Reaction To 21 Uniquely Aussie Quirks

Reaction To 21 Uniquely Aussie Quirks
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In this video I react to interesting and unique parts of life in Australia
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[@archie1299]

Every Aussie knows the Nutbush. It should be a part of the citizenship test tbh. When that song comes on, everyone just involuntarily lines up, it's an endurance test because you keep going until the song ends.. I work for an American company, in Australia. At our big fancy 10 year cocktail party all these people flew in from overseas. This song came on, the Australians ran to the dance floor, lined up and did their thing, and the foreign staff cowered back in confusion and boggled their eyes 😂 A quick way to divide the room and spot the Aussie!

[@AndrewFishman]

Not every Aussie. Sorry. I fail that Citizenship test. Despite being about 10th generation lol. But don't worry, I'd rather pack my bags and leave than learn a dance from Tina Turner, who is simply not the best. Amazing that something introduced to schools as a PE exercise has become "citizen" test material. Especially when said artist is American...

[@archie1299]

@@AndrewFishman in the words of Sam Kekovich "un-Australian" 😂

[@AndrewFishman]

Mate, if you can find a more Aussie person, good luck. :D I do know The Man From Snowy River, Clancy of the Overflow and Johnson's Antidote by heart though. @@archie1299

[@katbar6066]

@@archie1299 🎯🎯👏👏

[@katbar6066]

YES Nutbush is "A think" in Australia......Even my English Nanna would get up & get into Nutbush!!!!

[@mikeyhau]

Yes, Nutbush was a song by Tina Turner. Tina was a very popular performer in Australia, and many of her songs sold better per capita here than in the US. Nutbush (real place!) was where she was born and grew up. The song is an accurate description of what the town is like. Footnote: the main road through Nutbush has been renamed Tina Turner Highway .

[@shannonmenendez3327]

I saw the Tina Turner musical last month…..literally so hard not to do the Nutbush both times the actor sang it

[@aghh2003]

I love the nutbush anytime I hear that song I just wanna get up and do the dance

[@lordchickenhawk]

I'm into my 60's now. I learned the Nutbush at school (along with The Mexican Hat dance). I'm kinda surprised to hear that its STILL a thing

[@rachaelh9193]

There’s an awesome song from Aussie band The Whitlams called ‘Blow up the pokies’, have a listen - the band’s original bass player had a poker machine addiction and ended up taking his own life while this song was awaiting release as a single 😢 On a lighter note, we were doing the nutbush at my sister’s 21st, and our dog waited until we turned our backs as a group and took a huge bite out of the birthday cake 😂 hilarious

[@antheabrouwer3258]

YES!! WE learned the Nutbush dance in the seventies. It is still done at pubs and nightclubs today and everyone gets up and does this. So cool that the young kids know it too!!

[@Cyannah117]

Still a big fave in nightclubs, weddings etc. 😂

[@obnoxiousbluebird6634]

OMG every home video from my family, in the 80s that was a wedding, or any other big get together with music, has video of a heap of people jumping up when that song started playing lol

[@Lena-vl4iv]

I got married a year ago and some of the catering staff came running out to do the Nut Bush. It was brilliant.

[@lynne831]

In 2023 5,838 people at the Big Red Bash, Birdsville, QLD broke the world record for dancing The Nutbush. A month later at Mundi Mundi Bash in NSW 6,594 people claimed a new record.

[@aghh2003]

I'd love to join it

[@n3vulaa]

@@aghh2003yeah, same. where do they organise it?

[@Percadu]

We can't have QLD have all the glory. We have to take something back.

[@lynne831]

@@Percadu My thoughts exactly. Was going to write go the Blues.

[@StormMackenzie]

I feel like this record has surely been broken before but unofficially.

[@michaelfink64]

The pen licence wasn't some official government thing. It was just your teacher's assessment of your handwriting (in pencil) to decide if you could go on to start writing with a pen. In my day (1970s), it was more relevant since the pens we initially used in primary school were fountain pens and there was the potential for disaster if these were not used/filled properly. I remember in grade 4, our classroom was the only one in the school that had carpet (the rest were all just floorboards - chic now, but a sign of poverty in those days). The carpet was new and revered. We had to change into slippers when we went into that classroom (seriously). I remember one time when our teacher was out of the room, my best friend decided he needed to refill his fountain pen. There were a few ink jars on a tray on a shelf in the classroom. Needless to say, my mate botched it up and spilled ink all over the precious carpet. One of the girls had heard that milk was good to soak up the ink so she poured her tepid playtime milk over the stain. It did not end well. I think the no shoes thing is quite regional and commoner in the north of Australia. I live in Melbourne and I would only see bare feet at the beach or the pool. I don't remember seeing anyone in a shop with bare feet. "You punch someone on the arm when you see a yellow car" - Sounds very Scottish. Speaking of standard responses to songs being played, another one is the audience's response to the Angels' "I am Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?" After this refrain, the audience will always shout back "No way, get f*cked, F*ck off!" A frugal Scotsman? Who'd a thunk it? 80% of Australians do some sort of gambling. Yes, and the stats are crazy. Australians (every man, woman and child) lose an average of AUD1,277 annually on gambling. A lot of the 80% would be doing minimal gambling. I chip in $20 to a kitty for a footy tipping competition each year and maybe spend $5 on a Melbourne Cup sweep (where you are randomly allocated on of the horses). My wife might occasionally buy a Tattslotto ticket if there is a big jackpot. Our adult kids are too tight to gamble on anything. I think a lot of households would be like us. So there must be some people out there gambling way more than he average. I suspect a lot of pokie addicts are the part of society that can least afford it. Sad, really. Yes, the Nutbush dance is well known in Australia. I hadn't realised it was uniquely Australian until recently. It often pops up at weddings etc. This year, the world record was set when 6,594 people at an outback festival danced the Nutbush. It's un-Australian to refer to the stuff on fairy bread as sprinkles. They are hundreds and thousands. Sticky carpet was so iconic at the Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda, Melbourne (naturally known by everyone as the "Espy") that when they had a recent multimillion dollar renovation, they names one of the rooms the Sticky Carpet Room. Four Pillars (which recently won the award as the best gin producer in the world) make a gin for the Espy called Sticky Carpet. The post bout goon wine said that cask wine isn't Aussie but it absolutely is. It was invented in South Australia in the 1960s. Another quirk you could add to the list is that on fire rating signs, there are four ratings above high.

[@AndrewFishman]

Flipping the Pen lol. Spraying ink over the room. Oh. sorry....

[@lisaflower5994]

You punch someone when you see a ‘punch buggy’ a voltzwagon!

[@Cyannah117]

Not just the pen licence….we had the sewing machine licence, the Bunsen burner licence etc. 😂

[@becsterbrisbane6275]

.....and don't forget 'Living Next Door to Alice' ("Who the f**k is Alice?" lol)

[@AndrewFishman]

Can't remember Alice without remembering "Living next door to Alan." by Kev.@@becsterbrisbane6275

[@michellepound848]

I thought Nut Bush dance was a world wide thing. Every party, wedding, school dance etc, this song is played and even the sober non dancers get up and know the moves.😊

[@cherylemaybury9967]

Don’t knock the musks sticks until you have tasted them. They have been around forever. I’m 67 years old and used to buy these as a child. They must be good to still be sold. I have done most things on this list because I am true blue Aussie.😊

[@vhwft]

It’s a special type of carpet. The carpet helps prevent slips from spilt drinks. Also the Capet develops its own smell over time that is specific to each pub and it helps mask the smell of the patrons.

[@AndrewFishman]

Helps prevent slips because it sticks to the soles of your feet like velcro.

[@lordchickenhawk]

Bite yer bum vhwft...we are not smelly and spilling the amber is a sin. Even while doing the nutbush.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

I learned this dance as a high school student in the early 70's. It was called the "Madison"! It morphed into the "Nutbush" because the timing of the song fitted the dance so well🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Donna_C503]

You’re not actually legally married if ‘Nutbush’ isn’t played at your wedding reception.

[@Amyduckie]

I better tell my husband… 😂

[@Donna_C503]

@@Amyduckie 😄

[@judithwilliams86]

I work in a primary school in Australia and yes we have pen licences, which kids can earn when they have mastered joined writing, typically in grade three. Yes we teach the Nutbush dance to our prep students so they can dance it with their parents at the end of year Prep Presentation before they graduate to grade one. Fun times😁

[@divinemadness7119]

51 years old and finding out that The Nutbush is purely an Aussie thing 😳😳 I thought this was a worldwide phenomenon! Surely everybody knows The Nutbush! 🤔🤔 It’s played at every party & wedding 😂😂

[@jamessmithsaltyarmy5210]

Me too, I had no idea it was just an Aussie thing..

[@emilyprice178]

I was astonished when I learned that the Nutbush dance is an Aussie thing. The Nutbush dance is like the Macarena, everyone knows it!

[@lordchickenhawk]

I didn't think about that until you mentioned it. I just took it as ubiquitous by assumption I think...

[@divinemadness7119]

@@jamessmithsaltyarmy5210 I still don’t believe it 😂

[@divinemadness7119]

@@emilyprice178 right!! I’m still shocked

[@divid3d]

musk sticks and fairy bread are both great 👍🏻 the pen licence wasn't as official as they make it sound. basically you'd learn to join your handwriting (cursive?) and once you showed you could do it properly and neatly enough, you could move from using pencil to pen. i got my pen license immediately and my brother never got his 😂 of course, eventually they let you use pen either way but it was a good way of motivating kids to write tidily.

[@RodneyMcMinge]

Who invented this ? It's aboslutely ridiculous. Inprimary school we all started on pens together. Someone probably got paid heaps of money for screwing up the situation.

[@divid3d]

@@RodneyMcMinge what is screwed up about a teacher acknowledging that a student's writing level is sufficient and rewarding them with use of a pen? it encourages those using pencils to practice their writing skills so they can join the others in pen use. i don't see how any money is involved 😂

[@RodneyMcMinge]

@@divid3d If a teacher has to do that, one might think they aren't doing there jobs properly. I was in a class of 34. Everyone learned running writing at the same time. You never heard of a kid not being able to do it. So either the system has been changed for the worse , or the teachers are a bit iffy. This whole thing sounds like a big backward step. Among many. Oh the money bit. Someone had to put that idea to a board or committe and then through the education board , which then has to be decided upon. Which all adds ups to time and money.

[@blakekismet]

@@RodneyMcMinge noting here that writing cursive was a lot more than just "running writing" and was more akin to light calligraphy when I got my pen license. however they started phasing this out in the 00s and from what I understand younger gens than mine no longer learn it at all! computers have replaced the art, and i don't know any kids who do more than block letters now.

[@theresebell1198]

@@RodneyMcMingeFFS. Your ridiculous mate. It’s just a way to get kids to put more effort into writing neatly.

[@Smokey_McHerbal]

Whoever invented fairy bread had a great idea while they were probably stoned. But the first written mention of fairy bread was in a newspaper in Tasmania called the mercury in 1929. The dish was being served to children at a kids party at a hospital in Hobart.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

My Daughter and Friend were doing a Gig at the Life saving Club . As soon as they started " Horses" by Daryl Braithwaite the whole restaurant also started singing. Its a tradition . It was like 2pm on a Sunday.

[@lozinozz7567]

Had to learn the nutbush because it comes up at nearly every wedding. Gets most people up to dance too. Even me….

[@shelbykennedy2815]

A damp smell is Musty not Musky.

[@leglessinoz]

"Musk" is a group of aromatics used in things like perfumes. Often it originates from glandular secretions of certain animals.

[@donellefeltham]

Still to this day, The Nutbush is a staple at most parties and then even people who avoid dancing get up and have a go. 🎼❤️🇦🇺❤️🇬🇧🕺🏻💃🎸☘️

[@SiilanPies]

Never heard of the spotto thing, but when on roadtrips as a kid we'd shout, "punch buggy" and bunch our sibling on the arm when spotting a VW Beetle. Pretty sure other places do this, too. We had a rule, that I'm not certain is normal or not, that if the parents, or whoever is driving, can't verify that a beetle did pass by, then the punched person gets a free punch back.

[@gacattack1234]

Shoey is one thing that embarrasses me as an Australian. I can understand some drunk nong doing it but why did it get so much recognition? Absolutely fowl.

[@Exalted_in_Venus]

I'll never forget being at Qudos seeing Bring Me The Horizon and the crowd shouting shoey! Shoey! Oli replied (in his northern glory accent) chewy? What u on about? Then a shoey was explained to him and he called us dirty bastards 😳😅 he did the shoey from an everlast sneaker! That was 2019? I think. Ugh so gross!! He said - you get the shoey! Or the medley. *sigh*

[@personofearth5076]

It's rare and most Aussies have never done it.

[@Vicky_C87]

Yes, I learned the Nutbush at school. It's always played at weddings, parties etc. Musk sticks are amazing! Yeah they taste like soap, but delicious soap.

[@AndrewFishman]

Musk sticks need to be left in the open air for a few weeks to develop the crunchy outside as they had when purchased from the Tuckshop though. Or they just do not taste right.

[@annecarland2083]

BP servos had a game sheet for long journeys called Spotto. There was about 15 items to collect. I was always happy to find a number plate ending in 7

[@lynne831]

‘Spotto’ was a game we played when travelling by car (in the 60’s). Cards that had a heap of different pictures on them. When you saw something on the card you would yell ‘spotto ???’ First one to call it crossed it off their card, first one to fill their card won. Kept us entertained for hours on the very long slow car trips to get to our holiday destination. I think they were put out by BP. We also had the punching one too but that was in the 90’s and early 2000’s when my girls were little. Punch your neighbour when you see a VW beetle, punch buggy or a Kombi, punch buggies cousin.

[@lozinozz7567]

My mum took this 1 step further and got us to count cars. We all had our own colour. Me being the only girl had to have pink but who had a pink car…..worked out well tho she let me count the white ones. I usually won 😊

[@Rivighi]

Spoto is yellow cars, snoto is green cars and bubble gum pink is well pink cars these day

[@Artyshell53]

LOL. my kids are 34, 22 and 17.. I'm still punched for every yellow car (17 and 22 yr old still @home)..they stopped yelling "spotto" yrs ago but the punch continues... as does the request for fairy bread on birthdays. 😂

[@katymcdonald5481]

Everybody knows the Nutbush, I only recently found out the dance was just an Aussie thing. Every disco, school dance and wedding will play The Nutbush and everyone will get up and dance.

[@authornmalone]

We learnt the Nutbush in rural schools but it wasn't taught in suburban schools. Great song and even that little bit you played had a weird muscle memory going on in my legs.

[@Exalted_in_Venus]

I'm in western Sydney (the suburbs, not the far west) and we had the nutbush taught to us in primary school. Maybe it's a generational thing? I'm nearly 30.

[@micky482]

It was taught in most suburban schools also. I don’t know any kid who doesn’t know how to do it. End of year concerts love to include it.

[@authornmalone]

@@Exalted_in_Venus Maybe it is generational, I'm 34. But my nephews who are 10 and 12 don't know it

[@bat6225]

Many years ago I was living in Perth. Pubs were only allowed to open for 3 hours on a Sunday. (Usually 12 - 3 pm ) Hense a "Sunday session" Pubs would usually have live bands and the idea was to get plenty of drinks in, in the 3 hours, plenty of time to sober up for work on monday morning.

[@trig1900]

Going barefoot in summer in Western Australia is a good way to end up in hospital with burns and a string of podiatrist appointments. I learned that lesson very early on when i was a kid.

[@miniveedub]

Spotto was a game handed out at service stations in the fifties for children to play when travelling in the car. It was a card with pictures of objects you were likely to see, including yellow cars, you yelled Spotto when you saw one and crossed it off your car and whoever crossed them all off first won. As time went on the cards were no longer handed out but for some reason spotting yellow cars lingered. The nut bush dance has been around for a long time, I can remember a whole room full of people dancing it at South Sydney Juniors club back in the early seventies and I swear the whole building was shaking with that many people all jumping at the same time. No. 17 says cask wine isn’t Aussie. Wrong! Cask wine was invented by a South Australian. Poor journalism by Buzzfeed’s reporter.

[@lordchickenhawk]

Souf Ozzie approved message. And another research fail... "goon of fortune" tradition not even mentioned.

[@Reneesillycar74]

We have a live Christmas tree on the back verandah every year. It’s a great tradition & the smell of the fresh pine needles 🌲 that comes inside on the breeze is beautiful. We have a fake tree in the house as well, hedging our bet each way in case of rain 😂

[@martinschalken7583]

In grade 4 we had to earn a particular number of stickers in our handwriting book to earn a pen license. I had thought I had enough but the teacher told me I was one short. I got super upset and I was convinced one had fallen out. A week later I got another sticker and could start using pen in regular work!

[@Kammitoes]

The 'bush' is the area between our cities and the Outback. The Outback is 'way out bush' or past the townships, where you can go for hours and see nothing but spinafex grass, bull dust (fine red dust in the 'centre') and 'roos.

[@heatherfruin5050]

Not sure why you saying this. Nutbush is a town in the US.

[@utha2665]

I had to LOL when you mentioned the punching on the arm when you saw a yellow car. This is the game I remember as a kid growing up in WA in the 70s. Maybe spotto is the PC version? The damp smell you're thinking of is musty not musky. Well it is here at any rate. Musk flavour is pretty unique and it's not too bad but not the first thing I'd choose.

[@elly-mayhamilton4935]

Cask wine is absolutely Australian, it was invented in Renmark, South Australia in 1964 by a winemaker named Tom Angrove.

[@travisgotch161]

We started this when I was a teenager and continued the tradition with the kids. We would go out to the bush near a pine plantation and find a naturally germinated pine tree in the surrounding native vegetation to cut down for a Christmas tree. This way we were removing weeds from the bush while making getting a Christmas tree fun and meaningful. My kids are in their 20’s now and do this with their partners. Many times we met a forestry worker or park ranger and once we explained what we were doing always were left to go on our way with a cool idea and a merry christmas As for the rest of the things mention3d in the video, all of them resonate. I play in bands and it’s pretty common for everyone to drop them pants if we start playing eagle rock😂

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

It’s quite overwhelming to have a mouth full of perfume. But I can’t deny I loooooove a Musk stick once a decade or so. Just remembering my last Musk stick is enough of a sensory experience to keep me going for another few years before I need another one.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

The Nutbush dance was created in Australia in the '70's for Ike and Tina Turner's song Nutbush, our version of line dancing before we knew what line dancing was but to a rock song. We also created a dance called the Madison for a song called the Madison, can be seen at 21sts, engagements and wedding receptions.

[@pippasmith4813]

Sorry but not quite correct. The dance was created as a physical exercise for school children. The dance was originally called the Madison and the song by the Mixtures "Pushbike Song" (1970). Later, Nutbush City Limits (1973) was released and the same steps work - can't image it appropriate for primary school students to dance to "church house, gin house, school house, outhouse . . .!" Test it out but the same steps work for "This is how a heart breaks", "Higher Ground", Spice Girls "Stop right now" . . .

[@louisemorris1581]

@@pippasmith4813 the difference being, when you do the Madison to the Pushbike Song it is a stiff, regimented exercise set to music mainly involving the legs. Do it to Nutbush and your who,e body starts to move, the hips, arms and shoulders all come into play. I came to Australia in Primary school 1973 and learned it then, 50 years later it still rocks.

[@pippasmith4813]

@@louisemorris1581 um, these guys forgot to move to the groove! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnvXk6Vmgsmmd7M

[@blacksorrento4719]

Just returned from a transpacific cruise from America to Australia. I am 70 and a dancer, I had to learn the electric slide which is kind of slow. Then we Aussies ratio of 1 to 10 Americans taught them the Nutbush onboard, let me tell you, the bar drinks went up after doing that number.

[@aussieragdoll4840]

Were you on the Wonder? Does that mean the rest of the season here, the Nutbush will be a ‘thing’ on board? 3:17

[@blacksorrento4719]

@@aussieragdoll4840 no it wasn’t the Wonder, we were on the Carnival Luminosa, the Americans thought it too energetic, so I don’t think it will take off on the American side of the Pacific. Now we Aussies know, it’s a given when played, to get everyone on the dance floor 😊

[@Aurochhunter]

A pen licence isn't an actual physical licence like a driver's licence, it's just the point when the teacher decides a student's handwriting is neat enough that they can use a pen instead of a pencil. At the school I went to you usually got your pen licence in the 4th grade.

[@aussieragdoll4840]

In my day… we graduated from pencil to actual nib pens & ink. Biro pens were too expensive for everyone to have.

[@adrienneeast1013]

1) yes, it's like a graduation from using a pencil to write with 3) Personally never heard of it 4) Yes, the restaurant gives the one bill, but you can go over it and just pay for what you had 6) A durry is a cigarette 7) I personally have never seen it done or known anyone who has done this 8) I have never seen it done and Eagle Rock by Daddy Cool is like a staple to play at a party 9) they never used to be but they have slowly worked their way into RSL's, Pub's, even opened venues (Pokies venue) specifically for people to play them 10) I'm 50 and learnt it in primary school 11) Sprinkles on bread "Fairy Bread" is a stapple at all kids party's 13) For parks etc because of Magpie's 14) The majority of us have artificial tree's 16) Really nice Lollie 17) Don't think it's done as much now but it wasn't odd to see the bladder of a cask being handed around 20) When someone does something unacceptable it's known as a dog's act 21) Don't know

[@shanegooding4839]

Tina Turner is an icon in Australia because she was in Mad Max and her song The Best was an iconic anthem for the Rugby League. Calling someone or something a dog in Australia is a major insult even though we love dogs (weird). Aussies got the Yellow Car game from the British and Irish but I don't know why we say Spotto instead of doing the punching thing. Maybe annoyed parents got tired of their kids making each other moan.😅

[@rubymoonfire]

I love musk sticks!!! I also make fairy bread, very popular with the kinder kids.

[@tameelah3839]

I was in primary school in the 80's we had to write with a pencil until our cursive writing was considered good enough. Once we were given our pen license it was considered a big thing. Never smoked but people I worked with always talked about Durries, usually slang for a smoke. Learned the Nutbush while at school as well, still know all the steps. Oh I still love Fairy bread. Yum. Musk sticks yep had those as well. Drinking goon, oh yeah I think most of us have done that. Went on a overnight Ferry and when we docked in the morning there was a bloke who was sleeping on some furniture with the blown up goon bag that was now empty as his pillow. Khe Sanh by Jimmy Barnes was the song of choice in pubs here to get people singing.

[@FionaEm]

I was at primary school in Qld in the 70s and don't remember anything about a pen licence. What a weird concept 😅 The barefoot thing is mainly in beachside areas, especially the Gold Coast, Noosa, north Queensland etc. You hardly aee anyone barefoot here in Melbourne. In fact, someone once rudely pointed out the fact that I was wearing thongs (flip flops) when I was throwing out the rubbish. Apparently, not covering my feet while doing something so banal is a capital offence 😂

[@oneotherandrew]

The dance to Nutbush is a variation of an old dance called The Madison, which was popular in the late 50s. Local modifications happened over the years, and then someone discovered it fit beautifully to Tina's song.

[@Dragon4Gaze]

Primary school for me in the 90s was Nutbush and 5, 6, 7, 8 by Steps. We played Punch Buggie (friendly punch the closest person yelling "punch buggie *colour of vehicle* when you saw a VW beetle) and Squish (car turns left, everyone leans to the right (and vice versa) and "squishes" the person next to them - being in the middle sucked). A pen license so I didn't have to use a pencil was the bane of my existence. Having to get one every year, with every teacher having different standards with a vague explanation of "when your writing is good enough... without explaining what "good enough" meant to them. Can guarantee handwriting was at it's peak when you were trying for your license, one to deteriorate once you had it because you no longer cared.

[@divid3d]

every year? crazy. we got ours in grade 4 typically, and only needed to get it once.

[@Dragon4Gaze]

For me it was 3-5, some yr 6 teachers would also give them. It was the later 90s - early early 2000s and computer access was increasing, so a lot of us were typing more. I guess the teachers saw this as an issue and were trying to help boost our handwriting skills.

[@jschap712]

I'm a Canadian ex-pat living in Australia. A couple months ago I heard about a pen license for the first time when my wife talked about it with my daughter, and I'm sitting there thinking "are they pulling some sort of prank on me?" Too true about the abbreviations. Some like "tradie" make sense, but many of them are just as long as the original word, no easier to say, and are merely an excuse to end the word with a vowel sound (a long a, e or o), and sometimes make the language sound a bit like baby talk. I first learned about the nutbush at a school fundraising trivia night. I'm usually good at trivia, but half the questions were about British and Aussie songs that were only popular in Australia, and maybe the UK, about 15 years before i moved here. One of the tasks teams had to do for points was to get up and do the nutbush, and I was like "huh?", and everyone was shocked I never head of it. Yes, it seems to be a dance invented only for Australians, and only used for the one Tina Turner song, no others. So that was news to me, but it looked like fun, and other people do weird crap like the Macarena. But I'll never get the popularity of fairy bread among people who can afford cake. It does, literally, taste like buttered bread with sprinkles on it. So the taste of unsweet bread and unsweet butter gets broken by the crunch of sprinkles. Totally unappealing. I could see it done as a substitute for cake in impoverished homes, but serving that next to real cake or cupcakes? A bit like serving spam next to steak. Very Twilight Zone.

[@user-kg5yq8ix2v]

There was an interesting case in Townsville when some of the Army guys had had chosed to follow the tradition of Eagle Rock by dropping their Duds - unfortunately they had been going comando & ended up before the judge. - So you can do it but you have to keep your undies on.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Taking off your dacks, not essential, but bending your knees and twisting is!

[@brontewcat]

Sad to say I never learnt the Nutbush dance. It wasn’t a thing when I was in primary school. The song was only released in my last year of primary school, and I don’t think the dance was invented for a few years. I usually muddle along by watching others😊

[@AndrewFishman]

I always thank the Lucky Stars that I missed the Nutbush! My kids both know it.

[@kisharadanndando9063]

Same, but I try to join in. I hate it when you end up at the front lol

[@tammymcleod4504]

I'm 60, and we were doing the Nutbush in PE at school when I was a kid lol! It's been around a looooong time!

[@Thromash]

There is a video out there, don't know what it's called. But in it is a young bloke who had just won a championship, think car. He completely forgot to do the Shoey. A reporter asked after during an interview why he decided not to do it. The look on his face when he realized he forgot. Was as if his soul had been shattered. 🤣 Also there is 100% logic in having carpet where spills happen. Note it is generally always dark carpet to help hide them, but if someone spills something on carpet compared to say wooden floors, which floor is more likely to cause someone to slip & fall? Especially if it's a busy night & packed before anyone can get to it to clean it up. Easier to just have carpet, not worry about it as much & get it professionally cleaned.

[@sarahanderson3897]

I learnt the Nutbush in the late 70's in Primary school! Had to wait until grade 6 before I finally gt my pen licence!

[@karenstrong8887]

Damp and smelly is musty, not musky. Musk is like a sweet perfume taste and musk sticks are so good. Most of us grew up eating them, we either got a musk sticks or a chocolate frog at the shop when we were small. Tina Turner took on the job of doing the Ads for Rugby League and she was fabulous and loved. We accepted her for the star she was where America did not. She moved to London and taught Mick Jagger how to dance. She was always amazed that we made a dance called The Nutbush for her and it is still done everywhere. You probably won’t find a wedding not doing it. Now I watch my adult daughters and their adult daughters do it. It just keeps getting bigger every year and that lady is worth remembering. America didn’t want a has been that was over 40, divorced and with kids. She hadn’t started to shine as bright yet. You will find her videos for the Ads on here. Just look for Simply The Best with Tina Turner in Australia. It was her job to involve more women in the game and she did.

[@janelletwiner4289]

The Nutbush is played and danced to at just about every wedding here in Aus. As well as the Chicken Dance. So much fun.

[@melissaellis8796]

I’m 60 and I learnt “The Nutbush “ in PE at high school in 1977! If you’re out anywhere and The Nutbush comes on, there’s a massive stampede of mostly women running to the dance floor 😆😆. Everyone knows it and loves it!! 😂😂

[@lynnetrathen4587]

Eagle rock is a fantastic song. I have lived in Australia all my life and have never heard of people taking their pants down 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[@terrywilsdon5463]

I am 64 years old and live in South Australia, I've never heard of a pen licence

[@leglessinoz]

The term "dog act" possibly originated from prison slang. A "dog" was a police informant. Betraying someone is seen as a very low act.

[@TrinaMadeIt]

musk sticks are AMAZING, I love them

[@ruthscrossstitchandquilts]

Learning the nutbush is the dance moves not the song. It was taught in PE (physical education) because it is like doing aerobic exercises. I am too old to have learned it in primary school, but I did learn it in my mid to late teens at the disco. Every Aussie that grew up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s in Australua knows how to do the nutbush.

[@michaelfreedman1006]

Spotto was a game you played on long car Tripps to keep the kids quiet. Look for a black dog, a yellow car or almost anything else. It was on a card with pictures to cross OS's, like bingo.

[@trig1900]

"Bumming a durry" is asking for a cigarette. The term seems to have largely fallen out of use post WW2, although I still occasionally hear it.

[@cheryljones1865]

I absolutely love musk sticks!! They are delicious 🤤

[@ryokeh102]

If you haven’t already tried it, I recommend trying “Billson’s Vodka” they have a Musk Flavour and it is so good! IMO atleast Haha

[@jonodeluca4149]

The article is actually wrong about cask wine. Actually is an Australian invention.

[@jayweb51]

I had be a cleaner at a bar, they had parquetry floors; after a Friday and Saturday night, the floors were covered in broken glass trodden into the wood. The regularly had to re-sand, seal and polish the floors. Found the occasional coins scattered on the floor; if got lucky, you might find the odd note as well.

[@icequeen9]

With regards to musky, that is a type of smell, but I think you're confusing it with 'musty' which is specifically that sort of dry after smell of anything that's been damp and started to develop mould. A still, stale room could have a musty smell. Meanwhile, musky is a scent you get from perfume, and from people naturally, and I think the actual scent 'musk' is from an animal gland of some sort. It can smell good in perfumes but I find older ladies usually have a gag-worthy cloud of musk when they apply a scent lol.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

"Durry' was used in the wars - WW1 and 2 for ciggrettes. I still use it.

[@heatherfruin5050]

It's not normal to go without shoes in Australia, only on the beach. We've been doing the Nutbush dance to Tina Turner since the 70's. No you didn't learn it at school but may have learnt it from us baby boomers. Never heard of pen licences. I loved musk sticks as a kid, they also came in other flavours. Doesn't taste like the expensive musk perfume. We don't have pokies in Western Australia because when Crowne Casino was started the owners did a deal with WA State Govt that if they built a casino here no other venues would have pokies. 😊

[@Dehvonne]

Hahahah the pen license 😂 That’s a drivers license 🤭

[@jemxs]

Musk stick and all the fruit sticks are fantastic. Oh btw musk is a fragrance, musty is a damp smell😂

[@traceyhendy6810]

Yes, we learnt the nutbush at primary school during school dance classes in the seventies. And yes in the eighties, the boys took their pants down during Eagle Rock at the UQ Rec Club.

[@MoistCrumpet]

In my old Aussie primary school we would have an assembly in the hall once a week. And during every assembly we would all have to do the nutbush dance for some reason. Maybe it was to encourage us to stay fit or something, but it was fun at least.

[@blackie75]

I don't know why I'm bothering to reply because I don't think he ever reads these comments, but the term "durry" for a cigarette apparently came from the ANZACS in the war. The word "dhurrie" was a Hindi term for some sort of a bed roll which was rolled up like a cigarette.

[@Artyshell53]

@blackie75 he might not but I did, and learned something new! Thankyou for your time n effort 😊 hugs from WA

[@blackie75]

@@Artyshell53 😘

[@CQuinnLady]

The game "spotto" was originally called "Punch Buggy" which is what i think ur referring to. We played punch buggy when driving as kids in the 70's. My kids now play Spotto but they love nothing more than to argue over the rules.

[@JayJayGamerOfficial]

The pen license is a primary school thing which mostly differed from school to school where you had to 'earn the right to use a pen' by writing neatly.

[@CrowR75]

You should do a search for the Australian Nutbush tributes when Tina Turner passed away. Police, schools, embassies and an eventual world record win. It's definitely an Aussie tradition at this point. Yes, learned it in school. Oh, and Billy Connolly did a great bit explaining how people define the bush - you point away from yourself and over the shoulder.

[@crackers562]

cheap.... FRUGAL.... I heard that - haha.... nice catch!! :-)

[@lizbrown2686]

Straya holds the World Record for the most amount of people doing the Nutbush at te same time!

[@TaliesinMyrddin]

Having to abbreviate everything - yes. I listened to the radio while driving for the first time in ages this week and the amount of ads I heard saying "Ts and Cs apply" made me wonder if it was because Australia or if radio stations charge by the syllable.

[@janethiele8373]

I have never had a pen license and I went to school in Queensland in the 70's and 80's. I have never yelled spotto and don't know anyone who has. Lots of places still do split bills. Never took my pants off at 'Eagle Rock' nor ever saw anyone doing it. 80% of Australia may have had a punt here and there but are not addicted to it like the article suggests. Mundi Mundi Bash in NSW holds the world record for the number of people doing the Nut Bush. Magpies will not swoop if they know you and they recognise a number of faces. I actually have a pair of Magpies who have been bringing their babies to me for a feed for the last 3 years. Musk sticks are awesome. Everything else is pretty accurate.

[@nonamerooster5413]

Isn’t broken hill in NSW?

[@janethiele8373]

@@nonamerooster5413 yes I fixed it

[@lifewithalistair.]

I've never heard about spotto whenever you see a yellow car.

[@blackletter2591]

There are musk lifesavers (lollies) too.

[@micky482]

The goon bag was indeed invented in Australia by Thomas Angove of Renmark. The name is derived from half a flagon (fla-goon).

[@keithkearns93]

The dance you do to Nutbush is the Madison .

[@greypossum1]

Every nightclub in the 80s especially played the Nutbush and everyone got up. It was often played back to back with The Time Warp from Rocky Horror and The Bus Stop. If you didn't dance to at least one of these, what were you there in the first place for?

[@clabood]

I had to go bare foot the other day. Went for a walk on the beach and only had runners as shoes. Need to go do a shop for dinner. Was not wear my runners with sandy feet 😅

[@elizabeth10392]

"School house out house". I've heard Tina Turner say that this phrase came from the Australian expression " built like a brick sh**house" 😁 BP invented spotto. You got a card with items pictured on it and a pencil from a BP service station. On long trips it kept children entertained. If you saw the object, you would say, for example: Spotto level crossing" and mark it off your card. The idea was to win against the other children. I played it many times as a child.

[@JustineRay-kt5rm]

Musk sticks are just divine!

[@vincentmanners2589]

Such a feel good dance done at lots of celebrations, particularly initiated by a gaggle of young ladies.

[@PFOZ-nf7xp]

Nut bush will get the whole dance floor moving

[@cocoidiea8643]

Musk sticks are good. The word you are thinking of is musty.

[@amadd5641]

Brilliant mate. I gotta say that you are spot on there, except for the pen license, I don't know of that one. We get a lot of our quirks from the British too, like rhyming slang. "I'm goin' down to the rubbidy, wanna come?" Short for.. going down to the rubbity dub dub (Pub). Probably easier to just say pub 🤣

[@kierasthoughts2480]

I am Aussie born and bred, an 80s baby. I haven't heard of most of the first few things, especially a pen license.

[@Cyannah117]

Aussie pokie machines are completely different from the fruit machines etc. in UK pubs. They are basically the same as the machines in US casinos.

[@tinytenor]

I could listen to you say "bunsen burner" all day. 😊

[@samanthagreaves1122]

I’m still deeply affected by the whole “pen license” business from primary school lol I remember finally getting it at 11, the last one in my class (and of course the teacher would give them out in front of everyone, mentioning I’d FINALLY earned it -.- ). Now I’m 33 and have to do drafts of things as simple as shopping lists and reminder post-it’s because if my hand writing looks even remotely messy it has to be binned.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

The smell of damp is the word musty not musky 😄

[@lifewithalistair.]

In the seventies and eighties, every kid learned the nut bush in Australia. I don't think it was done anymore from the nineties onward.

[@johaines3386]

After Tina passed,I was pleasantly surprised when my children aged 14 to 20 all did the nutbush effortlessly 😅…I had no idea they knew it! All attended a small country school in Qld, apparently they learned it in early primary 😂

[@shaneb4612]

I do believe that dropping trowel (pants) to Daddy Cool's song "Eagle Rock" Started in the early 80's with the Uni students. The local Uni bar would have a DJ or just a jukebox. I do believe that it's Cockney rhyming slang Eagle Rock = cock. The "Nutbush" was a part of a trio of songs to dance to. 90% of the DJ's played the "Nutbush", the "Bus Stop" & "5,6 7, 8". When I was DJ'ing I would follow these 3 songs up with "Swamp Thing" the Grid. It came to recognition around the time Line Dancing became popular.

[@Glenfern]

The pokies gambling 80% is rubbish...we're too mean 😂😂😂❤🇦🇺