You completely missed the best things at Watsons Bay. The Lighthouse you saw was not the famous one! You should have walked straight ahead from the ferry through the park up to the cliffs for a spectacular view and then turned right for a walk up to the famous lighthouse. I think you should ask the locals who are happy to show you the way.
I'm Aussie and live in Lancelin. I've been everywhere you have documented and i must say: i have thoroughly enjoyed seeing my country so well-observed from a foreign perspective. Thankyou
Buses only stop if a passenger rings the bell or theres someone at the bus stop waving the bus down. Oh, and at terminals. So you have to be ready to ring the bell for your stop. Because if youre not and no-one is at your stop waving for the bus that bus is passing your stop. For bar work, you usually need a safe service of liquor certificate. Easy to get - it just confirms that you know the laws on serving drunk people. Stingrays wont hurt you, unless youre Steve Irwin. They like being stroked but they feel like small tents with sandpaper for skin. If you stroke them they’ll keep coming back for more. The little ones really like being stroked. Dont touch the electric ones - for obvious reasons - although unless youre swimming in the dark (not advisable) you wont see one. Jellyfish stings, no problem. Just drip coca cola on it (acidic fluid neutralises the sting. Tomato juice works as well). Youre not going anywhere where theres truly dangerous jellyfish. Its more irritating than painful.
I backpacked in Europe in my younger day and loved being able to randomly choose to do something in some foreign country that I had never done before. Your video brought back some memories, lol - thanks!
8:15 Unfortunately we have deer. They were introduced in the 1800's, I think there are some round the Insular, but mostly you'll find them in the Royal National Park at the southern end of Sydney .. the correct end 😃
Winter in Australia is pretty short, it usually warms up for a little bit in July but then the nights get cold again in September. February is the hottest month of the year, but it will usually be hot from December on through the summer and autumn.
Depends a lot on which part of Aus you're in though. Melbourne, Hobart and Canberra have very different winters than Sydney, and inland locations like Alice Springs definitely have much colder winter mornings. Brisbane and further north don't really get cool at all.
I found my secret to Sydney (Southern side of the bridge) is to try to locate which side of George street you would be on.. George Street goes from all the way out, right into the centre of the CBD.. if you can keep in mind what side you were/are on, you will have a better idea which way to go. Kangaroos/wallabies eat grass.. you would have been better to offer some juicy grass..
Theres no poisonous jelly fish in Sydney to worry about its far north Queensland that has those. Blue bottle jelly fish do have stingers on their long tentacle and those things sting pretty bad but not life threatening.
most aussie made chocolate is made with real sugar as we have a large sugar cane industry, where as in murica most things are sweetened with corn starch. hence the diff taste.
