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Can't speak of Australia, but only like 10% of Europeans speak English as their native language. So yes, that idiom is just not a thing in most places.
I thought it's just an English saying to turn something sour into a drink (like sprite, but home made), but only figuratively speaking. Of course the concept of flavored water is known, and at family functions we also usually have lemon water (water with a cut up lemon inside), but without any sugar I think. I don't particularly like it and prefer water or juice.
How much sugar is usually added in the US when you make lemonade? The saying gets a whole new dimension if the actual process instead means "if life gives you something sour, source twice the amount of something sweet from somewhere and you'll be fine" - no shit, if I have tons of sweet things in my life a bit of sourness is indeed bearable.