For anyone whos not quite sure what an Aussie means by some of our sayings

Hey, no trashing my childhood hero.

Seriously though, he is remarkably disliked by Australians for his poor attempt to actually be an Aussie.

Hey, I thought he was an Aussie!

No... he was an Aussie made suitable for septics (Americans)

I think the average Aussie would have b****-slapped him after five minutes to get him to shut up.

Mate i reckon steve was a decent bloke. I know someone who met him years before he got his mug onthe idiot box and he was exactly the same. It wasnt put on, he was fair dinkum and loved our great southern land.

Most blokes and sheilas i know liked the big fella

Not true. Whether 'crikey' is used in general day to day conversation really depends on where you live. If you live in the big smoke then you most likely wont hear it. If you live in a mid-large size country town you will rarely hear it, but if you live in the bush its still a commonly used expression. Esp among people over 30. Dead set

there are of course heaps of others such as...

minge, bearded clam, lumpy jumper, ground sheet, munga, sweet,bog, bugger/buggered/bugger off, dekko, squiz, noah's, gander,vitamin b, victor bravo, larry dooley, jack man, jack it in, strides, bondi floss, shot through like a bondi tram, german spy, castor, schlickered, bristols/brisbane city, oxfords, poof/poofter, pillow biter, vegimite steal, woftam, pogue, snorker, flash as a rat with a gold tooth, arse wipe, aggots, dated, toey, slash, point percy at the porcelin, axe wound, yeast factory, spud barber, bangs like a dunny door, slimed, fat rats clacker and the list just goes on and on and on!

waltz simply means you are on shanks pony...as in on foot. So to waltz is to walk

Maybe in the big smoke i dunno. But in the bush i havent met anyone who didnt like the big fella. And he did a lot to try and protect Aussie wildlife. A lot of people think the way he was on the box was not ridgey didge but thats bollocks. I know someone who visited his Australian Zoo years before he got his mug on the tellie and years before he was in any way famous...and they say he was exactly the same back then in his enthusiasm, speech etc as he was years later when he became a household name.