12 Things You'll Love About Living In Australia 

It tends to depend on your occupation whether you are paid weekly, fortnightly or monthly. I have been paid monthly in all of the firms I have worked in over 25 years. Whereas hubby is paid fortnightly. I have had a different experience with house pricing as it’s dependant on where you live, exchange rates etc. You are spot on with the public holidays, barbecues and outside living. I haven’t noticed the difference in demeanour but friends that visit from the UK say we are a lot happier here. The coffee in the UK is dreadful. We are used to having our double shots every morning, I stopped drinking coffee while we were back visiting family. We are coffee snobs because we are used to good coffee. You chose well coming to Brisbane (I am bias 😉), we have just spent the weekend on a cruiser out on the bay, snorkeling at the wrecks, crystal clear water, awesome weather. A great portrayal of Brisbane ❤️, welcome to Australia.

I’m a Canadian living in Australia - everyday feels like a holiday, even when you’re working, although I’m retired now, and what a great place to be retired in. My wife and I love gardening, so that’s a 12 month activity! What I find most impressive about Australia is the quality of life offered in every major city and oodles of country towns. You could easily build a wonderful life in any of the cites or numerous towns. The people are welcoming and competent. The quality of the food wherever you go is marvellous.

I really enjoyed watching this. Interesting how we Aussies take lots of things for granted. Your home looks fantastic.

The colours never get old. Doesn't matter how much you see a sunset, a clear blue sky or a proper storm. It is always spectacular

When we were Germany in 2010, the cost of using a toilet was 3 euro. I was gobsmacked, we don’t pay anything here. I don’t know about other states but in NSW we have rest stops with facilities for travellers. Just about every town in Australia you will find a toilet in the local parks, also kept clean and equipped with necessities. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 I love Australia, I enjoy the beauty of my surroundings every day. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

The colours are different because of the eucalyptus trees which emit an oil in the air, which gives it a greyish blue green. In UK it's surrounded by sea which gives it a duller misty haze.

Our coffee is right on par with what you get in Italy & that is saying something!! Really glad you are enjoying living here. I'd say QLDer's are probably more laid back than Melbournians & Sydneysiders....

I'm a native. The colours never go away.

....target is super posh?

Australia…the best country in the world, beautiful climate, amazing views and living conditions. Moved here form UK 42 yrs ago, never regretted my decision!!!

I must admit as an Australian, the first time I went to the UK - people asking me if I was alright freaked me out. I kept thinking there must be something obviously wrong!

Starbucks actually failed in Australia and their shops all closed. They are (apparently) planning on reopening, but only in areas with a lot of international tourists. To us, their coffee was low quality, their prices were high, and there wasn't the social interaction element we like (usually your barista will know you and you'll chat about things). Additionally, it was seen as a huge American company moving in to try and destroy our local independent cafés which are a big part of our culture. If we lost them to a foreign multinational, it would have been a tragedy. I'm so thankful the nation made the collective decision to boycott them so that the local café run by a few young guys who probably poured all their savings into their business can continue to do what they love and profits will stay local.

Guys, I was born in Australia, and lived all my life here (although I have travelled to Europe and Asia). The appreciation of those colours and the breathtaking beauty never goes away. I lived in Sydney for 25 years, and every time I crossed the bridge was an event. Now I’m on the Sunshine Coast (and lived near here as a kid), and every time I pass the Glasshouse Mountains (or see them from a distance), I stop and appreciate where I am. It never goes away.

I have really enjoyed watching your journey and to see how constantly positive you have been across this last 12 months. You know you have ruined the whinging pomme stereotype. So much of what you are experiencing is very relatable because I live just across the other side of the Bruce. All in all I would say you are doing a great job at becoming fair dinkum and it has been fun to watch.

I moved to Melbourne from London about 10 years ago now and really settled over here (family here too) and agree with the list!. I get paid weekly and I agree I feel you have more money in your pocket end of month. I think if you sell in the UK for the same money you will always get more for your money in Australia. Coffee snobs definitely a thing too!, especially here in Melb!

Please, please, please, do not rely only on the employer contribution for super, it will not be enough to retire. You need AT LEAST 15% of your joint income in super every year.

Is un-Australian to leave a BBQ dirty, just not done! possibly the thing that would be most likely to have your visa revoked.

The real test will come when the Ashes are played , where will your loyalties be 😂

The laid back attitude is Australia wide...I live in Melbourne and the coffee culture here is amazing. Each state has its own public holidays.

Hope you continue to love living in Oz - it’s a bit of alright! Have ever read the ‘Dairy of a Pommie in WA”? DIARY OF A POMMIE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA August 31 - Just got transferred with work from Leeds UK to our new home in Karratha, Western Australia . Now this is a town that knows how to live! Beautiful, sunny days and warm, balmy evenings. I watched the sunset from a deckchair by our pool yesterday. It was beautiful. I've finally found my new home. I love it here. September 13 - Really heating up now. It got to 31 today. No problem though. Living in air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a sun-worshipper - no blasted rain like back in Leeds!! September 30 - Had the back yard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. No more mowing lawns for me! Another scorcher today, but I love it here. It’s Paradise! October 10 - The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's windy though. Keeps the flies off a bit. Acclimatizing is taking longer than we expected. October 15 - Fell asleep by the pool yesterday. Got third degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed three days off work. What a dumb thing to do. Got to respect the old sun in a climate like this! October 20 - Didn't notice Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car before I left for work this morning. By the time I got back to the car after work, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stuck to the upholstery. The car now smells like Whiskettes and cat shit. I've learned my lesson though: no more pets in this heat. October 25 - This wind is a bastard. It feels like a giant fucking blow dryer. And it's hot as hell! The home air conditioner is on the blink and the repair man charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needs to order parts from fucking Perth ....The wife & the kids are complaining. October 30 - The temperature's up around 40 and the parts still haven't arrived for the fucking air conditioner. House is an oven so we’ve all been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $600,000 house and we can't even go inside. Why the hell did I ever come here? November 4 - Finally got the fucking air-conditioner fixed. It cost $1,500 and gets the temperature down to around 25 degrees, but the humidity makes it feel about 35. Stupid repairman. Fucking thief. November 8 - If one more smart bastard says 'Hot enough for you today?' I'm going to fucking throttle him. Fucking heat! By the time I get to work, the car radiator is boiling over, my fucking clothes are soaking fucking wet and I smell like baked cat. Fucking place is the end of the Earth. November 9 - Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on the black leather upholstery in my car. I thought my fucking arse was on fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my legs and off my fucking arse. Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried arse and baked cat. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. November 10 -- The Weather report might as well be a fucking recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny, Hot and fucking sunny. It never fucking changes! It's been too hot to do anything for 2 fucking months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Fuck! November 15 - Doesn't it ever rain in this damn fucking place? Water restrictions will be next, so my $5,000 worth of palms might just dry up and blow into the fucking pool. The only things that thrive in this fucking hell-hole are the fucking flies. You don't dare open your mouth for fear of swallowing half a dozen of the little bastards! November 20 - Welcome to HELL! It got to 45 fuckin' degrees today. Now the air conditioner's gone in my car. The repair man came to fix it and said, 'Hot enough for you today?' I wanted to shove the fucking car up his fucking arse. Anyway, had to spend the $2,500 mortgage payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the stupid prick. Fucking Karratha! What kind of sick, demented fucking idiot would want to live here! December 1 - WHAT!!!! The FIRST day of Summer!!!! You are fucking kidding me!

I remember when l was a kid in the 80s and all l wanted was to live in America in one those houses/mansions that are in a John Hughes film. But the older l got the more l appreciated where l lived. I would never live anywhere else now at 43. I feel blessed being born in Australia. Plus my late dad who l miss very much and my mum, bought our house in 74 for $28,900 and paid it off around 1991. Now it’s valued at almost a million.

Ahhh you're looking Aussie already, just check out the wine glasses 🤣 Oh and the upward infliction on the end of every sentence. So Aussie.

Interesting to hear your comments. I have lived in Oz (Sydney) since 1994. In that time I have been back to the UK only once. You will find that over time, your connection with the UK will lessen but this will depend on family connections in the UK. Before you know it, you will become Australian but with a funny accent!

My mum moved over here to OZ when she was six 32 years ago with her mom. I love them both very much, and I’m so happy to be an Australian and to experience living my life in this place! If you ever wanted to move here, not just for yourself but, for your kids then you should asap. Your kids will grow up to be the kindest happiest kind of children and you will have the time of your life growing old here.

From my experience as a Aussie country boy if you can't hear the crickets or frogs at night and there's dead space in sound in the area you are standing there is normally a snake present.

Financially it seems like it is a lot better living over there in Oz as you get a tax rebate yearly , this is unheard of here in the Uk 🇬🇧 and if you do you can bet your bottom dollar later on down the line the HMRC will say you owe them tax. We only get paid monthly here, weekly/fortnightly has not happened in 🇬🇧 for over 20 years, would be a companies nightmare. Weather always looks gray,grey gray! looks bleak from morning to night. Don’t get me started on Public holidays! NHS although good in some aspects I waited over 12 months for a hernia operation, which was cancelled twice, appointments like X-rays etc can take a few months to get done unless you go private etc. Narrow roads ( I call them 🐀 runs) especially now in London, roads are narrow as it is now, have to contend with these orange/white or black/white poles, oh not forgetting the boxes in the road to stop traffic going through, which is causing a lot of problems for emergency vehicles, that now have to go around the scenic route (imagine a fire engine 🚒 or ambulance going through that to carry out their job not to mention the police also, everyone now has to stay on the main road etc parking is more or less impossible as if you don’t have a permit for the area it will cost you I.e in Lambeth borough £382 yearly and that’s one zone considering I worked in 2 different areas within Lambeth (2 different sites of a college)do the 🧮. House prices you definitely get more for your money in comparison to the boxes that they call bedrooms. End of gripe now I need a 🍷, considering I don’t drink.

OMG you're so right about the scenery. This country is beautiful. Well done guys, glad to see you're settling in so well!!

I lived in Oz for 4 years, loved it ~ but Sydney was soo expensive I ended up leaving. Agree with your points~ fabulous country and lifestyle. I ended up needing emergency spinal surgery was in and out of hospital for 3 months all on Medicare, was in hospital within 24 hours of diagnosis.

Yes Australia is the best for quality living. KMart is my favourite to shop at 🤠

Starbucks tried...and failed. They came over, set up multiple shops in every city. Few years later they had to close down most of them due to lack of business. The independent coffee shops and crafters are so much better with better quality coffee and aussies are proud coffee snobs :) Make sure the possums don't set up their nest in your ceiling...they are cute but they can cause quite a lot of damage once they start to breed!

Congratulations on your 1 year anniversary🥳🥳, my goodness lve been stalking you here for a whole year!! Agreed Starbucks in Oz is crap and yup they are few and far between. Love the coffee culture also. We are more laid back. So thrilled your enjoying the wine, weather, coffee and scenery. ❤ your style. We get a public holiday for not only the Melbourne Cup but also the football (AFL) Grand Final👍

You guys have found out our secret , be laid back , be flexible, be productive , be friendly and I have just described an Australian , my parents came to Australia in 1950 I was 6 at the time , we knew we were in the right place when we came down the gangplank of the ship it was absolutely raining cats and dogs , my mum remarked to the Aussie stevedore holding the door at the bottom of the plank that she was told that it never rained much in Australia , that ain't rain luv he stated that's liquid sunshine . Kind of sums the place up really . Welcome to your new home you definitely did the right thing , never doubt it .

My friend from Lancashire is upset that her Australian born daughter pronounces yogurt in a Australian way

We do make our own luck. Your positive attitude and openness has served you well, and I am so pleased for you both.

I love listening to you two, love your accents and love hearing the differences you are finding between the UK and Australia. All I want to see is the beautiful narrow country roads of England, the gorgeous English gardens and the ponies wondering around…. I hope you guys can come to Sydney and do some sightseeing here. 😁

Love watching your vids guys. Have to meet for a celebratory beer when we move. Won my appeal for my visa after waiting 3 1/2 years. Now for the embassy to grant 🤞🏻🙏🏻

I remember being fascinated by the squirrels when I visited the UK forever ago 😂 Congrats on making the 1 year mark - glad you're enjoying your new home. Love your channel ❤️ And the other public holiday we get in Melbourne is for the AFL grand final...even when it's not even being played in our state 😂🤣

I just love your videos. I am actually Australian living in Canada for 12 years and thinking of returning. Thanks for being such a great people. Australia should be honored to have you both there.

I have never been to Australia. I need to pay a visit.

Thanks - interesting. Having lived here for two decades, there is very little I miss about the UK. In fact I almost did not renew my UK passport because since Brexit it now offers little extra to my Australian one. Pre-Brexit certain countries required a visa with an Aussie Passport, but not an EU one. That has now all gone. In the end I did renew as the UK one was about GBP70 compared to over $AUD300 for my Oz one. It is true Europe is a long way - but visiting my mother twice a year you get used to it. Be interesting what CV19 does long term to airfares. When I first came here in the 1990s a return to UK was $1,800 by 2019 it was cheaper! There are interesting places nearby if you are desperate for an "overseas" holiday - Francophone Noumea, Vanuatu, NZ and Fiji. Even Bali is not jet lag distance. Australia is a small, geographically distant market so we have less choice - now even too small to have cars assembled locally. But online shopping has reduced even that. You are right about house prices - in Sydney and Melbourne you would only get a small flat for the price of a SE England home. Regional prices are cheaper - but though pleasant, family-friendly towns places like Tamworth and Rockhampton are hours from their State capitals. Medicare is good - but I think like the UK adults will be extremely lucky to find a dentist who is not private and expensive. Defence wise since the fall of Singapore in WW2 we are dependent on the USA. This might seem academic but it has consequences like our expected involvement in the Vietnam War which cost several hundred Aussie lives. We are lucky to be in such a pleasant, affluent country - though one, I believe, where economic and cultural ties will grow stronger with our Asian neighbours and economic partners rather than anywhere else.

lol we moved here from england in 1970 . was no problem , they begged us to come n only charged 10 pound lol .

As an Australian born citizen I would like to say the whole of Australia is laid back. But for sure Queensland more so than some other states

Congratulations on creating your new life in Brisbane. We are really glad you chose to move here. Your attitude is very positive and I hope you enjoy raising your family here in the sunshine.

Have you considered a move to a country where 29% of people were not even born there! 50% of the population have international parents. People don’t look at you funny when you are able to speak a foreign language as my father-in-law spoke five, English being the last. A lot of the people that I work with you could not pronounce their surname yet they and you are Automatically treated like any other Australian and treasured accordingly. I was born and grew up in the UK from Irish parents, went through all the same personal comments growing and was one of the first to leave for the same reason most Europeans have now have now left the UK. All of my direct family eventually left there also within 5 years and all the rest of a very large extended Irish families I grew up with, moved back to Ireland 🇮🇪 around the same time never to return. I’ve lived here for over four decades have family in Brisbane and Sydney and in-laws Dutch descendant in Perth and Melbourne and have travelled the whole country multiple times with the best having been road trips from Perth to Sydney and to places some overseas can only truely imagine. NSW in Oz

It amazes me how there's things in the UK and Australia that are the same in Canada. The healthcare system sounds the same as the UK but turning on the right is the same as Australia. There's more for sure !

I watch your videos because it makes me happier to live in Australia and less sad that I can't travel atm 😄

Loving your videos and getting some good info from you - we are flying out in 6 weeks and you wouldn't believe how much more prepared I feel just from watching you guys! Thanks a lot!!!

the possum call is very sexy ,feed the magpies and they will soon adopt your family, and avoid swooping

I have always thought of the light in Australia and the scenery as being like an oil painting whereas the UK is watercolour.

"Big W is up market." ROTFL

Most people get paid weekly in aus but govt positions usually 2 weeks and the random company like mine does 2 weeks.

Well you couldn't have picked a better country! I moved from the UK as a kid to NZ, and then 20 years ago from NZ to Australia, now I live on the Sunshine coast and I'll never leave.

It's my Dream Country One day I will become Aussie🇦🇺

Great video - really enjoyed hearing about your first year in Oz. 👍🏼

Sydney had pay to use Toilets at most train stations & other Public Toilets (Excluding State Government Buildings) for many years after the War (WW2) etc but the State Government in 1976, banned them from all Public Toilets in the State. There are now no paid Public Toilets in New South Wales.

Have you been to any local vineyards in Brisbane? Would love to hear your experiences. We really enjoy a good bottle wine here in the UK with our evening meal.

Nice to see you folks are not whinging poms....

Sparkling Shiraz = Australian Christmas in a bottle. I worked at a winery in Rutherglen for 6 years and the 2 wines that amazed overseas visitors were Sparkling Shiraz and Muscat. I'm glad you love it!

It’s mostly up to your employer how frequently you get paid, we’ve had monthly for ages and then when my husband switched jobs the new company was weekly. I also wanted to mention, so it was clear, the amount an employer pays in superannuation is on top of your salary. It doesn’t come out of your take home pay. Regarding healthcare, I was watching a documentary on people on minimum wage in the US. An older couple (65+) were both still working as otherwise they’d lose their house. The wife had had a stroke the previous year and they had an $8000 bill for just the gap/copay! Here in Aus you’d be rushed in at a public hospital and it would cost you nothing.

Really cool video, I've been watching you guy's around 1 year. Congrats, soon I will be moving with my family as well. Thanks for the great content 👍

Can you talk about what you guys do for work and and just things regarding work in general

If you leave old fruit out for the Possums , they'll love you for it , in particular apples .

Target is super posh? I love it you guys, this is great insight on this dumb but loveable country.

they did try the free bbq's in UK , cant remember where but they got destroyed I remember when you had to pay for them here 20c a minute or so but they kept getting vandalized to steal the change making it free is much cheaper to maintain no repair costs

Australians value public indifference over patriotism most of the time, and you're right this country does have almost too many federal and state public holidays. That said things like R U OK? Day does put a lot of undue pressure on the person asking, like you're automatically deputised into being the person's free roaming psychiatric counciling help. Don't worry, much like with most specifically allocated "days" or "weeks" there's very little sentimentality involved and you learn to ignore them like most Aussies.

not so sure about the av tax return given it is all dependent on individual circumstances and there really isn’t that much you cam claim back anymore. i know what you mean about the pommie greeting. yer right love?! or yer right geez?! often responding with “i’m fooking shite.” esp after a big night out.

I hope sizeable number of Indonesians living directly to the northeast of your family watch this. They have so many fantastic cities nearby to move to improve their life. Singapore in the west, Guangzhou / Shenzhen / Shanghai in the north and of course Sydney / Melb / Brisbane in the south east. There is no need to go that far like Western Europe / UK, let alone homeless / drug-addicts / guns-infested USA just to get better life 😂.

looks like some one has discover our Hunter Valley Claret.

I felt a bit “crook”.....welcome aboard!..

I don't know about in other states, but in Victoria we call "surgeries," medical centres.

Was in an Australian swimming club for years as a kid and we used to use methylated spirits to prevent ear infections from swimming. Just use an eye dropper to put it into the ears straight after swimming. It will feel warm in the ears and dries them out inside very fast and of cause being an alcohol will also kill any bacteria which got in with water. You will never get another ear infection from water if you do this. Maybe not for a toddler though with their more sensitive skin and dont do this if you have a burst ear drum.

New sub here, hope you’ve enjoyed your stay, and never move back 😁

To be fair here in the UK our doctors prescription are sent straight to the pharmacy, I don't even need to see them. Btw If you go to Germany ALL public toilets are paid! Nothing free 😂

Funnily enough, I think King Charles is coming here for the Melbourne Cup this year! Edit - Well, his horse is coming atleast 😂

Ha ha I got excited and took photos of squirrels on my visits to London. Whereas I have kangaroos a two minute walk from my home.

She looks like she can't get excited about anything ?!

Loving these videos guys, really helpful! The male (sorry I don’t know your name 🙈) but you are so getting the Aussie twang! I miss living in oz

Dear lovely Johnston family...you must meet up with the wonderful Bam family ex UK now Sunshine Coast too...

Long service is 3 mts off paid leave for 10 yrs service in the same job, it’s 1/4 a yr paid leave :-)

Yep. We love a good holiday... or day off lol

Long Service Leave dates back to the colonial past. It's intended to give public servants sufficient time to sail back home, have a holiday, and then return.

Hahaha, regarding roads, you definitely haven't driven inland, yet. Rural roads are atrocious. We live 2 and a half hours inland from Brisbane and our country roads are just dangerous in a lot of places.

Would never use "RU OK?" as a greeting. Only post greeting to someone I know and even then not just randomly.

In my suburb in Clayton, Victoria. You can see the possums run along the power lines aswell as the fruit bats flying over at night.

Welcome! I'm a bit late, but it never hurts to say :)

Laid back. Chilled. That's a qld thing!! 100%

You guys are both amazing and we are lucky to have people like you here, I'm from Brissy too :-)

Melbourne gets a day off for the AFL Grand final as well.

In Oz Shiraz is also known as leg opener to beer drinkers.

Great video, subscribed. Welcome and best of luck here in Australia

Hello, what about visas for skilled teachers? Thank you.

Cut little apple bits and put them in the fence just before dusk. Then u can watch the possums eat. It’s very cute

Best part is minimum wage is about the same as a U.S collage graduate.

I love you 💗 from Algeria 🇩🇿❤️

Little hint,possums luv bananas . You can hand feed them.

The agent is not really supportive when it comes to communication and planning. They just say no to you via email! I am not satisfied at all.

Thanks guys, you have a very sweet family. Thank you very much to you sir. - (the lovely high school teacher). My son is just about to commence his Masters of teaching (Secondary) at the University of Melbourne and this is the reason that I tuned into your channel. I enjoyed two of your videos that I watched today so I’ll definitely tune into more of your videos. Have a great new year (2022 coming up), cheers ! 🥂 🍷

4:45 depends on your employer, I was paid monthly as a full timer, others weekly. Others companies let you choose, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly (rare) or half-yearly (Very-rare)

I can see why over there would be more favourable in a lot of areas, especially with a growing family, what’s not to love in Oz, enjoy the best you can stay safe and stay blessed.🦋🦋🦋🦋

Guys that is awesome. Thank you for another informative movie. Can you talk about gyms and leisure centers ideally with creshe for kids. How much it costs cos you know that David Lloyds in the UK is terribly expensive! For 4 people they wanted £390 monthly!! And diseases ...are you catching kids bugs like diarrhoea, vomiting often, ect...as here in the UK through the winter we r sick all the time! :(