Uniquely Australian: What overseas visitors find surprising

Slang, drive-through bottle-o’s, house auctions…Australia’s a fairly unique place.

3AW Drive took to the streets of Melbourne to find out what tourists had noticed when they visit our shores. 

Here’s a few: 

• Australians love to abbreviate, even when it’s not necessary
• We can’t get the weather/clothing ratio right (ie wearing thongs in winter)
• If you drive the same car, we’re likely to acknowledge you and give you a head nod
• Always happy to help our foreign visitors with directions
• Drive-through bottle shops are uniquely Australian and apparently of interest
• Melbourne’s hook-turns nearly cause tourists daring enough to drive in the CBD to have nervous breakdowns
• House auctions