Post Script

People in Australia say nice things about you when you've had a haircut. They don't point and say "Haircut! Haircut!" like they do in the UK.

They also do odd things like knock on your door on a Sunday morning, and ask if you'd like to sub-let your garage to a friend.

Long weekend again this weekend, only this time it's a freebie - Monday is a public holiday, Labour Day. (For some reason, despite the fact that Australians spell all the -out words correctly, you also see Labor as a valid spelling a lot - one of the two main political parties (currently in opposition) is the Labor Party, who have somehow lost their U.) Each of the states has one or more unique public holidays - this one is technically an Australia-wide one, but it's on different days in different states. Tassie and Victoria have it next week (although Tassie calls it, somewhat inaccurately, Eight Hours Day), Western Australia had it this week, Queensland and Northern Territory have it in May, and it's in October for the other three states, NSW, ACT and South Australia.

Educational!