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Hmm, I think Australian actors tend to be able to manage a generic California(-ish) accent; if we're called on to do Boston or New England or Teyxas, we fare far less well.
Back when I was an actor myself, I know our showreels always required at least one piece in what the casting agencies termed a "trans-Pacific" accent. Because both OZ and US accents tend to have much flatter vowels than most Brit accents, it was maybe easier to connect the two. It was usually just a matter of pulling the sounds away from being formed behind our top lips and throwing them down the back of our throats.
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