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I remember staring at my mother with pure shock on my face when I realised Americans don't have meat pies or sausages on bread. I felt so bad for them lmao
sausage on bread rockssssss
I lived in America for a while, and it was living hell not having sausage sizzles or meat pies. how do yanks survive?! (high cholesterol levels aside, I mean.)
sausage on bread?!?!?!?!? have you idiots never heard of hot dogs or italian sausage that's served on onion rolls? and aussies are NOT friendly!
You don't know what your missing when we go to the hardware store Bunnings they hold a sausage sizzle in the car park for $2. To raise money for charity good too
@Jun Xuan Liu Yes! With barbecued onions and tomato sauce too.
He doesn't have an Australian accent. He's British. You need to listen to more Aussies learn the difference 🙂 Also, ppl don't go barefoot in the southern states much at all. It's generally a Queensland/Northern Territory thing.
And north WA 😂 but also alot of rural places in the south. I've lived half my life in northern states and half in southern states. Every time I go back south I have to make a conscious effort to wear shoes or people look at me like im a bum 😂😂
I’m in Victoria and honestly I don’t think people would give a shit if you did. I go barefoot at times and in the summer I do see others and it’s honestly nothing to write home about but obviously strange to foreigners
And NSW
People go barefoot in all states in Australia haven't noticed it more prevalent in one state over another. Funny to think that its not common in other countries.
@@ann-pud I thought that until I lived in Darwin and Cairns. There u have office workers and school kids all without shoes. Down south if u show up to school without shoes, you're reported to child protection for neglect. Up there it's normal for half the school to show up without shoes
As an Aussie, it has always amused me that all our Xmas greeting cards show a snowy theme.
I had a much different feel. I felt weird that our Xmas was in the summer.
English heritage
Same
When I moved to Aus my boss told me, “Aussies work to live, we don’t live to work.” So true.
FYI for tomorrow: Canberra is pronounced can-bra mostly due to laziness of our accent.
"laziness", give us a break! Our pronunciation of Canberra is short, convenient and cute.
I mean Canberra is actaully pronounced Can-berra) not Can-bra… but people are just lazy and don’t want to say the correct pronunciation for that.
Nor for Schedule and Privacy etc..
I believe even the prime minister says it can-bra
As a local Its really more Can-b-rah rather than Can-Bra and definitely not Can-bear-a
I don't think formatting it like can-bra is helpful, bra is already a word which is different to how the end of Canberra sounds. It's more Can-bre
Blue trees are to support the "Are you OK" drive. They are painted blue by locals, generally in the bush areas to let farmers and others having depression issues that someone cares about them.
Our mission is to help spark difficult conversations and encourage people to speak up when battling mental health concerns.
By spreading the paint and spreading the message that "it’s OK to not be OK", we can help break down the stigma that’s still largely attached to mental health.
i always support this message it just hits home with me
Ouch. They need our support. I have plans
Ohhh, I live in a country town and have seen one of these when on a long drive and I’m always wondering why it is blue and no one I knew had an answer, this is helpful 😅 This is so sweet ☺️
We just plug along get shit done. Slipped disc's in the spine, knee reconstructions and your mates getting cancer. Just keep swimming like Dori
As an Australian, I didn't know that, I dont even think I've seen a blue tree (maybe it isn't a thing in SA
The "door handle" is a deadlock. Acts as both a door opener and a door locker😂
In Australia we paint trees blue in memory of someone who suicided. We call it this because if we say “commit” suicide we are saying they committed a crime. Wanting to end your own life is not a crime. The blue tree also helps bring awareness to the number of suicides in Australia. We even have a special day once a year called “R U Ok?” Day where we encourage everyone to check in with their families and friends to see how they are doing, and see if they need a listening ear.
In Australia people paint dead trees blue in memory for people who lost their lives to depression, it’s a symbol to raise awareness about mental health as it’s a big issue in our country today.
Can we assume you mean LACK OF mental health?
yea, is it the 'are you ok?' campaign or something like that?
@@SusanMadge-vl9gxjust to raise awareness, so people are more empathetic. But yes, our mental health system, could do with more funding,
So true, I lost my lovely elder son in 2018, and just recently I've had him in my thoughts, hourly and daily. Memories of Liam as a toddler, where we'd go and what we'd do. An "Old Soul", witty and often Hilarious!. Miss you my Boy👍
@@ronibancroft6897A HORRIFIC Shortage of Beds and Professionals. NOT Good Enough!.
I’ll never get sick of hearing an American pronounce “Canberra” 😂 then I’ll never get sick of them actually hearing how it’s really pronounced hahaha. Good ol’ canbra!
Lol I was like what is Can Bera 😆
Try Dandenong. It's hilarious.
Don't forget "Bris - Bayne" and "Mel - born"! It really gives me the shits when I hear these pronounced wrong!
It’s pronounced “Can brah” 😂
Kairmbra where Ken Behrens live.
the no shirt, no shoes sign are here too, but nobody takes any notice. Except in Melbourne where it's too cold to go barefoot, and it's probably raining anyway.
Isn't everyone in Melbourne a bit more formal than the rest of us?
Yeah!even in summer! I swear it was like 20°c or Smth then I blinked and it started to rain!😂 Melbourne weather is very unpredictable😂
Can't get into most venues in Melbourne without shoes because of the health and safety laws. The shirts' thing is something else, there's the shirt rule and there's the shirt with a collar rules too, but let's face it, it's probably better than having to sit next to a half naked, hairy, fat, old fart having dinner at the next booth.
All ways barefoot in the warmer months in Melbourne. The no shirt thing isn't ok
The reason Australian suburban restaurants close before 9:00 is not because they're less greedy than American restaurants. It's because wages are so high here, if the restaurant is not half full, the restaurant is losing money by being open. It saves the restaurant money to close as soon as the main crowd has gone.
Oz min wage 4 times divided states
Yeah, there's not much point in the kitchen being open when everyone's already had tea and headed to the bar or pokies lounge.
Wages aren't high in Australia. Compared to the cost of living in the U.S.A, their wages aren't that low, either. If you compare their base wages to the actual cost of items and houses, it's not much different.
@@jublywubly what a bunch of crap i lived in that sad shthol the min wage in the divided states is about 7 or 8 dollars an hour not even a third of oz go travel and learn there countries without expensive health care racial tensions massive homelessness low wages high crime worst western country in the world funny though these sheeps so brainwashed they compare themselves to 3rd world countries and think they best country go travel and learn not even close
@@jublywubly Australia has the highest minimum wage in the world.
Equally, as an Aussie i find it difficult to imagine having a Christmas during the winter
I know! A cold Christmas sounds like a nightmare!! Nothing like a Barbie at the beach on Boxing Day!
Can’t beat a good old game of backyard cricket on Christmas
Its original mode. The repurposed ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia of feasting and gift giving following the winter solstice. If properly timed in the southern hemisphere xmas would be on June 25 instead of Dec 25.
Same as a Kiwi, someone was telling me it helps to get through the dark cold winter and that we just have seasonal depression instead, and everything made so much sense. But I still don't really think I can wrap my brain around what christmas would be like without cold ham, potato salad, maybe a BBQ, pav and cream, fruit salad, and that long lazy christmas afternoon
@@susanwilliams2392 Or the kids playing with their Xmas prezzies outside while the adults sleep off their big lunch on a handy couch.
*most british man alive speaking* “how does he have an australian accent” says the american
"m a y b e h e ' s f r o m N e w Z e a l a n d" 💀
@@gggghjkjhgbnjuytrfdcvbn that was my first thought.
That weird lock u saw on the door is called a dead bolt. U can lock the dead bolt urself but when you close ur door, it automatically locks the door for u
Mate, he clearly has a British accent.
It's hard for us to tell the difference
It is Australianised a bit.
@@Yeeyeeenation I really hope that's a joke.
@@mildlydispleased3221 It's not
English accent.
I’m British, lived in America for years and have family in Australia. Australia is a bit like America in some ways but the main differences are no fear of guns, less chance of dying on the roads, good, available healthcare, plenty of vacation time, good social services, lower prices. The advantages of America are … nope, can’t think of any.
dont forget the decent university loans HECS Help
the pot holes are awful here.
Our guns, for the most part, are used on farm. Sure, we have crime here.... tis how we were founded 😂
But, we don't worry about driving thru a bad neighbourhood ( we have bad neighbourhoods) and getting shot.
It happens, but mostly in cities that are migrant populated. Not racist, just stating fact.
Less chance if dying on the roads💀 Idk what ur talking about, we have some of the worst drivers.
Hmmm available healthcare is debatable
As an Aussie the fact that u guys don’t have meat pies is full on outrageous. I eat those so much 😭👌🫶🤍🇦🇺💀✋🛑
I never even knew you could get fruit pies until only a couple of years ago, have always only eatin meat pies
We do. We have pot pies but they are usually only made with chicken
Same!!!!
meat pies are _delicious_ 👌
meat pies hit different
I’ve lived in Australia my whole life and I’ve never seen anyone barefoot
South African here: Christmas here in the southern hemisphere is like a red and green version of the 4th of July for Americans. Our academic year ends in Nov/Dec so South African summer holidays are Dec-Jan (many businesses and industries also close over this time), usually about six weeks for school kids. Barbeques, hanging out outside with family and friends, swimming, long days, warm nights. Instead of a fireworks show you have the christmas tree and gifts. Also New Years, if you aren't going to a venue, are sometimes a night time barbeque with friends, getting drunk and enjoying the warm night.
I once had to tell an American customer that they couldn’t dine in at the restaurant I worked at (in a coastal country town) at 9:20pm because we closed in 10 minutes. They then yelled about nothing being open and I explained that we also had to go home, have dinner and go to bed 😂 this is a country town, we are 2.5 hours away from a major city lol
But don't you know? The world revolves around Americans. ( According to Americans!!)
Ironically, it’s the same here in Adelaide even being a state capital city.
I’m so small minded I didn’t even know that it was a big deal haha if it’s 9 go home unless you’re out for a drink on the weekend haha
Yes, exactly. Shop and restaurant owners have a life too, and already work VERY long hours.
my work place gets busy with international tourists alot, and we had a group that travelled "3 hours" (they didn't, you used our bus) and got made that we weren't letting them inside
"Nobody goes to the beach in winter, right?" Actually, bear in mind that Aussie winters might be cold in many areas, but also mild compared with a lot of other places. So there are always a few, even if just surfers.
It is worth noting that there is a famous swimming club here called 'the Bondi Icebergs', and its major "thing" is coldwater swimming. On the first day of winter, they celebrate the season by loading up their pool with ice and then jumping in for a swim.
If you live across the upper part of Australia (WA NT QLD) you swim all year.
Maybe not in stinger season in the sea though. Watch out for tropical rain that brings out the crocs.
Even down the south coast of Sydney we still visit the beach in winter. Especially if the swell is pumping.
@@katel7309 so true Kate. In WA we tend to swim all year round. Usually only a couple of extremely bad weeks in winter you can’t swim. Also the grey nomads (people over 55) tend to pack up and go up north in winter to experience 30 degrees all year round. We are so lucky in Australia.
Take care love Leisa WA
@@katel7309 so true Kate. In WA we tend to swim all year round. Usually only a couple of extremely bad weeks in winter you can’t swim. Also the grey nomads (people over 55) tend to pack up and go up north in winter to experience 30 degrees all year round. We are so lucky in Australia.
Take care love Leisa WA
Yes they do I go to the beach in winter no one is around best time
The way he pronounced Canberra 😂
It's true that a heap of people in Australia swear a lot but for some reason, I haven't picked up that habit which makes me seem a bit strange at times lol
Coming from the Netherlands where they swear a helluva lot more and far more inventive I must admit..I barely swear here and Ai live in WA and the C word is a big no no for the women here. Which in NL we also use it as an term of endearment.😂 But I only use it when I mean my ex instead of his name.
I love that the British guy gave a shout to “potato bake”!!! That is soo Christmas for me. Every Christmas my family would have it 😁
I remember growing up in the 80's in Australia and we had the traditional English sit down Christmas dinner at lunch time in the 40 degrees celcius heat and not one person complained.
Same here.
There was one year that was about 45 and my grandmother cooked the chooks the day before and we had them cold with salads and my father thought the world had ended.
Same here. Always the full traditional hot Christmas lunch with Christmas pud, icecream, custard and cream to follow ... I feel bloated just thinking about it, but tradition is tradition LOL
We still do - only difference is we cook the meat outside on the weber or over coals so the oven isn't on for hours, just the bake veg done inside
@@thedukeofduchess2168 you need to get the cook an Air Fryer, mate, best bloody thing ever and you can pick one up in Kmart for like 50 bucks or so... I bought one about 5 or 6 years ago and it's still going strong and I haven't had to put the oven on for anything ever since...as ol' Mol used to say, "do y'self a favour"... 😁
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One of the best things we started doing was roasting was the ham or the turkey in the bbq. Just shut the lid and go back and baste every now and then . It turns out really well & stops the kitchen getting so hot while we still do everything else the traditional way.
There is no feeling in the world quite the same as stepping from scorching hot car park to the cold tiles in a shopping setting on a 38° day 😂
I wholeheartedly agree with this stament😂
And yet my feet are alive and well yet I need a jumper when it gets to 25 degrees
Proper culture shock 😂
0:31 the blue tree was painted blue for mental health awareness
Just for anyone that is wondering, people paint dead trees blue in memory of friends and family who have passed away from suicide
No shoes in public shocks you? What about the humans of Walmart? Now that is something to behold!
People overhype the craziness of Walmart. It's really just like any other big box store all over the world
The sausage in bread is very popular and is called a sausage sizzle and is a staple at most BBQs and kids love 'em. All year round you will find them at Bunnings (large hardware chain) and they are a great fundraiser for many community groups. Then there is the democracy sausage. Our elections from local councils, to state and federal governments are held on Saturdays at local schools. The school often run a sausage sizzle and cake stall as a fundraiser.
Love a good Democracy Sausage!
Especially with fried onions.
I always vote for the 'Sausage Party'.
Lived in Aus for 25 years.. still can't understand why you'd put a sausage in a slice of bread rather than a hot dog roll. Weird. Sausages are much better than hot dogs though (although both are pretty disgusting if you know: a) what's in them and b) how they're made.
@@bencodykirk A loaf of sliced bread is basic food in every household. Bread rolls tend to go stale quickly so not always at hand.
Sixty two year old Australian here; I must remember to stop wearing shoes to the shops,
“He must be from new zealand I guess?” LMAOOO
Yes, we have Christmas in summertime but even crazier, when I was a kid we'd all go around singing American Christmas songs about snow etc. Can you imagine being on the beach at Christmas and singing 'Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow' - I never thought twice about it as a kid though 🤣 - Also, Canberra is pronounced 'Canbrah'
I'm originally from across the ditch in New Zealand. I'm from waaay down South where the accent is half Scottish/ half South African sounding. Until I read your comment about how to pronounce Canberra.... Can-brah, I never realised just how Aussie I am now. No wonder the relos tell me I sound like the people off neighbours. Cheers for the laugh.
@@elenawilliams32 Rofl! Sounding like the people off Neighbours - ha ha ha love that!
@@TiffGilleland1 Yeah, the cuzzies give me heaps for it.
But 'Neighbours'.... Yes, I speak fluent 'ocker'. 😂
the way he said "can-ber-rah" nearly made me cry
@Problematicaroace 🤣 I know right!
Ah, that "door handle" at 2:58 is actually known as a dead lock. There's no handle for that lock on the outside, so you need a key to get in unless the "handle" part she's twisting is turned far enough that the latch remains retracted. If you lock it from the inside, the "handle" won't turn. It's a fairly effective way to make the door an unviable option for intruders looking for a quick escape, because that front door suddenly turns into a dead end, hence the name "dead lock". (It can still be unlocked and opened from the outside.)
Most houses in Australia that I've lived in have a dead lock and a regular door handle below it, sometimes with a lock for the handle on the outside and a simple latch on the inside. Almost every house has a screen door as well to keep the flies out while letting a cool breeze in.
And NZ
I’m Australian and I’ve never seen a dead lock on a front door.
@@MeemahSN They all do. I have never lived in a house that doesn't.
Where do live?
@@MeemahSNbro how lemmie guess you live in a newer neighbourhood because deadbolts or deadlocks are more prominent in older houses
I thought everyone had these lol
As someone who has worked in Australian supermarkets, I don't recommend walking around barefoot. Some customers are really clumsy and drop glass bottles/jars a lot. Like you can do it, but don't blame anyone if you step on tiny shards of glass
Australian here!
Being barefoot on a regular basis is actually better for your feet's health, provided you ease into it slowly, to build up the skin on your feet and avoid significant injury. My boyfriend has been walking around almost everywhere for about a decade now and his feet are at the point where stepping on the odd broken glass shard doesn't hurt him or even do any damage. He spent five days in the bush for an event and his shoes broke after day one, so he went barefoot the rest of the time and he was running through some rough terrain, stepping on rocks, sticks, roots and more. he was absolutely fine. Better, even! (But keep in mind that his feet are like this because he spent years conditioning them on and off, taking time to rest and recover if they were sore or tender, and wearing shoes when necessary.)
As much as you are fascinated with xmas in the summer heat I feel like a lot of us are very intrigued by a white xmas, that would be something special for us
Ken oath it would!
I agree. As long as I have a nice warm summer before it
I spent a week across the Christmas holidays in Wales one year. It was magical to wake up to snow, but overall it was very constricting - too cold and windy to do much travelling or socialising out of the house. I really missed the social aspect of Australian Christmas.
I agree. I hate summer. nothing better than sitting in the aircon and watching an American Christmas movie lol
Oh it would be amazing to have a cold summer, a white Christmas... jeebus, I think it's a dream for alot of Australians. Don't get me wrong I love our summers... but there feels like there is a real honest to goodness Christmas Tradition to have a white Christmas, hot chocolate around the fireplace... awful Christmas jumpers lol.
I'm from Australia and on the news the other night they had warnings for people up north about crocs trying to go in peoples houses! They get really active in summer and some bloke in a caravan park heard a tap on his caravan door, went to open it and heard his neighbors yell" don't open it, it's a croc mate!" Sure enough a 6ft croc was at his door. Cheeky bugger. Only on Australia 😂
Down south you get the roos doing the same, but they're in gangs.😂 Only in Australia
That's classic! Knock knock, "Avon calling".
In florida we have gators. But the crocodiles are breaking into your homes? Yeah we have it good
@@Niggaihate😆😆😆🦘
Ain't no one gonna talk about the dog with the glasses?!?😂😂😂
0:47 bro really said a British person had an Australian accent 💀
Thanks for the watch and the guesses at where I'm from. We're a British family now living in Australia. Glad to help you learn a little more about our beautiful country
Love your outlook on your adopted country . Welcome and enjoy 👍
You need to watch drain cleaning and unblocking, a true aAussie
I hope you are enjoying life as a Brisbanite. Personally, I couldn't wait to leave and now live in the Highlands of Scotland where folk also enjoy the outdoor life, in all weathers. Oh, and hail doesn't destroy your car or house. :)
Apparently you have "an Australian accent"? Gotta love Americans 😂
Do you know the lyrics to waltzing Matilda?
The whole work life balance is something you might want to explore. I've been to the USA and it's lovely. Don't think I hate the place, I had a great time,
The wages were ridiculously low however. People were struggling just to live in an apartment. That's crazy! Healthcare cost a bomb, you had to tip wait staff because their bosses didn't pay them enough so instead of stringing them up by their thumbs, a tipping culture was used to supplement what is a disgraceful lack of care to employees.
Have you looked at house prices lately? And rental prices? ( If you can even find a rental, that is).
I love in South West Sydney, and rents are non-existent around here, especially affordable ones!
@@samanthafairweather9186 I had to buy my house off my ex a few months ago... so yes!
I hated the desperate false smiles on wait staff. They act as though their next meal depends on your tip - and it probably does! Such a greedy, selfish system.
The tipping creates an absolutely horrible atmosphere.. staff either crawl up your ass when they get $100 tip.. by mistake.. which happened to us while in America.. the next morning WE COULD NOT GET RID OF THE WAITERS.. it’s terrible.. Then we forgot to tip and THEY THREW OUR LUGGAGE AROUND AND DAMAGED IT.. The fake smiles and the desperation is palpable ALL BECAUSE OF TIPPING.. AND WHY DONT EMPLOYERS PAY THEIR STAFF A LIVING WAGE.. I just don’t understand.. why should patrons PAY THE STAFF EVERYWHERE.. you already pay for the goods and are then expected to SUBSIDISE THE WORKERS WAGES.. the business SHOULD PAY..
@@SusanMadge-vl9gxOMG.. THANK YOU! I found them so damn FAKE AND ANNOYING.. and it’s all because of tipping.. I have so many stories about tipping.. like the people we were with accidentally gave a $100 tip.. and the next morning the staff were like FLIES AND WE COULD NOT GET RID OF THEM.. IT WAS SO DAMN UNCOMFORTABLE.. then we forgot to tip at another place and they damaged our luggage.. we SAW THEM THROWING OUR STUFF AROUND ANGRILY.. the fake smiles are UNBEARABLE..
A lot of Australians use "the C word" synonymously with "mate; buddy; pal; friend" it depends on the general tone or mood of the conversation as to if it's friendly or not, but it usually is meant in a positive/friendly context.
I think some Scottish people also use "the C word" a similar way.
As an old Aussie, I think the c word is appalling, and would be highly insulted if anyone called me that.
@@illawarriorhill70yeah I’m not that old and never used the word in my life and would also be appalled if someone called me that! Maybe it’s a male thing? When I was at school it was definitely a derogatory term.
Mate, that’s not an Aussie accent 😂 He’s a Pom (Englishman)
I think a mistake that a lot of Europeans and Americans make is that it is ALWAYS Warm here. If you come from April-August on the east coast then better bring some warm gear!
You may have seen one of the many blue painted trees that have been popping up across the vast Australian landscape. What is now an international movement began one night in 2014 when friends Jayden Whyte and Tjarda Tiedeken snuck out and painted a tree blue on Jayden's family farm in Mukinbudin.
The Blue Tree Project began in Western Australia and encourages people to choose a dead tree that needs a "blue lease on life" and paint it in memory of a friend who lost their life to depression or had battled the illness.
As a NZ Kiwi living in Perth, WA since 2011, it's still not as friendly here as my South Island home town in NZ ... I didn't notice how friendly it was in NZ growing up until I came to Aus and experienced A LOT of not so friendliness, esp some very rude customer service, then in 2015 I went back to NZ to visit my mum and was reminded just how incredibly friendly it is there; in just one store on a Saturday morning I had 5 different young women coming up to me asking if I needed any help, I was sooo shocked, haha ... I didn't realise how accustomed I'd become in Aus to rudeness on a daily basis🤣, so proud of my homeland!👏👏👏
I live inner city near an Olympic size swimming pool and love how you see locals walking down the cafe strip no shoes in bathers towel over the shoulder. Families all walking through the parks back from the pool no shoes and then jumping on dads feet to cross the street. Also if you see a pair of shoes placed next to a walk to a beach or next to the car park for the river. They are placed there for when people return. They aren’t forgotten. We all know that placed shoes are for the walker who has gone barefoot.
Which city
@@pattersonstopmotions1282 Perth. Beatty Park ex commonwealth games swimming pool.
We used to go to the beach with grandparents,aunties,cousins etc! Everybody would bring something and we would picnic at the park(always next to the beaches) and grab ice creams to put on the Christmas pudding.Fantastic times!!
The image of the burnt feet triggered a memory of a 43°C day when two eastern brown snakes were moving across the concrete driveway in front of my previous house in the Adelaide hills. Don't know if they got any burns but it was the fastest I've seen any snakes move.
lol I don't know if they get burnt, but I do know browns get really cranky on hot days, so heat does impact them negatively. I'd certainly stay clear of them in that setting
jeez 43°?
@@greekgeek7438 The highest here a few summers ago was 48°C. Fortunately we don't have many days like that. All you can do it sit in a dark room with the A/C full on and have a good supply of ice cold beer.
@@mehere8038 don't browns also chase people?
I remember when i was like 12 and our car broke down and we had to walk / run 5km to a near by house for help. It was a hot as hell day and guess... i didn't wear any shoes out.... it was too hot to leave me in the car, so picture me and my mom running 5km on a remote part of a rural bitumen road and going from white line to white line because it was the coolest part of the road.... god that sucked! 🤣
Australia gave you your 9-5 work hours instead of constant working to live! Saturday 9-12pm & except big supermarket's & fast food etc...Sundays are a day off for most Aussies 💯❤🦘🥳😇👍😀
Australia actually has modified Christmas songs because of how different summer makes the holiday. Like Jingle bells goes ‘jingle bells jingle bells, jingle all the way. Christmas in Australia on a scorching summer’s day, hey! Jingle bells jingle bells, Christmas time is beaut! Oh what fun it is to ride in a rusty holden ute!’
Hi Ryan 😊 Something we do during Christmas is go for a walk at night and check out all the Christmas lights in the neighbourhood. It's a lovely thing to do to cool off in the evening and get to know your neighbourhood.
walk? no way. better in the air-con of the car after hitting the Maccas drive-thru lol
The good Xmas lights houses are spread out where I am so we do it in the car. Every year without fail, it's traditiona in my family
I remember as a kid, piling into the back of the neighbour's ute (that's what we call a pickup truck) with his 5 kids, to drive around the neighbourhood checking out the Christmas lights and bushfires 😂 Of course, that was before seat belt laws 😅
That door is a pretty standard high-end entrance door to an Australian house. The lady was using the deadlock latch to open the door. This is quite common on new homes.
Hey Ryan, I noticed you said "I don't know why there are so many places in America that are open 24/7 and at the very least at least until 10...."and I thought I'd give you why I think that happens in America and not places like Australia. In Australia we have a reasonable minimum wage, certainly minimum wage is nothing to get over excited about but it's a lot higher than in the US; and then we have penalty rates for working over a certain number of hours or at certain times of day, it's basically an inconvenience/lifestyle loading to wages. If places want to stay open longer in Australia they have to weigh up the cost of staffing against the money that comes in. In the US in a lot of service industries basic wage is nothing short of appalling and staff are expected to make their shift worthwhile through tips. This gives little disinsentive for employers to take staff into account or to close earlier, and that is were the greed you mentioned comes in to play. Businesses want to make money, and for the owner the more the better. The US needs to do away with tipping, provide a substantial increase to minimum wages, and expect the additional staffing cost to flow through to the price the customer pays. This will make the system fairer by eliminating bias, disincentivise employers to stay open at uneconomical times, and provide better working conditions for Americans.
Just a few things from a Queenslander, born and bred in Brisbane the capital of Queensland (QLD).
1. In QLD Footy is either Rugby League or Australian Rules. Rugby Union is Rugby. Soccer/ Football is either Soccer or Football. These are our winter sports. Our summer sport is Cricket in all 3 versions.
2. Yes, we can go to the beach in Winter though we would probably only wear a hoodie or a flanno (flannelette shirt) and shorts.
3. The majority of us do wear shoes in shops, in summer it would usually be thongs though.
4. Thongs in Australia - you wear on your feet. The thongs Americans wear are called a g-string.
5. Americans' word for a bottom, fanny, means pussy here or c$@t. And even though we are freer with that word we don't tend to use it all the time.
6. We do work to live, not live to work. We work hard but we love our downtime.
7. When my American Auntie, (My Nanna was a WWII bride who stayed in Australia), came out here these were some of the first things she said:- firstly, she thought Australia was in Europe; secondly, she thought our country was totally flat - only the centre is flat and even that isn't totally flat; and thirdly, she asked if we had ever heard of God, she was going to convert us. We kindly explained that we had and that we were confirmed in the Church of England and that we are mainly a Christian Country.
Loving to hear your take on our brilliant country and sorry but I have to correct all Americans - Australia is the best country in the world by far. I mean, what other country has a national icon that is constantly off it's chops? 🐨😉😃
I'm Aussie and I was talking with my dad about how strange it is to me that last year's mass shootings outweighed the number of days in a year in Australia, and he said that the rest of the world thinks we are so laid back but we can only be that way because we have such strict laws on things like guns and the vast majority obey them. Like you have to get a reptile licence and all these different things before you can even think of getting a pet reptile.
Australia still gets over 200 gun deaths each year with our tiny population. Our gun lawns aren't strict you just can't carry like other countries
And that's 200 without mass shootings. Kinda worrying
@@TheZeagon 0.008% isn't that bad, but we can def do better.
Australians being friendly has nothing to do with our gun laws haha. Back in the day we were even friendlier and yet we had guns back then too. Also Texans are some of the friendliest Americans and they have lots of guns haha.
@@Sarah_S_7 We still have guns. Most of our shootings are criminal on criminal!
Here in Australia 1/2 of us don’t have lamb,pork or beef during Christmas dinners. The other 1/2 eat seafood like Prawns,Lobsters,scollops and fish. I like that we have Xmas in summer. It gives kids the ability to play with there presents outside. Plus it doesn’t hinder relatives to make it to family events. But for the best reason is you can celebrate Xmas in a shirt and shorts.
one of my favourite things to eat during christmas when i was younger were prawns dipped in sauce. Reminds me that i should have some again!
Aussie here We still have turkey. Going out for Christmas lunch is common too.
You eat Ham at Xmas as well, that's smoked pork, and I used to swim 5am to 6am everyday, 12mths a year when I was younger before going to work.
Wtf I'm Aussie we have pork lamb and prawns EVERYONES DIFFERENT 1/2 eat seafood 🤣🤣🤣🤣 not alot do trust me it's more a Easter dinner thing 😉👍💯🇦🇺
Coming from the NSW Central West it was just too hot to be in the kitchen cooking hot food. We always had salad and ham and cold chicken. Plus in the intense heat you’re just not hungry…
My brothers done AFL since he was 6. I have been to all of his games. It has been like 12 years. I have no idea what is happening still.
In Australia people are either extremely friendly, or extremely bigoted
As an Australian living on the northern beaches I can confirm that being barefoot and friendly are both really common here. I’m sure it’s different in the city and more populated areas but around here everyone knows everyone
I live in Kingsgrove, and go barefoot at Coles all the time in summer.
Live in Melbourne, not frowned upon to walk around barefoot.
as a australian,
I audibly gasped when he pronounced canberra
can-berr-ar.
I wondered who KEN BERRA WAS.. 😂😂
@@hellabella8295 LOL
Nothing nicer than going to the supermarket barefoot on a 40+ degrees day in summer and chill your feet to cool off
I never wear shoes MUCH but please don’t go to the supermarket without shoes/thongs because it’s disgusting.. and harder to clean.. I owned a few supermarkets and it was a nightmare cleaning the floors after some grub with bare feet walked around.. and I could see their feet outline.. I think it’s the sweat and fat oozing from their feet mixed with the dirt.. 😂😂
@@hellabella8295What about someone with mud, dog do-do or some other horrid substance on their shoes or thongs? If people step in these things with bare feet, they quickly wash it off; if they're wearing footwear, they probably won't even be aware of what's on the sole of their shoe.
0:55 - he doesn’t have an Aussie accent, it’s clearly British
im australian and ive been to america 3 times, americans on average are much more friendly and outgoing even in the big cities like new york. really enjoy your country a lot
And kids who grow up their whole lives in Australia, have obviously never experienced snow. And experiencing snow would be one of the best things in their whole life. Damnit I wanna see snow.
as someone who moved to Australia 6 years or so ago, I can confirm pretty much everything he said, the people are super friendly. Yeah you might come across the occasional gronk here and there but, generally the people around you are friendly, unintentionally picked up the swearing habit, all in good fun and banter obviously and everything else he said. It has gotten to a point where I cannot imagine a life away from Australia lol.
Depends on where you are being Aussie born and raised it’s not everything the guy said but as to being friendly that depends on the area because we do have areas where people are downright hostile towards others but in the major cities yes people are friendly but if your in regional areas then it’s abit different some people are but others aren’t so yeah
@nathanielfarrell9349 thank you for your comment and yeah, you're absolutely right. I lived in regional QLD and northern NSW for about 18 months, and worked in retail, where the experience varied the most. I've heard my fair share of things like 'go back' but have had strangers step in to speak for me or ask if I'm okay, etc., everytime that has happened.
So in my mind, the good outweighed the bad.
As a South Australian I can't imagine seeing snow in winter let alone at Christmas.
We do in the Snowys, but it is rare lol
go to Mt.Bulla@@Ricardo_Moto
I'm over in NZ, and I can't imagine Xmas with the temps you guys have.
@@dgk42 trust me you get used to it pretty fast with the air conditioner on full blast!😂
Fellow Adelasians rise up
As an Australian, born and raised, I can confirm. Australia is like this.❤
Christmas in summer is normal when you grow up with it. We think it’s weird that is snows in the Nothern Hemisphere when it’s so hot with it, but we understand how the world turns, so we don’t say it. I now understand why Australians call you a C word.
So in terms of tomato sauce our tomato sauce is similar to ketchup but more salty than sweet. The tomato sauce that is a cooked out puréed tomato is called passata (from its Italian origins) and is available in supermarkets too 😊
Thank you I was just about to type this answer! the disuse of the term “ketchup” not only stems from a huge boom of Italian immigrants a few decades ago resulting in a lot of food-specific things we adopted linguistically (“Passata” for pasta/pizza/etc); but the Aussie “tomato sauce” and “ketchup” are in fact similar but 2 different recipes.
When the recipe for tomato ketchup was being introduced to the Australian market it was too thick and too sweet for their palates and so they stuck to the local Aussie tomato sauce recipe instead - to this day there is still a company (Heinz) who keeps trying to convince us that we’d like ketchup but we’re definitely too stubborn 😂
My son has to have ketchup on his fries/chips, but needs tomato sauce on his sausage rolls
@@Precisa72 a true gourmet 😂
@@Precisa72 he sounds passionate about his _Cuisine._
Sausage in bread...it's called a sausage sizzle, very popular in australia, its a communal bbq quite often to raise money for charity or local football team. It consists of a bbq with just sausages and fried onion put on a piece of bread with sauce or mustard, very popular...look it up!
And, of course, on Election Day, you only go to a polling booth that has a sausage sizzle.
Love the ones at Bunnings
Why do you need to pay someone for that? sausage in bread at home is easily done.
@@geraldinegaynor1360 so is that why Australia keeps voting for the wrong people???
The "C word" is basically just a compliment mate, like I'd call u a Mad " " or a Sick " " if i like u, or if i hate you itll be like Shit " " or Bitch " "
In Australian, depending on the nuance of the context and how it is said, the C word can imply being not derogatory, and yes you will be served here in a regular shop bare foot.
The electricity runs at a chill 50 Hertz, (and we are likewise), your appliances will run off it as long as they can take 230 volts or you use a transformer.
13:03 As an aussie, I'm honestly shocked that they don't have this in America. Like it's so convenient, why not? I was surprised he was shocked over it to be honest!
If the US had them, they'd need to be about 10 times bigger. Impractical. 😂
I'm quite surprised they have "ketchup" and also tomato sauce. I'm wondering what the difference is now. Our tomato sauce has that vinegary pickle zing, is theirs more like passata? I really want to find out now!
@@suzanne5807as an Aussie I can say our ketchup is just tomato sauce with a bit of vinegar added. Tomato sauce differs from pasta sauce due to added spices in the pasta sauce and tomato sauce is basically a more watery tomato paste with a bit of salt and sugar added. They are all quite different
@@tabbi888 oh OK, well I don't think we have the watery tomato paste thing in Australia. We have tomato sauce which is the same as American ketchup, and we also have tomato paste, passata and other pasta sauces. But tomato sauce is what we put on meat pies, sausage rolls or little boys.
@@suzanne5807 I was trying to describe the difference between tomato paste and tomato sauce. Tomato sauce is more runny than tomato paste meaning it ha as a higher water content, not that it's actually water like just more liquid than paste but has salt and sugar added... ketchup has vinegar added which makes it a bit more tart tha tom sauce.
0:22 The Blue tree is a done by "Blue Tree Project" a organization that battles mental health in the outback.
The paint they use is tree friendly and they only do it on dead trees. You can see a lot more blue trees these days.
One of the things about going barefoot, especially for QLD and NT is that coming in from mid 40s°C temp into a supermarket with air conditioning and near the freezer section and kicking off the thongs and letting the cold floor cool you from the soles up can be pretty refreshing.
Say hello to this Australian
13:08 Ryan being confused about the canteen tomato sauce 😅
I want everyone to experience a summer Christmas. It’s so much fun. You get up in the morning, unwrap all your presents, eat something and basically after that it’s outside in the pool or riding your new bike in the street. Someone’s always yelling at you to be ‘in or out’ because the aircon is on. While all your uncles are talking smack around the bbq with a beer in hand, pretending to be watching the kids in pool.
Remember, Aboriginal Australians had been walking around Australia barefoot for 60,000 years. you don't have to protect your feet from the cold, rain and losing a toe to frostbite.
This is why thongs are great. Because you can take them on and off and they are light and you easy to carry or put in backpack, messenger bag, and even a handbag. 👜
There may be the occasional person who doesn't wear shoes in the shops, so Im not sure if there is a rule against and they haven't been caught.
A lot of us have been running around the backyard with no shoes since we were kids, and Australians have this, "were tougher than everyone else," attitude. But we have had years to toughen up our feet and years of learning from experience that we know that there will come a time in summer when you have to put thongs on to go outside because you are going to burn your feet otherwise.
They even have ads to remind people that if the pavement is too hot for your feet, then it’s too hot for your dogs paws. You have to have your dog on a lead most of the time, but early in the morning you can let it run free. It's such a great thing to watch them run around because they are so excited to be able to run at full speed and swim in the water.
when he said "Ken Berra", I thought he was talking about a person but then realised he meant Canberra, the capital of Australia.
The door or more accurately the handle is a deadlock it's a locking system that prevents people from easily entering your place, but don't loose the key. Otherwise you're gonna need a locksmith to open your door 😞
That one was weird to me. I was like "Wait, you mean doors aren't like that _everywhere...?"_
Actually, it's more to prevent people from easily leaving after breaking in via a window but yeah, pretty normal huh?
A dead lock requiring a key both sides doesn’t meet Australian building codes. People should have the night latch version so you can escape fire without finding keys.
@@tonydoggett7627 I was just about to say that! Wouldn't have one in my house in a pink fit! Too bloody dangerous if you need to escape for any reason. No wonder they are no longer put on newly built houses.
@@tonydoggett7627 I had one on my doors when I moved in where I am, but it also has the older locks. My deadlock's been in the open/tongue tucked into it position ever since I moved in. Only time I've ever used it was during covid, I would hold that as the door handle when coming in & out with shopping etc in winter, so as to be touching that to open the door, instead of the proper handle, then would wash my hands properly & return to using the proper handle & knowing if I'd had covid on my hands, it was on the deadlock, not the proper handle, so no need to be cleaning the door handle everytime I came in to control covid spread.
As a kid, my parents used to engage the deadlock to lock both sides when we went on holidays, but no other time. Pretty sure they are still common around Australia though, although the lock from inside probably isn't used very often, or at least not without the person leaving the key in it when locking it for easy unlocking
Aussies all know that Xmas is cold in the northern hemisphere, ever since we first asked, "What's a "onehorseopensleigh", Mum?" But I forgot until recently that New Year's Eve is also cold and snowy in the North. That to me is so bizarre. What do you do if you don't picnic by the river all day to guard a spot to watch the fireworks, or go to a friend's home for a barbeque and watch it on TV??
Or Bondi to watch the drinks drowning on New Year's Day!! (Usually Irish backpackers)!!
If you are American you probably go to work? 😂
No Australian has ever said "Americans are such nice people"
We used to camp at the beach for 2-3 weeks over Christmas, when our kids were younger. Our Christmas lights tours were totally on foot- most people decorated as if they were at home.
Anywhere across Australia people call it footy in general such as "going to the footy this weekend". Could be rugby league, rugby union, Aussie rules or soccer.
Christmas is great in summertime. Outdoors, the beach, BBQ, lots of usual Christmas foods but also seafood is hugely popular.
Yes we are friendly, weather is helpful but I think it's our much smaller population centres and just generally friendly and helpful. Aussie's are always generous to those in need, not just at home but any disasters across the globe we will assist.
Barefooted people in stores is becoming a thing. I personally hate it though lately people like me are being told off for being conservative...times have changed.
I dunno about "smaller population centres", given the majority of Aussies live in the suburbs of our major cities - cities which are very large by the standards of the average European or US city.
@@Merrid67play True, should have stated country towns.
Marion, it's your job now to explain what a cossie is to this fine young man.....goes with the barefoot habits and summertime togs.
As an Ozzie you automatically know which footy they're talking about.
We can understand different things with the same word.
Yes, barefoot is very common in Queensland, where my grandsons often went to junior school barefoot, and learned to play rugby in a junior barefoot league. These habits are customary in NZ and South Africa too (where my senior school mates and I regularly were shoeless). It's only in cold climes, like Europe and N America that kids wear shoes on a regular basis.
ah, I just realised something. I was watching a video on holistic grazing from Africa & there were negative comments on it, as usual with that subject matter, but one of the big attacks I didn't get was about Allan being bare foot & how he was going to get tapeworms & stuff. Coming from Australia & being barefoot all the time, I thought it was weird & also wondered if maybe there was tapeworm issues or something there, or if they were just looking for excuses to attack him (as the opponents do), now it makes sense to me, the people making those comments probably had the same reaction Ryan's face did in this video & probably legit were freaked out seeing barefoot, cause it's not normal to them. I totally misread it lol
& wish I had been allowed to go to school barefoot in NSW! School was the ONLY time I ever wore shoes as a kid! We HAD to wear them & I always hated it
Playing banjos, drinking moonshine & shagging your cousins is also very common in QLD
Very common here in Carnarvon Western Australia as well 😂
We didn't use shoes in the summer in eastern europe, but just for vacation time, going to river, or around the yard; going to school or anywhere semi serious we still used shoes even if it was over 30 degrees. So i think it's not just a weather thing.
@@mehere8038 In the rainy season on the Indian Ocean coast of East and Southern Africa, there are paracites which can infect the feet. Tapeworm isn't normally acquired this way, but the biggest issue is with poor hygiene creating foot sores conducive to roundworm and hookworm, and sometimes fungal infections. Good foot washing practices minimises these dangers, however, which exist in tropical climates the world over, even in the southern US states.
We in Australia , we work smart not hard , we can do everything in a small part of time .
As an Aussie who loves America it is a shock how hard Americans work !!!!!!!!!!!!
here in NZ there are signs that say no shirt no shoes no problem. i have gone barefoot my whole life and never had any problems , i am so grateful to live in a country where shoes are optional cause i hate wearing them.
Australian pubs sometimes have signs saying "Men: no shirt, no shoes, no service. Women: No shirt - free drinks."
😂 Many walk around barefoot in India and many African countries!… Its unhygienic and nothing to be proud of!
The blue tree was started as a memorial a guy did for a friend he lost to suicide. The tress are dead trees (generally from lightening strike) and are normally bone white but they paint them blue for “Beyond Blue” a social support charity for depression
The bloke in the video is Pom/British and his accent is a fair bit different to ours. Having said that, our accent came from the British accent.
I figured the guy in the video probably went to Queensland. There is shop in Western Australia that is 24.7 and they switch workers. Going barefoot is normally if the trip is quick or it's near water areas. Not all water ways are beautiful. And to whoever reads this, please explore all the states and territories because each one is different and many goes to the big three (Queensland, New South Wales and Vitoria).
I never thought Australians were relaxed but after this, I'm thinking we may well be. I'm interested in experiencing a cold Christmas, a very odd notion though. ☮️
I have in Europe once at it was aweful. There are just not enough layers of clothes! Walking on icy footpaths and falling is not fun but u are cushioned by the layers.
Just to let you know, that we also, particularly here in Victoria, have "Christmas in July" celebrations.
Most pubs and clubs, particularly RSL (Returned Services League) hold events celebrating Christmas Fare and songs, to get that cold Christmas feel. It's been around for about 30 years.
Which is stupid cos the winter equinox is in June and pagans from the southern hemisphere celebrate it as Yule, which is what it was until christians over rode Yule with Christmas 🎄
I live in South Australia,
All pubs and most takeaway places are open till 11pm. We are not allowed to be bare foot in main supermarkets and most places would ask you to leave without the correct foot wear. The swearing is accurate 😂
Okay, unless you’re in a REALLY small country town, there’s always a truck stop somewhere that’s open 24/7, if you’re really desperate.
In Australia the c word can either mean i hate your guts or I'm proud to have you as a friend and i couldnt ask for any better
Where I live in Victoria our temperatures range from a winter of -2 degrees Celsius (28 degrees Fahrenheit) to Summer of over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Most children will go barefoot in the summer and some adults also go barefoot near the coast. It is a pain to have to try and walk with shoes on in soft sand. I have seen the sign of No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service outside some businesses but there are a lot places that don't care.
I go barefoot at home all the time - we live out in the country in southern Victoria - but I only go barefoot when away from home when I'm at the beach.
4:39 you've clearly never been to australia if you think nobody goes to the beach in winter