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I got kicked out of a bar in Airlie Beach for being a happy drunk in 1999. Exactly the same conversation with the bouncer - " Of course, I am pissed I've spent $50 in your bar, that's why I came!".
Hahaha remember getting searched outside a festival once in London and copper found an almost empty baggy that must’ve been from a prior night out... All the came out of my mouth was “ooh that shouldn’t be there!” Bloke rolled his eyes took the bag and told me to run along 😂
Luxury car tax, mate I thought you were going to talk about something affecting ordinary people. Slap on some SPF, find a hat and sunnies, it's time to relax 😊
@@Rider_Tom90% of us won’t be buying a car over 80k. Luxury car tax does seem a bit ridiculous, but not as ridiculous as the car taxes in some other countries. Import taxes for instance
@@jumhed994 Yeah Perth. First day on the beach nearly broke me. Not so bad when you out and about in the town's/city. Not a deal breaker but something I wasn't ready for.
@@richardnunn328 Yeah, when I went to Perth I knocked my sunglasses off my face at least twice a day because flies were landing on my ears. I reckon Western Aussies will evolve to have ears they can twitch, like horses
1st visit I nearly knocked myself out, swatting flies. It’s why I don’t visit my husband’s family and friends in the late spring/summer anymore. He can go but if you’re looking for me… I’ll be there May-Oct. PS I live in the southern US so I thought I was use to flies. NOPE! You win Australia.
I moved back in September to Brisbane! It’s a fun a place and super sunny however be warned it takes a bit to get acclimated to a new country. Even me coming from California, it was still tough to get used to everything but now that I pushed through the tough months it’s been great and I don’t want to leave! So if you’re struggling, keep at it until you possibly cannot anymore but don’t give up about leaving just yet!!
From Manchester, moved to aus for 9 years and moved back here. Spot on with all those points! 😂 great to give yourself a rest from being a party boy, but it always lies Dormant….
Love the videos on this man! Really helped me make the decision! So I handed in my notice yesterday and bought my tickets to America to try living there!! Lived in England my whole life but have duel nationality and always wondered what it would be like. Your first video on Australia really inspired me so thank you!
I lived in Australia for 2 years. I didn't like it in the end as much as I thought I would . To far and to much nanny state for me. Most of the things you listed is why I left.
G'day mate Saw your first video on moving to Aus a few months ago it was on my mind since around end of last year then the other day had the overwhelming urge to go applied for the WHV 3 days ago have to do a medical then hopefully get out there.
You're right about Aussie police officers, even the US ones are better on stuff like traffic violations in most places. Aussie cops are on a power trip and highway patrol are the ones that are too intense even for the regular force.
Aussie police are purely trained to raise revenue for the government. They don't care about the people or anything else except for raising funds. The worse
Despite the bad press US cops are much better to deal with than Australian cops, you just see it on the news when something bad happens more often. Aussie cops just do a much better job at covering up their sins. The level of corruption is systemic.
Your previous video made me go to Australia, unfortunately it didn’t work out and I’ve been back in the UK kicking myself and regretting going. But I am glad I went, because that what if would have haunted me for the rest of my life. EDIT: To clarify to anyone thinking of going to Australia as a backpacker, I would do a lot of research as it is not the haven it once was. I’ve met people who were in Australia during the pandemic and there was a huge demand for workers. These people made this lifestyle look irresistible, and after covid tonnes of backpackers flocked to aus and the result is hundreds of thousands of backpackers competing for the same jobs, same apartments and the same lifestyle. And unfortunately the jobs and apartment supply hasn’t grown since the pandemic, the demand far outweighs the supply at present. Hopefully this will change but social media keeps on pushing Australia as paradise, unfortunately this wasn’t the case for me.
Same for me! Moved from Ireland to Oz which is a super common thing for us Irish to do and ended up moving back after 6 months. Although thankfully it wasn't from a lack of jobs it was just because the country didn't appeal to me. Feels like I'm the only person in the world who didn't fall in love with the country.
I wouldn't want to live anywhere else but I grew up here 200 metres from the beach and have done all my life. We've had it pretty good in Australia for a long time but now things are pretty tough. Cost of living and a massive housing shortage has people massively stressed and people are really struggling. It's not the super happy go lucky country we once were.
I work as a chef and got a job in Aus in a hotel. Did a sunday roast as a special, and they decided the best thing to do with the yorkshire puddings was fill it with a curry. Absolutely banging idea. Chicken tikka served in a yorkshire pudding, give it a go James!
I remember getting marched out of club in Sydney on NYE. Sat quietly, half a drink down, waiting for my mate to come back from the bar. We'd only been in there 10 minutes, why bother even letting me in?! I'm over it.... kind of.
Love this only i did the reverse a year ago Aus to Scotland and was one of the "35%" at the time. Sentiment still holds true, dont l3ave with regret 🇦🇺🏴🙃
@james smith - I live in Glasgow Scotland where the skys are grey 350days per year… recently came back from 2 week holiday in turkey & the depression hits. How long are you looking at to get a visa from uk to Australia
As a doctor who moved to New Zealand to my fellow doctors...youll get laid more and more time off and its apparently even better in Australia...if the NHS isnt gonna respect you you gotta respect yourself
Laid or paid? 😂 I'm an NHS nurse and got.my Aussie permanent residency last year. Haven't made the move yet , but planning to head out to Brisbane in Sept. My wife is a doctor also.
The Luxury Car Tax threshold on EVs is a bit higher and they are also way cheaper in Australia than the UK. A BYD Seal AWD performance variant, which is an excellent "luxury" car, retails for about 35K pounds which is well below the LCT threshold.
You can get arrested in the US for having drugs on you. It's a possesion charge. Probably a misdemeanor. If it's a large amount then you can catch more charges. Possibly a felony. But our marijuana laws are less strict. In fact it's legal in my state of Michigan.
A lot of British people can't tell the difference between the Australian and New Zealand accent. In my experience, it's actually easy: If you meet an antipodean and they're chilled out, friendly and likeable - they're from New Zealand.
As someone who has lived here for about a year now, couldn’t agree more. You do find you drink less because you can’t get drunk out. Love your impressions 😂
A friend of mine from school that I hadn’t spoken to much or seen much of took himself to Australia, didn’t tell anyone until he was already on his way, I started asking him questions about it as I want to go New Zealand, so of course some things will be different, some will be similar etc but yeah he couldn’t be happier with his decision, and in February I can go to New Zealand and make my mind up but I like the ‘f it, I’m gonna do this for me and no one can stop me’ and if it’ll make a person happy, they should do that, and I don’t use recreationals as it is and I tend to limit my drinks before the stumble point, my f up point would be behind the wheel of a car, my right foot gets a bit heavy
The sun burn thing is very true, you almost feel shamed when you get sunburnt. In the early 2000’s there was a lot of advertisements and campaigns about skin cancer because the generation before (my parents) got wrecked by the sun and are littered with melanoma and skin cancers so there was a bit cultural shift around it. No hat no play was also definitely a thing when I was in school. Anyway, all ironic now because I now live in London and am more tanned than when I grew up in Aus!
Agree with most of what you’ve said, but the double demerits do not apply everywhere in Australia. For instance Victoria doesn’t haven’t have it, ever.
Great video, I am currently thinking about going to Australia for one abroad semester, my university has 2 partnerschools over there one in Perth and one in Newcastle, any recommendations?🤔 Greetings from Austria
Arrived 2009. If I ever bump into you we'd have plenty to moan about, but you're right, whatever you don't like here the blue skies more than make up for it.
HAHAHAH 2:30 IS SO REAL. I got kicked out of a club recently and had that EXACT same conversation "wrong guy mate... yes I'm drunk no shit, but I'm not harming anyone around me"
I am in really good shape but I’m 5’8 with muscles but skinny. Like 9:1/2 stone. How do I gain more weight whilst also not breaking the bank. Don’t want to eat processed crap an I don’t want to spend a fortune. I don’t want to be always cooking either so I’ve ate lots of tinned fish. Salmon. tuna, ext but having responsibly sourced fish is a big thing for me. I’ve also heard that there is alarming amounts of toxins in fish from certain areas.
I decided to move to Sydney after years of dabbling in the idea. Your video on why to move was the deciding factor and I’ve done it. Move in August on a 4 year visa. This was deffo not the video I needed to see while I’m selling my house 😂😂 Anyone in Sydney from the Uk? Is it as good as people say??
Australian house prices are amongst the highest in the world with Sydney and Melbourne near the very top of the world pile. There are no renovation requirements here.
If I don't like sun, water, and sand (aka le beach) and if I fear wild animals (insects, arachnids, reptiles), Australia is the last place I want to go, right? Or am I wrong? What about New Zealand, is it any different?
The sun in NZ can be brutal, 8-10 minute burn time all through summer and much of spring. Winter is cold but clear. West Coast of the South Island has rain for like 250 days of the year. Auckland sucks, avoid it or get out as fast as you can when you get here. South Island is beautiful but pretty boring if you don't like hiking or sight-seeing.
Agree with all these negatives pointed out. Still better by far in every single metric than England. Lived here for 10years and a dual citizen. They can’t get rid of me know
In primary school there was a “no hat no play” rule. Which meant that if you didn’t have a hat you were only allowed to hang out under the shade and not the open sun
Yep so true! Moved out here 2011 best thing I ever done.. Came to Perth and settled here, live 200 meters from the beach, have a good quality of life can’t really complain.. But yeah the Sunday roasts suck here 😂 there ya go! New business venture 👌
100% James. Irish and lived in Australia for 5 years! Its over policed for me man! I was sick of getting speeding fines with the revenue raisers! 4kmph over the speed and your done! Police and bouncers too... Absolute knobs! Not alot i disagree with. Live in Spain now, barely a speed camera and plenty of track days 🇮🇪🇪🇸💪🏼. Didn't realise you are originally from Ireland. Hope all is well man, great video. Always enjoy your perspective. Australia was a great experience! For me it had its time, many friends still there.
One of the main reasons the luxury car tax exists is because foreign brands were competing with the local manufacturers, Holden and Ford. This was to turn people off from buying foreign so they bought the local performance vehicles instead. However, neither of those two car manufacturers actually build cars in Australia anymore since discontinuing the Commodore and Falcon. Now the tax solely exists to make you pay someone's salary.
There is the small issue of me having, after 11 years, achieved my career goal with my employer. Now finding myself with an incredibly satisfying job by all metrics, the idea of hitting the reset button on my career at age 40 seems like a deal breaker
