This is a few things that I have observed after a few days in Sydney. Hopefully, you learned a couple new things. Please share your opinion below on what you know that I forgot to mention. Let me know if you want to see more of these videos as well. Kindly hit that 👍and subscribe. Cheers mate !
The most popular national profession football is not rugby. It's footy, or often called Aussie rules. It's native to Australia. It is utterly different to any other football code. It's also the oldest internationally, including older than soccer. Rugby is dominant in only 2 states, New South Wales which is where Sydney is and Queensland, Brisbane of course. The rest of the country plays footy. Like NY or LA aren't the USA, Sydney isn't Australia. Which is the most annoying thing about these channels, although understandable.
I live in Melbourne and most of our supermarkets are open until at least 11pm, some are open 24/7, I live in the burbs, so I don't know what it's like in the CBD, as for ice machines, don't most fridges have an ice machine, I know ours does. I'm glad you had a good time in Sydney, maybe next time you could come to Melbourne. Also if you live in Victoria, S.A, W.A., NT and Tasmania, Rugby is not the main game, AFL is. Also you can buy ketchup here at the supermarket if you really want it.
In regards to white and brown eggs. “The eggshell colour depends on the breed of the hen. Generally speaking, white shell eggs come from hens with white feathers, while brown shell eggs are produced by hens with brown feathers. Nutritionally, both brown and white eggs are identical unless the feed has been enhanced for speciality eggs such as Omega-3” Sport in Australia…..main sports are AFL - with teams in every state Rugby - mainly in Queensland and NSW Cricket Tennis Swimming There is golf and basketball but I don’t think they are as popular, but some may disagree.
Shops close that early as it ties in with the Work/life balance. Also you didn't touch on Long Servive Leave (basically work for one employer for 10-15 years and get 3 months paid leave)
The eggs have to do with the variety of chickens. America might use a different breed of chickens to us. In Australia the chickens used for commercial purposes are mainly Isa Browns because they lay more eggs than a lot of other breeds. It has nothing to do with one colour is healthier or better than the other. If you want good eggs have your own chickens that are free ranged. They taste better and have really rich yellow yolks. 😁
Seriously egg colour is driven from what the chickens eat, the insides are no different. Your ketchup is full of sugar. Fosters is weasle piss. Our major breweries are mainly owned by two Japanese Beverage companies of Kirin or Asahi
Very well researched. Good job. Starbucks failed here because their coffee is terrible. We don't think that tomato sauce is ketchup - they're different. Aussies will drink anything, but we won't drink Fosters.
You might also be surprised that the polymer banknote was actually invented in Australia and is now used in many countries in the world, like UK & Singapore.
KMart was a mix of Australian Coles and the American company, but that partnership ended a long time ago. In 1977 the Americans dropped most of their shares to 20% and totally ditched them in 1994. Target was never related.
I remember the days ( in the 1980’s ) when Coles & Kmart were connected as one store. You even had a cafeteria at the back called Holly’s were you could get burgers & fries a little cheaper than a takeaway shop. They even briefly had Super Kmart stores, but I think that concept ended in the early ‘90s.
Coles and Woolworths are open 7 days 6am to midnight, tomato sauce isn't full of sugar and why would we have Starbucks when our coffee is the best in the world, Aussie Rules is the most popular sport and why would we move to the US?
King Charles is a figure head only . He might be the head but only on paper. Melbourne has moved ahead of Sydney as far as population is concerned . As for guns they are far more regulated in Australia but they aren't banned . Only semi automatic fire arms are limited , particularly hand guns. You can get licenses for firearms but you have to prove a genuine need for them and personal protection is not one. The chickens " chooks in Australia" predominately produce brown eggs , but there really isn't any difference between brown and white. Australia is huge and the population is relatively small and concentrated so its extremely difficult to provide great WiFi over the whole of the country cost effectively. The two main sports are cricket and Australian rules Football . Rugby is only really played in two states NSW and Queensland. Check out a beginners guide to AFL if you want to have a quick explanation of the game . Australia might be expensive , especially Sydney , but our wages are higher to match so its not as bad as it might seem.
Wifi is the wrong term to use for internet over the whole country as it is used only internally in homes and businesses. Our wifi is as fast as anyone else’s. What is slow is our national broadband network used for the internet access. Speed is variable on this with some places having fibre to the premises being very fast and many places pretty slow
I'll just have to pull Ivain up on the common misconception amongst foreigners about gun ownership in Australia; I myself am an Aussie gun owner (of both longarms and handguns) who lives in Sydney and I also worked in a Gunshop for many years, so I know a little about the subject. Firearms were never "banned" nor citizens denied the right to own them in Australia, rather the case is that after a mass-shooting in 1996 all the different states got together with the Federal Government in order to agree on uniform national gun laws. And unlike the US we never had the constitutional right to bear arms in the first place, rather it was a privilege granted to citizens by lawmakers in the individual states and territories via a licencing system, just like owning & driving a car. What resulted from the shake-up after '96 was a uniform system of licencing, registration and storage rules that tightened-up the requirements for firearms training, use and storage and also restricted certain types of firearms (semi-automatic centrefire rifles such as AR-15's, AK's etc are heavily restricted and regulated, but were never "banned" outright). The government also initiated a " buy-back" in order to compensate owners who were no longer able to satisfy the new ownership/licensing requirements (or chose not to continue to own firearms under the new system). However any Australian citizen or resident can legally own firearms if they are eligible to obtain a licence (ie: not have a criminal record and/or a recent history of mental health or drug/alcohol issues) and abide by storage and usage rules (ie: all firearms must be stored in a locked gun safe and can only be used for target/sports shooting and hunting/farming purposes). The main difference between Australia and the US is that "personal protection" is not a valid reason for owning a firearm (ie: no concealed or open carry, and no loaded firearms left sitting on your bedside table or behind the kitchen door), and all handguns are restricted to target shooting only & have additional licencing, training and storage requirements over rifles and shotguns (handguns have always been heavily regulated in Australia, even before 1996). So in other words, if you are a law abiding citizen who is prepared to jump through the hoops of background checks, cooling-off periods and regular police compliance inspections of your gun safe and registered firearms then you can own and use firearms in Australia; it is actually a large and growing sport with many millions of licenced law-abiding firearms owners in the country. In fact, there are far more firearms legally owned in Australia now by licenced shooters than before the buy-back in 1996. The fact that Australia is quite safe by international standards and that gun crime is extremely rare here can be attributed to these robust gun laws, and any gun crime that does occasionally occur is almost exclusively committed by criminal gang-bangers in the drug trade with illegal unregistered firearms (most of these smuggled into the country).
True but you missed a bit (& probably the hardest thing for Americans to comprehend). If you’re going to own a gun Self-defence is 100% not a legal reason to have a gun and it’s totally illegal to carry a gun for that purpose.
I live in a major rural western New South Wales town. We have three gunsmiths in my town. If guns were completely banned, these shops wouldn’t exist. We just have sensible, commonsense gun control laws. We have NEVER had a school shooting… ever.
I think you’re getting your information off American RU-vid videos about Australia. So many errors! You’re still a bit off on understanding guns here. We have never had a constitutional right to bear arms - our constitution is not as rigid nor extensive as yours, it’s not something anyone thinks about nor quotes. There are many gun owners in Australia, most people could get a licence to own guns if they wanted one. Most of us just don’t have the need nor the desire. Most stores have rewards systems, not coupons. You get points when you buy and can use those points for discounts etc. Those coupon books are around, but not as widely used because of the automatic systems. White vs brown eggs is not a thing here that I’ve ever heard. Australian eggs are healthier over all because of our higher food standards, so the main difference you might see is the darker colour of the yolk. We don’t think tomato sauce is ketchup, we know the difference, in fact Heinz is struggling to get people to buy ketchup. Ketchup in America is made with HFCS, which is banned in Australia because of its impact on health. The stats on internet speed are old. Rugby is two different sports - Rugby League and Rugby Union. Neither is a main sport nationally, although they are both played between states and we have national teams for each.
Thursday was chosen as “late night shopping” day because traditionally people were paid on Thursdays. There are some stores open late. Our Kmart is open 24 hours. But most Australians want a work life balance.
just on the topic of guns in australia - each state has different laws, with some over-arching federal laws. guns are not banned in australia but are heavily restricted (with good reason). i'm from western australia - guns are not a right by any means and are difficult to get a firearm licence compared to some other countries. you need to apply for a firearms licence with a genuine reason to have one (self-defence not being one of those), pass a background/criminal check, install and have inspected safe storage facilities were the firearm/s and ammunition are to be stored. there are also restrictions on magazine capacity, type of firearm, semi-automatic etc. also, very importantly - there is a 28 day cooling off period for any firrst-time firearms being purchased by a firearm licence holder. (2) A person has a genuine reason for acquiring or possessing a firearm, major firearm part, prohibited firearm accessory or ammunition if and only if - (a) it is for use by the person as a member of an approved shooting club and the person is an active and financial member of the club; or (b) it is for use by the person as a member of an organisation approved under this paragraph; or (c) it is for use in hunting or shooting of a recreational nature on land the owner of which has given written permission for that hunting or shooting; or (d) it is required by the person in the course of the person’s occupation; or (da) in the case of a prescribed paintball gun, it is required by the person to conduct or engage in paintball in accordance with this Act; or (e) it is to form part of a genuine firearm collection or genuine ammunition collection; or (f) it is for another approved purpose. we have very little gun crime and where guns are involved it's usually organised crime figures committing offences against each other or instances where the people are known to each other (domestic situations). most everyday people don't see the need for firearm ownership given the lack of gun crime, the fact that all police are armed. this is much like the rest of the western world (other than america).
You neglected to mention why we have fairly strict gun laws We had a major mass murder incident in Tasmania ( a state in Australia) where 35 people were killed and 25 injured. The Australian government said this cannot happen again and unlike America who have these shootings just about weekly our government introduced a gun buy back scheme and passed laws to make it harder to buy and keep guns with restrictions to what guns and magazine size also storage regulations were stipulated. This is why the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 was our last such incident. Not weekly where the gun lobby rules in the USA
Well said! I recommend anyone who’d like some more details to check out the RU-vid video by John Oliver of The Daily Show about the change of gun laws in Australia after the Port Arthur massacre. The before and after statistics are very informative.
@@shaneharris2497 i apologise i never mentioned it. i know other people have here. when people are told about or learn about australian gun laws they usually are told about port arthur - especially peoole from foreign countries. i assume the video creator knew about it but failed to mention it in the video.
Australia's biggest sport is actually Australian Rules Football. In fact the Australian Football League (AFL), is the most attended domestic sports league in the world per-capita.
I prefer Oz opening hours, and better minimum wages, and worker conditions Life is not all just about convenience for the individual It's a community, not a brand
You may not care about the wording, but FYI in case you do, WiFi is not the correct term for country internet speed. WiFi is just the local device that spreads the internet around a house or shopping centre. Think of it as the final part of the network to create the network around your house.
yeah, free wifi always restricts the bandwidth, nothing to do with internet speeds, our nbn is actually rated reasonably high, another thing, we have exactly same modems as rest of world, so our wifi at home is perfectly fine, I have 3 gamers in my house, plus I stream to twitch myself and watch stuff online at same time, no issues.
@@edmurks236 Got elected by promising to have it done in half the time, half the cost, and and better speed. Blew out the budget by 3x, took twice as long as Labor projected, and we have 1/10th of the speed that was being worked on.
Ketchup has sugar and vinegar in it and tomato sauce doesn't. There are other differences but the sugar and vinegar are the main reasons that they taste different.
The use of joule aligns with the use of SI units in physics around the world. The joule is the derived SI unit for energy (force x displacement) and is equal to 1 Newton (force) x 1m (displacement) or 1kg squared x 1metre squared per second squared. The calorie is a measure of heat (form of energy) and was substituted for joules in 1925. There are only a couple of countries that don't use SI units as they are not based on metric mathematics. The USA is one and so is still locked in the 19th century and continues using the British Imperial system.
I'm a little late to the party but great video mate! Only thing you got wrong was opening hours of supermarkets in Australia. Major chains like Coles & Woolworths are open 7am to 9pm Monday to Saturday & till 6pm Sundays. So no problem to pick up some groceries after work (or even before work). Welcome to Oz.
You are completely wrong about firearms in Australia, they are not banned, have never been banned, do some proper research, ok? But since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 (at the time it was the worlds largest mass shooting), stricter licensing and registration was introduced nationally. Any Australian can apply for a firearm licence (except for those with a criminal record or a history of mental illness), but you have to have a ‘valid’ reason, such as: sport shooter, hunting, collector, farmer, pest control, etc. Licensing is also strict regarding the ‘type’ of firearm, eg, semi-auto rifles are restricted to people such as professional pest controllers and farmers, you can’t have ‘any’ firearm you want, it has to match the type of licence you have. The average idiot in the suburbs can’t own a semi-auto firearm, or any firearm, without a valid reason, for obvious reasons! Self defence is not a valid reason in Australia, we don’t live in fear. Yes we do have millions of registered firearms in Australia, but that is linked to sensible rules and laws. Meanwhile in the USA: * There were approx 640 mass shootings in the USA in 2023. * There were 40,000+ firearm related death in the USA in 2023. * In the USA there are MORE firearms than people! Being an Aussie, guess which country I’m going to be safer in? And it ain’t Merica!! Cheers,
So I have forgotten to pay for petrol at the station. They give you a few hours to honour before they call the police. And even if the police get called you still get opportunity to pay. I called a petrol station (gas station) 2 hours after I left as I realised I hadn't paid. He said he was just about to call the police - gave me an hour to come into the store to pay. we just were distracted and drove off - there was a lot going on. So yeh there is some leniency there
did this once as well, by accident, got distracted with passenger, drove off, cop rang home then rang me in car.. i was 50 kms away.... stopped into same branded servo in another town and paid the 50 bux then.
I am pretty sure we have 10 days sick leave a year and it accumulates .When I worked , the boss would complain that every time sick leave came due certain individuals would start taking days off which left us short handed at times. I came up with the idea of paying the sick leave out each year, and that is what we did to improve attendance records , we would let it accrue and then over a certain point we would pay it out .The reason why we coudl do this was because the Manager was also the Union rep !!!!!
It used to be like that in some govt organizations (e.g teaching) but then the govt stopped it and said you had to take your sick leave and not accrue it!
The most popular sport in Australia is the Australian Football League (AFL). It has the highest attendance per capita of any domestic sporting competition in the world.
A Small population always makes Per Capital figures look better than they, In reality AFL is way down the list of the Worlds most attended Sports, per how many People actually go to the Games.
@@LeePainter36per capita figures are given to even out the comparison between populations of different sizes. A small population most certainly doesn’t make per capita figures look better 😂 per capita literally means per head of population. One head is one head whether that head is in Australia or the U.S. or anywhere- it’s one head.
The only difference between white and brown eggs is the breed of chicken that they come from. Yes we’re very fussy about coffee. We don’t add a lot of crap to it like you do in the US . We like to taste the actual coffee, not all the sweet stuff you put in it. Yes, we have ketchup. Some Australians do steel drink fosters. Another states it’s Thursday and Friday late shopping. But we did have 24 seven shopping at one point, but we decided family time is more important and people should be able to do their shopping between 7am and 10pm We’ve never had ice machines in hotels. Hello, you forgot Australian rules football, which is the number one sport in Australia. We are nursing like the USA, and we are very proud of it.
On the question of work/life balance between the USA and Australia: The US Federal Government does NOT mandate a single day of ‘paid’ annual, sick or public holiday leave (all left to the discretion of the employer). In Australia every worker is entitled, by law, a minimum of 20 days (4wks), paid annual leave, a minimum of 10 days (2wks), paid sick leave and, depending on what state we live in, between 8-10 days of paid public holidays, again, that is the legal minimum. Healthcare - in the USA, no federally mandated universal healthcare for all, US citizens regularly file for bankruptcy over medical bills, even with private health insurance, they often beg others for help on GoFundMe. In Australia, every, and I repeat every, citizen is entitled to universal healthcare, yes you can have private insurance if want, but no one goes bankrupt over medical costs. Pharmaceuticals - the Government here regulates the price, no one dies because they can’t afford basic medicines, not so in the USA. Minimum wage, USA, $7.25 p/h, Australia, $23.23 p/h, we also aren’t forced to ‘tip’ minimum wage earners, we don’t have to make up for what their employer should pay. On top of everyone’s full time wage is Superannuation (retirement fund), employers are required by law to deposit another 11% of your wage into your selected Superannuation Fund. Life expectancy - USA 77.28, Australia 83.20, approx six (6) years more in Australia. US Americans often talk about work ‘benefits’, we call them ‘basic worker rights’, we don’t have to ‘beg’, employers are required ‘by law’ to pay a decent min wage, plus all of the other ‘benefits (rights)’ that US workers don’t receive. I could go on with many other comparisons too. Bottom line, the life of the average Australian is far better than the life of the average US American. Cheers,
Yes the $7.25 is in USD and the $23.23 is in AUD. But.... Different exchange rates mean nothing when you use your own currency within your own country. An AUD dollar spent in Australia, is a dollar, a USD dollar spent in the US, is a dollar, same goes for the respective currencies of all other countries. Doing exchange rate calculations is a pointless exercise when you use your own currency ‘within’ your own country. The only time exchange rates matter is when a person is travelling to another country, sometimes you win, sometimes you don’t. Cheers,
@@johnnewman366 Of course, but the way it’s written appears as a comparison, not two silo events, so not providing the currencies with the amounts gives a false equivalence. Many people probably wouldn’t know that it's apples and oranges, so they could think that there’s a greater difference in the number of apples than actually exists. Totally agree with the lifestyle, and not just for the monetary aspects. Cheers.
@@Bellas1717 U.S. minimum wage 2024 Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 16, 2024 The federally mandated minimum wage in the United States is 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour, although the minimum wage varies from state to state. As of January 1, 2024, the District of Columbia had the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at 17 U.S. dollars per hour. This was followed by Washington, which had 16.28 U.S. dollars per hour as the state minimum wage. Minimum wage per hour - US 7.25 is the equivalent of $11.14 AU Minimum wage per hour - Australia $23.23 is the equivalent of US 15.13
@@punkmetalbabe Thanks, but I think you've missed the point of my reply, which was that the OP reporting the two mandatory minimum wages in different currencies could give a false equivalence. Their actual monetary values are irrelevant to the discussion. Had they been, I would have Googled them too. Or perhaps you accidentally replied to the wrong person? I've done that in the past.
Good to know! In the states they are never sold that way. Also, each have a different price and white eggs are cheaper in the states. Thanks for letting me know.
We the Australian people ELECT the PRIME MINISTER who is the head of the FEDERAL PARLIMENT, We then have STATE PREMIERS who are the elected heads of each STATE and TERRITORIES. We then have LOCAL GOVERNMENT called COUNCIL, which we the Australian people ELECT. EVERY PERSON AGED 18 and over MUST VOTE. AS for PENNIES we went METRIC in 1966 including Decimal Currency, so all pennies ceased then, we ditched ONE CENT and TWO CENT COINS. All tomato sauces are different in taste. If you want KETCHUP you can buy HEINZ KETCHUP.
Something different about the USA and Australia is there was no African slavery in Australia so this means there are very few African people living in Australia.
Australia has four sports named Football. The main football sports in Australia are Aussie Rules and Rugby League. "Rugby" is short for Rugby Union. It is a different sport to Rugby League and it is 3rd most popular sport.. ie Half the country plays Aussie Rules as number #1 football sport, other half plays Rugby League as #1 football sport. Those Rugby League places also play "Rugby" as number #2 football sport in their states only. Confusing but "Rugby" is a totally different sport to Rugby League (which is shortened to League). #4 sport named Football is soccer.
When you are talking pennies, Australia introduced decimal currency in 1966 removing the old UK based system of pounds, pence & pennies, what has been a recent move that is comparable to your comment on removing the penny is 1cent & 2cent coins were removed from circulation in 1992 , the 5 cent coin is still currently in circulation but should also be removed in my opinion, I am enjoying your videos mate, very entertaining and much more informative than the usual travel vlogs.
Thats when Australia went on too the decimal system like Europe. (not just money but all measurements, Cms, meters, kilometers, grams, kilos,etc etc based on unit 10) In the US they still have the old imperial measurement system based on the unit 12 , feet, inches, miles, pounds, measurements etc etc which I think is cumbersome by comparison.
Hey mate..you gotta checkout Australian rules football….it pisses all over your football in America… our lads play without pads and helmets…it’s awesome!
Oh and BTW, I live on the NSW Central Coast and my internet is brilliant! It does vary from place to place but you should find the major cities are pretty good.👍
I find one of the more interesting things wrt/ Aussie Rules is that Australia doesn't compete in the Australian Rules International Cup and only hosts the tournament. Fair enough, too. No one else would show up if Australia competed.
Most Austraslian have reduced work days. I used to to work a "9 day fortnight" that is I had every 2nd Friday off. My work time was 38 hours per week which is 7.6 hours per day, so I would work 8.45 hours per day for 9 day and accrue 7.6 hour of unpaid overetime and take a day off to balance it out.
Eggs are a different colour here, because the majority of our eggs come from a different breed of chicken. America is the only place I've been to which are mostly white eggs. You also wash your eggs down a lot more stripping off protective layers, which is why you need to store your eggs in the fridge, but we sell them unrefrigerated here... because they are raised produced in better/healthier conditions, and have better shell protection against moisture. When you say "Wi-fi" you are actually referring to ISP speed. My Wi-Fi speed is about 10GB/s... that's in my house. But my connection to the internet is 1/20th of that. Wi-fi would be what you use when you connect to the hotel wi-fi. But the hotel is limited by the speed of their connection to the ISP.... which yes, is fairly slow compared to the rest of the world.
I don’t get paid vacations. But I refuse to live a life of always working so I’ll make the sacrifices and work harder if I have to. It’s a shame that most US jobs don’t have that but life goes on and I’ll continue to travel and see this world.
In Australia large corporations have negotiated to include annual leave pay into regular pay by way of a pay increase, so it appears to be 'unpaid annual leave'. This was done some years ago so people have probably forgotten this.
And the Governor General is the Kings Representative in Australia, no longer has any Political powers unlike in 1975 when the Governor General Sacked a Prime Minister and the Labour Government of the time. He is there mostly to meet dignitaries and to swear in Governments and People of Political Positions.
Wifi is not the Sam's as an internet connection. In Australia, it is by fibre connection, but the previous government downgraded the system. Now it is being brought up to specification
I think because you are used to not using public transport in the US, you are used to catching Ubers everywhere to replace your cars when travelling. A train, tram, bus or walking is a cheap way to get around and you don't need to stay one hour away on the train to get a cheaper hotel. ~10 minutes would be enough.
Most retail stores close around 6 or 7. Aside from Thursdays. Target and Kmart etc are usually open until 9 or 10pm though. Supermarkets chains are all open until around 10pm - and some in the city til midnight. If thats not enough for people to get their groceries...they need to plan their lives better lol. No one needs 24hour shopping. Online shopping is big here for grocery deliveries too especially for busy families and elderly etc. And they deliver until 11pm. Convenience stores attached to petrol stations are open 24 hours and are like mini supermarkets. Is Australia expensive? Yeah its not cheap. I don't believe that Australia is really much more expensive these days than the US though. We don't have forced tipping where as in the US tipping is everywhere now not just for restaurants. we dont have to pay for health insurance and generally get paid higher wages/more purchasing power. So i do believe it evens out. I know some Americans living here. One says the supermarket shopping is a bit cheaper here. And another says rent is cheaper than where she was from. (Even though the capital cities here are expensive rent wise). Public transport is frequent in and around the capital cities and i think its cheaper. Negating the need for using cars all the time, saving money. When people visit they often eat around all the tourist trap areas where they charge crazy prices for basic fast food or cafe food because they know people will pay it. But that's the same as anywhere in Europe too. Everywhere i went if it was a tourist area the food was more expensive than a few blocks back or another suburb. If you look around or talk to locals they will tell you where to eat more affordably. Enjoy your stay.🙂
Fosters beer is the most popular Australian beer outside of Australia but unheard of by most Australians as they're not sold in Aussie pubs - Fun fact.
Wi Fi actually another badly researched misconception, the MBPS depends on your plan, a plan has a cost and if you subscribe to a GOOD plan the MBPS is better than MOST countries in the world. This is from a US site...."5 Jan 2024 - Netflix says you need 5 Mbps to stream full HD content and a data rate of 25 Mbps (megabits per second) for 4K Ultra HD content" I get more than that with my mobile phone data.
Cricket is the most popular summer sport across all of Australia, equivalent to baseball in the US. But the most popular winter/contract sport is actually Australian Rules Football, (AFL), not rugby. Rugby is more popular in two states, (NSW & Qld), “Aussie Rules” is much more popular everywhere else.
I think you find AFL (Australian Football League) is more popular and a higher attendance record than Rugby. You should watch some videos and the explanation of the rules.
Another thing you forgot to mention is Politics. Seems like everyone in the states is crazy about either Republicans or Democrats. We In Australia couldn't give a Hoot about politics.
In the past when liquor licensing was more strict, pubs had to offer accommodation in order to maintain their license. So it's become a tradition for pubs to register their business as "Hotel X" or "X Hotel".
Technically Charles is only the head of state when he is in the country but he has no legal power here it’s mainly a ceremonial role which is because of our heritage. The currency is an interesting thing, each denomination nite is not only a different colour but also a different size as well, it was designed this way to help with sight impaired people, it’s also one of the hardest currencies to forge due to its material and multiple security features. Silver coins are the same the larger to coin, the larger the denomination, the only odd one out is the gold coin where the $1 is larger than the $2 coin.
The main sport 🏈 in Winter varies between states. In Queensland and New South Wales is Rugby. In Victoria we created a new game now called Australian Rules (Aussie Rules), which is played in not only Victoria, but also Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. I think we have the majority support. We all play Cricket 🏏 in the Summer Season.
Rugby is far from the most popular "oval ball code" in Queensland and New South Wales. Rugby LEAGUE (otherwise known as "League" or by the name of the top tier competition "NRL") is by FAR the most popular code in both Queensland and NSW. Rugby UNION (otherwise known as "Rugby" - think Wallabies and All Blacks, Rugby World Cup - different to "League/NRL") has a relatively good following but comes in 3rd in the "oval ball codes" in QLD and NSW. Rugby Union was created in 1845 Australian rules was created in 1858 American football was created in 1869 Basketball was created in 1891 Rugby League was created in 1895 Australian Rules football/Aussie Rules has been around longer than Rugby League, American football and also basketball.... .....so no, not really a new game at all.
The colour of an egg depends on the colour of the chicken that laid it. How healthy or not an egg is depends on the food the chicken ate and the conditions in which it lived.
The Australian Target and KMart are not the American companies, just use the same names and logos. Thursday late shopping was because that was payday. Friday is late night shopping in city centres. Most supermarkets open very early and close late, a few stay open till midnight though. Shops in the USA open late compared with Australia, because Aussies are early risers. Most Cafe's start really early for breakfast and close by 1500 hrs.
Brown vs White eggs. I eat a lot of eggs and I buy organic from various sources and the colours are mixed. White eggs come from white chickens, brown eggs from brown chickens...
Nice! I have friends who swear brown are more expensive because they are healthier. I’m not sure that’s true but the difference in price creates the whole issue 😂
@@IvainTures i get it. But that's not consistent. It's a marketing ploy. I'm an hour outside Sydney on the coast surrounded by small farms and the eggs are always mixed colour even in the supermarkets. CBD... another story
Pennies stopped in 1966 because they introduced the decimal currency, 1 and 2 cent coins were discontinued in 1992, and the total price of a group of items at the checkout was rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents if paying in cash. However, the vast majority pay by credit or debit cards and the exact price is charged.
Ice machines - not hygienic. There was a study done on US motel ice machines and found contaminants such as rodents, roaches and human bodily waste. Also mould, lotsa mould. Our internet - at its simplest; one party said “install fibre optic to every property”; next government said “nah, copper is just as good - and cheaper’. And thus we suffer. Hope you enjoyed your trip!
I am not sure about minimum wage and exchange rate you used!!! i just came back from US, you should mention that they dont have the concept of minimum wage, so you could be paid literally $5 an hour ahhahaahhahaah Also food is way better in australia
Yes Aussie is a gem, I often hear them speaking well of USA but when Australia has to take a side it is straight forward when seeking a resolution to avoid such however when it does choose its very loyal to that commitment.
@IvainTures Your research is grossly inadequate. Please stop posting falsehoods. For example Australia hasn't used the Penny since 1966 when we converted from Pounds/Shillings/Pence to Dollars and Cents. Do your research.
Sounds like u need to listen better .. that’s precisely what I said. I said the 60s is when it was stopped. And I’ll keep posting more and more. Listening 👂 isn’t your thing huh? 🤔 😂
We do have the right to bear arms, they just made it more difficult to do so and ensured that the mentally ill or criminal element is not entitled to legally carry guns. Some pubs have accommodation above the main bar areas which distinguishes them from just Pub Bars. Every pub that calls itself a hotel is required to have rooms available. Ketchup is made with tomatoes, sugar, vinegar/acetic acid and spices. Whereas, tomato sauce is made from tomatoes, oil, meat or vegetable stock and spices. It never uses vinegar or sugar. Shopping hours are different in the suburbs than in the CBD, if you look at Supermarket Websites you will see the difference in locations, most people finish work at 5pm so keeping the shops open in the CBD after 6pm is considered an economic no-no. Also, Thursday Night shopping is because traditionally Thursday was payday. Again when you can get home delivery of your groceries for minimum of $2 and delivered after you get home, it is realistic to shop online where sometimes you get money off and online only specials. Ice Machines tested as early as 5 weeks after a service have resulted in bacteria levels so high the machine fails the Australia/ NZ Food Standards Code. Not to mention the life of the Ice machines are decreased as much as 30% due to build up of slime, bacteria.
The reason we don't have ice machines is that we have refrigerators in the rooms when we visited the USA we were shocked that there were no refrigerators in our hotel rooms, even in California
The colour of eggs depends on the breed of the Hen for example a white leghorn lays white eggs and a Road island red a brown egg so it depends I suppose on what breed is popular among farmers regards producing eggs.
I could be 100% wrong on this, but I am fairly sure I read something at least like this a few years ago. Eggs-I think in the US, you like industrially cleaned eggs, whereas we wash them lightly. So basically, eggs in the USA have been washed with a ton of chemicals, whereas in Australia, they just spray them down with a bit of water.....
Fountain spicy red sauce best sauce in the whole world. Go to Woolworths, Coles or Foodland to get it. It’s around $2.50 for a bottle. You should take some home with you also if you go to the supermarket you’ll find sauce that says ketchup on it and I’m pretty sure it’s an American brand
white chickens lay white eggs, otherwise no dif, but in the US there are other problems with eggs .. re tomato sauce -v- ketchup - not sure but its pretty well known that in the US there is way more sweetener added to savoury foods, I'd imagine ketchup, along with maybe some dif spices, would have corn syrup added to it .. and be sweeter than our tomato sauce., which is sweet also, but we generally use sugar any time we sweeten food . Even coca cola here uses sugar whereas u guys use corn syrup. The most popular football codes are 'rugby league' (which isn't the same as rugby) and 'aussie rules' .. neither of those are very popular in the UK.
It depends on the supermarket. Here in Sth Australia one of the two big supermarket chains in my shopping complex.. only one of them stays open till 9pm. The other one shuts around 7pm (except when it's late night shopping once a week).
Hi and welcome to Australia. I was just watching this on my tv and you bought up the question of ketchup , so I hoped over to my computer to type this. Ketchup is very popular in Australia, that is all I eat, I haven't had Tomato sauce since Heinz brought out ketchup and it's all over the supermarkets and , go down to Coles or Woolworths and you will find it alongside tomato sauce. I find ketchup richer , thicker and sweeter. Tomato sauce is more watery and not as sweet .The thing with shopping in Europe is they get up late , we get up early and we open early we are a morning country not an afternoon country. Try getting a cup of coffee in France at 8a.m in the morning .We don't have ice machines , but, if you put your own stuff in the fridge thats fine but make sure it is not one of those bloody european fridges where if you move a bottle they charge you. Cricket is big world wide sport in many countries even the Netherlands play cricket and note the Indian T20 are trying to start a comp in the USA. Rugby league is small time outside of Australia and the UK, Aussie Rules is big time only in Australia mainly Victoria , South Australia and Western Australia .Rugby Union is the international sport that is played in nearly every country i can think of and yes the USA have a team. Than of course you have soccer, and men's and womens hockey which is world wide and very popular in Australia , more at an amateur level though....think Olympics .
Amazing explanation to many things I had questions about. Thanks so much for your time. I appreciate that! Australia is such a fascinating country. Cheers!
