In today’s Photo Friday we’re sharing a photo taken at our local shopping mall. Special thanks to Mum’s friend Leighanne for telling us about this new vending machine that sells thongs.

People reading from the UK may be getting an entirely different impression of what’s being sold; we are not talking about underwear.

The footwear of choice in Australia is thongs; called flip-flops, jandals, or slops depending where you are in the world. For many Australians the only shoes they wear, year round, are thongs.

When we saw this vending machine offering Havaianas for $20, we immediately thought “Only in Australia!”.

Only in Aus!

We’ve since learnt that the first Havaianas vending machine was installed in Westfield Chatswood (Sydney) in September 2011.

In Lost a shoe? Barefoot walking in Australia Mum explains that it’s also common to see Aussies without footwear, including in shopping malls, now we know where they’re heading…

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