This week there was a python stuck in the rafters outside Joshua's classroom. He came home with the story and a photo and I assumed the school would get a 'snake man' in (or whatever they do with snakes here) to deal with it. However, apparently no one is that bothered and they have just left it there.
Another difference is that the post man always delivers the mail on a motorbike. He doesn't get off and just swings by each post box weaving his way (or her way) along the lawns. No one has a letter box.
It is illegal to park on the side of the road in the opposite direction to the traffic. (Just in case you come here, I wouldn't want you to get caught out).
Caleb has started playing AFL. (Australian Football league). I still haven't figured it out. Somewhere between football and rugby, that's all I know. He likes it though. The kids at school all play handball at break times. I've never seen that in the UK, but maybe I am out of touch.
I've mentioned it before, but shorts, t- shirts and thongs (flip flops) are acceptable as work wear pretty much anywhere.
The dustbin man is just a man with a lorry and mechanical arms that pick up the bins to dump the trash. Never seen those in the UK either, but again maybe I just haven't lived there in a while.
All hamburgers have slices of beetroot in them. Beetroot is big over here!
Joshua reckons that 75% of the parents from his class work in the mines.