Australia Day: From the Nutbush to quokka selfies: 101 things that prove you’re a true blue Aussie

What does it mean to be Australian? Most of us will have a fairly set opinion on defining characteristics — perhaps mateship, perhaps the sense of a fair go, maybe a love of sport.

But then there’s the other stuff: the stuff that really makes us culturally Australian. Test how you measure up on the ways that prove you’re true blue.

1. You can finish these lyrics: “He just smiled and gave me a …”
2. Your butter to vegemite ratio is perfected over many years of trial and error
3. You’ve said, “that isn’t a knife, that’s a knife”, while handing someone cutlery
4. Your mum knows the Nutbush (in fact, so do you)
5. You haven’t had a polony and sauce sandwich in years, but wouldn’t say no
6. You can finish this famous quote: “Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is ….”
7. You can name who said the above quote
8. You can kick a Sherrin in thongs
9. You call everyone “mate” even if you don’t know them
10. You know where Bon Scott is buried
11. You think Bali is a country
12. You know the true dangers of drop bears
13. You can sing all the words to the Home and Away theme tune
14. You know the alternate chorus to The Angels’ Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again
15. You’ve had a democracy sausage
16. You remark certain things are “noice, different, unusual”
17. You call it SOCCER
18. You think that John Farnham’s You’re the Voice is the national anthem
19. Your mum made you a cake from the Australian Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake Book
20. You’ve had a thong tan
21. You know what girt by sea means
22. But you don’t know the second verse of the national anthem
23. You put chicken salt on everything
24. You’ve taken a photograph at one of the “Big Things”
25. You’ve been to Kalgoorlie
26. You’ve had your tongue burnt by a meat pie
27. You’ve sung Sweet Caroline at a sporting match
28. You’ve swallowed a fly
29. You’ve seen an emu
30. You wear Hard Yakka workwear socially
31. You’ve had a chiko roll from a servo
32. You’ve said “undies, undies, bathers” when you’ve seen someone in speedos far from the beach
33. You treat a mozzie bite by marking a cross with your fingernail
34. You’ve yelled “taxi” when someone drops something at a party
35. You can name the town Alf Stewart is from
36. You’ve had a Sunday session
37. Each summer’s day you wait for the “Doctor” to arrive
38. You know something special goes “straight to the pool room”
39. You’ll know the missing word in this line from a famous poem: “I love a ... country”
40. You’ve bowled your grandma out for a duck in the backyard
41. You’ve used a dunny
42. You would rather be benched in netball than have to play in WA or WD
43. You own at least 30 stubby holders that you never use
44. You have no shame in claiming pavlova, Crowded House and Russell Crowe
45. Your driveway doubles as a cricket pitch and your rubbish bin is the stumps
46. You know there’s only two seasons in a year — footy season and cricket season
47. You’ve branded yourself with your car’s seatbelt buckle on a 40C day
48. You know whose last words were “Such is Life”
49. You think a song about a bloke in jail dreaming about gravy is festive
50. You’ve eaten a Bertie Beetle
51. You’ve watched a sunset over the Indian Ocean
52. You say no worries more than once a day
53. You’ve experienced third degree burns on your feet at the beach
54. You know what a snag is
55. You’ve taken a selfie with a quokka
56. You’ve swung off a Hills Hoist
57. You’ve heard the shark alarm ring while swimming at the beach
58. Your plastic drink bottle has melted in your car on a 40C day
59. You remember that one time you went to Melbourne you visited the real Ramsay Street
60. Your curfew as a kid was when the streetlights came on
61. You’ve told someone, “you’re terrible, Muriel”
62. You’ve slept in a swag
63. You’ve been swooped by a magpie
64. You’ve burnt yourself on a mozzie coil
65. You’ve had a ‘tea party’ at the bottom of the pool
66. You wear a Bunnings hat to do the gardening
67. You know that Tim Tams are the greatest chocolate biscuit in the world
68. You know the only place to be on Boxing Day is in front of the cricket
69. The only greeting you ever use is “How ya going?”
70. You know to put an “o” on the end of everything
71. You know who Barnsey and Farnsey are
72. You know a thong is something you wear on your feet
73. You’ve burned your legs on the seats at Optus watching the Scorchers ... and it was worth it
74. You have the footy fixtures on your fridge
75. You consider fairy bread the ultimate party food
76. You’ve pulled a Steven Bradbury
77. You live in the bush not the countryside
78. You think Horses by Daryl Braithwaite is the best song EVER
79. You have no idea what your mate does for work but you know which footy team they support.
80. You’ve played two-up
81. You think 20C is cold
82. You can finish this sentence: “My dad picks the fruit that goes to Cottees, to make the ....”
83. You’ve screamed “Jesaulenko” while taking a screamer on your little brother
84. You’ve danced to Eagle Rock at a wedding
85. You can remember where you were when Cathy Freeman won gold at the Sydney Olympics
86. You think Ugg boots are perfectly acceptable to wear to the shops
87. The only day you punt is Melbourne Cup Day
88. You know to slip, slop, slap
89. You would have been drafted in the AFL if you weren’t injured
90. You know to swim between the flags
91. You know why the coat of arms is a kangaroo and an emu
92. You know there’s a difference between chips and hot chips
93. You loved Big Ted, Little Ted and Jemima
94. You studied a Tim Winton book at school
95. You’ve headbanged to AC/DC
96. You think fish and chips on the beach at sunset is the height of romance
97. You can finish these lyrics: “I am, you are, we are ...”