Australia is the only place I've been to where you can call a guy "mate" and a girl "love" instead of using their name. It's brilliant for those of us who are better with faces than we are with names.
I'm a native New Yorker, living in Sydney, with manners taught in Texas (the accent only comes out when I've had a little bit to drink). I can say "I like ice cream" in several languages, but little else (although I'm learning "where is the Embassy" is also a good one to know.) I have a serious weakness for chocolate-chip cookies.