Survival Guide in Australia: "Hey Mate, how is going?" 
I think one of the first things that caught my attention upon arrival in Australia was the "Hey Mate, how is going" . A phrase that greeting is more than sound and also not answered. What I mean by this? This time we will not write about our adventures. We believe it is time to give some kind of recomendacones that will be useful when facing the real Australia.
For those wishing to venture into the land of the koala, should know that here there own language, aussie slang. Many will have to accustom the ear or learn a new English, but after some time failed to recognize the aussie slang red soil. Phrases like "Hey mate, how is going?" or "G'day mate" are typical when starting conversations. But beware, these phrases do not always have response depends only on the person, or could become a very uncomfortable situation.
For breakfast meal becomes an experience . Forget the classic coffee and marraqueta; here cereal with milk or eggs with bacon, tomato, mushrooms and white bread are the star dishes. For the hungry to ask the second option, the idea is "light butter" , but they will give a hill of butter (one of the most important ingredients in Australia because the Australian diet eat as we eat bread butter).
Another interesting thing is to try the famous "Vegemite" a paste made of barley eaten with all . The taste is different and worth to dare, good luck.
is interesting to note how the Australian brands often not consumed, but products. That is, when it comes to a bar and says I want a "lemonade" means "Sprite" . If "lemon squash" is "Solo Lemon" (the aussie version drinking Quatro). "Fanta" is not associated, as they say "Sunrise" which is the orange drink. orange juice is called OJ (Orange Juice), rarely heard "orange juice". " Lemon, lime and bitter " is a non-alcoholic drink is prepared only in Australia is lemon squash, lemon cordial (which is a kind lemon concentrate in the bottle) and is complete with dashes of Angostura bitters.
Another discovery is the ginger beer . A non-alcoholic ginger beer is cry and silver between adults and children, so do not be surprised if some minor invites or asked for a ginger beer.
When speaking of beer should be clear that the Australian is very special. This drink is mostly named by its brand name or abbreviation. Victory Beer is VB, Carlton Draught is Draught, Toheys New is New, the Extra Dry is XD or Dry, Hahn Super Dry is Super the list is quite long so when you get there ask for the others, But these are the most common.
Look also in the bottles because they have different types of beer: there light, full and low Cab Strength , which is low-carb. And another important point are the names of vessels that served beer. In this country there is no shopero, neither the pitcher nor the katana. Schopen Here the schooner called the boy is a midi Schopen, glass bottles are called girls stoobies and Chandy is half beer and half sprite.
As alcohols: all call themselves by their brand exept for the bourbon, which for them is Jim Bean when for us is Jack Daniels, which would be JB or JD. Gin and tonic is GT and so on. Jager Bomb is Jaggermeister with Red Bull.
Coffee is a completely different market. The coffee is complicated and spread like wildfire that must be added when serving. The most requested is the Flat White , which is milk without any foam. Exists only in Australia and New Zealand. But you can also find lattes, capuccions, macchiato, espresso, ristreto, long blacks and mocacchinos .
If someone in a cafe or bar says something like ' Good Morning Princess', or sunshine. ladys or not take it to heart, I greet most customers by almost 4 months as well. This is part of his nature and not going to grab combos or anything like that.
addition, people says "morning" only (that's good morning, but abbreviate them as all, some parties will not hear the good).
When moving in the city and take the train, keep in mind that the seasons rarely pronounced as we all hope and this is what more complicated when you buy the tickets , so the recommendation is to buy the machines installed at all stations, as the fighting at the box office many times will make you lose time.
For example: when they want to go to Syndenham, said only Syndem. Another recommendation: always walk with $ 10 in coins at least, as there are many machines that are only for coins and are always vacant.
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