Australianisms

"Bluey" - pretty much anything with the word blue in it :) Bluebottle jellyfish? Bluey. Blue Bonds vest? Bluey (no self-respected brickie, plumber, builder, sparkie or just anyone driving a ute would wear anything else). Australian Cattle Dog (also known as a Blue Heeler)? Bluey. And a bloke with ginger hair? Bluey :)

"Fairy bread" - came across this one at a recent 1st birthday party, seems that all Aussies have fond memories of being at kiddy birthday parties and eating fairy bread. It's sliced white bread, spread with butter, then covered in crunchy hundreds and thousands. Everyone I spoke to at the party was amazed that everyone else in the world didn't have fairy bread at their kiddy parties :) In the same true traveller spirit that saw me eating snake in Cambodia and ant's egg soup in Laos, I ate fairy bread in suburban Brisbane last weekend - and although I smiled while eating it, I thought it was a bit yucky. The kids at the party seemed to enjoy it though :)