Aussies - Who Are We Really, I Mean Really, Who Are We? The Australian stereotype is displayed as the same throughout the world, but is this an actual representation of who we are as individuals, James Bilbrough investigates. Whether you're reading this magazine in a silent doctor's waiting room, off the top of a pile of aged books you found under a strange desk in your living room or quite possibly procrastinating from re-entering your busy world of work, you probably think you're living a normal life, right? However, at this very point in time, people from all over the world see us very differently. While you gaze at this article, a warm cup of tea on your lap, under the cool flow of the rooms' air-conditioning, the vast majority of people spread over the globe picture you as vulgar, uncivilised and …show more content…
The story tells of a widely loved dog, Red, losing his one true master, John, and following his incredible (but true) journey, travelling from Dampier, on the North-West coast of Australia, to the furthest parts of Western Australia; determined to find his lost friend and master. The highs and lows of the film show this larrikinism mentioned earlier by defining events and characters which illustrate the 'true blue' Aussie. The larrikin has become a foreign synonym of Australian culture, and while there are many ideas and opinions of what makes a larrikin, these can be categorised into three groups. The first foreign held idea is that Australians take certain situations too far for fun. This in some ways is not completely incorrect in fact, Australians often fail to resist the urge to say something inappropriate in the most serious events. We have a tendency to try to make people laugh, whether it's making an inappropriate sound in an office meeting or telling an explicit, morally embarrassing story about your best friend at their