40 Habits That Are Essential To Australian Culture

    Ever considered using empty alcohol bottles as home decor?

    1. Only putting $20 of petrol in the car at the servo.

    2. Responding to any statement with "true".

    3. "Mum and bub are doing well."

    4. Saying "good size" after someone says "not bad".

    5. Having a legend of a "personal driver" in Bali and telling them you'll pass their details on to your friends.

    6. Counting during hide and seek with the sneaky, "1, 2, skip a few, 99, 100" method when you were a kid.

    7. Switching up "fuck" with "fuark" to really communicate shock and impact.

    8. Saying "woop woop" to describe a place that's more than a 45-minute drive away.

    9. Feeling like a traitor when you walk into Woolies with your Coles bag.

    10. Telling your mate, "yeah good chat" after they ignore you.

    11. Saying "at band camp" when your friend starts telling a story with, "this one time...".

    12. Wearing dunlop volleys in your early teens.

    13. Using empty bottles of alcohol as decoration in your home.

    14. Asking for your Macca's drink with "no ice" so you can get more bang for your buck.

    15. Ending basically every sentence with "mate".

    16. Leaving the TV on when you go out so your pets don't get lonely.

    17. Having an opinion on non-dairy milk alternatives.

    18. Replacing the word "drunk" with "maggot", "hammered", "shit-faced", "pissed" or "fucked".

    19. Having devon and tomato sauce sandwiches for lunch in primary school.

    20. Saying, "fancy seeing you here" to someone you intended to meet up with at that very time.

    21. And saying, "long time no see" when you literally saw that person yesterday.

    22. Pretending to not want the money your grandparents give you.

    23. Always trying to find the cheapest wine with the highest percentage of alcohol content.

    24. Referring to sauvignon blanc as, "savvy B".

    Been a good year; eaten a lot of pizza, drank a lot of savvy b, and thrown up in some stunning locations

    25. Pouring the leftover flavouring of a Shapes packet into your mouth.

    26. Saying, "that was quick" to anyone to who leaves, but returns when they forget something.

    27. Having glasses in your kitchen that someone nicked from the local pub.

    28. Fixing your thongs with a bread clip.

    @mmmhotbreakfast Repairing $6 thongs with a bread clip instead of buying new thongs #straya #australianvalues

    29. Yelling, "spotto" when you see a yellow car.

    30. Telling your friend in school that you'll buy them something if they come to the canteen with you.

    31. Using your UE Boom in the car because your speaker's fucked.

    32. Trying to defend the weather by saying, "it's not the heat that does it, it's the humidity."

    me: it’s hot out local genius, weather expert: it’s not the heat it’s the humidity

    33. Getting your friends to spell out "I cup" in school.

    34. And telling said friends to join the Pen 15 club.

    35. Getting pissed when the soft serve machine doesn't work at Macca's.

    36. Posting photos of the massive hail stones that land near your house.

    Actual hail in Sydney around 20 minutes from my place. This is insane!!

    37. Replacing, "thank you" with, "good on ya, mate".

    38. Saying, "absolute tune" when you hear a good song.

    39. Complaining that a minor inconvenience is, "doing my fucking head in".

    40. And finally, chucking a tactical vom when necessary.