- "Straya" means Australia, in Australian
- I'm still having trouble understanding Aussie TV. They talk so fast!
- "Neighbours" the show is awesome and has a hilarious intro song
- "Doona" = Duvet
- "keen as a green bean" is a super cute Aussie saying
- Golden Gaytime is probably the best ice cream I have ever eaten
Koalaty Time with Victoria
A little log of all of my happenings in Oz as a med student. :)
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Friday, January 18, 2013
Australianisms 3
Australianisms 3:
- Just watched a quintessential Aussie movie with my roommates called The Castle If you haven't seen it you must. I'm told they are "Bogans" or what I think is a red neck.
- People say "I'm keen for..." whatever. all the time. I think its adorable and I'm trying to use it as often as possible
- The "dunny" is the bathroom. I barely ever hear bathroom used.
- Most places are named after aboriginal words. Close by there is a lookout mountain called Cooth Tha and that means "place of honey". Indiroopilly is a town nearby with shops and that word means "a gully of leeches". I guess there were lots of leeches there...
- Koalas don't drink. They only eat Eucalyptus (which by the way smells divine) and they sleep for 20 hours every day. Lazy little drop bears.
Its been a crazy week and since I have not updated in quite a while I want to give a quick summary of what I've been up to:
Will update again soon!
1. petting koalas and feeding Kangaroos
2. Moving into my new house with my new roomates!
Shoutout to my roomate's blog (http://gettingtherefromheah.com/2013/01/14/4/) She is being much better at this than me :P
I live on Boomerang Rd. so my mom got me a boomerang keychain :) |
3. Going to the Gold Coast once again. So beautiful.
4. Starting classes!
Will update again soon!
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Australianisms 2
Australianisms 2:
- "yeah" at the end of a phrase is very common
- paper has 7 holes instead of three here
- planners are called "diaries"
- cars drive on the left therefore people walk on the left. This makes it very hard for an american to walk down the street.
- some crosswalks here are four ways as in you can walk across the intersection diagonally
- shrimp are called prawns
- Australians watch a lot of American news.
- They also watch a lot of cricket
Planner/Diary |
7 hole punch paper and a 2 ring binder... |
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
G'day mate!
Virgin Australia plane |
View of Australia from the plane |
Map of Brisbane |
Once we made it back to the hotel it took all of our energy to try to stay awake. We wanted to assimilate to the new time and began looking for apartments. As I called various places we happened upon a place right by school whos owner happens to be from North Carolina. He told us that he would come pick us up to have a look at the house. My mom and I waited for them trying very hard not to fall asleep and when we got to the house I fell in love with it.
my room looking out onto the deck |
My mom and I went home completely exhausted. The jet lag hits you in a wave of exhaustion mixed in with confusion. If you've ever pulled an all nighter for a difficult class like organic chemistry or physics, its like the feeling you get around 4am where you are awake from the caffeine but your whole body is tired to the point where your neurons aren't firing correctly any more. I think we were even speaking in jibberish.
Day 2: We jumped on the house and the nice couple that owns the house took us to IKEA to get lunch and to get stuff for my room. IKEA is the same here. Still Sweedish. We got some Italian for dinner at a restaurant on the river. Everything is overpriced here. At any restaurant the cheapest dinner you can have is $20. I had a small piece of lasagna that cost $28. At least it was good.
Story Bridge at night |
Surfers Paradise |
By the Surf Recue life guards |
With an aborigine playing the didgeridoo |
Day 5: New Years Day. We met back up with the couple that own the house to meet a potential new roomate. We went to the top of a lookout mountain called Coot-tha where we could see the whole city. It is really a very beautiful place.
We also went to south bank, a man made beach on the shore of the river. It is a public place and it is really very beautiful. It is basically a public pool but it winds along like the river would and is covered in plants and wildlife. Its gorgeous.
part of the wildlife at south bank |
The man made beach |
Australianisms 1:
- People dont say "your welcome" instead they say "no worries", or "thats ok"
- G'day isnt as commonly used as one might think
- catsup is tomato sauce
- everyone says "cheers"
- "mate" is a very commonly used term.
- McDonalds is "Maccas" here. don't ask me why
- The place we call Burger king is called Hungry Jacks here
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