Every Australian Home has....

 

A verandah from which to watch the spectacular sunsets....

  I'm forever reading that every French home has this, every Italian home has that, so I wondered...what does every Australian home have?   Here's my list.   A cake of Sunlight Soap. The original square cornered one with the kewpie doll stamped into it. A bottle of pink Johnsons Baby Lotion. Johnsons Baby Powder. Jacquard bath towels. A possum in the roof. A nesting magpie. A bearded dragon lizard. A Eucalypt tree. A gravel path. Kiwi black boot polish and a wooden brush to use it. Flying ducks or metal peacocks on the wall. A copy of The Castle, Muriels Wedding, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Lantana, and Wolfs Creek, as well as Baz Luhrmanns magical three, Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. A bottle opener that has a souvenir handle. A souvenir spoon from a small town whose name celebrates it's Indigenous heritage. A tshirt proclaiming survival of a theme park ride or tourist attraction. A fake gold nugget or some Fools Gold. Half a packet of water bombs from last Summer. Teatowels with a map of one of the States on them. Steel wool with pink soap embedded in it. A ball of string and a packet of elastic bands at least five years old in the third drawer in the kitchen. A plastic Australian Flag left over from Australia Day celebrations. An ANZAC badge. A Legacy badge. A Remembrance Day Poppy. A flyer advertising a Melbourne Cup lunch. A Lotto ticket. Plastic shopping bags in a sausage like dispenser. A Pie Plate with a recipe for Berry tart on the inner bottom of it. A wind chime. A shrivelled half a tomato in the door of the fridge. An iconic Aussie album whether it's Slim Dusty, John Farnhams Whispering Jack or Cold Chisels Breakfast at Sweethearts. Boxes of stuff that no-one can bear to throw out, either under the beds or under the house. An aluminium teapot with a coloured anodised lid and a knitted teacosy. Bushells tea. Dandelions and bindi prickles in the lawn. Kookaburras and crows in the trees. A bottle of Dettol antiseptic. A Bic pen with either a yellow or clear barrel.     There were many, many others but as they were other peoples contributions, I won't list them here.   What's in your Aussie home?