What are the top 20 things that represent Australia?

Question

I remember I while ago there was a survey out in the UK about the top 10 or 20 things that England is famous for and typical things like the "mind the gap" recording and double decker buses came up.

I'm going to OZ next year and was wondering what Aussies would put on their own list.

Answer 1

According to an advertising jingle from the 70's
football [meaning Aussie rules]
meat pies [which you should try with and without tomato sauce]
kangaroos
and holden cars. [I said it was a jingle]

I would like to add
5. Sydney harbour bridge
6. Sydney opera house
7. Uluru [Ayers rock]
8. The Pub [absolutely essential to understand life in Oz] and also the clubt [there are many rsl, sporting and worker's clubs]
9. Strine [the Australian version of English]
10. The rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne.
11. The support given by all Aussies to all Australian national sporting teams.
12. Australians are racially aware but they don't usually show it.
13. In Sydney the double decker trains and almost no double decker buses.
14. At train stations in Sydney you'll find a variety of announcements [including "please mind the gap"] but whatever station you're at it's the same voice.
15 The Barrier reef.
16. The national capital Canberra.
17. Every state [and both territories] has its own parliament.
18. Aussies don't like walking.
19. Beer is the favourite alcoholic drink and comes in many different brands [foster's isn't as popular as it used to be] and many different strengths and types including lager, bitter, pilsener et c.
20. The deserts : Australia is 85 - 95 % desert.

Well there's twenty though not necessarily in that order. If you're the sightseeing type you'll find something in every city and town.

Answer 2

Things That Represent Australia

Answer 3

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I was recording and playing during that transition. Probably the biggest change in the sound was the onset of Dolby systems. This is a noise reduction system in recording that took out a lot of the tape hiss you would get on older recordings, and also extended the dynamic range of the recording so you heard higher highs and lower lows. You also heard it sound cleaner than it did. Another change was the movement from tube systems to solid state systems. They were accurate to the point of being scary. However, the warmth of the older systems, tube amps etc was lost. The recordings were clean as a whistle, but often lacked that "feeling" you heard on tube systems. They are STILL trying to figure that out. You also had bands like YES, King Crimson, ELP and others getting more involved with MIDI digital systems, often replacing guitars and conventional keyboards with stuff that was never heard before. Again, it took some time to incorporate those things into music without overpowering it. But the line of demarcation came about right around 1970. Finally, the times just changed. Music represented that change. The "Summer of Love" as it were was long gone, and music moved away from that. I always consider the song "Layla" to be the official death of the sixties. I know, it came out in 1970. But it signaled the end to rock and roll as I knew it then. I love the song. It's a true classic. But sometimes, it kinda makes me sad too.

Answer 4

Don't know much but I would add these to that first answer:
Vegemite (kind of jelly, very awful, but they seem to love it)
The Down Under (a region)
Nicole Kidman
Aborigens
That multi-color mountain in the desert (it's sacred for aborigens and changes its color depending on the hour of the day - don't remember the name thou)
INXS
Men at Work
Sharks
Surfing

Answer 5

uluru
great barrier reef
aborigines
gum trees?
im aussie so thats a pathetic attempt from me!

Answer 6

I came up with kangaroos and Nicole Kidman.

Answer 7

Kangaroos
the opera
koalas
the smallest continent
the great barrier reef
sydney
the outback
and........

Answer 8

kangaroo
koala
the sydney's opera