Now that I’ve visited two or more cities in both Australia and New Zealand, I feel fully qualified to make sweeping generalizations about the differences and similarities between the people and cultures. Follow along as I make a complete fool of myself…
| Aussies… | Kiwis… |
|---|---|
| love high speed electric hand driers | love electric heated towel racks |
| drive on the left | drive on the left |
| ignore their own speed limits | set their own speed limits so high only a madman would exceed them |
| have Tim Tam and Cherry Ripe | wish they had Tim Tam and Cherry Ripe |
| lots of people | lots of sheep |
| Mad Max | Frodo Baggins |
| still coming to grips with taking the natives' land away | still coming to grips with taking the natives' land away |
| Hungry Jack | Burger King |
| flag carrier airline has attractive flight attendants who actually seem to enjoy their jobs | flag carrier airline has attractive flight attendants who actually seem to enjoy their jobs |
| have an irrational fear of drop bears | have an irrational fear of flying |
Illustration of drop bear by Yamavu, used by permission