Unfortunately all this great information can sometimes leave us confused.

An American might say, "We're going shopping for winter coats - it's in the 40s this week."

When it's in the 40s in Australia, an Aussie would be throwing on a cozzie (bathing suit) and heading for the beach.

Yes, that's right, America uses Fahrenheit and Australia uses Centigrade for measuring temperature.

There's also quite a difference in what we call food items as well. If an American ordered a peanut butter and jelly here, they'd need to do a bit of explaining. To us, jelly is what Americans call jello. Very different things.

So have a look at our Food Chart and you'll see over 45 food equivalents.

We've prepared a variety of charts that you may find handy. If you need a more precise answer, try our converters.

• Charts - Food
  Caster sugar, copha, scones, griller, rock melon, conserve.
• Charts - Measuring
  Cups, gills, inches, ounces,
  millimetres, teaspoon.
• Charts - Temperature
  Celsius, Fahrenheit, air temperature, oven temperature.
• Converters - Length
  Inches, centimetres, yards, metres, kilometres.
• Converters - Volume
  Liquid measurements such as cups, ounces, gallons, pints.
• Converters - Weight
  Grams, ounces, pounds.
• Converters - Temperature
  Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin.