Australians' worldview about their own community

When it comes to their own country, Australians have a very positive view. They think their country is just “on the right track”. They have not been beaten by any crisis, they seem to be happy about their education and health system.

When it comes to politics, Australians seem to be quite satisfied as well. Most people in Australia think that their representative democracy has taken the best from both American and British governments and combined them into a very successful system. They also seem to be alright with having a Constitutional Monarchy, that is to say, a Queen who resides in The United Kingdom is represented in Australia by a Governor-General.

Australians’ behaviour in their day-to-day life is quite difficult to describe since people from all over the world share the streets every day. However, Australian society is best described as a very tolerant society with people from many cultures where each person is encouraged to maintain and share their cultural beliefs and practices. At the same time, they respect the right of others to do the same.

'Please' and 'thank you' are words that Australian considered to be very important and helpful when dealing with other people, and buying goods or services.

When meeting someone for the first time, Australians usually shake the other person's right hand with your right hand. People who are meeting for the first time do not kiss or hug. When you first meet someone, it is considered to be better not to talk about personal matters.

When talking to a person Australians generally look at the eyes of the other person. They consider this a sign of respect, and an indication that they are listening. But try not to stare at the person for a long time. That would make them feel uncomfortable.

For all those social norms they have, Australian considered their society as a very organised and very polite one.

Australians daily activities

This varies enormously as Australians have many different roles in Australian life. Australia is a western nation in terms of culture, so if you are familiar with life in Britain or America, it is basically like that. Children go to school from the age of about 5, and their school day starts at around 8:30 am and ends at around 3-3:30 Monday to Friday. Many people also start work around this time, or 9 am until 5 pm... again there is wide variation.

There are three main meals in the day, called breakfast, the midday meal is called lunch, and the evening meal - usually at 6pm or so - is called tea. Either of the last two meals can be called 'dinner' as well.

Saturday for many people is a day of sport, and Sunday is increasingly becoming so as well. Cricket is popular in the summer, and football in the winter - Rugby in the Eastern states, and Aussie Rules in the other states and Victoria. Garage sales, markets and gardening are also popular weekend activities.

Most Australians are urban dwellers, and despite the stereotypes, do not live a rural lifestyle. For those that do, daily life is like most farmers, dependent on the season. For Australian farmers, keeping up to date with rainfall predictions and forecasts is often a daily activity, and at the present time is not a very encouraging one. Much time is taken, especially in drought conditions, to feeding the stock, and ensuring a water supply. With crops, many simply have to watch them die....and in extreme cases, this applies to animals as well.

In the following video you will find an Australian young girl talking about her country and education.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2J1a512cX0

In the following video you will find images beautiful of Australia made by the  the same girl in the above video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYE4gvI_nFI&feature=relmfu&noredirect=1