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Toyota Hilux isn't rare in Australia mate. Our mine sites use them a lot. They're the most common vehicle.

Every school, primary and secondary has an oval. Smaller than the professional ones.

Now that you mention it, every school I went to had a full sized Aussie Rules field (yes, called an oval and yes, it was where all the fights were coordinated because it would take the teachers minutes to run across it to break it up).

The Reject Shop sells overseas knockoffs of brand names, so the fun-size Twix were probably made some where in Asia or the middle east, you've got to read the fine print and always remember "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is".

FriendlyJordies is a quite polarising person here in Aus. People seem to love him or hate him. He does investigative journalism that mainstream won't touch, but delivers it in exactly the same way as the video you just watched, which can be a bit off-putting to some. He recently had his house burned down by ..... persons unknown..., but he has been investigating some powerful figures here recently and is no stranger to controversy.

Every school does indeed have an oval. Not all of them the size of a professional AFL Oval, but they all have one.

I'm glad you're supporting Friendly Jordies. He is a national hero currently fighting corruption. They fire bombed his house for the work he's doing. He's got some great Aussie content as you've discovered to go with his political commentary and satire.

It's true about the bananas mate. If bananas are green you put them in a paper bag with oranges and the gas the oranges give out makes them ripen much faster. Doing this with ripe bananas, makes them go brown and rot much faster. Can also use oranges to ripen avocado faster too.

That long thing at the game you saw is a beer snake. If you have managed to gather a few empty plastic beer glasses at the cricket (or another sport) together with people in chatting distance, you might start stacking them together until you get a foot or two of empty plastic beer glasses together. If you then hold up your baby beer snake above your head, you are sending a direct invitation to every other patron in immediate chucking distance to gather up their own empties and chuck them your way, thus helping you to grow the beer snake. If it gets really big, people may begin to gather empties for you from far and wide. In Australia that snake will be clear, in America it would no doubt be red. You seem to have red plastic beer cups over that way.

I went to a relatively small (~700 students) public high school in a somewhat low income area and the school had an oval (complete with cricket pitch), a soccer field, cricket nets, 3 tennis courts, netball courts, an indoor basketball court and a couple of outdoor basketball courts. our schools are also quite 'outdoor' based (unless you live in an inner city area, even then its not to bad). there tends to be 'blocks' of classrooms instead of just 1 big building. so you will have walkways between them. we also don't have cafeterias, you just eat your lunch outside somewhere (either packed or bought from the canteen).

Our ovals are just a flat grassy field used for various sports but doesn't usually have the seats around. Normally has a oval shape that's made white chalk powder, and is 400 metres round in circumference. Then lanes are marked around that.

Most schools in australia were built 100 years ago, 100 years ago towns were small surrounded by bushland, so they built school's on the edge of towns and they had all the land they wanted for most school's in west sydney atleast that each school has, a rugby field, a cricket field, a soccer field , small training fields like nets for batting practice, and 2 basket ball courts, on sports day all sports can be played at the same time in there own area, so when we vs other schools on sports day each sport does there own thing.. if you look at schools on google earth from above view, youl see most aussie schools are surrounded by huge sport fields and empty fields, but there empty for a reason for obscure sports like, long distance cross country, or javelin throwing , or for things like nature studies, or studying farming and animal husbandry alot of schools have a mini farm with cows pigs sheep goats vegetable gardens ..

Yeah, pretty much every school really does have an oval, sometimes more than 1. The kids who used to smoke at school would always be at the back of the school oval smoking to hide from the teachers. Wasn't uncommon to see students being marched by a teacher from the back of the oval towards the principals office, occasionally with a bong as well

I love how 90% of what he was talking went riht over your head 🤣

All the state schools near me have ovals, tennis courts, swimming pools, gyms etc and the private schools have even more facilities:

Hilux is very common Australia. Every school in Oz has at least 1 oval, sometimes more. And usually has a bunch of other outdoor sport areas- cricket pitch, basketball court, etc.

Friendly Jordies was a target of a NSW Politician. The State police were tracking and intimidating him because he hurt their feelings. Yes, most schools have Ovals. My school growing up had 2 Ovals and a Soccer ground.

Friendlyjordies is awesome, he does tour. I've seen him live and he is hilarious but also is a strong advocate for quality journalism and holding politicians accountable.

If you haven’t already, please review the legendary “just waiting for a mate” video. On behalf of Aussie, thanks

Friendly Jordies always cracks me up 🤣😂 he does a great sketch on life in a country town very funny.

Oval is a generic term for the open grass area at schools where students play during break time. Although it is occasionally an Aussie rules field

GO-LO was a discount variety store that sold knock off or confectionery (lollies and chocolates) that was originally not meant to be sold in Australia. Even band name chocolates were sold cheap and made out of lower quality ingredients to where they tasted nothing like how it should be like when you buy them from the proper supermarket

Hahaha. Every school has an oval. That’s where the kids do sports like footy!!

Yes Ryan, you do need binoculars at some school ovals. The last school I taught at in Brisbane, the oval was 250m long and over 150m wide in some places, but the width varied considerably. It was carved out of a past landfill in the early '80s and has extremely steep sides. This is similar to many in Brissy and I imagine all over Oz. In the time since it was built' the surface is amazing, and the school is no longer on the outskirts.

I like Friendly Jordies, especially his investigations into corrupt politicians. His recall of typical Aussie school life is very much from a male viewpoint. Which does make sense... A girl's experience of school is quite different to a boy's.

Toyota Hilux is very common here in Australia, I have one as a "second car" to my Honda Civic, especially for trips to the big box store Bunnings.

Every school has an “oval”. A grass oval field that we play sports (PE) on and/or play on at recess and lunch. Also we don’t all swear or keep dogs outside etc! :)

Bananas make other fruit ripen faster than usual because they release significant quantities of a gas called ethylene (also known as ethene). This gas causes ripening/softening/rotting of adjacent fruit by the breakdown of cell walls, conversion of starches to sugars and the disappearance of acids.

Hey Ryan, my dad has owned two Hilux's (tray back not style side). They are solid utes. Both drove/drive up and down the east side of Australia with alot of inland trips. They're tough and a great reliable ute. The kilometres guage maxed out and rolled over. It eventually stopped working. Then the speedo stopped. He eventually replaced the old hilux with the new one. Basically the instrument cluster stopped but the engine never did.

As an Aussie an oval is like a big field to play on

Friendly Jordies is one of the best Aussies that have shown people doing the wrong things especially pollies the worst thing is that some have taken upon themselves to make Friendly Jordies life is threaten.

Friendly Jordies is my favourite Australian comedian :D I've gone and seen him live twice myself. He's a big political commentator here, to the point that he's home was fire bombed and he had to slow down a bit. Won a defamation case against a big political figure, exposed a bunch more for dirty dealings. And did it in a way thats hilarious! I recommend some of his earlier skits for some Australian humour. His jokes revolve around the scummier side of Australia that you'd probably not see much of if you were a tourist.

Schools do have ovals 😅 not always size of the afl oval but mine is. It’s just like having an open grass area and some schools have a small oval and a big oval for people of different ages, it fits 😂

I love how accurate that is. I have that fan right next to me while I am watching.

Every school I know has an oval. It’s where they play sports and mostly congregate at lunch time. And yes, when you put a banana with other fruit it makes the other fruit ripen quicker.

Lots of schools have cricket/footy ovals. My high-school had 3. But most suburbs have at least one oval, so often a local hang out for teenagers.

Should definitely watch more friendly jordies. His Aussie courts and rbt/highway patrol videos are great

They found the capsule by driving down the highway at 70 kph with a special detector in the car . The capsule was a couple of metres off the side of the road but I don’t know how long it took

FriendlyJordies is awesome, can be a bit rude at times, but even I can look over that when he gets stuck into the leaders of our country. He's a good guy fighting for truth and justice with some comedy thrown in every where.

I attended 9 schools in 3 different states (primary & high school) and all of them had at least one sports oval (field) or more. Some had (outdoor) multi purpose sports courts - basketball, volleyball, tennis etc (older ones were asphalt - newer ones rubber crumb polymeric surfaces). Then we normally had 1 or 2 indoor gym / courts. Besides competing against other schools on their home grounds, the only other sport we did “off campus” was swimming - this was normally at the local (council) swimming pool.

"Like a wizard in Diagon Alley". Lol. That got me. At least he knows of a place in The Wizarding World of *Harry Potter.*

Toyota Hiluxes are everywhere here. Everywhere. Theyre used in the mining farming tourism horticultural and trades industries. As well as privatehome use. They have/had an awesome reputation for toughness and reliability. Tho' they are the most expensive of that type of ute. There a lot of other brands that are now that are giving it a run for the money. And yes bananas produce ethylene which makes other fruit ripen and rot quickly. Yes most schools have an oval for sports. Its big enough to play footy, soccer and outdoor PE classes (physical education).

You should definitely check out more of Friendly Jordies. His “True stories from country towns” videos are hilarious.

I'm so glad you discovered friendlyjordies

Those Hilux are everywhere in Australia! My neighbour has 1 and so does about half a dozen others in my town and Um my town only has about 7 houses 🤣

Yes, every high school has an oval. Same with primary (elementary) schools, though they are often a little smaller.

Loved it. I didn’t want it to end. I think the poor dog chewed on the radioactive capsule.

Pretty much every school has at least one oval. We have 2 square kilometres spare for every single person 🤣

The poor neglected outside dog in a quarter acre block is so real, burbs to bush.

Brilliant video! Thanks man, Jordy rocks.

10:20 The teachers knew a fight was on because a big crowd would gather. One time a big crowed gathered and they just wasted a whole lunchtime yelling at each other from a few metres away. Scary stuff might be where the modern real life drama TV was born.

WOO JORDY! The voice of nearly 3 generations of disillusioned Australians. His live shows actually pretty great, he generally does smaller venues and that tour got an extra sold out date in my city. He's done other tours since. His on screen persona can be intense but he's genuinely a Friendly Jordie in person.

Yep...both my primary and high school had an oval, as in the 400m running track and the primary school had the Aussie rules football field inside the oval track lol 😆

Hi Ryan, new subscriber to your channel. Just wondering if you are a Survivor fan? Because a new season of Australian Survivor has just started which will definitely give you a great insight into some more aspects of Australian culture.

Jordan Shanks is a legend, I'll let the others tell about his escapades, they no doubt will. He voices a few characters, featured in the Disney+ "Koalaman", which stars the voice of Hugh Jackman. This is probably the Australian equivalent of South Park. Once you know Jordie's voice, you can't miss it. Legend. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hj2qOaKanC0.html

Yeah, most of the 6 schools I went to growing up had at least 2 ovals, tennis courts, gym, and a couple had pools too.

I saw Jordie on Aug 14 when he was on tour 3 years ago - he is brilliant~!

The playing surface is oval in shape, 135m to 185m long and 110m to 155m wide. The preferred senior oval size is 165m x 135m as this provides the greatest flexibility to cater for all standards of play. In the case of school ovals they can be even smaller and somewhat ironically, a different shape.

Jordie is a fking smart and hearty guy who's done a lot of active journalism, not to mention many incredibly well produced hilarious videos... but the poor guy's taking a break after he got too close to the gambling industry and they set fire to his house

Friendly jordies is a national hero! Check out more of his stuff😂

Growing up in Oz we had multiple sports ovals for ball sports/ athletics/cricket/t-ball the list goes on and multiple hand ball sports basketball/netball the list goes on... and usually a pool for swimming sports. And that was just primary school (year 1-7) most high schools (8-12) had even more

The first picture was at the cricket. And the cups are all empty and stacked inside each other. I think it's called a cup snake. It's a way of showing off how much you have drunk

Thanks Ryan I would not known about his subject (capsule) and how if wasn’t for you! Then when I saw the news very early today I had to let you know!!!

1:40 thats a beer cup snake.. (thats a LOT of beer thats been drunk) Go-Lo is a discount store, the Twix are probably "out of date"... Thats true, about the bananas.. EVERY high school has an oval (even if its dirt), mine had 5.. But we were a "football school".. (Its now been built on mostly). Geordies is a funny guy, great investigative journo and comedian.

7:46 "...your sister" only applies in Tasmania and certain parts of Queensland.

American pickers is awesome never miss it.. so glad to see US Aussies make you laugh. Keep it up matey.

G'day Ryan 👋 once again lovin your reaction to our Aussie ways, see you in the next one. Cheers 🍻

Love your videos! I sorta feel like your part of Australia now hahaha. Nah the hilux is rare in the usa, they are like f trucks but smaller. Toyota Landcruisers, Hilux Prado and the FJ old and newer like you have there are well known for being one of the most reliable cars. I mean if terrorist use hiluxes to mount guns on the back you know they gotta be built tough. KfC is also hit and miss here. Confectionary is basically candies and chocolates. or sweet snacks. Go lo and discount stores sell crap ripoffs. Coles is just a grocery store here like woolies or woolworths.

An oval is basically a big piece large area of grass, usually in an oval or square shape. We then have a seperate playground with like swings, slides And fort and stuff.

Friendly Jordies is amazing! I saw him live, a week before his house got blown up. He was hilarious 😂

And my animals are in when the heat is at its worst, I don't know many people who leave their animals outside during high temps. we had a number of ovals to chose from, we used to be a town out in the sticks but its been built up for a few years now so properties are getting smaller. not many pigeons in shopping center food halls unless their outdoors. the beer bit is a beer snake plastic cups. Hilux awesome vehicle for beach fishing, outback driving and occasionally bush bashing. (or just getting up stubborn tracks)

Every high school has an oval. Mine also had a hockey field, swimming centre, gymnasium and numerous basketball courts and cricket nets. My mates and I were dumb as dogshxx but then again we went to a sports high school.

In Primary and High school, we have ovals, which is literally just a feild of grass, doesn't have to be an oval shape. At my Primary School, before principals office was "the step" which is where you literally sit on the stair cases to the year 5 and 6 classrooms, under the cola (undercover area). Then, the thinking room, which is just Detention basically, then the principals office. And yeah, we do have American Pickers. My parents watch it constantly

8:45 the oval is basically the sports field for schools. Typically is an oval for track running and also for footy. Usually if you got your Sports/PE teacher you'd be going out there occasionally. But, it was and still is a common area for school fights to happen.

Friendlyjordies recently got his house firebombed allegedly by "clubs NSW" because he was looking into their money laundering complacency. Worth a sub if you want to know what's happening in Australian politics or even if you just want the odd laugh at a video like this.

THIS, this is the most true Australian video i've ever seen you watch hahahaa.

The "oval" is where the "cricket pitch" is located. Every Australian school has a cricket pitch, even the all-girls schools. If you have a full sized cricket oval then you can it will be big enough to play any other sport on it including a large athletics carnival and even set up the annual school fetes on it. The oval is really just a reasonably sized piece of flat or flattish ground with some form of grass on it and less bindies on it, for at least part of the year, that may otherwise be indistinguishable from the general playground area except for some coloured lines and the odd set of goalposts.

They found the radioactive pill and it looks chewed on. See, an answer to “do Aussies have TicTacs”.

Ryan is a man of culture too lol

Confused how you're surprised about the ovals, out here in the country there's a full size oval in every town and every school, primary and secondary. Regional centres have multiple, I went to high school in the regional centre and our school alone had 3.

The twix in Go-Lo store will not be as fresh as in Coles supermarket because Go-Lo is a dollar store.

I own, and use, a 1994 Hilux Ute, less than 200k on it.

lols! Fights at my school were always under the railway bridge next to the school. The teachers were usually on it.

Most schools do infact have either an AFL/Cricket Oval or a Rugby League field, some schools even have both.

The deadly beer snake.

I’ve heard so many Americans say “HELIX”. It spelt HILUX. It is pronounced…..wait for it…..HI LUX. I was in California smoking sick weed with this “farmer” dude, at the late Bruce Brown’s house, (made the movie On Any Sunday, that old dirt bike movie), I just met at the Figueroa Mountain brewery, and he kept calling em a Toyota Helix. I had to set him straight even though I was stoned AF…thanks to him 😂. Good people over there. ✌🏻 🇦🇺

Candy or Easter chocolate in Go-Lo or Crazy Clarks (99c stores) taste so bad! It's the same chocolate brand, however they just taste different. That's the joke. You KNOW when your mom or grandma has bought you a 99c version of a candybar. You just know it.

The oval is legit any large field of grass, most schools have them but only some have footy goals on them. We had two netball courts though!

Aussie cup stacking!! It’s an audience thing at every big sporting event!

i love how the oval he was looking at was a quidditch pitch

Toyota Hilux is almost as common an kangaroos mate

Bay13 cricket fans was all the men in Green and gold

the oval is a field of grass where the sports are held. They vary in size but are usually a couple of fields large unless you're in the city which is common to have one grassy plane around the size of a football field.

Ryan, the Toyota Hilux (aka Pusslux, or Nolux) is marketed in America as the Tacoma or a highly modified variation called Tundra.

Oh and if you're buying chocolates/ lollies from the Reject Shop (what the US would call a dime store I think) it's usually a cheap knock off and not actually twix. Hence why it tastes different to what you get at Coles or woolies

Quidditch came up when he looked up oval 😂

Also a Milo Cough is probably one of the worse things that can happen when you have Milo. Especially if you have it straight dry off the spoon. Yew.

Jordan Shanks is a legend!

I actually did rear end a Hilux and my car was not okay. He came out and wanted my details for a scratch. His tow bar went through my radiator and he wanted insurance details for a fucking scratch 😂

Confectionary is what you call candy, more commonly known as lollies in Australia.