helpful guide to speaking australian (please add)

kerr-avon:

Oi, A common greeting/helpful phrase to catch somebody’s attention
Mate, A boy, girl, man or woman
Ranga, A person with red hair
Bangers, Sausages
Mash, Mashed potatoes (commonly eaten with sausages, eg. Bangers and Mash)
Bungers and Mosh, A music festival held in Bungendore
Bungendore, A town more bogan than the rest of Australia
Trakky-dacks, Sweatpants.
Fried, A combination of drunk and overheated
Bung, To put (eg. Oi mate, bung that in the oven for me!)
Prawn, Shrimp (we don’t say shrimp, and we don’t cook prawns on the Barbie)
Barbie, Barbeque
Scallop, a delicious seafood
Potato cake, Scallop (battered & fried potato)
Chippy, chip, anything from fries to crisps

Wildlife
Kangaroo, Like a deer, but jumps everywhere. Commonly spotted eating your lawn in the morning or evening
Koala, Lazy-ass but cute, lives in trees & sleeps most of the time (not to be confused with a Drop Bear)
Wallaby, Miniature Kangaroo
Magpie, Aggressive black-and-white bird, commonly found in between you and the place you want to be.
Wombat, Log
Platypus, Cross between a beaver and a duck
Bilby, Cute ass motherfucker
Drop Bear, Extremely aggressive carnivorous creature, similar in appearance to a koala, will hunt and kill anything that moves. The Government refuses to acknowledge their existance despite the death toll (at least 120 deaths are attributed to the Drop Bear every year, plus countless missing persons)
Bunyip, A creature that reaches 10 feet tall when fully mature, bunyips will eat anything. These creatures were responsible for the destruction of our capital city, and have since been rounded up and exterminated. They still exist in the wild, though sightings are very rare.
Spider, If it’s smaller than your hand, we don’t care about it.
Snake, Many of our snakes are capable of killing you, can be found anywhere, including in your house (shudders)

timelordy-teganbreann:

will2bill:

laseri:

will2bill:

uheiheihhug:

does anything actually happen in Western Australia or is that entire state a myth

Who told you about Western Australia?

It appears we have been compromised. Release the redback spidersharks.

They’re on their way. I sent some swimming jelly knives to accompany them

Quick, throw the Perth Cactus at them

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letloosethekraken:

fleabus:

kkatkkrap:

butts-with-bro-shades:

ikickdownthewalls:

vwhiskers:

slinkycat:

kipper-love:

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Because Anna was asking me what a kookaburra sounds like |D

oh god

i just realised how odd this must sound to people who aren’t used to kookaburras

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WHAT THE FUCK, AUSTRALIA. *uncontrollable laughter*

I never realised how strange it sounds until now

This is 100% unedited (apart from the beginning obviously) sounds from an Australian native bird.

As said above, I really wish I could see Americans faces during their listen of this.