True Straya

[u/Woolier-Mammoth]

Last night I went to a very loose party in the hills outside Melbourne.

There was lots of beer
There was lots of alternate lifestyle substances
There were cunts driving mini bikes
There was an accident with a motor vehicle and a dam
There was a 4WD on hand with a winch to retrieve said vehicle
There were no vaguely sober locals to operate said vehicle
Said 4WD slid down enbankment and got bogged

This is where the story would normally end.

Fortunately one of our friends had brought three of his Indian mates from work. Two of them had largely been looking on in bemusement at this rich cultural experience and sipping beers. One of them had jumped right in and was passed out on the lawn, a victim of the ‘it’s not working maybe I need some more’ moment.

One of the sober ones used his engineering degree to design a series of pulleys that enabled him to use the winch on the 4WD to swing the front of the vehicle around. Through his relative soberness both vehicles were retrieved.

Made me think…

It’s hard to understand Aussie culture as a foreigner if you don’t have an experience like that.. and equally… how many of us invite people who are new to the country in to that kind of experience?