Always refreshing when you unexpectedly hear a familiar accent. And yeah, we Aussies will all be wearing thongs through the next few months.
It's even stranger here to hear "flip-flops" used for footwear. Flip-flops are a type of electronic circuit closely related to a bistable multivibrator. (Might be a good idea to leave it there...)
Or read all about it -
https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws.../bistable.html