For one, it is completely acceptable for people not to wear shoes. Most public places require shoes for entry, but it isn't uncommon to see some bloke walking around uni with no shoes on. It may be a product of a life lived on the beach, but who knows. Men also wear their shorts very short, slightly above the knee. Surfers can often be caught wearing their "boardies" (or bathsing suits) around campus and uni. On top, guys usually wear loose fitting tank tops, or "singlets." Regarding hairstyle, a lot of young men have a sort of psuedo-fohawk, except much shorter on the sides and much longer on the top (than how Ryan Seacrest used to rock it).
As for women, beachy hair and jean shorts all the way. There's no set style for Australian women that I've noticed, but many wear loose fitting tops and comfortable shoes.
All school students, as in elementary and high school (there is no such thing as middle school), wear uniforms to school. Every day when I get on the free Wollongong shuttle, there are school students on the way to school. The uniforms look very similar to what a Catholic school uniform in the U.S. looks like--white collared shirt with skirt or shorts.
All the money in Australia is very brightly colored and each monetary value is a different color. There are also $2 and $1 coins; unexpectadly, the $2 coins are much smaller than the $1 coins. Australian money is just called the "Australian dollar." No fancy name like the "Euro."
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