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How different is the driving culture?? I have noticed people in Australia drive on autopilot

To most Americans, Australias sound very British.

Definitely closer to British English, some phrases sound almost the same in various British accents and my Australian one. This is because the Australian accent (as you probably know) is an amalgamation of the various British accents which came aboard the first British fleets. The children of the first British settlers spoke differently to their parents and it evolved from there. You could possibly argue that makes it the most true British English, though that might be a stretch 🤷🏻‍♂️

Aside from a few words being similar to American English, the Australian English accent is actually closer to the British accent than the American one.

Hook turns are only in Melbourne. They exist so you don’t block the through trams

A splash of gin and then proceeds to pour the whole bottle

I'm from London. I'm going to Gold Coast for a month and hiring a car. Driving from Brisbane airport. I've been driving for 14 years in the UK. You reckon I'll be alright driving in Aus? I've driven across America (route 66) and driven across Italy and Lanzarote, which were the other side of the road. For some reason I'm more nervous about driving in Aus than anywhere else :')

Unfortunately we are slowly moving towards American English due to younger generations watching so much american content on tv

All English people are running away from the UK mess to Australia 🦘 for the longest because they don't like immigrants in the UK but it's the same issue in Australia too.

You're not 'part of the problem', you're a great blessing to this country, as are all the Brits who migrate here. As the son of immigrants myself I can see how the Scots, Welsh, English and Irish settled Australia to make it the thriving, functioning, welcoming nation that it is. Australia is great because of its founding stock. I lived in England for nearly a decade and hold fond memories of a warm and generous people there. Hopefully we can reciprocate such a reception towards our British-Aussie neighbours.

Its not about cold weather, its about utterly shite housing insulation.

I’m in central Queensland and any night temperature below 10c would be classed as quite cold.

I'm in North Queensland and anything below 20°C is cold

Anything below 20°C

What counts as a “cold” temperature in Australia in your opinion? 🥶

Servo is a double relic from the days when a petrol station also had a workshop attached where you left your car for *servicing* - before the days when taking your car to the original dealership/car brand became common. The "double" relic is that, at said petrol stations, you would drive your car up to get petrol and someone would come out, fill your car with petrol, clean your windscreen, check your oil and water and tyre pressure (only if you weren't in a mad hurry of course), take your cash and bring you your change before sending you on your way. In other words, they gave you service. I can well remember my mother (and others) grumbling, as the seventies progressed and "self-service" petrol stations took over, that they didn't deserve to be called service stations because you no longer got any bloody service. But by then, "servo" had stuck. Even I - 64 this year - almost never call them petrol stations any more.

I find British people friendlier to be honest! We’re pretty more laid back here in Aus

That looks like the flat in St Kilda we used to live!

And yet Aussies backpacking/working in London are all thought to be members of the Kelly Gang

Exactly 💯 your part of the problem all running away from the miserable Uk to Australia 🦘, most of the Europeans are originally from England and Ireland. Lots of convicts shipped from the UK to Australia and recent pommes who left the UK to Australia for a better life because after the War in the UK the country was suffering from employment and rashioning people were poor , remember Australia 🦘 belongs to the Aborigines, English and Irish are invaders because the UK is a mess all running away.

Australia is the 52nd state of the USA the "down under state" Obsecenly huge houses, suv's/ trucks, sprawling cities and fat digusting people, yep we are 100% seppo

My anxiety levels if I was driving in the UK would go through the roof, so i'll walk

Australians are friendly because they left the cold UK to sunny Australia, most trace thier history back to England and Ireland.

Have seen tiger snake and red bellied black snake, bull ants (nasty) croc on beach, was body surfing when shark alarm went off, attacked by magpie and been camping surrounded by goannas……..all pretty typical!

Far closer to British English. Very few Australians would even consider it a mix of British and American english. Australian english is like 95% British, 4.9% unique, 0.1% other (which includes american).

As an American, I’d say Australian English is closer to British English. Especially in vowel pronunciation. American English diverged earlier.

I feel like it's probably closer to British. A lot of the elderly in my area still have a British accent but that could just be my state lol

Closer to British, I think it’s more the fact that we have grown up with American tv and shows so we have picked up on their pronunciation

definetley english like how we spell colour and scissors but just how we call some things are mixed

it's closer to british but definitely a mix of both with some of its own terms. new zealand english is definitely closer to british though (from what ive heard)

More British for sure we say prawns not bloody shrimp

From what i know, probably closer to british english

Probably british english but its evolved and britan and america dont say servo

Probably britsh english. While theres alot of American stuff, most things are more British. Even I sound english sometimes 😂

Do you think Australian English is more similar to British or American English?

Australia is/was a British colony so no surprise that there there are lots to Brits here

Hook turns can confuse non-Melbournians. Basically because of the public tram system, you are warned with overhead signs that you can only do a R/H turn from the far left of the intersection, when the lights change. While you sit there, the rest of the traffic flows freely through the intersection using the R/H lane as well as the trams parallel to the R/H lane traffic. When the lights indicate to do so, you can safely turn right and there is no danger of your car being demolished by a tram or through traffic. When the cars making the R/H hook turns complete their turn the traffic that your car sat side in front of at the intersection get a green light and follow you through the intersection and then the lights change and it is all repeated. Conversely, those gyratories in the UK where the route is painted on the road are scary!!! I don’t know how many times we were in the wrong lane to exit/enter a new slip road and we had to go around multiple times changing lanes to get to the new route. Also, big shout out to the people who didn’t honk horns at us and went out of their way to help us with filling our petrol tank at an automated self serve petrol bowser, sorted our satnav for us when we got lost and gave two 70+ year olds help wherever we went.

there to stop the holden commodore going 150kph through a school zone

Rise at 5am home by 5pm

5am

Depends on what type of lifestyle you have, what your work life balance is, whether you have kids or not.

What time do you get up and go to bed? Are you an early riser or a night owl?

I could be wrong but i think if you don't tap off you just automatically get charged the maximum fare. So if people know they will reach the daily cap i guess it doesn't matter if they tap off? And yes a lot of people don't tap on or off trams and buses either. You're doing it right though dw

Fairy bread! Lamingtons. Party pie with tomato sauce.

I did giggle a little at students and things I'm picturing all sorts of things crossing the road. Please don't take offence just my strange humour

Hello, you are doing the right thing by tapping on and off. I always make sure to tap both times because I know that the one time I didn’t, there would be some kind of inspector checking people’s cards. Not worth it for me with either the stress, or the monetary fine.

Am I doing it wrong or are other people not doing it right? 😆

It’s not standard in Tasmania

As an Aussie, I only see those lollipop signs when there are roadworks 😅

In the country town in South Australia I went to they had one crossing run by the senior students of the Primary school so like 12 year olds and another run by a teacher