Looking up at the night sky and seeing the twinkling Southern cross

A unique vocabulary – She’ll be right mate! Who’s that Sheila? Crikey! Struth!

ANZAC Day dawn services followed by Two-up

The instantly recognizable Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi chant

Footy season, footy tipping comps, footy finals, Brownlow

BBQs, beers and backyard cricket

The great Australian serial pest – the summer flies & citronella candles to drive them away

Opals and south sea pearls

Beaches, beaches and more beaches

White sunscreen covered faces protecting one from the harsh sun

Singing along to “I call Australia Home” and “ Waltzing Matilda”

A stinking hot Christmas

Shrimp on the barbie – oh! and also sausages, steak, a cold beer and the rest!

The Australia Day hysterical laaaamb ads

Listening to ‘Sounds of then’ by Gangajang

Diversity – a unique melting pot of cultures

A unique flora and fauna

Lamingtons, Pavlova, Tim Tams and Anzac biscuits

Vegemite, meat-pies, chicken parmi, barramundi

Venomous snakes and insects and predatory crocodiles

Wattle tree, kangaroo paw, bottlebrush and grass trees

A country that is young, a big island and a land of peace