What are some products or services unique to Australia that Americans might find very interesting?

• I'm truly interested to know how everyday life in America is different than life in Australia through the products and services of each country.  The products or services should be created in Australia and made in or from resources found in Australia. Any types of products, food, mechanical, apparel, shoes, jewelry, etc., anything you think is unique and interesting. Any services such as unique retail concepts e.g. coffee/tea houses, juice/fruit concoction outlets, grocers, consumer stores, or services Australians might find necessary that Americans may not.

• Answer:

  Unique food experience - Sucking up hot milk or hot coffee through an Aussie made Tim-Tam biscuit. Unique jewelry experience -  Australia produces around 97% of the world's opal which is one of the 5 precious gems on the planet. Opals make for outstandingly beautiful jewelry. Here are our rarest ... the black opal. Unique shoes experience -  Australia's Sheepskin boots originating in Australia to keep the shepherd's feet warm but which have been transformed as a casual fashion statement. Previously called "Ugg Boot" until some smart US company 'stole' and trademarked the name. Unique apparel experience -  The uniquely Australian Driza-bone in which the world leaders are trying to look cool and relaxed. It's great for surviving the wet conditions of the Australian bush, particularly up Kosciuszko way where the legendary 'Man from Snowy River' comes from and worn in the movie of the same name. Keeps the wearer as "dry as a bone"... a bone that has dried out completely under the harsh Aussie sun. Unique mechanical experience -  The Aussie Ute (pickup truck to the Americans) was originally invented here by Lewis Thornet Bandt in 1933 and were first built by Ford Australia in Geelong and also comes in the uniquelly Australian make of Holden. The rivalry between these two brands is legendary often used to define the Aussie male i.e. Are you a Holden man or a Ford man? Another uniquely Australian mechanical experience is to be literally blown of a two lane outback highway by the wind displacement generated by a passing Australian Roadtrain ... even scarier to be overtaken by one doing 100 klm. Other countries have these but Australia has the largest and heaviest road-legal vehicles in the world, with some configurations topping out at close to 200 tonnes. Unique service experience -  Australians prefer to drink their coffee from independently owned espresso bars often tucked away in some hard to find places. Knowing where to find the best espresso from any part of the city gives you plenty of kudos 'downunder'. We did not take to the coffee chains which explains why Starbucks were forced to close 66% of their Australian Starbuck stores (61 stores) in 2008 due to lack of interest in the product they were selling. Melbourne: Sydney: Unique sport experience -  Australians love their sport ... any sport and for a small nation of 20 million people, we love nothing more than to take on the world and beat them. Our own unique sport is Australian Football League (Aussie Rules) and we enjoy our sport in a very Australian way ... with non-segregated fans and crowds. Unique sport experience -  Another unique 135 year old tradition is the race that stops the nation each year at 3:00pm on the first Tuesday in November - The Melbourne Cup. A race the American Mark Twain spoke of in 1895 as "Nowhere in the world have I encountered a festival of people that has such a magnificent appeal to the whole nation. The Cup astonishes me"  Just about every Australian bets on the cup and for about 4 minutes we all stop work and gather around TV's and radios to see how well our bet performed. ... and finally a part of everyday life that is uniquely Australian is our approach to humor in that it is an ever present companion in everything we do and say. It is laconic, jam packed with irony and always irreverent, even on occasions when it shouldn't be. CLEO magazine, Aunty Jack TV show, Roy and HG at the 2000 Olympics, Circus Oz just to name a few. Here is the Aussie presenter Adam Hill explaining a few things about our and some other country's accents ... always irreverent.