‘Haha, I’ve never met anyone from Adelaide before. Travel is so eye-opening.’
The life-changing, spirit-affirming experience of travel is a privilege known to many Australians, as the bi-annual summer (or winter) exodus brings countless convicts to the shores of Europe for a bout of cultural exchange, soul-searching, and vomiting in Prague’s weirdly quiet alleyways.
However, the main focus of Australians overseas does seem to be the absolute game-changing experience that can be meeting other Australians in hostels - and for those lucky travelers ready to take risks, those ‘other Australians’ may well be from different states. Whomst would’ve thought it - you’re in Berlin, having a beer, with a guy from Perth? It just doesn’t happen!
Crazy!
Zany coincidences aside, this powerful act of immersion can be cathartic for many Australians who have only ever bene on holiday to that classic trio of Australian East Coast destinations - Noosa, Byron Bay, and Bali, which is a country that, let’s face it, we should fucking annexe at this point.
I mean, Hitler saw a couple of Germans in Austria and thought it high time for the Anschluss, yet we see half our country pissed on the beach in Bali and we’re not immediately thinking annexation? Come on, Australia. If you’re the Great Southern Land, why aren’t you more ready to deadset, and we’re not fucking around here, annexe Bali?
We digress.
For gutsy young backpackers like Melbourne’s very own Ben Gutson (20), the experience of being in foreign countries whilst meeting Australians from such diverse cities as Brisbane, Sydney, and Brisbane, is a blessing known to the chosen few.
‘I guess I’m just ready to seize these opportunities with two hands, particularly if those two hands are Australian! Haha, just pulling your dick chain, cobber,’ said Ben, weirdly employing a brand of Australian slang that we are cosmically unfamiliar with, perhaps in a cripplingly strange bonding attempt. Freak.
But for blokes like Ben, desperate to meet other Aussies overseas, never fear. There’s always Budapest.
No more to come on this idea that’s really similar to a few we’ve published over the last few days, which may fairly give the impression that we’re making a lot of jokes about one very specific concept these days.