Please will nobody jump down my throat for this. I am just anwering the question and obviously it is just MY opinion. I think that the Australian way of life is excellent: I love the way they jump on the littlest issues (eg. watching for people not putting coins in the parking meters) because taking care of small misdemeanours automatically strongly discourages greater incidences of lawlessness.
On Australians as a people (I beg you not to flame me for this): I find them to be beautiful-but-oh-so-boring. Literally. I think they are very, very good looking as a nation, but I find their conversation to be about nothing! They just um and ah and yeah and hmmmm with bits of conversation about the weather and school and that's it. I feel that they are just not very passionate about anything except for sports. I try to start a conversation and it just never "lifts off". Please tell me if ******anyone****** on this forum can relate to what I'm saying????? I'd say I can't fathom that....almost like no one gets worked up (in a positive or negative way) about any thing at all. I also can't fathom all the red tape. I feel like I have to jump through a million hoops before I can get anything done.
I don't like they way Aussie kids don't seem to value their toys that their parents buy them....also the coins their parents give them...can't understand it....$1 and $2 coins are given to 5 year olds and they just sprinkle them around and totally don't appreciate it.
What I just love about Australians is how they never show off and how a little goes a long way. BONUS : -D!!!! I'm referring to kids' birthday parties or a dressup day....oh my gosh...no one goes out of there way...so that is really a huge relief for me. Obviously there are a zillion things I *adore* about Australia. That's why I'm here! I am just answering the very valid question by April (who sounds passionate ; -)).