10 reasons why we love Australians, and also why we don’t…

We love them ‘cause:

1- They have an awesome wildlife (fur seen everywhere, unfortunately including on quite a few human female legs), and they announce it with cool signs (not the legs, although you wished you'd be warned)

The beauties and the creepies... I've decided I've shown enough cute koalas and kangaroos. Time to get real ;)

2- Walking anywhere in Queensland, you always feel like a million bucks

3- Kids wear uniforms, some of them really cute.

4- There are 10 public holiday in a year, plus 4-5 weeks vacation, and if the holidays happens to be on a Sunday, then Monday is off to compensate.

5- They paint on their electrical street-cabinets (is there an official name for these boxes, people?), and it is fun.

6- They have crazy taste and you should always ask your Australian friends before picking the color of your new car, as long as you believe that owning a purple, pink, yellow or neon green car would make your life happier.

7- they make my cookies fancy by calling them "lovely biscuits"

8- It’s hot for Christmas

9- They speak good English

10- They have pubs (and food pub, and good beer)

We don’t (we still do, but we think they’re weirdos) ‘cause:

After 3months in hipster-land, even your kids lived in the 70s

1-   It’s hipster land. All guys are “metro” but from the 80s because vintage is best. As a result, and even if we can appreciate a well groomed man, they allow crazy stuff such as jeans shorts (skinny type) and overalls…. Hum…



2-   They don’t have any taste. As a grown-up female, you are supposed to dress like an old lady, or may I say an other-century lady. Or a w*. Or both (I forgot to say, they like mismatch).

No need to say that the leggings that you REALLY want to take a picture of are always to fast. Such a shame that I cannot share more real life with you... The middle pic doesn't make justice to the leather bat-part of the outfit...

3-   Adults don’t wear uniforms, and after you’ve read 1 and 2, you get it.

4-   They have trouble working

5-   It’s because they don’t learn s* at school

6-   Because of them, nobody knows anymore that I can make just plain-yummy cookies.

7-   They just invented the internet (like yesterday. Or tomorrow) => no online shopping

8-   They don’t have H&M

9-   They haven’t heard yet of free shipping. Or coupons code you can steal online and use at checkout. But it doesn’t matter because see #7, you don’t really want/can shop online.

10- I got downgraded from the “cute-french-accent girl” to “the girl I don’t understand”.

I easily return the favor on this point: having a normal conversation with a 72 years old lady (2 teeth left only) from Georgia or a crazy Cajun/ Voodoo sorcerer from the Bayou seems more reasonable (and feasible) than talking to some of the locals (just know that being called Far North Queenslander is considered as an insult here). I already said in 2 different occasions that I don’t speak English, using my best French accent; only to get rid of people I knew it would be a challenge to understand.

11-  Now that it’s finally summer in CT, I want to go to the pool with my friends. But I cannot because a- it’s wintertime; b- it’s 12k miles away.


Now, a little bit of mathematics (don’t worry, Australian level) so that you don’t draw the wrong conclusions.

There are 10 pro-points and 11 con-points, BUT: in the con-list, 1-3 get fused under general bad taste, 4 and 5 fall under the same umbrella of too much sun, and 6-11 are just a few examples (and reasons why) I miss the US so much.
So as usual, everything is mostly fine! Pfew! I thought we’d have to pack again :) Btw, we may hit the road sooner rather than later, but that’s a different story...