I've been asked by Americans about 'everything that wants to kill you' and I remind them that they have Bears, Mountain Lions and Coyotes and those bastards will stalk you. I've had a few run ins with snakes (brown snake and red belly black snake) but I gave them a wide berth and they left me alone.
Seeing kangaroos, koalas, wallabies, wombats etc depends on where you live. My early morning bike rides nearly always include sightings of native animals, and in fact I look out for them pretty carefully as they are the biggest risk on the rides. You really don't want to hit them at speed on a bike. Koalas are easy to find around here if you know where to look. Snakes and spiders are about but not a problem if you just leave them alone; it's not in their best interest to bite you.
Very true. I grew up on a rural property and we were 8 miles from the school bus. We saw roo’s most days on our way home from the school bus. However I have rarely seen a koala or wombat in the wild.
A really well presented video, Kaitlyn 😊 Also, you pronounced Melbourne without the 'r', and I could not love you more right now 😅 Glad you addressed the guns & freedom issues. The US media run the most extreme crap about Australia. It's ridiculous 🙄 And the 'everything is out to kill you' myth cannot be debunked enough. Brits and Europeans believe it too. Not visiting a country as amazing as Australia bc of an unfounded fear is just really sad.
Koalas can be sneaky lil buggers, especially when they metamorphose into drob bears at around 3 years of age. If you look up into the eucalyptus trees where these guys hang out you will commonly notice large brown nodules on the trunks, this is where the koala has dug in and cocooned itself in order to shed it's fluffy skin, develop its venom glands and fangs as well as the webbing between it's front and back legs which it uses like a flying squirrel or sugar glider. It is wise when looking for " koalas", to always wear sunglasses on the top of your head so the drop bear believes it has lost the element of surprise. Great videos too.👍
Great points! I think when Americans look at Aussie prices they don’t consider the price shown includes sales tax and we don’t encourage tipping, so savings there too!
@6.30. Spent a couple of days in Tibooburra about 50 years ago. The bar was 3 drinkers long. Back wall was a Drysdale painting. Music was a Philips plastic record player, for a pile of C & W lps. Counter lunches were a Sunbeam frypan with about 3 or 4 VERY old meat pies. Heaven!
The Coriolis Effect does effect water draining down a plug hole differently in the two hemispheres, but the effect at such a small scale is easily defeated by other local forces, so one can only say that the draining water funnels “tend” to rotate in opposite directions. It is much easier to see the effect in the weather. Cyclones/Hurricanes/Typhoons can be seen always spinning in clockwise in the southern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere. Love your videos! Keep up the good work!
You're right on point about the plughole thing. There's a tidal creek five minute's walk from my place that potentially has Taipans Common Brown Dog Shark Box Jellies Crocs Stonefish and Cone shells. No drop bears as far as we know. Not a place to be silly and unaware. Cheers.
When people ask if Australians hate the Simpsons booting episode, I point out the only thing that I disliked was that Lisa the brainy one was wrong about the science of the coriollis effect, and Bart doesn't get any points for testing the truth of her claim.
@@shadout frankly the only problem i have is that they put the boot on the flag. That's a level of disrespect they haven't done with any other country.
Same, once as a kid I was moving old bricks in my backyard (no gloves) and I pick up one that had 2 redback nssts and 4 redback spiders crawling on it, one touched my hand and I freaked the fuck out. Didnt get bit though.
Yes, Australia had quite harsh covid restrictions, but whilst they were in place, Australia had among the lowest per capita covid infection and death rates in the world. Yes, Australia has strict gun control, resulting in extremely low numbers of gun homicides. Most sane people accept reasonable limits on personal freedom, when there are clear societal benefits.
I didn't think those restrictions weren't overly harsh; they were in line with other 1st world country restrictions. Maybe sealing WA off for a year and a bit was a little over the top, but us Sand-gropers were okay with it, and we weathered Covid quite well. WA and Queensland the only places in the world to have shown economic growth during those lockdowns, so shows it worked.
No mention of Drop Bears. And there are some places where school children may encounter crocs on the way to school. In Cooktown where I live, there's a kids playground by the river with a Beware of Crocs sign. At high tide, if there is a lot of rain, there might be crocs on the road between the river and the playground.
I like the movie “Sir Les Patterson Saves the World” where there was a “typical Australian suburb” which had kangaroos and emus wandering around suburban front yards. This movie also had an official Australian embassy car which was a stretch FJ Holden with the Oz coat of arms on the side.
XXXX is the cheap beer you drink to socialise, if you are in Queensland. VB is same for Victorians. If you want a good beer to enjoy the taste, ask the bar tender what's good. Plenty of good local and craft beers.
I grew up in Victoria and I think I only saw 3 live snakes out in the wild for the first 60 years of my life. I've since moved to the central Queensland coast and now regularly see various pythons and legless lizards when I'm out and about in the evenings from about October to April.
I grew up just outside of Canberra and we had a lot of snakes. I almost stepped on a baby red belly a couple of years ago picking raspberries at my parents.
I'm 32, grew up in suburban Sydney and I've never even seen a wild snake. I spent a lot of time in my childhood running around exploring in the bush with mates too. If any of the other kids in the neighbourhood ever came across a snake while on a bushwalk it'd be a story they'd be telling for weeks, and even then the ones they saw would often be a non-venomous species like a diamond python. As a kid, my greatest fear and phobia was *leeches* haha.
Thanks for your perspectives. Kangaroos are widespread and very common in most places except for inner suburbs. Where I live I share my yard with about fourteen roos, particularly in spring and early summer. I leave a watering tub out for them so they can easily get a drink. They are a friendly mob and just hang about watching when I am working in the yard. Koalas aren't as widespread in the wild but there are 'hot' spots where they are quite abundant and relatively easy to spot. They are vulnerable to wildfires so are not so common in areas that regularly burn.
Fosters is made for export because tourists seem to enjoy the taste of it. However, Aussies don’t like Fosters, we already have dozens of different beers, ales, pilsners and lagers as well as Guinness, that suit our tastes much better.
the State I live in Victoria was considered to be the most nanny State. The political party that put the measures in place just got re-elected with only a tiny loss of votes. Most people could see the sense in many, but perhaps not all, of the restrictions. Of course like everywhere we had our deniers and rumour mongers amongst the very vocal minority.
10:06 - Guns... I spent almost 15 years working for the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia. I have heard this furphy about guns being confiscated. After the Port Arthur massacre parliament outlawed semi-automatic rifles and instituted a buy-back of now illegal firearm. The states also introduced nominally standardised licencing requirements. These generally required a "genuine reason" for a licence, such as competition shooting or hunting. Yes, some people pulled out of the firearms community. Some of these would have simply had "grandpa's old shottie" under the bed and saw the increased licencing requirements as a reason to cash it in and do other things, but research from the "antis" suggested that most of the money paid out during the buyback was reinvested in new firearms. Certainly the membership of SSAA nearly doubled between 1999 and my retirement 10 years ago. And as to the canard that SSAA is the Aussie equivalent of the NRA, it is rubbish. In my entire time working in the national office, I recall not one cent of government funding coming to us, and no donations by the national body to any political party or individual politician. (I had no visibility regarding spending by individual states.)
I am from Geelong but just spent two weeks in the Northern Territory. I can tell you. Everything there (stingers, crocs, floods, extreme temperatures, snakes, spiders…) is trying to kill you. But at least we have universal health care. America is so backward!!
The only time I've ever seen someone drink Fosters in Australia was at a Canadian work colleagues farewell. The pub for some reason had a few cans on the bottom shelf of the fridge. It seemed like the most obvious send-off for him even though none of us have ever tasted the stuff.
A lot of these so called myths have probably been propagated by myself. I live in a rural town, so I have been chased by a brown snake many times over the years. Red backs live under every park bench, and kangaroos & emus are everywhere, especially in drought times as they come closer to town for the greener grasses. Koalas are very rare where I am, but I have seen one in the wild. Only 100kms away they are much more common. 200kms away is wombat country and it is heart breaking seeing them dead on the road. So yeah, city people don't see much, but out in the bush it's snakes and spiders and wildlife everywhere. Not everything is out to get you, but most everything will hurt you if you don't respect it. Always be aware.
Haha yeah that's the thing. Very different experience living in outback or rural areas to suburban areas and coastal towns. People overseas can't grasp how big Australia is and the varied climates and living environments. They think that *eveyone* lives in the bush and therefore those "dangerous animal" experiences are really common. When in reality the majority of the population lives along the coast lines and in suburbs dotted around capital cities. So for the majority of Australians, those experiences are not common every day. I lived in Sydney, mostly eastern suburbs for 13 years til 2021. Never saw a redback or funnel web. Not saying they weren't there, just that I never saw any. I was living in apartments though. Saw plenty of huntsman inside though and big roaches. I only saw two snakes in all those years, and they scurried off in the distance. And that was when trail walking in national parks there, no idea what sort of snake as too fast. But there's signs to warn you about them along these walks. Growing up SE Qld, living in a house, saw a couple green tree snakes in the backyard and a 1/2 dead brown snake, another animal had got to it. Oh and a carpet python I think. But the cane toads were a pain. The dog wouldn't leave them alone and they'd get sprayed with a toxin or something. Dog would come inside frothing and we'd have to quickly wash the mouth and couple trips to the vet. Kangaroos I saw far more often in SE Qld than around Sydney. Only seen an emu a couple times in the wild, in Qld. See plenty of brush turkeys though, in several states...they're everywhere! Cheers 👍
I live in South Australia in the Noarlunga area we have a park, walking trail directly across the road and we’ve seen numerous koalas in trees there. More so in the summer months as they’re seeking out water. But I saw a koala crossing a main road last week. Thankfully people saw it and it crossed safely.
great video and well put :) a few notes for those who want further info. koalas are more common up north. I have passed a couple. they are dying out though, quickly. 2. kangaroos are common enough to be a nuisance, just not where you are. or even near where you are. most people indeed rarely see them 3. alcohol culture is extremely developed. Where I live isn't wine country and is in QLD, but yet I still live 5 minutes from a winery selling tens to hundreds of different products. same goes for other forms of alcohol in stores. it's not possible to memorise them all. 4. mmmmm steak. 5. USA is cheaper (or it was the last time I was there before the doomflation) across all items, but there are some major benefits that greatly offset this like cheaper healthcare. Every Aussie has seen those medical bills on TH-cam and subsequently thought America has fucked healthcare. also other things like centerlink, different leave types, better working hours etc. also the much higher availability of fresh food.
'Koalas are common up north'. North of where?! Koalas are most prevalent in southern NSW and Vic. I understand they've also been introduced into Tas to try to address the illnesses effecting mainland koalas.
Cheers for your comment , you could compare centrelink in aus to our social security system in the states , but the welfare system in the US is shittier tbh lol !
You do get funnel web spiders in Sydney quite often but other than that your video was a breath of fresh air. I remember seeing a young American girl being interviewed once saying she loved our gun laws and the fact that in Australia she had not had to do a lock down drill at school once. We see kangaroos daily where we live and also koalas semi regularly (Port Stephen’s District, NSW) so it depends where you live.
Yeah there are also deadly snakes suburban areas, but you don't see them very often. I almost stepped on a huge brown snake cutting through bushland on my way to school about 10 min from the Perth CBD
Be awear of drop bears when out walking in the outback. Always carry a metal spiked umbrella to protect your head. Available from nearly all corner stores.
Funnily enough I used to work in childcare and we had a few eastern brown snakes in the playground. Growing up out of town I had a few close calls with snakes, but they generally won’t bother you if you leave them alone.
G'day, mate! An interesting presentation Kaitlyn. One of the most significant points to be made about Australia is that it is (most likely) close to being the most culturally diverse country on earth. Now that doesn't come easy. There is a lot of acceptance required to create such a society. That is something to be proud of and something that other countries should try to emulate, in my opinion. Subscribed.
As an Aussie I've never even seen a can of fosters beer. If I'd never met an American or seen crocodile Dundee I would have never even heard of fosters
If you live outside the cities and suburbs you have to worry about snakes, a neighbour was bitten just yesterday and we live in a decent size country town
as an aussie, who grew up in sydneys western suburbs.... 3 brown snakes made their way into my backyard as a kid and 3 funnel webs. I now live in the mountains and its more common here. But I have still never been at risk from any of these.
You really have to get out more and get away from Sydney. I hate having to go into the city, in my case Brisbane. It's like have having two million loonies in an open air asylum. As for roos I see at least 3 or more every day and lots of lovely spiders, mainly those web spinners. I get quite a few lizards and parrots and cockies galore. You do see the odd Koala in Brisbane and lots of snakes at the moment due to the late breeding season.
Much more likely to see kangaroos or koalas if you go out to the bushy areas. The coriolis effect is way too weak to affect the water in a toilet bowl (which is the origin of the toilet flushing backwards), you need a very large body of water that is very static to see the effect in action… same goes for water going down a basin or shower too…
It really does depend on where you live, and if you want to see more koalas, which are endangered and need a certain amount of space , and certain eucalyptus trees to survive , called a Range…….contact Trees for Life, and look at growing treelings from seeds, that are used to support koala ranges, and create new ranges when old ranges have been destroyed by developments and fires.
The fact that Americans think lockdowns were "Australia at its worst" is hilarious because we were supported by our government during them, and it was necessary to prevent the hundreds of thousands of deaths that the US had, since we hadn't been able to get vaccinated yet. It's society: Everyone should work together to protect the vulnerable of society.
Thank you for this video! The belief that we're a nanny state annoys me so much. Our media have so much more freedom to directly question politicians here than in the US. We have the freedom to not fear being shot going about our daily lives. I've been to the US several times and I'm so much more tense there than I am living in Sydney. However, I do enjoy sending videos about Australian animals to my friends overseas. The whole spider thing cracks me up.
I have to disagree, having lived in Australia for over 50 years and in other countries as well we definitely live in a nanny state/country. Just my opinion though and others are entitled to theirs.
I've lived in Australia for 50 of my 64 years, and I've only seen 2 wild koalas...both in an urban environment. On the other hand, Kangaroos are our biggest road hazard.
I live in a suburb of a large city in queensland and you do run into snakes and spiders but you just get used to them. Most spiders that get in the house aren’t really dangerous the main run you run into is red back spiders in crawl spaces. Snakes most are fine as long as your not stupid and make the appropriate noise to not spook them or corner them. Though a couple are really dangerous if you run into them in their mating season. On temperature most of the year the days here are 30-40C 70%+ humidity the main difference is potentially colder nights in winter. You do get kangaroos but you will tend to miss them unless there in-front of your car. On koala’s do NOT try to pick them up their claws are dangerous and like most wildlife they aren’t to pleased with you grabbing them. On covid it was a full quarantine lockdown and the biggest issue was they opened up too early causing a new outbreak.
Get hubby to bring down the South Coast to North Nowra. Straight down the Princes Hwy. You can either hang out at the top of the hill at dawn or dusk & see some wild wallabies or alternately you can go down the bottom of the hill & go to Shoalhaven Zoo. We even had one of the emu escape a few years ago & come running up the street. It was wild. A 2 - 3 hour drive south my friend.
Koalas are becoming threatened. Too much bush is missing and that they require several tree species to live. Different councils and governments have only given lip service to habitats big business wants to exploit or develop.
We are not that sure of the US, either. Like, we don't have bears, wolves, mountain lions, rattle snakes, black widow spiders and the rest. We don't have any of them.
It depends where you live. In northern Australia where I come you have to be very aware of crocodiles, marine stingers, sharks snd venomous snakes. Swimming is a no go along the coast in most places.
I live in an outer suburb of Adelaide. We have koalas in our trees, hope Valley reservoir at the end of the street has a mob of roos. If you are lucky you can spot echidnas in the park and there's hundreds of beautiful Rosella's and noisy cockatoos or kookaburras i can see the cbd 12Ks away from my place.
I have Eastern Grey Kangaroos that use my hectare as part of their foraging territory, so I see them every few days. I see koalas much more rarely, because of habitat destruction and chlamydia, but they do show up now and then here in the Sunshine Coast Hinterlands. Eastern Brown Snakes too, but you are right - we don't live in fear, we just try to be careful. If you really want to see kangaroos, though, go to Canberra - they are more out of control than the politicians.
But you do need to beware of drop-bears in any wooded area. Vegemite behind the ears in the Australian bush is as important as sunscreen on the beach, if not more so.
My American friends think it rains spiders, We keep venomous snakes as pets and that giant spiders live outside our homes. I just stay quiet and let them believe these things.
As an American van traveller I've seen many drop bear attacks,there's nothing left,they love bone marrow with eucalypt leaf so crunch up bones and drop any left over ground up bones around bottom or trees,that's how you know where to avoid camping ,and there's no evidence,just another empty rental van someone doesn't want to pay for😮
Koalas are hard to find and see in the wild, as they live high in particular gum trees, and don't move about much, and they blend in very well. I am an Aussie, and I have only ever seen one wild koala, and I am 72!
On the whole, I agree with you but funnelweb spiders are prevalent in certain areas of Sydney and you need to be careful in the garden. They sometimes, also come into the house. With regards to information from banks, international agreements mean that all countries get access to information from international banks. The USA taxes on the basis of citizenship but Australia taxes on the basis of residency - but just because you live o/s doesn’t mean that the Australian Tax Office considers you a non-resident if you’re an Australian citizen.
Um…in Melbourne walking to school we used to come across brown snakes and tiger snakes all the time. We knew to stay away..so no one gets bit. I was rep mins from the city centre. You’ll also see more kangaroos in Melbourne than Sydney.
you live in a city try going into the dam bush from where i live i can go 4 mins down the road via walking and see both them and roos hell my street has roos on it almost everyday and i live in a pretty big town but in one of the outer areas that backs onto bushland
Regarding kangaroos as roadkill, I nearly hit a roo driving on Kangaroo Island, so I became pretty wary. I stopped to stretch my legs, and counted five kangaroo carcasses with 200 meters or so. Later, I actually did hit one in the Flinders Ranges despite my best efforts to avoid it. It hopped off, so maybe it survived it. My experience as a tourist was that you could go to a lot of places and never see any kangaroos, but there were other places that had heaps and heaps of them. For example, Flinders Ranges, Halls Gap. Even then, you won't see them at all times of day. Hundreds of roos show up to beg for food in Halls Gap in the mornings, but they spend their time elsewhere later in the day.
koalas are endangered in NSW and ACT... heaps easier to see them in VIC (try philip island koala sanctuary) .... also ... if you go to honey suckle creek old moon landing tracking station ACT there is HEAPS of wallabys and roos there... i saw heaps in that national park
For Americans … Melbourne climate is identical to San Fransisco. FATCA is an incredibly invasive thing levied by the IRS. Citizen Based Taxation in the US… tax you on any income regardless of where you are or where you reside…. Includes taxing you twice in some cases. US and Angola are the only countries that do this. Aussies are only taxed when resident in Australia. If they go abroad they are not taxed by the Australian Tax Office… just the actual country of residence. That’s why people renounce their US citizenship IF they do not plan to go back.
You are more likely to encounter dangerous creatures in the bush and the country rather than in cities. But at least we don't have bears, mountain lions or wolves; they would frighten the crap out of me.
I loved the lockdowns in WA. We were pretty free to move around in our state, my job required me to cover the Pilbara every month and I had no dramas moving around. We also didn't have anywhere near the fatalities that other countries had. The whole thing was uncharted territory for everyone alive but knowing how the Spanish flu spread and killed so many, I think we did okay. It certainly showed us the ugliest side of some people.
You won't get browns in the city (at least as much)... I have come across a brown on the way to work, and had a worksite closed (until we could get wildlife rescue) cos one was in the dunny block.
Depends on where you are about, for the kangaroos though. Where i live, (about 1hr drive from Sydney), Kangaroos are quite regularly hopping down the street, and jump your fence and come into your yard, its not been unusual to have a full mob of them eating my grass in the morning or afternoon.
I lost a cat to a brown snake and so did my brother, only know from blood tests on the cats, never saw the snakes that bit them, cats hide it too damned well, a human would have died that very day if no antivenom, I certainly have seen them otherwise though, however we don't have coyotes etc eating our cats
I've moved here after 9 years US Army, including a tour in Vietnam in 1979, I rode my Harley around the country side, lived in Coffs Harbor, before I live at Bondi Beach for four years.... the hotels there are now gone ... the place was full of suffers, many of who lived on the dole, it's not the same. In Sydney where I live now I've killed two "Funnel Web" spiders and saw a couple of "Red Backs". I had one son on the back of my dresser ridding to Canberra early morning and had to stop as there was a Mob of Wallaby's in the road ... no idea why ... after honking and revving my engine, they just hopped off???? Also when camping watch out for "Bull Ants" ... nasty bite, as an Aussie friend put his bed roll (Swag) on top of a nest... I disagree about housing costs... Sydney is having a real rental shortage! Ask a Vietnam Veteran who did an R&R here ... they can tell you a lot about booze...
Regarding the deadly animals. If you leave them alone, you'll be fine. I have friends who live in rural areas who have dealt with tiger snakes living in the garden, and as a landscape labourer we had to keep an eye out for funnel web nests.
I’m an American living in Canberra. Koalas? Go to Tidbinbilla nature reserve just outside of Canberra. There’s bilbies and bandicoots there also. As far Australia is freer than the US. In some ways yes but other ways no. The state of Victoria is run by a dictator who shot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets for protesting the lockdown in the most lockdown city in the world. While allowing BLM protesters to protest freely the very next week. But imo, Australia truly lets its citizens down by not having a legal document guaranteeing the citizens of human rights. The only country in the world that does not guarantee their citizens basic human rights. In Australia, rights are really privileges the government allows their citizens.
I was convinced that we were not allowed hand guns even with a licence. This is in fact not true you get the licence from the local police station or on line there are restrictions in that you can't walk around the streets carrying the gun except for police and security people and you have to store your weapons etc in a safe.The rules vary from state to state
South Australian here 1. I live in a large city, 20mins from the CBD and a 2min walk from a National Park. Brown snakes and red back spiders are common where I live. Lots of sharks in the sea. Am I worried? Naaah. 2. Don't know. 3. True. Multicultural society and loving it. 4. Fosters is an insult to beer drinkers. So are most other lagers. In SA ask for Cooper's Ale. 5. Asian food. Traditional European stuff. BBQ. All cool. Democracy sausage! 6. Yep. True. Coast. Above Goyder's line very sparsely populated. 7. Yep, also true. 8. Nanny state? SA - almost zero covid because of restrictions. Yeah, it sucked, but... you know. Decent restrictions about gun ownership is just common sense. What about some American states banning books? 9. Koalas live in the trees around my place off and on. Kangaroo spotting is best done at sunrise in a National park. Same with emus. If you see live kangaroos while you're driving slow down- they are stupid and easily startled. They may freak out and bash into the vehicle. 10. Never noticed.
We pay more tax but have fantastic services. My cancer surgeries and treatments cost me not a single cent, apart from (heavily subsidised prescriptions). Three child deliveries, entirely free
Love the video - head up to the Koala capital of Australia, known as the town of Gunnedah if you want to see one, (west of Tamworth) in North west NSW. I have known for some time that Australia's consumer laws are better than that of American but the concept that some Americans go broke over medicare debt is something I struggle to comprehend. Each to their own. Keep the videos coming
I've been asked by Americans about 'everything that wants to kill you' and I remind them that they have Bears, Mountain Lions and Coyotes and those bastards will stalk you. I've had a few run ins with snakes (brown snake and red belly black snake) but I gave them a wide berth and they left me alone.
bears will SPRINT up a tree after you, you cannot escape them ... crocodiles don't climb trees!
Not to mention all the nutcases with guns
Yeah, ferkin bears man lol.
@@DaveWhoa no but crocs will wait under the tree til u get off it trying to get away from the snake on the tree haha
no the crocodiles ate them all
Seeing kangaroos, koalas, wallabies, wombats etc depends on where you live. My early morning bike rides nearly always include sightings of native animals, and in fact I look out for them pretty carefully as they are the biggest risk on the rides. You really don't want to hit them at speed on a bike. Koalas are easy to find around here if you know where to look. Snakes and spiders are about but not a problem if you just leave them alone; it's not in their best interest to bite you.
strangely enough there is a large heard of feral deer on richmond road in western sydney.
Koalas are extremely dangrous an American female interviewer thought.
@@2012inca American + female + interviewer is a deadly combination. Much more dangerous than the tiny red back spider.
@@2012inca Fair enough.They`re often confused with drop bears
Very true. I grew up on a rural property and we were 8 miles from the school bus. We saw roo’s most days on our way home from the school bus. However I have rarely seen a koala or wombat in the wild.
A really well presented video, Kaitlyn 😊 Also, you pronounced Melbourne without the 'r', and I could not love you more right now 😅 Glad you addressed the guns & freedom issues. The US media run the most extreme crap about Australia. It's ridiculous 🙄 And the 'everything is out to kill you' myth cannot be debunked enough. Brits and Europeans believe it too. Not visiting a country as amazing as Australia bc of an unfounded fear is just really sad.
pretty sure it's just a running meme at this point. and 100% agree with how we say Melbourne
At least Brits have a reason since there are very few dangerous animals on the Isles.
@@Hurricayne92 ... have you forgotten about Margaret Thatcher????
@@simbob26 Have you forgotten about Gordon Brown?
@@paulsz6194 Never forget the most dangerous species on the planet: _homo sapiens._ No other species killed so many people!
Koalas can be sneaky lil buggers, especially when they metamorphose into drob bears at around 3 years of age.
If you look up into the eucalyptus trees where these guys hang out you will commonly notice large brown nodules on the trunks, this is where the koala has dug in and cocooned itself in order to shed it's fluffy skin, develop its venom glands and fangs as well as the webbing between it's front and back legs which it uses like a flying squirrel or sugar glider.
It is wise when looking for " koalas", to always wear sunglasses on the top of your head so the drop bear believes it has lost the element of surprise.
Great videos too.👍
Drop bears are not as common as the humanoid species australis bovine excremtus.
This perpetuating the myth you horrible person!😃😀😃
If you dont have sunglasses put some vegemite around the neck and ears as they hate the smell and taste of it😁
Great points! I think when Americans look at Aussie prices they don’t consider the price shown includes sales tax and we don’t encourage tipping, so savings there too!
Higher wages means what expensive to a tourist is less so to a local
@6.30. Spent a couple of days in Tibooburra about 50 years ago. The bar was 3 drinkers long. Back wall was a Drysdale painting. Music was a Philips plastic record player, for a pile of C & W lps. Counter lunches were a Sunbeam frypan with about 3 or 4 VERY old meat pies. Heaven!
The Coriolis Effect does effect water draining down a plug hole differently in the two hemispheres, but the effect at such a small scale is easily defeated by other local forces, so one can only say that the draining water funnels “tend” to rotate in opposite directions. It is much easier to see the effect in the weather. Cyclones/Hurricanes/Typhoons can be seen always spinning in clockwise in the southern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
Love your videos! Keep up the good work!
You're right on point about the plughole thing. There's a tidal creek five minute's walk from my place that potentially has Taipans Common Brown Dog Shark Box Jellies Crocs Stonefish and Cone shells. No drop bears as far as we know. Not a place to be silly and unaware. Cheers.
When people ask if Australians hate the Simpsons booting episode, I point out the only thing that I disliked was that Lisa the brainy one was wrong about the science of the coriollis effect, and Bart doesn't get any points for testing the truth of her claim.
@@shadout frankly the only problem i have is that they put the boot on the flag. That's a level of disrespect they haven't done with any other country.
@@sciencetroll6304 Jesus for a second there without the commas, I thought was a single animal
@@PBMS123 Lol if that's a single animal I sure as HELL don't want to meet it.
As an Australian adult I definitely am not prepared to let a red back spider bight me.
True that I have been biten bye one nearly lost me leg wtf is she on about dumb ass
Same, once as a kid I was moving old bricks in my backyard (no gloves) and I pick up one that had 2 redback nssts and 4 redback spiders crawling on it, one touched my hand and I freaked the fuck out. Didnt get bit though.
Yeah most people with a brain wouldn't let a red back bite them 😆
Lol an Aussie adult who can't spell a grade 1 word. Lmao
Been bitten twice by a red back once as a kid once as anadult
Well said 👏👏 Including about the weather in Melbourne having the ability to produce 4 seasons in a single day 😂😂 So true!
Yes, Australia had quite harsh covid restrictions, but whilst they were in place, Australia had among the lowest per capita covid infection and death rates in the world.
Yes, Australia has strict gun control, resulting in extremely low numbers of gun homicides.
Most sane people accept reasonable limits on personal freedom, when there are clear societal benefits.
I didn't think those restrictions weren't overly harsh; they were in line with other 1st world country restrictions. Maybe sealing WA off for a year and a bit was a little over the top, but us Sand-gropers were okay with it, and we weathered Covid quite well. WA and Queensland the only places in the world to have shown economic growth during those lockdowns, so shows it worked.
And the restrictions have been lifted.
@@SH-qs7ee Yeah but you kept Clive Palmer out- so that was worth it.
No mention of Drop Bears. And there are some places where school children may encounter crocs on the way to school. In Cooktown where I live, there's a kids playground by the river with a Beware of Crocs sign. At high tide, if there is a lot of rain, there might be crocs on the road between the river and the playground.
I like the movie “Sir Les Patterson Saves the World” where there was a “typical Australian suburb” which had kangaroos and emus wandering around suburban front yards.
This movie also had an official Australian embassy car which was a stretch FJ Holden with the Oz coat of arms on the side.
XXXX is the cheap beer you drink to socialise, if you are in Queensland. VB is same for Victorians. If you want a good beer to enjoy the taste, ask the bar tender what's good. Plenty of good local and craft beers.
I grew up in Victoria and I think I only saw 3 live snakes out in the wild for the first 60 years of my life. I've since moved to the central Queensland coast and now regularly see various pythons and legless lizards when I'm out and about in the evenings from about October to April.
I grew up just outside of Canberra and we had a lot of snakes. I almost stepped on a baby red belly a couple of years ago picking raspberries at my parents.
I'm 32, grew up in suburban Sydney and I've never even seen a wild snake. I spent a lot of time in my childhood running around exploring in the bush with mates too. If any of the other kids in the neighbourhood ever came across a snake while on a bushwalk it'd be a story they'd be telling for weeks, and even then the ones they saw would often be a non-venomous species like a diamond python.
As a kid, my greatest fear and phobia was *leeches* haha.
There’s a fun game us locals like to play when we visit one of the big cities, it’s called “spot the Aussie”
Thanks for your perspectives.
Kangaroos are widespread and very common in most places except for inner suburbs. Where I live I share my yard with about fourteen roos, particularly in spring and early summer. I leave a watering tub out for them so they can easily get a drink. They are a friendly mob and just hang about watching when I am working in the yard.
Koalas aren't as widespread in the wild but there are 'hot' spots where they are quite abundant and relatively easy to spot. They are vulnerable to wildfires so are not so common in areas that regularly burn.
Fosters is made for export because tourists seem to enjoy the taste of it. However, Aussies don’t like Fosters, we already have dozens of different beers, ales, pilsners and lagers as well as Guinness, that suit our tastes much better.
the State I live in Victoria was considered to be the most nanny State. The political party that put the measures in place just got re-elected with only a tiny loss of votes. Most people could see the sense in many, but perhaps not all, of the restrictions. Of course like everywhere we had our deniers and rumour mongers amongst the very vocal minority.
10:06 - Guns...
I spent almost 15 years working for the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia. I have heard this furphy about guns being confiscated.
After the Port Arthur massacre parliament outlawed semi-automatic rifles and instituted a buy-back of now illegal firearm. The states also introduced nominally standardised licencing requirements. These generally required a "genuine reason" for a licence, such as competition shooting or hunting.
Yes, some people pulled out of the firearms community. Some of these would have simply had "grandpa's old shottie" under the bed and saw the increased licencing requirements as a reason to cash it in and do other things, but research from the "antis" suggested that most of the money paid out during the buyback was reinvested in new firearms. Certainly the membership of SSAA nearly doubled between 1999 and my retirement 10 years ago.
And as to the canard that SSAA is the Aussie equivalent of the NRA, it is rubbish. In my entire time working in the national office, I recall not one cent of government funding coming to us, and no donations by the national body to any political party or individual politician. (I had no visibility regarding spending by individual states.)
I am from Geelong but just spent two weeks in the Northern Territory. I can tell you. Everything there (stingers, crocs, floods, extreme temperatures, snakes, spiders…) is trying to kill you. But at least we have universal health care. America is so backward!!
The only time I've ever seen someone drink Fosters in Australia was at a Canadian work colleagues farewell. The pub for some reason had a few cans on the bottom shelf of the fridge. It seemed like the most obvious send-off for him even though none of us have ever tasted the stuff.
The only person I have ever seen drink Fosters was my father in law.
A lot of these so called myths have probably been propagated by myself. I live in a rural town, so I have been chased by a brown snake many times over the years. Red backs live under every park bench, and kangaroos & emus are everywhere, especially in drought times as they come closer to town for the greener grasses. Koalas are very rare where I am, but I have seen one in the wild. Only 100kms away they are much more common. 200kms away is wombat country and it is heart breaking seeing them dead on the road. So yeah, city people don't see much, but out in the bush it's snakes and spiders and wildlife everywhere. Not everything is out to get you, but most everything will hurt you if you don't respect it. Always be aware.
Haha yeah that's the thing. Very different experience living in outback or rural areas to suburban areas and coastal towns. People overseas can't grasp how big Australia is and the varied climates and living environments. They think that *eveyone* lives in the bush and therefore those "dangerous animal" experiences are really common. When in reality the majority of the population lives along the coast lines and in suburbs dotted around capital cities. So for the majority of Australians, those experiences are not common every day. I lived in Sydney, mostly eastern suburbs for 13 years til 2021. Never saw a redback or funnel web. Not saying they weren't there, just that I never saw any. I was living in apartments though. Saw plenty of huntsman inside though and big roaches. I only saw two snakes in all those years, and they scurried off in the distance. And that was when trail walking in national parks there, no idea what sort of snake as too fast. But there's signs to warn you about them along these walks.
Growing up SE Qld, living in a house, saw a couple green tree snakes in the backyard and a 1/2 dead brown snake, another animal had got to it. Oh and a carpet python I think. But the cane toads were a pain. The dog wouldn't leave them alone and they'd get sprayed with a toxin or something. Dog would come inside frothing and we'd have to quickly wash the mouth and couple trips to the vet.
Kangaroos I saw far more often in SE Qld than around Sydney. Only seen an emu a couple times in the wild, in Qld.
See plenty of brush turkeys though, in several states...they're everywhere!
Cheers 👍
I live in South Australia in the Noarlunga area we have a park, walking trail directly across the road and we’ve seen numerous koalas in trees there. More so in the summer months as they’re seeking out water. But I saw a koala crossing a main road last week. Thankfully people saw it and it crossed safely.
great video and well put :)
a few notes for those who want further info.
koalas are more common up north. I have passed a couple. they are dying out though, quickly.
2. kangaroos are common enough to be a nuisance, just not where you are. or even near where you are. most people indeed rarely see them
3. alcohol culture is extremely developed. Where I live isn't wine country and is in QLD, but yet I still live 5 minutes from a winery selling tens to hundreds of different products. same goes for other forms of alcohol in stores. it's not possible to memorise them all.
4. mmmmm steak.
5. USA is cheaper (or it was the last time I was there before the doomflation) across all items, but there are some major benefits that greatly offset this like cheaper healthcare. Every Aussie has seen those medical bills on TH-cam and subsequently thought America has fucked healthcare. also other things like centerlink, different leave types, better working hours etc. also the much higher availability of fresh food.
'Koalas are common up north'.
North of where?!
Koalas are most prevalent in southern NSW and Vic.
I understand they've also been introduced into Tas to try to address the illnesses effecting mainland koalas.
Cheers for your comment , you could compare centrelink in aus to our social security system in the states , but the welfare system in the US is shittier tbh lol !
You do get funnel web spiders in Sydney quite often but other than that your video was a breath of fresh air. I remember seeing a young American girl being interviewed once saying she loved our gun laws and the fact that in Australia she had not had to do a lock down drill at school once. We see kangaroos daily where we live and also koalas semi regularly (Port Stephen’s District, NSW) so it depends where you live.
Yeah there are also deadly snakes suburban areas, but you don't see them very often. I almost stepped on a huge brown snake cutting through bushland on my way to school about 10 min from the Perth CBD
As an Australian I'd never heard of the "Australian steakhouse" until I saw it on "American Dad".
Be awear of drop bears when out walking in the outback. Always carry a metal spiked umbrella to protect your head. Available from nearly all corner stores.
Funnily enough I used to work in childcare and we had a few eastern brown snakes in the playground. Growing up out of town I had a few close calls with snakes, but they generally won’t bother you if you leave them alone.
Thanks for a great video. Robert Burns wrote
"Oh would some pow'r the giftie gie us,
To see ourselves as others see us"
G'day, mate! An interesting presentation Kaitlyn. One of the most significant points to be made about Australia is that it is (most likely) close to being the most culturally diverse country on earth. Now that doesn't come easy. There is a lot of acceptance required to create such a society. That is something to be proud of and something that other countries should try to emulate, in my opinion. Subscribed.
As an Aussie I've never even seen a can of fosters beer. If I'd never met an American or seen crocodile Dundee I would have never even heard of fosters
If you live outside the cities and suburbs you have to worry about snakes, a neighbour was bitten just yesterday and we live in a decent size country town
There's 50 million Kangaroos in Australia.
as an aussie, who grew up in sydneys western suburbs.... 3 brown snakes made their way into my backyard as a kid and 3 funnel webs. I now live in the mountains and its more common here. But I have still never been at risk from any of these.
You really have to get out more and get away from Sydney. I hate having to go into the city, in my case Brisbane. It's like have having two million loonies in an open air asylum. As for roos I see at least 3 or more every day and lots of lovely spiders, mainly those web spinners. I get quite a few lizards and parrots and cockies galore. You do see the odd Koala in Brisbane and lots of snakes at the moment due to the late breeding season.
I'm a dual-citizenship American living in Sydney too! Hello from the Western Sydney suburb of Penrith!
Much more likely to see kangaroos or koalas if you go out to the bushy areas. The coriolis effect is way too weak to affect the water in a toilet bowl (which is the origin of the toilet flushing backwards), you need a very large body of water that is very static to see the effect in action… same goes for water going down a basin or shower too…
It really does depend on where you live, and if you want to see more koalas, which are endangered and need a certain amount of space , and certain eucalyptus trees to survive , called a Range…….contact Trees for Life, and look at growing treelings from seeds, that are used to support koala ranges, and create new ranges when old ranges have been destroyed by developments and fires.
47 yo old born and bread country Australia that has travelled wide and far, I've never seen a koala in the wild.
I have seen many kangaroos, though.
The fact that Americans think lockdowns were "Australia at its worst" is hilarious because we were supported by our government during them, and it was necessary to prevent the hundreds of thousands of deaths that the US had, since we hadn't been able to get vaccinated yet. It's society: Everyone should work together to protect the vulnerable of society.
Exactly, fortunately it is an Australian trait.
Phillip Island has koalas and there are plenty of kangaroos in the bush of the Mornington Peninsula.
Thank you for this video! The belief that we're a nanny state annoys me so much. Our media have so much more freedom to directly question politicians here than in the US. We have the freedom to not fear being shot going about our daily lives. I've been to the US several times and I'm so much more tense there than I am living in Sydney.
However, I do enjoy sending videos about Australian animals to my friends overseas. The whole spider thing cracks me up.
It is though. The real Australia died when the 90s finished.
If you don't think we have a nanny state, then you haven't dealt with the government enough.
@@purpleguy319 Just try transiting through an American airport if you want to see a paranoid nanny state.
I completely agree.
I have to disagree, having lived in Australia for over 50 years and in other countries as well we definitely live in a nanny state/country. Just my opinion though and others are entitled to theirs.
I've lived in Australia for 50 of my 64 years, and I've only seen 2 wild koalas...both in an urban environment. On the other hand, Kangaroos are our biggest road hazard.
Chances are that you have passed by koalas in the wild, but have just not seen them. They are hard to see even if you are looking for them.
I live in a suburb of a large city in queensland and you do run into snakes and spiders but you just get used to them.
Most spiders that get in the house aren’t really dangerous the main run you run into is red back spiders in crawl spaces.
Snakes most are fine as long as your not stupid and make the appropriate noise to not spook them or corner them.
Though a couple are really dangerous if you run into them in their mating season.
On temperature most of the year the days here are 30-40C 70%+ humidity the main difference is potentially colder nights in winter.
You do get kangaroos but you will tend to miss them unless there in-front of your car.
On koala’s do NOT try to pick them up their claws are dangerous and like most wildlife they aren’t to pleased with you grabbing them.
On covid it was a full quarantine lockdown and the biggest issue was they opened up too early causing a new outbreak.
Get hubby to bring down the South Coast to North Nowra. Straight down the Princes Hwy. You can either hang out at the top of the hill at dawn or dusk & see some wild wallabies or alternately you can go down the bottom of the hill & go to Shoalhaven Zoo. We even had one of the emu escape a few years ago & come running up the street. It was wild. A 2 - 3 hour drive south my friend.
So nice to watch a person to put everything in perspective with others misconceptions .
Koalas are becoming threatened. Too much bush is missing and that they require several tree species to live. Different councils and governments have only given lip service to habitats big business wants to exploit or develop.
We are not that sure of the US, either. Like, we don't have bears, wolves, mountain lions, rattle snakes, black widow spiders and the rest. We don't have any of them.
If you want to see koalas in the wild - and even in people’s backyards - go to Port Stephens, about 2.5 hours’ drive north of Sydney.
It depends where you live. In northern Australia where I come you have to be very aware of crocodiles, marine stingers, sharks snd venomous snakes. Swimming is a no go along the coast in most places.
I live in an outer suburb of Adelaide. We have koalas in our trees, hope Valley reservoir at the end of the street has a mob of roos. If you are lucky you can spot echidnas in the park and there's hundreds of beautiful Rosella's and noisy cockatoos or kookaburras i can see the cbd 12Ks away from my place.
I have Eastern Grey Kangaroos that use my hectare as part of their foraging territory, so I see them every few days. I see koalas much more rarely, because of habitat destruction and chlamydia, but they do show up now and then here in the Sunshine Coast Hinterlands. Eastern Brown Snakes too, but you are right - we don't live in fear, we just try to be careful. If you really want to see kangaroos, though, go to Canberra - they are more out of control than the politicians.
But you do need to beware of drop-bears in any wooded area. Vegemite behind the ears in the Australian bush is as important as sunscreen on the beach, if not more so.
My American friends think it rains spiders, We keep venomous snakes as pets and that giant spiders live outside our homes. I just stay quiet and let them believe these things.
I use to make yellowtail wine it's from my hometown Griffith NSW well technically Casella wines is in yenda but same same iykyk
As an American van traveller I've seen many drop bear attacks,there's nothing left,they love bone marrow with eucalypt leaf so crunch up bones and drop any left over ground up bones around bottom or trees,that's how you know where to avoid camping ,and there's no evidence,just another empty rental van someone doesn't want to pay for😮
There was reports of red backs in packets of grapes bought at supermarkets I think it was a few months back!
Kaitlyn, top shelf with the Square Bear! Now that's deadly.
Koalas are hard to find and see in the wild, as they live high in particular gum trees, and don't move about much, and they blend in very well. I am an Aussie, and I have only ever seen one wild koala, and I am 72!
On the whole, I agree with you but funnelweb spiders are prevalent in certain areas of Sydney and you need to be careful in the garden. They sometimes, also come into the house. With regards to information from banks, international agreements mean that all countries get access to information from international banks. The USA taxes on the basis of citizenship but Australia taxes on the basis of residency - but just because you live o/s doesn’t mean that the Australian Tax Office considers you a non-resident if you’re an Australian citizen.
8:00 Kalgoorlie (aka Kalgoorlie-Boulder) in Western Australia has a slightly larger population than Alice Springs.
Thank you, it's sad that other countries think ,all of the things you mentioned. I very happy you love our country. xxxx
Ironically, you're probably more likely to see a koala in your backyard if you have the right tree.
8:18 Even the Gold Coast gets frost 🥶
9:45 Privacy sucks and some recent politics 😒
12:46 Sinks and baths do.
Kennett river on the Great Ocean Road, Vic. you will def see Koala's in the wild..
Koala are in the trees in the royal national park Heathcote in the Sutherland shire I have seen them when bush walking
Um…in Melbourne walking to school we used to come across brown snakes and tiger snakes all the time. We knew to stay away..so no one gets bit.
I was rep mins from the city centre.
You’ll also see more kangaroos in Melbourne than Sydney.
I often see kangaroos in my street and front yard throughout the year, particularly in spring and summer and I live in a city.
you live in a city try going into the dam bush from where i live i can go 4 mins down the road via walking and see both them and roos hell my street has roos on it almost everyday and i live in a pretty big town but in one of the outer areas that backs onto bushland
Have to laugh about spotting Kangaroos. See a pile on the Duaringa golf course every time I drive through there.
No the funnel web spider will be tunnelling in the ground, not the walls
Regarding kangaroos as roadkill, I nearly hit a roo driving on Kangaroo Island, so I became pretty wary. I stopped to stretch my legs, and counted five kangaroo carcasses with 200 meters or so. Later, I actually did hit one in the Flinders Ranges despite my best efforts to avoid it. It hopped off, so maybe it survived it. My experience as a tourist was that you could go to a lot of places and never see any kangaroos, but there were other places that had heaps and heaps of them. For example, Flinders Ranges, Halls Gap. Even then, you won't see them at all times of day. Hundreds of roos show up to beg for food in Halls Gap in the mornings, but they spend their time elsewhere later in the day.
Thank you for using venomous rather than poisonous. Small point, but it shows you're intelligent and pay attention to detail.
I live in the city and we constantly have kangaroos in our front yard. And they're constantly running in front of my car haha
koalas are endangered in NSW and ACT... heaps easier to see them in VIC (try philip island koala sanctuary) .... also ... if you go to honey suckle creek old moon landing tracking station ACT there is HEAPS of wallabys and roos there... i saw heaps in that national park
We had a battle today with a deadly butterfly, took 3 to put it down.
For Americans … Melbourne climate is identical to San Fransisco. FATCA is an incredibly invasive thing levied by the IRS. Citizen Based Taxation in the US… tax you on any income regardless of where you are or where you reside…. Includes taxing you twice in some cases. US and Angola are the only countries that do this. Aussies are only taxed when resident in Australia. If they go abroad they are not taxed by the Australian Tax Office… just the actual country of residence. That’s why people renounce their US citizenship IF they do not plan to go back.
For koalas, go to southern Victoria. I have seen some around sale, Phillip island and Wilson’s promontory
I had a funnel web spider come out of a friend's car it ran up my jeans leg so i grushed on my leg then pulled out.
We don’t all live in Sydney honey, there are crocs in most of the creeks and rivers where I live.
You are more likely to encounter dangerous creatures in the bush and the country rather than in cities. But at least we don't have bears, mountain lions or wolves; they would frighten the crap out of me.
I loved the lockdowns in WA. We were pretty free to move around in our state, my job required me to cover the Pilbara every month and I had no dramas moving around. We also didn't have anywhere near the fatalities that other countries had. The whole thing was uncharted territory for everyone alive but knowing how the Spanish flu spread and killed so many, I think we did okay. It certainly showed us the ugliest side of some people.
Forgot the Drop Bears 🤣
Beer, hard to beat coopers green
You won't get browns in the city (at least as much)... I have come across a brown on the way to work, and had a worksite closed (until we could get wildlife rescue) cos one was in the dunny block.
Depends on where you are about, for the kangaroos though. Where i live, (about 1hr drive from Sydney), Kangaroos are quite regularly hopping down the street, and jump your fence and come into your yard, its not been unusual to have a full mob of them eating my grass in the morning or afternoon.
I lost a cat to a brown snake and so did my brother, only know from blood tests on the cats, never saw the snakes that bit them, cats hide it too damned well, a human would have died that very day if no antivenom, I certainly have seen them otherwise though, however we don't have coyotes etc eating our cats
I've moved here after 9 years US Army, including a tour in Vietnam in 1979, I rode my Harley around the country side, lived in Coffs Harbor, before I live at Bondi Beach for four years.... the hotels there are now gone ... the place was full of suffers, many of who lived on the dole, it's not the same. In Sydney where I live now I've killed two "Funnel Web" spiders and saw a couple of "Red Backs". I had one son on the back of my dresser ridding to Canberra early morning and had to stop as there was a Mob of Wallaby's in the road ... no idea why ... after honking and revving my engine, they just hopped off????
Also when camping watch out for "Bull Ants" ... nasty bite, as an Aussie friend put his bed roll (Swag) on top of a nest... I disagree about housing costs... Sydney is having a real rental shortage! Ask a Vietnam Veteran who did an R&R here ... they can tell you a lot about booze...
Regarding the deadly animals. If you leave them alone, you'll be fine. I have friends who live in rural areas who have dealt with tiger snakes living in the garden, and as a landscape labourer we had to keep an eye out for funnel web nests.
I’m an American living in Canberra.
Koalas? Go to Tidbinbilla nature reserve just outside of Canberra. There’s bilbies and bandicoots there also.
As far Australia is freer than the US. In some ways yes but other ways no.
The state of Victoria is run by a dictator who shot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets for protesting the lockdown in the most lockdown city in the world. While allowing BLM protesters to protest freely the very next week.
But imo, Australia truly lets its citizens down by not having a legal document guaranteeing the citizens of human rights. The only country in the world that does not guarantee their citizens basic human rights.
In Australia, rights are really privileges the government allows their citizens.
I was convinced that we were not allowed hand guns even with a licence. This is in fact not true you get the licence from the local police station or on line there are restrictions in that you can't walk around the streets carrying the gun except for police and security people and you have to store your weapons etc in a safe.The rules vary from state to state
Just ask for a "Greenie" if you want a beer. Melbourne is as far south of the equator as New York City is north of it. It can get cold.
South Australian here
1. I live in a large city, 20mins from the CBD and a 2min walk from a National Park. Brown snakes and red back spiders are common where I live. Lots of sharks in the sea. Am I worried? Naaah.
2. Don't know.
3. True. Multicultural society and loving it.
4. Fosters is an insult to beer drinkers. So are most other lagers. In SA ask for Cooper's Ale.
5. Asian food. Traditional European stuff. BBQ. All cool. Democracy sausage!
6. Yep. True. Coast. Above Goyder's line very sparsely populated.
7. Yep, also true.
8. Nanny state? SA - almost zero covid because of restrictions. Yeah, it sucked, but... you know. Decent restrictions about gun ownership is just common sense. What about some American states banning books?
9. Koalas live in the trees around my place off and on. Kangaroo spotting is best done at sunrise in a National park. Same with emus. If you see live kangaroos while you're driving slow down- they are stupid and easily startled. They may freak out and bash into the vehicle.
10. Never noticed.
We pay more tax but have fantastic services. My cancer surgeries and treatments cost me not a single cent, apart from (heavily subsidised prescriptions). Three child deliveries, entirely free
Koalas go to Phillip Island, Raymond Island gippsland, kangaroo island
It's just like in the US, where you're dealing with grizzlies roaming the streets... Yeah, there are places it happens sometimes but deg not the norm
redbank spiders are dangerous if you corner them they will bite then you will have to hospital
Love the video - head up to the Koala capital of Australia, known as the town of Gunnedah if you want to see one, (west of Tamworth) in North west NSW.
I have known for some time that Australia's consumer laws are better than that of American but the concept that some Americans go broke over medicare debt is something I struggle to comprehend. Each to their own.
Keep the videos coming
Fosters is Australian for "Too 💩 for local consumption"