unique Australia
1. vegemite
Australian doctors started recommending Vegemite as a convenient source of vitamin B.
2.Kathy freeman
Kathy is a famous aboriginalrunner in the olympic games
3.Snags
A snag is an Australian slang word for sausages.
4.kangaroo
The kangaroo is one of Australia’s national animals and is on the coat of arms.
5.Eucalyptus tree
The eucalyptas tree is one of our national plants and koalas feed off the leaves
6.Thongs
Thongs are an australian invention that covers the bottom fo your feet and are comfy.
7.V8 super cars
V8’s are a sort of car vith 8 pistons in a V formation they drive in the clipsal 500
8.Dot Painting
An aboriginal way of painting using only dots.
9.Crocodile Dundee
A movie about a real aussie australian that comes to new york.
10.Anzac Day
A day celebrated by ausrtalian’s because of the deaths in the war.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
What a fascinating list of ideas about Australia. Your additional descriptions were very helpful to this teacher from Pennsylvania, United States. I think I would like to try the Vegemite. Do you like it and recommend it? I must say, though that SNAG was my favorite on the list. I had never heard of it before and I really enjoy the idea of learning and playing with new words
October 20th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
It was interesting to see that the word you use for shoes (thong) is a type of underwear here. Thanks for sharing about your country because I like learning new things.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I’m Australian so all the things you listed are familiar to me. I didn’t realise the V8 was Australian though. I like how you have a range of different things eg animals, foods, sayings, film, art, shoes - you give a great snapshot of Australiana
October 20th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Thank God that Vegemite is unique to Australia!
October 21st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Where I grew up in the US. we called a kind of rubber sandal that basically only covered the bottom of our feet “thongs”. Not we call them “flip-flops” most of the time.
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I really like Vegemite and we can get it over here in New Zealand too. We call thongs jandals in New Zealand. I watched Kathy Freeman when she was competing in the Sydney Olympics - she is a really amazing athlete. Did you know that we celebrate ANZAC day here in NZ too? It’s a special day for both our countries because soldiers from both Australia and New Zealand fought side by side at Gallipoli and in many other battles and wars since then. In New Zealand we have a lot of young people who go to Gallipoli on ANZAC Day, do people from Australia go there too?
From Mrs McGhie
October 27th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Hi Linda,
Thank you for commenting on my blog and i recommend trying vegemite i do like it. Tell me when you try it and tell me if you like it.
Benny1000 signing out
October 27th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Hi Matthew,
Why do you thank God because Vegemite is Australian, don’t you like it?
Thank you for the comment.
Bye from Benny1000
October 27th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Hello Mrs. McGhie
I like Vegemite as well. Jandals sounds funny to me but thongs probably sound funny to you. Yes, people from Australia do go to Gallipoli to celebrate Anzac Day.
Cya from Benny1000
October 27th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Hi Pat,
Thong is a type of under wear to but we also have thongs some people call them flip flops.
Do you have a type of shoe like thongs?
Benny1000 signing off
October 28th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Hello Heather,
Thank you for commenting. Thank you for the compliment, I tried to have a large range of Australian things.
Cya from Benny1000
October 29th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Hi benny100, nice blog/post. It’s really good and interesting and I hate vegemite!
:)
Anyway,
cya from floppyj!
October 30th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Hi, i like vegemite. what do you like to eat? I am a student from Hong Kong.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
What is Anzac Day in war?
Vitamin B bread is very healthy food.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
I like to eat bread ,
but i don’t like to eat Vegemite .
November 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Hello fungtszkwan,
Anzac day is where people from Australia and New Zealand go to gallipoli to celebrate the war, with the anzacs. Have you got anything like that in Hong Kong?
Bye from benny1000
November 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I really enjoy watching Crocodile Dundee. It’s a very cool movie!!!
March 11th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
I love karate although I’m not too good at it. Hahah!!
Your blog is really detailed:)
Bye Yabby
March 15th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Hiya Benny1000,
Mmmmm!!!! i love vegimite its sooooooo!!!! tasty on toast but not on bread.
Sadly i’ve seen you slow down abit on your blog and maybe you should get back on it.
Im pretty sur that you will make an excellent blog by the end of 2009!!
Biyee From Yabby.