How Australian Are You? Test yourself with this fun checklist!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! You're funny Owl!!!

[Alex]

Can tick most and combine some ; for example, camped out in the dunes at Anna Plains Station in the Roebuck Plains of NW WA, hearing the surf pounding from the nine metre tide and avoiding thousands of sand crabs. Not the place to go "bonking" in the dunes.....

[Krystal]

Heard a kookaburra laughing - Yes
Slept under the stars in a swag - No
Seen a koala in the wild - Yes
Had a barbie in the backyard - Yes
Watched a summer thunderstorm - Yes
Worn a pair of thongs - Yes
Visited Cape York - No
Held a snake - Yes
Sang along with Khe San - Yes
Drank VB - Yes
Have seen a shark (not in captivity) - Yes
Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation - Yes
Eaten hot chips from a paper bag at the beach - Yes
Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge - Walked the length, yes
Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down - Yes. You'd be nuts not to check under the seat!
Rode camels on the beach at Broome - No
Slept on an overnight train or bus - Yes
Been to Sydney’s Mardi Gras - No
Have gone bush-bashing - Yes
Taken a sickie - Yes
Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football - Yes
Ridden in a tram in Melbourne - Every day lol
Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service - Yes
Watched a sunrise or sunset - Yes
Held a wombat - Yes
Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more - Yes
Seen the Great Australian Bight in person - No
Had a really bad sunburn - Yes
Visited an Aboriginal community - No
Seen a redback spider - Yes
Had your photo taken on the steps of the Opera House - No
Eaten Vegemite - Yes
Thrown a boomerang - Yes, but it never came back :(
Seen the Kimberleys - No
Given a hitch-hiker a lift - No
Have seen wild camels - Yes
Been to Perth - Yes
Tried a Lemon, Lime and Bitters - Yes
Tried playing a didgeridoo - Yes
Seen dinosaur footprints - Probably in a museum or something ...
Eaten Tim Tams - Yes
Been to Darwin - No
Touched a kangaroo - Yes
Visted the Great Barrier Reef - No
Sung the Australian national anthem - Yes
Killed a Cane Toad - Yes
Gone to a drive-in theatre - No
Have read and own books by Australian authors - Yes
Visited Adelaide - Yes
Know the story behind “Eternity” - Never heard if it?
Been camping - Yes
Visited Brisbane - Yes
Been in an outback pub - Yes
Know what the term “Waltzing Matilda” actually means - Yes
Gone whale watching - No
Listened to Slim Dusty - Not by choice
Own five or more Australian movies or TV series - The Castle, Bait, Summer Heights High, Felony ... and Legend of the Seeker counts as Aussie, right? So yes :D
Sang along to Down Under by Men at Work - Yes
Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road - Yes
Eaten a 4′n’20 pie - Yes
Surfed at Bondi - No
Watched the cricket on Boxing Day - Not by choice
Watched the start of the Sydney to Hobart on Boxing Day - No
Watched the Bathurst 1000 - No
Visited Hobart - No
Eaten kangaroo - Yes but a taste was enough!
Seen a quokka - Yes
Visited Canberra - Yes
Visited the rainforests - Yes
Used a Victa lawnmower - I wouldn't know the brand tbh so I'd guess no
Travelled on a tram in Adelaide - No
Used a Hills hoist - Yes
Visited Uluru - No
Used native Australian plants in cooking - No
Visited the snow - Yes
Been to a 'Big Day Out' concert in summer - No
Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford - Yes (Holden)
Visited the desert - No
Been water skiing - No
Read The Phantom - No
Visited Parliament House. (Old or New) - Yes
Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting - Spotlighting yes shooting no
Crossed the Nullarbor. (Flying over it in a plane doesn’t count) Yes
Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles - No
Listened to AC/DC - Yes
Called someone a dag - Yes
Voted in a Federal Election - Yes
Have been swimming and stayed between the flags - Yes
Recited the first verse of 'The Man From Snowy River' in public - No but read it in school
Had a possum in your roof - Yes; Jonathon ate all my old books but I still love him <3
Visited the outback - Yes
Travelled over corrugated roads - Yes
Hit a kangaroo while driving - No
Been well outside any mobile phone coverage - Yes
Seen an emu - Yes
Have woken to the smell of bushfires - Yes
Patted a pure-bred dingo - Yes
Seen the Oils live - No
Talked about the weather for more than 15 minutes straight and been really interested in the conversation - Yes

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

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