As the summers here regularly get up to 45 celsisus/113 Fahrenheit, footwear is optional and it's not unusual to see people go to supermarkets and such barefoot or in the case of men even shirtless.
Again maybe this is a thing elsewhere too, but it's something my non-Australian friends and acquaintances found to be a big culture shock.
We also do sausage sizzles at election locations so you can buy a "democracy sausage" after voting.








