Well, there are a few Aussies here, and probably some Kiwis as well.

Rutherford really kickstarted the Canadian nuclear program and he’s on the Kiwi $100 bill…

You learn to live with it though and while we had two Eastern brown snakes in our garden this year I haven’t come across any critters, except the red back spiders who are everywhere. But then I’m not really a big fan of being in THE ocean, I prefer being ON TOP of the ocean any day.

Your experience was very unfortunate as accidents really only happen rarely compared to car accidents.

Still, too many scary animals in the water; sharks, stingers, water snakes you name it. Did I now scare the world off coming to Australia. A good travel agent I am. NOT.

You have bears and wolves and “grey matter”, so your neck of the woods aren’t much saver either. LOL

Maybe your Major is Australian and he wanted a constant supply.

Yeah, I noticed the Tim Tam’s too (at the Cheezi-Mart..of all places).

They don’t have bread or hotdog buns or fresh fruit, but they’ll have Tim Tams. Go figure.

Needless to say, I bought a box.

Yes, totally serious about peanut-butter and jelly, or peanut butter and jam sandwiches. Almost every kid growing up in N.America eats them, at one point or another (I still occasionally eat them myself)

Stupid Blue Bottles. The one that got me were the kind that dont’ kill you, they just sting. A local at the beach said “No worries mate”, he’d been swimming there for 30 years, he never got stung, mate.

It was only my 5th time in the pacific ocean (ever) and I got zapped on the leg. Holy shit, it hurt like a sonnavabitch for 45 minutes.

Of course, I know all about the box jellies. Nasty critters. Cardiac arrest , and all that. WOW!

We snorkeled in the Whitsundays and we had to wear those suits (not unlike nylon stockings). The guide told us there were these small jelly fish, mabye 1 cm in size. They wont’ kill you but you’d have to be Medi-vacced out with a helicopter and spend some time in intensive care.

Christ, why does everything in Oz want to bite you or kill you?

Still, it was a great trip, and I cant’ wait to go back.

Now hold that thought on that peanut butter and jelly sani. Gross man…gross…eek. You are not serious are you?

Bluebottles are deadly in some instances. It seems you were lucky enough. Did you know that wearing womens stockings while swimming (no kidding) can protect you from stingers?

Not particularly sexy and definitely not what I would do, but I heard some quite favor this look.

I was going to say (before my comment got lost) that I’ve learned quite a bit of Ozzie lingo (from my former girlfriend a few years back).

Choccie, prezzies, cordial, Tim-Tams, stuffed, Hungry Jack’s, agro..etc.

Never understood Vegemite, though (or beetroot on a hamburger..that is so WRONG!)

We Canadians grew up with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which Ozzies for some reason find revolting.

Got stung by a blue bottle jellyfish once. Had to snorkel wearing a “stinger suit”.

I did learn to drive on the wrong side of the street…in roundabouts. With the stick shift on the other side (I was pretty proud of that one!)