Our fruit and vegetable prices fluctuate a lot because our climate is so variable from year to year in the many large growing areas. For example, we might get a major flood in the Darling Downs in Queensland where most of our lettuce, cabbage, pumpkins, broccoli come from and this will result in a shortage and higher prices. Conversely, the Burdekin area where most of our tomatoes are grown might experience prefect conditions and we end up with a market glut and tomatoes will be dirt cheap. Then other areas will be in drought at any given time. It's like this every year, all across the country. As a whole because of our unique isolation, we don't have a lot of fruit and vegetable diseases that other countries do so we have strict quarantine laws and subsequently don't import much produce making our supply and subsequent prices highly variable due to climate. Yeah-nah = Yes, I hear what you're saying, but no.
Cyclones and bushfires too. Also, tragically for growers, when a good harvest is spoiled by last minute heatwaves or solid rain downpours, splitting fruit and causing it to go bad before it can even get anywhere near the shops, or mouse/locust plagues. If you have a green thumb it's easy in most places to keep your menu stocked (with se kind of produce) and for swapping with others. Lots of nice canned fruit but the very best export quality is exported..
Prices of groceries fluctuated depending on the climate (our climate is extremely volatile). Prices of oil fluctuated depending on the currency, these also include all other imported items.
Best explanation of yeah-nah I have ever read. I never use it, but so many others use it I knew exactly what it meant. About the most frustrating mouth the expression can come out of, is the mouth of a tradie you have just asked to do something...
They changed the Queens bday holiday in Qld because they wanted to even out the public holidays. Pretty much every public holiday was between Jan and June. So the easiest one to move was the Queens bday.
It is now the King's birthday. Western Australia celebrate W.A. Day which is the first Monday in June. 1st of June was when the settlement of Perth was founded in 1826
I am Aussie, through and through, and my ancestry is English, through and through. That being said, I always look forward, not backwards. We are in a time where we can pick and chose the best from all cultures around the world. It is a great time to be alive.
AFL season starts March 16, and day trip to Rottnest island to see the quokkas are some things you could try in Perth. Depending on weather, picnic at Kings Park or several beaches to choose from.
March is probably the best time to visit Perth. Summer is over, going into Autumn, but it is still quite warm, maybe a little bit windy. Mate, if you're living in Malaysia, it's just a hop to Australia. Continue living in Malaysia and come visit us when you want. Cost of living expenses maybe difficult for tourists, but if you plan to live here, wages are quite good.
April to May is better. With the summer heat getting later every year, March can still be bloody hot. If you prefer the cooler nights September to October is the best.
@@srjwaugh The holiday on the first Monday in March is Labour Day (May Day). It was moved from the first Monday in May because it was too close to ANZAC Day.
Drive through bottle o is actually very handy (even though I'm not a drinker) you don't have to find parking and they are also quite prevalent...you can also buy softdrinks (at inflated prices), chips and ice...so it's good to grab some eupplies for an outdoor barbecue or camping/fishing trip where you fill your esky (cooler) with ice to put drinks and food. Plus there will usually be another drive through bottle o in every big enough town
Drive thru bottle shops (originally only connected to pubs) have been around for ages. 40+ years ago they mostly sold cartons of "tallies" or "stubbies" and it was very convenient to have the guy load it straight from the fridge into the car boot for you. Back then a carton was less than $20. Nowdays people still buy cartons of beer, but six-packs, single bottles of wine, champagne, spirits are popular too - especially if you're on the way to a party or BBQ.
the purpose of a drive through bottle-o is to eliminate the need for parking. most normal people are in and out of a bottle shop in 5 minutes. so rather than parking somewhere walking to a bottle-o buying your grog and lugging it back to the car. you just drive in park at the doorway walk in get what you want, pay for it and go.
I think companies gouge prices as often as they can. Especially fuel. That’s annoying, but it’s been going on as long as I can remember. You learn to work around it.
For many of us going after the cheapest fuel is almost second nature. We won't go to the nearest servo, we'll usually go to the one 5 Km away because it's ten cents a liter cheaper, in a tankful that can be a lot of money.
We've had drive-thru bottle shops for decades. Ppl going to a party or BBQ can pick up alcohol on the way there. As for fluctuating prices (esp fruit & veg) maybe the EU can negotiate more stable prices than Australia? I really have no idea. Good Friday is only a big deal bc it's a public holiday. Same for the Queen's Birthday (or King's as it'll be now). These holidays are hangovers from a more religious & traditional time - but if they were removed, there'd be riots bc Aussies love their public holidays 😂
Prices will vary from state to state.I live in country Victoria and have never paid more than $1.83 for petrol. The prices fluctuate because of fluctuations in international oil prices and currency exchange rates. Independent petrol stations are cheaper than the big internationals like BP and Shell. Australia is a very large country and transport costs are higher as a result.
With fuel prices it not only fluctuates from day to day usually on a 12 day cycle but also from petrol station to petrol station. The other day it was actually 50c a liter cheaper driving 2k down the road from the station near my house so it’s Aus to use the fuel watch app to check the nearest cheap fuel near you
Ok a couple of points, they don't make it harder to access grog on good friday, It's just a public holiday and the shops close...same with the queens birthday..it's not celebrating Lizzi'e's birthday..it's just another excuse to have a day off work . ;)
If you visit Perth, go to King's Park and look down on the city, take the treetop walkway, take a ferry up the river from Fremantle to Perth and then take the train back along the coast. Go up to the hills - maybe visit Mundaring Dam. Go to the beach (March isn't the best for weather, but the beaches are spectacular - dazzling white sand that stretches for miles. Cottesloe is perhaps the best, though Port beach is my favourite) . If you have the time, go up to Ningaloo and see the whales, or Monkey Mia and meet the dolphins. Or down to timber country in the South-west (Pemberton, Manjimup etc). Enormous eucalypt trees. Enjoy your trip!
Technically, Queen’s (now King’s) Birthday was once Empire Day, when there was such a thing. The name was changed quite a few decades ago. The reason for the difference between states is because each state gazettes their own public holidays, and there are really only two truly national holidays - Australia Day and ANZAC Day. Personally, I’m not averse to ditching Australia Day and replacing it with something more inclusive - but that’s just my opinion.
@Michael Rogers Very typically for Australians, we have the public holiday in most of the country near the birthday of George V, because all the subsequent monarchs' real birthdays have been at inconvenient times of the year, too close to other public holidays. We like our holidays evenly spaced out!
The price of food went up due to inflation but the news says prices may ease back to normal, and some foods (veges) have already gone back to normal price levels (I think the veggies prices went up more from natural disasters...things have settled and supply is returning)...but generally the one thing I find expensive is rent...rent was expensive before the last few years but now it actually scares me. We were fortunate to inherit my grandparents house a year before covid hit...we were paying $1600 a month for a 3 bedroom house...the washing machine was outside as it didn't have a laundry...we had an opportunity to move into my grandparents house when our lease ended so we left...the rent for that house now is around $2000 per month(if you can even find anything). My grandparents house went from $450,000 8n 2018/9 to almost a million in 2023.
I'm not on a huge income and I don't find the prices problematic. Natural gas is probably the worst, but fuel isn't an issue as I drive sparingly and ride or walk alot anyway. I cook my own food, and don't have any dramas as I follow a largely pescatarian diet which has loads of veges. If you eat a lot of beef or lamb it might hurt, but chicken and pork are quite stable too. Some people might consider it boring, but I just find all the bells and whistles that other people need are just not that important to me.
Oi, what are you talking about mate! hahahaha Got my nickname Blue/Bluedog from the Army on day 1 when I joined in 1995, as you can see it's stuck lol.
@@bluedog1052 Yeah in 95 I get it but maybe not now. When I joined the army, almost the same time as you, in 94.My nickname was Jimmy can you guess why? Hint look at my name.
Queensland is a big agricultural state with various regional zones for various soil and climate zone dependent crops. with various sowing, growing, harvesting and picking seasons so public holidays have got to fit in around all of that.
If you come to WA, take your little one to Caversham Wildlife Park, the Adventure Playground at Kings Park, to Hillary’s Boat Harbour or Mandurah for a safe swim at the beach.
@@Ozvideo1959 For years drug stores sold every kind of drug available, from cocaine and heroin to caffein and alcohol and any mix of anything that any snake oil salesman found effective. Alcohol was a common ingredient in many medicines, including many aimed at babies. When governments first started to regulate and ban drugs, alcohol very quickly followed narcotics as the target of prohibition laws. There is nothing overly special about alcohol, it is a drug like any other. The fact that it has it's own specialty stores is a societal quirk, not an inevitable category distinction.
I started using the 7/11 fuel app and the end of last year and it’s great. I work an hour from where I live and the prices are a bit cheaper so I lock in the prices when I’m at work and when I need to fill my tank I can save $20-$30 per tank.
Drive through bottleshops are perfect, if you know exactly what liquor and what brand you’re buying, very quick. If you’re browsing best to find another store.
I know what dogging is cause i watch things like 8 out of 10 cats and other UK based shows. The one thing that took me a while to understand was pants. A commedian would tell a story about how they were locked outside in just their pants, which to an australia is not so bad, but then i realised they meant underpants. UK pants = Australia underpants
In Western Australia we have the Fuel Watch site, which i started using when fuel prices went nuts. Basically, it tells you where the cheapest fuel is on any given day, and where the cheapest fuel will be on the following day. When in Perth: Perth Zoo, Museum, Freo, Yanchep national Park, Cervantes Lobster Shack and Pinnacles, river cruise, Lake Leschenaultia, Toodyay or York for a bit of country….
In March, you could go and see the Sculptures on the Beach in Cottesloe. I think they’re great. I live in Perth and always make a point of visiting them every year!
In 1999 Australia had a Republic Referendum. There were two questions when there should have been three questions. First, we were asked if we wanted a republic (and the majority would have answered, 'Yes') BUT our conservative, Liberal Party Prime Minister, at the time, John Howard, complicated matters.( He liked the way things were regarding Government.) So sly Johnny threw in a second question -- not apart from, but with the first question - 'And what TYPE of Republic do Australians want?' And that question derailed the referendum because not much attention, thought and debate had been given to that. People were scared off and voted, 'No'. The NEXT time we have a referendum on this issue the result will be very different ! In Oz we did not have a holiday exactly on the past Queen's birthday but whenever each state decided that. In Victoria it was in July on the second Monday, creating a long weekend in the middle of the year when we don't have many public holidays. It has become the first weekend of the snow season in the mountains. I was astounded to find out that England did not have a holiday at all for the Queen's Birthday. It will be interesting as to what will happen to that birthday holiday now that there is a new King Charles.
Rottnest Island with it's Quokkas is world famous now. Fremantle the first established town, a port town, in Western Australia with convict built buildings and residences restored and preserved. The historical Maritime Museum is there also. An unusual place to visit as it is not touristy, is the Pinaroo Cemetary in the northern residential suburb of Padbury. It is a large Bushland and Lawn cemetery with kangaroos happily mingling with the cemetery visitors. Unlike the bored roos at the Perth Zoo that are unimpressed with tourist pellet feeding. The Pinaroo roos feed themselves and you can just wander around or sit on the benches and watch them acting naturally. Early morning or late afternoon is when they are most active but they are always present. Joeys too.
Never heard Yeah-nah used at all - and I'm 76. It may be a Queensland practice. As for the Queen's birthday - we'll continue that as the King's birthday using the same day. It's an excuse for a public holiday. A politician or 2 may make some reference to the monarch but even that will be pretty cursory. The prices of meat, vegetables and fruit vary with market availability. So apples and pears are cheaper in autumn, stone fruit in late spring/early summer and so forth.
Pubs and bottle shops are shut christmas day and good friday, any Australian would be prepared for this... They also do not open till 1pm on ANZAC Day, but you can get a drink at the local Retired Services League from after the dawn service, sometimes with a meal...
I don't think we are that expensive, not when you take into account the wages. Like Woolworth's (Wollies) large grocery chain. I just had a look online. Home brand (Wolies brand) full cream milk 3 Litrers $4.50 Basic Wholemeal sliced bread (Wollies brand) 650grams $2.20 Dozen Eggs Free Range (Wollies brand) $5.20 Apples Royal Gala 94cents each. Potato White Washed Each 1kg bag $3.80 Might give you an idea.
It is almost impossible to compare Australian prices with those in other countries. For example - the basic wage in Australia is around $23 per hour - in the USA it is around $7 per hour. I don't know what the basic wage is in the UK. As regards the relationship with the Queen/King or whatever - I know a couple from the UK who moved here 25 years ago and live in my home town and the last time I spoke to them they said, and I quote " We will never become Australian citizens and we will never swear allegiance to this country". Then I wonder why are they still here.
The fuel price hikes were more because of the Covid problems around the world they have dropped quite a lot now and the prices for fresh fruit and veggies are more because of the floods we have had more recently but they are dropping quickly now the farmers are growing more again
The Queens real birthday was April 21st, 4 days before ANZAC Day and 10 days before Labour Day, and just after Easter... And you can't move Easter, Anzac Day or May Day so we moved the Queens Birthday to spread the holidays out, otherwise an Aussie could strategically take 8 days of holidays and be off for 3 weeks
Are you kidding me what plannet do you live on there is a bottle shop attached to just about every Woolworths and Coles and Aldi you can buy Alcohol in the Supermarket
Drive in bottle shop is about not having to park but buying grog on your way to visit someone - much easier and the pub doesnt have to have such a big carpark.
Prices have gone up little bit in Australia, but so does our family income, so it’s not affecting our lifestyle. I am building a house in Brisbane and I am still having a wonderful lifestyle even though I am paying rent as well as my mortgage repayments.
Cost of living in Australia is high - but so is the average income. Prices at the moment are silly, due to Covid, bushfires, a major derailment on the Nullabor and now, severe floods. A perfect storm of events which has impacted on the economy - but hopefully shorylivd.
Hot tip for those who might not know (not you op 😜), there are Bull Sharks in the river and recently (the last one was in the 1920s) there was a shark attack of a 16 year old trying to swim with the dolphins. Oh and there are red algae blooms around the hotter months which can cause temporary paralysis if you don't properly cook the shellfish and fish you catch (or drink a bit too much water when swimming)
The yeah-nah, very common! It means "Yeah, i hear what you're saying, but, nah, it doesn't work for me/ sorry mate that's not what i meant". Or theres the nah-yeah, which is "nah, i know, but yeah this is how it turned out". Something like "i heard old mate screwed you over with X", "oh really? Yeah, nah! He's alright". Means it sounded fishy what he was doing, but he ended up being ok. You usually agree or disagree with the first part of a sentence and then clarify how you felt about it. It's just faster.
The fuel bowser price, is reflected on the price of oil on the stock market! Also australian farmer don't get any subsidies from the government, so the fruit, vegetables and meat are priced on supply and demand!
you would be very welcome to come over for a visit...but especially in Perth, please be so so careful in the sun...you are so fair...hats, long sleeves, shade and plenty of sun cream ...all the time...even if we are in winter over here when you arrive.. I have seen so many people with your skin type in real pain from being unwary in the sun...🌞
Good Friday is the first day of a five day holiday, or the beginning of school holidays, or the weekend off work and start your vacation on the following Wednesday meaning that your overall paid loading is paid from that Wednesday after Bank Tuesday. So many holidays are good for mental health in your home life. That’s why we have so many spread throughout the year
I guess the bottle-o thing does indicate that we drink a lot haha, but we do use them. We might be on our way to a party and we drive through a bottle-o and the guy goes and gets it for you and you drive away.
Drive thru bottle O, bloody oath mate, convenience to pick up a slab on the way home on a Friday arvo after getting an early knock from work (EKO). A. Don't have to get out of the car. B. Don't have to battle in a shopping centre carpark or what have you to walk into a shop when all you want is a cold beer when you get home which is only 5 mins away.
Fruit & veg is mostly seasonal so are open to market prices.Wherever you can buy fresh but NOT from the supermarkets as a huge volume of theirs is either chilled or frozen for unkown lengths of time.Good Friday is Easter for Christs sake (no pun intended) Surcharges are usual on public holidays. Another thing to be wary of is drink/driving.Random breath testing is widespread with the allowed level usually 0-05. Above that & you're in trouble & a high reading can lead to confiscation of your car.If you want to drink then it's a good idea to have a non-drinking co-driver.
When it comes to the cost of living I think we have been pretty easy till now. And people got used to a certain lifestyle however with covid, natural disasters and world markets/ economics things are getting tough and people are feeling the pressure. Our interest rate were at all time low and a lot of people borrowed their maximum. So now as interest rates start to rise things are not good for many I will say this isn't so much for those in the low income to welfare bracket as that wasn't feasible to begin with.
Not to mention certain States experienced a high level of internal migration and also international migration which have put extra pressure on housing and infrastructure
Regarding thongs @ 5:11 . Thongs are the standard casual footwear here in Australia , especially in the tropics. I myself have several pairs including a pair for around the yard , a pair for around town and a good going out pair of thongs.
The most times I have seen a live snake! Is on the beach. Right on the sand. Or the tracks you have to walk on, to get to the beach! The rule is:- Always look down at where you are going to putdown your foot when walking. Alsostamp your feet as you walk, cos snakes " feel" through the vibrations in the ground. Or take a dog to walk in front.
Start of with a Swan River cruise to Freo., Then a winery cruise the other way. Get on the free bus trips around the town. Hay Street Mall. Bull Creek Aviation Museum. Freo. Maritime Museum and the entire Freo. locale. Just too much to do there. (I'm a Queenslander.) Love the place. Be back in Nov.)
If you plan on moving here I think there is an age limit after witch you can't apply. Cost is relative as most get paid a living wage as for visitors they might feel it worse. You just need to buy what's in season.
That good Friday thing is very strange. I'm Australian and I can go into my local supermarket on good Friday and buy alcohol. I think when she talks about "team members" she means employees. Our relationship with the UK monarchy is ridiculous. It won't last much longer.
You'll like Perth. Great weather, best beaches and a bit more chilled lifestyle than Sydney and Melbourne whilst still being a pretty big city with a lot happening. Just stay away from the crown casino and you'll be good 😂
For the best beaches you need to travel back 60 years in time. As an old Scarborough boy, the beach is nothing like it used to be. The waves have gone. Cottesloe has always been a over-rated beach.
@@kenchristie9214 hey Ken. Yeah I grew up in Scarborough as well. We probably shared the same space on a few occasions. Lived on Holbeck St behind the old squash courts and trampoline center during the 70s . Remember old Bob? Also lived behind the old contasio hotel on West coast hwy during the 80s. Miss the old Scarborough
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 It was Neil White who owned the original White House in the 50's and 60's. Then that idiot painted it an awful blue in the 70's. Moved to Ravenscar Street in '62 as 13 year old. Used to regularly get 3 to 4 metre swells at Scarborough back then. Today you're lucky if they're over a metre. Trigg's Point used to be Trigg's Island. To get onto rock, you had to wade through about 5 metres of water that would get to just below waist high. The father of my best friend at Scarborough High School owned the squash courts. After 61 years, we're still the best of friends. Before Packer the Casino was a cheap night out if you're not an idiot.
@@kenchristie9214 you go back further than me Ken. My earliest memories of Scarborough was when they were knocking down luna Park. We used to ride our bikes down the hill from doubleview to use the BMX track where the hotel stands now.. The ride back up the hill was torture. Be walking the bike after Duke St 😂
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 Learnt to roller skate at Luna Park. The Snake Pit closed down about 3 weeks before I moved there. What was left became Gay Gordon's which was my favourite hangout. The BMX track where Observation City is now was a go-kart track. Before 1964 there was no lower carpark and the beach started at the bottom a a 20 foot wall all the way along The Esplanade. From there at was about a 150 metre walk on sand to the water. On the really hot days the towel came in handy to stop your feet from burning.
I’m in Vic, & if the term yeah, nah, is said; I’ve not heard it. Maybe the young generation, ? The reason to my knowledge about supermarkets & bottle shops, having limited hours open, on public holidays; is for their staff & respect. Drive through bottle shops have been around for as long as I can remember. Your coming home from work, it’s been a long hot day, much easier to just go by a drive through
You must really visit Rottnest island. It's about 25 miles off Perth and their are boat trips from Elizabeth Quay every day. Be sure to take the boat trip around the island...it will take about 90 minutes. The Quokkas are cute but not very friendly.
Most of Australian slang takes a word, chops off most of the last syllables, and adds an -o or -y on the end. I think Drive through bottle-os are for when you're a guest or when you're going to camp. You pick up some alcohol on the way to your destination. Always nice to bring some wine for your host, or if it's a relaxed bbq or party, some beers to share. The UK relationship is really good on a personal basis. In practice our governments don't co-operate a lot, since we operate in different hemispheres, and militarily speaking we felt abandoned during WW2. Gallipoli in WW1 is when white Australians stopped identifying as UK expats living in our own colony, and stopped calling Britain 'The Motherland'. That campaign turned us all into Australians. But practically speaking most white Australians have UK heritage, and a majority have UK relatives. A lot qualify for UK passports through their parents (Hence all the Aussies in London.) While we acknowledge our ancestors were colonising bastards that did a lot of harm, we overall have good vibes about Britain. But on the flip side Brexit is really really sad, and it's hard to see our 'family' eating itself. It's the biggest act of self harm I've ever seen a nation do to itself. Especially since we've benefitted a lot from European migrants post WW2. We're proud of our multicultural paradise... and then fall ourselves for the same old lie that new migrants are stealing our jobs. New migrants can certainly depress wages, but in the covid world shortage of workers, low wages aren't such a problem, since there are less workers than demand for them. A lot of us want to move to a republic, but we're really cautious about breaking a democratic system that has worked well overall for us. We don't want to inadvertently become like the :USA. I think we should be moving to an 'Australian Democracy' to replace the Constitutional Monarchy, instead of an 'Australian Republic'.
I know it's a little late for Christmas songs, but Sammy J and Randy do a song call 'Aussie Christmas' that has a lot of funny stereotypes in it. They also have a song called 'Good Times' which does a good job of painting a scenario in your head which you might like. And while it's not a song 'Randy buys a bookcase off Gumtree' is one hell of a story.
As to Good Friday. Pubs and Clubs are open so you can drink alcohol. The strangeness of it is that it is the one day of the year were you can;t buy alcohol to take home. The logic alludes Australians also,
Adelaide got very high, but still ok, food delivered doubled (user eats). (Disability payments when up 149$) that helps. Now 1060 a fortnight now in south Australia.
I’ve never heard my friends say nah yeah, but everyone says yeah nah, but for a good reason. Example conversation… “I assume you got invited to Tom’s BBQ on Sunday night, are you going?” “Yeah nah, I have to get up early on Monday, I’m flying to Melbourne.”
As far as the relationship to England, I think it is divided mostly along generational lines with older Aussies feeling more of an attachment. That is just my view, I could be wrong. We had a referendum, I think it was the year 2000 on whether or not to become a republic and it was soundly beaten in every state, the Northern Territory may have voted yes. There was an extremely well run, divide and conquer campaign run by monarchists but it was very easy as those in favour of a republic were very ignorant of what it even meant and were perhaps very divided before the campaign. I don't think that all translates to a love of the royal family, but a respect for the parliamentary system that had served us pretty well for 100 years.
The drive through bottle shops are more for when you’re having a few friends over and want to have a few beers together and perhaps some wine with dinner. Carrying all of that is heavy work, so the staff can load up your boot for you, you pay them and drive home. They don’t out it in the front seat with you!
Minimum wage is $22 and more depending on your type of work. So you need to compare what you earn at the moment with the cost versus coming to Australia and then compare the same thing.
Don’t assume Melbourne is expensive because it’s a big city. It’s cheaper in Melbourne than it is Perth - I’ve lived in both places. Never heard of dogging until now!?? Maybe a QLD thing?? Love bottle-o’s! QLD is kinda odd - I’ve lived there also, they definitely do things different in each state Lol yeah Queens birthday in Melbourne is close to my birthday which is awesome as I always get a long weekend! No other state even has it in June tho! I think the UK cord can be cut now…but it doesn’t bother me either way TBH, most Aussies prob feel the same… Love a good yeah nah 😂 use it ALOT I lived in Perth for 20 years. Go to Fremantle, Rottnest Island, Margaret River, Hans cafe… Main thing Perth has going for it is the beach - it’s beautiful so go in summer! I can’t think of anything else to recommend…u will have fun to visit but it’s pretty boring to live… Very clean and new but not if ur comparing to places like Singapore…tho prices are comparable due to lack of industry like Singapore
Yeah-Nah Nah-Yeah I first heard in popular use in the last 10 or so years. Before that it wasn't in our vocabulary. I think the indecisive Colin Carpenter had a lot to do with introducing us to those words in his comedy skits in the late 80s and his TV re-runs in the 1990's/2000s and TH-cam reruns of his shows.
They keep telling us the FUEL prices go up and down ( in a 2 - 3 week cycle) bc of fluctuations in international oil prices and currency exchange rates.... yet why are these foreigners so suprised - like it only happens here (in aus)... Once you get to know the cycle and/or have a fuel watch ap - you can easily avoid the Up tick in prices- cause you know when they will happen.
Yeah - Nah is easy to understand . It means (roughly) I know what you mean but no . Fruit and Vegey price fluctuations are all about transport costs here too. Especially if you don't live on the coast . A lot of European people don't really appreciate the distance things need to travel to get from A to B ( though less so these days ) .
I live in Perth, a fantastic place to live: really anyone who cannot accumulate money whilst living here must be really a bad budgeter or has no clues about anything.
I tried to be offended by this, but then realised that I was unemployed almost the entire time (about 10 years) I lived in Perth, and still had enough money to support 4 young kids. (No, I'm not one of them, most of the time was university and then not being able to get a job due to the GFC)
Lived in Karratha for 10 years and loved it but we only lasted 1 year in Perth,we’ve lived in many places around Australia but have happily settled in Victoria and love it ( Mexicans ) as the rest of Australia call us 😂
We had a referendum in 1999 too become a Republic and it was defeated resoundedly and Australia remains with the king as head of state. The reason for the birthday to be on a different day's, is so all the public holidays are not all at the same time. It spaces them out a bit!
Drive through bottle-o's (drive in bottle shops/alcohol vendors) are so ubiquitous in Australia that it is something that many of us have a hard time understanding that the rest of the world is unfamiliar with them.
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Our fruit and vegetable prices fluctuate a lot because our climate is so variable from year to year in the many large growing areas. For example, we might get a major flood in the Darling Downs in Queensland where most of our lettuce, cabbage, pumpkins, broccoli come from and this will result in a shortage and higher prices. Conversely, the Burdekin area where most of our tomatoes are grown might experience prefect conditions and we end up with a market glut and tomatoes will be dirt cheap. Then other areas will be in drought at any given time. It's like this every year, all across the country. As a whole because of our unique isolation, we don't have a lot of fruit and vegetable diseases that other countries do so we have strict quarantine laws and subsequently don't import much produce making our supply and subsequent prices highly variable due to climate. Yeah-nah = Yes, I hear what you're saying, but no.
Cyclones and bushfires too. Also, tragically for growers, when a good harvest is spoiled by last minute heatwaves or solid rain downpours, splitting fruit and causing it to go bad before it can even get anywhere near the shops, or mouse/locust plagues. If you have a green thumb it's easy in most places to keep your menu stocked (with se kind of produce) and for swapping with others. Lots of nice canned fruit but the very best export quality is exported..
Prices of groceries fluctuated depending on the climate (our climate is extremely volatile). Prices of oil fluctuated depending on the currency, these also include all other imported items.
Best explanation of yeah-nah I have ever read. I never use it, but so many others use it I knew exactly what it meant. About the most frustrating mouth the expression can come out of, is the mouth of a tradie you have just asked to do something...
Supermarket wars also play a part.
I am REALLY missing mandarins at the moment!
They changed the Queens bday holiday in Qld because they wanted to even out the public holidays. Pretty much every public holiday was between Jan and June. So the easiest one to move was the Queens bday.
It is now the King's birthday. Western Australia celebrate W.A. Day which is the first Monday in June. 1st of June was when the settlement of Perth was founded in 1826
I am Aussie, through and through, and my ancestry is English, through and through. That being said, I always look forward, not backwards. We are in a time where we can pick and chose the best from all cultures around the world. It is a great time to be alive.
AFL season starts March 16, and day trip to Rottnest island to see the quokkas are some things you could try in Perth. Depending on weather, picnic at Kings Park or several beaches to choose from.
March is probably the best time to visit Perth. Summer is over, going into Autumn, but it is still quite warm, maybe a little bit windy. Mate, if you're living in Malaysia, it's just a hop to Australia. Continue living in Malaysia and come visit us when you want. Cost of living expenses maybe difficult for tourists, but if you plan to live here, wages are quite good.
April to May is better. With the summer heat getting later every year, March can still be bloody hot. If you prefer the cooler nights September to October is the best.
@@kenchristie9214 I was thinking of late March when I made the comment. but I agree with you, later in the year is better
@@srjwaugh The holiday on the first Monday in March is Labour Day (May Day). It was moved from the first Monday in May because it was too close to ANZAC Day.
Drive through bottle o is actually very handy (even though I'm not a drinker) you don't have to find parking and they are also quite prevalent...you can also buy softdrinks (at inflated prices), chips and ice...so it's good to grab some eupplies for an outdoor barbecue or camping/fishing trip where you fill your esky (cooler) with ice to put drinks and food.
Plus there will usually be another drive through bottle o in every big enough town
Bottlos are closed Good Friday and Christmas Day. Pubs are also closed on those days as well as the morning of ANZAC Day.
Drive thru bottle shops (originally only connected to pubs) have been around for ages. 40+ years ago they mostly sold cartons of "tallies" or "stubbies" and it was very convenient to have the guy load it straight from the fridge into the car boot for you. Back then a carton was less than $20. Nowdays people still buy cartons of beer, but six-packs, single bottles of wine, champagne, spirits are popular too - especially if you're on the way to a party or BBQ.
the purpose of a drive through bottle-o is to eliminate the need for parking. most normal people are in and out of a bottle shop in 5 minutes. so rather than parking somewhere walking to a bottle-o buying your grog and lugging it back to the car. you just drive in park at the doorway walk in get what you want, pay for it and go.
The idea of drive-through bottle-o is for staff to put the drinks inside the boot of the car.
I think companies gouge prices as often as they can. Especially fuel. That’s annoying, but it’s been going on as long as I can remember. You learn to work around it.
For many of us going after the cheapest fuel is almost second nature. We won't go to the nearest servo, we'll usually go to the one 5 Km away because it's ten cents a liter cheaper, in a tankful that can be a lot of money.
We've had drive-thru bottle shops for decades. Ppl going to a party or BBQ can pick up alcohol on the way there.
As for fluctuating prices (esp fruit & veg) maybe the EU can negotiate more stable prices than Australia? I really have no idea.
Good Friday is only a big deal bc it's a public holiday. Same for the Queen's Birthday (or King's as it'll be now). These holidays are hangovers from a more religious & traditional time - but if they were removed, there'd be riots bc Aussies love their public holidays 😂
Prices will vary from state to state.I live in country Victoria and have never paid more than $1.83 for petrol. The prices fluctuate because of fluctuations in international oil prices and currency exchange rates. Independent petrol stations are cheaper than the big internationals like BP and Shell. Australia is a very large country and transport costs are higher as a result.
Prices are as little higher, but so are wages. It only looks expensive from outside.
I was totally shocked to find the shops open in London on Good Friday. In those days in Oz everything except churches was closed.
There is allways an IGA supermarket open.
In Melbourne there are plenty of places open on Good Friday still
Easter Show, some pubs if serving food and sports are open on Good Friday in Sydney.
@@shontellepayne551 there are plenty of infidels and pagans in Australia these days would fail to keep the Sabbath:)
@@bloozee My wife will ask me stupid questions like "Do you know if the IGI is open today?"
It's the IGA, it's open.
Take a short drive to Kalgoorlie-Boulder to check out the Outback. It’s only 700km, about 6 1/2 hours.
With fuel prices it not only fluctuates from day to day usually on a 12 day cycle but also from petrol station to petrol station. The other day it was actually 50c a liter cheaper driving 2k down the road from the station near my house so it’s Aus to use the fuel watch app to check the nearest cheap fuel near you
Ok a couple of points, they don't make it harder to access grog on good friday, It's just a public holiday and the shops close...same with the queens birthday..it's not celebrating Lizzi'e's birthday..it's just another excuse to have a day off work . ;)
If you visit Perth, go to King's Park and look down on the city, take the treetop walkway, take a ferry up the river from Fremantle to Perth and then take the train back along the coast. Go up to the hills - maybe visit Mundaring Dam. Go to the beach (March isn't the best for weather, but the beaches are spectacular - dazzling white sand that stretches for miles. Cottesloe is perhaps the best, though Port beach is my favourite) . If you have the time, go up to Ningaloo and see the whales, or Monkey Mia and meet the dolphins. Or down to timber country in the South-west (Pemberton, Manjimup etc). Enormous eucalypt trees. Enjoy your trip!
Technically, Queen’s (now King’s) Birthday was once Empire Day, when there was such a thing. The name was changed quite a few decades ago. The reason for the difference between states is because each state gazettes their own public holidays, and there are really only two truly national holidays - Australia Day and ANZAC Day. Personally, I’m not averse to ditching Australia Day and replacing it with something more inclusive - but that’s just my opinion.
@Michael Rogers Thanks for the correction, Michael. I had thought they were one and the same! Cheers.
@Michael Rogers Very typically for Australians, we have the public holiday in most of the country near the birthday of George V, because all the subsequent monarchs' real birthdays have been at inconvenient times of the year, too close to other public holidays. We like our holidays evenly spaced out!
The "queens birthday" holiday referred to Queen Victoria so it should not change to King.
@@bloozee Someone should tell the government then, as they’ve officially listed it here in Victoria as “King’s Birthday” for 2023.
@@lbd-po7cl I am not surprised... we should drop the the whole thing since the history has been lost.
The price of food went up due to inflation but the news says prices may ease back to normal, and some foods (veges) have already gone back to normal price levels (I think the veggies prices went up more from natural disasters...things have settled and supply is returning)...but generally the one thing I find expensive is rent...rent was expensive before the last few years but now it actually scares me.
We were fortunate to inherit my grandparents house a year before covid hit...we were paying $1600 a month for a 3 bedroom house...the washing machine was outside as it didn't have a laundry...we had an opportunity to move into my grandparents house when our lease ended so we left...the rent for that house now is around $2000 per month(if you can even find anything).
My grandparents house went from $450,000 8n 2018/9 to almost a million in 2023.
I'm not on a huge income and I don't find the prices problematic. Natural gas is probably the worst, but fuel isn't an issue as I drive sparingly and ride or walk alot anyway. I cook my own food, and don't have any dramas as I follow a largely pescatarian diet which has loads of veges. If you eat a lot of beef or lamb it might hurt, but chicken and pork are quite stable too.
Some people might consider it boring, but I just find all the bells and whistles that other people need are just not that important to me.
As a redhead in Australia you might get called Bluey (probably not though nowadays). Look it up for a laugh. :)
Or Ranga
@@kennethdodemaide8678 I know, I thought that after I'd posted :)
Thanks for adding it in.
Oi, what are you talking about mate! hahahaha Got my nickname Blue/Bluedog from the Army on day 1 when I joined in 1995, as you can see it's stuck lol.
@@bluedog1052 Yeah in 95 I get it but maybe not now. When I joined the army, almost the same time as you, in 94.My nickname was Jimmy can you guess why? Hint look at my name.
@@kennethdodemaide8678 or Fanta Pants, or Tampon
Queensland is a big agricultural state with various regional zones for various soil and climate zone dependent crops.
with various sowing, growing, harvesting and picking seasons so public holidays have got to fit in around all of that.
If you come to WA, take your little one to Caversham Wildlife Park, the Adventure Playground at Kings Park, to Hillary’s Boat Harbour or Mandurah for a safe swim at the beach.
In the US they sell alcohol in drug stores (pharmacies) Now that's weird.
Also sold in servos over there, too.
Seems to be the most natural place to sell drugs to me.
@@spindoctor6385 Yeah right, I'll just pop down to the drug store to get my medication, and I'll grab a bottle of scotch to wash it down.
@@Ozvideo1959 For years drug stores sold every kind of drug available, from cocaine and heroin to caffein and alcohol and any mix of anything that any snake oil salesman found effective.
Alcohol was a common ingredient in many medicines, including many aimed at babies. When governments first started to regulate and ban drugs, alcohol very quickly followed narcotics as the target of prohibition laws.
There is nothing overly special about alcohol, it is a drug like any other. The fact that it has it's own specialty stores is a societal quirk, not an inevitable category distinction.
Ben and Maz are awesome......They do great videos
I started using the 7/11 fuel app and the end of last year and it’s great. I work an hour from where I live and the prices are a bit cheaper so I lock in the prices when I’m at work and when I need to fill my tank I can save $20-$30 per tank.
Drive through bottleshops are perfect, if you know exactly what liquor and what brand you’re buying, very quick. If you’re browsing best to find another store.
Bottle-O was slang for bottle-shop but is now the name of a chain.
I go to the bottle- shop but usually get out of the car to socialise with the vendor!
Our bottle-o is the same as your off-license, and the drive through ones are really common here.
The Queen's / King's birthday holiday is our oldest public holiday and goes back to the earliest years of British settlement.
I know what dogging is cause i watch things like 8 out of 10 cats and other UK based shows. The one thing that took me a while to understand was pants. A commedian would tell a story about how they were locked outside in just their pants, which to an australia is not so bad, but then i realised they meant underpants. UK pants = Australia underpants
Same.
I learnt so much British cultural from their comedic panel shows
The drive through liquor shops are tied to pubs. I don't use them these days. It's not so strange, it's preparation.
Yay Perth!!! That’s really cool 😂
In Western Australia we have the Fuel Watch site, which i started using when fuel prices went nuts. Basically, it tells you where the cheapest fuel is on any given day, and where the cheapest fuel will be on the following day.
When in Perth: Perth Zoo, Museum, Freo, Yanchep national Park, Cervantes Lobster Shack and Pinnacles, river cruise, Lake Leschenaultia, Toodyay or York for a bit of country….
another one is Petrolspy
In March, you could go and see the Sculptures on the Beach in Cottesloe. I think they’re great. I live in Perth and always make a point of visiting them every year!
In 1999 Australia had a Republic Referendum. There were two questions when there should have been three questions. First, we were asked if we wanted a republic (and the majority would have answered, 'Yes') BUT our conservative, Liberal Party Prime Minister, at the time, John Howard, complicated matters.( He liked the way things were regarding Government.) So sly Johnny threw in a second question -- not apart from, but with the first question - 'And what TYPE of Republic do Australians want?' And that question derailed the referendum because not much attention, thought and debate had been given to that. People were scared off and voted, 'No'. The NEXT time we have a referendum on this issue the result will be very different !
In Oz we did not have a holiday exactly on the past Queen's birthday but whenever each state decided that. In Victoria it was in July on the second Monday, creating a long weekend in the middle of the year when we don't have many public holidays. It has become the first weekend of the snow season in the mountains. I was astounded to find out that England did not have a holiday at all for the Queen's Birthday. It will be interesting as to what will happen to that birthday holiday now that there is a new King Charles.
Rottnest Island with it's Quokkas is world famous now. Fremantle the first established town, a port town, in Western Australia with convict built buildings and residences restored and preserved. The historical Maritime Museum is there also. An unusual place to visit as it is not touristy, is the Pinaroo Cemetary in the northern residential suburb of Padbury. It is a large Bushland and Lawn cemetery with kangaroos happily mingling with the cemetery visitors. Unlike the bored roos at the Perth Zoo that are unimpressed with tourist pellet feeding. The Pinaroo roos feed themselves and you can just wander around or sit on the benches and watch them acting naturally. Early morning or late afternoon is when they are most active but they are always present. Joeys too.
Tourists don’t feed any animals at Perth zoo. Are you thinking of Caversham wild life park?
@@zwieseler To tell the truth I've not been there since my 8 year old American neice visited me. She is now 27. 🥴
Never heard Yeah-nah used at all - and I'm 76. It may be a Queensland practice.
As for the Queen's birthday - we'll continue that as the King's birthday using the same day. It's an excuse for a public holiday. A politician or 2 may make some reference to the monarch but even that will be pretty cursory.
The prices of meat, vegetables and fruit vary with market availability. So apples and pears are cheaper in autumn, stone fruit in late spring/early summer and so forth.
Pubs and bottle shops are shut christmas day and good friday, any Australian would be prepared for this... They also do not open till 1pm on ANZAC Day, but you can get a drink at the local Retired Services League from after the dawn service, sometimes with a meal...
I don't think we are that expensive, not when you take into account the wages.
Like Woolworth's (Wollies) large grocery chain. I just had a look online.
Home brand (Wolies brand) full cream milk 3 Litrers $4.50
Basic Wholemeal sliced bread (Wollies brand) 650grams $2.20
Dozen Eggs Free Range (Wollies brand) $5.20
Apples Royal Gala 94cents each.
Potato White Washed Each 1kg bag $3.80
Might give you an idea.
It is almost impossible to compare Australian prices with those in other countries. For example - the basic wage in Australia is around $23 per hour - in the USA it is around $7 per hour. I don't know what the basic wage is in the UK. As regards the relationship with the Queen/King or whatever - I know a couple from the UK who moved here 25 years ago and live in my home town and the last time I spoke to them they said, and I quote " We will never become Australian citizens and we will never swear allegiance to this country". Then I wonder why are they still here.
They are here because it's a $h1tload better.
I thought new citizens were to swear allegiance to the crown
@@precillaboota3362 surprised that some people lie??? This is Australia... we are joking ok!
The fuel price hikes were more because of the Covid problems around the world they have dropped quite a lot now and the prices for fresh fruit and veggies are more because of the floods we have had more recently but they are dropping quickly now the farmers are growing more again
And the War in Ukraine affects prices
The Queens real birthday was April 21st, 4 days before ANZAC Day and 10 days before Labour Day, and just after Easter... And you can't move Easter, Anzac Day or May Day so we moved the Queens Birthday to spread the holidays out, otherwise an Aussie could strategically take 8 days of holidays and be off for 3 weeks
I love the drive through. Especially when its raining. Some bottle o's have food and milk ha ha ha
The two most shutdown shop days are Good Friday and Christmas day. The other public holidays it's open slather
I don't think any states allow alcohol to be sold in major supermarkets, although some small specialty stores are able to get a liquor license.
Are you kidding me what plannet do you live on there is a bottle shop attached to just about every Woolworths and Coles and Aldi you can buy Alcohol in the Supermarket
@@darrengray2309 Attached - not inside. No Aldis where I live, so can't comment about them.
Drive in bottle shop is about not having to park but buying grog on your way to visit someone - much easier and the pub doesnt have to have such a big carpark.
Old folks like me don’t say Yeah / Nah!😂 Going to Western Aus. Monkey Mia to see the Dolphins is a great experience
It is a derivation of that god awful "Ya Know"
Prices have gone up little bit in Australia, but so does our family income, so it’s not affecting our lifestyle. I am building a house in Brisbane and I am still having a wonderful lifestyle even though I am paying rent as well as my mortgage repayments.
Cost of living in Australia is high - but so is the average income. Prices at the moment are silly, due to Covid, bushfires, a major derailment on the Nullabor and now, severe floods. A perfect storm of events which has impacted on the economy - but hopefully shorylivd.
0:15... Something not to do while you're in Perth... Don't go for a swim in the Swan River.
Hot tip for those who might not know (not you op 😜), there are Bull Sharks in the river and recently (the last one was in the 1920s) there was a shark attack of a 16 year old trying to swim with the dolphins. Oh and there are red algae blooms around the hotter months which can cause temporary paralysis if you don't properly cook the shellfish and fish you catch (or drink a bit too much water when swimming)
I hope you enjoy your time in the republic of Westeros. 👍
Queens Birthday was moved to October just because we didn’t have enough public holidays in the second half of the year.
You have to get a “Traveller” with your Slab at the Drive-thru Bottle-O!
The yeah-nah, very common! It means "Yeah, i hear what you're saying, but, nah, it doesn't work for me/ sorry mate that's not what i meant". Or theres the nah-yeah, which is "nah, i know, but yeah this is how it turned out". Something like "i heard old mate screwed you over with X", "oh really? Yeah, nah! He's alright". Means it sounded fishy what he was doing, but he ended up being ok. You usually agree or disagree with the first part of a sentence and then clarify how you felt about it. It's just faster.
I feel like yeah nah is most applicable in situations where you feel like you should say yes but really don’t want to
Children’s & Adults playgrounds!! Perths are brilliant. Best Australian city for families.
The fuel bowser price, is reflected on the price of oil on the stock market! Also australian farmer don't get any subsidies from the government, so the fruit, vegetables and meat are priced on supply and demand!
you would be very welcome to come over for a visit...but especially in Perth, please be so so careful in the sun...you are so fair...hats, long sleeves, shade and plenty of sun cream ...all the time...even if we are in winter over here when you arrive.. I have seen so many people with your skin type in real pain from being unwary in the sun...🌞
Good Friday is the first day of a five day holiday, or the beginning of school holidays, or the weekend off work and start your vacation on the following Wednesday meaning that your overall paid loading is paid from that Wednesday after Bank Tuesday. So many holidays are good for mental health in your home life. That’s why we have so many spread throughout the year
Buy your car fuel on Tuesdays in Perth. For some unknown reason the oil companies run on a weekly or fortnightly pricing cycle.
I guess the bottle-o thing does indicate that we drink a lot haha, but we do use them. We might be on our way to a party and we drive through a bottle-o and the guy goes and gets it for you and you drive away.
Drive thru bottle O, bloody oath mate, convenience to pick up a slab on the way home on a Friday arvo after getting an early knock from work (EKO). A. Don't have to get out of the car. B. Don't have to battle in a shopping centre carpark or what have you to walk into a shop when all you want is a cold beer when you get home which is only 5 mins away.
Fruit & veg is mostly seasonal so are open to market prices.Wherever you can buy fresh but NOT from the supermarkets as a huge volume of theirs is either chilled or frozen for unkown lengths of time.Good Friday is Easter for Christs sake (no pun intended) Surcharges are usual on public holidays. Another thing to be wary of is drink/driving.Random breath testing is widespread with the allowed level usually 0-05. Above that & you're in trouble & a high reading can lead to confiscation of your car.If you want to drink then it's a good idea to have a non-drinking co-driver.
It is now the King's birthday and Western Australia and Queensland are now celebrating the holiday close to Charles' birthday which is on 14 November.
Drive through bottle shops are perfect sense grog is heavy they load it straight into your car 🚗
When it comes to the cost of living I think we have been pretty easy till now. And people got used to a certain lifestyle however with covid, natural disasters and world markets/ economics things are getting tough and people are feeling the pressure. Our interest rate were at all time low and a lot of people borrowed their maximum. So now as interest rates start to rise things are not good for many
I will say this isn't so much for those in the low income to welfare bracket as that wasn't feasible to begin with.
Not to mention certain States experienced a high level of internal migration and also international migration which have put extra pressure on housing and infrastructure
We LOVE the Scots migrating to Australia with your cool accent and sense of humor 👍♥️😉 NOT so much the English though !🏴
Regarding thongs @ 5:11 . Thongs are the standard casual footwear here in Australia , especially in the tropics. I myself have several pairs including a pair for around the yard , a pair for around town and a good going out pair of thongs.
The most times I have seen a live snake! Is on the beach. Right on the sand. Or the tracks you have to walk on, to get to the beach! The rule is:- Always look down at where you are going to putdown your foot when walking. Alsostamp your feet as you walk, cos snakes " feel" through the vibrations in the ground. Or take a dog to walk in front.
Start of with a Swan River cruise to Freo., Then a winery cruise the other way. Get on the free bus trips around the town. Hay Street Mall. Bull Creek Aviation Museum. Freo. Maritime Museum and the entire Freo. locale. Just too much to do there. (I'm a Queenslander.) Love the place. Be back in Nov.)
If you plan on moving here I think there is an age limit after witch you can't apply. Cost is relative as most get paid a living wage as for visitors they might feel it worse. You just need to buy what's in season.
Under 55 - he should be right. Even then if he is highly skilled it can be waived.
That good Friday thing is very strange. I'm Australian and I can go into my local supermarket on good Friday and buy alcohol.
I think when she talks about "team members" she means employees.
Our relationship with the UK monarchy is ridiculous. It won't last much longer.
"The Inbetweeners" taught me what Dogging is 😁🤪
Drinking, alcohol is a large part of the aussie culture.
You'll like Perth. Great weather, best beaches and a bit more chilled lifestyle than Sydney and Melbourne whilst still being a pretty big city with a lot happening. Just stay away from the crown casino and you'll be good 😂
For the best beaches you need to travel back 60 years in time. As an old Scarborough boy, the beach is nothing like it used to be. The waves have gone.
Cottesloe has always been a over-rated beach.
@@kenchristie9214 hey Ken. Yeah I grew up in Scarborough as well. We probably shared the same space on a few occasions. Lived on Holbeck St behind the old squash courts and trampoline center during the 70s . Remember old Bob? Also lived behind the old contasio hotel on West coast hwy during the 80s. Miss the old Scarborough
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 It was Neil White who owned the original White House in the 50's and 60's. Then that idiot painted it an awful blue in the 70's.
Moved to Ravenscar Street in '62 as 13 year old. Used to regularly get 3 to 4 metre swells at Scarborough back then. Today you're lucky if they're over a metre.
Trigg's Point used to be Trigg's Island. To get onto rock, you had to wade through about 5 metres of water that would get to just below waist high.
The father of my best friend at Scarborough High School owned the squash courts. After 61 years, we're still the best of friends.
Before Packer the Casino was a cheap night out if you're not an idiot.
@@kenchristie9214 you go back further than me Ken. My earliest memories of Scarborough was when they were knocking down luna Park. We used to ride our bikes down the hill from doubleview to use the BMX track where the hotel stands now.. The ride back up the hill was torture. Be walking the bike after Duke St 😂
@@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479 Learnt to roller skate at Luna Park. The Snake Pit closed down about 3 weeks before I moved there.
What was left became Gay Gordon's which was my favourite hangout. The BMX track where Observation City is now was a go-kart track.
Before 1964 there was no lower carpark and the beach started at the bottom a a 20 foot wall all the way along The Esplanade.
From there at was about a 150 metre walk on sand to the water. On the really hot days the towel came in handy to stop your feet from burning.
I’m in Vic, & if the term yeah, nah, is said; I’ve not heard it. Maybe the young generation, ? The reason to my knowledge about supermarkets & bottle shops, having limited hours open, on public holidays; is for their staff & respect. Drive through bottle shops have been around for as long as I can remember. Your coming home from work, it’s been a long hot day, much easier to just go by a drive through
You must really visit Rottnest island. It's about 25 miles off Perth and their are boat trips from Elizabeth Quay every day. Be sure to take the boat trip around the island...it will take about 90 minutes. The Quokkas are cute but not very friendly.
Most of Australian slang takes a word, chops off most of the last syllables, and adds an -o or -y on the end.
I think Drive through bottle-os are for when you're a guest or when you're going to camp. You pick up some alcohol on the way to your destination. Always nice to bring some wine for your host, or if it's a relaxed bbq or party, some beers to share.
The UK relationship is really good on a personal basis. In practice our governments don't co-operate a lot, since we operate in different hemispheres, and militarily speaking we felt abandoned during WW2. Gallipoli in WW1 is when white Australians stopped identifying as UK expats living in our own colony, and stopped calling Britain 'The Motherland'. That campaign turned us all into Australians.
But practically speaking most white Australians have UK heritage, and a majority have UK relatives. A lot qualify for UK passports through their parents (Hence all the Aussies in London.) While we acknowledge our ancestors were colonising bastards that did a lot of harm, we overall have good vibes about Britain. But on the flip side Brexit is really really sad, and it's hard to see our 'family' eating itself. It's the biggest act of self harm I've ever seen a nation do to itself.
Especially since we've benefitted a lot from European migrants post WW2. We're proud of our multicultural paradise... and then fall ourselves for the same old lie that new migrants are stealing our jobs. New migrants can certainly depress wages, but in the covid world shortage of workers, low wages aren't such a problem, since there are less workers than demand for them.
A lot of us want to move to a republic, but we're really cautious about breaking a democratic system that has worked well overall for us. We don't want to inadvertently become like the :USA. I think we should be moving to an 'Australian Democracy' to replace the Constitutional Monarchy, instead of an 'Australian Republic'.
Things to do in Perth - come up and visit my crystals & craft shop in Sawyers Valley! :D :D :D
I know it's a little late for Christmas songs, but Sammy J and Randy do a song call 'Aussie Christmas' that has a lot of funny stereotypes in it.
They also have a song called 'Good Times' which does a good job of painting a scenario in your head which you might like.
And while it's not a song 'Randy buys a bookcase off Gumtree' is one hell of a story.
As to Good Friday. Pubs and Clubs are open so you can drink alcohol. The strangeness of it is that it is the one day of the year were you can;t buy alcohol to take home. The logic alludes Australians also,
Adelaide got very high, but still ok, food delivered doubled (user eats). (Disability payments when up 149$) that helps. Now 1060 a fortnight now in south Australia.
Pension too same amount per fortnight now.
I’ve never heard my friends say nah yeah, but everyone says yeah nah, but for a good reason. Example conversation…
“I assume you got invited to Tom’s BBQ on Sunday night, are you going?”
“Yeah nah, I have to get up early on Monday, I’m flying to Melbourne.”
Haven't you heard of "the land of the long weekend"? You can also just say yes or no. Not everyone says yeah nah.
In late 80's fuel was $0.70/lt. 35 years later it's ~2.5 X. If you index everything else ... 2.5 is a bargain.
Fuel is very cheap
Get out of Perth and head to the Southwest. The best part of Oz is the coast starting at Bunbury and ending at Albany.
As far as the relationship to England, I think it is divided mostly along generational lines with older Aussies feeling more of an attachment. That is just my view, I could be wrong.
We had a referendum, I think it was the year 2000 on whether or not to become a republic and it was soundly beaten in every state, the Northern Territory may have voted yes.
There was an extremely well run, divide and conquer campaign run by monarchists but it was very easy as those in favour of a republic were very ignorant of what it even meant and were perhaps very divided before the campaign.
I don't think that all translates to a love of the royal family, but a respect for the parliamentary system that had served us pretty well for 100 years.
Perth is awesome and Freemantle too.
The drive through bottle shops are more for when you’re having a few friends over and want to have a few beers together and perhaps some wine with dinner. Carrying all of that is heavy work, so the staff can load up your boot for you, you pay them and drive home. They don’t out it in the front seat with you!
Minimum wage is $22 and more depending on your type of work. So you need to compare what you earn at the moment with the cost versus coming to Australia and then compare the same thing.
Don’t assume Melbourne is expensive because it’s a big city.
It’s cheaper in Melbourne than it is Perth - I’ve lived in both places.
Never heard of dogging until now!?? Maybe a QLD thing??
Love bottle-o’s!
QLD is kinda odd - I’ve lived there also, they definitely do things different in each state
Lol yeah Queens birthday in Melbourne is close to my birthday which is awesome as I always get a long weekend! No other state even has it in June tho!
I think the UK cord can be cut now…but it doesn’t bother me either way TBH, most Aussies prob feel the same…
Love a good yeah nah 😂 use it ALOT
I lived in Perth for 20 years.
Go to Fremantle, Rottnest Island, Margaret River, Hans cafe…
Main thing Perth has going for it is the beach - it’s beautiful so go in summer! I can’t think of anything else to recommend…u will have fun to visit but it’s pretty boring to live…
Very clean and new but not if ur comparing to places like Singapore…tho prices are comparable due to lack of industry like Singapore
The NSW population and the Queen celebrate my June birthday as well.😊
Dogging is being a dogman - one of those guys you see up on tall buildings, riding up on the hook at the end of a crane, stuff like that.
@@stevenlowe3026 thanks for the explanation, I was wondering how we use it.
Yeah-Nah Nah-Yeah I first heard in popular use in the last 10 or so years. Before that it wasn't in our vocabulary. I think the indecisive Colin Carpenter had a lot to do with introducing us to those words in his comedy skits in the late 80s and his TV re-runs in the 1990's/2000s and TH-cam reruns of his shows.
They keep telling us the FUEL prices go up and down ( in a 2 - 3 week cycle) bc of fluctuations in international oil prices and currency exchange rates.... yet why are these foreigners so suprised - like it only happens here (in aus)... Once you get to know the cycle and/or have a fuel watch ap - you can easily avoid the Up tick in prices- cause you know when they will happen.
Yeah - Nah is easy to understand . It means (roughly) I know what you mean but no . Fruit and Vegey price fluctuations are all about transport costs here too. Especially if you don't live on the coast . A lot of European people don't really appreciate the distance things need to travel to get from A to B ( though less so these days ) .
I noticed when traveling to the US and UK there were no drive through bottle shops. Bizarre that you people don't have them but have everything else.
I live in Perth, a fantastic place to live: really anyone who cannot accumulate money whilst living here must be really a bad budgeter or has no clues about anything.
I tried to be offended by this, but then realised that I was unemployed almost the entire time (about 10 years) I lived in Perth, and still had enough money to support 4 young kids.
(No, I'm not one of them, most of the time was university and then not being able to get a job due to the GFC)
Lived in Karratha for 10 years and loved it but we only lasted 1 year in Perth,we’ve lived in many places around Australia but have happily settled in Victoria and love it ( Mexicans ) as the rest of Australia call us 😂
We had a referendum in 1999 too become a Republic and it was defeated resoundedly and Australia remains with the king as head of state. The reason for the birthday to be on a different day's, is so all the public holidays are not all at the same time. It spaces them out a bit!
Drive through bottle-o's (drive in bottle shops/alcohol vendors) are so ubiquitous in Australia that it is something that many of us have a hard time understanding that the rest of the world is unfamiliar with them.