(Although the sci.physics FAQ doesn't think that the hemisphere matters)
To get you oriented, here's an animation of what I find in MY bathroom in Connecticut:
If the animation doesn't work, here's a good still to demonstrate:
Note the direction the water goes, to the LEFT. We call that "Counter-clockwise".
If things are truly as we've been told, it should spin to the RIGHT in
Australia.
But the silly physics people think the water flows in the direction
the pipe feeds out of the toilet.
Once we get Down Under, I'll take another video in their W.C.
and see what transpires, and place the results on this page.
Then life can go on as normal!
Okay Keith?!
Update for May 5:
Our hotel has put us on the top floor and has some excessively strong water pressure to the 'loo. Because of that, our experiments here are unable to realistically show the direction the water flows. Hopefully we can be somewhere later in our travels that uses more conventional "Gravity feed". We'll keep you apprised....