@#50, #54

As a sandgroper (and someone with a degree in linguistics), it would be cool to hear her nail a Perth accent next. The Sydney one she did was unmistakeably Sydneyish - Melbourne puts more 'aw' into its 'eye' sound, to my ears. And yes, the more westerly capital cities of this country's south tend to have a slightly more open-mouthed and less broken-vowelled accent than the east coast, which registers Southern English for some and American for others. But only slightly.

As for the criticism of the broad Aussie accent? My mum's family is from Queensland and her sisters sound exactly like that, or even worse depending how much they've had to drink.

@11: Be serious, nothing offends /b/tards. :)