![]() Hence, we see bunyip and alien – evoking mythical sightings – alongside Kermit, kale, snotter, choko and crocodile. Reasons are twofold: firstly, its colour shift from grey to green (or grey nurse to watermelon in the glossary), and second, its perceived rarity. Leaving us with $100, perhaps the most vernacular note in the national skyrocket. Doubling down, the $20 has copped both redback and cherry, and the $50 the Hawaii (being the 5-0, after the TV show). ![]() As for puns, I loved the Ocker gotcha of Pav (Pavarotti-tenor-tenner).īluey, Australia’s animated sweetheart, is another alias for $10, the note also known as the heeler, the Banjo, the Smurf, the blue tongue. Rhyming slang recurred throughout the purse, from Stewie (Diver/fiver) to Peter (McKenna/tenner) for the blue swimmer. Others include the maroon and the Pammie, after tennis player Pam Shriver (fiver). ![]() Piglet, prawn, panther – the $5 note has ample tags. Shades of publican William Ryan’s flashback: “In the (very) early ’80s, at nightclub doors, the $5 was known as ‘the purple business card’.” This echoes the notion of $50 being the fun voucher, while Haikal Saadh painted this restaurant scenario: “You don’t have a table? What about… for my friend Edith Cowan?” Elsewhere, Dame Edith is dubbed Mrs Doubtfire. Hence, they express solidarity with their former Menulog brethren by giving $5 tips.” They’re all highly paid Unix techs who once paid the bills at uni by delivering food. Keeping to menus, and apples, a Twitter respondent in Mr Krabappel shared a story: “A friend’s coding team calls a $5 note the ‘tip note’.
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