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For my Communication Training class, I had to train the class with my group to be prepared to go to Australia. My group had to do some research and let the trainees know what to expect when working for their company over seas in another country. Included is the handout given to all trainees for the program, and then My handout that is more in depth to describe what I trained on.
The Outback
19 November 2008
Nicole Brady
Lindsey Lovelace
Laura Caylor
Jessica Long
Alice Floyd
Anna Woerner
Bradley Pennington
Caleb McKinney
Calvin Hayes
Caroline Sanderson
Christopher Johnson
David Borum
Deanna Thurow
DeMiestro Kinzer
Emilee Tansil
Holly Jones
Jamin Simms
Jessica Miller
Joshua Ward
Kate Ballard
Matthew Curtis
Virginia Solimine
Dr. McCormick
Health, Education, and Weather
· Health
o Australians are entitled to Medicare (national system of health care) or can choose a private health care
§ Receive tax rebate if you choose private
o 2/3 of all hospitals are public, so know where the closest public hospital is
· Education
o 7 years of primary education, 5 years of secondary
o ¾ of all students complete education by 17
o ¼ attend private schools
o School of the Air: correspondence instruction supplemented by shortwave radio is an option
· Weather
o Since
o 2 climate zones: 40% in the tropical zone, the remainder in the temperate zone
o Considered one of the driest continents
o Dangers: cyclones along the coast, severe droughts inland, and bushfires
Driving:
Remember:
1. ALWAYS wear your seatbelt
2. Don’t drive with a BAC of over 0.05
3. You will be driving on the left side of the road which will take some practice and getting used to, so be cautious at first
4. You have 3 months with a valid
5. You will be using the metric system, although it will convert on a car dashboard, let practice
To convert miles per hour (mph) into kilometers per hour (km/hr), multiply by 1.61, like this:
Miles per hour (mph) × 1.61 = kilometers per hour (km/hr)
You try, 55 mph to km/h
Did you get 88.5 km/h? GOOD!
Laws and Safety:
· No foreign organisms when entering
· In the ocean be aware of what is around you (animals, currents, etc)
· There is only a 0.01% death rate of “tourists”, but be careful and cautious so it doesn’t become you
Austrian Language Tips to Remember:
*There are over 80 languages spoken, the predominant language spoken in
*It is helpful to understand all the variants, but it is not necessary to survive your stay here.
*Some people may even take delight in the discomfort of a foreign visitor struggling to make sense of a conversation, but as a whole, we are pretty friendly and most of the time we do go out of our way to steer tourists in the right direction.
*Unlike other countries where there are regional accents, the only accents you will find here are those of the upper, middle and working classes, sometimes exaggerated if you are at a social function, but even here you should not find a problem.
*Be warned, unless you are absolutely sure of a phrase, do not use it. Slang used in
Common Words Used In Australian Slang:
For my Communication Training class, I had to train the class with my group to be prepared to go to Australia. My group had to do some research and let the trainees know what to expect when working for their company over seas in another country. The following is a handout for all trainees, then my handout on what I trained the class over.
· aggro - aggressive
· amber fluid - beer
· ant's pants - height of fashion, or to think highly of yourself
· arvo - afternoon
· Aussie - Australian
· av-a-go-yer-mug - traditional rallying call, particularly at cricket matches
· ay - pardon me
· back o'Bourke - back of beyond, middle of nowhere
· barbie - barbecue
· barking up the wrong tree - labouring under a misapprehension
· barrack - cheer on a team at sporting event, support your team
· battler - trier, struggler
· beanie - ski hat
· beat around the bush - not getting to the point
· beaut, beauty, bewdie - great, fantastic
· belt up - stop talking!
· bench - table top
· better half - husband or wife
· bikey - motor cyclist
· billabong - water hole in dried-up river bed
· billy - tin container used to boil tea in the bush
· biscuit - cookie
· black stump - where the 'back o'Bourke' begins
· block - do your block: get angry
· bloke - man
· blower - telephone: on the blower
· blowies - blow flies
· bludge - do nothing
· bludger - lazy person, one who won't work
· blue - argument or fight: have a blue
· bluey - swag, nickname for a red-haired person
· bonzer - great, ripper
· boogie board - half sized surf board
· boomer - very big, large male kangaroo
· boomerang - curved flat wooden instrument used by Aborigines for hunting
· booze - alcohol
· booze bus - police van used for random breath-testing for alcohol
· bottle shop - liquor shop
· bottler - something that has gone the way you want: you little bottler
· brass - money
· brekkie - breakfast
· brown-eye - to show one's bottom, mooning
· Buckley's - no chance at all
· bundy - Bundaberg rum, also time-clock for employees
· bung on - put on
· bunyip - Australian yetti, or bigfoot
· burl - have a try: give it a burl
· bush - country, away from the city
· bushranger -
· bush tucker - native foods, usually in the outback
· BYO - bring your own (booze) to a restaurant
· cask - wine box (an Australian invention)
· cheerio - good bye
· chock-a-block - full
· chin wag - to have a good chat
· chips - french fries
· choof off - to go
· chook - chicken
· cobber -mate
· coldie - a cold beer
· come good - turn out all right
· corroboree - Aboriginal festival dance
· cozzie - swimming costume
· crook - ill, badly made, substandard
· cuppa - cup of tea
· cut lunch - sandwiches
· dag, daggy - mildly abusive term for socially inept person, nerd, nerdy
· damper - bush loaf made from flour and water, cooked in camp oven
· deli - delicatessen
· didgeridoo - cylindrical wooden Aboriginal musical instrument
· digger - Australian soldier
· dill - idiot
· dinkum, fair dinkum - honest, genuine
· dinky-di - the real thing
· dob in - to tell on someone
· docket - receipt, bill
· dole - unemployment payment
· don't come the raw prawn - don't try and fool me
· dunny - toilet
· earbash - talk nonstop
· esky - insulated box for keeping beer etc cool
· fair go! - give us a chance
· fairy floss - cotton candy
· fanny - crude term for female genitalia
· flat chat, flat out - going very fast
· footy - football
· full as a boot - drunk
· funny farm - mental institution
· galah - noisy parrot, hence 'noisy idiot'
· game - brave
· gander - look: have a gander
· garbo - person who collects your garbage
· gas bag - talk a lot
· give it away - give up
· g'day - good day, traditional Australian greeting
· good oh - OK
· good on ya - well done
· grazier - large-scale sheep or cattle farmer
· grog - alcohol
· grizzle - complain
· hang on a tick - wait a minute
· hoon - idiot, hooligan, loud show-off
· hoo-roo - good bye
· how are ya - standard greeting
· how ya going - how are you doing
· howzat - asking how something is
· idiot box - television
· iffy - risky or suspect: something a bit iffy
· irrits - irritating: you give me the irrits
· jack of it - fed up with it, had enough (of a situation)
· jiffy - short time: see you in a jiffy
· job you - hit you or punch you: I'll job you
· journo - journalist
· jumper - sweater
· keen - very interested
· Kiwi - person from
· knickers - underwear
· knock - criticise, deride
· knock off work - time to go home
· lamington - square of sponge cake covered in chocolate icing and coconut (an Aussie icon)
· lift - elevator
· lollies - sweets, candy
· lurk - a scheme
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· mate - friend, general term of familiarity, whether you know the person or not
· middy - 285 ml beer glass
· missus - your wife
· mobile phone - cellular phone
· mozzies - mosquitoes
· nappy - diaper
· Never-Never - mythical, remote, isolated place in the outback
· nick - steal
· nick off - go away! get lost!
· no hoper - hopeless case
· nose - on the nose: something stinks
· no worries - she'll be right, that's OK
· ocker - uncultivated, uncultured, boorish Australian
· off-sider - assistant or partner
· off the beaten track - on an unused road, in a remote area
· oldies - parents
· once over - looking something or someone over, checking it out
· outback - remote part of the bush, back o'Bourke
· Oz - Australia
· Ozzie - Australian
· paddock - field
· pavlova - meringue and cream dessert
· perve - to gaze with lust
· pinch - steal
· piss - beer
· pissed - drunk
· pissed off - annoyed
· piss in your pocket - brown-nose
· piss-weak - no good, gutless
· Pom, Pommie - English person
· pokies - poker machines
· postie - mail man
· prang - motor vehicle accident
· pub - hotel
· pull your head in - mind your own business!
· push bike - bicycle
· put up or shut up - prove you can do it or keep quiet!
· rack off - get lost!
· Rafferty's rules - no rules, a mess
· randy - sexually excited, horny
· ratbag - friendly term of abuse
· rapt - delighted, enraptured
· reckon! - you bet! Absolutely!
· rego - registration: car registration
· rip off, ripped off - you have been cheated
· ripper - good, also: little ripper
· rip snorter - something that is great
· root - have sexual intercourse
· rooted - tired
· ropable - very angry or bad-tempered
· rubber - eraser
· rubbish - deride, tease: to rubbish
· sacked - fired from work
· Salvo - member of the Salvation Army
· sandshoes - sneakers, joggers
· sanger - sandwich
· scallops - fried potato cake in
· schooner - large beer glass
· semi-trailer - articulated truck
· session - lengthy period of heavy drinking
· sheila - woman (can be somewhat derogatory)
· she'll be right - no worries, everything will be fine
· shonky - unreliable, suspect
· shoot through - leave in a hurry
· shout - buy round of drinks, or pay for someone
· shove off - go away!
· sickie - day off work ill (or malingering)
· sloppy joe - cotton fleecy-lined sweater
· smoko - tea break, go and have a cigarette
· snag - sausage
· Speedo's - male swimming costume
· spit the dummy - throw a tantrum
· stickybeak - nosey person
· stir - tease or joke with person
· strides - trousers
· Strine - conversation with a lot of Aussie slang
· stubby - small bottle of beer
· stuffed - very tired, had too much to eat
· sunbake - sunbathe (not recommended)
· surfies - surfing fanatics
· take-away food - fast food, to-go food
· tall poppies - achievers
· tea - evening meal, dinner
· tinny - can of beer
· too right! - absolutely!
· tracks - make tracks: leave to go home
· truckie - truck driver
· true blue - dinkum
· tucker - food
· two-pot screamer - person with low tolerance for alcohol
· two-up - traditional heads/tails gambling game
· uni - university
· up yourself - have a high opinion of yourself
· ute - utility, pick-up truck
· vegies - vegetables
· verbal diarrhoea - talking non-stop, usually nonsense
· wag - to skip school or work: to wag school
· walkabout - lengthy walk away from it all
· weatherboard - wooden house
· wharfie - dock worker
· whinge - complain, moan
· wobbly - disturbing, unpredictable behaviour, temper tantrum: throw a wobbly
· Wog - derogatory term for foreigner
· wowser - spoilsport, puritan, old-fashioned
· write-off - car involved in an crash that is not worth repairing
· yabbie - small freshwater crayfish
· yacking - talking non-stop
· yahoo - noisy and unruly person
· yakka - work
· yobbo - uncouth, aggressive person
· yonks - ages, a long time
· youse - the plural of you
· zonked - really tired
Name That Australian Word!
1. Amber Fluid _____________________________________
2. Ay ______________________________________________
3. Better Half ______________________________________
4. Booze __________________________________________
5. Brekkie _________________________________________
6. Dunny __________________________________________
7. Gas Bag _________________________________________
8. Idiot Box ________________________________________
9. Mate ____________________________________________
10. Nick Off! ________________________________________
11. Uni _____________________________________________
12. Yakka ___________________________________________
13. Ozzie ___________________________________________
14. Lollies __________________________________________
15. Hoo-roo ________________________________________
Australian Money Tips to Remember:
* 1 Australian dollar = 0.6696 U.S. dollars
* The word for dollar used in
* Notes are divided like American money into:
$5, $10, $20, $50, & $100
* Coins are divided and are similar but different from American money:
5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, & $2
*Shops round prices up or down to the nearest 5c on your total bill, not on individual items.
*CREDIT CARDSà The cards widely used for payment for most goods and services are:
American Express
Master Card
Visa
Diners Club
Credit cards can be used to get cash from any bank (take some form of photo ID).Credit cards and usual cash cards can be used in ATMs (cash dispensers).Traveler’s checks are accepted.
Australian Dress
The type of clothing that is worn in
There are no rules or laws on clothing, but in most occasions there will be “Dress Standards”.
1. Most Clubs, movie theatres, and social places require people to dress neat, and wear appropriate footwear.
2. In the same places one would not be allowed to enter wearing jeans, sneakers, or thongs (flip flops).
There are guidelines for “Business Dress” in the workplace:
Men:
· Black or Navy Suit
· White Shirt
· Tie
Women:
· Skirt or Trouser Suit
· White Blouse
* Jackets may be removed during the summer months
Women are best not to wear jewelry or lots of make-up as it is seen as extravagant and “showing off”.
Many organizations observe “Casual Fridays” which follow the “Business Casual” guidelines
· No Jeans
· No Singlets (Tank-tops)
· No Open Shoes
· No Thongs (Flip Flops)
(Australian Dress Cont.)
Outside of Work – is a personal choice, Australians usually dress for comfort, social situation, or weather/climate.
Formal Invitations – when sending invitations always mention dress code, if there is not a mention of dress code ALWAYS ask what is the dress code before attending event.
The last form of dress is “Smart Casual” which is quite common meaning tailored pants and top with a collar for men and dress or tailored pants and top for women.
There is not national dress for
Other forms of dress:
Aussie Food!!!
Activity
Famous Foods:
Dining Etiquette:
Food Slang:
bangers - sausages
biscuits - cookies
bundy - Bundaberg rum
lollies - candy
pavlova - traditional meringue dessert
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6. Many Beaches
SPLURGE IN
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3. Sydney Opera House: prices vary by show
4. Taronga Zoo: Adults $40, Children $20
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3. Buses
4. Ferries
Fun Facts about
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· The Tasmanian devil does exist and has the jaw strength of a crocodile.
· The Great Barrier Reef has a mailbox with its own
· The first European settlers in
· There are more than 150 million sheep in
Evaluation
1. Were the training objectives clear? YES NO
2. Was the information you heard today informative? YES NO
3. How could the trainers have made it more effective? __________________ _______________________________________________________________________
4. What was your favorite topic of discussion during the training session?
________________________________________________________________________
5. What would you like to have heard more about? ______________________
_______________________________________________________________________
6. Was the PowerPoint an effective visual aid? ___________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
7. Do you feel prepared for your trip to
8. Additional comments? ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for your time and participation!!!!
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MY Handout To what I trained and lead the Class on During the Session
Australians have three main meals which vary from area to area. They start their day early due to weather conditions and tradition. Much of the country has long hot days. The meal pattern is with traditional Australian morning and afternoon tea (the beverage, not the meal) or smoko in some work settings. Fresh fruit is usually available for breakfast. (mangoes, pineapples, and paw paws; Tropical Fruits.)
Famous Foods:
Apple and Passionfruit Shortcake
Vegemite
Whisky Bread and Butter Pudding
Witjuti Grub and Bunya Nut Soup
Vegemite: “And he just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.” That line from Men at Work's smash hit “I Come from the Land Down Under” reflects the total identification of Australians with Vegemite and Vegemite with Australians. A yeast extract which is very high in vitamin B and requires no refrigeration, this spread is what Australians grow up on. From a little smear on the babies dummie (pacifier), to the samich (sandwich) of bread, butter and vegemite in the school lunch, to a lifetime of vegemite and toast at breakfast or as a snack,
Anzac Biscuits: made with rolled oats, coconut, flour, sugar, and golden syrup
Fish: Australia coastline is a breeding ground for a large variety of fish: Snapper, garfish, leatherjacket, jewfish, and flathead and gemfish. They are very popular and highly regarded.
Lamingtons are small squares of sponge cake that is carefully covered with chocolate icing and sprinkled with desiccated coconut. Originally the slang for the homburg hat, which was worn by Baron Lamington, Governor of Queensland in the late 1800s to early 1900s, these cakes were named for him.In the early days, lamingtons were made with a white sponge cake with a center of strawberry or raspberry jam. However, Lamingtons are mostly made without jam or with just fresh whipped cream instead.
Pavlova: Basically a large meringue served with fruit and cream. Controversy still surrounds the country of origin. Australians claim it is their very own and believe it was invented by a chef in Western Australia when the great Russian dancer Pavlova was touring early this century. New Zealanders claim it had already been written into their cookery books ten years earlier.
Dining Etiquette:
. Table manners
are Continental -- hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right while eating.
. Indicate you have finished eating by laying your knife and fork parallel on your plate with the handles facing to the right.
. Keep your elbows off the table and your hands above the table when eating.
Tipping:
The act of tipping is also something that is done in the United States regardless of the quality of service. In Australia, this is not the case. The only time that a tip is given is when you receive service above and beyond the norm.
Hosting….. BYO
First of all, the host is the one who generally pays for the bill, however, it is not considered uncommon for everyone to split the bill, even in a business setting. One must also keep in mind that rushing to pay a bill, is a sign of flaunting your wealth, which is looked down upon in Australian culture. If you are the one hosting a meal, then you should expect to bring along a bottle of wine. A lot of restaurants do not serve their own alcohol, but most advertise that you can "bring your own alcohol to the restaurant".
BBQ
An invitation to a Barbie' or BBQ is not uncommon in Australia. The BBQ is an extremely important part of Australian socialization
When attending a BBQ one should always bring a bottle of moderate to expensive wine or beer to a BBQ, and in many instances, it will be requested that "you bring your own meat"
The BBQ is an extremely informal gathering of people, generally friends, family, and colleagues. While you may not know any of the individuals at the BBQ, it is highly advised that you attend these events as a means of fostering a personal relationship with your counterpart.
The food at your barbie can be cooked over an open fire or a gas burner or any other flame source you can find, but it will be cooked on a flat metal grill or plate. Solid piece, no grating. The metal plate, like a skillet, will cook the food. Favorites on the barbie would be steak, chops, sausages, eggs, real bacon, onions, tomatoes, and bananas. And if you're really lucky, maybe some fresh oysters. When you're finished just scrape the residue off and you're ready for the next feed. Pop it in the boot (trunk) of your car and your ready to go.
Drinking Rounds
If you are invited out for a drink, which is quite common practice after a business meeting, keep in mind that you should refrain from discussing business, unless the host does so first
Going out for drinks is a means of connecting with the person(s) they are about to do business with on a personal level, which is again, very important in their culture.
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Ensure that you have the financial capacity to participate prior to accepting an invitation, otherwise it could damage your integrity.
Food Slang:
bangers - sausages
biscuits - cookies
champers- champagne
lollies – candy
fairy floss – cotton candy
billy tea- bush tea boiled in a tin container
Chewie- chewing gum
Lollywater- soda pop