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 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?
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" 🙃
And generally loves australia, Like iwrocker, Both great channels and i love watching them react to aussie content, Even if they some how react to a similar video its the reaction i love, Like with maggies they are so shocked a bird will dive bomb you so fearlessly and yet as a kid we used to run past the nests to get swooped and see who could make it past with the less attacks and damage. Id always win cuz i have a secret to them, it includes food, obviously, you feed the maggies in your area from young or during mating season they wont attack you. second thing is, and this is the main one, stop moving, Watch were they are and as soon as one goes for you, head towards it and try grab it, sounds silly but they back off real quick, they watch you from the trees but know you arent to be messed with, Thats one bird, The emu is different, run away and climb a tree or it can and will kill you, You wont out run it by any means, but it will know you dont mean harm, It may not care hence the tree but yeah. Funny thing about emus is if you lay on your back and pretend to cycle like riding a bike you will get a heard of them to come over, Not aggressive but curious like whats this thing
Rego is a term everyone uses, almost no one says registration. I always carry an umbrella in swooping season and keep my eyes peeled. Then I use it to shield me from attacks. For the most part, no one carries a gun around in Australia. And you would be charged. Many beaches have nets up to stop sharks and other places have a helicopter circling the water around the beach to watch for sharks.
@@Ainzleeriddell I presently have five juvenile maggies that I say hello to as walk out the of the driveway every morning. We have about twenty around my place (within 200 metres there is a 15metre high tree where they live). I do get woken up with a chorus of them in the morning - it is great.
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
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.
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
Hey Ryan! :D One thing about spf30+. When we first became aware of the ozone hole over antarctica the government through its science arm, the CSIRO researched sun block and found that after spf 30, more numbers meant very little so mandated that no one could advertise sun block as having anything greater than 30(+).
@@tlihdsnm26947 yup, it's now up to spf50, which means most companies just re-branded their sunscreen from spf 30 to spf 50, since they were already spf50's, but only allowed to call them spf 30. Most nowadays are not doubt way above spf 50 too
Secret to avoiding sunburn?.....Stay out of the sun in the middle of the day. Wear appropriate clothing. I haven't used conventional sunscreen for decades.....it's toxic.
Magpie’s live for over 20yrs and have great memories. They won’t attack people they know or have their nests near or in your yard. We have 3 regular magpies we feed every afternoon
We have the same ones come back year after year and they bring their young to meet us (naturally because we feed them!). They walk up to our garage to say hello. And their song is beautiful.
@@buchinsku Yep correct 👍😄 way back in 2002, in the days of the old Nokia and Ericssons camera phones, That's as far back as the word can be traced. Out of the hundreds of words that we shorten and throw an, ie, o, or y at the end, I think selfie is really the only one that actually went global.
@@kirk5152 hmm I'd never actually made the connection that selfie was Aussie slang till you said that. Makes perfect sense though, learn something new everyday :)
@@mehere8038 Yea, I'd feel more proud if the world was saying mozzies and sunnies for mosquito and sunglasses. But the world of social media is so vein and self obsessed so not surprised the word "selfie" took off!!!
@@kirk5152 I guess those words are too old & terms established in other places before they heard the Aussie version, whereas in an internet/ social media age, they were able to pick up the more convenient Aussie slang at the origins of the word/invention, plus stuff like mozzies, they probably mostly experience when holidaying to more tropical places, where there's probably a range of slang terms in use to mess with things Probably more surprising would be that they haven't really picked up terms like budgie & in the US, they stupidly don't even call it a budgerigar, but try to call it a "parakeet" instead, with parakeet actually being the name for any small parrot, so on par with calling a cocky a "parrot". They also call gallahs "rose breasted cockatoos", which again I find weird & quite frankly wrong, given those are Aboriginal words, I feel like the original word should be used & go with the animal when it's exported. Same with 'koala BEARS" too, although I kinda get that one more than the bird names, renaming a budgerigar to a generic small parrot name reeks of US denial of other cultures to me, kinda like how they claim wifi & the internet & everything else as "their" inventions
Generally Jaywalking is limited to crossing the road within 20 meters of a set of lights or pedestrian crossing. Often this is applied if you do not cross in a safe and timely manner and you need to be crossing at right angles to the road, not on an odd diagonal path.
I was fined for jaywalking in Parramatta about 7 years ago. I crossed against the “Don’t walk” and the copper walked straight over with his fine book. I demonstrated that it was safe as it was a one way Street and the other street still had the green for traffic, too no avail! 😢
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" 🇭🇲
Thank you so much for all these videos Ryan! I'm from Melbourne Australia and somehow randomly stumbled upon your channel. I'm now watching all the old ones every morning before work and they're putting me in the best mood! Thank you so much! Good Arvo! 😂😂💖😊
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!
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.
PS Magpies are hilarious, intelligent, have quite the personality, very friendly with the neighbours that live around them and trusting them not to interfere with their nests and babies, and their singing is called carolling because it is just gorgeous! Having them live nearby is a treat.
really? After I went to Kakadu & then got chatting with some locals, they laughed & told me they call it "Kakadon't" cause it's not worth it. tbh the Daintree didn't impress me that much either, but I was there not that long after a cyclone. There was a rainforest somewhere on the NSW coast, north of Sydney that I saw as a kid/teen & found much more impressive than the Daintree tbh. The falls in Kakadu were nice, as was Yellow thingy Billabong, but not exceptional. I think the Blue Mountains are probably just as nice as those ones, especially for a tourist not used to gumtrees. Great Barrier Reef is probably my favourite Aussie place
Regarding the heat and sun in Australia - it's different in different states. The more up north you are, the more the humidity and sweating - very tropical and more like going to one of the other Asian countries. The more down south where I am the dryer it is. Although Melbourne, Victoria next to my state of Sth Australia is a pretty coldish type of state. Not as cold as Tasmania but it is cold. My state is known as the driest state on the driest continent on earth. However it's fine when the weather is mild, but when we get into the really hot weather 42 degrees C and have days of it, it's yuck. I stay inside and close all the blinds and have the air conditioning going at 22 degrees. You can't even feel the cold of the air conditioner during that period but you are not breathing in hot air. Just think a hot blow dryer in your face the minute you walk out the door.
Love your reaction vids! Snake bite are mostly no longer fatal only because of the hard work of Australians dedicated to supplying antivenom. If it wasn't for the antivenom, absolutely snake bites would be the cause of too many deaths in Australia
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 😂
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’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.
Great stuff buddy..I think we are all Aussies in chat..most of us as surprised as you about some facts..😂😂 Steve got hit in the heart with the barb of the stingray…lots get stung by stingrays but not like that. I believe Steve pulled the sting out right away also not realising just how bad it was…if you get stabbed never pull out what has stabbed you. Steve was a beautiful amazing man..
I was a first aid instructor at the time of his death & that was raised a LOT in first aid classes. Reality is that all first aid books at the time said to leave any embedded object in place EXCEPT for a stingray or stone fish barb, that should be removed immediately & then hot water used on the wound. First aid books were changed after his death, as a direct result of it, but in reality, the reasoning for the removal was sound, with most objects, you have no idea how long they are, or what they're in & they're not doing any further damage while there, but pulling them out DOES cause more damage, stab someone with a knife, knife's fine in place, but muscles spasm & tighten around it, pull it out & you cut more tissue in the process. Sting ray barb however continues to pump venom into the body after being separated from the sting ray & it's venom causes excruciating pain, but generally minimal injury, so deaths from it (and stone fish) have always been from the pain from the venom, NOT from the physical injury. Steve did the right thing, as per first aid & medical protocols at the time
@@adamhastie5718 yeh, in terms of management of bites & stings from Aussie (& probably all global) critters I have no doubt he was the expert. He would have been, not only for his own safety, but also because he was passionate about education & therefore would have wanted to educate the world on best practice in managing bites & stings too
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.
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! 😂
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.
I have never heard of anyone getting fined for jay walking....magpies are so amazing..but then so are all Aussie animals..I've been swooped once but never got attacked...he forgot ambo for ambulance...those girls and guys do such an amazing job
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.
Yep, a carpenter is a chippie (wood chips of course), an electrician is a sparky, a tradesperson is a tradie, a bricklayer - brickie, but a plumber is...a plumber (unless someone can help me out here?)
A couple of years ago, the indoor temp of my house was 46 degrees C. The day after, a medical thermometer exploded in it's case. Was a bit hotter. Yes. It gets a tad warm at times. Greetings from Dimboola, in Victoria, Australia.
Yeah. I know what you mean. A few years back I was living in a rental property without air conditioning. The landlord had removed the ancient, broken one & wanted me to pay for the new one. The temperature inside my 3 room bedsit unit got to 60 C. It was 49.8C outside. I was lucky. The lady 2 doors down came & invited me to her air conditioned home for the day.
@@lucindasavona2278how awful for you but what a beautiful neighbour - I guess a lot of aussies spend the day at the shopping centre but then then if, like me, you’re regional then that’s a bit more difficult / thank god where I live there is all ducted air con - life saving
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.
Fun fact about Magpies , they are a great mimic we have a few at work we feed and often we hear them mimicking a police siren ,a truck air horn and even our evacuation siren from when we do fire drills .
People go to safe well known beaches to swim and mainly in large cities as opposed to rural areas where there are small beaches that are not manned. You will find, for instance in Sydney, that a lot of the beaches have shark proof pools so you can do laps for instance and not worry about predators. I do recall on one of the TV show Bondi Rescue the lifesaver had to go and find a small baby shark that managed to get into the pool, but generally speaking you are pretty safe. Also we have choppers that circle around and check the main beaches for possible sharks. They patrol areas and the lifeguards can call them into their beach if someone comes up to them and says they thought they saw one and have it checked out and there are sirens and people have to get out of the water until they get the all clear.
Hi Ryan, howzit going? Speaking from the perspective of an indigenous Australian. The best deterrent from a magpie attack, is to strip a small branch from a tree, and swing it around your head. It will keep anything with wings, from attacking you.
50 plus is what we have here for sunscreen and yes 40 plus degrees is normal here for summer in Australia used to it haha oh btw visit the country parts of Australia most people forget about it or have no idea and always head to the big cities why not come to WA it’s vast of country and bush 😁
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 😁
Hi Ryan, I agree with some comments here. U should be getting opinions from Aussies. He is interesting & very entertaining but he's a pom with limited experience living here. Australia is vast & climate varies in many areas. I live on the beach in the South Coast of NSW. I do think he has omitted the more concerning bluebottle issue for beach goers & what about Jack Jumpers that are an absolute nuisance at the beach in Tassie (Tasmania). Way more common issues for a lot of Aussies than say jay walking for example. Love ur stuff mate. Look forward to it every day. 👍
The spontaneous combustion is true I'm pretty sure, also get dry lightening which starts fires. It's becoming an issue to prevent bushfires and floods. We generally have icey cold aircon everywhere to stay comfortable. Everybody jaywalks lol
@@tlihdsnm26947 Look up the Black Saturday fires for pretty shocking stuff. At least last time I looked, the info on them was much more intense than the Sydney ones, 1,500 hiroshima bombs in power apparently & over 30km spotting! I think one of the Canberra ones was where the spontaneous combustion was first filmed, but there's been more of them since & lots more reports without filming of that from fireies
Happy Arvo Ryan. (I say at 9pm lol) I subscribe to Ross's channel, enjoyed your reaction to his video. He's a nice guy with a lovely family and pretty good attitude in embracing Aussie life. I've seen him pop up on a couple of other TH-camrs channels both in Aus and the US. Maybe your paths will cross for a Collab some time. The UV radiation or intensity is higher here because as he said, the earth's orbit brings us closer to the sun in summer. About 7% higher I think. Yes there's an ozone thinning but it has been healing and that was over Antarctica, not Australia. Though it apparently did affect Tasmania which is closest to Antarctica and has intense UV. Also another factor is our low or light pollutions levels in Australia. Some of the cleanest air anywhere is in Tasmania, which means a bit less protection too. The Rego thing reminded me of a post or something I saw the other other, it was a screenshot of an American dissing Australia for saying "doco" for documentary. He called us a "deeply unserious country" hahaha. Yep Chippie is a carpenter, Sparky is an electrician, Brick layer is a Brickie, fire fighter is a firie, the post delivery person is a postie, a politician is a pollie, a truck driver is a truckie, a musician is a muso, a paramedic or ambulance officer is Ambo, the people that come and collect your garbage bins from out front of your home - that's a Garbo, a journalist is a Journo. Relatives are rellos (or rellies). Lol I'll stop because I could go on for ages. 😆
If the Earth has an Elliptical path then why is it Winter in the northern hemisphere and Summer in the southern Hemisphere (or visa versa)IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I was taught at school (in the 60's)that the Earth goes in an Elliptical orbit, satellites don't go in an Elliptical orbit or the Moon, Comets do however.
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 👍
Tasmania’s magpies don’t swoop. Lucky us. During the 1967 bush fires in Tasmania some houses and trees definitely exploded. To help avoid shark attacks no black diving suits, use coloured ones, don’t swim at dawn or dusk that’s their feeding times.
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.
@@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
About ‘spf’, manufacturers can put any number on the bottle but the reality is that the cream looses its protective nature over time, sweat, swimming etc. by having an SPF of 100 would give a false sense of security and would in fact be a bogus claim. I think the highest that manufacturers can claim is 30+. This encourages users to reapply frequently which you need to do for effectiveness.
Magpies are actually pretty chill outside of swooping season, it would be a real bad thing if anyone hurt any magpie. Magpies are very aware of what humans have to offer and will kind of hang around you if they think you have food, they’re very easy to befriend and you’ll only ever have a handful of local magpies. The best part is, if you befriend them, they won’t swoop you! They’re actually great at recognising people and you can watch all those around you get bombarded while you haven’t a worry. I’ve personally never been swooped by a magpie, in fact I make a habit of feeding them when they come round my house, if anything, it’s the butcher birds that have given me the most trouble, they like to swoop during swooping season and they aren’t so easy to befriend, not to mention they’ll swoop first and warn later, while magpies will tend to make themselves known.
What he was getting at about the elliptical path of Earth around the sun was that when you’re in the Dominican Republic you are farther away from the sun than you are when you are in Australia in the summer.
If the Earth has an Elliptical path then why is it Winter in the northern hemisphere and Summer in the southern Hemisphere (or visa versa)IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I was taught at school (in the 60's)that the Earth goes in an Elliptical orbit, satellites don't go in an Elliptical orbit or the Moon, Comets do however.
Agree on the Earth Tilt But not on an Elliptical orbit,The northern hemisphere is tilted to the Sun in summer while the Southern hemisphere is tilted away making it winter there.Autumn (fall) & Spring have a neutral tilt so climates in both North and south have similar Temperatures.
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.
@@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.
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
i live in qld and i believe that if you are more than 20 metres from a crossing, you can J walk. the only punishment is being hit by a car if you don't look both ways.
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.
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
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.
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.
Hi Ryan ,at the moment I am feeding about 6 magpies who come to visit. An interesting thing about magpies is that they imprint your face , so if you are kind , they recognise you and won't swoop !!! Very smart birds. What is the your postal address? I have a few goodies to send you. All the best. Fran 🤔🦅
I have a friend who started feeding a magpie, who eventually brought his "wife" to be fed. When they had young they would eat and take additional food back to the nest. As they grew a bit older they also visited. My friend named each magpie and they learned to trust him, sitting on the side of his chair as he brought out food. this has been happening now for over 6 years and he has met several generations. He has never had a magpie swoop and rather looks forward to the daily visits.
When I was a child, a magpie we had at a local park went for me every day I walked past. In my opinion the wing hitting you is a horrible feeling. He should also react to the inland taipan and the brown snake.
Lived my whole life in Australia (Sydney until recently) and I have never even been warned about jaywalking let alone fined for it. It's not a thing. The first time I ever heard of it was when I was a tourist in New York. Crossing the road and I hear a siren go and then a cop yelling at me through his loud speaker "YOU ARE JAYWALKING! DO NOT JAYWALK!"
They do regular blitzes in Chatswood & I'm pretty sure teh CBD too & I'm sure a few other places. Basically if there's a LOT of pedestrians in an area & a pedestrian fatality happens in said area, they will blitz the area for years after
HUGE difference about the sun and heat as you go SOUTH. The distance between Brisbane and Melbourne is 1045 miles and weather changes accordingly. Brisbane is muggy and semi tropical.
Yep. When I'm talking about paying the bills, I always say 'rego' if I have to pay the car registration. 'Servo' is another well-used word. Not many people say 'service station'.
Australia zoo would be a must for you Ryan , not far from me and is a really good day saw Steve when he was still with us and he was larger than life jumping on crocs . Some amazing birds there also !
the Stingray didn't "kill" Steve Irwin, Steve was messing with it, it didn't mean to hurt him but it has a very sharp barb with toxicity, it was actually trying to get away from Steve, he was the 3rd fatality ever recorded in Australia, but Stingrays are everywhere, not just in Australian waters, saying the Stingray killed Steve would be like shooting yourself and saying the gun did it! it was a freak accident, Steve was trying to film it and got too close
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.
I have sunburnse over my sunburns from work bc I didn't want to get into my dad's car and get the sunscreen out. It's more surprising if I go out to my dad's work or go fishing and I come back without a sunburn at this point
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.
We say a real quick greeting as you pass people out walking, like at the beach or whatever.. if ppl don't its probably a tourist. During covid i noticed ppl out walking, we all wore masks of course but we developed a cool little covid salute... ❤ its great to be an Aussie
Magpies will only swoop people if there is a perceived threat. They are really smart, and remember faces. We have 100s of them in our yard and nearby. We just feed them mealworms and have never been swooped. They come up to us and take food out of our hands. they have the most beautiful song too. Words for bathing gear are very regional.
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
Gum trees don't spontaneously explode but if a bush fire heats a bunch of them up and the eucalyptus vapour produced doesn't disperse, then it can produce a serious flare-up
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
"Rego" - how often do you say it? Well, depending on whether you can afford to pay for 3, 6 or 12 months' registration when it falls due, you might have to "renew my rego" up to four times a year. The "rego" charge includes the mandatory third party insurance fee so it's not cheap.
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)
Weather changes where you live. A country the size of mainland USA. It's like saying all weather in the USA is based on Seattle or something. Also jwalking usually you must cross at a dedicated crossing within a certain distance otherwise you can cross.
Hi Ryan. Melbourne (victoria) is the garden state. its 33c today. expecting it to be 30 to 40c the next 7 days. Like how you keep googling. meaning you have a thirst for knowledge. Keep it up.. YOU AND YOURS, stay safe
It gets hot especially northern Australia. Here in qld on a usual summer day it hits high 30s degrees Celsius but some areas higher and can be very high humidity on top of that which makes it even worse .we srs in sub tropics
Hey Ryan, tradie is any tradesperson (I added this one in)... Yes I call firefighters....firies. Carpenters and definitely chippies and I've never heard anyone say registration. I've noticed on American shows that you say refrigerator, I couldn't believe it, so long and formal. It's a fridge here. If you can make it shorter, we will 😃
5:40 It's jaywalking if a crossing is in range/nearby (I think it's about 50m). For example, I live at about the half-way mark of my block, which is a good 600m long. And there's no crossing anywhere in the middle, only at the ends. If I cross the road, it's not jaywalking, because it would literally take me 10 minutes.
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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.
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.
Ryan is one of the few youtubers that you can tell actually enjoys making content.
Yeah Ryan has a charm about him. I wish him good luck if, at the least, he gets to explore some of our unique country.
as much as we enjoy experiencing it?
And generally loves australia, Like iwrocker, Both great channels and i love watching them react to aussie content, Even if they some how react to a similar video its the reaction i love, Like with maggies they are so shocked a bird will dive bomb you so fearlessly and yet as a kid we used to run past the nests to get swooped and see who could make it past with the less attacks and damage. Id always win cuz i have a secret to them, it includes food, obviously, you feed the maggies in your area from young or during mating season they wont attack you. second thing is, and this is the main one, stop moving, Watch were they are and as soon as one goes for you, head towards it and try grab it, sounds silly but they back off real quick, they watch you from the trees but know you arent to be messed with, Thats one bird, The emu is different, run away and climb a tree or it can and will kill you, You wont out run it by any means, but it will know you dont mean harm, It may not care hence the tree but yeah. Funny thing about emus is if you lay on your back and pretend to cycle like riding a bike you will get a heard of them to come over, Not aggressive but curious like whats this thing
My son has Irish colouring and if he's outside five minutes he feels himself burn. The sun is not a joke.
I don't watch any of the others only Ryan.😃
Rego is a term everyone uses, almost no one says registration. I always carry an umbrella in swooping season and keep my eyes peeled. Then I use it to shield me from attacks. For the most part, no one carries a gun around in Australia. And you would be charged. Many beaches have nets up to stop sharks and other places have a helicopter circling the water around the beach to watch for sharks.
Don’t you mean you carry a brolly? 😉
do you carry an umbrella.... I carry a BROLLY :-)
Magpies know I like them. They don’t swoop nice friendly people. They never swoop me even during nesting season.
@@Ainzleeriddell I presently have five juvenile maggies that I say hello to as walk out the of the driveway every morning. We have about twenty around my place (within 200 metres there is a 15metre high tree where they live). I do get woken up with a chorus of them in the morning - it is great.
I don’t think I have ever said “registration”
Your personality and willingness to learn about our culture with an open mind is exactly what embodies what we call Australian spirit
The fact you google your own questions to know the answers is so awesome..
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
Hey Ryan! :D
One thing about spf30+. When we first became aware of the ozone hole over antarctica the government through its science arm, the CSIRO researched sun block and found that after spf 30, more numbers meant very little so mandated that no one could advertise sun block as having anything greater than 30(+).
@@tlihdsnm26947 yup, it's now up to spf50, which means most companies just re-branded their sunscreen from spf 30 to spf 50, since they were already spf50's, but only allowed to call them spf 30. Most nowadays are not doubt way above spf 50 too
Secret to avoiding sunburn?.....Stay out of the sun in the middle of the day. Wear appropriate clothing.
I haven't used conventional sunscreen for decades.....it's toxic.
Magpie’s live for over 20yrs and have great memories. They won’t attack people they know or have their nests near or in your yard.
We have 3 regular magpies we feed every afternoon
So true, I've always got time for them, some food, have a little chat, and never been swooped.
I feed my magpies awell, last spring they even started coming in my house looking for food (unvited) so I had to keep my door closed
I work at a golf course.
We feed our Maggies. They have never swooped anyone.
They are a beloved attraction/ entertainers.
We have the same ones come back year after year and they bring their young to meet us (naturally because we feed them!). They walk up to our garage to say hello. And their song is beautiful.
Very true, every year my magpies bring their young down to meet me. I never have trouble with swooping.
We were the ones that originally shortened "self portrait" to "selfie".....your welcome world!!!
Yep, this one checks out, a drunk youth posting while hung over from his own 21st.
@@buchinsku Yep correct 👍😄
way back in 2002, in the days of the old Nokia and Ericssons camera phones, That's as far back as the word can be traced.
Out of the hundreds of words that we shorten and throw an, ie, o, or y at the end, I think selfie is really the only one that actually went global.
@@kirk5152 hmm I'd never actually made the connection that selfie was Aussie slang till you said that. Makes perfect sense though, learn something new everyday :)
@@mehere8038 Yea, I'd feel more proud if the world was saying mozzies and sunnies for mosquito and sunglasses. But the world of social media is so vein and self
obsessed so not surprised the word "selfie" took off!!!
@@kirk5152 I guess those words are too old & terms established in other places before they heard the Aussie version, whereas in an internet/ social media age, they were able to pick up the more convenient Aussie slang at the origins of the word/invention, plus stuff like mozzies, they probably mostly experience when holidaying to more tropical places, where there's probably a range of slang terms in use to mess with things
Probably more surprising would be that they haven't really picked up terms like budgie & in the US, they stupidly don't even call it a budgerigar, but try to call it a "parakeet" instead, with parakeet actually being the name for any small parrot, so on par with calling a cocky a "parrot". They also call gallahs "rose breasted cockatoos", which again I find weird & quite frankly wrong, given those are Aboriginal words, I feel like the original word should be used & go with the animal when it's exported. Same with 'koala BEARS" too, although I kinda get that one more than the bird names, renaming a budgerigar to a generic small parrot name reeks of US denial of other cultures to me, kinda like how they claim wifi & the internet & everything else as "their" inventions
Generally Jaywalking is limited to crossing the road within 20 meters of a set of lights or pedestrian crossing. Often this is applied if you do not cross in a safe and timely manner and you need to be crossing at right angles to the road, not on an odd diagonal path.
I was fined for jaywalking in Parramatta about 7 years ago. I crossed against the “Don’t walk” and the copper walked straight over with his fine book. I demonstrated that it was safe as it was a one way Street and the other street still had the green for traffic, too no avail! 😢
People Jay walk all the time in my part of Australia and no one gets fined.
I thought it was 50m
@@philinator71 true but they occasionally do blitzes
@@XaviRonaldo0 I've lived in Melbourne for 70 years and I've never been fined and I don' know anyone who has.
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 😄
Thank you so much for all these videos Ryan! I'm from Melbourne Australia and somehow randomly stumbled upon your channel. I'm now watching all the old ones every morning before work and they're putting me in the best mood! Thank you so much!
Good Arvo! 😂😂💖😊
arvo in the morning.... hmm
hahaha. i have been on this same journey a few weeks now. i also love ross’ vids too.
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!
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.
PS Magpies are hilarious, intelligent, have quite the personality, very friendly with the neighbours that live around them and trusting them not to interfere with their nests and babies, and their singing is called carolling because it is just gorgeous! Having them live nearby is a treat.
You have to do a video on Kakadu and the Daintree rainforest. These places make Australia special.
really? After I went to Kakadu & then got chatting with some locals, they laughed & told me they call it "Kakadon't" cause it's not worth it. tbh the Daintree didn't impress me that much either, but I was there not that long after a cyclone. There was a rainforest somewhere on the NSW coast, north of Sydney that I saw as a kid/teen & found much more impressive than the Daintree tbh. The falls in Kakadu were nice, as was Yellow thingy Billabong, but not exceptional. I think the Blue Mountains are probably just as nice as those ones, especially for a tourist not used to gumtrees. Great Barrier Reef is probably my favourite Aussie place
I'm never disappointed with these videos. It makes me smile and I'm subscribing
Regarding the heat and sun in Australia - it's different in different states. The more up north you are, the more the humidity and sweating - very tropical and more like going to one of the other Asian countries. The more down south where I am the dryer it is. Although Melbourne, Victoria next to my state of Sth Australia is a pretty coldish type of state. Not as cold as Tasmania but it is cold. My state is known as the driest state on the driest continent on earth. However it's fine when the weather is mild, but when we get into the really hot weather 42 degrees C and have days of it, it's yuck. I stay inside and close all the blinds and have the air conditioning going at 22 degrees. You can't even feel the cold of the air conditioner during that period but you are not breathing in hot air. Just think a hot blow dryer in your face the minute you walk out the door.
Love your reaction vids! Snake bite are mostly no longer fatal only because of the hard work of Australians dedicated to supplying antivenom. If it wasn't for the antivenom, absolutely snake bites would be the cause of too many deaths in Australia
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!!
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.
Great stuff buddy..I think we are all Aussies in chat..most of us as surprised as you about some facts..😂😂
Steve got hit in the heart with the barb of the stingray…lots get stung by stingrays but not like that.
I believe Steve pulled the sting out right away also not realising just how bad it was…if you get stabbed never pull out what has stabbed you.
Steve was a beautiful amazing man..
I was a first aid instructor at the time of his death & that was raised a LOT in first aid classes. Reality is that all first aid books at the time said to leave any embedded object in place EXCEPT for a stingray or stone fish barb, that should be removed immediately & then hot water used on the wound.
First aid books were changed after his death, as a direct result of it, but in reality, the reasoning for the removal was sound, with most objects, you have no idea how long they are, or what they're in & they're not doing any further damage while there, but pulling them out DOES cause more damage, stab someone with a knife, knife's fine in place, but muscles spasm & tighten around it, pull it out & you cut more tissue in the process.
Sting ray barb however continues to pump venom into the body after being separated from the sting ray & it's venom causes excruciating pain, but generally minimal injury, so deaths from it (and stone fish) have always been from the pain from the venom, NOT from the physical injury. Steve did the right thing, as per first aid & medical protocols at the time
@@mehere8038 sounds right..he was a smart guy..probably knew more than the guy who wrote the article I read at that time.👍
@@adamhastie5718 yeh, in terms of management of bites & stings from Aussie (& probably all global) critters I have no doubt he was the expert. He would have been, not only for his own safety, but also because he was passionate about education & therefore would have wanted to educate the world on best practice in managing bites & stings too
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! 😂
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.
I have never heard of anyone getting fined for jay walking....magpies are so amazing..but then so are all Aussie animals..I've been swooped once but never got attacked...he forgot ambo for ambulance...those girls and guys do such an amazing job
I think that Johnston dude needs to get out and explore the country a bit more because he knows SFA about it apart from the stereotypes.
Agree
Yeah, he comes across as pretty patronising.
I don't think so, but then I have Pommy relatives. I know what it looks like when they are actually stereotyping others, or being patronising.
I agree with You‼️
He was way worse when he first got here. He knew everything and it was all wrong. My husband is a Brit, just not one of the stupid one’s.
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.
Yep, a carpenter is a chippie (wood chips of course), an electrician is a sparky, a tradesperson is a tradie, a bricklayer - brickie, but a plumber is...a plumber (unless someone can help me out here?)
A couple of years ago, the indoor temp of my house was 46 degrees C. The day after, a medical thermometer exploded in it's case. Was a bit hotter. Yes. It gets a tad warm at times. Greetings from Dimboola, in Victoria, Australia.
Yeah. I know what you mean. A few years back I was living in a rental property without air conditioning.
The landlord had removed the ancient, broken one & wanted me to pay for the new one.
The temperature inside my 3 room bedsit unit got to 60 C.
It was 49.8C outside.
I was lucky. The lady 2 doors down came & invited me to her air conditioned home for the day.
@@lucindasavona2278how awful for you but what a beautiful neighbour - I guess a lot of aussies spend the day at the shopping centre but then then if, like me, you’re regional then that’s a bit more difficult / thank god where I live there is all ducted air con - life saving
Hit 48+°c in the shade in Penrith a few years ago
My rental back in '97 hit 58c (no aircon).
Workshop at work back when the last lot of bushfires happened was 54c inside, with the wind blowing. Made you feel sick. North Central vic
Chippie is a carpenter (from wood chips), sparkie is an electrician (obviously!).
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.
Fun fact about Magpies , they are a great mimic we have a few at work we feed and often we hear them mimicking a police siren ,a truck air horn and even our evacuation siren from when we do fire drills .
People go to safe well known beaches to swim and mainly in large cities as opposed to rural areas where there are small beaches that are not manned. You will find, for instance in Sydney, that a lot of the beaches have shark proof pools so you can do laps for instance and not worry about predators. I do recall on one of the TV show Bondi Rescue the lifesaver had to go and find a small baby shark that managed to get into the pool, but generally speaking you are pretty safe. Also we have choppers that circle around and check the main beaches for possible sharks. They patrol areas and the lifeguards can call them into their beach if someone comes up to them and says they thought they saw one and have it checked out and there are sirens and people have to get out of the water until they get the all clear.
Hi Ryan, howzit going? Speaking from the perspective of an indigenous Australian. The best deterrent from a magpie attack, is to strip a small branch from a tree, and swing it around your head. It will keep anything with wings, from attacking you.
I’d rather hear your opinions than a new Aussie
50 plus is what we have here for sunscreen and yes 40 plus degrees is normal here for summer in Australia used to it haha oh btw visit the country parts of Australia most people forget about it or have no idea and always head to the big cities why not come to WA it’s vast of country and bush 😁
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 😁
Hi Ryan, I agree with some comments here. U should be getting opinions from Aussies. He is interesting & very entertaining but he's a pom with limited experience living here. Australia is vast & climate varies in many areas. I live on the beach in the South Coast of NSW. I do think he has omitted the more concerning bluebottle issue for beach goers & what about Jack Jumpers that are an absolute nuisance at the beach in Tassie (Tasmania). Way more common issues for a lot of Aussies than say jay walking for example. Love ur stuff mate. Look forward to it every day. 👍
Hahaha is a Jack jumper a kangaroo even I an Aussie don’t know that one!!!
I like this comment
No new Aussie can be an expert
We use SPF 50
The spontaneous combustion is true I'm pretty sure, also get dry lightening which starts fires. It's becoming an issue to prevent bushfires and floods. We generally have icey cold aircon everywhere to stay comfortable.
Everybody jaywalks lol
@@tlihdsnm26947 Look up the Black Saturday fires for pretty shocking stuff. At least last time I looked, the info on them was much more intense than the Sydney ones, 1,500 hiroshima bombs in power apparently & over 30km spotting!
I think one of the Canberra ones was where the spontaneous combustion was first filmed, but there's been more of them since & lots more reports without filming of that from fireies
Happy Arvo Ryan. (I say at 9pm lol)
I subscribe to Ross's channel, enjoyed your reaction to his video. He's a nice guy with a lovely family and pretty good attitude in embracing Aussie life. I've seen him pop up on a couple of other TH-camrs channels both in Aus and the US. Maybe your paths will cross for a Collab some time.
The UV radiation or intensity is higher here because as he said, the earth's orbit brings us closer to the sun in summer. About 7% higher I think.
Yes there's an ozone thinning but it has been healing and that was over Antarctica, not Australia. Though it apparently did affect Tasmania which is closest to Antarctica and has intense UV. Also another factor is our low or light pollutions levels in Australia. Some of the cleanest air anywhere is in Tasmania, which means a bit less protection too.
The Rego thing reminded me of a post or something I saw the other other, it was a screenshot of an American dissing Australia for saying "doco" for documentary. He called us a "deeply unserious country" hahaha.
Yep Chippie is a carpenter, Sparky is an electrician, Brick layer is a Brickie, fire fighter is a firie, the post delivery person is a postie, a politician is a pollie, a truck driver is a truckie, a musician is a muso, a paramedic or ambulance officer is Ambo, the people that come and collect your garbage bins from out front of your home - that's a Garbo, a journalist is a Journo. Relatives are rellos (or rellies). Lol I'll stop because I could go on for ages. 😆
If the Earth has an Elliptical path then why is it Winter in the northern hemisphere and Summer in the southern Hemisphere (or visa versa)IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
I was taught at school (in the 60's)that the Earth goes in an Elliptical orbit, satellites don't go in an Elliptical orbit or the Moon, Comets do however.
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 👍
Rego. It's not about how often a word comes up in conversation, it's about having a shortened version prepared for when it does.
Exactly. I's not unsusal for a workmate (or yourself) to say: "Bloody Rego is due this week."
Nearly every snake is keen to get away from you unless you corner it or perhaps tread on one.
Tasmania’s magpies don’t swoop. Lucky us. During the 1967 bush fires in Tasmania some houses and trees definitely exploded. To help avoid shark attacks no black diving suits, use coloured ones, don’t swim at dawn or dusk that’s their feeding times.
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
About ‘spf’, manufacturers can put any number on the bottle but the reality is that the cream looses its protective nature over time, sweat, swimming etc. by having an SPF of 100 would give a false sense of security and would in fact be a bogus claim. I think the highest that manufacturers can claim is 30+. This encourages users to reapply frequently which you need to do for effectiveness.
Magpies are actually pretty chill outside of swooping season, it would be a real bad thing if anyone hurt any magpie. Magpies are very aware of what humans have to offer and will kind of hang around you if they think you have food, they’re very easy to befriend and you’ll only ever have a handful of local magpies. The best part is, if you befriend them, they won’t swoop you! They’re actually great at recognising people and you can watch all those around you get bombarded while you haven’t a worry. I’ve personally never been swooped by a magpie, in fact I make a habit of feeding them when they come round my house, if anything, it’s the butcher birds that have given me the most trouble, they like to swoop during swooping season and they aren’t so easy to befriend, not to mention they’ll swoop first and warn later, while magpies will tend to make themselves known.
What he was getting at about the elliptical path of Earth around the sun was that when you’re in the Dominican Republic you are farther away from the sun than you are when you are in Australia in the summer.
If the Earth has an Elliptical path then why is it Winter in the northern hemisphere and Summer in the southern Hemisphere (or visa versa)IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
I was taught at school (in the 60's)that the Earth goes in an Elliptical orbit, satellites don't go in an Elliptical orbit or the Moon, Comets do however.
Agree on the Earth Tilt But not on an Elliptical orbit,The northern hemisphere is tilted to the Sun in summer while the Southern hemisphere is tilted away making it winter there.Autumn (fall) & Spring have a neutral tilt so climates in both North and south have similar Temperatures.
My cousin was driving to Darwin, but turned around and headed back south as she passed far too many melted car tyres on the roads.
Thanks for the reaction bud 👍
If you want to check the registration status of your car (or even a hire car) in my state the websit is called vicrego.
Ryan, we Aussies here down under have a slang term for everything.
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.
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
Everyone uses rego, but only people on the East Coast say cozzie. In WA we call them bathers.
i live in qld and i believe that if you are more than 20 metres from a crossing, you can J walk. the only punishment is being hit by a car if you don't look both ways.
Ryan, did you hear of the slang 'mamil'? Middle aged men in Lycra. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I love our slang words😊 thanks for your channel🌹🌏🪐🌕🙏🌸🇦🇺🦋🐦🏡🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Hi Ryan ,at the moment I am feeding about 6 magpies who come to visit. An interesting thing about magpies is that they imprint your face , so if you are kind , they recognise you and won't swoop !!! Very smart birds. What is the your postal address? I have a few goodies to send you. All the best. Fran 🤔🦅
I have a friend who started feeding a magpie, who eventually brought his "wife" to be fed. When they had young they would eat and take additional food back to the nest. As they grew a bit older they also visited. My friend named each magpie and they learned to trust him, sitting on the side of his chair as he brought out food. this has been happening now for over 6 years and he has met several generations. He has never had a magpie swoop and rather looks forward to the daily visits.
When I was a child, a magpie we had at a local park went for me every day I walked past. In my opinion the wing hitting you is a horrible feeling.
He should also react to the inland taipan and the brown snake.
Lived my whole life in Australia (Sydney until recently) and I have never even been warned about jaywalking let alone fined for it. It's not a thing.
The first time I ever heard of it was when I was a tourist in New York. Crossing the road and I hear a siren go and then a cop yelling at me through his loud speaker "YOU ARE JAYWALKING! DO NOT JAYWALK!"
They do regular blitzes in Chatswood & I'm pretty sure teh CBD too & I'm sure a few other places. Basically if there's a LOT of pedestrians in an area & a pedestrian fatality happens in said area, they will blitz the area for years after
Same here. Besides in my small country town there is only one set of traffic lights so people wander across the roads at all hours and in all places.
@@mehere8038I must just be lucky because I've jaywalked all over Chatswood. Not so much as a warning.
@@jayemes1552 bottom of the mall is the one to watch. Numbers fined usually appear in an article about it (after the event) in the north shore times
You should watch a video about the slang we use to refer to different occupations.
We fixed the ozone hole but our positioning in the sun is just different lol I get tanned sitting under an awning lol
HUGE difference about the sun and heat as you go SOUTH. The distance between Brisbane and Melbourne is 1045 miles and weather changes accordingly. Brisbane is muggy and semi tropical.
Yep. When I'm talking about paying the bills, I always say 'rego' if I have to pay the car registration. 'Servo' is another well-used word. Not many people say 'service station'.
Australia zoo would be a must for you Ryan , not far from me and is a really good day saw Steve when he was still with us and he was larger than life jumping on crocs . Some amazing birds there also !
Just make sure you eat before you go a $17 cheeseburger that is worse then maccas is crap
the Stingray didn't "kill" Steve Irwin, Steve was messing with it, it didn't mean to hurt him but it has a very sharp barb with toxicity, it was actually trying to get away from Steve, he was the 3rd fatality ever recorded in Australia, but Stingrays are everywhere, not just in Australian waters, saying the Stingray killed Steve would be like shooting yourself and saying the gun did it! it was a freak accident, Steve was trying to film it and got too close
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.
Not so much the heat That burns you, its the high UV rating.
I have sunburnse over my sunburns from work bc I didn't want to get into my dad's car and get the sunscreen out.
It's more surprising if I go out to my dad's work or go fishing and I come back without a sunburn at this point
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.
We say a real quick greeting as you pass people out walking, like at the beach or whatever.. if ppl don't its probably a tourist. During covid i noticed ppl out walking, we all wore masks of course but we developed a cool little covid salute... ❤ its great to be an Aussie
Magpies will only swoop people if there is a perceived threat. They are really smart, and remember faces. We have 100s of them in our yard and nearby. We just feed them mealworms and have never been swooped. They come up to us and take food out of our hands. they have the most beautiful song too. Words for bathing gear are very regional.
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
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 from Sydney and apparently we haven't had a day over 30 all summer. I live on the coast and it has been very pleasant.
lucky you, couple days ago Melb was sweating in 38c. bloody cold and raining now.. as expected. cheers
It's bizarre. It's been warmer in Hobart.
30.2 on the day your wrote this :P
Ozone layer - it's not so much that the sun is hotter, it's that it has more UV in it.
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
Hey from Sydney, don’t forget names, Stevo, Kazza, Jacko etc.. All services have a nickname, ambo, sparkie, chippie, firey, postie, garbo, acca, bean counter, brickie, bushie, chalkie, cocky, fruiterer, journo, lolly pop lady/man, milko, muso, pollie, wharfie, dunny diver, shiny bum, desk driver, truckie, digger, tradie, check-out chick, jackaroo/jillaroo, dole bludger, greenie, boilies, sheety, dish pig, bookie, shock jock, hostie, lackey, grease monkey, pestle, boys in blue, Lots to look up and some are easier than others.
Jaywalking is normally applied only to cases of crossing within a short distance from a provided crossing.
Gum trees don't spontaneously explode but if a bush fire heats a bunch of them up and the eucalyptus vapour produced doesn't disperse, then it can produce a serious flare-up
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
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.
"Rego" - how often do you say it? Well, depending on whether you can afford to pay for 3, 6 or 12 months' registration when it falls due, you might have to "renew my rego" up to four times a year. The "rego" charge includes the mandatory third party insurance fee so it's not cheap.
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 🐕
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)
Weather changes where you live. A country the size of mainland USA. It's like saying all weather in the USA is based on Seattle or something. Also jwalking usually you must cross at a dedicated crossing within a certain distance otherwise you can cross.
Hi Ryan. Melbourne (victoria) is the garden state. its 33c today. expecting it to be 30 to 40c the next 7 days. Like how you keep googling. meaning you have a thirst for knowledge. Keep it up.. YOU AND YOURS, stay safe
It gets hot especially northern Australia. Here in qld on a usual summer day it hits high 30s degrees Celsius but some areas higher and can be very high humidity on top of that which makes it even worse .we srs in sub tropics
Hey Ryan, tradie is any tradesperson (I added this one in)... Yes I call firefighters....firies. Carpenters and definitely chippies and I've never heard anyone say registration. I've noticed on American shows that you say refrigerator, I couldn't believe it, so long and formal. It's a fridge here. If you can make it shorter, we will 😃
5:40 It's jaywalking if a crossing is in range/nearby (I think it's about 50m). For example, I live at about the half-way mark of my block, which is a good 600m long. And there's no crossing anywhere in the middle, only at the ends. If I cross the road, it's not jaywalking, because it would literally take me 10 minutes.
We absolutely use rego all the time
In Queensland we have a REGO Check app to check all QLD REGO ON CAR TRUCK UTE 4B4 AND THE REST OF THE STATES AND TERRITORY HAS REGO CHECK APP...