A lot of these are total BS. The warning signs are not for entertainment, you can’t use half of a $10 as a $5, and we don’t call Ugg boots ‘ugly boots’.
A lot of of this vid is just plain BS. *Rule of thumb:* if a video about *Australia* has a narrator with an *American accent* (or any other accent that is not Australian), chances are its going to be full of crap. A $10 note ripped in half is *NOT* legal tender. Rent a granny is *NOT* an Australian idea, nor is it unique to Australia. Compulsory voting is *NOT* an Australian idea, nor is it unique to Australia. Over 20 countries have compulsory voting. (Belgium was the first.) Tasmania is *NOT* an island nation. It is a *State* of Australia, that happens to be an island, same as Hawaii is a State of the US). The segments of the Opera House 'sails' put together do *NOT* make a complete or perfect sphere, even though the design is based on "segments" of a sphere. Tourists who overstay their visas (once caught) are locked up in detention camps and extradited back to their home country. And they definitely are given *NO* access to Australia's Social Security programs. More likely, their passport will be flagged and they will be blacklisted from ever returning.
Thanks for the heads up Chris. I agree, videos about Aussies done by an American for other Americans are almost always a load of nonsense full of distorted facts or just outright falsehoods. I'll give this a miss😕 Bye 😊
@@hermansnazzledorf2950I live in WA . I've been to New Zealand , the south Island was just beautiful and the people we're lovely. I've also been to the USA
Maybe don't choose 'only in Australia' videos compiled and narrated by Americans. They tend to over-simplify and 'dumb-down' to the point of just being wrong. Australia was _first_ discovered by our indigenous people 50,000+ years ago, then possibly the Chinese in the 1400's, then in 1606 the Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon landed on the western side of Cape York Peninsula and charted about 300 km of coastline. Not Abel Tasman, after whom the island State (not nation) of Tasmania is named.
@@Reneesillycar74 Yep, Ferdinand de Queros. He prayed over the land and dedicated it to God and called it the Great South Land of the Holy Spirit. Sounds good to me.
If you have compulsory voting, as Australia does, you have to make sure that everyone can vote easily. The electoral commissions, independent bodies that run state and federal ele toons, go to great lengths to make sure people can vote, whether they live in big cities, tiny desert communities or the Antarctic scientific base. Postal voting is not controversial here and there is also pre-poll voting so people can vote ahead of election day. And elections are always held on a Saturday. This is on contrast to the USA where some states appear to make it difficult or impossible for people to vote.
@@robynmurray7421 - Last month I did a postal vote because I was concerned I might come down with covid and I desperately wanted to vote. However for the 2020 Tasmanian election I decided to vote early on Election Day. When I arrived they were only beginning to set up the sausage sizzle so I missed out. I won’t be voting that early again.
I've got a stupid failure to vote fine! Just for the local election, what reason should I use? The actual reason was I read the sign wrong and thought the polls were open till 8pm, it was 6pm, but it was one of those dot light signs on side of road, it looked like an 8!
If you want to learn more about Australia's plastic money, watch "Secrets of the Australian Dollar". Deliberately damaging currency is illegal and cutting it in half doesn't equal half the note value, it makes it worth nothing, however a damaged note can be turned into any bank, they'll deposit funds into your bank account equal to the note value, and send the damaged note off for recycling. Don't go tearing money up, that's just stupid. To get the opera house into a perfect sphere, each "sail" needs to be sliced along the top seam first. Each side of each "sail" is one "segment". The animal signs on roads are real warning signs to tell us that animals may be present on the road. However there are entertaining and trivia signs along some roads. Kangaroo meat is the most lean in fat and highest in iron meat in the world that is available for human consumption. Australians will race anything that moves, and if it doesn't move, we'll push it.
Dude I’m so glad that you were able to actually explain the opera house sphere thing. I always thought that it would make an m&m shape lol. Cheers mate.
I just googled it and it actually is worth the value of the remaining percentage as long as it is above 20% This is the case with any note so that a quarter of $100 will be $25. However it also states that no one is legally obligated to accept damage notes
Compulsory voting means that “energise the base” strategies don’t work - everyone gets out on polling day anyway, because they have to. That makes Australian political competition rather less divisive and more moderate than in other countries. Australian politics encourages one-issue extremism less than other countries’ politics does, because of compulsory voting. Compulsory voting also means that well-organised, well-funded parties get no advantage from “get out the vote” operations, and that makes it easier for independents and small parties without corporate donations to compete. It’s one of those things where we all have to do our bit to make the system work. Think of it as being like doing jury service. Without people sharing the burden of jury service nobody gets fair jury trials. Without everybody sharing the burden of voting we wouldn’t get to live in a responsive democracy.
Also worth noting, you have to REGISTER to vote, and show up at election time to get your name ticked off the roll. But you can do whatever you want with the ballot paper. Also, Aussie elections are held on SATURDAYS, rather than during the working week.. It is also possible these days to vote ahead of election day by various means.
@@7thsealord888 I'll just clarify that. You are required to turn up on election day (or at a pre-pole station or use a postal vote) and get your name ticked off. As your vote and the paperwork are separated, they cannot actually confirm your vote was valid and you are not required to submit a valid vote, anyway. So you can put in a blank vote, of similar and you will not be fined. These incorrect votes are called 'informal vote'.
Some of these are stupid, we call them UGG boots, no you can not tear $10 in half and use it as a $5 bill, the signs are not for entertainment, the car and kangaroo means warning at dusk and dawn you're more likely to hit a kangaroo and they can do alot of damage as well as hitting a wombat it might be small but definitely makes an impact, never heard of rent a grandma before. I think this bloke needs to do more research or even ask an aussie
Compulsory voting also means that issues like employment making voting difficult are mitigated. Early voting is significantly easier than it appears to be in the USA and employers preventing it isn't a thing.
The opera house sails don’t make a sphere and they weren’t based on orange segments, Jørn Utzon, the architect, said they were inspired by the sails of boats sailing on the harbour. Voting has always been compulsory in Australia. Voting is always on a Saturday, postal voting has always been available and there are pre poll stations for people who have a valid reason for not being able to attend on election day. Your name is placed on the electoral roll for your electorate when you turn 18 and stays there unless you move to another electorate. When you turn up to vote your name is marked off the roll and you are handed your ballot papers, then it’s up to you whether you fill them out for a valid vote or leave them blank before you place then in the ballot box. We use a preferential voting system so you mark numbers beside the candidates in order of preference; the candidate with least votes in the first round of counting gets their ballot papers returned and sorted by their second preference; this keeps happening, working down the numbers on the ballot sheets until all the votes are counted and there is a clear winner. Polling usually takes place in school halls and community centres so school P&Cs and local charities often set up sausage sizzles and cake stalls/bake sales to raise money by selling to those who have turned up to vote. There is even a Democracy Sausage website you can look up to see which booths have sausage sizzles or whatever available.
the shapes of the sails are indeed taken from the surface of a sphere. They are ellipsoid in shape and all have the same radius. It's how he solved the problem of getting the self-supporting shapes. Not to say that the look wasn't inspired by the harbour and the boats on it.
The road signs with wildlife on them are to warn drivers. A lot of Aussie wildlife have absolutely no road sense. Koalas are endangered. Colliding with a wombat or a kangaroo can be extremely bad, for somewhat different reasons - wombats tend to dig in and brace when threatened, so can become a massive speed bump; and if a kangaroo comes through your windscreen, the smartest move you can make is to exit the car immediately, regardless of the speed you're going at.
if you cut an orange into wedges then cut those wedges you get pointy bits. Cut those wedges in half width wise then you get similar shapes to the Sydney Opera House.
Compulsory voting 🗳 may seem harsh, but it makes our democracy healthy, and ensures it's easy to vote. For example I showed up about 1/2 hour before the polls closed and walked out 8minutes later having been marked off the roll and lodged my ballots. Didn't need to show id either.
Err whilst it may be easy enough to vote the voting process is bizarre and most people don't understand what they're doing. Which Lib/Lab take great advantage of.
@@findmeintime I think the results of the last election show that voting misunderstandings are much less of a problem than they used to be. The number of districts showing evidence of strategic preferential voting increased significantly, with several counting stations having to stop counting votes in favour of established parties when it became clear independents were actually ahead on preferences. It's taken a long time, but it seems like Aussies are getting it.
Some of the stuff in this video are BS like the rent a grandma, the wildlife signs being for amusement etc. There might be some obscure law that allows you to walk into the bank and deposit a torn dollar note, but deliberately defacing currency is a crime and I don't think any retailer would accept it as payment.
Being in the banking industry for 20 years, you can trust me when I say that you cannot use half a $10 note as a $5 note - or any other value note for that matter. In the days of paper notes, if the note was torn in two, or you presented a partial note, you could take it to the bank to redeem it. If youcould read the serial number that appears on both ends of the note, and it matched, it would be swapped out for a note of the same value. If you had only one serial number evident, you would be given half the value. It has changed with polymer notes. The bank tellers have a card that they compare the size of the damaged note to. If it falls within the legally permitted size of the corresponding note on that card, the note can be redeemed for the full value. However, if it does not meet the minimum size requirement, it is of no value. Also, if you want to play with the notes and put them in the oven to make "shrinkies" the note is automatically void of value, and you could be reported as it is a criminal offense to deliberately tamper with, deface, mutilate etc. legal currency in Australia.
The "longest golf course" - The Nullarbor Links - is not actually one single golf course. Its a "tourist trail" designed to encourage people to stop & visit sleepy little towns between Adelaide & Perth, rather than driving right on by. You play a couple of holes at the first town's regular golf course, then drive a few hours to the next town, play a couple of holes there, drive to the next town, play a few holes there...and so on.. until you've played 18 holes of golf. It takes about 4 days. You get your card stamped in each town, and then get a little trophy or certificate or something at the end so you can prove to all your Facebook friends that you are lame. 🏆 But seriously, it pumps a few extra tourist dollars into these small towns, and helps to break up the notoriously long drive across the Nullarbor Plain.
"get a little trophy or certificate or something at the end so you can prove to all your Facebook friends that you are lame." I thought that playing _golf at all_ was the only proof required of being lame XD
@@wolf1066 Personally, don't like golf. Old mate was watching golf game one Saturday afternoon, so I stopped (still standing up) to briefly watch. Looked at all the nasty storm clouds gathering, and said "Gee those guys should get off the green" - hardly finished speaking and lightning struck really close by, video transmission blinked out for a second, when it popped back in camera guy was still shaking (and I heard a muffled curse or two from spectators) and everyone decided holding a metal stick in a thunderstorm, under trees, wasn't a great idea after all.
@@Kayenne54 Never really seen the point of golf, personally. Got a job caddying when I was a teen in high school; wandered all over the golf course, towing this guy's golf clubs around, paid attention to the game enough that I was able to usually have the club he'd need already in my hand before he asked me for it... and he paid me far less than it cost me in petrol to get to the golf club and back that day. Changed my opinion on golf... I _had_ thought it was a game for rich wankers, but this taught me it was a game for rich wankers who don't pay their staff decent money for a day's work.
Our Mint and Canada's actually make most of the world's currency, in fact the two mints were recently embroiled in a court case over who developed a certain security feature in the currency
While the legislation (Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918) technically makes voting compulsory, in practice the compulsion extends only to getting a ballot paper and submitting it (at a polling booth, or via postal vote etc). There's obviously nothing prohibiting you from leaving your ballot paper blank, or drawing all over it, or deliberately making it informal. And Tasmania is not an "island nation". It's one of the states of Australia.
you lose your drivers license because you can't renew it if you have outstanding state debts which your $50 fine becomes if you don't vote without a good reason
For the most part "Footy" refers to Rugby League, Rugby Union and AFL. Soccer is the most common term but you will hear Football. One think they dont say in this video is in Australia that aside from calling ourselves "Aussies", we call New Zealanders "Kiwis" Americans "Yanks" regardless if they are from the "South" or "North", we also tend to call British "Poms". We have nick names for alot of countries.
Ripping a $10 note in half does not make you have two bits you can spend as $5... I have no idea where he got that dumb idea from. You can certainly tell it is plastic and there are parts on the note that are clear. The newer notes have more and it is pretty cool. Never heard of a rent a grandma. That's a load of crap.
I have never heard of these two things either, also the signs along the long straight highways ( hundreds of miles) are not to keep the driver amused or awake but to warn drivers of the various animals in the area, that might just dart across the road at any time.
If you take the half a note to a bank they’ll give you $5. No longer needs a serial number or anything. That’s probably where it comes from but yeh they did stretch the truth a little 😂
@@Dr_KAP ahh yeah,I didn't know that was current policy. I've only dealt with a couple cases and they were where more than 80% of the note was intact or if it was torn in half but I had the whole thing. Though honestly I gave it to someone else to deal with lol
I live near mount wingen (underground fire) locals pronounce it "whinge-en" the mountain is commonly known as burning mountain and it a burning coal seam. A nice hiking trail to get up there. There's a little viewing platform where you can see the red and white rock and can see the steam coming up on occasions. There can be a bit of a horrid smell.. because you know... of the constant burning haha. It's actually a moving coal seam.. predicted to hit my town in about 5 thousand years give or take haha
For Americans, to understand the size of Australia, think of a place with the population of Texas within an area the size of continental USA (excluding area of Alaska), Australia’s population is 26 million in 2022. Sydney and Melbourne are closing in on 6 million people each, following up with Brisbane nearing 3 million and Perth at 2.5+ mil. Adelaide is at 1.5 mil. Australian cities are awesome.
Never buy UGG branded boots. Just buy ugg boots. I do worry about the script writer, the jokes are always so forced and unlike a 'dad' joke they're never remotely funny, and the incorrect information always rates pretty high. Edit: Kangaroo is pretty good. Can be a little tricky to cook as it is very lean. You do not want to over do it. I think I prefer Crocodile though, a lovely mix of chicken and fish. Also if drop bears weren't real, then why would the Australian National Museum have a page dedicated to it?
We don't call our farms ranches. The bigger ones are called stations. When it comes to the first police force, you have to recognise the fact that many convicts were sent here for, what we would today call, misdemeanors or petty crimes. Most were not criminals but simply trying to survive and with British prisons being overfull, were sent here instead. Yes, footy is AFL and it's spelt footy, not footie!
The sign with the 'roo is warning drivers that there may be 'roos on the road (mainly) between dusk and dawn and if you hit them with your car it will go badly. Therefore, they recommend that you drive at a maximum of 65 km/hour during these times.
Love your reactions to things in Australia 🇦🇺, you should watch some Documentaries on our beautiful land! The land down under, We love our Sunburnt Country! If you came here & drove this beautiful land of ours & you ran into a Kangaroo you would understand that sign!
This video has quite a few non facts, eg,. "The island nation of Tasmania,!?" Is actually the STATE of Tasmania. Home of the Tassie Devil, the Tassie Tiger. Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi. 🇦🇺🦘
With the Sydney Opera house, just think of an orange. If you peel it and pull it apart, all the little pieces have pointy ends. But together they're a sphere.
also a "Drop Bear" isn't exactly a Tale. Koalas can be vicious in the wild with crazy claws haha. in the Territory they literally JUMP DOWN from trees to protect their children. thats were the name came from. don't get it twisted they will FXCK you up ha. but if your going to Aussie Zoo then obviously they are bred into that & a bit different lol. and YES i have wrestled & boxed many Kangeroos haha
when they say the Dutch "founded" Australia before the English thats a blatant lie. the English didn't even "found" Australia. Aborigines have been on this land before any over humans. Aborigines are the LONGEST LIVING CULTURE ON THIS PLANET!
The golf course is set out like a drive and play setup, for people driving across the Nullarbor that are also golf players. There is a video on YT that shows the different holes/towns.
Voting in Australia is very different to how it works in the US (it might make an interesting video in itself), but one of the fundamentals is that it is compulsory to vote. Some pedants will tell you "it's compulsory to show up, not vote" - technically they're wrong (this has been tested in numerous courts), but since voting is anonymous you can't actually get in trouble for turning up and invalidating your vote (and some people would argue that invalidating your vote (and essentially voting for noone) is actually voting anyway). I've heard the money thing before (about tearing the bill in half), but it's not as simple as they make out. The reserve bank will pay partial value for notes up to 80% incomplete, but most stores will not accept incomplete banknotes, let alone scale the value and the RBA states "there is no obligation to accept an incomplete bannk note"
Koala's get pissed off the gum leaves & do fall out the trees (also sleep 20 hours a day), when they fall out the trees they get really pissed off so don't try & pick them up, they have sharp claws & are really strong.
The golf course is real- it's a way to break the long trip across the Nullabor. You stop for petrol and a meal, play the local hole, then drive several hours to the next hole/rest stop.
Syydney Opera House statement could be read as if you take each individual slope and move it, the total slopes will make up a sphere Pause the video clip at 5:08 while you work it out. On the Left you have three segements of the roof, the left side and the right side, then add in the same of the right, the total segments will together make a sphere.
Australians does not like eating kangaroo meat, they believe it has worms in it 🤷🏼♀️ We arrived here just over a year ago. We eat the kangeroos and the meat is a lot like deer, yes. We made kangeroo biltong which is the South African version of jerky. It was good 👍🏻
Football in Australia means all forms of footie .. except soccer.. We have AFL, Rugby League and Rugby Union.. watch the older State of Origin footie games if you want to see what real league was like... lol
The drives licence is suspended until the fine is paid. On the voting thing some people will do a donkey vote so it won't be counted and some people just don't both to register. You have to register before you first vote.
Never heard of rent a grandma. Never heard of a piece of $10 is five. Those road signs are legit saying watch out for that animal on the road, not as trivia or entertainment. My god there's so much that is wrong in this video
Voting is compulsory in Australia. There’s no excuse for not voting because you can vote in advance of election day, apply for a postal vote and fill it out according to the instructions, or vote absentee - ie if you’re out of your own electorate on polling day, go to the nearest polling booth and tell them who you are, they will accept your info and you can vote. If you’re sick in hospital, you just notify them that you’re sick, no fine.
We have compulsory voting in Australia. This is a good thing because it makes the majority of people think about what they are going to do with their vote and makes them responsible for that. Also, we have a preferential voting system in Oz that is better and different to other systems in other countries. That could be another video for you to do.
The other 'upside' is that compulsory voting tends to result is more moderate policy positions from the political parties, so we don't have the same 'binary' left-right divide many countries like the US do; everyone votes, not just the party-political. As a result, political advertising needs to be more sophisticated and minor parties and independents who represent their local communities have a greater chance of being involved in government. Also, unlike the US, gerrymandering is unlawful so each vote has value.
@@chrismoore8813 That's not what I've heard from others who have a different system as they believe that the preferential voting system allows for more choice and greater representation by and of the people. And yes, we know it is politics . That is what we are discussing.
I personally don't eat kangaroo and never will I cannot. I like that voting is compulsory. In the suburbs of Melbourne you don't see roos or koalas. I give Americans a break as they aren't taught about other countries as they think they are the only country that matters
I've seen that golf course .You play one hole and then road travel 300km to the next hole. Kangaroo meat is a bit rich so you mix half roo meat and half normal beef mince. Roo meat is used also for pet food
In Australia, voting is not considered a right or a privilege - it is an obligation. Voting is mandatory for all citizens over 18 and you must register when you turn 18. As a result, voter participation is always over 90%.
The original convicts were mostly sent to Australia because Britain had no room for them. Times were bad in England and people were arrested for stealing bread just to survive, so it's feasible that some of them would make fine police.
Or The Castle - an average Australian mans struggle to get to his Commodore “Ay Steve, can you move the Camira? I need to get the Torana out to get to the Commodore.” “Sure thing Dad, but I'll have to get the keys to the Cortina if I'm gunna move that Camira.” “Alright mate, just watch the boat”
With Preference Voting and our Civic Classes in School most people have good idea who to vote for, those who do not go in and do a Donkey Vote=Dick and Balls. Cane Toad Racing. Baby Croc Racing. Beer Can Boat Race Darwin. Henley on Toad Race, that we have to cancel if there is Water in the River. Tuna Throwing. Goat Racing. Thong Throwing. Only country in world that Eats Animals on its Coat of Arms, depending where you live you eat different Native or Feral Animals, in the Top End Surf and Turf is Buffalo and Croc we eat a lot of both up there, cant waste good Tucker. in Red Centre eat lot of Camel and Roo WA Croc and Roo also eat a lot of Bush Tucker.
Dude the clue to it being a sphere is that he made it while eating an orange. Orange wedges... It's not hard just think of how you would cut up an orange
Yep, each orange wedge cut in half width wise will give the Opera House sections… except the opera house was designed because the architect liked the look of the boat sails on the harbour, I’m guessing the orange was probably the inspiration for how to do it.
Compulsory voting in federal elections began in 1925. Compulsory voting in state elections started with Queensland in 1915; Victoria introduced it in 1927. South Australia was the last state in 1942.
If people don't want to vote they can submit a blank or invalid vote. Your vote is ticked off by a public register when they give you a ballot. There is also a "donkey vote" where people vote first on the list. So they do a random draw on the order otherwise people would name their party AAAustralia party
Kangaroos are largely totally peaceful and sometimes curious. I once had a half grown wild roo form a weird interest in me and would follow me every day and would hop behind me about a metre behind - a few times I stopped dead to see what it actually wanted from me - turned out nothing, it just stopped and waited for me to start walking again so it could continue stalking me.... very odd kanga and it never followed anyone but me and btw I never fed it or encouraged it.. curious few years of my life
voting is compulsory in aus, the fine is to ensure compliance, if you dont want to vote, go to voting place, get your name crossed off the list of reg voters then just leave or protest vote by putting "rodney rude" or "darth vader " in the independant box
If you don't want to vote but you don't want to get fined you can just draw a frowny face or something on your ballot and put it in the box....no one checks that you actually voted. if you don't show up to vote and have your name checked off the list you will get fined. BUT if you go to the trouble of showing up why would you not then vote, it's the only bit of say that most citizens get.
Mate stop thinking about boxing a kangaroo even a little one would pound you so hard you would have to learn to walk and talk again. P.s. we don't ranch cocroaches they are terrible.
Although it is compulsory to cast a vote, what you write on your ballot is up to you, so if you wanted to, you could vote informal. I used to oppose compulsory voting until I saw an episode of The Newsroom in which some US states introduced measures that made it difficult for some folks to vote in the hope that, with voting in the US (and indeed most democracies) being optional, they would give up and not bother, thereby effectively disenfranchising them. With it being compulsory to cast a vote, however, the state has a greater obligation to ensure that every voter can cast their vote. It also, as Brett Evill pointed out, can help civilise the whole process as well. I remember I was once handing out how to vote cards for a political party at a small polling station, and all of us would take in turns in handing each other's opponents cards if they need to eat, go the toilet, etc and vice-versa. Where else in the world could THAT happen? Yay for compulsory voting :)
The signs are there to entertain drivers on long trips?!! What a load of BS! Those showing animals are a warning that there is a likelihood of finding one of this particular species on the road and to be careful. The sign with the car and the kangaroo is supposed to depict a collision of the two - with similar damage to both as you would see with a deer in the States.
Dirk Harthog discovered Australia in 1616 but he was still Dutch. I had to go through my grade school files in my head to find that. There is Trivia on the highway to my sons house. We would like to complain that the last lot of questions have not been changed for 18 months. They only have 3 questions. We will never forget that Mount Bartle Frere is the tallest Mountain in Queensland. Grade school missed that but trivia didn’t. I think it was a Kiwi bidding on his own Country. I don’t know why because most of them live in Australia with us. They don’t even need a Visa. We are allowed to insult each other like siblings do but if anyone else does we will stand together and kill you. Just like family. If we count all of the people that never went home from their holidays and Kiwis our population would be much larger. Still not a crowd. No, I don’t eat any of our Coat of Arms. I used to raise the orphans. Twice I remember my Mother making Kangaroo tail soup. You did not leave that table with anything left, not if you valued your life and that is why I kept my dog under the table. It is a very lean and healthy meat. A lot of the world does eat it, I can’t even feed it to my puppies. It would be like eating a sibling, although I do have one I would like eaten by anyone. It would have been more helpful if an Australian made that video instead of an American. He pronounced a lot wrong. I would not go on a road trip to see Australia’s big things. I do go to see our silo art. It is amazing. Look it up if you haven’t because the world has started to notice.
The Indigenous people discovered Australia when they canoed across the Straits around 100,000 years ago. Took white man a reallllĺllly long time to get here.
in regards to 8:10, so here in Australia and probably a lot of places around the world, defamation of currency is illegal. Even selling banknotes that have been defaced is illegal. So I probably wouldn't go tearing up a $10 note so each one of your 2 kids can go on the bumper cars at the carnival also, I don't think I have ever met a charlotte
Kangaroo Jerky or Biltong, is the best~! Kangaroo are herbivores, and grazers, so their meat is naturally flavoured. Kangaroo meat that is sold comes from farmed kangaroo only, its not advisable to eat wild kangaroo, but of course the native population have been doing so for many tens of thousands of years, since the 'roo were MUCH bigger~!
Omg Australia is just a normal place to live. I live in a rural area and it’s exciting if we see kangaroos even more exciting if we see a koala l. I reckon I would be just as excited to see our native animals as any tourist in our beautiful country
The golf course is real. Its just a long drive between the green and the next tee each time! Basically its a tourist thing. There's not much else out there. BTW one of the holes is near where Skylab crashed in the late 70s (another one to look up LOL). Kangaroo meat is delicious, and yes it is very much like deer/venison. It is reputedly the healthiest red meat, being excessively lean and high protein. Best cooked med-rare, sear it otherwise it will dry out. And yes there's roo jerky. I'm not a fan of the sausages, but the steaks are very nice. They're still only eaten by a minority of the population, but they are great environmentaly compared to hoofed meat as they use little water and don't cause erosion (or methane!).
Re Voting: Its only a requirement to make sure your name is only marked off the electorial Role. How you vote is your decision. listed in the tables of results after the election is the section Informal. These votes are not valid and do not count to any candidate. but as far as the Electoral Commision is concerned you have voted so you can "not vote" but not get fined.
