Here are some random Aussie options I recommend trying during your first visit to Australia with kids
1. TRY “AUSSIE SUSHI”
If you’re not from Australia, I think it’s worth recommending Aussie sushi. Google “Sushi Hub” or “Sushi Sushi” to find your closest option (they are the two biggest brands) or just keep an eye out in shopping malls and food courts. This is a cheap way to get a healthy Aussie style snack or meal for kids.
What makes Aussie sushi “Aussie”?
It’s the mixture of cooked and raw ingredient options inside the handrolls pairs with the casual nature of being able to grab a handroll and go – all while in a shopping mall or a larger shopping street.
If you are in Japan and are looking for something closer to this kind of sushi – see my tips here.
2. (Melbourne specific) KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED AND SHOW KIDS WHAT A “HOOK TURN” IS!
Hook Turns were designed to prevent cars from colliding with trams. It is not necessary to turn right using a hook turn – only when this sign is displayed.
See here for other fun things to do with kids in Melbourne.
Learn how to do a Hook Turn here.
If you don’t feel brave enough to try – you can always ask a taxi driver to drive through the CBD and take a hook turn somewhere, if you like.
3. TRY A BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE!
It sounds strange but it’s a very aussie “thing” to do! Bunnings is one of our biggest brands of hardware stores and, on the weekends, you can grab an aussie bbq sausage in white bread with sauce for just a few dollars right outside. You can ask for bbq’d onions with it too, if you like. Don’t go calling it a hot dog – this is the aussie way to eat a sausage. Must have a cheap piece of white bread and some tomato sauce. Simple. These sausage tents outside are actually raising money for a local community group – so… everybody wins! Google “Bunnings near me” for your closest option. Fun fact – Bunnings is the inspo behind “Hammerbarn” in Bluey!
Even when we are at home we eat our sausages bunnings style!
Note my taco holders – which also make for sausage holders!
The bread has to be white and can’t be a roll or bun, btw.
4. TRY A CHEESYMITE SCROLL AS AN EASIER WAY TO TRY OUT SOME VEGEMITE FOR THE FIRST TIME
These are sold at Bakers Delight stores. Cheesymite scrolls are pastry rolled around vegemite and cheese.
