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"Are you guys normal backpackers?" - Travel agent in Byron Bay, when Priscilla and I were unwilling to book a day trip through him 10 days in advance, as that's way too much advanced planning these days for that type of thing. (We've since established that we are in fact not normal backpackers... but for other reasons :) ).
"You're just another tree to him!" - Tour guide at the Bungalow Bay Koala Village on Magnetic Island, to let the people who'd paid the $14 surcharge to hold the koala know that unlike the humans, the animal would not be emotionally attached after this experience.
"F@#%!! I was waaay off on that one!" - A bouncer's expression after it changed when he found the date of birth on my Ontario driver's license after carding me to make sure I was old enough to enter the establishment in Airlie Beach.
"Anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated." - Beach Hotel bar coaster in Byron Bay.
"You'll see it," and/or "You can't miss it." - Every single person who has provided me with directions in Australia. These often refer to things like "a big tree/rock/field on your right" as there regularly isn't signage to refer to.
"Looks like they've set up a bit of a minefield for me." - Russell, a resident of a small town in the outback who gave us a lift, as he swerved to avoid the cattle dung while we were driving on an unfenced road... It had rained the day before and apparently cows prefer wet asphalt to wet ground, making it a bit more challenging than usual.
"We're just going to cuddle... non-sexually." - Laura, one of my hostel dorm roomies, to let the ladies in our female dorm room know that a man would be joining her in bed. (I found out the next morning her statement was not true for the entire night, and was thankful I'd invested in noise-isolating earphones before leaving home and then fallen asleep wearing them that night.)
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