I've found that when people feed them scraps of food they no longer see us as threats and don't swoop. In country Vic, my parents have 2 families of magpies who visit them and I've had a small family of maggies bring their baby over to my place to introduce it to a friend who might offer free food. I reckon it's a fair trade as their carolling is the most beautiful sound of Australia.
I think it's a sign of absolute respect that you did not try and make up things in our way of life just to fill up time. I watched the whole video and thought that this is a guy who has embraced a different way of looking at things. Anyone is welcome here but we certainly like people who embrace a culture (we do have a culture here contrary to pop belief) , and who is willing to step out of their comfort zone to enjoy AUS, warts and all. Thanks Mate for the video....liked watching it..
no, Wolf spiders are not "deadly". The bite from a wolf spider will only give you "swelling, mild pain, and itching" - you won't even need to go to a doctor (you will from a Sydney Funnelweb though). Nobody has died in Australia from a spider bite since antivenom was produced in the 1950s.
@@mikoguy In Australia, the white tailed spider is our famous flesh eater....Venom from the white-tailed spider is listed as non-lethal. It has not been shown to cause necrotic ulcers, which could result in the need for amputation. Not nice.
@@keysersoze6854 You are thinking of the White tail. Wolfies run around in the grass. Painful bite but not venomous that's the sydney funnel web and redback,which is similar to the black widow
WTH, how did this end up on my feed, talk about random? You're on RU-vid now, I almost fell off my seat! You were lucky that Tiger snake didn't bite you that time on the farm, now that would've been life threatening, and you didn't recall your encounter with the Carolina Reaper Salt, I wonder why? - LOL ! Good to see you lad and glad to see you're doing well. For you that don't know this guy, and he would never say it, but his life since he returned home from Oz, and the things he's had to go through and the way he has handled it, are truly amazing - to say that he's resilient, is an understatement. All the best for the future.
Awww I wanna go back to Australia! I've been there for one year work & holiday and it was so great. Never got to Perth and Darwin in corona time tho but on the east coast alone you can explore so many different places, meet tons of great ppl and the food. Omg I miss some really great dishes here in Europe now. I really wanna try to go back and maybe stay there for a few more years. Australians are the best ppl in the world and I miss their lifestyle just so much. Thanks for your honest stories, it was very entertaining and made me kind of homesick again. Just one thing: putting 6 damn ads into a 20min video is super annoying. Normally I don't stick to the end but this time I made an exception
@@RexAlfieLee 😂🤣😂🤣 Seriously, we were always told to watch the ground when walking to school, to not look up, no exposing eyeballs when magpies are around!
Hay Mate! You keep it real - starting laughing when you talked about the heat, the TimTam slam, and eating the 3 chickens in one day - prayer really works! - thanks for sharing the good stories about your mission.
Magpies swoop here in Australia, only when they have babies in their nest. We wear shorts because summer can get VERY HOT as you mentioned. Glad you enjoyed your visit mate 🙂🙃👍
I am so pleased you love our people and our country. Hope you do come back and enjoy yourself once again. I love seeing people enjoying their time here.
You are an amazing, handsome man. You have obviously "got" Australia and I love your Aussie accent. You appreciate more than most of those who have already immigrated Downunder. I hope you get to come back and enjoy it again :)
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Australia is 123 Fahrenheit/ 50.5 Centigrade at Oodnadatta. The hottest temperature I have experienced here is 115 Fahrenheit/ 46 Centigrade on the Nullabor Plain in 2008. Where I live SE Queensland we have temperatures of 108 Fahrenheit/ 42 centigrade a few times each summer. Glad you enjoyed Australia.
I knew it! you were a missionary there. You made me remember my fond memories of my mission. You’ve been home 3 years now and you still have the Aussie accent. Awesome! God bless for serving the church. I’m sure you will be a wonderful leader in your ward or stake. You’ve served HF well and it shows. Thanks again.
Magpies do that during their nesting season, they are protecting their nest. :) Darwin in the Northern Territory. The best wildlife, the best people = No covid (Rona) at all - never got here :) OH and best quarantine experience IMHO also cheapest shortest flights to Thailand etc
Just gotta correct, Wolf Spiders aren't that bad. The Aussie species has been associated with necrotic wounds, but research has never proven it. More likely the necrotic nature is due to a complication for some other reason. The truth is their bites will cause itching, pain and swelling, but deadly? Not likely. I'm actually curious if it really was a wolf spider, because the most common spider you'd come across that looks like that is a Huntsman, and they really aren't that bad. They're big, but relatively harmless to anything smaller than a small insect (unless they run out from above the sun visor on your car, which may cause you to swerve into oncoming traffic in shock), but they keep the insect population down so you'd never kill one, maybe just move it to the outdoor area of the house. Oh, and btw, I worked at KFC as a kid, one head of chicken is 10 pieces, so if you ate 2 whole chickens plus 15 pieces of KFC, you had 3 and a half chickens. Just want to make sure you're claiming all your bragging rights!
I seem to hear a lot from Americans that Australia is always hot and we don’t have winter. Can I please say that Australia does have winter it depends on what part of the country you are in and yes it does snow in parts of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. The further south you go go on the eastern side of Australia the colder it is. Tassie being the coldest and has a lot of snow. 😊
Everyone in Australia knows Nando's is a South African restaurant chain that became very popular here, but so what? we are a culturally diverse country why does that matter.
Good on ya mate ! Yr Right ,The best Country in the World ! And Thank U for your very kind words of our Beautiful Country and it's People ! We need more people here,just like U ? Such a Gentlemen , with great Speech ,and No doubt ,much of the Aussie way of Life learnt and Appreciated ! So Please do Come back ,Stay Visit the East Coast ,Can assure U ,U will be even more Impressed ? A Big Country with different Scenes,that Could be almost anywhere in the World ,just like it's People ! Glad U Loved & Enjoyed your time Here ,take Care ,best Wishes and Cheers from the Land Downpour I under ,The Great South Land , Aus !
So true most of the animals here are very shy and non aggressive. Some are aggressive but mostly they hide away even the deadly ones... Wallabies are so shy it's so fun many how they look at you then hop away after being frozen with fear for a few minutes on then when they have literally no choice cos Ure walking to close they randomly hop off - thumping into the eucalyptus trees. And the koalas up so high in the trees lazily looking down munching on the leaves getting high - BUT , super shy none the less.
It’s interesting that Americans are so obsessed by Wolf/Huntsman spiders. You have to be provocative or unlucky to be bitten by one, I am in my 80s and I have been bitten twice, it was not really painful, a Bull Ant is far worse,and it required no treatment. I think your Australian friends were just running with you. By the way I loved your video.
I don't share your faith but have a great respect for you & your insights of another country & its people. I found your vid by accident & was truly impressed by your observations. I wish you well & I would like to think you will bring your future family here someday. May your God be with you.
Thanks so juch for all the lovely things you said about Oz, Perth especially and it's people. My home town. Glad you enjoyed yourself. Come back soon xo
Ay u been to the proper parts of Aus. Geraldton will get you very adjusted to way of life in Australia. Perth is a cool city too and I know exactly about what u mean with the roundabouts
Kudos to this guy! However just one correction: wolf spiders in australia although large do not pose a danger to humans or pets, Having said that, I am quite spooked at seeing any spider and do my best to be able to identify them so as not to kill those that are not harmful.