The Aussie dollar is copping an absolute pasting at the moment, whacked again last week to tally up a whopping 18 per cent fall in just the last six months.

That’s the biggest slide over a six month period since the GFC, when things went really pear-shaped.

So we thought we’d take a quick tour around the world – courtesy of an internet powered bus – to see what one Aussie peso would buy us today. Here are the results.

1 AUD = 4.85 Chinese Yuan

= Two tickets to ride, on the local tram

1 AUD = 0.69 Euros

= 0.5L bottle of local beer from a Spanish supermarket

1 AUD = 0.78 US Dollars

= 100g of fruit rock candy from the biggest lollies shop in the world

1 AUD = 92 Japanese Yen

= 2 minute local phone call on a prepaid mobile

1 AUD = 2.02 Brazilian Reals

= One head of lettuce at the local shops

1 AUD = 8.98 South African Rand

= One quarter of a poached ox tongue lunch at a restaurant

1 AUD = 11.5 Mexican Peso

= 1.5km taxi ride into town

1 AUD = 5.9 Egyptian Pounds

= Half a bowl of tomato soup at a cafe

Main Image: Evangelio Gonzalez, via Flickr