One of the most quintessentially Strayan traits / practices / characteristics, IMO, is the simple
g'day
I don't mean the sentiment of it, or similes of it, coz most countries would have that, ofc. I mean specifically the way we pronounce it, hence spell it.
Earlier this morn our lovely @AnnonBudgie made a toot commencing with that, & it put a big dopey grin on my weird dopey face.
Well, #Albo's victory speech was a decent bit of oratory - and, most importantly, delivered in full-throated Strine, as only Albo can.
Anyone else in NZ getting a strange urge for a sausage in bread? #Straya
How great is the Australian political system? Smiling people. Weekend voting. Pre-poll voting widely accepted and not politicised. Preferential voting. An independent national Electoral Commission. Compulsory voting. The secret ballot.
Patient, civic-minded volunteers! Well-managed vote counting and scrutineers! Lots of polling places with short queues! Vote in your swimmers! Take your dog to the polling booth! Democracy dogs! Democratic sausages!
I still think we do this better than anyone. Pat yourselves on the back, Australia. #auspol #australia #straya
Showing a #Millennial #ItsAKnockout. They’re having a culture shock. #Straya #ItWasADifferentTime
Is Friday a public holiday for ANZAC day? #straya
The missus liked Trev Noah when he hosted The Daily Show, and she's been at me to find out what he's up to now. Found him!
"I've been here for three weeks now, watch the [Australian] news every single day, and... it's adorable."
Barossa valley looking very atmospheric this evening #straya #barossavalley
Day 19 cont 
“He (#PeterDutton) cites #DataCentres in the US where those #tech companies are having conversations with nuclear power providers:
The beauty of an #investment like #nuclear into the #Hunter region for example is you can attract the data centres which is exactly what is happening in the US. #Apple and #Oracle and #Microsoft, or these #companies are willing to spend tens of billions of dollars but they are only having conversations with #NuclearPower providers.”
#Straya gov cant #science or #compute, the LNP are garbage at business. Nuclear generation is #toxic. #Multinationals avoid tax.
#AusPol / #LNP / #Iberal / #Nationals / #Business / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be#block-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be>
We just had the very Australian experience of my friend saying to me through clenched teeth “can you open the car door again please”. Yep, whacking big huntsman crawling on the inside of the window 
#Straya
Fun fact: the Battle of Brisbane was actually just the local and US military servicemen having a brawl over women.
...and they say we're uncultured 
Day 17 cont
♬ Australia don’t become America / Australia don’t become America / McDonalds and Coca Cola ♬
Maybe 
should be listening to more #Straya #music like #Cranky, “Australia Don't Become America” #AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor / #politics / #culture / #music < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdw1Pw4nIv0>
Day 17 cont 
“Donald Trump was seen only months ago as a disruptive force who brought huge danger to #AnthonyAlbanese at this election campaign.
But things changed when the US president brought chaos and confusion to world markets and became an economic risk to #Australia with his #tariff policies.
Now we have hard #data on how this is reshaping the #election – and 
️hurting #PeterDutton️ at the halfway point of the #campaign.”
For all those who can’t read behind the lines? #Straya is not #Merica.
#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals / #Coalition <https://archive.md/uxUDT> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-thought-trump-was-dragging-down-peter-dutton-now-we-know-why-20250414-p5lrox.html> (paywall)
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