Some of these facts were honestly crazy to me (HORSE SIZED DUCKS!!) but it just reinforced how awesome and unique Australia is as a country to me. I really hope that I can revisit Melbourne and other parts of the country sometime. What is your favourite thing about Australia? What (if anything) do you dislike? Cheers!
My wife actually has a lot of family in Perth so that is somewhere we have actually talked about visiting. They always tell us it is a very relaxed place and they seem to enjoy it a lot. Sounds great
Rockhampton is the backside of Australia. If it fell off the face of the earth, nobody would notice. The residents are really odd. Civil, but zero warmth. I lived there for nine months, and they were the loneliest and most miserable in my life. I worked for six of those nine months, and went to church regularly, so it wasn't as if I didn't try to make friends. I had no problem making friends anywhere else, ever. But that festering awful town was so bad. They have a beauty contest called the "Beef Queen" (so does a NSW town), and that says it all. The one nice thing about the town is the botanic gardens, but Rockhampton is bereft of any saving graces. I hope to never see that place again. Also, it's scorching hot and ugly in summer, and freezing cold in winter, because it's too far away from the coast, where the ocean modulates the temperature. I can't imagine any reason for it to be on anyone's bucket list, but if it is, remove it immediately. Go to Airlie Beach instead.
The largest property in Australia is a cattle ranch called Anna Creek Station. The 6 segments on the Australian coat of arms are the arms of the 6 States of Australia: Top L to R: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland. Bottom L to R: South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania.
Thank you very much for letting me know. The largest property one has definitely blown my mind. I just Googled Anne Creek Station and even more surprised to find it is 7 times bigger than the USA's biggest ranch. Pretty awesome. Thanks also for letting me know about what segments relate to which state. It is nice to know. Cheers!!
The UK fits into Australia 31 1/2 times. I learned to ski in Australia, we have some really good resorts in NSW and Victoria. Tasmania has snow and I lived in Melbourne which is only an hour away from snow. The funniest thing that happened to us was just after we moved to Melbourne the first time. Christmas here is mid Summer but it snowed on Christmas Eve, my 5 year old thought it was a magic place. It has also snowed on me in the desert in the Outback. There is also a very good reason why Melbourne keeps winning World’s Most Livable City and oddly World’s Best Coffee. The property is owned by one family and is usually a cattle station or a sheep station. Thousands of people live in the middle of Australia. I have lived there and it is amazing once you acclimatize. There are towns like Coober Pedy where most of the homes are underground. Camels are not native to Australia. They were brought here to help settle up North, mostly The NT and they were set free when they were no longer need. They are currently in plague proportions but Countries that still use Camel’s are buying them back because we have the only disease free Camels in the world. I live on a beach in the sub tropics of Queensland. Most of my children still live in Melbourne and one in Cairn’s with his family. I watch Kangaroos on my beach in the early morning and at dusk. I also have two wild giant pythons who live next door but like to Winter in my garage. They drop off up to 20 babies on their way in for us, I have never seen inside my garage and I don’t want to. We have two giant Monitor Lizards that live in our yard and 4 special needs Yorkshire Terriers that never go outside alone because both of these will swallow them and hawks take them. We do take them for walks on the beach but not while the venomous sea snakes are on the sand in the sun. Yes, we do swim there. I was born an ocean baby and I used to surf. My Dad taught me to swim out of a rip when I was a baby. Babies here start swimming lessons at 5 months old. There really isn’t much to be scared of here and we are raised knowing what not to hug. Australian’s are big travelers. No matter where we go or how great it was, Australia always calls us home. Our Indigenous people have been here for 65,000 years.
Wow when you say it like that (The UK fits into Australia 31 1/2 times) it sound absolutely huge. I didn't realise that is how big it is but it just shows how big Australia is. Wow nice that is snowed for Christmas there, I didn't even know that was possible in Australia. Must've been awesome for the little one. Your life in Queensland sounds so amazing. So many animals. It sounds very interesting. A really great lifestyle
Ah yes that makes sense considering there was there was 6 flags in the middle. Thanks for letting me know. That is so interesting about the sheep station. I just Googled it and never knew such a thing existed. Really impressive in size and function. Just blows my mind that there is one that is bigger than Korea.
Australia has 5 major ski resorts and several smaller ones. They are in the southern part of NSW and also in Victoria. Other areas of NSW do get snow too. The reason 85% of us live close to the coast is that the middle of Australia is desert! Hard red rock and sand. You can’t live there really and the temps would be over 50 Celsius!
It honestly never crossed my mind that Australia could have ski resorts but after this video I Googled it and they look so great. I only ever thought of beaches and cool cities when thinking about Australia but that is awesome that they have ski resorts too. That makes sense about the weather and landscape of central Australia. I guess just quite uninhabitable.
@@MertAus The original Australians managed to survive in the most difficult places, but they are not suitable for cities. People actually do live there. Just not many.
Underground over 50 Kap. But u know that. I loved watching Back Roads free on ABCiview, bet u knew that too lol. But u didn’t know my childhood neighbour who’s lived in Melbourne all his life has moved to Birdsville, so tanned, working, can’t remember at what, but was a copper most of his working life. He and his wife love it. They are coming to Melbourne for family gathering. I’m invited, he said “I’ve been trying to arrest you for years 😂
I came to Australia over 30 years ago and I am so grateful to this country and its people for giving me incredible opportunities and a wonderful life. Australia is not perfect but I so love this country and I feel so very proud and privileged to be an Australian. On the subject of best places to live in Australia, it is hard to pick one place as every city is so different to others. While my most favourite city in the world is Sydney, we moved to the Gold Coast from Canberra in 2017 to retire. Much better climate and we like living on the water as it has many canal homes. So much to do around the Gold Coast as well. I thought I might link you to this video about a quick comparison of different Australian cities. Hope you can react to this video. I love your channel and you have the most lovable and genuine appreciation of the good and quirky things about Australia. th-cam.com/video/RAyohhttK18/w-d-xo.html
Camels in Australia are feral and are not native. They were brought here from Afghanistan and India in the 19th century to help with construction in remote and inhospitable areas then released into the wild when no longer needed.
The fence was originally a rabbit proof fence to stop the rabbits moving - once that was controlled they left it to stop the dingo getting to the sheep
Camels were bought to Australia from the middle east in the 1840s with Afghan camel trainers to help cross the country and build roads. But then cars and trucks were invented, they didn't need the camels anymore and rather than put them down they let them go. Now they're breeding out of control in the outback without any predators. Same with feral horses and donkeys.
Wow that is insane. I never knew there was a camel over population issue in Australia. It is so interesting. I can't even imagine the outback with lots of camels, horses and donkeys just roaming around. It actually also makes sense on the reason why they were brought to Australia in the first place.
The horses are mostly destroying the alpine regions (think Man from Snowy River). The top end is overrun with feral camels and buffalo. The Ghan train running from Adelaide to Darwin is named after the Afghanistan cameleers who used to drive the camels. Feral pigs, foxes, rabbits and cats are all over, except I think Tasmania escaped the foxes.
@@Merrid67play That's right 100%. Feral horses are often called brumbies and treated special but they're just feral horses. Camels can be found in all the deserts.
@@MertAuslots of feral species in Australia causes much damage to the plants and animals. The only two big animals that were/are dangerous are dingoes (that are different to dogs but have inbred) and salt water crocodiles. I have never seen either in the wild. "Salties" are up north (WA, NT AND QLD) and dingoes are out bush.
I think that you would fit in well with the Aussie culture of friendliness, laid-back, easy- going, fair-go attitudes. We are also hard workers but have a balance between work and play. I live in Melbourne which is the cultural city with a European style. It is the Arts, sports and academic capital of Australia. My Welsh parents, who lived in England, migrated from the UK to the state of Victoria in the 1950s and I'm a first generation Aussie and I'm sooo glad they made that decision. All my family have done well, are educated and own their homes. I love that the class system really does not exist here (as it does in the UK) as people here are judged on their character and actions. I love that we have 'elbow room' space even in the cities. I love that I can chat with strangers which is quite the 'done thing' in Oz. I love our variable climate, sunshine and blue skies. We are called 'the lucky country' for good reason.
Oh, and platypuses don't bite. The male has a spur on its hind leg which it uses to inject venom, but they're pretty shy animals. And as for wildlife in houses, Queensland is known for its snakes, though you may come across them in suburban backyards anywhere in the country. Most are not aggressive but there are one or two that are both plentiful in suburban areas and aggressive during breeding season. There are only a couple of truly venomous spider species you're likely to encounter near a city; and we're all taught about them in school.
Ok cool I never knew that about platypuses. That is one reason I like making videos like this because I really learn some interesting things. It sounds like there are animals but not really a problem at all. Thanks for the comment!
@@MertAus honestly, the biggest, scariest looking spider, is the huntsman.(that's the one you see in the video's) They really aren't aggressive nor venomous. They are actually a bonus to have in the house as they are your private insect controller. Only time I ever freaked out about one was when I went to move my hand off the floor and had one resting on top of it. It was only trying to be friendly! I think!
@@sunisbest1234 totally agree that huntsmen are great to have in the house, and my biggest freak out was similar. Brought laundry in from the line and while folding it I shook out a t-shirt. A massive huntsman came flying from the shirt straight at my face. I'm not sure which of us was more shocked 🤣
I'm in Western Australia, I'd rather sleep with a halfa dozen Redback spiders and a tiger snake out camping than have to worry about getting eaten by a fkn bear, or wolf, cougar or coyote 😂😂😂😂
I'm in Melbourne and it's great, weather can be unpredictable but makes it interesting. Have beaches and snow close by and beautiful national parks. Oh and no funnel webs! Emus knees don't let them walk backwards so them and kangaroos are well suited to be on the Coat of Arms as symbolises only moving forward.
Yeah when we were in Melbourne, some of our friends and people we met told us about the weather. I am from Scotland so I know how mental weather can be. We also have the 'four seasons in a day' problem. I didn't realise there was snow near Melbourne. That would actually be a good selling point as I miss the snow here in Malaysia. That is a cool point about the animals only moving forward to show the progress of the country. I like it
The one property is a cattle ranch called Anna Creek Station. The coat of arms has the symbols of Australia's six states. The cross of St. George with lion and stars is NSW. Spiders are pretty common to see yeah.
+Hi mate to answer one of your questions yes we have spiders in houses not uncommon but the Huntsman spider is quite common and is one of the large ones you see on videos, about as big of your hand but totally harmless and keep the roaches down, I usually put them outside not kill them cheers
I have lived in Australia for over 40yrs I originally come from Glasgow, I have lived in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. You get used to seeing spiders , have never seen a snake but plenty of lizards, While living in Perth it was not unusual to get held up in traffic to let the kangaroos cross the road (not joking) also had to rescue 5 blue tongue lizards from my 2 dogs so kept them indoors until my other half came home from work and take them somewhere safe . While living in Sydney the lady who lived next door to us was getting her above ground pool removed and they found a nest of Sydney Funnel Web spiders she got them in a jar and brought them in for us to see they were scarey looking but she was taking them to the hospital so that they could get milked for their venom.
Im an Aussie and as long as you stay away from snakes and spiders they shouldn’t hurt you. I’m a nurse and all hospitals are very well stocked with anti venom. I have been a few times to the “snow” and I loved it. I’m from a town about 90mins out of Sydney and I love it..there not 100% sure why the Emu can’t walk backwards but they think it has something to do with the knees. The reason we don’t live in the middle of Australia is due to heat. The coat of arms represents the 6 states of Australia. For example the black swan represents Western Australia..I have lived overseas for work and couldn’t wait to get home. I bawled my eyes out when we landed. Australia has its problems but it’s a great place to bring up kids. Like I can’t remember last time I locked my doors.
Thanks for your comment and all the information Michelle, I really appreciate it. Sounds like you live in an awesome place. A nice chilled place and not too far from Sydney. What do you think are the differences between living in Sydney and Melbourne (if any)? My son is 3 and we have another on the way in January. At the moment I live in Malaysia but we are considering going back to UK or moving somewhere else before my boy starts primary school. Australia is definitely somewhere we are considering.
The weather is better in Sydney and we do have a coffee culture in Sydney but Melbourne is definitely the coffee capital of the world. Both are great places to live but if you want to live close to the city I would choose Melbourne but if you want to live out of the city then I would choose New South Wales. Maybe you should try and visit NSW before deciding. If you want to live out of Sydney some great places include the south coast, central coast or if you want to live in a more rural area the southern highlands or the blue mountains. Congrats on the upcoming birth.
Yes, we have snow in Australia, lol. Ppl think the whole continent is desert with bits of tropical paradise, but it's a big continent and the geography is a lot more varied than that! Glad you liked Melbourne 🙂 I've been here 25 years & wouldn't live anywhere else at this point in my life. It has good education facilities for kids, world class universities, 19th century architecture and lots of parks & gardens. Lots of festivals, food & culture too!
It's weather. The western border of Sydney is the Great Dividing Range. On the other side of the Range it is hot and dry. Every now and again someone thinks about reversing river flows or pumping water in from the sea but the cost is prohibitive.
Skiing is seasonal and grea fun. Others dread snow we love it. It’s amazing. The Snowy River Power Plant generated +50years of Electricity for the State of Victoria, the most populous State of that time. A persons Farm or house and all of their land is called their Property. Inability to walk backwards is because of they have rear pointing elbows...ducks is in that group. This is a great country. Camels were brought here for the Discovery and packing goods, delivery all over Australia with generations of Afghans after which t main train line is called because it goes from East to West. Camels are sold back to Arabian countries because of tri pure breed. Bull Ants are my pet peeve about the Land and when people throw rubbish on the ground anywhere. Come to Melbourne suburbs on the Mornington Peninsula side. Closer to the beach if you can. Social, Restaurants, Scot population.
One of our unique items (possibly shared with NZ) is long service leave. This is a bonus for staying in your job. You get a credit of 9 leave days per year for each year of service once you've worked for 7 years, although you usually can't take it until the 10 year mark. Once you hit 15 years you get more days per year. This extra paid leave came about before plane travel was a thing, because so many people had immigrated from Europe. To visit the country of their birth required a long sea voyage, so the usual 4 weeks of annual leave made it impossible to visit family overseas.
Property is an area of land, usually called a station, when you are talking about cattle, or other live stock. Not a farm, nor a Ranch, it's a station, or property.
Perth has near on the most British people living outside of Britain…. Which might mean it’s got a slightly better lifestyle than Melbourne 😏 If you want to know more about snakes here, watch a video called, How Horses Save Humans from Snake Bite on the Veritasium channel.
Oh that makes sense. I just could never have a imagined one single fence being so big. After watching this video and one of the other comments telling me about the largest property being a sheep station, I googled it and it mentioned that feral dogs were a problem for farming so that would seem to tie in with this point. Thanks for letting me know
Dingos aren't feral dogs, though. They are a naturalised species that arrived in Australia about 4000 years ago, probably from SE Asia. And they don't really attack sheep as frequently as many people think.
@@Merrid67play Yeah exactly. They're wild dogs closer to wolves than domestic dogs. I don't like the fact that they're often incorrectly labelled as feral dogs and treated as a pest species. But there are feral dogs and they can hybridise which makes it more confusing.
The dingo fence was originally the rabbit-proof fence. Rabbits and foxes were introduced by English nobility in Australia's early years so they could go hunting. Both became huge pests, rabbits especially, so the fence was built in the 1800s and extended early 1900s to keep them out of crop lands. It was later modified to protect sheep flocks from dingo attacks.
@@Bellas1717 I didn't know that. I thought they were two separate completely different fences. I thought the rabbit proof fence was in WA. But upon further googling what you said seems to be correct. Interesting.
A "property" is our way of what you would call a farm or the American's a ranch. Aussies will also call them "stations". But farm is hardly adequate when the station is thousands of square miles. See the Top Gear special to get a reaction to some of our stations.
I live in the Snowy Mountains and right now, today when we would have temps in the 30s we are having an 'arctic blast top temp today 11. Bring on summer. Plenty of snow up top.
I’ve lived in Australia all my life and can’t think of anything I don’t like here. There are aspects of different things, but overall it’s just a great place to be with such a variety that there’s sure to be a place that suits everyone. Swearing is not really as common as you might think, just as spiders and snakes are not nearly as common as they are made out to be.
Awesome. It seems like most people from Australia really love living there and appreciate there own country. I would say in Scotand and UK where I am from people are always very down on the country. Maybe that's why so many British people move to Australia actually.
And here's a thing this Tasmanian didn't know - the dingo fence and the rabbit proof fence are the same thing. It's just that it didn't work against rabbits (you know, because they burrow), so they made it higher and said it was to keep out the dingoes instead.
You’ve got good taste. Did you know that a worldwide group voted Melbourne the worlds most livable city six years in a row? Are you Scottish, I’m not sure of the accent between that and Ireland. If you are you will have a lot of fun checking out a video of a female Scottish reporter getting sucked in by Aussies to do with “drop bears.” Search, “Scottish reporter tricked with drop bears.” Aussies on their property dress this poor girl up in all the protective gear befitting of a SWAT team member, and then hand her a koala, telling her it is a vicious drop bear. One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. The true story of drop bears comes from an old advertisement for Bundaberg Rum. (Bundaberg is a Queensland town.) A group of young guys were camping, and a group of girls were camping nearby. The boys tried to convince the girls to come over to their camp, but the girls were having none of it. One of the guys said, “You should be careful over there because of drop bears.” The girls laughed it off. Every ad for Bundaberg Rum featured a big white polar bear mascot. The bear snuck around behind the bushes and climbed the tree behind the girls. He then jumped out of the tree into the bushes and the girls screamed and ran to the protection of the boys. This brilliant advertisement is now part of Australian folklore, and Aussies love teasing overseas people about drop bears.
Yes I am Scottish but I have been living in Asia for the last 10 years (although my accent doesn't seem to get any weaker the longer I stay here). Will check out the video you recommended. haha nice that is a cool story about the ad. I was thinking of reacting to some Australian adverts so might see if I can include that on it also.
@@MertAus you'll never lose your Scottish accent. My grandmother lived next to an elderly Welsh couple who had lived here for nearly 50 years. Accent still as strong as ever. Most of the elderly I've spoken to who have come from various countries around the world retained the accent. Some "Australianism" is incorporated though.
@@MertAus Jimmy Barnes (the singer) moved to Australia in 1961 when he was 5. He still has the Scottish accent (though it is a blend of Aussie/Scot). I think once you get the Scottish accent it never goes away 😄
gday mate emus cant walk backwards because theyll fall over cos off the way ther feet are shaped also just another fun fact did u know australia is pretty much aslong as it is wide an yes the property u asked about is a cattle farm
I have never had a snake in my house and have only ever seen daddy long legs and huntsman spiders. I live in melbourne but if u lived in Queensland or the outback that could be a problem
We live in the bush and have 11.5 acres and we share it with things like Tiger Snakes, countless spiders, some very venomous and some absolutely huge, venomous ants almost 3cm long, we have poisonous fungi (and even some that glows in the dark) and to be honest, the thing here that we do feel nervous around is the introduced European Wasp. I hate those things! If you get the chance, here's a video I took in February of 2 male Tiger Snakes fighting beside our shed. At times I was less than a metre away from them I never once felt threatened or in any danger. th-cam.com/video/mhUmLhAD9vY/w-d-xo.html Loving you channel!
Also if want check out any great our music Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham or another female we lost Oliva Newton-John, Also a link to some thing's Aussie invented th-cam.com/video/H2rkwLdPXFk/w-d-xo.html
We have dangerous things but they mostly leave you alone as long as you aren’t an idiot that goes looking to touch them. Check your shoes before you put them on in the cities
I've watched your reactions. Yours' to "I am Australian" is so analytical that you qualify as Professor of Statistics or Mathematics at Melbourne University.
Sydney mate...best of both cities..Brisbane humid as f$%k, and to many queenslanders, Melbourne rainy and way too many Mexicans , Perth and Adelaide who cares
The reason we all hug the coastline is because the centre is inhospital. It's dry and extreme. Seriously, I've travelled it many times....in fact I grew up out west (west of Brisbane that is on the Northern Territory Queensland New South Wales border. A property is like a farm in the UK, or a ranch in the US. As for those horse sized ducks...that's just crap, seriously; and of all the crap I've heard foreigners say about Australia, I've never heard about giant ducks before. As for what not to like....for my part as an old fart pushing 70, the only thing I hate is right wing politicians....fortunately at the moment we have a decent federal government but the 9 years before that were grim. All in all, I think Australia is gods own country. There's everything anyone could want here. You can be surrounded by people our with just a short 1 or 2 hour drive you can be in the middle of nowhere in peaceful solitude. The food is great, with enough checks and balances on what can be added to ensure you can be healthy. Even MacDonalds is healthier in Australia I believe, altho I've never felt the need to go there....and it rarely snows anywhere here, only the Snowy Mountains on an annual basis. In Queensland it pretty much has never snowed which I think it a great thing because when the temperature gets below 18C (about 65F) I think I'm freezing to death. Thanks for your vids, I really enjoy them.
Some of these facts were honestly crazy to me (HORSE SIZED DUCKS!!) but it just reinforced how awesome and unique Australia is as a country to me. I really hope that I can revisit Melbourne and other parts of the country sometime. What is your favourite thing about Australia? What (if anything) do you dislike? Cheers!
Perth is way more chill and the weather is mostly awesome!
My wife actually has a lot of family in Perth so that is somewhere we have actually talked about visiting. They always tell us it is a very relaxed place and they seem to enjoy it a lot. Sounds great
@@MertAus yeah very beautiful place and WA is bloody big state with amazing scenery and history.
Rockhampton is the backside of Australia. If it fell off the face of the earth, nobody would notice. The residents are really odd. Civil, but zero warmth. I lived there for nine months, and they were the loneliest and most miserable in my life. I worked for six of those nine months, and went to church regularly, so it wasn't as if I didn't try to make friends. I had no problem making friends anywhere else, ever. But that festering awful town was so bad. They have a beauty contest called the "Beef Queen" (so does a NSW town), and that says it all. The one nice thing about the town is the botanic gardens, but Rockhampton is bereft of any saving graces. I hope to never see that place again. Also, it's scorching hot and ugly in summer, and freezing cold in winter, because it's too far away from the coast, where the ocean modulates the temperature. I can't imagine any reason for it to be on anyone's bucket list, but if it is, remove it immediately. Go to Airlie Beach instead.
@@MertAus the horse sized Ducks must have been in the Dinosaur Era. There not here now..Thank God lol
The largest property in Australia is a cattle ranch called Anna Creek Station. The 6 segments on the Australian coat of arms are the arms of the 6 States of Australia: Top L to R: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland. Bottom L to R: South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania.
Thank you very much for letting me know. The largest property one has definitely blown my mind. I just Googled Anne Creek Station and even more surprised to find it is 7 times bigger than the USA's biggest ranch. Pretty awesome. Thanks also for letting me know about what segments relate to which state. It is nice to know. Cheers!!
The UK fits into Australia 31 1/2 times. I learned to ski in Australia, we have some really good resorts in NSW and Victoria. Tasmania has snow and I lived in Melbourne which is only an hour away from snow. The funniest thing that happened to us was just after we moved to Melbourne the first time. Christmas here is mid Summer but it snowed on Christmas Eve, my 5 year old thought it was a magic place. It has also snowed on me in the desert in the Outback. There is also a very good reason why Melbourne keeps winning World’s Most Livable City and oddly World’s Best Coffee.
The property is owned by one family and is usually a cattle station or a sheep station. Thousands of people live in the middle of Australia. I have lived there and it is amazing once you acclimatize. There are towns like Coober Pedy where most of the homes are underground.
Camels are not native to Australia. They were brought here to help settle up North, mostly The NT and they were set free when they were no longer need. They are currently in plague proportions but Countries that still use Camel’s are buying them back because we have the only disease free Camels in the world.
I live on a beach in the sub tropics of Queensland. Most of my children still live in Melbourne and one in Cairn’s with his family. I watch Kangaroos on my beach in the early morning and at dusk. I also have two wild giant pythons who live next door but like to Winter in my garage. They drop off up to 20 babies on their way in for us, I have never seen inside my garage and I don’t want to. We have two giant Monitor Lizards that live in our yard and 4 special needs Yorkshire Terriers that never go outside alone because both of these will swallow them and hawks take them. We do take them for walks on the beach but not while the venomous sea snakes are on the sand in the sun. Yes, we do swim there. I was born an ocean baby and I used to surf. My Dad taught me to swim out of a rip when I was a baby. Babies here start swimming lessons at 5 months old. There really isn’t much to be scared of here and we are raised knowing what not to hug.
Australian’s are big travelers. No matter where we go or how great it was, Australia always calls us home. Our Indigenous people have been here for 65,000 years.
Wow when you say it like that (The UK fits into Australia 31 1/2 times) it sound absolutely huge. I didn't realise that is how big it is but it just shows how big Australia is. Wow nice that is snowed for Christmas there, I didn't even know that was possible in Australia. Must've been awesome for the little one.
Your life in Queensland sounds so amazing. So many animals. It sounds very interesting. A really great lifestyle
Yep the Middle East actually get their Camels imported from Australia.
The flags on the coat of arms are the state flags .As for the property it's called a sheep station - think ranch and then go huge .
Ah yes that makes sense considering there was there was 6 flags in the middle. Thanks for letting me know.
That is so interesting about the sheep station. I just Googled it and never knew such a thing existed. Really impressive in size and function. Just blows my mind that there is one that is bigger than Korea.
Don't forget the drop Bears
Australia has 5 major ski resorts and several smaller ones. They are in the southern part of NSW and also in Victoria. Other areas of NSW do get snow too. The reason 85% of us live close to the coast is that the middle of Australia is desert! Hard red rock and sand. You can’t live there really and the temps would be over 50 Celsius!
It honestly never crossed my mind that Australia could have ski resorts but after this video I Googled it and they look so great. I only ever thought of beaches and cool cities when thinking about Australia but that is awesome that they have ski resorts too.
That makes sense about the weather and landscape of central Australia. I guess just quite uninhabitable.
@@MertAus Dr KAP is a smart cookie. (And she follows 🦢🦢🦢)
@@MertAus The original Australians managed to survive in the most difficult places, but they are not suitable for cities. People actually do live there. Just not many.
👍
Underground over 50 Kap. But u know that. I loved watching Back Roads free on ABCiview, bet u knew that too lol. But u didn’t know my childhood neighbour who’s lived in Melbourne all his life has moved to Birdsville, so tanned, working, can’t remember at what, but was a copper most of his working life. He and his wife love it. They are coming to Melbourne for family gathering. I’m invited, he said “I’ve been trying to arrest you for years 😂
I came to Australia over 30 years ago and I am so grateful to this country and its people for giving me incredible opportunities and a wonderful life. Australia is not perfect but I so love this country and I feel so very proud and privileged to be an Australian. On the subject of best places to live in Australia, it is hard to pick one place as every city is so different to others. While my most favourite city in the world is Sydney, we moved to the Gold Coast from Canberra in 2017 to retire. Much better climate and we like living on the water as it has many canal homes. So much to do around the Gold Coast as well. I thought I might link you to this video about a quick comparison of different Australian cities. Hope you can react to this video. I love your channel and you have the most lovable and genuine appreciation of the good and quirky things about Australia.
th-cam.com/video/RAyohhttK18/w-d-xo.html
Camels in Australia are feral and are not native. They were brought here from Afghanistan and India in the 19th century to help with construction in remote and inhospitable areas then released into the wild when no longer needed.
The Camel is not a Native animal of Australia. Was introduced...now a nuisance.
Platypus can't bite, they have a beak! But they also have a poisonous spur on their hind legs - that's the problem.
A platypus has a bill like a duck not a beak like a chook
The fence was originally a rabbit proof fence to stop the rabbits moving - once that was controlled they left it to stop the dingo getting to the sheep
Wrong
Camels were bought to Australia from the middle east in the 1840s with Afghan camel trainers to help cross the country and build roads. But then cars and trucks were invented, they didn't need the camels anymore and rather than put them down they let them go. Now they're breeding out of control in the outback without any predators. Same with feral horses and donkeys.
Wow that is insane. I never knew there was a camel over population issue in Australia. It is so interesting. I can't even imagine the outback with lots of camels, horses and donkeys just roaming around. It actually also makes sense on the reason why they were brought to Australia in the first place.
The horses are mostly destroying the alpine regions (think Man from Snowy River). The top end is overrun with feral camels and buffalo.
The Ghan train running from Adelaide to Darwin is named after the Afghanistan cameleers who used to drive the camels. Feral pigs, foxes, rabbits and cats are all over, except I think Tasmania escaped the foxes.
@@Merrid67play That's right 100%. Feral horses are often called brumbies and treated special but they're just feral horses. Camels can be found in all the deserts.
@@MertAuslots of feral species in Australia causes much damage to the plants and animals. The only two big animals that were/are dangerous are dingoes (that are different to dogs but have inbred) and salt water crocodiles. I have never seen either in the wild. "Salties" are up north (WA, NT AND QLD) and dingoes are out bush.
I think that you would fit in well with the Aussie culture of friendliness, laid-back, easy- going, fair-go attitudes. We are also hard workers but have a balance between work and play. I live in Melbourne which is the cultural city with a European style. It is the Arts, sports and academic capital of Australia. My Welsh parents, who lived in England, migrated from the UK to the state of Victoria in the 1950s and I'm a first generation Aussie and I'm sooo glad they made that decision. All my family have done well, are educated and own their homes. I love that the class system really does not exist here (as it does in the UK) as people here are judged on their character and actions. I love that we have 'elbow room' space even in the cities. I love that I can chat with strangers which is quite the 'done thing' in Oz. I love our variable climate, sunshine and blue skies. We are called 'the lucky country' for good reason.
Oh, and platypuses don't bite. The male has a spur on its hind leg which it uses to inject venom, but they're pretty shy animals.
And as for wildlife in houses, Queensland is known for its snakes, though you may come across them in suburban backyards anywhere in the country. Most are not aggressive but there are one or two that are both plentiful in suburban areas and aggressive during breeding season. There are only a couple of truly venomous spider species you're likely to encounter near a city; and we're all taught about them in school.
Ok cool I never knew that about platypuses. That is one reason I like making videos like this because I really learn some interesting things. It sounds like there are animals but not really a problem at all. Thanks for the comment!
@@MertAus honestly, the biggest, scariest looking spider, is the huntsman.(that's the one you see in the video's) They really aren't aggressive nor venomous. They are actually a bonus to have in the house as they are your private insect controller.
Only time I ever freaked out about one was when I went to move my hand off the floor and had one resting on top of it. It was only trying to be friendly! I think!
@@sunisbest1234 totally agree that huntsmen are great to have in the house, and my biggest freak out was similar. Brought laundry in from the line and while folding it I shook out a t-shirt. A massive huntsman came flying from the shirt straight at my face. I'm not sure which of us was more shocked 🤣
@@marissabishop1833 😂😂 they do like to give us humans a scare! I'm sure they laugh themselves silly!!
I'm in Western Australia, I'd rather sleep with a halfa dozen Redback spiders and a tiger snake out camping than have to worry about getting eaten by a fkn bear, or wolf, cougar or coyote 😂😂😂😂
I'm in Melbourne and it's great, weather can be unpredictable but makes it interesting. Have beaches and snow close by and beautiful national parks. Oh and no funnel webs!
Emus knees don't let them walk backwards so them and kangaroos are well suited to be on the Coat of Arms as symbolises only moving forward.
Yeah when we were in Melbourne, some of our friends and people we met told us about the weather. I am from Scotland so I know how mental weather can be. We also have the 'four seasons in a day' problem. I didn't realise there was snow near Melbourne. That would actually be a good selling point as I miss the snow here in Malaysia.
That is a cool point about the animals only moving forward to show the progress of the country. I like it
@@MertAus oh Kool (and Humid) your in Malaysia, I spent month there in the 90s. Would love to go back sometime.
I’m in WA and it’s an absolutely awesome place to live. Cheaper than the Eastern States and tons to see. The beaches and sunsets are gorgeous.
The one property is a cattle ranch called Anna Creek Station.
The coat of arms has the symbols of Australia's six states. The cross of St. George with lion and stars is NSW.
Spiders are pretty common to see yeah.
Australian is the best country to raise kid
One bad thing about living in Australia is the huge distances to travel even within the country, let alone most of the world. Expensive to travel too.
I was born and raised in Wangaratta in North-east Victoria and used to go tobogganing on nearby Mt Buffalo in Winter.
+Hi mate to answer one of your questions yes we have spiders in houses not uncommon but the Huntsman spider is quite common and is one of the large ones you see on videos, about as big of your hand but totally harmless and keep the roaches down, I usually put them outside not kill them cheers
I'm originally from Melbourne and we would go skiing in winter to Mount Hotham and Falls Creek.
I have lived in Australia for over 40yrs I originally come from Glasgow, I have lived in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. You get used to seeing spiders , have never seen a snake but plenty of lizards, While living in Perth it was not unusual to get held up in traffic to let the kangaroos cross the road (not joking) also had to rescue 5 blue tongue lizards from my 2 dogs so kept them indoors until my other half came home from work and take them somewhere safe . While living in Sydney the lady who lived next door to us was getting her above ground pool removed and they found a nest of Sydney Funnel Web spiders she got them in a jar and brought them in for us to see they were scarey looking but she was taking them to the hospital so that they could get milked for their venom.
Im an Aussie and as long as you stay away from snakes and spiders they shouldn’t hurt you. I’m a nurse and all hospitals are very well stocked with anti venom. I have been a few times to the “snow” and I loved it. I’m from a town about 90mins out of Sydney and I love it..there not 100% sure why the Emu can’t walk backwards but they think it has something to do with the knees. The reason we don’t live in the middle of Australia is due to heat. The coat of arms represents the 6 states of Australia. For example the black swan represents Western Australia..I have lived overseas for work and couldn’t wait to get home. I bawled my eyes out when we landed. Australia has its problems but it’s a great place to bring up kids. Like I can’t remember last time I locked my doors.
Thanks for your comment and all the information Michelle, I really appreciate it. Sounds like you live in an awesome place. A nice chilled place and not too far from Sydney. What do you think are the differences between living in Sydney and Melbourne (if any)? My son is 3 and we have another on the way in January. At the moment I live in Malaysia but we are considering going back to UK or moving somewhere else before my boy starts primary school. Australia is definitely somewhere we are considering.
The weather is better in Sydney and we do have a coffee culture in Sydney but Melbourne is definitely the coffee capital of the world. Both are great places to live but if you want to live close to the city I would choose Melbourne but if you want to live out of the city then I would choose New South Wales. Maybe you should try and visit NSW before deciding. If you want to live out of Sydney some great places include the south coast, central coast or if you want to live in a more rural area the southern highlands or the blue mountains. Congrats on the upcoming birth.
@@MertAus Also make sure to travel to South eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales before you decide. The lifestyle is second to none.
@@xymonau2468 I 100% agree I have family in Coffs Harbour and also near Taree areas and I’ve always loved them.
Yes, we have snow in Australia, lol. Ppl think the whole continent is desert with bits of tropical paradise, but it's a big continent and the geography is a lot more varied than that!
Glad you liked Melbourne 🙂 I've been here 25 years & wouldn't live anywhere else at this point in my life. It has good education facilities for kids, world class universities, 19th century architecture and lots of parks & gardens. Lots of festivals, food & culture too!
I had a kangaroo jump thrue my house in back door and out the front lol not normal but I live in the out back. Bad things summer heat and fly's
And summer bugs
It's weather. The western border of Sydney is the Great Dividing Range. On the other side of the Range it is hot and dry. Every now and again someone thinks about reversing river flows or pumping water in from the sea but the cost is prohibitive.
Brother get your ass over here. You would love it my friend. Staysafe best wishes from Michael Australia
Skiing is seasonal and grea fun. Others dread snow we love it. It’s amazing.
The Snowy River Power Plant generated +50years of Electricity for the State of Victoria, the most populous State of that time. A persons Farm or house and all of their land is called their Property. Inability to walk backwards is because of they have rear pointing elbows...ducks is in that group. This is a great country.
Camels were brought here for the Discovery and packing goods, delivery all over Australia with generations of Afghans after which t main train line is called because it goes from East to West. Camels are sold back to Arabian countries because of tri pure breed. Bull Ants are my pet peeve about the Land and when people throw rubbish on the ground anywhere.
Come to Melbourne suburbs on the Mornington Peninsula side. Closer to the beach if you can. Social, Restaurants, Scot population.
You can make a snowman in the Australian Alps in January, which is the middle of summer here.
The heraldic images inside the coat of arms are elements from the various flags of the states.
One of our unique items (possibly shared with NZ) is long service leave. This is a bonus for staying in your job. You get a credit of 9 leave days per year for each year of service once you've worked for 7 years, although you usually can't take it until the 10 year mark. Once you hit 15 years you get more days per year. This extra paid leave came about before plane travel was a thing, because so many people had immigrated from Europe. To visit the country of their birth required a long sea voyage, so the usual 4 weeks of annual leave made it impossible to visit family overseas.
Property is an area of land, usually called a station, when you are talking about cattle, or other live stock.
Not a farm, nor a Ranch, it's a station, or property.
Theres only like a few snowy places in Australia haha. Ive been to Thredbo & climbed Mount kosiosko where it snows
Perth has near on the most British people living outside of Britain….
Which might mean it’s got a slightly better lifestyle than Melbourne 😏
If you want to know more about snakes here, watch a video called, How Horses Save Humans from Snake Bite on the Veritasium channel.
The dingo fence is to keep the wild dog (dingo) out of farming land to stop them from attacking sheep and other livestock.
Oh that makes sense. I just could never have a imagined one single fence being so big. After watching this video and one of the other comments telling me about the largest property being a sheep station, I googled it and it mentioned that feral dogs were a problem for farming so that would seem to tie in with this point. Thanks for letting me know
Dingos aren't feral dogs, though. They are a naturalised species that arrived in Australia about 4000 years ago, probably from SE Asia. And they don't really attack sheep as frequently as many people think.
@@Merrid67play Yeah exactly. They're wild dogs closer to wolves than domestic dogs. I don't like the fact that they're often incorrectly labelled as feral dogs and treated as a pest species. But there are feral dogs and they can hybridise which makes it more confusing.
The dingo fence was originally the rabbit-proof fence. Rabbits and foxes were introduced by English nobility in Australia's early years so they could go hunting. Both became huge pests, rabbits especially, so the fence was built in the 1800s and extended early 1900s to keep them out of crop lands. It was later modified to protect sheep flocks from dingo attacks.
@@Bellas1717 I didn't know that. I thought they were two separate completely different fences. I thought the rabbit proof fence was in WA. But upon further googling what you said seems to be correct. Interesting.
A "property" is our way of what you would call a farm or the American's a ranch. Aussies will also call them "stations". But farm is hardly adequate when the station is thousands of square miles. See the Top Gear special to get a reaction to some of our stations.
How do you work out a percentage of things that have been discovered to things that haven't been discovered within a Country?
I thought the exact same.
camels imported into Australia in 1860 expeditions and later to help build the telegraph system , escaped or let go? now a problem.
I live in the Snowy Mountains and right now, today when we would have temps in the 30s we are having an 'arctic blast top temp today 11. Bring on summer. Plenty of snow up top.
I’ve lived in Australia all my life and can’t think of anything I don’t like here. There are aspects of different things, but overall it’s just a great place to be with such a variety that there’s sure to be a place that suits everyone. Swearing is not really as common as you might think, just as spiders and snakes are not nearly as common as they are made out to be.
Awesome. It seems like most people from Australia really love living there and appreciate there own country. I would say in Scotand and UK where I am from people are always very down on the country. Maybe that's why so many British people move to Australia actually.
@@MertAus I have a cousin in law from England who left there because it rains too much lol
And here's a thing this Tasmanian didn't know - the dingo fence and the rabbit proof fence are the same thing. It's just that it didn't work against rabbits (you know, because they burrow), so they made it higher and said it was to keep out the dingoes instead.
And every other native animal, that wants to get past it.
Um, no. The Rabbit Proof Fence runs from WA south to north, in places now.
Platapus don't inject their venom from their mouths but from a spur on their feet
anna creek is a cattle station. or a big farm
Very very big
You’ve got good taste. Did you know that a worldwide group voted Melbourne the worlds most livable city six years in a row?
Are you Scottish, I’m not sure of the accent between that and Ireland. If you are you will have a lot of fun checking out a video of a female Scottish reporter getting sucked in by Aussies to do with “drop bears.” Search, “Scottish reporter tricked with drop bears.”
Aussies on their property dress this poor girl up in all the protective gear befitting of a SWAT team member, and then hand her a koala, telling her it is a vicious drop bear. One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
The true story of drop bears comes from an old advertisement for Bundaberg Rum. (Bundaberg is a Queensland town.) A group of young guys were camping, and a group of girls were camping nearby. The boys tried to convince the girls to come over to their camp, but the girls were having none of it. One of the guys said, “You should be careful over there because of drop bears.” The girls laughed it off. Every ad for Bundaberg Rum featured a big white polar bear mascot. The bear snuck around behind the bushes and climbed the tree behind the girls. He then jumped out of the tree into the bushes and the girls screamed and ran to the protection of the boys.
This brilliant advertisement is now part of Australian folklore, and Aussies love teasing overseas people about drop bears.
Yes I am Scottish but I have been living in Asia for the last 10 years (although my accent doesn't seem to get any weaker the longer I stay here). Will check out the video you recommended.
haha nice that is a cool story about the ad. I was thinking of reacting to some Australian adverts so might see if I can include that on it also.
@@MertAus Did you see my Malaysian comment?
@@MertAus you'll never lose your Scottish accent. My grandmother lived next to an elderly Welsh couple who had lived here for nearly 50 years. Accent still as strong as ever. Most of the elderly I've spoken to who have come from various countries around the world retained the accent. Some "Australianism" is incorporated though.
That story isn't true. Drop bears are real. 😊
@@MertAus Jimmy Barnes (the singer) moved to Australia in 1961 when he was 5. He still has the Scottish accent (though it is a blend of Aussie/Scot). I think once you get the Scottish accent it never goes away 😄
I can't think of any birds that walk backwards. There leg joints may not allow it
gday mate emus cant walk backwards because theyll fall over cos off the way ther feet are shaped also just another fun fact did u know australia is pretty much aslong as it is wide an yes the property u asked about is a cattle farm
Thanks 💕
I have never had a snake in my house and have only ever seen daddy long legs and huntsman spiders. I live in melbourne but if u lived in Queensland or the outback that could be a problem
We live in the bush and have 11.5 acres and we share it with things like Tiger Snakes, countless spiders, some very venomous and some absolutely huge, venomous ants almost 3cm long, we have poisonous fungi (and even some that glows in the dark) and to be honest, the thing here that we do feel nervous around is the introduced European Wasp. I hate those things!
If you get the chance, here's a video I took in February of 2 male Tiger Snakes fighting beside our shed. At times I was less than a metre away from them I never once felt threatened or in any danger.
th-cam.com/video/mhUmLhAD9vY/w-d-xo.html
Loving you channel!
property is land owned by 1 person land that size is in the outback running cattle
Cause it's fu%king hot in the middle
"Has Donald Trump seen that?"
And my wife and I cracked up.
as funny as the name Batmania is, we don't want our city named after John Batman.
Camels are from Arabia, Australia has the healthiest ones
Also if want check out any great our music Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham or another female we lost Oliva Newton-John, Also a link to some thing's Aussie invented th-cam.com/video/H2rkwLdPXFk/w-d-xo.html
snow in Australia cold and wet
Macca's hasn't expanded enuf into the center of Australia for us to move there yet...🤣
hahaha
Property that big would b farm land.
We have dangerous things but they mostly leave you alone as long as you aren’t an idiot that goes looking to touch them. Check your shoes before you put them on in the cities
Emus pronounced...E muus
I'll try again...Emu pronounced...
E..mew.. that's better.
Australia is the place that time FORGOT .
a property in Australia is owned by 1 person or Family
Batman is pronounced bat-m'n.
something to keep in mind is that Melbourne the poor man's Sydney
Melbourne is much cleaner than Sydney and Sydney is more picturesque than Melbourne but Australia is a Beautiful place
The kangaroosare dead on the side of thefoad,
Oh shit! That tells me to stop drinking. I mean, when kangaroos and Emos hang together. Oh, wait you meant Emus!!
I've watched your reactions. Yours' to "I am Australian" is so analytical that you qualify as Professor of Statistics or Mathematics at Melbourne University.
Kangaroos are yummy!
If it wasn't for deadly creatures, Australia would have100 million people, just saying 😂
i hate the cities go visit the country areas there is so much to see and it is safe you won't get eaten how do you think we survive here
Sydney mate...best of both cities..Brisbane humid as f$%k, and to many queenslanders, Melbourne rainy and way too many Mexicans , Perth and Adelaide who cares
Ha ha ha that's funny
@3:25 White.
The reason we all hug the coastline is because the centre is inhospital. It's dry and extreme. Seriously, I've travelled it many times....in fact I grew up out west (west of Brisbane that is on the Northern Territory Queensland New South Wales border. A property is like a farm in the UK, or a ranch in the US. As for those horse sized ducks...that's just crap, seriously; and of all the crap I've heard foreigners say about Australia, I've never heard about giant ducks before.
As for what not to like....for my part as an old fart pushing 70, the only thing I hate is right wing politicians....fortunately at the moment we have a decent federal government but the 9 years before that were grim. All in all, I think Australia is gods own country. There's everything anyone could want here. You can be surrounded by people our with just a short 1 or 2 hour drive you can be in the middle of nowhere in peaceful solitude. The food is great, with enough checks and balances on what can be added to ensure you can be healthy. Even MacDonalds is healthier in Australia I believe, altho I've never felt the need to go there....and it rarely snows anywhere here, only the Snowy Mountains on an annual basis. In Queensland it pretty much has never snowed which I think it a great thing because when the temperature gets below 18C (about 65F) I think I'm freezing to death. Thanks for your vids, I really enjoy them.