Trying to think on conversations with a brother, I suppose a bit inland of but more or less Sunshine Coast, N of Brisbane. He's UK but must be around 15-20 years there.

I had a conversation with Senofou on the cat's thread a few days ago about "Australian nasties". It started with brother getting bitten by a carpet python that had joined him and a cat on the bed. He doesn't really seem over concerned by such things.

His daughter (my niece) has visited a couple of times recently and a "mini (OK early 20s) Californian" was certainly not an impression I got but maybe she's more absorbed in her climbing interests and I doubt I've watched those Australian soaps since Joe Mangel was in Neighbours...

I'm racking my brains over beer but brother sort of reckoned somthing on the lines of "no self respecting Austrailian liking the Fosters and 4XXX we get in the UK". Can't come up with what he might have thought as good though.