In Australia we kind of view wildlife as: if you leave it alone it will probably leave you alone. The wildlife isn’t out there hunting you down like a serial killer. If you see something deadly, you just don’t touch it 🤷♀️. It’s pretty simple.
And you don't go places where you put yourself in danger. So If you are up North then you watch the water because crocs. If you're dumb enough to go where the wildlife is then be wary but not silly.
At the most basic follow “far too uncommon” common sense. Out of all the wild life the only real worry here is certain snakes in mating season when they get aggressive. Though I honestly cant get the tradies who walk right through walls of redback spiders. Walking by them is one thing but walking through their webs while their visibly there in large numbers is another.
Yeah I am way more scared of wildlife in America… imagine bears and coyotes and wolves and cougars and wolverines and squirrels. And then there’s rabies 😅 So just small mammal bites could be deadly, no cure, at least there’s anti venom for most our venomous things (yes I know rabies is a virus not a venom but still).
As a Floridian where we have similar "deadly" wildlife, it's the same story. We build parks and bike trails along lakes where you can walk right near sunbathing gators. It's your problem to not be a prick and agitate them, as we don't try to restrict the wildlife and respect them by keeping our distance.
@WyattOShea Ye imagine getting your face ripped off by a bear and mauled to death ye I would take a box jellyfish sting 100 time before I would do that
Another difference is voting and most Australians don't judge you on who you vote for, we really don't give a rats a345 what political party you support. As long as you're a good person, that's what counts.
@@4phmaufan35 well the question is if the worst or slight less bad party is in power. We defacto have a 2 party system, and you are not being a PM unless you to join one of those parties and toe the party line on being corrupt.
The Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 28 April 1996 at Port Arthur, a tourist town in the Australian state of Tasmania. The perpetrator, Martin Bryant, killed 35 people and wounded 23 others, the deadliest massacre in modern Australian history. The attack led to fundamental changes in Australia's gun laws. Two of Bryant's victims were known to him personally and were killed at Seascape, a bed and breakfast property. The majority of his victims were killed in a shooting spree at the Port Arthur Historic Site, a popular tourist destination. Using two semi-automatic rifles, he began his attack at a small café before moving into a nearby gift shop, killing twenty people indiscriminately in a short amount of time. Many others were killed at the site's car park, including several children. After killing its four occupants, Bryant stole a vehicle at the site's tollbooth and drove to a nearby service station, where he killed a woman and abducted her partner. He continued to fire at passing vehicles before finally returning to Seascape with his hostage, who was then killed. He set fire to the property but was captured the following morning. Bryant pleaded guilty to the killings and received 35 life sentences without parole; his motives have been subject to debate. The massacre led to a reassessment of Australia's gun laws by the newly elected Howard government. The National Firearms Agreement between state and federal governments was announced within two weeks of the massacre, establishing heavy restrictions on the use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons and creating a gun buyback program, a national gun registry and a waiting period for firearm sales.
I was hoping you could edit your post to remove the perpetrator's name and deny him the notoriety he craves. Excellent post though. Particularly good on the details.
For the record, guns are not banned in Australia. We simply need to demonstrate that we are of sound mind and have the training and facilities to safely store and use them.
Incorrect. There will always be a need to defend yourself. Not everyone respects the law, not everyone is going to respect you, not everyone is going to defend you. You need to be able to defend yourself, especially against your own government who has historically not had your best interest in mind. So, yes. Freedom IS the right to bear arms.
My dad was bitten by a redback spider in front of me when I was 12, on his thumb. I didn't know. He said, "tell mum I've driven myself to the hospital, I've been bitten by a bloody redback." Mum was very cranky that he drove himself. Not half as cranky as dad was when he got home. He was unapproachable for another week. He was like a bear with a sore head. I was just glad he got the anti venom.
I had a cardiac arrest the night before cancer treatment 5 years ago Defibrillator implant after one week coma 9 weeks of radiation every day chemotherapy 2 days a week . Didn’t pay one cent. EDIT obviously I’m from Australia and loving my second chance at life. I’m 55 now and know what’s most important than ever before. Family and friends. LIFE IS TOO SHORT EVERYONE
I had a cardiac arrest too and spent 3wks in hospital after being rushed there by ambulance . Cost - nothing. Like you, I'm so grateful to be here and life really is way too short . Stay well.
I went through 18 months of cancer treatment, total cost just under $300 and that was mostly due to seeing my surgeon privately initially, before switching to her clinic at a public hospital. Even my parking was covered by the hospital. I love the fact that if I'm sick or injured I don't have to go into debt to be treated, and my care will be decided by doctor not an insurance company looking to make a profit.
@@rebeccanyheim3038 anyone who thinks we don't have it better has never been really ill and needed intensive treatment . I've heard some Americans call us "socialists" and worse but I'd rather our system of health than having to decide between medication/ healthcare and food and basic necessities . Feeling free and lucky. Hope you're doing well. L
@@infin8ee l’m wondering what State you live in….here in VIC it’s not free…l pay a yearly subscription(which isn’t a huge amount tbh as l’m a pensioner)..but l have used the public hospital system a few times in the last year or so for a few procedures(nothing as serious as yours)..all free and the staff were fantastic…
@@terencemccarthy8615 I'm in NSW. I had to pay for my first post hospital visit to my cardiologist but was able to claim some back. I was really happy with my treatment in hospital and even the food was fine(although you're not in hospital for a foodie experience) and as much as you wanted. Staff was topnotch . I guess the proof is that I'm still here thankfully, so I'm not going to complain .
Yep. Except for daylight savings changeover times, then it’s you ‘Spring Forward and Fall Back’ Well, Spring = 1 hour Forward and Fall/Autumn = one hour backward 😅 Thank god we don’t have to worry about changing clocks these days, showing my age ik! 😂
@@its_Today_ i have one clock that needs to be changed for daylight savings, but i usually leave it at the one hour ahead time all year. I just remind myself that in Winter when it reads 7 pm, it is really 6 pm. 😊
From a born and bred rural Australian some of this is very urban. We see kangaroos very very often to the point of sheer nuisance value. Especially when driving in the evening or early morning. Koalas in the wild are not so routine but I have definitely seen more then I can count over the years. There are many many towns in the outback and many people living well out there running cattle etc. We visit outback townships and stations in the running of our business. Most urban Australians have not experienced true outback travel, as the true outback doesn’t begin until you are at least five hours inland.
Aussie here, lived in the suburbs of Melbourne my whole life. Everything trying to kill you references the regional areas and particularly, the outback in central Australia, the Northern Territory etc. And yes, if you're in the Northern areas, do not swim anywhere (or even chill at the waters edge) without checking that there is definitely no crocs in that area. I do believe it is probably cheaper to live here. My parents have had major, constant health issues and have had to pay almost nothing out of pocket for their healthcare. It's pretty much just a subsidised cost for medication, a subsidised cost for mental healthcare (which we as a country do still need to improve access to) and the dentist that we have to pay for. Recently most community doctors clinics are starting to charge a small fee for appointments on top of what Medicare covers, but not all do. Eshays are not that common and those that are around are in the dodgy areas. I've never even heard of Fosters! I don't drink beer but all the people I know that do, they are not drinking that. Meat pies, pavlova, rum balls and fairy bread speak to my soul! I may be a sook but I HATE winter here in Melbourne. It's cold, wet, windy, cloudy and miserable and at least if there were snow there'd be something fun about it. But, Australia is huge. Winter in the North is probably WAY warmer than it is here in Melbourne (the far South). Regarding the "nanny state" topic, yes, we had a lot of mixed opinions on COVID regulations here, but I was personally very happy with the regulations as it kept my family safe. None of us got COVID until well after we had all had multiple vaccines and my immune compromised parents are probably alive because of that. Had anything happened to them, my little sister who was only around 10 at the time would have lost her parents too. It wasn't just the elderly at risk. Also, I have never in my life felt less free because of our gun laws. I'm very grateful for how safe I feel knowing there are very few people with guns just walking around. The gun laws were tightened here after the Port Phillip massacre which happened in 1996, months before I was born and we never looked back. It was an obvious good decision considering how little we care about the lack of guns. I never see Koalas either but we, as with everywhere in the world really, have destroyed a huge part of their habitat (gum trees and bushland). Kangaroos however, you will find in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, along the edges of a suburb where there is trees, streams and vacant land nearby. You will also see them as roadkill along the freeways, starting around the outer suburbs and inner regional areas (so an half hour or an hour or an hour out of Melbourne, depending on the direction. Kangaroos can just hop right in front of your car, although it hasn't happened to me yet thankfully. If you live or travel in rural areas though, you'd see plenty of living kangaroos on a daily basis and would see Koala's every now and then too.
Just for your information and other people for whom it may be relevant, it's not true that dental treatment has to be paid for in all cases. Many community health centres have dental clinics and the big dental hospital in Melbourne has existed for many many decades. Anyone on a low income, obviously including government benefits, can access these services for little or no cost.
9/10 your car will lose the fight with a roo. Most of the ones you’ll see on highways have been hit by trucks. They are pretty solid animals. I live about an hour or so from the city in SA and we lots of roos, foxes etc. not so much koalas though.
Freedom to live in a safe environment where you do not need guns to protect yourself. For your children to attend school without fearing mass shootings.
100% guns kill people & knives don't ? People accept idiot's driving cars in a stupid way , but it's alright ? Dosen't how you kill anybody they are dead ! I think you find it accepible for somebody to die but not buy a gun ! I would ask you when has a gun ever shot down people , or a car or a knife? It's the people that's using them . Shit I forgot anybody that has a gun is a socopath & are going to commit a crime . To put it nicely , you don't have a fucken clue .
Statement from Ariel Bombara I'd like to start by saying how truly, deeply sorry I am to Lies Petelczyc for the losses of her beautiful mother, Jenny, and sister, Gretl; losses she has suffered at the hands of my father's violence. My mother and I fled our family home on March 28 in fear of our lives and to remove ourselves from an abusive situation. Between March 30h and April 2d, I spoke with police on three separate occasions to raise the alarm about my father. On each occasion I alerted officers to my father's guns, and told them my mother and I felt there was a real and imminent threat to our lives. I specifically mentioned that there was a Glock handgun which was unaccounted for. My understanding is this ultimately would be one of the weapons my father used take the lives of two innocent women. I also asked the police if we would be able to take out a 72 hour temporary protective order. We were told no, and that there was nothing police could do about the situation at that time. On April 2'%, my mother and I were given a police escort to our home to collect some belongings. This was the third occasion we warned police about my father's guns. One officer said, "oh don't worry, we know all about the guns", and when he called for backup, he warned his fellow officers to wear bullet proof vests. We were ignored by five different male officers across three occasions of reporting. By that point we felt completely helpless and I had to focus on getting mum to safety. I did everything I could to protect my mother, and when my father couldn't find us he murdered her best friend and her best friend's daughter. The gun reforms being discussed currently are an important step, but it is my unwavering belief that even without his guns, my father would have committed a horrific act of violence which likely would have claimed lives. What my father did was an act of domestic violence. My mother and I made clear that lives were at risk, and we were repeatedly ignored. Repeatedly failed. Those failures have cost the lives of two incredible women. My father should always be considered accountable for his actions. They were his and his alone; however, there are authorities who should have helped us to stop him, and they failed. I wanted answers
In world rankings for freedom, Australia ranks much higher than the US. The USA's much vaunted freedom is the result of constant propaganda, it doesn't actually exist.
Statement from Ariel Bombara I'd like to start by saying how truly, deeply sorry I am to Lies Petelczyc for the losses of her beautiful mother, Jenny, and sister, Gretl; losses she has suffered at the hands of my father's violence. My mother and I fled our family home on March 28 in fear of our lives and to remove ourselves from an abusive situation. Between March 30h and April 2d, I spoke with police on three separate occasions to raise the alarm about my father. On each occasion I alerted officers to my father's guns, and told them my mother and I felt there was a real and imminent threat to our lives. I specifically mentioned that there was a Glock handgun which was unaccounted for. My understanding is this ultimately would be one of the weapons my father used take the lives of two innocent women. I also asked the police if we would be able to take out a 72 hour temporary protective order. We were told no, and that there was nothing police could do about the situation at that time. On April 2'%, my mother and I were given a police escort to our home to collect some belongings. This was the third occasion we warned police about my father's guns. One officer said, "oh don't worry, we know all about the guns", and when he called for backup, he warned his fellow officers to wear bullet proof vests. We were ignored by five different male officers across three occasions of reporting. By that point we felt completely helpless and I had to focus on getting mum to safety. I did everything I could to protect my mother, and when my father couldn't find us he murdered her best friend and her best friend's daughter. The gun reforms being discussed currently are an important step, but it is my unwavering belief that even without his guns, my father would have committed a horrific act of violence which likely would have claimed lives. What my father did was an act of domestic violence. My mother and I made clear that lives were at risk, and we were repeatedly ignored. Repeatedly failed. Those failures have cost the lives of two incredible women. My father should always be considered accountable for his actions. They were his and his alone; however, there are authorities who should have helped us to stop him, and they failed. I
There was a song about it in the 60s… “Foster’s lager, Foster’s lager, comes in bottles, cans and drums, it’s the health food of the nation, stick your ice cream up your…Foster’s lager… “ sung in response to a particular icecream being the health food of the nation. Fortunately there is now truly decent beer made here.
G'day Ryan, Ive just driven from Sydney to Darwin, Sydney to Port Augusta in south Australia then up through central Australia, started the drive wearing 2 pairs of socks,long john under wear, jeans,2 t shirts, hoody, morning temp 5c.I'm in Darwin after 4 days driving, now wearing thongs flip flops,boardies and a t shirt, temp right now 29c over night low 16c, road kill, Roos heaps lost count,cattle 40+,camels 4, emus 10+,wombats 10+ and a lot of other mangled creatures. The outback is mind boggling vast and flat, this is the third time I've done this drive and I'm still amazed at this country 😲😲😲😲😲🐪🦔🐨🐃🐂🦘🦘
24:41 / 28:42 Stop - why as an Australian did I laugh so hard at this. I started nodding my head in complete agreement and then I looked up and the look on his face made me legit die. 🤣
We live in a rural area. There used to be plenty of kangaroos when we moved here but now its mainly feral deer. Three thousand were recently culled in our area & we still have large herds grazing in our paddocks.
@@Fiona-zc6oz come to Sydney’s west. We still get kangaroos bouncing up the street. I seen them most mornings while walking and there plenty between Blacktown and Penrith’s. Went to go to a Christmas shop at Penrith and had a Red Belly flying up the towards me. I let out a squeal because I wasn’t expecting it and it changed direction into the Christmas shop. I had to warn them as the shop is purposely dark so they can show off their lights and they didn’t know it went in.
I live fairly close to the Perth CBD and once had a Roo growl at me while I was riding my bike to work (the only time I’ve seen one in that particular patch of bush). I see them all the time now I’ve started playing golf.
Australian private health insurance is so much better here. Here, your doctor decides what tests and treatment you need, not the health insurance provider.
Same in Austria. Plus, even with social health insurance (which is the standard here because it's so good and covers almost everything you need), you can choose to go to private doctors (generalists and specialist) any time you want and just pay out of your pocket, which is still a lot more affordable than what you pay for in the US _with_ insurance. I would never ever EVER want to live somewhere without these kinds of healthcare services, just thinking about living in America stresses me the fuck out.
I’m an American living in Australia, I’ve seen this woman’s videos and she just reviews life from the perspective of someone living in very urban Sydney. I live in Canberra and had a poisonous spider on my patio and a red belly slithered across the road in front of me while driving, and can’t tell you how many walks I’ve had to turn around on or detour due to a brown snake on the path. But also she literally has no idea what’s happening around Australia outside of Sydney. There are somethings that are great, some that aren’t. It’s just a different country with a different culture. It feels like she’s trying to hard to get Aussie’s to like her.
All I can say is you are very unlucky. I'm an Australian who has lived in Australia for over 50 years, in rural Australia and have never encountered a deadly snake. I have seen one or two slither across the road but that's it.
@@sooz1999 I have lived in rural Queensland in Australia for about 55 years, and I have seen many copperheads and other snakes on my property, usually in the chicken pen, or the sheep pen, or the house. It is a common occurance for one of our barn cats to bring a snake onto the patio or in the sunroom to play with. I had one cat that woke me on three occassions with a snake on my bed. It is also common to see a snake on the road and have to avoid it with the car. We have had roos attack our dogs and goannas attack our chooks. And we have a lot of spiders in and around the house. Some venomous, some not.
@@sooz1999 i live in a city in central queensland “you can probably guess where by that alone” and we get wild life all the time. Literally the other side of the road is the CBD suburb. snakes redback spiders occasionally turtles the invasive deer are around too though not a concern in my property. had a echidna once years ago. As long as you follow basic safety snakes are mainly a concern in their mating season because some of them get aggressive “i.e chase you on sight across the yard at worst” “apart from when they get in the house then you need animal control” Though biggest danger iv ever been in would of been a escaped bull that chased me down a hill and into my house “thank everything I didn’t trip as that hill isn’t easy to walk down little-own run down”.
@@seikanhunter9474 I agree if you live on a farm you are more likely to encounter snake. My parents owned a farm and one day my Mum walked out of her back door and there were 3 brown snakes curled up out there. I live in a rural town, but this person says that they see one everytime they go for a walk. Pretty ridiculous!
Hi from Melbourne Australia. I live in an outer suburb of Melbourne, you could almost call it a country town. Every summer signs go up warning of snakes, I see them all the time when I go for my bike ride, we even have a warning sign on our side fence which borders on a laneway between me and my next door neighbor. And in late spring (Sept - Oct), it is magpie mating season, this year while out on my bicycle, I was attacked by a magpie and it drew blood from my left ear. That said though, if you feed them, they are your friends for life and may even protect you from other swooping magpies. Australian Magpies are a different species to the British and American species, they are not Corvids.
Australian toilets flush in an entirely different way to American toilets anyway. American toilets start out almost full of water and then have a siphon action to drain, making the contents swirl on the way down. Australian toilets (in common with s lot of the world) have a much lower water level and then actually "flush" in the true sense of the word, meaning they release enough water into the bowl to flush the contents away. Hence, there's no swirling drain action to have any noticeable rotation. This difference is also why all of the American complaints about blocked toilets sound weird to Australians because that just doesn't happen here unless you deliberately try to clog it.
Yes water is a precious commodity which is why we have water saving toilets that mainly come with 2 different flushes depending upon what you’re doing. When buying a toilet here they come with a water saving rating making it easier to pick one that’s better on water usage as excess water use, can cost a lot of money depending on where you live. We are very pro active in Australia when it comes to saving the environment.
I was offered Fosters at a pub in England and I was very offended. He laughed and said he was playing, and that they only had it on tap for American tourists 😂
Most restaurant staff are casuals and yes they do get paid well compared to the US. I will leave a small tip for a Dinner service if they have been polite and provided a good service.
4:01 In 50 years never had to deal with anything worse than a red back. The snakes in the ceiling/veranda - not dangerous. Spiders in the wellies- not dangerous. I live in the sticks. I worked on a neighbouring farm, by neighbouring I mean we share the same road not that we are in visual range. My nearest neighbours are a rowdy bunch who go moo. We holiday by going bush - camping in remote areas without facilities. 8:05 WTF is an eshay? Apparently derros in labeled sportswear from western Sydney. 8:49 Ffs that’s like comparing a Northern Territorian to a Sydneysider. The difference would be bloody obvious. Aussies are not all the same. We also have different dialects of English and Auslan from state to state. Australia is larger than the continental US. You have to add little old Hawaii and Alaska to become bigger. 23:27 Oh hell no. We have more than 2 major parties for one. Even the major parties need the support of minor parties and independent elected persons without a party. We don’t have filibusters or government shutdowns. The very idea is abhorrent. We don’t vote for a Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister doesn’t have the support of their party they do not remain Prime Minister. The PM also does not have absolute power, nor is it implied by the job title.
Think the difference in size, to which is bigger, between Oz and the continental, contiguous US, depends on whether or not, the Great Lakes are included?
Ryan you are such a dag. I laugh the whole video. I especially love your welcome and pronunciations of the Aussie words you are unfamiliar with. Keep up the good work the world needs more laughs
I’m an American living in rural NSW for 7 years from Texas. The cost of things here really are higher but the offset is higher wages yes. I had to sign a declaration when I applied for my permanent resident visa that I understood that Australia was an expensive place to live and I understood. It’s definitely not always hot. It’s winter now. Gets down close to 0°C. But here’s the thing, a lot of houses aren’t insulated. So it feels freezing because of the lack of insulation. New homes are starting to use insulation. But especially when you aren’t coastal it gets so cold because the water doesn’t keep the temperature balanced. Yes we have to pay dual taxes over a certain income amount. So I have to pay to the USA and Australia and have to at minimum declare my income regardless of income. We see live kangaroos near my house often but we live near hills so they come down for water in summer. Yea they are on the road a lot so inevitably get hit. But they are often chilling about 100 metres from my house where the local pool is looking for water. They are the little ones tho. Not the ones on steroids 😅. Nah the toilets just woosh violently 😂. They aren’t as slow as USA toilets and generally have far less water in the bowl!
I applied PR and never ever signed an immigration documents stating or discuss Australian cost of living. All I have to do was submit my evidence sthat I have a job (pay slips and docs from my manager), my foreign passport, university docs, medical test results, Federal police clearance and my previous country police clearance too.
This. No Americans, you don't need to try Fosters. The only time I've drunk it was at a college event where someone clearly decided it was a way to provide a lot of jugs cheaply. No one was happy about it.
That tax thing is true. When I was living in Thailand I had American friends that were living there that were still expected pay American tax on their income. The USA is one of only three counties that do this, and Australia is not one of those. At the time it blew my mind!
As an aside, I am currently living in Thailand. I recently spoke to an American living here who told me he is here to escape a medical dept of US 350k. He had a heart attack in the foyer of a hospital. And as soon as he was fit to travel, he was out of there....
@@larainecurry4566that’s downright creepy to be honest, so happy I never went to live in the US, had about five opportunities but I choose Australia thank goodness
The lady is correct, it really depends on the lifestyle you live. Most Australians are living an urban lifestyle so not much opportunity to meet a taipan. If you go camping in the outback or visit a National Park or relatives in remote bush that’s a different story 😂 , I will say that even in an urban area you can meet strange critters in the sea, or on the beach, and you will meet sharks in Sydney Harbour if you swim at dawn or dusk. Most people are smart and do not do that?
I live in the middle of the Sunshine Coast (pop. 350k) in Queensland. Here there are wildlife corridors through the housing estates and we get a lot of wildlife in our yard. I answered the door after hearing the bell and it turned out to be an eastern grey kangaroo that had bumped the bell while tasting a potted plant. Imagein the shock on the faces of both the kangaroo and I when I answered the front door!
Me again! One time I was up in Broome which is about 2 and a half hrs by flight north of Perth. One night I was down at the beach walking along the shoreline when some guy started shouting at me to get back repeatedly. Now I knew that there were poisonous jellyfish at this time of year but I wasn't in the water? So I headed up the beach to see him only to be told that there were big salties in the water and you wouldn't see them coming they would suddenly come lounging out of the water and take you. now I was reading as the two workmates that I was with didn't say anything when I told them I was going for a walk on the beach they said oh yea didn't ye know?
Aw 💩 I live in Queensland, Hervey Bay. I never thought of that until just now when I read your comment. ( I come from UK originally ). Really put me off now… 😢
I don’t think she has been here long enough to do this video. She obviously has only experienced city life. A lot of people live outside capital cities. Queensland is full of deadly stuff. Get out of the CBD and experience our country.
My son hit a Koala in his first year of driving - in the suburbs. Koala was okay called the number on the wildlife signs in the area. Koala was checked out and later returned to the area.
I live in the Suburbs 20 minutes from the city centre. I occasionally see koalas in the trees metres from my house. I lived here for years before I knew they were there. They can be very noisy at night and very frightening if you don't know what the noise is.
I really think that she’s trying to tell Americans that Australia is okay to visit but doesn’t really understand that what happens in Sydney ( she lives in Western Sydney),isn’t the same all over the Country.in time she will learn and she is basically polite so I’m willing to give her a chance. At least she married an Aussie who can help in her education of OZ.
Snakes in the ceiling is mainly in QLD - but you're sort of right that a lot of these animals are dangerous in part because you don't see them. Part of the misconception with "expensive" is that people look at cost but ignore wages (as you allude to) - although I could believe that the costs themselves are cheaper. Nope, she's wrong about the blokes - we're all surfie stunners. I think on of the 80s/90s sketch shows had a thing (I forget what ad they were sending up) "We believe that Australia brews the best beer in the world.....which is why we send Fosters overseas". NB I also heard (not sure if it's true) that Crown Lager is actually Fosters. Beer is quite regional - a Vic will probably drink Carlton, someone from NSW might drink Tooheys, a South Aussie might drink Coopers or West End, a QLDer might drink XXXX (because they can't spell beer), a West Australian might drink Swan or Little Creatures and a Taswegian might drink Cascade or James Boag. Some of these brands (and a few others) might be more popular more broadly, but there is a strong connection between region and beer. Aussie Cuisine is surprisingly multicultural, I guess because our population is. We love steak and pies and all that, but we also enjoy Chinese food, or a Turkish or Greek Kebab, or an Indian Curry.....and you're probably more likely to find a fast food shop selling those foods As well as living on the coast, I think very major city has a fairly major river or lake (close to the CBD). I think Australia is theoretically hotter than US on average, but there is a lot of variety - the major cities are probably in at lease 3 different climate zones (Tropical, Sub-tropical, Temperate), and inland there's others again Australia actually has a Government that seems closer to the people than others (like the US). It still has issues, but even a lot of seemingly controversial decisions have broad public support. Maybe this is a stereotype in the opposite direction, but it feels like a peaceful protest is more possible in Australia wtihout escalating into a riot. Kangaroos and Koalas depend where you live. I regularly see kangaroos (And am scared of hitting one on the way to work early in the morning). You definitely do see a lot of kangaroo road kill even in some cities. Koalas are quite common not far from most cities - but they're hard to see because you have to stare into gum trees to see them (which is difficult to do when you're driving through at 100km/h).
I live in Hobart, we have smaller types of kangaroos called wallaby’s. Wallaby’s are more active in the night and come and graze in our front yard. The suburb I live in does get snow settle on the ground occasionally as well during winter.
People have certainly been hurt by them. In 1936 a 38 year old NSW man named William Cruickshank died in hospital after being attacked by a roo. His jaw was broken and he received head injuries.
Back at school one of the kids mum had a roo come through the front window of the car as she hit it and it ripped her to shreads killing her b4 she could get seatbelt off, not roos fault obviously it was scared. But still shit way to go
And lyrebirds! Went hiking in the You Yangs and it was amazing. Saw a very lucky platypus sighting at Hopetoun Falls in the Otways. Saw penguins, as well as seals, wallabies, and black swans at Phillip Island. Closer to the city side, little penguins and rakali water rats in St Kilda, kangaroos and a couple of brown snakes in Darebin park in Alphington. And of course, you can see possums in many of the parks in Melbourne CBD itself. When I still lived in NSW (before moving to *ugh* Sydney, and then later moving to Melbourne), I lived near an estuary, so we could often see dolphins in the river near the sea, and near the lighthouse, you could see whales during migration season. It's really not hard to find wildlife anywhere here if you look hard enough. Unless of course, you live in inner city Sydney. The most you get that's "exotic" are ibises.
That's surprising. I grew up in a pub in Abbotsford in the 70's and back then everyone drank Fosters, and of course Crownies if you were at a shindig. I till remember having to stock the fridges for my dad with the favourites, being Carlton Draught, Fosters, Vic Bitter, Melbourne Bitter and bloody Abbotsford Stout.
Plenty drink crown larger though, which is what they put in the bottles and cans of fosters that gets exported. Fosters sold domestically in Australia is not what they export. If you've ever had a few crownies in Australia, you've had the export version of Fosters without knowing it.
I've never been colder than I was in Brisbane when it hit 2 degrees... and I've lived where we got two feet of snow a day. The thing with Australia is that in the top 2/3 of the country the old houses are built for stinking hot summers... meaning little to no insulation, and lots of breezeways.... so when the temperature drops, it FEELS freezing. Also because it can be 25 degrees one day, then -4 overnight, so the switch in Temp makes it feel way colder too.
🇦🇺Even a Dog has the potential to Kill you !....and They're everywhere !....Just remember that If you are looking for Death, It will probably find you ! I'm a 74 year old Aussie and only ever been bitten by 2 different dogs and a heap of mozzies !...In other words...I don't go LOOKING for trouble ! Regards from Australia 🦘🇦🇺👍
same here but i live on acreage. Funny how you think its quiet and you might do a video and in the background you can hear all the birds! Went out side one night about 3am, donkey way baying, foxes were screaming curlews were going off and I thought damn its a blood bath out there.
The last Aussie to drink fosters was In the 80's and his name was John Elliot, after he disappeared, so did fosters. Lol. Best Aussie mainstream beer is Carlton Draught.
Yes Ryan, it is true, any American living overseas has to pay taxes to America and the country they live in. They have to revoke their American citizenship to stop paying taxes.
This is incorrect. If you pay more taxes to the country you live in than what you would have to pay as an expat, you pay nothing to the US. If you don't pay enough taxes to the country your living in and your tax would be HIGHER in the states, you then have to pay the difference in US tax to make up the shortage. Plus you also have income credits that come into it. You never have to pay more than what the highest tax situation is. The US government is greedy, but not looking to make your life a living hell.
You only pay taxes if your income is above a specific threshold. But yes, to retain an American passport and citizenship. You can also demonstrate that you pay taxes into the country you live in and get the tax rebate for that. You have to be making money in the U.S. to honestly get stuck with paying taxes.
I'm really uncomfortable with an American commenting on our gun laws and also about nanny state, she's talking about times when we didn't know that much about covid, and also most ppl in vic were happy with decisions made by Dan, the ring of steel saved my mother's life
i've seen shitloads of snakes in vic i had one swim at me in a river and i once almost ran over a tiger snake on my bike when i was a kid i've seen plenty of brown snakes my cousin even got bitten by one
I'll tell you a fact about Aussie summers: If there's a heatwave, expect affected areas to readily approach or exceed 40C (104F), even if it is by the coast. Sydney once had a heatwave where temperatures peaked over 40. Tasmania is usually the only state that gets spared, and talk about Tasmania, it's not the coldest place in winter. It's Canberra in the ACT
Ryan you really need to watch Australian RU-vidrs who travel our country fulltime. They actually show you reality of our vast country. Some of them have never seen a croc in the wild even though they are purposely trying to find one. I travel myself & go in the bush regularly along with going up Nth QLD every year. I have never seen anything in my life other than a redback spider. We don't have lions or bears which actually can hunt you on land. My father who was born in Nth QLD used to walk bare foot as a boy around his farm. Brown snakes who were resting at the bottom of his verandah used to run away as soon as they felt vibrations. Kangaroos also keep to themselves. The boxing Kangaroos you see are not in highly populated & only fools will approach one of those animals. Yes, we have these animals, but we enjoy the outdoors & learn to live harmoniously with them.
I mostly agree with what you’re saying, but I grew up living on a farm in a regional town and I think it would’ve been a really stupid idea to walk barefoot through areas where you can’t see the ground properly (such as long grass). Yes, snakes are scared of humans and usually slither away & hide if they feel the vibrations or hear loud noises, but it’s not foolproof. I’ve stumbled upon a few big live & active brown snakes, realising just before stepping on them! I was also standing in a shed one day, wearing only thongs on my feet, and I stepped on a baby brown. Thankfully I stepped on its head and not its tail, because the only reason I realised I’d stepped on it, was its tail started flipping around and hitting my ankle! I looked down, saw it, jumped up like I had just jumped out of my skin, and saw the snake slithering away. I’ve also ridden over the top of a brown snake while riding my bike on a bitumen road, quickly lifting up my legs when I saw it. My dad was recently walking up the steep bank of the dam on his property, and didn’t notice a brown snake until he almost stepped on it. When the snake noticed him, it lunged forward to attack, but luckily dad was practising for a hike and had a hiking stick in his hand, so he used that to try and keep the snake away. It attacked and bit the stick several times before leaving. My uncle was cutting up fallen tree limbs for firewood and one turned out to be hollow, he chainsawed through it, accidentally cutting a brown snake in half, that was inside the log. My dad also had a brown snake crawl up his trouser pants leg once! 😱 The problem with brown snakes is they are so quiet and well camouflaged in their environment. It’s very easy to accidentally stumble upon one and startle it by mistake. They won’t just take off straight away if they’re busy shedding their skin, resting, hibernating etc. The good thing about brown snakes for people who don’t know, is they are fantastic for pest control, especially on farms. They keep the mouse & rat populations down significantly. So, farmers are happy to have them around. They are scared of humans and prefer to stay away, rather than to fight or attack. They will only bite if they really have to, if they truly feel threatened or unsafe. They prefer to save that venom for their prey, otherwise they may have to wait a while for their next meal.
I agree it was stupid but he was young the 60's/70's & it was the norm to walk barefoot for him. I wouldn't do it. My comment was made cause people focus on negative parts but every country has a negative. Snakes will leave u alone if you don't step on them or corner them. Really appreciate your imput love hearing stories about this special land we live in. Glad no one got seriously hurt. @@sharlenewiese9406
@@sharlenewiese9406 I am not sure when it will get to RU-vid but there is an interesting show on TV now called "The Lap" where two guys are going around Australia in an electric car. They investigate the scenery as well.
I have had the opposite experience. I've seen every deadly snake and spider under the sun REGULARLY, just in day to day life. I have seen many crocs and sharks when travelling and niether have kept to themselves. Also my grandad was mauled by a kangaroo that followed him into his shed. While I agree that most of these animals will avoid humans where possible, and being hunted is extremely rare for most Aussies. I have to agree with the "Australia is full of deadly animals" statement.
I was working in USA and told co-workers, that in Australia fjust on dusk walking home from the railway station kangaroos sneaked up behind you out of people’s gardens and nipped you on the Achilles tendon just above your heel. They believed me.
I like how at 8:30:00 she says how her husband isn't stereotypical and Australian's are so diverse while there's three bottles of Bundy and a a box of Favourties behind her. hahaha
Hey Ryan, I enjoy your videos, thanks. I'm in the Adelaide Hils which, despite only being about 30 minutes from Adelaide (the state capital), is semi-rural living and our house is basically in forest land. You'll be glad to know that we occasionally get kangaroos and koalas around our house and that I've never hit a kangeroo with my car (though I did come close once). Re our gun laws, something that probably even a lot of Australians don't know is that the number of guns in the country has actually increased since we changed our gun laws after Port Arthur, but that due to license-holding conditions, we have higher concentrations of ownership. So, more guns owned but fewer people own them. I think this is primarily why the laws have been successful in stopping gun violence -- the 'average person' does not have a gun license, only people who use them for their job, sport or collecting, and who are therefore more knowledgeable and better trained in their use. We also have better safeguards such as background checks and storage requirements. And re the beer situation: here in South Australia it's Coopers beer -- a really nice drop. We've had an influx of craft beers so it's probably less popular now but it's miles better than Fosters. All the best!
Sorry mate, our kangaroos and koalas haven’t read the road rule books. Yes, they get hit by cars and trucks regularly as they attempt to cross roads at dusk or dawn. They at times sit on the bitumen roads to keep warm and a lot of times they won’t move, or then jump in the wrong distraction and get hit by oncoming vehicles. I’m in South west Sydney and we have road signs asking drivers to look out for koalas that may be crossing the roads.
Ryan, John is right about the koalas. They get so stoned they have no conception of how to cross the road. However, kangaroos are a different proposition. These mongrels are totally suicidal. Don't worry about them being road kill. That is their deliberate decision. They see a car, boong let's destroy the front of the car as we exit this world. If we survive that initial trauma then lets boong into the path of a semi with a decent bull/roo bar. Mr Was, no need to show sympathy for this road kill. They are natural born suiciders. Right, here is another road kill you may see. Wombats accompanied by the upturned vehicle that drove over it. Kangaroos just destoy the front of vehicles. Wombats, when run over, don't go squish. Its like running over a concrete ramp and the vehicle will usually be flipped over. And you thought snakes, crocs et al were nasty. There is danger lurking everywhere here. We are doomed.
Not just south west. West too we have emu, kangaroos, koalas, foxes etc Running across the roads or hanging in yards. I love my morning walks where I see a group of kangas in the mist. You don’t bother them they don’t bother you.
True story I went out to dinner at an Outback Steakhouse in Florida a few years back when I was in the US on an military exchange program, and the bar tender asked if I was Australia, I said yes and his response was “your not going to like it here”
We live in a suburb only 30 minutes from Adelaide. It has a lots of native flora. We are also close to a reservoir. We have kangaroos and koalas occasionally roaming our streets.
Ryan, the reason you will mainly see roo's as road kill is that they are mainly NOCTURNAL, they spend most of the day resting in the shade of trees, then is late afternoon they start getting active on the search for fresh growth, at night their GREAT eyesight lets them down, as when they cross a road or take fright they move FAST towards openings(clearings) and head in the direction they can see better(further, couple that with car and truck brights lighting up the road. they bound off in the most open direction. STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE HEADLIGHT BEAM away from the vehicle. roo doing 30-40mph car doing 70-100MPH road kill. there are more cars damaged by livestock collisions, roo's,wombat's, cattle,camels,sheep,goats,alpacas than most citys.have fender benders. have seen HUNDREDS of roos at night on main highways between citys. the Roo's like the fresh grass on the verges of the road.
My son put a scorpion in his mouth when he was a crawling baby. Spat it out and was squeezing it in his hand. Panicked, rang a ranger who said they aren't poisonous in Australia.
My son had a huge millipede crawl up his pants' leg out bush. We had to flip him upside down and rip his pants off to get it out. It didn't traumatise him too much.
Many things in Australia cost more, especially housing and motor vehicle expenses, but yes wages in Oz are higher, and healthcare and education costs are WAY lower.
Most of the americans he listens to when talking about australia, only live in one area and judge the whole country based on that small area, and it is mainly the burbs of sydney.
@@katzrantz But we know how to do research, and how to talk to locals! My brother in law is on his fourth trip this year right now, my neighbours and my family are multicultural!
Fosters is not even sold in Australia anymore. Where I often go for a walk is through koala country, the most I have seen on one walk was 15 during baby season, 5 of those were babies sitting on their mum's backs - yes I am fortunate :)
"GIVE ME SOME FAIRY BREAD"... I died. You sound like my 5 yr old at a kids bday party 🤣 Hi from Bunbury Western Australia, we just had a tornado that i thought you would have mentioned on "this week in australia".
Ahem. I live in Sydney and from experience Australia does have deadly animals but if you don’t bother them they won’t kill you. however… So far I’ve seen a funnel web spider in my old classroom, a kangaroo that broke into the school, a bee hive under the classroom, a wasp hive in the school loudspeaker, snakes in my backyard, spiderwebs under tables, attacking magpies and a guy who got killed by a blue ringed octopus bite. Also, us aussies lost a war to emus.
I'm an Aussie whose mum and brothers moved to Colorado. I am FAR more scared by the frequent messages to schools about mountain lions in the area than by any snakes or spiders we have here. Snakes and spiders are usually more scared of you than you are of them. In the unfortunate and unlikely event that you do get bitten, a trip to the emergency room (covered by our universal healthcare) will fix you right up. Get into a fight with a mountain lion or a bear? Far less easy to fix.
I was surprised to find out recently that Outback Steakhouse actually exists in Australia now. It's probably just catering for the US tourists and serves the sames menu items as in USA.
Australia is closer to the equator than the USA so yes it's summers are longer and winters shorter and warmer than the USA. Summer highs.....not much difference. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on the planet BUT we do get rain and it tends to all come at once. So it floods as well.
I live in the bush, country NSW. I have come across, Kangaroos, Koalas, snakes and huntsman spiders regularly (minus the deadly funnel web spider, which occupies the coastal areas). The city might be different! There are different regions in Australia; city, suburban, coastal, regional (the bush) and then arid to dry areas (the outback)
Unless your in the tropics, the common brown snake is the only one im scared of. The brown snake is also one very easy to miss they can be inches from you and you wouldn't detect it. The health and medical is good. If you dont have a cent to your name, you will be treated, and that includes the highest of expensive procedures. You wont be charged if you cant afford it. Yeah ,fosters aint good. Its also a blast from the distant past! Coopers sparkling is my fave. Yep, the vast majority live within 50 km of shoreline. Every city over 1,000,000 and every state capital is on the coast. There is a mountain range called the "great dividing range and it basically goes all the way up the east coat and very close to the sea. It locks wet weather in on that strip. West of the great range is very dry to extremely hot desert, all the way to the west coast ( about 4000 km). There is an opal mining town in the desert called Coober Pedy where the majority of the town live underground because of climate. Kangaroos are a serious road risk! They are a big, heavy animal and they dont hop in the right detection when they see your vehicle, they just run! Shes spent too much time in Sydney!
Fosters is actually terrible beer. We do not drink fosters. And I’ve never seen a snake anywhere near my house, and no they aren’t hiding in the roof 😂I do get huntsmans in the house, but they aren’t dangerous and I let them stay where they are. I give them a name and let them be
Snakes can definitely hide in your roof. I grew up on a farm, had many snakes by the house at different times. You have just been lucky or live in the city, which is not where all Aussies live, so your experience is not the same as all of us. But hey, no disrespect, not trying to be rude, just clarifying and correcting what I know is wrong.
We don't drink fosters. In fact, boutique breweries are very popular, and every state has a favourite beer. VB in Victoria, XXXX in Queensland, Tooheys in NSW
The kangaroo statement is not quite accurate. In the cities and big towns you won't see them much at all but rural areas and in the bush they're everywhere. I live an hour out of Perth and am looking at two of the buggers trying to get at my fruit trees right now. Thank goodness for fencing 😂.
