Straya.

"G'day Mate" is heard from time to time but is not what every person says. (Mate=friend)

We DO NOT ride kangaroos. Their pouches are far too small and they would probably kick your butt if you tried. They are a rarity to be seen in the cities but in towns such as mine, they are EVERYWHERE.

We also do not ride emus unfortunately. Although they can "run the pants off a kangaroo", we tend to use metal boxes for transportation such as cars and buses.

Yes, a large fraction of Australia is desert but it is mostly uninhabitable and full of dangerous wildlife we like to avoid. We also prefer to have access to water generally.

These are thongs. I have heard many stories of Australians in places such as America and having very interesting misunderstandings of what a thong is.

Contrary to Paul Hogan's tourism ad, we don't often "throw a shrimp on the barbie". We do love our barbecues though. And we call them prawns, not shrimp.

We have plenty of large and terrifying Nopes. You're not wrong there.

We don't all have beach front houses and we don't all live at Bondi, how ever much we dream.

VEGEMITE EVERYONE! Equal amounts of people love and despise this salty spread. I personally am of the former group.
Warning: If you are trying it for the first time, spread lightly, it isn't jam.

Quite frankly I just thought this was a cool picture.

Steve Irwin and Paul Hogan don't represent the entire populace of Australia. We aren't all awesome and brave enough to wrestle crocodiles.

Um. Yeah. Prime Minister everybody!

An adorable picture of koalas (not bears!)

NOBODY TOUCHES MY EUCALYPTUS LEAVES!