My family is hosting an Australian exchange student for two weeks and is currently in the process of finding things to do with her when she arrives. I don't want to just take her around doing things she could be doing back home. So I pose the question to anyone who has been to both places: What kinds of things can you do here in the states that you can't do down under? What kinds of foods are here that she won't have had before? etc. I live in Southern California (more specifically, San Diego) so I have a lot of things to do at my proposal, I just need help narrowing them down.
Any suggestions?
2007-12-30 08:35:47 · 9 answers · asked by saveourbluths572 1 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
In response to Zodos - where do you get your misinformation from? Most Australians do not get their water from wells. I've never seen a well! Most Australians live in cities and most cities have big dams that are fed by big rivers. In the outback, where there are very few people there are artesian bores where people get water from during dry times. You are right about being short of water because we have had quite a few years of low rainfall and our dams are getting low. We are starting to build a couple of desalinisation plants just in case it doesn't rain.
Now for the exchange student - I would suggest taking her to see all those boats your navy keeps parked in your city. Very impressive (particularly the air craft carriers). I remember your zoo being very good also. Definately take her to a football game. I'm not into footy but I thought going to see a game of gridiron really interesting (+the whole cheerleading thing). Don't worry yourself too much. Things aren't drastically different but there are lots of little differences which she will find funny. As for the food question - we have all kinds of cuisines here though not as much mexican. Most Australians think the food in America is pretty bad (ie overprocessed/junk) and there is way too much of it! (Note what you call appetizers, we call entrees and what you call entrees we call main courses). Hope you all hit it off and you have fun.
2008-01-02 06:10:35 · answer #1 · answered by liz down under 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
properly, they are the two stronger Western countries that talk English, so which you may see lots of similarities there. maximum Australians i've got individually met have been advantageous, yet i've got heard there remains lots of racism there for minorities (lots of Indians there have been murdered, in actuality). additionally, word that Australia has countless the main repressive censorship rules interior the Western international. Violent video games are routinely banned outright, abortion isn't criminal in lots of aspects of Australia, even the liberal political celebration (Labour) there is against gay marriage, and the government can without delay close down pornographic websites hosted in Australia. in spite of if, the similarities nevertheless outweigh the changes, and it does no longer be too lots of a lifestyle marvel in case you visited there.
2016-10-20 10:47:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
American football. She won't know anything about it.
A real bull-riding rodeo.
DisneyLand.
People often travel halfway across the world to do things they could do at home.
People go to Italy for the food. You can get great Italian food in the USA.
People got to Mexico for the beaches. We have beaches.
Just being in a new place will be exciting for most people.
2007-12-30 09:13:14 · answer #3 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My suggestion is let em drive a 2008 big block Camaro.
And take em to Red Lobster and Smith & Wollensky, Im drooling just thinking about it.
2007-12-30 11:39:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mexican food, visit Tijuana, American history stuff, Hollywood, American film studios, Disneyland, American culture, drive the coast to San Francisco, see redwood trees, visit Yosemite National Park, visit the desert.
2007-12-30 08:44:13 · answer #5 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Alot of Australians know about American football.
And there are heaps of rodeos here. Probably more than in America so she will probably be bored if you took her to one of them.
And dont take her to a desert. It's so hot here now she wont want to be reminded of it.
We have alot of different kinds of foods here.
I really dont think there would be anything really in America that she couldnt do here in AUS.
2007-12-30 15:57:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Abundant year-round glacier-fed flowing water--this doesn't sound like a big deal because we are used to it--in Australia, most of the water comes from wells (and, I think, desalinization, these days plays a role) and the majority of rivers are dry part of the year. We have vast, long, wet glacier-fed rivers--and my point is that it is a very different system. In some ways, their situation has taught them a resourcefulness with their water we don't have--but I think seeing the difference will be of interest.
2007-12-30 08:45:36 · answer #7 · answered by Zodos 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ask her what she wants to do. I am sure she has probably done some research of the US and So Cal.
2007-12-30 08:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by AlwaysOverPack 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could take her to lake tahoe to ski. it is summer down there and she proabably cannot do that right now.
2007-12-30 08:40:35 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny U 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋