Things I Was Surprised By In Australia (BRITISH REACTION)
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Things I Was Surprised By In Australia (BRITISH REACTION)
We shorten our words because if you open your mouth too long it will fill up with flies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't envy all the singers who come down here then xD
@@RennieAsh You have to learn to breathe through your ears Rennie.
you forgot to mention the Aussie salute. ha ha
I have heard it said that the Australian accent developed from the settlers trying to project their voices while at the same time not opening thier mouth too much.
You are “allowed” to swim wherever you like on the beach but the Surf Lifesavers (a volunteer organisation) have a system of identifying the safest part of the beach on any given day and setting up the flags there. Having a finite area for swimming helps the Lifesavers keep an adequate eye on the swimmers and they typically have a separate nearby area for surfboards.
90 mile beach's up north with no flags.
We all know that we 'SWIM BETWEEN THE RED & YELLOW FLAGS' as it's safe there. We have amazingly good food from many cultures and we have strict guidelines on ingradients that can and cannot be used due to our extremely high food standards for health and safety of all, wines 🍷 & sparkling wines 🍾🥂, crafted 🍺 small & large breweries, distilleries who distill Gins🍸, Rums🥃 Whiskys, Vodkas, soft drinks/ sodas, cordials 🍹. Why stick to take away burgers and fries when there are numerous cuisines to choose from. Australia is not just Sydney, Australia is HUGE do your research peeps or go to a travel agency who specialises in travel to Australia, make sure you have travel insurance ( if you can't afford travel insurance postpone your holiday until you can get travel insurance.
I grew up in the 70's as kids it was mandatory you learn to swim, plus learn CPR, You could not go to infants school, but most kids could swim 🎉before starting school, I could also read and write before starting Kindergarten, was common up to the late 70 's. You were taken to the beach to learn beach safety, how to spot a rip, how to get out of one, to spot dangers like blue ringed octopus, cone fish, etc. Australia was the first nation to have a fully professional volunteer life saving organisation, you became a "nipper" where you learned surf live saving, to get the coveted Bronze Medallion. You NEVER swim at unattended beaches alone, swim at dusk or dawn, swim between the flags, no matter how good a swimmer you are, this was deeply ingrained into all kids back then. Along with Slip, Slop, Slap. Slip on a shirt, slip on sunscreen (most use zinc cream as it gave true protection, lowest you can buy in sunscreen is SPF50+ because if uva / uvb as you can still get burned on overcast days here) and slap on a hat.
Something I Always vehmently recommend tourists, use zinc cream, slip, slop, slap and at a beach, ask the surf life savers to point out rips to you, they are very happy to tell you how to spot dangers and what to do, rather spend 10 mins doing that, then 15 mind trying to revive you or hours trying to find your body which is swept out to sea. When in doubt, ask the locals, most are friendly and will help you. We want you to have the time of your life here, not a time that ends your life.
Most idiots choose to swim where it is calm.But that can be a rip where the tide flows out. Deadly.
@@paulgerrard9227 the calm water is calm because it's the outward current of a rip. Beaches should have white water or waves breaking, that is normal, anything else is a danger
Had 20 solar panels at home since 2014. Saved me a fortune in electricity bills. 9 months of the year I'm close to credit. Only in winter I get a real bill but still half of what I used to pay. Paid off my initial $4,000 installation cost years ago.Its a no brainer, particularly the higher costs of gas prices feeding into the electricity grid nowdays.
Yeah, it's great for those who own their homes.
Not so great for renters, Especially when most landlords will NEVER bother to invest in solar for their tenants to also benefit from cheaper electricity bills.
And therefore, it's mainly renters with stingy landlords who are suffering the hardest when it comes to the current heavy increases in electricity and gas bill prices.
In Australia is is usual practice (and polite) to keep left when walking on a footpath, in a crowded aisle or on escalators. On an escalator it is so than someone who is in a hurry can pass you, on the street it just allows for free flow of pedestrians.
When going to a higher floor the "up" escalator is usually on the left - same as going down a floor, down is on the left.
Some hospitals, Ikea and Japanese prisons have arrows on the floor.
@@bloozee
Where are the Japanese prisons in Australia? 😄
@@mebeme007 a friend of mine did time in Japan for possession of a lot of LSD. They are very regimented... you are not even allowed to make eye- contact with other prisoners.
pools by the sea are called ocean baths. First one built is in my home town Newcastle. The "Bogey Hole" was built in 1819 by convicts under orders of Commandant James Morisset. You can still swim in it.
On escalators it's also common for left side stands still while right side for those who keep moving .
Practising good beach safety is essential in Australia. Lifeguards are there to protect you so where possible, swim where you're in a clear line of sight. That means swimming between the flags at the beach.
Hydro power requires water, and mountains. Australia does not have many mountains, and drought is an ever-present problem, so there are few opportunities for hydro.
Solar in Australia is a no-brainer anywhere north of Melbourne. About 1 house in 4 has solar.
The flags on the beach show the zone which is covered by Lifesavers (lifeguards). They place the flags in the safest part of the beach (no rip currents, no collapsing sandbank, etc). Anybody should swim ONLY between the flags.
Canadians call their electricity system the hydro wether or not the power is produced by hydro or not . Just one of their quirks .
@@keithkearns93
Interesting, we all have different ways and terminology - all good, just find out what u want if u move and ask them what it’s call there 😊👍
Haha such a funny thing to notice. People can swim wherever they want however, should you wish to be monitored by a lifesaver while in the water, swim between the yellow and red flags. If they get in trouble, people can wave their hand and be rescued. So many people drown in random places so it’s just so much safer to be smart and swim between the flags!
Maude, only one thing that fascinates me re the red and yellow flags, I’m Aussie but if I was a visiting from overseas, I don’t think I’d know what flags meant, yeah I watch Bondi Rescue - how about art work in flag of a person with an X through it. And arrow pointing in dangerous spots - or something anyone can understand - a Danger icon - just a thought
@@bernadettelanders7306 absolutely true love. Some beaches have signs telling people about the flags and what they mean but honestly, more often then not, there are no warning signs. Guess it would be hard to sign every single beach in Aus but your comment it valid! Maybe that could be one of the council art projects like the roadside electricity boxes that people paint. They should get people to paint beautiful art signage to be placed by the beach so even non-English speaking people could understand the messaging! Thanks for taking the time to read my comment! 😊
@@maude1111 your comment was interesting and reminded me what I’d thought and forgotten. I like your idea of the paint and an icon visitors who don’t speak English would understand, sound like a terrific idea. As I guess u know, watching Bondi Rescue, those saved had no idea what the flags meant. I’m not going to Bondi, I’m too old and haven’t worn bathers for years lol 😂
You go😂
Sorry but I'm going to be a bit contrary, but if you're going to visit a foreign country I think it's your responsibility to learn about water safety or whatever you want to do
It's not that you can't swim anywhere, what he is referring to is the section of beach that is being monitored by the surf lifesavers, who also monitor the wave conditions. As you travel up north, the beaches become more exposed to deadly sea creatures.
John , just to make it clear for NON Australians . Hey ,nobody's going to stop you from swimming anywhere. it just might not be safe, (Trust the local SLSC).
@@N0rnagest Yes, exactly Chris 👍
I'm a Sydneysider. Love our trains, especially the Metro. It can be deadly to surf outside the flags. There have been 28 people drown at New South Wales beaches in the last three months, the deadliest summer in our history.
So your trains are working now? lol
@@geofftottenperthcoys9944 Yes, unless you are a very shallow person, you don’t walk away from a relationship because of one acute illness.
I don’t catch trains often but did last weekend. I live about 2 hours south of Sydney, so I drove roughly halfway, parked my car overnight at the station and caught the train into the city. It cost me $1 each way!
Gong local? God's gift to Australia.
@@zalired8925 Sure is! I’m another 30 mins south of the Gong…👌
In Australia there's a distinction between 'Safety Beaches" which have flat water and are suitable for young toddlers to swim in, compared to the Surf beaches, which don't necessarily have huge waves but do have waves or strong currents that push you about. Aussies need to learn to swim, and at some stage in life, kids need to be taught how to body surf, which makes swimming at any type of beach a family occasion.
The colonists were unable to swim in surf conditions and it was actually illegal to try until one gentleman proved it could be done. Hence all the rock bathing pools around Sydney to turn surf beaches into relatively flat water pools. In Melbourne, Port Phillip Bay is almost all flat Safety beaches, so the bathing pools are rare. There's one down in Geelong.
Have solar panels. It was an environmental goal of mine for 30 years before I could afford it. Now Victoria is going hard on the government subsidies for solar panels and batteries Electricity prices DID skyrocket here long before covid. We had some bad bushfires a couple decades ago and ill repaired electricity lines were the main ignition sources.
The privatised transmission companies invited in massive infrastructure upgrades, partly to improve fire hazard safety, expecting electricity demand to keep rising and pay off the improvements. Instead, the invention of compact fluorescents and then LED lighting plus the energy efficiency star rating on new electrical appliances sent electricity demand plunging, despite an ever growing population. Less electricity demand combined with the unecessary transmission upgrades lead to higher prices per watt delivered. Then the whole system entered a bit of a death spiral with higher prices making people invest harder in energy savings at home, leading to higher prices because the transmission infrastructure wasn't paid off yet, and the coal power plants are at the end of their life and failing, but fossil fuel power stations are now a stranded asset as far as private business is concerned, and no private business wants to build base load power stations in Australia any more.
There's actually quite a few private large scale battery projects in Victoria, to take advantage of renewable energy supply. But it's not nearly enough to take over the power load of the state, hence the panel and battery subsidies.
I worked in inner city Sydney for many years. Lunch break was usually a stroll along the edge from Circular Quay (where the harbour ferries radiate from) around to the Opera House and further into the Botanic Gardens (That was the park shown with the Navy dock - Garden Island - that you identified.) the other direction from the Quay took you into the oldest part of Sydney known as The Rocks. Very different walk but great for a stroll at lunch. All around the Quay area there are numerous buskers (street performers). Loved it.
Keeping to the left is almost a sub-conscious thing here (not just on the road). Thinking on it I've never had anyone tell me to walk on the left (nor have other people), but we just automatically do it. I mean, it may be that our infrastructure is just set up that way and we simply go with the flow.
Yep. You should keep left when you're walking and on escalators here. And yep, I live in the inner west of Sydney and I walk around Circular Quay and the Botanical Gardens and had lunch right next to the Opera House just the other day. Just as many locals as tourists around there because it's a beautiful place to visit. You can swim anywhere on the beach but they recommend to swim between the flags becasue that's where the life guards patrol so if you get into trouble they can rescue you.The public transport here in Sydney is pretty good most of the time. Occasionally the train or bus drivers will go on strike but they usually put extra buses on to compensate. You can use the same Opal card to tap on buses, trains, trams and ferries but you can also use your debit or credit card or you mobile phone as well which is very handy.
Yea, every country has a transportation system that the locals don’t like. People from other cities within the same country will think the transportation in another city is better than theirs. Human nature.😊
We have solar panels on our place and have had for many years. A number of years ago we went off grid with Nickel Iron batteries which are supposed to last indefinitely providing you take care of them. They only require distilled water top up to keep them this way. And we bought a water distiller quite cheaply to provide the water which we run off the solar so it's a closed system. The government gives subsidies to encourage people to add solar to their homes. Australia's climate is ideal for solar power.
The reason we mostly have solar panels on houses, we have a very strong Sun. We have more sunny days than rainy days, but if it does rain, don't expect it to last long. Use the most logical choice. We do have desalination plants for the conversion of sea water to drinking water, to save our water. But we should have alot more of them. But these take time to make and run.
When you get as much sunshine as we do, why not make use of it and go Solar.
The solar panels were part of a buy-back initiative of the government. I can't remember exactly the process, but you were financially encouraged to put panels on your home, which gives energy back to the grid, so many people not only saved money, some profited by receiving money back from energy companies because they captured (absorbed?) More energy than they consumed.
Quoting the ads "The burgers are better at Hungry Jacks" and I totally agree. Give me HJ's before Macca's
Transit is great when it works.
Trains in Melbourne, for instance, are usually great, but because the signal system is something out of the dark ages, if it fails, the entire line fails. Just imagine the volume of backed up people waiting to get to work for an hour.
Even worse if you have to take a bus replacement, the trip takes 5 times as long.
This used to occur with alarming frequency ... but in recent years, it's only "several" times a year. Which still sucks.
A tourist is only going to be around for a short time, so the odds of encountering such failures is low. But when it happens to you, you don't forget it.
All of our cities have free spaces, parks and gardens everywhere
I'm from Perth and I take pride in our public transportation system. It is surprisingly extensive for our city's population and getting around is relatively easy (unless it's a Sunday, of course -- some genius decided it was a good idea to cut back service on the weekends). And it's growing pretty fast with extensions, new stations, modern trains, and more lines being built.
I mean, our airport is connected to the train system. Do you know whose airport isn't? Melbourne's!
Unsafe beaches are only in certain areas. Sydney/NSW beaches are probably the worst for rips and strong currents. In W.A. the ocean is a lot safer. Way Up north the beaches are empty for a different reason - crocodiles, dangerous jellyfish etc. it’s always a good idea to check with the locals before swimming in the ocean anywhere, to assess the local conditions.
Greenery in the cities is normal in Australia. This actually reduces heat aswell. Being such a hot country the pavement and concrete heats up fast. Having alot of big trees and nature strips along the roads cools down the temperature. People can find shade and dont have to be inside in the AC all the time.
The Military ships are Royal Australian Navy, the big ones are LHDs, HMAS Adelaide and Canberra, I served on Canberra as an Army lad for a short stint. Also, it sounds like he thinks Australia, or NSW at least runs on all hydroelectricity, that couldn't be further from the truth and I'm pretty sure the whole world is paying through the nose with utility prices. But yes there's government initiatives to install solar and it reduces costs considerably.
In terms of the best fast food in Australia- Portuguese chicken is popular with places like Ogalo, Nandos, Oporto, Frangos. Also extremely popular is take away sushi. You’ll find it absolutely everywhere, food courts, middle of shopping centres- they sell a variety of sushi rolls and pre-packaged sushi/sashimi packs. Really good fresh, healthy and affordable fast food for the whole family 🤣 🤣
I love this young man from Scotland
10:48 Sydney : Trains, buses, ferries
Hobart : Search online for a beater car
In Australia they aren't called rip tides, but simply "rips"
American Down Under here, amazing public transport here, even in the country/rural areas.
Rock Pools are tidal right on the ocean, great for little ones and non swimmers and especially a good soak for us Old’Mates early morning!
Yeah .. before my dad uped his wage by becoming an engineer - the annual Beach holiday in a tent became stays in motels throughout various states ie. VICTORIA - skiing - TASMANIA - Driving Holiday - NSW - Caves -- QLD - Cairns - IGEAT BARIER REEF -. Was only when I started working I went overseas.
I live in Brisbane, a short drive from both the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. Lifesaving Clubs are the backbone of our beaches, and it's all voluntary - people commit every weekend and the hols to the vast Lifesaving network. Much of their funding comes from the clubhouses themselves, due to the million dollar beachfront situation and the fully licensed steak, prawns and salad type menus. They're a destination in themselves.
Hungry Jack's bought the licence for Burger King in Australia, along with their products. Once BG saw how lucrative the market was they decided to set up here. HJ's sued them for breach of contract, won, and BG packed up and went home.
BG?
@@mebeme007 Burger Govenor-General.
In Western Australia (where I live) you can 'sell' your excess solar power to the electricity provider which gives you credits on you electricity bills. They then put the excess power into our electricity grid.
I have solar panels where I live, but is different set up it's part of a virtual power plant. Which is used to power the suburban area, with power bills being the average of your local area.
The walking on the left thing might not be as out of the ordinary as it seems when I think about it as people gravitate towards following the same road rules when it comes to walking.
This is seemingly the case here in London too as I think about it people will tend to walk on the left side of the pavement depending on travel direction on both sides of a road.
I will guess the same happens in the US and Canada to just the opposite way around.
In Perth we also have a great train system and an interesting point in Perth the train tracks run up the center of the freeway. Yes we love the system.
We have dangerous surf beaches . Unless you know what you’re doing you should never go alone and never swim on unmanned beaches. That’s how tourists die . Locals know how to use our beaches
Ok, this guy is a World Traveller with a Cruise Ship company! Yes, true, Left/right! A quick trip of Sydney is not enough! There is far more to see around Sydney than the touristy Quay area! Those ships are the Royal Navy, you will also find Cruise Ships and multiple Ferries! Lots of walking, eating and sitting areas, bars, events, culture, historic sites! No Hungry Jack's near me, my nearest big suburb is nearly all Asian with some Mexican! Glad he did a train trip, interesting view! Yes Solar Power is encouraged, some is subsidised! Transport is good, a train (every 5 minutes), bus, tram, ferry, light rail, same system! (I don't need a car!) Beaches, some beaches have huge rips sometimes! Yes, we do have many safe harbour pools! Welcome! 🤗👍
All the berthed 'grey' ships belong to the Royal Australian Navy (not Royal Navy - that's the British Navy) and are berth at Garden Island.
@@deano641 Yes I know, trying to save space! Cheers! 😁
great review - I think Australian's and me, don't understand how good we have it regards to public transportation. Yes like anywhere we have delays and issues .. but ... I can get to work and back home again in 17 minutes for $4.60 each way in Melbourne. Now not everyone has it that easy .... but I think we take for granted what we have.
That's interesting! I'm on The Central Coast, just north of Sydney. Our public transport is a little lacking lol. For me to drive to the nearest train station, I'm in the middle of two large ones, it takes approx. 20 minutes to half an hour, whereas to get the bus that runs from my place every hour, it takes an hour. It costs just under $10, then if I'm going to either Sydney or Newcastle, it's just under $10 on the train. This is each way. So, roughly, an hour and a half drive to Sydney, or an hour to Newcastle (sometimes an hour and a half), turns into almost 3 hours and costs about 4 times as much.
Utilities are expensive, and we've got a lot of sun- it's a no brainer.
Gov offered a rebate for a lot of people to get solar, so that helped. And most people can even produce extra power and sell it back to the grid.
If you ever go to Sydney make sure you head out west to places like Katoomba, three sisters, Jenolan Caves, Wentworth falls. You can find a few glow-worm caves/tunnels. So many people overlook these areas which in my opinion is easily one of the most beautiful places in Australia.
Even looking at the Blue mountains area from Penrith is quite the site due to its blue to Eucalyptus trees emitting a vapor that mixes just right with areas humidity to create a blue haze. looking at the mountains on the horizon can sometimes give you the feeling that you are looking at the ocean at some kind of odd angle.
He came to Sydney for New Years, so he was speaking specifically to that celebration time.
Hydro is OK if you have plenty of water. We have lots of sun and not the most reliable water systems, hence why solar. And we feed our extra electricity generated on the roof back to the grid, for which we're paid. This reduces the need for more coal powered generators.
Japan 🤝 Australia
⬆Keeping Left (even when youre walking/standing)
12kw of cells and a 14kw tesla battery at my place on a wooded 8 acres. Connected to grid but only export power daily. This is for all the right reasons. saves money, green and ensures power for water pumps during bushfires
Solar yes - encouraged through Government initiatives -
Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast - now that screams tourists during summer - as a local u have to actually pick another beach to go to when it’s that busy - omg - Broadbeach is great or Burleigh or Coolangatta … maybe Kingscliffe or one of the 30 or so other beaches I guess?? So much effort!
Solar - rebates, pressures on some mainland hydro systems as summer/autumn rolls along (winter/spring are typically wetter months), feed in tariffs for the right system and provider
The best fast food places are not the chains like KFC but independent local food stores. Solar is cleaner and cheaper and the government subsidises the cost of solar. Some beaches have strong rips in the water so the flags tell you where it is safe to swim.
The great Barrier (Coral) Reef, from maryborough way up to cooktown off the queensland coast, tames the water. So no surf on much of it, is a breeding ground for fish and crustaceans of all sizes, colours and shapes, of varying degrees of danger. Some is off limits, some gets tourists, boating, snorkelling, scuba diving or swimming, there are plenty of islands too. So ask the locals, safety first. Nobody goes in the Daintree river with the crocs, unless they didn't ask, it looks so nice, but isn't safe.
It's smart as visitors come to Australia and Australians { Human and animal }.
The best uniquely Australian fast food chain is or was Red Rooster. But the outlets are only located in poor / working class suburbs. Search: The Red Rooster line.
The Sydney transport one was kinda funny considering yesterday when their entire rail network was down but I think that most would agree that Sydney's transport system is the worst of our major cities 🤔 Melbourne's is excellent except for lack of links to the airport, Gold Coast was better but starting to slip, Brisbane is pretty ok but needs proper night services, Perth I haven't been yet unfortunately but hear its pretty good but has trouble linkint to the airport as well, Adelaide's pretty darn decent once you figure it out but they all have apps with journey planners, even smaller cities and towns have pretty decent transport links, most smaller places now are trialling or have already implemented driverless and solar powered buses, pretty cool 👍
We do have an airport link in Perth now. It's not extensive, but it'll get you to the CBD without a surcharge with room to expand in the mid-future.
Sydney public transport it surprisingly good even though we complain about it a lot.. The opera bar was one of my favorite after work drinks place On a warm afternoon
Yep walking on footpaths in America got me into trouble, I was constantly on the wrong side and crossing the road was dangerous because I kept looking to the right first oops
If you're on a pension, you can buy a ticket very cheap which allows you to ride any train, tram, bus or, ferry for the whole day. For me, it cost me $1 for 23 hours travel, that was back in 2000. Brilliant transport system in Sydney, much better than Melb.
In South Australia, once you have a seniors card, all public transport is free 24/7
Just to add about the solar power - lots of strong sunshine, not so in the UK.
As to ocean swimming pools - when we were young, we used spend 3 weeks each summer at a quiet beach a bit north of Sydney. You could swim in the surf, but for young children as we were at the time, iy=t was much better to swim in a man-made pool. Waves would break into the pool and you could learn the rudiments of surfing in pretty safe conditions. And the pool itself was washed out a couple of times a day.
2:54 the ships are at Garden Island Naval base
Many people talk about how we walk on the left in Australia, almost everywhere we go.
But that's not entirely the case. There are some exceptions.
Just try visiting any major shopping centre within the suburbs of our major cities. Or even some of the main roads in our major city's CBD's.
People are walking all over the place, wherever they feel like it. Walking left, right, crossing paths diagonally, etc.
Even worse when you visit the shops leading up to Christmas and such. It's truly a mad house. You honestly have to be great at zipping in, out and around others during those times.
So no, it's not always as organised and as smoothly free-flowing as some people may like to think it is.
We have solar cos we get so much sunlight,I’ve got 24panels and I’m in a massive amount of credit(I live in Queensland) don’t need to worry about using aircon. Ripper haha and this might make visitors jealous,when you have a health care card or senior card, if you travel on buses or trains it’s free if you dont travel in peak hours. I’m so proud to be an Australian. I love Australia ❤️🇦🇺❤️
the transport system in Sydney is always criticised by the locals, as they don't know how good it is until they travel oversea's, then they discover it is not as shit as they thought, there are occasional failures due to electronic equipment failures & storms, a friend of mine was always complaining about the cost of fares until he went to England, all he does now is talk about how expensive it was & how cheap it is here in comparison to the distance travelled.
Yep, government even subsidises most of the cost from installing solar panels.
Best fast food isn’t maccas or hungry jacks, it’s a lot of Asian food or fish and chips
We have an O-Bahn here in Adelaide. I've never been on it but hear its pretty funky
The O-Bahn was conceived when somebody asked, "What if we train, but bus instead?"
Our mines have heaps of coal, but that is a bad fuel for the environment. We get plenty of sun, so why the heck not use that? Surf beaches have strong waves, can easy knock you over. We have bluebottles and other stingers, sharks etc., so yes pools are safer especially for little kids. rips are really blue, without sand bars in them, gouged out by strong water running back out to sea, so tourists try to swim in them all the time, not Knowing they may actually die, so swim between the flags on patrolled beaches, and listen to instructions, the lifeguards are just that, will save you if they can get to you. People do actually die, others can be maimed for life, it's much more difficult than it looks. . Try our tv show Bondi Rescue, they do this every day.
He must have travelled within the metro area for that price. Country trips bit more cost. Still worth it though - very relaxing
between the flags is the safest place to swim it's also the part that is supervised by lifesavers. for people that aren't familiar with the surf or aren't good swimmers between the flags is where you should be.
i rarely ever swim at patrolled beaches and grew up the coast so i'm usually looking for a rip to take me out the back so i can body surf back in.
Lol I wouldn't ask Sydney that today apparently their whole transport system went down stranding 1000s
Yeah. The digital radio system crashed (or something) for the first time, apparently. It took them a while to get the backup system going and checked to make sure it was working OK. I'm glad I wasn't out and about on the trains today.
@DaveG yes that's the same thing. I thought that I am glad I wasn't in Sydney as they were then saying Uber and the likes were inflating their fares
We have solar panels on our house, it cost $18000 to set up but has reduced our bill to $60 for 3 months electricity, our bill use to be around $600 for 3 months
Only have limited hydro- electricity in NSW and Tasmania
No Aussie could tell you for sure why we shorten words. We just do! Personally I think it's because we're pretty casual communicators. Also comes in handy in really hot/humid weather when your brain isn't firing on all cylinders 😅
Yep, solar is increasingly popular on mainland Australia. Lots of sun to take advantage of. Tassie uses hydro lot more bc it's s small area with lots of rainfall. As for beach flags, it's to indicate which areas are patrolled and deemed safe for swimming.
One of my uni professors wrote about it and said we express familiarity using small words or abbreviations.
Solar. Where we live, we have no choice of energy providers. They were buying my power for 6 cents a kw. And selling it back to me for 51 cents. So I upgraded my solar to 8.3kw and installed 3 Tesla power walls. We now have unlimited power, free and no outages. I did not mind the power costs, but the power company charged over $100.00 each cycle to read the meter. This was done by some teenage kid sitting at a desk in their head office. Smart meters. No, my system was not cheap to install. Is power going to get cheaper? I'm 75, system is good for around 20 years. Plus I can check out how it is operating on my phone using the Tesla app. We do a lot of cruising. (leave the frig and 2 freezers on 24/7.)
He's spot on with the rip tides
The main reason for flags are they are patrolled area's by life guards
Any where else not so if you get into trouble there generally no one around to notice if you get into trouble
Transportation for us seems expensive in my state if you have two people in the car going to same place it's cheaper to drive a car
We had about 10 people going to town to the zoo with kids was going by train for kids but didn't in the end to do on train well over $100 for tickets and if wasn't back on train in 2 hours needed to buy more tickets to get home and had to walk 15 mins from station to zoo where's we drove 2 cars payed parking and stayed as long as we wanted at zoo and cost for cars and parking about $30
Transport depends how close you are to it and how long as tickets have time limits like during the week after 9 and before 2pm your tickets valid because people at work and kids at school but after these hrs is peak worker and kids so trains full make you buy another ticket so most who not doing either ride between 9 and 2 which is what government wants they go every halve hrs so if you miss the train or bus normally half hr wait for next one
Blue mountains here, just an hour outside of Sydney… I’m guessing all those guys at the opera house are from the suburbs, enjoying an event of some kind😊
new years
Yeah in the city especially.
I’m surprised solar panels are even effective in the uk with the lack there of sun😂☀️
About the solar panel are a bit of both i live in queensland where we have the highest uv ray in the world so is cheaper to have solar panels
Hey, on the solar thing, we don't have very much hydro here, so before solar we used fossil fuels. The environment and the rising costs of fossil fuels is driving it up to the points where 1/3 of houses have solar.
People live in Sydney all complain about our public transport 😂
The transport systems outside of Sydney need a lot of work. They need to expand/improve the rail network in Adelaide and make it so that you can recharge your card using your debit card at the recharge machines. They only accept credit cards or cash. If you want to travel from Perth to Adelaide or Adelaide to Melbourne via train you are looking at a few thousand.
Sydney and New South Wales have a heap of natural rock pools and man-made rock pools.
You're silly if you don't have solar hot water or solar power in the north of Aus where I am. Yes the savings are worth it. It pays for itself within a few years even without the government incentives, like paying 1/2 the cost of the panels and installation. Even in the southern states solar is well worth it. If you own your home and have the room to do it, it's a good investment.
I live in Sydney, and I love the prices of the transportation system, and the fact that opal cards are a thing. The trains are really good, I don't really have any complains about them. However, the buses are a bit more of an issue. My dad works as a bus driver, and the government has messed up the system by privatising all the deppos, so that if one deppo has a bus driver off sick, another one can't send a bus driver over since they belong to different companies. This basically has resulted in so many buses being cancelled, with the exception being school buses which they are required to send by law. It's a huge issue lately. Also, in Sydney, very few bus stops have covers which can be an issue because you might be waiting out in the rain or the hot Australian sun, which really sucks. I also have some issues getting to certain, more isolated areas in Sydney via public transport due to few routes, and buses that come once every hour. Other than that the buses are generally good.
I also go into the city for fun quite often, to shop or go to the restaurants for celebrations. There's a bunch of stuff to do in the city, it's quite nice, even to just go for a walk.
Our trains in NSW are great!
Hahaha but the whole system had a fault yesterday so it's free tomorrow.
Sydney is also known as the Emerald City.
Government paid for half of the cost of the solar panels as a result I fitted them 4 yrs ago and recouped my investment in under 3 yrs , cost was about $6,800
5:12 The reason for this is : The burgers are better at Hungry Jack's
Yeah I am in South Australia we have a metro card which you top up and can use all the time. Wow but for me to get out and about for 2 hours it costs me around $3.50 but depends on the time and day you go. before 9am and after 3pm weekdays or on Saturday and you will pay more time during the weekdays between 9am to 3pm and all day sundays and public holidays its cheaper. Its even free if your a senior card. We do have a lot of solar panels mainly to keep our electricity bills down. Very true about buger king eg hungry jacks use to work for them for a while.
We do shorten words a lot not that a lot of us know we are doing it because its very normal for us :-) I love where i live in South Australia my house has the beach one side (like a 10 min walk) and then a 10 min walk to the river on the other side. Its only a 25 min ride into the city and we have loads of parks and stuff around. As someone who don't drive its very easy to get around without a car yes it takes a little longer but its cheaper because of how our public transport costs are.
Fellow South Aussie, but also a senior, so I get free public transport in the city 24/7
Hes not been to many beaches here then. You can swim anywhere you like. But you need to be aware of what the ocean is doing where the rips are why you dont swim where surfers are surfing. On the most visited most popular beaches there are surf life saver patrols. They monitor the conditions and put up flags where its the safest to swim and set off alarms if sharks are seen. They also have to keep saving dopey tourists who are fresh off the plane cant swim and decide they need to go straight to Bondi and head straight into the water fully clothed. Shoes and all. And away from the flags because theres too many people. Now theres something you should watch. Bondi Rescue. Follows the life savers at Bondi during their "normal" days at work.
My cousin is a life saver here in SA and she tells me the most people who need saving are those who don't live in Australia. Like their are Australians that do need help but not as many as those who are travelling or new to Australia. She said most of the locals or those who are from interstate know what is safe and where to swim etc.
He was only here for a couple of days after he did a cruise
They also call their mates, "c#nt" 😂
Hi Mat. been to Japan. what a beautiful, place. nice people, food. sadly it is CONCRETE jungle, didnt see anything Japanese of the past. there must be a reason why Aust cities are rated amongst the top paid $4000. for my solar system. 6kw.. paid itself off in 3 years. Melb esp is full of parklands. used to be called THE GARDEN CITY> you and yours take care. God bless.
We installed solar panels for three reasons - to be environmentally responsible, to reduce power bills and to increase property value.
Burger King is just called Hungry Jack's in Australia. Something to do with the legality of using the name.
Sydney have swipe on, swipe off for public transport, huge waste of time. Adelaide, you swipe on. The only place you scan your card at the end of the trip is the Adelaide central railway station.
Queensland transport is very expensive compared to other states
He was there at New Year's eve. Of course the area was full and partying. They were there to watch the fireworks. American fast food is all junk. We have plenty of local fast food places that make the best food. We don't need multinational chains. We don't have "hydro" electricity in most states (maybe Tasmania). We have plenty of sunlight even in the cold places. But everything is expensive. Even solar, because those things don't come cheap, and not do the batteries to store it if you wish to do that. However, people in some states still get paid to put electricity back into the grid, so instead of a power bill, they pay you. Sydney always had very cheap transport. It isn't the same in other places. Swimming between the flags is not the law. You can swim wherever you want to. But the surf lifesavers can only monitor a certain area, and the areas they are monitoring is between the flags. They still rescue people in the other areas if they see them. But they might not be seen. It is NOT always that the water is particularly unsafe. Sometimes that is an added issue, like at Bondi. But it is not an issue at all elsewhere. All beaches can develop rips and undertows at a given time.
The huge solar uptake is partly money saving, partly adding value to your property, partly government subsidies and partly environmental. We’ve had Federal Governments ignoring, or doing the absolute minimum about, climate change for so long that individuals who could afford it stepped up.
I can’t speak for Public Transport in Sydney, but Melbourne is excellent, and currently being improved. One of these decades we’ll have a rail line to the airport. Work’s underway.
There’s no one stopping people swimming outside the flags, but the Surf Lifesavers patrol between the flags, so it is definitely the safest area. We have TV ads showing two virtually identical stretches of beach, one with a rip, one without. With a voiceover pointedly saying that if you couldn’t immediately spot which one had a rip you shouldn’t be swimming on an unpatrolled beach! We all get taught at a young age what to do if caught in a rip (swim parallel to the coast until you’re out of the current), but that information can be hard to recall in the panic of finding you’re being swept out to sea.
Sydney’s great!