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- As an American living in Sydney, I have learned to adjust to the Aussie way of life. Redditors have flocked to the r/Australia page and left thousands of comments about what deem are the “unofficial rules of living in Australia.” Reddit Australia has a lot of opinions about what it means to be Australian and what its like to live in the Land Down Under.
This American reacts to Australian subreddit about the unofficial rules of living in Australia. From checking your shoes because everything in Australia is dangerous and everything in Australia is trying to kill you, to Bunnings sausage sizzles and Cadbury chocolate fundraisers, this huge list sheds some light on the Aussie way of life.
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My dad from the UK was taught that there are three ways to answer "How are you?" in Australia, in ascending order of "not badness":
1. Not bad (if you are just ok)
2. Not too bad (if things are pretty good)
3. Not too bad at all. (if you are having the best day ever)
Fair dinkum!😂
Bloody oath!
Why are New Zealand racehorses so fast? They've seen what happens to the sheep
Best joke!!! hahaha Ta mate.
The weird part is that in Australia we have 4 sheep for every person and NZ has 5 sheep per person. Not really much of a difference. Not that it would stop me from cracking sheep jokes to my NZ friends.
Asked my kiwi mate how many sexual partners he'd had. He thought for a minute and then fell asleep.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@mwhearn1 There's always one snowflake who has to ruin a fukin joke
Hahahaha
Another thing that foreigners to Australia can't understand is our reverse meaning. When an Aussie doesn't really like you, we are usually formal and polite. But when you have a close friend and you say "Jeez mate you have a head like a smashed crab", we don't mean your head is actually like a smashed crab, its Aussie for " I really respect you - love you" (Aussie manliness is not supposed to say love etc betwen blokes).. It's a teasing thing, to be sort of picked on, friendly teased etc means you have the highest respect of the teaser.
Totally agree!!
Hahaha smashed crab… it’s not like we are polite it’s just it’s cold. If we have to talk to someone we don’t like, I would just stay away from someone I don’t like and if it’s in a friend group. They would definitely know,,, but smashed crab killed me ha
I’ve never heard of a head like a smashed crab meaning respect ✊ where are u from I grew up in Melbourne and now live in Perth and apparently I have a Melbourne accent haha and different slang. I’m going around saying ur saying from now on and saying it means respect haha bless
@@LunnaJannah 'Head like a dropped pie' is another one
And "geez, you're a good C**t"
1. Don't whinge
2. Don't bludge
Always talk up how deadly our animals are to foreigners.
Especially drop bears 🐻
@@DavidHRyall and hoop snakes. Don’t forget the hoop snakes 🐍😀
And the east west possums
@@matthewcharles5867 I don't know that one. What is that?
@@EL_Duderino68 big carnivorous possum's that go east to west down the hiways taking backpackers 😀
One you missed, When tying a load down on your ute or truck, you must grab the load and shake it madly and utter the phrase "That's not going anywhere"
You've misinterpreted his comment 'grab a fundraiser snag at Bunnings'. The sausages at fundraisers are not free. He just meant don't walk on by; help them out by buying one.
Yes. CFS stands for Country Fire Service - volunteer fire fighters who are brave and vitally important people when there are bush fires. Buy a skinny sausage with onions (optional) on a piece of buttered white bread. At Bunnings on weekends and outside election booths. Not maybe the best gourmet food, but it's cheap, and for a good cause.
Gold coin donation
$2.50 - Bunnings set the price. The charity buys the gear and takes the profit.
The towel thing, yeah, reminds me of the Sienfeld wallet in the sneaker.
CFS = Country Fire Service (SA equivalent of CFA).
No, no free sausages. You're expected to buy to support fundraising.
Rural Fire Service in NSW where Kaitlyn lives.
Escalator etiquette,
If someone is blocking the Escalator and you're in a hurry tell them to get the F*** out of the way, on your way through. They are going to be pissed at you but they will not block the Escalator again.
When they move end with a thanks mate.
Cheers from Newcastle
I've always told my kids to keep to the left on escalators so people can pass.
I've tried to pass people on the travelators with politeness but get met with disgust or they make it seem like such an effort.
Not sure Jimmy from two hands will agree with the towel. Yeah nah I’m not leaving my stuff under a towel unless it’s worthless.
I came here to say something similar but u beat me to it
Two songs you should look up and listen to are “G’day, G’day” by Slim Dusty and “True Blue” by John Williamson. In Australia it is not compulsory to vote you just have to get your name marked off the electoral roll. What you do with your voting papers is up to you. You can fill them out correctly, leave them blank or write/draw on them. If the voting papers aren’t filled out properly it’s called an informal vote.
Kiwis are like siblings. We can give each other hell but if anyone has a go at either of us from anywhere else. We will stand together and kill them. With words, not physically kill them. They will be sorry.
All Aussie words are not only changed or shortened. Most end with an a, an i or an o. You forgot the other most used line from the Castle. It’s going straight to the pool room.
Correct Aussie greeting (must be said as a single word) - "Howyougoingmateorright?" and correct reply (deep breath) "Yeahorrightmatehowyougoingmateorright?"
Or "Notbadmatenyou?"
Yeah, fuckinspoton!!
Haha, so true about the pies and snags. I worked at a butchery for four years while at uni - making snags. That was a decade or two ago and I have only just been able to eat them without wondering what went into it.
A very good tip is to not buy those orange looking cheap sausages from Woolies and Coles. They are ninety percent sawdust and ten percent skirt fat, imo.
Go to a proper butcher, a busy one. And buy the snags that actually have the pink colour of haemoglobin in them.
I think CFS may refer to the Country Fire Service in South Australia. In NSW it would be the RFS (Rural Fire Service).
Thank you! 😊
And the CFA ( Country Fire Association) in Vic
I use to work at a meat works that did Maccas meat... It is all beef just means it came somewhere from a cow.
@@alanhilder1883 haha, some where...
Saw dust 😟 wtf thank u
Snags at polling booths are not free. They are about $1.50-2.50, but the idea is that buying a snag will help raise cash for a local group. That can be anywhere from raising funds for a school sports team to the country fire service. OH, that's what CFS mean, (C)ountry (F)ire (S)urvice.
I dated an Australian and when we went to the beach together, he left the ute doors unlocked, windows rolled down, phone on the seat. Couldn't believe it. He wasn't worried at all that anybody would reach in and steal his phone or try and carjack him. I could never do that here!
Meh, she'll be right
CFS = South Australian Country Fire Service. Equivalent to NSW Rural Fire Service or Victorian Country Fire Authority. Not free food at voting booths, but fundraisers because a lot of the booths are at schools or churches. Yes, voting is compulsory but the fine for failing to turn up is usually small.
voting isn't compulsory, attendance and or having your name crossed off is compulsory. What you do with the voting slip is up to you.
99% of Americans and Brits are absolutely terrified of spiders. When an unidentifiable bug is zooming around erratically bouncing into peoples heads it's mandatory to yell out "Oh look, a flying spider". One evening at an outdoor café I had a Brit friend leap up from the table and run up the street with his arms flailing uselessly around his head trying to swat something he imagined was trying to kill him. We didn't let on that it was only a Christmas Beetle. We told him she'll be right it's gone for the time being.
Be careful who you go out drinking with, I have a friend who wouldn't shout if a shark bit him.
I had a friend that had a mate tag along with us when we used to go out back in the 80's. we would all shout each other but he would just sit there and drink what we bought him be he would never shout a round. he wasnt very popular with us.
4 football codes
Australia Rules: Australia wide
Rugby League: NSW, QLD, VIC
Rugby Union: NSW, ACT & QLD
Soccer: Australia wide
The thing to remember is if you're going to support an AFL club, make sure its a local NSW one.😁
Australian rules REAL name AERIAL PING PONG
@@tilapiadave3234 Not everyone would put their insecurities out there for all to see. Well done you and I congratulate you on your bravery mate.
@@tilapiadave3234 Really!? I've usually referred to it as cross-country basketball!
Yeah. Kaitlyn, I think you have the big ones listed. Btw, we camp A LOT (although having just been through the floods up near Lismore we are probably going to wait until things dry up a bit), so the hint with boots/shoes left outside overnight is a serious whacking together before even considering putting those delicate tootsies inside. Sure, they might send the nasty critters nuts at you, or disorient them, or maybe shake them so they are harmless and fall out. I actually think they will fall out, thereby not poison you.
Another option is to use crocs. Those ugly sandal like shoes made of plastic: you can get them at places like Aldi. Cheap. But excellent in rain, plus added bonus there's nowhere for stinging and poisoning things to hide. If there's something in or on them you'll see it.
The Cdn/US vs Aus/NZ relationships are pretty much spot on.
Too bad about the ute. Ask your partner to think about getting an old Rodeo or a Triton. Pretty reliable and plenty of spares about. Plus cheap.
Yep it can get to 48 degrees in Penrith near the blue mountains, luckily not this year.
The fundraiser sausage sizzles are run by community groups/non profits. Most obvious groups would be the fire brigades but also includes schools, SES, Rotary, Lions Club, Country Women's Association (CWA), Scouts and Girl Guides and Friends Groups. Anywhere a large number of people are gathered especially if they're stuck in a queue you'll find a community sausage sizzle. For regular events like the ones Bunnings host they will often rotate through different groups or sometime the community groups will work together and split the profits. When I was a kid we had lamington drives as well as the fundraiser chocolates. Almost forgot the Royal Flying Doctors (RFS) and School of the Air and so many others.
Thank you!
The hottest day I've ever encountered was playing cricket out in Sydney's Western Suburbs quite a few years ago & the temperature out on the Pitch was 50C. Unbelievable. You could see the reflection of the sun on the actual pitch which was incredible.
Kaitlyn you're practically an Aussie. Don't lose your accet as that's part of your identity. Cheers!
you can walk in any Ozzie city at any time WITHOUT GETTING SHOT AT.....
a gracious thank you for your reply. take care
I love that so much.
Fund-raisers common at voting booth. CFS is volunteer fire service. Voting fines are not that expensive.... at the ABC election day and budget day were my busiest day so I was often to busy to actually vote.
Just a technicality but voting isn’t actually compulsory. Attending the polling booth and having your name marked off is. You can throw your voting forms in the bin or just don’t fill them in. It’s also possible to get an exemption from voting on religious grounds or some other grounds of conscience. Must be applied for before election. Always granted.
“She’ll be right Kaitlyn. You are doing great.
Thank you! 😊
"Excuse me, do you know the time?" --- "Its comin' up to 2." --- "Is it 2 yet?" --- "Not far off"
Sorry but I’ll say it’s 13:57
the aussie kiwi thing came about because of Gallipoli and ANZACS, Australia New Zealand Army Core where both countries fought side by side creating a now unbreakable mateship.
CFS is the Country Fire Service in SA. In VIC it’s CFA. Where you are, it’s the RFS Rural Fire Service
CFS stands for country fire service otherwise the volunteer fire brigade.
(and you can get an idea of which part of Aus people come from based on the acronym they use (CFS, RFS (Rural Fire Service), CFA (Country Fire Authority), probably others))
Thank you!
Had a baby Brown snake curled up under one of my shoes in the garage. Put my foot in the shoe and squashed it, thank god it wasn't in the shoe -she'll be right. Also -The one finger wave(index finger) is a thing
Yep. To use an Americanism, to flip the bird is NOT ok..
@@alanhilder1883 lol just thought I’d clear that up
New Zealander's ,, OHH yes my FAVOURITE ,,,,,,
How do you know if a kiwi has been in your fridge ?????? ,, LOVE bites on the leg of Lamb :)
What do you call a sheep in a kiwi's backyard ????? "Ride on" lawn mower
We call a large group of sheep a FLOCK ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Kiwis call the a Harem :)
Nah - the towel thing is not true. I LOVE The Castle. "Tell 'im he's dreamin' is an Aussie icon
Depends which beach you are at. Wouldn’t do it at Bondi but at say Henley Beach in Adelaide, a major metro beach. You can do that.
CFA is the Country FIre Association in Vic. The equivalent here in NSW is the RFS (Rural Fire Service) These are teh volunteer fire organisations that fight fires other than in urban areas. In urban areas fires are fought by employed professional fire fighters. The rural fire fighters handle bush fires in non-urban areas and typically only the people at the very top of hteir command structures are paid employees.
Hi Kaitlin. I hope I spelt your name correctly. I'm new to your channel. I love your content. Stay safe there in Sydney, ok.
Thank you! 😊
Bunnings snags and election day snags are fundraisers for some local NFP organisation.
CFS in SA is the Country Fire Service. Each State has something similar, all volunteers providing a service where none is financially justified. They raise funds for equipment at lots of places, including sausage sizzles. Buying a snag as a snack is an easy way to support them.
CFS is the country fire service I think. They operate on the east coast. In WA, we have the volunteer fire brigades in each town and since this is Australia, we shorten it and call them the “local vollies”
The sausage sizzle on voting day is a tradition whereby people set up a stall selling them on the exit side of the polling booth. So once you have voted, you walk out past them and you can buy one along with a cold drink. They’re usually operated the same as you’ll see at Bunnings on the weekend.
CFS is far more wide-spread than just the East Coast. It's the entirety of those states, and at least SA. Not sure about Tassie and the NT.
How far is mate?ahh not far it's just down the road ,can often mean a 9 hour drive .😉
You said that "Nissan" perfectly Kaitlyn 😊👌💜 .
The Aussie attitude is so cool 🤣 👊😎
CFS is the Country Fire Service in South Australia. It's RFS (Rural Fire Service) in NSW.
CFS=CFA=Firies
Do you know,
Ambos
Chippy
Sparky
Have you meet the dreaded ECILOP yet?
Australians do shorten spoken words, but America shortens written ones (donut doughnut, color colour etc.) heard it came from telegrams charging per letter.
Nah, the worst one is "Y"all', I understand slurring the words together when talking but do they have to write it like that as well?
Frogs, that is what lurks in my shoes after they have been outside at night. The times of the ANZAC means Australia and New Zealand are bound together as nations more closely than the US and Canada ever could be.
Rugby League was a game started by disgruntled Union players after Rugby Union Australia refused to cover their medical costs.
How're ye goin', mate, oright?" "Yeah, oright, mate, how're ye goin'?!"
You don't have to worry about sharks, the crocodiles eat them... The sausage on bread is a fundraiser for community groups. You grab one for a couple of $ on the way out of the voting place.
There is a slight caveat to the don't leave before your shout you can leave for something important (like you're currently on fire) but you should leave enough money to cover your round.
CFS - Country Fire Service - The voting place I used to go to was at a school they used the election for fund raising and had sausage sizzle, cake stall, and stall selling second-hand books along with toys and such I used to take a couple of folded up shopping bags with me.
Our weather seems to rotate in 7 year cycles so don’t expect that 48 degree heat wave every season
CFS is RFS where you are. Country Fire Service or Rural Fire Service. Volunteer fire fighters in rural areas where the State fire brigade may only have one or two trucks in the town. RFS are state funded but need extra funds for the good stuff.. But the bunnings Sausage sizzle is always run by a local volunteer organisation of some kind. Could be a school or club etc.
NSW has the RFS. Rural fire service. Victoria has the CFS. Country fire service.
Sorry - you've still got the wrong state - Victoria's volunteer fire service is the CFA. CFS is, I think, South Aussie.
CFS is the Country Fire Service in SA. In VIC it’s CFA and in NSW RFS, Rural Fire Service. SA is different in that their CFS fire trucks are coloured white.
Thank you!
Read up on Australian Football (AFL) and the CFS is Victoria's Country Fire Service - the Rural volunteer Fire Brigade.
May I ?. In other videos youy have so well described Aussie slang and expressions. Really good fun. If you exchange the word "Snag" for the word "sausage". It starts to make sense. The sausage snack (sangger) sold aqt Bunnings is a fund raiser. The same thing exactly happens at all the schools that are voting booths in elections, For the same reason. The "CFS" are volunteer fire fighter under the name of Country Fire Service. Respect to all the other comments here. Just showing that the vids are good watching.
Your instincts about the towel on the beach are sadly correct. It used to be this way, but since disciplining children became illegal, there is a lot more petty thieving at the beach and elsewhere.
Stand on t he left of the escalator? Growing up (a very long time ago) I was advised to stand on the right as we drive and move forward on the left...The London underground has signs which also advise that. I no longer follow any NRL team since they axed my Bears after me following them for over 35 years...I switched to Union!
In QLD you will see escalators with signs basically saying "Keep left unless overtaking"
Great yank channel i just come across! You sound very well versed in Aussie culture hence your legend other halfs advice & guidance..
Watched 4 or 5 vids so far and just wondering if you have a sister haha.
If you were were in oz prior to 2018 was a different place!
a lot has changed in a few short yrs unfortunately.
"Footy" to her in Sydney (also Brisbane) is Rugby League. In other states/cities Footy is Australian Rules Football which is more popular (Eg Melbourne, Adelaide , Hobart, Perth).
Football (Soccer) has limited following at the senior level, but is common in junior levels to give basic ball handling skills before graduating to other sports.
Rugby Union also has a following, mainly in Sydney and Brisbane.
When you use the word “footy” you can only be referring to Aussie Rules. The round ball game is soccer, and rugby is the name given to the throw-the-ball game played in NSW
And if you're at the checkout and someone is short of cash (whether it's 50c or $2) pay for them.
Putting ur stuff under a towel is risky. Has nobody seen Two Hands with Heath Ledger?!?
CFS= Country Fire Service. The sausage sangers are not free, you have to pay for them, as they are a fundraiser.
The difference between AFL, NRL, and Union (footy, League, and well, Union) is the CPM - concussions per minute.
Always point out when an American says words wrong, such as caramel, tomato, aluminium, Brisbane, Melbourne, and grill.
The North Sydney Bears are an infamously (now defunct) NRL team who would get ahead of the opposition & somehow grab defeat from the jaws of victory.
Funny thing....im Australian and have never even seen a veninious snake or spider....grizzly bear I'd be scared of!!!!!
“I never got that train” made me laugh. No the beach thing is right BUT ALSO make sure yr stuff is up the beach far enough from the water cos a wave will always rush up and satch everything.
Clack the tongs at least twice? Nah ya gotta chase the missus or the billy lids around the patio with them, clacking at their bums
CFS - Country Fire Service.
Thank you!
To much faith in people not stealing your towel covered stuff at the beach.. Proceeds to leave in several tonnes of metal on wheels and blindly trusts every person on the road not to hit them going at 100Km/h the other way separated by a silly little white lines
Australia has Rugby League and Rugby Union in mainly NSW and QLD (both codes are British), plus Rugby 7 or something, and Australian Rules football in all other states. It's also played in NSW and QLD. Being in SA I follow proper Aussie footy, not that British rugby game. That said, I'd much rather watch rugby than the dumbed down American gridiron football (let's face it, it's basically handball as it almost never touches the foot).
Barracking for your Footy team. When our first born came, we decided that he'd pick a team for himself and we'd respect his decision. When he started going to school and making friends, he came home and said he's going to follow Collingwood. That weekend we took him to the footy to watch Geelong play and we talked, bribed, threatened, tricked, cajoled him into follow Geelong for the rest of his life. That was nearly the biggest parenting failure we made in our lives. Never ever let your kids pick their teams. NEVER.
This me
Them ... how you going? Me ... Up the shit, had to get out of bed.
I always get a smile
Country Fire Service, volunteer firefighters in South Australia. Election snags are not free, it's an opportunity to raise funds for the CFS in this case. Usually A$2.50 including onions and 'dead horse' (sauce, tomato).
Country Fire Authority , they are volunteer residents of country town that fight fires
Omg back in the day I spent an hour in the toilets with a group of girls my bf sent someone in to call my name 🤣
I was at a wedding of an old uni mate and caught up with a girl I hadn't seen I'm 10+ years (I was days away from giving birth) and my husband sent someone in after me when we had been gone for 45 minutes 😳
In Australia we don't call the Sneakers
You must support the underdog if you don't have a dog in the contest.
Checking shoes: I learned that the hard way as a kid when my foot met a hairy caterpillar. The hairs contain some kind of painful toxin.
CFS: country fire service (vic)
RFS: rural fire service (nsw)
Your G'day is starting to sound more Aussie as you go along
Thank you! 😊
Roughly 70% of cheep & nasty meat pies are between 20% - 80% SOY protein.. usually when someone asks how am I doing,? My answer is Ah, have been better, have been worse, can't complain.
I'm sorry, everyone knows if you really want to keep stuff safe at the beach (keys wallet etc) you put it in your shoes. Fool proof. No one will ever think to look there!
I'd say most of us wear thongs 😁
And if they didn't know to look in your shoes , they do now
You should follow the AFL the Sydney Swans or Geater Western Sydney. Aussie Rules footy
f you really want to know Aussie football, you have to get into Aussie rules. Sydney Swans are great.
CFA is the volunteer fire brigade and there always sausage sizzles at voting booths, they aren't free though, but re fund raisers.
Nrl mate
I don't understand why everyone in America think everything will kill you in Australia. Only crocodiles in Northern Queensland and The Northern Territory,where if you are alert you'll be ok and sharks , which America also has ,will eat you .
America has Bears ,Cougar ,Rattle snakes and Jeffrey Dahmer's that will kill and eat you .🤣🤣
Get a bottle of "Steel Seal" to fix the head gasket,I've used it in my Mitsi Shogun and it ran fine for the next 2 years before selling it. If it doesn't work then you've lost nothing,it's not expensive,I'm in the UK so it may be another brand name in Aus.
Chemiweld?
@@wendyodriscoll1620 yes,same thing,lots of different name brands but they are probably all about the same.
CFS country fire services is a volunteer group of fire fighters
Thank you!
Poms stand on the right side of escalators in Ingland. They have to be educated when they get here
You don't get free sausages at elections. The local Rotary Club sometimes set up stalls at polling booths to raise money for their various charities. If the polling booth is in a school the parents and citizens of the school committe sometimes sell snags and drinks to people waiting to vote. The going rate at last election was about $5-$6 for snag sanger and a can of soft drink. the snags sangers at Bunnings are usually for some youth Charity such s the scout or guides
when you own a Ute (or a Station Wagon) you are automatically selected by members of your family to wake up at the crack of dawn on a Sunday hungover to come collect some random piece of cr@p that they just brought at a garage sale! (Yard sale for you Americans lol)
Also if you own a Ute or a Wagon or a Falcon, you are automatically selected by your friends and family to go collect and tow some random p.o.s boat/caravan/car that they just brought from marketplace because they own a p.o.s front wheel drive
CFS: Country Fire Service
When voting you get a 'Democracy Sausage'
Either that or a Kiwi Sausage :p
Aussie small talk if you run into a mate at the shop or something
Aussie 1: gday mate how are ya?
Aussie 2: yeah na not bad ay, ya self?
Aussie 1: yeah good mate good.
Aussie 2: yeah na no dramas mate have a good one ay
Aussie 1: too easy mate, catch ya.
I feel like I have missed the flood life test because I have lived on hills. Back in Lismore, in '87, there was a flood. We lived in a little old house at the top end of one of the main streets. The carport down the street was flooded, but we were fine. Meanwhile in my current place, we are higher than even the motorway heading into Brisbane, so it will flood before we do, but I have never heard of the motorway flooding.
On the Aussie/Kiwi teasing, I feel fond of New Zealand, because it is both our sibling nation, and I have visited there. I feel we are almost the same culture, just differing on our native cultures (Aboriginal vs Maori).
...But the pav is really ours. 😉
An avo toast in the arvo.
"How's it goin'?"
"Not bad."
My worst summer heat has been 45°. That is "Flee to the Hyperdome!" day.
No, Bunnings and voting spots are fund-raising booths. The voting place is also you pay for the food, but it usually the school fund-raising group (since voting booths are usually at schools).
Another Aussie rule is: you can’t use the heater before ANZAC day. If you do, you’re a wuz.
Come to Tasmania mate you will love it.
never had anything nicked at the beach...stuff inside shoes and then covered with a towel...no worries...who would be so low as to steel from stuff at the beach...my Dutch wife freaks and insists we pack stuff back in the car if we move away from our spot...sigh...