Our 5 Least Favorite Things About Australia
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
- We've been doing a lot of reflecting lately and we feel that we may give an unbalanced opinion on life here in Australia. We created today's video to balance the scales and talk about what Australia is missing and what we miss from home. (Hint: It's not a perfect place.)
We're going over our 5 least favorite things about Australia. This list is much shorter than our favorite things, simply because Australia is pretty great!
If you're thinking about visiting or moving to Australia, you'll want to know these things BEFORE you go. Enjoy! :)
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Did we miss anything? What do you think would make Australia even better?
If you're talking about remote, try Perth. It's the most remote city in the world.
Adelaide is the nearest major city, over 1200 miles away.
As an Australian, I totally agree with internet speed. The federal government opted for the slower internet speed.
We had plans to go to both Perth and Adelaide this year but unfortunately COVID had other ideas. Would love to get to both one day 😊
If it's any consolation, I am a 58yo Australian and even I have not seen a lot of the country (however I have been around the world twice and to Asia countless times). Many Australians go see the world first and leave much of Australia until later in life. It's called the "grey lap".
You both seem like the nicest people ! Glad you enjoyed your time here with us Aussies 😊
Thought of taking out citizenship lol
Internet speed spot on. Terrible.
If they're the worst 5 things, wow! You could be make an ad for Australia!!
I'd say flies and mosquitoes and the burning sun.
You're so right, moral of the video we had to point out some things because nothing is perfect but it's a short list because Australia is great! You've got a point about the flies 😂
@@twotravelingkings we would still be glad to have you with us.
You are good people.
Is the Sun different in Australia? 😂
@@emperoroverhito2425 the sun is very different in Australia, you can actually feel it burning your skin, where in most other places you don’t get that
@@alextohigh2542 The Sun is the same, the positioning of the country in relation to the equator, is what differs in their sun intensity.
Being so far away from Europe, the British Isles and the US is a massive plus !
To each his own 😊
Probably been helpful when it came to this Covid-19 flue.
You obviously didn't spend enough time in Melbourne...we have ALL four of the seasons...most, if not all, can be experienced in one day!😁 Autumn is lovely here though.
Will come back for sure! 😊
And the coffee is better than Sydney
Yep. It's known for anyone else in the country if ya going to Melbourne is to take a jumper & pants just in case. 😂
@@tristanbackup2536 ...& always have an umbrella in your bag!😂
@@triarb5790 Of course! Everything is! Jk, jk! 😂
"Our Least Favorite Things About Australia ....... we miss friends/family" - damn you Australia!
Like we said, it was hard to come up with this list but we tried to give an honest impression of our experience. Thanks for watching 😊
Fuckin Straya, fill that fuckin gap with all that sand yous have.
@@twotravelingkings I did do a double take on that 1 also.
Your ‘fall’ is our Autumn 🍂 🍂 🍂 🍂 (March, April & May).
& yes - the internet is a MASSIVE disappointment.
Unfortunately, there is only 1 telco that own’s everything & they lease out 2 everyone else, has been like this every since landlines were installed.
you two crack me up. your voices are so calm and level. I cant imagine how boring a heated argument between you would be lol
There's not many of them! Lol you would be bored
As you only based yourselves in Sydney you don’t really see fall. I lived in Adelaide for 12 yrs and the fall down there was spectacular
Will have to see Adelaide next time!
It’s called autumn!!
Yes we call it Autumn
Great videos. I only stumbled across them tonight. You're both so calm and well spoken, and really represent the USA very well. Thank you for saying how down to earth us Sydneysiders are, but it's people like you and many of my great American friends who make us here all wish you well during this terrible Covid-19 period. The media can often present the worst news, and the issues are not a true reflection of the people.
Love your points. Being an Australian, one gets used to long distances. We have a different perception. We have family in Japan. Even though it's the furthest part of Asia, most of Asia being in the same timezone makes it really easy. I can say with certainly that a flight from Sydney to Tokyo is MUCH easier than a flight from Sydney to Perth, purely on the basis of timezones. Furthermore, the distance is just double. Japan really feels quite domestic. Having flown many times to London and New York from here though, no one can say they like that distance. But we do it. Despite the US having 15 times the population, there are almost as many Australians abroad on holidays as Americans. Some of it might have to do with "vacation" time. But the running joke is that this is a prison island we love to escape.
Mexican food. So spot on. The US does have the benefit of being close to Mexico in a way that we say we are to Asia. I suppose Asian food to Australia is like Mexican to the US. I am very fortunate to many years ago, meet one of my very best friends to date on a flight from Los Angeles to Sydney. He's from Mexico City, and after meeting him my Latin American family of friends grew greatly down here (most of my mates here seem to now either be Mexican or Japanese - keeping in circles). And the secret is, that although we are well behind the times, it is improving and it's considered trendy. My Mexican mates know the best places for authentic ingredients - but it's not quite as easy.
Regarding internet speeds - it's the one thing that I think you got a raw deal with. Broadband is not comparable. Most content is in the US a good 300 milliseconds away. Broadband has been politicised and has not had the investment. But I think you didn't experience mobile speeds representative of Australia. Mobile is one area that has had massive investment. Australia was the first country outside of Europe to adopt GSM, and has been very quick adopters of 4G. In that respect, there are penalties for how mobile is delivered that can change perspective. This is common in many countries. In Japan for example, an international tourist or someone roaming will be provided with very strongly throttled services at double the price of locals. In Australia I believe as similar (albeit not as harsh) tactic is used.
But in terms of data speeds, in broadband Australia ranks poorly - but in 4G speeds, Australia consistently ranks among the top 5 in speed and is on various speed surveys typically twice the speed of the 4G in the US. Furthermore, 4G coverage is also significantly more dense in urban areas. More often than not on my trips to the US, I'll find myself dropping down to LTE - which would be frowned down upon here. If you get LTE here, you're in a town on the edge of the city.
In tests that OpenSignal did to compare 5G to 4G rollout, Australia was the only country where the 4G network was actually faster than the 5G test. With the 4G network averaging 950Mb/s in Australia versus 678Mb/s. However to balance this, the US 5G test blew everything else out of the water making the future look brighter.
Keep up the great content. Oh and don't beat yourselves up on your Australian accent attempts in one of your other videos. They were actually quite good!
Thanks so much for watching and for the words of encouragement! So great to hear your perspective on everything we talked about! 😊
@@twotravelingkings you're both most welcome. It would be great to see some more content while you're in the US as well. I am just about to watch your Delaware video. Like all good Australians continuing to escape the prison isle (side joke - from lyrics for "Great Southern Lands - Icehouse"), I have been fortunate enough to travel broadly and see a lot of the US. So far 20 of 50 states - but it's only served to whet my appetite for more.
Utah comes to mind as an extremely interesting state to travel through. It's like Mars on Earth.
Hopefully after this pandemic.....
With regards to Australia, I suggest a big trip to Western Australia. Although I have travelled widely through Australia as well, (and highly recommend Western Australia because of this), a Mexican mate of mine spoke with me for hours about one particular town, calling it heaven on earth - and that is Broome.
If Perth is the most remote city on Earth (capital of Western Australia, literally opposite side of the globe to New York), then Broome must be the most remote town. So remote in fact, it significantly easier, cheaper and faster and in a better timezone for me to travel from Sydney to Tokyo than it is from Sydney to Broome via Perth
But maybe that's how it keeps its beauty.
Thanks for watching the Delaware video :) We were planning for quite the Western Australia trip before we had to fly back due to the pandemic :( It was going to be an epic trip, still on our list!
Australian pizza is more like Italian pizza same as coffee. We have autumn/fall in the southern areas
Very true!
@@twotravelingkings
Ahh but did you try pineapple on pizza? That one tends to really polarise non Australians. Most Americans are appalled at the thought of pineapple on pizza, they consider it sacrilege lol, but most Aussies are so used to it.
Trust me, we would love real authentic Mexican food. Absolutely. It's just that we don't have a high volume of Mexican/Spanish immigrants here who bring their wonderful culture and cuisine with them. We do have Guzman Y Gomez, but I'm sure it's not even close to the real deal. Our internet is a result of bad decision making by our current government unfortunately. We were on track to have a world class high speed internet - then the conservatives got voted in and destroyed that for everyone, blew out the budget and now we are all paying for their stingy no frills version. The rest of your list is really just missing home which is understandable. Hope you are both doing well over in the US and are safe and well.
The fact that the US has better Mexican food is completely explained based on geography, you're right. Guzman y Gomez honestly wasn't bad it definitely satisfied a craving. We really didn't have much to say about negatives regarding Australia, we really loved it! Thanks for watching 😊
Melbourne has heaps of Spanish/Mexican eateries. There's even a Spanish quarter, Like China Town, or Little Italy. It's on Johnson St, Fitzroy, if you ever come back. :)
Usa has some good mexican food 😋
We have slow internet, that, is a given however we are somewhat use to it, your video did not buffer once. Mexican, um no, not our thing we are bordered by Asia hence our great Asian food. Everything else is cultural, we don't have fall, we call it Autumn and yes we do not have trees that lose there leaves at least not native ones.Not a great deal wrong with the old Aus, hey matey?
um that's not exactly true liberals saved what was left of labors pipe dream that was not even close to being realistically budgeted. lnp replaced fibre to the dwelling with fibre to the node and it's still overtime and way over budget.
Hey guys - if you get to come back and we hope you do, come to Canberra where I live and you’ll definitely get autumn/fall. I should warn you though, Canberra and surrounds are freezing in winter (it can get as cold as minus 7 or 8 degrees C. I have to sweep the neighbour’s leaves off my deck every year. I grew up in a small city further north in NSW called Armidale and it also experiences a very Euro/American autumn and the trees all drop their leaves. The region is known as New England due to it’s apparent resemblance to England. Cheers.
Great to know! We had planned to come to Canberra but couldn't get there before Covid. Will definitely plan a trip during the autumn timeframe 😊 thanks!
I was going to say the same thing. Some areas will see a definite change with the seasons. :)
Least offensive list ever, Such a nice positive couple.
Haha thanks for watching 😊
I think all of your views are very fair and as an australian i have to agree with the internet and being far away. Deliveries can cost a reasonable amount from other countries and the difficulty with talking to those across the globe can be inconvenient and takes some strength to get used to. Honestly although i've never experienced autumn in another country but your descriptions of fall in america makes autumn in australia seem dull, we have leaves that fall on some trees but it never gets too cold for all of them to go. To me it's really just the transition from summer to winter and there aren't any amazing holidays like thanksgiving during autumn but experiencing autumn in america sounds amazing and i would love to do it someday. The final thing i would say is that the pizza is just a preference because a good pizza depends on the shop you buy it from and that can take a little while.
Btw your videos are so chill and i think they are awesome, you get a sub from me :)
Thanks for the kind words and sub! 😊
If you had had the chance in autumn (I know the COVID19 stuffed you up), Canberra which is only about a 3.5 hour drive from Sydney has a beautiful crisp autumn with the falling leaves etc
Canberra was on our road trip list, we were keen on checking it out! We'll have to make sure to plan a visit during autumn when we're able to get back, great tip. 😊
@@twotravelingkings I'm from Canberra and now living in the States. Such a shame you didn't get to go. Everyone will tell you it's shit - don't believe them!
@@shenanigans3710 agreed. Canberra is beautiful in Autumn.
You can get some nice autumn colour in the Southern Highlands of NSW, but the very best is in the region of Bright in Victoria. Most of our native trees are evergreens, so you just don't get those colour changes unless there are large plantings of European species.
Also Canberra has a thriving truffle industry in winter.
We forgive you for missing your family, for the US being so far from Australia and our appalling internet. But please come back. You are both so positive.
Thank you for the kind words! We definitely plan on it ☺️
Not an expat, just an Aussie, but loved the video, all completely fair! Did you guys notice that, because we really don't have Halloween or Thanksgiving here, the lead up to Christmas is long. The thing is, I am a Christmas-a-holic so I LOVE it. Hope you can come back to Oz soon when the world is as back to normal as it can be. Come in winter, hit the Snow Fields for something different. Be safe and enjoy being home.
You are completely right about the long lead up to Christmas, but we like Christmas too so it isn't so bad! :) We hope to be back soon and definitely want to see and experience more of Australia. Great recommendation on the Snow Fields, we'll keep that one in mind. Thanks so much for watching!
why would any other country have thanksgiving 🤔
Halloween has been catching on :)
My kids want to watch Halloween kids youtube videos all day long about it.
Thanksgiving though of course is a USA only thing and probably a great way to get two large family gatherings in and get fed during winter.
But I think you would agree, with our Christmas being in summer there has been a trend away from heavy English traditional Christmas dinners towards lighter Australian style dinners. We tend to have Christmas lunch instead of dinner because we can spend it outdoors.
But my wife (who is Japanese) puts it nicely. She said that Christmas feels better in a wintery country rugged up, indoors eating winter foods and New Years that follows feels better outdoors in a summery country watching fireworks.
So the best solution is to travel before Christmas to Japan then make it home for New Years :)
To be fair, anywhere in Australia that isn't tropical has winter and autumn. The leaves on deciduous trees turn and fall just like anywhere else.
We would love to see and experience that one day 😊
Michael Bancroft Because there are very few native deciduous trees in Australia, fall is more about a change in temperature than hills covered in golden leaves as in parts of the US. Parts of inner Sydney and Melbourne have imported English Plane Trees which lose their leaves in late autumn, but in most of Australia this visual season change does not happen. Also, don’t forget that 54% of Australia is in the tropical zone, and a further 20%+ is subtropical, so it is only a relatively small portion that experiences a real autumn. In my childhood near Cairns, the only observable seasons were winter, usually just called the dry season the stormy season which was roughly the same as late spring/early summer and the wet season. Autumn I guess was part of the wet season, but we didn’t really use the term, although summer and winter were commonly used. There were always flowers so there really wasn’t a need for the word “spring” - that was just the warmer part of the dry season.
Most of the deciduous trees we do have here in Australia usually are from other countries such as England.
@@twotravelingkings Canberra its common to see Fall it has frosts and cold winters compared to other cities in Australia. Also its possible to see Kangaroos on front lawns in Ainslie or areas further out near bush land. After all it's repurposed agricultural land due to a dispute in the days on where the capital was to be and thus somewhat of a compromise.
Two Traveling Kings Autumn in Melbourne and Tassie is stunning
250 million people in the same area as 25 million. The investment cost is huge in Australia to get the same coverage when there is so much distance between places.
Fair enough! Thanks for watching 😊
@AlphGen 332 million in USA
@@jasonmcbride that just makes it worse then :-)
Hi ! You guys are a wonderful young couple. I love how you are both so fair polite and diplomatic when talking about Australia.
Most americans seem like awesome people.
Thank you for the kind words! 😊
Americans are awesome people. As always it’s just the politics !
We had snow here last week in the Blue Mountains and the changing colors of the autumn leaves are amazing here
Sounds beautiful! We didn't get to see as much of Australia as we planned but that sounds like it'll make the list when we come back! 😊
Or Tasmania our English State
@@versacegang4140 England 15000 years ago when they had forests lol.
"Our Least Favorite Things About Australia ....... distance" - we'll try to push ourselves a bit closer for you. Love your work.
Ha! Some of these were a bit of a stretch because we really loved it a lot. Thanks for watching! 😊
the only reaso why i watched was to see these anti cultural people taking crap about this lovely country.
I wish we had Thanksgiving here in Australia, right now I think we have a lot to be grateful for. All the best, cheers
And don't forget about the pumpkin pie 😊 Jenny baked pumpkin pie in Australia three separate times and all our Australian friends loved it!
Absolutely John, just wish we could assist with Victoria's outbreak. Wish people would stop playing politics and just offer assistance etc.
But Thanksgiving is about specific historical events that didn’t happen to us!! It would be like America having Australia Day!!
Well, we now have Black Friday sales which is sort of Thanks Giving related.
Great video guys ... agree with pretty much everything, especially about the food ... you can't find really good Mexican food here, sure it's OK, but not as great as in the US, I had some awesome meals in Arizona when I was there. Hmmm on the phone and internet, it's a hit or miss thing, and it really depends on your provider and plan, I have awesome phone and internet here in Melbourne, sure my internet is top-tier highest speed but again it's a case of "you get what you pay for". You are so lucky going back to the warmer weather, it's getting very chilly here in Melbourne now 🌧🌬☔️ but no where near as cold as some places in the US. Have a great flight home, and hope you manage to get back here sometime again. 🍷🤗🍷🤗
We were getting pretty chilly in Sydney ourselves so definitely excited about the warm weather. I think you're right about the internet speed it seems like a "get what you pay for" situation but we really never had any major issues. We'll be sure to share more adventures from the states which hopefully will include some great Mexican food. Stay warm over there and thanks for watching Dean! :)
Living in America as an Australian, I found it interesting that quite a lot of Americans are in therapy, as if having a psychiatrist is a status symbol - like owning an exclusive Dolce & Gabana handbag. Also, the self-help industry in the US is huge. Books, tapes, CD's and DVD's on how to have a happy marriage, how to stay married; how to get rich, how to be a better lover, how to be more spiritual, etc. It's like Americans can't live their lives without listening to some sort of lifestyle guru.....
Self help is definitely a big industry here in the US. Not sure if it's as much as a status symbol as it is mental health becoming more widely accepted/recognized and losing its stigma. But depending on where you were living, your observations could have been spot on! Hope you enjoyed your time in the US 😊
I’ve enjoyed the series of videos you have uploaded, very much, thank you. Although I disagree with you when you say how far away Sydney is from say, New York. In fact they have got a lot closer and will get even closer in the future.The journey from say, London to Sydney is a fine example of this. When the first fleet arrived in Botany Bay, it took more than 8 months to sail from England. By post ww2 ocean liner it took about 1 month. Today it takes 1 day by air liner. In the future, it’s not unreasonable to think it will take an hour or two and who knows after that. Distance has always stayed the same. The time it takes to travel from point A to point B has dramatically decreased. I think the only thing to of increased, is people’s impatience to travel from Point A to point B. You just have to observe how apoplectic people get at the airport if a flight is delayed or perish the thought, canceled! I’ve always thought how lucky we are to be able to travel from one side of the planet to the other in one day. 250 years ago it took 250 days to travel from London to Sydney! Perspective is everything and patience is a virtue!🤔🤔⛵️⛵️🛳🛳✈️✈️🚀🚀👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Your being very polite about our internet. And i have to agree, as an Australian who lived in London for three years, one of the things I wished I could bring back was the season changes.
Yeah there's just something about the different seasons . . . Not to say sunny warm weather isn't great too! 😊 Thanks for watching!
We get season changes in South Australia...... !!!!
A couple of nice kids.
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Very fair assessment. But in response from my point of view as a local:
1. Is a positive thing in my opinion, especially in this day and age. But obviously that depends on your perspective. If you wanna be in 'the middle of everything' then that's a fair point.
2. Not really specific to Australia. You'd miss your friends/family if you were in any other country
3. Mexican food is just not as big a thing here as it is in the US. I tried Mexican food while I was in California and I honestly don't understand why Americans hype it up so much. It's nice, but I could take it or leave it. Different countries have different tastes i guess. Australians tend to prefer Asian food in general.
4. Depends where you are, but Australia's internet speed has nothing to do with its remote location. NZ has much faster internet than Australia and it's even more remote. It's the stupid government not investing in it properly. I live in Melbourne and I can't remember the last time I had phone connection issues tbh.
5. Ummm, come here in July/August and you will definitely not think it's 'year round summer'. I used to live in Sydney and it can get really cold, especially if you live in the western suburbs.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching 😊
26 million of us live across a continent the size of the USA, so infrastructure costs are way higher as a result, both because of the distance everything has to travel and economies of scale. Internet is no different.
Our Internet is meant to get better, Apparently Elon Musk is going to but more satellites in the sky above Australia
It can get cold here in Perth in winter too, but by the standards of many places in the US it is still year-round summer :) At the very least, even in the middle of winter you can still get long-ish stretches of cool, sunny weather. Perth's winter is more like fall for an American. At least thats what my sister-in-law who is originally from Staten Island says :)
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I agree with you on the Mexican food. When I went to LA for a week for work, all they served was Mexican. I got bored of it by mid week and wondered why they didn’t have more variety. But probably it was just that hotel that was so limited.
Glad you like it here. I think Melbourne or Victoria in general weather might be a bit more like New York and well worth a visit. Good videos and well balanced. Good luck on your travels.
Thanks for the kind words, we'd love to come back and explore more of Victoria! 😊
Haha well this is different! Most videos, people talk about what they like, not what they dont like! Great video, looking forward to more! Keep up the good work. We enjoyed watching, so we had to subbed! Lets get connected! :D
Thought we would change it up 😊 thanks for the kind words, enjoying your videos. Had to subscribe for the food vlogs! 😄
Get Going Travel haha nothing wrong with change! Keep them coming and thanks for the sub! You’ll see more food We promise you! Haha
Very fair comments, and obviously when you share a border with Mexico you’re going to have much better access to good Mexican food! Similar to Asian cuisines in Australia.
The pizza thing I don’t get. I tried pizza in the US and it was floppy, super greasy and too cheesy imo.
Pizza varies from shop to shop though, so I guess it’s luck of the draw.
I traveled through Europe and the best pizza I had was in Paris! Better than any I tried in Italy 🤷🏻♂️
Very true about the pizza, we might have just missed some of the better shops in Australia! Some pizza in the US can be floppy and greasy there are definitely some states that do it better than others. We had delicious Italian style pizza in Nice, France so we believe you about Paris pizza! 😊 Thanks so much for watching!
Agreed, I've eaten west coast/east coast USA, NYC style and even a southern bbq style in New Orleans but nothing came close to what I've have had at home in Australia (Leichardt and Haberfield and Concord are hot spot Sydney suburbs, but good quality woodfired pizza can be found all the way up the coast to Queensland from Sydney) or in Europe (France, Italy [you have to look hard but they are there], spain, greece and Malta all have amazing pizza and calzone) I think its just a taste thing. Sometimes its not the flavour that makes it great, its the flavour that makes you remember where you are and that's what makes it great.
@@twotravelingkings that is why we avoid pizza chain stores and go to the local italian pizza shop
@@AlphGen I've travelled all over the country and nothing compares to Melbourne pizza. I guess because we've had a large Italian population for a long time. Local shops are always the best.
Next time, have Pizza in Melbourne, visit Lygon St.
Pretty spot on with these, things like internet and phone really depend where you live but yeah it can be a problem in such a large spread out country (I have no trouble in my area and my internet is fast fibre so im good). Things like Halloween/Thanksgiving is something that us Australians get shoved in our face on every TV show but they aren't things we do here, thanksgiving isnt done at all (obviously) but halloween is only a very small part but I am one of the few that decorate and set up for halloween to make sure the kids that do come around get their treats for dressing up and hopefully it spreads more. Edit: I also love mexican food but we have to make it ourselves for the most part, guzman is not a very good mexican joint IMO, I wish we had more options.
Thanks for watching! We had fun sharing pumpkin pie with our Australian friends, and they loved it!
The mobile reception & internet speed issue is a pretty genuine one.
As for the rest, it's more about where we are than anything else.
If thats your top 5, I think we're doing pretty well (a bit like getting an A instead of an A+)
Thanks for watching!
Think someone needs to have an Aussie Christmas.. A proper Christmas summers day bbq
It was different, but fun!
A tear almost ran down my cheek.
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No joke, I spent the better half of 10 minutes trying to connect to Wifi to watch this video (with a couple of frustrated outbursts along the way), and just as I was about to hit play I thought, 'please, please talk about the abysmal internet. Please.' Glad you guys have enjoyed visiting but be sure to come to Melbourne next time. It's a really great city with a really unique nightlife that I'm' sure you guys would enjoy
Ah well that's pretty ironic! We never had too much trouble but we definitely had spotty connection fairly often. We spent a weekend in Melbourne and loved it so we definitely want to come back. Any recommendations are welcome! 😊
I totally agree with the lack of good Mexican food here in Australia, I really wish we had more options there. You can find an excellent restaurant in some places, but they are hard to find. You don't find NY Pizza's here in Australia but you can get a great Neapolitan Pizza, especially in Melbourne. I agree that there is a big difference in Pizza between the USA and Australia. I spent a month in the Southern States in the USA and I absolutely loved the colours of the trees and the massive variety of trees everywhere I went. Australia can get a little one colour, and it's gum tree green. The further South you go, the more seasonal the weather becomes. Internet is a big issue, we get ripped off in speed and cost of internet here.
Great video, I enjoy your opinions.
Glad to hear you liked our take on things! Will have to get back to Melbourne to try some of that pizza. Main message overall though is that Australia is pretty great and it was hard to even come up with 5 things for this list! Thanks so much for watching 😊
When I was in Darwin @ 19 I felt much the same. I was away from home and by myself. I was in the ADF so all I had was the ADF guys for friendship. Damn, at least 3 of those for nearly 30 years.
Glad you can relate! The experience of traveling and living in other countries is always worth it but it doesn't mean you don't miss friends, family and home!
Fair assessment - with the exceptions of the Pizza, lived in the USA and used to hang out for decent pizza.
Fair enough! Thanks for watching 😊
@Drgnfli Never made it to NY, was working for Boeing in Seattle.. poor coffee (starbucks) and greasy single slice pizza. To be fair the BBQ was a revelation
I agree on all these points.
Great to hear, thanks for watching! 😊
In Victoria and South Australia as well as Tasmania we do have a decent Autumn / fall weather - obviously Australia is so large that it covers all climatic zones except for really freezing below minus 15 conditions.
We missed out!
Coldest temperature recorded in Australia was -24c in the Snowy Mountains so it does get bloody freezing here!
We're so far from everywhere ... that's a good thing!
Haha fair enough
ow you guys has gone back to US? stay safe guys and hoping you had a great time in Australia :)
Yeah we had to make the tough choice to head back. We loved our time in Australia, hoping to be back soon. Stay safe too! 😊
Unfortunately because of the bushfires you would have been unable to drive up to Bilpin or Mt Wilson perhaps. If you were to go there, there is a lot of gardens and deciduous trees where you could have gotten that fall feeling (and apples). But it's true we mostly only have evergreens here.
Next time!
You can find lots of Mexican restaurants in Australia and we do have Guzman Y Gomez and other great Mexican restaurants. We also have lots of pizza restaurants and take away pizza places like domino’s and Pizza Hut.. but you might of not see them! Glad you like Aussie though! You guys are great 😊
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We have Autumn in Australia too...its just that most of the place is covered in Eucalypts which make a mess all the time but never fully lose all of their leaves.
Ah okay! We've heard Canberra experiences Fall as well we just weren't able to get there before COVID.
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NSW, VIC, ACT (Canberra), SA, TAS and southern half of WA all have Autumn....March to May although March is still very warm in alot of places. Eucalypts, even during winter have leaves on them...good for the koalas 😉
Hey Kings, I grew up in the inner west, in Earlwood, just next door to Marrickville. Spent plenty of time down along the Cooks River, and Marrickville area restaurants, just to name two features of the area that you know too. Our internet is low rank on a world scale, and properly good Mexican's something that might not even exist in Oz. But you two together is a good thing, no question. You appear to be individuals of immense quality (except for your choice of Aussie TV shows, Jenny, haha). Don't change, guys.
Thanks so much for the kind words :) We loved our time in Australia and all the great people we met
Pretty fair comments I reckon. Distance is crazy, living in Perth is even worese unless you want to go to SE Asia. I've gone Perth to LA via Melbourne and also Perth to Houston via Dubai and all are so long, but the it's all part of the experience of being on holiday I guess. I would agree on Mexican food, I was taken to some places in Houston and the Mexican food there was outstanding, also Pizza in NY was some of the best that I've had as well. It was good, but the styles of pizza are just so different that it just becomes a preference on what you were raised on.
Glad to hear you agree with our take. We haven't had Mexican in Houston yet but nothing beats NY pizza, it's simply delicious!Thanks for watching 😊
@@twotravelingkings Strangely enough the World Pizza Championships were won by a Melbourne Pizza chef - go Straya.
The internet speed thing is such a sore spot for so many Australians. It actually gets a bit political. To simplify though, a previous government promised a broadband plan with internet speeds that would finally bring Australia into the first world of internet; before the plan could be finalised, the government changed to the opposition, and they rolled back the plan to use outdated materials, lowering the expected speeds, somehow increasing the price, and giving Australians the patchiest internet infrastructure we've ever seen. In some cases it is faster than what it used to be, but many Australians, particularly in remote areas, report that their speeds are even worse than before the change. It's honestly pretty sad when you think that genuine third world countries have faster internet speeds than us.
Hope it turns around soon!
Thanks to Tony Abbott our internet is crap.
I was worried that you were about to trash our country, but this list is pretty fair. It's a pain travelling out of Australia, or even out of Sydney for that matter! And the internet is something that really frustrated us as well. It's slightly better than Nicaragua, which is where we're living at the moment, but not by much!
We enjoyed our time in Australia 😊 what drew you to Nicaragua?
@@twotravelingkings we were travelling around the world for a year and just happened to be in Nicaragua when the pandemic hit. We were planning to be here for a month initially, but it's now been 9 months. It's an awesome country, so we feel very fortunate that we ended up here.
@@BucketListTravellers glad it worked out! Stay safe 😊
We do have autumn and the leaves do change colour it depends what part of the country you are in. If you were in Sydney you could have driven to the Blue Mountains, which has beautiful autumn colours, ( Google Autumn in the Blue Mountains).I live in Victoria and we have definite season changes and we are only 2 1/2 hours from where it snows. Australia has really good ski fields. 😊
Thanks for the tips! :)
We also have a football season here that starts in autumn/fall. If you ever get a chance you should watch a game of rugby league. The Sydney team is the Sydney Roosters.
Almost got to before the games were cancelled! Next time we're back in Aus 😊
Or for good football, AFL.
Yes, Southern Australia is far from everywhere, except N.Z. This does have benefits though. The area around Central Station in Sydney is a dump. In fact, the area south of Hyde Park is vile. The further north you walk, the nicer it gets. Sydney doesn't have a year long summer though, and many from the U.K. say they have never been so cold as they are in July in southern Australia where night temperatures can get close to 0c which surprises some.
Interesting!
You can get Aussie style coffee in NY, I believe an Aussie opened up some cafes there
Yeah lots of people have commented about Australian coffee shops in NY
You guys are pretty fair, no wonder why you fitted in so well.
We enjoyed our time!
Great list guys. I couldn't help but laugh about internet speed.
U would hate the speed/ lack of service outside major cities!! Even cell phones don't work.
We (Australia) have recently upgraded to faster system.... Be glad u didn't have to deal with it a few years ago
We actually were in Australia 5 years back and remember not having great service, so it's definitely gotten better. We'll be back one day to experience how bad it is outside of the cities. It's probably a good thing to disconnect and appreciate the beauty (unless you live in the country then it's probably quite annoying). Thanks for watching! 😊
I'm originally from Pa, my family has lived there since 1703. However I've lived in Queensland most of my life. I also missed friends when I first came, and letters petered out after a few years. I only wrote my Mom 3 times a year. The internet problems are due to it becoming a political issue here from 2007. The conservative government which took over in 2013 downgraded optical fibre installation, so now we have this patchy mishmashed system. In my location I will never get really good internet. Turning the lens around, I'm really disappointed race relations in the USA haven't improved more than I expected over the last 40 years. My usual baked dish is cornbread, since it's quick and easy. It always goes over well with Aussies, most of whom don't know it.
Interesting!
Pizza is just the luck of the draw. Easily the best pizza I ever had was at a mom & pop style store in Cincinnati that I just stumbled across. I was only in town three days and I ate there three times. The worst pizza I ever had was some dive in San Francisco. The main ingredient seemed to be gristle. It was inedible. Pizza in Australia likewise varies greatly in quality.
That's completely fair, it can be luck of the draw. Glad you were able to get some yummy American pizza! 😊
I think we also don't have as many different styles as in America, I don't think it has had as long to develop, we don't have New York style, Chicago style, Detroit style etc.
One thing I noticed travelling is a lot of the Taste of Food is based on the Water supply as there is always slight differences. The Fast Food chains use enough chemicals to weed most of that taste variation out.
Interesting observation! We noticed quality of fast food varies by country even if it's the same chain. What do you think?
What do you mean "12 months of summer"? There is a distinctly cooler season (downright cold in places) in most parts of Australia.
We personally experienced 12 months of summer the last year. In the US, Europe, then India, Southeast Asia, and Australia. We followed summer around the globe :) Sorry for the confusion! Thanks for watching!
Depends where you live as well. Seeing most of us live on the coast, it really doesn't get that cold compared other parts of the world. I now live on the NSW Central Coast and last winter I never got my coat out.
theres a great family owned mexican restaurant in Newtown did you go there?
Missed it!
As to Autumn leaf colours, it depends on where in Australia you live. We live in the New England Tablelands of northern NSW. Our property is at 1,050 metres above sea level and we have four distinct seasons here complete with Autumn foliage colours. The Southern Highlands of NSW, the Snowy Mountains area (commonly referred to as "The Snowies"), certain parts of Victoria, and much of Tasmania would also have distinct seasons and Autumn colour. I doubt that there's anywhere here that would have Autumn colour to the extent that much of the US or Canada would because our native forests are not deciduous. Eucalyptus trees look the same all year round, so any Autumn colour comes from non-native, deciduous imports.
Good to know!
Crab cakes, chowder, lobster rolls!!
Amen about the Mexican food! As a fellow North American, this was a tough one. I gave up on Aussies saying, "I know a great Mexican spot!". No you don't because you've never had Mexican food. haha The lack of good bagels is another. But I'm not sure about the pizza thing... I guess, if you're after an American grease-wheel, where the pizzas here tend to be more Italian-style (my preference anyways). Pizza in Melbourne is outstanding!
I was waiting for the FLIES, but that never got mentioned. How brutal are those little buggers here?! Flying into your eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
Yes to the fall. Aside from introduced European trees that line the parks and streets of Melbourne, once you're out in country Australia where the trees are mostly native, 'fall' is non-existent. Hence, why they say autumn here. I miss a good fall colour display in October.
All great points!
Where I live in Australia we have a proper Autumn in Canberra.
Very cool 👍
The best pizza in Australia tends to be in places where there were historically a lot of Italian first generation immigrants. For example in Darlinghurst there was a little pizzeria I liked to go to run by a lovely guy from Rome who simply made pizzas just like the ones back in Rome. But real Italian pizza is very different from the very thick pizza preferred by Americans, so what I would call a good pizza is very different from what an American describes as a good pizza.
OTOH, authentic Mexican food from the South Western US has far too much chilli for me to enjoy. I prefer to enjoy subtle flavors in food rather than simply experiencing fire in the mouth, and the general Australian preference for milder chilli experiences probably accounts for the relative unpopularity of Mexican food here. It exists, but is not common like in the US. Here, if people want food with a lot of chilli in it, they are more likely to go to a Thai or Indian restaurant. We also do not have many Mexican migrants here. I believe it is less than 4,000 Mexicans have made Australia their home. So there is little demand for Mexican foods. Cuisines tend to be migrant driven and that can be very different on a regional basis. For example there are parts of Queensland and South Australia with a large German heritage, and this is seen in German foods in those regions. Some areas have Greek foods, some with African foods, and so on. I am in The Sydney CBD, and I love eating in Chinatown.
I think your point is very true about pizza, that little place in Darlinghurst sounds great! Definitely agree that food is influenced heavily by the people in the area and what they bring from other places. We absolutely indulged in the amazing Asian food options of all types offered in Australia, you guys really have it made when it comes to that! Thanks so much for sharing! 😊
Thats not a very negative list. I enjoy your zest for life, as a couple. Back in the USA advise more to experience the benefits of travelling and getting enlightened about the real world. The everyday person as a rule is worth meeting in any country. Dont worry,be happy. Thanks.
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Guys you have to go to Denmark as a working stay you will love it.
We spent about 5 days in Denmark last year but it was just a visit. We were in Copenhagen. Any cities you'd recommend?
I'm Aussie and I have had Margaritas and Mexican food in Tucson, Arizona. It was the best, much better than anything available here in Australia. Its just life I guess. And you are so right about the Internet speed. Very fair comments, so glad you enjoyed your time here. You should contact some local Aboriginal people next time, to learn the true history.
Will have to next time we are back! Thanks for watching 😊
I knew good Mexican food would be on the list! I moved here from California 16 years ago and that’s what I always eat when I go back.
So it's not just us! 😊 Hope you're staying safe in Australia and thanks for watching!
Haha yeah we love 'healthy' pizza with gourmet toppings. We had Little Caesers for a while but people didn't like that it was heaps greasy and wasn't customisable with toppings. Different tastes haha
Oof little C's. Only want that every now and then haha
Regarding fall/Autumn, it depends where you are located. If you are in Melbourne, you will experience Autumn. Regarding good pizza, if you ever go to Melbourne, you must visit Lygon Street, Carlton, where all of the Italian restaurants are. You will experience authentic Italian pizza!
Thanks so much for the recommendation, will have to remember that for our next trip! 😊
The distance to other countries is certainly an annoyance.
A strange one for me (an Australian) is how flat the country is. Yes, it’s the reason so much of it is desert. But even our hilly or mountainous regions pale in comparison to US and Europe.
I was told the drive from LA to San Fran (Big Sur) was like our Great Ocean Road. But the terrain in US was consistently double or maybe even triple the height, and it just added some grandeur to the landscape.
True
We used to have a great Mexican near me. It died and nothing replaced it. It was my fav. I don't get how it could go bust.
Ah that's a bummer. Hopefully something new and just as delicious comes along soon 😊
If you want autumn, go to Canberra.
Definitely would love to go there! 😊
Yes, Canberra was a planned city. They planted a lot of deciduous trees. Most of the rest of Australia has evergreens. I think Australian natives are all or mainly evergreen?
Totally agree about genuine Mexican food. Australia just doesn't have it. I also miss good Reubens. They can be found here, but so used to having them at most delis in NYC. And a funny thing I miss? Dunkin' Donuts.
Very true! And do you miss the donuts or coffee? 😊
@@twotravelingkings Lol. Donuts! The coffee I could happily live without. And in case you wondered, not Krispy Kreme, got to be Dunkin'
You guys are too sweet, the 5 worst things ended up being what, 2? Internet, which we all agree, and the lack of a decent Autumn. Did you get to Perth in April? Absolutely glorious! Oh wait Mexican and Pizza 🍕. I agree with that. Apart from the big chains, you have to go digging under rocks for good pizza. And starting to become a huge fan of Mexican but those places are spread thinner than Vegemite on breakfast toast.
Thanks for the kind words! And unfortunately never made it out to Perth. Only Sydney and Melbourne this trip. We'll be back!
Did you get to Tasmania?
No unfortunately 😔
Yeah fair points, except missing family would be more of a travelling in general issue over Australia. I think the best Pizza in the world is in Thailand haha I love the Pizza's they make at Pizza Co.
Ha! Don't think we tried pizza in Thailand, but it's a good excuse to go back! 😊 Definitely a agree about missing family that happens no matter where you go. With Australia specifically it's just so far from home that it's not easy to get back and forth so you really feel removed.
Yeah we have horrible internet connection 😂 I had an American friend that lived here in Australia I went to his for thanksgiving which by the way I think Is awesome and wish we did it and I get excited for the NFL season each year I do superbowl wings and drinks most years usually just me but I still enjoy it haha
Nice! 😊
You should have gone to the Blue Mountains, Country Victoria or Tasmania for a true Autumn and cold weather
We've made it to the blue mountains before! Just not this trip. Thanks for watching 😊
Hope you enjoyed the blue mountains.
Avocado on pizza ! WTF. I’ve lived in Australia for 63 years and eaten a million pizzas. NEVER EVER HEARD of this.
Leaves changing ??? We have autumn. All our leaves change ...
your list is short. Glad you liked our country. It’s pretty good. X
Lol we have Guzman and Gomez in Australia also another chain called montezumas
Guzman was good when we needed some mexican food 😊
Travel Kings Sounds Like you may like Melbourne , Bit More winter and Autumn is Nice . But Realy the whole Aus coast is Nice for Beginners
Enjoyed our brief stay in Melbourne. Have a few videos where we were there. Excited to come back when possible 😊
Lots of crap pizza in Australia but Melbourne has a lot of authentic Italian pizza places, and you should see fall/autumn there too!
Definitely 😊
Re Pizza. I've been living in Texas for 20 years and I still haven't come to 1 or 2 topping pizzas. My local pizza place didn't offer a pizza (except for a cheese only) wit less than 4 toppings. I miss my ham,, cabanossi, mushroom, onion, bell pepper and anchovies with black olives.
Everyone has a favorite! 😊 Thanks for watching
If you ever can come back - visit to the cooler parts of Australia for autumnal colours- Tasmania, New England tablelands, NSW, Southern Highlands NSW. While Australia does not get as cold as parts of the US there are plenty of parts which do have 4 seasons. Although it won’t be the same since you be be experiencing Thanksgiving. Instead it’s Easter.
Sounds good to us 😊
Distance is an issue if you wish to visit The States or Europe but I've fallen in love with S E Asia in the last decade or two which isn't so far away for us.
Loved south east Asia!
Been to US in Autumn. New England states awesome. NYC ruebens delicious. Hopefully pumpkin pie isn’t as bad as it was at a Dennys in Anaheim! A bottle shop in Australia is where you can buy wine,beer and smokes from the one outlet. In Rome, NY (poor socio economic town) - where wife accidentally leaves passport and $750 cash in petrol station toilet. One hour on, we return and it had been handed in. Not sure that would happen in Australia! Oh, and the coffee in the US is terrible!
Haha yes we aren't known for our coffee 😊
Decent internet, Bill of rights, treaty with first nations, African American BBQ, Texas BBQ, Arizona BBQ, not sure if I mentioned BBQ
BBQ! 😊
American style BBQ has started to take off here although I don't know how authentic it is and probably not as nuanced as what you're talking about. But yes, the way we have treated Aborigines is our national shame and we're lagging behind say, New Zealand in that regard.
@@gzeuskraiste You say "We" - you actually mean the British - very few people who call Australia home had anything to do with the plight of the Aborigines - in fact - most were escaping from similar or worse treatment in their own countries - the guilt belongs in the past.
Yeah, we’re not big on Mexican food or culture here since it’s so far away and we don’t have many immigrants from Mexico. I’ve personally never met anybody with Spanish heritge here. As for fall- yeah, we miss out on that aesthetic a bit more than America from pictures I’ve seen. And the internet speed is shocking here, anybody who has had to install NBN would know what I mean, haha. I also wish we had more holidays during winter. Everything is packed into Summer so Winter is quite bland and tasteless in terms of festivities for us. As for pizza- depends where you go, every shop is different. Good list!!
Thanks for watching, enjoyed getting your feedback. 😊
Nothing wrong in what you said I think everyone who travels feel the same
😊 thanks for watching!
Pizza 400 Gradi in Melbourne just one of many good Pizza shops.
Will have to keep that on a list for the next visit to Australia! 😊
Part of the issue with Internet bandwidth can be explained by the fact that we didn't get the cable TV explosion of the 80s that the US did, meaning we didn't have extensive cable networks already laid when broadband Internet became a thing. Football and cricket coverage was good enough on free-to-air TV at that time that there we didn't have the same demand for pay TV, and it's typically rolled out using dishes rather than cable. New neighbourhoods often have fibre to the premises which is generally good but as others have mentioned, recent governments have made wreck and ruin of the National Broadband Network so fibre isn't as common as it should be.
Right, that all makes sense. Thanks for sharing! 😊
As an Australian, there is fall just in some parts of the Country.
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To put it another way, what you're saying is that Australia is not the same as the US, and you're wanting to go back to what you've grown up with. There's nothing wrong about that at all, and your decision to return is right. In the future, you'll look back to this adventure and realise that while it was different, you enjoyed it.
Hey Jenny and Logan, how was your first hot Aussie Christmas?
Absolutely loved it 😍
Australia has a more continental, temperate climate with Autumn and winters in the southern states, Victoria and Tasmania. I thought Sydney had an autumn too...
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My number 1 beef is the lack of rollercoasters.
👍 fair enough
Internet speeds can vary from area to area, where I am we’ve never had a problem with speed or reliability.
Yeah wasn't that bad
To be honest it is understandable Mexican food is uncommon in Australia, Mexico is a long way away. Same could be said for Asia, India, Africa and Europe...or basically anywhere not on the North and South American continents.
While there are some places you can get it, and it's getting more prevalent....it is not a cuisine to be expected in Australia.
Exactly, makes complete sense based on geography! 😊