Originally Posted by
Doc Savage
With really no tipping in Oz, why would the server care? Fewer people, less work, same pay....

I'm puzzled too, I find it easier to dine alone in Australia than in most places. Maybe it's just because I live here so I'm more comfortable with the setting than when I'm overseas.
Higher end places are always more awkward anywhere when alone, and I'm not one to be intimidated by snooty waiters or that sort of thing