australian, n, 1) a cardboard box of beer, usually consisting of 24 tinnies, stubbies, or bottles of beer.
2) a cardboard box of cigarrettes usually consisting of 10 packs of 20 cigarrettes each.
A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.