![Australians appear to be proud of the fact that most of their bodies don't look like oil paintings](http://prod.betootaadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/budgy-row-of-dudes.jpg)
9 June, 2015. 12:30
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact
While the ‘Dadbod’ craze has been presented as a sweeping “online” trend, inspired by the carelessly dreamy bodies of Jason Segel and Leonardo Dicaprio, vast numbers of international communities would argue that the glorification of “sloppy rigs” is not a new thing.
![The faces of unkept masculinity. Leonarda Dicaprio and Jason Segel.](http://prod.betootaadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/leo-Jason.jpg)
Around the world, there are thousands of notable communities that both worship and take pride in unkept male bodies: The Japanese Sumo, the American Cop, the Greek Uncle and last but not least… The Australian Tourist.
One well-travelled Australian male, is the spectacularly untidy Keegan Collingwood. He says it has never crossed his mind that some people might take offence to his hard-earned “wheat-bag”.
“Mate, I reckon they love it if anything. In those South-East Asian countries they come up and rub the rig. Kids, old folks, anyone. They f**kin’ love it mate”
“Not to mention Europe. The girls go mad for it… If I lose the lid in Mykonos, I can guarantee the cameras will be coming out,”
![Keegan Collingwood shows off his beautiful figure on an equally beautiful Chinese landmark.](http://prod.betootaadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/keegan-collingwood.jpg)
Keegan says that while he has a background in competitive athleticism – his recent six year sabbatical as a tourist means his he has had to sacrifice fitness to make room for more partying.
“I mean, if I’m not floating around the Mediterranean on yacht week – I’m on the beach in Cancun or Koh Phangan,” says the husky 26-year-old.
“I don’t mean to sound smug, but I really don’t have time to be doing one-armed push ups in a local boot-camp. I’ve only got one shot at this backpacker stuff and if that means I have to look like a 23-year-old Shane Warne, then so be it.”
“Warnie didn’t do so bad with the girls, did he?”
![Australian cricketing icon, Shane Warne rocking his famous gold chain and dad bod in 1999. This man slept with a lot of women.](http://prod.betootaadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/338588-shane-warne-in-1999.jpg)
Keegan would also argue that this behaviour isn’t exclusive to holidaying.
“Australia is a warm place mate. We are constantly rocking the banana hammocks.”
As for Aussie tourists showing off their well-marbled torsos, Keegan isn’t alone, backpacker hostels across the globe confirmed to The Advocate that they too are graced with a yearly cycle of unashamed Australian males.
![Keegan believes Australian men are even less likely to wear clothes when at home.](http://prod.betootaadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cricket-budgy.jpg)
One particular hostel stated that the more timid international tourists often raise questions about the phenomenon.
Sarah Birmingham, an English expatriate based in Ibiza, currently runs the world-renowned backpacker hostel “Zone”. She says non-Australian tourists are puzzled by the boisterous half-naked men that come from Down Under.
“It’s not like they are fat, it’s just that most tourists that are that willing to get undressed usually have a bodybuilder physique,”
“It really comes down to the Australian males’ intake of beer – but the English and Canadians can’t understand how Australians keep on the extra weight, and at the same time they don’t seem to care about partying in Budgy Smugglers.”
![Australians seem to enjoy wearing "budgy smugglers" regardless of the foreign climate.](http://prod.betootaadvocate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/skiing-budgy.jpg)