My neighbour committed the ultimate ‘unAustralian’ act – but people are arguing it’s more common than ever

Hundreds are debating whether it’s “unAustralian” to mow your side of the median lawn and not your neighbor’s.

A passerby shared a photo of their local strip on Reddit, where half the lawn was freshly mowed and a small section – the neighbor’s section – was not.

He called the act ‘unAustralian’ – and while many agreed, others said it perfectly illustrated modern life Down Under.

Some argued that it was not a homeowner’s responsibility to mow the lawn for an adjacent property.

Others said it was the height of rudeness to only mow your own lawn and leave the rest.

Many Redditors called it ‘the most Australian thing they’ve ever seen’.

“It’s a construction site, traditions can do it themselves,” one Redditor commented.

‘Bloke already lives next to a building site. Why would he want to mow it too?’ another wrote.

“I don’t know anything about unAustralian. I have some neighbor friends who complained when he mowed a patch like that,” agreed another.

“Mate, that’s peak Aussie right there.”

Another added: ‘What’s unAustralian? Do you not mow the front garden of the adjacent construction site? F*** that, I’m not doing the construction company any favors.’

“Mow your own damn lawn,” said another.

Many said it was rude to only mow your own lawn and leave the rest

Others said they often mowed the entire lawn.

‘There is no general rule. If your neighbor is even remotely decent, do it,” one person said.

‘I used to work for the people next door. I had never spoken to them before and thought it was the right thing to do,” said another.

‘If I’m going to mow an area of ​​lawn, I do it up to the driveways on each side. It feels passive-aggressive to mow down a hard line wherever the property line is.”

‘I occasionally edge and mow the neighbour’s council strip when it becomes overgrown and he works long hours. Usually he offers to clean it up and I say, “No, don’t worry.” If it was someone interested in lawns I would never do it,” another added.

Last month, Australian mother Brooke Bliss admitted that she fills her neighbors’ bins during waste collection evenings, even though she doesn’t have enough space in her own home.

Last month, a mother admitted that she fills her neighbors’ trash cans during garbage collection evenings, even though she doesn’t have enough space herself.

Brooke Bliss said her red bins fill up quickly because of the diapers and daily trash that has accumulated from her family of five.

When it’s night, she discreetly throws her trash into the neighbors’ trash bins, which are left outside for collection.

“I wait until it’s dark and put some trash bags in other neighbors’ trash cans,” she said in a video on social media.