Aussie Humour Quotes

“The very essence of Australia is our lack of sophistication–our refusal to conform to pretension and superficiality. We ought to be upholding our ‘fair-dinkumness’ and all the qualities so well documented in our folklore, the non-conformity of the swagman in Waltzing Matilda whose down to earth motto would I’m sure, have been ‘I’d rather be ignorant and fair dinkum than sophisticated and false’. Of course life has been a fight against ignorance, but the danger has always been that gaining knowledge rarely occurs without an increase in sophistication or falseness.”
― Tim Macartney-Snape

“You look great, he said. Oh, get fucked, she said, grinning.”
― Tim Winton, Eyrie

“And Wheelbarrow tried to—”
“Wheelbarrow?” Duplantier asks.
“Just a nickname, mate; his real name was Jake, I think.”
“Why do you call him Wheelbarrow?”
“He needed to be pushed to work.”

“Brake Pad was so called because he wore out easily and then started to squeal, and London Fog— he wasn’t really English, just never lifted.”

“And what did they call you?” Abigay inquires archly. Joe laughs. “Blister.”
“Why?”
“Because I’d appear when the hard work was done.”
― Sulari Gentill, Five Found Dead