Tipping always makes me super uncomfortable in America - in my experience waiters there suck up to you the whole time, laughing at jokes that aren't funny and giving you unnatural attention, and the whole time you're aware that they're doing it just to get you to give them more money at the end of the meal. It makes the whole eating out experience feel like an enormous, dirty scam, not to mention that the very last thing I want to do after finishing my dinner is to conduct an employee performance review to work out how much they should be paid. How about the restaurant pays their wages instead, and if they're underperforming, the restaurant fires them, like every other business out there? But the thing I hate even more is the fact that tax is not included in prices. It drives me CRAZY. The idea that you can go into a Dollar Store, pick out one item, and the cost is not $1 but $1.06 or whatever is raving insanity. You never know how much an item is going to cost before you get to the register. Not being able to buy something listed as $19.99 with a twenty dollar note is the stupidest thing ever.
Makes me uncomfortable too...like if someone tipped me a few dollars for doing my job I'd sorta feel insulted, like "do I look poor or something?". It has a 'homeless guy asking for a dollar' kinda feel to it. I get it that it's how people make their wage, but yeh I get what you're saying. But from another perspective, I feel like in Australia right now, customer service, especially whilst dining, is on a downward slope. Like there's not any incentive to be polite, or get your order right etc. Yeh the tax at the register thing got me too..stupid
This comment deserves more likes. However I will say we often say KEEP THE CHANGE oft out of convenience but also when s'one has done an exceptional job. In the last circumstance I'm not talking loose change left over but bills $5+ u would normally take back.
The minimum wage for casual workers is over $25 an hour. When people are paid well, tipping is unnecessary. I cannot understand why the USA behaves like an underdeveloped country, paying its workers a pittance. Why not include the expected tip in the price of a meal, pay your workers a decent wage, no tipping and everyone preserves some dignity.
The shelf price thing really pissed me off in the US. You still have to add tax so the price on the shelf is not what you pay at the checkout. I hated doing a weekly shop, I never knew how much to expect to pay. I'm grateful that here in Australia the tax is already included in the advertised price. What you see is what you pay.
Yeah, I couldn't imagine trying to live on a tiny budget in the US, with their taxes being different from state to state, and them not being included in the shelf price.
@@chriskelly9476 I've seen people pay for things individually when they buy things rounded down not up cos they might save a few bucks (more likely cents)in the long run. Might hold people up but if they're using common sense & that desperate to save I don't begrudge them.
Is the tax a set % or does it vary? I figure if it's the same % everytime it wouldn't be too hard to work out, but I can see it being a pain doing the weekly shop having to work it out for every item.
I think the actual switches are a bit different too, the Aussie switches are more like a rocker switch, whereas the American ones are more like a toggle switch....if that makes sense....
basic wage in OZ is $21 per Hour, ($15.75 US) normally full time employment 38 hours a week with 4 weeks paid holidays with 18% extra money on top, not to mention paid public holiday leave. It not necessary to tip people for their service but some people do anyway, and usually collected by the manager and split amongst all the employees.
If my family ever decides to tip (Australian) we always pay the worker that we believe went above and beyond to make our time more enjoyable, which was pretty much always the waiter/waitress.
The no tipping is because the wages are higher, there's no reason why you can't leave a tip, often there maybe a jar at the counter for tipping that's either gets divided at the end of day, week or it goes to a Christmas party or on a bar tab for a night out
It means we get paid for dedicating our time to their business, even if they fail to draw enough customers. Relying on tips means if the business is slow, then you get nothing for your time.
Our minimum wage is $20.33 (Aussie) per hour, so servers are generally paid well enough where tipping isn't necessary. It's worth noting that most servers here are also 'casual' employees, which means that they are paid more again because instead of getting the compulsory holiday and sick leave with pay that full-time or part-time staff get, they get paid extra to compensate them for not getting those benefits. All of this is mandated by law.
I don't know if it's just me and my circle but the only people we tip is taxi drivers and it is usually rounded up to the nearest $5 at most unless we have a big win on the punt then it's tips all round
The siren at the beach is a shark warning or bad surf conditions not to remind people to apply sunscreen we are Australians we can figure that out for ourselves Cheers
Yep. Down is on, up is off (in all of Australia). Tipping is optional. Toilets have reduced water, there are 2 buttons, a half flush or full flush. Sun screen is really important (never heard of ozone layer being thin here, but is in Antarctica) the sun is just F'ing hot. High rate of skin cancer is true.
What she said about the ozone hole is all true.Australia is absolutely the skin cancer capital of the world and a giant but silent killer.My family has had many skin cancer scares,myself included it is very intense and literally cooks the skin within a day in summer.
Just like everything they are a bit behind Metric System, Health Care, Paid Holiday and sick leave should we tell them about the 17% leave loading and Maternity leave a much better Pension that we consider low, Paid Public Hols, Tax rebate on Private Health that cost fraction as it does there along with what we pay for scripts and so much more it is why so many Yanks stay on and become citizens after Rotation is up at Pine Gap and other Military towns they have added bonus of not walking into a bullet and when they vote do not have to wait any longer than 15 mins and their vote counts not that of a redundant electoral college.
@@sandrarobinson3266 The rebate on Private Health is a bad thing, it takes Billions of dollars out of Medicare and Public Hospitals just so those who are rich enough to be able to afford Private Health Insurance are even better off, while not making it affordable for the Loe Income Earners who pay for the rebate with the Medicare Levy.
Yes the bill does come to the table. There are some places where you pay at the door. As far as tipping goes, you can definitely tip if you want. If the staff have been great I will tip.
We don't have a tipping culture in Australia because the minimum wage and conditions for servers are much higher. It is expected that the price includes everything and that good service is expected not rewarded. We do have tip jars at places like coffee shops where you might put your change, or you might round up the price and just say 'keep the change"
@@jimm2297 Yeah but do you sit there and try to work out what 20% of the price is so that your tip doesn't upset someone.... Or do you give the guy $20 and say "keep the change" or maybe throw him an extra $10 note? That is the difference in tip culture.
Also crossings in new york aren't crossings, I almost got run over by a car, there were zebra lines on the road, i started walking over them and almost hit by a car, I realised that they are NOT pedestrian crossings quickly. In australia, zebra crossings are for pedestrians who have right of way.
Yep, you have right of way the second you step onto the road in Australia, zebra crossing or not. The zebra stripes are to warn the car drivers to look out for pedestrians.
I had the same issue in Japan. In Australia, zebra crossings are exclusively for right of way crossing. There are pedestrian crossings without right of way, but they are painted differently than zebra crossings (Typically two dashed lines on either side of the crossing).
I don't think you can truly understand the lack of water sources until you go rough camping in a random spot in the bush. Most creeks marked on topographic maps only have water during or soon after a heavy rain, the rest of the time you might be lucky to get a puddle or be able to dig for some water under the creek bed.
@@darkyboode3239 Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last 20 years victoria most certainly has had droughts. The fact that I was able to ride my motorbike across the a dry lake bed in Eildon would be indicative of a drought. That and water restrictions.
Most wait staff are paid a much higher & fair rate in Australia compared to US. So tips are not necessary. This higher cost is built into your meal price.
So true, I live in the Hunter Valley and anything in the tourist area is priced so high that the locals do not go to those establishments. Us locals get the cheaper meals in town, so a tip for visiting Australia, when visiting Australia there is a lot more to see if you get out of the capital cities.
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So many points to make: The main one would be tipping. Why pay for your food and pay for their staff services? That’s why their employer pays their wages. You pay for the food, the employer pays them to work. Yes, you get your ass burnt off in less than 15 minutes at the beach on a mediocre warm day.
When I was a young tacker a lot of people in service industries would be offended by a tip. Their answer would be something like “I work for a living” - it was a pride thing, as they saw tips as charity. Same in New Zealand. It isn’t the case so much now though, tips are now graciously accepted, but not expected. As noted by others our minimum wage is a gazillion times that of the US. Having been to the States a couple of times, there is only one difference that completely triggers me - the coffee. US coffee sucks big time. Oh and the guns….
you only really tip if someone goes above and beyond what's expected. even then its not really common and very rare - i think a fair few restaurants probably wouldn't let the servers take their tips home anyway, so it doesn't really make sense to tip.
@@DaBoomDude from my expierience in the resturant industry here in aus, the tips are usualy pooled together then devided up at the end of shift, some places include kitchen staff in the split, others don't. never have i seen it where the resutrant keeps it. the closest to that i have seen is one place that would put it all aside and when enough was built up it was used for group activities for the whole staff (gokarting etc.) its also less common for 1 server to be your only server, yes asigning a table to a worker is a thing, but everyone clears everyones plates etc, as 'we are all in it together' and not competing for tips.
The guns don't bother me but when I went to the U.S. one of my bucket list things was to have Starbucks omg I had 1 mouthful 🤢🤢🤢🤢 taste terrible and looked like dirty dish water.
She's spot on about being careful when crossing the road, I've lived in Australia all my life, nearly got killed in Dubai from looking the wrong way when crossing the road there
I believe the ozone layer has a thin spot that floats around the south pole. Since the banning of CFC's it has improved a bit but is still hanging about letting the scorching through.
Correct it was centred over Antarctica & extended over areas mostly to the south of Australia, Tasmania which is relatively the coolest state suffered the most due to proximity, even on a cool day it would burn you to a crisp. It was a global initiative to ban Cloro Fluro Carbons used widely in air conditioning systems & as propellants in spray cans. Centre not Center as we spell using the English English ;-) If you get great service you can tip, it is appreciated as service is usually pretty crap & yes NZ is great they're like cousins similar migration but no convicts except the ones that escaped from here. Great videos like the comparisons
That was disproved like 15 yrs ago 🤷♂️🤣 It was a lie pushed by the greenies, reason it's so hot here is because we're so close to the equator and it's only northern states that get disgustingly hot, sa Vic perth tas and lower parts of nsw gets cold af , fyi south America gets just as hot for the very same reason 👍
@@stevetout3195 dude I live in Vic and that's a load of bs 🤷♂️🤣 yes we get hot af summers but the last 2 have been relatively cool, hottest it got was like 32 this yr ,most of the yr down here we're still wearing jumpers even in spring lol
Yep the switches are UP off DOWN on. Cheers Rory PS the sidewalk is called a foot path.As for tipping that's a no people get a fair wage for work so no tipping.
I saw this one very soon after she made it. It's mostly accurate except near the end. Servo/service station is carried over from the good ol' days when an attendant would come out and pump it into your car for you, check the oil, fill the washer fluid, etc. You might be too young to remember that! 😀 No locals will tip for anything unless maybe it's at a really fine restaurant or something, and even then it will more be a "rounded up" sort of payment. However there are industries where they've gotten used to American tourists tipping - I was once asked here if I wanted to leave a tip and I replied "I'm a local", which was followed by an apology from the server! If you try to tip at a bar, your money will still be on the bar at the end of the night. Happened to my brother-in-law here, who is American. As we were leaving the barman shouted to him "hey mate you forgot your change!" I did warn him! There is no ozone hole over Sydney. The ozone hole does exist from decades ago and the prolific use of chlorofluorocarbons in industry, but it's much further south towards the Antarctic. It's actually shrinking since they were banned, and is expected to disappear around 2070. We have really high skin cancer rates here because it's a generally warm, sunny country with lots of beaches and everybody wants a tan way too much. So we have a lot of TV advertising campaigns to get people to cover up or use sunscreen.
With driving, regardless of where you are in the world remember this. The driver goes to the middle of the road. What I mean by that, right hand controls in the car, drive on the left side of the road. left hand controls, drive on the right.
Homes in Australis have duel flushing toilets to save water. And we do tip waiters and other people in service industries if you think the service is good, but it isn't mandatory as these people do earn a decent living wage.
The hole in the ozone layer sits over the south pole. So in the southern hemisphere countries like Australia, New Zealand, south Africa, south America, have higher UV levels than the Northern hemisphere, yes the burn time is much less down and you can feel it aswell. Spf 50 is recommended.
The ozone hole does not reach the latitudes of Australia at all. Her ozone hole comment is complete nonsense. She’s repeating a silly myth. The reason the sun is strong is because of lower particulate matter levels in the atmosphere due to less pollution.
It always confused me when I saw American movies or TV shows and they say that "in Australia the water in the bathroom flushes in the other direction" then the person on TV goes to the toilet and flushes it to check the direction it spins. But I've never ever seen any of our Australian toilets flush in ANY direction! The water just kind of sloshes to the front of the bowl and then goes down. Water in the kitchen sink or the bathtub will spin though when you pull the plug.
It's the Coriolis Effect, and it's true. The toilet water, down the sink or bath plug hole and even flowing down the pipes and drains in opposite direction in Southern Hemisphere, as opposed to Northern Hemisphere.
@@mikeparkes7922 ...but the Coriolis effect is very small, and easily overwhelmed by the non-laminar flow in your average sink or toilet bowl. You really won't notice any difference except by confirmation bias 😉
The hole in the Ozone layer is not a myth, it's just NOT over Sydney. It was at the south pole. At it's largest, it did get close to Australia. That said, since CFC's were banned 20-30 years ago. The hole has started to "heal" as in it is getting smaller each year.
Biggest issue I find when going from RHD to LHD when I visit the US is it's really hard to turn my head to the left to check blind spot or for reverse parking while checking to the right here feels natural and easy
You should check out Tristan Kuhn’s videos he was an American in Australia and he’d did heaps of videos such as 25 difference between Australia and America.
Agreed. Tristan's videos are entertaining and reasonably accurate. He was here during the start of the bad times, and that affected his ability to travel.
Great reaction and original video. I think she did a pretty good job all round. When we lived in the States my wife worked as a waitress and there were some days she made next to nothing and some days she made great money. However, I think that one of the better things about this system is that when you get your bill that is all you are paying. No calculating the tip, no added tax - you just pay the bill. You can also be confident that the servers are making good money and the owner of the restaurant isn't getting rich off the neglect of employees. On the ozone hole, it is something of an urban myth. The truth is that the ozone layer is thinner over the whole of Australia then it is in other parts of the world but it is not exclusively Australia. There is a greater thinning seasonally over the Arctic and Antarctic. In the 1970's it was discovered that certain substances like hydrofluorocarbons were damaging the ozone layer over the whole earth and it was severer in some parts, mid-latitudes, then others. To get the message across, or perhaps simply as a result of the way things develop, this idea of an ozone hole started forming. From the mid '90's the use of ozone depleting chemicals has been highly regulated or banned. The amount in the atmosphere is declining and ozone levels have been predicted to be restored to pre 80's level by 2050 in mid-latitudes and 2065 over the polar regions - so great job humans for responding to at least one crisis effectively. Having said that skin cancer rates are high in Australia. It is a rare combination of predominately fair skinned people living relatively close to the equator - but I imagine Florida has exactly the same issues. Skin cancer rates are higher in the northern regions of Australia then the southern so calling Sydney the skin cancer capital is probably a bit off but then who wants that title anyway. But having said all of that I go back to my original comment I think she did a really good job at identifying the differences - light switches are an interestingly difficult difference to get use to. Lived in Texas for 7 years and never got fully use to it, but enough so I had a problem when we moved back to Australia.
So tempted to actually say Marcas in conversation. "Excuse me gents, I'm going to Marcas, would anyone care for a Big Mac?" "Yeah mate, keen!" I'm sorry I know I'm not the first to point out that you got Maccas wrong. 😂 It should sound more like "Mackers"
Something not mentioned is in Australia, if you work full time you get four weeks paid holiday a year and I think we might get more public holidays than the US too. And Christmas is in summer. You guys don't know what you're missing!!!
@@IWrocker further to original commenter if you are a full time employee you get paid a normal days wage for public holidays even though you don’t actually work that day.
Health care workers get 5 weeks vacation leave with 15% vacation leave loading, long service leave, 12% super annuation, 3 days covid leave, PD (professional development leave) 2 days, 10 days sick leave , $1,500 PD leave allowances - Queensland Healthcare.
Tipping depends on the class of restaurant, in a very fancy 4-5 star restaurant you will still tip, but at fast food joints often tips are not even allowed to be accepted. Generally if you do tip, for example some smaller restaurants will have a tip jar it's expected the tip is distributed to all the salary staff and there are rules against the owners or managers from pocketing tips earned by the staff. It's really upto the individual if they feel the service they received is worth paying a bit extra.
in terms of the light switch, remember Australia is upside down, so once you do that the switches are normal again. The earth moves around the sun in an ellipsis (and in the Australian Summer the earth is closer to the Sun than in the US Summer). Hence greater chance of being burnt in the Australia Summer (and New Zealand also). The hole in the Ozone layer is just that the Ozone layer is thinner over the South Pole.
@@terben7339 Yeah, totally correct, Australia is a funny place because we use both British and American spelling, actually you can thank Sesame Street for the most influence on Australia language.
3:36 A lot of switches are like that in Australia. However, I never noticed it as a kid, because I grew up in a house with a living room with two switches for the same lights, so one would be in the “off” position when the lights were on.
So with our toilets we have 2 different flushing systems a small flush if you did a number one a longer flush for number 2s we need to conserve water its the most precious resource we have.
That’s one of the first things I noticed in the States. The water in the bowl would be the same amount as is contained in the cistern. The difference is as you point out, no ability to half flush.
@@ACTConcreteCutting The USA still uses the long time outdated and very inefficient syphon system, (hence the whirlpool) whereas Australia and most other modern western societies use the much more efficient sudden deluge system.
Born and raised Sydney sider. Went to LA in 2016 for 10 days and did theme parks with my wife in your summer and yeh nah your sun is very....Ummm....gentle I guess you could say lol. Most days we didn't put on sunscreen and we are standing/walking in the sun all day and didn't even really burn. Legit you can not go a hour in the summer sun in Sydney without getting burnt.
Sun is gentle in California but it’s harsh as shit in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas & states southwest like that, but even then it probably isn’t as harsh as the Aussie sun because of the tilt of the earth, you guys are closer to the sun
A lot of our switches (especially wall socket switches) have a red marker that you can see when switch is on. I think that is why we turn off by flicking switch up, since the red mark is easier to see from above.
The "Ozone" is NOT over Australia the FACT is that the WHOLE PLANET is closer to the sun Southern hemisphere (147.1m/km-91.4m/mi) summer Northern hemisphere (152.1m/km-94.5m/mi) summer
@@Gryphorim A depleted ozone "hole" over Antarctica and usually contained by the circum-polar vortex (a wind running around the planet). The reason UV is higher in Australia is because it's closer to the equator. So Sydney is about the same latitude as North Africa (but south) and even Hobart (in the far south) is equivalent to about Spain in the northern hemisphere. PS: I ran courses on ozone depletion in the 80s.
We drive on the other side of the car , the pedals are the same right foot gas / accelerator, left foot clutch, only manual gears with left hand, that's about it, most of our highways are divided by a nature strip so head on is more in cities
It’s not hard to adjust to driving on the other side of the road, it really helps at intersections if there is a car in front of you also turning the same way.
The best way to think of it is the driver is always in the middle of the road, regardless of which side, then you don't have to consciously think about left and right at all. I'm an Aussie who drives in South Korea.
@@fransmith3255 I always drive an automatic when overseas, I do think it would probably be a bit tougher to drive a manual (stick) as you would be changing gears with the wrong hand (and maybe the clutch with the other foot?). But apart from that I actually have more difficulty when I get back home, I start indicating with my windscreen wipers etc.
You do realize that he would have been up on charges in this woke day and age. But don't get me wrong, I loved growing up in the 70's and 80's Saturday morning cartoons.
3:33 FIRST thing I noticed when I moved to Canada. I tried to turn on the lights by flicking down SO MANY TIMES. Lived there over a year and still couldn't get it. So yeah, it's the opposite - which is such a little difference to realise xD However, my spare bedroom light switch here (in Aus) is wired wrong so that to turn the light on you flick up = reminds me of Canada
I went to America when I was very young and only remember the time I asked for lemonade expecting to get sprite but got given homemade lemonade. I’ll admit it was better any way
@@tarawood-bradley2119 Check out an Australian company called " The juice brothers " they make their drinks from real fruit and their lemonade is fantastic , There is another company from the hunter valley that make their own too but I can't remember the name , but there is no comparison between proper made lemonade and sprite totally different drinks .✌️
@@tarawood-bradley2119 We used to. Kids used to have lemonade stalls out the front of their house, as it is/was in America. I know, as I ran one here in Oz.
The walking on one side of the footpath is very much in the cities. In country areas you either walk down the middle of the footpath and do the "baulk", generally you see what side the person coming towards you is doing and move to the other side. If you have an elderly person approaching it's usually accepted to step off the footpath onto the grass and allow them the space. Although we don't tip at restaurants, it's pretty common to round up taxi fares to a full note (ie, 20 or 50, depending on the fare).
Also I've noticed that toilets in America have half the bowl filled with water were as here its only at the bend. Imagine the splash back on American ones... Edit wow that question was answered!!! The ozone layer did heal itself somewhat in the late 90s early 00s, once the CFC was removed from aerosol cans and fridges, it fixed itself up, but there is still a hole over Antarctica.
And New Zealand. You burn fast in NZ. Took the Mrs back to NZ for a Holiday (She's Aussie) and told her to put on sunscreen. She said "it's overcast".. One guess to who resembled a cooked lobster basting itself in Aloe Vera for the next few days 🤣
It’d be too easy to score a “touchdown” in an American dunny (touchdown is where your shit reaches the water before you snap it off) Working away from your hometown and living in motels and eating pub meals each night, sharing a motel room with one of 15 workmates, rotating who you share with so there’s no murdering...But, not matter who you shared with, you were guaranteed to hear a shout of “touchdown” come from one of your mates or one of the other rooms 😂
Keen comes from a shortening of an old saying Keen as Mustard. Keen's mustard was a very popular powdered mustard brand around the world. And water does not swirl in a different direction. The direction is based completely on the design of the basin
Was very weird when I went to America and my....Um....."bits" would touch the water in the bowl when I sat on your toilets and your seat on those toilets are massive compared to Australia. But the most annoying part was when you bought something at a shop or see something on the menu at a cafe, that price your reading isn't the price. You have to add tax and tip on top. So everything seemed cheap until you got the final bill. But also your expected to tip the bus/coach driver for doing his job, a job iv already paid them once for and expected to pay again on top at the end of the trip. You also have not tap and go paying with your key/bank cards, you still have to swipe or insert your card.
Hey mate... your doing a great job picking up the Aussie slang and "ockerisms" I guess we have a slightly better grasp of the wide spread American accents and phrases as most movies we watch would be American productions. I build motorhomes and was aware of the upside down switches from some U.S imported vehicles we get in.. also you guys are 110volts and we are 240volts mains power. I'm "KEEN" to see other videos you upload.. Cheers 👍
We do tip if we feel that particular wait person has done an excellent but it is not a necessary thing to do. Also many restaurants DO bring you the bill but cafes don't usually bring you your bill
I enjoy your vids iwrocker ,you speak really well and have a cool attitude , oh and you say "straya "and "melbin" spot on 👍😁. Keep up the grouse(great) work. .
Regarding the light switch opposite thing - yes, 100% true. It's due to northern hemisphere/southern hemisphere thing - OFF is always towards the equator.
The whole water thing spinning in a different direction applies at a large scale but not with small amounts of water. You can't create it with your toilet bowl.
The USA still uses the long time outdated and very inefficient syphon system, (hence the whirlpool) whereas Australia and most other modern western societies use the much more efficient sudden deluge system.
Swirl direction is more than just water, also atmospheric rotation is opposite high/ low pressure zones and tornado, cyclones(huricans) rotate opposite in the south to the north. High pressure is anti clockwise, Low is clockwise. So looking at weather maps the expected wind directions will also be opposite to expected in the northern hemisphere.
Me, again. You adjust to driving on the right side of the road pretty quickly. I picked a hire car in the city in Vancouver and was quite worried about how I was going to get on. A couple of blocks and I was fine. A few times when I wasn’t thinking I’d automatically drive on the left until it occurred to me that I was sitting next to the curb and that there were cars coming straight for me. Same in the US later.
For the light-switches, that is true if only one set of switches controls the lights, if there are two different switches controlling the same light, if one switch is down and the other one is up, that means the light is on, if both switches are up or down, the light is off.
G'day mate (haha that felt odd) from the most isolated capital metropolis in the world.... Perth Western Australia. Ok so Yes to the light switch, down is on. Yeah ur right about the resteraunts, its all dependan t on the establishment. Really enjoying your content mate, keep it up. NZ is a stunning place, Much like aus in that some stunning landscape but all just condensed haha. If you like red rock formations and some crazy ones look up Western Australian national parks especially around the mid of the state and kimberrly which is the northern region. Some ancient formations. Infact we are also home to the oldest known meteor impact crater. Really, Australia is really fascinating, its just WA is so huge and so many harsh remote areas that have remained hardly touched for thousands of years so its geologically fascinating. That is till a mining company RIO TINTO blows up a culturally significant 46,000 yes Forty Six Thousand Year old cave tunnel system. Culturally significant to the local aboriginal tribes and they just blew the fucker up... 46,000 years old! Aboriginals have been said to been on this land for 50,000+ years and the lack of respect a lot of people, this government and certainly businesses are too focused on self service to give to shits about preserving 50,000 year old cultures. sorry about that. /endrant
ha ha tipping. aussie RARELY tip. in fact ate at a local Vietnamese restaruant, stacked dishes on table for waitress to remove, partner joked and said 'Oh, we've done much of your job, we should get a discount'. waitress laughed, we laughed, and as a joke, the waitress gave us a $1.00 discount. still no tip, and we feel no guilt. Probably because aussie hospility workers make an ok wage.
Born and raised Sydney sider...never have I ever heard a siren or bell or anything go off at our beaches to remind us to put on sunscreen. Maybe it's only at our famous Bondi beach, but Aussies don't go to that beach.
During summer, average temperatures range from 18.6 - 25.8°C (65.5 - 78.4°F), and average humidity spikes to 65%. This is a great time to enjoy Sydney's abundant beaches when water temperatures rise to 21.9 - 23.7°C (71.4 - 74.7°F).
I am surprised that the girl when mentioning toilets, didn't also include the two button system of our toilets. One button is half a flush for your number ones :) I did visit some parts of the USA back in the early 2000s, with dreams from all the fine movies from Hollywood. While it was a great trip, it resolved my USA dreams and was happy to live in Aus :)
@Hangman. Perhaps some old and unrenovated houses here from up to the 1970's may still have old one button systems. With water being scarce here in Australia, the Govts only allow two button systems to be sold here.
The dual flush thing is there in my country too. Many places have it. I am in sri Lanka. However I don't think many ppl know the function of the 2 buttons in my country tho.
Yeah the light switch gets even more confusing when you have to switches for the one room - like one at either end of the kitchen for example.... I can't handle the one being upside down cause the other one got turned on.... it does my head in. Too make matters even worse I have a dimmer switch in the loungeroom, and if the wrong switch is on dimming doesn't work, so you gotta turn the one off, go over to the other one ( not near the dimmer) turn it on, then go back and turn the dimmer - its a headfuck after visitors have been!! The whole driving thing is a headfuck. I first drived on your side of the road in Barcelona, from the city centre - it was a disaster. I was at a traffic light having to make the left hand turn across the intersection. I was in poll position waiting for the light to change. A police car came through the intersection siren blaring. For some reason I decided to take my foot off the clutch - stalled the car and almost bunny hopped into the cop car. Then when the light changed and I made my turn i clipped the wing mirror of a parked car cause I didnt have a clue where the other side of my fucking car was! I saw a Macca's and b-lined straight into the carpark to chill out and calm down...... later that night driving down the motor way and every couple of minutes my friend was like 'I'm not on the road anymore...' :) I would turn to talk to her and she wasn't there, just a car door. I turn to my other side and there is whole other side of the car that is not usually there!! The worst thing is coming out of a one way street and suddenly realising you are on the wrong side of the road... even when I got back i would do that, my friend waould be like ' we're on the wrong side of the road'.... such a head fuck, but only for a couple of days, you get used to it. As for your American toilet - the splash factor on those things is of the chart!!!!!!! :)
The rule here, road and sidewalk is “keep left, pass right”. People get paid well so tips are not expected, you can give it, but over here it’s given usually for someone who has gone waaaay above and beyond in service. Some restaurants here bring you the bill too. The sun is really fierce here, although not worse than other countries I think. It’s just that Australians are really sun aware. For example skin cancer is such an issue that sun beds have been banned. I don’t even buy anything below SPF 50
Actually you have a point, Australia has been exposed to so much American TV that we can without thinking translate Yank to Aussie. Oh and my pet peeve is America thinking its gods gift to the planet. Only in America are you free to succeed, oh pass me the vomit bucket.
@@tarawood-bradley2119 by the way I totally agree with you… I have never bought in to the whole “America is the best, total freedom” etc.. it’s got a lot going for it, but also a lot of problems… bad problems. We aren’t ranked number 1 on anything haha just want you to know some Americans are realists like myself, I like it here… but I also think I’d like other places too, and probably like other countries better
@@IWrocker Yes we know all Americans are not Donald Trump drone sheep and Americans probably do not know how close our countries are. We are in the 5 diamonds security alliance. We have close military ties and house a lot of American defense assets starting with Pine Gap spy base and other military bases bases like Darwin. I am going to watch the video tonight, politically republicans are the Liberal National Party, Democrats are the Australian Labor party and yes Rupert Murdoch glove puppet government is in power.
Hi mate, something's about Australia you probably will never hear, multiculturalism is mainly found in our capital City's, in the vast areas in small towns it's Anglo Australia and Aboriginal people on the most, 80% of all Australia live within 50klm (30 miles) of the coast and 20% spread in the rest, we have strong gun control with the average person not allowed to own fully and semi weapons except for pest control on farms, however gun ownership is 4 times higher than a America and most are owned by the 20% in the country areas, l live in the country and all my family are licensed gun owners, when you talk to the 80% of coastal dwellers you will find a lot will addentify with the bush but have never been. Just a bit of truth that you may not know. Cheers, Neil. L
@@norsehall309 Yet every country town I've visited, along the eastern seaboard at least, has a Chinese restaurant run by Asians of one flavour or another. Often it's in the local RSL or bowls club, and sometimes it's the only thing open on a Sunday or Monday night 😉
Yep, the hole in the ozone layer is most prevalent in our summer. The ozone hole varies in size each year and its affects are in the southern parts of the country.
The hole in the ozone layer is over Antarctica but it wobbles. Sometimes the wobble exposes the southern states for a time at random times. I don't burn easy but one time I had a 10 minute job to do on my car. This was mid day mid summer in Melbourne. When I came back inside, I felt that I got a bit burned in that short time. After an hour I developed blisters on the top of my shoulders. That night on the news it was reported that the hole moved and uncovered the southern states. The ozone blocks a lot of the harmful UV rays. It is actually easier to get burned in the cooler south than the tropical north because the ozone gets thicker the further north you go.
Technically every English speeking country has an accent except England. Also Jelly, Jello and Jam is different. Jelly is Jam, Jello is Jelly and we don't use the word Jello for anything.
I read a while ago that the US accent is closer to an "English" accent than a present day English accent. As in, the accent from the US colonies has changed less than the accents in England over the last few hundred years. Not sure how true that is, probably not at all, but it could be interesting for anyone who cares enough to confirm it :)
yes that light switch comment was accurate, that is the standard here. Unless you have multiple switches on the one circuit, and so on/off could be up or down. Some hotels have push button switches as well.
Yes we shorten everything, the Melbourne Cricket Ground is shortened to the MCG and this has been further shortened to 'The G'. Light switched are down is on and up is off. When you enter a dark room, put you hand on the wall above where you think the light switch is and slide your hand down and you turn on the light. Tipping here in the Great South Land is not done here because the price includes service. If you receive what you think is exceptional service or you just feel like you may tip. However, be aware that in most places all tips are are placed into one jar and divided between the staff at the end of the day/night
As an Aussie i can tell you we are pretty chill and relaxed. When I was in the USA I found the people on the whole very enthusiastic and upbeat with lots of energy. We in Australia tend to be more laid back. I enjoyed my time in the USA.
No it’s here too. Some restaurants have been taken to court in Australia 🇦🇺 because the owners won’t let them keep tips or pay 💰 them above minimum wage. George Calombaris restaurants spring to mind in Melbourne.
Light switches go that way as a safety thing - when you flick down, the top of the switch rocker usually has a visible red marker to show "on". Small thing but I guess it was a safety issue at some point somewhere.
With the driving during my last visit to the US, I found that it was fairly easy to get used to the idea of shifting my thinking from left to right. The 2 bits that caught me out were that the rear view mirror is not where you expect. I instinctively look up-and-left - only to find there was no mirror there and then ended up shifting the gaze down the side mirror. The other thing that threw me was that the "bulk of the car" was on the wrong side of me. I scraped a few curbs on the passenger side because side of the car sticks out further than I was used to.
I depends on the restaurant some will bring you the bill but she said she was at a cafe which is a more casual setting so often you would pay and the counter and sometimes even order at the counter. A nice restaurant you would usually pay at the table but sometimes people get up and go and pay at the counter too.
we don’t tip here in australia for the reason that waiters and staff get paid very well. a waiting job would be paying $18-$25 and hour depending where you work
No wait-staff should be getting paid $18 and hour in Australia. The Federal Minimum Wage is currently $20.33. They should be getting paid at least that. $18 is even below the 2019 minimum wage of $19.86. Any Service Staff being paid $18 is being underpaid.
Aussie light switches switches down/on and up/off. Power points the same and we have three point plugs: power/neutral/earth. Toilets, we have twin flush: Half flush for piddles and full flush for No.2's. Only in very expensive restaurants is there tipping, and not mandatory.
In Australia and the rest of the world, tipping has a whole different meaning. Tip is also called a gratis, and gratis means freely given. So tips are freely given to those who have given outstanding service. Some restaurants have lots of wait staff and so they can choose to gather all the tips into one bowl and divide them equally at the end of the shift, but where there are only a few wait staff, the restaurant can opt to allow the staff to collect any tips for themselves. Also, in Australia, there’s a minimum wage for each job that must be paid by law. Employers can raise the payment but not go lower. Either way, it’s entirely up to the customer to decide whether to tip or not. And yes, there’s a moving hole in the ozone layer above Australia and Antartica. It varies in size and location.
Tipping always makes me super uncomfortable in America - in my experience waiters there suck up to you the whole time, laughing at jokes that aren't funny and giving you unnatural attention, and the whole time you're aware that they're doing it just to get you to give them more money at the end of the meal. It makes the whole eating out experience feel like an enormous, dirty scam, not to mention that the very last thing I want to do after finishing my dinner is to conduct an employee performance review to work out how much they should be paid. How about the restaurant pays their wages instead, and if they're underperforming, the restaurant fires them, like every other business out there?
But the thing I hate even more is the fact that tax is not included in prices. It drives me CRAZY. The idea that you can go into a Dollar Store, pick out one item, and the cost is not $1 but $1.06 or whatever is raving insanity. You never know how much an item is going to cost before you get to the register. Not being able to buy something listed as $19.99 with a twenty dollar note is the stupidest thing ever.
Makes me uncomfortable too...like if someone tipped me a few dollars for doing my job I'd sorta feel insulted, like "do I look poor or something?". It has a 'homeless guy asking for a dollar' kinda feel to it. I get it that it's how people make their wage, but yeh I get what you're saying. But from another perspective, I feel like in Australia right now, customer service, especially whilst dining, is on a downward slope. Like there's not any incentive to be polite, or get your order right etc.
Yeh the tax at the register thing got me too..stupid
This comment deserves more likes. However I will say we often say KEEP THE CHANGE oft out of convenience but also when s'one has done an exceptional job. In the last circumstance I'm not talking loose change left over but bills $5+ u would normally take back.
I also felt a little patronised. Must have been my accent but waitress felt she had to tell me to remove the foil under a fruit pie before eating it.
The minimum wage for casual workers is over $25 an hour. When people are paid well, tipping is unnecessary. I cannot understand why the USA behaves like an underdeveloped country, paying its workers a pittance. Why not include the expected tip in the price of a meal, pay your workers a decent wage, no tipping and everyone preserves some dignity.
@@playlisttarmac people there prob purposely bite into the foil just to sue the business, so they make a point of telling you not to eat the aluminium
The shelf price thing really pissed me off in the US. You still have to add tax so the price on the shelf is not what you pay at the checkout. I hated doing a weekly shop, I never knew how much to expect to pay. I'm grateful that here in Australia the tax is already included in the advertised price. What you see is what you pay.
@Steven Pounsett to the nearest 5 cents. It's easy to work out.
Yeah, I couldn't imagine trying to live on a tiny budget in the US, with their taxes being different from state to state, and them not being included in the shelf price.
@@chriskelly9476 I've seen people pay for things individually when they buy things rounded down not up cos they might save a few bucks (more likely cents)in the long run. Might hold people up but if they're using common sense & that desperate to save I don't begrudge them.
Is the tax a set % or does it vary? I figure if it's the same % everytime it wouldn't be too hard to work out, but I can see it being a pain doing the weekly shop having to work it out for every item.
@@5lcalais1 Pretty sure it's a different percentage in each state, which would confuse travellers the most out of anyone.
Yes, light switches are opposite. No tipping because people are paid well.
Depends on how diligent the electrician was when he installed it. I have a whole bunch of light switches in the opposite direction😁
And if there are 2 light switches for 1 light..... one is normally up and the other down
I think the actual switches are a bit different too, the Aussie switches are more like a rocker switch, whereas the American ones are more like a toggle switch....if that makes sense....
@@timjohnun4297 Is that your actual name
@@rhyssanders9122 Depends, why do you ask?
basic wage in OZ is $21 per Hour, ($15.75 US) normally full time employment 38 hours a week with 4 weeks paid holidays with 18% extra money on top, not to mention paid public holiday leave. It not necessary to tip people for their service but some people do anyway, and usually collected by the manager and split amongst all the employees.
Most country places will have a donation tin in order to raise money for a local charity or non-profit. (my work has a tin for a local animal shelter)
If my family ever decides to tip (Australian) we always pay the worker that we believe went above and beyond to make our time more enjoyable, which was pretty much always the waiter/waitress.
The no tipping is because the wages are higher, there's no reason why you can't leave a tip, often there maybe a jar at the counter for tipping that's either gets divided at the end of day, week or it goes to a Christmas party or on a bar tab for a night out
It means we get paid for dedicating our time to their business, even if they fail to draw enough customers.
Relying on tips means if the business is slow, then you get nothing for your time.
Our minimum wage is $20.33 (Aussie) per hour, so servers are generally paid well enough where tipping isn't necessary. It's worth noting that most servers here are also 'casual' employees, which means that they are paid more again because instead of getting the compulsory holiday and sick leave with pay that full-time or part-time staff get, they get paid extra to compensate them for not getting those benefits. All of this is mandated by law.
The only time I tip here in Australia is when the service is above the ordinary
@@Nullabore same here, or if I get home delivered food, like pizza, especially if they drive their own car, etc
I don't know if it's just me and my circle but the only people we tip is taxi drivers and it is usually rounded up to the nearest $5 at most unless we have a big win on the punt then it's tips all round
The siren at the beach is a shark warning or bad surf conditions not to remind people to apply sunscreen we are Australians we can figure that out for ourselves
Cheers
We immigrated from Africa to Aus and we were astounded by the strength of the sun - you literally feel your skin burning - slip slop slap😂
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@@weaponmotorsportaustralia1374 Banana boat doot dooty do
@@hangman5145 lol you just made my day. Funny as 👍
Over here in Australia we have strict laws on what businesses must pay minimum wage. There is no need to tip because we are paid properly
Yes the more west and north you go the more you feel the wrath of the sun 😂 never go bushwalking without watahh
In Aus yes we do say Keen but the full saying is Keen as Mustard because out here we have a famous brand called Keen Mustard
Yep. Down is on, up is off (in all of Australia). Tipping is optional. Toilets have reduced water, there are 2 buttons, a half flush or full flush. Sun screen is really important (never heard of ozone layer being thin here, but is in Antarctica) the sun is just F'ing hot. High rate of skin cancer is true.
Half flush for urin came in the 90s
@@plomaturbo Earlier dude. my family built a house in 85 and had a duel flush dunny.
What she said about the ozone hole is all true.Australia is absolutely the skin cancer capital of the world and a giant but silent killer.My family has had many skin cancer scares,myself included it is very intense and literally cooks the skin within a day in summer.
@@plomaturbo Australian invention
cold water taps to the right . Not sure if thats different but Used to different in the Uk
Yes our light switches are opposite to yours, but yours are opposite to everywhere else in the world 😊
Just like everything they are a bit behind Metric System, Health Care, Paid Holiday and sick leave should we tell them about the 17% leave loading and Maternity leave a much better Pension that we consider low, Paid Public Hols, Tax rebate on Private Health that cost fraction as it does there along with what we pay for scripts and so much more it is why so many Yanks stay on and become citizens after Rotation is up at Pine Gap and other Military towns they have added bonus of not walking into a bullet and when they vote do not have to wait any longer than 15 mins and their vote counts not that of a redundant electoral college.
@@sandrarobinson3266 The rebate on Private Health is a bad thing, it takes Billions of dollars out of Medicare and Public Hospitals just so those who are rich enough to be able to afford Private Health Insurance are even better off, while not making it affordable for the Loe Income Earners who pay for the rebate with the Medicare Levy.
On 'Maccas', it's 'Ma' (like the 'a' in 'cat') -cas, not 'Mu' (like the 'u' in 'muck').
Hahaha for an american you can say maccas is mack is 😂
Maccas like Mac n' cheese
At first I thought he said "Markers"
Muck is about right!
And he was talking too much I thought she was talkin bout the phrase NO WUCKAS. Clean version of no fuckin worries, no wuckin furries
Yes the bill does come to the table. There are some places where you pay at the door. As far as tipping goes, you can definitely tip if you want. If the staff have been great I will tip.
We don't have a tipping culture in Australia because the minimum wage and conditions for servers are much higher. It is expected that the price includes everything and that good service is expected not rewarded. We do have tip jars at places like coffee shops where you might put your change, or you might round up the price and just say 'keep the change"
I'm a brit in Oz. I tip when i recieve
Good service. I tip taxi drivers and barbers too.
Tasmania is south of, and cooler than mainland Australia. Yet the Sun feels even more intense.
@@jimm2297 Come up north and feel the sun, lol! I've been there and had difficulty feeling the sun down there, even in a so-called heat wave, lol!
@@jimm2297 Yeah but do you sit there and try to work out what 20% of the price is so that your tip doesn't upset someone.... Or do you give the guy $20 and say "keep the change" or maybe throw him an extra $10 note?
That is the difference in tip culture.
Also crossings in new york aren't crossings, I almost got run over by a car, there were zebra lines on the road, i started walking over them and almost hit by a car, I realised that they are NOT pedestrian crossings quickly. In australia, zebra crossings are for pedestrians who have right of way.
Hahahahahahaha gold 🤣
wouldn't say right off way, (depend what era you grew up in), but a zebra crossing means its the safest place to cross a road
Yep, you have right of way the second you step onto the road in Australia, zebra crossing or not. The zebra stripes are to warn the car drivers to look out for pedestrians.
I had the same issue in Japan. In Australia, zebra crossings are exclusively for right of way crossing. There are pedestrian crossings without right of way, but they are painted differently than zebra crossings (Typically two dashed lines on either side of the crossing).
Something you'll find funny/interesting related to light switches. Our power outlets here in Australia have on/off switches.
Wait, other countries don't have an off switch for their power outlets?!?
@@leynaripley5250 not in the US, their power outlets just have the plug holes and are always on. Weird, huh?
@@alsheps300 that just seems super dangerous to me
@@leynaripley5250 America generally doesn't at all, other places have less than here.
In Australia our outlets have 240 volts while the in USA it's 110 volts
When you live in a country like Australia you understand why there is less water. We regularly have drought that effects the cities.
I don't think you can truly understand the lack of water sources until you go rough camping in a random spot in the bush.
Most creeks marked on topographic maps only have water during or soon after a heavy rain, the rest of the time you might be lucky to get a puddle or be able to dig for some water under the creek bed.
@@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32 which i have done countless times!
I live in Melbourne and we don’t have droughts. It’s usually around NSW, Queensland, and the outback.
@@darkyboode3239 Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last 20 years victoria most certainly has had droughts. The fact that I was able to ride my motorbike across the a dry lake bed in Eildon would be indicative of a drought. That and water restrictions.
Most wait staff are paid a much higher & fair rate in Australia compared to US. So tips are not necessary. This higher cost is built into your meal price.
So true, I live in the Hunter Valley and anything in the tourist area is priced so high that the locals do not go to those establishments. Us locals get the cheaper meals in town, so a tip for visiting Australia, when visiting Australia there is a lot more to see if you get out of the capital cities.
Not most, all.
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So many points to make: The main one would be tipping. Why pay for your food and pay for their staff services? That’s why their employer pays their wages. You pay for the food, the employer pays them to work.
Yes, you get your ass burnt off in less than 15 minutes at the beach on a mediocre warm day.
Yeah but some people are paid like $7/hr in America that's why they are so desperate for tips
When I was a young tacker a lot of people in service industries would be offended by a tip. Their answer would be something like “I work for a living” - it was a pride thing, as they saw tips as charity. Same in New Zealand. It isn’t the case so much now though, tips are now graciously accepted, but not expected. As noted by others our minimum wage is a gazillion times that of the US.
Having been to the States a couple of times, there is only one difference that completely triggers me - the coffee. US coffee sucks big time. Oh and the guns….
you only really tip if someone goes above and beyond what's expected. even then its not really common and very rare - i think a fair few restaurants probably wouldn't let the servers take their tips home anyway, so it doesn't really make sense to tip.
@@DaBoomDude from my expierience in the resturant industry here in aus, the tips are usualy pooled together then devided up at the end of shift, some places include kitchen staff in the split, others don't.
never have i seen it where the resutrant keeps it. the closest to that i have seen is one place that would put it all aside and when enough was built up it was used for group activities for the whole staff (gokarting etc.)
its also less common for 1 server to be your only server, yes asigning a table to a worker is a thing, but everyone clears everyones plates etc, as 'we are all in it together' and not competing for tips.
Guns.... trigger
I see what you did there 🤣
@@hydrocooledcarrot beat me to it but I'm always latecto the party...
The guns don't bother me but when I went to the U.S. one of my bucket list things was to have Starbucks omg I had 1 mouthful 🤢🤢🤢🤢 taste terrible and looked like dirty dish water.
She's spot on about being careful when crossing the road, I've lived in Australia all my life, nearly got killed in Dubai from looking the wrong way when crossing the road there
I believe the ozone layer has a thin spot that floats around the south pole. Since the banning of CFC's it has improved a bit but is still hanging about letting the scorching through.
Correct it was centred over Antarctica & extended over areas mostly to the south of Australia, Tasmania which is relatively the coolest state suffered the most due to proximity, even on a cool day it would burn you to a crisp. It was a global initiative to ban Cloro Fluro Carbons used widely in air conditioning systems & as propellants in spray cans. Centre not Center as we spell using the English English ;-) If you get great service you can tip, it is appreciated as service is usually pretty crap & yes NZ is great they're like cousins similar migration but no convicts except the ones that escaped from here. Great videos like the comparisons
That was disproved like 15 yrs ago 🤷♂️🤣
It was a lie pushed by the greenies, reason it's so hot here is because we're so close to the equator and it's only northern states that get disgustingly hot, sa Vic perth tas and lower parts of nsw gets cold af , fyi south America gets just as hot for the very same reason 👍
@@stevetout3195 dude I live in Vic and that's a load of bs 🤷♂️🤣 yes we get hot af summers but the last 2 have been relatively cool, hottest it got was like 32 this yr ,most of the yr down here we're still wearing jumpers even in spring lol
@@5lcalais1 you definitely have no idea what you're talking about
Pretty sure both oxygen and ozone absorb different bands of the UV spectrum
Yep the switches are UP off DOWN on.
Cheers Rory
PS the sidewalk is called a foot path.As for tipping that's a no people get a fair wage for work so no tipping.
Big difference, the bread.
Aussie bread tates like bread.
American bread is more like cake! haha
Aussie are bread experts, Convicts stole bread and went to Australia.
Facts
One of the most common comments I get from American friends is "Your food tastes like.... food!"
until you compare it to Japanese bread which is... a whole other level
You are right. I lived and worked in Texas for 3 months. The bread is crap but American dairy products are far better than ours.
Yo. Just as a reference. As an Australian working in a bar I was getting paid $33 an hour. So we don't need tipping over here
I saw this one very soon after she made it. It's mostly accurate except near the end. Servo/service station is carried over from the good ol' days when an attendant would come out and pump it into your car for you, check the oil, fill the washer fluid, etc. You might be too young to remember that! 😀 No locals will tip for anything unless maybe it's at a really fine restaurant or something, and even then it will more be a "rounded up" sort of payment. However there are industries where they've gotten used to American tourists tipping - I was once asked here if I wanted to leave a tip and I replied "I'm a local", which was followed by an apology from the server! If you try to tip at a bar, your money will still be on the bar at the end of the night. Happened to my brother-in-law here, who is American. As we were leaving the barman shouted to him "hey mate you forgot your change!" I did warn him!
There is no ozone hole over Sydney. The ozone hole does exist from decades ago and the prolific use of chlorofluorocarbons in industry, but it's much further south towards the Antarctic. It's actually shrinking since they were banned, and is expected to disappear around 2070. We have really high skin cancer rates here because it's a generally warm, sunny country with lots of beaches and everybody wants a tan way too much. So we have a lot of TV advertising campaigns to get people to cover up or use sunscreen.
With driving, regardless of where you are in the world remember this. The driver goes to the middle of the road.
What I mean by that, right hand controls in the car, drive on the left side of the road. left hand controls, drive on the right.
Homes in Australis have duel flushing toilets to save water. And we do tip waiters and other people in service industries if you think the service is good, but it isn't mandatory as these people do earn a decent living wage.
@Steven Pounsett
No....that's being a tight arse.
The hole in the ozone layer sits over the south pole. So in the southern hemisphere countries like Australia, New Zealand, south Africa, south America, have higher UV levels than the Northern hemisphere, yes the burn time is much less down and you can feel it aswell. Spf 50 is recommended.
The ozone hole does not reach the latitudes of Australia at all. Her ozone hole comment is complete nonsense. She’s repeating a silly myth. The reason the sun is strong is because of lower particulate matter levels in the atmosphere due to less pollution.
It always confused me when I saw American movies or TV shows and they say that "in Australia the water in the bathroom flushes in the other direction" then the person on TV goes to the toilet and flushes it to check the direction it spins.
But I've never ever seen any of our Australian toilets flush in ANY direction! The water just kind of sloshes to the front of the bowl and then goes down.
Water in the kitchen sink or the bathtub will spin though when you pull the plug.
It's the Coriolis Effect, and it's true. The toilet water, down the sink or bath plug hole and even flowing down the pipes and drains in opposite direction in Southern Hemisphere, as opposed to Northern Hemisphere.
@@mikeparkes7922 ...but the Coriolis effect is very small, and easily overwhelmed by the non-laminar flow in your average sink or toilet bowl. You really won't notice any difference except by confirmation bias 😉
Also in the Southern Hemisphere storms usually spin in the opposite direction.
Also, most places in Australia is pay before you get your food. So if you can't afford it, you can't just eat and run, not paying the bill.
At cafes you go to the counter. 99% of restaurants bring the bill.
Yeah, the only exceptions are like fast food places, Surf Clubs and RSL's.
@@tgmaps and pubs..
Try Italy where it can be common to pay first (e.g for gelati) then go pick your food! So crazy.
The hole in the Ozone layer is not a myth, it's just NOT over Sydney. It was at the south pole.
At it's largest, it did get close to Australia.
That said, since CFC's were banned 20-30 years ago. The hole has started to "heal" as in it is getting smaller each year.
Biggest issue I find when going from RHD to LHD when I visit the US is it's really hard to turn my head to the left to check blind spot or for reverse parking while checking to the right here feels natural and easy
Straight up Trustin Khun's vlogs, of while he was here are the best I've seen.
You should check out Tristan Kuhn’s videos he was an American in Australia and he’d did heaps of videos such as 25 difference between Australia and America.
yeah they were good
Agreed. Tristan's videos are entertaining and reasonably accurate. He was here during the start of the bad times, and that affected his ability to travel.
Absolutely. Tristan's video's are a must watch.
resturants in oz pay their staff same living wage as any job tipping is not required but always appreciated
Great reaction and original video. I think she did a pretty good job all round. When we lived in the States my wife worked as a waitress and there were some days she made next to nothing and some days she made great money. However, I think that one of the better things about this system is that when you get your bill that is all you are paying. No calculating the tip, no added tax - you just pay the bill. You can also be confident that the servers are making good money and the owner of the restaurant isn't getting rich off the neglect of employees. On the ozone hole, it is something of an urban myth. The truth is that the ozone layer is thinner over the whole of Australia then it is in other parts of the world but it is not exclusively Australia. There is a greater thinning seasonally over the Arctic and Antarctic. In the 1970's it was discovered that certain substances like hydrofluorocarbons were damaging the ozone layer over the whole earth and it was severer in some parts, mid-latitudes, then others. To get the message across, or perhaps simply as a result of the way things develop, this idea of an ozone hole started forming. From the mid '90's the use of ozone depleting chemicals has been highly regulated or banned. The amount in the atmosphere is declining and ozone levels have been predicted to be restored to pre 80's level by 2050 in mid-latitudes and 2065 over the polar regions - so great job humans for responding to at least one crisis effectively. Having said that skin cancer rates are high in Australia. It is a rare combination of predominately fair skinned people living relatively close to the equator - but I imagine Florida has exactly the same issues. Skin cancer rates are higher in the northern regions of Australia then the southern so calling Sydney the skin cancer capital is probably a bit off but then who wants that title anyway. But having said all of that I go back to my original comment I think she did a really good job at identifying the differences - light switches are an interestingly difficult difference to get use to. Lived in Texas for 7 years and never got fully use to it, but enough so I had a problem when we moved back to Australia.
So tempted to actually say Marcas in conversation.
"Excuse me gents, I'm going to Marcas, would anyone care for a Big Mac?"
"Yeah mate, keen!"
I'm sorry I know I'm not the first to point out that you got Maccas wrong. 😂
It should sound more like "Mackers"
A Big Muck.
@@Rob-fc9wg that’s in New Zealand!!
@@AmplifiedBluesHarmonica
I live in Oz mate, (Melbourne) and me and me mates have always called it a "Big Muck" since the 70s.
Onya me Kiwi bro's.
Something not mentioned is in Australia, if you work full time you get four weeks paid holiday a year and I think we might get more public holidays than the US too. And Christmas is in summer. You guys don't know what you're missing!!!
All of that sounds awesome!!!
@@IWrocker further to original commenter if you are a full time employee you get paid a normal days wage for public holidays even though you don’t actually work that day.
Health care workers get 5 weeks vacation leave with 15% vacation leave loading, long service leave, 12% super annuation, 3 days covid leave, PD (professional development leave) 2 days, 10 days sick leave , $1,500 PD leave allowances - Queensland Healthcare.
Tipping depends on the class of restaurant, in a very fancy 4-5 star restaurant you will still tip, but at fast food joints often tips are not even allowed to be accepted.
Generally if you do tip, for example some smaller restaurants will have a tip jar it's expected the tip is distributed to all the salary staff and there are rules against the owners or managers from pocketing tips earned by the staff.
It's really upto the individual if they feel the service they received is worth paying a bit extra.
in terms of the light switch, remember Australia is upside down, so once you do that the switches are normal again.
The earth moves around the sun in an ellipsis (and in the Australian Summer the earth is closer to the Sun than in the US Summer). Hence greater chance of being burnt in the Australia Summer (and New Zealand also). The hole in the Ozone layer is just that the Ozone layer is thinner over the South Pole.
DId someone add our toilet water spins the other way, true story, Bart Simpson came to Australia to prove it.
You mean ellipse. This in an ellipsis ...
@@terben7339 Yeah, totally correct, Australia is a funny place because we use both British and American spelling, actually you can thank Sesame Street for the most influence on Australia language.
The hole in the ozone layer is a fact, it was known over 20 years ago. We have one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world.
The light and power switch are down is on. The reason is there is a mark on top of the switch so you can see is on correctly.
3:36 A lot of switches are like that in Australia. However, I never noticed it as a kid, because I grew up in a house with a living room with two switches for the same lights, so one would be in the “off” position when the lights were on.
So with our toilets we have 2 different flushing systems a small flush if you did a number one a longer flush for number 2s we need to conserve water its the most precious resource we have.
That’s one of the first things I noticed in the States. The water in the bowl would be the same amount as is contained in the cistern. The difference is as you point out, no ability to half flush.
@@ACTConcreteCutting
The USA still uses the long time outdated and very inefficient syphon system, (hence the whirlpool) whereas Australia and most other modern western societies use the much more efficient sudden deluge system.
Born and raised Sydney sider. Went to LA in 2016 for 10 days and did theme parks with my wife in your summer and yeh nah your sun is very....Ummm....gentle I guess you could say lol. Most days we didn't put on sunscreen and we are standing/walking in the sun all day and didn't even really burn. Legit you can not go a hour in the summer sun in Sydney without getting burnt.
Sun is gentle in California but it’s harsh as shit in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas & states southwest like that, but even then it probably isn’t as harsh as the Aussie sun because of the tilt of the earth, you guys are closer to the sun
They've only just started tv adds regarding McDonald's as Maccas, and now displaying the big M signs as Maccas as well.
A lot of our switches (especially wall socket switches) have a red marker that you can see when switch is on. I think that is why we turn off by flicking switch up, since the red mark is easier to see from above.
The "Ozone" is NOT over Australia
the FACT is that the WHOLE PLANET is closer to the sun
Southern hemisphere (147.1m/km-91.4m/mi) summer
Northern hemisphere (152.1m/km-94.5m/mi) summer
True, but, there is a thinning of the ozone layer in the southern hemisphere. It used to be much worse in the '90's, before CFCs were banned.
@@Gryphorim this is true
@@Gryphorim bullshit, ozone level changes daily,globally, nothing to do with CFC or any other bullshit you've been fed.
@@Grumpy_CBG Idiot, CFCs degraded the ozone layer, it's not bullshit, it's called science.
@@Gryphorim A depleted ozone "hole" over Antarctica and usually contained by the circum-polar vortex (a wind running around the planet). The reason UV is higher in Australia is because it's closer to the equator. So Sydney is about the same latitude as North Africa (but south) and even Hobart (in the far south) is equivalent to about Spain in the northern hemisphere. PS: I ran courses on ozone depletion in the 80s.
We drive on the other side of the car , the pedals are the same right foot gas / accelerator, left foot clutch, only manual gears with left hand, that's about it, most of our highways are divided by a nature strip so head on is more in cities
It’s not hard to adjust to driving on the other side of the road, it really helps at intersections if there is a car in front of you also turning the same way.
The best way to think of it is the driver is always in the middle of the road, regardless of which side, then you don't have to consciously think about left and right at all. I'm an Aussie who drives in South Korea.
@@fransmith3255 I always drive an automatic when overseas, I do think it would probably be a bit tougher to drive a manual (stick) as you would be changing gears with the wrong hand (and maybe the clutch with the other foot?). But apart from that I actually have more difficulty when I get back home, I start indicating with my windscreen wipers etc.
Other countries drive on the left
@@krystle2312 Clutch, brake and throttle pedals are the same.
also there's 2 flushes, a half flush for light use to not waist much water, and a full flush for heavy loads.
Look at the outtakes from "Aggro's Cartoon Connection"
Hahaha totally
Agro's
You do realize that he would have been up on charges in this woke day and age. But don't get me wrong, I loved growing up in the 70's and 80's Saturday morning cartoons.
@@DaveWhoa autocorrect got me, but you're right
@@marcuspitts2482 yup, hence why i would like to see a reaction to it!
3:33 FIRST thing I noticed when I moved to Canada. I tried to turn on the lights by flicking down SO MANY TIMES. Lived there over a year and still couldn't get it. So yeah, it's the opposite - which is such a little difference to realise xD
However, my spare bedroom light switch here (in Aus) is wired wrong so that to turn the light on you flick up = reminds me of Canada
I went to America when I was very young and only remember the time I asked for lemonade expecting to get sprite but got given homemade lemonade. I’ll admit it was better any way
we do not see a lot of home made lemonade in Australia, maybe that is something we need to see more of.
@@tarawood-bradley2119 Check out an Australian company called " The juice brothers " they make their drinks from real fruit and their lemonade is fantastic , There is another company from the hunter valley that make their own too but I can't remember the name , but there is no comparison between proper made lemonade and sprite totally different drinks .✌️
@@aussieguy3689 thank you,. I have made a note to check it out.
@@tarawood-bradley2119 We used to. Kids used to have lemonade stalls out the front of their house, as it is/was in America. I know, as I ran one here in Oz.
Its what we call lemon squash like solo
The walking on one side of the footpath is very much in the cities. In country areas you either walk down the middle of the footpath and do the "baulk", generally you see what side the person coming towards you is doing and move to the other side. If you have an elderly person approaching it's usually accepted to step off the footpath onto the grass and allow them the space. Although we don't tip at restaurants, it's pretty common to round up taxi fares to a full note (ie, 20 or 50, depending on the fare).
Also I've noticed that toilets in America have half the bowl filled with water were as here its only at the bend. Imagine the splash back on American ones...
Edit wow that question was answered!!!
The ozone layer did heal itself somewhat in the late 90s early 00s, once the CFC was removed from aerosol cans and fridges, it fixed itself up, but there is still a hole over Antarctica.
And New Zealand. You burn fast in NZ. Took the Mrs back to NZ for a Holiday (She's Aussie) and told her to put on sunscreen.
She said "it's overcast"..
One guess to who resembled a cooked lobster basting itself in Aloe Vera for the next few days 🤣
@@DStead2239 hah nice, she forgot the sun still punches through the clouds!! But yeah the whole oceania region can be a bit funky at times..
It’d be too easy to score a “touchdown” in an American dunny (touchdown is where your shit reaches the water before you snap it off)
Working away from your hometown and living in motels and eating pub meals each night, sharing a motel room with one of 15 workmates, rotating who you share with so there’s no murdering...But, not matter who you shared with, you were guaranteed to hear a shout of “touchdown” come from one of your mates or one of the other rooms 😂
Keen comes from a shortening of an old saying Keen as Mustard. Keen's mustard was a very popular powdered mustard brand around the world. And water does not swirl in a different direction. The direction is based completely on the design of the basin
Where America has Gas Stations, Australia has Service Stations, so that's where Servo comes from.
Americans really need to learn how to distinguish between a vapour and a liquid. ‘Gas station’ 🤦♂️
@@Twopennysau gasoline
@@Twopennysau what we call lpg they call propane.
Was very weird when I went to America and my....Um....."bits" would touch the water in the bowl when I sat on your toilets and your seat on those toilets are massive compared to Australia. But the most annoying part was when you bought something at a shop or see something on the menu at a cafe, that price your reading isn't the price. You have to add tax and tip on top. So everything seemed cheap until you got the final bill. But also your expected to tip the bus/coach driver for doing his job, a job iv already paid them once for and expected to pay again on top at the end of the trip. You also have not tap and go paying with your key/bank cards, you still have to swipe or insert your card.
Hey mate... your doing a great job picking up the Aussie slang and "ockerisms" I guess we have a slightly better grasp of the wide spread American accents and phrases as most movies we watch would be American productions. I build motorhomes and was aware of the upside down switches from some U.S imported vehicles we get in.. also you guys are 110volts and we are 240volts mains power.
I'm "KEEN" to see other videos you upload..
Cheers 👍
Keen as mustard
Real keen baked bean!
@@rodneydolman1 Because Keen made (make? are they still around?) the absolute BEST mustard.
@@mikeparkes7922 ?☺?
@@rodneydolman1 I'm not sure if Keen's mustard still exists
We do tip if we feel that particular wait person has done an excellent but it is not a necessary thing to do.
Also many restaurants DO bring you the bill but cafes don't usually bring you your bill
I enjoy your vids iwrocker ,you speak really well and have a cool attitude , oh and you say "straya "and "melbin" spot on 👍😁. Keep up the grouse(great) work. .
Regarding the light switch opposite thing - yes, 100% true. It's due to northern hemisphere/southern hemisphere thing - OFF is always towards the equator.
The whole water thing spinning in a different direction applies at a large scale but not with small amounts of water. You can't create it with your toilet bowl.
The USA still uses the long time outdated and very inefficient syphon system, (hence the whirlpool) whereas Australia and most other modern western societies use the much more efficient sudden deluge system.
Swirl direction is more than just water, also atmospheric rotation is opposite high/ low pressure zones and tornado, cyclones(huricans) rotate opposite in the south to the north. High pressure is anti clockwise, Low is clockwise. So looking at weather maps the expected wind directions will also be opposite to expected in the northern hemisphere.
Light switches are different down under.
Fairly sure that they are the same in the UK
Me, again. You adjust to driving on the right side of the road pretty quickly. I picked a hire car in the city in Vancouver and was quite worried about how I was going to get on. A couple of blocks and I was fine. A few times when I wasn’t thinking I’d automatically drive on the left until it occurred to me that I was sitting next to the curb and that there were cars coming straight for me. Same in the US later.
You should feel proud about this American girl. She's enlightened and heaps cute.
You do England good
For the light-switches, that is true if only one set of switches controls the lights, if there are two different switches controlling the same light, if one switch is down and the other one is up, that means the light is on, if both switches are up or down, the light is off.
G'day mate (haha that felt odd) from the most isolated capital metropolis in the world.... Perth Western Australia. Ok so Yes to the light switch, down is on. Yeah ur right about the resteraunts, its all dependan t on the establishment. Really enjoying your content mate, keep it up. NZ is a stunning place, Much like aus in that some stunning landscape but all just condensed haha. If you like red rock formations and some crazy ones look up Western Australian national parks especially around the mid of the state and kimberrly which is the northern region. Some ancient formations. Infact we are also home to the oldest known meteor impact crater. Really, Australia is really fascinating, its just WA is so huge and so many harsh remote areas that have remained hardly touched for thousands of years so its geologically fascinating. That is till a mining company RIO TINTO blows up a culturally significant 46,000 yes Forty Six Thousand Year old cave tunnel system. Culturally significant to the local aboriginal tribes and they just blew the fucker up... 46,000 years old! Aboriginals have been said to been on this land for 50,000+ years and the lack of respect a lot of people, this government and certainly businesses are too focused on self service to give to shits about preserving 50,000 year old cultures. sorry about that. /endrant
Love the pronunciation of straya mate, spot on
Keep 'em coming Ian! 🇦🇺🤜🤛🇺🇲
Thanks mate! Will do 👍🇺🇸🇦🇺
ha ha tipping. aussie RARELY tip. in fact ate at a local Vietnamese restaruant, stacked dishes on table for waitress to remove, partner joked and said 'Oh, we've done much of your job, we should get a discount'. waitress laughed, we laughed, and as a joke, the waitress gave us a $1.00 discount. still no tip, and we feel no guilt. Probably because aussie hospility workers make an ok wage.
Born and raised Sydney sider...never have I ever heard a siren or bell or anything go off at our beaches to remind us to put on sunscreen. Maybe it's only at our famous Bondi beach, but Aussies don't go to that beach.
Correct
It’s either a shark warning or bad surf conditions
During summer, average temperatures range from 18.6 - 25.8°C (65.5 - 78.4°F), and average humidity spikes to 65%. This is a great time to enjoy Sydney's abundant beaches when water temperatures rise to 21.9 - 23.7°C (71.4 - 74.7°F).
I am surprised that the girl when mentioning toilets, didn't also include the two button system of our toilets.
One button is half a flush for your number ones :)
I did visit some parts of the USA back in the early 2000s, with dreams from all the fine movies from Hollywood.
While it was a great trip, it resolved my USA dreams and was happy to live in Aus :)
Apparently dual flush toilets are available everywhere in the States but hardly anyone buys them.
@Hangman. Perhaps some old and unrenovated houses here from up to the 1970's may still have old one button systems.
With water being scarce here in Australia, the Govts only allow two button systems to be sold here.
The dual flush thing is there in my country too. Many places have it. I am in sri Lanka. However I don't think many ppl know the function of the 2 buttons in my country tho.
Yeah the light switch gets even more confusing when you have to switches for the one room - like one at either end of the kitchen for example.... I can't handle the one being upside down cause the other one got turned on.... it does my head in. Too make matters even worse I have a dimmer switch in the loungeroom, and if the wrong switch is on dimming doesn't work, so you gotta turn the one off, go over to the other one ( not near the dimmer) turn it on, then go back and turn the dimmer - its a headfuck after visitors have been!! The whole driving thing is a headfuck. I first drived on your side of the road in Barcelona, from the city centre - it was a disaster. I was at a traffic light having to make the left hand turn across the intersection. I was in poll position waiting for the light to change. A police car came through the intersection siren blaring. For some reason I decided to take my foot off the clutch - stalled the car and almost bunny hopped into the cop car. Then when the light changed and I made my turn i clipped the wing mirror of a parked car cause I didnt have a clue where the other side of my fucking car was! I saw a Macca's and b-lined straight into the carpark to chill out and calm down...... later that night driving down the motor way and every couple of minutes my friend was like 'I'm not on the road anymore...' :) I would turn to talk to her and she wasn't there, just a car door. I turn to my other side and there is whole other side of the car that is not usually there!! The worst thing is coming out of a one way street and suddenly realising you are on the wrong side of the road... even when I got back i would do that, my friend waould be like ' we're on the wrong side of the road'.... such a head fuck, but only for a couple of days, you get used to it. As for your American toilet - the splash factor on those things is of the chart!!!!!!!
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If you went to a different beach every day in Australia it would take 30 years to go to ever one
Absolutely true. Then there are the river beaches, too.
The rule here, road and sidewalk is “keep left, pass right”. People get paid well so tips are not expected, you can give it, but over here it’s given usually for someone who has gone waaaay above and beyond in service. Some restaurants here bring you the bill too. The sun is really fierce here, although not worse than other countries I think. It’s just that Australians are really sun aware. For example skin cancer is such an issue that sun beds have been banned. I don’t even buy anything below SPF 50
Mate your just have to come and live awhile down here you will be welcome 😊😊😊 PS we will call you a septic short for septic tank (yank), cheers. Neil.
Actually you have a point, Australia has been exposed to so much American TV that we can without thinking translate Yank to Aussie. Oh and my pet peeve is America thinking its gods gift to the planet. Only in America are you free to succeed, oh pass me the vomit bucket.
@@tarawood-bradley2119 by the way I totally agree with you… I have never bought in to the whole “America is the best, total freedom” etc.. it’s got a lot going for it, but also a lot of problems… bad problems. We aren’t ranked number 1 on anything haha just want you to know some Americans are realists like myself, I like it here… but I also think I’d like other places too, and probably like other countries better
@@IWrocker Yes we know all Americans are not Donald Trump drone sheep and Americans probably do not know how close our countries are.
We are in the 5 diamonds security alliance. We have close military ties and house a lot of American defense assets starting with Pine Gap spy base and other military bases bases like Darwin.
I am going to watch the video tonight, politically republicans are the Liberal National Party, Democrats are the Australian Labor party and yes Rupert Murdoch glove puppet government is in power.
Hi mate, something's about Australia you probably will never hear, multiculturalism is mainly found in our capital City's, in the vast areas in small towns it's Anglo Australia and Aboriginal people on the most, 80% of all Australia live within 50klm (30 miles) of the coast and 20% spread in the rest, we have strong gun control with the average person not allowed to own fully and semi weapons except for pest control on farms, however gun ownership is 4 times higher than a America and most are owned by the 20% in the country areas, l live in the country and all my family are licensed gun owners, when you talk to the 80% of coastal dwellers you will find a lot will addentify with the bush but have never been. Just a bit of truth that you may not know. Cheers, Neil.
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@@norsehall309 Yet every country town I've visited, along the eastern seaboard at least, has a Chinese restaurant run by Asians of one flavour or another. Often it's in the local RSL or bowls club, and sometimes it's the only thing open on a Sunday or Monday night 😉
Yep, the hole in the ozone layer is most prevalent in our summer. The ozone hole varies in size each year and its affects are in the southern parts of the country.
rocker I really hope u can make it to the NT bruz
The hole in the ozone layer is over Antarctica but it wobbles. Sometimes the wobble exposes the southern states for a time at random times. I don't burn easy but one time I had a 10 minute job to do on my car. This was mid day mid summer in Melbourne. When I came back inside, I felt that I got a bit burned in that short time. After an hour I developed blisters on the top of my shoulders. That night on the news it was reported that the hole moved and uncovered the southern states. The ozone blocks a lot of the harmful UV rays. It is actually easier to get burned in the cooler south than the tropical north because the ozone gets thicker the further north you go.
Technically every English speeking country has an accent except England. Also Jelly, Jello and Jam is different. Jelly is Jam, Jello is Jelly and we don't use the word Jello for anything.
There’s a fair few different accents in England, for example people from London sound totally different than people from Liverpool
I read a while ago that the US accent is closer to an "English" accent than a present day English accent. As in, the accent from the US colonies has changed less than the accents in England over the last few hundred years. Not sure how true that is, probably not at all, but it could be interesting for anyone who cares enough to confirm it :)
@@pcppbadminton I think it's closer to an Irish accent isn't it?
@@lukerennie1984 I was kind of refering to the Queen's English.
In Sydney we get very hot days but we also get freezing cold days as well. First ive heard about the hole being above Syney
Ian, i think you doing a few laps around MT Panorama driving on the left side of track would be a good starting point : )
yes that light switch comment was accurate, that is the standard here. Unless you have multiple switches on the one circuit, and so on/off could be up or down. Some hotels have push button switches as well.
Yes we shorten everything, the Melbourne Cricket Ground is shortened to the MCG and this has been further shortened to 'The G'. Light switched are down is on and up is off. When you enter a dark room, put you hand on the wall above where you think the light switch is and slide your hand down and you turn on the light. Tipping here in the Great South Land is not done here because the price includes service. If you receive what you think is exceptional service or you just feel like you may tip. However, be aware that in most places all tips are are placed into one jar and divided between the staff at the end of the day/night
As an Aussie i can tell you we are pretty chill and relaxed. When I was in the USA I found the people on the whole very enthusiastic and upbeat with lots of energy. We in Australia tend to be more laid back. I enjoyed my time in the USA.
Blue mountains, west of Sydney is loving these vids, good work mate😁
About 1 out of 5 people I know in Sydney have had skin cancer and usually have some scars of getting it removed
No it’s here too. Some restaurants have been taken to court in Australia 🇦🇺 because the owners won’t let them keep tips or pay 💰 them above minimum wage. George Calombaris restaurants spring to mind in Melbourne.
Light switches go that way as a safety thing - when you flick down, the top of the switch rocker usually has a visible red marker to show "on". Small thing but I guess it was a safety issue at some point somewhere.
Australians have red marks on their light switches too.
With the driving during my last visit to the US, I found that it was fairly easy to get used to the idea of shifting my thinking from left to right. The 2 bits that caught me out were that the rear view mirror is not where you expect. I instinctively look up-and-left - only to find there was no mirror there and then ended up shifting the gaze down the side mirror. The other thing that threw me was that the "bulk of the car" was on the wrong side of me. I scraped a few curbs on the passenger side because side of the car sticks out further than I was used to.
I depends on the restaurant some will bring you the bill but she said she was at a cafe which is a more casual setting so often you would pay and the counter and sometimes even order at the counter. A nice restaurant you would usually pay at the table but sometimes people get up and go and pay at the counter too.
we don’t tip here in australia for the reason that waiters and staff get paid very well. a waiting job would be paying $18-$25 and hour depending where you work
No wait-staff should be getting paid $18 and hour in Australia. The Federal Minimum Wage is currently $20.33. They should be getting paid at least that. $18 is even below the 2019 minimum wage of $19.86.
Any Service Staff being paid $18 is being underpaid.
We also have 3 billing methods, pay at counter, pay at table, and some are also prepay when you order at counter.
Aussie light switches switches down/on and up/off. Power points the same and we have three point plugs: power/neutral/earth. Toilets, we have twin flush: Half flush for piddles and full flush for No.2's. Only in very expensive restaurants is there tipping, and not mandatory.
He he I really enjoyed this! Ive been binge watching your video's. Your great!
In Australia and the rest of the world, tipping has a whole different meaning. Tip is also called a gratis, and gratis means freely given. So tips are freely given to those who have given outstanding service. Some restaurants have lots of wait staff and so they can choose to gather all the tips into one bowl and divide them equally at the end of the shift, but where there are only a few wait staff, the restaurant can opt to allow the staff to collect any tips for themselves. Also, in Australia, there’s a minimum wage for each job that must be paid by law. Employers can raise the payment but not go lower. Either way, it’s entirely up to the customer to decide whether to tip or not.
And yes, there’s a moving hole in the ozone layer above Australia and Antartica. It varies in size and location.
Love your videos Ian. Its cool to see what an American thinks of our country