Canadian expat shares her impressions of how Australians dress in winter

A Canadian woman living in Australia has taken aim at how people Down Under dress in the winter. 

Ioana, who’s lived in Australia for seven years hopping between New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, dressed as what she thinks Aussies from all over the country wear in the chilly months. 

She mocked ‘rich Sydney mums’, people from Perth and Brisbane who rug up when temperatures dip below 24C and those from Canberra and Victoria who still wear shorts despite frosty conditions. 

Ioana, who’s now living on the Gold Coast, poked fun at Tasmanians who don’t wear a jacket in winter and Queenslanders who still don shorts and thongs despite complaining about cold weather. 

Australians loved Ioana’s impressions deeming them ‘accurate’ and were left in stitches at her takes.

She mocked ‘rich Sydney mums’ and those from Canberra and Victoria who still wear shorts despite frosty conditions

In a TikTok clip, the Canadian dressed as a ‘rich Sydney mum’ who she said wears a puffer jacket with branded athleisure, is ‘needlessly aggressive’ and ‘ready for brunch’.

Next she showed the ‘Perth/Brisbane special’ and bundled up for temperatures below 24 degrees.

For the ‘Melbourne commuter’ Ioana dressed in skinny pants, laced boots, a scarf, long cardigan and over-ear headphones.

‘Is this outfit black enough?’ she wrote. 

The ‘nah I’m fine mate’ person from Canberra or Victoria ‘stubbornly’ wears shorts, slides and a light jumper in winter. 

The ‘I don’t need a jacket, I’m from Tasmania’ person, Ioana thought donned a ‘fisherman sweater’ and occasionally a Kathmandu jacket. 

Finally, Ioana put on the ‘official Queensland uniform’ wearing a puffer jacket, shorts and thongs.

She joked people in the get-up usually complain it’s ‘not warm, hey?’. 

Ioana’s clip amassed more than 563,700 views and left Australians impressed by her ‘on-point’ impersonations.

For the ‘Melbourne commuter’ Ioana dressed in skinny pants, laced boots, a scarf, long cardigan and over-ear headphones

‘Yup it dropped to 24 degrees in Perth the other day and I was ready to put the heating on,’ one viewer said.

‘Love it. My teenagers here in Melbourne have just done the winter upgrade from one hoodie to two hoodies (each),’ a mum added. 

‘A puffer is essential in Tassie. Sometimes with shorts. It’s a Tassie tuxedo,’ another wrote.

South Australians and people from the Northern Territory had a gripe for not being included but Ioana admitted she has never visited. 

‘I was gonna do a full bikini for NT but no one needs to see that!’ she joked.

They were quick to inform the expat what winter dressing looked like where they lived. 

‘I’ve seen thongs, shorts and singlet but WITH A SCARF in Darwin on a rare sub 24 day,’ laughed one woman. 

‘Flannel for the morning/evening over the singlet. tied around waist during the day. jeans or shorts and thongs,’ another added. 

An Adelaide local said: ’10 years ago everyone discovered puffer jackets and now they’ve taken over the city’.