SHOCKED by the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in-person 🇦🇺
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2025
- American family flies from USA to Sydney, Australia and visits the famous Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Royal Botanical Gardens, and more.
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Don’t have too many Starbucks? You’re 100% correct mate because we like it that way. We like decent coffee not that Starbucks crap! Starbucks almost went broke here a few years ago because Aussies hated their brew. The only people who like it are American tourists who don’t know any better.
Fun fact:
American chains attempt some stupid stuff and failed:
1. Starbucks in Australia
2. Taco Bell in Mexico
3. Domino's Pizza in Italy
It's like they never learn.
Next they'll try selling ice in Iceland.
@@Dobuan75Domino's is Aus
@@Dobuan75😅😅 I love it
I’m originally from Sydney but I think Melbourne’s coffee is far better, especially in Carlton.
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Well I’m from Brisbane and have been here for 75 years. I used to travel around Australia on business a lot. I think that coffee in all three capitals Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne is all ok but now as I am retired I brew my own on our espresso machine. Costs around 20 c per cup as around $5 in a coffee shop. I’m a pensioner now and have to watch the pennies.
The 'bugs' you heard are cicadas, the classic soundtrack of the Australian summer. The thing you missed on on in your trip was the classic smell of the Australian summer - the smoke of countless bushfires, especially eucalyptus tree smoke. Perhaps next time. At Circular Quay some of the 'interesting birds' you saw were the Australian white ibis, known colloquially as Bin Chickens.
They have eucalyptus trees in America too. That is what is added to the burning in California at moment
@@kimhannagan8651 sadly Australian eucalyptus trees (“gum trees”) are extremely flammable.
They grow extremely well in dry arid environments, which is why they are desirable trees in the Middle East.
I’m an Aussie & I’ve battled bush fires twice … a terrifying experience.
We simply need to continually keep back burning & controlling our forest (“bush”) environments.
@@kimhannagan8651
You’re right.
California is a tinder box.
I remember perhaps 20 years ago when Sydney had massive bushfires.
As a QANTAS Pilot, I had to fly overseas due work while I watched from above seeing suburbia burning below me.
I’ve never by so scared for my families welfare.
I had great faith in our firefighters and the Political Powers … but it was nevertheless a very trying time.
Thank God everything worked out well in the end.
The eucalyptus were imported from Australia.
I live in Victoria and no matter how many times I go to Sydney It is just fascinating beautiful city magnificent harbour.
You simply can't better Sydney Harbour.Still go back occasionally to take the ferry across to Manly and sometimes to Putney.Politicians are ruining the Sydney I knew( 1965 - 2002) but they can't wreck the Harbour and the Coat-hanger can they?
The little guy is such a cutie. No complaining , just enjoying the walk. I think he will be a global wanderer like their parents.
Starbucks and their awful coffee flopped badly in Australia. Our local cafes are the best
Australian coffee chains also flopped. Not one big chain exists anymore - Starbucks is actually the only one that's still around and other than that it's all local places
@oufukubinta That's not really true - Coffee Club, Gloria Jeans, Jamaica Blue and Zarraffas are all Australian based coffee chains with more local stores than Starbucks. You are right that smaller independent coffee shops are 100% the majority of the coffee market in Aus, but Starbucks definitely isnt the top of the remaining chains.
Failing to take a ferry to see Sydney Harbour properly?
Priceless.
😂
You mentioned your son is musical and would like to perform at the Sydny Opera House, I married a girl from Ohio and we live here my daughter did actually perform at the Opera House and My heart exploded with pride, not to mention the US relatives.
My granddaughters have dance at the opera house
I sang at the Opera House back in the day with the school choir. Great memories. Congrats on your daughters' performance
Wow that's amazing, congrats!
In Sydney, we call her "The Coat Hanger". The old girl's nearly a hundred years old. I couldn't tell you how many times I've driven over the Bridge, and it never gets old. The view over the city is amazing.
When in Sydney use the ferries. Trip to Manly crosses the heads..the entrance to the harbour. Manly has an ocean beach and a soft wave harbour beach for little ones. Ferry to the Zoo, where the animals have the greatest views. NSW art gallery worth a visit. Free entry to permanent exhibitions. Same with Museum. Galleries cool on warm summer days.
If time allows, a train to the Blue Mountains, the views from the lookout at Katoomba are spectacular.
The ferry from Parramatta to Circular Quay is also a must.
@@seanmchugh2709 Yes, agreed.
I met so many tourists who got the Manly ferry and thought the little harbour side beach was Manly Beach! They didn't walk the Corso to find out otherwise either.
No wonder tourists think Bondi is better than Manly then lol!
I’m thrilled that you and your lovely family loved my city of Sydney.
You’ll enjoy Cairns.
Being ex-Military, I’ve been to every corner of my amazing country.
I also proudly served side by side with my wonderful North American (Yank or Canadian ???) brothers in arms in the Middle East.
Take care and enjoy all that we have and all that we are truly grateful for.
God bless mate.
Thank you for your service Sir!
Thank you for putting your life on the line for us. 🇦🇺
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My proudest achievements in life are having served my Country.
I flew aeroplanes for 40 years … Military & then Airlines.
I almost “bit the bullet” 9 times during my Military Flying. And sadly I know in excess of 12 individuals who did pay that ultimate price for defending their country.
I survived those years thanks to the brilliant training I received in the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force).
I’m now 70 years of age, as fit as a fiddle, and I absolutely love life.
May all people around the globe be as fortunate as I am.
God bless “lonnie224”.
@@jameswalley134 Thank you James. Aussies understand the sacrifice you and many others have made and we appreciate and respect that. Gosh bless you and your family.
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We are the “lucky Country” Lonnie 224.
But we need to keep a close eye on what’s happening globally.
There are serious problems ahead & we need to brace ourselves and be prepared to fight for our freedom.
Meanwhile … enjoy life & family.
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Ah, the music of the cicadas, my favourite summer sound. I always feel home when I hear them.
It’s nice to see this little guy enjoying Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
You must take a Sydney Ferry to Taronga Zoo, Amazing zoo and Spectacular Views of Sydney and the Beautiful Harbour🥰
It’s underrated to walk around the backside of the Opera House, truly see the harbour and the bridge
Great family video.😂 excellent family value example and work life balance role model. Glad you like our land down under. With the US dollar so high all your compatriots can find it easier and cheaper to visit. You certainly got your exercise during your visit by your family. Great ambassadors for the benefits of being self employed and in control of your own life..
Welcome!
Recommendations for you:
1. Ferry to Taronga Zoo. Take a bus from the ferry to the top entrance and walk back down to the ferry.
2. Ferry to Manly and walk to Shelley Beach.
3. Ferry to Watsons Bay and seafood at Doyles.
4. Daytrip to Katoomba and the Scenic Railway - book a tour for ease of travel.
Starbucks made a huge marketing error when they opened in Australia! They assumed we would be like American coffee drinkers, so their stores failed. You can find a video about it on YT.
Starbucks made a marketing error in Australia is a polite way to say they tried pass off bilge water as coffee.
We must thank all the Mediterranean people who brought coffee cultures here. Melbourne may be in the lead but the rest of Oz isn't far behind.
Your trying to prove a point to these American tourists, you like to show off and you have a hate for them.
Starbucks didn't do their marketing homework before opening all those stores in Australia. They had no idea what PROPER coffee Aussies are used to.
@@gramsmith1366 Americans on TV and in movies, all seem to not care about the coffee beans, where they come from, how they’re roasted and how they’re blended. All you ever hear is “Coffee please”, as if there’s one option! Aussies know better, thanks to our Italian and Greek migrants who brought their love for coffee to Australia and taught us everything! 🇮🇹🇬🇷🥰🇦🇺
Also, Starbucks makes desserts, not actual coffees. We tried it and rejected it.
Warts and all we love it , it's our lovely City. welcome .
Love Sydney, the harbour and the rocks are amazing.
Dear Lord, think you walked about a gazillion miles around Sydney!!! Thank You for the story ( As an Aussie, we always appreciate the education of our place to yours ❤️)
Thanks for visiting our beautiful country! I totally agree with you that everyone should do what they want to do, not what someone else does!
My wife and I sold our house almost 8 years ago and we've been travelling our country ever since. It's a great life!
We've been fortunate to have had a few trips to your country and loved the places we went to and the people we met were very friendly and helpful to us!
Your 18 month old youngster is a very cute little bloke! he's fortunate to have great parents!
Great trip report, as a Sydneysider I haven’t been to the Botanic Gardens for years. I’ll go soon. Come back to Sydney anytime ❤
Americans don’t seem to wear hats unless they’re useless baseball hats. All kids should wear hats in the sun. In schools it’s…no hat, no play.
haha i was stressing about the wee ranga in the botanical gardens without a hat. So ingrained in us Aussies.
yeah but unless they know how bad our sun is . they dont realize the danger . and it was only spring , summer would cook them at 41 degrees cel .
@@9459violaMe too 😅
Darlin little fella; star of the show. Interesting to see Americans loving to travel and see the rest of the world.
The pub you’re talking about is called The Fortune of War on George Street. Born and bred Sydneysider here, and had many a beer in that pub.
The Botanical Gardens are a gorgeous spot in Sydney, and we are lucky such prime real estate won’t ever be developed.
thank you for visiting our city , just watched your movie / video . Glad you had a great time , and wish you all the best with your future travels , have a great day
if your'e in central part of the city its not called a neighbourhood its classed as a city a neighbourhood is known as a suburb in Australia
i dunno if you live in the cbd you can call your few blocks around your neighbourhood
@@overworlder not really
I’m enjoying your review of Sydney. What a gorgeous family. Would love to see the meals you get and what you think of the food.
Good thing about visiting our wonderful City. 'Is no one packing'! ....Your safe.
Welcome to our country. Hope you have a fabulous time 🐨
I'm a Sydneysider and I was a bit surprised by the rubbish as you walked through. Not usually that much in my experience. Oh how gorgeous is your boy!!!! The Fortune of War is Sydney's oldest pub (not Australia's).
Melbin being the coffee capital of Oz is yet another legend that lives in Victoria's head
Oh wow, you guys went past my old work in Walsh Bay on the piers just before you got to the Bridge. I lived in Sydney for 20 years. Loved it. You guys brought back so many wonderful memories as I use to live in the Rocks and seeing you pass through that area made me reminisce about the good times.❤ I'm up in Queensland now.
Enjoyed your tour of Sydney, thanks guys!
After a 4 hr drive from Canberra to Sydney(2 1/2 hrs drive with 1 1/2 hr stuck on the M5) or a flight from Perth to Sydney a ferry ride is a must.
The Rocks is where the convict labourers cut the sandstone for building in the time of the settlers.
The Hero of Waterloo is the oldest pub in Sydney.
The bird you see everywhere withe long curved beak walking around isan Ibis which we call a bin chicken as they look in binsfor food.
I call them a pain in the arse. Although the seagulls at Circular Quay are worse. One stole a whole cheeseburger out of my hand when I was walking out of Maccas lol.
@aldunlop4622 they used to love hot chips. Evolution is evolving 🤣
@@aldunlop4622 I am grateful we have birds.
The bugs are cicadas, crazy noisy, and loads at the moment. Please avoid Starbucks while here and enjoy the amazing coffee we have to offer. Try our classic flat white.
Two days in Sydney?!?!?! For me I need three days just to get over jet lag! You did well for just two days and traveling with an 18 months old toddler. Amazing.
Yeah, you need to come back. Maybe when your toddler is a little older. It’ll be interesting if he’ll remember this first visit.
the key to getting over jet lag is the first day. Before you even land, set your time to the new place, and DON'T SLEEP if it's daytime when you arrive, no matter how tired you are. Stay awake until say 10pm on the first day. When you wake up in the morning, you'll be adjusted. I'm from Sydney, and used to travel a lot, so I know it works. Flew to Stockholm once, 30 hours, it was like I was high the first day from sleep deprivation lol.
I find jet lag doesn't effect as much when first arrives to a new place for holiday, probably due to the excitement. However it really hit it the hardest when return to the home country and it seems to take forever to recover from it 😂
The Sydney Botanical Gardens are pretty, but they are like an ordinary back yard compared to Kings Park in Perth. 1000 acres (400 hectares) on the edge of the Swan river in the heart of Perth. It’s the biggest city park in the world.
Australia has 56 species of parrots.
Brazil has over 80.
Indonesia has 77.
@@mouyat Google tricked me.
@@martingifford5415 The funny thing is parrots and song birds originated in australia and migrated across the rest of the world later. Before that the whole world would have been quite silent
Hero of waterloo
your little man is adorable! I have a son the same age. Hope you enjoyed Australia & thanks for the video, I'm super proud of my home country
Thanks for visiting us. Best city / harbour in the world. Love my Sydney.
You and your family on that walk!!!....Magic!!!
I am now a new subscriber. Love ya, kids. show us more of your adventures.
I like your casual and easy approach.
A Sydney Sider here. The Emerald City was showing off.
Welcome Folks, i hope you have a good and relaxed time🥰
We do have many chain coffee shops, but they are mostly in malls and shopping centres. The Coffee Club and Gloria Jean are quite big. I believe Gloria Jean was originaly American. McCafe was actually created in Melbourne, the world capital for coffee and cafes.
I’m pretty sure McCafe was created in Head Office in Sydney. Maybe the first one was out in Melbourne.
Unfortunately in Sydney during the past few years a lot of the coffee franchises have been bought by new migrants and they mustn’t be getting good training. Not all of them but a lot of them I’ve stopped going to because they don’t make good coffee any more in the suburbs.
Thank you. That was great to watch. I'm in Canberra. Plenty more to Australia than capital cities. Enjoy your stay and don't get too sunburnt at the beach! 😀🇦🇺👍
I hope you have sunscreen on the little guy.
The Rocks does have residents. There are terrace houses. A lot of them were bought a few years back by the government. But yes the majority of buildings, the old warehouses and terrace houses are commercial.
The fortunate of war ...the Original pubs around the rocks are cool but if you are in Paddington, head to the back street pubs for a great Sydney day vibe , Saturday the markets are on and its a good stop off on the way to or from bondi ..on the 380 bus
Congratulations for coming down under 🎉🎉🎉
My favourite place is Darling Harbour. A MUST FOR VISITORS. ❤❤❤❤
The small business places ou refer to are called Cafés.
Food & Wine publication in 2024 named Sydney as the 3rd best Coffee city in the world, Melbourne is 10th best.
I'm curious... which cities came 1st and 2nd?
@@Keyrose-my3xr Copenhagen and Tokyo.Surprisingly, San Francisco came in 3rd. I thought American coffee tasted like sh*t.
I'm from Sydney, but I'd definitely rate Melbourne first, Sydney second, Tokyo third, Milan fourth.
Sydney always trying to PISS FOR DISTANCE.
QUALITY is the best Target..
Shanghai first
Then tokyo
Then Melbourne
Wellington
Sydney
Rome
I hope you enjoyed your stay come back soon safe travels .
Lots of good Thai restaurants in Australia. The chinese part where you were is Haymarket
Cicadas - pronounced sick-ah-dus. We don't have chain coffee shops because their coffee is shite. and we like good coffee. Starbucks went broke trying to sell us their milkshakes. Apparently they've opened up a couple of shops specifically for American tourists who don't "get" coffee.
glad you had fun in sydney and youre always welcome back ! :)
Did you notice the free swimming enclosure at Barangaroo? Looks like you walked past it. The singing bugs are called Cicadas :)
Love Sydney, my hometown. ❤
Love Sydney! Great video!
Sound of Sumer is cicadas
Come to Hobart Tasmania , beautiful place, beautiful coffee. ☕️🥰
Best cruise port in the world too, right in the centre of things.
And spotted the "Bin Chicken" behind you in the Botanical gardens
I live there. I never underestimate how lucky I am to live in Sydney. And just a bus ride to the Harbour. It’s so beautiful. Very lucky I am indeed ❤
If you come to Melbourne, you will indeed find the world's best coffee. Starbucks did get reasonable patronage but we love the smaller, individual coffee shops😊 Enjoy your time here guys.
Rubbish. Sydney's coffee is just as good. But Sydney has way more to offer, so we don't rely on it as an imaginary 'selling point'....
Sydney’s coffee is actually rated better than Melbournes. Top ten cities for coffee according to food and wine 2024 global tastemakers Sydney came in at number 3 with Melbourne at number 10.
Bullshit, get over yourself. Coffee's just as good in Sydney. Melbourne people are so tiresome with your constant need for attention.
@@aldunlop4622 have you got a literacy problem? That’s exactly what I said ya dope. Read again. For you,read really slowly
@@aldunlop4622 Touche! 😁
The median house price in Sydney is $1.47 million.
In many ordinary suburbs, miles from the CBD houses are $2million plus.
In swathes of beaches/ nice areas are 1million plus for 2 bed apartments.
The 'Bugs' are mostly Cicadas.
Mate, welcome to OZ. The Rocks is one of the earliest boroughs of Sydney, a bit like Brooklyn or the Bronx in NY. It was once a residential area (1800s+) that went into serious decline (a centre of all sorts of criminal gangs which were called Pushes) but has been transformed into a tourist mecca with many historic buildings saved by becoming retail or food outlets. So, yes a suburb of sorts.
And the Sydney harbour bridge is nicknamed the coat hanger and as actual fact Paul hogan used to paint it. FYI
Martin Place is where they put the Christmas tree
Cairns in December. Good luck with that, Mate.
Yeah,go July - September.Nice place at that time of year,Great B Reef and up to the Daintree!!
I have been there a lot of times seventys eightys ninetys and tha 2000 thousands it has changed a lot nothing beats the autumn than heading in to town
Very impressed with how far you walked! Best way to see a city. Next time, get on a ferry at Circular Quay and see it from the water.
Hope you enjoyed your stay in my home city ❤
The rocks is a suburb.The place you walked though is called China Town. Gorge St is classified as CBD.
At 5:40 of your video, if you look at the lawns at your back, I worked there in 2004, planting all that new turf. Damn, fine vid Thanks, mate.
The pub is called The Fortune of War.
In Australia, the word shocked means surprised by something bad. I don't see anything in this video you should be shocked by, except for coffee at Starbucks.
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Come on,Starbucks isn't that bad !!They're trying hard this time with a more Australian genre.
The Fortune of War is the name of the Pub you were thinking of
G'day, g'day! A fun fact at around the 2:50 mark, you're walking past one of the filming locations of NCIS Sydney. Cheers
Very Nice!.
Loved your video mate.
"Not many Starbucks". Starbucks opened here with huge fanfares about how they'd introduce espresso coffee to Australia and similar boasting remarks. They failed. While there may be one or 2 left in areas where US business visitors go, all the other stores closed. Why? Australians like good espresso coffee in the Italian style, having been introduced to that by Italian migrants arriving just after WW II - that's not the style of coffee Starbucks offers. We like buying our coffee at a small and familiar shop where we are known to the staff and they are known to us. Again, that's not an experience Starbucks provides. What you will find is a large number of small coffee shops/bars, which is where we go.
The thing is most Aussies order a flat white which isn't really Italian style coffee.
@@glennoc8585 I'd have thought that the most popular order (at least around here in suburban Sydney) was for a cappuccino. No idea how authentically Italian it is.
Wow it s pretty clean haven't Been there in yrs .
If you watch NCIS Sydney, a lot of it was filmed in the Rocks. My son works on the show.
Starbucks failed in , enjoyed your walk.
I’m glad you guys enjoyed yourselves in our city but I’d have thought you’d be shocked by the price of your hotel rather than the opera house. I hope you visited the Taronga zoo during your stay, spectacular views.
The bugs are Cicadas.
Next time you're in Sydney, take the Manly ferry across the harbour and check out the famous Manly beach. Gives you a good idea of the city beaches of Sydney and it's a nice boat ride on the harbour.
Also, most of the streets in the Sydney CBD are named after British people, not streets, usually their titles, eg Lords Bathurst and Sussex, Governors Bligh and Macquarie, King George etc. All the notables at the time of colonisation in the late 18th, early 19th centuries.
Would love to if we had more time, thanks!
The boar statue in front of the hospita was actually to mark the location of the first bore that resulted in fresh water for the British settlers.
@@shanegates678 that’s interesting, thanks!
It’s a replica of Il Porcelino - the famous boar sculpture in Florence . It was a gift to commemorate a father and son who were surgeons at that hospital in the Boer War and WW1. Money thrown into the foundation goes to help fund the hospital and it was installed in 1968. Bathurst Street isn’t named after a street in the UK, it’s named after Earl Bathurst, who was Secretary for the Colonies in the 1810s and 1820s.
@@RoamingMarketer I apologise for the BS you were fed by some uncouth scoundrel.
What a load of garbage you write. The sculpture was a gift to the City of Sydney from the Marchesa Fiaschi Torrigiani, who donated the artwork in 1968, It has nothing to do with a water source, which by the way would be a bore, not a boar.
@@shanegates678 What? Wrong word. Boar. Bore. Where did you go to school?
The Harbour Bridge is similar to the Hellgate Bridge in New York.
Last time I went there I thought I was in India.. or China
Dude you’re in Chinatown that’s why there’s lots of Asian shops and restaurants lol. You guys walked pretty far, usually people go up a couple streets to walk down George St or catch the light rail from the harbour to where you had lunch… but can’t be helped since you’re staying at Hyatt I guess. What most tourists don’t realise about Sydney is if you think the outside of buildings and places look nice, try going inside. It’s like metro, looks shabby on the outside but massive on the inside. A lot of popular places are like that in Sydney, usually gardens at the back inside. Safe travels!
You walked past where I got married in the Botanic Gardens so I better keep watching.
For a nice quiet pretty area with a beach take a Ferry to Manly
THEY ARE CALLED CICADES .....SERIOUSLY 😝
@16:00 if you looked left you would see a statue of Matthew Flinders and in the window behind a tiny statue of his cat Trim