- It's easier to ice a cake before cutting it.
- It costs $2.20 to mail a regular letter from Australia to Canada. In comparison, mailing a card costs only $1.45 and involves writing "card only" in the bottom left hand corner of the envelope to identify that no letter is enclosed.
- Paw paw is what Australians call papaya... This one took several months to figure out! And I can't even take the credit for it :)
- Some movie theatres here have reserved seating. And use bean bags as seats.
- When you go with the flow, it's easy to get caught up in the current.
- It takes approximately 20 hours of labour to handcraft a ukulele.
- Frozen peas taste better frozen.
- The swipe on my emergency replacement credit card finally worked somewhere!... at one of those vending machines that you can rent movies from. The only form of payment accepted is a credit card so that they can charge you for the full amount in case you don't return it. (The swipe on my card still doesn't work anywhere else.)
- Even though the temperature is higher here, Melbourne winter can feel colder than Canadian winter because a lot of places don't have central heating.
- You can make a drink that tastes like a Snickers bar using beer.
- In Michael Jackson's song Smooth Criminal, the name repeated over and over in the song is Annie. (All these years I thought it was Eddie, but was confused because the rest of the lyrics sound like they reference a woman... Now it all makes sense :) )
- For some species of turtles, the temperature of the sand around the nest determines whether the egg develops into a male or a female.
- Some bank cards have weekly cash withdrawal limits that are less than 7 times the daily limit.
- Today's my 3rd consecutive day at McDonald's because they have free wifi for customers :)
- An air freight copy of O, the Oprah magazine, costs $21.50 AUD. The sea freight one is a month out-of-date and costs $13.50 AUD.
- Some bank cards have weekly cash withdrawal limits that are less than 7 times the daily limit.
- Today's my 3rd consecutive day at McDonald's because they have free wifi for customers :)
- An air freight copy of O, the Oprah magazine, costs $21.50 AUD. The sea freight one is a month out-of-date and costs $13.50 AUD.
- You can never see too many sunsets.
- Timing is everything in life.
- Timing is everything in life.
No comments:
Post a Comment