Koala sounds exactly like that, my husband used to be a vet nurse and Wildlife would drop the same size box with injured native animals on their doorstep. They would move the box and the animal would object and if he heard that sound would immediately go and get special gloves to handle the Koalas as one of the vets had a finger bitten off by a Koala
I think it has got something to do with the male confirming his territory or the females letting the male know they're on heat. From the limited information I've gathered from watching tv, I understand that one male tends to own a few square kilometres, populated by about 6-8 females, and they don't generally tend to hang out, so being able to call fairly loudly would be important at certain times like these.
That is the male Koala sound. The female makes a high pitched squealing sound. Both are very loud and very different. usually, only herd when they want a root.
Yeah and that's just a grunt. Should hear em when they are under ya caravan aroused and screaming. It was long ago, yet so vivid, as it sounded like a huge monster...recommendation: only pat the ones we drug at our theme parks.
Aussie conversation translation 1: My television hasn't been working that well for quite some time. I'm surprised it hasn't died yet. 2: You must be upset about this. 1: Yes, I'm annoyed but I can't be bothered to get it repaired, it will be too expensive. I might just leave it by the road side for the garbage collectors to take it away. 2: My friend might be able to take a look at it, if you would like? 1: Really? 2: Yeah, he's in his third year of an electricians apprenticeship. I'll ask him to visit this afternoon and take a look. 1: He's a good guy. Ask him for his bank details and I'll pay him for his time and effort. 2: Don't be silly. He's a friend so it will be cheap/free anyway. 1: Hang on, didn't I see on facebook that his partner is pregnant? 2: Yeah, she's almost ready to give birth. They're excited. 1: Good for them. 2: He was a party animal in his younger years, but he's more mature and dependable now. 1: Is that so? Well, anyway I best be on my way. 2: Me too. I'm also very busy, but I'll call my friend about your television. 1: Thanks, see you later. Wait, are you going to the pub on Friday? 2: Yeah, they're running a raffle for a tray of assorted meat from the butchers. I never miss it. 1: No wucken forries(No fucken worries) = Understood. See you later. 2: Goodbye.
The first one with the bindies is hilarious. I think everyone in Aus has experienced getting those things in your feet. In S.A. we have Devils heads or three corner jacks they absolutely kill and nothing worse when you've walked into a patch, stop dead in your tracks, you suddenly have the best eye sight ever as you carefully navigate your way out of them.
Having a pissed off, territorial, horny, 12kg(26lb) male Koala chase you across the house paddock, grunting with that sound like a wild boar crossed with a donkey, has to be the singular most scary thing I have ever experienced in my childhood.
I grew up on the farm and had similar, honestly thought it was a lion or some shit until I seen it was a koala, they do have energy when they want to use it.
As an Australian I love hail storms, as a kid I'd run outside with one of the old metal bin lids with the handle in the middle, and use it like a shield to fend off the hail stones like captain America lol
Having lived in both Australia and New Zealand for decent lengths of time. I can confidently say "Cool as", or more commonly, "Sweet as" is much more common in NZ. Whereas "Yeah nah!" is much more common in Australia.
But cools as and yeah na don't mean the same thing so how does that even compare? Like we will say cool as when it's appropriate and yeah na when it's appropriate but they aren't interchangeable
@@thebigdog9785: I think WombatMan is equating "cool as" (in Aus) to "sweet as" (in NZ), which I can second. However, and as a separate item, he's saying that "Yeah, nah" is common in Aus, but not so common in NZ.
I've had a kookaburra literally steal a sausage out of a pan on a primus gas stove before. It took it up a tree and belted it against the trunk, the same way they do with small snakes. At the same campground 20 years late (Tidal River, Wilson's Prom) my 10 year old son was eating some hot chips from the takeaway when a kooka stole one out of his fingers like that, but opened the poor kid's finger up with its beak in the process, and smacked him in the head with its wing on the way through. They're all cute and giggly until you remember those things are predators.
A seagull knicked my maccas twice right outta my paws. Little buggers, crooks the 'hole bloody lotof em. Give em a boot upthe bum mate yeah mate bloody ell. Turight. Mate.Turkeys those gulls.❤🇭🇲
Yep. Australia. Mind you, when I was young, if you got caught piffing a yonnie over the fence, the local flatfoot may give you a bit ot leather up the klacca. Something that young Aussies have no idea about. The evolvement of language is truly awesome. Love your channel. Greetings from Dimboola, in Victoria ,Australia.
@@tamarrakillackey2773 Good to know that young people are watching the channel. 62 And still learning. Keep up your obvious love of knowledge. Kindest regards.
I'm British, half Scottish half English, and I got everything she said. I think when you live in a place where there's so much diversity in language you pick things up pretty quickly.
18 months ago Brisbane had a hail storm that smashed over 75000 homes roofs and broke nearly every window in them. Took a full year to replace windows and windscreens in which was 134000 broken plus cars dented beyond repair
Simplified explanation: Australian east coast tend to have a lot of vertical rotation (due to great dividing range) in storms giving rise to very large hail. Severe storms in the US tend to have a lot of horizontal rotation (due to wide open plains) giving rise to tornados.
That girl “speaking Australian slang” was accurate with the words she said but also you could tell she tried so hard to make it difficult to follow and we don’t talk like that at all, we use those phrases but she’s saying it in a way that aussies would understand but anyone else wouldn’t even know what words came out, in other words, a crackhead
"Have a good one" is derived from "Have a good day" which that comes from "Good day to you sir/ma'am". A cranky koala does sound like that. They can be quite savage. You should watch a video on koala's fighting. Our hail stones are hail rocks! And in all my driving life my car only copped it once. Insurance looked after it. I would rather come face to face with red belly black snake or a cranky koala than a bloody grizzly bear or big foot (oh i watch missing in yellowstone national parks etc videos. Faaark 😱) Tarzo was a little toy type thing you got in twisties packet but i'm a bit old for that one. The patent for toilet paper roll was submitted to the patent office with the paper rolling out, not at the back. I rest my case 💥 We do talk fast. For laid back Aussies like myself it can be a bit too fast. But that just cracks us up (laugh heartily) And lastly, i don't know anybody who swears quite as much as Aussies in these videos you show. Thanks for your videos Ian. Give my best to Daniella and the kidlets. Hooroo 👋👋👋
With the paper rolling out, it has the printing on one side, you see the plain side if you put it backwards. Anything written on it will be upside down as well.
Speaking of hail storms... back in the 80s a mate of mine had his car beaten to death by hail stones. There was even dents on the underside of the fuel tank where the hail stones had bounced off the road and into the underside of the car.
fukn ell! we had a couple of good ones in perth a few years back which destroyed a heap if cars at the dealership wgere i worked. i was driving a 73 stingray at the time so no probs, they're fiberglass.
You haven't seen retail behind closed doors then, even in my traineeship at the bank was similar conversations. To put it simple, if I have a customer swear in a chill conversation I know they don't mind it, and I love swear words in regular conversations anyway, if they want a product I know is shit and somewhere else has better I'll literally say it's shit, I'm also a manager.
I have heard koalas in an area outside of Brisbane. They actually do sound like that. The sounds are even worse when koalas fight or during mating season.
A very rough translation for the girl at 8:10 My TV has been broken for a while, and I’m not surprised it finally died. Yes I’m mad, but I can’t get it fixed as it would cost way too much so I will leave it at the front of the house for the garbage man to collect. My friend (Shippa?) can have a look at it if you would like. Oh really? Yes, he is in his third year of his electrician apprenticeship so he should be able to fix it, I will tell him to come over this afternoon and have a look. What a great person, tell him to send me through his banking details and I will pay him later. Oh don’t be silly, he will do it for free as we are mates with him. Didn’t I see on Facebook that his partner is pregnant? Yes she’s almost due, they are both very excited. He was a wild person when we were younger, but he has matured a lot now. That’s true, anyway I best be off. Yeah me too, and I’ll let him know your TV needs looking at. Good bye. See you later. Oh also, are you going to the pub on Friday? Yes of course, they are selling raffle tickets for the meat tray, I wouldn’t miss that. See you there
Aitch Are (HR) here too for about half the population. A couple of generations ago, _Haitch_ was sometimes regarded as 'Catholic school' pronunciation, because of the way many Irish Catholics pronounced the letter and thus, construed by some as a 'working class' way of speaking (or so says the folk etymology). That's no longer the case and apparently Australians are about 50/50 split on how they pronounce _Aitch/Haitch_ .
Surely that should be 'Flat out like a lizard drinking'!? (My personal favourite). It's the speed and slang combo that gets you IWrocker. In my opinion the animals of the U.S tend to be large carnivores whilst we tend to stick to the small and venous variety with the exception of sharks and crocs... You win.☮️
As regards the girl talking "fast Aussie with slang and slur"; yes, when we go overseas we can really baffle other English speaking folks, and it's fun. It's also very handy when we don't want others to know what we're talking about. "Fast Aussie, with slang and slur" sounds like a creole to non-Aussies. Very handy! 😎 (Of note, the Kiwis get a lot of it. Aussie English and Kiwi English are very similar, although there are notable differences in vowel pronunciation and slang. Also, we tend to slur, they tend to mumble.)
Id agree completely. When I moved to Aus i'd love to hear how different our slang and accents were, and realised we just use different adjectives, And say our i's and e's differently. I have a Irish and Aussie friend, And when we are having a convo in public at a bar it must sound like giberish to most people. We understand each others slang but still speak our own simultaneously
@@jmoney331 as an Aussie the term ‘boy racers’ makes me giggle every time I hear it. I keep picturing little kids having a race on their tricycles… not street drags. I can’t take it seriously.
First time me dad traveled overseas, he was sat next to a young woman from Singapore who had just graduated University with a degree in English. He had her crying 2 hours in, she thought she had ruined her future because she couldn't understand his english.
@@SH-qs7ee: Many years ago I had a Nepali mate who'd come to Melbourne to study architecture. He told me that in his first week here he was most distraught because he thought he'd studied "the wrong English" back in Nepal. I did laugh. He eventually got the hang of it and graduated.
I was talking with a mate from work once who was talking about his brother who had to go to Texas for a training course and he was getting along with the Texans and made a friend of a Texan. then on the second Aussie showed up, and the Texan was in the back seat as the two Aussies were talking, at normal pace for Aussies and the poor Texan couldn't understand a word they were saying.
Woke up to this noise right in my hear when camping. Opened my swag and two koalas were fighting right next to me, didn't react to me at all! I think maybe you have to be a little bogan to catch everything E-milly says cos I understood it all but I know some Aussies would struggle with a few bits
@ 1.25. this is a Quokker. They are native to Rottnest Island (W.A) and is mainly nocturnal. They are often misidentified/mistaken as Drop Bears. (the things is Dropbears are found mostly in east coast of Oz and Qrokkers are from the west coast of Oz). They look similiar, but Dropbears live in trees as we all know. And Quokkers cant climb trees.
For your information, the first Tik Toc The Bush Olympics, the event The Barefoot Bindi Dash.......a Bindi is a burr or thorn that grows in grass all over a lot of Australia. Walking barefoot through grass can be quite panful as you get them sticking in to your feet!
Quite some years back I remember we got some hail that was so big, in Mascot near Sydney Airport, that it punched right through some people's ceramic roof tiles, then through their ceiling and finally landing in their homes.
Couple of years ago in our suburb north of Sydney, we had hail that 1. Damaged cars so badly they were totalled. 2. Put holes in peoples roofs and we became known as Tarpaulin Town. Took months to get everything fixed.
The blonde girl with glasses came out with a lot of slang that ordinary Aussies don't use, but I understood most of what she said. The wallaby was cute, and koalas do grunt like that. 👍🤗
The cute furry animals is a Quokka, they always look like they are smiling. I have never heard of one being mean. They only live on one Island and you cannot play with them or own one. We once found an area of rocks but when we stopped in front of them tiny Rock Wallaby’s came out to see us. They were really sweet and our kids wanted to take them home, almost 50 of them. None came home. I speak like you do in English when I am in America or Canada. I always get told we talk too fast. Americans often repeat the same thing up to 3 times and the person listening repeats it back as a question. Getting to the point can be agony and we have things to do. My sisters husband lost it once and finished the whole story for two men in one sentence. He was the most patient man I have ever known and they pushed him over the edge. He was a high ranking Police Officer and no one could make him lose it until his holiday in America. This is what the people eating next to him were saying, they were at tables outside. There were two men next to them saying. I bought a new car. You bought a new car? Yes, I bought a new car. Really? A new car? Yep, a new car. That was just the start of the conversation and it got worse, it took 15 minutes to get to what kind of car. Jack lost it, turned around and told them he bought a new car, it’s this make, model and colour. If you turn your head to the left it is parked next to you because I watched him park and get out of it, nice huh? My sister decided he needed a nap then because she had never seen it happen either. 🤣
Love your work, mate, you obviously enjoy it. There's a bloke by the name of Afferbeck Lauder and, back in the '60s, he wrote a couple of books. "Let's Talk Strine", and "Nose Tone Unturned". Reading them will help you understand Australian.
"Australian english is not regular english". You got that right. I married an Aussie sheila and moved here from Canada. For the first 6 months I kept saying to her "I know you're speaking english words, but I have no idea what you're saying". Got it sorted eventually :)
Weed is illegal in Australia. Nimbin is a place where they have the Mardi GRASS festivals (revolves around weed) People come from across the country to visit Nimbin the place of the hippies then to Byron bay the backpackers haven That chick talking, That's real Aussie talk!
Twisties make great fire starters too if you get lost in the bush. Ultimate survival food! Also as someone who often works remotely in the middle of nowhere with big mulga brown snakes, yes. I often wander around thinking thank goodness we don’t have bears that WANT to eat me. Snakes just want to be left the hell alone. Generally if you don’t poke it with a stick, you are fine. This is the golden rule.
Koala's have two sound modes: 1. hilarious squeaking muppet; and 2. terrifying growling beast of the underworld. That's it. They're fluffy and adorable until they're not lol.
Yes that was a male Koala and they do that around mating season. The first time I heard that about 30 yrs ago I thought it was a Tiger. It is freaking scary when you heard that late at night. Also living in Brisbane we have had several occasions were the hail has been the size of golf of tennis balls, very big and destructive.
That is exactly how a male Koala sounds like when he is telling any lady loves in the area that he is available. My neighbour had what we all called the Koala sleeping tree ( not a tree they could eat) but this tall tree had a perfect calling spot of the midnight male calling during mating season
"living the dream" as a response is what most folk in work places says here in UK as well. Same goes for "have a good one" and "cool as" or "and then some" The girl coming out with all the sayings, I understood them all, I guess with the constant 'Neighbours' - 'Home and away' - 'Prisoner Cell Block H' we've had on UK TV since the mid 80s our lingo is pretty entwined together, I miss Charlene from my youth.
9:05 I felt that "damnit" from Australia 😂 that's when you found out you're on the intermediate level of speaking Australian, but she was on expert mode
She's fangin it flat out to fool anyone fresh of the boat. If she slowed down her speach like she smashed half slab of stubbies I reckon most Aussie even if they weren't full-blown dead Set occas woul nail it..
Yeah, the accents get as deep here as anywhere else. Deep south US, British scouse. We just haven't bothered to name ours. Re twisties and tazos: tazos were a Beyblade type free toy that came in promo packets thru that phase of the 90s, and occasionally re-release for nostalgia.
The truth is to understand Aussie you need to be completely and very quickly adaptable. You need to be able to hear words and phrases that you've never heard before and instantly know what they mean. It is a language which is completely intuitive and understanding it is based on volume, tone, pitch, pace and context. A word in one context can mean something completely opposite in another context. Another indicator is whether the person is looking at you or not and if they are looking at you how are they looking at you. It's complex to an outsider but just completely natural to us.
You need to wear that hat more often, makes your eyes pop Also Nimbin (dad in the middle jokes) was well known for a long time as a stoner town, I think her room smelled of weed 😅
That koala call, yes, it is very real Ian - that’s exactly what they sound like. When I was a child we often heard them calling like that throughout the bush, especially when camping in summertime…they actually used to roam through trees in the caravan parks at Phillip Island in the 1960’s and 1970’s, until of course, we humans decided we liked where they lived. As for the Aussie language - this is what I’ve been saying for years; that you guys (as in, most Americans in particular, but anyone from OS really) just don’t really understand true “Occa” - as in ‘sheberitemate’ - the spoken words that somehow just end up rolled together, often spoken out of the corner of your mouth while you hold the durry in ‘Paul Hogan style’, and squint your eyes against the sun glare - or for the younger crew who wear hoody’s to keep the biting wind/rain/salt spray/sun off ya noggin (head) no wukkers mate (as in ‘no wucking furries’ which equates to ‘no fn worries’). You’d need a lifetime mate to learn; the differences between outback/country/oldskool Aussie lingo is definitely not the English taught in schools, lol.
The cute little furry animal at 1.28 is a Quokka they are only found on Rottnest Island which is about 12miles off the coast of Fremantle in Western Australia
I didn't realise how unique our Aussie way of speaking was until I moved to the UK. I asked a work mate, "how ya travellin?" one day and he gave me a full run down of all the trains and buses he catches to and from work during the week. I had to stop him to say "nah mate, how's ya day goin, thats all".
We had a pretty bad hail storm here in Perth 10 or so years ago. Even now sometimes you see a car driving around that you know was damaged in that storm. Looks like it’s been parked next to a golf course for far too long
When it rains in Australia, it really rains. We have the best storms, especially after a very hot and humid day, we get the southerly buster and then it cools down, until the next time!
Hi Ian... I've added what the girl actually said to Jared's translation so that you can see how it works !! .. 1: My television hasn't been working that well for quite some time. I'm surprised it hasn't died yet. 1. Telly's been cactus for months now 2: You must be upset about this. 2. Yeah I'm not surprised she finally carked it 1: Yes, I'm annoyed but I can't be bothered to get it repaired, it will be too expensive. I might just leave it by the road side for the garbage collectors to take it away. 1. Spewin truly... yeah I'm cut as but I can't be arsed getting it fixed it's going to cost me an arm and a leg. I'll just leave it out the front for the garbos to get it. 2: My friend might be able to take a look at it, if you would like? 2. My mate Shippa might be able to have a geeze at it if you want? 1: Really? 1. Oh dead set ? 2: Yeah, he's in his third year of an electricians apprenticeship. I'll ask him to visit this afternoon and take a look. 2. Yeah he's a 3rd year Sparky now, I'll tell him to come round this arv and suss it out. 1: He's a good guy. Ask him for his bank details and I'll pay him for his time and effort. 1. What a top bloke, tell him to swing through his deets and I'll fix him up later. 2: Don't be silly. He's a friend so it will be cheap/free anyway. 2. Stop carrying on you goose, be mates rates anyway. 1: Hang on, didn't I see on facebook that his partner is pregnant? 1. Wait, nah, didn't I see on Facie that his missus is up the duff ? 2: Yeah, she's almost ready to give birth. They're excited. 2. Yeah she's about to pop , they're stoked 1: Good for them. 1. Good on em 2: He was a party animal in his younger years, but he's more mature and dependable now. 2. He was an absolute loose cannon back in the day but he's settled down now 1: Is that so? Well, anyway I best be on my way. 1. Fair dinkum ? anyway I'd better head 2: Me too. I'm also very busy, but I'll call my friend about your television. 2. Yeah same, I'm flat out but I'll give him a buzz about your telly. 1: Thanks, see you later. Wait, are you going to the pub on Friday? 1. Yeah cheers (You're right)...hooroo... catch you around..aw hang on...are you going to the pub on Friday ? 2: Yeah, they're running a raffle for a tray of assorted meat from the butchers. I never miss it. 2. Yeah they're doing meat tray raffles..wouldn't want to miss it.. 1: No wucken forries(No fucken worries) = Understood. See you later. 1. Right, no wucken furries...see you there ! 2: Goodbye. 2. Catch ya !
I was outside at the Post Office boxes collecting the mail for work when a hail storm hit in Northern Adelaide in Oct 2021. The first thing you hear is a massive roar, like an aeroplane about to crash then the hail hit. I was lucky enough to find a protected alcove near the Post Office boxes to stand in. And still the hail was bouncing up hitting my legs, I had a number of bruises. Some people were caught walking in the car park poor souls. The hail was bigger than golf balls, but not quite as big as a tennis ball (at least were I was) and caused massive damage over the Northern Suburbs of Adelaide... broken skylights, smashed security lighting, roof damage & roof collapses, as well as window damage... and cars, all the work cars and many of my colleagues cars had smashed windscreens, & glass panels. I was lucky I had no windows or windscreen damage, but every panel on all the cars in the area had a dimple effect, including mine. Over 100,000 cars from that incident alone were written off by insurance as irrepairable, including my car. The windscreen/glass contractors were booked solid until Dec for windscreen and car glass repairs. The insurance companies couldn't deal with all the claims being made, it took until Dec for my car to be assessed only to be told it was a technical write off. Some people had to surrender their cars on the spot, my insurer was kind enough and gave me 3 months to surrender my car. I was extremely lucky I wasn't driving when it hit, others were not so lucky, especially those doing 80km on the highways.
We had a really bad hailstorm in Perth in either March 2012 or 2013 and a lot of people's cars got dimpled. My car was undercover and still had three dents from hailstones. Heaps of cars got written of.
Hail stones like that size are rare occurance where I am in Australia, its only when we get one of the those odd weather events. We get the standard tiny stones that sometimes it hails that much, it looks like snow.
8:19 "Telly's been cactus a month now, I'm not surprised she finally carked it." 8:22 "Spewing surely!" 8:24 "Yeah, I'm kinda (hazzed?) but I can't be arsed to get it fixed, it's gonna cost me an arm and a leg, so I'll just leave it out the front for the garbo's to get it." 8:29 "My mate 'Shippa' might be able to have a geezer if you want?" 8:32 "Oh? Dead set?" "Yeah, he's a 3rd year Sparky now, I'll tell him to come around this arv' and suss it out." 8:36 "What a top bloke, tell him to flick through his deets and I'll fix him up later." 8:38 "Stop carrying on, you goose, it'll be mates rates anyway." 8:42 "Oi nah, and did I see on Facebook that his Missus is up the duff?" 8:44 "Yeah, she's about to pop, they're stoked!" 8:46 "Good on em!" "He was an absolute loose cannon back in the day but, he's settled down now." 8:50 "Fair Dinkum? Anyway, I better head." 8:52 "Yeah, same, I'm flat out, but I'll give him a buzz about your telly." 8:54 "Yeah, cheers, alright, hoo'roo! 8:56 "Catch ya around, oh hang on are you going to the pub on Friday?" 8:58 "Yeah they're doing 'meat tray raffles' I wouldn't miss it." 9:00 "Right, no wucken forries, see you there." 9:02 "Catch ya!"
Australia might have heaps of dangerous animals but the mating call of a Koala is outright the most terrifying thing I've ever heard in the bush at night
Tazos were collectable disks with Looney Tunes characters on them. They were only found in Twisties, possibly other potato chips. I think there were 50 tazo disks to collect and you could buy the collectors binder to hold them all if you got the set. They were a thing in Australia in the 90s.
10:50 after one hailstorm in Brisbane, our lawn was mowed, our banana tree was just a wet patch on the ground, and there was a wall of hail on the far side of our living room.
There's an unspoken rule that any Aussie must backup a fellow Aussie spinning bullshit yarns to foreigners, no matter how bizarre, crazy, or unbelievable, you must always go along with the story and add your own embellishments. No one ever discusses this rule, it's simply infused into your genome when you're born here (or when you become one of us by living here and having it done to you so many times you delight in doing it to the tourists and newbies yourself). So if you think an Australian is bullshitting you, you'll never know. Yes koalas make that sound. But there again, I'm Australian, can you really trust me? 🤣
Loved the reaction. If someone hasn’t already said it Nimbin is the marijuana capital of Australia which is why the old man was freaking out over the incense.
Hey there, luv your vids. been bingeing them the last couple of days, you got a sub right here. Your open mindedness is so great to see. Met a couple of Americans here in Munich Germany, especially during the Oktoberfest. Funnily a bunch of them were from Chicago too and had a great day with them. Keep up this great Content. Greetings from Germany
A few years ago we had a massive hail storm like the one in your clips, I was in hospital at the time and there were so many cars that had their windows broken and had massive dents all over the roof and body of the car, it was unreal! I heard some people's insurance covered the damage but others didn't
Hahaha 3:33 is some next-level Aussie. I recommend watching Neel Kolhatkar's "Australia in 2 minutes (2021)" video and "Australia Gets Submarines" If you're interested in massive hail storms, Perth had one called "The Great Perth Hail Storm" in 2010.
12:06 You used to get a Tazo in chip packets which is like a collectable coin. That's why she's saying you would fight over it. They are pretty much the equivalent of collectible Pogs from America.
Yep! Koala's sound just like that. Usually they're pissed out of their brains, asleep in a tree, but occasionally the males get a bit randy and let everyone know about it. They can spook little kids at night with that growl.
I’ve been living on the Gold Coast since birth now. 21 years later and I legitimately haven’t seen a spider bigger than a drink coaster… come to think of it I’ve never seen a koala in the wild either
I've just found your channel,you seem like a great guy,l love the way you love Australia,l know you'd be very welcome here, Thanks Ian, you'd fit in well♥️
I think with the animal thing, we have some nasty ones here in Aus. But they don't just come strolling into our yards either. Most of the really toxic or dangerous ones you have to go bush to encounter. Varieties of Spiders are the only thing that's pretty much everywhere. But even then each region has its known particular species. Depending on what climate that spider prefers.
In response to the girl speaking sentences in 'Australian' slang...as a fellow aussie I can honestly say I probably use less than half those slang words in everyday life. With that said, I still understood what she was saying. I never realised how strange we sounded until I started watching RU-vid. :)
I live in England and my brother is petrified of squirrels, one attacked him (or so he says), his best man did a PowerPoint presentation during his speech all about squirrels. Yep a mountain lion or bear would have him in conniptions.
Thats really how a male Koala sounds. Have them here in South Gippy and hear them often. First time I heard it as a kid though it scared the shit out of me.
Have a good one. Generally means have a good day. Also that is legit a Koala, also the sub species of Drop Bear it is a bit louder and even more vicious sounding