Before conducting research for this article I was completely oblivious to the controversy that surrounds a person’s decision to wear shoes or to go barefoot. I always thought that the basics were that if you were in public then wear shoes, but if you are at home or visiting someone who likes clean floors then don’t. Well it turns out that this is such a huge issue that there are multiple websites out there attempting to break the stigma around not wearing shoes. There are also a lot of websites and questions posed by travellers who are pondering why Australians choose to go barefoot.
