American reacts to the Sunshine Coast, Australia 

Someone needs to get this guy a flight to Australia!

I’m in Brisbane, people tend to go to the Gold Coast when they are in young and in party mode, and to the Sunshine Coast when they’re raising the consequences and want a family friendly holiday imo, they are just different

Hey, my husband and I live in Mapleton in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. We live in the rainforest about 25mins to stunning beaches. If you're ever able to holiday here, you're welcome to stay at our home. We've been watching your videos for a while now and absolutely love that you really want to experience our country.

Coolum Beach local here. It was affordable before COVID, but during COVID half of Sydney and Melbourne moved up, making it very expensive. Still, the Sunny Coast is paradise.

It's Oz, man. Everywhere is fu@king awesome. Even the shit places are great.

I’ve called the Sunshine Coast home for the past 26 years. Housing is very reasonable if you’re happy to live 8 to 10 kms from the coast. It is the place to go if you want to have a relaxing holiday, you go to the Gold Coast for a lively time, partying etc. There is lots to see and do here and it is very affordable.

Much nicer than the Gold Coast. Quieter less commercial.

Fishing from the beach is called surf fishing, and is very popular. It's safer than rock fishing, The legs indicate a pedestrian crossing. Sunshine Coast is definitely better. Gold Coast is busy, busy, busy, loud and showy.

Not far from my home. Much nicer than the Gold Coast 🇦🇺

Sunny Coast local here! Have been here my whole life and adore it. As some people in the comment section have already stated, if you ever plan on visiting, we would be happy to accommodate you and show you around. Truly an unbeatable location :)

Love the Sunshine Coast. We live in Melbourne but had our yearly vacation with our boys for at least 12 consecutive years in Noosa Heads. Great food, shopping and family friendly with a safe beach. The only issue was that we always bumped into acquaintances from Melbourne!

My husband loved beach fishing,he said he always felt at peace. The sign with two legs lets you know it is a pedestrian crossing.

What it didn't cover was from Noosa North to Fraiser Island. Check out Rainbow beach, Chris Hemsworth had a house there, and he and Matt Damon used to hang out there until the paparatzi blitzed them. 300m high coloured sand dunes and a 32mile long beach. At the Northern end of the beach you can catch a barge across to Fraiser.

That sign is a Pedestrian Crossing sign, there will also be white strips on the road which is known as a Zebra Crossing

🏖️Ryan suffering from „Fernweh“ now, a German word meaning far-sickness or far-woe, describing the longing to go to a distant place. Me too. It‘s beautiful!❤️

My Grandfather was a beach fisherman every morning of his last years. He would be home for lunch and then build furniture in his workshop in the afternoon. He was an incredibly skilled Master Builder but he loved his morning walk to the beach to fish.

We live on Bribie Island just south of the Sunshine Coast. We have the Sunshine Coast 45 minutes way away, Brisbane 45 minutes away & the hinterland 45 minutes away. Bribie Island is just beautiful so we have it all. 😂😂😂😂

Coming upon my 21st year of living on the Sunshine Coast. It is by far the nicest place I could think of to live. Beautiful beaches and national parks, the hinterland is amazing, excellent weather most of the time although it does rain quite a lot. The worst thing about it is the traffic and number of people around, particularly on weekends. This video doesn't show it but it gets insanely busy. On the flip side, you couldn't pay me enough to live on the Gold Coast.

I lived on the Sunny Coast Friday afternoon I'd pick up the kids and we swim at Bullock Beach (safe for kids) Then we'd buy fish and chips while we watched the cane burn in the distance. Chips on white bread, heaps of butter and sauce running down your fingers, on a perfect day at a perfect beach. Best life. Grown kids still rate those Fridays best days of their lives. At beautiful Sunny Coast. 🌞 😊😊

Ryan, the Sunshine Coast, or Currimundi Lake on the Sunshine Coast to be exact has even appeared in a Bluey episode (Stickbird in Series 3). It is a beautiful place

Born in Brisbane but grew up & went to high school in Nambour (don't judge me! lol) before heading away to uni for a couple of years. Came back and lived in Curimundi & Caloundra areas then moved to China for a decade! Brisbane northside now but try & get back up to the Coast whenever I can, I miss it so much! Grandparents live up in Montville, it's always a nice drive up the back way through Landsborough, or up the highway & via Palmwoods. In the words of my grandfather, it's Godzone (God's own country).

I live in the hinterland behind the Sunshine Coast, about 450m above sea level, about 4 degrees cooler than the coast, with Australia Zoo at the bottom of the range. Its lovely up here, and only an hour from Brisbane by train or car. Much nicer than the Gold Coast.

We dont vacstion. We holiday.

This is basically where I live just out a bit, around the glasshouse mts. It's beautiful 🙂 I'm about 5 KMs away from the big one called Beerwah 👍

Used to live there. Got stung by like 20 bluebottles one day surfing at Mooloolaba. I was in pain but the surf was so good I couldn’t get out of the water

My cousins live along the Sunshine Coast and from what I could see when I was visiting last year there’s still a lot of affordable housing. It’s a lovely stretch of Australian coastline with the weather to go with it.

I live in Coolum Beach in the Sunshine Coast, overlooking the ocean... It's terrible! I walk on the beach and.. who am i kidding it freaking awesome. Ryan, come stay with us!!

Ryan you seriously need to come to Australia. Your eyes tell the story 😍

Beach fishing and Rock Fishing is popular in Australia. Although Rock fishing every year claims people's lives as rogue waves wash them off the rocks and drown as they don't wear a life jacket.

Don't worry about the water being shallow. Surf fishing is about finding the 'Rip' and utilising it to get out the back where monsters hang out!🌅🐟🐠🦈🎣

If you look about 15 to 20 minutes drive away from the beaches you can find homes for sale from approximately $800,000 to $1.3M AUD which is not bad in today's market for that beautiful region.

As a resident of Brisbane, I enjoy the choice of what both coasts have to offer. I am slightly closer to the Goldie and own an apartment on the beach that I place on Airbnb. It becomes a great holiday place for me when it’s available and unrented. But for a different vibe and lifestyle I enjoy visiting the Sunny Coast. In my opinion one is not necessarily better than the other. They offer different experiences which makes living in Brisbane awesome. Usually people that put down the Gold Coast are referring to one touristy suburb called Surfers Paradise, but there is so much more to the city than that one particular area.

"wow look at that tree" The stunning views were behind it Ryan...

Yayyy... finally noticed the best place to go and live! We moved here to the Sunshine Coast in 1988 and don't plan on leaving any time soon! You have so many lifestyle choices depending on your budget, there's beautiful countryside properties on acreage, beach side properties where you can step literally out the back door and walk to the beach in minutes or even seconds from the door! And then there's canal front homes where you can step literally out the back door and walk to your own pontoon with your boat moored and jump in and actually go out to the ocean via the waterways and do some fishing and as long as the catch is legal size, you can just bring it back home and cook up some fresh fish. 😀

My niece grew up in Noosa and moved to Cheyenne Wyoming. Total madness.

It was affordable (except for ‘round Noosa) until pretty recently. Covid and working from home brought city prices to coast and country. Sadly.

The long fishing rod is to allow him to cast out over and beyond the breakers into clear water, or into the gutters where the larger fish are more likely. Dart, Trevally, Tailor and Spanish Mackerel in season, are typical catches.

Robert does the croc shows a lot at Australia Zoo.

A much nicer destination to holiday than the Gold Coast. I frequently holiday in Noosa Heads which offers a great central location for roaming in the district.

Good Afternoon Ryan, $2000,000 Aus dollars converted to US dollars is $ 1,320,535.79

We’d love to have you. It’s so relaxing. I holidayed here then moved when I left school 43 years ago. Housing prices have gone up dramatically since COVID but it’s still affordable in lots of places. I learned to surf here in the 70’s when not a lot of girls surfed. It’s so nice to see so many girls and women surfing after school drop off time. Hope you and your family can make it some time soon.

Yes, this area and the area around Margaret River WA are the local Aussies' playgrounds. My daughter and her husband and six boys live in a town near Glass House Mountains, so the ankle-biters were avid grommets from an early age. A short drive to a nearby railway station and they can be in Brisbane in 90 minutes, so a three-days a week commute allows for a great leisure and labour balance.

Been going to the Sunny Coast for nearly 75 years now. A great place to visit and relax. Will be connected to Brisbane by rail by the Brisbane Olympic Games. Yea!!

I have lived on the sunshine coast for 20 years, originally from uk. It’s truly paradise, love my life full of friendly relaxed people. So much to do and see, you can be on the beach and half hour up in the mountains. My home is in Cooroy close to Noosa, our town is the most beautiful friendly town iv ever experienced in all my 60 years. My home has stunning views looking out to Cooroy mountain the place Cooroy mountain spring water comes from. It’s a must destination still affordable compared to Sydney or Melbourne Heaven on earth is my husband’s description 😊

I moved to the sunshine coast 2 years ago. maroochydore i live in paradise.

The leg signs indicate to drivers that they are approaching a pedestrian crossing.

Ryan my son bought a property 20 minutes drive from Noosa inland near Eumundi last year $ 975000 and now it's valued around $ 1.3 million. It is up in the hills from Eumundi. We went up to stay with my son recently there but the weather was very wet. They have had rain since before December last year. It's like their rainy season. We were playing golf with the Cain toads at night. ( The Cain toads are an introduced species years ago to eat the Sugar Cain Beatles but of course the fools got it wrong and now they have spread everywhere up there). The Sunshine Coast is lovely. We even went to a place called Yeppoon which is six hours drive north of Noosa and that place is very beautiful too. We stayed there for about 4 days. I think you would love it for a holiday. When it is winter in the southern states, a lot of people travel up there to escape the cold weather where I live in Victoria. We are home now and we are coming into our winter here from June, July and August. One day I hope you and your family can come to Australia and see how beautiful it really is. Queensland, Nsw and Western Australia are huge states and takes days to travel across them. It's not good to travel at night as you may hit Kangaroos, Wallaby's, Wombats, Camel's, Emus, foxes, sheep, cattle etc etc. But mainly Kangaroos. Depending on which state your in. Keep up your education of Australia we love your learning experiences. Nev from Oz.

I live about an 8 minute drive from the Australia Zoo and about 5 minutes from Mount Beerwah. How lucky can a guy get ?? *smile*

The leg sign was a Zebra crossing ( or maybe known as a cross walk)

If I ever win x-lotto I will buy you a ticket to Australia for you and your family... It is called Surf fishing when they fish from the beach..😊

Beach fishing is pretty common here in Australia, not so much up north too many croc's

You were looking at the prices of houses in Twin Waters. There are less expensive houses in adjoining suburbs. Love living here

I prefer the Sunshine Coast. My parents used to go there each Winter to holiday. Beach fishing is very common all around Australia.

The Gold Coast is Australia's version of Vegas. North is where you want to go. Check out Port Douglas, Cairns and Hamilton Island (my personal favourite). Now that I live on the west coast, I can go to places like Kalbarri, Monkey Mia, the Pilbara and the Kimberley Coast. I personally can't wait to see Karijini Gorge. We truly are the lucky country.

Rainbow beach just north of here is amazing too and we holiday there frequently

If you want a beautiful place to go when visiting the sunshine coast, it's a bit further north but you must see fraser island (K'gari), especially if you enjoy camping, there is a resort/accommodation, it's one of if not the most beautiful places on the east coast, I've done two 5 day camping trips and only explored maybe 70-80% of the island. There are dingos so there will be times to be cautious and, and unless you have people with you, you shouldn't go sun bathing or lay on the beach as the dingos will come right up to you thinking you're potential food but most of the time they keep their distance and you'll mostly see the pack running along the beach, if I could send photos I'd send photos of the dingos I shared a campsite with, I didn't realize we set up next to their den lol. But I highly recommend it

The Gold Coast was the go-to holiday place before the 90s. Since then it’s attracted heaps of pommy immigrants and holiday makers looking for nightlife and entertainment as much as the beach. It’s far too built up nowadays and draws in heaps of tourists. So yeah, Ryan, you’re right. Sunshine Coast is where us locals go whereas tourists head to the Goldie.

Living Regionally down South, most of the time it’s along the South Coast, expanding from around Bateman’s Bay. A great pace and nice Beaches and Walking Trails.

People catch salmon off the beach in south Australia..lots of different types of fish off the beach and rocks at the Sunshine Coast ...fish for T/ dinner tonight..

i grew up on the sunny coast, it was weird hearing places that i went as a kid told like they are super fancy. in saying that it is pretty expensive now, my parents' house is worth over 1.2 million but when they got it back in 2000 it was 100,000.

30 years now. Moved here that long ago. I'm in the hinterland. My son and his missus will be moving back here after living near the Goldie to raise their first child. :) Even when it floods, it's beautiful, it's just part of life here and you get used to it. If it's a flood that's going to last a day or two? We bunker down. Or it might be a big one when the community rallies and gets together to help one another out. It's a land with rivers and creeks running through it and that it what makes it so beautiful. Gabi Gabi land. I love it.

Ive lived on the Sunshine Coast most of my life... I see the beaches and ocean everyday when I get to ride my Harley, lately its been raining alot Fishing is also pretty good .. Love it here

Isn’t it about time you came to Oz Ryan? We would love you to experience it for yourself. Your family would love it here, and the people are the best in the world.

I’ve lived on the Sunny Coast for about seventeen years and love it. The last 5 years I’m only 20 mins drive west of the coastline so cheaper. I’ve lived on the Gold Coast and Brisbane (I’m from Sydney originally). Love all 3 spots. I’m very lucky.

Sunshine Coast, Moffat Beach is Perfection. 🇦🇺🦘🪃🐨🇦🇺

It’s awesome to see our corner of the world through your eyes. Yes it’s as good as it looks in that short video - only better in real life. I really hope you can get here someday. I’d be happy to show you and your family around.

I did marine studies in High school and we had a camping trip to Lady Musgrave Island and camped on the island for a few days, completely remote, the only piece of infrastructure was a pit toilet. Amazing experience waking up on an island on the reef. We also visited Underwater world on the way there and you can book the underwater tunnels to sleep in overnight so you have all the sharks, rays and fish swimming about you as you fall asleep. I've almost visited Australia Zoo on many occasions and got to meet Terri and Bindi, mum has a photo of Bindi. Terri and I when Bindi and I were just little kids. Unfortunately, I never got to meet Steve in person but did get to see him conduct a show at the Crocaseum .

I used to go beach fishing as a kid,..caught some lovely whiting.

The cost of houses varies in proportion to how close the house is to the beach or river or canal. When fishing in the surf you use a surf rod. The further the cast the longer the rod. Also when beach fishing, you have to pick the best spot to fish. Ideally a gutter (deeper channel) beyond the breakers is best to cast into. The long rod is necessary to get out past the breakers.

Ryan, you should look up Busselton in Western Australia. It's on Geographe Bay and we have award winning wineries, the beach 🏖 AND a beautiful forest surrounding us.

I lived on both the sunshine and gold coasts 30yrs ago when the sunny coast was more untouched and coastal village like, without the ever growing rat-race. Now that relaxed coastal village feel place is the Banana Coast around Coffs Harbour. Similar climate, still small coastal villages (like old school sunshine coast), and even more pristine beaches, and not crowded. With ancient Rainforest and Rolling Green hills and Valleys behind it. In 30yrs it will become like Sunny Coast is now too, but its prime time is now. And is the last truly beautiful coastal area, in a similar sub-tropical climate to the Qld coasts, that is still affordable in comparison. Nearly everywhere else on the east coadt of OZ, with a year round warm climate has already Boomed. Coffs/Banana Coast is only just starting to Boom. Still relaxed for some years yet.

It is beautiful but one of many, many coastal areas that are stunningly beautiful, all along the coast, and where Aussies holiday

Great show and yes surf fishing is big in Australia. Lots of varieties and sizes🇦🇺🇺🇸🤙

I’m a Brisbane girl, north side, about 30 mins from Sunny Coast. It’s beautiful. It’s called a surf rod, I’ve caught a shark off the beach with one

Thanks for the reminder to visit this area again. Been too long.

I grew up on the Sunshine Coast, lived there until I was 21. I still visit often to see my parents or take the kids on beach holidays at Caloundra, Mooloolaba or Coolum. I’ve done a lot of travelling but the Sunshine Coast is still my favourite place. Unfortunately house prices have gone through the roof lately. It’s very difficult for younger people to afford property there now.

While on a family caravan trip (August/September school holidays) in the 80s we went to Rainbow Beach/Noosa area and while going on a drive to see what was around my parents put down a $50 deposit on two blocks of land at Tin Can Bay. Mum always carried extra cash for petrol so they tracked down the real estate agent who worked from home and he was happy to take a $50 cash deposit for each block. We then spent every school holiday at TCB for the foreseeable future, building a duplex on one block and keeping one side of the duplex empty for when we would go back up in the holidays. Although it was lovely, it wasn't the most fun place on the planet for a teenager on holidays, lol. Much more populated now though!

By the look on your face Ryan, you want to go to the Sunshine Coast . You and your family must come down here

Family moved to Kawana Waters on the Sunshine Coast back in 1984 best place in Australia to grow up

I lived there for two years and it was stunning. Missed my family and came home to Adelaide but man do I miss those gorgeous rainforests. Used to live two streets away from Buderim forest park which had a water fall you could swim under and great big ancient trees. Had dinner on the beach nearly year round. 👌☀️

Grew up on the Sunshine Coast, it's true what they're saying about Noosa, the richie's live there, mostly older people. Maroochydore, Alexandra Headlands, Mooloolaba, Point Cartwright, that's the place to be 👌

If you're going for a holiday or weekend, you can rent a room, a cabin, or stay in a caravan or campsite. All have electricity, shower and toilet blocks, and BBQ's. Or just go for the day, it's only a 1&1/2 hr drive North of Brissy.

I just moved to the sunny coast about 9 months ago from Melbourne. I've been teaching myself how to surf for a while now and I would love to take you out surfing if you ever visited Australia!

Grew up here. Beach nearly every day after school and weekends. Always fished off the beach using a surf rod

There is also a loop that takes you fromMaleny down the valley through Kenilworth and back to Eumundi and Noosa. It is the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. I live here.

You’ll find someone beach fishing along any large stretch of beach way outside of the flags for safe swimming . It’s pretty popular and not at all uncommon.

Beach fishing is my favourite! And yes you need a nice long “pole” (fishing rod) to reach out to the pockets of deeper water but can get lucky in the more shallow parts too. Nothing better than driving along a beach, setting up your stuff with no other people around & enjoying the surf, wind, sun, cold beer/drink & good food 🙌🏼 I love the Sunshine Coast & I have spent a lot of time at Peregian Beach✌🏼

We have just moved from Adelaide to the Sunshine Coast and are LOVING it!

When I was a kid the family went to Noosa every year in winter for the school holidays. Best time of the year.

I live on the Gold Coast and just got back from a little getaway on the Sunshine Coast, absolutely love it there 🔥

I live on the Gold Coast and holiday in Port Douglas - check that place out - on the Great Barrier Reef and close to Daintree forest - one of the worlds greatest places. Check them out.

OK firstly, yes, most Australians will avoid the Gold coast as it is now way to touristy and expensive but if you want to go where Australians go for our holidays, go to Bali as it is far far cheaper to fly to Bali and stay in a beachside resort from just about anywhere than it is to stay in similar style in Australia. Secondly, yes those legs on the sign are to indicate a pedestrian crossing, good eyes 🙂 Thirdly, if you don't need water access but still want that coatsl lifestyle, just live a couple of miles inland and the prices drop dramatically.

NOOSA HEADS on the Sunshine Coast..... Perfect! And I've been to some of the most amazing beaches in Asia over the last 30 years 😎

Noosa is where Melbournians generally go to holiday

You can catch Robert Irwin performing the crocodile show from time to time. You just have to go on the right day.

Expedia may not have a massive RU-vid following but they are a large online travel website. Also it’s cheaper for Australians to travel overseas to places like Bali than it is to travel interstate

Australians from the east go to the Sunshine coast. Its a bit far for the rest of us!

My grandmother lived in a town called Tewantin which is close to Noosa, it’s a GORGEOUS part of the country

The Sunshine Coast also has a small industrial area, its name escapes me. And there are areas not as expensive as the ones you looked at, like Wurtula or Curramundi, and many, many more suburbs. But it is beautiful up there. I use to live on the Sunshine coast and commute to Brisbane every day, and coming home, as you cpme down the seaward side of the hill and you see the ocean, it felt like I were going on holiday for a night!

I grew up in Noosa & yes we use to get a lot of Tourists even had Tourist Seasons & it is a great part been all over Australia & Sunshine Coast is up there as some of the best parts to stay at