| Don't worry, Aussies don't care that much about the | | | | couldn't be any more right. (By the way, it's not really |
| kind of cozzie* you have on, whether it's bermuda | | | | his song, but something he just lifted off a student's |
| shorts or Speedos. You can wear | | | | speech or a journalist's column or both.) The point is, in |
| anything—flip-flops, sandals, platform shoes, or even | | | | Australia, "Wear sunscreen" is perhaps the greatest |
| romantic barefoot. Whatever makes you comfortable, | | | | single piece of advice worth dispensing and following. |
| mate. | | | | This is because Australian weather is sunny almost all |
| What's up with cool anyway? We know cool when | | | | year round. In fact, it's the driest continent on earth. But |
| we see it. All things considered, we know better that | | | | don't worry, it's a cool kind of dry really. You get to ski |
| cool is simply a state of mind. The intriguing thing is that | | | | one day and then go alfresco dining the next, then |
| we agree certain things are cool and certain things are | | | | head for any of Australia's 10,000 pretty spiffy+ |
| not, yet somehow, we still end up not coinciding with | | | | beaches, and then go diving in the Great Barrier Reef. |
| each other's definition of cool. Thank God, Australia's | | | | So long as you wear sunscreen and don't toast |
| got lots of diverse people from countries all over the | | | | yourself alive. That's not cool. |
| world, all mingling harmoniously, as if one in heart. | | | | In Australia, if you don't wear sunscreen, they |
| Everyone appreciates everyone else, so come as you | | | | automatically know you're a tourist. So do the right |
| are! | | | | thing, and you'll surely enjoy your stay here in Oz all the |
| There's only one thing we ask of you to stay cool | | | | better. And, oh, to be honest, Aussies are too busy |
| when you come here in the Land Down Under. And | | | | being themselves and having a life to ever bother |
| that is, simply wear sunscreen! Baz Luhrman's song | | | | asking whether anything is cool or not. Now, that's cool! |