Instead of being tedious, going home has become an indulgent retreat from my fried-out issue-driven city life.

"Down Under" has become a de facto anthem for Australians and was a hit in the U.S. charts, with quirky lyrics about vegemite spread and drugged travelers in a "fried-out Kombie, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie."

The song’s quirky lyrics - which featured at the close of the 2000 Sydney Olympics - pays tribute to Vegemite sandwiches, drugged travellers in a "fried-out Kombie, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie" and a land where "beer does flow and men chunder”.