So glad the displayed answer is "Sydney HarboUr Bridge"! Also, accept simply "wattle". That's what 99% of Aussies are likely to say, as well as a good smattering of fans of the Monty Python "Bruces" sketch.
I would think that the weight of those things when they get wet would drag you under and also make it very difficult to paddle. Do they take them off before they get in the water? I tried to google it, but all I got were ads trying to sell them.
It would be nice for Monty Python fans if you accepted just "wattle" (and a few alternate spellings thereof) for the national floral emblem (see the sketch with many many Bruces).
Uh. I never knew the full name was Sydney Harbour Bridge. Tome it was always, well, the bridge in Sydney. Tried Bridge, Sydney Bridge and as a last resort, Opera Bridge. I'll remember for the next time! I'm still trying to wrap my mind aroudn the idea of surfers wearing Ugg boots and it just makes no sense to me. Who in their right mind would wear thick sheepskin boots on the beach, nevermind on the water?????
Just want to put it out there that the sobriquet 'bogan' is a term Sydney dwellers use to denigrate anyone who comes from west of the Great Dividing Range. If you call a 'westerner' a 'bogan' and he/she realises you are insulting them... you could end up sleeping with the Death Adders.
Ugg boots now seem to be mainly worn by female Asian students. I don't see how surfers could ever have worn Ugg boots because they'd have been too bloody hot obviously. When I was a kid Ugg boot were worn by bogans who drove Sandmans or Toranas. The kind of people who would have "No knockin' if she's rockin'" stickers on the bumper bar of their panel van. I still to this day, associate Ugg boots with blue jeans, flannelette shirts and mullets.
Maybe some Americans would pronounce g'day similarly to good day. In Australia, the two things sound completely different. An Australian is capable of saying either g'day or good day, and it will be obvious which one of the two they're saying every time. 'Good day' is a common (slightly formal) greeting anywhere in the world, not just in Australia.
'Good day' should not be accepted. It's completely flat-out wrong.
Just weighing in with everyone else to say that the ugg boot-surfer connection is one that does not and has not ever existed in my mind, as an Australian. Also, the "Like ^"... wording a bit fuzzy there.
I put ug boot and couldn't understand why it wasn't accepted. As an aside, I am a total MARMITE fan, I grew up on it, every day at school I had 3 marmite sandwiches for lunch throughout my entire childhood.
After reading discussions above, I'd have to say that "G'day" is very different to "Good day". Here in New Zealand we say "G'day" or "Hi" or "Kia ora" or now it's more likely to be "Hey" or "Sup bro".
I knew Sydney's second most famous landmark was a bridge but I couldn't remember the name. And then seeing it was a head slap moment. I've also had the Constellation on the flag questions multiple times but Southern Cross just won't stay in my memory.
Probably, Americans are too busy wondering who will be the next Joker or if Starbuck's or Wendy's will be the first to open a franchise on Sleepy Polar Bear Island in Inavut... to worry about the trivial pursuits of the rest of the world. 🤔
just so yall are aware, the great barrier reef will become a sight of regret, disappointment, mines and no coral within the next few years. From this point on all we can do is visit it before it dies and NOT GIVE MONEY TO FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE TINY AND DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE!! (ok sorry for rant)
Can't ugh be accepted as a type in? That is what it sounds like (and I think what most people think about it. Atleast here it has a very bad rep. ) And is marmite something else than vegemite?
And i was very surprised at how low bush was. (ok, I will try to avoid the political comments that can be made now)
As a few others have said, I really don't see the ugg boot-surfer connection. Both are things associated with Australia, but neither specifically with the other. It just seems very random. Indeed surfers seem like a group who might specifically NOT wear ugg boots because of their impracticality and excessive warmth around the beach.
Anyone who's been to a beach along the south coast of aus in winter and seen the mad keen surfers out in the freezing surf wouldn't be surprised that uggs are a classic post-surf footwear choice
It’s actually good tho
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'Good day' should not be accepted. It's completely flat-out wrong.
It was named after Henry Ayers - there is no possessive. It is 'the Ayers Rock.'
And i was very surprised at how low bush was. (ok, I will try to avoid the political comments that can be made now)
(And people from the other states would, too, as well as being annoyed at being left out of my original comment.)
It's also more common to shorten it to "didge" or "didj" than use the full "didgeridoo".