Good bye Australia

If I ever went back to Australia, I'd see a platypus and the penguins again. Kuranda was fun. I'd try to go to the Outback. BYE AUSTRALIA!!!!


Pam/Mom says:

The next day we headed to the airport to return home. Although, we were happy about going home to see Jack & Colby. We were sad to leave. There was so much more to see and do. And I was relieved that Chad hadn't succumbed to some poisonous creature! We'll miss Amanda, too, but she'll follow us home in early Dec. I truly hope we get back to do some more exploring. I've always planned on Chad & Colby doing a semester aboard in college - so here's hoping! It was a great experience and I recommend it for any and all. Yes, the flight was dreadful, but oh the payoff!

If you're interested in learning more about Australia, check out Amanda's blog at http://amandasaustraliatrip@blogspot.com. She was there from July to early December as an exchange student w/Penn State and traveled very extensively.

While we were in Australia, we kept track of different words and little oddities. Here they are:

Maccas = MacDonald's
Milk Bar = Cheap Fast Food (I 1st thought it was chocolate & then I thought it was a WAWA type store - they do have 7 11's & woolworth's there.)
ta = thanks
No worries = a common response to many requests
nasties = general term for all the venomous creatures
stingers = jellyfish
lemonade = lemon soda w/actual lemon juice
mozzies = mosquitoes
cossies = swimming costume = bathing suit
biscuit = hard cookies (like an ANZAC), but there are no American biscuits even at the KFC's here
lots of pumpkin, but no pumpkin pie
lift = elevator
koala = Aborigine for "no water" They meet their water needs from the leaves
kangaroo = Aborigine for "I don't understand" after the English asked, "what's that?
they add o's to lots of words, ie aggressive = aggro
Melbourne is pronounced Mel-bun.
Philly = cream cheese
FAIRY FLOSS!!!! = cotton candy
Period (as in punctuation) = full stop
rice bubbles = Rice Crispies
tomato sauce = ketchup
tea = can mean tea or a meal
bin = trash can
coke is any soda
Aluminum is pronounced very differently and I think only children can pronounce it both ways. An adults' brain won't let you do it both ways.

All school children wear uniforms which include a hat for sun protection.

People sit in the front of a taxi with the driver!!!!! Especially when there's only 1passenger. I was absolutely floored by this. I can't imagine any New Yorkers doing that.

The water swirls down the drain clockwise & in the US its counterclockwise.