Drip coffee is rare because the market is discriminating and prefers espresso, which tends to be much better made in Oz than in the US (perhaps due to the proliferation of barista training schools). Maybe a long black costs AUD 4 in QLD, but in MEL it usually costs between $2.50 and $3, and I've never had a 10 minute wait (unless I ordered a dozen of them). Even cappucino at the best coffee place in town (the European) costs a mere $3.50. Maybe you are living in the wrong part of Oz, and time to move to coffee civilization