paper today. (Photo @facebook)
3. Foreigners: "Aussies swear all the time."
Aussies: "Yeah, kinda, but only among friends. We're not just going around dropping c-bombs and f-bombs to the supermarket cashiers."
4. Foreigners: "Australia's not that big, right? I can do a road trip of the whole country in 10 days?"
Aussies: "It's fuckin' massive, especially when you consider our population size."
5. Foreigners: "Australia has incredible coffee, so many cool boutique cafés and skilled baristas."
Aussies: "True, but the coffee at McDonald's and 7-Eleven is just as good, so a lot of us drink that because it's way easier and almost just as good."
A Large coffee frappe from maccas has literally saved my life more than any of my ‘friends’
6. Foreigners: "Okay, maybe Aussie coffee is delish, but damn, the cups are so tiny."
Aussies: "Yes, they're small if you're used to drinking regular filter coffee, but ours are espresso-based. So, trust us, you'll get your caffeine hit."
7. Foreigners: "Vegemite is disgusting, like a spoonful of yeasty salt."
listen americans if this is how much vegemite yall are putting on your toast its no wonder yall dont like it
Australians: *Spreading it lightly on toast with butter for a perfect breakfast*.
This is the perfect amount of @Vegemite (which is kept in the pantry).
8. Foreigners: "Wow, Australia has such amazing biodiversity! You guys must be so thankful to live somewhere so beautiful."
Australians: "Wellllllll, the reef is bleaching, and half our wildlife are being caught in bushfires, but yeah."
9. Foreigners: "We know you don't ride kangaroos, but surely you see them in your backyard and stuff."
Australians: "Like, 90% of us live in urban areas, so the most wildlife we're going to see is cockroaches and daddy longlegs."
Australia has an average population density of 3.3 person/sq km, making it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world:) https://t.co/XG32OUk925 #maps
10. Foreigners: "Foster's is the national beer, so everyone must drink it."
Aussies: "LOL, no, you can't even get it in pubs here."
11. Foreigners: "Every Australian I've met drinks alcohol like it's water."
Aussies: "Yeah, we have a culture of binge drinking and a lot of strange rituals around alcohol...maybe we can give you this one."
12. Foreigners: "I want to move to Australia, where it's always sunny and warm."
Australians: "Only if you live in the far north of the country, but then you've got cyclones and droughts to deal with."
13. Foreigners: "Considering there's so much there that can kill you, surely Aussies can fight off crocs, kill snakes, and punch sharks?"
Aussies: "Literally just leave them alone and they won't come near you...for the most part."
14. And finally, foreigners: "Australia's government nailed the COVID regulations and lockdowns."
Australians: "Yes, we did in 2020 and 2021...but that totally fell off as soon as we got vaccinated. Now we're just living with it like everyone else."
The Australian approach to Covid policy