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all aussies cracked up at your tasmania comment 😂
Also the Star got shut down during lockdown I'm pretty sure
Yes, even this Tassie laughed at that!
I once came across an American on Facebook who was amazed to hear that people actually lived in Tasmania, and she was doubly amazed that there is a University of Tasmania. Pretty sure her only reference in real life was from old Loony Tunes cartoons that had the Tasmanian devil scaring lions, gorillas and elephants from our dense jungle habitat. 🙄
@@Vince_Steele that’s hilarious! There are only about 500,000 in the entire State, so it’s been very different from the mainland; a lot quieter. Except when we need to run away from all the jungle beasts 😂
@@zombiemeg Knowing Tasmanians as I do, I think they would be scowling. Try going over there and saying Launceston the way it’s spelt. They’ll cut your throat. They pronounce it as, “Lonceston,” and you had better do the same.
I am from Germany, and Melbourne is my favorite city to be. I was twice there, and it is the most peacefull place you can emagine. When you first time arrive at Flinders Street Station, and you go outside, you can litarlly breath in the lifequality of this City. I love it there.
You HAVEN'T been here since COVID have you? The CBD is DEAD now!
It's nice here, glad you enjoyed the time you spent here.
Not anymore , it's turned into a freakin police state !
Stay in Deutschland !
Thanks for the love towards our country
It's said "Melbun". The Melbourne Star closed in 2021, actually. I live in the Dandenong Ranges, and it IS absolutely beautiful, and IS actually a rainforest. I love living up here, it's very cool in summer (usually anything up to 7 degrees celcius cooler than the city and the burbs), but very cold in winter, and it can actually snow on the very tops of Mt Dandenong/Olinda. The Yarra Ranges are close by and really beautiful too, and it can snow out that way too, Mt Donna Buang and further out. The Dandenongs in some parts are well known as being bushfire prone. Where I live, Cockatoo, was one of the worst hit in the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires. Lots of hills ppl don't call it summer... it's known as bushfire season. But it is a beautiful part of the world to live in when it's playing nice lol.
What would be great is if someone local actually took some nice local footage of regions of interest in Victoria. There's a lot to see and experience but these kinds of videos are so rushed..
It's not melbun, it's mel-b'n
The Dandenong Ranges are classed as cool climate rainforest, as a rainforest is defined by annual rainfall.
@@Merrid67play Yes, as I said, it's a rainforest
@@lunch2102 Pronounced Melbun....
no one does the hop on/off tourist bus, only tourists who got conned. There is a free city circle tram that has recordings explaining the history and is the best option. Also, there are heaps of other things to do in Melbourne, like the night markets, the inner suburbs with cafe culture, the hidden clubs in the alleyways in the city, the various amazing parks with long walking tracks, the various outer suburban food markets, china town, the puffing billy steam train, the various farmer's markets, and entire long roads in various areas dedicated to certain cuisines. As well as various historical places like captain cooks cottage.
Yeah, the Melbourne Cafe / Coffee Culture is probably the best in the world. (and I'm from Sydney)
@@MikMech a bad coffee in Melbourne is hard to come by, even like a bakery will do a decent coffee
We say it "Melb'n". Australian English isn't as literal as US English, and we don't pronounce our r's in the way you do 🙂
Victoria is a state of Australia. Melbourne is close to mountain ranges like the Dandenongs. Australia is huge and has a wide variety of landscapes. It's not all beaches and bushland 🙂
the object is pronouncing it you have to say it quickly
My suggestion is to do some research beforehand, in order to avoid displaying your incredibly American ignorance and arrogance. Not Melboooorne!!!!
"Melb'n" .. yes! Or maybe just a fraction bit longer? eg. "Melb'nnn" ?
But funnily enough, we do pronounce the r in hectare! ( Not hector).
80% of it DESERT!
Hi Ryan. Melbourne id pronounced "Melbin". Australia has many different types of forests, from tropical rain forest in northern Queensland (Check out the Daintree), sub-tropical rain forests in southern Queensland (Binna Burra, Lamington National Park and Mt Tamborine), temperate rain forest further south, ancient forests in Tasmania and many types of open forests. I've only named a few here but there are thousands.
More really Melbn.
Also the jarrah, karri and tingle tree forests of SW Western Australia. You can also find the snottygobble tree there which is the most hilarious name for a tree I’ve ever heard.
Definitely not Melborn, but I've always said Melburn with a very short u sound.
@@jeffthedoggo7990 Man def needs to check out Daintree
@@wheatnblue2419 It's more like "Melben" which is what I assume you mean anyway.
I'd also include MCG, laneways, trams, Queen Victoria Market, southbank, state library of Victoria (trust me), and shrine of remembrance. Melbourne's a large city with a lot of cool things on during the year
They said QVM!
I love the 3d art works at ArtVo too.
There's also Albert Park for the F1 Grand Prix and Rod Laver Arena for the Australian Open tennis
You're right that video only scratched the surface. Melbourne is best known for an incredible restaurant scene (every cuisine from around the world you can imagine), some of the best coffee in the world with an estimated 2000-2500 cafes, laneways full of street art and hidden bars, some amazing 19th century gold rush architecture, the worlds biggest tram network, tons of arts & events, thriving live music scene, excellent markets (Queen Vic, Prahran, South Melbourne), a ring of "inner suburbs" that all have their own unique character. It's a great city to just explore with no plans rather than sightseeing.
Love your reactions im a melbournian easiest way to pronounce it is "Melbn" and "Emew" not "emoo" I'm impressed at how you continue to learn about Australia we know how lucky and blessed we are to live here best wishes to you and your little family
They call the trains in Perth EMU - meaning Electric Motive Unit.
The bus is free , and yes it’s a building within a building , , the city is pronounced
MEL -BIN 👍🤷♀️
Melbourne (pronounced Melb'n) is also famous for its fabulous restaurants and cafe culture. If you love coffee, this is amongst the best in the world. Also, Ryan, they are EEM-YOOS! I know you know that, as I've heard you correct yourself in the past. Love your vids. 😊
Melbourne was the capital of Australia form 1901 to 1923 and was the richest city in the world in 1890. Melbourne has been voted the most livable city in the world 10 times with 7 years in a row
Ryan, there are 6 states in Australia: NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Furthermore, there are two territories: ACT (containing our National Capital Canberra) and the Northern Territory.
Also, we prefer not to talk about Canberra. It's where we sweep all the politicians under.
@@Vince_Steele 😀
Plus, Jervis Bay Territory as well. On the coast. Plus 6 offshore Territories.
AND, if you must shake the hand of a Victorian, immediately count your fingers. Melbourne is the ugliest city in Australia, everything comes in a shade of grey, but it does have a few poo brown highlights.
There's a bunch of territories including Jervis Bay (pronounced Jarvis), Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian Antarctic Territory (it's never been seceded - check with Aus Government), etcetera. Lot's of islands.
@@m_mitch Norfolk Island just become another Australian territory also. Since the island couldn't afford to continue to stay a republic
Hi I’m from Melbourne pronounced Mel-bun for locals or any other Aussies Mel-burn. We have 6 states and 2 territories. And yes Tasmania is a state. When I went to the US and visited Vegas, I stayed at the stratosphere… good view, the Eureka Tower is much taller and has a glass floor observation deck that moves out of the building so you look like you’re standing on nothing. Not good for those that hate heights. Melbourne is also known as the sporting capital of Australia, we have the F1 racing, Melbourne Open Tennis, Melbourne Cup horse race…. One of the biggest races in the world. AFL, NRL, Soccer etc… we also have a vibrant restaurants and cafés that are world renowned and a massive coffee culture. The buses and trams are a free hop on off service that takes you to different tourist sites and shopping centres etc… Australia has multiple cities in the top 10 most liveable cities in the world. Melbourne was number 1 for about 7 years in a row. You should do a reaction to most liveable cities. The US cities don’t really rate…
OK. So almost every Captiol City is OZ has its' own Open Tennis Tournament, the offical Australian Open moves around. NRL comes from New South Wales, Soccer is played throught the nation. The F! Race originally was the Adelaide Grand Prx and Melbourne bought it out from under them. Buses and Trams are NOT all free only Trams in the Free Tram Zone and The Hop On Hop Off Bus service. Yes they have the Melbourne Cup, The Biggest Horse Race in Australia but most other States also have Big Name Races and as for shopping. Brisbanes Chermside Shopping Dsitrict is the Largest Shopping Complex in the Souther Hemisphere so please stop talking like Melbourne is the Be all and End all of Australia, Its' a great City with a lot to offer but TBH I would prefer to visit Sydney Again Rather Than Melbourne. The people are more polite, Taronga Zoo is Awesome and their traffic laws actually make sense. I mean who in the hell ever thought a Hook Turn was a clever Idea. "I know since we drive on the left, lets make every one making a right hand U-Turn do it from from the extreme left lane, ACROSS ALL THE OTHER LANES OF MOVING TRAFFIC." Hmmm clever that one.
@@thepurpledragon3870 sorry but Chadstone shopping centre in Melbs is the biggest in the southern hemisphere. Just sayin
Australia has six states, three internal territories and seven external territories.
"Is Tasmania a State?". Expect some shit from Taswegians over that one mate 😂 As others have said it's pronounced Melb'n. Also you slipped back in eemoo (aaaargh!) ffs it's eemyou
Tasmania lost a lot of clout, a lot of mojo, when New Zealand was finally able to win independence from Tasmania. Such is the end of Empire...
@@carrisasteveinnes1596 lol how silly of me to forget this historic turning point
Tasmania is a state, how come we have 6 points on the star
Taswegian? Where did that come from. Maybe from a Glaswegian refugee? Always called them Tasmanians myself.
Mal-born? Mel-burn is how it's pronounced.
It's actually "Melb'n"! Which yes, is short for "Mel-burn", rather than "Mel-boorn", in our lingo.
Very true 😂
"MEL-b'n" -the first syllable is stressed, and the second starts on the 'B'. Or whatever =^)
The building you're looking at when the vid starts talking about the Botanical Gardens is actually Government House where the Victoria Governor resides. And a hectare is about 2 and a half acres.
The fish that swallowed the chain saw is funnily enough, a Sawfish. Also called a carpenter shark, though it is a ray.
Here's a handy hint if ever you come to Melbourne. Make sure you get to THE Dandenongs or the Dandenong Ranges coz I've heard of visitors accidently travelling to Dandenong (an average Melbourne suburb with no great beauty) then they end up very confused about the recommendations they've heard to visit.
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Dandenong (the city) was a country town until fairly recently. Now a 'city' within the city. Vibrant food scene and excellent markets. Just don't take the train there after dark.
I've lived in Victoria my whole life and it was only this year I twigged that Dandenong is called Dandenong because it was originally built on the banks of Dandenong Creek, which is *named* Dandenong Creek because it starts in the Dandenong Ranges! I always thought it was a bit odd that there were two Dandenongs, just never made the connection.
Surely the Great Ocean Road and Wilson's Prom should be in that list.
Oooh Squeaky beach is divine
Yes, beautiful. In Victoria but not in Melbourne :)
Hi Ryan. I live at the foot of The Dandenong Ranges. About a 25 minute drive up a winding road. Absolutely gorgeous. Observation deck with paid binoculars on a stand overlooking the Dandenong ranges. Plus a maze for the kids. Cafe for both adults and kids. Plus a fine dining restaurant. Well worth the drive
We do have rainforests here in Australia. Many even more epic than temperate rainforests in Melbourne (pronounced Melbern with an almost silent "R") Queensland rainforests in particular are amazing.
Must be an old video. Melbourne's population is over 5 million.
And the Star is closed.
@@Mirrorgirl492 They should have moved it to near Fed Square and the Yarra, just not enough foot traffic at Southbank
@@kirk5152
Southbank is a soulless, windswept concrete 💩 hole that should be bulldozed level and started again!
Come to ‘Squeaky beach’ Wilsons promontory
Quite literally the sand squeaks under feet.
Beautiful quartz sand like no other
Pristine
SE Victorian here. It’s Melbin!
Hop on hop off buses are all over the world, get one tix and jump on any bus that tours around I love them
Pronounced Mel-bin. They should have included Healesville Sanctuary that has all indigenous animals. It’s in the Yarra Valley close to the Dandenong Ranges. As well as the penguin parade at Phillip Island, and St Kilda.
Melbn is the way that Melbourne is pronounced. Pronouncing it as "Mel-burn" or "Mel-boorn" would be like pronouncing Arkansas as R- Kansas, instantly identifying yourself as an alien.
I was amused every time he corrected the narrator's pronunciation of Melbourne. It is funny how in Australia we have a lot of words and names that are pronounced differently to how they are spelt, which doesn't always occur to us until we see someone from a different country pronounce them completely wrong 😂.
As a Melburnian, I agree with some of these but there are weird inclusions on the list. Top sights include the Botanics, zoos, Dandenong Ranges, Queen Victoria Market and maybe Eureka Tower (but it’s costly). I would substitute much of the rest of the list with other places: the Yarra River bank, St Kilda (Acland St and foreshore), Carlton Gardens and the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne Museum, State Library, Flinders Street clock towers and Fed Square, Birrarung Marr and the sports precinct, Treasury Gardens and State Parliament, walk Albert Park Lake (the Australian F1 Grand Prix site), see a theatre show at one of our iconic venues, Yarra Valley for wineries and foodie things, Mornington Peninsula for beaches and bushland…. The list goes on. And you don’t need a silly hop on hop off tourist bus. Just use trams for free in the CBD and surrounds to get to where you need.
There are some fanatic rainforests in QLD - Daintree & Gold Coast Hinterland probably standout. Mostly south of the Tropic of Capricorn are temperate yet very beautiful Forests and mountain ranges. Thanks for sharing your inert in this great vast Country.
The Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland is actually the oldest in the world. A spectacular part of the country.
There's way more to see in Victoria and Melbourne - we have a wonderful food scene!!! 🇦🇺❤️
And the best coffee! ✌️🇦🇺
@@toni-leeblair5869 And the best pizzas -- just drop in to Lygon Street :-)
...and lots of crime and protests and very rude people!
Luna Park in Melbourne and Sydney are like old-timey places. They’re not competing with modern theme parks.
I took a group of kids camping in the Dandenongs. The hardest part was explaining to one kid's parents that their son had been attacked by a blind wombat. They aren't a problem generally but this one got frightened by all the kids. The boy was OK and had a great story for his mates.
The trees in The Dandenong Ranges temperate forest are extremely tall. We have tropical, subtropical and temperate rainforests in Australia. Some of the skyscrapers in Melb'n are amazingly unique and different. Some are even 'optical illusions'. Emu is pronounced 'eem-you'.
Baby emus are cute little stripy things. The Victorian mountain ash is the 2nd tallest tree species in the world, and the tallest flowering plant.
The trees are mountain ash (eucalyptus regnans) aka “swamp gum” or “stringy gum” and can grow to just over 100 meters tall. Average is around 90 meters.
@@Merrid67play Swamp Gum in Tassie and where you'll find the tallest ones
The tree ferns are hundreds of years old , Sherbrooke forest
Philip Island, see the penguins at night, adorable. Cheers Debra from Melbourne Australia xxx
My favourite city in Australia. Totally unbiased as I live in Adelaide.
Poor bastard!
Adelaide is heaps better than Melbourne I've lived in both I love Adelaide
@@benniemurphy2337 Adelaide isn't a pinch on Melbourne. You'd never see Melbourne shut a major train route down for 30 months and replace it with buses.
So they go electric, that takes time to install I bet the train run faster now and melbs train are not flawless at all it took longer for the repair they made on the ballarat line a few yrs ago
Adelaide is still better thou , Victoria is a shit hole I've lived here since 85
You're right this does only scratch the surface
It’s pronounced Mel-bin. Victoria is our state, Melbourne is our city. And we were the worlds liveable city on the world for year on end. I can’t remember who beat is in the end. The Dandenong Rangers is my favourite place to go. It is sooo beautiful!
I thought it was Mell-burn, not Mell-bin or Mell-bun. Mel-bin? It sounds like you're calling this city a bin . . . as in . . . trashcan. Mel-bun? Is this city a bun? As in . . . something you eat. Doesn't sound right . . .
Spent 33 years in Melbourne, moved north 9 years ago for a tree/sea change. Now I'm halfway between Sydney and Brisbane.
Byron Bay? 😂😂
Sydney also has a spinning restaurant. Check out the centre point tower Sydney. Luna Park is only small. Most large theme parks are in Queensland.
I've lived in Werribee quite a large part of my life, the zoo is a great attraction, well worth a visit. 1 hectare = 2.47 acres.
Lets not forget the sewage treatment plant lol
@@zybch who could ever forget the Werribee 💩 Farm 😂😂😂
I live near Dandenongs, very beautiful place.
You're absolutely right when you said "scratched the surface of Melbourne". Couple of facts, for eg, is Melbourne has the largest population of Greeks outside of Greece. Also we have the best food and restaurants 😁 Lots of other stuff of course, hopefully one day you will experience this city and other amazing places in Australia. And , ahem, you still have a lot to learn about Australia (though at least your are interested and trying to learn!) and the rest of the world, like most Americans.
We also have Dan Andrews 🤢 Ryan would have been better to see Melbourne pre 2020
There is so much more to Melbourne (Mel bun), there is a free tram you can ride that takes you around the perimeter of the CBD. Melbourne has some of the best gardens, Fitzroy Garden's features Captain Cooks cottage. A walk past the MCG and Tennis centre and across the Yarra and you have Alexander Gardens where you have water features to explore, the Myer Music bowl, The Governor's mansion, War Memorial, Floral clock and Botanical Gardens. Across the road is the Art centre, South Bank and Casino. Across the Yarra again to the Aquarium. Jump on free tram to Melbourne jail, Victoria Market and up to Carlton Gardens and Museum. Then you can leave the centre of Melbourne to the outer suburbs where there many activities and leave Melbourne to explore country areas like Philip Islands Penguin population. Dandenong Ranges, Wineries, Puffing Billy, Great Ocean Road on the shipwreck coast, Ballarat and Bendigo Goldfields, Paddle Steamers on the Murray and much more.
The coolest cafe's, fantastic coffee, great restaurants, The Vic Market, the Mornington Peninsula.... The list goes on! Melbourne is great.
Then country Victoria amazing too.
I’d also recommend attending an Australian Football (not affiliated with soccer by the way lol) match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and visiting the Melbourne Cricket Ground for a tour and visiting the sports museum. Melbourne is a HUGE sporting city in Australia so I highly recommend visiting the MCG ❤
Which stands for 'Men a cicka goals!'
visit afl its so boring a game
@@dino2170 LOL! Like RU isn't!
So nice to have a positive clip about Mel-b'n (never "Mel-born"). The Dandenongs are beautiful - temperate rainforest and English trees and a little bit Germanic/Swiss/Austrian inspired in places. BTW it's Eem-yew not Ee-moo but you're a nice guy so no probs! The number one tourist spot is closed sadly. But come to Melbourne for the cafe culture, the great restaurants and see the amazing Victorian coast and country-side too!
Good shopping and eating in Melbourne as well and the city itself is a pleasant place to walk around.
Live 10minutes from the Dandenongs Ranges. Explore the Yarra Valley in Victoria. The outskirts of Melbourne. Beautiful.
Ryan you are so down to earth and funny! I appreciate how you don’t swear and are always polite! Yes Melbourne is a great city and there is so much more to see and visit. Hope your little beautiful baby can make another guest appearance soon. All The best to your family ❤
I know one thing , he is hopeless at retaining information. He's been doing these videos for yonks and he still knows nothing. It's pointless commenting , he obviously doesn't look at them.
@@Watsupyoutube aww he is a lovely guy and has a great accent which is fun to hear. Love watching his reactions.
Hey, love the videos! Hope you can visit down under soon! Don't forget to say, "Melbin" when you do. It is 6 states (yes Tasmanian is one) and 2 territories, ACT (contains Canberra the capital, inside boarders of NSW(new south wales), and NT northern territory. :)
When you questioned about the Royal Botanical Gardens, no that is not indoors, the Building in shot is actually the Governor's Building (official residence, office, etc. And largely ceremonial, recognisable by the "gold" - sulphur - standard flag or pennant) the actual gardens are adjacent to the city, rather than about two miles out behind 12' walls.
Also the Dandenong Ranges have cool temperate rainforest, and those tall trees are Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans), the tallest flowering plants, they can get to over 300' high, and were known to attain a basal girth of 30' diameter.
**** Luna Park is not the size of, say, Disneyland or Six Flags, it's equivalent to what Coney Island or similar "Multiplex" sized establishment, so a couple of acres, if that. The Scenic Railway, is probably amongst the oldest continually operating roller-coasters in the world (yes it has been closed for maintenance from time to time, but not demolished or dismantled)....
**** Hop on Hop off bus - it's a tourist trap, and could effectively be done better on the City Circle Trams (maroon wooden ones that Circle the central city for free) and ask the visitor guides.... the Melbourne Star is a white elephant, similar to the London Eye, it's had problems in operations, so much so that the pre recorded commentary says "if you look to the east on a clear day you'll see St.Kilda, Luna Park and Port Melbourne" but all you see is a 16 story apartment tower.
I live in that rainforest type deal, its very lovely!!! And there is an old steam train in use so everyone can hear it through the trees everyday 🙂
The Melbourne Zoo is also known as the Zoological Gardens where the environments built for the animals are generally as close to the original habitats as possible. There are rare and endangered plants from around the world being cared for with the same passion as for the animals.
Oh, one hectare is close enough to 4 acres
With the way your stupid politicians handled COVID , they made your own citizens' homes a prison and zoo !
Worse lock down rules in the whole world .
Stay away from this place dude it has turned into an authoritarian , police state !
We have beautiful rainforest in Australia. You should check out the Blue mountains.
Is not a rainforest
@@lunch2102 what l said to Ryan was he should check out the blue mountains. Btw l already know what rain forests are thank u very much.
AND his 3 sisters!
@@lunch2102 there ARE temperate rainforests in the blue mountains, in the valleys and among cliffs
@@itookallthenames like where they found the woolami?
Australia has rainforest mostly along the coastline regions. The ones in Queensland can be the most deadly if you incounter a Cassowarie, think of an Emu but the difference is that they will use there talons to split open your stomach
The Dandenong Ranges are covered in a wet sclerophyll forest. It's beautiful and not that far from me. Those mountains ( large hills really) have been part of my life forever. I used to live in them.
Australia has rainsforest, arid desert, temperate grassland, alpine, medditeranean and many more different biomes.
I like how even YOU get pissed off with the way the commentator is pronouncing "Melb'n"
Melbourne hosts the Australian Open (a tennis grand slam tournament), the Australian Grand Prix ( formula 1), the AFL Grand Final and the AFL Anzac Day match ( both attended by one hundred thousand plus people), the Melbourne Cup (the richest handicap horse race in the world and also attended by around eighty thousand people) and the Boxing Day Test (a famous annual game on the international Cricket calender).
If you ever come to Australia come in November, thats when the weather is actually nice.
I feel like the colors and views in this video don't do justice to what it's really like living here. Melbourne is friggin awesome. I've been to a lot of different countries with my previous job and coming back to Melbourne was always the best part. There are so many things to see and do here.
Agreed. I think this list was put together by someone who’s hardly spent any time here.
Agreed. I think this list was put together by someone who’s hardly spent any time here.
We pronounce Melbourne as Mel-bin. We almost don’t even pronounce a vowel between the b and n. So it’s more Mel-bn. It’s a great city, would be my choice to travel to, there’s such a variety in what you can do here. My number 2 choices of places to travel in Australia are Tassie and Northern Queensland. Both have incredible locations to visit and extremely different climates. 👍👍
Melb'n.
G'day Ryan.
I'm from the Upper Yarra Valley about 100 kilometers out of Melbourne, our area is surrounded by thousnds of hectares of high mountains, cool temperate rain forests, and huge Mountain ash tree forests just like the Dandenong rangers, we also have not to far from where I live a stand of Californian red wood tree's planted about 100 yrs ago. Our Australian mountain ash tree is second only in height to the California red wood tree but the mountain ash is the world's tallest flowering tree.
1 hectare is equally to 2.4 acres.
Cheers from Aus.
Loved your reactions. Cracked up over Tasmania and a hectare being 1mm squared!
This is an old video. Melb’n (can’t go wrong if you say it that way) hit over 5 million residents back in 2019. We have probably lost quite a few to the regional areas of Victoria and interstate because of our seemingly never ending Covid lockdowns … I wonder if the birth rate will spike because of those lockdowns. Melbourne sits at the head of Port Phillip Bay (which is actually too big to be called a bay as it is really a small sea). We have so many beautiful beaches and the lucky residents of the inner suburbs can walk to the beach while the rest of us can have access within a 10-45 minute drive. 10-45 minute drive? Melbourne outside of the CBD (Central Business District) is huge … Melb’n is second only to LA in urban sprawl, with most Melburnians living on a 1/4 acre block, although apartment and townhouse living is gaining popularity. So when they said Werribee and the Dandenong Ranges were so many kilometres from Melbourne they mean from the CBD, both places are reached by the suburban rail line system, which is again, huge. Also and not mentioned, is our best kept secret … Geelong, which is a car ride around the bay and the gateway to our beautiful coastal towns and World class surf beaches.
Don't mention the ice issue down at sleepy hollow.
Judi, it's not "Port Phillip Bay". It's just "Port Phillip". Similarly so, "Western Port". No BAY on the end of it, because a 'Port' in this sense is a bay. [Sydney folk don't say "Port Jackson Bay"]
@@chygwelanmeneth you may be correct, but actually I was pointing out the size and as a comparison, Port Jackson (Bay) covers 55 km sq. whereas Port Phillip (Bay) is more an enclosed sea than a Bay as it covers close to 2,000 km sq. and takes hours to drive from one end to the other (unless you take the ferry from Sorrento to Queenscliff.
@@chygwelanmeneth - I grew up on one of the shores of Westerport Bay and we as well as everyone in the area used both 'Westernport' and 'Westernport Bay' interchangeably. Same for Port Phillip.
Hi Ryan, You'll find just about any type of scenery in Australia. Including Rainforests, Desserts and in some southern states there's Snow Capped Mountains in Winter. I'm originally from Brissie (Brisbane) the capital city of Queensland. Just south of the city there's The Gold Coast where you'll find plenty of Theme (Amusement) Parks. There's also Surfers Paradise where the Meter Maids wear Gold Bikinis as their uniform. Over here Checking Out someone We find Attactive is our way of Paying A Compliment. If your Good Lady Wife were an Aussie, she probably wouldn't mind your looking. Because she'd probably be Checking Out the guys on the beach herself. Let's be honest we do it because our eyes work, Aussies are just honest about it. Anyway when I was a teenager I moved to The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland. It up a Mountain Range behind Cairns we have Rainforests, Waterfalls, plenty of Freshwater places to swim and Rolling Green Hills with a cooler climate than the coast. It's also Dairy Country and due to long extinct Volcanoes our soil is good for growing a wide variety of Fruits and Vegetables. A lot of Tourists visit Cairns for The Great Barrier Reef and then come up here. Being Aussies the Locals in general are Warm, Open, Friendly People. Where I live, we Love Tourists. Most of us would rather actually go Grocery Shopping to hear the different Accents and Languages. It's Fun!
Well YOU would be the few & the FAR between!
Correct. We have some wonderful and extremely tasty desserts. Peach Melba is world famous. You never know some day somebody might name one after our biggest desert...the Great Victorian.
The Yarra Ranges National Park is my favourite place on this planet. Mountain Ash everywhere. Ferns proliferate. Wildlife all over the place, including Lyre birds.. The tallest tree in the world were here. Measured at 137 metres high. It was cut down in the late 1800's. Many of the Mountain Ash trees are close to 100 metres tall now. Spectacular place.
Dandenong had the tallest Australian tree, the Mountain Ash. It had fallen down but was measured by a surveyor in the 1860's. It was 390 feet but the top had broken off so he added another 30 feet making it 420 feet tall. The tallest surviving Mountain Ash is located in Tasmania and is 333 feet tall (100.9 metres)
You might have to watch both Geography Now videos on Australia. The first early one is quite general but good info and the second is states and territories.
Great reaction, by the way.
Melbourne has awesome restaurants :)
I'd say Melbourne has the best restaurants hands down. I was born and bred in Sydney, spent 12 years in Tassie - now 19 years In Brizzie where the weather suits my clothes 😆 But nothing compares to the food and music scene in Melbourne 😉👌
I continue to trawl through your videos. Your awe constantly surprises me. I should get on when you post a reaction. I hope you read this one day.
Now I did go to "Melbin Yewny" as we used to call it. It was whilst there that I realised how unique and diverse Melbourne is. The video you watched is crap! They are certainly NOT the ten best things to do in Melbourne. These are (in no particular order):
1/ NGV & Ian Potter Centre - always best when there is an exhibition - otherwise Friday nights are a blast
2/ Royal Botanic Gardens & the Domain - great for a wind down day - take a picnic. Or if you're up to it, do what the locals do and run around the perimeter "on the tan". In summer, catch a Moonlight Movie.
3/ The Shrine of Rememberance - next to the Gardens and with an amazing exhibition space and museum under the Shrine.
4/ Take in a game of AFL or if out of season, cricket, at the MCG
5/ State Library - you'll be truly amazed at the building, the dome, the exhibitions in there. Another gem in pain sight!
6/ Walk the alleys and arcades of Melbourne; particularly Royal and Block Arcades, Hardware & Hosier Lanes. Find the hidden bars.
7/ Queen Vic Market - a must for fresh food, dynamic market culture, the HOT jam donuts. Wine tasting. In summer, late night foodie market.
8/ Herring Island in the Yarra River, wildlife haven & sculpture park. Kayak or canoe there, or a longer walk along the river bank and take the punt when operating.
9/ Walk the Gardens surrounding Melbourne; they often have other features associated with them. Treasury & Fitzroy Gardens with Capt Cooks Cottage, Model Tudor Village & the Fairy Tree, memorial to John F Kennedy, Exhibition Gardens - home of the Royal Exhibition Centre & Melbourne Museum, Royal Park.
10/ My personal favourite and a hidden gem, the Percy Grainger Museum on Royal Parade. Percy was perhaps our most famous composer & pianist. He settled in the US but built the museum on the grounds of Melbin Yewny.
ALL of the above are within walking distance, or in, the CBD.
There's lots to do in the inner suburbs and features on the metro outskirts as well.
What's lost its mojo - St Kilda, Lygon Street, plastic land aka South Yarra - Chapel Street.
We live next to the Dandenongs. We drive through them to get to the city. The trees you saw in Sherbrooke forest are only babies. They grow three times larger than that. But there were huge fires back in the first half of the 19th century and most of the forest was burned down.
In Australia, Melbourne is the capital of the State of Victoria. In Canada, Victoria is the capital of the Province of British Columbia (I think you probably came across that when watching recent videos about Canada).
Far oot eh!
Capital city
About 35% of the mainland of Australia has conditions that would classify it as desert. However, only 18 percent of Australia's land falls into regions that are officially named deserts.
Approximately 81% of Australia is broadly defined as rangelands. This part of the country is known to most Australians as the Outback. Rangelands include tropical savannas, woodlands, shrublands and grasslands.
So basically almost every ecosystem you can think of 😂
And a lot more water than you would imagine. Hardly a parched country.
Number 1. Ryan..love your channel and genuine admiration for our beautiful country..2. He’s right it IS pronounced MelBURN….. Though spelt Melbourne, you know… ‘cause we’re Aussies and we don’t make any sense! Lol and finally…. Australia and it’s landscapes are so vast that you will encounter EVERY TYPE of environment… we have beautiful scenic coastal towns, deserts, tropical rainforests, snowy mountain ranges… you name it we have it… just depends on we’re you go…. And FYI… that Melbourne ‘ beach’ is NOT a beach….melBURN is situated around a Bay therefor not an open ocean… I grew up in WA (Western Australia) where we have some of the most beautiful coastline in the world ( search south Western Australia) when I moved to Melbourne and saw the ‘beach’ I cried…
You need to head to the great Ocean road for some awesome beaches
@@claremonea872 yep been here in Vic for 20 years now so have seen them but as you might imagine … coming from Cottesloe Beach to ‘the bay’ was a bit of a let down.. but Australia as a whole still has some of the best beaches in the world..!
Ryan, be sure to check out Sovereign Hill and also the light and sound show.
I live in Melbourne. You need to visit our city, your eyes lit up 😂 we are the art and cuisine capital of Australia and have the best coffee 👍🏻 ☕️
Tasmania is a state. It's capital is Hobart. Please do a Hobart vid. Is there a vid out there that introduces you the Aussie states? Aside from Victoria and Tasmania there is New South Wales (Sydney), Queensland (Brisbane), South Australia (Adelaide), Western Australia (Perth). There is also the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra) and the Northern Territory (Darwin). Hectare is a metric unit. It is equivalent to approx. to 2.5 acres.
Mountain Ash forests occur in Victoria and Tasmania. It is the largest flowering tree in the world. Redwoods are taller? E. Regnans grows to 375 feet. (114 metres)
It is classified as a temperate rainforest as opposed to a tropical rainforest.
Ros, Hobart capital is boring, not worth a video. Nice old buildings, a botanical garden, port Arthur (although it's not really Hobart technically), Salamanca and other markets, Mona, convict heritage sites like the female factory and the mountain. I don't think I can even find 10 things unless the peninsula attractions like the tessellated pavement are included
@@angelavinen2881 Personally I like those things. I think it beautiful and the Derwent much more impressive than the Yarra. And if anything I would declare Adelaide bland.
Melbourne is a great place to live (I'm a Melbournian), but Sydney probably offers more to the tourist. Melbourne is pretty flat and doesn't come close to the numerous vistas that Sydney has. However, if you can get up high (in, say, the Eureka Tower, but not the Melbourne Star - it's now defunct) you can see a long way and the view is spectacular (a bit like Vegas, I guess). The rollercoaster in Luna Park, being old, is really rough. The aquarium in Melbourne is nothing on the one in Sydney (or even the one in Townsville). Our zoos are pretty good though.
"Hop on, hop off" usually implies a single fee, regardless of the number of times you get on or off the transport.
Finally, us locals, don't pronounce the name of our city either of the ways you and the video were giving us. Most of the time we pronounce it like it was spelt "Melbn". Other possibilities are "Melbin" or "Melbern" (with emphasis on the "Mel"), but never the way either of you were doing it.
Hectares. 1 Hectare =- 2.47 acres.
Australia went Metric in 1966 but some of us oldies still understand the Imperial measurements.
As an Old Architect I can switch form Metric to Imperial reasonably easily.
We did not convert to metric dimensions until 1974. It was decimal currency that was introduced in 1966.
Metric was 1974 and I don't know anyone in Australia that uses imperial weights but there's always someone! In 1966 Australia switched to using dollars
And as it should be, the ACT got forgotten again lol
hurricanes are called cylcones in australia and tasmania is an island state @10:15 the ferris wheel has since been closed down you need to learn the aussie accent properly its melburn *NOT* Melborn
Don’t forget there is also Great ocean road, Mornington Peninsula and Geelong.
Also Errie Tours, Botanic Garden, Tran Nuseum, Gold Museum, Sovereign Hill and Reptile Park Ballarat Victoria
Meant to say Tram Museum Ballarat
Hectares are a metric measurement for area, just under 2.5 acres per hectare. Australia is officially a metricated nation, like most of the world. Only 3 countries don't use metric measurements, you're in one of them. As most have said, it's pronounced Melbn. Aussies shorten nearly everything (as shown by Aussies and it's shortn). There is so much that could be added to the list of things to do and see in Melbn and Victoria. Victoria is the smallest mainland state by area, but the second largest by population. And it contains almost all facets of the rest of the country in a small package: we have rainforest, mountains (nearly the tallest in Australia, which in US terms are pretty modest), snowfields in winter, seasides of all types, from cliffs to sandy beaches, rolling hills (complete with dairy cattle or beefies or paddock lice (sheepses)), and even full-on deserts. And we are the home of the greatest Australian game - Aussie Rules (which my team Geelong won the premiership of this year (Go Catters!)). So come visit us. We don't bite.
Well said! Especially the part re The Cats! Purrrrr.
OMG Ryan, why don't you do some research. Don't watch vids with American commentators, THEY ALWAYS get it wrong and pronounce everything wrong. So bloody frustrating to us Aussies( pronounced OZZIES)!!! I do enjoy your vids tho, if you just listened you will learn a lot. 🥰
See the zzzz don't help as American's pronunciation, their say z'd as s's. So he'd read that Ozzie and still say Ossie. lol. When is a z a z in American lingo I don't know.
My gawd this yank makes me so fluffin nervous. never bothers to listen.. typical yank talks too fluffin much
It’s not frustrating at all you are just very close minded
The Melbourne Star Wheel (made of steel) was many years ago now closed for a few years for repairs after it melted due to the summer temperatures!
Eureka sky deck in Melbourne is pretty cool (the skyscraper in the video) it has a little room that you can go into that pops out the side of the building and has a clear glass floor so you can see straight down to the ground when standing in the room
Melbin is how we pronounce
Or Melb'n 🤓
@@FionaEm hehe yes
Hey Ryan, please try to find videos narrated by Australians in future. This person was mispronouncing a lot of words, which is really frustrating, particularly as you're trying to learn more about us and our country.
Sacre bleu....he can't even get Port Phillip Bay correct.
1:34 Those puddles you throw a line and you can get beached whiting and flatheads in those puddles they bury until the next tide. Sometimes you can feel them with your feet as you walk over them and dig them up.
Hey Ryan,
We have 8.8 million acres of rainforest in Australia, including the Daintree, which is the oldest in the world. It's home to the Cassowary, a velociraptor-like bird with a mean streak!
Does Tasmania count?! 😂😂
🤣 🤣 🤣 yeh, nah..
We don't usually, unless KFC is performing scientific experiments on us to see if we like their horrible new pickle burger before the mainland gets it anyway.
as a melburnian myself , i actually loved the most livable city bit of your video , yes your right compared to nearly all other parts of the world , australia in general is the most less likely to die place in the world ... you should visit , there is a lot of better places to visit than that video showed, healesville sanctuary it's like the zoo, but way better imo , Buchan Caves, Phillip Island Penguin march, the yarra valley winery tours, and the city itself is also known as the restaurant capital of australia , with huge amount of restaurants bars and cafes , and a world class casino callled crown casino in the centre of melbourne , including a world class shopping district and entertainment , we are blessed to have such a multicultural society , and live in a place with very minimal violence and crime.
It is a rain forest Ryan. We have every type of climate/region here.
Large trees in the Dandenong ranges are often Mountain Ash one of the tallest trees in the world.
The Luna park roller coaster is also the worlds oldest wooden truss and still manned by a handbrake guy
Also, Melbourne is pronounced “melb’n”
Can you actually ride that roller coaster? If so, thats amazing. I have only been to Melbourne once, and dont know. Im in Qld.
@@eurekaelephant2714 definitely. It was fully restored maybe 20 years ago. Last time I was on it (the scenic railway) was maybe 6 years ago
@@frenchys_prospecting oh wow, ok. Thats really cool. Thanks for your reply.
Love how you shout Melbourne incorrectly then mispronounce wharf 🤣 Em-you
9:51 Observation wheel is no longer operating, it went broke.Exhibition Buildings in the Carlton Gardens & also the Melbourne Museum is worth a visit & is walking distance to Gertrude Street Brunswick Street & Smith Street shopping precinct & is among the oldest settled residential area.
Amusement parks can differ here. In South East Qld there's a group of big ones where you have to pay like 50 bucks for entry. These include Sea World, Warner Bros. Movie World and Dreamworld. Then a couple hours north from there is Aussie World, which has free entry but you gotta pay for rides. We also get yearly carnivals that come into local areas, but we call them "shows". You have to pay for entry and rides with those.
Try pronouncing it Mel-bin :)
I take it your from Sydney or Adelaide?