Two Year old Cassie Waters of Dee why with Australian shaped thongs.This object is called an Auzzie Thong, which its manufacturers hope will take Australia's feet by storm.The thong, along with the Esky, teh stump-jump plough and the rotary clothes-hoist,

Two Year old Cassie Waters of Dee why with Australian shaped thongs.This object is called an Auzzie Thong, which its manufacturers hope will take Australia's feet by storm.The thong, along with the Esky, teh stump-jump plough and the rotary clothes-hoist, is a genuine piece of Australiana.You hear the steady flip-flop of the thong in the most unlikely places.A colleague once described the moment when he hears the unmistakable sound of a dozen thongs marching in unison while he was deep in contemplation in a Buddhist temple in Taiwan.They belonged to members of a Sydney rugby league club, who, possibly mis informed by their guide, believed a vendor of strong drink was lurking somewhere behind the joss sticks. December 17, 1985. (Photo by Jacqueline Haynes-Smart/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).