If people were asked to typify aspects of Australian culture, barefoot would be in there. It's been called one of the 'weirdest', 'perplexing', 'odd', 'unexplainable' Australian cultural habits.

“Nearly all Indians go barefoot in their own homes ... "I understand this is a ‘culture' thing, but you non-Asians wearing shoes in your homes need a culture shift." Iversen added that ...