57 Reasons to Move to Australia

I recently posted the above picture on Facebook depicting the temperature in Calgary and the temperature in Brisbane. I called it "Reason #57 to move to Australia", conveniently because of the 57 degree C temperature differential between Brisbane and Calgary.   Then I was challenged by a coworker to come up with 57 actual reasons to move to Australia.  So here they are, in no particular order:

1. 25,000 km of beautiful coastline
2. Tim Tams
3. Butcher on every corner
Friendly people
5. Koalas
6. No pennies, cents are rounded to the nearest 5 cents
7. Nightclubs serve hooch until 3 am and remain open until 5 am
8. Delightful Australian accent
9. Bakery on every corner
10. Plastic money is waterproof
11. Roundabouts
12. Kangaroos
13. 3 different types of rugby
14. Pub on every corner
15. Byron Bay
16. Competition - wherever there is a Woolworths, there is a Coles (grocery stores)
17. Being addressed as "mate" by everybody
18.  Cheap prepaid mobile phone plans
19.  Moreton Bay bugs
20. 6% interest savings accounts
21. Everything can be and is abbreviated to end in "-ie":  pokies (poker machines), bikies (bikers), Woolies (Woolworths), uni (university), etc
22. Utes
23. Sunrises over the ocean (on the east coast)
24. John Butler Trio
25. Line drying your laundry
26. No tipping required at restaurants (or anywhere else)
27. Wine
28. Surfing
29. Drive through bottle shops
30. Lamb
31. 60 km/hr default speed limit
32. Crazy rainstorms
33. Sausage sizzles
34. Great Barrier Reef
35. Prawns
36. Tea
37. Triple J
38. Wallabies
39. Proximity to New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands, Indonesia, etc for holidays
40.  Wait a minute, Gold Coast is a holiday destination
41. Coffee shops on every corner and even 1 Starbucks
42. Beer
43. Avocados
44. BYO restaurants
45. Sydney
46. Riding a bike or motorcycle year round
47. Dolphins
48. Hilltop Hoods
49. Geckos
50. Meat pies (wide selection)
51. Palm trees
52. Boardies and thongs...that's right, all year round!
53. Barbecuing
54. Snapper Rocks
55. Mangos
56. Gardening - I'm currently growing basil, mint, parsley, thyme, coriander, dill, chives, oregano, strawberries, Roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and chili peppers with relative ease
57. Brisbane is 57 degrees C warmer than Calgary (as of January 18, 2012)