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Don't do Vegemite like they do in this video

Vegemite has to be used sparingly and mixed in with plenty of butter.

Absolutely no-one spreads Vegemite on bread like that!! Are you crazy?

The Dutch didn't bring anything to Australia, least of all separate toilets.

Most Aussies would find that much Vegemite disgusting! You should spread it SO thinly, that it's transparent.

It always makes me laugh when I hear someone say that the way we sell alcohol in this country is to make it more inconvenient to buy. WTF? ...... you don't even have to get out of your car to buy alcohol in this country, the only way it could possibly be more convenient is to get it delivered to your door, which is what you can also get. I mean, it's bizarre when people think that buying alcohol at the supermarket or servo is more convenient than not even having to get out of the car to start with lol. Some people need to look up the meaning of "convenient"

Think of Vegemite as like a Soy sauce paste i.e. VERY salty but flavoursome .. so use a Tiny amount with butter on toast and you will enjoy 😁

Its kinda in the name, but Toilet is the thing you poop in, bathROOM is the ROOM in which bath type things happen.

After an AFL game sometimes the officials allow people onto the ground to have a kick and mark, it's amazing for kids (and us much older kids) to play on the same ground as their heroes but sadly because of safety you don't see it much any more

Gratz on pronouncing Emu correctly, now if you could only teach some of your fellow American RU-vid colleagues to do the same.

Seriously a 7 year old is not going to be carrying too many heavy things in their bags maybe their lunch and a jumper or rain coat.

Just thought I'd let you know, when you mentioned dog shit on your shoes, barely happens here... Ppl pick up their dog poop when it happens... Only arsewipes don't clean up after their dogs!

House warming gift can also be pot plants

Marmite seems to have sugar in it, where as Vegemite does not. In my opinion, lots of butter on toast or fresh bread and a small smearing of either product. Yummy!

One thing to remember is that Australia, like the US, is HUGE, and also, like the US, Australia is broken up into states. So, these things vary from state to state. Terminology will vary, fines will vary, and even cultural aspects will vary.

Re back packs. My youngest Grand daughter is 5yo. Her backpack isn't heavy she takes her lunch and drink bottle in it, sometimes something for show and tell. Just because the kids have a backpack don't assume it's full. Oh sometimes a library book gets sent home

Well done on pronouncing EMU correctly.

she is from Argentina , and no one eats vegemite like that in Australia

The crowds are allowed on ground after match's finished

🤔Don’t know why, 😵‍💫but generally speaking.👍It’s okay to run 🏃 on the ground after the game.🤗At a Aussie Rules game 🇦🇺you can invade the pitch 👍at the end of the game.💕As this game is played 👍on a Cricket Ground 👍it’s called invading the pitch.💕💕💕💕💕💋💋💕💕💋💋💋💋💕💕💕💕💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

Nobody plasters vegimite on toast like that in Australia. You just sparsely spread it on .

She covered so much in this video, almost every topic could use its own video. Like Footy, footy means something different in terms of the type of game depending on which part of the country you’re from. Nippers, not all kids do this. I grew up around the beach and surfing, but only the kids whose parents had money or were really into surfing etc. put their kids in Nippers when I was coming up. But almost every kid went to swimming lessons young. I started at 6mths. By year 9 of high school (so 14 y/o), I had my bronze medallion and my first responders cert that I got in physed at school. Massive water culture here. We’re very socially conscious. Like this morning on our dog walk, we saw a lady and her kids struggling to get the helmet off a public scooter. We couldn’t walk past without trying to help. This is why you’ll find most ppl won’t be invited to a party or BBQ without at least taking a bottle of wine. And although you probably won’t get dog 💩 on your shoes here (pretty much everyone picks it up and bags are provided for free by the council), we don’t put our feet up on stuff - only gronks with bad manners do that (I say as I look and see my foot on the coffee table 😂😂)

in australia for pap smears you just go to your GP and the nurse will perform it - no need to waste money going to a gynae for that simple procedure

At the end of an AFL game you can go on the field and kick footy

We can’t just go to the specialist by ourselves, we need a Referral Letter from our GP and then we make an appointment with the Specialist. My GP knows me very well, I’ve been going to him for forty years, he knows my medical record and keeps track of everything.

Vegemite was created because the people wanted a locally produced alternative to Marmite after WW1 had disrupted imports from Britain. Between 1935 and 2017 Vegemite was owned by Kraft.

Yes, you do give a gift or bottle of wine at House Warming parties.

Australia is just a place where people realise we are a combination of the US and UK with better food and beaches. 😂

The reason for seperate liqueur section due to the laws

The hard rubbish is put outside on designated weeks for your local Council to collect. Sure some people take the opportunity to search through it and take anything that takes their fancy but it is not placed out on the street for that purpose. I think this woman needs to ask more questions as to why things are done instead of making fanciful guesses.

If you go to the footy early some stadiums let kids and families on the ground to kick a football and have fun. It used to be done at all stadiums but not so much these days.

Yes, she is originally from Argentina! As she has an executive type job, she has a larger budget than the usual traveller, and lives in a larger city! But, an Interesting video! 👍

😂😂😂😂You don't spread VEGEMITE 😂😂😂😂like that.

Pap smear - go to GP, they give you a test to take home. Take test to lab. Get results in a week. If needed, go to Gyno. If no issues, good to go for another few years.

Aussie house warming usually we bring a gift...something small and inexpensive....a plant, a nice bottle of booze, something for the kitchen, towels for the bathroom etc etc.

Nobody spreads Vegemite that thick,her video is wrong.

Vegemite is so much better than Marmite.

She's from argentina as she says multiple Times, not Venezuela

Yep house warming gifts are a thing your quote about them in America is the same as Australia.

G'day. One interesting fact that most people overlook about Aussie Rules being a mix of Soccer and Rugby etc. Aussie Rules was around before other codes of Football. That will actually mean all these other codes are variants of Aussie Rules.

Dutch? LOL. It's the British that colonised Australia and they have separate toilets Very convenient when someone wants to go to the toilet and someone is using the bathroom

Kids can shop at the supermarket but it’s hard to know who’s under eighteen and it’s a crime to sell alcohol to kids, so that’s also a strong reason for the separate bottle shops.

Yeah we normally bring gifts to a house warming

NO HAT. NO PLAY. You forget your hat, youres not allowed in the sun all day. Its probably savings hundreds of thousands of lives every year (for an issue that will show up later in life).

Early days in Australia most toilets were outside.. long drops or dunny can. Full dunny cans were collected weekly in the middle of the night like the garbage collector..I prefer toilet to be separate from bathroom

That seperate bottle shop - depends which State of Australia you are in. I buy wine at my Supermarket in Melbourne.

6:55 The council actually come to local area twice a year to collect those, but this usually take awhile for them to collect all of the rubbish.

The dutch didn't bring that shit to Australia. We used to have outdoor dunnies.

Pronunciation of certain words can differ across Australia. For instance the word school, some pronounce it as 'skool' while others 'scool'. PO-TA-TO OR POT-AT-O whichever way, so long as it tastes the same; plus ENGLISH is the most convaluted languages, no wonder others have a hard time wrapping their head around the language.

Usually gifts are for first-time homeowners, especially if they are recently married.

It wasn’t the Dutch, it was the British who brought the flushing toilet to Australia and then later, we added an improvement to save water, we invented the dual flush system. The idea behind the dual-flush toilet is to conserve water. The concept came from Japan in the 1960s and was not well known, until Australian company, Caroma came up with a more practical design flushing with 5.5 litres and 11 litres that was then reduced when the design caught on in the country to 6 litres and 3 litres.

You can bring gift. Usually a bottle of whing or a box of chocolates.

House warming party? Bring along a slab of beer, a bottle of wine and plenty of food 👍

You pronounced Emu correctly. You should watch the video about the Emu War. You'll get a kick out of it. True story too!

Her comments are very Melbourne-centric; AFL is country wide, but the degree of popularity varies from state to state .. NSW & Queensland is Rugby League, followed by AFL

Alcohol is sold in supermarkets but in separate parts of the supermarket.

I don't like Vegemite (I like Promite, it's a bit sweeter), BUT I do like Vegemite Shapes!

A Kangaroo would gut Tyson. Unless Tyson struk first stunning it. 😂

We were settled by the British not Dutch. Thought you would've known that Captain Cook actually visited Australia in 1770 and claimed Terra Australis for Great Britain, In the same way America and Canada were settled. 🤗👍. Her comments are not entirely accurate by the way. Eemyou is the way to say Emu.🤪

Great video. Love your work

Vegemite was originally called Pawill (Pa will) as a marketing ploy to compete against the British Marmite. The slogan was originally if 'Ma mite then Pa will.' We also have Promite which I believe is a similar product originally from New Zealand... Vegemite & Promite I always keep because I enjoy both. Although different taste

Venezuelia???? You said it 3 times so it cannot be a mistake, you simply get the name wrong. By the way, she's from Argentinia, not Venezuelia. Never give people presents or gifts but a gift certificate.

G'day. Love your work. Here's some actual truths about Australia, as opposed to this woman's video (along with most of her other "Australia" videos). 1. This woman has many videos about Australia, but admits that she has never been out of central Sydney, (not even the outer suburbs), and thus knows almost nothing about the country at all, including historically and culturally. Almost all of her videos contain multiple untruths. 2. The Dutch brought absolutely NOTHING of value (culturally) to Australia. Toilets came from British influence only. 3. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCE WHATSOEVER put Vegemite on ANYTHING as thickly as the idiot on the video. Spread sparingly with a decent amount of butter. Vegemite can be kept in the pantry or the fridge, and was NOT made to mimic Marmite, but as an alternative. That's a modern myth. 4, You WILL find SOME supermarkets (like Aldi for example) that absolutely sell alcohol. 5. Housewarming gifts are common. Just like the U.S. 6. Due to the earth's axis, Australia has more direct sunlight than anywhere else on the planet. It has (by far) the brightest sunlight of any country, but with that comes the higher risk of getting sunburnt...plus skin cancer. Kids are generally the most at risk, thus the wearing of hats, but not all schools carry out this practice/rule. 7. You're absolutely correct regarding wheelie bags being invented later. They are also completely impractical on almost all uneven surfaces, especially for kids. 8. Kangaroos are more likely to attempt to disembowel you with their back legs than "box" with you. I hope this clears up some of her misinformation. Cheers from Oz.

Yes, most people invited to a party bring chips, nuts, a bottle of wine, a pie, finger food, etc much like the US pot luck custom.

Bottle of wine, a plant, a plate of food to share are typical Aussie housewarming gifts.

Interesting; Vegemite is generally spread fairly thinly. Buying alcohol in the supermarket, depends on what state you're in.

Hard rubbish is something your local council (government) dies. It’s great because it incentivises you to keep your house clutter-free. In most places you’re actually not allowed to scavenge from it because some people take stuff, work out they don’t want it, and dump it illegally.

Vegemite doesn't have sugar, and marmite does, you don't spread it as thick as she did, but I'd definitely have the butter spread thick..

Although you can fined for putting your feet on seats on public transport, I think it is pretty rare. I was on a train about a month or so. There was the public service announcement about being fined for putting feet on seats. As soon as the announcement saying you be fined finished, the guard came on and said, “No you won’t’ ( be fined). But the she started to explain why we shouldn’t, including it was bad manners.

AFL football scene. The family atmosphere is enhanced by allowing fans to go onto the playing field after the game is over.

Vegemite is a strong umami taste which is a bit polarising, even for some Aussies. Many people here are introduced to it as young children. You do not spread it thick like Nutella or peanut butter! It goes on toast which has been generously buttered, and it’s spread very thinly.

After games of AFL the ground staff (AFL officials) let people on the ground once the players have left the field, to have a kick of the football, it’s a thrill for the kids to run around on the ground.

Do not believe that any Aussie spreads that much Vegemite on toast/ bread.

Vegemite. At 3:20 that is about twice the amount you use. If it's opaque instead of transparent, it's probably too thick

Hard Rubbish is a local government service fo removal. Practice varies between councils: some have a period of 2-4 weeks when the rubbish is gradually collected by a contracted recycling collector. Others allow you two collections per year and you book a pickup with your local administration. Once you have placed materials on your "sidewalk" it is supposed to be locked up. But lots of people scrounge useful stuff from these collections.

Instead of Vegemite Try Promite much tastier but like Vegemite decent amount of butter on toast very thin layer of Promite

You are so much smarter than the rest of the people in the USA, you know how to say EMU. Did you know that the first living life form to ever make a cube was in Australia ? Fact a Wombat poops cubes.

Vegemite isn't a sweet spread like Nutella, jams or chocolate whatever. It's a complete savory flavor, pretty strong which is why we spread it sparingly. It tastes like soy sauce and has the texture and consistency of smooth peanut butter. I can imagine if I'd never had it before I'd probably think it was vile at first.🤢😂 The AFL footage showing people on the field was probably at the end of the game. As the players leave the field some people like to hang out on the field for a while. Yes you pronounced Emu correctly (eemyoo).👍

After some AFL games they have a “kick and a catch”. People (mostly kids) can go onto the oval

Alcohol laws vary somewhat state to state. Woolies and Coles sell liquor in separate bottle shops, usually located right next to the store itself. Here in Darwin, I can actually buy liquor from the corner stores, except on Sundays. There's no Aldi in Darwin, however the ones in Perth sell liquor, usually right next to the registers. And usually through only one register. And you're spot on with Emu. It's not EEMOO

I wonder which part of Australia does this woman live bc i have never gone to a gynaecological for a pap smear... your doctor (GP) does it.

1. Never had a separate loo till I moved out of my parents home. Ive never seen a bidet. 2. Love Vegemite, not alot tho, mixed with lots of butter. 3. Alcohol is not something u need to stock in a supermarket. 4. We have an annual clean up that council provides which is a blessing, pickers take what they want n council takes the rest. 5. House warmings were originally for those who bought their first home. A plant is often the gift most give. 6. GP office will do the pap for u. Most general complaints can be handled by the gp, saving specialists from being inundated. 7. I was never a fan of afl, I was raised in an nrl family. 8. No hat, no play. Kids obey this rule all thru school. 9. Yup, kills kids backs. 10. I still get excited when I see our wildlife. We are so blessed. 11. If u live coastal, most kids will do some form of swim program. Surf safety, nippers, swim lessons. It's a must in our environment.

I've owned a number of houses here in NZ and never have I come across a toilet bowl in a bathroom. I'm sure they exist but they are not the norm. And if you plastered Vegemite on as in the clip of course it would be foul. A little is all that is needed. Like anything used in excess it ruins the taste, imagine a steak with a cup of salt on it!

Country people are a lot different to city people Sydney is full of imaginates they might have a peace of paper that says there Australian but there not Ozzie's only Country towns have Ozzie's the new Australians have driven the old Ozzie's out of Sydney and Melbourne

I think some of these vegemite comments are misleading, the amount of vegemite varies from person to person acccording to taste. Some people love vegemite and will slather it on or eat it straight from the jar, others only like a little taste of vegemite, a thin transparent layer to add just the hint of vegemite. If you're not raised on vegemite start small bedore trying to build up to your preferred flavour intensity. Starting at maximum intensity is a very bad idea.

Yes gifts

10:44 I think giving gifts at house warming parties was more common in the past, I remember it when I was a kid, these days people are more likely to bring a bottle of wine or some chocolate or something.

If you spread Vegemite as shown in this clip... R.I.P. .. that person is either super hardcore Australian or has never had Vegemite ever, I'm British by birth and love my Vegemite but I know how to use the product carefully and everyone is happy. I know of people who have been damaged for life by overly heavy Vegemite spreading on first use 😢

Um fyi in some states you can buy alalcohol in supermarkets and servos

Excellent one of the few Americans that pronounced emu correctly.

Charlie, if you do get to try Vegemite, please do NOT spread it like in the video. Spread butter on the bread or toast and a little bit of Vegemite, about the size of a small fingernail on top. Also you can add cheese and tomato on top and the under the grill. Yum!! 😊😊

Vegemite is great . U use it sparingly, butter or margarine then a Lil bit of Vegemite.... beautiful

Wtf is with people smothering toast with that much Vegemite!

Marmite uses a different yeast and has other different ingredients iirc and is a much worse flavour.

Mentioned Quokkas but not the Tassie Devils.

I have a modern home with three bathrooms each with a toilet, oh and a rain water tank that provides water for flushing with a dual half/full flush button on the cistern which saves water in a country prone to drought. Most new one and two storey homes do provide a single toilet separate from the bathrooms, just for convenience. You can see a specialist MD without a GP referral, but it is going to cost you a lot more without the GP referral. Kangaroos hind legs are far more dangerous than their front (boxing) legs. If they come at you, you have to turn side on to protect yourself because they balance on their tail and can gut you, but you are still in danger of some serious injuries to your hip and rear muscles.

Bulk / hard rubbish collection is once a year and the council comes and collects the rubbish and disposes of it

Flushing the Loo when someone is in the shower will cause Screams of Pain, you have been warned. Separate toilets are the best, but more modern constructions tend to have them in the same room to save money.

No hat no play... worse punishment ever made.

Sometimes after a match you can take your family onto the oval ankles kick a footy around.