Today we had a fantastic day with the outbound Australian team to Germany. We went to the Featherdale Wildlife Park, and FINALLY saw some kangaroos, wallabees, koalas, dingos and other Australian wildlife. The kangaroos and wallabees were very interested in sniffing all of our chairs. Maybe scents of our canine kids interested them...who knows. We really had a wondeful day. Tomorrow we're looking forward to a behind the scenes tour of the famous Sydney Opera House, lunch at The Rocks, and a dinner presentation.
I promised more lessons on Australian expressions. Here are a few more that we have learned...
Give it a burl... Give it a try
Ute - type of car they have here that looks like an El Camino
Eskie...Cooler or icechest
Mad as a cut snake...self explanatory
Sunnies...sunglasses
She'll be right or She'll be apples...everything will work out
Woop Woop...way out
Here are some more...see if you can figure out what they mean:
Bikkie, Hoon, Like a shag on a rock, gone troppo, ridgy didge, rellies, fair dinkum, skippy chrissie, chuck a wobbly...
More to come...stay tuned!
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Jen - This is Darol's friend John. Great update, I love the Aussie words.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the updates. Sounds like a marvelous time is being had by all. No idea what the new words mean. Maybe bikkie is a bike :0
ReplyDeleteJune
Great lesson! I have no idea what the other expressions mean. lol
ReplyDeleteJennie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Aussie lesson. Can't wait to hear more.
Val (friend of Mike's from Allegro - where are his posts?) :)
Hey Jen - I didn't realize the Aussie's have their own language. That's pretty cool. I guess you will be using those expressions when you get back on us. I cheated and looked up the expressions. Bikki was not what I thought it to be.........We miss you but it sounds like you are having to much fun. All is good here at home. Be safe and can't wait to read your next post.
ReplyDeleteCheryl
Love your blog! Keep listing the expressions as we will need them in September when the next GSE heads for Australia. I am the team leader and we are just now taking applications. We are going to District 9710
ReplyDeleteAre they as fascinated by the way you guys speak? I bet they're very interested in American slang.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy!
I am very pleased to see that you have remembered your Aussie expression lesson from the Blue Mountains trip!
ReplyDeleteJenny May