You Know You Have Studied Abroad in Australia When...

You Know You Have Studied Abroad in Australia When...

Tim tams have become a new food group

Vegemite - try it once, maybe never again

You are seriously impressed with the selection of M&Ms

You have even tripped on a rock and broke your thong...

..you know what a thong actually is

You suddenly have the urge to have really big hair and wear your belts around your waist up by your boobs

You use "oi" correctly in a sentence and smile

You have more than 2 hours of class a day and complain

Your final exams are worth more than 1/2 your grade

You coordinate your weekend outings around buying just one day pass for the bus

Two words - GOON BAG

Reese's cups have the trading value of black market kidneys

McCafe - enough said

You have travelled more across Australia than the US

You have never lined dried your laundry but do now just to save a $1 coin (hey, 2 of those equals a drink on Tuesday night!)

Peanut butter becomes your life, you hoard it and dinner time gets violent if it's in limited supply

You get used to running with kangaroos and wallabies

Three words: RUM and COKE

At first, the tropical birds waking you up at 6am were cool, tropical even. Now, you wish you brought your BB gun on the plane...

You have encountered spiders larger than a small dinner plate - and lived to tell the tale

You live for Thursdays - pasta night and taco day

You move from being poor, to being broke, to being in debt in a few short weeks

HEAPS

You are more commited to Fischer Shield events than most school sporting games back home

You have even witnessed geckos having sex

You have eaten a meat pie

You have snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef and/or found Nemo