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<blockquote data-quote="Ponyroper" data-source="post: 316288" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>When I was in Australia in 2005 my niece was working as a waitress in a restaurant.&nbsp; She told us not to leave tips because the waiters and waitresses were paid $27 an hour and people were not expected to leave tips.&nbsp; Stuff like food and gas were higher priced than in the U.S. but when you converted the Aussie prices to U.S. equivalent it wasn't that much higher for most things.&nbsp; Gas was the one thing much higher than over here but nearly everyone drove much smaller vehicles that got better mileage than our vehicles.&nbsp; There were NO big SUV's anywhere and I don't think I saw more than half a dozen full sized pickups in the 3 weeks I was down there all over the east coast where 75% of the people live and out in the outback that I drove around in.&nbsp; Almost all the semi's on the outback roads were triple van train rigs and all of them were decked out with heavy &quot;Roo&quot; bars on front because there were so many kangaroos crossing the highways you literally couldn't help but hit one eventually.&nbsp; It was an amazing place to visit and I'd go back in a minute if I could.&nbsp; Here's one that lost the fight with a semi.[ATTACH]47456[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Ponyroper, post: 316288, member: 423"] When I was in Australia in 2005 my niece was working as a waitress in a restaurant. She told us not to leave tips because the waiters and waitresses were paid $27 an hour and people were not expected to leave tips. Stuff like food and gas were higher priced than in the U.S. but when you converted the Aussie prices to U.S. equivalent it wasn't that much higher for most things. Gas was the one thing much higher than over here but nearly everyone drove much smaller vehicles that got better mileage than our vehicles. There were NO big SUV's anywhere and I don't think I saw more than half a dozen full sized pickups in the 3 weeks I was down there all over the east coast where 75% of the people live and out in the outback that I drove around in. Almost all the semi's on the outback roads were triple van train rigs and all of them were decked out with heavy "Roo" bars on front because there were so many kangaroos crossing the highways you literally couldn't help but hit one eventually. It was an amazing place to visit and I'd go back in a minute if I could. Here's one that lost the fight with a semi.[ATTACH=CONFIG]47456._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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