Gramsci shrugged - which, given 8 arms, produced a Mexican wave. "Well," he suggested, "surfer culture was a big thing in the 70s, and all the big surfer brands are Australian. You can't blame them for wanting to keep that on life support, if only for economic reasons!"
"Gmf!" snorted the Cow. "Pushing local industry is one thing, but surely there's been some advance since the 70s? After all, Sydney doesn't stop at Bondi or Coogee?"
Gramsci chuckled. "Surferwear is probably the least embarrassing of their exports," he pointed out. "I doubt they'd get much tourism if the windows were all full of Rolf Harris CDs orPaul Hogan videos..."
Which reminded the Cow of the frightening things she had seen in almost every shop window in Oz....