Going through the comments & no Aussies have mentioned this song is called great southern land by the Australian band "Icehouse" from around 1982. This isn't an original video but it does show our beautiful country.
Both of you will be extremely welcome in Australia. We have a very big Italian community in Oz so you will always hear a familiar accent but also that you both seem so cool that you will be accepted immediately as Aussies as you are learning our culture. I hope you both make it to ;down under' soon.
I grew up in Adelaide, & we had many cultures here, my area had lots of Italian migrants. It became a joke to people in our street as we were the only Australians, to spot the Aussie(me). All the Italian wives wanted to learn how to cook Aussie meals, so mum spent a lot of time both teaching them and learning their recipes and adopting them. You should check out the great music from the Aussie musicians/bands.
You completely missed listening to the song!! It was a big hit in the '80's for the Australian rock group Icehouse, "Great Southern Land" was the name of song. Anyway, check out Icehouse on Wikipedia. Other hits were "Hey Little Girl", "Electric Blue" and "Crazy".
While cruising around the Whitsunday Islands QLD in a chartered yacht with some friends from Sweden, we visited Whitehaven beach. The sand is bleached white and as fine as talcum powder. The water is crystal clear turquoise, the water temperatures are between 23°C in the winter and 28°C in the summer and underwater visibility is easily 20+ metres. We were joined by a family of dolphins on our journey from Solway Pass to the beach, just to add to the experience. They were visibly gliding just below the water's surface and breaching regularly directly ahead of the bow; like a welcoming committee. For me, it is the rarest of gems and one of the most beautiful places I have visited on this planet. Definitely, a place to put on your bucket list. :)
Hi, and thanks for your lovely comments, on Australia. I come from Melbourne, which is the cultural hub, of this great country. My city, had a large number of Italians and Greeks migrate here, who brought their amazing food, as well as great coffee! Probably the first difference you will notice, in Australia, is that we are only a young country, in the western meaning, so don’t have buildings more than a bit over 200 years old, and they are pretty thin on the ground! Anyway, hope to see you here soon!
I agree, but to be fair, people from overseas are not going to understand the subtext in the video. For those of us who live here, we know both its beauty - and its challenges.
I just finished 3 month trip through Northern Territory and Western Australia. We really do have an amazing country. Some of the most beautiful beaches in the world with emerald green water, and other natural landmarks such as gorges, canyons etc. Uluru is a must see, world's largest rock, standing at over 300 metres high in the middle of the flat Australian outback. By the way, the assumption that dangerous animals are everywhere is greatly exaggerated, I've lived in country Australia all my life (47) and only seen the occasional snake, we also have Red back spiders around our house, but I've never ever heard of anyone being bitten by one, they keep to themselves. One warning, much of winter in the very top end of Australia it is around 35°C and upwards, hard to handle if you're not used to the heat, aim lower for a more bearable temperature. Great reaction
Worlds largest rock is Mount Augustus in West Aus, little east of Carnavon; its more than twice the size of Uluru. As a West Aussie myself, I tend to feel I need to point this out.
I spent 3 years working and travelling around Australia,it certainly is a glirious country lived for a time in HallsCreek went gold prospecting,worked at the Derby Hospital .The Kimberley took my breath away it is beyond beautiful...Live Western Australia.I am so glad I have seen and lived in so many places in my own country,I have no desire to go overseas.
One year I actually layed in Manjimup in SW Of WA and worked all the orchards..what a wonderful experience that was,hard yakka but loved every bit of it.Made so many precious memories.
Thank you for showing how beautiful our country is. I visited Rome and couldn't get enough of it, so beautiful! Our countries are both very beautiful in different ways. I hope you do get to visit this Great Southern Land :)
And Australia is blessed with 8222 islands and they are very special places. Each is a little world unto itself: a unique experiment in life, an opportunity for animals and plants to operate differently.
You'll love it it has everything, the cities are bustling, the beaches exquisite and so many natural and remote beautiful landscapes. Aboriginal/First Nation history is deep and very important to educate yourself on too. There are so many retail/services/hospitality jobs here in Perth, Western Australia at the moment too so if you're looking for work theres great cafes and bars to work in and meet fun ppl. oh and we have some of the best wineries in the world as alot of our climate is mediterranean too.
yet the indigenous people still feel the weight of racism from white australia - white australia wont even allow the indigenous people a voice so all this fauxness about being proud of the rich indigenous culture is really BS to the majority of white australia who think the indigenous people dont deserve a equal level playing field in their own country per all the racism towards indigenous people on social media concerning the voice
@@jackfrost2146 comments were made before the voice mate - may be you should get over it now that racism has won again good on ya mate no doubt you voted no
Glad you both like our beautiful country. My parents immigrated from Italy to Australia in 1956. I was born and raised in Melbourne, where there is a large multi culture community. I have visited Italy a few times and love the history going back 1000 years. That’s one thing we don’t have. But, we do have lots of great beaches all around the country, most of us live close to the coast. Enjoy your discovery to learn about Australia… hope you can come soon.
I'm so sorry to see you ended up in Melbourne and misery, George. It's never too late to create a life surrounded by humans and beauty, SURELY you can move! Do it! My family came out to WA in 1899, gold mining.
Hi Ladies. I am biased. Tasmania is the Jewell of the crown and the east coast of Tasmania has the best beaches in Australia (especially the Bay of fires on the east coast).Tasmania is the island at the bottom of Australian mainland, just under Victoria
Just be mindful how large Australia is and how long it takes to get anywhere. Italy is 25 times smaller than Australia. Italy's area is similar to our 2 smallest states combined, (Victoria and Tasmania) which are located in the south east corner of the country. The Great Barrier Reef is one of those "Bucket List" must do's. I put it right up there among the top, if not the best thing I've ever done. Absolutely stunningly beautiful.
Totally agree👍 I'm a born n bred Sandgroper, but I lived in the UK from ,90 to '93. For my trip back to Oz,I lobbed in banana-bender land, as I'd always wanted to see The Reef ♥️🌏 Absolutely Amazing! Was totally captivating. Even the snorkeling was superb.👌 Having no money I did have to hitch back to Perth... but that's another story 🤣😉
I would love to see the Great Barrier Reef but I should hurry if I want to do it, I saw a documentary about the acidification of the oceans that it's destroying it... :(
@@bighouse7672 yes this has been going on for years (so we’re told). I went there about 3 years ago and they did show us patches of destroyed coral, but there’s still large areas untouched.
@@bighouse7672 There is a documentary video named, "Exploring Australian Rainforests" by Jorg Wichmann which will introduce you to our forests. We have many National Parks which you can visit and stay in. Some time ago a tree was found that dated back to the dinosaur period. Australia is the oldest inhabited landmass in the world. If you get tired of trees then visit the Nullarbor Plain in the states of South Australia and Western Australia .It is Latin for "no trees". You will not see a tree for hundreds of kilometers. We have many tourists who come to Australia. Hardly any people die from interaction with our wildlife. While you think it is a long way to travel here - which it is - Australians don't worry about that. As great travellers and we are used to it. My husband and I are older so we pick a different stop-over each time, about half-way, and spend a short time there, to break up the air flight. We are a friendly nation "so come on down under" while you are still young and have no commitments. There are visas for working holidays for back-packers and other short-stay visitors.
Especially the forests in the South West corner of the country, which I feel never gets the attention it deserves. It's unique even compared to the eastern states having bee cut off by the deserts and nullarbor for more than a million years.
@@SH-qs7ee Oh, I agree. While touring the South-west of WA we visited the forests. Loved the Karri trees in The Valley of Giants, especially the Gloucester tree. Also the Western part of Australia was once a seabed which is why it is still mainly desert.
I'm glad you really liked my comment but I should clarify that it was my fault I was bitten, my pet rainbow lorikeet was making a strange noise so I ran downstairs quickly to see why and without paying attention I stood straight on the eastern brown snake causing it to bite me in defence. Snakes aren't mindless monsters they'll try to avoid you at all costs just don't step on them. When you both mention my comment it really made me laugh 😂🤣 thank you.
the Great Barrier Reef is awesome but takes a boat ride to get to it, whereas if you go to Ningaloo Reef in north-western Australia you can simply walk out to it. also at Monkey Mia (in the same area) you can hand-feed wild dolphins in ankle-deep water
I was living in London and a good friend flew over to Europe with her husband for a holiday. I flew over to Rome to meet her for a girls' weekend. We had the *best* time. The shopping was fantastic (the shoes, the shoes, the shoes!). Eating good food, drinking good wine, talking, talking, talking and laughing. The Italian people were bellissimoso. Friendly and fun. Italian men were very flirty, but also respectful. In this video you talk about how every picture was beautiful. My God, just walking outside our hotel and wandering without a map, we saw incredible art, architecture and culture at every step. It was so impossibly beautiful. The Colisseum, the Forum, the Spanish steps, the Vatican, even the crumbled walls ... I was in awe. If you're in a new part of the world and you're hankering for good food, good drink, natural beauty and parties, you just need to find and follow the Italians.
Can you show us a musical video highlighting the beauty of Italy?🌺 There is so much to see.🦋 Australia is a young country and does not have the cultural heritage.
At 2.25, those are sand dunes, not snow. We do have snow in the southern Highlands of New South Wales and northern Victoria, but what you saw were sand dunes, probably on Queensland's southern coast.Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, is in that region.
I'm glad you enjoyed what you saw. I turned 62 today and have spent my whole life in Adelaide, Sth Australia, except for 3 months in 1988 when I travelled the world, including parts of Italy. I did a 11 country European Contiki tour back then and saw Rome and briefly an unscheduled stop in Pompeii and saw Naples and Brindisi where we took a ferry over to Corfu, Greece for a day and night, and then returned to head in another direction. I can't recall offhand what country we went to next, but I think Vienna known in Europe as Wein. Loved your country too. I would suggest you don't come in our summer as you are not used to the type of heat we have here. Surprisingly here in Adelaide right now we are getting cooler days and February has always been reknown for hot summer weather. Best to come April/May, Sept/Oct/Nov in our autumn and spring. Don't expect to see too much as it costs a lot to travel domestically in Australia and you won't have the time. Australia is home to 10,000 beaches, so don't expect to see too many. It would take you 27 years to see a new Australian beach every day.
As a person who love the heat more than the cold I would love to skip our winter and come in australia during your summer. A full year in summer time is a dream! :)
@@bighouse7672 LOL, I only ever experienced your cold in 1982 in my 20's once. I was at a ski resort in Victoria. We actually have more snow in our short winter than they have in Switzerland, believe it or not. I couldn't stand the extreme cold - the feeling going through your bones. BUT the extreme opposite is horrible too. Try a heatwave of 45 degrees Celcius for a week or so. Even at night time it doesn't cool down. Trying to keep plants and lawns going through those periods is hard too. We don't normally have the tropical humid type heat they have closer to the equator in Asian countries, but some parts of Australia do, like Darwin and up north of the eastern coast like Cairns etc. We have a dry heat. You don't sweat as much but it is just like having a blow dryer on your skin. Not nice.
My cousin lives in Rome he comes to Australia every year and goes straight to the beach. The best time is January, February or March. You will love it here. I live in Perth, western Australia it has everything you need. A presto
If you like beaches... we have a few to chose from... Australia has almost 12,000 beaches along its 60,000km (37,282mi) coastline. If you visited one per day, it would take more than 32 years to see them all.
I live in Adelaide, South Australia, we have a large Italian community here. Most came over in the 1950's - 60's along with people from all over Europe and were known as New Australians.
There are so many wonderful hard working Italians that emigrated to Australia after WW2. Your mob really built this country & are highly regarded. There are a number of Italian cultural towns. For example in south east Queensland, there is Stanthorpe, well known got vegetables & the grapes (you know where this is heading). Also in Victoria, there is a town called King Valley
My favourite place to visit in Australia is Coober Pedy, so unique. The youtube channel black pepper abroad has a great video of their trip called "Coober Pedy: would you live undrrground?" Would love to see your reaction. The town is definitely one of a kind.
It's actually a hit song/video from the late 80s. Our winters get cold as well but it only snows in mountainous regions & Tasmania. Sydney is without doubt the most beautiful city & has that harbour but also the foreshore from Vaucluse to Coogee, also worth the look. Snorkel at most beaches except Melbourne & see the Daintree forest, merely 2500 kms north of Sydney.
You definitely need a good amount of time to visit most of what Australia has to offer. You girls will feel right at home, there are a lot of Italians and people of Italian heritage here. It's so hard to pick one particular place, way too many to chose. Every state has its appeal. I've lived in every state, bar Tasmania and Northern Territory.(visited both of those and loved them.) If you are interested in our 1st Australians, Northern Territory has some amazing places with Rock art datiing back 50,000-60,000 years. ( a bit of debate on the actual age ). Ulluru is a must. Sacred site for the indigenous people. You can feel it! As far as our dangerous animals go, it may sound like they are everywhere, but that's not the case. I holidayed in Italy a few years ago. Loved it! People were always so welcoming and friendly, especially after they found out we were Aussies. I couldn't pick one place there either, as a favourite. Too much choice, and different experiences.
I rate Perth the most beautiful, Sydney and Hobart are both lovely, but different. Adelaide and Canberra have their own charm, Brisbane has improved to be above Melbourne now.
When the Afghans first arrived in Australia they imported camels to help them as they can go long distances without water. What happened was that over time they released the camels when they stopped working in the outback and needing them and they just bred like wildfire. Fast forward a couple of centuries and the funny thing is that we have so many here in the northern central parts of the outback that they are now being exported to places like Saudi Arabia. You can do camel rides on the beach in Broome, Western Australia and yes that was camel races somewhere in the outback that you queried.
The video is just a snippet of what Oz has to offer. Given the size of the continent, roughly 2,500% larger than Italy, we basically have 4 different climate zones, therefore the flora and landscape varies greatly as you venture from northeast to southeast, and same for the mid regions and south and northwest. In the summer holidays, many city bound residents pack up their cars, hook up their caravans and migrate to some of the most beautiful places on the planet, either setting up camp on a river bank or at the beach camping grounds. We travel longs distances (3 to 5 hours) to arrive at those destinations to spend the hot summer near the water. Most of the Oz population lives on the coast, so we are aka coast huggers. The distance between major cities is large, (i.e. Sydney to Brisbane is ~1,000km, while Sydney to Perth (east to west) 4,000km, however there is large and small coastal towns in between. Majority of the east coast is dominated by the "great dividing range" stretching 3,700km, which generally separates the coast from inland, and in most cases the mountains are only a few km's from the beach, thus one could describe the landscape as bush & beach, thousands of beautiful places to visit if you've got a spare 12 months. As you plan to visit Oz, if you want to really enjoy your time in the outdoors, including at the beach, if not already, please learn to swim, yes the beaches are beautiful to look at, but a decent degree of respect should be payed when when swimming in the ocean, as mother nature does her own thing.
Camels were introduced the tallest animal we have is a kangaroo, with camels been much taller they had no competition to food so they thrived. we now export camels to places like Saudi Arabia
I live in The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland which is up a Mountain Range behind Cairns. Our Temperatures are Cooler than the coastal areas, You'll still see Rainforests and Waterfalls up here. Alongside Rolling Green Hills and plenty of Lovely Freshwater places to swim. Due to Long Extinct Volcanoes our soil is good for growing a wide variety of Fruits and Vegetables. It's Dairy Cattle Country as well. The Locals are Warm and Friendly, but being a Country Area I'd recommend Hiring A Car. Ever since Covid things haven't been the same. It was a very popular destination for Backpackers. Going Shopping even for Food used to be Fun, because you'd meet people with different Languages and Accents. Everyone is missing Our International Tourists.
Ladies everyone talks about The Great Barrier Reef on the east coast but we have less dangerous animals and Ningaloo Reef here in Western Australia. Beautiful weather, beaches and sunsets. WA covers over a third of Australia. It truly is heaven on earth. So much to explore. Safe and friendly.
Hi Guys.. Just make sure when you do travel to Australia.. You check out Queensland. We have many beautiful long sandy beaches over 120 small Islands and many many Rainforest with waterfall walks and bathing pools you can stop and cool down in. Also so many many theme parks And not to forget Australia Zoo .And yes Great Keppel Island and Fraser and Stradbroke Island Resorts to chill and relax when there.
My parents migrated from Italy in the 50s. It is a fantastic country to live in and to explore. The wildlife can be dangerous but with a little commonsense there's very little chance of harm. The country is mostly very safe and friendly
Hi Girls, Just fantastic to see your excitement for The Great Southern Land 💕💕 I have travelled extensively over my Lifetime, and when I get back home, I get down and kiss the ground, as we are living in a very unique and beautiful Country, on all the measures of what is a great place to live, not many places are ahead 👌👌 We are a bit of a Weird Mob, but we generally are friendly and inviting, compassionate and are well educated about the rest of the Planet. And we Live Our Country 💙💙💯 Da mia moglie, Ciao, adorerai venire in Australia e forse non te ne andrai mai come me 👌
If you are after very white sand beaches and clear blue seas, then look to the southern coast of Western Australia, Esperance beach in particular is well known, but the beach with officially the whitest sand in the world, is Lucky Bay, in Cape Le Grand National Park, further along the coast. These are a long way from major population centres, but this is a good thing, because one of the most spectacular sights in Australia is the night sky viewed from a dark place, well away from the lights of cities or towns. It is far richer with stars than the northern hemisphere. Humans are the main dangerous animals you really need to be wary of. From 30 years of living in Oz, the only three notable wildlife close encounters were getting swooped by magpies as a kid, a male sea lion getting slightly aggressive and trying to get a taste of a flipper while diving in fairly shallow water, and waking from a nap on the sofa to a palm-sized huntsman spider walking across my face. I believe the poor thing is still in orbit around the Earth after I swatted it away before realising what it was. They are non venomous and harmless to humans, but scare some people because they are big and hairy.
So many Italians in Australia historically like many other imported cultures, bringing great cuisine, wine and especially coffee, great humour. This is a nation of many cultures creating a very diverse palate of difference, add our hugely diverse geography and only 27,000,000 people in a land the size of the continental USA only safer, less rushed, great standard of living and generally laid back people!
Townsville is the most beautiful city (for me) and Magnetic Island is 20/30 minutes by ferry from Townsville and on Magnetic Island I sat down on a park bench and looked out over the water and all the worries and problems I've ever had in my entire life just lifted off my shoulders, I couldn't live up there because there is no winter, it's in the tropics so it's summer all year around but I love it for 3 years.
I'm in Melbourne Australia and I live in the suburbs on the Mornington peninsula. It's mostly green and cool weather except in summer it can get so hot. We really don't have dangerous scary bugs etc anywhere near my area. It's mostly country bush areas and the outback.
Don't forget Buruli Ulcers. Mosquito bites and puncture wounds are likely to transmit the bacteria that cause Buruli ulcer, a disfiguring infectious disease in humans. Buruli ulcer spreads via mosquito bites and puncture wounds, researchers have found. This infectious disease is spreading in areas on Mornington Peninsula and near Melbourne,.My sister developed one and it lasted for months. Basically she was given the drugs for fighting Leprosy to help cure her.
Oz has such a diverse culture, but yet so very Aussie in nature. Hard to put into words, but it's about mateship and looking after each other so we all prosper. That's the Aussie way mate!
45,000 or 50,000 years. Yet never built anything. And never understood the concept of putting a seed in the ground to grow a useful plant... Odd. M 🦘🏏😎
kevinmac 50,000 years ago the peoples in Europe were still stone age beings. By the end of the next 50,000 years Europe had built cities, formed governments, built ships and travelled the world. When James Cook discovered Australia what did he find, he found a race still stuck in the stone age who had not changed in 50,000 years, and had very low population numbers because they slaughtered each other mercilessly.
Yeah, you talked about the snake bite. Eastern brown snakes, very deadly and a lot of them. I work in Inland Queensland and in the warm months we get a lot of brown snakes. They will leave you alone as long as you don't provoke them.
Australia has amazing wild life and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world - and a lot of them. The total miles of beaches we have is greater than the circumference of the world! There are a lot of poisonous creatures - and its not true to say many of the most deadliest ones in the world live here, the correct expression would be to say basically they all do. There are sharks and crocodiles that you would say defy belief - but the danger is generally remote and if you are anywhere heavily populated then you simply wouldn't encounter them in a year - people are too much of an apex predator to live with deadly creatures - most times! The food and culture and people are warm and welcoming and Italians are loved. I don't think of one person I know who has visited who hasn't enjoyed it immensely. It's big - so plan your trip around what you wish to do and see. Parts of it - especially the interior can be very remote - with population densities around 1 person per 100 square kilometres - so it is easy to get away from people if you want too! Great coffee culture, great food, safe, vibrant, good music and did I mention beach life and culture :) It is worth the trip!
I don't think they get much snow. Sometimes in Tasmania, but I'm not sure how often. Australia seems really nice. I do wish I had visited when I was younger. I always wanted to go to the Northern Cape in Queensland. I'm not sure it is the most beautiful, but I have heard a lot of interesting things about it. 😀
I grew up with Italian neighbors & friends in the 1960-70's. A major reason Australia has the best coffee in the world is because 1950's Italian migrants introduced Australian culture to European culture. Ladies, you would fit right in... feel welcome. Regards from Sydney.
I luv your comments throughout the clip But half the things you say you have to remember we are the largest island in the world.. so when you say you want to see beaches it will take you 30 yes to visit everyone Surfing of course it’s popular we are surrounded by cost Summer is everywhere if you swap between north and south also east and west all year round If you want a working EXTENSION visa do some work in the “country” ( outside the cities) and they will let you stay an extra year 👍
I would like to suggest Tim Minchin to check out, he is a pianist/story teller/comedian, in the end he is just a very talented individual with the best vocabulary all put together with music. I’d like to suggest’Storm’ but listen to the end it has a twist in the end, then have a listen to ‘Thank You God’.P.S. you’d be welcome if you find your way here.
You should listen to the lyrics. My dad was from Italy . He moved to Australia when he was 7. I think the best beaches are in Perth , Western Australia. You hardly see any of the dangerous animals to tell you the truth. If you come to Perth go in our Summer its really a summer place .
My suggestion is David Attenborough's Tasmania (2018). It's my homeland and the most deadly animal of our island is a jumping ant. We have snow and skifields and magical mushrooms and strange forest people who build homes in the trees. Birds are very loud in the morning. The nice part about living here is the local people. It's a little bit like the south of France. We want good food and comfortable neighbours. One day a local celebrity played Russian Roulette with a live newsreader. The biggest shock for tourists is maybe "free speech". Don't be polite when you are supposed to be honest. We don't get angry at honesty and our punishment for liars is strict.
There's a lot more to Australia than beaches !! The east coast of Australia has the most amazing beaches, the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise in the state of Queensland, Then we come to the State of New South Wales, the most iconic beach of Bondi, we also have a TV show called Bondi Rescue where the life savers are doing rescues and looking after the beach, many people from different countries visit Bondi and usually do not speak or understand English, the guys do a great job looking after these people. I'm from Adelaide which is down South at the bottom of Australia, the state of South Australia, we have beautiful scenery, a great wine area which is called the Barossa Valley, which was first settled by German imagrints some of my ancestors from my Mother's side. Beautiful coast line of beaches, the Adelaide Hills is so pretty not too far from Adelaide City. All of Australia is worth visiting, so many different cultures, the out back is Amazing. I haven't encountered any dangerous animals as yet you just need to be careful, Ive travelled all over my country over many years !! Ive travelled all over the world quite a few times over the years, nothing is like arriving and landing at Adelaide Airport. Hope you can holiday in my country at some time. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🐨🐨🐨🐨
Hi guys Queensland is on the eastern side. I live on the Sunshine Coast qld and we have the most beautiful beaches in the world. Iam a true blue Aussie born and bred from Australia 🇦🇺 💙
I think when they warn foreigners to watch out for the wildlife they are talking about the people, we do tend to have a slightly twisted sense of humour & that does throw some people a bit of a curveball till you get use to it & realise we are just joking around & not actually trying to offed you.
I hope you do come to Australia, we would be a very fortunate country to have such nice and lovely young ladies visiting us, but a word of warning Australia is a land that can catch your heart and you might find it to difficult to leave.
I have lived in Melbourne, Australia since1959 and seen two snakes...they're more afraid of us and slither away. We don't have dangerous spiders .... in fact might see one per year. Come here and enjoy. 👍👍
Hi well Australia 🇦🇺 is a beautiful place it have pristine beaches, rainforest, desert and and more... the country is calm no guns and lots of beer and wine 🍷 and yeah private camping ground is pricey and public camping grounds are awesomely cheap but the saddest thing is we are so busy and when holiday time public camping grounds are so full and we kinda never going out to experience those southern land... hmmmm 😔
there is nothing to worry about coming here ladies :). the wildlife or dangerous snakes crocs etc live alone in seculded remote areas. you have to remember Australia is huge so the dangerous wildlife live seperate from us lol. we would love to have you here :) 🇦🇺
We are not far away if you live here. Please come and visit and if you get home sick we have a fantastic Italian community with plenty of great restaurants. If you are coming to explore put aside the next fifty years and then you won’t see every thing.
I recommend exploring Australia, but you need a lot of money and that puts a lot of people off. I'd suggest saving €5 to 10.000 each. That should be enough for 6 months. I'd suggest Cairns, Gold Coast (Broadbeach), Sydney, Freemantle before heading off too the Pilbera.
Lots of Italians where I live. Just had our Italian festival and the feast of the three Saints 2 big Italian festivals. Hope you get to check them out one day
Trying to get some perspective here, to see all those places would take quite a lot of time. to circumnavigate around the country on Highway 1 is 15,000 klm and takes between 3 months and 1 year, depending on how long you stopped for a each place. Having said that there is probably 1000 plus scenes like these in a much more condensed area. For an example I lived on the mid north coast of NSW and within half hour drive there is 17 beaches ,all different and all worth visiting. If you visited a new beach every it would take 27 YEARS to see them all.
The dangerous creatures thing is overstated. The most deaths in Australia are caused by horses. Number 2 is cows. Number 3 are dogs. This is probably the same in Italy. Number 4 is kangaroo - but from the car accident after hitting one, not being attacked by one. Number 5 is bees. Number 6 is emu - same reason as #4 - the car accident after hitting one. Then you get to the crocodiles, sharks, snakes, spiders, jellyfish etcetera. But to be honest, deaths from those are extremely rare. I think the last death from a spider was 50 or 60 years ago. Seriously, the most dangerous thing you can do is probably crossing a road.
We are very safe. Yes there is some scary wildlife and plants but this is on a huge continent so you are unlikely to actually met them unless you travel to where they live. If you are going to the rain-forest go on a tour, stay on the proper path. Pay attention to the signs they are there for a reason. If a flag is saying don't swim on a beach then don't swim. Be sensible and I am sure you will have a wonderful time. We also have very low crime unless you go to those seedy type areas. I have never been bitten by a spider, seen many but never bitten. I did get bitten by a snake once but it was just a tree snake and I was a kid trying to pick it up. You leave them alone they will leave you alone. If you do come don't underestimate the size. You can't land at Sydney airport and expect to quickly go and see Uluru for example. If you do want to hop around like Sydney, Uluru, and the Great barrier reef, go by plane.
Australia also has snow capped mountains in winter, so bring your coats. Irony is that most australians have never been to these places. in the video. You could come to australia 10 times and bisit the cities and never see a snake koala or kangaro9.
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That was sand dunes (not snow😅). Camels are exported from Australia because they have adapted well after being introduced and are a superior breed, not because there's too many. Australia is a giant island and the beautiful beaches are around the entire cost line.. not just Queensland. It is highly unlikely you will be bitten by a snake if you come to Australia😅👍
It's 4.14 am in Sydney & I am watching you tube videos....I think I need to see a bit more of my country 🤔. There's too many places, impossible to choose the best...but, as you love the beaches, Whitehaven Beach on The Whitsundays in Queensland, is absolutely beautiful. It has been voted best beach in the world. I had better get some sleep...I might go to the beach tomorrow 😅 but so many to choose from, don't be jealous.... Good night from Sydney 🇦🇺😎
Search for reporter gets pranked about drop bears! I think that explains our humour rather well, we just like making fun of each other & we don’t take ourselves overly serious. It’s more important to have fun even at our own expense.
Going through the comments & no Aussies have mentioned this song is called great southern land by the Australian band "Icehouse" from around 1982. This isn't an original video but it does show our beautiful country.
Both of you will be extremely welcome in Australia. We have a very big Italian community in Oz so you will always hear a familiar accent but also that you both seem so cool that you will be accepted immediately as Aussies as you are learning our culture. I hope you both make it to ;down under' soon.
I grew up in Adelaide, & we had many cultures here, my area had lots of Italian migrants. It became a joke to people in our street as we were the only Australians, to spot the Aussie(me). All the Italian wives wanted to learn how to cook Aussie meals, so mum spent a lot of time both teaching them and learning their recipes and adopting them. You should check out the great music from the Aussie musicians/bands.
You completely missed listening to the song!! It was a big hit in the '80's for the Australian rock group Icehouse, "Great Southern Land" was the name of song. Anyway, check out Icehouse on Wikipedia. Other hits were "Hey Little Girl", "Electric Blue" and "Crazy".
While cruising around the Whitsunday Islands QLD in a chartered yacht with some friends from Sweden, we visited Whitehaven beach. The sand is bleached white and as fine as talcum powder. The water is crystal clear turquoise, the water temperatures are between 23°C in the winter and 28°C in the summer and underwater visibility is easily 20+ metres. We were joined by a family of dolphins on our journey from Solway Pass to the beach, just to add to the experience. They were visibly gliding just below the water's surface and breaching regularly directly ahead of the bow; like a welcoming committee. For me, it is the rarest of gems and one of the most beautiful places I have visited on this planet. Definitely, a place to put on your bucket list. :)
Wow sounds incredible! I hope one day I’ll be visiting that place
Hi, and thanks for your lovely comments, on Australia. I come from Melbourne, which is the cultural hub, of this great country. My city, had a large number of Italians and Greeks migrate here, who brought their amazing food, as well as great coffee! Probably the first difference you will notice, in Australia, is that we are only a young country, in the western meaning, so don’t have buildings more than a bit over 200 years old, and they are pretty thin on the ground! Anyway, hope to see you here soon!
Yeah right! lol
Melbourne is the dictator city of Australia.
Lol at your 2nd sentence. Sounds about right.
you really should have listened to the song, it tells the story of this awesome place. and your right it s amazing to live here.
I agree, but to be fair, people from overseas are not going to understand the subtext in the video. For those of us who live here, we know both its beauty - and its challenges.
yeah they watched the video but talked over the entire song lol, it is an impressive video though
I just finished 3 month trip through Northern Territory and Western Australia. We really do have an amazing country. Some of the most beautiful beaches in the world with emerald green water, and other natural landmarks such as gorges, canyons etc. Uluru is a must see, world's largest rock, standing at over 300 metres high in the middle of the flat Australian outback. By the way, the assumption that dangerous animals are everywhere is greatly exaggerated, I've lived in country Australia all my life (47) and only seen the occasional snake, we also have Red back spiders around our house, but I've never ever heard of anyone being bitten by one, they keep to themselves. One warning, much of winter in the very top end of Australia it is around 35°C and upwards, hard to handle if you're not used to the heat, aim lower for a more bearable temperature. Great reaction
A 3 month trip through Northern Territory and Western Australia sound like a dream! :) thanks for the suggestion!
Agreed,spent 4 years travelling and working around Australia,We Aussies are truly blessed,divinely beautiful country especially the glorious Kimberly.
Worlds largest rock is Mount Augustus in West Aus, little east of Carnavon; its more than twice the size of Uluru. As a West Aussie myself, I tend to feel I need to point this out.
I spent 3 years working and travelling around Australia,it certainly is a glirious country lived for a time in HallsCreek went gold prospecting,worked at the Derby Hospital .The Kimberley took my breath away it is beyond beautiful...Live Western Australia.I am so glad I have seen and lived in so many places in my own country,I have no desire to go overseas.
One year I actually layed in Manjimup in SW Of WA and worked all the orchards..what a wonderful experience that was,hard yakka but loved every bit of it.Made so many precious memories.
When you visit remember Australia is over 25x the size of Italy. It can take days to travel from one spot to another.
This song is 40 years old and feels timeless. Other songs of the nation are Down Under (Men At Work) and This is Australia (Gang Gajang)
i love your passion about Australia . i love my country with passion as you
Thank you for showing how beautiful our country is. I visited Rome and couldn't get enough of it, so beautiful! Our countries are both very beautiful in different ways. I hope you do get to visit this Great Southern Land :)
The beaches are great everywhere. Queensland is actually on the East Coast. All of the West Coast is in the state of Western Australia.
Yep. Us West Aussies are so lucky😊
And Australia is blessed with 8222 islands and they are very special places. Each is a little world unto itself: a unique experiment in life, an opportunity for animals and plants to operate differently.
You'll love it it has everything, the cities are bustling, the beaches exquisite and so many natural and remote beautiful landscapes. Aboriginal/First Nation history is deep and very important to educate yourself on too. There are so many retail/services/hospitality jobs here in Perth, Western Australia at the moment too so if you're looking for work theres great cafes and bars to work in and meet fun ppl. oh and we have some of the best wineries in the world as alot of our climate is mediterranean too.
Best country on the planet... disagree? Come over bro, your gonna get love... X
Except for our rich Aboriginal culture, at least 40 000 years old. Something every Australian should be proud of whether you are Aboriginal or not.
why?? isnt your culture nor history is like telling an india men to be proud of russian history it doesnt make sense at all.
yet the indigenous people still feel the weight of racism from white australia - white australia wont even allow the indigenous people a voice so all this fauxness about being proud of the rich indigenous culture is really BS to the majority of white australia who think the indigenous people dont deserve a equal level playing field in their own country per all the racism towards indigenous people on social media concerning the voice
The "No" vote won. Just get over it!
@@jackfrost2146 comments were made before the voice mate - may be you should get over it now that racism has won again good on ya mate no doubt you voted no
None of you have a clue about Australia.
Not one mention of the song. Lol. It's a true classic that I grew up listening to.
Glad you both like our beautiful country. My parents immigrated from Italy to Australia in 1956. I was born and raised in Melbourne, where there is a large multi culture community. I have visited Italy a few times and love the history going back 1000 years. That’s one thing we don’t have. But, we do have lots of great beaches all around the country, most of us live close to the coast.
Enjoy your discovery to learn about Australia… hope you can come soon.
We hope to come soon too! 😁
George, Australia has 50000+ years of history. The oldest surviving culture on the planet.
@@andrew7648 yes… you’re correct. 👍
I'm so sorry to see you ended up in Melbourne and misery, George. It's never too late to create a life surrounded by humans and beauty, SURELY you can move! Do it!
My family came out to WA in 1899, gold mining.
@@Quinctili Melbourne is a great city! Very diverse. Lots to do. Each State/City has its pro's and con's.( I love Perth as well!)
Hi Ladies. I am biased. Tasmania is the Jewell of the crown and the east coast of Tasmania has the best beaches in Australia (especially the Bay of fires on the east coast).Tasmania is the island at the bottom of Australian mainland, just under Victoria
Just be mindful how large Australia is and how long it takes to get anywhere. Italy is 25 times smaller than Australia. Italy's area is similar to our 2 smallest states combined, (Victoria and Tasmania) which are located in the south east corner of the country. The Great Barrier Reef is one of those "Bucket List" must do's. I put it right up there among the top, if not the best thing I've ever done. Absolutely stunningly beautiful.
Totally agree👍
I'm a born n bred Sandgroper, but I lived in the UK from ,90 to '93. For my trip back to Oz,I lobbed in banana-bender land, as I'd always wanted to see The Reef ♥️🌏
Absolutely Amazing! Was totally captivating. Even the snorkeling was superb.👌
Having no money I did have to hitch back to Perth... but that's another story 🤣😉
ahahhaah sound like an adventure! :)
I would love to see the Great Barrier Reef but I should hurry if I want to do it, I saw a documentary about the acidification of the oceans that it's destroying it... :(
@@bighouse7672 yes this has been going on for years (so we’re told). I went there about 3 years ago and they did show us patches of destroyed coral, but there’s still large areas untouched.
@@sandgroperwookiee65 atleast you made it back home to our great state
The vlog didn't show much of our fabulous forests - tropical, sub-tropical and temperate forests. All beautiful in the Australian way.
We would love to see a video about that parts of Australia too. Can you suggest us one?
@@bighouse7672 There is a documentary video named, "Exploring Australian Rainforests" by Jorg Wichmann which will introduce you to our forests. We have many National Parks which you can visit and stay in. Some time ago a tree was found that dated back to the dinosaur period. Australia is the oldest inhabited landmass in the world. If you get tired of trees then visit the Nullarbor Plain in the states of South Australia and Western Australia .It is Latin for "no trees". You will not see a tree for hundreds of kilometers. We have many tourists who come to Australia. Hardly any people die from interaction with our wildlife. While you think it is a long way to travel here - which it is - Australians don't worry about that. As great travellers and we are used to it. My husband and I are older so we pick a different stop-over each time, about half-way, and spend a short time there, to break up the air flight. We are a friendly nation "so come on down under" while you are still young and have no commitments. There are visas for working holidays for back-packers and other short-stay visitors.
Especially the forests in the South West corner of the country, which I feel never gets the attention it deserves. It's unique even compared to the eastern states having bee cut off by the deserts and nullarbor for more than a million years.
@@SH-qs7ee Oh, I agree. While touring the South-west of WA we visited the forests. Loved the Karri trees in The Valley of Giants, especially the Gloucester tree. Also the Western part of Australia was once a seabed which is why it is still mainly desert.
I'm glad you really liked my comment but I should clarify that it was my fault I was bitten, my pet rainbow lorikeet was making a strange noise so I ran downstairs quickly to see why and without paying attention I stood straight on the eastern brown snake causing it to bite me in defence.
Snakes aren't mindless monsters they'll try to avoid you at all costs just don't step on them. When you both mention my comment it really made me laugh 😂🤣 thank you.
the Great Barrier Reef is awesome but takes a boat ride to get to it, whereas if you go to Ningaloo Reef in north-western Australia you can simply walk out to it. also at Monkey Mia (in the same area) you can hand-feed wild dolphins in ankle-deep water
So glad someone else mentioned Ningaloo. Everyone always mentions Great Barrier.
I was living in London and a good friend flew over to Europe with her husband for a holiday. I flew over to Rome to meet her for a girls' weekend. We had the *best* time. The shopping was fantastic (the shoes, the shoes, the shoes!). Eating good food, drinking good wine, talking, talking, talking and laughing. The Italian people were bellissimoso. Friendly and fun. Italian men were very flirty, but also respectful.
In this video you talk about how every picture was beautiful. My God, just walking outside our hotel and wandering without a map, we saw incredible art, architecture and culture at every step. It was so impossibly beautiful. The Colisseum, the Forum, the Spanish steps, the Vatican, even the crumbled walls ... I was in awe.
If you're in a new part of the world and you're hankering for good food, good drink, natural beauty and parties, you just need to find and follow the Italians.
Can you show us a musical video highlighting the beauty of Italy?🌺 There is so much to see.🦋 Australia is a young country and does not have the cultural heritage.
At 2.25, those are sand dunes, not snow. We do have snow in the southern Highlands of New South Wales and northern Victoria, but what you saw were sand dunes, probably on Queensland's southern coast.Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, is in that region.
I'm glad you enjoyed what you saw. I turned 62 today and have spent my whole life in Adelaide, Sth Australia, except for 3 months in 1988 when I travelled the world, including parts of Italy. I did a 11 country European Contiki tour back then and saw Rome and briefly an unscheduled stop in Pompeii and saw Naples and Brindisi where we took a ferry over to Corfu, Greece for a day and night, and then returned to head in another direction. I can't recall offhand what country we went to next, but I think Vienna known in Europe as Wein. Loved your country too. I would suggest you don't come in our summer as you are not used to the type of heat we have here. Surprisingly here in Adelaide right now we are getting cooler days and February has always been reknown for hot summer weather. Best to come April/May, Sept/Oct/Nov in our autumn and spring. Don't expect to see too much as it costs a lot to travel domestically in Australia and you won't have the time. Australia is home to 10,000 beaches, so don't expect to see too many. It would take you 27 years to see a new Australian beach every day.
As a person who love the heat more than the cold I would love to skip our winter and come in australia during your summer. A full year in summer time is a dream! :)
@@bighouse7672 LOL, I only ever experienced your cold in 1982 in my 20's once. I was at a ski resort in Victoria. We actually have more snow in our short winter than they have in Switzerland, believe it or not. I couldn't stand the extreme cold - the feeling going through your bones. BUT the extreme opposite is horrible too. Try a heatwave of 45 degrees Celcius for a week or so. Even at night time it doesn't cool down. Trying to keep plants and lawns going through those periods is hard too. We don't normally have the tropical humid type heat they have closer to the equator in Asian countries, but some parts of Australia do, like Darwin and up north of the eastern coast like Cairns etc. We have a dry heat. You don't sweat as much but it is just like having a blow dryer on your skin. Not nice.
@@bighouse7672 Travel in the tropical north of Australia in winter and the south in summer. DO NOT go to the tropical north in summer. Trust me.
what a lovely pair of young girls, You know our arms are wide open to welcome you. Thank you for taking an interest in us.Ciao
We equally love 🇮🇹 Italy 🇮🇹 ❤️
My cousin lives in Rome he comes to Australia every year and goes straight to the beach. The best time is January, February or March. You will love it here. I live in Perth, western Australia it has everything you need. A presto
If you like beaches... we have a few to chose from...
Australia has almost 12,000 beaches along its 60,000km (37,282mi) coastline. If you visited one per day, it would take more than 32 years to see them all.
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and everything.
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living thing in the world. Thanks for reacting girls.
I live in Adelaide, South Australia, we have a large Italian community here. Most came over in the 1950's - 60's along with people from all over Europe and were known as New Australians.
There are so many wonderful hard working Italians that emigrated to Australia after WW2. Your mob
really built this country & are highly regarded.
There are a number of Italian cultural towns. For example in south east Queensland, there is Stanthorpe, well known got vegetables & the grapes (you know where this is heading).
Also in Victoria, there is a town called King Valley
My favourite place to visit in Australia is Coober Pedy, so unique.
The youtube channel black pepper abroad has a great video of their trip called "Coober Pedy: would you live undrrground?" Would love to see your reaction.
The town is definitely one of a kind.
It's actually a hit song/video from the late 80s. Our winters get cold as well but it only snows in mountainous regions & Tasmania. Sydney is without doubt the most beautiful city & has that harbour but also the foreshore from Vaucluse to Coogee, also worth the look. Snorkel at most beaches except Melbourne & see the Daintree forest, merely 2500 kms north of Sydney.
You definitely need a good amount of time to visit most of what Australia has to offer. You girls will feel right at home, there are a lot of Italians and people of Italian heritage here.
It's so hard to pick one particular place, way too many to chose. Every state has its appeal. I've lived in every state, bar Tasmania and Northern Territory.(visited both of those and loved them.) If you are interested in our 1st Australians, Northern Territory has some amazing places with Rock art datiing back 50,000-60,000 years. ( a bit of debate on the actual age ). Ulluru is a must. Sacred site for the indigenous people. You can feel it!
As far as our dangerous animals go, it may sound like they are everywhere, but that's not the case.
I holidayed in Italy a few years ago. Loved it! People were always so welcoming and friendly, especially after they found out we were Aussies.
I couldn't pick one place there either, as a favourite. Too much choice, and different experiences.
Wow, it's so cool you lived in every state!
@@bighouse7672 yes, very privileged! Saw so much of each state because we knew we would have only 2-3 years there.
I rate Perth the most beautiful, Sydney and Hobart are both lovely, but different. Adelaide and Canberra have their own charm, Brisbane has improved to be above Melbourne now.
My auntie who visited Perth 40 years ago said it's beautiful!
@@joannemurdock7899 she wouldn't recognise it now, it grows and changes every week!
@@Quinctili sadly my aunt has since passed! is it More spectacular! ?
@@joannemurdock7899 WA is absolutely stunning. It covers the whole west coast. Over a third of the country. Spectacular
I totally agree. WA is stunning.
Check out the Qantas advert featuring the song, “I still call Australia Home. It features some famous Australians and beautiful landscapes.
When the Afghans first arrived in Australia they imported camels to help them as they can go long distances without water. What happened was that over time they released the camels when they stopped working in the outback and needing them and they just bred like wildfire. Fast forward a couple of centuries and the funny thing is that we have so many here in the northern central parts of the outback that they are now being exported to places like Saudi Arabia. You can do camel rides on the beach in Broome, Western Australia and yes that was camel races somewhere in the outback that you queried.
really interesting!
Apparently our camels are very popular through the Arabic countries.
The video is just a snippet of what Oz has to offer. Given the size of the continent, roughly 2,500% larger than Italy, we basically have 4 different climate zones, therefore the flora and landscape varies greatly as you venture from northeast to southeast, and same for the mid regions and south and northwest. In the summer holidays, many city bound residents pack up their cars, hook up their caravans and migrate to some of the most beautiful places on the planet, either setting up camp on a river bank or at the beach camping grounds. We travel longs distances (3 to 5 hours) to arrive at those destinations to spend the hot summer near the water. Most of the Oz population lives on the coast, so we are aka coast huggers. The distance between major cities is large, (i.e. Sydney to Brisbane is ~1,000km, while Sydney to Perth (east to west) 4,000km, however there is large and small coastal towns in between. Majority of the east coast is dominated by the "great dividing range" stretching 3,700km, which generally separates the coast from inland, and in most cases the mountains are only a few km's from the beach, thus one could describe the landscape as bush & beach, thousands of beautiful places to visit if you've got a spare 12 months. As you plan to visit Oz, if you want to really enjoy your time in the outdoors, including at the beach, if not already, please learn to swim, yes the beaches are beautiful to look at, but a decent degree of respect should be payed when when swimming in the ocean, as mother nature does her own thing.
thanks for the info! :)
Camels were introduced the tallest animal we have is a kangaroo, with camels been much taller they had no competition to food so they thrived. we now export camels to places like Saudi Arabia
I live in The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland which is up a Mountain Range behind Cairns. Our Temperatures are Cooler than the coastal areas, You'll still see Rainforests and Waterfalls up here. Alongside Rolling Green Hills and plenty of Lovely Freshwater places to swim. Due to Long Extinct Volcanoes our soil is good for growing a wide variety of Fruits and Vegetables. It's Dairy Cattle Country as well. The Locals are Warm and Friendly, but being a Country Area I'd recommend Hiring A Car. Ever since Covid things haven't been the same. It was a very popular destination for Backpackers. Going Shopping even for Food used to be Fun, because you'd meet people with different Languages and Accents. Everyone is missing Our International Tourists.
it sounds like a really cool place! we hope things are going back to normal now!
Ladies everyone talks about The Great Barrier Reef on the east coast but we have less dangerous animals and Ningaloo Reef here in Western Australia. Beautiful weather, beaches and sunsets. WA covers over a third of Australia. It truly is heaven on earth. So much to explore. Safe and friendly.
This Is Australia is a travel campaign. Great Southern Land is a song from the group Icehouse.
I’m a little late to the party but awsome reaction ! As an Australian I enjoyed this and I hope to see your amazing country some day very soon 😁
Hi Guys.. Just make sure when you do travel to Australia.. You check out Queensland. We have many beautiful long sandy beaches over 120 small Islands and many many Rainforest with waterfall walks and bathing pools you can stop and cool down in. Also so many many theme parks And not to forget Australia Zoo .And yes Great Keppel Island and Fraser and Stradbroke Island Resorts to chill and relax when there.
My parents migrated from Italy in the 50s. It is a fantastic country to live in and to explore. The wildlife can be dangerous but with a little commonsense there's very little chance of harm. The country is mostly very safe and friendly
Hi Girls,
Just fantastic to see your excitement for The Great Southern Land 💕💕
I have travelled extensively over my Lifetime, and when I get back home, I get down and kiss the ground, as we are living in a very unique and beautiful Country, on all the measures of what is a great place to live, not many places are ahead 👌👌
We are a bit of a Weird Mob, but we generally are friendly and inviting, compassionate and are well educated about the rest of the Planet. And we Live Our Country 💙💙💯
Da mia moglie,
Ciao, adorerai venire in Australia e forse non te ne andrai mai come me 👌
If you are after very white sand beaches and clear blue seas, then look to the southern coast of Western Australia, Esperance beach in particular is well known, but the beach with officially the whitest sand in the world, is Lucky Bay, in Cape Le Grand National Park, further along the coast. These are a long way from major population centres, but this is a good thing, because one of the most spectacular sights in Australia is the night sky viewed from a dark place, well away from the lights of cities or towns. It is far richer with stars than the northern hemisphere. Humans are the main dangerous animals you really need to be wary of.
From 30 years of living in Oz, the only three notable wildlife close encounters were getting swooped by magpies as a kid, a male sea lion getting slightly aggressive and trying to get a taste of a flipper while diving in fairly shallow water, and waking from a nap on the sofa to a palm-sized huntsman spider walking across my face. I believe the poor thing is still in orbit around the Earth after I swatted it away before realising what it was. They are non venomous and harmless to humans, but scare some people because they are big and hairy.
All bites bar the Blue Ringed Octopus are merely an inconvenience with antivenin covering all but that one sting. It's the Great Barrier Reef.
So many Italians in Australia historically like many other imported cultures, bringing great cuisine, wine and especially coffee, great humour.
This is a nation of many cultures creating a very diverse palate of difference, add our hugely diverse geography and only 27,000,000 people in a land the size of the continental USA only safer, less rushed, great standard of living and generally laid back people!
Townsville is the most beautiful city (for me) and Magnetic Island is 20/30 minutes by ferry from Townsville and on Magnetic Island I sat down on a park bench and looked out over the water and all the worries and problems I've ever had in my entire life just lifted off my shoulders, I couldn't live up there because there is no winter, it's in the tropics so it's summer all year around but I love it for 3 years.
I'm in Melbourne Australia and I live in the suburbs on the Mornington peninsula. It's mostly green and cool weather except in summer it can get so hot. We really don't have dangerous scary bugs etc anywhere near my area. It's mostly country bush areas and the outback.
Don't forget Buruli Ulcers. Mosquito bites and puncture wounds are likely to transmit the bacteria that cause Buruli ulcer, a disfiguring infectious disease in humans. Buruli ulcer spreads via mosquito bites and puncture wounds, researchers have found. This infectious disease is spreading in areas on Mornington Peninsula and near Melbourne,.My sister developed one and it lasted for months. Basically she was given the drugs for fighting Leprosy to help cure her.
Where I live, the sand is as white as snow, the water is crystal clear
You gals would love Australia! Your very welcome here.
Oz has such a diverse culture, but yet so very Aussie in nature. Hard to put into words, but it's about mateship and looking after each other so we all prosper. That's the Aussie way mate!
Hope you dear ladies realize and feel proud of the huge part that Italians immigrants played in the development of this great southern land .
The oldest living culture on earth, MAXIMUM RESPECT.😎 The 'Dream Time.'
45,000 or 50,000 years.
Yet never built anything. And never understood the concept of putting a seed in the ground to grow a useful plant...
Odd.
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@@markdowse3572 Or the concept of the wheel
kevinmac
50,000 years ago the peoples in Europe were still stone age beings. By the end of the next 50,000
years Europe had built cities, formed governments, built ships and travelled the world. When James Cook discovered Australia what did he find, he found a race still stuck in the stone age who
had not changed in 50,000 years, and had very low population numbers because they slaughtered each other mercilessly.
@@xaj1543 Well said! 👍
And that's just a PART of the whole story...
It's not the oldest ,people in Africa where around before the Aboriginals
Yeah, you talked about the snake bite. Eastern brown snakes, very deadly and a lot of them. I work in Inland Queensland and in the warm months we get a lot of brown snakes. They will leave you alone as long as you don't provoke them.
Bit late but girls it was a music video the band is Ice House and the Great Southern Land
Australia has amazing wild life and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world - and a lot of them. The total miles of beaches we have is greater than the circumference of the world! There are a lot of poisonous creatures - and its not true to say many of the most deadliest ones in the world live here, the correct expression would be to say basically they all do. There are sharks and crocodiles that you would say defy belief - but the danger is generally remote and if you are anywhere heavily populated then you simply wouldn't encounter them in a year - people are too much of an apex predator to live with deadly creatures - most times! The food and culture and people are warm and welcoming and Italians are loved. I don't think of one person I know who has visited who hasn't enjoyed it immensely. It's big - so plan your trip around what you wish to do and see. Parts of it - especially the interior can be very remote - with population densities around 1 person per 100 square kilometres - so it is easy to get away from people if you want too! Great coffee culture, great food, safe, vibrant, good music and did I mention beach life and culture :) It is worth the trip!
I don't think they get much snow. Sometimes in Tasmania, but I'm not sure how often. Australia seems really nice. I do wish I had visited when I was younger. I always wanted to go to the Northern Cape in Queensland. I'm not sure it is the most beautiful, but I have heard a lot of interesting things about it. 😀
We get more snow then the Swiss alps
@@KennyfuckingPowers Ah! Well there ya go. Pretty snowy part of the year.
@@KennyfuckingPowers You're forgetting that Switzerland is tiny. About the same size as the ACT.
Ahh yeh we get a LOT of snow!!!
Also the coffee culture. Italians and Greeks are here too. Go to Melbourne for great barista coffee!
I grew up with Italian neighbors & friends in the 1960-70's. A major reason Australia has the best coffee in the world is because 1950's Italian migrants introduced Australian culture to European culture. Ladies, you would fit right in... feel welcome. Regards from Sydney.
Never been bitten by anything other than a dog, and they're all over the world! I've been here 56 years! (all my life!) Come visit us!
I luv your comments throughout the clip
But half the things you say you have to remember we are the largest island in the world.. so when you say you want to see beaches it will take you 30 yes to visit everyone
Surfing of course it’s popular we are surrounded by cost
Summer is everywhere if you swap between north and south also east and west all year round
If you want a working EXTENSION visa do some work in the “country” ( outside the cities) and they will let you stay an extra year 👍
A lot of this was in my backyard the East Kimberly 121,000 sq km and only 7500 people 😁
I would like to suggest Tim Minchin to check out, he is a pianist/story teller/comedian, in the end he is just a very talented individual with the best vocabulary all put together with music. I’d like to suggest’Storm’ but listen to the end it has a twist in the end, then have a listen to ‘Thank You God’.P.S. you’d be welcome if you find your way here.
Great reaction! Thank you for this ! Now you just have to buy your tickets and come on down to see us 😂 🇦🇺
ahahahah definately!
Best beaches are from Melbourne up the East coast to Southern QLD. 69 000km of beaches and bays in Australia
You should listen to the lyrics. My dad was from Italy . He moved to Australia when he was 7. I think the best beaches are in Perth , Western Australia. You hardly see any of the dangerous animals to tell you the truth. If you come to Perth go in our Summer its really a summer place .
Hi , you must have relatives somewhere in Australia 🇦🇺 there's about 4.4% Italians living here 😀
Our beaches on the east side.. we have them on the other side too, they are just a bit rougher.
My suggestion is David Attenborough's Tasmania (2018). It's my homeland and the most deadly animal of our island is a jumping ant. We have snow and skifields and magical mushrooms and strange forest people who build homes in the trees. Birds are very loud in the morning. The nice part about living here is the local people. It's a little bit like the south of France. We want good food and comfortable neighbours. One day a local celebrity played Russian Roulette with a live newsreader.
The biggest shock for tourists is maybe "free speech". Don't be polite when you are supposed to be honest. We don't get angry at honesty and our punishment for liars is strict.
There's a lot more to Australia than beaches !! The east coast of Australia has the most amazing beaches, the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise in the state of Queensland,
Then we come to the State of New South Wales, the most iconic beach of Bondi, we also have a TV show called Bondi Rescue where the life savers are doing rescues and looking after the beach, many people from different countries visit Bondi and usually do not speak or understand English, the guys do a great job looking after these people.
I'm from Adelaide which is down South at the bottom of Australia, the state of South Australia, we have beautiful scenery, a great wine area which is called the Barossa Valley, which was first settled by German imagrints some of my ancestors from my Mother's side.
Beautiful coast line of beaches, the Adelaide Hills is so pretty not too far from Adelaide City.
All of Australia is worth visiting, so many different cultures, the out back is Amazing.
I haven't encountered any dangerous animals as yet you just need to be careful, Ive travelled all over my country over many years !!
Ive travelled all over the world quite a few times over the years, nothing is like arriving and landing at Adelaide Airport.
Hope you can holiday in my country at some time. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🐨🐨🐨🐨
Hi guys Queensland is on the eastern side. I live on the Sunshine Coast qld and we have the most beautiful beaches in the world. Iam a true blue Aussie born and bred from Australia 🇦🇺 💙
Fun fact: Australian snow fields get more snow than Switzerland.
I think when they warn foreigners to watch out for the wildlife they are talking about the people, we do tend to have a slightly twisted sense of humour & that does throw some people a bit of a curveball till you get use to it & realise we are just joking around & not actually trying to offed you.
I hope you do come to Australia, we would be a very fortunate country to have such nice and lovely young ladies visiting us, but a word of warning Australia is a land that can catch your heart and you might find it to difficult to leave.
The 3rd last picture was of my city of Brisbane.
I have lived in Melbourne, Australia since1959 and seen two snakes...they're more afraid of us and slither away.
We don't have dangerous spiders .... in fact might see one per year. Come here and enjoy. 👍👍
Hi well Australia 🇦🇺 is a beautiful place it have pristine beaches, rainforest, desert and and more... the country is calm no guns and lots of beer and wine 🍷 and yeah private camping ground is pricey and public camping grounds are awesomely cheap but the saddest thing is we are so busy and when holiday time public camping grounds are so full and we kinda never going out to experience those southern land... hmmmm 😔
there is nothing to worry about coming here ladies :). the wildlife or dangerous snakes crocs etc live alone in seculded remote areas. you have to remember Australia is huge so the dangerous wildlife live seperate from us lol. we would love to have you here :) 🇦🇺
If you come here, make sure you explore the history of the indigenous people. They've been here for 50,000 years and it's fascinating.
We are not far away if you live here. Please come and visit and if you get home sick we have a fantastic Italian community with plenty of great restaurants. If you are coming to explore put aside the next fifty years and then you won’t see every thing.
I recommend exploring Australia, but you need a lot of money and that puts a lot of people off. I'd suggest saving €5 to 10.000 each. That should be enough for 6 months. I'd suggest Cairns, Gold Coast (Broadbeach), Sydney, Freemantle before heading off too the Pilbera.
Lots of Italians where I live. Just had our Italian festival and the feast of the three Saints 2 big Italian festivals. Hope you get to check them out one day
Trying to get some perspective here, to see all those places would take quite a lot of time. to circumnavigate around the country on Highway 1 is 15,000 klm and takes between 3 months and 1 year, depending on how long you stopped for a each place. Having said that there is probably 1000 plus scenes like these in a much more condensed area. For an example I lived on the mid north coast of NSW and within half hour drive there is 17 beaches ,all different and all worth visiting. If you visited a new beach every it would take 27 YEARS to see them all.
wow, it sounds like you live in a dream place! It would be so cool to have one year off to just explore Australia! :)
The dangerous creatures thing is overstated. The most deaths in Australia are caused by horses. Number 2 is cows. Number 3 are dogs. This is probably the same in Italy. Number 4 is kangaroo - but from the car accident after hitting one, not being attacked by one. Number 5 is bees. Number 6 is emu - same reason as #4 - the car accident after hitting one. Then you get to the crocodiles, sharks, snakes, spiders, jellyfish etcetera. But to be honest, deaths from those are extremely rare. I think the last death from a spider was 50 or 60 years ago. Seriously, the most dangerous thing you can do is probably crossing a road.
i just realised most these shots are like during sunset
We are very safe. Yes there is some scary wildlife and plants but this is on a huge continent so you are unlikely to actually met them unless you travel to where they live. If you are going to the rain-forest go on a tour, stay on the proper path. Pay attention to the signs they are there for a reason. If a flag is saying don't swim on a beach then don't swim. Be sensible and I am sure you will have a wonderful time. We also have very low crime unless you go to those seedy type areas.
I have never been bitten by a spider, seen many but never bitten. I did get bitten by a snake once but it was just a tree snake and I was a kid trying to pick it up. You leave them alone they will leave you alone.
If you do come don't underestimate the size. You can't land at Sydney airport and expect to quickly go and see Uluru for example. If you do want to hop around like Sydney, Uluru, and the Great barrier reef, go by plane.
Australia also has snow capped mountains in winter, so bring your coats.
Irony is that most australians have never been to these places.
in the video.
You could come to australia 10 times and bisit the cities and never see a snake koala or kangaro9.
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That was sand dunes (not snow😅). Camels are exported from Australia because they have adapted well after being introduced and are a superior breed, not because there's too many. Australia is a giant island and the beautiful beaches are around the entire cost line.. not just Queensland. It is highly unlikely you will be bitten by a snake if you come to Australia😅👍
It's 4.14 am in Sydney & I am watching you tube videos....I think I need to see a bit more of my country 🤔. There's too many places, impossible to choose the best...but, as you love the beaches, Whitehaven Beach on The Whitsundays in Queensland, is absolutely beautiful. It has been voted best beach in the world. I had better get some sleep...I might go to the beach tomorrow 😅 but so many to choose from, don't be jealous.... Good night from Sydney 🇦🇺😎
if we'll ever be lucky enough to come to Australia we'll check Whitehaven Beach for sure! :) Good night!
We always get so jaded to where we live. We never go see the beauty in our own backyard.
Hopefully you can come to Australia 🇦🇺. You would enjoy your holidays.
Search for reporter gets pranked about drop bears! I think that explains our humour rather well, we just like making fun of each other & we don’t take ourselves overly serious. It’s more important to have fun even at our own expense.