Culture Smart! Australia: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Penney, Barry ; Teague, Gina

ISBN 10: 1520004710 ISBN 13: 9781520004716

Publisher: Dreamscape Media Llc, 2016

Australia is different-a vast island-continent with distances so great that the capital of Western Australia is closer to Singapore than it is to Sydney. The landscape embraces magnificent tropical rainforests and deserts the size of several European states; temperate areas that sustain a flourishing wine industry, making Australia the world's fourth largest wine exporter; a sixteen-thousand-mile coastline of breathtaking beaches; and its unique fauna is testament to the country's down-underness. Culture Smart! Australia introduces you to a young nation with one of the world's highest standards of living, where people work to live in order to enjoy a lifestyle that many across the globe covet, and in which Australians take great pride (and don't mind telling you about).

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Review

'Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers' (Sunday Times Travel)

'The perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries' (Global Travel)

'Offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world' (The New York Times)

'Full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas' (Observer)

'As useful as they are entertaining' (Easy Jet Magazine)

--Various

About the Author

BARRY PENNEY is an Australian teacher, trainer, and management executive. A graduate of the University of Adelaide and the Australian Administrative Staff College, Victoria, he has lived and worked in the United States, Britain, and Turkey. On returning to Australia he became a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. GINA TEAGUE is a consultant, trainer, and writer on cross-cultural management, international relocation, and global career development. Born in the United Kingdom, she has lived and worked in France, Spain, Brazil, the USA, and Australia. A cofounder of Isis Group International, an intercultural training company, she now lives in Sydney, Australia.

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