🤣🤣🤣 “We couldn’t have asked for a better view of those chlamydia-infected balls of fur hanging on eucalypt trees for dear life and not giving a damn about us standing there and taking photos. All that cuteness was well worth the leech on the boyfriend’s leg, which he did not notice until that evening at our final stop for fish and chips.” Cute koalas sound amazing but not leeches, Vegemite, and spaghetti on toast. 🙈🤪 I enjoy reading about your adventures in your humorous tone. 🤩🫶🏻
Thank you! It's such a strange feeling when words that lived inside your own head for years are written out loud and are resonating with others. Did you experience the same?
It is lovely when words resonate with an audience. For me on my Substack, I’m just enjoying exploring my writing and the past (and all sorts of things I wrote back then that I’ve forgotten). 🤣🫶🏻
This is a GREAT story, but I’m continuously re-traumatized by re-learning that Koalas are not in fact cute cats with funny noses but drug addicts with sexually transmitted diseases!
This made me LAUGH OUT LOUD. White-Australians are shit at naming places — we named a pool after our Prime Minister who drowned??! Let's all agree we should just return to the name the Traditional Owners and First Nations people rightly gave. This was fantastic; koalas really are so bloody cute.
Omg the pool! That's right! When I first heard it I couldn't believe it. Question: how do we feel about using the term 'woop woop' to indicate somewhere far?
That's the million dollar question. I don't understand why Italians decided to go rogue with pasta alfredo, Chicago style pizza, Spag on toast, Chicken parma, etc... the only thing I'd save is garlic bread ;)
This post was so hilarious!! I loved it!! Growing up with spag on toast, it was so normal, but I can totally understand why an Italian would be mortified 🤣🤣🤣 and yes, total carb overload!
I also loved, "The sheer fact that anything in Italy was older than Australia itself was an endless source of amusement" 🤣🤣🤣
it's so true 🤣🤣🤣 I was an au pair in Florence in 2000 and I got an email from my family telling me they had gone bush walking and been shown some aboriginal paintings in a cave that were 200 years old. I would have been impressed except I was living in a 500 year old apartment! 🤣🤣🤣
This has to be one of the most authentic Australian road trip tales I have ever read. You had everything. Koalas, leeches, lack of mountains and spaghetti on toast. Got to slap those perks on our next tourism advert 😂
🤣🤣🤣 “We couldn’t have asked for a better view of those chlamydia-infected balls of fur hanging on eucalypt trees for dear life and not giving a damn about us standing there and taking photos. All that cuteness was well worth the leech on the boyfriend’s leg, which he did not notice until that evening at our final stop for fish and chips.” Cute koalas sound amazing but not leeches, Vegemite, and spaghetti on toast. 🙈🤪 I enjoy reading about your adventures in your humorous tone. 🤩🫶🏻
Thank you! It's such a strange feeling when words that lived inside your own head for years are written out loud and are resonating with others. Did you experience the same?
It is lovely when words resonate with an audience. For me on my Substack, I’m just enjoying exploring my writing and the past (and all sorts of things I wrote back then that I’ve forgotten). 🤣🫶🏻
This is a GREAT story, but I’m continuously re-traumatized by re-learning that Koalas are not in fact cute cats with funny noses but drug addicts with sexually transmitted diseases!
Fun fact: here in Victoria it's illegal to touch them, but it's okay in other states.
"Do not touch the cute STD peluche". Makes sense.
To that Australian girl-leech, your boyfriend’s calf was tinned spag on toast. Delicious.
I didn't think of that but it makes perfect sense!! Thanks for changing my perspective ;)
This made me LAUGH OUT LOUD. White-Australians are shit at naming places — we named a pool after our Prime Minister who drowned??! Let's all agree we should just return to the name the Traditional Owners and First Nations people rightly gave. This was fantastic; koalas really are so bloody cute.
Omg the pool! That's right! When I first heard it I couldn't believe it. Question: how do we feel about using the term 'woop woop' to indicate somewhere far?
This one was hilarious! Everything is great in Australia, ain't it?!
I can only imagine your eyes popping out seeing that canned pasta... and on bread?! Why??
That's the million dollar question. I don't understand why Italians decided to go rogue with pasta alfredo, Chicago style pizza, Spag on toast, Chicken parma, etc... the only thing I'd save is garlic bread ;)
This post was so hilarious!! I loved it!! Growing up with spag on toast, it was so normal, but I can totally understand why an Italian would be mortified 🤣🤣🤣 and yes, total carb overload!
I also loved, "The sheer fact that anything in Italy was older than Australia itself was an endless source of amusement" 🤣🤣🤣
it's so true 🤣🤣🤣 I was an au pair in Florence in 2000 and I got an email from my family telling me they had gone bush walking and been shown some aboriginal paintings in a cave that were 200 years old. I would have been impressed except I was living in a 500 year old apartment! 🤣🤣🤣
I have to say, what is paired with bread is questionable but the concept of jaffle is pretty solid!!
Also, fairy bread is a great invention ;)
A 500 year old house in Florence sounds so nice and I bet better insulated than most houses down here!!
Sadly, too true re insulation 😭
oh I do love jaffles 😍 fairy bread on the other hand... It's all your's babe! 🤣🤣🤣
I have decades of fairy bread, Lemingtons, and Tim Tams to catch up on
BAHAHAHA!!!
This has to be one of the most authentic Australian road trip tales I have ever read. You had everything. Koalas, leeches, lack of mountains and spaghetti on toast. Got to slap those perks on our next tourism advert 😂
Luckily, no spiders!! (Also no dreamy surfer dudes but, hey, what can we do)