Heaps of Reckoning!

So the Australian Vocabulary lessons continue...

Quantities in Australia are often measured in 'heaps' - if you have a significant quantity of anything, you have 'heaps'

To my amusement and surprise, Australians also 'reckon' about everything...I can't tell you how many times a day I hear someone say "well, I reckon..." Feels like I'm sitting in an old west Texas western movie when I hear it.

Torch = Flashlight
Petrol = Gas
Dot Point = Bullet Points (i.e. for list making)
Heath'ah' = Heather - it's actually really cute the way they all say my name

Some new foods...
Sushi with a new twist - they sell sushi in this handy to-go format. It's like a roll that was never sliced, so you get this delicious cylinder of fresh salmon rice and avocado all rolled in seaweed paper. It's a great healthy fast food to grab once I get off the train, and can't make the tram ride home without a snack. They average about $2.50 AUD, which isn't bad at all!

TimTams - These little thigh fattening jewels are just too good to resist. It's two bisquit (aka cookies) with a chocolate moose in the middle, covered in a milky chocolate outside. I've heard tales of biting off each end and sucking coffee or hot chocolate through it like a straw, melting the chocolate inside, supposedly great in these 'cold' winter months.

Chocolate here seems to be more milky (or maybe just less waxy) than in the US.