Fun Facts about Australia

G’day is hullo, pronounced Gidday which is a shortened form of Good Day, and used mostly in informal situations.

Bloke is an Aussie male who generally is a hard worker and does the right thing. Eg., "Bill’s a Good Bloke".

Mate is Friend, mainly for males. Everyone in Australia is mate, so we would often say "G’day mate" or "Thanks mate".

Onya means Well Done, a shortened form of Good On You.

Population clock

On 13 January 2008 at 02:18:20 (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:
21,183,500

This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 30 June 2007 and assumes growth since then of:
one birth every 1 minute and 56 seconds,
one death every 3 minutes and 58 seconds,
a net gain of one international migrant every 3 minutes and 5 seconds leading to an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minutes and 42 seconds.

Australia, my home

G’Day and welcome to my blog.

I moved to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in April 1994. I have lived here for nearly fourteen years. In the early years it was not easy adapting to life here. Born and bred in Malaysia meant I am very much a Malaysian at heart. For those who are familiar with the Malay language, it was difficult getting rid of the ‘lah’ at the end of every sentense. Further, there were not as many Asians here but in the last ten years things have changed. Now one can see Asians everywhere. Asians restaurants, grocery stores, businesses are flourishing. There are a large varieties of food and very delicious too. Melbourne is a very cosmopolitan place. There are more than 150 ethnic groups that lived here. Melbourne has the largest Greek population outside of Greece. You can find Greek restaurants all over Melbourne. Italian food is also very popular here. Melbourne is the fashion and sport capital of Australia.

Last year, I adopted Australian citizenship. I am now officially an Aussie. Last November, I voted for the first time. Over the coming weeks I hope to post more information about Australia. Do drop by my blog again soon.

Thanks for visiting. Cheers