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Starbucks fell on its face here in Australia because it bought its rubbish coffee here too. Aussies were like ‘nope.’
Only the locations with lots of tourists seem to have survived. Coffee culture in AU is huge and a mass market chain simply will not cut it.
With all their rubbish sugary syrups.
Yes, I don't think they survived much more than a year in Adelaide..full of teenagers initially but even they thought it was crap
The shootout didn't help. Wie still have Starbucks.
Zarrafas is much better.
Maccas coffee (not McCafe) is better than Starbucks.
I do find it interesting, that a fair number of Americans travel around the world visiting fascinating and wondrous countries and cultures, and then are surprised it's not America. 😂
Americans are raised to think America invented everything and so there's no point travelling.
Well in their defense they only just discovered that there are other countries. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Alex.The.Lionnnnn Because of the British invention of the Internet 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
We have NRL (National Rugby League), AFL (Australian Football League) and Rugby Union. Then we also have soccer, which a lot of countries call football.
AFL is huge in Victoria but NRL is huge in New South Wales.
The only reason "Hungry Jacks" couldn't retain its American name of "Burger King" when it arrived in 1971 was there was ALREADY a restaurant chain in Sydney called Burger King, and they couldn't infringe on their Brand Name. (Australia's 'Burger King' restaurant chain went bankrupt in the 80's, but by then the name 'Hungry Jacks' was a well known name, so they decided to keep it)
You’ve never seen a movie set in Britain where they’re pouring a cup of tea and adding milk and sugar??
He only watches The Simpson's
Southern sweet tea (ice tea) has sugar...........
This was mindblowing. No wonder they don't drink tea much. It's awful without milk.
Exactly! Very few people drink black tea, even less without sugar... Having said that, that's exactly how my mum drank it, and the rest of us milk but no sugar, but it's rare.
Hey absolutely, tea first THEN milk if you have it.
Switching off the outlet is a safety thing if kids stick things in it they won't get electrocuted.
Also we have 240 standard not 110. 415 is our industrial
I was flabbergasted when I went to Canada and they had no on/off switches on their power points, you just plug it in and it’s on …….. HUGE safety defect!!!
@@sianprice7210
US has half our voltage : 120v compared to our 240v
@@troycunningham8645It's actually 230V 50Hz now.
It's also power saving for the kids of things that live on standby, like TVs. There's a small power draw for those if you don't switch it off at the wall.
Answering the sushi thing. The sushi roll shown in the video is what in Australia we call a hand roll (temaki in Japanese) and they are most of the time only sold in sushi shops, they are to be eaten by hand and yes they are also sold in Japan (Japanese ones are in cone shapes). However, typically if you go to a sushi or Japanese restaurant you will be sold "maki" which is what we in Australia and Japan call the cut up sushi. Maki are made specifically to be eaten in sit and dine settings. Particularly in Australia temaki have been adapted to be eaten in any situation, so its shape became more uniform (a cylinder as shown in the video).
Plus you do not eat sushi with chopsticks. We use to have Japanese students stay with us, they and their parents( when they came to visit) used their hands
Australia is the largest one country/ continent. Africa consists of many countries ! Also the words ' cunt' and buddy etc are used differently by different people. Many of us still find the 'c' word offensive. The word fuck is used in many circumstances- the easiest way is to listen to the emotion behind the whole sentence.
I have Brain Tumors, my surgery $0. Burst appendix , my surgery $0 , if you go private - choose the specialist etc, you pay. My sister and I had the same nasal op, Sinusitis, hers cost $900 back in 1986, mine was free, I had better treatment and my own room!!! Healthcare has changed though, you have to have private insurance if you work. Therefore you pay for treatment, it is still not as expensive as the US.
Drop bears are bears suffering from heat exhaustion, they're not lining you up for the kill lmfao 😂😂😂😂
I am guessing you are from a city. If you come out bush, they are everywhere. That why we all eat vegemite out bush as an deterrent and wear the Akubra hats with wide brims. So the drop bears bounce off and can not get there claws into ye face.
@@geoff2606 that's hilarious, don't forget ya stubby shorts and thongs so you can slap them for a quick getaway lmfao
Drop bears are actually more canine than they are bear. They are really deadly.
As an Australian , I can confirm we make the best coffee , hence why Starbucks went bankrupt here. You need to come visit us asap mate !!!😊 and also yes we are super friendly , when we walk down the street everyone says hi to eachother when passing by😊
I counted 9 cafes in a street in my town within 2 blocks
We don’t say “hi”; we usually say g’day.
The coffee in australia is okay not the best but better than most. It does depend where you go a lot of places sell dishwashing soap with milk!
13:13 "How bad can it hurt?"
Box jellyfish:"Death. And it will hurt really bad until then."
It's sometimes known as a 'Sea Wasp' in the north of the Northern Territory
😂 That would be even more hilarious if it wasn't for the fact that it's true.
Ira-kanji is the worst one - tiny and the pain intense that it can kill you.
@@phelpsyau irukandji
I rolled around laughing when she said she was walking along, ran out of “sidewalk” and “didn’t know what to do” 😃😂😆😆😆😆
Girl, you just keep walking, but watch out for traffic. 😂😂😂
or bindis if it turns to grass :)
And the drop bears
@@mehere8038 Yeah but she’s not likely to be barefoot, and we know how to avoid bindies. 😆
@@Jeni10 we know how to avoid cars too, but we still need to watch for them if walking onto a road don't we, just as we need to watch for bindis if walking from footpath onto grass
Footpath here in australia
To clarify, at the begining Brooke is speaking about Rugby - she is refering to Rugy League commonly know as 'League' or NRL not what is commonly know as 'Rugby' (Rugby Union) all different from AFL. League and AFL are the most strongly supported codes in Aus. Brooke managed to go along to a State of Origin game which is a rivalry game played between NSW (the Blues) and Queensland (the Maroons) every year consiting of 3 games (go the Blues) with one being played in Melbourne.
Gridiron is NRL for gays ! 😂
Up the Maroons 💪🏽💪🏽❤️
I am an AFL supporter, but I would not say it is the most popular sport, well, definitely not in the NSW - ACT area
@@paulsullivan9697 Gridiron(NFL) is VERY similar to AFL but instead of kicking up field you throw it up there
Grid iron is like cricket. Nothing more than an excuse to drink beer for an entire day while the players rest for 4 hours interspersed with occasional 15 second bursts of actual physical exertion, for what's supposed to be an hour and a half match.
It is highly illegal to drove a car with NO insurance in Australia. You can get away without comprehensive insurance. Third party insurance is so compulsory that you cannot register your vehicle without it
It is third part personal insurance for injury to others that is compulsory - there is another kind which is third party property for damage to other peoples’ cars that is not compulsory
You can register your car in Victoria without insurance, it's just better to have it is all.
@fionalewis202 does Vic not have an integrated compulsory third party contribution as part of rego?
I think the implication is that property damage insurance is mandatory in the US.
Simple rule for swimming at a beach in Australia (especially for tourists), always swim at a patrolled beach between the red and yellow flags.
And also remember to put on sun cream.
And a wetsuit if there's stingers around. Or bring vinegar to splash on the sting!
@@mjkelly9801 apparently stockings work too if you forget your wetsuit (or are a backpacker & don't have one). One pair over your bottom half, second pair with the crotch cut out for your head & worn over your top half (and keep your uncovered head out of the water)
@@mehere8038 now that's a fashion statement!
@@shoresaresandy adding to that, make sure it's UV50+ else you'll end up looking like a lobster. Skin cancer risk here is huge and real.
People who live in the middle of Australia are called Australians
Or bogans
In some conversations when Aussies are being specific referring to people by their state is most often what I've seen/said, especially around state of origin 😂
@@cameronpinfold564I spent my childhood in the country & late teens to now in city. There are more bogans in City suburbs than the country
Yeah, not really mate. We mostly got called bush pigs. We refer to ourselves as bushies. @@cameronpinfold564
Nope, thats western Sydney@@cameronpinfold564
Speaking of the normality of seeing "celebrities" in public, I once saw Cate Blanchett at a play in Sydney. (No, she wasn't acting in it, she was, like me, a member of the audience). No-one bothered her.
I also saw the Prime Minister out on his morning walk while I was doing the same. Just exchanged greetings. You would never see an American president doing that.
There are many other examples.
Yeah I've met Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Ida Buttrose, Gordon Tallis, Greg Inglis, Merrick and Rosso, John Howard, Wendell Sailor, Mark Geyer, Rove McManus, and a bunch of others, and they were all very pleasant and down to earth.
All except Andrew John's. He was/is a straight up, downright cunt.
BTW, the term 'Drop Bear' came from the fact Eucalyptus trees sometimes spontaneously drop their branches, and it just so happened that a koala was sleeping on one such mid level branch when it, and the koala, fell. Now the branch was caught by other branches before it got to the ground, not so the koala, who landed on a passing group of hiking tourists, and scaring the crap out of them (and the koala too I imagine). Their guide, who was obviously laughing himself silly on the inside, promptly told them to watch out for the 'Drop Bears' ... not knowing how far and wide the term would spread in the following months and years.
Yeah, it's a cute thing to say instead of 'widow maker' which is an actual concern with some gum trees.
In Australia we call them power points, not outlets.
'Wall sockets' is somewhat common too.
@@Foxtrot369I have never heard wall socket. Where do you live?
@@jenniferfrede4681 Queensland
Also you don't always turn them off, even though they'll all have switches... So for example the power points for the TV/DVD are gonna be down at floor level with the antenna socket, and you might only turn those off for cleaning. Or maybe not until you move house again... But the ones in the kitchen are mounted at benchtop level and you'll almost certainly turn those on and off as you plug and unplug different appliances to use.
And some appliances rely on that wall switch. My toastie maker (a must-have for Tassie winters) doesn't have an on/off switch of its own. You plug it in, turn it on at the wall, and it's off to the races.
@@jenniferfrede4681 yeap in UK are call wall sockets too and the switch is not for saving energy purpose, but for safety, specially if you have babies or small kids.
I was taught that children not only need to learn from their own mistakes, but also they NEED real boundaries... not being allowed to say "NO!" Means there are no boundaries.
allowing kids to explore is not related to saying no - For instance those same parents would not allow their children to run out on to the road
My mum used to say "leave your brother alone or I'll come over there and upper cut ya"!🤣
Exactly.
for real, I was taught growing up that if I had a tantrum because I wanted to touch the hot stove that I absolutely could, and then I would no longer question why my parents said no to certain things. learning
@@kevo6190"Stop being a little cunt" works too, but without the threat of violence 😜
We also love our flavoured milk that you can buy in supermarkets, like Farmers Union Iced Coffee, Classic Chocolate/Strawberry/Caramel milk, etc. When I visited America in 2017, I was horrified to learn that supermarkets only Nesquick Chocolate (premix) and when I ask the staff where their flavoured milks were, they sent me off to a gazillion different flavours of CoffeeMate, not only in powdered form but also in ready made liquid form kept in the fridge 😳 It was then I learnt that Starbucks would become my new best friend over there. Once back in Australia, on the way home from the airport, Woolworths was my first stop just to grab a 2ltr Farmers Union Iced Coffee 😂
Because your power outlets supply 110 volts and ours supply 240 volts, the electricity can be forced out of the holes unless you turn it off. In unventilated areas, this can create "power puddles" which can be useful to control snakes, spiders etc, but can be hazardous to young childerbeasts.
Yeah that island you showed us was literally 3 continents all connected together thats not an island. An island is a landmass that is fully surrounded by water which Australia is. We pride ourselves on being the only country that can call itself both an island and a continent 😂
No no no, he is right. Our continents connected but all 3 of them combined are surrounded by Arctic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Atlantic oceans. So technically it's a landmass surrounded by water
M7
@@stannumowl but those 3 continents contain many different countries that are landlocked together, whereas Australia is the largest island country in the world in the sense that the entire island of Australia is 1 country completely surrounded by water. So MattyMutilation is correct that Australia is the largest island country, and is also a continent itself. Those 3 continents combined is not an "island", it's just a large landmass
If islands can’t contain several countries then why do we call it the island of Borneo when Borneo has several nation states on it?
@@Pacmanite exactly. Continent can have 0 nations on its territory, and island can have more than 1
So many misunderstandings: food quality in Australia is much more regulated for instance we can't dye our oranges and most of our red meat animals are pastured not enclosed; Our free range chicken/egg farms have websites and you can see their conditions. And you can't register your car unless you have third party insurance (which protects the other person) but you don't need to insure for loss to you. In the country petrol would be expensive but she didn't go there - Yes we think petrol is expensive but did she really go to the trouble of converting litres to US gallons?
You don't have to have 3rd part insurance to register a car in Tas, BUT, as part of our registration, we have an MAIB (Motor Accidents Insurance Board) fee, which is about 80% of our registration, so its a kind of 3rd party insurance i guess, but they still sell 3rd party insurance here... go figure lol, plus we don't have the RWC that needs renewing all the time like the mainland does.
I've heard that 80% of red meat is raised in feed lots and only 5% of pork is free range.
@@edwina.johnston According to Meat & Livestock Australia the current percentage of beef cattle is 47% of the total Australian slaughter. Cattle are not raised in feedlots but are put there for an average of 50-120 days to finish them off with grain to achieve better meat quality at slaughter. Do yourself a favour and stick to Grass Fed!
@@warrenturner397 yep it does help with the quality of the meat, a happy animal will always taste better than a stressed one. Personally I prefer to eat game meat, better for the environment and animals live a happy life until the end
@@rjswas
In Vic, we only need to get a RWC when we register the vehicle in an individuals name for the first time.
Thankfully, we don't have to renew it annually, as I'm led to believe some other states are required to do.
The organic labelling is HEAVILY regulated in Australia. She’s hilarious
It's heavily regulated but inefficiently policed.
Funny you mention kids breaking their arm, my son literally 2 days ago fell off the table outside onto a plastic box and broke his arm. Had to drive 20 mins to the hospital in the next town (yes I live in "the middle" of Australia) for them to put a temporary half cast on by a nurse and then had to drive another 130kms to the closes hospital that has surgeons for broken bones. Because it happened at 7:30pm we had to wait til morning for the doctors. Thankfully because of the great work the nurse done he was comfortable enough to get a good 6 hours sleep while we waited til morning. Thankfully the doctor was well experienced inside Australia and my son's arm should heal back to normal.
Australia probably knows more about America than what Americans know about themselves.🙃🇦🇺
100% and us Aussies knowledge of America is based on facts not the strange mosh mash of “America is the best we are amazing but also we built it all on the backs of black slaves and that’s terrible but we ALL gotta ignore indigenous people and pretend we never stole a country because ,like ,manifest destiny and stuff is embarrassing” 🤣🤣🤣
Definitely!
Yep. I've pissed off a few Americans by lecturing them in their laws.
🤣🤣
@@samarakiely2733 "we all gotta ignore indigenous people and pretend we never stole a country"- I am sad at the hypocrisy of this given we just killed the Voice in this country, so it's a bit like people in glass houses, y'know? An alarming number of Aussies are just as prone to insular smugness.
@@RandR55 I’m sorry but I went to school in the 90s and I learned all about stolen generation, stolen land, the hunting of indigenous people, how Australia was colonised, how to respect indigenous land, you also don’t know who I am what I voted, if I’m white or not, we have work to do but I’m talking about America not educating in schools any real history of the native people, if your even going to slightly compare the way America treat their indigenous history in school vs how we do based of a stupid badly executed vote that almost half the country voted yes to then you need to educate yourself more on this topic, if u think it’s hypocritical then your draft because the fact we had the vote and discussion is decades ahead of America
Vampire bats are tiny compared to Aussie bats. We call them flying foxes because of their size and they actually look like flying foxes.
Yep. I think he was thinking of the Indonesian Flying Fox equivalent that was photographed in a way that made it look enormous.
wingspan on Aussie fruit bats isup to 1 metre so yeh. pretty big!
We have micro bats too.
@@user-iq4zz8bc3p very true. We have both extremes in size on bats, a lot of people don't even know about the micro-bats though, cause they're so tiny
@@mehere8038there’s some here in northern nsw that are about 20 cm wingspan and they hunt small insects and mosquitoes! I night fish a lot and I’ve had to make sure no hooks are left hanging from a rod because the bats can mistake the hook for a bug! As they often circle the boat picking off the insects drawn to the light!
As an Australian growing up AFL was called VFL as it was invented and only consisted of Victorian teams which mainly where suburbs from Melbourne like ( essendon, Collingwood , Richmond and many more)and one team from Geelong which is where I was born and raised but I support essendon.
As a child, I lived in a rural area (Wedderburn, 3 hours north west of Melbourne), and from 3 to almost 8, we had quaddies (quad bikes) that we'd around around our (20 acre) land. My dad would also pick us up from the bus we took on his quaddie, so there'd be 1 adult (driving), youngest on his lap, with me and my older sister just sitting on the back.
Othertimes, if he picked us up in the car, one of us got to sit on his lap and steer the wheel. I almost ran us off the road into the bush once
The switched power outlets do not save power by switching them off. It is a safety device so you electrocute yourself as it is 240 volt not 110volt
finally someone with brains
@@zeb3421 Which begs the question: who didn't learn how circuit gates worked in high school science class?
It's to stop you electrocuting yourself. Nothing to do with voltage since it's the current that will kill you.
Ryan wait till your child sticks a fork in the power point (outlet) and you will understand why we have isolation switches . USA power 110 volts, Australian 240 volts.
Like 110 won't kill you!
@@aflaz171 Interestingly enough it's not the volts that kill you, it's the amps
It's also why we have big tea and coffee culture. Because our power points are strong enough to power a kettle.
@@flux2310 In most cases amperage increases with voltage!
@@aflaz171no, amperage does not increase with voltage. In fact to power the same motor at double the voltage requires only half the amps.
Re: jellyfish. It's true, in Queensland, there are plenty of jellyfish that can kill you. The irukanji jelly fish is less than an inch small and men who have been stung and going through irukanji syndrome put the pain at 11/10. It is described as being hit in the back with a bat, continuously.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A KOALA BEAR. They are just Koalas. BUT there are Drop Bears
Drop bears were a 1980s Sydney band ! 😀
Yeah mate. Just koala.
And we don’t say “outlet” , they are “ power points”.
Wrong . GPO general purpose outlet . I have installed thousands of them . D/gpo double general purpose outlet .
@@keithkearns93 yeah but who tf calls them outlets in convo
@@neonice6137 people who say conversation not convo .
I say both - and who really cares anyway?
@@keithkearns93 can't wait to hear what you do if someone calls you a "sparky" instead of "electrician"
It doesn’t save electricity, it saves lives
Yes I thought it was kinda cute thinking if you don’t turn off at the wall the electricity leaks out😅
Well it does save electricity IF you have an appliance plugged in that has standby, but I suppose that's hair splitting.
A power point uses power turned off or on with or without an appliance plugged in, they just use more turned on and even more with an appliance.
@@rjswas If a power point has nothing plugged into it, switched on or off. It is an open circuit and there in NO power being drawn or "drained"
@@abraxas2563 electricity doesn't just sit there waiting mate..
The wink is subtle and done with a nod. Not a huge obvious slow wink.
You forgot the most important part: the smile. Just a smile, nothing else.
People who live in the middle of Australia… we call them “lost”
😂😂😂😂
Lol
Sushi - also called Nori Roll. If you get ‘proper’ sushi it is small and eaten with chopsticks, but a Nori roll is great takeaway food.
That's right. Sushi is different to a nori roll, but of course Americans don't bother to learn the difference
A nori roll easier to eat on the run ! 😋
The word "c*nt" is not thrown around commonly in Australia except by young people in certain circumstances. Older people seldom use it and if they do, it is never in a friendly way. Don't use it if you are visiting Australia unless you have learned the demographic where it is sometimes OK to do so, and even then be careful.
lol let em say it ,seeing a yank spit out the c word every 5 min would be hilarious
Very true. It doesn't sound great coming out of the mouths of adults.
@@jaggirlnor towards your kids
Yell "hey c*nt" randomly in a public place and watch how many people turn around , as if your talking to them. 🤣🤣
I never hear it
With the pizza debate. We get pizza slabs for parties and stuff. They are bloody ginormous
Yeah, I've been to pizza places in Sydney that serve 1 metre long rectangular pizzas. Outrageously good stuff!
Regarding car insurance, there is 3 types of insurance you can get with 1 being mandatory.
- Mandatory is Third Party Injury known as a green slip which covers the expenses of injuring someone in an accident if you are at fault, this only covers their medical expenses and not their vehicle.
-Third party damage, which covers the cost of repairs to the other persons vehicle/property if you are found to be at fault but does not cover your own so you are left to foot the bill on your own vehicle.
-Comprehensive/full coverage that covers both damage to your own vehicle and the other party if you are at fault, or your own vehicle if the other party does not have third party insurance of their own.
As a rule you should always have either third party or comprehensive when driving as if you hit someones $500k lambo you are the one who foots the bill. I would say comphrensive is highly advised if you rely on your vehicle or it's an expensive vehicle as if you are hit by someone uninsured getting the money back from them requires lawsuits, lawyers and is often more expensive then it's worth half the time.
Third Party Property is good if you have a very old car. In that case comprehensive annual cost can be as much as the value of the car.
Tip for Americans travelling to Australia, don't try to copy the Australian accent saying mate and there are more places than just Sydney and Melbourne. South Australia and Western Australia have beautiful cities and coastlines 😊
Exactly. There's also Noth Queensland and Far North Queensland. (Cities Optional)
Central Queensland and Northern Territory are both worth visiting, too. I haven't been to Tassie yet but can't wait to get a chance to.
@em_c-chucky5554 Tassie is a lot like the NT, only cold, mountainous and small.
Nice for a visit.
@@tropicsalt. Living in WA, I can not wait to finally get to Tassie one day 🤣
Thank you from a West Aussie
What Americans call sidewalls, we call footpaths....
Also I have a school friend who lives in Texas and she tells me that lamb isn't that easy to get over there cause most Americans don't eat it....
Which I thought was strange, we Aussie's love a good Lamb roast...
I’ve recently read that the reason behind the lack of lamb is that the beef industry had a powerful lobby group which pushed back the sheep farmers
@@toddavis8151 would make sense. Presumably their predators would be a factor too. In Australia, sheep are only found on the side of the dingo fence that doesn't have dingoes. With their coguars etc, presumably they would have similar issues with sheep
@IdoZatTimeInaVan no, footpaths
@@mehere8038 not true in fact, there are dingoes all over the country. In fact there were genetically pure alpine dingoes recently tested in the Vic alps and predation from dogs has always been an issue there. Personally I think we're going to see a lot more human-wildlife conflict in the future as populations expand
Coz lamb tastes like shit. Or more precisely, like cat.
Some studies say that upto 20% of a home's electricity consumption is 'standby' mode of appliances; turned on but not on use
The worst thing I've ever heard a person called in Sydney was 'friend'. The dude left very quickly.
Happy Arvo Ryan 😊 As an Australian, I would just like to confirm that it is absolutely NOT ok to call a child a c word! Ever.
As an Australian, yes there is.
If they are being a little shit and their parents aren't pulling them up, I'll call them exactly what they are and I'll say it loud enough that everyone can hear.
I was in a KFC waiting for my food and some kid was running around, bumping into people including myself whilst the parents sat watching and not saying anything.
I said nothing, until my food was put on the counter and the kid went to take it.
The kid jumped and looked in shock when I did go off and the parents said nothing, but FINALLY pulled the kid to their side.
Nobody else said anything, but paid attention.
If I need to say something, you or the kid have screwed up big time and I won't reserve any language.
I've lived in Aust. for 50 years and no one has called me the 'c' word.
Not to your face... lol 😊@@catherina2611
@@catherina2611 that tells me that you haven't done anything to piss anyone off bad enough and you haven't had any friends of a "less cultivated" nature.
Neither is a bad thing.
I agree. Such a bogan thing to do. They were probably bogans.
(Note: not ALL bogans would necessarily do it though)
Let's clear something up Ryan. People who live in the country, like I do, we wear shoes. On the coast you will see barefoot people. Probably because they have just come from the beach.
Living in an alternative valley town, with more alternative people we see more walking around with no shoes... summer and winter...always find it amusing when their rugged up with coats , beanies etc then no shoes,
People in many country towns in Australia often do not wear shoes to stores etc. I know when I lived in a country town in SA.. my family often didn't wear shoes about the town esp when we were kids.
@@tanyabrown9839 I live in Tamworth & I haven't seen anyone without shoes. I grew up in the New England region, again, we all wore shoes. Moree, Inverell, Gunnedah, Narrabri we all wore shoes.
and it only takes a few 40C+ days and they'll start wearing thongs at the beach haha.
@mariehillard1742 I was in Coonabarabran and narrabri Binnaway and Dubbo last week , there was heaps with no shoe's 😂
I'm pretty sure all of Australia thinks the large domino's large pizza sizes are ridiculous. They have shrunk substantially over the last 10 years, one of the reason i do not go to Domino's.
Dear Lady “Seppo” the Melbourne “mob” (Aussie = crowd) were not going to a ‘stadium’, they were headed for the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground), where many types of sports are played.
There's a descending order of words in Australia:
"Mate": multivalued, "How're ya goin', mate." "Are you have a go at me, mate?" "See you later, mate."
"Sport": Things are heading south. "You're being a pain, sport." "You're totally wrong, sport."
"Sunshine": Run. "I've had enough of you, sunshine." "I'm gonna knock your block off, sunshine." Even when violence isn't an option, finishing the sentence with "Sunshine" means a line has been crossed and a rapid backing off might save you a whole bunch of trouble.
c**t is a lot more effective than sunshine
also it is a bit of a pain to fly to australia, but then consider how we feel trying to go anywhere other than australia.
Well Tasmania is overseas😮 sort of😂❤ and New Zealand
@@joannemurdock7899 fair, but other than oceania its a steep price
@@contonium365 what flying to tazzie and NZ?
@@joannemurdock7899
Oceania includes Tasmania and countries closely surrounding Australia, such as NZ, Indonesia, etc.
Also, we only wink as a way to sign to someone "You and I are the smart ones" or that we're being sarcastic or trying to trick someone. It's code for "We're on the same side, team up with me. Keep it secret".
The good news is that if the locals are pulling your leg about drop bears, it's usually a sign of endearment, like a friendly hazing. Oddly enough, if someone pulls out the old drop bear lie on you it usually means they have gauged you to be the sort to have a good sense of humour about it, and thus already see you as a potential friend.
Poor Ryan...l think he's afraid he'll starve to death if he comes to Australia 😂
A few corrections / added details:
* Rugby vs AFL depends on the state. Vic/Melbourne has AFL by far the most popular, whereas NSW and QLD is more into Rugby (although AFL still very popular).
* Domino's pizza is small by Australian standards, but not by much. Standard 'large' is ~12 inch (8 slices). Most pizza shops have a 'family' pizza which is larger (16 inch, 12 slices). That's usually the largest size pizza.
* Most beaches are fine to swim at, and popular beaches have life guards that would shut down the beach if there was danger.
* There's a compulsory third party insurance as part of your car registration that covers people being injured. You would still get sued to cover property damage (i.e. the other car) if you're responsible for the accident. Most people pay at least for third party property insurance to ensure you don't go bankrupt from an accident.
* Melbourne does have a lot of Asian communities (including 'Chinatown' in the CBD).
* Yes, sushi rolls are typically not cut up.
* Wall sockets don't 'use' electricity if they're switched on with nothing plugged in. People (dads) tell others to turn the switch off partly for safety, but mostly for OCD.
* Kombucha isn't actually that popular. There was a short fad for a bit during COVID, didn't last long.
"Wall sockets don't 'use' electricity if they're switched on with nothing plugged in"
They do actually, they just use more turned on and even more when an appliance is plugged in.
Correction rugby leauge
@@rjswas Nope. If there's nothing plugged in then the switch does nothing (other than safety). No current flow if there's no circuit.
@@karbon4542 Where do you think the power goes when it hits the switch, try learning about electricity...
I gather you are from Melbourne, yes that City that calls itself the Sporting Capital of Australia and can't extinguish the difference of Rugby (Union) and the more popular Rugby League both played in Australia and indeed in Many Countries around the world.
Both codes are DIFFERENT Sports,I Repeat DIFFERENT SPORTS ,one game has 15 players the other has 13 players
Surely you Aussies down south (Melbourne) ain't that stupid to figure out both Codes are not the same
Bless her. But her complete confusion and mix up of all things football related epic. 😂😂😂
The outlets aren't using any power when switched on if nothing is plugged in
but it adds a layer of safety also.
If a child sticks something metal into the holes in the outlet,
they don't get electrocuted if the outlet is turned off.
Also you can turn off appliances at the outlet to stop any trickle usage like (standbye) consumption of a TV that has a remote.
Also if an appliance fails or has a fault,
you can switch it off at the outlet.
Or Switch off a bunch of applainces at once that are on the same outlet.
Car insurance while not compulsory, is advisable. If you're in an accident, you can face very high costs or being sued at the same time. Third party insurance is compulsory and paid with registration fees so the driver is covered by accidental death or injury to other people.
Dude. Third party, property is compulsory with your rego. Comprehensive is not. Cheers
She ordered a hand-roll which is an uncut sushi roll which is popular in australia and New Zealand and usually has cooked meat such as teriyaki chicken in it . Maybe she just didn't know what a hand roll was. I assume there are Japanese owned sushi places that make regular sushi.
It's called Nori roll
They are much easier to eat as you walk around the shops!
@@tristabella2297especially when I’m barefooted lol 😊
We usually have both readily available...
I was wondering where she went that she only saw uncut rolls every Sushi bar she went to. Most Sushi places here in Brissie have multiple types of Sushi & Sashimi cut & uncut. I love the aburi salmon & aburi scallop. The only way I like salmon
Baseball and softball were developed from cricket.
We talk about drop bears, but it's mainly because of the gum tree branches. Many eucalypts lose their branches sometimes, and anyone camping under them is going to have a very bad day.
The powerpoint switch is not about saving power when there’s nothing plugged, but about saving power (and safety) when there’s something plugged. More specifically it’s a convenient way to “unplug” your devices without having to actually unplug it.
In Australia I always disconnect devices I don’t use (e.g. kettle, toaster, shaver, lamps, piano, washing machine), not just to save energy but because it feels a lot safer.
Dunno, do people in the US usually unplug their stuff too when unused? Because when I was there it felt so inconvenient to keep plugging/unplugging stuff from the socket, but I feel uneasy to have everything in the house constantly electrified even when unused, esp. with plenty of water going around in the bathroom and kitchen.
Fun fact . Box Jellyfish stings come back annually at the site of the sting, some people can get tropical ulcers from stings decades after the box jellyfish stung you.
Wow. What a joyful thought!
Ryan, we may go barefoot in our homes, but not usually when we go out. Like everywhere, there are those who defy convention. You wouldn’t want to be barefoot in summer when the heat can melt the roadways!
Pigs arse!
In total agreeance with you Denise and you said it well.
@@marionthompson3365I think you meant ”agreement”.
There are a few rebels who reject ‘agreement’. Makes my hair stand on end.
it varies. In Byron Bay - that she talks about lots, it's going to be common. It's also extremely common with kids & a lot of beachside suburbs.
& I can tell you that when I was a kid, there was no way roads were going to melt my feet. When I got older & then forgot my shoes one time & had to walk across a hot road barefoot, I ended up with humongous blisters covering them, cause my feet had softened up by then because of wearing shoes more. As a kid though, my feet were just too touch for heat to go through, same with bindies (although they would tend to hit the raised arch that wasn't so tough)
The Irukandji Jellyfish are only up in Far North Queensland which is only a relatively small area of our coastline. The rest of Australia has amazingly beautiful beaches that are perfect for swimming.
just some clarifications for some of the things said
The outlet switches are more for saftey than anything else especially with people sticking things in them for some odd reason causing electric shocks and house fires.
Jellyfish - mostly an issue in central/north Queensland, Northern Territory and northern Western Australia. Central and North Queensland tend to have 4-6 months where you shouldn't swim due to an abundance of Australian Box Jellyfish and Irukandji Jellyfish.
Australian Box Jellyfish is concidered the most venomous marine animal and if you are not carefull a sting can kill you in a very short time and it will be excruciating.
Irukandji are also one of the most venomous marine animals in the world, especially dangerous being almost invisible to the naked eye with a sting that can cause fatal brain hemorrhaging as well as potentially causing "irukandji syndrome". Both of these Jellyfish are especially common in and around reefs.
Crocodiles are very common in Central/Northern Queensland, Northern Territory and Northern Western Australia
Honorable Mention - Stone Fish, The most venomous fish in the world. Common on beaches around rock formations and reefs in Queensland, Northern Territory and Northern Western Australia. They can also be found in northern New South Wales though more rarely. If you step on one the sting is known to be fatal.
Drop Bears are most definitly real and can be incredibly dangerous, with warnings occasionally being put out in more rural areas.
The Chinese came to Australia in the 1850s... when the gold rush began. At first they mined like everyone else, but in time they opened stores to sell supplies. And they're still here.
just like to add they didn't exactly "mine like everyone else" very quickly something called the "white australia" movement happened and made it super difficult for asians and even some dark skinned and non english speaking europeans to obtain licences to mine. It went as far as some being deported or being harassed and assaulted so much it was either leave the country or be thrown in prison.
I had a friend who was 6th generation Aussie of Chinese descent & he was consistently abused & told to “go home”.
We do have compulsory third party car insurance, but that's specifically regarding injuries/deaths, not covering people's property, you have to take them to court for that if they lack insurance.
Omg.... you can literally see him die inside when it hits him that our large pizzas aren't what he thought they were 😂
lol, I watch these vids for a laugh all the time but I think it’s the first time I’ve commented… you defs don’t need to be rich to do a lap around Aus. We’ve been travelling around Aus for the last few years and we’ve barely scratched the surface. We live in a bus with our cat and dog and work remotely, exploring as we go 😜 but we’re not alone, thousands of others are doing the same. Clued in overseas travellers arrive in Aus, buy a van and do it all the time! I’m literally parked in a free camp in South Australia working as I type, with this vid playing in the background for entertainment
You used to be able to get “Family Size” pizzas which were another size up, but they went out if fashion because its more common to buy 2 or 3 ‘large’ pizzas and have a few different flavours to share.
You can still get extra large pizzas at dominos and also NY style pizzas which are even bigger.
I love me a family size, sometimes even a party size 😂
Family sized pizzas are still actually very common all over Australia.
But you won't find them in those American chain pizza stores.
They exist in many great localised family run pizza shops. Just check out the reviews for local pizzas shops in your area (city areas would have a lot more to choose from, naturally) and give them a try.
Great pizzas made in an excellent family run pizza shop are far superior to the chain store pizza "restaurants". A great pizza shop will not be stingy with their toppings and so on.
And there are even some great gourmet pizza places springing up around major cities, too, if you're into that sort of thing.
I worked my way around Australia 3 times when I was a young bloke it was a lot of fun, it took the best part of 5 years I have some amazing memory's and made some really good friends it was the best time I ever had.
I can imagine that would be the best way to see the variety in landscape etc. I still have a small hope that I can grey nomad it in the future.
Omg you lucky bastard! I wish I did that before I had kids.. I spent 3yrs in US working as a nurse and it was great but now I wish I only spent one yr in the US then a year in Europe and one yr travelling Australia 🇦🇺
@@mgreen1206 I've been to Europe as well and spent some time in Dubai I loved it there and Japan but was ok but the bloody earth quakes are a pain, just stay away from the tourist traps.
Starbucks was watered down weak coffee laden with sugar to hide that fact! And we never use milk in our tea and sugar is personal choice or lemon too but some people use milk in tea like the UK sugar optional.
If a turned off device is plugged into a socket no current flows, so there is no energy lost.
But many devices, even AC powered ones, draw a small amount of current to enable instantaneous start up -- TVs for example. If they are plugged into a switched power outlet, you can save money by switching off.
Some TVs etc just turn off the screen but draw full power, which is the worst thing, of course.
Jelly fish can really kill you, or the pain will make you want to die.
It REALLY hurts.... I still have the scars that are visible when I'm cold.... from jellyfish tentacles....
We have a tree that stings so bad you want to kill yourself.
If you stop your child from hurting themselves how do they learn from their mistakes . This is why Aussies kids are so tough they hurt themselves and learn quickly .
My niece would beg to differ. Can tell her not to do something even making the point that she will hurt herself, she'll go out of her way to do it, get hurt, have a whinge and then go back and do the same thing again 5 minutes later. Somethings you just can't teach...
Ryan is probably right. The fear of medical debt is an alien concept to Australians. If your kid comes a cropper, the basic health care is free. Thank all the powers and antecedents for that.
@@aliquotidian Most parents tell their children to walk it off anyway. Or at least I was... broke some toes not really much you can do about that anyway.
Ha ha! My parents used to say "they'll only do it once." Great way to learn.
Hey Ryan, just to clarify the car insurance thing. Comprehensive insurance (insures you, your car and others) is not compulsory. Third party property insurance is. You cannot register your vehicle without it. Third party property covers any damage or injury to someone else but you are responsible for your own loss, if you are at fault. I hope this makes sense? Cheers Mate. Can't wait to see you down under!
Alright, haven't finished the video but need to clear some stuff up. 1) organic = no fertilizers or pestercides we used to grow the food. 2) dressing up its down to location, night out in the big smoke = semi formal. Night out in a country town is a shirt n jeans. We don't eat fast food out at night rather thats a "night in". 3) car insurance is legally required so is health insurance (income over 40k) and house insurance if you have a mortgage. If you didn't have car insurance then the other driver insurance sues you. 4) pizzas are smaller, however there is extra large and family sized, a large fries is usa medium, drinks are not free refills. 5) All 7-11's are gas-stations. 6) Footpaths are not everywhere, so you walk on whatever until the footpath is available, new footpaths are being built, but councils are slow in construction of more. They are also terrible at road maintenance. 8) if you don't like the Achilles tax check out the cigarette tax.. 9) many bottole'o aka liquor store are open to 10 or 11. They sell everything, ciders are strong, a mercury cider (Tasmanian brew) are 6.9%.some are even stronger. 10) netball a)no backboard, no dribbling, no passing backwards, no touching the opponent, everyone keeps to their position location. When you catch the ball you can move, no 3 pointers.
Re: sushi - yes, the half roll tube is the most common style you’ll find for takeaway sushi. It’s not a made up Australian thing, in Korea and Japan it’s a ubiquitous home style roll. I’ve seen mums not even bother to cut it for their teenage sons, because they just inhale it anyway (although I don’t think this is a commonly known piece of trivia).
You gotta remember that sushi (and onigiri) are just sandwiches.
We have strict food labels you can't just call anything organic
Exactly! They have to jump through hoops, for their produce to qualify as organic. Not easy.
You may find produce at a local Farmers’ Market that truly is organic but because it’s grown by hobby farmers who can’t possibly afford to get accreditation, you just have to take their word for it.
Technically, all grown or raised food is organic: they come from living organisms. "Certified Organic" just means "I'm legally allowed to steal your money with no actual benefit to your health, or the environment"
It's very poorly policed.
Ryan, we do not have free medical/hospital cover. This is paid for with taxes paid by all working Australians. It is just the system is more efficient and you get more bang for your buck compared to the US.
You nailed it Ryan, we got off the plastic straw wagon because of our sea life. Paper straws suck so we now have stainless steel straws that you take with you and throw in the dishwasher when you get home. And this are Flying foxes not bats. Bats are little
Takeaway Kebabs in Australia are usually döner kebabs- Turkish without the shish (skewer) and serve in a flatbread.
The Greek version is gyros, pronounced as yeeros, and sometimes spelled that way too.
The Middle Eastern version is a shawarma.
Shish kebabs (with skewers) are usually from the butcher or meat section at the supermarket for home cooking.
its a god damn souvlaki ya gronk
@@zeb3421
I’m a skip
No specific info is provided to know what any of them are. Just supposed to know which ethnic group claims a particular version.
Meat pieces on skewers.
Or shaved meat in a flatbread.
What is difference between gyros and souvlaki? Shawarma, kebab, kebob, etc?
I'm Australian and say, 'You're welcome' 🤷🏼♀️ It's 'mozzies'-simply short for mosquitoes.
Hard to take anything seriously when someone thinks Rugby is huge in Australia. It is about third or fourth in sport. Australian Rules is twice as big, minimum, then Cricket, then Soccer, then Rugby League (only in Sydney and Brisbane) etc. Such a narrow, Sydney focussed experience. Such a superficial view of this far more complex nation.
Clarification. You do need car insurance - it’s called compulsory third party insurance. It covers any incident with another party.
But you don’t need comprehensive insurance that covers damage to your vehicle. So if you crash into someone their car is covered but yours is not
ALL of Europe drives on the right like the US, the UK drives on the left like Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Despite BREXIT, the UK is still part of Europe….
And South Africa
Ireland, Cyprus and Malta also drive on the left
As.does Malta, Singapore, India and Ireland.
I stuck with ya, Wazzo ! "All the way to the bottom of the jar" (end of your video). Sorry for that old ad reference . . I can't even remember what it was an ad for now 🤔. Ooh, and not only do we have flying foxes (bats) in our skies, we also have VERY cute critters called sugar gliders. And did you know wombats poo cubes - I only learned that a few years ago!? So weird. AND new stuff is STILL being discovered about our iconic and odd, platypus. Anyhoo, that was a great 47 minutes mate - loved it, goodonya and thanks. 😉
To be clear, with Aus disqualified as the largest island due to its continent status, that distinction falls to Greenland. Also, Dominos is considered the most rubbish pizza brand, and absolutely not representative of standard pizza sizes. Most places offer a family sized option. I'm not sure what parties she was referring to, but I've seen more than my share of all-nighters, and many nightclubs don't hit their strides until after the pubs shut down.
A year to travel around Australia. That's the time it took Jimmy Harrington to walk around Australia for charity. Was awesome to follow
We don't have plastic straws, or plastic coffee cups or plastic take away cutlery any more. And most supermarkets don't have single use plastic carry bags. They sell cloth ones that you can buy and bring to the store and reuse. I make my own cloth ones. All the trendy shops have paper bags with their logo printed on them or "designer" cloth bags to use so you can use them to get your shopping at the supermarket while advertising the clothing store. The public just started taking cloth bags shopping and the stores worked it out pretty quick.
We have compulsory third party insurance in Australia. You can register your car without it. Few wrong facts in this vid
Compulsory TAC vehicle insurance included in registration in Victoria only covers personal injury not property damage.
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@@jimbo3207 yep same thing with CTP in NSW. Point is there is compulsory insurance to a degree across Aus which she said there wasn’t. She didn’t really have all the info at hand. Lucky we are all here in the comments to explain it!
Third party is included in rego but it only covers injury not damage. So you need to purchase 3rd party damage or comprehensive but you can register the car without any insurance whatsoever. Which is really insane IMO. Moral of the story, buy insurance.
@@jimbo3207 same in SA
The Name For a aussie Living in the middle ( Desert ) Is A "BUSHY"
There is compulsory third party car insurance for every registered vehicle, for liability for accidents with others. There is a separate insurance for costs of fixing/replacing your car which you may or may not have.
As an Australian who lived in Japan, they do indeed sell maki (sushi rolls, uncut) and eat them like a sandwich. Nets: they're called shark nets and I don't know about QLD but in NSW they have them at most major beaches, but they often have holes in them haha. To be on the safe side I make sure I'm not the furthest person out so they eat those people first. Fun fact: never swim in Sydney Harbour esp at dawn or dusk as it's teeming with sharks. Do not use free wifi - unless you want your bank details hacked into. Australians are really picky about their coffee. I've seen cafes shut down due to bad reviews about their coffee. Starbucks is crap, who knows what's in that stuff but we don't go for all that sugar and flavouring. Coffee is just coffee and milk.
I don't know much about Netball but I was told a big difference from Basketball is with Basketball you can take the ball and dribble it or move it down the court, but in Netball you cannot take a step if you are holding the ball; you can only throw it to another player who also then is glued in one spot until they pass on the ball to another. Others can say if I've got this wrong.
Pretty much right I think
You can take 1 step. So the foot you land on when you catch the ball can leave the ground before you throw it but it can't come back into contact with the ground again once it's lifted until you've thrown it. Not sure if that's very clear
Yep, can confirm Aussie dads do go about complaining about people not switching off outlets - well, mine does anyway 😆 I pay it forward to my own kids - it's surprising how much difference it can make if you cut out vampire electricity
I just want to say as an Aussie that not everything she said is in every State. It just depends on what major city you are in. As for the pizzas, Domino's do sell small pizzas but we have other pizza places that sell different sizes and some of this are huge.
Elevator - lift
Trash - Trash/rubbish
where at - where at/where abouts
Mosquitoes - mozzies
thank you - cheers
you're welcome - no worries
Mcdonalds - Macca's
South Australia has a place called China town.
We call ourselves in the middle of Australia; bushies, Rural's and I think there's more, but I can't think of anymore (also this is what our town says and a few city slickers)
all australias talk about drop bears (also koalas are not called koala bears)
If you don't have insurance you have to pay with you're own money
It depends on the place cause some do have bigger pizzas than that, well that i have seen.
The most we pay $3 and the is $1.79 a liter
All sidewalks connect to a road so you can cross followed with a zebra crossing or the lights for people crossing.
netball is like basketball, but the ball is not allowed to touch the ground (males can also play and the females wear above the knees skorts - shorts connected underneath skirts)
Love the video tho mate ❤❤❤
where I live not all streets have footpaths. my street only has gutters on one small section of one side of the road
@@sheilalongden369 that's true, some places I've visited also don't sidewalks
Winking with a head tilt is like a wave. It’s saying “howyagarn?” Without speaking. Even girls do it
Shrinkflation hit Australian pizzas years ago. I used to get a pizza about once a month (they would come in large, medium and small) then one day the large magically disappeared and the medium became the large. I felt so ripped off that I have hardly bought a pizza since; I can’t justify spending that sort of money for something so cheep to make.
Depends on where you buy it... at my local Pizza Joint, there is a Jumbo, it wont fit in a normal fridge. Domino's, Pizza hut etc... small sizes.
@IdoZatTimeInaVan I love Dominos, but yeah the size to price ratio is just pathetic these days, such a shame.
@@simonmccolljones2445
I have to agree with you there.
At my usual local pizza place they have family sized - which is what we get. As well as large, medium and small. They are still the same sizes that they have always been for YEARS.
There has never been shrinkflation on proper good old fashioned pizza places that I've ever frequented over the years.
Perhaps, as you said, it was more of a pizza chain store issue. And I stopped buying from them over 20 yrs ago. You just can't beat a great pizza shop that is owned and run by a family.
Party size "Big Foot" pizza. Cut into rectangles, like fudge brownies. Feeds up to 15 people.
Same with pies, macca burgers and wagon wheels. All shrunk so I dont buy.
Most of the AFL teams (10 of 18) are in Victoria (the smallest mainland state w/ Melbourne as the capital) because the State league became the national league and expanded into the other states.
On Australia Day the McDonalds rebrands to Maccas for some stores.
Kebab is just meat cooked on a stick, how it is served varies. Pizza comes in bigger sizes but Large is smallish (Sizes: Small, Large, Family, Jumbo) and occasionally you can find what Aussies call 'New York' pizza slices.
I've travelled a lot, except the Americas and the two best espresso' coffee cultures are Spain and Australia with maybe the addition of Portugal.
It is semi-common for 'grey nomads' (retired Aussies) to buy a caravan and take a year travelling around Australia before settling into retirement.
Third party insurance is built into car registration and you cannot drive without registration. (so the insurance is on the car itself)
You'd lose a footpath (sidewalk) if you suddenly hit a reserve or private business area otherwise that would only happen in an outback township.
Our cars are flip flopped - I was confused from the beginning. I only drink tea with milk no sugar. Am I an Aussie living in a weird country?
Nah , no way lol