Sorry for the thread hijack all..
I am pretty sure Scott was not doing anything to portray himself as an ugly American; he is genuinely a nice guy despite the fact he's in the military! He went rappelling in the Blue Mountains and two very nice guys gave him a ride to Melbourne from there. He was just surprised by some of the sentiment he experienced and that was without even saying he is in the military. I think he said the Canada thing because he had met so many Canadians in Sydney.
He likes Australia so much that he said he would love to finish his BA there...

Seriously, I didn't want to start anything. I think I just felt bad because "someone" thought my kid was "not nice."