How I see Australia as a Russian (& my culture shocks) 

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The main reason you would not stay in Australia is because it is so far from everything. But being so far from everything is the main reason Australia is such a good place to live.... it's our secret!

Come back any time. We would be lucky to have you. You are an Aussie at heart.

I’m so glad you loved Australia!

Tasmania has frozen lakes in winter ❄️ and we do have a good snow season most winters in the snowy mountains

The effect of your Australia extended visit is a lingering smile on your face.

Im Aussie this makes me happy

Yes ,we are very, very privileged but most Australians are blissfully unaware of how wonderful this country is,it's taken for granted.

Eli of course please stay I'm also Australian resident, and bring all your family members, your friends too! Please stay. 😊❤🇦🇺❤

I think Australia has brought out a completely different side of you, your Aussi side! You fit in pretty well. This video series has been a joy to watch, glad you enjoyed Australia ☺️

Magpies only attack when its nesting season and they are fierce when it comes to protecting their babies

If you want the seasons just go to Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth! We have 4 of them every year here in Adelaide.

Hi Eli, gosh that was a wonderful clip. I'm happy you enjoyed Australia so much. You help Australians to appreciate what we take for granted. :) I love the birds and bats so much and the greenery among the cities. I would miss it all so much if I lived in a concrete jungle city. So much of Sydney is a beautiful place. Sadly it became so expensive after the 2000 Olympics brought too much of the world's attention and investors. To enjoy the 4 seasons with colourful Autumns and cold Winters: Canberra, Victoria, Tasmania and some inland towns along the Great Dividing Range [eastern mountain range]. Regards dangerous animals: I've lived in Canberra all my life and never seen a brown snake, though I've heard of them being around and one beloved cat was bitten and almost died. So you've done well with your wanderings to have such an adventure! I was curious and impressed to hear you felt there were more redheads here than elsewhere you've been. I was dreaming that somewhere else there'd be a lot more [of us] and that I could fit in better there! lol. Ah well, so much for dreams. I shall appreciate here more than I have! I hadimagined there'd be more in St Pbg Russia but I did not see many. Oh and something for everyone know about Australians is that many of us - we who grew up here - are jokers. A big part of our sense of humour is that we like to hype up things that aren't really a thing, in a serious sort of manner, so that others believe they are a thing. It's even funnier to us if it makes us look foolish. Like regards the kangaroo body parts, that's just stuff for tourists in souvenir shops. I've never known an Australian to buy and use such things as roo paws, scrotums etc. Regards eating kangaroos not many people do; only a particular kind of person; as your colleague explained, like 'gym rats'. For the rest of us it's not really a thing. Especially for the many vegetarians and vegans! ;) We love kangaroos being free. I hope one day you will be back! If you do maybe I can connect you with some of my Russian friends who have lived here for decades. Your clips are so inspiring I wish now I had made some travel vlogs about my adventures in St Petersburg and elsewhere!

Ah Eli, there is too much happiness written all over your face when you talk about Australia. And given it has been a long-standing dream of yours, it must be part of your spirit. You'll be back...

In Austria we do the same thing with stuff that we don't need anymore. We put it in the street and everybody can take it. It's called "Sperrmüll". Austria and Australia seem to have at least one thing in common 😅

If you get the chance, visit the west coast of Australia. Western Australia only has snow once a year near a town called Albany, on a mountain called Bluff Knoll. Otherwise, the West Australian winter in the south looks more like a Russian spring. In the south you have Margaret River, which is a food, winery and surfing region. The landscape varies from rolling hills, to red dirt, to the beauty of Ningaloo reef, a miniature version of the Great Barrier Reef. There are beautiful beaches all the way up the coast. The best way to see it is definitely with a road trip. I've personaly driven the Eyre Highway 32 times, going from mostly Perth to Victoria and back. It was said that the Irish, the Scots and the Russians originally descended from the same Nordic tribe. There's a lot of redheads because there's a lot of people of Irish and Scottish descent. In Australia there is often a 9:00 closing time on a Thursday. This allows people to go shopping at a time other than weekends.

So glad you experienced The Australia so many of us love 🦘👏🌅

That was pretty funny, a Russian, doing a Russian accent, then going straight to an Aussie accent. Glad you had a good time here and you come back one day!

Thank you Eli, for the wonderful education on Australia.

3 redhead in a row! haha you found your tribe Eli! thats so funny and cute

Eli, this was the most refreshing short video I have seen in a long time. Thank you for sharing. I hope you return.

Beautiful video, you did Australia proud. You showed small country towns (villages 🤣), City life, the country side, you showed lots of the parts people don't normally see. Well done, come back soon 😄

So beautiful videos about Australia. Thank you very much for introducing this land to us in a fantastic way. Great video Eli, as usual.

Melbourne has 4 distinct seasons, a song by Crowded House … 4 Seasons in one day was about Melbourne’s unusual weather, we have snow skiing 3 hrs from city …

Fantastic video ... thank you for sharing part of yourself with such warmth!

im so happy you got to see australia, im australian and when we tell people how it is relaxed and slow paced, most people don't believe me, hope you enjoyed your time Eli!

Eli, we miss you already! 😢. Australia will always be your second home. 🐨🍻💞

Glad you enjoyed your stay. Lots in this country. Southern Australia has 4 seasons. It has been 10 degrees during the day in Adelaide, and Victoria is having its coldest winter in decades. We have Snow, in the mountains. Don't know where you shopped, but in my city, larger shops are open until 9.00pm Mon to Friday and open all weekend. I think Melbourne is the same, many Victorian country towns have 24 hour shopping, well they use to. You will be happy to know that my son's friend is also originally from Russia, and yes he is a Red Head/haired too, with your complexion as well. Come again soon. You can pick any climate from the Tropics to the Euro weather, here.

Very respectful video. Thank you!

On ya Ellie. Love your open hearted honesty. We will miss you. But always remember, Oz is a big place and there will always have room for someone as lovely as you. 😎

In these somewhat troubled times, thank you for showing us that people really are the same across the world!

Yes - come back Eli !!! I don’t think I’m alone in saying you can stop over at my place any time. I enjoyed your adventures! Stay safe.

So glad you had a great time here! You’re saying goodbye, for now…. Totally understand how you miss your homeland and I never truly understood that sentiment until I started traveling. And, as you say, going anywhere from here is a loooooong trip! Loved the videos of your adventures here! Safe travels and see you when you come back this way!

Wow, you’ve been in Australia for two months and you’re having a ball You’ve seen so many things that make me want to visit them all You’ve met some friendly people and some animals too You’ve tasted some delicious food and learned some words that are new I’m glad you’re living your dream But don’t forget to keep making more vids and tell us more about your scheme😊

I’m australian and have watched your videos for ages, this was pretty awesome to watch!

She's such a darling. Very educated. She now knows probably more about Australia than most Australians. 😅

Glad you enjoyed your visit.

So glad that you enjoyed your time here and also that you experienced such a wide range of locations. There are a few other places in Australia I could recommend but in two months you did pretty well. Love the way that you seem to immerse yourself in in the local culture and give such candid yet balanced reporting. But we knew that from your previous videos. Keep travelling Eli and sharing with us.

Thanks Eli for visiting us and I'm glad you met some great people here and you showed us some really great landscape pictures and we will miss you. Take care Eli from Russia. And if you get a chance, please (from me) give a big "thank you" to all the people who took good care of you while you were here. Happiness and peace to you Eli.

Thank you Eli! You are very special!

From Melbourne you can easily go to the snow in winter. Frozen lakes, skiing all just up the hills. As for Kangaroos; where I live in Perth Western Australia I can see wild kangaroos every day when I take a walk. I'm in a suburb about 25kms south of the CBD. I can walk to a Coles supermarket (which closes at 6pm and opens at 8am except Sundays at 11am) and yet there is bushland in a regional park just 500metres up my street and all sorts of wildlife lives there. Kangaroos, possums, bandicoots (the quenda variety) lizards so many types and snakes, black cockatoos, your favourite - magpies, crows, Australian ringneck parrots, redcap parrots etc. Perth really is a long way from everything though. No snow for thousands of kilometers. Even Adelaide is just an 8 or 9 hour drive to Victorian snow fields. Australia is a long way from Moscow though. You need to get your family to move here too. Especially if you have brothers. Good luck.

We do have beautiful Autumn coloured trees here just not in the bush/forests because they are gums which aren’t deciduous. We also have snow which surprises a lot of overseas visitors. Glad that you enjoyed your time here 😊 Things are expensive but our wages are higher and we don’t have to tip 😄👍🏻

Next time you visit Australia, visit Tasmania. That little island to the south. Summer is hot, winter is freezing. It does snow in some parts, but every part of the island state is beautiful. Hobart is a small city, at the foot of a mountain.

loved hearing your impression of Australia. Glad you enjoyed your time here. 🙂

You’ll be back, happy travels Eli.

I moved to Australia from Canada 25 years ago. I was surprised to discover that beyond the popular tourist spots there are many areas that get 4 seasons...including snow in winter. Even where I live, between Sydney and Brisbane ... 25 minutes inland from the ocean we have beautiful trees that turn yellow and red in the autumn and frost in winter. I love winter here... not painfully cold like where I came from, but cold enough to enjoy warm fires and wool socks. But about the too far from everything part...I totally agree.

I really enjoyed seeing your experiences and hearing your thoughts and comments. I learned a lot. Thank you!

You are the best Eli. you make people happy

Great video Eli!

I remember going to Australia for 17 days in April 2019 (autumn/winter). 12 in Sydney and 5 in Melbourne. I was going to go to another city in Australia in 2021 but was later called off due to travel restrictions and lack of money. But anyway, it was so beautiful!

Tasmania has three distinct seasons, we have lots of snow here at this time, glad you enjoyed our country, come back soon 😊

Great vid. Good luck with the rest of your travels. Happy you loved OZ.

Absolutely love your videos! x

Thank you for making me feel proud of my home :)

These are great videos, keep up the amazing work! ❤❤

Glad to see you made it out safely!

I love that you can say Melbourne properly. Good onya. You are a delight to watch and it’s great to hear your perspectives.

I'm so glad you enjoyed you trip. thanks for your appreciation of Oz and also for your excellent video skills, well spoken mate!!! I live way down south in Tasmania, where we do have quite a cold winter and snowfall in the mountains. They also have a winter ski season in the Blue Mountains, inland between Melbourne and Sydney. Thanks again!

Glad you have had a good experience down here. You certainly got around and managed to see a lot. Walking to the top of Mount Kosciusko is something I have never done. If you want or need seasons then that is simply solved by coming down to Tasmania - next time maybe. It has been a pleasure to watch your journeys here. Come back soon Eli - happy you enjoyed yourself.

Your welcome at our place anytime Eli! We loved having you!

Try Tasmania. Not much in the way of frozen lakes, but it still gets pretty bloody cold if you're a fan of winter! I grew up in Sydney, lived in Melbourne for a while and finally settled down here. A much slower pace.. kinda more like rural areas of oz. Great food and people. The shops do close here super early of course ;)

Eli is adorable. It's cute seeing Russian outside their homeland.

Hi Eli, have been really enjoying your videos. Delighted that you've come to Australia and you're enjoying. Being a first generation Aussie, of Russian parents, I was interested to hear that you may consider Australia as a possible home. And yes we do know how blessed we are to have this lifestyle. Privet Vania 🤗

Thank you Eli. BTW love your hair colour

❤ thanks for all your travels

I can see how people from Europe and North America think that Australia is “so far away.” But once you’ve lived here for a while, and spend time going to places like Indonesia (there’s far more to it than Bali), Singapore, Vietnam, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, New Zealand (it’s far more different from Australia than most Europeans would think), or gone diving in the Solomon Islands, it doesn’t seem “far away” at all. It’s just close to a very different part of the world.

Been to 67 countries, lived in 7, including Australia. It’s an amazing country to travel in, especially if you like nature, wildlife and scuba diving like I do. But I still wouldn’t trade Russia for Australia for so many reasons. Seasons is one of them, yes. Although, to be fair, you can experience seasons in Tasmania, which is probably why it’s one of my favourite places in Australia.

This video was awesome! People put stuff out on the streets with "Free" signs, here in the USA, too. I even gave away a great kitchen stove - all clean - when I got a new stove to match a new refrigerator. Oh, so much for Russians "not smiling" - you smiled throughout the entire video, Eli! And this American could hear your Aussie accent!

One take away from your videos from Australia: I have found that a nearby supermarket here in England sells Vegemite - and I LOVE IT!

I really liked your outlook on Australia. Thanks for your honest thoughts on life here. Cheers from Melbourne.

A lovely video Eli and really really interesting .....looking forward to more, (lots more) Eli videos Xx

Good on you. Wish to see you back in Sydney. All the best.

It is so interesting to hear a native Russian say they can't live without the winter. I wonder what percent agree with Eli, and what percent are sick to death of the winter :)

Glad you enjoyed your trip Eli in the little time you had. As you know Australia is a big country with lots of variation across States and it takes a lot of time to see it all. Both NSW and Victoria are popular for snow skiing in winter (Thredbo, Perisher, Mt Hotham, Falls Creek are just some of the most popular skiing resorts) and there are many places that see snow in winter months. Magpie swoop in nesting season as they are wanting to protect their new born in their nests if you walk under their tree. They are not like that all year round. Snakes are more scared of you and they hybernate in winter underground so its only warm summer months you can find them in the bush usually looking for food & water. When you live here in the warmer climate for a period of time your body adapts and them you find you no longer like the cold winter months as you blood thins and you yearn for warm sunny days. We do have 4 x climate cycles per year for sure. Iam on the west coast in perth and it has been cold & wet all this week with very cold nights/mornings but we don't get snow

Love all you do

I can totally understand your reason with the seasons and the distance from your homeland!

Good on you , Mate ! Welcome !

omg! I stayed with him in Melbourne too whilst I was finding a place earlier this year! This warms my heart watching this video!

Great Video. Keep on traveling.

I so enjoyed your take on Oz. I can see that this could be a future home for you if things are right. thanks Eli. xx.

I was there for two weeks and I fell in love with the people and the Sun. I had the opportunity to visit a friend who owns a ranch. It took 30 mins to get to his house once we had entered the ranch. We spent the day on motorcycles and he showed me where not to go and I freaked out when he showed me how easy it was to get killed in the outback. Everywhere we went and got off the bike he told me to watch the trees and where you walk. But the ranch had everything and lots of good food. The Scenery and the animals are incredible.

Glad Australia lived up to Eli's dreams. The series was solid and I like the long stay format. The best part for me the people Eli interviewed. Even the casual conversations, like the one with Stuart in this episode reinforced the general friendly vibe of the series. Anyone else like Eli laying on the thick/thicc accent is at the beginning? 😅

Great video

Love your humor.

I really like your blogs. I discovered your channel this week and I have been binge watching this whole week. Russia is so beautiful and I am sad that it is difficult these days to travel the country. Keep up your travels and the good work. Greetings from The Netherlands.

Really glad you enjoyed your time here :) I hope one day you return. All cities are nice and have something different to offer. One day you have to drive from Perth to Melbourne, onto the ferry, around Tasmania then back onto the Ferry and upto Melbourne, Sydney Brisbane and see your friends again. :) Don't worry about snakes. They are more afraid of you than you of them. Just make noise, keep your wits about you and be a little careful. Best wishes and safe journey.

G'day! So much fun to see your perspective of my home city Sydney. Also refreshing to see a 'Redhead' on you-tube. I too have the same colour hair as you and so does my children (and hubby has more orange than the auburn hair) and we live about an hour north of Sydney on the magnificent Central Coast which is surrounded by waterways, rainforests and national parks. We forgot how lucky we are to live in this 'lucky country'. Thank you for reminding us of this. Did you try the Vegemite?

That was beautiful Eli,I hope we see you again some day,

Australia loves you Eli. Please come back sometime. Looking forward to seeing your new adventures.

Hi Eli from an Ozzie born and bred , just so you know our country is so vast that you can live here your whole life and still not see everything , definitely would be lovely to see you return someday and explore many more places , glad you enjoyed your stay , peace 🙏

Aussie Here :) Glad you enjoyed your trip :) Have a safe flight mate

Love your sharing

Great review of our country Eli! I've enjoyed watching your travel videos. If you thought some places in Australia are remote ... you should check out the state of Western Australia, which covers 1/3 of the country's land mass. The capital city Perth is smaller than the big cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, but it still has a "country" feel to it where it is not uncommon for people to say "g'day" to you when passing them in the suburban streets. The "slip slop slap" mnemonic slogan was started in the 1980s (I was a teenager back then) to raise awareness about skin cancer, where it stood for SLIP on a long sleeve shirt, SLOP on some sunscreen, and SLAP on a hat - essentially to cover your exposed skin as much as possible. Yes, the sun here is very harsh! You should consider becoming a resident here, we're very welcoming and you won't regret it! Cheers!

Sad to see you go. Have really enjoyed your look at our country, or the Eastern part anyway. Come back again sometime, we love visitors. BTW we do have snow, actually more than Switzerland gets in a year. Our skiing season has just started.

What a charming lassie; and, very informative.well done

Glad you are happy mate enjoy and welcome

Glad you're enjoying Australia so much, even if our cafes often close by 3pm 😅 BTW we do have distinct seasons in the south of the country - Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart, for example - with lots of autumn leaves. Not much snow though, unless you go to places like Mt Buller, Mt Kosciuszko, Thredbo etc.

Thank you for visiting my beautiful country Eli. I’m glad you enjoyed it and that you survived the wildlife. Hopefully more Russians will visit. I’d love to visit Russia some day. Cheers mate

Thank you Eli. That was a very good one! I’m Russian and have lived in many countries. I love living in Australia where I’ve lived longest. You’re absolutely right about everything you said. And yes, we are really blessed to live here. I still go to Moscow every year (already for 30years) and I really love Russia. But I’m always happy to come back here… and Russian winter scares me 😅, although I do miss it sometimes…. But if our seasons were the same and not upside down, I would definitely prefer snowy winter))

Traveling to Australia with you, and seeing your Russian perspective of Australia was so so much fun. You were such a wonderful entertainer and I absolutely love your videos. ❤