As a multicultural society, Australia can no longer claim for British identity. Usually, the first thing people say about Australians after visiting Australia is that the people are so friendly and easy-going. This is definitely the most favourite attribute of Australians and is certainly put to good use considering how multi – cultural the country is.

Australians can be considered both – patriotic and unpatriotic. Most Australians will tell you that they would not want to live anywhere else and can’t understand why people would choose to live outside the country. On the other side of the coin, Australians are not fanatically loyal to their country and are the first to critize decisions made by their leaders. I truly believe that Australians are basically out for the best in life and sooner or later find it in their own country. Australians definitely feel isolated and so make a great effort to travel the world and see all there is to see. Usually, the kids by the time they are two had traveled to three or four continents. Australians get small doses of all the cultures of the world but they need to know more and even after extensive traveling they still say that Australia is the best place to live. I think australian patriotism is great in this aspect because that you should love the place you intend to live your life, although I think the concept of complete and utter devotion to ones country is a bit extreme. Basically, the Aussies are very depend on their own freedom and they wouldn’t live without help of the closest friends or neighbours. However, Australia is very young and not as experienced as Slovakia or other European countries, and that’s the reason why they’re quite different to Europeans. I don’t want to compare Australians to Slovaks but I have to because being an aussie for a while changed my mind and opinion about the Europeans. When I first woke up in Australia I thought it’s going to be another „not special“ day. I was wrong. When I went to my host grand parents and asked for a breakfast they gave me a toast bread, Vegemite and piece of fruit. In spite of this I asked them for a butter. They told me that they’re not using butter because it’s not healthy. Then I realised that eating butter and fatty foods like ham is not as common as in Europe. Evently they didn’t have mineral water – they had never heard about it… (with bubbles). I was a bit upset because I was still hungry after having a breakfast.