She taught me the Australian salute. [Wave flies away from face.]
We fed some sheep, played with some horses, and most importantly I learned the Australian salute; fly swatting.
This costly experiment was supposed to offer the national capital a reprieve from yet another summer filled with the unofficial Australian salute.
‘We just do the Australian salute,’ they say, giving a languid wave in front of the face.
It has been said that the official Australian salute consists of a frantic waving of a hand over your face which also serves to frighten off the flies, but only for about a third of a second.