You have zebras and people using the same crossing?Vehicles always stop for people at zebra crossings.
We have wombats, kangaroos, wallabies, echidnas and koalas that end up as road kill every year but we can't seem to teach them the road rules.
We also tend to tell it like it is, which is sometimes seen as rude to those with stricter sensibilities. Aussies will not usually beat around the bush with fake niceties.....they want you to get to the point without assuming that you want to know how their garden is growing or what the weather is doing today....personally, I hate small talk. Give me a good D & M any day, regardless of the topic.