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You can't find the sink plug but there's a weird lever near the taps.
There's orange cheese everywhere, not just at McDonalds.
Every second restaurant is Mexican.
Rental properties come a washing machine, drier, dishwasher, fridge and more.
Automated phone services start with "Press one for English, press two for Spanish".
There's a room in your house with no ceiling lights but a special powerpoint for your lamp.
You go to a speciality shop for TimTams and Twisties.
Light switches flick up to turn on.
White goods are half the price you are used to.
School buses are yellow like the ones in movies.
Salad is an entree not a side dish.
Seagulls are MASSIVE.
You find yourself searching desperately for VB when it used to be your least favourite beer.
You need a licence to drive the shower because it's so complicated.
Everyone thinks you're British.
You can buy beer at the supermarket and service station but you can't drink it in you car.
Banks are open convenient hours.
Streets have numbers instead of names.
You can still buy cans of 'Tab' at the supermarket (remember the drink in the pink can from the '80's?).
Your videos, which worked fine in Australia, won't play on your new VCR.
Every second flavour is Cherry.
Beer comes in an 18 pack and only costs $10/pk.
Restaurants feel the need to tell you that chicken is 'all white meat'.
You can get 30 different kinds of roll on deodorant but only 2 spray ons.
More Ausmerican stuff here.