Californian visiting Sydney next week?

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holly

Sydney has just been voted 1 of the top 10 cities in the world
Don't expect to hear any cheerios or crickeys that went out decades ago. Also we are not gullible enough to follow Americans because of their wealth power and modernity we are laid back people who are not that easily impressed.

mmdjaajl

Crikeys and Cheerios!!
just watch TV at home in the USA to hear that crap you wont here it here

tuppenybitz

going to Australia sprouting your country is rich and powerful will not win you any friends,what is being rich and powerful got to do with how you talk?

Australians don't give a rats ar*e where your from just that you be a decent person.
if you want to meet real Aussies head to the bush
americans watch to much Steve Erwin on TV hardly anyone says crikey or chererio or that matter........the english say cheerio

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we dont all say crikey..in fact ive never used that word to describe anything ever.... sorry to disappoint you!.... it isnt as Americanized as u may think u will notice the difference in aus trust me... we have our own slang and yes its mixed with sum american slang but who cares english is fking english dont split hairs!

Billybean

Visiting Sydney and expecting to be met with real Okker people is like going to Manhattan and expecting everyone to be wearing Sixguns and 10 Gallon hats.
Sydney is just one small place in the great patchwork of Australian culture, and Steve Irwin did not represent any of them.
One week in the major East coast metropolis will introduce you to just one very small part of our lifestyle and culture.

Gypsy Whitemoon

Blacktown in Sydney Australia has this wanderful wild life park http://www.blacktownaustralia.com.au/area_fun-featherdale.asp
You will see some great aussie animals and get close and personal with Kangeroos, emus and Koalas.

Good luck

This park is fun beacuse its right in the middle of suburbia! It was there 30 years ago and houses built up around it! get a picture of a koala its fun and very Australian.

Go to the Blue Mountains.

http://www.bluemts.com.au/

this is another great Australian experience - go for bush walks and see the three sisters (rocks)

http://www.bluemts.com.au/tourist/thingsToDo/threeSisters.asp

Go to Katoomba its great place right in the heart of the Blue Mountains and still very Australian then there is the Zig Zag Railway in the heart of the Blue Mountains

http://www.zigzagrailway.com.au/

How long are you visiting why not visit the zoo at Taronga in Sydney.

http://www.zoo.nsw.gov.au/

Ok now you could visit Wyong and feed the pelicans

http://www.wyongsc.nsw.gov.au/wyongshire/attractions.html

http://www.reptilepark.com.au/
The Australian Reptile Park and Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1948 - by the late and great ERIC WORRELL, Australia's first naturalist - and is now regarded as one of the countries premier attractions. The Sanctuary is The only zoo in Australia committed to saving lives with a Venom-Milking Program in place for the past 50+ years, saving over 300 lives each year being the sole supplier of a variety of venoms, which is used for all snake and funnel-web anti-venom in Australia. This place is not fare from Wyong its in the same direction.

Home also to many Australian cuddly MAMMALS such as the unique platypus, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, echidnas, dingoes and of course friendly hand-fed kangaroos.
Some of Australia's largest REPTILES, such as MASSIVE American alligators, GIANT tortoises and HUGE pythons live at the Park.
Photograph keepsakes of koalas or large python are available.
Nestled in tranquil bushland with trickling streams meandering over lazy waterfalls, Australian trees exuding exquisite bush fragrances, the calls from a multitude of heavenly birds and the amazing beauty of Australian wildflowers await any local or international tourist who wishes to be enchanted!
Enter the mouth of a 20 metre long crocodile to view the mystical Lost World of Reptiles exhibit.
See giant animatronic models of some of Australiaâ€™s deadliest spiders in Spider World.
The Hard Croc Cafe serving great food, hot and cold.
The Australiana gift shop with many Aussie products for sale.
Full gas BBQ facilities FREE OF CHARGE on-site

If you are staying for a while why not go to some of the Sydney Beaches
http://sydneybeaches.net/beaches/worp/55/
http://www.sydneyaquarium.com.au/
This site will tell you all about the Sydney aquarium at Darling Harbour - visit Darling Harbour its a great place with lots to see and do - take a ferry boat to the harbour
http://www.darlingharbour.com/

I actually disagree with the person above the fact is that most of the people are very laid back and have a she'll be right attitude. the areas I have listed are areas that will give you a great Australian experience. You will meet pretty laid back people passionate about the environment and their community. Katoomba is well worth a visit where there are lots of Australian experiences with aboriginal people playing diggerydos and telling dream time stories.

Asgre

Get out of Sydney and head to some smaller towns and visit the local pub. Australians are much better educated that those from the US and are far more diverse for most actually realise that other countries exist other than their own and often travel to experience other cultures.

You are also sadly mistaken if you think that Australians consider the US in the same way as yourself, as to many of us it is a THIRD WORLD NATION. I mean what RICH and POWERFUL nation doesn't provide their citizens with free health care?

As for the slang that you will hear as already stated by others you will not hear Crikey and especially not Cheerio. But here is a site that will offer you some tips on what you may hear..

Ken E

Strewth, "crikey" went out decades ago. I'm over 50 and I have not heard anyone use it for umpteen years. Apart from Mr. S. Irwin and we knew why he used it. Went over big in the States, reinforcing a stereotype.

Children (and I include teenagers) imitate stuff they see on the net and in movies. Always have. So you will hear a version of the usual stuff you hear back in Ca. A version, probably not identical. Australian and US culture derive from the same roots, so it's easily adapted.

You want to hear the "real" Australia? Get out to Dubbo, go to the zoo, stay in one of the motels along the highway, talk to some of the other guests, maybe the people running the place, go over to the West Dubbo Bowling Club for a meal and maybe a beer or two, or better, a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Hunter Valley.

Don't bother with Bondi or such stereotypical places.

He's gone fishing.

Travel west, you will hear it out here. Have fun, and don't spend too much time in Sydney, it is Sh#thouse mate.

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