3 weeks ago
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Being an Australian living overseas can come with a certain level of cultural cringe after facing yet another question of how it is possible to survive in a country where ‘everything can kill you’.
Over the years, I’ve admittedly begun to roll my eyes each time an American talk show host welcomes an Aussie guest and the first question they always seem to ask is inevitably linked to our dangerous wildlife.
So, while in Vienna last night, watching the Australian-themed interval act during the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final, my first concern was that we might become the butt of another string of bad jokes.
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