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Befriending magpies is one of the most rewarding pastimes. I put out food and water for them and have two families of them. We all love each other, and their warbling calls are just beautiful. Note that I only occasionally give out a very small amount of mincemeat in the shape of tiny worms... Mostly I put out a birdseed mix. They never swoop me or anyone I'm with, in fact they're more likely to swoop down next to me to see what I'm doing or to ask for food..
Same here. Our maggies bring their new babies every year to the front garden to show them off - and, of course, get some food.
Oh PS: Yes, everyone says "rego" 🙃
My little Grandmother used to hand feed Pee-wee's in the mornings, she'd have minced beef in the fridge to give to them 🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️👣❤️❤️❤️
I LOVE this..mince as worms, brilliant, gonna try it.😊
They used to eat right from my hand. (not any more because I live in a high rise in Surfers Paradise now)
agreed. feed them once and they are friends for life.
I've got an old Australian trick for being safe from snakes while walking through the bush. Walk heavily, make your presence known to the snake. If you trick them into thinking a big animal is coming they'll be like nah I don't wanna be crushed, gotta go! Most snake bites happen when you startle each other
People don't get killed by snakes in Australia anywau
That may work for a red belly or some other timid snakes but a death adder is not gonna move away so you gotta watch where you step. And a bloody brown snake will chase you down if he is pissed. They are the ones you really need to worry about.
true. In summer I bush walk with a stick belting the ground so they know I am coming.
Unless you heavily step on a snake then you will surely get bitten. Just keep your eyes peeled when your around any scrubby/bushy area vigilance is all you need to stay safe from snakes
I lived in the Botswana - Kalahari desert as well as other African Countries and never used sun glasses, hats or sunscreen. You could even sleep in the sun. Not once did I ever get sun burnt... Not until I moved to Australia where in the 2nd week I got sunburnt everywhere including my armpits. That's a special kind of hell! You learn very quickly to respect the sun here.
I can totally relate I got so tan in a outdoor pool!😂
Wow! That makes me feel better that I get suburnt within standing 10 minutes outside (I'm very pale). I knew something must be different here!
I feel you, I used to sit under the mid day sun ☀️ in east central Africa, Tanzania 🇹🇿, but now I’m vitamin D deficient, due to being scared of the Australian ☀️
I am an Australian and I have lived in Australia for more than 70 years, I only occasionally wear sunglasses (and it's not for sun protection) and never wear sunscreen....and have never been sunburned....cos I am not STUPID, same reason I have never been bitten by a snake, a spider, a Shark or a Crocodile, I have never been killed crossing the street either, so not sure what your point is?
Never even been outside Australia and I'm as white as it comes and I never wear sunnies or sunscreen.
Ryan, love your work. You will be ready to come here when you can accurately translate the phrase "Shazza and Dazza played Accadacca on the way to Macca's" 🇭🇲
bloody good one.. thanks
Keep doing this. I love you and your family’s interest in my country and your reactions are bloody hilarious!
Sparky is electrician , Chippy is a carpenter . See you’re pronouncing Canberra correctly now lol
sounds very cute 😄
5:12 The crosswalk sound is definitely NOT for the deaf people😅
Hilarious
our pedestrian crossing buttons actually are though, that's what the video he reacted to was about, how inclusive they are for everyone, including Deaf, Blind & Deaf Blind & even guide dogs!
In the comedy series on radio called How Green was my Cactus, when they covered the discovery of Australia (Cactus Island) they had Captain Cook describing the great southern land to the King. The first thing he says is the sun is so bright it can actually cast shadows😊 yeah, I’ve lived in the UK, I get it 😂
Oh I miss that program. Used to be a highlight of the morning getting ready for school.
I so loved How Green Is My Cactus!!
If you're on a beach patrolled by life guards there are shark alarms & shark spotters to give warning. Some beaches are netted to prevent the shark from coming near swimmers.
Shark attacks usually occur at unpatrolled beach & on people swimming or surfing alone.
Spotters and alarms for crocs too up north.
The last time I was swooped by a magpie was in 1990. It swooped me once, then I turned around with my bag and waited. Its next attempt was thwarted when I swiped at it with my bag. It tried one more time, then told its mates never to mess with me again. And that is my legend origin story.
Australia is so huge. You want the natural wonders of the outback, and to see the native animals. I highly recommend you find one state with a great nature reserve/zoo, with tours of reptile houses, or whatever. Maybe do two states at most in the one visit. I really think you want to be here for more than a week if you're going to travel between states without exhausting yourself. Also get really good weather advice for the area. It can be close to freezing in the deserts areas at night time. It matter what season, and what area of what state you're going to.
Hey Ryan, I live in Western Australia. The melting bitumen road is true, I've seen it. It was 45°C though and it ripped up from the weight of a large turning truck.
We would pop the bitumen bubbles as kids .
Seen it in SA too.
Yes, I’m in WA, and I’ve seen the melting bitumen.
I still remember running across a car park as a kid with no shoes. By the time I reached the shop my feet were a patchwork of black with lumpy tar stuck to them and pink from missing skin - fun times! 😂
Magpie attacks are unavoidable unless you hibernate during swooping season which is longer than 6 weeks, more like 10. Butcherbirds are close relatives of magpies and share that swooping habit. Getting to know them will mean they won't swoop but there's a lot more magpies out there than you'll ever get to know so you're safe if you only walk around your home. They say you should just avoid them but you never know where they are until they snap at your ears. The further you walk or cycle, the more likely you will be swooped, unless go the same places every time so you get to know where they are. But don't be too afraid of them, not all of them want your blood or eyeballs.
I always wear a hat when out walking - works for both sun and magpies.
I’ve been swooped by a plover as well. Usually they are on the ground because they lay their eggs on the ground so they will charge you if you go near their nest but I wasn’t even close to the nest just headed towards it and got swooped.
I’m subscribing, I love these videos, and you Ryan, who probably won’t see this, are such a lovely humble American. This is nice to see.
So, I live right on the east coast of Australia and have never seen a shark. Not to say they aren’t around as we have helicopters that do checks. Apparently they tend to be more active at dawn and dusk so I avoid the ocean at those times. I have seen seals and dolphins though.
I’ve never been swooped by a magpie, but I feed them whenever I see them and love their song 🥰 I have been charged by a Plover though, but they call your bluff. They are just protecting their babies as they lay their eggs on the ground. Stupid things.
I jaywalk all the time! I’ve never been fined for it. It probably only happens when the cops get bored or doing their regular revenue raising 😒
I do admit I’d be terrified of swimming up North Queensland during box jellyfish season and I would not go near croc infested waters uh uh no way.
If you do ever visit the outback, be sure to invest in a hat with built in fly cover. I promise you will thank ‘some person who mentioned in the comments section once’ for it haha . Those lil fkers stick to you like their lives depend on it.
And don’t worry too much about the killer sun 🌞 we do have air con over here lol and awesome water fun 😁
I just watched a video I think you’ll love. A beginners guide to Australian football. It’s very accurate and succinct. It actually explains the rules very well and it’s the best one of these I’ve seen.
In Far North Queensland there are some v scary animals. The one that seems most insidious and has hurt alot of people recently are the ‘Irukandji’. These tiny jellyfish are so dangerous and nearly invisible.
yup, they're the invisible ones to worry about, waters in Australia are too clear for sharks to be invisible
Don't forget the Blue Ringed Octopus, the Box Jellyfish and the Stone Fish - even the humble Bluebottle Jellyfish can give you a nasty sting.
@@alurker3985 Blue ringed octopus like cooler waters, can't give all the deadly ones to FNQ :) Tourists can just go to the rockpools at Bondi for the quickest access to the deadly ones :) (octopus). FNQ do have cone snails though, which have the same venom type as the octopus
Hi Ryan. It was so hot in Eastern Victoria Monday, my phone told me it couldn't use the camera due to the heat 🤣 I also have an email Folder called REGO 👍
Ryan, we Aussies here down under have a slang term for everything.
Im in Midland, Perth. The new shopping centre carpark melted just before Christmas . Wasn't even that hot 38c
Sorry to hear you live in midland. My condolences 😂
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 im not actually midland (midvale), but too close for my liking
@@Lnch4ALion I worked at the old pub there in midvale back in the late 80s to cover a mates shifts for a while.. Some nut cases around then
You can do all that in Canberra, dodging kangaroos on the road etc... I volunteer at a hospital where there are about 200 kangaroos lying in the sun all around the grounds early in the morning.
Is that on lake burley griffin?
@@shauna1103 No, but you'll find them there too, it's at the new teaching hospital, on the grounds of the University of Canberra in Bruce. I've also seen the odd 3 or 4 quite often around the ANU in the city.
Love your family. Love your comments “The Emu Wars” kept me laughing for days.
You are not judging us.
No one has talked about Goannas. When you have a BBQ the reptile can come out but all it wants is a sausage. Can grow up to 5ft . But not aggressive.
I live in Far North Queensland in a little town in the rainforest. We can swim in creeks and crater lakes here as we are on the tablelands and crocs can’t climb mountains, yet. But we do have freshies, fresh water crocs, they are ok to swim with.
Ryan, you grow up here learning about sharks, you avoid swimming at dusk and dawn and after flooding when dirty water drains into the ocean. It’s not fool proof but it helps and we have shark alert apps, the choppers and planes can see them from the air and report them close to beaches.
The jaywalking thing isn't really true. In NSW you have to use a crossing if you're within 20m of one and only cross when the green man is on where relevant but otherwise you can just cross when it's safe
actually australia sunscreen spf is stronger and works way better than most. if i remember your guys spf 30 is kinda like our spf 15 (do correct me if i'm wrong) and our spf 30 is like your spf 50
So. About that only two dangerous spiders in Australia bit. It's true for the most part. But other spiders will leave you quite sick. Also one of those dangerous spiders, the redback is actually a fairly common spider, that hides in wood piles and in small enclosed spaces. So moving and doing garden stuff makes gloves a must. Another horrid spider that is also common is the whitetail which hangs about inside your house and their bite makes you quite unpleasantly sick. Killed one of those just last night.
Yes all correct. We don’t use cossies or swimmers, we do say togs but mostly Bathers. Get your bathers on we’re goin’ to the beach.
Rego, yes we use it a lot, I do rego’s at work for farm tractors and I the 4 folders I use are labelled ‘Rego Transfers’ ‘Rego Cancellations’ ‘ New Rego’s’ etc, email folder called ‘Rego’s’ hahah
Not so much the heat That burns you, its the high UV rating.
Ozone layer - it's not so much that the sun is hotter, it's that it has more UV in it.
The past couple of weeks we’ve been having a few insanely hot days down here and the other morning I had a quick look at the real time world temperature map. Here in Adelaide South Australia at 9:30am it was 31 degrees Celsius, at that point of time the hottest place on planet earth!
um it's called SUMMER!!!!!! It's normal for Australia to be the hottest place on the planet in summer!
Highest this month 40.6°C 14th
Highest on record 46.1°C 12th 1939
Average this month 31.3°C +2.7°C
Long-term average 28.6°C
I wasn’t having a whinge about the heat though, I was actually proud and I think the comment I made was me bragging subconsciously.
@@sadchimp8567 I thought you were implying it was unnaturally hot for the area & I'm thinking, that's just your normal summer temperatures there.... & I'm jealous btw, I love the heat too. Been ok the last couple of weeks in Sydney, but not at the levels you're getting there unfortunately :(
Carpenter - Chippy
Electrician - Sparky
Plumber - Pipey (also known as Floaters and Dunny Divers)
Bricklayer - Bricky
Truck Drivers - Truckie
Motorbike gang - Bikey
Barbecue - Barbie
Can of Beer - Stubbie
Sunglases - Sunnies
Can of beer is a tinnie
Don't let this Pommy clown scare you off coming to OZ. I live in a small country town in South East Australia, and avoid the cities like the plague. I enjoy living amongst the animals, and there is abundamce of wild birds here. We had a King Parrot land on our patio furniture yesterday. He did not pay any atention to us and remained here for about 0 minutes. It was extremely hot yesterday and I think he might have been looking for a cool libation. We hand feed a colony of wild Kookaburras regularly. The Alpha male we have named Spike. Occassionally an Echidna drops in as do Koalas from time to time. One took up residency in a large Manor gum in or back yard, and did not like it when I was tending to the garden. He just sat up there throwing any debris he could grab and threw it at me. We were having problems with domestic cats, but he soon cleared them off. A family of magpies tried to take food from the colony of Kookaburras, this caused the "Kookies" to beat the shit out of the "Maggies", and we have not seen the "Maggies" since.
We also have a pair of Blue tonged lizards, which do a great job of gobbling up any mosquitoes (Mozzies) and flies around the -place, as well as keep any snakes at bay. The female is called Lizzy, and she has been with us for years.
We obviosly sound different to what we write, as an American who was staying with us, several years ago, attempted to write something down as he thought that we would say it, and it sounded very strange. If you want to take a look at our set up, I have a post on TH-cam. Just type in "Yea Valley Garden Railway" qnd this will give you a look at our garden set up.
Lance and Regina (Dutch) Adams, South East rural australia.
Magpies are the sweetest cutest birds for 10 months of the year so it makes up for it.I have many that visit and eat from my hand and my dog is cool with them.. Last time i was swooped i was riding my bike past an apartment block and i literally thought some asshole had thrown a rock at my ear. They draw blood.
Eucalypts don't spontaneously combust, but when they catch fire, the eucalyptus oils in the leaves make them burn fiercely.
Jaywalking is normally applied only to cases of crossing within a short distance from a provided crossing.
Quite a few years ago now. Tv crews interviewed the commissioner of police in our state, and in it they caught him jaywalking. He realised it and copped the fine.
In Victoria we can cross the road on foot if we are 20 metres from a pedestrian crossing. That's about the length of a small tram, not far.
I’m quite a pale Australian, but I don’t get sunburnt often. It takes about 10 minutes to start burning- but no bubble wrap here.
How often do we say "rego"? At least once a year. :D
Yeah when rego needs to be renewed. Ha
Yeah, the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica that extra UV rays come through and hit Australia.
Which is why one could get more sun burnt on a cloudy day down south than a sunny day up here in the tropics.
Ryan seems like a genuine bloke.l enjoy watching him.👀 l have 25 Maggie's hanging around my house they follow me up the street when l walk my dog 🐕
The reason the sun burns you so much in Aus, particularly southern Aus, is because there is hardly any ozone there. Also, you need to reapply the sunscreen if you are in the sun for more than 2 hours - even if you use the SPF 50 sun screen. So many English spend a day in the sun and get the bejesus burnt out of them and then say, “But I put sun screen on!”
I know someone that has been attacked by a shark, another bitten by a snake and another who’s dad was attacked by a croc in his tent and the son had to gouge its eyes he won a bravery award)… for context I grew up in the north, I’ve also been followed by min min lights driving through central Australia.
To clarify about spiders... there's only two venomous spiders that are deadly enough to humans, however there are others which pose irritation and possibly necrotic bacterial infection....
My father and grandfather used to tell the following story that is TRUE! My great grandfather, grandfather and father were pulled up by a policeman for j-walking in Brisbane. The policeman was writing a ticket for each of them. My great grandfather's name was George, my grandfather's name was George Joseph and my father's name was Leslie George. They all gave their name as George! The policeman closed his ticket book and said "The sergeant is not going to believe this, don't do it again." Tbat story has lasted 5 generations so far.
Yes, a lot of our tradies (tradesmen) have slang names: chippy (carpenter), sparky (electrician), bricky (bricklayer). Funnily enough, plumbers aren't one of these. My suggestion: drippy.
I've lived in Las Vegas and being born here the temps are as high but here in Australia you get 3rd degree burns ozone layer is probably what the difference is
here in QLD if you are 20 m from a marked crossing you can cross if safe to do so. these laws are state based.
I did the conversion when he said it gets to 94 in Indiana, yeaaaaaah- that’s pretty average for most of Australia in summer- I k is that when I went to school, we weren’t sent home unless it went above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) anf that’s in a relatively cooler part of Australia- it often gets between 40-50 Celsius in many places (105-122 Fahrenheit)
It’s dependant on the state! I live in WA (western Australia) and never seen any one nor heard of some one getting a jay walking fine! I’ve never had 1 and I’m 45+.
I'd love to see you fight a magpie that has zoomed in on you🤣🤣,
But, they are brilliant birds, memories for years.
I still feed a family of those fellas, 15 generations onwards, swoop everyone that are new, or aggressive towards them, but not me or my family, they will come chill out with me in swooping season..... So good😎
I live in a small town next to other small towns in South Australia. I think we have like 9,000 people living here but the town over has like half that. Never lived in a city so wouldn’t know what it’s like.
I’ve travelled throughout a bit of Australia and lived in some of the main cites. And I’m saying it now, the Gold Coast is probably the best. If it’s a bit too hot then live in Melbourne. Gold Coast is the best tho, especially the beach. The outback is so overrated. Maybe good for holidays but not for living
The heat in Australia is not that bad, it's people from overseas that make it like that. Why doesn't Ryan do winter in Australia some places gets very cold ECT.
I SHOULD POINT OUT Northern Australia has only two season and that is wet and dry no matter what the temp is it near the same all year round most time, yet anyone can quote me on that.
Hi from Bundaberg Australia, Ryan you would not want to fight a large kangaroo, they levitate on their tail and rip your stomach open.
A brick layer is, if course, a brickie. A person who collects rubbish is a garbo, and those gorgeous, swooping, protected birds are often called Maggie's. (We don't have guns). 😁
40’c is nice only if it’s a dry heat. If it become humid it’s uncomfortable
Some words are regionalised... like cossie, togs, swimmers, DPs, Budgie Smugglers, boardies, etc.
Sun awareness is not about heat, it's about UV radiation. Even on cooler cloud days there can still be a UV rating of over 12. For example, tomorrow is only a top of 22C (71F) but a UV of 12.
in Aus 30+SPF sunscreen for a long time was the strongest allowed (or recommended). I think now they recommend 50+ - but for some reason they discourage (or even disallow?) anything stronger....
Happy arvo mate
Swimming at beaches should be between the flags. Surf lifesavers keep an eye out for sharks, jellyfish, rips etc and say where it's safe to swin
We had 36 degrees here today (96.8f) and the UV index was 13 (extreme) it was damn hot 🥵 and I’m in western Sydney
34 in northern Sydney.
I believe it! Inland always hotter. I'm lucky I live near the ocean, same when I lived in Sydney. 25° in south east Queensland. Can't remember if it's even hit 30 degrees this summer yet. We've had months of 23-27 degrees. Yet if you believe the stereotypes it's "always" hot in Qld lol. Nope, that's FNQ. South east is a different matter. When I lived in Sydney for a decade until 2021, I experienced more 40+ days than I did growing up in Queensland.
We do have humidity here though 👎 though so does Sydney. Yeah the UV is a killer. Its always high very high or extreme lately.
A few years back, the UV index was regularly 16. Not sure what it is now as a regular thing, the Tongan volcano would have impacted that & the la nina stuff probably does as well but yeh, was definately a regular 16 for weeks on end.
I'm 7th generation Aussie & even though I have British skin, seems like somewhere along the lines my body's adapted to the Aussie sun, cause I don't burn with a UV index of 12 or lower. 13-14, I'll burn if I spend hours in the sun unprotected in the middle of the day, without previous sun exposure during that year, 15 & above I just burn! I took a lot of notice of the UV indexes many years ago & of what my body was doing in relation to them & that was what I found, was interesting :). I think uv indexes are standardised around the world too, so Ryan might be able to use that to see how Australia compares, is a great measurement to bring up. I just had a quick look & apparently the average UV in Florida in summer is 7. I don't think I've ever seen it below 8 in Sydney in late spring to autumn & looking it up, Sydney's summer average is 10
@@mehere8038 yeah I was born in Australia to Scottish parents and lived in Scotland for 26 years. Been back in Oz for over 5 years now and my skin hasn’t adapted lol I had 50+ sunscreen on yesterday and work 99% of the day under a gazebo and I still got burnt yesterday lol anything over UV 6-7 and i need sunscreen 😳
@@bigoz1977 yikes! I've got Scottish somewhere in my family too obviously, based on my last name :) & tbh, that's the side of my family with the darkest skin, but I'm totally adapted.
I used to use sunscreen, but steadily developed allergies/chemical sensitivities to them all, being left with only zinc cream that I could use without issues, then when spf ratings were allowed to be 30 instead of 15, zinc got re-formulated to reach the new rating & I lost the ability to use it :( So I just have to do a graded exposure in spring (as in make sure I spend at least 1-2 days uncovered in the sun when the UV rating's reasonable) to prevent severe burning if accidentally exposed when it's really hot, but once I have some exposure, then I can mostly wear clothing etc for protection & of course, always a hat but yeh, if it's 12 or below, I can be out in it for hours & go straight to brown without burning, even without any sunscreen at all, even with pure UK heritage.
I do use an Australian bush flower essence "solaris", which is basically a homeopathic, no idea if that really helps or not & if so how much, (you could try it & see if it helps if you want to, it does seem to consistently help in treating sunburn I've found with people I've sprayed it onto the skin of with sunburn - takes the itch & sting out of the burn) I really just don't burn though, not below 12, above 12 I do, I go totally lobster very quickly if it's 15 or 16, mini-lobster at 13 or 14
I think the quality of the air affects the severity of the sun / burn. The eucalyptus trees can definitely spontaneously combust is extreme heat. It’s does due to the dry leaves which hold oil ( eucalyptus oil)
It's didn't even occur to me that rego wasn't used everywhere....that's how much we use the word rego
"She'll be right" is used to express that things will work out all right, not a worry.
But I have always hoped that customers of a work colleague never understood the business name he had from teen age years. He had with two friends a marine enge, outboard and inboard engine maintenance business registered as 'SBR Engineering' that was doing OK for some 13 years at that time. His private business income exceeded his working income in automotive product engineering.
The SBR of the business name stands for "She'll Be Right" a rather cheeky name, more fitting for a very shady shonky low trustworthy operation than a quality good business. Well they did get sued, in the time I had him as a co worker. Leading to collapse of that business. A large dual engine repair went sour, as the engines, both failed a month after they did a major maintenance overhaul, the luxury cruiser needed rescue before loss on a rocky coast drifting without engines, and towing back to port at considerable cost. I do not know details, but there were issues of claimed faulty workmanship. Not by any of the business owners but two employed mechanics.
She'll be Right just did not serve well in that case.
Magpies are amazing creatures. They are only swooping because they are defending their nests/areas. Can’t argue with that. And definitely don’t like the “self defence” comment just because they swoop :/
They are very smart birds and I’m glad they are protected. They can make tools and figure out puzzles, they recognise/remember faces, so if they’ve swooped you before, you’re likely to be swooped again. So don’t go messing with maggies.
Just steer clear of their areas and you’re good 👌
I befriended a couple of maggies years ago at my TAFE. Beautiful creatures. I’d occasionally give them a big of the meat from my sandwich and they’d sit next to me or at my feet.
I also take care of a lot of baby maggies (among other rescue wildlife) at work (24hr vet clinic). Usually WIRES take care of the wildlife, but baby magpies and crows come in so often, that they don’t really pick them up anymore so we end up taking care of them.
Chippy = carpenter
Sparky = electrician
Tradie = tradesman
Butcher birds and plovers will also attack during breeding season. I stopped my local butcher birds from attacking me by feeding them
if a magpie is to vicious the rangers can move it. but to be effective they have to move it over 250km away or else it can navigate its way back. rarely do they have to put one down unless it has done a major injury ie blinded someone in one eye.
I work for Rego-Man in NSW! LOL
Mount Connor before you get near Uluru…. Gotcha!
Good to hear you pronounce Canbra right
I love our Magpies, on our property we have a little family who we have befriended with Meal worms, also REGO is common;y used, I got pulled over for a Breath test and even the Cop said we are just doing a quick Rego check. LOL I truly didn't realise how much we actually shorten our words, it just seems normal to us.
The SUN, the burning hot ball of fire (literally), I live in regional Queensland and the flaming ball is torture. This pale skinned chickie is well aware of the dangers and when I am out on the slasher, not 1 inch of skin is visible, large hat, long pants and sleeves, socks and boots and gloves.
The boots are mostly when i have to walk around the paddock, and stomp around like a drunk giant to let the "nope ropes" (AKA Snakes) know I don't want to see them.
Jay walking fines..Think thats a 'city' thing..Here in Geelong we cross roads wherever we can safely😁 & cops dont care. A crossing sound for deaf people?..Think you fluffed that Ryan..Its for visually impaired..but we know what you meant🤔🙄🤣 Yep gum trees combust under extreme heat. I feed my adopted wild magpie family evey day..yes they do recognize & remember you & tell their mates!😊 Why say a long word when you can shorten it! Happy Arvo😉😁
Can confirm magpies will swoop harder when you run
We ( Australians) do not have guns, ‘at the end of the day’ ! Forget guns! Also, do not take on a kangaroo, unless you want your intestines wrapping your ankles!
The Ozone layer is a bit of a weird one.
I don't believe for one second it's pollution that destroyed it. (Where's the pollution? It's at the equator)
I have a theory that the temperature at the Antarctic is to blame.
Put it this way, I've never heard the phrase "Car Registration" in my life
Yep, SPF100, look at the guys playing cricket and see the zinc cream on their noses. Most of us grew up having zinc cream put on the same and being lathered up in 30+ SPF by our mums. Jay-walking....in the city you may get busted, everywhere else cops just don't give a shit. The best places to live is about 50-100km out of a city. You get great public transport and able to get to the city within about 30-60mins and get to be in close to rural or beach areas. Most wildlife in Australia will run away when they see us. I live 100km SW of Sydney and get snakes about 2-3 times each year in the backyard, kangaroos sometime jump along the road, a few wombats, there is a few platypus in one of the local creeks, koalas in some trees about 20km away and we do get spiders hiding under rocks and always check shoes left outside. There is just so many words that we use here that are not used anywhere else. Some are derived from UK English or English slang and others from other countries, but with an Aussie twist. Every year we have to "rego" our cars....so yep, it is a word. The old street "race" term of racing for pink slips (from the US) is a bit different here. In NSW after a car is 3 years old it need a roadworthy certificate called a "Pink Slip" (it is white now) every years before you can renew the "rego". For personal insurance (covers people injured in an accident, not cars or property) we have a "Green Slip", so you need a Pinky and a Greeny for your Rego :)
fun fact, zinc cream has an spf of 15. When spf ratings were allowed to go to 30, zinc creams were re-formulated & additional ingredients added to help them reach the new 30+ level - and I've not personally been able to use any sunscreen since, cause I'm allergic to them all! Traditional zinc was the only one I could use without chemical burns
Now two crocodiles have moved 500 kms. Down the coast to Redcliffe a few kms nth of Brisbane. It will be interesting if they have babies. They are a protected species so in 20 yrs they maybe on the Gold Coast.
Most people don’t realise that there’s a massive hole in the ozone above Australia
Aussie doesn’t have self protection laws as such, we can fight back but as soon as you’ve contained them you have to stop (people that is)
J walking doesn't exist.. It's called "Not cross road in most direct manner". Which means just walk across the bloody road, don't go on a walk about in the middle of the road. Kinda makes sense yeah?
Yeah eucalyptus trees likes to start fires to remove competition, as they're largely fireproof. We also sold or gifted I can't remember which thousands of them to California, they're a likely cause for their forest fires. Sorry about that...
Not many Australians know this but the ground bound curlew in far north Queensland sounds like a child being murdered in the middle of the night
5:09 "The sound for deaf people"
😂😂😂😂
There is a dimishing ozone hole in the atmosphere because CFCs were banned. The UV rays are still harsh.
I have been "Jaywalking"for nigh on 60 years and have never been fined or killed, I do it for 2 reasons one it is safer, I would rather trust myself to cross when there is no traffic rather than trust drivers to stop on a red light by walking when I get a green light and the second reason is I do not like to press the button and make traffic stop just for me, I feel that just ain't good for the environment, making cars come to a stop and idle while I walk across, then have to accelerate and burn even more fuel, I would rather let them go and cross after them when I know the coast is clear, I like to do everything I can to reduce my carbon footprint and that is just one thing I do, Of course if it is a busy non stop traffic road then I will wait and cross with others when we get a green light, I never press the button just for me
Magpies are super crazy and they really hurt.
REGO is the ONLY WORD USED - NEVER registration.
Aussie bush toilet look all around works wonders until the snake dropped into my lap learned to also look up
There's more then 2 deadly spiders but yeah I've never known anyone who got seriously ill from a spider bite
And I'm 40
Something else to check out that can keep ou on your toes.
Spur winged plover australia
tradie - tradesman, sparkie electrition, chippie - carpenter
I'm not so afraid of the magpies because they are easy to befriend, it's the plovers that terrify me
We speak of car registration enough that we feel we need to shorten it, it's a big bill for some
Ryan, for a look at life outside our cities, check out “our farm life”AUS. A young farmer from NSW called Lachie has a great TH-cam channel.
Ryan do a show on South Australia where I live