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Re : Road Trains, if you driving slowly looking at the scenery and a Road Train or a loaded Semi appears, it is polite to pull over to the side of road at let them pass. People don't realize they have a schedule to keep. Not like us slow tourists
We’ve never killed them, but we do catch them with a tub and release them into the garden - our dog thinks he’s a bug killing machine, so we definitely wouldn’t keep them as residents 😆
You’ve got to love Magpies. They have such a great attitude - couldn’t give a rats about humans. If they know you they won’t attack...I find they are more polite than kookaburras when it comes to food. The Maggie’s tend to wander up and hang until you feed them. The laughing sky pirates just swoop in and grab what they want. They are insane!
Haha we've not experienced that yet with a kookaburra. Everytime I hear them laughing, I grab my phone to record them, and they stop immediately though! 😆
As an Australian I can say this is legitimately a sensible list for the most part. - the comedy ones are annoyances - the serious ones you take seriously for a reason. Cane toads don’t spit poison. It is the white stuff that they extrude behind their eyes.
Great work BAM Fam. We are born and bred Qlders but even so we still breathe a sigh of relief when summer is done and the rest of the year is mostly pretty nice. We know a lot of Brits and you think they would all want to live in Melbourne or Tassie but many find once they move here they can't stand the cold worse than most Aussies. Sounds like you've settled in and keeping a good sense of humour about it all.
We have a heap of Magpies that live near us. In our yard plus in the park next door. During the “non nesting season” we occasionally throw them a bit of food. Maybe some dog pebbles or left over chips. Magpies are one of the few birds that have “face recognition” (they can recognise a person for 23 years according to recent studies). It’s currently “nesting season” here, and they won’t swoop anyone in our household. Our dog and the kids walking past on their way to school seem to be “fair game”. Us? Nope. They don’t see us as a “threat” to their chicks [cue spooky music].
Some of these aren’t exclusive to QLD, apply to other parts of Australia. For example, Magpies swooping during their breeding season is common in all the states, I guess. Compared to NSW and VIC drivers, I found QLD drivers more casual/ less serious. I lived in QLD (Brisbane) for ~6.5 years and absolutely loved it. Cheers!
Magpies are only a menace for a couple of weeks . Make friends with them and they will leave you alone. Great funny birds. Very clever birds and love to play.
Befriend a Magpie and you will live in peace and harmony for ever. A family of Magpies live in my neighbourhood, I've helped them raise generations of babies and I've never been swooped, ever. They come to my backdoor in the morning, sing to attract my attention and they eat from my hand. If I dine outside they will come to the table looking for something to eat. I push some food to the side of the plate and they understand that is their food. When it's eaten, they fly off. To love a Magpie is to have a friend for life.
You moved from UK to the tropics so extreme weather is to be expected. Move down the coast a few hundred miles and the weather will improve. I live in Sydney, no cyclones, no snow., no tailgating or rarely.
“Tailgaters” are idiots, but even they don’t want to be “dead idiots”. They don’t know what is in front of you (could be some road kill or whatever). Again, just touch the brake pedal enough to engage your own brake light. You aren’t actually braking. Remain at the same speed. I’ve done this many times. It works a treat.
Flying cockroaches are the worst. And they seem even bigger in Queensland. At least with huntsmen, my daughter can catch them and set them free outside, but we all run from cockroaches.
You might not see them regularly but brown snakes (in bush and scrub and sometimes in swimming pools) and funnel web spiders (bush etc) are out there. Just make sure you have a long handle shovel for snakes and wear covered shoes in the bush for spiders and a fly net in the outback regions as the flies are a real pain. Also check the dunny seat if you use an outdoor toilet for readback spiders :).
For you guys in Queensland red belly’s I would think to, but thank you for the videos, as a fellow Brit moving in couple months to Queensland some of this was good to know, on one of your videos me and my Aussie fiancé was saying about coins lol
You should have checked out the south coast nsw before settling, great climate not always stinking hot and humid ,lovely mild winters and the most scenic beaches ever. Though we still have magpies and huntsmans but no nasty jellyfish. Cheers.
Australia is brilliant. But Maggie's can be an issue. You can train them to come to you and they won't swoop you. So glad you love Australia. As a Pome too, there are still things I find strange after many years. I experienced my first bush fire in 1983, Ash Wednesday in Victoria. In those days it was land line calls. I was shocked, my family were panicked.
The awful thing is, that in the middle of an extreme event, you have no idea that it has made international news, and that your family are worrying! We still wouldn't change where we are though, as I'm sure you wouldn't ❤️
@@TheBAMFamalam fun fact, Australian Magpies recognise their local humans by face. You only get swooped by magpies in an area where they don't know you. Its why you see cyclists with zip tags sticking out of their helmets, or eyes painted on the back. Wear a hat. Has a dual purpose, keeps maggies off, also helps prevent skin cancers on your scalp ( yes, that is a real thing) Hot tip, feed your local maggies, they'll do you a favour in return and keep the bastard currawongs, mynahs and butcher birds out of your garden 😉
as kids we went to school with our bags on our head to ward off the maggies. they can and do take out your eye . be very careful especially with small children cover their faces. and get under cover. dont forget plovers ,they will go you as well they have a spur on their wings and will jab you. having said all that enjoy spring .
Magpies don’t have a spur on their wing. Also if you feed Maggies they will not attack you. They are very intelligent birds and they get to know you and then they trust you. They will also bring their babies to your place so they can have a feed. They also have a lovely song that they sing.
We used to have great delivery service and we could get stuff sent from major city or town to major city it would arrive next day or maybe the next day. Even remote areas would be about 4/5 days but I don’t know what happened because it’s deteriorated in the last 10/15 years. Especially over Covid. The freaky storms with massive hailstones are rare
Great videos guys, have recommended your site to friends who are moving to Oz as soon as the borders are opened. (From the UK.) Re birds, I live in a small coastal community on the Qld. coast, just near Fraser Island. Every morning and arvo I hand feed 3 kookaburras, 2 or more magpies and a varying number on butcher birds. The magpies are the gentlest of the pack, polite, thankful. The reason the numbers vary, they bring in their babies to learn. When adults ,they move on. Never been attacked once. For those interested, I asked the vet what to feed the birds. NOT MINCE. Buy a cheap log of dog food from Aldi, beef or kangaroo,, with vegetables.
I think you've been unlucky with the bushfires and evacuations .I'm 58 ,a WestAussie and have lived in both the city and the bush and have only come close to being evacuated once and that was in the early 70s .
The joys of living in the tropics! Queenslanders are well known for their driving skills, we came to the conclusion it’s because they are always in holiday mode.
Hahahha black and white villain's and nobody likes their bush on fire had me pissin myself laughing..... Comedian genius.... Salute from Western Sydney
Tailgating is easy to fix. Keep your foot on the accelerator at the speed you are going (say 100 kph). Very lightly rest your foot on the brake peddle (just enough that the brake light at the back of the car comes on). Whoever is “tailgating” you will soon back off. Guaranteed.
Hey I live in New Zealand! 🇳🇿.. always wondered about the snakes and spiders, have you guys ever seen snakes? 🐍 I’ve only been to Melbourne but that was when I was much much younger!
I lived in Australia for 10 years , just came back to NZ before covid, I travelled right around Australia and only saw 5 snakes the whole time I was there, 2 were road kill, spiders, yeah, once saw a red back in Melbourne at work, demolishing a rotten deck, but really, not a big deal, if you keep your distance, they leave you alone. Only instance we had was when we ran over one in rural nsw and British backpacker I was working with wanted to stop and have a look , pulled over and he walked straight up to it, it launched at him, got air borne, but it was injured so you could understand it's reaction...
When a magpie comes for me, I look at them and talk to them. Give them some food and they will leave you alone. Also they (as crazy as this sounds) talk to eachother about us.
The worst things in Queensland for me was having to say hey after every sentence and when driving you notice that Queenslanders can't understand the words give way.
I was told about those industrial size spiders and cockroaches that are horrible. Either way just happy that you guys are still enjoying OZ, Weather etc outdoor activities definitely out weigh the UK 🦋🦋🦋
11:50 I'm originally from Victoria . . Lived there until I was 45 and then lived in Queensland for 17 years and then moved back to Victoria to retire and live near family (grandchildren etc). I quite honestly believe that the driving faults you describe are VERY prevalent in Queensland and far far less so in Victoria. I mean, there are ALWAYS @$$es everywhere, but tailgating. . crossing double white centre lines (for no reason) and failing to look when pulling out of a car park are MUCH more likely to happen in Queensland. . Dunno why.
Hi there Mr and Mrs bamfam sorry to hear you have trouble with trolls just remember there nasty behaviour comes from the shit life they live and as for driving problems it is Queensland they always been shit drivers although here in WA people have trouble with the concept of to merging traffic and as for the extreme weather that's just a part of living in this unique country hope all is well and god bless
Thank you - we don't worry about people like that, we just block and delete the odd troll that passes by! We make sure to keep our channel fun and safe for everyone ❤️
It is always been accepted in NSW that QLD drivers are to be feared. My brother - a long time resident of Q - commented to me when I was driving in Brisbane with him that it was obvious that I wasn’t from Queensland because I didn’t see an amber/orange light as an invitation to accelerate to beat the red light. They also have the quaint but illegal habit in NSW of doing U-turns at traffic lights.
@@VideosCPS I once saw a 4WD with Queensland plates do a U-turn in a roundabout and drive back, opposite to the flow of traffic, to get to an exit the driver had missed.
A couple of years ago, I drove Sydney to Melbourne for a wedding. Was only in Melbourne for 5 minutes before I'm tailgated. Of course I did the Sydney thing and flipped him off.
Hahaha I laugh but it can be terrifying..But they are my fave birds in the world,you can make them very tame ,i have heaps that visit daily for a chat and a feed.If you make friends with them they will never swoop you and they pass the word on,they seriously remember your face,so be kind!!!
The driving made me laugh. … Do the speed dude! That was in my FIRST DRIVING LESSON at 16. Was told Do the Speed no matter where you are. So get out my way you ####! That’s it. Ta for vid.
That extreme weather can happen eanywhere in Australia.Tasmania and WA are the 2 most beautiful and the best states in Australia. You sound like you are ready to go back to the UK..Advice GIVE QLD A BIG MISS LOL
We definitely have no plans to head back to the UK, but we do have a lighthearted giggle about the things that aren't quite so perfect here. Overall we love it though ❤️ We do plan to travel more around Australia in the future and look forward to visiting WA and Tassie 😊
Yeah...all the rest of Australia knows about Queensland drivers. Tailgating is not so bad in NSW as the HWP down here see it as an easy revenue raiser (negligent driving...4 points $400 fine). Our pet hate is drivers doing more than 10kph BELOW the speed limit. They deserve tailgating.
We were surprised when we first visited that everyone was keeping to the speed limit, we quickly found out why though, as we got several tickets on our 2 week holiday! We had never seen tailgating like it either 😬
Tailgating is pretty much in every state. I guess people are just impatient. Just need to ignore them. Thanks for sharing your views in general about Queensland! Cheers!
First up, LOVE your vids, bloody funny and very informative!.. Here's a secret about removing unwanted multi-legged 'guests' that you don't want. Many years ago, my Wife, who has a mortal fear of spiders, cockroaches and pretty much everything else, yelled out to me, as she was sitting in the next room, 'Get rid of it, Get rid of it!!. I bolted in, thinking that it was the largest snake in Australia, to see her pointing to the wall, where a Huntsman was sitting, minding it's own business. I shot to the bug killer cupboard, NOTHING, 'cept a spray bottle of Genuine Windex glass cleaner. Now, without going into needless detail, I turned the nozzle to 'Jet', (very important), and from two metres away, gave it two squirts, and within 2-3 seconds, it had joined its Ancestors. This works on ALL multi-legged bugs, but it MUST be the genuine Windex, the cheap stuff is useless, both for cleaning glass, and anything else. Windex, "cleans as it kills"!. .
Huntsman spiders are harmless and a good thing to have in the house, they eat just about everything. They are attracted to carbon dioxide and will sit on the wall above your bed in the night waiting for passing visitors. If you don't want them in your house, they're dead easy to catch, just be aware that they run fast, can run sideways like a crab and can disappear in an instant. Their favourite method of escape is to abseil out of harm's way. I catch them with a broom and a plastic bucket. Move the broom behind them on the wall and the will abseil into your waiting bucket; easy peasy. Take the bucket out into the garden, or where ever you want to release the spider, lay the bucket on its side and leave the spider to make it's own way home. Never kill a Huntsman, they're beautiful creatures.
Just found you. Spiders (tick) Drivers (tick) Weather (tick) I'm from Melbourne. OMG Drivers, very scary, Spiders, I have been known to ring my son at midnight (he lives 50 Kms away) screaming about a giant spider and what should I do. Reply? Kill it. And then he hung up on me in my hour of need!!!
@@TheBAMFamalam further up in far north qld where I was you could throw a saddle on the cockroaches ,they were HUGE,and you couldnt leave your door open no matter how hot or you would end up with snakes inside..I think I prefer crocodiles to cockroaches lol,at least they dont crawl up the walls..Enjoy OZ,its dangerous sometimes but always glorious.
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You two are hilarious!! Love your animated hubby’s recreation of the creepy creatures.
@@CowboyBike06 haha thank you 😁
Lots of people in far north qld play golf with the cane toads...and I dont blame them
I've got a huge huntsman spider that lives in my media room his name is fang and we watch cricket together .
Haha 😆
Re : Road Trains, if you driving slowly looking at the scenery and a Road Train or a loaded Semi appears, it is polite to pull over to the side of road at let them pass. People don't realize they have a schedule to keep. Not like us slow tourists
Don’t kill off the huntsmen spiders they won’t hurt if you leave them alone and they eat flys and mosquitos and roaches …I have a couple resident
We’ve never killed them, but we do catch them with a tub and release them into the garden - our dog thinks he’s a bug killing machine, so we definitely wouldn’t keep them as residents 😆
You’ve got to love Magpies. They have such a great attitude - couldn’t give a rats about humans. If they know you they won’t attack...I find they are more polite than kookaburras when it comes to food. The Maggie’s tend to wander up and hang until you feed them. The laughing sky pirates just swoop in and grab what they want. They are insane!
Haha we've not experienced that yet with a kookaburra. Everytime I hear them laughing, I grab my phone to record them, and they stop immediately though! 😆
I agree, make friends with them and they will never attack you. They remember you forever.
As an Australian I can say this is legitimately a sensible list for the most part. - the comedy ones are annoyances - the serious ones you take seriously for a reason. Cane toads don’t spit poison. It is the white stuff that they extrude behind their eyes.
Great work BAM Fam. We are born and bred Qlders but even so we still breathe a sigh of relief when summer is done and the rest of the year is mostly pretty nice. We know a lot of Brits and you think they would all want to live in Melbourne or Tassie but many find once they move here they can't stand the cold worse than most Aussies. Sounds like you've settled in and keeping a good sense of humour about it all.
We have certainly acclimatised quickly, we even felt the cold when we went to Melbourne a few summers ago 😆
Thank you so much for watching ❤️
I came to Australia in 1952 aged 6 and in Sorrento, Vicyoria witnessed my first magpie attack. Quite an experience.
We're yet to experience one thankfully! 😬
We have a heap of Magpies that live near us. In our yard plus in the park next door. During the “non nesting season” we occasionally throw them a bit of food. Maybe some dog pebbles or left over chips. Magpies are one of the few birds that have “face recognition” (they can recognise a person for 23 years according to recent studies). It’s currently “nesting season” here, and they won’t swoop anyone in our household. Our dog and the kids walking past on their way to school seem to be “fair game”. Us? Nope. They don’t see us as a “threat” to their chicks [cue spooky music].
Love this video! Your videos are so helpful for people moving or considering moving. The best part was Bens impression of the jellyfish x
Thank you so much. Yes, we thought we'd let that impression make the final edit 😆
Lol. Magpies weren't after the food. They were after your heads. Hahaaaa!
Hahahaha 😂
Some of these aren’t exclusive to QLD, apply to other parts of Australia. For example, Magpies swooping during their breeding season is common in all the states, I guess. Compared to NSW and VIC drivers, I found QLD drivers more casual/ less serious. I lived in QLD (Brisbane) for ~6.5 years and absolutely loved it. Cheers!
Definitely not exclusive to QLD 😊 We love it too, can't imagine being anywhere else now ❤️
@@TheBAMFamalam enjoy the sunshine state 🌞☔️🌊🏄♀️
@@RiazUddin-sk3uw thank you ❤️
Magpies are only a menace for a couple of weeks . Make friends with them and they will leave you alone. Great funny birds. Very clever birds and love to play.
Befriend a Magpie and you will live in peace and harmony for ever. A family of Magpies live in my neighbourhood, I've helped them raise generations of babies and I've never been swooped, ever. They come to my backdoor in the morning, sing to attract my attention and they eat from my hand. If I dine outside they will come to the table looking for something to eat. I push some food to the side of the plate and they understand that is their food. When it's eaten, they fly off. To love a Magpie is to have a friend for life.
You moved from UK to the tropics so extreme weather is to be expected. Move down the coast a few hundred miles and the weather will improve. I live in Sydney, no cyclones, no snow., no tailgating or rarely.
Magpies carolling their beautiful song and strutting around the backyard…… bliss! Thankfully swooping season is pretty short.
It's pretty incredible to have all of this beautiful wildlife in our yard 🥰
Queensland is well known for the worst drivers in Australia if not the world.
Haha I was a bit scared to say this one! 😆🇦🇺
That's the beauty of Australia you can blame the driving by looking at the number plate and seeing the state they're from.
@@Robert-cu9bm 😂
Haha I thought Adelaide drivers were bad.
Stop exaggerating. Check out the drivers from Russia.
“Tailgaters” are idiots, but even they don’t want to be “dead idiots”. They don’t know what is in front of you (could be some road kill or whatever). Again, just touch the brake pedal enough to engage your own brake light. You aren’t actually braking. Remain at the same speed. I’ve done this many times. It works a treat.
Flying cockroaches are the worst. And they seem even bigger in Queensland. At least with huntsmen, my daughter can catch them and set them free outside, but we all run from cockroaches.
We did to begin with! We are cool as cucumbers now though haha! I won't be saying that if there's a snake though 😂
first time watching i live in qld and love this your both amazing people keep up the great videos :)
Thank you so much 🥰
@@TheBAMFamalam your more than welcome :)
You are spot on about the tail-gating. It annoys most of us too.
You might not see them regularly but brown snakes (in bush and scrub and sometimes in swimming pools) and funnel web spiders (bush etc) are out there. Just make sure you have a long handle shovel for snakes and wear covered shoes in the bush for spiders and a fly net in the outback regions as the flies are a real pain. Also check the dunny seat if you use an outdoor toilet for readback spiders :).
We have had a brown snake in our back yard, it certainly gave us a shock haha 🇦🇺
For you guys in Queensland red belly’s I would think to, but thank you for the videos, as a fellow Brit moving in couple months to Queensland some of this was good to know, on one of your videos me and my Aussie fiancé was saying about coins lol
You should have checked out the south coast nsw before settling, great climate not always stinking hot and humid ,lovely mild winters and the most scenic beaches ever. Though we still have magpies and huntsmans but no nasty jellyfish. Cheers.
We are yet to check out the south coast in nsw, we look forward to visiting one day ❤️
Australia is brilliant. But Maggie's can be an issue. You can train them to come to you and they won't swoop you. So glad you love Australia. As a Pome too, there are still things I find strange after many years. I experienced my first bush fire in 1983, Ash Wednesday in Victoria. In those days it was land line calls. I was shocked, my family were panicked.
The awful thing is, that in the middle of an extreme event, you have no idea that it has made international news, and that your family are worrying! We still wouldn't change where we are though, as I'm sure you wouldn't ❤️
@@TheBAMFamalam fun fact, Australian Magpies recognise their local humans by face. You only get swooped by magpies in an area where they don't know you. Its why you see cyclists with zip tags sticking out of their helmets, or eyes painted on the back.
Wear a hat. Has a dual purpose, keeps maggies off, also helps prevent skin cancers on your scalp ( yes, that is a real thing)
Hot tip, feed your local maggies, they'll do you a favour in return and keep the bastard currawongs, mynahs and butcher birds out of your garden 😉
as kids we went to school with our bags on our head to ward off the maggies. they can and do take out your eye . be very careful especially
with small children cover their faces. and get under cover. dont forget plovers ,they will go you as well they have a spur on their wings and will jab you.
having said all that enjoy spring .
Magpies don’t have a spur on their wing. Also if you feed Maggies they will not attack you. They are very intelligent birds and they get to know you and then they trust you. They will also bring their babies to your place so they can have a feed. They also have a lovely song that they sing.
Paul didn’t say that magpies have a spur on their wings, he said that plovers do. Magpies are my favourite birds, so cheeky and intelligent.
LOL loved it, there is not one thing on your video that most Queenslanders would not agree with
Thank you! We always like to see the light hearted side of things 😆
True that
If you want a place that doesn't have bushfires is Toowoomba Queensland
A Tupperware container and a book will take care of the spider.
I agree I hate toads.
That is our 'go to' spider/cockroach catching technique! 😁
We used to have great delivery service and we could get stuff sent from major city or town to major city it would arrive next day or maybe the next day. Even remote areas would be about 4/5 days but I don’t know what happened because it’s deteriorated in the last 10/15 years. Especially over Covid.
The freaky storms with massive hailstones are rare
Be on the look-out for TICKS. . if you've been in the bush. . . Especially in hard-to see areas (groin, armpits etc. . And especially on little kids.
Great videos guys, have recommended your site to friends who are moving to Oz as soon as the borders are opened. (From the UK.) Re birds, I live in a small coastal community on the Qld. coast, just near Fraser Island. Every morning and arvo I hand feed 3 kookaburras, 2 or more magpies and a varying number on butcher birds. The magpies are the gentlest of the pack, polite, thankful. The reason the numbers vary, they bring in their babies to learn. When adults ,they move on. Never been attacked once. For those interested, I asked the vet what to feed the birds. NOT MINCE. Buy a cheap log of dog food from Aldi, beef or kangaroo,, with vegetables.
Thank you so much. Ah wow, that's a beautiful area that you live in, we go up that way sometimes 🥰
Have a good week guys stay safe see ya next week
Thank you! ❤️
Yeah people living in the city and around the suburbs , we do look before reversing out when driving.
Also tailgating sucks especially at night
I think you've been unlucky with the bushfires and evacuations .I'm 58 ,a WestAussie and have lived in both the city and the bush and have only come close to being evacuated once and that was in the early 70s .
Oh goodness we must have been! We have had many since being here, 2 of which were major 😬
Never turn your back on a nesting magpie. As long as you are looking at them they won’t have a go. They like to sneak attack.
Good to know! ❤️
the lovely magpie warble sound they make = Australia as much as the kookuaburra song, it's my fav
I hate it when the spiders jump at your face from the wall. Sometinmes they eyeball you & then have a go!
Oh haha not had that one yet 😂😂
You are great ambassadors for Australia, love your work.
Thank you so much, that means a lot to us 🥰
The joys of living in the tropics! Queenslanders are well known for their driving skills, we came to the conclusion it’s because they are always in holiday mode.
Haha that's a pretty good conclusion 😆
I have been to Qland & experienced most of these. Love the winter but dislike the summer
Winter has become our favourite season here - coming from England, we never thought we would say that 😂
I enjoyed the video. You seem like a lovely couple. Plenty of Magpies in Tassie but ours are friendly where we are.
Glad to hear it, I’m guessing your cyclists don’t need to use cable ties in that case? It’s a sight that still makes us chuckle 🙊
The magpies are every where in Australia
Hi Not PC but you can use a vacuum to suck up huntsman. Can release from the bag if you are keen.
Hahahha black and white villain's and nobody likes their bush on fire had me pissin myself laughing..... Comedian genius.... Salute from Western Sydney
Haha we're always happy to provide some entertainment here 😂
Good list. Bundy is definitely worse for driving. Always has been up there
Tailgating is easy to fix. Keep your foot on the accelerator at the speed you are going (say 100 kph). Very lightly rest your foot on the brake peddle (just enough that the brake light at the back of the car comes on). Whoever is “tailgating” you will soon back off. Guaranteed.
hey guys where was 6:22 filmed? nice looking place
Hey I live in New Zealand! 🇳🇿.. always wondered about the snakes and spiders, have you guys ever seen snakes? 🐍 I’ve only been to Melbourne but that was when I was much much younger!
We've seen snakes and spiders, but we don't live on acreage so it's not something we see often. We see more kangaroos than snakes 😊
I lived in Australia for 10 years , just came back to NZ before covid, I travelled right around Australia and only saw 5 snakes the whole time I was there, 2 were road kill, spiders, yeah, once saw a red back in Melbourne at work, demolishing a rotten deck, but really, not a big deal, if you keep your distance, they leave you alone. Only instance we had was when we ran over one in rural nsw and British backpacker I was working with wanted to stop and have a look , pulled over and he walked straight up to it, it launched at him, got air borne, but it was injured so you could understand it's reaction...
When a magpie comes for me, I look at them and talk to them. Give them some food and they will leave you alone. Also they (as crazy as this sounds) talk to eachother about us.
We certainly feel differently about them now that we're on acreage. There's one that follows Ben and just watches him 🥰
Ahhh the joys of living in the subtropics. Wouldn’t live anywhere else
We quite agree, we love it! Xx
I think you forgot to mention the Drop Bears
@@mal584 hahahaha! How could I have forgotten those!! They should definitely have been at number 1! 😆
I bought a seven dollar casserole lid from America and paid 119 dollars postage. Didn’t realise Duh until Iafter I hit the button. It was on Etsy.
Oh no!! And sometimes it's not obvious that you're on an American site, as it just says dollars, rather than AUD/USD 🤦🏽♀️
The worst things in Queensland for me was having to say hey after every sentence and when driving you notice that Queenslanders can't understand the words give way.
We get magpies here too but they are chill
Thankfully we've not been swooped yet, but we won't be getting complacent 😬
House roaches are dirty, whereever you are except if they are the hissing roaches type used in Fear Factor tv reality.
I was told about those industrial size spiders and cockroaches that are horrible. Either way just happy that you guys are still enjoying OZ, Weather etc outdoor activities definitely out weigh the UK 🦋🦋🦋
We were so squeamish when we first moved, not any more though! 😆
11:50 I'm originally from Victoria . . Lived there until I was 45 and then lived in Queensland for 17 years and then moved back to Victoria to retire and live near family (grandchildren etc).
I quite honestly believe that the driving faults you describe are VERY prevalent in Queensland and far far less so in Victoria.
I mean, there are ALWAYS @$$es everywhere, but tailgating. . crossing double white centre lines (for no reason) and failing to look when pulling out of a car park are MUCH more likely to happen in Queensland. . Dunno why.
Hi there Mr and Mrs bamfam sorry to hear you have trouble with trolls just remember there nasty behaviour comes from the shit life they live and as for driving problems it is Queensland they always been shit drivers although here in WA people have trouble with the concept of to merging traffic and as for the extreme weather that's just a part of living in this unique country hope all is well and god bless
Thank you - we don't worry about people like that, we just block and delete the odd troll that passes by! We make sure to keep our channel fun and safe for everyone ❤️
I used to think Adelaide drivers were bad, then I went to Queensland. Wow wow just wow,how bad can you get!
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It is always been accepted in NSW that QLD drivers are to be feared. My brother - a long time resident of Q - commented to me when I was driving in Brisbane with him that it was obvious that I wasn’t from Queensland because I didn’t see an amber/orange light as an invitation to accelerate to beat the red light. They also have the quaint but illegal habit in NSW of doing U-turns at traffic lights.
Yeah the Vics have the same habit when they come to Adelaide, illigal u turns at traffic lights.
@@VideosCPS I once saw a 4WD with Queensland plates do a U-turn in a roundabout and drive back, opposite to the flow of traffic, to get to an exit the driver had missed.
to get rid of cane toads you need a golf club, that will do the trick..
If you really want to smarten up your footwork while driving, come to Canberra!
We will visit one day! ❤️
Happpy 6th Anniversary!
Thank you 🥰🥰
All of these things are also common in Southern Africa except the magpies, bushfires and giant cockroaches. Thats the Southern Hemisphere for you
A couple of years ago, I drove Sydney to Melbourne for a wedding. Was only in Melbourne for 5 minutes before I'm tailgated. Of course I did the Sydney thing and flipped him off.
I've heard cranberry juice can reduce your bushfire risk ;)
Hahaha I laugh but it can be terrifying..But they are my fave birds in the world,you can make them very tame ,i have heaps that visit daily for a chat and a feed.If you make friends with them they will never swoop you and they pass the word on,they seriously remember your face,so be kind!!!
Agree about the driving!
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which visa u got? moving to Ozz for good?
We got a regional sponsorship 😊
@@TheBAMFamalam u enjoy? I'm going back hopefully and Easter next year...bringing my dog..expensive😆but great decision 👍
@@wonderfullword123 We love it, we don't think we will ever move away from this area ❤️
These are all Queensland things we don’t even have roaches here in south-east New South Wales 😎
It takes so long to get a semi up to operating speed and so long to stop, so give them some consideration and get out of the way
The driving made me laugh.
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Do the speed dude! That was in my FIRST DRIVING LESSON at 16. Was told Do the Speed no matter where you are.
So get out my way you ####!
That’s it. Ta for vid.
I have been her 30 years and you are so correct the drivers here are awful !! I have tried to make my kids better ones but it’s sooo difficult !!! Lol
Haha Lily starts driving at the end of this year - we will be a bag of nerves! 😬
@@TheBAMFamalam scariest thing you will ever do !!!🤣🤣🤣
Magpies are going for your hair, not the food. They want your hair to make there nests...
Haha - if we are all bald in our next video, it's your fault 😆
That extreme weather can happen eanywhere in Australia.Tasmania and WA are the 2 most beautiful and the best states in Australia. You sound like you are ready to go back to the UK..Advice GIVE QLD A BIG MISS LOL
We definitely have no plans to head back to the UK, but we do have a lighthearted giggle about the things that aren't quite so perfect here. Overall we love it though ❤️ We do plan to travel more around Australia in the future and look forward to visiting WA and Tassie 😊
@@TheBAMFamalam Don't miss the breathtakingly beautiful Kimberleys
Funfacts The box jellyfish can kill 60-90 seconds
Oh gosh, they don't sound too fun 😂
One vitimin c tablet cures dogs that have licked toads, it works for mine
Wowza, glad to hear your dogs recovered, we'd not heard of that before!
Gotta love magpies and huntsman spiders. Cane Toads are revolting.
We are certainly not keen on the cane toads 😆
Damn it, I forgot to subscribe!! ☑️
It's never too late 😉
@@TheBAMFamalam I’ve done it, before I forget again.
All of that sunshine though!!
Oh I know, we love it really! We just have to giggle about some things 😆
@@TheBAMFamalam Absolutely!! Keep on doing you, it’s great fun!! Thank you.
Yeah...all the rest of Australia knows about Queensland drivers.
Tailgating is not so bad in NSW as the HWP down here see it as an easy revenue raiser (negligent driving...4 points $400 fine). Our pet hate is drivers doing more than 10kph BELOW the speed limit. They deserve tailgating.
We were surprised when we first visited that everyone was keeping to the speed limit, we quickly found out why though, as we got several tickets on our 2 week holiday! We had never seen tailgating like it either 😬
Love this ,sounds bad doesn’t it .?But we wouldn’t live anywhere else ,but Qld ❤️
Defo wouldn’t live anywhere else, we love it! ❤️❤️
Tailgating is pretty much in every state. I guess people are just impatient. Just need to ignore them. Thanks for sharing your views in general about Queensland! Cheers!
Here in Sydney it's illegal to tailgate you can be fined
Feed the magpies & they’ll love you forever
😂😂great laugh 👍
We're glad you enjoyed it 🥰
Jeez, they have big seat belts in Australia.
Are they?! 😆
Qld is my least fave place in Australia..I hate it,everything in it can kill you and when I saw my first scrub python that was it.
Although it can, most animals will only attack if they feel threatened. We don't worry, we just stay back if we do see something ❤️
@@TheBAMFamalam Big red kangaroos will attack if they don't like your shoes hahaha
@@louiserawle8999 haha any excuse for shoe shopping 😂
Whistle and talk to the Maggie's, they wont swoop you.
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First up, LOVE your vids, bloody funny and very informative!.. Here's a secret about removing unwanted multi-legged 'guests' that you don't want. Many years ago, my Wife, who has a mortal fear of spiders, cockroaches and pretty much everything else, yelled out to me, as she was sitting in the next room, 'Get rid of it, Get rid of it!!. I bolted in, thinking that it was the largest snake in Australia, to see her pointing to the wall, where a Huntsman was sitting, minding it's own business. I shot to the bug killer cupboard, NOTHING, 'cept a spray bottle of Genuine Windex glass cleaner. Now, without going into needless detail, I turned the nozzle to 'Jet', (very important), and from two metres away, gave it two squirts, and within 2-3 seconds, it had joined its Ancestors. This works on ALL multi-legged bugs, but it MUST be the genuine Windex, the cheap stuff is useless, both for cleaning glass, and anything else. Windex, "cleans as it kills"!.
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Thank you so much for watching! Don't tell too many people that - the pest control guys will have no work 😂
Huntsman spiders are harmless and a good thing to have in the house, they eat just about everything. They are attracted to carbon dioxide and will sit on the wall above your bed in the night waiting for passing visitors. If you don't want them in your house, they're dead easy to catch, just be aware that they run fast, can run sideways like a crab and can disappear in an instant. Their favourite method of escape is to abseil out of harm's way. I catch them with a broom and a plastic bucket. Move the broom behind them on the wall and the will abseil into your waiting bucket; easy peasy. Take the bucket out into the garden, or where ever you want to release the spider, lay the bucket on its side and leave the spider to make it's own way home. Never kill a Huntsman, they're beautiful creatures.
This is fairly true and hilarious
You've got to laugh at these things 😁
Go Port Magpies.
Have to agree with the idiots tailgating. So bloody annoying.
It's a little intimidating at times! 😬
I thought Coles and woolies delivered virtually immediately...
You 2 crack me up...your cool.
I live in Ipswich your true. Now south Australia
We can't wait to visit SA 😊
@@TheBAMFamalam Colder than Bris in winter but no humidity, more like Spain in summer.
Bush fires 😁
halarious Ben !
Magpies are an acquired taste...best bbqed
Just found you. Spiders (tick) Drivers (tick) Weather (tick) I'm from Melbourne.
OMG Drivers, very scary, Spiders, I have been known to ring my son at midnight (he lives 50 Kms away) screaming about a giant spider and what should I do. Reply?
Kill it. And then he hung up on me in my hour of need!!!
Oh no haha! You need someone else to call next time! 😆
Look your family so happy I Australia
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QLD IS EXTREME EVERYTHING. YUUUUUK
It sure can be extreme! 😊
@@TheBAMFamalam further up in far north qld where I was you could throw a saddle on the cockroaches ,they were HUGE,and you couldnt leave your door open no matter how hot or you would end up with snakes inside..I think I prefer crocodiles to cockroaches lol,at least they dont crawl up the walls..Enjoy OZ,its dangerous sometimes but always glorious.
@@louiserawle8999 Hahaha that comment about crocs not crawling up walls 😂 We won't be moving up north 😂
Toads can't spit poison
Thank you for correcting me - looks like that is a popular misconception! 😬
@@TheBAMFamalam All good , people in Queensland like to stretch the imagination
dont forget you are in queensland.
As we mentioned at the start of the video, we do love where we live ❤️
Can’t state this loud enough about roadtrains and cars, MOVE OVER