Originally Posted by
cooker
Do you know if aussies get a lot of injuries from broken glass, metal debris etc.? Or do they simply get more attentive about avoiding it? (and less vulnerable due to calluses).
I couldn't give you statistics, but from my observations, they don't seem to get injuries from walking around barefoot. I've seen some of them walking up gravel roads and across hot sand without flinching. And actually, toward the end of a summer of walking around barefoot most of the time, I've been able to do that fairly well too.
When it comes to broken glass and stuff like that, I suspect they make an effort to avoid it ... I do, when I walk around barefoot. But I don't recall there being much in the way of broken glass and other debris on the footpaths of the little town we lived in north of Melbourne. I don't recall seeing much of that on the footpaths I've observed in Hobart either.