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The name UGG is in a big court case at the moment because it American company trademark and stole the name UGG. And now won't to let Australians use it anymore. Which is bulshit.
Yep! Came to the comments immediately to flag this. @iWrocker, you mentioned that you didn't know ugg boots are Australian? That my friend is a huge sore point for us. Uggs are ours, and the fact that some American stole them and trademarked them is so frelling ire inducing. I mean for frell's sake, they're made of sheepskin. America is not known for their sheep agriculture. 😡
Stepping off my passionate soapbox rant now.
13:52 we call it a goon sack
14:35 aussies really only wear uggies in the house as slippers, unless yer going to a Centrelink appointment
I'm guessing you don't own a good proper pair of Ugg Boots then, and/or go out in wether less than 10°C.
Because I do happily wear my Ugg boots out and about.
@@Scott-xs8hs well that would mean that you are either a) not an Aussie or b) if you are an Aussie, you're definitely on Centrelink
And that's where you're wrong. I am an Aussie and I'm not on Centrelink payments, born Tassy, raised in Queensland. Currently an IT Helpdesk worker and setting up my own business from home.
So again I'll say, you don't own a proper pair of Uggboots. I have a rather nice looking shin high pair of black Uggboots, I bought in Hobart whilst visiting my parents in Tasmania last year. Best damn place to get a good pair of Uggboots. And yes I mostly wear them as slippers, but they are nice enough to wear to the shops. Cost around $200.
So again, you just don't have a good proper pair of Uggboots.
@@Scott-xs8hs well if you are from Tasmania I suppose that explains everything.
Yeah, we call ‘em Goon sacks or goonies
An interesting fact about australia is that bushfires have been happaning for so long and so often that some plants actually rely on fire to reproduce and survive.
Stupid humans don't understand burning off
Indigenous populations have used fire as a tool for tens of thousands years, many native species of plants seeds cannot germinate without exposure to extreme heat
Another fun fact: Australia is the home of the longest living civilisation in the world ... the indigenous Australians, or Aboriginals, have been recorded to have lived here for at least 60,000 years!
The oldest continuous culture on the planet, 60,000 + years.
I heard it was at least 80,000 - 120,000 but I’m probably wrong
Well, so it is claimed. There have been many visitors to the continent from far away lands in that time. Also the land between Australia and what is now PNG was able to be traversed by foot, and we had settlement from New Guinea to northern Queensland within that claimed 60,000 years.
That is false. Adam and Eve are the first.
@@richardmiller3839
Grow up!
The way he pronounced Kosciuszko really hurt... :(
And Uluru and “Southern Australia”
Australians grew up pronouncing Kosciuszko incorrectly. I know a few people of Polish heritage, so that is how I know the correct pronunciation of Kosciuszko.
FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT HE SAID COSTCO 🤡
yea bet bro it was so painful it is not hard to pronounce at all
Pain...
They also named a pool in Victoria after Harold Holt , we have a strange sence of humour as you drown and they name a pool after you .
Should do 1 on slang. Inc rhyming slang like HAD TO HARRY means Harry holt/bolt. HAD TO RUN.
Smirko has tried to do the Harold Holt re-enectment but the bastard came back! >:(
Fun fact, it's actually illegal in Australia to tell someone that Harold Holt drowned without also telling them that we named a swimming pool in his honour. That guy who made the video you're watching is gonna be in trouble if he ever visits!
@@aihtdikh I dont what your talking about aihtdikh , are you trying to be funny or your just a idiot . The guy making the video wont be in trouble you fool .
@@aihtdikh 🤣🤣
62: "Poker machines" are slot machines, not poker games.
The returning boomerangs are toys. Practical (hunting and weapon) boomerangs have different aerodynamics and don't return.
Never heard anyone in Aus say let's go to the slot machineit's always pokies,
@@danielsonn3046 True. But the pokies are nothing like a poker game.
@@brettevill9055 well yeah obviously, it's Australia slang C'mon Ur Australian so should kno
@@danielsonn3046 Right. This started with item 62 in the list, which is about poker machines. Ian reacted by saying "Poker is big down there!" and making a few comments about poker. But the item in the list was not about the card game poker, it was about slot machines. We call slot machines "poker machines" or "pokies", but Ian did not understand that. So I explained it.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone call them "poker machines" it's the pokies the brickie's laptop
102: The colony of South Australia was the first to allow women to both vote and stand for election in 1894.
Australia Fact No. 102 - Chicken Salt is as Aussie as Vegemite, and will be your new best condiment friend.
On chicken and chips it's orgasmic.
Chicken salt is ambrosia.
Oh hell yeah
Or try one called Aromat, even better than chicken salt but a little warning, it's MSG. All the good stuff is bad for you :)
Discovered chicken salt when I went to Oz. Wish we had it in Pommyland.
Thought he’d tell you that the drowned Prime Minister Harold Holt was celebrated by having a public swimming pool named after him.
He also is now a piece of rhyming slang. Do the Harold = do the bolt (leave quickly)
Harold Holt is also slang for salt.
At least amongst the older generation in WA
19:50
This isn't actually correct, the most venomous creature on earth is still a jellyfish, is still Australian and is still found in the same area of Australia (North Queensland)
It is known as the Irukandji and is the same size as an australian $2 dollar coin
Box jellyfish and blue ring octopus.
I work in healthcare in Melbourne and the thunderstorm asthma event in 2016 was crazy. It got to the point that some hospital emergency rooms were so full of people having asthma attacks that they were turning other patients away and telling ambulances with non-asthma patients to go to other hospitals. Basically, Melbourne and the state of Victoria in general has a high pollen count in spring and the wind during a thunderstorm brings more pollen from further away. When people breathe in this large amount of pollen, they get asthma attacks. The event in 2016 was totally unexpected and 10 people died. Some of the patients, including some of the people who died, didn't even know they had asthma until the event happened.
Our heat is different to what you get in the states due to the elliptical orbit of the earth putting the Southern Hemisphere closer to the sun during summer months. While hot it’s the amount of UV that we get that makes the sun here a whole different issue and is why we have such high skin cancer rates.
The internet speeds here are slow because the conservative government that was in power designed it that way to keep their rich benefactors cable TV business viable. Hey Rupert…
The Ugg boot was first made in Australia with the name Ugg, but the yanks stole the name and trademarked it so we in Australia can't technically call our own boots, the one we invented Ugg boots. They also stole Speedo's from us as well. And it's not poker we are into, it's poker machines, people are addicted over here. And it's not Mount Kosi - cos - co like the man said, it is pronounced Mount Kosi - os - co, these poms can't speak the English language well at all.....
Waiting for govt to get of ass and ensure no more of our classics can be stolen next will be Pavs and Lamingtons.
@@sandrarobinson3266
Shhhh!! Quiet !! Don't give the SEPOS (SEPTIC TANKS) ideas of what next they can steal.
@@sandrarobinson3266
You'd best talk to the Kiwis about pav's and lamingtons.
@@Rob-fc9wg yeah, nah.
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My year 6 teacher was Kiwi, and she had moved to Australia, and refused to let us tell her that the Pavlova was ours. To be honest, I didn’t really care since I’m part Kiwi, part Australian, and I don’t really like pavlova since it’s to sweet for me
As an Australian I want to ask if you can review some more stuff about the indigenous people. They're the traditional owners of our amazing land we share
What is the true meaning of Traditional,?
There were another race found to be older than 60,000 years
An interesting fact about one of the australian states, victoria, is that over 75% of victoria's population is located in just melbourne alone.
Melbourne is finally the largest city in Aus now, overtaking Sydney a few months ago.
Watch the first “how to talk Australians”. It’s Indian migrants taking the piss out of us and themselves. Definitely worth watching.
Link here czcams.com/video/DHQRZXM-4xI/video.html
I'm from New Zealand and we also call people from England Pomes but I have never heard it relating to a pomegranate, that doesn't even make sense. My understanding is that it stood for 'Prisoner Of Mother England' because of all the convicts sent out.
Yes! I there is sooo much wrong info in this video. 🤦🏼♀️
Kiera Jayne 95% is a pass
I had not heard that relationship to pomegranates either but it is feasible given the fair skinned Poms would have spent four months on deck to get here...the sun was the same distance away in those days.
During the years of mass immigration the term pome meant port of Melbourne entry as per the labels stuck on luggage on the ships, yes I was among them.Another good Aussi movie was their a weird mob also it had a sequel cant remember its name
It's rhyming slang, apparently. "Pomegranate"
Corrections Continued (I really wish he'd done more research)
Most real boomerangs do NOT return. They are a special throwing stick that is much more accurate and increased range from ... a stick. For entertainment, the 2 arms are the same length and the stick returns, but for most hunting one side will be much longer than the other.
OK, next whoopsie has to be a mistake. When he talks about Lake Eyre being 15 miles below sea level, he means 15 feet. Only a slight difference.
just thought I should say: south Australia not southern Australia. heh love your content!
It's annoying that exactly when he says "Two of the deadliest spiders in the world" the shot on camera is of a harmless, and super cool golden orb weaver spider, which produces the strongest silk of any spider species.
The thunderstorm asthma evend was seriously scary because some people who'd never had asthma symptoms before got them as a result of the storm, including my brother. Good thing his housemate had a ventalin inhaler. I think what happened was that the dry hot conditions meant that there was a lot of dust and loose pollen in the air already, and the storm blew it all over the city.
Christmas lunch/dinner in Australia is honestly really great. With my family it usually consists of a big roast ham, a roast chicken and some barbecued garlic prawns that my brother makes himself, followed by pavlova (obvs) and a lemon meringue pie that I make. We have leftovers for days, so I guess that's like what you guys have after Thanksgiving.
I have never once heard of green ants in food here, and I work as an entomologist and one of my PhD supervisors was even a leading proponent of edible insects.
Australia is very heavy on censoring video games, but I feel like you can get away with more on TV here than in America. I think it's mostly because all of our government ministers responsible for entertainment are just conservative old dudes, so they don't see video games as ligitemate media, and think they're just for kids.
Love the video, I definitely agree with the folks who say you should watch The Castle.
In the top 25 most venomous snakes in the world Australia has 21 of them.
I remember watching _Summer Heights High_ and _Angry Boys_ with uncensored F-bombs, back when _South Park_ still bleeped them.
There are over seven hundred different species of Eucalyptus (Gum) trees in Australia, but Koalas only eat the leaves of less than 50 species of these trees.
It’s actually three types of trees they can eat
21:54 if you ever see a paper bark tree go up in flames, it looks like a oil fire. Wildfires can do strange things in the swampy areas that paper barks grow, for some reason whole stands of paper barks will be left untouched by fire except for some singed leaves.
I can't believe that he missed Fraser Island. Its only the biggest sand island in the world.(Its in Queensland of the coast of Harvey Bay)
He absolutely butched Mt Kosciuszko and Uluru.
he also said brisbind not brisbane
He’s not with us anymore, but a family friend of ours was on a flight once years back around the time the movie first came out, and his last name was Hogan (the same as Paul Hogan, lead actor of Crocodile Dundee), and so he was asked by the crew when they saw his ticket if he was related, and he fully took advantage of this question and told them that he was his brother 🤣 they moved him into first class and brought him drinks and food on the house lmao
Lol no way
@@dog-lg9co ikr 😂 he was bullshitting the airplane staff the whole time with made up stories telling them how Paul is the favourite son and everyone loves to talk about him at family barbecues cause he’s so successful etc lmao I’m guessing that had to have been one of his most proud moments, and I guess he was able to get away with it considering this was before internet was a thing and you couldn’t just search up the biography of any celebrity. His name was Daryl, he was like a great uncle to me. Unfortunately I don’t have that many memories of him cause I was younger and he lived a while away and would only come to visit sometimes when he could, but I’ll always remember that he was an avid lover and collector of aboriginal artwork, he absolutely adored it and displayed it all over his home. He was a true blue Aussie who loved and appreciated the indigenous people and roots of this country ❤️ #alwayswasalwayswillbe
😂😂😂😂😂
They are not koala bears, they are marsupials.
"Wait it isn't Townsville?" - No, but Townsville is the capital of "getting your car stolen!"
The Red Back is in most ways the local version of Black Widow. The red stripe on the back is different, but both have a almost diamond red patch on the underside. The red colour in fact varies for bright orange to darker brown, almost invisible brown/black.
There are very few deaths as antivenom is readily available, Main bites seem to be accidental, in shoes, gloves, moving stuff on the garden or yard, even sitting on the toilet seat, especially outdoor/public facilities.
Greater danger are the Sydney Funnel Web, that are actually attack inclined. Really a Sydney issue, related spiders elsewhere are less venomous.
I got bitten by a large female Red Back while gardening did no more than wash and bleed the wound, had sore swollen hand, elbow and shoulder for about a day. Note both Red Back and Funnel Web, the males are largely harmless, the females are the danger.
i remember when i did a first aid course in school and a part of it was how to treat a red back bite (turns out there not that bad to adults if treated properly)
Good Australian move is “The man from Snowy river” 1 & 2
The reasons flights are expensive is because it’s so far away, that’s why when we go on holidays overseas we go for months and go hard 😂
It’s also because we get paid more and right now because of COVID. Normally it’s not that bad. I’ve flown sydney to Gold Coast for $50 and from Gold Coast to Taiwan for $300 pre COVID.
@@chrisdef15 yeah, because we have such severe restrictions on how many flights can come in everyday right now, I've heard that flights are costing ridiculous amounts!
Go Hard or Go Home..
Plus when we get home..
It's harder and expensive for anyone to catch us.. 😎
Or we pay next to nothing & go to Bali & still go hard
Also because of Covid atm planes cannot be full atm and the number of people able to enter is heavily capped.
The history of the ashes is awesome, it became a tradition when Australia first beat England in test cricket. The English were so offended they burnt the stumps and said English cricket is officially dead and fought for it's ashes from then on.
The "urn" contains the ashes of one of the bails from the stumps...check out the size of it sometime.
Janet Clarke was so discussed at England loosing she burnt a baile, and put the ashes in the urn and presented to the England captain 1892-83, as a gift
Also the sporting times of London posted a fake obituary in 1882
And I quote "In affectionate remembrance of English cricket which died at the oval on the 29th August 1882,
Deeply lamented by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
R.I.P
N.B. The body will be burnt and the ashes taken to Australia."
And that was where the idea for the burnt bail came from while the English were in Australia. It was presented to the English captain while they played an unofficial match at a country manor in Adelaide
The main reason why flight tickets are so pricey is because they have to rid the runways of all the drop-bears, mate. :P
the early narrators intro sounds like Ozzy Man's voice doing a pommy accent!
Oh my god, you actually said *Prawns* on the barbie instead of Shrimp. You sir are a bloody legend in my book 👍
17:33 Australia was founded in 1901. From 1788 it was a colony called “ New South Wales “ Technically not Australia 🥱
I seriously love watching your reaction to our normal. I really hope you and your family get to visit our beautiful country someday. Keep up the great work. 👍 loving it 😍 ❤
A really interesting thing is the reason that Australia has bad internet. Back in the 2000s, the government wanted to set up NBN for the country, but that's when political parties started doing the thing of changing their leader mid-term, and they lost the election after, so all the plans to set up wired internet were scrapped, and most were just sent through pre-existing FOXTEL cables. So, it dramatically slowed down performance. However, there are more and more providers who actually provide somewhat normal internet speeds, and the government is setting up the NBN cables again. So HOPEFULLY the problem will be fixed.
POM is a shortened word for Prisoners of mother England. Which the convicts were.
and we call the English pome's because they are seen as the prisoners now i.e. stuck in England with the miserable weather
3:00 Everyone forgets about Tassie. You're practically an Aussie at that point
🤣
Also, we have a saying. "To do the harold holt" meaning to bolt, or leave/disappear
I just wanna say that as an Australian I’m pretty sure that Northern Territory doesn’t count as a a state but rather as a Territory as per the name. Same goes for the ACT. I could be wrong though so don’t @ me.
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
NSW
Tasmania
Victoria
6 States and 2 Territories
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory.
Pretty sure you’re right.
You’re not wrong
You're bang on
You are correct
@@julzhunt7790
Australia has six states, three internal territories and seven external territories.
As long as you don’t fark with most critters here, they’ll leave you be.
Not magpies or cassowaries if u got food
@@jadecawdellsmith4009 I did say most lol
Definitely does not apply to crocodiles. Do NOT ignore warning signs.
@@peternicholson233 Did say most lol.
@@marvinmartinsYT Agree, but you do have to let tourists know. My mum witnessed a young U.S. girl try to swim a river up north after being egged on by her tour mates. She reckons she'll never forget the look on the girls face when she got taken.
Please watch Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and The Sum of Us, and The Dish. In my opinion, the best Aussie films EVER.
Watch ..
..the last cab to Darwin..
Muriel’s Wedding
The Castle
The Castle - you know the mood, the vibe, the serenity - just tell them he's dreamin.....
Wise old Crazy Duck
Try Shiralee (?) From 1950s, That T. V. documentary of The Krait (Raid on Singapore, WW2) plus so many more.
Fun fact : in honour of Harrold Hold drowning we build a a swimming pool and called it the "Harrold Holt Memorial Swimming pool". If I ever die in unfortunate circumstances I want an unironic thing named after me just like that.
When Melbourne had the severe asthma thunderstorm, I was outside and although I don't often get Asthma, I did that day and couldn't breathe but 000 was receiving such a high call demand we couldn't get through, luckily my neighbours had a nebulizer and I used that!!!
Thunderstorm asthma events are believed to be triggered by an uncommon combination of high grass pollen levels and a certain type of thunderstorm, causing pollen grains from grasses to be swept up in the wind and carried long distances.
Some pollens can burst open and release tiny particles that are concentrated in the wind just before the thunderstorm. These small particles get deep into the airways and can trigger asthma symptoms.
Suggestion: you could watch the “meanwhile in Australia” series on CZcams, it’s a bit of a laugh. Also the internet thing, totally true, also embarrassing since wifi was invented here as well
@iWrocker To add to this, Meanwhile in Australia is by Jimmy Rees. He's a former children's TV host, and over the last 15 months has been extensively creating funny videos during lockdown. He's really nailed the coronavirus sitch in Aus and the bickering between states. Absolutely recommend. Many of us cannot wait for Jimmy's take on things when the next outbreak or lockdown happens - myself writing from locked down Brisbane.
It's ok if u have NBN 👌 I get 100mbps download and 100 upload speeds lol
@@5lcalais1 I don't even reach 30mbps with NBN lol
No joke set up a crowd fund and we'll get you here, would love to see some live reactions and see you at Mt panorama
Bump, let’s get this man to review the whole goddamn country lmao
Damn that’s a good idea.
Living in the Snowy Mountains, near Mt Kosciuszko (Cozzie-Osko), I've lived through no less than two white Christmases.
Christmas is usually one long pool party.
Snakes here generally go away unless cornered or surprised
Regarding boomerangs, there are generally 2 styles, the "toy" returning boomerangs, which are what most people imagine when someone says boomerang, and the true boomerang, which is a lot less curved and doesn't return and is generally larger. There is a decent video by Shadiversity about this if anyone is interested.
Boomerang We're used to take down prey, such as Kangaroos and the like.
Apparently one of the Egyptian pharaohs had a trunk load full of them. Makes you wonder
The killing one an general hunting one the toy an the only ppl to have our stick come back lmao an with no tec earliest knowledge of lift an flight even our forna is gr8
I was told that the returning boomerang was used in hunting to bring down birds in flight, pigeons, doves etc, small birds.
@@allisond4737 yes it's a general hunting or as others know it the toy
Lots of British people were sent here for such petty things, one of my ancestors was transported here for stealing a teapot. A TEAPOT!
A good educational Aussie movie you should watch is ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’
Poker machines, known here as pokie machines are "the pokies" are so common that they're frequently seen at pubs (bars), in fact, it's not uncommon for a pub to have 20 or more of the damn things. Only law regarding them is that you need to be 18 and over to use one, otherwise, you're free to piss away your life savings in an afternoon
I think they are banned in pubs in WA
@@baconliontigers985 Yeh they aren't legal in pubs in WA only in Casinos
I think they call them slot machines in America.
Yep and the average Australian gamble more than most people around the world big problem when there's gambling ads everywhere
SportsBet, Ladbrokes etc, those ads are always in that same scratchy, shouty voice too
A good Australian movie to watch is “The Castle”.
A classic movie with so many quotes from this movie used in our vernacular today 👍
And Bad Boy Bubby 😉
Great movie
@@redreuben5260 hahahahahahaha
😂😂 I remember going into a shop while Christmas shopping, I was very tired, cranky and over heated. Then to hear Bing Crosby singing Dashing through the Snow and I'm dreaming of a White Christmas 🤔🙄 (meanwhile everyone's car was sitting on melting tar in the carpark) I looked at a fella who was waiting while his wife shopped and we both burst out laughing at the juxtaposition of the music in an air conditioned shop while everyone is melting outside. It was funny, made the day! Oh and my first ancestor here was sent out in 1814. Thanks for you reaction😊🌏🪐🍀🌕🙏🌸🇦🇺😂👣🦋🦉🏡🌴🌹🌹🌹🌹
Being in Sydney my hole life I've never had a white Christmas:(
I have however had multiple red backs and sydney funnel webs in my back yard. I can deffinetly tell you would love Aus no matter which state you visit. Keep up the great content.
The red back and the funnel web are venomous (they may be poisonous, but I've never tried to eat either). The funnel web is aggressive, but the red back fairly timid. I've only seen 2 in the house, but there are probably a few dozen hiding around outside.
The redback is also related to the black widow, but more venomous. And you can always tell their webs, because they're low to the ground, and haphazardly built, collecting a lot of clutter like dried leaves, so easy yo avoid.
Personally, I think we’ve been calling the Brits “Poms” long before any of us ever knew what a pomegranate was!
I was told in school that it refers to the original convicts who were sent here as Prisoners Of Mother England: POME and now refers to those who are native of England.
@@aussiejohn5835 Pretty sure that's the real one, none of this pomegranate bogus.
@@aussiejohn5835 yes you are definitely right on the money there. POME I believe was stamped on their convict uniforms.
I’m an English migrant, and I was called a Pommie from the moment I started school here in Oz. I soon found out what it meant. I spoke English with a plum in my mouth, changed my diction very rapidly. Meanwhile my stuck up mother was wondering what a waste, all those years of elocution classes were, sadly she wasn’t the one attending school trying to fit in. One had to grow a thick skin, cop it sweet and just smile. When I think of what the other migrants were called Pommie wasn’t too bad 😊
Thunderstorm Asthma is getting really prevalent in Melbourne.
Ever since that day, we get warnings of potential events every 3 months or so.
I remember that day, my sister (never had Asthma in her life) called me just bawling her eyes out and choking- she had no idea what was going on, and couldn't speak. I sped over there, she was purple! Gave her my inhaler, and that eased. She couldn't breathe for about 30 mins before she called me, her boyfriend couldn't get an ambulance that entire time. Because across the city, at the exact same time 8000 people were being treated for the same thing, most never having had Asthma before (so no one had inhalers) and 9 people died.
Look it up, it's pretty interesting- and scary!
5:52 is literally right next to my family farm, that is the view I had every day. The town of Dunked is at the bottom of the mountain on the right. It’s called Mount Sturgeon and the one behind it is Mount Abrupt.
You should do Australian inventions next. You'll be surprised.
Wi-fi, EFTPOS, opal card system. There's heaps more if you dive into it.
Clothes line, rainwater tank,bike kickstand,corrugated iron.
“The Rainbow Serpent” a wonderful story from the Dreamtime, it’s considered as a kids story and read to us at school
I loved that book It was a bit scary for me but other than that I loved it
It's funny hearing others talking about Australia and saying some of the names of animals and cities. If you ever come to Australia, you need a guide and I'm happy to help out!
I have a few myself;
1. To make the Sydney Funnel-Web Spider scarier, their venom is very fast acting, it takes a mere 15 minutes to kill you.
2. Eastern Browns are deadly little bastards, anytime we had one in a shop, it'd be immediate evacuation and call in a professional to remove it.
3. Thunderstorm-induced asthma attacks are no joke, extremely unpleasant and equally as painful. They've actually become common enough now that they give weather warnings for it.
4. Kangaroos shouldn't be feared for their punches, despite the stereotype of a punching kangaroo, it's their kick you should fear, one kick from a kangaroo can eviscerate a human. Cassowaries are capable of the same damage with a single kick.
5. Unlike in the US, UK and most other countries, voting in Australia is mandatory, if you are 18 years old or older, you *_must_* vote in both the State and Federal elections. If you don't vote, you will face fines, and they're not small either, in fact, the longer you put it off, the worse it gets.
6. Up until 2013, video games could not get an R18+ rating in Australia, the highest they could go was MA15+.
7. Australia has the world's only venomous octopus, the Blue-Ringed Octopus, they might be small and cute, but they're extremely dangerous.
8. Australia also has the only venomous snail, the Cone Snail, also jokingly called the "Cigarette Snail", because you have roughly enough time for one last cigarette before you die to the venom, and with them usually being on shorelines, watch your step at the beach.
9. One globally well-known video game of the PS3/360 generation was actually developed by an Australian studio, L.A. Noire, developed by the now closed studio, Team Bondi but published by Rockstar. Another globally well-known Aussie-made game is Hollow Knight.
10. If a public holiday (what are usually called bank holidays in the UK and unsure about the US equivalent term) in Australia falls on a weekend, the actual day off from said public holiday will be on the Monday after, with the exceptions of ANZAC Day (April 25th) and Easter Sunday.
11. Unlike the US version of Remembrance Day, Australia's is held on November 11th, with most establishments closed until midday, and there is the minute of silence that is always observed at 11:11 A.M., the easiest way to remember when it is is that it's on the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
12. Unlike the US, who use the date format of MM/DD/YYYY, Australia uses the format of DD/MM/YYYY.
Covid makes flights super exxie right now.
Also emus are pretty gentle - cassowary are the aggressive ones, and they live where most of us don't.
Well they live near me & they can b real bastards. Too many tourists feed them at the local caravan park (not saying where)& now they expect it & will go ya. Also irakanji r more deadly than box jeĺlys & u can't even see em. And they can get thru the stinger nets.
We have a family of butcher birds in our yard that we are friendly with. One day the male butcher bird was watching my husband mow the yard. Nec minute - it flew down and picked up a eastern brown snake about 1 metre away from hubby. It flew off with it and came back about two minutes later without the snake. Probably hung it in a tree.
I recommend Hamilton island. It’s gorgeous, and is an hour boat ride from the Barrier Reef
Regarding Harry Holt, we have a saying down here when you or someone is about to leave, or has left a social engagement of some sort (whether formal or non-formal) you can say, “I’m gunnu do the Harry,” or if someone asks where is such and such, you can answer “They’ve done the Harry.”
Doing the Harry just means “leaving” or “left” whatever place you or someone was at. It’s been part of our vocabulary since Harry Holt vanished.
The sand @ Whitehaven beach, its texture is so fine that NASA used it to make the Lens for the Hubble space telescope. A bit of extra trivia.
And in Perth, we have the merry ol' Tiger Snakes - born live, hungry, and with a burning hatred for all life XD
Hi, you are not 'on yer Pat' in that regard. Vic has its fair share. They rear up and chase - to be avoided. Chicken coops, aviaries and riversides should be approached with great caution, particularly in the warmer months. I just had an unexp trip down memory lane. It caught me by surprise
Yeah we've got bastard tigers in the eastern states too, plus king bloody browns!
I've grown up & lived in Perth my whole life and I've never heard that... is it a Country thing?
@@staj15 Well, you don't have to go far out of the city (if even). They're very much more bush snake than anything. Not fond of the city or heavy suburbs, I'd imagine.
Only came across a few on the old property, thankfully - the dugites were more frequent, and more polite!
@@rebalice9899 Ohhh hahahaI totally misundertood you haha I thought you meant that was a another name for Tiger Snakes - not just a description. That being said I've never actually seen one outside of a zoo
extra fun fact: Australia's internet is slow however an Australian invented wifi
Because the problem lies beyond the realm of wi-fi
Australia is one of the few nations where we celebrate the National Day on the *WRONG* day.
Our birthday is January the 1st, 1901. January the 26th, 1788 is New South Wales' birthdate.
Yep, it was decided that celebrating on the anniversary of a Brit sticking a flag in the ground and claiming NSW on behalf of England was a better date to celebrate than when Australia actually became Australia because no one wanted our national public holiday to fall on New Years Day which was already a public holiday. In fact, Australia Day wasn't even celebrated nationally until 1946, before that it was celebrated on different dates to different degrees and given different names based on what state you were in, and some states didn't celebrate it at all. Even in NSW where it was a public holiday for the longest time, it was held on the nearest monday to the 26th Jan to create a long weekend right up until 1994, and as a kid growing up in NSW, I didn't even know it was anything more than a day off school/work because no one every did anything much unless they went for a long weekend away. The first Australia Day celebration I ever even saw was at a public park in Adelaide of all places in 2002. And after all that extreme lack of tradition, people are now fighting over changing the date with all those against the change acting as if the date has always been set in stone. The whole thing is just totally bizarre to me.
ANZAC Day. Probably the most important day of the year. Our coming of age as a nation.
I’ve heard that during the gold rush Melbourne was the richest city in the world
Interesting side note Australia has the largest gold mine reserves (Unmined gold) in the world and not by a little... Almost more than the next 3 Countries combined.
Yup! Ugg 👢 boots are an Australian invention 💚
Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves. They will occasionally drink water when very dehydrated but asides from that it’s just eucalyptus leaves. Also explains why they sleep almost 24 hours a day cause they don’t get much nutrients from their diet and are apparently pretty stoned from their diet.
Watch the Rabbit Proof Fence for a bit of history and culture 💛
Loving the Aussie content. Would like to see you do one on the ANZAC history as well as the Aussie defence force.
shit yeah "I was only 19" that song hits the bone each time I hear it, but it's so true
I agree but especially the battle of the Somme France.
Our Grandparents were bloody Legends
2:12 "I remembered that from somewhere else" hahahaha
Pretty cool that "Party Rock Anthem" is the best selling single ever here, they actually heavily used the Melbourne Shuffle dance style in the music video (and of course the whole "Everyday I'm shuffling" line in the song is referring to said dance move)
Poker machine = slot machine
They are not just in casinos in Australia, they are in pubs and sporting clubs and RSLs (returned services, defence force clubs)
Basically every bar has a room of slot machines ☹️
Blight on society. Destroyed live music.
Yeah i was wondering what he meant until i relised he meant pokies
Pokies consume too much of my money and I have no idea why this happens 🧐
Actually in Western Australia we only have them in casinos. definitely not in sporting clubs
Pommy is actually POME and it came from free Australian settler's! Calling the new convicts that were sent here,
pome's
prisoner of mother England.
If you call Uluru ayers rock it is bad because the local indigenous population called it Uluru 60k years before the first fleet came and called it ayors rock, so it was stolen off them, so make sure to correct people when they say ayors rock
I have been a Rural Fire Service of New South Wales member for 41years and have never seen a Eucalyptus tree explode. I have seen them burst into a ball of flames and the main trunk will sprout new leaves within weeks of a major hot fire.
Really been enjoying your American Reacts to Australia videos. Hope you come down under one day
As a Tasmanian, I can say we're used to being over looked, and we kinda like it that way, so don't feel bad. ;)
Should try being a Territorian or from Sandgropper we are ok with it some times but not when govt takes things to far.
Don’t worry you can stick with us West Aussies and Northern Territorians. We know how you feel. 😁
The main reason the games got banned was because unlike movies ratings the ratings agency for games didn't have an 18+ or restricted category. So if it couldn't be adjusted down to MA15+ for an Aussie version it couldn't be released.
I think Grand Theft Auto 4 (from memory) was modified for sale to restrict access to the "Hot Coffee" scene. This could be put back in on PC using mods.
Our system has since been adjusted. Either way many parents buy MA15+ games for their 8 year old's regardless of the ratings system.
GTA San Andreas, not 4.
It's funny as we have the Roo & Emu on our 'Coat of Arms' (as apparently they can only move forward)! But have now made it on the menu in some restaurants 😮!
"Wait it isn't Townsville"- my home town. Nice quick reference 😀
I have cousins there
Ever had your car stolen?
You're a super chill, respectable and knowledgeable dude. Definitely come over to Australia sometime bro 😎
Some corrections;
- Australia isn't a continent by itself, the continent is actually Oceania, which includes New Zealand and up to the Timor Islands and Papua New Guinea.
- 6 states and 2 territories which are different.
- We also have Rottnest Island, Philip Island, the Whitsundays, Hamilton Island and technically Tasmania as islands, plus many more! But they're the popular ones.
- almost pronounced it right. Its pronunciation is Mount 'Kozzie-oss-koh'.
- Uluru is pronounced 'ool (like the end of 'pool') - uh - roo.
- Kangaroo is delicious. You can also get snake and crocodile.
- Thunderstorm asthma is caused by downward pressure causing pollen grains to explode causing increased respiratory response. Even those without hayfever and asthma can feel its effects and our first aid courses now come with a special module that specifically trains you for these events.
- We also eat Turkey, lamb and BBQ for christmas/new years.
- We call wine boxes, goonsacks. Goon means 'cheap wine' and grog means 'cheap beer'.
- Australia Day is contentious at the moment as due to a number of atrocities happening on this day to our Indigenous population, some now call it 'Invasion Day' and actively boycott the celebration.
- Bathurst and Ballarat are the big ones for Gold Rush towns. And yes it was the largest gold rush ever.
- Poker isn't big here, most of it is based on slot machines, it's a serious issue here with very little regulation.
- no one likes VB either 😂
- Our internet has got better, but it still does suck haha.
Not just Ballarat, the golden triangle is Ballarat, Bendigo and Castlemaine. The Welcome Stranger gold nugget was found at Molaigal, within the triangle.
The thing about secret ballot is an oversimplification to the point of being wrong: secret ballot was used in other places before. For example, revolutionary France had secret ballots in 1795. The innovation in South Australia in 1856 was the combination of (1) an official ballot printed at public expense, (2) with the names of all the nominated candidate on it, (3) issued only to voters at the polling place, and (4) marked in secret and submitted anonymously. In Australia this system was called the "Boothby ballot", but when it got adopted in the US it was called the "Australian ballot". The last state in the USA to adopt the Australian ballot was Kentucky, which replaced the _oral_ ballot (i.e. you told the canvassing official who you wanted to vote for and he tallied everyone's votes) in 1891.
Air fares are extremely expensive right now because of covid. Our international borders are effectively shut and the country is only allowing a small number of people\arrivals each week. Hopefully things become more relaxed in the not too distant future.
The kangaroo and emu are on the coat of arms cos like Aussies they don’t take a backward step, and correction it’s 33 series to 32 in ashes cricket, also the first test was played in 1877
*cant move backwards
i am learning things i didn't know about my country so cheers to you. There are a lot of brown snakes where I live and yeah i am scared of them
Nice, btw, Australia's tallest mountain is pronounced Koz-ee-ostco, its great to see people interested in Australia!
The Commonwealth of Australia's tallest mountain is Mawson's Peak on Heard Island and is 500 metres taller than Kozzie.
did this man actually say he's never eaten a lamb chop? your ticket to flavour heaven awaits my friend
Omfggg no
Yeah aye
Can't be a man if he hasn't eaten a lamb chop
The internet is ATROCIOUS here. But everything else seems right on the money... please do more!!! Love from Melbourne xxx
Since the rollout of the NBN and copper phone lines being made obsolete, we have some of the best data speeds for the price.
Another fun fact: Aussies invented fibre optic cable which now powers the internet.
We also have Christmas in July where the traditional dinner and trimings are enjoyed.