Understanding Australian culture and Australian English will help you enjoy even more your staying. It is important to understand that Australian English is unique; it has its own distinctive accent and vocabulary. If you stay at a Manly hostel, you will have the chance to explore the local customs and the Australian slangs. Here are some of them:
May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down – a way of wishing someone bad luck.
Full as a centipede’s sock drawer – very full.
Go troppo – go crazy.
Have a root – have sex
He needs that like a third armpit – he doesn’t need it at all.
Kangaroos loose in the top paddock – eccentric or not very bright.
May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down – a way of wishing someone bad luck
Mouth like the bottom of a cocky’s cage – a dry mouth, often as a result of heavy drinking and or smoking.
Nurse the baby – look after a baby.
Siphon the python – go to the toilet (for males)
Stone the crows – expression of amazement.
Stoked – excited.
Tucker – food.
Two-pot screamer – someone who can’t hold their drink.
Woop woop – isolated place.
