@MunchieSim An Aussie-inspired pack would be amazing!
World: I'm picturing something like Windenberg, diverse with a number of neighbourhoods - beach, tropical rainforest, coral reef, outback/red centre, wine country
Plants and Wildlife: heaps and heaps of natives to choose from
Food: vegemite, fairy bread, meat pies/sausage rolls, lamingtons, Bunnings Sausage Sizzle, pavlova, Tim Tams, prawns, damper
Culture: oldest continuous living culture in the RL world
@Thats_Me_Madz , I don't know if they could do Tim Tams (I don't know how trade marks work in Australia.) But maybe they could make a knock off brand and call them Sim Sams! 😋🤣
@simsplayer818 , thank you ! Glad it made you laugh!🥰 While vegemite doesn't sound great to many people in the States, Tim Tams sound like something we would love! 🥰 😋 And it would just be too great of a wasted opportunity to not name them Sim Sams! 🤣
@simsplayer818 , I've never had either Vegemite or Marmite, but I did take a pottery class at a local college years ago, and someone who had a family member who lived in Australia brought some in for us to try. I refrained from trying, but I did smell it, and I wasn't pleased. 😅 But this was many years ago, before I knew about the umami taste, and how umami is a taste with receptors on our tongues just like salty, sour, sweet, and bitter! I've heard an Australian say it is much like a thick soy sauce in taste, and since I do like soy sauce, I probably would be ok with Vegemite or Marmite. But I am a picky eater.
I can see how as a kid you wouldn't be too enthused with Marmite, at least by the looks! But most people when they get older start preferring saltier tastes over sweet ones at least a little bit. Even older people I know who have a big sweet tooth, have said that they like saltier foods a bit more than they did when they were younger.
If the Sims 4 were ever to get an Australian pack, there would have to be Vegemite.! 🙌
@simsplayer818 Ah! just like the fruitcake ! 🤣 That is a funny idea! I always like to have all Sims in the household eat the fruitcake the Welcome Wagon brings in order to see who loves the fruitcake and who hates it, because I like to have a quick food option for my Sims, and I need to know who to keep it from so they won't get sick! I love that the fruitcake never spoils! 😅
I was just watching a show where someone from Australia who now lives in the U.S. won a competition and they gave her a gift basket with many treats, some of which were Vegemite and Tim Tams!💖 I thought of this thread ! 😀
Australia is known as the world's premier surfing destination.
It'd be the perfect location to see this as a new hobby skill to learn in the game.
Surfing and Windsurfing.
Surfboard art.
A surfer van decor item. It'd be funny if it could be an on-site "tent" that your Sim could sleep in.
Outdoor showers.
Night surfing.
Waxing surfboard.
Posing with it.
Relax float on it in the water.
There could be a beach Community Board that informs of current surfing conditions:
Could even add a snorkeling buoy that only activates with Island Living, but is otherwise decorative.
@Vyo4 I love all of your ideas! This could be a really fun pack! (I'm probably more terrified of jellyfish than I am sharks, because a jellyfish once brushed up against my leg and I didn't even fell it, until the stinging started! 😰 Usually people are looking for sharks more than the jellyfish, so that is how the jellyfish get you! 😅)
I hope we get an Australia world and pack! 🤿🩱🌴🐨🦘🐊🕷🕸
