What Readers Have Said

First of all, your web page rates right up in the Top 10% of most imformative stops on the web. <...> -- rubyo (Jan 1996)

I read your Aussie survival tips with relish even though I'm a native American. Very interesting! <...> -- Karen Ahrens (Jan 1996)

Just had a look at your US Survival Tips for Aussies. It's really good. <...> -- Alina Holgate (Feb 1996)

I just visited your page and plan to send the URL to an Aboriginal woman who plans a visit in June and a friend in Queensland who's been here. There's much useful information here.<...> -- Carol Liu (Feb 1996)

G'day. I have read your survival tips page and I think it is really great. You've written down a lot of stuff - it is very cmprehensive. There are even some things which I had not noticed until now (like doors opening the other way) which I now reflect on and realise the difference.<...> -- Justin Ridge (Feb 1996)

I just read your US SURVIVAL TIPS FOR Aussies and enjoyed it. I'm not from Australia, though my husband lived there for a few years as a boy and he would like us to move there some time in the future.<...> -- Lynn Fisher (Feb 1996)

GREAT Site. As an european I enjoy you pages.<...> -- Bo Berg (Feb 1996)

Thoroughly enjoyed your Survival Tips for Aussies, even though I'm an American that's never been down under. * Thanks *<...> -- John McGee (Feb 1996)

I am an American who has lived in Australian for 5 years. Some of the things you say are common I don't remember at all. Some I think is from living in northern California which is far from typical of the US. -- Carol Denehy (Feb 1996)

I thought your WEB page was very interesting. I'm an 18 year-old college student in Moraga, California (SF Bay Area). -- Cathleen Foster (Feb 1996)

Good job. I'll remember to call Aussies Ozzies from now on. -- Scott Pallack (Feb 1996)

Excellent stuff and very informative. I am a little different from your average reader (I suspect) since I am a Brit currently living in Oz (Melbourne) after 5 years in the US (Dallas, Tx and Reston, Va) which makes me kinda tri-lingual :). <...> -- Grant Cartledge (Feb 1996)

Well done. I'm an American living in Japan and it's always (almost) interesting to hear other people's observations about my country. I hope you enjoy your stay.-- Tony Brown (Feb 1996)

Just wanted to say I enjoyed your page<...>I'm American and I thought the comparison was funny<...> -- brad drews (Feb 1996)

Our company was bought by a South Austrailian Corporation and after working with two of their represenatives I know I need to learn more of the differnces in our cultures. <...> Thanks so much for what you have provided here, even though I have to apply it backwards. Fastinating. -- Douglas Goodman (Feb 1996)

I stumbled upon your page by accident, and find it most interesting.<...> Keep up the good work. -- A Connecticut Yankee. MR JOHN W SAWITZKI (Feb 1996)

I enjoyed your survival guide. I visited Australia once and have a glimmering of the differences.<...> -- adf (Feb 1996)

as a san francisco resident, i found your page great. us americans are really pretty strange when you think about it. <...> -- Eric Hollander (Feb 1996)

As an frequent US visitor to Oz, I loved your comparisons between the 2 countries. <...> I am definitely passing on the URL for this place to my friends in Wollongong so they can prepare for their trip this October. -- Len Rediske (Feb 1996)

I just finished reading your US Survival tips of Aussies and I just loved it! I have a very good e-mail correspondant in New Zealand and we often stumble across translations. <...> Thanks for a great read <...> -- Susan Dennis (Feb 1996)

An interesting page! -- James Muiter (Feb 1996)

I was just scanning the web on one of my (infrequent) "just to see what's out there" visits and came across your page of advice for aussies visiting the States. Quite nice!! I spent longer on that page than anywhere I've ever been on the web. Hell, I'm even writing email about it - {{{gasp!}}} <...> -- Pat Strong (Feb 1996)

Your page is very good, and also pretty accurate. I visited the US (NY state) last year and agree with most of what you said.<...> -- Karl A. Byriel (Feb 1996)

Great web page! i laughed alot. as a reasonably frequent visitor to the US <...> -- Michael Carroll (Feb 1996)

Thanks for your page - sensational info and stories. We're heading over for 2 mths this year so we'll tick off the experiences. We are calling in on other internauts so the www sites with Oz news will be great. It was referred to me by a US netter, so it would appear that your page has universal appeal! -- Ward Scarff (Feb 1996)

i enjoyed your "US Survival Tips for Aussies" even though i'm american and haven't even been to your side of the world. it's always nice to see ourselves as others do. <...> -- Glenn F. Roberts (Feb 1996)

Although I am not Australian, I sincerely enjoyed reading your home page. I have done some travelling down under and love the country and the people. <...> -- Mark & Susann Hayes (Feb 1996)

good effort <...> i guess i am the reverse of you - i am from the u.s. orginally but have lived in canberra for some 25 years (though i 'commute' a fair bit). -- al klovdahl (Feb 1996)

<...> You have a wonderful homepage!!!! -- pamela j lum (Feb 1996)

I just read you Survival Tips page and wanted to say thanks: very interesting and amusing.<...> -- Matthew Smith-Stubbs (Feb 1996)

Great page, mate <...> -- Paul Adamthwaite (Feb 1996)

I loved your web page. As a life-long U.S. resident, I like to read about what about this country we take for granted. <...> -- Bryan Henderson (Feb 1996)

I found your page very revealing on the subject of cultural and other differences between Australia and the US, particularly because my uncle came from Australia <...> -- Eric Thompson (Feb 1996)

finally another Australian with exactly the same experiences. My girlfriend and I have been living and working in Fresno, CA for the past 6 months. <...> Great page, I'll be sure to recommend it to some other .au friends of mine living here. -- jason bird (Feb 1996)

I enjoyed your Aussie abroad page, even though I have lived my whole life in the Chicago area. I was interesting for me to reflect on the other side of the coin as you present each item. <...> -- Rich Wellner (Feb 1996)

Don, it was very interesting for me as an American to read your page and get a litte insight into what things are like in Australia. It is also interesting to read another person's impression a what I'm sure seems perfectly normal to me. <...> -- Eric Hemminger (Feb 1996)

great site. as a yank who lived in oz for few years, i gotta say you've done a fair job of listing a lot of the quirks here. <...> -- (Feb 1996)

Enjoyed the survival tips page. As an American (though an Easterner) it's interesting to see what others find odd in out culture. <...> I had a great time reading your page. Maybe I'm a know a little better what to expect if I ever visit Austraila. -- Gregory McNair (Feb 1996)

Although I'm American, and have only had the pleasure of visiting Australia once on vacation, I found your web page an absolute delight. The differences are interesting, and this is just the sort of thing a traveller needs to know. I'd like to find something in reverse for Americans travelling abroad, but I always seem to stumble onto State Dept. warnings. <...> -- Maralee Nelder-Adams (Feb 1996)

<...> I am from Perth and have been living in North Carolina for about 6 months. I can vouch for nearly everything you covered being true for this part of the country. <...> -- Dan Halperin (Feb 1996)

G'day, and excellent WWW site, mate. I've been Down Under twice (Perth, WA) <...> Your site made me want to go back. I hope I will soon...it's been a while since my last Victoria Bitter. -- TP Enders (Feb 1996)

<...>You have a great page here, I found it very interesting reading! -- Jack Decker (Mar 1996)

Nice site on the US/aussie differences. Its always worth seeing an outsiders perspective to see where the lunacy is :-) <...> -- Chris (Mar 1996)

Nice page. I think you have done a nice job of observering our country. Although I live far from Northern Cal., you have done a good job of catching some of the interesting traits of most Americans. <...> -- Marty Weirick (Mar 1996)

Great idea. Wish I had had access to this info before my stint in the U.S. <...> -- J Watson (Mar 1996)

As a native US of A'r, I thought your "Tips for Aussies (Ozzies)" web page was interesting. <...> -- Jim Sartor (Jun 1996)

A great page. You have really done a great job to help any newcomers who come to a place where we drive on the "wrong" side of the road, and have "upside down" light switches. I found it confusing at first, coming from England to Canada 42 years ago. <...> I thoroughly enjoyed your page <...> -- Arthur Hesketh (Jul 1996)

<...> As an American, I am finding your pages to be fascinating reading...They are also proving to be quite useful; I am preparing some pages to be distributed to attendees of an international workshop which I am chairing. Your pages are helping me to see my own land from another's eyes; because of them, I am including many things (e.g., information on taxes, driving practices, etc.) that I probably would not have thought to include otherwise. <...> -- Lynn Messing (Jul 1996)

Pretty funny stuff but pretty true stuff too. <...> -- Anthony Brocato (Aug 1996)

What a great set of articles for Aussies visiting the USA -- for a USan to read! Thanks. <...> -- Michael Jackson (Aug 1996)

I really appreciate this web site and thank you for putting it together. I am from Sydney and living in Boston. <...> -- (Aug 1996)

I've just found your page and find it very interesting. My husband is applying for a position in Australia (Perth) and the information presented here is so helpful, to correlate and reflect the differences between USA and Australia. I love it! Thanks for the very concise and descriptive content of your page! -- Ruth Polcari (Sep 1996)

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<...>Great site....very interesting, I found myself arguing with everyone!!! -- Karen Robbins (Dec 1999)

<...> Just wanted to let you know I found it very enjoyable. I found myself laughing at some of the things we Americans do. I hope to visit Australia in 2001, your page will help me prepare for my trip. -- Sheri (Mar 2000)

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As an American planning a trip to Australia next year I logged onto your site to see what Australians found most different between the two countries. Although some of the information was helpful (quite a bit was either incorrect or perhaps regional. I'm from New England), it seemed to me the site was basically an opportunity for Australians to take potshots at the U.S. I would never say my country is perfect but I just don't understand the current fashion for criticising everything American while at the same time a large part of the world struggles to emulate American behavior/entertainment/fashion etc. On a recent trip to Great Britain, I was constantly besieged by people wanting to tell me what was wrong with the United States (many of whom had never been. Your Aussie contributors at least have that going for them). I would never, for an instant, dream of telling a foreign visitor what I found wrong with his country, nor did I tell the British some of the things I hadn't liked about England. There were many things I didn't like, but many things that I did. I suspect the same is true of many visitors to the U.S., although it's not the current trend to admit it.

At any rate, I was a little disappointed to find that Australians suffer from the same prejudices as much of the rest of Europe and hope that the Australians who contributed to your site met with more tolerance while visiting the States than they seem to display. -- Paula V Coviello (July 2000)

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Congratulations on your delightful site "US Survival Tips for Aussies." I just read it almost "cover to cover." I found all of it enjoyable, amusing, and I did learn quite a bit. The "Coke" issue stands out. I guess I didn't know as much about "Auzzie" accents as I thought I did. -- Kovacs, Andrea (Sep 2000)