Our gun laws really do suck. Like honestly how does the appearance of a firearm, the ability to adjust the length of the buttstock or the ability to suppress the muzzle report by 30db stop mass shootings or compromise public safety? Normies really have no idea how dumb some of our gun laws are. Licensing and safe storage are great but the fine print is just way over the top and makes absolutely no sense.
Honestly the best Aussie culture shock video out there. Too many others exaggerate things or generalise things that don't always happen. Great vid, thanks.
You did this very well but one thing you overlooked. We insult our friends. It is a form of endearment. So if an Australian calls you a "whinging pom" it is actually a sign you have been accepted. When an Australian refuses to insult you then be aware you have really overstepped the mark to where you are not worthy of being a friend. And speaking of being friendly or offering help, to me the cities are cold and people are not friendly. I am rural. One day about 20 km from home on my pushbike I heard a bang and the rear tyre had exploded. Not something that can be repaired. A minute later a guy pulls up with a ute and said " I heard your tyre burst. I reckon you could use a lift home for you and your bike". THAT is what being friendly means to us.
Last Monday I left my phone on a ticket machine in Adelaide's Central Market and blissfully drove off. Half an hour later I returned in the hope that the thing was still there. Before I could even stop beside the machine an Otis Elivators employee, who I'd earlier noticed working on a nearby lift, walked up to me with the phone! He'd had already called one of my contacts and flatly refused any reward.
Love your videos! As an Aussie, it's always refreshing to hear the point of view of those from other lands. I love that you love it here and that you have such an upbeat attitude with a great sense of humour to go with it. welcome to Australia mate!
@@ThatJohnstonLife You're welcome. I hope your time here, whether brief or lifelong, is a great time :) Have you done much in the way of trips into the country? I'd love to see a video on your take on what it's like once you leave suburbia. Cheers!
Actually he does. I can tell you most people actually do the traditional Christmas stuff, roasts and hams. Very few do the bbqs as we can have bbqs anytime.
love this!! people say australia has no "culture"... we definitely do... it takes a bit to understand the lifestyle but i love it and am grateful to be born here ✨️
Best country for 'culture'? India! It slides right along the street gutters, all day and night, it's everywhere. And the difference between New Zealand and yogurt? Yogurt is a living culture.... Hi to all my NZ mates... 🙂
Australian here. Christmas Day at our place is always incredibly laidback. Lashings of seafood and salads, cold ham and a couple of roast chooks. Beer, wine, prosecco (my wife's favourite), soft drinks for the kids are drunk. We'll sit down at around 12:30pm and 'graze' all afternoon through several courses. Dessert could be served early evening. It's quite acceptable to find a quiet corner in the house for a mid afternoon nap. Boxing Day is my favourite day. Christmas left overs, a few beers, a quiet room with a TV and the Boxing Day Test. It doesn't get any better.
What a coincidence! I've been thinking about visiting Australia lately and maybe even consider continuing my studies there. Your channel seems like a good place for me to learn more about Australia.
That was so funny. Really enjoyed watching your take, as an immigrant myself you will eventually see all this as the new normal and before you know it it is not so strange just different. Thanks fo seeing the positives, as any country nothing is perfect just different. Great to see you are embracing it and not just being a winging Pom.
I recently stumbled upon your channel and have been enjoying your quirky look at Australian life and comparison videos. I came to Australia on a one year working visa 35 years ago and although a lot have changed (No need anymore to feed $1 coins into a Australia telecom phone box to talk to family, and the country is definately more politically correct these days) I still get a sence of awe and wonder then visiting the diffrent parts of this great land. Keep up the great work. I've started watching from your first video and am about half way through. Looking forward to catching up on the last 10 months of your lives.
I’m a nearly 50 yr old Aussie and believe I have a allergy to shoes, if I’m not at work they don’t go on , pluggas are worn if we are going to a flash event 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Having to wear shoes everywhere in the US was a huge culture shock for me. All shops here have a " No shoes, no shirts no service" policy. I remember the shock I experienced the first time I was in a shop here (Barnes and Noble) and was told by an employee I had to wear shoes or leave. Even 20 odd years later I still have to remember to make sure I have shoes in the car in case I want to go into a shop, even a 7-11.
@@ThatJohnstonLife . Yep, we still do that every year - easy, crank the a/c, and don't go outside (we mostly stay inside in the heat of the day in summer anyway 'coz it's too bloody hot here in summer, often 40C+). Cheers!
@@hayloft3834 usually the barbie is in the shade 😂 if people have any brains!! Or if their brains haven't been fried already🙄 And either eat in an outside area like an alfresco, or inside in the cool if it's too 🌞
Ah Christmastime. An Australian once told me that as a kid he wondered what British kids did in the summer holidays without their Christmas presents to play with.
I was in the US and met a fellow who I'd arranged to see before I left home (famous hot rod builder). He knew I was from Australia and asked if he could say c**t in my presence. I said "sure, all you want". He explained that he loved that word but could never use it in the US but he'd heard that Aussies use it all the time and was hoping he could get a few out while I was there.
We had an American soldier move to Australia and transfer to our unit and he was over the moon to hear how much we swore. The part of the US he was from considered 'hell' and 'damn' to be swear words so he was thrilled to be able to say c*nt and f*ck as much as he liked and no one gave a shit (especially in the army where such profanities are part of the culture). He loved it.
Hey mate, Another great vid. One of my favorite sayings is, "There is no prize for being the richest person in the cemetery". So many people never stop and take time to smell the gum leaves, life is to short! And I'm no hippy/tree hugger All the best.
Tough luck going to Melbourne. A few quick tips; trams are free around the CBD, so don't wait around to pay for a ride or walk. Avoid the pokies, expensive as fuck. We do in fact drive on the left, roundabouts are frequent, and Victorians are notoriously bad drivers, especially P platers, Mazda's, Holden's, Hyundai's and Rangers. Parking is either expensive, hidden or non-existent. Grog is expensive, and you'll be among the oldest people in any clubs/pubs you go to. The Macca's run is a sacred practise, always get the family box, and half the time they're either out of ice cream or not serving it when you get there, but still try for a McFlurry. Don't try an Aussie accent when you say G'day, it's just bad. We abbreviate and shorten everything we say and swearing is all but necessary for proper and effective communication. Especially calling mate's Cunt or Fuckwit, you just need to be sincere and casual when you do. "Yeah / Nah Cunt." and "You're such a Fuckwit, hey." are prime examples. Eshay's are everywhere, but don't be afraid to kick their cunt in when they annoy you, they only ever eat at KFC or Macca's. Barely anyone apart from Police have guns, and you'll never see one in public not in an Officer's hip holster. Our last mass shooting was in 1996, so absolutely no need to panic when the Bogans go past in their shitboxes. Honestly you're better off in QLD or NSW, better everything and less people.
hey nice to hear... Im sure youll fall in luv with Melb.. be prepared to get a bit cold.... you will love our good and all natural foods.;.. Good luck and God bless
Victoria's shit, South Oz is shit, the ACT is *especially* shit, the NT is beautiful, but you'll die (either from a croc or the heat), QLD is great (if you're a fan of the heat), WA is shit, NSW is great, aaaaand Tazzie is THE SHIT. Be prepared to hear "oi cunt" being yelled out at least 76 times a day, to be called a Yank (or a sepo, depending on the interaction), a "sick cunt", to be asked "jeet chet?" (have you eaten yet?") and, possibly, to be told "we're not here to fuck spiders." Oh! And to become an alcoholic. Don't worry, if you need ya' stomach pumped due to alcohol poisoning at any point, our healthcare system will take care of you without you having to sell a kidney on the black market in order to cover the bill. You'll love it! Enjoy! 😁
From someone who lives in Victoria… Melbourne is expensive and the common joke is Melbourne gets 4 seasons in a day, but if you are into the coffee and/or cafe culture, then Melbourne is definitely the place to be. I moved from Sydney to Melbourne approx 17 years ago and also been to a few cities around the world… Melbourne is a great and beautiful city at night.
They tried to lengthen shopping hours, but all the shop staff said when will they get time to shop if they are stuck sitting in a shop waiting for customers? Perfectly reasonable I thought.
its refreshing to see a vid about australia that isnt just 'aww man theres like great whites and n red backs that will kill you in like 3 seconds' very nice video!
Maybe that is why the tourist and immigrants have not returns after Covid. They found out about how half our population has been killed off by spiders, snakes, emus and cassowaries via TH-cam..
I’m sick of the world pretending like Australia is the deadliest place ever as somebody who has lived here my entire life of 38 years I’m still alive and the only things that have hurt me are the dogs 🐕, a bat 🦇 and people, Literally terrified of humans give me a crocodile 🐊 anyway. Because you know where they are and you just don’t go there, simple.
@@kerrynicholls6683 bah, death is nothing. The Worst Thing about all of this is the "sausage in bread" comment. Yes, the backward (Eastern) States serve a sausage in bread outside Bunnings, but in WA, the original and civilised home of Bunnings and the sausage sizzle, a snag is ALWAYS served in a BUN!
But there are great whites and red backs that will kill you in like 3 seconds. I’ve got a red back in the crapper that’s the size of a pregnant wombat 🕷
I wish Id had this video when I moved over the first time. Im into my second year here in the country and I absolutely love it. Granted its extremely different from life in the US.
@@ThatJohnstonLife I wouldnt give it up for anything though and Im very happy that I made the journey over. I love learning the culture and getting to see how people do things here. Although it'll take me a bit to accept Christmas in summer.
Most of south east Queensland's major stores like kmart and the supermarkets are open between 7am and 9pm Monday to Saturday and maccas is open 24/7 and 3 our libraries in the Moreton Bay region are open 7 days a week
@@ThatJohnstonLife I like Brizzy in winter but Melbourne is much less of a sticky sauna in summer and has less insects, WA is a mix of both but with excessive tradie and jet-ski owner types, there is somewhere for everyone here, even Tasmania ;)
Very rare to see people not wearing shoes in the southern states. I remember when shops first starting charging for condiments and marshmallows for your hot chocolate. Still a pet peeve of mine.
Yup, some of these things are Queensland things, not Australian things. It's very rare for Melbourne people to come and introduce themselves like that. It's not that they're not friendly, but people are just more reserved down here.
Hi there. Thanks for the video. Had a good laugh too. Welcome to Australia 🇦🇺. Sorry about the swearing but not all of us swear all the time. Hope you and the family really like it hear. Warm welcome to you all.
Rubber thongs were actually invented in Australia because they aired AND protected the soles of the feet. A serviceman returning from the clean up duties in Hiroshima got the idea from seeing Japanese wooden getta shoes. Thongs were actually also called gettas for some time when first introduced. I remember in the late 50's early 60's being told to get my gettas on even though they were at that time known as thongs as well.
@@stuffedgrubs I don't know how young you are but adults were calling them thongs but still referring to them as gettas, as in " Get your gettas on." when I was a very little kid as early as 1959/60 and for some time later. We'd lived in WA, SA and NT (Airforce family) up until I was 10 then I didn't hear it anymore, though my parents still said it, as we lived and moved about throughout the eastern states. I do, of course, know thongs are referred to as pluggers these days. I'm not dead yet! 👍
@@lindabown7810 space? oh please, WA has become an overcrowded shithole, nearly every suburb has roadworks going on, go down south during school holidays, haha good luck with that
Probably one of the more accurate culture shock videos of coming to Australia that I have seen. I do Lions BBQ's where we sell Sausage (and onion) on bread and I doggedly ask people if they want ketchup, mainly just for the reaction. I do have to say that use of the C-word seems to be mentioned a lot on videos like this, but it has not been my experience. Maybe that's a Geelong thing, not doing it? Swearing on the radio is great and I've done enough talkbalk on Melbourne radio shows to have used the odd arse or bugger
I was born in England in 1958. Australian Government flew Mum and Dad and 6 children to Australia in 1964. I was 6 years old ( on the plane with birthday cake), when we arrived in Karachi. Bacon and eggs with fried tomatoes. Dad did assist, but my 6 year old self felt that RAF pilot Dad and a vomiting child from motion sickness felt that he didn't. I myself, believe Australia supports the rest of the world when it comes to migration for whatever reasons. It will be difficult, but we can shelter and supply food. Australia we love you yes we do.
Lol, I’ve experienced a white Christmas in Australia! I think It would’ve been over 15 years ago here in Hobart, and our max temperature that day only reached 11, and it was snowing on Mt Wellington, so I drove up there. But then, I’ve also experienced 36 degrees here on Christmas Day…😂
Attitude to work. We moved to Australia on Dec 15. I needed to buy a car for combination work (self employed) and pleasue use. So I called the tax department to see how to treat the VAT (think sales tax) only to be told they were closed for Xmas and to call back after Jan 15th.
@@ThatJohnstonLife Come down to Melbourne in winter. It's just like the UK. Cloudy, wet and cold. But the summers down here are really nice, and much better than Qld. Late sunsets too.
What you say about Christmas is an excellent attitude! I think it generalises to the other points too, embrace your new life and enjoy it like you guys clearly are 👊🏼🙏🏻
@@ThatJohnstonLife When you do be sure to try our iconic South Australian “pie floater”. (Aussie meat pie sitting in thick pea soup, topped with tomato sauce)....and your sauce will be free.
Yep, some of this is....not exactly correct. Perth has food and coffee forever. Yes, supermarket shopping closes around 8.30pm, but there are always 24 hour shops, transport, gambling and pubs. Soccer is the polite name for perambulating with a ball, however, it's correct name is....Faintball. Most Australians are tall, strong, fast, powerful, intelligent, heroic and magnificent, the apex of humanity, so they play Australian Rules Football, the world's very first codified football game, from 1858. Slow fat grunters play one of the rugby codes, but Faintball is rarely mentioned in polite circles, it's exclusively reserved for slow, small, pale, weak people, and recovering heart attack patients who cannot be exposed to excitement. It also attracts those in need of boredom to help with sleep, and people who just like to stroll in the sunshine, but need someone to regulate their quasi somnambulist wandering. Welcome to Australia.
I think the biggest shock for me in Queensland was the early starts and everyone is in bed early, none of this midnight going to bed I was used to in the UK!
Yup, everyone up there is up at the crack of dawn. Down here in Melbourne it's more like the UK. Probably has to do with the different climates and latitudes. The sun rises later down here too.
"If you don't like that (c-)word then sorry, Australia might not be for you" I love that! Welcome mate, it's truly refreshing to see new Aussies loving it here
Australians are just like us Canadians. Super friendly folk! I've had a few Aussie's come through and worked at the same company I work for here in Canada, and they got along pretty good!
Actually here in Melbourne we have had some cold weather at Christmas. We do the traditional roast dinner even in extreme heat. Wrong about getting food after 9pm
My cousin married an American & lives in USA. He brought his daughters out for a Xmas Visit. Coming from snow they were shocked at the 40c Xmas Lunch weather & still having a hot meal but a mix of cold food. They were shocked to see the family play cricket after lunch.
Australians might work less hours but within that time we're more productive as we want to get home for a life. So many companies I worked for in my life we always exceeded the predicted outcome for the week, month etc
Jeez it took my family 40 years to get with the bbq Christmas dinner! We now save the traditional Christmas fare for Christmas in July! Best of both worlds!
Tysm!! I'm in the UK atm and would love to move to somewhere like Karalee when I'm older but had my doubts, thank u for the honest and down to earth videos!!
When I was growing up in the seventies, soccer was called wogball because it was played by new Australians mainly from Europe. About friendliness, don’t know where in QLD you live but on the Goldy, doesn’t happen.
The shops do close too early tbh. After I finish work I can't get to any shopping centre before all the shops close up. Luckily the supermarkets are open longer. On thursday nights they stay open til 9pm so I have to wait til then. For a lot of things I have to wait til the weekend.
Nice summary. We have a particular struggle with the seasonality attached to certain holidays that originated in the north (like, what the heck is pumpkin spice, Americans? You can have a pumpkin scone whenever you want. )A good portion of us do Christmas inJuly to enjoy northern traditions. Strictly speaking it should be 25 June, but since 30 June is the end of our tax year, it would be a bit hectic.
expecting people to work ridiculous hours just because you cant sleep is just a bit selfish, if you want to drink and dance at 3 in the morning have a party at home
Growing up in the seventies/eighties everything shut by 5pm and the only day shops were open late was Thursday till 8/9pm so you could be ready for the weekend when you were lucky to find a shop open till lunch on Saturday, Sunday forget about it. Everyone had sunday off . Much more laid back than today.
If you want a coffee after 3pm try the local pub which serves lunch and evening meals. Chances are it’ll have an expresso machine for your latte or cappuccino.
For those that want to celebrate Christmas the traditional way Aussies have made a new festivity. Christmas in July. It’s a thing. Have your lavish, carb filled feasts in more suitable winter weather. It makes sense
Or you can grow up in one of the highland regions of Australia- where hot weather while possible is not a guarantee. I grew up with the loveliest weather for Christmas- usually warm, but not really hot and a hot meal in the middle of the day was welcome. However I always needed at least a cardigan if not a warm jacket or jumper once the sun went down. However I always knew to have winter woollies on hand in case of a cold snap. The first year my parents moved to the town I grew up in, it snowed Christmas Day. Thank the lord I did not ever experience that. I like my warm/hot Christmases.
@@brontewcat I'm with you on that. People in my little town still talk about when it snowed Christmas Day, I don't know how long ago it was, but people in their 20s remember it, at least. We left hot and humid Sydney for our little town out west, and higher up, and love not sweating each summer, and sometimes, like last summer, sometimes needing to put trackies on, or put the electric blanket on, on low. Yeah, as you say, you do get the odd day, but it's not as bad as the low lands in how hot it gets, nor does it last an eternity, a day for two perhaps, and then it's back to the more mild 'normal', and you get that relief once the sun goes down.
Perth's where it's at mate.. grew up not wearing shoes except to go to work.. lotta Aussies got soles like leather.. ...and I still struggle to not swear in front of Mum.. 😬
About the football thing, there are many varieties of football around the world: Association football, Rugby football, American Football, Canadian Football, Australian football, etc. Usually the most popular variety in any given country is simply called "football" in that country. Soccer is a slangy abbreviation for "Association football", used in countries where it is not the most popular variety of football. FIFA is the French-language acronym for "Fédération internationale de football association", or to translate into English, International Federation of Association Football.
Some of these are Queenslander thing. Plenty of shops open after 9pm weekdays and more so on weekend down here in Melbourne. Also rare to see barefoot down here.
Honestly only un aussie places don't offer sauce with like pies. Most rural places all include it and it is kind of frowned upon to charge extra for it. It is slowly getting worse though. Also the biggest culture shock is the city vs country. They are basically different worlds here.
If you want to understand Australian Rules Football and your background is in one of the other codes, it's pretty easy. Just throw away half the rules of the game you're familiar with and you'll be pretty much there. Aim for the goal and miss? No problem, you can have a consolation prize. Positional play? Yeah, nah. Worried about getting red-carded / sent off? AFL might just be the game for you.
The sauce thing varies over time, sometimes free and sometimes a cost is applied. Being really old I’ve seen sauce costs go up and down. It is probably set by government. Yes I have no life.
In Victoria, even out in regional areas, supermarkets, kmart and maccas are often open 24 hours. Even after 11 years it still frustrates me now I live in WA that they don't even have Sunday trading in the majority of places. FFS. And bugger is such a mild curse it isn't considered sweary, there's a famous car ad where the whole thing is people (and a dog) just saying bugger, the ad ran any time of the day. I'm sure it's probably on TH-cam somewhere.
"there's a famous car ad where the whole thing is people (and a dog) just saying bugger, the ad ran any time of the day. I'm sure it's probably on TH-cam somewhere." This would be the ad you're looking for m8🙂(Toyota Hilux ad): th-cam.com/video/CPYmtEQiG18/w-d-xo.html
Couldn't agree more, Australia is such a great place that I decided to be born here!
Best decision of your life
@@ThatJohnstonLife Oh, mate! Definitely!
Did you even have a say in the matter?
@@skipperclinton1087 Of course I did!
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"You don't have to tip, because everyone gets a fair wage, & medicare, & gun laws." Australia in a nutshell.
Our gun laws suck.
@@sticustom Do you remember the Hoddle Street, Queen Street and Strathcona Plaza massacres?
@@wattlebough yes, and?
Our gun laws really do suck. Like honestly how does the appearance of a firearm, the ability to adjust the length of the buttstock or the ability to suppress the muzzle report by 30db stop mass shootings or compromise public safety? Normies really have no idea how dumb some of our gun laws are. Licensing and safe storage are great but the fine print is just way over the top and makes absolutely no sense.
@@sticustom You’d like more of that and…?
Honestly the best Aussie culture shock video out there. Too many others exaggerate things or generalise things that don't always happen. Great vid, thanks.
As an Aussie. I love the way you spoke about our culture.
You did this very well but one thing you overlooked. We insult our friends. It is a form of endearment. So if an Australian calls you a "whinging pom" it is actually a sign you have been accepted.
When an Australian refuses to insult you then be aware you have really overstepped the mark to where you are not worthy of being a friend. And speaking of being friendly or offering help, to me the cities are cold and people are not friendly. I am rural. One day about 20 km from home on my pushbike I heard a bang and the rear tyre had exploded. Not something that can be repaired. A minute later a guy pulls up with a ute and said " I heard your tyre burst. I reckon you could use a lift home for you and your bike". THAT is what being friendly means to us.
Last Monday I left my phone on a ticket machine in Adelaide's Central Market and blissfully drove off. Half an hour later I returned in the hope that the thing was still there. Before I could even stop beside the machine an Otis Elivators employee, who I'd earlier noticed working on a nearby lift, walked up to me with the phone! He'd had already called one of my contacts and flatly refused any reward.
Yeah.
Love your videos! As an Aussie, it's always refreshing to hear the point of view of those from other lands. I love that you love it here and that you have such an upbeat attitude with a great sense of humour to go with it. welcome to Australia mate!
Thanks Grae, really appreciate it
@@ThatJohnstonLife You're welcome. I hope your time here, whether brief or lifelong, is a great time :)
Have you done much in the way of trips into the country? I'd love to see a video on your take on what it's like once you leave suburbia.
Cheers!
Actually he does. I can tell you most people actually do the traditional Christmas stuff, roasts and hams. Very few do the bbqs as we can have bbqs anytime.
@@ThatJohnstonLife The C word is more frowned upon amongst educated Aussies but yes overall Aussies do swear more than other countries.
love this!! people say australia has no "culture"... we definitely do... it takes a bit to understand the lifestyle but i love it and am grateful to be born here ✨️
Best country for 'culture'? India! It slides right along the street gutters, all day and night, it's everywhere. And the difference between New Zealand and yogurt? Yogurt is a living culture.... Hi to all my NZ mates... 🙂
@@Chris-hx3om I had no idea a culture based on rape and poverty was considered the "best" in the world...
Australian here. Christmas Day at our place is always incredibly laidback. Lashings of seafood and salads, cold ham and a couple of roast chooks. Beer, wine, prosecco (my wife's favourite), soft drinks for the kids are drunk. We'll sit down at around 12:30pm and 'graze' all afternoon through several courses. Dessert could be served early evening. It's quite acceptable to find a quiet corner in the house for a mid afternoon nap. Boxing Day is my favourite day. Christmas left overs, a few beers, a quiet room with a TV and the Boxing Day Test. It doesn't get any better.
As an Aussie, I don’t go barefoot in public except at the beach.
What a coincidence! I've been thinking about visiting Australia lately and maybe even consider continuing my studies there. Your channel seems like a good place for me to learn more about Australia.
Lived in Brisbane for 7 years, can't recommend it enough. Australia is a fantastic place to live. (apart from Sydney)
Just stick here. I would recommend you another channels which is perfect alongside that Johnston family... It's called living simply Australia
Avoid Melbourne (Victoria) if you come over.
Thanks bud
nice! Just remember the cities and country are different worlds and are quite different.
That was so funny. Really enjoyed watching your take, as an immigrant myself you will eventually see all this as the new normal and before you know it it is not so strange just different. Thanks fo seeing the positives, as any country nothing is perfect just different. Great to see you are embracing it and not just being a winging Pom.
I recently stumbled upon your channel and have been enjoying your quirky look at Australian life and comparison videos. I came to Australia on a one year working visa 35 years ago and although a lot have changed (No need anymore to feed $1 coins into a Australia telecom phone box to talk to family, and the country is definately more politically correct these days) I still get a sence of awe and wonder then visiting the diffrent parts of this great land. Keep up the great work. I've started watching from your first video and am about half way through. Looking forward to catching up on the last 10 months of your lives.
I’m a nearly 50 yr old Aussie and believe I have a allergy to shoes, if I’m not at work they don’t go on , pluggas are worn if we are going to a flash event 👍👍👍👍👍👍
You so fancy
I'm a 74 year old Aussie and I have an allergy to shoes and I live in Tasmania! 🥶
Having to wear shoes everywhere in the US was a huge culture shock for me. All shops here have a " No shoes, no shirts no service" policy. I remember the shock I experienced the first time I was in a shop here (Barnes and Noble) and was told by an employee I had to wear shoes or leave. Even 20 odd years later I still have to remember to make sure I have shoes in the car in case I want to go into a shop, even a 7-11.
Good stuff mate. Turkey and Christmas pud when it's 40° outside is madness. Yeah, BBQ's, beers, and suncream is the go. Welcome.
It's still probably good for some in 40°C. Just don't whinge if it isn't lol
@@ThatJohnstonLife . Yep, we still do that every year - easy, crank the a/c, and don't go outside (we mostly stay inside in the heat of the day in summer anyway 'coz it's too bloody hot here in summer, often 40C+). Cheers!
@@hayloft3834 usually the barbie is in the shade 😂 if people have any brains!! Or if their brains haven't been fried already🙄
And either eat in an outside area like an alfresco, or inside in the cool if it's too 🌞
Good job on this video, and I love your positive out look, that's why you guy fit in so well over here. Cheers from Mandurah WA 👏👏
Always stay positive Roslyn
W a means whit awhile lucky its not nt
@@mickryan2450 what does that say? Can't understand what you're trying to say sorry
Not today not tommorow
Ah Christmastime. An Australian once told me that as a kid he wondered what British kids did in the summer holidays without their Christmas presents to play with.
😄 🤣 😂
obviously they would use the toys they had from the previous christmas.
I was in the US and met a fellow who I'd arranged to see before I left home (famous hot rod builder). He knew I was from Australia and asked if he could say c**t in my presence. I said "sure, all you want". He explained that he loved that word but could never use it in the US but he'd heard that Aussies use it all the time and was hoping he could get a few out while I was there.
That is a beautiful story.
We had an American soldier move to Australia and transfer to our unit and he was over the moon to hear how much we swore. The part of the US he was from considered 'hell' and 'damn' to be swear words so he was thrilled to be able to say c*nt and f*ck as much as he liked and no one gave a shit (especially in the army where such profanities are part of the culture). He loved it.
Revolting word, I hate the way Aussies swear so much.
Didn't ask@@KathleenJ
Hey mate,
Another great vid.
One of my favorite sayings is,
"There is no prize for being the richest person in the cemetery".
So many people never stop and take time to smell the gum leaves, life is to short! And I'm no hippy/tree hugger
All the best.
Love the vid mate. As a proud born & bred Australian I got a good laugh out it because of how true your vid is. Good on ya mate🤣👍
I'm a 21 year old moving from the US to Melbourne for the first time and your videos have been the best educational information for me. Thanks Ross!
Tough luck going to Melbourne. A few quick tips; trams are free around the CBD, so don't wait around to pay for a ride or walk. Avoid the pokies, expensive as fuck. We do in fact drive on the left, roundabouts are frequent, and Victorians are notoriously bad drivers, especially P platers, Mazda's, Holden's, Hyundai's and Rangers. Parking is either expensive, hidden or non-existent. Grog is expensive, and you'll be among the oldest people in any clubs/pubs you go to.
The Macca's run is a sacred practise, always get the family box, and half the time they're either out of ice cream or not serving it when you get there, but still try for a McFlurry. Don't try an Aussie accent when you say G'day, it's just bad. We abbreviate and shorten everything we say and swearing is all but necessary for proper and effective communication. Especially calling mate's Cunt or Fuckwit, you just need to be sincere and casual when you do. "Yeah / Nah Cunt." and "You're such a Fuckwit, hey." are prime examples.
Eshay's are everywhere, but don't be afraid to kick their cunt in when they annoy you, they only ever eat at KFC or Macca's. Barely anyone apart from Police have guns, and you'll never see one in public not in an Officer's hip holster. Our last mass shooting was in 1996, so absolutely no need to panic when the Bogans go past in their shitboxes.
Honestly you're better off in QLD or NSW, better everything and less people.
hey nice to hear... Im sure youll fall in luv with Melb.. be prepared to get a bit cold.... you will love our good and all natural foods.;.. Good luck and God bless
Melbourne is a great choice, not quite as affected by the sunstroke as our neighbors in NSW and QLD.
Victoria's shit, South Oz is shit, the ACT is *especially* shit, the NT is beautiful, but you'll die (either from a croc or the heat), QLD is great (if you're a fan of the heat), WA is shit, NSW is great, aaaaand Tazzie is THE SHIT.
Be prepared to hear "oi cunt" being yelled out at least 76 times a day, to be called a Yank (or a sepo, depending on the interaction), a "sick cunt", to be asked "jeet chet?" (have you eaten yet?") and, possibly, to be told "we're not here to fuck spiders."
Oh! And to become an alcoholic.
Don't worry, if you need ya' stomach pumped due to alcohol poisoning at any point, our healthcare system will take care of you without you having to sell a kidney on the black market in order to cover the bill.
You'll love it!
Enjoy! 😁
From someone who lives in Victoria…
Melbourne is expensive and the common joke is Melbourne gets 4 seasons in a day, but if you are into the coffee and/or cafe culture, then Melbourne is definitely the place to be.
I moved from Sydney to Melbourne approx 17 years ago and also been to a few cities around the world… Melbourne is a great and beautiful city at night.
When I moved to Australia I was also surprised to see shops and cafes close early. I’ve gotten used to it now.
They tried to lengthen shopping hours, but all the shop staff said when will they get time to shop if they are stuck sitting in a shop waiting for customers? Perfectly reasonable I thought.
Isn't it nice to know we consider hospo and retail workers as humans with lives of their own.
That was actually really good💕🇦🇺🙂
Great video, Ross and welcome to you and your family.
its refreshing to see a vid about australia that isnt just 'aww man theres like great whites and n red backs that will kill you in like 3 seconds' very nice video!
What kind of world would it be if you worried about dying all the time?
Maybe that is why the tourist and immigrants have not returns after Covid. They found out about how half our population has been killed off by spiders, snakes, emus and cassowaries via TH-cam..
I’m sick of the world pretending like Australia is the deadliest place ever as somebody who has lived here my entire life of 38 years I’m still alive and the only things that have hurt me are the dogs 🐕, a bat 🦇 and people, Literally terrified of humans give me a crocodile 🐊 anyway. Because you know where they are and you just don’t go there, simple.
@@kerrynicholls6683 bah, death is nothing. The Worst Thing about all of this is the "sausage in bread" comment. Yes, the backward (Eastern) States serve a sausage in bread outside Bunnings, but in WA, the original and civilised home of Bunnings and the sausage sizzle, a snag is ALWAYS served in a BUN!
But there are great whites and red backs that will kill you in like 3 seconds. I’ve got a red back in the crapper that’s the size of a pregnant wombat 🕷
I wish Id had this video when I moved over the first time. Im into my second year here in the country and I absolutely love it. Granted its extremely different from life in the US.
Very different Carina
@@ThatJohnstonLife I wouldnt give it up for anything though and Im very happy that I made the journey over. I love learning the culture and getting to see how people do things here. Although it'll take me a bit to accept Christmas in summer.
Most of south east Queensland's major stores like kmart and the supermarkets are open between 7am and 9pm Monday to Saturday and maccas is open 24/7 and 3 our libraries in the Moreton Bay region are open 7 days a week
It's mostly Qld and WA that don't do anything after 4pm, the rest of us can get a coffee anytime :P
I've made the wrong choice in state Allan!
Don't forget South Australia as well.
@@ThatJohnstonLife I like Brizzy in winter but Melbourne is much less of a sticky sauna in summer and has less insects, WA is a mix of both but with excessive tradie and jet-ski owner types, there is somewhere for everyone here, even Tasmania ;)
Not really, I work in Sydney CBD and the cafes close around 3-4 pm..
Allan, what a load of crap. Total ignorance. Wtf made you write that?
Very rare to see people not wearing shoes in the southern states. I remember when shops first starting charging for condiments and marshmallows for your hot chocolate. Still a pet peeve of mine.
Yup, some of these things are Queensland things, not Australian things.
It's very rare for Melbourne people to come and introduce themselves like that. It's not that they're not friendly, but people are just more reserved down here.
Nice to see you live in the best state of Australia.
Only two states to be in.....
Pissed and Queensland
@@stuffedgrubs Don't you mean you have to be pissed to live in queensland.
Hi there. Thanks for the video. Had a good laugh too. Welcome to Australia 🇦🇺. Sorry about the swearing but not all of us swear all the time. Hope you and the family really like it hear. Warm welcome to you all.
Thanks Michael
Rubber thongs were actually invented in Australia because they aired AND protected the soles of the feet. A serviceman returning from the clean up duties in Hiroshima got the idea from seeing Japanese wooden getta shoes.
Thongs were actually also called gettas for some time when first introduced. I remember in the late 50's early 60's being told to get my gettas on even though they were at that time known as thongs as well.
you mean pluggers mate
I didn’t know that! Thanks for educating me on the history of our beloved, ‘thong’.
Pluggers cobber
@@stuffedgrubs
I don't know how young you are but adults were calling them thongs but still referring to them as gettas, as in " Get your gettas on." when I was a very little kid as early as 1959/60 and for some time later. We'd lived in WA, SA and NT (Airforce family) up until I was 10 then I didn't hear it anymore, though my parents still said it, as we lived and moved about throughout the eastern states. I do, of course, know thongs are referred to as pluggers these days. I'm not dead yet! 👍
@@chookinathunderstorm3446 Maybe it's a regional thing? I was a littlie in the 60s, never heard them called "Gettas". I grew up in Sydney though.
Welcome to the heat my friend.! 🔥
Cracked me up Bruz 😎
😄 🤣
Great video mate, shows us in a good light 👍😆
Bloody love Western Australia been here since 1988 ❤ not been back to the UK since 1990
Long time Linda
I've been here since 1966, just love WA Wait Awhile suits me fine and wouldn't be dead for quids elsewhere.😎🖐🦘
@@justinthyme5382 Totally agree, I couldn’t cope with the hustle and bustle of the Eastern states, love how much space we have here 👌
@@lindabown7810 space? oh please, WA has become an overcrowded shithole, nearly every suburb has roadworks going on, go down south during school holidays, haha good luck with that
Been here since 1982😊❤️🇦🇺 WA is paradise
Probably one of the more accurate culture shock videos of coming to Australia that I have seen.
I do Lions BBQ's where we sell Sausage (and onion) on bread and I doggedly ask people if they want ketchup, mainly just for the reaction. I do have to say that use of the C-word seems to be mentioned a lot on videos like this, but it has not been my experience. Maybe that's a Geelong thing, not doing it? Swearing on the radio is great and I've done enough talkbalk on Melbourne radio shows to have used the odd arse or bugger
I was born in England in 1958. Australian Government flew Mum and Dad and 6 children to Australia in 1964. I was 6 years old ( on the plane with birthday cake), when we arrived in Karachi. Bacon and eggs with fried tomatoes. Dad did assist, but my 6 year old self felt that RAF pilot Dad and a vomiting child from motion sickness felt that he didn't. I myself, believe Australia supports the rest of the world when it comes to migration for whatever reasons. It will be difficult, but we can shelter and supply food. Australia we love you yes we do.
You was robbed, I came on a cruise ship.
Lol, I’ve experienced a white Christmas in Australia! I think It would’ve been over 15 years ago here in Hobart, and our max temperature that day only reached 11, and it was snowing on Mt Wellington, so I drove up there. But then, I’ve also experienced 36 degrees here on Christmas Day…😂
Nice story, mate!👍🏻
@@Noah2800 thanks mate! Our weather is very variable down here!
Maaaatttteeee !!! best vid yet! Hope to bump into you one day when at the local Woollies
Thanks Ross, learning more new things👏👏👍
All good Robyn
Attitude to work. We moved to Australia on Dec 15. I needed to buy a car for combination work (self employed) and pleasue use. So I called the tax department to see how to treat the VAT (think sales tax) only to be told they were closed for Xmas and to call back after Jan 15th.
if anyone is wondering, yes. it does snow, there are a few resorts like mt hotham which is always snowy all mid winter.
can't wait to go skiing in Australia
@@ThatJohnstonLife Come down to Melbourne in winter. It's just like the UK. Cloudy, wet and cold.
But the summers down here are really nice, and much better than Qld. Late sunsets too.
What you say about Christmas is an excellent attitude! I think it generalises to the other points too, embrace your new life and enjoy it like you guys clearly are 👊🏼🙏🏻
Great vid mate, even the beeps lol I did think why the fu@k you beeping that out but it worked 🤣 🤣
Always trying to protect children's ears
I and my family are moving to Australia, Brisbane from Canada and I have been watching your videos a lot. Nice videos!! Greetings from Canada.
I’m in Adelaide and I’ve never paid for a sachet of sauce.
And I can guarantee that you will get coffee way, way past 4pm.
Shaz, I'm coming to Adelaide!!
@@ThatJohnstonLife When you do be sure to try our iconic South Australian “pie floater”.
(Aussie meat pie sitting in thick pea soup, topped with tomato sauce)....and your sauce will be free.
Yep, some of this is....not exactly correct.
Perth has food and coffee forever. Yes, supermarket shopping closes around 8.30pm, but there are always 24 hour shops, transport, gambling and pubs.
Soccer is the polite name for perambulating with a ball, however, it's correct name is....Faintball.
Most Australians are tall, strong, fast, powerful, intelligent, heroic and magnificent, the apex of humanity, so they play Australian Rules Football, the world's very first codified football game, from 1858. Slow fat grunters play one of the rugby codes, but Faintball is rarely mentioned in polite circles, it's exclusively reserved for slow, small, pale, weak people, and recovering heart attack patients who cannot be exposed to excitement. It also attracts those in need of boredom to help with sleep, and people who just like to stroll in the sunshine, but need someone to regulate their quasi somnambulist wandering.
Welcome to Australia.
@@Quinctili you sir, are an eloquent, erudite and enlightened soul.
Or in standard 'Strine "BewdybonzerTrevcouldnasaiditanybettameselfcobber"
GOTIGERS
I think some places do actually.
I think the biggest shock for me in Queensland was the early starts and everyone is in bed early, none of this midnight going to bed I was used to in the UK!
Yup, everyone up there is up at the crack of dawn.
Down here in Melbourne it's more like the UK. Probably has to do with the different climates and latitudes. The sun rises later down here too.
"If you don't like that (c-)word then sorry, Australia might not be for you"
I love that! Welcome mate, it's truly refreshing to see new Aussies loving it here
Australians are just like us Canadians. Super friendly folk! I've had a few Aussie's come through and worked at the same company I work for here in Canada, and they got along pretty good!
Love Canadians
Thanks mate. You forgot Perth, the capital city that’s like a big country town.
with one emporior.
@@peteryoung4301 An emperor? His Excellency is to be colloquially referred to as 'State Daddy'. Thank you very much!
@@someoldytaccount state daddy 😂nice one
@@peteryoung4301 Oh, you weren't aware of the title? You should search 'State Daddy O’s'.
Cheers
Welcome to Queensland. Brisbane born, now living in Logan, which really is just in the greater brissie area anyway.
Actually here in Melbourne we have had some cold weather at Christmas. We do the traditional roast dinner even in extreme heat. Wrong about getting food after 9pm
Or choose a major regional town (like Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange etc). Great work life balance, 15 min drive... in peak hour, across town.
Love the video, but try Adelaide! It is beautiful AND friendly!
Live friendly beautiful things
@@ThatJohnstonLife we even have 24 hour bakery’s here in Adelaide! 😂
@@simbacat5173 Villis!
@@riversong_ New Villis within walking distance, and they managed to get a liquor license 😅
Serial killer capital of Australia ! 😜
Literally just woke up to this video lmao. Great vid and a like from me! 💙
Thanks, enjoy your day 😊
Awesome video Ross. ❤️🇦🇺😊👍🏼
Thanks Julz
My cousin married an American & lives in USA. He brought his daughters out for a Xmas Visit. Coming from snow they were shocked at the 40c Xmas Lunch weather & still having a hot meal but a mix of cold food. They were shocked to see the family play cricket after lunch.
Coming from the USA they probably didn't know what cricket was!
@@ThatJohnstonLife Yeah they were used to a white Xmas & I explained how her dad used to cheat with me every Xmas LOL
Tell them to come in July.
@@RUHappyATM Both are in college so need to go by their semester breaks. When I studied I had to travel during work & study breaks too.
Australians might work less hours but within that time we're more productive as we want to get home for a life. So many companies I worked for in my life we always exceeded the predicted outcome for the week, month etc
Subbed well said the sunshine is a winner here.
Another fun video. Thanks Ross!!
Thanks Kathleen
Smiling and so happy watching this video, heading to Auz in the next few months and not coming back to the uk!! 💃🙏😂💃
Good luck!!
Can confirm we don't like to wear shoes. I only wore them at work up until my late 20s
Jeez it took my family 40 years to get with the bbq Christmas dinner! We now save the traditional Christmas fare for Christmas in July! Best of both worlds!
My sister in-law is from Canada and she found it weird how important our swimming lessons are here and how young we start kids in classes.
Tysm!! I'm in the UK atm and would love to move to somewhere like Karalee when I'm older but had my doubts, thank u for the honest and down to earth videos!!
When I was growing up in the seventies, soccer was called wogball because it was played by new Australians mainly from Europe. About friendliness, don’t know where in QLD you live but on the Goldy, doesn’t happen.
The shops do close too early tbh. After I finish work I can't get to any shopping centre before all the shops close up. Luckily the supermarkets are open longer. On thursday nights they stay open til 9pm so I have to wait til then. For a lot of things I have to wait til the weekend.
Really, I thought most supermarkets (anyway, the big 2) clase at 10PM.
And back in the days, Taylor Sq used to open till past MN.
Very pleased you covered the most important invention: 'the folding tub sauce dispenser'. Epic.
Well I did play Grid Iron, which is US football and yes we play in the summer months
Sweaty
Nice summary. We have a particular struggle with the seasonality attached to certain holidays that originated in the north (like, what the heck is pumpkin spice, Americans? You can have a pumpkin scone whenever you want. )A good portion of us do Christmas inJuly to enjoy northern traditions. Strictly speaking it should be 25 June, but since 30 June is the end of our tax year, it would be a bit hectic.
🤭 Sorry I had to laugh at the seasonality of the pumpkin spice (fall) trend. It is QUITE silly, but it seems to work in North America …? Maybe…🤔
The sauce sachets are free at 7-11 and also at AFL food outlets at the game.
Gonna stock up at 7-11
As an Australian, I've been disappointed that everything closes early. Sydney just doesn't have the late night life other big cities have
I'm showing my age in that I'd rather go to bed when it's late
@@ThatJohnstonLife Lol me too 😌 I was using the past tense! When I was younger I wished Sydney had more nightlife.
expecting people to work ridiculous hours just because you cant sleep is just a bit selfish, if you want to drink and dance at 3 in the morning have a party at home
Growing up in the seventies/eighties everything shut by 5pm and the only day shops were open late was Thursday till 8/9pm so you could be ready for the weekend when you were lucky to find a shop open till lunch on Saturday, Sunday forget about it. Everyone had sunday off .
Much more laid back than today.
Does if you know where to look.
If you want a coffee after 3pm try the local pub which serves lunch and evening meals. Chances are it’ll have an expresso machine for your latte or cappuccino.
Great advice
For those that want to celebrate Christmas the traditional way Aussies have made a new festivity. Christmas in July. It’s a thing. Have your lavish, carb filled feasts in more suitable winter weather. It makes sense
May have to do Christmas in July next year
Or you can grow up in one of the highland regions of Australia- where hot weather while possible is not a guarantee. I grew up with the loveliest weather for Christmas- usually warm, but not really hot and a hot meal in the middle of the day was welcome. However I always needed at least a cardigan if not a warm jacket or jumper once the sun went down. However I always knew to have winter woollies on hand in case of a cold snap. The first year my parents moved to the town I grew up in, it snowed Christmas Day. Thank the lord I did not ever experience that. I like my warm/hot Christmases.
@@brontewcat I'm with you on that. People in my little town still talk about when it snowed Christmas Day, I don't know how long ago it was, but people in their 20s remember it, at least. We left hot and humid Sydney for our little town out west, and higher up, and love not sweating each summer, and sometimes, like last summer, sometimes needing to put trackies on, or put the electric blanket on, on low. Yeah, as you say, you do get the odd day, but it's not as bad as the low lands in how hot it gets, nor does it last an eternity, a day for two perhaps, and then it's back to the more mild 'normal', and you get that relief once the sun goes down.
@@arokh72 Which town is that? I am thinking somewhere like Oberon.
@@brontewcat bingo :)
Great video mate!
Thanks mate
Perth's where it's at mate.. grew up not wearing shoes except to go to work.. lotta Aussies got soles like leather.. ...and I still struggle to not swear in front of Mum.. 😬
AFL is a version of Gaellic football, common in Ireland.
In fact, the two codes will often switch players as the codes are so similar.
I do love your videos. Cheers mate.
About the football thing, there are many varieties of football around the world: Association football, Rugby football, American Football, Canadian Football, Australian football, etc. Usually the most popular variety in any given country is simply called "football" in that country. Soccer is a slangy abbreviation for "Association football", used in countries where it is not the most popular variety of football. FIFA is the French-language acronym for "Fédération internationale de football association", or to translate into English, International Federation of Association Football.
Great summary, even better beard!
Yummy, yummy, yum yum, potato bake.. 😋😍 An Australian tradition passed from parents to their children for generations..
Come to Washington if you want to see how the weather affects peoples attitude, and make sure to check out Seattle too
Never liked Frasier
You nailed it mate!
Thanks
Some of these are Queenslander thing.
Plenty of shops open after 9pm weekdays and more so on weekend down here in Melbourne.
Also rare to see barefoot down here.
Your appreciation of the potato bake is flattering 😂 Ty for making me appreciate everything I take for granted 💜🇦🇺
Your movement patterns reminds me a bit of Karl Urban’a performance in The Boys, dig it.
I'll take that as a complement 😉
You got G'day spot on at 0.18 and that's good enough for me.
Onya Brian
Honestly only un aussie places don't offer sauce with like pies. Most rural places all include it and it is kind of frowned upon to charge extra for it. It is slowly getting worse though. Also the biggest culture shock is the city vs country. They are basically different worlds here.
Also with footy we have soccer shoes (studs) so I take them off in shops after a game or training
christmas is usualy hot in darwin asnd nth QLD, it usualy around low to mid 20s, the hot weather is usualy jan and february.
I'm glad you love my home town of Brisbane.
😂 loved it
welcome fellow Aussie friend
Hello from
Melbourne 🇦🇺
If you want to understand Australian Rules Football and your background is in one of the other codes, it's pretty easy. Just throw away half the rules of the game you're familiar with and you'll be pretty much there.
Aim for the goal and miss? No problem, you can have a consolation prize. Positional play? Yeah, nah. Worried about getting red-carded / sent off? AFL might just be the game for you.
So much potential. Just forget everything you think you know 😄 🤣
The rules of the game are that there are no rules, the little fuckers in their green/yellow shirts just like to blow the whistle sometimes.
Love this!!! Welcome to Australia mate!!! We'll convert you the best game in the world...AFL!!
Here to be converted
don’t worry i’m australian and i don’t understand how afl works either! of course, i’m not very sporty so that’s probably why
The sauce thing varies over time, sometimes free and sometimes a cost is applied. Being really old I’ve seen sauce costs go up and down. It is probably set by government. Yes I have no life.
I'm British too, would love to come live and work in Australia. loved this XD
Tomato sauce and tomato ketchup are similar but different condiments.
Eh. We close early because we don't have the population/customer base to make extended hours profitable outside city centres or fast food chains.
In Victoria, even out in regional areas, supermarkets, kmart and maccas are often open 24 hours. Even after 11 years it still frustrates me now I live in WA that they don't even have Sunday trading in the majority of places. FFS.
And bugger is such a mild curse it isn't considered sweary, there's a famous car ad where the whole thing is people (and a dog) just saying bugger, the ad ran any time of the day. I'm sure it's probably on TH-cam somewhere.
WA Sunday trading llam to 5.30pm in Shopping centres and various lare night and 24 hr supermarkets and chemists dotted around the place.
huh?? WA has Sunday trading, all the shopping centres are open including the CBD
BC Effing fun is a good Ad too.
Why does anywhere need to be open on Sunday
"there's a famous car ad where the whole thing is people (and a dog) just saying bugger, the ad ran any time of the day. I'm sure it's probably on TH-cam somewhere."
This would be the ad you're looking for m8🙂(Toyota Hilux ad): th-cam.com/video/CPYmtEQiG18/w-d-xo.html
What a great video