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I flashed my beams around year 2000 at oncoming traffic after I passed a "speed trap" in Orlando, FL. One of the oncoming cars was a police car. He U-turned and followed me until he "found" a reason to give me MULTIPLE moving violations. I took him to court, and lost. Complete B.S. that cost me $3000. So, now I just let speeders get caught. The only thing I dislike about this video is this whiny snowflake affluent baby. YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE EVEN GONE THERE, BOY.
But why is it the government or police business if you wear a helmet or a seat belt? what is this love for government control in Australia, new Zealand, northern Ireland and great Britain????
@@resiefan3258 In Australia we have about 75% less road deaths a year since we started to make seatbelts compulsory back in 1970. What would you prefer, waiting to get seen by a Doctor who is trying to save three other people before they could get around to you, or being at the front of the queue because you were smart enough to be wearing a seatbelt?
@@resiefan3258 Well if you end up with brain damage then taxpayers will be funding your medical treatment and potentially supporting you for the rest of your life. That being so, a requirement to take the reasonable precaution of wearing a helmet doesn't seem unreasonable.
I would rather pay 50 cents for sauce and the employee gets paid properly, instead of having to tip $20 because the employee is barely getting paid properly. It is the employers responsibility to pay their employees fairly for their labour. Tipping is bs.
I used to drive taxies and I ate at fast food or Servo's too much and I found that it was really variable one place would charge 15c to 50c others wouldn't it was luck of the draw.
@@adog5408 well.. in comparison to some places in America yes but i wouldn't say its 'too good'. If u factor in the cost of living and u just depend on the minimum wage for your livelihood you're pretty much on struggle street.
I can't understand why hate the American hates Australia as German. Australia is a interest and a beautiful Country. Protecting yourself from the sun with a hat, sunscreen, high sun protection factor, sticking to speed limits and wearing a helmet when riding a bike, filling up first then paying that is normal in Germany.
In 1997, I backpacked around the world, including Australia, and I absolutely loved it! My favourite area was North Queensland and its easy access to the Great Barrier Reef. However, there may be a reason why the sun over Australia differs from the sun across Europe, Asia and America. That is the aphelion and perihelion of the earth's orbit around the sun. In June and July, when it's summer in the UK, our planet is further away from the sun. That's the aphelion. In December and January, the earth is closest to the sun, the perihelion, and therefore, the sun tends to be hotter during the Australian summer. Hence, Canada and parts of the USA have bitterly cold winters, but the UK and Western Europe, on the receiving end of the Gulf Stream, tend to remain mild during winter. I was in Sydney throughout July of 1997, and the weather was mild throughout.
71 DEGREES F.......A winters day in North Queensland!! I hope he pisses off back to America before SUMMER arrives!! #ProudQueenslander There is nowhere in the world I would rather live. I have been to the States DOZENS of times... Imagine whining about petty crap like this guy??
Well to be fair to the young guy, he made a lot of different lists about the differences between the US and Aust. and it's his opinion and there are many things in his lists where he prefers the Aussie version.
My son was run over by a truck when he was riding home from school, he had horrific injuries (left leg was degloved from ankle to groin and compound fractures of tibia and fibula, he's lucky to still have two legs) but he was wearing a helmet and thats what saved his life. Being fined for not wearing a helmet is a stupid thing to complain about and as already proved in this video riding a bike on the road is dangerous, this American has no freaking idea.
I do not have a problem with wearing a helmet on a bicycle, however they need to be like a full face to protect the jaw and lower face area. Just my opinion
I'm glad to hear your son came out of that with still his legs! That must've been a very time! And it's stories like yours that helps bring awareness to why the hemlet is SO important!!
So sorry. Fancy complaining about a rule that's made to try to keep you alive. Plus complaining about being caught speeding? Does he SEE all those horrific car accidents with multiple, usually youth, fatalities on the news? If you don't want a fine stick to the limit. We use to be able to go up to 10km over the limit before the advent of multiple speed cameras.
Stupid seppos probably think you should have a hospital bill of 3 million dollars for his treatment because free healthcare is cOMmUNiSm. I’m glad your son has recovered so well. ❤
I use to be a South African tour guide , I carried sun screen for Americans , The Irish and English. One Irish lass said she had SPF 4 as she said she expected to spend 4 hrs in the sun... I gave her a tube of SPF 50
Lol, she was absolutely correct! I'm an Australian and I know the facts :) SPF 5 was the highest you used to be able to get, even here. Why? It's because the 5 meant you would be protected for 5 hours in the sun before applying more sunscreen. SPF50 is purely a marketing gimmick and a rip-off. Try going out in the Australian sun in the morning and putting on your SPF50 and spending all day at the beach, having a swim, drying off, having another swim and you'll be fried by the end of the day. Get the lowest SPF and put it in regularly, you'll save a lot of money.
In Australia we have oil refineries. We do pull oil from the ground and Bass Strait. Fuel is expensive because we fall in line with the OPEC price structure. Have done since world oil crisis of late 1970s.
We have a couple of old refineries left that would have been closed by now without efforts by government to keep them open for national security reasons. Taxpayers are now paying $2.3B in subsidies to keep them open until 2030 because there is no way they can compete on costs with modern large refineries in places like Singapore which can make it and ship it to Australia for less than we can make it here with our old small refineries. Of course nobody will invest in a new refinery just like they won't invest in a coal fired power station. I think the government is planning on being mostly using EVs by 2030 but they have a shock coming on that score I think.
I'm from Germany and will visit Australia next weekend and I guess all of this what he mentiond is very similar to Germany. I is highly recommended (not mandatory) to wear helmets, on bikes, cigarettes are also high tax in Germany, we have speed (and red light) cameras too. Turn right on red is also the same like Australia. I guess it is allowed to turn right on a red light in the US because they have almost no pedestrian lanes and bikers that can be overseen by turning right. So to complete it: We in Germany have many things that Australia have too.
Great to see both Australia and New Zealand leading the world in reducing smoking induced lung cancer. America ... a packet of cigarettes for $7 ..... but a life saving asthma inhaler for $300.
Cost of cigarettes in Australia is around $US2.50 PER cigarette and an inhaler is $US 6.87 without a script and $US4.74 with a script. Most commonly prescribed drugs cost a maximum of $30 a month
Bullshit! The reason they're stinging us for ciggies here is government greed....Pure and simple Gumbyment fuggen greed. They don't give a rats ringhole about our fuckin health. They just want our cash....The wanks.
@@antongoddard8599 You can do it, you just have to pay. Alcohol is also a lot more expensive than in the US. However the savings are in medical expenses. No one in Australia has to go into debt for medical bills.
I haven't heard this yet but I'm an American who spent 2months in Australia and I think Australia is: WON--N-NDERFUL ! ! ! Australian people : THE BEST ! Warm, friendly, great sense of humor, (great sarcasm) 🙃 Super helpful...I came over as a musician and met a lot of really top flight musicians... From what I've heard so far it sounds to a degree like nit picking
@@oztiger5663 the stories a bit long...I was walking around Manley Beach (sp?) one morning with a friend from the band...we noticed all kinds of different football team posters...in Australia you have maybe four or so different kinds of football...Soccer, Australian Rules, Rugby etc...my friend and I were discussing it and about that time 4 or 5 Australian girls heard our accents and started talking with us... there was a lot of talking, laughing and joking about sports...I asked: "What team are you girls rooting for"?...suddenly there was a dead silence for about five seconds..... Then they burst into laughter...apparently in Australian slang rooting means screwing...I had just asked them which team they were f--ing...they knew I had no idea what I had just said.😁 We taught them the baseball song "Take me out to the ball game" (actually they knew it) and we went down the boardwalk singing it and bursting into laughter when we got to: "We'll root, root, root for the home team, if they don't win it's a shame". A drummer friend of mine was on the road with an Auzzy (sp?) drummer who taught him some of the rhyming slang. Also I played in England/Wales and ran into the Cockney rhyming slang so I'm familiar with that tradition...but not enough to be un-confused...LOL God bless Australia and it's people... From 🇺🇸
I couldn't agree more, as a Londoner I meet many Aussies having a beer, and they are ( in my experience) the most fun loving down to earth people I meet, theres bad & good everywhere, but I can't remember chatting over a beer with an aussie that I've thought afterwards, what a twat , I don't know what's in their water , but they have a zest for life like no other people I know.
I know this is an old video now but as a teacher I would have thought you would have picked up that Australia NEVER had an ozone hole over it. The only ozone hole was over the Antarctic which is on the mend. The funny thing is the issue with the ozone hole is never mentioned when it comes to MMCC
Regarding the bike helmets, speed limits etc, these are designed to minimise the effect of accidents. In the US you pay for the treatment and rehabilitation of these injuries out of your own pocket while Australia and even more so NZ with it's ACC scheme covers those costs for you so it's not unreasonable that the government should try to minimise these costs to the tax payer.
@@LawrenceTimme We would rather prevent serious injury or death of our fellow Aussies. It also saves many millions of dollars every year in medical/rehabiltation and social security costs.
@@LawrenceTimme It's not about responsibility, it's socialism verses capitalism. In US get injured in a car and the medical profession/institutes will profit from your accident (and quite possibly bankrupt you) verses having a car accident in Australia and needing medical treatment usually is free.
@@Tbirdtrav71Not socialist. Free market economy. Can be seen as a Nanny State at times. Government ie voters expect their fellow citizens are treated fairly. Better than a dog eat dog system, where you can go bankrupt over medical expenses.🇦🇺
As a Canadian who lives right on the Ontario/Michigan border, I am about as familiar with the US as any non-American could possibly be. In short, the US is a land of excess. Excessive food, excessive violence, excessive patriotism, excessive hype. While Canadians may seem the most like Americans on a surface level (similar accents, cars, clothing styles, etc...), I think we actually have a mentality that is more similar to our Commonwealth cousins in Australia. Even among other advanced Western democracies, the US is an outlier in many ways, but because of their self-absorption and conceit, few Americans realize this fact.
I'm Australian and, having known quite a few Canadians and people from the US, I completely agree with you. Even the nicest people from the US have an arrogance, including that well known and oh-so-annoying US exceptionalism, that eventually surfaces but a big difference you notice nearly always straight off the bat is the way they rarely say please, and, sometimes, even thank you. They tend to treat service and retail staff pretty poorly by our standards too. For a so-called egalitarian country, this is a very strange thing in our eyes. We don't tend to see service staff as lesser beings. I think this could be because of the tipping thing, but you still shouldn't expect someone to toady to you on the chance of getting a better tip. Do we have pig ignorant people in Australia that do behave like that? Yes, of course we do, but most of us don't think or behave that way. Canadians, on the other hand, tend to be on the same wavelength as Australians when it comes to courtesy and the like. As a matter of fact, they tend to be more courteous, especially when you first meet and until you know each other better. I'm sure that there are rude Canadians just as there are rude Australians. Luckily, I've just never met one. The Canadians I've met have all been lovely people. I can't, sadly, say the same of many of the people from the US that I've met and gotten to know.
Canadians are also the most self righteous people around lol they love too talk about Americans, we rarely think of you. You're a nation of 36-38 million people, my home State of California has 40 million people. Let alone the 330 million people the United States has as a whole. But you're entitled to your opinion man....
He is ridiculous turning left/right on a red light. Duh. what about pedestrians? The reason the arrow comes on is that pedestrians are not going to cross at that moment . Roads are for all users, not just cars 'you can speed - you're just going to get caught' brilliant I love that he 'reached out' to his Australian friends, AND BOTH OF THEM ANSWERED. Bloody hilarious. Pure comedy gold. Couldn't script it
Being French and living in Australia, I definitely agree with the internet being slower and with the annoying flies. However, the rest is just common sense, even if in France, if I do remember, you are still able to drive over the speed limit (5km/h only). Anyway, I just love Australia and feel really happy to live here! I just miss my family, my friends and maybe some food 😅
Portugal and Australia have some tiny things in common which are interesting imo. The burning sun sometimes, the brits coming here covered in either sunscreen or suffering the consequences, the flies, the gas at the servo, the light signal the cars give to each other, the hidden cars which secretly are speed limit trackers, and portuguese people also seem to have slow wifi, idk how slow, but many of us complain... Are they long distant siblings? 🤣
Haha no kidding? I'd love to go to Portugal one day, though, I need to brush up on my listening comprehension of the accent. My Brazilian Portuguese is good, Portuguese Portuguese... not so much
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Iberian Portuguese is hard and it's something everyone points out, but you can come to the country and people will be nice with you if you need help or literally anything. It's something I love about Portugal, the hospitality
I like that Portugal decriminalized most drugs and put the money used to fight illegal or criminal drugs more to helping addicts recover. The American Michael Moore noticed this in his documentary "Where to Invade Next"
He pointed out in his own video that he was wrong about the the "hole in the ozone layer" thing - the Ozone issue lies over Antarctica, it never reached Australia. The reason for our higher levels of skin cancers is due to our extended bright, clear sunny days which tempts people (or are often of European decent with paler more susceptible skin types) to spend too much time outdoors and in the sun.
As a very pale, natural redhead I can usually stay in the sun about 10 minutes on an average or get the beginning of a sunburn. I didn’t notice the sun being stronger on vacation to Australia-maybe because I mainly kept in the shade from lifelong habit
Pay at the pump used to be more of a thing but because that keeps people out of the shop where people spend money many servos got rid of it. The margin for fuel is much lower than for snacks.
As a point of interest, the Earth's orbit around the sun is elliptical, and it just happens that the Australian summer coincides with the Earth's closest approach to the sun, that is why the sun stings down under.
The "equator" of the strength of UV rays is around 10 degrees south - hence why places like Australia tend to get more intensively sunny than places like the southern US and the Caribbean at comparable latitudes.
Amazing that most of the things he does not like are problems caused by Americans. They pumped all of the CFCs into the atmosphere for decades after they knew it was destroying the ozone layer. No free refills means that our people are not as obese and our politicians are not owned by Coke or Pepsi. Speeding is not cool because we care about each other and our wildlife.🐨🦘🦘🐊🐪🐏🐑🐑
PS When I first got to Sidney I picked up a book on all the dangerous animals, fish, bugs, spiders, jellyfish, sharks, saltwater crocs etc here....pretty damn impressive. Read up on them... don't get paranoid just be sensible. Don't pet the saltwater crocs, you will end up feeding them which is illegal.
I've seen many of Tristan's videos. Lots of people in Australia still call a petrol pump a 'Bowser' which was a very common brand name of petrol pump. A bit like saying 'I'm going to Hoover the floor'. What's funny is that the Bowser company went broke during the great depression. I've driven right around the US three times. It's annoying that in the US, you have to go into the office first, put an amount of money down which they'll set the pump to cut off at, go back to your car and pump the petrol. If it fills before your reach the amount you paid for, you go back inside to collect your change. Not being able to turn left on a red unless there is a green arrow frustrates me too. Also not being able to do a U-turn at lights. Both OK in the US and great time savers. While I'm on it, in the US, school zones are 25 mph WHEN CHILDREN PRESENT, not for 4 hours per day whether kids are around or not. Free soft drink refills are great if you want to drink more than one large. Most Aussies don't. Really, how much Coke can a person drink in one go? I'd like a dollar for every meal I failed to finish in the US. Speeding. It seems to me that in the US, 10 mph is accepted. Once I'd figured that out, I did 10 over for many thousands of miles and never thought about being booked but on my last trip, I got booked for 12 over and the fine was something like US$65. I think cops have their radar set to alarm at 11. At 10 you're OK but 11 or more you'll get fined. I've been booked for riding a bicycle without a helmet (AU$35) but then again, I've ridden motorbikes in US states that don't require helmets and I wore mine every day. As far as I know, the US was one of the last countries to mandate seat belt laws. Fags and grog are expensive here but if drinkers and smokers pay for the free medical care that all Aussies get, great. I wonder how Tristan would feel about it if he stacked his bike and broke his leg but his head was OK because he was 'forced' to wear a helmet and wound up in hospital with a bill for $0. Thanks, Australian government for making the drinkers and smokers pay for my treatment and that I don't have a brain injury to go with my broken leg.
There are two things about 'not being able to turn left on green': The traffic light system in that area is outdated or there's traffic going to that 'left'. Generally traffic in capital cities suffers from congestion so the traffic light system is most updated to ensure every direction is being utilized. At most intersection in Victoria (road rules differs between states in Australia), you can turn at left turn when there's a dedicated slip lane or when your direction is green. When your direction is red, you almost always have cross-traffic, sometimes even from the opposite direction. You can U-turn anywhere in Victoria unless otherwise signed. The pedestrian walk signal button, if you use the ones in the cities, it will change the signal if it's still safe for you to cross even if you're missed the time before the lights change. Outside the cities the system aren't as up-to-date so if you didn't press it before the lights change, it won't change to give you way until the lights change again for your direction. It's basically not all equal across Australia. In Victoria, school zones are 25 mph during school hours so during school holidays, it's not restricted. 2 hours in the mornings and 2 hours when school's over. There are many distracted parents during drop-off and pick-up and in some places the speed limit encourages other drivers to take an alternate route, which is a bonus to reduce congestion in that area during that time.
Smokers barely pay for the costs they impose on the health system because of their smoking. Thankfully, there aren't nearly as many smokers as there used to be.
6:08 we have plenty of intersections where a left turn at a red light is permitted if it’s safe to do so. We also have intersections where a left turning lane with a give way sign has been set up independent of the traffic lights ( sorry- I don’t know how to explain that last one)
The small tomato sauce, mayonnaise, tartare sauce etc used to be free years ago in Australia, but the fish n chip shops stopped doing it because a lot of people complained that they didn't want it, and all they did was throw it away once they got home, because they all used the large bottle at home. That's when it sort of stopped, because it decreased the amount of product being purchased across the entire country, which of course increased the price per unit, which then in turn had a roll on effect across the board. To be honest, I wish they would either find a new way to package tiny sauce, or stop producing it, and wish USA would stop it as well - as if we don't have enough plastic being thrown away as it is polluting the planet
Not really, there are many many factors in crashes. Speed is only one of them. For example in the USA many areas get snow and ice in winter which is far more hazardous than the vast majority of Australian weather. I suspect cars in Australia are kept to a higher standard than the USA as well.
When i was 12, i was riding my bike and hit by a car travelling at a decent speed. It was my fault, i didn’t look before i crossed…. But my helmet stopped me from ending up in hospital. This argument is meaningless!
Indeed. We would rather prevent serious injury or death of our fellow Aussies. It also saves many millions of dollars every year in medical/rehabiltation and social security costs.
My 15yr old nephew was hit by a car on his bike while on the footpath in 2002 while on holiday in Gippsland. He was placed in a medically induced coma and airlifted to the Royal Children’s. He had a liver injury and a frontal lobe brain injury, and he was wearing his helmet. My sister was here in central Victoria when he was injured, her hubby was a Sgt at the police station, so the Police Airwing sent the helicopter up here to pick them up and take them to Melbourne. My nephew has required so much treatment, and his brain injury has affected his personality. But thanks to that helmet he is still here, and his medical bills, including being airlifted, were zero. Cannot say that in the US!!!!
My brother has an ABI from being hit by a car before helmets we're even a thing. He landed on the roof then when the car stopped. My brother went head first into the curb. Depressed fracture of the scull, with a piece of his scull pushed onto his brain. In a coma for 3 weeks. Wear a bloody helmet.
I am Australian. I have never been to America. Never going to go there. What really puts me off are American sitcoms and reality shows, the oscars and the way they spell colour without a u and say gas station instead of petrol station...and their accent...just because it really grates on me, especially the way they açentuate the r letter so much.
That just means your no better than a guy who has never left California, china, Russia, or North Korea 🤷♂️ your all communist so it's a mute point realy
In Sydney there used to be a few “turn left on red after stopping” signs around my local area. I think Australia has more roundabouts now instead of traffic lights which help the flow of traffic. Plus we do have lots of slip lanes at traffic lights.
What i love about Australians is their sense of humour and friendly behaviour , nothing like the superiority mindset of many (not all) americans who want all the countries to look like or behave like America Thanks for the laugh anyway ;)
I found a solution to the fly problem! Whenever I go out I drape a white pullover over my shoulder. When a fly arrives I grab the pullover off my shoulder and swing it around my head and back 8 to 10 tines. The fly gets sick of it and goes away. I use a white pullover because it doesn't absorb the sun's heat (yes, in the Australian sun in summer you dont go around in dark clothes), and also when walking at night I drape it over both shoulders (or put it on if cold) and the cars can see me in the dark when I cross the road.
Correction dude - Aussie cops have discretion in regards to whether or not they charge you with 'this' for doing 'that.' Unless it's a safety issue. If the infraction in question is a safety issue- such as not wearing a helmet- then cops have NO discretion and are required by law to write you up (ie- a fine/ summary offence charge, etc). So your response @ ~ 22:22 is incorrect/ misleading
NZ trialed the free turn on red but found that it was more problem than it was worth. We reverted back to the green arrow as before, much safer. As for the American attitude it may be a cultural thing, just as they seem to go into meltdown when faced with roundabouts. To each his own.
As an American looking to move to Australia all the silly reasons he doesn’t like Australia - the speeding, helmet, *cough* gun “rights” 🙄 - are the exact reasons I want to leave America! Americans are just sooooo, what’s the word? SELFISH
The real difference between servos in the US and Oz is that we fill up first then pay. In the US you have to pay first.Thats so more inconvenient because you have to estimate how much petrol you need.
There are a few places in Canberra where you can turn left at a red light if safe to do so (it is signposted). In the States it is common foor turning right on red.
Howdy ya'll I'm a yank from Kentucky! from the US So this Millennial age kid reminds me of someone from California overtly complaining about trivial things and self-absorbed were not all that way in the US and every state is different! My fiancée is from Australia we have a lot shared and similar life experiences! I will say we have such overt levels of freedom in the US and we have alot of choices about how we use those freedoms. Once a blue moon I have speeded a few times going through residential areas I try not to make a habit of it! I don't have a probably with safety measures I think a lot of yanks especially old generations would value their freedom over following the rules at times!! Very intriguing videos, I do enjoy them :)
America is very far from being the land of the free, quite the opposite really. Look at your incarceration rates compared to most other countries, especially with non-white population. And look at the length of jail time for an offence, compared to rest of the world. America the land of the locked up.
Freedoms?? America? Women are dying in car parks? Laws have taken women back to the 1950's??? There are laws in ALL countries...for a reason. If he doesn't want to obey helmet and speeding laws...let him GO HOME to his 'FREEDOM'.
Tristan's videos are terrific. Obviously he never hated Australia, it was just a click-baity video title. He also made many videos about how AWESOME Australia is and most of them were entertaining.
What an outstanding video. Same here in New Zealand regarding speed cameras and low speed limits. Every time I fly into Australia, I am blown away by the hospitality. Hope the American guy doesn't come to New Zealand and complain about how the roads and how twisty they are. Also, as a pedestrian I was hit by a car failing to stop on a crossing. It hurts as soon as you get hit and here in Christchurch, the emergency department has people coming in with head injuries from not using helmets. Love the Sunshine Coast.
The hole in the ozone is negligible. In summer, the southern hemisphere is "closer" to the sun than the northern hemisphere in summer. Also, there is considerably less pollution in Australia than many other countries.
The earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle. It is slightly elliptical and on one side of the orbit is closer to the sun than the other. When Earth is closest to the sun corresponds with the Southern hemisphere's Summer, and when it is further away corresponds to the Northern hemispheres. So Australia really is closer to the sun during summer.
I really don't understand why so many people not from the US are convinced that everywhere you go to eat will give you free drink refills.Usually it's either fast food places or low end restaurants that will do that and even most of them will charge you for a refill unless it's stated on a menu.
I don’t get how they are consuming so much carbonated beverage during a meal. I rarely get fizzy drinks because on top of a meal, the added sugar and air is too much and I feel too full, I couldn’t imagine doubling down. Where do they put it? Is it about getting as much for their money as possible? I just want to understand!
I’ve seen pay at the pump bowsers but I’ve never seen one used yet. I came across one in country NSW last week which allows you to get petrol 24/7, it’s handy in a remote location. There are a lot of intersections you can turn left on the red, they are signposted.
So your all for the authoritarian and draconian shithole? Can't even live on a house boat in most states because it's to cheap and the lose money from land tax. It's a shithole end of story.
What really kills me is when younger people say "more stronger". Talk about over kill! I suspect it's because they're not taught proper grammar anymore.
It drives me nuts when Americans say change out.Der. When you change things it is implied that you take the item out.The same as rdturn back is becoming common.Where were these people schooled?
@lynncaldwell8345 Can't say I've noticed the "change out" expression, to be honest. A lot of Amrricans I've met are fine people, and some even speak properly, but on the whole, they've mangled the English language in many ways, lol. Unfortunately for we Canadians, being so close and with so much cross-border interaction between Can and the US, much of the grammatic and pronunciation laziness amongst many Americans has been absorbed by Canadians, especially younger people under 40.
Using 'more strong' instead of 'stronger' seems to me to be a Spanish language influence where it's 'mas fuerte' which translates, literally to 'more strong' and impacts the colloquial. It's a bit like the way the French "plus et plus" seems to have filtered across to inspire the English expression "more and more" probably back before the day. Seriously, that one's jumped out of the colloquial English, into formal English expression and is possibly even considered a bit "archaic" these days. I also suspect we get the subordinate clause from the French language. We also see little ESL bloopers like "wrong understanding" instead of "misunderstanding". Best of all, we have "by accident" and "on purpose" which get generalised so that an ESL speaker will see one and transpose it to the other to construct either "on accident" or "by purpose". The fun part about this one is that both examples are technically correct but the preponderance of usage of the native forms makes the foreign generalised expressions sound really strange without really impacting the meaning they carry. We're seeing more and more of these as heuristic algorithms become ever more prevalent in their influence on the language we read and hear. See what I did there ("ever more")? With a former example ("more and more")?
One thing I appreciated when I visited AUS a few years ago is the average speed radar cameras I saw on the A1 between Brisbane and Sydney. A camera at the start of the zone notes the time your car entered the zone, than another camera many kilometers down te road notes the time that you leave the zone. If you leave too early you get a well earned ticket in the mail. I set my cruise control to the speed limit and was passed far less frequently than on the Queen E 2 in Alberta at 10K over the limit. Aussie drivers must have understood themessage. What a great idea Aussies! I visited AUS for 4 months and didn't find anything I hated. Lots of differences, but if you don't like experiencing differences, stay home. I hope to return to AUS again soon!
He made valid points about the flies and the slow internet, but his no 1 reason should have been parking fines. Every year the council makes billions of dollars from fines.
Also the point he makes about “flies” I would argue is a very southern Australia problem - when I lived in Cairns (where he is filming) the worst thing we had to deal was not the flies but mosquitoes - once I relocated to Melbourne yes in summer and on hot days the flies are a constant but not an issue if you live in the top end I would argue
In Australia we have ADRs (Australian Design Rules ) and for speedometers the ADR state that the shown speed on the speedo will not reflect the actual speed e.g 100 klm / hour shown on the speedo means that you are probably doing 95 or 96 klm. This is why older vehicles do not have to have seat belts, because they were not required when the vehicle was approved to operate on Australian roads
Regarding the free refills, Hungry Jack's used to have them, but stopped offering them after a few years. I suspect it's from hardly getting any use. I only used it once or twice, and almost never saw anyone else using it either. Between the burger, chips and drink, you've usually had enough.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast It looks like I have stumbled into Woke City by accident. Obviously traffic laws as a concept are important and necessary, but that doesn't mean every single decision is motivated by safety. There are plenty of speed cameras in Australia that are revenue raisers and nothing more. If you unfailingly subscribe to the view that "the authorities made the decision so they must be doing it to help me" then I have a bridge I want to sell you.
@@daleviker5884You are misunderstanding, it is nothing about us fully trusting our government about everything, it is that we would rather feel safer and have our CAR SPEEDS monitored to prevent people from speeding. Besides, it is litterally car speeds, they aren't documenting your grandma's name, they are making sure you stay responsible on the road and follow the rules.
@@daleviker5884 "If you unfailingly subscribe to the view that "the authorities made the decision so they must be doing it to help me" then I have a bridge I want to sell you." Let me work on them first Dale; I have a really big tower in France going cheap.
We do have left turn on red at so many intersections - if there is a sign saying you can. Half his complaints are just him being wrong about stuff. He’s right about no other country doing sofa refills like America does. No other country does obesity like America either.
what??? Australia doesn't do sofa refills? I'm sure there are plenty of upholster companies that will refill not only your sofa, but maybe a chair or two
The size of meal serves was increased when American business advisers said, "You can charge more if the plate of food is larger." We mostly got more chips and vegetables or salad and sauces, gravy or dressings. In no time food prices doubled. Poker machines in pubs meant cheap counter meals at first, but when patrons went broke they stayed home and hotels providing meals became an expensive loss to the hotels. Instead of a choice of roasts, steaks and fish, we got burger and chips, or pasta dishes on the menu. The price hike in food stressed companies like MacDonald's and KFC so menus and offerings changed. In 2024 I find food prices four times what they were in the year 2000, and our sauces are more like flavoured sugar syrup or corn syrup. Most of our food is factory processed. Yes 50 cents is expensive for the sauce we get.
Ok one real complaint about Australian roads are the variable speed signs often just regulated by a small speed sign often obscured by a scrub/tree. Fines and loss of points on your licence are great so you spend more time scanning for changes of speed in what are very condensed areas so the risk of hitting someone is much higher.
What I like about Australia as a yank is that you guys had something pretty similar to the American “Wild West.” The image of a guy with a wide brimmed hat driving his truck through the desert fits both countries.
Why do so many Aussies not just silly Americans think we have an Ozone hole over the mainland. We have never had an Ozone hole over Oz. It only ever opened up over Antarctica and that was in Spring. Ps You are right about CFCs being the main contributor to reducing the ozone levels back in the day.
I always considered it was the Ozone Hole that caused me to get much more sunburnt in Tasmania than in Queensland. The sun has some bite in the South. Apart from probably being less conscious about using sunscreen when it doesn't feel so hot out, I always wondered if it is humidity or other factors in the tropics that make the sun seem less severe.
In the past we were told consistently that the hole in the ozone was over Australia. Glad to know it isn't true but it doesn't stop you from getting burnt.
The thing with speeding, seatbelts, and helmets, is that since we have (mostly) socialised medicine, accidents are treated on the public dime. So mandating those preventative measures takes pressure off the health system.
ONE POSSIBLE REASON WHY THE SUN FEELS HOTTER IN AUSTRALIA IS BECAUSE THE EARTH IS CLOSEST TO THE SUN IN JANUARY DURING THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE'S SUMMER. 91.4 MILLION MILES. IN JULY, THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SUMMER, THE SUN IS 94.5 MILLION MILES AWAY.
He whinges that in Australia you can't get free refills. Firstly, it depends on where you are. Some places do it, or used to do it, but, as you said, we prefer a bottle or can. Secondly, it's the free refills in the US that have helped drive their massive obesity problem. Huge cups of sugar water. Refilled. Refilled. Refilled. We don't want it here. Free refills of sugary soft drinks is a health disaster.
I actually had three can of soft drink last year, a refill would have meant a 100% increase in my consumption. I have one speeding ticket 53 years driving.
I recall one reported case where one of those did not disconnect properly and all the subsequent purchases at that pump went on to the same card. Ouch. That's why I am happy to go in and pay and even get a receipt to confirm it.
"That sun's got a bite" - Traditional Aussie small talk CFCs were also used as refrigerant, dunno if it still is, but that's why disposal of fridges isn't usually at the council pick up. Petrol bowser it used to be, now its just whatever number is on it. Hungry Jacks does free refills when you eat in. I thought I was gonna cop a fine doing 120 in a 100 zone, but I wasn't catching up to to 2 cars in front of me when we went past the mobile speed camera car, but that was in NSW so the signs were up, but they werent places far enough away from the car, so maybe the first car copped it, or no one did. His vids upload slowly because needs to shoot his vids in 4k because of course he does. Probably when the mad monk said trugfles "invented the internet in Australia" or whatever. Somewhere that has government healthcare is gonna say "you have to mitigate your level of risk and if you don't we'll make you chip in more" either by speeding fines, not wearing your skid lid, or using tobacco products. The flies were way worse before dung beetles were introduced.
Free refills are due to the overall use of ice here in the US. You take a 20 oz. cup, fill it with ice, then soda. You actually have about 10 oz. soda, so when you repeat (free refill) you have then used the 20 oz. you originally paid for.
Your analysis of the psyche of the two nationalities is spot on. Internet is an issue because of the size of the country compared to the population. Not too much we can do about that unless we invest a lot more, as the NBN was originally to be. Refill and condiments: they keep forgetting that they don’t have to pay a 20% tip on top of their food. Americans were one of the last countries to mandate seat belts.
great video Pete - it made me laugh. :-) If he comes to Europe he is going to be traumatised - no refills - for sure a cappuccino and a coffee comes only in one size - and speed cameras everywhere!!! ahaha
I would pay extra for sauce (condiments) in restaurants in Ozz than pay 10-15% tips in the US. (In the US tipping in the order of 15% to 20% is standard). Pocketing tips in OZz is illegal.
Weird, wasn't aware it was illegal. A lot of the tips we'd get in the restaurant came in via the machines. So, I assume they were paying tax on it either way.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast You still can tip for good service (under the table) in Ozz even though owners pocketing tips is illegal (it should go in the communal pool). And the reason tipping is discourage (aside from officially being illegal) is we don't tip because we respect hospitality workers and believe they should be paid accordingly. Australia has a high-wage, high-price system...GST assumes gratuity has already covered that...besides the government wants a take in everything. Tips are unpredictable and unevenly spread, contributing to inequality. The Australian deal is that we assume all workers are looked after with decency by the "system". They shouldn't have to hustle for tips. While Ozz may not yet be at US levels, a tipping culture tends to creep. Government eyes and the law can't be everywhere obviously.
As an Aussie, I liked both those guys comments. It’s always interesting to know how others see us. We are often conditioned in believing we’re the best country in the world, that it’s a good leveller to have other countries highlight some of the aspects that maybe aren’t so great. 👏🏻
In QLD we call the biting flies horse-flies. Biting insects can affect tourists more, as there seems to be less histamine release or irritation in general for locals who are bitten/stung. We had a visiting family friend end up being admitted to hospital for secondary infection/reaction from insect bites.
When I visited my family in Queensland Australia, I was badly bitten by sand flies, they itched like crazy, had nasty lumps that looked awful on my legs, drove me nuts at night, only thing I hated about Australia was the bugs and spiders, those huntsmen’s were big buggers, the rest was amazing loved my time there and Aussie men are great, why do Americans go to other countries and bitch about it so much, it’s not America get over it!
@@AussieEnglishPodcast The government, the high cost of living even in poorer areas, the lack of conservation efforts to save the koala population and Kosciuszko National Park, the way derros talk.
I used to live in Newcastle, NSW over 7 years ago and most service stations had auto pay at the pump. Tristan was living in QLD where sometimes things take a bit longer 😂 (I lived in Brisbane for a while and was really surprised how some things were so different when it came to things like shop opening hours etc)
There are quite a few servos in Oz where you can elect to pay for your petrol at the bowser using a card to tap n go. Like most people I usually go inside to pay as I also often want to pick up staples like milk and bread, since servos have basically replaced the cornershop. Oz has fuel prices set as agreed by OPEC, as we are a member, as we were/are an oil producer. One of the biggest contributors to sugar intake in excess of the recommended daily intake, especially by kids and teens, is soft drink consumption. Generational obesity is an increasing issue. The basic objective of travelling by whatever means is for you to get to your destination safely in a shared environment. Speed cameras in eg Vic allow a tolerance of about 3kph. There are also convincing looking camera cars in rural areas disguised as old farm utes complete with hay bales. We now also have cameras which detect improperly worn or no seatbelts and issue on the spot fines. Look at the accident statistics, especially the approx 400 injuries, especially the c.30 serious ie lifechanging injuries from accidents for every road death and the long-term effects on the victim, family and the already stretched healthcare system. This includes those from choosing not to wear a helmet whether legally required or not. You can legally turn left on red lights at intersections where signs permit. Otherwise it could be an accident-causing matter of physics eg turning left on red against oncoming traffic making a legal right turn on a green arrow. I am glad smokers are heavily taxed when buying fags; it is a luxury habit which should be discouraged because of the long-term health impacts. The tax is a form of paying in advance for the cause of your (and the nearby passive smokers like the longstanding health impact of my first 5 years of Dad's heavy smoking inside) likely future heavier consumption of medical resources. Smoking is certainly not essential to living. Grog and gambling are two other such taxed harmful habits we Aussies also have a penchant for - and I guilty of being partial to a glass or two. Most fish n chip/takeaway shops are Mum n Dad outfits where all costs are steeply rising and profit margins are low. Giving away condiments with every sale adds up and cuts into those profits. Their cost could be built into each food unit price (as in USA) but that could be legally challenged as being payment for a service not rendered by those customers who don't want condiments. Combat flies by wearing a cork hat if they bug (!) you that much! Otherwise practice your Aussie salute!
I was following this guy while he was travelling in Australia . He actually loved Australia. He also did a video of 10 things he loved about Australia and hated about America.
I am a very pale Aussie and in summer I have to add half an hour to my 'morning routine', because that's how long it takes me to sunscreen my whole body. It's such a pain, but I got burned too often in my youth and can't afford to do more damage...nor do I want to look like a tomato for 3 weeks. 🥵 Some thoughts: No one gets 'gas' here...unless you have to much onion with your snag. It seems obvious to me that if you don't want to be caught doing something that's ILLEGAL, then don't do it! Duh. A few of these seem to be dependent on which city/state you're in, ie tomato sauce pkt in Adelaide average is 20c, and that's including from Adelaide Oval (overpriced stadium food). Rules are rules, laws are laws, if you travel then you follow the local laws or risk getting arrested or endangering your own/someone else's life. Obviously. Conclusion: His complaints = "Australia isn't America" and "I like speeding and endangering lives" 🤷♀
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Yep, I don't know if it's just a QLD thing but we have 'turn left at any time with care' signs, but you usually go in a separate side lane (slip lane) to the main intersection. I think they were talking about rolling some out to more intersections at the lights, but I haven't seen any of those.
Learnt the hard way how strong the sun is down here the first and last time my family spent Christmas on the beach after arriving from the UK 55 years ago. So many blisters.
In my country, Ukraine, drivers will flash their lights to other drivers to warn that there's a police car further up the road and to prevent you from getting a speeding fine 😁
One thing I did not like about Australia but got used to it was their conception of time and distance. When They say I will be there with you in a sec, theymean in a few minutes like 5 to 10 min. Could not they say a few minutes?! Same for distance, ask them how far is the next servo , they say just 100 m away but it’s actually a kilometer away. 😂. Does not bother me anymore, just a heads up for new comers.
There has never been a thinning of of Ozone layer over Australia nor New Zealand as most of these people of those countries believe. It is in fact over Antarctica and i should note that i'm a Kiwi living in QLD so i can tell you I've heard this miss information in both countries.
Some of these--speeding, helmet wearing, high taxes on cigarettes--that we are strict on in Aus, are 1. because we have a public health system, so if you are injured or sick, it's a public cost 2. for speeding, it affects other vehicles and people, not just the person speeding. So that's a case of doing what's best for the whole community.
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I flashed my beams around year 2000 at oncoming traffic after I passed a "speed trap" in Orlando, FL. One of the oncoming cars was a police car. He U-turned and followed me until he "found" a reason to give me MULTIPLE moving violations. I took him to court, and lost. Complete B.S. that cost me $3000. So, now I just let speeders get caught. The only thing I dislike about this video is this whiny snowflake affluent baby. YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE EVEN GONE THERE, BOY.
But why is it the government or police business if you wear a helmet or a seat belt? what is this love for government control in Australia, new Zealand, northern Ireland and great Britain????
@@resiefan3258 In Australia we have about 75% less road deaths a year since we started to make seatbelts compulsory back in 1970. What would you prefer, waiting to get seen by a Doctor who is trying to save three other people before they could get around to you, or being at the front of the queue because you were smart enough to be wearing a seatbelt?
@@resiefan3258 Well if you end up with brain damage then taxpayers will be funding your medical treatment and potentially supporting you for the rest of your life.
That being so, a requirement to take the reasonable precaution of wearing a helmet doesn't seem unreasonable.
I am a native New Yorker, I do not and would never hate Australia. I wish them the absolute best in life.
We absolutely love NYC. Please accept an honorary citizenship ❤
Yay! On my way!❤
You are welcome any time
The majority of them do not return the sentiment.
JM7578 : Suck Hole !
I would rather pay 50 cents for sauce and the employee gets paid properly, instead of having to tip $20 because the employee is barely getting paid properly. It is the employers responsibility to pay their employees fairly for their labour. Tipping is bs.
I'm glad you agree on that one. Our minimum waitress are Oz $28/hr
i am Australian born and 59 years old. growing up, the sauce always came with the pie or sausage roll. Times have changed.
Sneaky camera. Thanks for the laugh from s afr
How many dollars to the us d
@@HS-vr9mlhow many cents to the american dollar, today its o.67
He complains about paying for sauce, however he doesn't have to pay a tip.
We don’t tip fast food workers unfortunately
I used to drive taxies and I ate at fast food or Servo's too much and I found that it was really variable one place would charge 15c to 50c others wouldn't it was luck of the draw.
Yeah, our minimum wage is too good
@@adog5408 well.. in comparison to some places in America yes but i wouldn't say its 'too good'. If u factor in the cost of living and u just depend on the minimum wage for your livelihood you're pretty much on struggle street.
ya'll are so pressed.. like I enjoy tipping it makes me happy ya'll just poor lmao
I can't understand why hate the American hates Australia as German.
Australia is a interest and a beautiful Country.
Protecting yourself from the sun with a hat, sunscreen, high sun protection factor, sticking to speed limits and wearing a helmet when riding a bike, filling up first then paying that is normal in Germany.
Brett Montgomery, why are you disruptive of my TH-cam experience.
It is a public forum guineas? Welcome to free speech...
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In 1997, I backpacked around the world, including Australia, and I absolutely loved it! My favourite area was North Queensland and its easy access to the Great Barrier Reef. However, there may be a reason why the sun over Australia differs from the sun across Europe, Asia and America. That is the aphelion and perihelion of the earth's orbit around the sun.
In June and July, when it's summer in the UK, our planet is further away from the sun. That's the aphelion. In December and January, the earth is closest to the sun, the perihelion, and therefore, the sun tends to be hotter during the Australian summer.
Hence, Canada and parts of the USA have bitterly cold winters, but the UK and Western Europe, on the receiving end of the Gulf Stream, tend to remain mild during winter. I was in Sydney throughout July of 1997, and the weather was mild throughout.
No Northern NSW is the best, good surf fishing and no Irakangi jelly fish
It's a shit hole now. Its even illegal to live on a house boat in most states. It's an authoritarian, draconian ship hole end of.
71 DEGREES F.......A winters day in North Queensland!! I hope he pisses off back to America before SUMMER arrives!! #ProudQueenslander There is nowhere in the world I would rather live. I have been to the States DOZENS of times... Imagine whining about petty crap like this guy??
I am from the US and older. In my opinion I think best word to describe this kid is Entitled. Thumbs up to your channel.
Well to be fair to the young guy, he made a lot of different lists about the differences between the US and Aust. and it's his opinion and there are many things in his lists where he prefers the Aussie version.
He's right about the WiFi though. 😅😂🤣
Oh wait he just said it takes 7hrs to load a 10min vid. Yeah he's just a typical entitled kid of the international variety.
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It's good to hear from an American who thinks this guy is a whinging idiot. He's the kind of guy who gives American tourists a bad name.
yes entitled probably from California.
My son was run over by a truck when he was riding home from school, he had horrific injuries (left leg was degloved from ankle to groin and compound fractures of tibia and fibula, he's lucky to still have two legs) but he was wearing a helmet and thats what saved his life. Being fined for not wearing a helmet is a stupid thing to complain about and as already proved in this video riding a bike on the road is dangerous, this American has no freaking idea.
I do not have a problem with wearing a helmet on a bicycle, however they need to be like a full face to protect the jaw and lower face area. Just my opinion
I'm glad to hear your son came out of that with still his legs! That must've been a very time! And it's stories like yours that helps bring awareness to why the hemlet is SO important!!
Making natural selection illegal
So sorry. Fancy complaining about a rule that's made to try to keep you alive. Plus complaining about being caught speeding? Does he SEE all those horrific car accidents with multiple, usually youth, fatalities on the news? If you don't want a fine stick to the limit. We use to be able to go up to 10km over the limit before the advent of multiple speed cameras.
Stupid seppos probably think you should have a hospital bill of 3 million dollars for his treatment because free healthcare is cOMmUNiSm.
I’m glad your son has recovered so well. ❤
I use to be a South African tour guide , I carried sun screen for Americans , The Irish and English. One Irish lass said she had SPF 4 as she said she expected to spend 4 hrs in the sun...
I gave her a tube of SPF 50
Like most Scots I have me factor 50 even here. Alwas slop slip slap
Mate im 54 I'd come home from the beach in Sydney as a kid red raw .mum would tell me to have a hot shower .no one was educated in the 80s
Spf 4?!?!? Is that even spf? As a south Italian I'm laughing so hard that this... 😂
Lol, she was absolutely correct! I'm an Australian and I know the facts :) SPF 5 was the highest you used to be able to get, even here. Why? It's because the 5 meant you would be protected for 5 hours in the sun before applying more sunscreen. SPF50 is purely a marketing gimmick and a rip-off. Try going out in the Australian sun in the morning and putting on your SPF50 and spending all day at the beach, having a swim, drying off, having another swim and you'll be fried by the end of the day. Get the lowest SPF and put it in regularly, you'll save a lot of money.
@@AussieFossil Er, the idea is to reapply after swimming. Did no one tell you that.
I agree. Australia’s internet needs massive improvement. Thanks LNP for destroying it.
Absolutely. If only this guy didn’t water down serious flaws like this with some of the other fluff.
And Labor, they both did it thanks to that idiot that stabbed the sitting PM in the back then didn't fix the Internet.
Malcolm Turdball destroyed it
Turnbull was NOT a real, true liberal.
He should have been in the Labor party. @lorneclose7312
@@lorneclose7312 On the direct instructions ofTony Abbott. 😠
In Australia we have oil refineries. We do pull oil from the ground and Bass Strait. Fuel is expensive because we fall in line with the OPEC price structure. Have done since world oil crisis of late 1970s.
It's should be cheaper because of our distances, we open our legs ro world market and talk about the gas market
We have a couple of old refineries left that would have been closed by now without efforts by government to keep them open for national security reasons. Taxpayers are now paying $2.3B in subsidies to keep them open until 2030 because there is no way they can compete on costs with modern large refineries in places like Singapore which can make it and ship it to Australia for less than we can make it here with our old small refineries. Of course nobody will invest in a new refinery just like they won't invest in a coal fired power station. I think the government is planning on being mostly using EVs by 2030 but they have a shock coming on that score I think.
Thanks for the info guys. I thought I've heard them before, but now I have the confirmation.
Again this guy is not too intelligent No deep thinking or logic here!!
I think you ought to check. Australia no longer has any refineries.
I'm from Germany and will visit Australia next weekend and I guess all of this what he mentiond is very similar to Germany. I is highly recommended (not mandatory) to wear helmets, on bikes, cigarettes are also high tax in Germany, we have speed (and red light) cameras too. Turn right on red is also the same like Australia. I guess it is allowed to turn right on a red light in the US because they have almost no pedestrian lanes and bikers that can be overseen by turning right. So to complete it: We in Germany have many things that Australia have too.
Hope you had a great holiday
Great to see both Australia and New Zealand leading the world in reducing smoking induced lung cancer.
America ... a packet of cigarettes for $7 ..... but a life saving asthma inhaler for $300.
Same here in the UK isn't it great thank goodness less people smoke here than in the past.
Cost of cigarettes in Australia is around $US2.50 PER cigarette and an inhaler is $US 6.87 without a script and $US4.74 with a script. Most commonly prescribed drugs cost a maximum of $30 a month
Bullshit! The reason they're stinging us for ciggies here is government greed....Pure and simple Gumbyment fuggen greed.
They don't give a rats ringhole about our fuckin health. They just want our cash....The wanks.
Great too see people advocate for the Government too tell people what they can and can't do with their lives. How about we start with alcohol next?
@@antongoddard8599 You can do it, you just have to pay. Alcohol is also a lot more expensive than in the US. However the savings are in medical expenses. No one in Australia has to go into debt for medical bills.
I haven't heard this yet but I'm an American who spent 2months in Australia and I think Australia is:
WON--N-NDERFUL ! ! !
Australian people : THE BEST !
Warm, friendly, great sense of humor, (great sarcasm) 🙃
Super helpful...I came over as a musician and met a lot of really top flight musicians...
From what I've heard so far it sounds to a degree like nit picking
Top notch comment mate, you're the sort of Yankee bloke who's welcome back anytime cobber. 🤘👍🤙✌🇦🇺
@@oztiger5663 the stories a bit long...I was walking around Manley Beach (sp?) one morning with a friend from the band...we noticed all kinds of different football team posters...in Australia you have maybe four or so different kinds of football...Soccer, Australian Rules, Rugby etc...my friend and I were discussing it and about that time 4 or 5 Australian girls heard our accents and started talking with us... there was a lot of talking, laughing and joking about sports...I asked: "What team are you girls rooting for"?...suddenly there was a dead silence for about five seconds.....
Then they burst into laughter...apparently in Australian slang rooting means screwing...I had just asked them which team they were f--ing...they knew I had no idea what I had just said.😁
We taught them the baseball song
"Take me out to the ball game" (actually they knew it) and we went down the boardwalk singing it and bursting into laughter when we got to: "We'll root, root, root for the home team, if they don't win it's a shame". A drummer friend of mine was on the road with an Auzzy (sp?) drummer who taught him some of the rhyming slang.
Also I played in England/Wales and ran into the Cockney rhyming slang so I'm familiar with that tradition...but not enough to be un-confused...LOL
God bless Australia and it's people... From 🇺🇸
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I'm American as well and Aussies are pretty cool 😎
I couldn't agree more, as a Londoner I meet many Aussies having a beer, and they are ( in my experience) the most fun loving down to earth people I meet, theres bad & good everywhere, but I can't remember chatting over a beer with an aussie that I've thought afterwards, what a twat , I don't know what's in their water , but they have a zest for life like no other people I know.
I know this is an old video now but as a teacher I would have thought you would have picked up that Australia NEVER had an ozone hole over it. The only ozone hole was over the Antarctic which is on the mend. The funny thing is the issue with the ozone hole is never mentioned when it comes to MMCC
I am gonna move to Australia next month, and I like and support whatever you said, I think I will love this country 😊
welcome, and good luck
Come on down 🎉
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Regarding the bike helmets, speed limits etc, these are designed to minimise the effect of accidents. In the US you pay for the treatment and rehabilitation of these injuries out of your own pocket while Australia and even more so NZ with it's ACC scheme covers those costs for you so it's not unreasonable that the government should try to minimise these costs to the tax payer.
Yes I think this as well. It's all about trade offs. In America you have more individual responsibility, whereas in Australia its less responsibility.
@@LawrenceTimme We would rather prevent serious injury or death of our fellow Aussies. It also saves many millions of dollars every year in medical/rehabiltation and social security costs.
@@LawrenceTimme It's not about responsibility, it's socialism verses capitalism. In US get injured in a car and the medical profession/institutes will profit from your accident (and quite possibly bankrupt you) verses having a car accident in Australia and needing medical treatment usually is free.
@@Tbirdtrav71Not socialist. Free market economy. Can be seen as a Nanny State at times. Government ie voters expect their fellow citizens are treated fairly. Better than a dog eat dog system, where you can go bankrupt over medical expenses.🇦🇺
Bike helmets to keep the kids safe and most of the country are pedos
As a Canadian who lives right on the Ontario/Michigan border, I am about as familiar with the US as any non-American could possibly be. In short, the US is a land of excess. Excessive food, excessive violence, excessive patriotism, excessive hype. While Canadians may seem the most like Americans on a surface level (similar accents, cars, clothing styles, etc...), I think we actually have a mentality that is more similar to our Commonwealth cousins in Australia. Even among other advanced Western democracies, the US is an outlier in many ways, but because of their self-absorption and conceit, few Americans realize this fact.
An excellent comment.🦘👍
I'm Australian and, having known quite a few Canadians and people from the US, I completely agree with you. Even the nicest people from the US have an arrogance, including that well known and oh-so-annoying US exceptionalism, that eventually surfaces but a big difference you notice nearly always straight off the bat is the way they rarely say please, and, sometimes, even thank you. They tend to treat service and retail staff pretty poorly by our standards too. For a so-called egalitarian country, this is a very strange thing in our eyes. We don't tend to see service staff as lesser beings. I think this could be because of the tipping thing, but you still shouldn't expect someone to toady to you on the chance of getting a better tip. Do we have pig ignorant people in Australia that do behave like that? Yes, of course we do, but most of us don't think or behave that way.
Canadians, on the other hand, tend to be on the same wavelength as Australians when it comes to courtesy and the like. As a matter of fact, they tend to be more courteous, especially when you first meet and until you know each other better. I'm sure that there are rude Canadians just as there are rude Australians. Luckily, I've just never met one. The Canadians I've met have all been lovely people.
I can't, sadly, say the same of many of the people from the US that I've met and gotten to know.
Spot on comment. Respect from oz.
Easy big guy
Canadians are also the most self righteous people around lol they love too talk about Americans, we rarely think of you. You're a nation of 36-38 million people, my home State of California has 40 million people. Let alone the 330 million people the United States has as a whole. But you're entitled to your opinion man....
The only thing I hate about Australia is that I'm not living there
Hahahaha good call!
The thing that annoys me is it takes days to go and see my family
So true!!
It's kinda a expensive trip to get their I would love to go there some day.
I 100℅ agree with ya! If I wasn't already married I'd look for a Aussie!!!!!
He is ridiculous
turning left/right on a red light. Duh. what about pedestrians? The reason the arrow comes on is that pedestrians are not going to cross at that moment . Roads are for all users, not just cars
'you can speed - you're just going to get caught' brilliant
I love that he 'reached out' to his Australian friends, AND BOTH OF THEM ANSWERED. Bloody hilarious. Pure comedy gold. Couldn't script it
I agree with him about the flies in Australia, they're almost as annoying as Americans in Australi.
Pay at the pump used to be very common until service stations realised most of their profits came from shop sales.
Being French and living in Australia, I definitely agree with the internet being slower and with the annoying flies. However, the rest is just common sense, even if in France, if I do remember, you are still able to drive over the speed limit (5km/h only). Anyway, I just love Australia and feel really happy to live here! I just miss my family, my friends and maybe some food 😅
Glad to have you here, Jordan :D Where are you from originally in France?
That`s so cool to see here a comment from an immigrant ! I sent an application to get visa. I hope to move there too this year:)
@@o-ruff1483 where are you from out of curiosity?
@@mikle2129 Russia, Moscow x)
@@o-ruff1483 hope you can come and hope you’ll like it here 😊
Portugal and Australia have some tiny things in common which are interesting imo. The burning sun sometimes, the brits coming here covered in either sunscreen or suffering the consequences, the flies, the gas at the servo, the light signal the cars give to each other, the hidden cars which secretly are speed limit trackers, and portuguese people also seem to have slow wifi, idk how slow, but many of us complain... Are they long distant siblings? 🤣
Haha no kidding? I'd love to go to Portugal one day, though, I need to brush up on my listening comprehension of the accent. My Brazilian Portuguese is good, Portuguese Portuguese... not so much
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Iberian Portuguese is hard and it's something everyone points out, but you can come to the country and people will be nice with you if you need help or literally anything. It's something I love about Portugal, the hospitality
I like that Portugal decriminalized most drugs and put the money used to fight illegal or criminal drugs more to helping addicts recover. The American Michael Moore noticed this in his documentary "Where to Invade Next"
He pointed out in his own video that he was wrong about the the "hole in the ozone layer" thing - the Ozone issue lies over Antarctica, it never reached Australia. The reason for our higher levels of skin cancers is due to our extended bright, clear sunny days which tempts people (or are often of European decent with paler more susceptible skin types) to spend too much time outdoors and in the sun.
As a very pale, natural redhead I can usually stay in the sun about 10 minutes on an average or get the beginning of a sunburn. I didn’t notice the sun being stronger on vacation to Australia-maybe because I mainly kept in the shade from lifelong habit
Pay at the pump used to be more of a thing but because that keeps people out of the shop where people spend money many servos got rid of it. The margin for fuel is much lower than for snacks.
As a point of interest, the Earth's orbit around the sun is elliptical, and it just happens that the Australian summer coincides with the Earth's closest approach to the sun, that is why the sun stings down under.
Game here to say this very thing
The difference is negligible. Earth's orbit is close to circular.
The "equator" of the strength of UV rays is around 10 degrees south - hence why places like Australia tend to get more intensively sunny than places like the southern US and the Caribbean at comparable latitudes.
Amazing that most of the things he does not like are problems caused by Americans. They pumped all of the CFCs into the atmosphere for decades after they knew it was destroying the ozone layer. No free refills means that our people are not as obese and our politicians are not owned by Coke or Pepsi. Speeding is not cool because we care about each other and our wildlife.🐨🦘🦘🐊🐪🐏🐑🐑
I love that you continuously fact check him and prove it all wrong 🤣
Lol I think that was mostly making sure I wasn't wrong haha A lot of the points I was like "Wait... what? I thought it was something else?!"
@@AussieEnglishPodcast fair enough that’s a more positive way to look at it. Either way keep up the great vids :)
PS
When I first got to Sidney I picked up a book on all the dangerous animals, fish, bugs, spiders, jellyfish, sharks, saltwater crocs etc here....pretty damn impressive.
Read up on them... don't get paranoid just be sensible.
Don't pet the saltwater crocs, you will end up feeding them which is illegal.
first Australian I met in my life was Jemma, that seems to be a very popular name in Australia ...🙂
Fantastic, and so fairly too.
I've seen many of Tristan's videos. Lots of people in Australia still call a petrol pump a 'Bowser' which was a very common brand name of petrol pump. A bit like saying 'I'm going to Hoover the floor'. What's funny is that the Bowser company went broke during the great depression. I've driven right around the US three times. It's annoying that in the US, you have to go into the office first, put an amount of money down which they'll set the pump to cut off at, go back to your car and pump the petrol. If it fills before your reach the amount you paid for, you go back inside to collect your change. Not being able to turn left on a red unless there is a green arrow frustrates me too. Also not being able to do a U-turn at lights. Both OK in the US and great time savers. While I'm on it, in the US, school zones are 25 mph WHEN CHILDREN PRESENT, not for 4 hours per day whether kids are around or not. Free soft drink refills are great if you want to drink more than one large. Most Aussies don't. Really, how much Coke can a person drink in one go? I'd like a dollar for every meal I failed to finish in the US. Speeding. It seems to me that in the US, 10 mph is accepted. Once I'd figured that out, I did 10 over for many thousands of miles and never thought about being booked but on my last trip, I got booked for 12 over and the fine was something like US$65. I think cops have their radar set to alarm at 11. At 10 you're OK but 11 or more you'll get fined. I've been booked for riding a bicycle without a helmet (AU$35) but then again, I've ridden motorbikes in US states that don't require helmets and I wore mine every day. As far as I know, the US was one of the last countries to mandate seat belt laws. Fags and grog are expensive here but if drinkers and smokers pay for the free medical care that all Aussies get, great. I wonder how Tristan would feel about it if he stacked his bike and broke his leg but his head was OK because he was 'forced' to wear a helmet and wound up in hospital with a bill for $0. Thanks, Australian government for making the drinkers and smokers pay for my treatment and that I don't have a brain injury to go with my broken leg.
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The main trouble with the US is that you have to add on 20% to most things
There are two things about 'not being able to turn left on green': The traffic light system in that area is outdated or there's traffic going to that 'left'. Generally traffic in capital cities suffers from congestion so the traffic light system is most updated to ensure every direction is being utilized. At most intersection in Victoria (road rules differs between states in Australia), you can turn at left turn when there's a dedicated slip lane or when your direction is green. When your direction is red, you almost always have cross-traffic, sometimes even from the opposite direction.
You can U-turn anywhere in Victoria unless otherwise signed.
The pedestrian walk signal button, if you use the ones in the cities, it will change the signal if it's still safe for you to cross even if you're missed the time before the lights change. Outside the cities the system aren't as up-to-date so if you didn't press it before the lights change, it won't change to give you way until the lights change again for your direction. It's basically not all equal across Australia.
In Victoria, school zones are 25 mph during school hours so during school holidays, it's not restricted. 2 hours in the mornings and 2 hours when school's over. There are many distracted parents during drop-off and pick-up and in some places the speed limit encourages other drivers to take an alternate route, which is a bonus to reduce congestion in that area during that time.
Smokers barely pay for the costs they impose on the health system because of their smoking. Thankfully, there aren't nearly as many smokers as there used to be.
@@radamspse Not all states. Florida nil tax so many retirees are flooding the state, plus its warmer on their old bones.
6:08 we have plenty of intersections where a left turn at a red light is permitted if it’s safe to do so. We also have intersections where a left turning lane with a give way sign has been set up independent of the traffic lights ( sorry- I don’t know how to explain that last one)
No individual can speak for a whole country. He's only giving his perspective - one viewpoint.
The small tomato sauce, mayonnaise, tartare sauce etc used to be free years ago in Australia, but the fish n chip shops stopped doing it because a lot of people complained that they didn't want it, and all they did was throw it away once they got home, because they all used the large bottle at home. That's when it sort of stopped, because it decreased the amount of product being purchased across the entire country, which of course increased the price per unit, which then in turn had a roll on effect across the board. To be honest, I wish they would either find a new way to package tiny sauce, or stop producing it, and wish USA would stop it as well - as if we don't have enough plastic being thrown away as it is polluting the planet
Road death toll in Australia 6.1 per 100,000 people. USA 11.4. Says it all really.
Not really, there are many many factors in crashes. Speed is only one of them.
For example in the USA many areas get snow and ice in winter which is far more hazardous than the vast majority of Australian weather. I suspect cars in Australia are kept to a higher standard than the USA as well.
When i was 12, i was riding my bike and hit by a car travelling at a decent speed. It was my fault, i didn’t look before i crossed…. But my helmet stopped me from ending up in hospital. This argument is meaningless!
Man, glad to hear it. That's nuts!
yes. Also helmets help stop poor car/bus drivers from traumatic lifelong memories of seeing skulls split open
Indeed. We would rather prevent serious injury or death of our fellow Aussies. It also saves many millions of dollars every year in medical/rehabiltation and social security costs.
My 15yr old nephew was hit by a car on his bike while on the footpath in 2002 while on holiday in Gippsland. He was placed in a medically induced coma and airlifted to the Royal Children’s. He had a liver injury and a frontal lobe brain injury, and he was wearing his helmet. My sister was here in central Victoria when he was injured, her hubby was a Sgt at the police station, so the Police Airwing sent the helicopter up here to pick them up and take them to Melbourne. My nephew has required so much treatment, and his brain injury has affected his personality. But thanks to that helmet he is still here, and his medical bills, including being airlifted, were zero. Cannot say that in the US!!!!
My brother has an ABI from being hit by a car before helmets we're even a thing. He landed on the roof then when the car stopped. My brother went head first into the curb. Depressed fracture of the scull, with a piece of his scull pushed onto his brain. In a coma for 3 weeks. Wear a bloody helmet.
I am Australian. I have never been to America. Never going to go there. What really puts me off are American sitcoms and reality shows, the oscars and the way they spell colour without a u and say gas station instead of petrol station...and their accent...just because it really grates on me, especially the way they açentuate the r letter so much.
That just means your no better than a guy who has never left California, china, Russia, or North Korea 🤷♂️ your all communist so it's a mute point realy
This is actually the stupidest comment I have read. Get outside and touch some grass.
6:32 there are some intersections in Australia where a left turn on red is allowed. They have a sign to indicate that. There are a couple near me.
In Sydney there used to be a few “turn left on red after stopping” signs around my local area. I think Australia has more roundabouts now instead of traffic lights which help the flow of traffic. Plus we do have lots of slip lanes at traffic lights.
This guy isn’t the sharpest pencil in the box 😂😂😂😂
xD he's more like a crayon
@@ScryeTheMindless Yeah, a broken one.
Or the sharpest tool in the shed 🤣🤣🤣🤣
He's almost a waste of oxygen
What i love about Australians is their sense of humour and friendly behaviour , nothing like the superiority mindset of many (not all) americans who want all the countries to look like or behave like America
Thanks for the laugh anyway ;)
"Some" Americans.
I found a solution to the fly problem!
Whenever I go out I drape a white pullover over my shoulder. When a fly arrives I grab the pullover off my shoulder and swing it around my head and back 8 to 10 tines. The fly gets sick of it and goes away.
I use a white pullover because it doesn't absorb the sun's heat (yes, in the Australian sun in summer you dont go around in dark clothes), and also when walking at night I drape it over both shoulders (or put it on if cold) and the cars can see me in the dark when I cross the road.
Correction dude -
Aussie cops have discretion in regards to whether or not they charge you with 'this' for doing 'that.' Unless it's a safety issue. If the infraction in question is a safety issue- such as not wearing a helmet- then cops have NO discretion and are required by law to write you up (ie- a fine/ summary offence charge, etc). So your response @ ~ 22:22 is incorrect/ misleading
NZ trialed the free turn on red but found that it was more problem than it was worth. We reverted back to the green arrow as before, much safer. As for the American attitude it may be a cultural thing, just as they seem to go into meltdown when faced with roundabouts. To each his own.
🤣 I agree most Americans don't know how to drive through roundabout its funny to see...
As an American looking to move to Australia all the silly reasons he doesn’t like Australia - the speeding, helmet, *cough* gun “rights” 🙄 - are the exact reasons I want to leave America!
Americans are just sooooo, what’s the word? SELFISH
You sound like most Americans I meet here haha
I have been here over 15 years now and I feel exactly the same way. This kid was reaching trying to complain about anything and failed miserably.
More like if you're 10 klm not 2 klm over the limit
you will fit right in.....welcome to OZ!
Coming from Queensland where we had no gun lawsand the lowest crime rate in the continent.i kind of miss that.
The real difference between servos in the US and Oz is that we fill up first then pay. In the US you have to pay first.Thats so more inconvenient because you have to estimate how much petrol you need.
Not stealing fuel sure makes a society difference.
But, it's tricky if driving a hire car, cos you don't know the fuel tank capacity! 😂
Guy in the video: how dare they make me pay for things and obey the speed limit laws. And trying to keep bicycle riders safe? Unacceptable!
There are a few places in Canberra where you can turn left at a red light if safe to do so (it is signposted). In the States it is common foor turning right on red.
All his reasons makes me realise how Amazing is living in Australia 🇦🇺❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yep. It’s big, beautiful, safe and friendly. I love living here❤️🇦🇺
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And the nature, love australian nature... beautiful country.
me too Australia is great
Howdy ya'll I'm a yank from Kentucky! from the US So this Millennial age kid reminds me of someone from California overtly complaining about trivial things and self-absorbed were not all that way in the US and every state is different! My fiancée is from Australia we have a lot shared and similar life experiences! I will say we have such overt levels of freedom in the US and we have alot of choices about how we use those freedoms. Once a blue moon I have speeded a few times going through residential areas I try not to make a habit of it! I don't have a probably with safety measures I think a lot of yanks especially old generations would value their freedom over following the rules at times!! Very intriguing videos, I do enjoy them :)
Hi katherine
America is very far from being the land of the free, quite the opposite really.
Look at your incarceration rates compared to most other countries, especially with non-white population. And look at the length of jail time for an offence, compared to rest of the world.
America the land of the locked up.
Freedoms?? America? Women are dying in car parks? Laws have taken women back to the 1950's??? There are laws in ALL countries...for a reason. If he doesn't want to obey helmet and speeding laws...let him GO HOME to his 'FREEDOM'.
Tristan's videos are terrific. Obviously he never hated Australia, it was just a click-baity video title. He also made many videos about how AWESOME Australia is and most of them were entertaining.
The "gas pump" is called a petrol bowser.
What an outstanding video. Same here in New Zealand regarding speed cameras and low speed limits.
Every time I fly into Australia, I am blown away by the hospitality. Hope the American guy doesn't come to New Zealand and complain about how the roads and how twisty they are.
Also, as a pedestrian I was hit by a car failing to stop on a crossing. It hurts as soon as you get hit and here in Christchurch, the emergency department has people coming in with head injuries from not using helmets. Love the Sunshine Coast.
The hole in the ozone is negligible. In summer, the southern hemisphere is "closer" to the sun than the northern hemisphere in summer. Also, there is considerably less pollution in Australia than many other countries.
Not so, Sun strength down under is a very very real thing.
That makes no sense.
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Sure but not because of any hole in the ozone layer
The earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle. It is slightly elliptical and on one side of the orbit is closer to the sun than the other. When Earth is closest to the sun corresponds with the Southern hemisphere's Summer, and when it is further away corresponds to the Northern hemispheres. So Australia really is closer to the sun during summer.
@@tacitdionysus3220 That is NOT how it works.
I really don't understand why so many people not from the US are convinced that everywhere you go to eat will give you free drink refills.Usually it's either fast food places or low end restaurants that will do that and even most of them will charge you for a refill unless it's stated on a menu.
I don’t get how they are consuming so much carbonated beverage during a meal. I rarely get fizzy drinks because on top of a meal, the added sugar and air is too much and I feel too full, I couldn’t imagine doubling down. Where do they put it? Is it about getting as much for their money as possible? I just want to understand!
@@scarletonyx8507 Have you seen how fat Americans are? That is the answer to your question.
I am surprised this guy did not complain that in Australia you can’t walk around pointing a gun at people like in the US !! 🤦🏽♀️
Hi LilySandy
@LilySandy82 true and that's why Australia is much better than the USA. The USA is not very safe and if you walk in public you can get shot
I’ve seen pay at the pump bowsers but I’ve never seen one used yet. I came across one in country NSW last week which allows you to get petrol 24/7, it’s handy in a remote location. There are a lot of intersections you can turn left on the red, they are signposted.
I hope the warnings coming from the young American keep people like him coming to our country. Great job!
I’m American, born in Australia while my dad was in the USAF. I have never heard a single person say they hate Australia!
I'm an American and I love Australia! Everything Aussie!!!!!
Thank you, Norm. You're great!
your a legend mate.
So your all for the authoritarian and draconian shithole? Can't even live on a house boat in most states because it's to cheap and the lose money from land tax. It's a shithole end of story.
What really kills me is when younger people say "more stronger". Talk about over kill! I suspect it's because they're not taught proper grammar anymore.
Oh yeah, I'm much more smarterer than those peoples.
because they are busy learning how to be good little commos
It drives me nuts when Americans say change out.Der. When you change things it is implied that you take the item out.The same as rdturn back is becoming common.Where were these people schooled?
@lynncaldwell8345 Can't say I've noticed the "change out" expression, to be honest. A lot of Amrricans I've met are fine people, and some even speak properly, but on the whole, they've mangled the English language in many ways, lol. Unfortunately for we Canadians, being so close and with so much cross-border interaction between Can and the US, much of the grammatic and pronunciation laziness amongst many Americans has been absorbed by Canadians, especially younger people under 40.
Using 'more strong' instead of 'stronger' seems to me to be a Spanish language influence where it's 'mas fuerte' which translates, literally to 'more strong' and impacts the colloquial. It's a bit like the way the French "plus et plus" seems to have filtered across to inspire the English expression "more and more" probably back before the day. Seriously, that one's jumped out of the colloquial English, into formal English expression and is possibly even considered a bit "archaic" these days. I also suspect we get the subordinate clause from the French language. We also see little ESL bloopers like "wrong understanding" instead of "misunderstanding".
Best of all, we have "by accident" and "on purpose" which get generalised so that an ESL speaker will see one and transpose it to the other to construct either "on accident" or "by purpose". The fun part about this one is that both examples are technically correct but the preponderance of usage of the native forms makes the foreign generalised expressions sound really strange without really impacting the meaning they carry. We're seeing more and more of these as heuristic algorithms become ever more prevalent in their influence on the language we read and hear.
See what I did there ("ever more")? With a former example ("more and more")?
5:50 they did trial turning left on a red light after stopping for a while in Queensland. Must've failed as it wasn't implemented.
One thing I appreciated when I visited AUS a few years ago is the average speed radar cameras I saw on the A1 between Brisbane and Sydney. A camera at the start of the zone notes the time your car entered the zone, than another camera many kilometers down te road notes the time that you leave the zone. If you leave too early you get a well earned ticket in the mail. I set my cruise control to the speed limit and was passed far less frequently than on the Queen E 2 in Alberta at 10K over the limit. Aussie drivers must have understood themessage. What a great idea Aussies!
I visited AUS for 4 months and didn't find anything I hated. Lots of differences, but if you don't like experiencing differences, stay home. I hope to return to AUS again soon!
The cost of refills and condiments are easily overshadowed by the cost and inconvenience of tipping.
American workers are poorly paid.
He made valid points about the flies and the slow internet, but his no 1 reason should have been parking fines. Every year the council makes billions of dollars from fines.
Totally agree on parking fines!
I used to have shit internet until I got a laptop with a fast processor.
I just did a test 104.6 Mbps download 18.6 Mbps upload. That's ok, isn't it?
@@AussieFossil I have had 100 Mbps download for the last 14 years in Sydney. Since the NBN I have 30+ Mbps upload as well.
@@AussieFossil Of course it is. I get 250mbps-300mbps thanks to Elon Musk, an American :-)
@@jed2055 Mr Musk was rich enough to buy the company that did that. He didn't actually do it himself.
Also the point he makes about “flies” I would argue is a very southern Australia problem - when I lived in Cairns (where he is filming) the worst thing we had to deal was not the flies but mosquitoes - once I relocated to Melbourne yes in summer and on hot days the flies are a constant but not an issue if you live in the top end I would argue
I’m in nsw far down south and flies are crazy
Obviously you haven been to the NT or northern WA. Heaps of flies there.
Flies aren't a problem in Tassie.
Horray for dung beetles.
Old comment I know, but hailing from South Oz I would agree with you. After moving to SA to Brisbane the problem was almost non-existent.
In Australia we have ADRs (Australian Design Rules ) and for speedometers the ADR state that the shown speed on the speedo will not reflect the actual speed e.g 100 klm / hour shown on the speedo means that you are probably doing 95 or 96 klm. This is why older vehicles do not have to have seat belts, because they were not required when the vehicle was approved to operate on Australian roads
Regarding the free refills, Hungry Jack's used to have them, but stopped offering them after a few years. I suspect it's from hardly getting any use. I only used it once or twice, and almost never saw anyone else using it either. Between the burger, chips and drink, you've usually had enough.
Actually the Americans I listen watch to videos about Australia and are so positive, they have truly lovely things to say and are very nice people.
People says common sense is not common. I guess this dude proves it right. He just hates any law that keeps people safe.😅
Lol "freedom" :D
@@AussieEnglishPodcast It looks like I have stumbled into Woke City by accident. Obviously traffic laws as a concept are important and necessary, but that doesn't mean every single decision is motivated by safety. There are plenty of speed cameras in Australia that are revenue raisers and nothing more. If you unfailingly subscribe to the view that "the authorities made the decision so they must be doing it to help me" then I have a bridge I want to sell you.
@@daleviker5884You are misunderstanding, it is nothing about us fully trusting our government about everything, it is that we would rather feel safer and have our CAR SPEEDS monitored to prevent people from speeding. Besides, it is litterally car speeds, they aren't documenting your grandma's name, they are making sure you stay responsible on the road and follow the rules.
@@daleviker5884 "If you unfailingly subscribe to the view that "the authorities made the decision so they must be doing it to help me" then I have a bridge I want to sell you."
Let me work on them first Dale; I have a really big tower in France going cheap.
We do have left turn on red at so many intersections - if there is a sign saying you can. Half his complaints are just him being wrong about stuff.
He’s right about no other country doing sofa refills like America does. No other country does obesity like America either.
100% agree
Or diabetes.
what??? Australia doesn't do sofa refills? I'm sure there are plenty of upholster companies that will refill not only your sofa, but maybe a chair or two
@@lorrainemoynehan6791 Classic!
The size of meal serves was increased when American business advisers said, "You can charge more if the plate of food is larger." We mostly got more chips and vegetables or salad and sauces, gravy or dressings. In no time food prices doubled. Poker machines in pubs meant cheap counter meals at first, but when patrons went broke they stayed home and hotels providing meals became an expensive loss to the hotels. Instead of a choice of roasts, steaks and fish, we got burger and chips, or pasta dishes on the menu. The price hike in food stressed companies like MacDonald's and KFC so menus and offerings changed. In 2024 I find food prices four times what they were in the year 2000, and our sauces are more like flavoured sugar syrup or corn syrup. Most of our food is factory processed. Yes 50 cents is expensive for the sauce we get.
Ok one real complaint about Australian roads are the variable speed signs often just regulated by a small speed sign often obscured by a scrub/tree. Fines and loss of points on your licence are great so you spend more time scanning for changes of speed in what are very condensed areas so the risk of hitting someone is much higher.
"I don't know what's this guy is smoking "😂😂😂
Must be ‘crack’ coz if it was dope he wouldn’t have cared lol.
What I like about Australia as a yank is that you guys had something pretty similar to the American “Wild West.” The image of a guy with a wide brimmed hat driving his truck through the desert fits both countries.
We had Bushrangers too. ( Outlaws) Ned Kelly, Thunderbolt, Ben Hall, Captain Moonlight to name a few. 1800s
Why do so many Aussies not just silly Americans think we have an Ozone hole over the mainland. We have never had an Ozone hole over Oz. It only ever opened up over Antarctica and that was in Spring. Ps You are right about CFCs being the main contributor to reducing the ozone levels back in the day.
Thank you, I was scrolling to see a comment like yours. 👍
It was late 80's propaganda from left-wing Labour Government of the time and instigated by the lying Greens.
I always considered it was the Ozone Hole that caused me to get much more sunburnt in Tasmania than in Queensland. The sun has some bite in the South. Apart from probably being less conscious about using sunscreen when it doesn't feel so hot out, I always wondered if it is humidity or other factors in the tropics that make the sun seem less severe.
In the past we were told consistently that the hole in the ozone was over Australia. Glad to know it isn't true but it doesn't stop you from getting burnt.
The thing with speeding, seatbelts, and helmets, is that since we have (mostly) socialised medicine, accidents are treated on the public dime. So mandating those preventative measures takes pressure off the health system.
ONE POSSIBLE REASON WHY THE SUN FEELS HOTTER IN AUSTRALIA IS BECAUSE THE EARTH IS CLOSEST TO THE SUN IN JANUARY DURING THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE'S SUMMER. 91.4 MILLION MILES.
IN JULY, THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SUMMER, THE SUN IS 94.5 MILLION MILES AWAY.
He whinges that in Australia you can't get free refills. Firstly, it depends on where you are. Some places do it, or used to do it, but, as you said, we prefer a bottle or can. Secondly, it's the free refills in the US that have helped drive their massive obesity problem. Huge cups of sugar water. Refilled. Refilled. Refilled. We don't want it here. Free refills of sugary soft drinks is a health disaster.
True. My local Hungry Jacks only stopped free refill a few months ago (July 2024)
I actually had three can of soft drink last year, a refill would have meant a 100% increase in my consumption. I have one speeding ticket 53 years driving.
We've always only ever had soft drink as a treat. I might buy one bottle/fortnight so we can have a glass each at the bbq on Saturday nights.
I agree with the pay at the pump part… yes there is some servos you can do that but the majority of them you cannot.
Hi Sharon
I recall one reported case where one of those did not disconnect properly and all the subsequent purchases at that pump went on to the same card. Ouch. That's why I am happy to go in and pay and even get a receipt to confirm it.
"That sun's got a bite" - Traditional Aussie small talk
CFCs were also used as refrigerant, dunno if it still is, but that's why disposal of fridges isn't usually at the council pick up.
Petrol bowser it used to be, now its just whatever number is on it.
Hungry Jacks does free refills when you eat in.
I thought I was gonna cop a fine doing 120 in a 100 zone, but I wasn't catching up to to 2 cars in front of me when we went past the mobile speed camera car, but that was in NSW so the signs were up, but they werent places far enough away from the car, so maybe the first car copped it, or no one did.
His vids upload slowly because needs to shoot his vids in 4k because of course he does. Probably when the mad monk said trugfles "invented the internet in Australia" or whatever.
Somewhere that has government healthcare is gonna say "you have to mitigate your level of risk and if you don't we'll make you chip in more" either by speeding fines, not wearing your skid lid, or using tobacco products.
The flies were way worse before dung beetles were introduced.
Free refills are due to the overall use of ice here in the US. You take a 20 oz. cup, fill it with ice, then soda. You actually have about 10 oz. soda, so when you repeat (free refill) you have then used the 20 oz. you originally paid for.
Your analysis of the psyche of the two nationalities is spot on. Internet is an issue because of the size of the country compared to the population. Not too much we can do about that unless we invest a lot more, as the NBN was originally to be. Refill and condiments: they keep forgetting that they don’t have to pay a 20% tip on top of their food. Americans were one of the last countries to mandate seat belts.
Yeah the 20% easily pays for whatever condiments that you have
great video Pete - it made me laugh. :-) If he comes to Europe he is going to be traumatised - no refills - for sure a cappuccino and a coffee comes only in one size - and speed cameras everywhere!!! ahaha
I would pay extra for sauce (condiments) in restaurants in Ozz than pay 10-15% tips in the US. (In the US tipping in the order of 15% to 20% is standard). Pocketing tips in OZz is illegal.
Weird, wasn't aware it was illegal. A lot of the tips we'd get in the restaurant came in via the machines. So, I assume they were paying tax on it either way.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast You still can tip for good service (under the table) in Ozz even though owners pocketing tips is illegal (it should go in the communal pool). And the reason tipping is discourage (aside from officially being illegal) is we don't tip because we respect hospitality workers and believe they should be paid accordingly. Australia has a high-wage, high-price system...GST assumes gratuity has already covered that...besides the government wants a take in everything. Tips are unpredictable and unevenly spread, contributing to inequality.
The Australian deal is that we assume all workers are looked after with decency by the "system". They shouldn't have to hustle for tips. While Ozz may not yet be at US levels, a tipping culture tends to creep. Government eyes and the law can't be everywhere obviously.
As long as you report tips as gifts to the ATO you can accept them legally, its just easier to say its illegal to employees
As an Aussie, I liked both those guys comments. It’s always interesting to know how others see us. We are often conditioned in believing we’re the best country in the world, that it’s a good leveller to have other countries highlight some of the aspects that maybe aren’t so great. 👏🏻
Also school children have to wear recognised school hats outside because it’s considered sun safe.
In QLD we call the biting flies horse-flies. Biting insects can affect tourists more, as there seems to be less histamine release or irritation in general for locals who are bitten/stung. We had a visiting family friend end up being admitted to hospital for secondary infection/reaction from insect bites.
When I visited my family in Queensland Australia, I was badly bitten by sand flies, they itched like crazy, had nasty lumps that looked awful on my legs, drove me nuts at night, only thing I hated about Australia was the bugs and spiders, those huntsmen’s were big buggers, the rest was amazing loved my time there and Aussie men are great, why do Americans go to other countries and bitch about it so much, it’s not America get over it!
Australia and Australian always the best ,,🇦🇺
Hehe got anything you don't like about Australia?
@@AussieEnglishPodcast The government, the high cost of living even in poorer areas, the lack of conservation efforts to save the koala population and Kosciuszko National Park, the way derros talk.
@@andysmith5806 well, every country with high quality of life is pretty expensive
I used to live in Newcastle, NSW over 7 years ago and most service stations had auto pay at the pump. Tristan was living in QLD where sometimes things take a bit longer 😂 (I lived in Brisbane for a while and was really surprised how some things were so different when it came to things like shop opening hours etc)
There are quite a few servos in Oz where you can elect to pay for your petrol at the bowser using a card to tap n go. Like most people I usually go inside to pay as I also often want to pick up staples like milk and bread, since servos have basically replaced the cornershop.
Oz has fuel prices set as agreed by OPEC, as we are a member, as we were/are an oil producer.
One of the biggest contributors to sugar intake in excess of the recommended daily intake, especially by kids and teens, is soft drink consumption. Generational obesity is an increasing issue.
The basic objective of travelling by whatever means is for you to get to your destination safely in a shared environment. Speed cameras in eg Vic allow a tolerance of about 3kph. There are also convincing looking camera cars in rural areas disguised as old farm utes complete with hay bales. We now also have cameras which detect improperly worn or no seatbelts and issue on the spot fines. Look at the accident statistics, especially the approx 400 injuries, especially the c.30 serious ie lifechanging injuries from accidents for every road death and the long-term effects on the victim, family and the already stretched healthcare system. This includes those from choosing not to wear a helmet whether legally required or not.
You can legally turn left on red lights at intersections where signs permit. Otherwise it could be an accident-causing matter of physics eg turning left on red against oncoming traffic making a legal right turn on a green arrow.
I am glad smokers are heavily taxed when buying fags; it is a luxury habit which should be discouraged because of the long-term health impacts. The tax is a form of paying in advance for the cause of your (and the nearby passive smokers like the longstanding health impact of my first 5 years of Dad's heavy smoking inside) likely future heavier consumption of medical resources. Smoking is certainly not essential to living. Grog and gambling are two other such taxed harmful habits we Aussies also have a penchant for - and I guilty of being partial to a glass or two.
Most fish n chip/takeaway shops are Mum n Dad outfits where all costs are steeply rising and profit margins are low. Giving away condiments with every sale adds up and cuts into those profits. Their cost could be built into each food unit price (as in USA) but that could be legally challenged as being payment for a service not rendered by those customers who don't want condiments.
Combat flies by wearing a cork hat if they bug (!) you that much! Otherwise practice your Aussie salute!
I was following this guy while he was travelling in Australia . He actually loved Australia. He also did a video of 10 things he loved about Australia and hated about America.
I am a very pale Aussie and in summer I have to add half an hour to my 'morning routine', because that's how long it takes me to sunscreen my whole body. It's such a pain, but I got burned too often in my youth and can't afford to do more damage...nor do I want to look like a tomato for 3 weeks. 🥵
Some thoughts:
No one gets 'gas' here...unless you have to much onion with your snag.
It seems obvious to me that if you don't want to be caught doing something that's ILLEGAL, then don't do it! Duh.
A few of these seem to be dependent on which city/state you're in, ie tomato sauce pkt in Adelaide average is 20c, and that's including from Adelaide Oval (overpriced stadium food).
Rules are rules, laws are laws, if you travel then you follow the local laws or risk getting arrested or endangering your own/someone else's life. Obviously.
Conclusion:
His complaints = "Australia isn't America" and "I like speeding and endangering lives" 🤷♀
6:25 we do have some "Turn left permitted after stopping" signs actually.
Really? I didn't realise!
That's true! They were rare tho
Yes, because it's the exception rather than the rule. They have 'no R turn on red' signs in the US because that's the exception there.
@@AussieEnglishPodcast Yep, I don't know if it's just a QLD thing but we have 'turn left at any time with care' signs, but you usually go in a separate side lane (slip lane) to the main intersection. I think they were talking about rolling some out to more intersections at the lights, but I haven't seen any of those.
in brazil this guy would be considered such fussy dude, we've got real issues LOL
In Brazil, after saying he's America, he'd be kidnapped and shot before the video ended.
Excellent point, 20:20. The total cost of road trauma is estimated to $22.2 billion, the economic cost of road fatality was $4.34 billion.
Learnt the hard way how strong the sun is down here the first and last time my family spent Christmas on the beach after arriving from the UK 55 years ago. So many blisters.
In my country, Ukraine, drivers will flash their lights to other drivers to warn that there's a police car further up the road and to prevent you from getting a speeding fine 😁
@Permanent Frown 🤨 You don't flash your high beams, you switch you headlights on and off.
You'll get fined for doing this if you get caught, in South Australia anyway.
One thing I did not like about Australia but got used to it was their conception of time and distance. When They say I will be there with you in a sec, theymean in a few minutes like 5 to 10 min. Could not they say a few minutes?! Same for distance, ask them how far is the next servo , they say just 100 m away but it’s actually a kilometer away. 😂. Does not bother me anymore, just a heads up for new comers.
Haha we do say "Be there in a min" too. Yeah, we sort of understate things I think lol
Yeah it’s just down the road mate. Not far.
We do tend to under-exaggerate don't we.
"oh this? Yeah I got in a fight with a shark last year, anyway how's the surf looking?"
It's highland timexwe exported it there with the folk
There has never been a thinning of of Ozone layer over Australia nor New Zealand as most of these people of those countries believe. It is in fact over Antarctica and i should note that i'm a Kiwi living in QLD so i can tell you I've heard this miss information in both countries.
Some of these--speeding, helmet wearing, high taxes on cigarettes--that we are strict on in Aus, are 1. because we have a public health system, so if you are injured or sick, it's a public cost 2. for speeding, it affects other vehicles and people, not just the person speeding. So that's a case of doing what's best for the whole community.