This Thai Woman Has Lived in Rural Australia For More Than 30 Years 

Video 2/4 of my series about Thai people in Darwin, Australia! SOO pleased to be able to present Tou’s story 👩‍🌾🥭 and I hope you enjoy watching! Thanks to Ling App for supporting this channel. Start your language learning today: ling-app.com/?referrer=ThaiTalkPaddy

What’s even more amazing about Ba Tou is that she is president of the NT Thai association, and has been instrumental is creating the Grand Thai Festival which happens just after Songkran each year. Truly an amazing woman.

What a beautiful woman she is. Deserves everything she has and more

Once again your ability to speak Thai takes your stories to the next level. Australia is lucky to have Tou. What a legend.

You can hear the determination in Aunty Tou's voice even as she works through the sadness of her husband's passing. I love stories like this. Please give us more, Paddy!

Paddy, I rate this as one of your best ever videos. What an inspiring story. Thais should be proud that one of their native daughters was able to travel abroad and make a successful business, and Australians should be equally proud that their country offered her this opportunity. And, of course, let's not forget Ian. If Ian had not married this woman, none of this would exist. Though he has gone, the fruits of his efforts/karma will continue to grow---in both literal and figurative terms---for years to come. Good on ya, Ian! You've done your country proud.

Great video. Inspiring story of her desire for education in Thailand and Australia after getting married. It is fabulous to see Khun Tou seeking to continue to develop even today despite probably already having enough to give her a comfortable lifestyle for the rest of her life. What an internal drive she has. Hopefully that drive rubs off on all the people she comes in contact with. This RU-vid story is so much better than all those endless farang RU-vid stories about how great it is to be a farang in Thailand because it is cheap to live (don't have to work much) and be entertained and taken care of and blah blah blah.

Another great story of human determination Paddy. What an inspiring lady!

Tou & the man who took paddy on the farm tour were very interesting-the work ethic & study they have put in has got them where they deserve to be.

Hey Paddy that was an inspiring story. My wife has lived here in Australia for 6 years and so much of what Tou said is so relatable. Tou truly represents the tenacity and spirit of Thai people

Aunty Tou you are an amazing person, thank-you for coming to Australia and making it home. I’m so proud to be married to a Thai national, the work ethic, family connection and passion to succeed is infectious. Thank-you ka 🙏

A great story indeed. And I couldn't agree more with enduring discomfort while assimilating here. My Thai partner of 7 years forced herself to follow that path. 7 years later, she is communicatively, socially and financially independent. And fully empowered 💪

What a beautiful lady. So caring and respectful. God bless you You.

She was lovely and a great story ❤❤❤

I find this story and video very, very interesting. About 20/22 years ago I went and visited a friend of mine who was doing Out back tours in Kakadu National Park. He actually lived in Palmerston. We drove drove down through the the area where Tou and and her late husband would have had there Mango Farm. As it would have in it's infancy and much smaller than now. I would have seen it. I have now lived in Thailand for 14 years. I am very happy to see a Thai doing so well in Australia. Paddy, I would like to congratulate you on how well you speak and understand the Thai language.

Very Inspirational story Aunty Tou, and thank you for sharing this with us. Love and Peace :)

Same first time I come to Australia i don't know anything about Australia and im not speak English don't understand English at all but now im live in Australia for 29 years

Ten out of ten for this story, Paddy. Not only an incredible inspiring story, hat off to this stoic hard working woman arriving in Australia with the right attitude. Darwin was my home town until recently. Now i call Chiang Mai home.

Great interview, what a lovely soul. As an ex Darwin resident, I so miss the Thai/Asian community up there. Such a fusion of beautiful cultures

Tq fir the lovely successful story in Australia. May you continue what you want to inspire in your future. May God blessed you always. Hope to hear more stories from you aunty Tou

What an amazing woman. Stoked that I came across your channel mate!

what a truly wonderful lady, and great job Paddy, excellent video

Absolutely fantastic what Paddy did and I also admire her. Please give her my special regards. I also worked hard and studied part time while livining in South-Africa and then came to New Zealand in 2001, so it is so nice to watched her story as I know what it takes. Kind regards to you both. Beautiful that you can speak her language !! Dr Andries Maritz.

Thanks for giving us the chance to hear this story. Keep them coming and keep up the great content.

Beautiful! I love it. And I understood nearly all in Thai. A lady to be admired. 😅

Tou just radiants positivity and kindness.❤

Condolences Tou. RIP Ian. Wow, what a great story....thanks so much for pursuing this Paddy because I know that Darwin is one of those locations that there is no such thing as a "cheap" ticket to get to. Awesome, love it. Stoked. Made my day :) :) :)

The success of a Thai person in Australia is no surprise to me. They are an industrious , self-reliant people. In fact many Thais probably wonder how a country can have so many opportunities open yet untaken. In Australia we can “take it easy” for a whole life time. In Thailand work is life.

I started following your videos practically at the beginning of the channel, I don't think I've ever commented but I have to tell you that you are one of the best at creating content related to Thailand

What a beautiful story... Thank you very much for interviewing this amazingly legendary woman and sharing such motivating and inspiring contents with the world, Paddy! Loving all your works and creativities!

Tou is an amazing woman ❤

Great video. Tou is awesome.

we need more amazing thai people all over Australia 🇦🇺 thanks, Paddy and Tou

Inspiring story. Great interview. Well done Paddy.

Honest reliable attention to detail care for everyone first Thai people are amazing

I loved this! Thanks for sharing! 😊

Amazing, well done to Tou. Her story is inspiring.

Great video Paddy. What an inspirational lady. This story interview video was extremely interesting. Thank you.

Very interesting video, so good to see focus on hard working migrant. Main stream news always focuses on the bad. Nice one Paddy 🙏

Very smart lady

Great series dude 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Very inspirational video. I’m not a migrant to understand her “fully,” I’m only a product of “migrants” but I must say, her story is inspiring. She’s also providing jobs for people and providing 🥭 and somehow contributing to Australia’s economy 🇦🇺 . God bless your ambitious soul ❤

so inspiring

What a great story. I hope the best for her! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Good one Paddy , one of your best 👍

lovely lady , great interview

super interesting to hear her story, what a way she has come! and great interview style! keen to see your future content! :)

Dude, what a facinating video.

Great video Paddy…. สุดยอดครับ

Well done Aunty Tou!

An amazing lady

Hands down the best video you have done. What a great story of what is possible. No luck for Tou, just hardwork and determination. Love to see more video's like this.

Very interesting episode.

Paddy is incredible in Thai language now!!!

Well done mate.I cant believe you have never been to Issan. kop jai der.

Amazing lady

I like you called her” Khunpraa meaning your Thai language very high Education ❤🎉😊

Fantastic story thank you for sharing your experience I’m sorry you lost your partner but you are right my mate has a Thai wife her English was crap 10 years ago and through going to school she is now working as a carer at a nursing home and doing very well

Hi Paddy I’m agree with Tou Australia is the land of opportunity, I was married to a young Ausy man and migrated to Australia in 2079, had two children, after divorce with my first husband I was staying with the family who grow lemon grass for Sydney market, I was working at they farm for nine months at free labour but I had learn how to grow and prepare the goods , After four years of divorce, I made my second husband who was fourteen years older, he was the eels fisherman, we got a small seven acres land , so I started growing lemon grass, kaffia lime, Cha-om, holy basil, bamboo shoots, and I think I’m only one who selling water lilies, to Sydney, and Melbourne market, now I’m seventy six years old retired and looking after ninety years old husband , and every day I am grateful to this Country, if you have a go the opportunity is ever where, 😊

น่าชื่นชมทุกคนที่มีความอดทนและต่อสู้กับงานหนัก ยินดีด้วยในความสำเร็จกับคุณตู่และ Ian นะคะ

I am going to forward this video to Mal my Kiwi mate who with the Thai missus has run the family farm for the past 20 years she operates most of the machinery and is quite "handy" with the spanners and bailing wire.

That was a great and interesting interview, Paddy. Thanks. Just out of curiosity, do you find out about these people from talking to the people in your community or you do your own research?

Sa wah di cup 🙏🙏🙏

Another great video Paddy, cheers mate.

Man, You are a Gentleman

Would love to meet you Paddy, come to Perth...

A beautiful video and interviews. I really love your content Paddy! I'm not sure I agree with this lady that Australia has a 'stable government' though. Seems they're losing their minds, second only to Canada. Then again, same for much of the western world lately haha

Paddy how the hell have you never been to Isaan????? Great video though Paddy, as always

Liked!​นะ

Met her and her husband back in November 2022 why'll my son was fixing and calibrating the conveyor belt before Ian passed away, lovely people who give a lot and ask for nothing.

Great positive love story between a Thai & farang. Wishing Tou the best.

She must have been a nice looking woman, still has a great smile😆.

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I think your Thai sounds more fluent than most Thais.

I hope you are doing well Paddy

Awesome Paddy. How did you find out about her?

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I am Malaysian can I come work with you ?

girls from Buriram have a good head

I'm Thai born Australian, my mum is thai(dual citizen) and my dad is Aussie and I live in Perth for 26years.

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Paddy, question, whenever you say some words in English with the Thai intonation, are these loanwoards or you don't know the particular word in Thai therefore you just say it in English?

Translate to English please??

Great video, hope you didn’t keep that umbrella up while you were on the back of the Ute! Would’ve ended up like Mary Poppins..

Asians are good migrants

Why is she Thai?and your not European Australian?

Aboriginal should watch and start paying own bills ? Instead not warming living on government welfare and getting public housing ? And always asking for money ?

Wow that's shocking that it's legal in Australia to do random breathalyzer tests on drivers without any suspicion of a crime.

Absolutely great video, just goes to show you that hard work pays off. Every one gets a chance in Australia… those that say otherwise and reckon that they have been hard done by should shut the FK up and get on with it instead of been lazy CTs and living of the tax payers.