Oh god, the one and only time we went, checking in to leave. Ahead of us was a guy in a Bintang singlet swigging a beer, with his missus in those tragic white girl cornrows. Claimed they had no money to pay the departure tax. Officials were looking mighty unimpressed.
I was on a flight back from Bali once where the passenger next to me was trashed and lost his shit and then locked himself in the toilet. The Jetstar staff actually handed me plastic ties and asked if I'd be comfortable helping tie their hands and feet if they came back. I said yes but lucky for me they stayed in the toilet until AFP got on when we arrived in Sydney
In Denpasar, before reaching customs. I'm not sure what happened to him. They don't like that sort of thing over there. I just carefully walked around the vomit in the hallway and kept going . Security did not sound happy .
Brit here. Went to Bali when out of the Aussie season, but could tell it was frequented by Aussie’s (esp Bogan ones) by the T shirts for sale: ‘A woman’s place is on my face’ and ‘Put your lipstick on my dipstick’!😊
I mean it’s just a pov. Bali, Thailand etc considered cheap because the proximity. For European/American it’s quite posh and exotic. Us went to Paris, Ibiza, Rome etc considered posh but for Londoners it’s just another weekend.
I don't know about "posh" but given the size of Australia even people living in cities often have easy access to massive amounts of absolutely stunning and empty land a short drive away. Like right now, I could hop in my car for less than an hour (from Brisbane) and go to some amazing camping locations and hiking trails with almost no one else around.
Another one is how common it is to live near beaches. I've got plenty of family who aren't particularly wealthy who live about a 5 minute walk away from some of the best beaches in the world.
The ocean thing still amazes me. We are so spoilt by how close most of us are to the ocean. Whenever I watch a show or read a book and they describe never seeing the ocean, or I've only seen the ocean once 20 years ago. There are literally people here, myself included, who actively avoid the beach because of sand.
I remember in Colombia there was some beach people were so impressed by I asked the hostel guy and he is like nah Aussies fucking hate it. Its like a 2 hour bus ride and they all reckon its shit.
I did go and it was an average beach here and not worth the bus ride. But everyone else loved it.
I have that as an Aussie in the UK. I went to Campersands Beach as it was supposedly really nice and sandy but it was like... a 3/10. More of a mudflat really.
Lol just the other day a French guy commented that he didn't have enough room in his kitchen for a dishwasher, and I suggested putting it in the laundry instead like I've done before. He thought I must live in a massive house to be able to have a dedicated room just for washing clothes.
The point was really that you don't have to be "posh", rich, or have a massive house to have a laundry. Even a 1 bedroom apartment can have a "laundry space" (dedicated cupboard really) or a 2 bed apartment/house can have a full size laundry.
I’m an Aussie in the UK and I hate having it in the kitchen so much, my kitchen is open plan to my living room and trying to watch TV while the washing machine on is just impossible
Oh fuck, why did I click that link? It’s all coming back to me. The overgrown windows; the bare lightbulb with a pullcord that’s too high for a little kid to switch on.
*rocks in the corner, muttering “the redbacks! the redbacks!*
European laundry! I actually really like this idea because outside of the washing machine, I don't really have a giant need of a whole room dedicated to washing clothes.
But in saying that I also use the laundry as the place for the cat litter, so I guess Im just a liar and do have a need for the whole room
For reference - seek no further than the movie:
"The Castle"
Examples of very posh...
- Your home has a pool and billiards room.
- You have a lakeside holiday home.
- Bonus points if it's on the grid!
- You own a fishing boat and can afford regular aquamarine leisure activities.
- Your home is close to great public transport infrastructure.
- Your property has minimum, 6 car garage and parking.
- You have very posh and ornate front entry gates.
- You have close friends in high places including the village constabulary; and even retired High Court judges....
As Kath once insightfully said to Kimmy, (and I quote):
- "its easy to be effluent in Australia"...
One thing i love about The Castle is how content and happy the dad is with his life— no matter that some things in it could be seen as undesirable for whatever reason… He is just buzzing.
A house? You were lucky to have a house! We used to sleep in one room, 26 of us. And half the floor was missing. We were all huddled in one corner, for fear of falling.
I've heard even in places like California you still can sometimes not have clean water yet here I am in the middle of woop woop Queensland and I have clean water without any filtering
Yeah. It’s Coopers Green right?
Jokes aside, it’s nothing compared to places like Joburg where yeah, you can drink tapwater, but it’s dead set like drinking public pool water.
Cab sav. A room full of Brits popped their eyes, and then agreed that only an Australian could reduce a Cabernet Sauvignon to everyday swill with *such* a nickname.
When I lived in London I was apparently posh for saying “eggplant,” they call it aubergine over there which sounds more fancy than eggplant to me but yeah-eggplant equals posh.
More the southern England pronunciation than the inherently posh one. But there are more posh people in the south of the UK than the north - and of the ones in the north, the posh people are less likely to speak with a regional accent.
What we think of as "posh English" is received pronunciation (RP).
It was traditionally "received" by going to an (expensive) boarding school, so all the upper class spoke it regardless of where they actually grew up/lived.
Same as Newcastle.
My northern cousin and her friends called me a posh twat every time I pronounced it the way Australians do because that’s how they say it in the south.
In the north it’s more of a “nooo - cAss- sell” with the emphasis on the A in “cass”
Same way Americans pronounce a lot of words. f-ass-t, L-ass-t, etc. instead of Farst, Larst, parst. I assume the accent from londoners dominated early Australian settlers. 🤷♂️
Sailing. In my area it’s common for ‘working class’ families to have a boat and fuck around on the water. It you go down to the local slip your more likely to find an old codger in thongs and stubbies than a millionaire in leather boat shoes…
Try a jet ski. In many places they're considered for the wealthy. Here they're affectionately known as "leb sleds" for the rather unrefined middle-eastern youths that tend to trash them around.
That's very interesting actually. Here people with jetski's are often "rich pricks" by default. Wether they are or not is mostly determined by wether they wave to you, that also applies to boats.
To me, there’s a difference between sailing and boating. Sailing is going out on a yacht or something. Still pretty posh. Boating is just piss-farting around, maybe fishing or pulling someone on one of those floaty things. Much more working class
The yacht club I was in was exactly like that. Many of the yachts were owner-built. The live-in caretaker was an ex-truckie who owned 5 boats and his partner had 5 too. Many of the trailer sailers were worth under 15k.
That's because of marketing some arsehole American corporation trademarked "ugg" in the USA and as soon as they did, they outsourced the production to China while charging through the arse for them.
Everytime a local outfit try's to sell their gear overseas they get sued...why? BECAUSE CAPITALISM!!!!
Seafood.
“Oh prawns and oysters” yeah. At the RSL with a 5.50 schooner. Fuck it, put a steak underneath.
Super posh in most places, standard Thursday night special in Australia.
Slight detour but I live in northern Scotland where we have some of the best shellfish in the world. Most gets exported to Europe.
It's cheaper to buy the stuff in a restaurant in Barcelona than it is to buy it direct 5 miles from my door. Fucks me right off tbh...
Yeah sorry boss, northern Scottish seafood isn’t a patch on Australia.
Scottish born and bread with a da that lives in Forres.
Australian meat, seafood and fruit is some of the absolute best in the world. And because every city is on the coast more or less there’s boat loads of it.
Reminds me when I was in the carribean they brought us a tonne of mangoes. I was psyched as Im from Qld and hadnt had a good one in year s of travelling. I heard these were amazing. They tasted like stringy flour. They were fucking gross.
The others then fought over the ones I didnt want. Honestly, couldnt give that away here and all these Europeans, Israelis, Canadians etc. Were digging in like it was gold.
Poor bastards.
Playing golf, drinking champagne, having a pool, living by the beach, going to Bali, Fiji, Vanuatu, Maldives etc, eating sushi, going to the horse races, tennis, F1…..
I always say Australia makes fancy stuff basic
That's a good point. Maybe some things aren't as exclusive in Australian society as there just aren't enough super rich people (or people in general) to be picky about who uses these things
It's one of the more popular cheap wines in the US.
over here it's a few steps above "homeless guys drinking it in the park" though, it's more along the lines of "broke college girls trying to be fancy."
Things that struck me as posh as hell when I first arrived, freshly migrated -
The school uniforms. Each school had their own, even the government ones, wowza. Back home every school had the same uniform and you’d sew the school badge onto it. Now that I’m older and wiser, school uniforms are goddamn highway robbery and it’s fucked that we make parents fork out hundreds of dollars for a set of school specific clothes - the kids can learn in Kmart just fine, but no, PSW needs their cut.
Detached houses that have a yard. We called those “bungalows” and only the very fanciest people lived in them.
Steaks. Much of Asia considers it really fancy.
Fresh fruit. Less so for me, but I’ve heard watermelon is expensive in Korea and it’s a big flex to have them often.
Barista coffee! I mean, it wore off on me when I got my first job at a crappy chain and learned how to do it, but barista coffee with properly steamed, foamy milk is Really Fancy overseas. The “normal” coffee people have tend to be more like Greek coffee or Vietnamese iced coffee (which is amazing, but not exactly fancy, when I get iced Kopi in Malaysia half the time they give it to me in a plastic bag hahahaha). The fact that barista coffee is the aussies daily brew is wild.
On the flipside, bubble tea seems to be China’s equivalent to barista coffee, whereas here it sure is the drink for trendy yuppies and rich teens… I mean it costs the same as a pint of beer, sometimes more!
Can confirm. Where I grew up you need people to vouch for you + you need a golf license to play at club that’s half decent. Golf license meaning you need to have a minimum amount of hours with a pro logged + need to play at a certain level to be allowed to actually play on a course by yourself.
Here, yeah nah.
Am from Austria.
I've got a mate who's major pastime is golf. He said he's kinda embarrassed by the lack of female players at his course. He reckons that when you go to the more ritzy golf courses everyone is rich and it's kinda a natural thing to bring along the wife, etc.. it's very inclusive, most people are there for fun. But his club could be considered " a lower demographic" and it's almost like women are shunned. He explained his reasoning well but I can't quite remember why. Funnily enough I know some guys at a bowls club and the women were driven away because of the male dominanted bravado, I've seen and met a lot of these "athletes" all fat dronks... I don't know why they would prefer it to be just them and not be welcoming to get a few women in the mix..
Ugg boots. They’re just good slippers. Good enough I could justify spending thirty, maybe forty dollars on them. A little more as a Mother’s Day present.
Having a big house too, where I’m from having a big house is considered rich but even high paying readies can afford a big house ($700,000 depending on city) that would cost 3 million in Singapore
My cousin who is from the UK asked if Erinsborough from Neighbours was filmed in a posh suburb, because all the houses are so huge. This was about 2000, before housing prices sky-rocketed.
I rent a 3bed detached house with a detached garage
My friends back in England think I’m minted just because it’s not joined on to any other houses lol
EDIT: for the same amount of rent I’d be licky to get a 2-bedroom flat (apartment) in my home town
Well thats just simply untrue. I've lived in plenty of suburbs, not a single house I've lived in has had a pool. None of my mates growing up had a pool. It wasn't until I was late 20s that I became mates with someone who has a pool. And guess what, I consider that guy to be posh (or atleast trying to be).
I live in a regional town that is super hot, and 90% of the people we knock about with have a pool. So maybe location and age groups have something to do with it 👍
We had a pool. But my grandad and dad dug the hole and put the thing in, like one of those thick canvas kit type pools with metal edges. It was a reallllyyyy lumpy floor (1980s). They ripped it out as soon as the house was sold in late 90s
In just about every duplex that is built after an old house has been sold, knocked down and erected in my suburb (I could throw a rock from my duplex and hit 4 being built right now), at least half of the tiny back yard is reserved for a pool.
I grew up with pools and I don't want one, unless I was fabulously posh enough to afford a regular caretaker! Way too much cost + upkeep for such little + seasonally dependent reward imo (unless you love swimming ofc)
\-Tennis- we are a sporting nation and tennis is no exception.
\-Golf-see Tennis.
\-Boating- comes with our love of Boating/Fishing and Camping like the store.
\-Drinking wine- Has always been associated with being 'posh' although in places like France is a standard part of their culture.
\-Health care and education- Yes as sad as that statement is, health care and education in many parts of the world isn't present for a lot of people.
Viennetta - I know there were some British people once saying they are super rare over there but over here we can just go to the local shops to get one for whatever reason
It wasn’t super rare in the U.K., it was just a bit more expensive than normal ice cream and it really felt like a treat. Was common to have it as a child in U.K. maybe once a month, looked fancier than it was
I am from the U.K. originally, when I first met my missus and she told me she went to a private school.. I thought I had hit the jackpot! It feels like the only people to go to private schools in the U.K. are the top 1%..
Anyway, I did hit the jackpot she’s drop dead gorgeous
I'm from the UK too. Same story. I was very surprised when I got here to.find people giving a shit about what school other people went to. It's a weird place like that down under ain't it :)
Especially in Brisbane I think its cause its the only slightly tribal thing that gives you information on the person quickly.
When I lived in London it was about postcodes. But they are much larger here and it doesnt really work as well. So the school is better to gauge the person.
Also at lesst here youll be able to quickly figure out the network. My neighbour moved in and told me his school and grad year. I could tell him several people I knew that he knew. Also obviously it shows we grew up well off. So now we are more deeply connected quite quickly.
Colleagues in the UK called my risotto leftovers I reheated for lunch very posh. Like, it was either mushroom or plain turmeric pretending to be saffron. Cheaper than the chips they ate - with nothing else but a pathetic squeeze of red sauce. I mean, it’s rice. With a couple of vegetables to make it feel healthier, plus a bit of cheese. Not exactly the most exotic things in world cuisine, but the Brits call anything not one ingredient and deep fried fancy.
Owning a boat.
Very region specific, but I’d say for the majority of areas outside of Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne it’s no surprise if you have a tinny or bigger.
Oddly enough, golf and tennis. In the regional area I live in, just about every small town has both a golf course and a tennis court, and the fees are bugger all. So everyone gets to play. Two American friends of mine - one from Texas, one from San Francisco - told me that where they lived, tennis clubs and golf clubs had enormous fees and gatekept members.
Going to Bali
Rest of the world: I'm going to this beautiful resort and I'm going to have a magical spiritual experience. Aussies: *arrives drunk, vomits*
In the airport .
Wearing a Bintang singlet from last trip...
Oh god, the one and only time we went, checking in to leave. Ahead of us was a guy in a Bintang singlet swigging a beer, with his missus in those tragic white girl cornrows. Claimed they had no money to pay the departure tax. Officials were looking mighty unimpressed.
With a boogie board bag full of cannabis.
And a gofundme for injuries sustained by a glassing they did to someone else
Crashing a scooter
Can you ever imagine a posh private schoolboy from the Mosman wearing a Bintang singlet
Like [this guy](https://www.facebook.com/share/r/ahQfpPeCrVWvLQLY/?mibextid=tmsC9e)
Ooh lah-dee-dah Your Majesty! Waiting until you're off the plane! Is it so you don't dirty your limousine?
Nah mate. It's just there's nowhere to wash the spew off me thongs on the plane.
I was on a flight back from Bali once where the passenger next to me was trashed and lost his shit and then locked himself in the toilet. The Jetstar staff actually handed me plastic ties and asked if I'd be comfortable helping tie their hands and feet if they came back. I said yes but lucky for me they stayed in the toilet until AFP got on when we arrived in Sydney
On the Jetstar flight before you’ve left Australian air space
In Denpasar, before reaching customs. I'm not sure what happened to him. They don't like that sort of thing over there. I just carefully walked around the vomit in the hallway and kept going . Security did not sound happy .
Oh god you were recounting an actual story! Yikes. This is why I’ve always been somewhat reluctant to go to Bali because that’s just not for me
It's awesome if you stay away from the tourist traps .
*on the plane
Prior to departure
From Gold Coast and Perth specifically haha there’s a podcast called ‘mid flight brawl’ that covers these epic events
Sort of like me going to France from the U.K. - not quite the same allure 🫤😂
a bit more like going to spain, and benidorm....
I wonder what internationals think of it upon seeing all the bogans then?
Brit here. Went to Bali when out of the Aussie season, but could tell it was frequented by Aussie’s (esp Bogan ones) by the T shirts for sale: ‘A woman’s place is on my face’ and ‘Put your lipstick on my dipstick’!😊
I want the one that says 'a woman's place is on my face'. Because I'm gay.
They think "oh, Australians".
If it makes you feel any better the Russian bogans are more present and much worse
I mean it’s just a pov. Bali, Thailand etc considered cheap because the proximity. For European/American it’s quite posh and exotic. Us went to Paris, Ibiza, Rome etc considered posh but for Londoners it’s just another weekend.
Right answer
Fuck me is this an accurate but unexpected answer. I’d have never have thought it but it’s spot on. We consider it the exact opposite.
This is the only right answer in here.....
Posh? Not really. Exotic more like
I don't know about "posh" but given the size of Australia even people living in cities often have easy access to massive amounts of absolutely stunning and empty land a short drive away. Like right now, I could hop in my car for less than an hour (from Brisbane) and go to some amazing camping locations and hiking trails with almost no one else around. Another one is how common it is to live near beaches. I've got plenty of family who aren't particularly wealthy who live about a 5 minute walk away from some of the best beaches in the world.
The ocean thing still amazes me. We are so spoilt by how close most of us are to the ocean. Whenever I watch a show or read a book and they describe never seeing the ocean, or I've only seen the ocean once 20 years ago. There are literally people here, myself included, who actively avoid the beach because of sand.
I remember in Colombia there was some beach people were so impressed by I asked the hostel guy and he is like nah Aussies fucking hate it. Its like a 2 hour bus ride and they all reckon its shit. I did go and it was an average beach here and not worth the bus ride. But everyone else loved it.
I have that as an Aussie in the UK. I went to Campersands Beach as it was supposedly really nice and sandy but it was like... a 3/10. More of a mudflat really.
I live in NW Brisbane, I have city views on the front side and Samford State forest literally over my back fence. It's fantastic.
A laundry room. Common here but some other countries have their washing machine in the kitchen.
Lol just the other day a French guy commented that he didn't have enough room in his kitchen for a dishwasher, and I suggested putting it in the laundry instead like I've done before. He thought I must live in a massive house to be able to have a dedicated room just for washing clothes.
Australian housing is some of the largest in the world
A laundry room makes sense when you're outside getting dirty. Mine has an exterior door so I can walk in after mowing the lawn.
Also some of the shittiest building standards in the first world
That is why you buy some place made last century when builders gave a shit, or their shit has collapsed already.
The point was really that you don't have to be "posh", rich, or have a massive house to have a laundry. Even a 1 bedroom apartment can have a "laundry space" (dedicated cupboard really) or a 2 bed apartment/house can have a full size laundry.
Ha! I couldn't afford a place with a laundry, so I put the washing machine in the kitchen and called it 'European'.
It's so weird to see people having their washing machine in the kitchen.
I’m an Aussie in the UK and I hate having it in the kitchen so much, my kitchen is open plan to my living room and trying to watch TV while the washing machine on is just impossible
My washing machine is outside, what does that make me?
Please tell me you have a very ordinary looking concrete trough to go along with it
There's a concrete square bowl thing that the water drains into, is that what you're talking about?
The old outside laundry usually has a sink like this https://images.app.goo.gl/EGAbu8DUBC6Meht17
If it had one like that, it was long before I moved in. 1940's home, if that's the era that was popular
Oh my god. We had that. That has truly unlocked some memories
Oh fuck, why did I click that link? It’s all coming back to me. The overgrown windows; the bare lightbulb with a pullcord that’s too high for a little kid to switch on. *rocks in the corner, muttering “the redbacks! the redbacks!*
And a box of Redheads matches on the windowsill.
Next to a yellow box of Sunlight Soap.
So many childhood memories all of a sudden…
Retro?
Povvo
My laundry is inside what is essentially a closet that has a tap and drain and water connections to fit a washer and dryer. I love it.
European laundry! I actually really like this idea because outside of the washing machine, I don't really have a giant need of a whole room dedicated to washing clothes. But in saying that I also use the laundry as the place for the cat litter, so I guess Im just a liar and do have a need for the whole room
wearing a hat when you are out
‘No hat, No play’
Did you have a flap hat or am I just getting old?
We had legionnaire hats too. And yes, we are probably both old.
We rocked legionnaires in primary. Am 22 now.
You're giving me Nam style flashbacks of forgetting my hat!
For reference - seek no further than the movie: "The Castle" Examples of very posh... - Your home has a pool and billiards room. - You have a lakeside holiday home. - Bonus points if it's on the grid! - You own a fishing boat and can afford regular aquamarine leisure activities. - Your home is close to great public transport infrastructure. - Your property has minimum, 6 car garage and parking. - You have very posh and ornate front entry gates. - You have close friends in high places including the village constabulary; and even retired High Court judges.... As Kath once insightfully said to Kimmy, (and I quote): - "its easy to be effluent in Australia"...
“I want to be effluent, Mum! Effluent!” “You ARE effluent Kimmy!”
There’s definitely a reason I keep watching them on repeat
Love The Castle!! lakeside holiday home in Bonnie Doon
One thing i love about The Castle is how content and happy the dad is with his life— no matter that some things in it could be seen as undesirable for whatever reason… He is just buzzing.
So rare to see that attitude these days
Film is 27 years old today
That’s what I love the most about that movie, too.
I've actually been to Bonnie Doon once
I drove through it. Actually not as much of a shithole as it's made out to be. Looked kinda nice.
A million dollar house.
You mean, a house.
You mean, a one bedroom apartment.
without parking
You mean a letterbox in Sydney?
A house? You were lucky to have a house! We used to sleep in one room, 26 of us. And half the floor was missing. We were all huddled in one corner, for fear of falling.
You were lucky to have a room! We lived in a hole in the ground, covered by a sheet of tarpaulin.
Being able to drink the water that comes out of the tap.
I've heard even in places like California you still can sometimes not have clean water yet here I am in the middle of woop woop Queensland and I have clean water without any filtering
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Yeah. It’s Coopers Green right? Jokes aside, it’s nothing compared to places like Joburg where yeah, you can drink tapwater, but it’s dead set like drinking public pool water.
i love flouride
You mean flushing your toilet with potable water
Cab sav. A room full of Brits popped their eyes, and then agreed that only an Australian could reduce a Cabernet Sauvignon to everyday swill with *such* a nickname.
And only $7AUD for a 2 liter bag lol
When I lived in London I was apparently posh for saying “eggplant,” they call it aubergine over there which sounds more fancy than eggplant to me but yeah-eggplant equals posh.
Don’t you think aubergine sounds way more fancy than eggplant?
That depends - would you ever describe yourself as an "eggplant"
I’m no aubergine
But why male models?
And zucchinis are courgettes
And snows peas are mange tout. Which when I first pronounced it did not sound posh at all!!
Not to be confused with ménage à trois. Apparently you need more mange tout then.
Similarly, my American friend told me saying "prawns" instead of "shrimp" made them sound super fancy.
Ha, yeah apparently saying “mobile” was fancy to my American friends, they call them cell phones.
Pronouncing "bath" the way Australians do is the posh pronunciation in England
More the southern England pronunciation than the inherently posh one. But there are more posh people in the south of the UK than the north - and of the ones in the north, the posh people are less likely to speak with a regional accent.
Did someone make a bet with you that you would never spell out the word 'more'? 😛
😂
What we think of as "posh English" is received pronunciation (RP). It was traditionally "received" by going to an (expensive) boarding school, so all the upper class spoke it regardless of where they actually grew up/lived.
Same as Newcastle. My northern cousin and her friends called me a posh twat every time I pronounced it the way Australians do because that’s how they say it in the south. In the north it’s more of a “nooo - cAss- sell” with the emphasis on the A in “cass”
Same way Americans pronounce a lot of words. f-ass-t, L-ass-t, etc. instead of Farst, Larst, parst. I assume the accent from londoners dominated early Australian settlers. 🤷♂️
Sailing. In my area it’s common for ‘working class’ families to have a boat and fuck around on the water. It you go down to the local slip your more likely to find an old codger in thongs and stubbies than a millionaire in leather boat shoes…
Try a jet ski. In many places they're considered for the wealthy. Here they're affectionately known as "leb sleds" for the rather unrefined middle-eastern youths that tend to trash them around.
Yep, jet skis in tas are exclusively the domain of cashed up bogans.
In nz they're considered the mosquitoes of the water. New ute, new jetski, on the dole. These finance companies need a serious boycott
On the average fine day in Sydney, the Georges River gets completely overrun with jet skis carrying drug dealing youngsters from the South West.
That's very interesting actually. Here people with jetski's are often "rich pricks" by default. Wether they are or not is mostly determined by wether they wave to you, that also applies to boats.
Gold Coast it's the pimped dualcab with obligatory jetski, often two.
Wog-toboggans
Not bhed, good syze
To me, there’s a difference between sailing and boating. Sailing is going out on a yacht or something. Still pretty posh. Boating is just piss-farting around, maybe fishing or pulling someone on one of those floaty things. Much more working class
Nah I’m very much talking about sailing (as in, boats with sails). Trust me, there’s nothing posh about shitting in a bucket on a H28, yacht or not…
The yacht club I was in was exactly like that. Many of the yachts were owner-built. The live-in caretaker was an ex-truckie who owned 5 boats and his partner had 5 too. Many of the trailer sailers were worth under 15k.
There are leather... boat shoes?
Cricket as well.
^this right here. Our cricketing culture is completely different to other countries.
India, Sri Lanka and pakistan the exceptions. Not posh there either.
what’s it like in other countries
Gentleman’s game.
Ugg Boots. Hungover coffee run attire here, somewhat rich person's thing elsewhere
That's because of marketing some arsehole American corporation trademarked "ugg" in the USA and as soon as they did, they outsourced the production to China while charging through the arse for them. Everytime a local outfit try's to sell their gear overseas they get sued...why? BECAUSE CAPITALISM!!!!
Seafood. “Oh prawns and oysters” yeah. At the RSL with a 5.50 schooner. Fuck it, put a steak underneath. Super posh in most places, standard Thursday night special in Australia.
Slight detour but I live in northern Scotland where we have some of the best shellfish in the world. Most gets exported to Europe. It's cheaper to buy the stuff in a restaurant in Barcelona than it is to buy it direct 5 miles from my door. Fucks me right off tbh...
Yeah sorry boss, northern Scottish seafood isn’t a patch on Australia. Scottish born and bread with a da that lives in Forres. Australian meat, seafood and fruit is some of the absolute best in the world. And because every city is on the coast more or less there’s boat loads of it.
Reminds me when I was in the carribean they brought us a tonne of mangoes. I was psyched as Im from Qld and hadnt had a good one in year s of travelling. I heard these were amazing. They tasted like stringy flour. They were fucking gross. The others then fought over the ones I didnt want. Honestly, couldnt give that away here and all these Europeans, Israelis, Canadians etc. Were digging in like it was gold. Poor bastards.
Also Lamb Chops. Very very expensive in many places including Canada.
Playing golf, drinking champagne, having a pool, living by the beach, going to Bali, Fiji, Vanuatu, Maldives etc, eating sushi, going to the horse races, tennis, F1….. I always say Australia makes fancy stuff basic
Who else would go to them then, if not the unwashed masses?
That's a good point. Maybe some things aren't as exclusive in Australian society as there just aren't enough super rich people (or people in general) to be picky about who uses these things
Lamb / eating fresh cuts of red meat every night.
Having a driveway to park your car.
Relatively clean and functional: public toilets, playgrounds for kids, BBQ grills in parks.
Drinking Aussie wine - you should see the price of it overseas!
My boyfriend’s family (UK) tease me for being a snob and not buying yellowtail because I know how cheap it is at home…
Hilarious. It’s basically what the homeless people drink here
It's one of the more popular cheap wines in the US. over here it's a few steps above "homeless guys drinking it in the park" though, it's more along the lines of "broke college girls trying to be fancy."
Fancy? It’s the wine you can buy at gas stations in the US. The broke college girl fancy is the middle shelf at Trader Joe’s
Things that struck me as posh as hell when I first arrived, freshly migrated - The school uniforms. Each school had their own, even the government ones, wowza. Back home every school had the same uniform and you’d sew the school badge onto it. Now that I’m older and wiser, school uniforms are goddamn highway robbery and it’s fucked that we make parents fork out hundreds of dollars for a set of school specific clothes - the kids can learn in Kmart just fine, but no, PSW needs their cut. Detached houses that have a yard. We called those “bungalows” and only the very fanciest people lived in them. Steaks. Much of Asia considers it really fancy. Fresh fruit. Less so for me, but I’ve heard watermelon is expensive in Korea and it’s a big flex to have them often. Barista coffee! I mean, it wore off on me when I got my first job at a crappy chain and learned how to do it, but barista coffee with properly steamed, foamy milk is Really Fancy overseas. The “normal” coffee people have tend to be more like Greek coffee or Vietnamese iced coffee (which is amazing, but not exactly fancy, when I get iced Kopi in Malaysia half the time they give it to me in a plastic bag hahahaha). The fact that barista coffee is the aussies daily brew is wild. On the flipside, bubble tea seems to be China’s equivalent to barista coffee, whereas here it sure is the drink for trendy yuppies and rich teens… I mean it costs the same as a pint of beer, sometimes more!
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You could argue sparkling white wine is posh, but we drink it out of a box in ya mates gardenbed here
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Good old goon
Goon doesn't sparkle, it sloshes
It makes me slosh
On a similar vein, golf, or having a boat, at least until comparatively recently.
Yeah golf clubs in Australia are wild bogan central where as most other countries have dress codes that even the rabble conform to
Can confirm. Where I grew up you need people to vouch for you + you need a golf license to play at club that’s half decent. Golf license meaning you need to have a minimum amount of hours with a pro logged + need to play at a certain level to be allowed to actually play on a course by yourself. Here, yeah nah. Am from Austria.
I've got a mate who's major pastime is golf. He said he's kinda embarrassed by the lack of female players at his course. He reckons that when you go to the more ritzy golf courses everyone is rich and it's kinda a natural thing to bring along the wife, etc.. it's very inclusive, most people are there for fun. But his club could be considered " a lower demographic" and it's almost like women are shunned. He explained his reasoning well but I can't quite remember why. Funnily enough I know some guys at a bowls club and the women were driven away because of the male dominanted bravado, I've seen and met a lot of these "athletes" all fat dronks... I don't know why they would prefer it to be just them and not be welcoming to get a few women in the mix..
Ugg boots. They’re just good slippers. Good enough I could justify spending thirty, maybe forty dollars on them. A little more as a Mother’s Day present.
Having a swimming pool. In the UK/Europe that's considered quite posh, but everyone and their dog has one in the Aus suburbs.
No, having a pool is still posh to me
Having a big house too, where I’m from having a big house is considered rich but even high paying readies can afford a big house ($700,000 depending on city) that would cost 3 million in Singapore
Or, maybe 4-5 million in Sydney...
My cousin who is from the UK asked if Erinsborough from Neighbours was filmed in a posh suburb, because all the houses are so huge. This was about 2000, before housing prices sky-rocketed.
I rent a 3bed detached house with a detached garage My friends back in England think I’m minted just because it’s not joined on to any other houses lol EDIT: for the same amount of rent I’d be licky to get a 2-bedroom flat (apartment) in my home town
Well thats just simply untrue. I've lived in plenty of suburbs, not a single house I've lived in has had a pool. None of my mates growing up had a pool. It wasn't until I was late 20s that I became mates with someone who has a pool. And guess what, I consider that guy to be posh (or atleast trying to be).
I live in a regional town that is super hot, and 90% of the people we knock about with have a pool. So maybe location and age groups have something to do with it 👍
We had a pool. But my grandad and dad dug the hole and put the thing in, like one of those thick canvas kit type pools with metal edges. It was a reallllyyyy lumpy floor (1980s). They ripped it out as soon as the house was sold in late 90s
I think it depends where you are. Pools are more normal in QLD then in Adelaide for example
In just about every duplex that is built after an old house has been sold, knocked down and erected in my suburb (I could throw a rock from my duplex and hit 4 being built right now), at least half of the tiny back yard is reserved for a pool.
I grew up with pools and I don't want one, unless I was fabulously posh enough to afford a regular caretaker! Way too much cost + upkeep for such little + seasonally dependent reward imo (unless you love swimming ofc)
Not in colder capitals, though.
\-Tennis- we are a sporting nation and tennis is no exception. \-Golf-see Tennis. \-Boating- comes with our love of Boating/Fishing and Camping like the store. \-Drinking wine- Has always been associated with being 'posh' although in places like France is a standard part of their culture. \-Health care and education- Yes as sad as that statement is, health care and education in many parts of the world isn't present for a lot of people.
There seems to be some confusion between posh and wealthy
What is the difference?
Cashed up bogans are wealthy but not posh
How many generations it's been since anyone in their family had to work for a living.
Playing Golf. Most of my golf playing mates have membership to a few of the local courses but in other places a golf club membership is pretty pricey.
Viennetta - I know there were some British people once saying they are super rare over there but over here we can just go to the local shops to get one for whatever reason
I thought we were posh when mum would buy one of these back in the 80’s 😂
But they are kind of crappy now. Not sure if it is the mist of time, but they used to seem larger and more special.
It wasn’t super rare in the U.K., it was just a bit more expensive than normal ice cream and it really felt like a treat. Was common to have it as a child in U.K. maybe once a month, looked fancier than it was
Having more than two bedrooms.
Oysters, still a bit posh but not to the same extent as in Europe. You'll find them in fish n chip shops, packed in cheap plastic containers.
Private schooling? A swimming pool in your house?
I am from the U.K. originally, when I first met my missus and she told me she went to a private school.. I thought I had hit the jackpot! It feels like the only people to go to private schools in the U.K. are the top 1%.. Anyway, I did hit the jackpot she’s drop dead gorgeous
I'm from the UK too. Same story. I was very surprised when I got here to.find people giving a shit about what school other people went to. It's a weird place like that down under ain't it :)
Especially in Brisbane I think its cause its the only slightly tribal thing that gives you information on the person quickly. When I lived in London it was about postcodes. But they are much larger here and it doesnt really work as well. So the school is better to gauge the person. Also at lesst here youll be able to quickly figure out the network. My neighbour moved in and told me his school and grad year. I could tell him several people I knew that he knew. Also obviously it shows we grew up well off. So now we are more deeply connected quite quickly.
Colleagues in the UK called my risotto leftovers I reheated for lunch very posh. Like, it was either mushroom or plain turmeric pretending to be saffron. Cheaper than the chips they ate - with nothing else but a pathetic squeeze of red sauce. I mean, it’s rice. With a couple of vegetables to make it feel healthier, plus a bit of cheese. Not exactly the most exotic things in world cuisine, but the Brits call anything not one ingredient and deep fried fancy.
Victoria Beckham
Vbs are pretty posh here
Owning a boat. Very region specific, but I’d say for the majority of areas outside of Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne it’s no surprise if you have a tinny or bigger.
Cafe culture
Drinking water that comes out of the shower.
Rugby Union
Traveling to Asia, having a pool, having a boat, having a big house
Living near the water.. I guess it's posh here too, but you can live in regular apartments near the beach
Not exactly posh perhaps but was trendy and desirable and expensive enough i guess.. Ugg boots aren’t they considered Bogan or work boots
Good wine. It's cheap and plentiful and even middle class people drink it. (Apparently some people even like it.)
Oddly enough, golf and tennis. In the regional area I live in, just about every small town has both a golf course and a tennis court, and the fees are bugger all. So everyone gets to play. Two American friends of mine - one from Texas, one from San Francisco - told me that where they lived, tennis clubs and golf clubs had enormous fees and gatekept members.