That's amusing, to us the UK are backpackers, crop pickers, and when they young lasses get really desperate, top less bar girls. But come on, Australia is the only continent you guys want to lump with another country? Have the other continents get multiple categories ITS UNFAIR I TELL YOU.
Like I said.. we are each other's antipodes
As for lumping countries together.. Um, 'The Americas', 'Africa', 'Europe'...it happens to the best of us.
Hmmm.. what does 'Australasia' contain? Does that cover NZ? Same continental shelf? Too late (bottle #2) too google anymore.
Australia has sharks, snakes, stingrays, spiders and basically even the wildlife without an 's' at the start of it's name wants to kill you*. NZ has Hobbits and sheep as far as I can tell from the
Lord of The Rings commentaries National geographic documentaries I have seen. No contest IMHO
It's human nature to generalise (and to get annoyed when people do).
Hell, even half the UK has probably declared their nationality as Scottish, English, Irish or Welsh in the 10-year census last week.
*My sister has lived in AU for 15 years.. she has never been a barmaid and the wildlife constantly tries to kill her (though she does work for vets). We both love the former colonies anyway