🇬🇧BRIT Reacts To 15 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AUSTRALIANS BEFORE MOVING TO AUSTRALIA!
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The reasons for the fireworks ban are
1. Kids were hurting themselves. (faulty fireworks)
2. Bushfire risk.
3. Property damage. (teens destroying letter boxes)
4. Pets being frightened by the noise.
Like a lot of things "A few spoil it for everyone else"
A the moment water levels for Adelaide are just over 74% capacity. Back in the early 80's Adelaide levels were below 25% and we were under water restrictions . A massive storm cell dumped 100 mm (4 inches) of rain in 20 mins. Water levels climbed to 82%. Most homes in South Australia have rainwater tanks. The block of units I live in has 180,000 litres of rainwater storage. The water is used for toilets.
Our population will punish political screw ups. The antics of US politicians will not be tolerated here.
Fireworks are still allowed in the ACT, NT & Tas
True. Bushfires are the main risk which is why fireworks are banned & I'm glad. My horses & dog are terrified of them & injure themseves in fences.
Most residences in the cities are on mains water. All RURAL properties have rainwater tanks, for farm animals & growing foods. Farming food crops are mostly accessed by a deep water bore or dams on each rural property.
Remember that our summers & Christmas Days are very hot. Christmas Day & Boxing Day on the beach is common, especially on Boxing Day or other public holidays, Thongs are deemed acceptable on very hot days or in close proximity to beaches but not in shopping centres, hospitals or the like. No we are not scared of stepping on spiders or bugs coz they don't inhabit cities, just like anywhere in the world.
Of course it's only manners to phone first before turning up at someone else's house, just like it is in other countries, We are not so different.
Yes our fresh produce , coffee, beer & cultural cuisines are fabulous. Our fruits & veggies are the best in the world & our seafood is amazing. Kangaroo meat is not common, except in gourmet restaurants. Kangaroo meat is a bit 'gamey' & more like venison.
You wouldn't hug a stranger on first meeting in the street and neither would we. We are always good mannered. Our music, film & the arts is second to none. All genres of music. We are great swimmers. We do not litter. We live in paradise. We are not overly feral. We're generally not religious, but will readily embrace multicultural religions. Each to their own.
Being late is frowned on like it is anywhere in the world, We are not so different to anywhere else...apart from stunning scenery, happy kind welcoming people, gorgeous weather, no snow (except in mountainous areas). What's not to like.?
We are known to be very friendly generous people, which is true.
Australia Day is becoming less popular. Indigenous Australians, like myself, prefer to call it "Invasion Day" and so it should be.
The The mass slaughter of Aboriginal people by the British was a sorowful historic tragedy and gladly most Australians are beginning to understand the intergenerational pain held by Aboriginal First Australians has been embraced lately & that is wonderful. We love the beach,surfing, swimming, laughing, beer & footy, most other sports, not racist, equality of genders, and we're generally very good at any sport.
We are like anywhere else: Just like the song:
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We are one, but we are many,
And from all the lands on earth we come;
We share a dream and speak with one voice;
I am, you are, we are Australian.
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Maybe I'm biased.
-- Linda.
@@Amanda-uc5jq Tasmanian here. You can only by Sparklers here at the supermarket. You have to purchase a license (expensive) and provide proof of use etc.
@@suzannesantos86 they are still allowed though and can’t be too hard to get considering how many of my neighbours have them every year and how many people in my area have registered. I’m in Tassie as well been here for about 6yrs (minus 1) so beautiful here I’ve been I love with it since I first visited in the 80’s, but originally from near Canberra and also spent 2021 in NT
@@Amanda-uc5jq Ive lived my whole life here. I guess it depends what suburb you live in too. Where I am we never see or hear them because I’m in a quiet inner city suburb. It’s defo not like it was when I was a kid in here. We used to buy fireworks and firecrackers at the local post office/newspaper shop in the 70s! The number of times my own brother sent a rocket into a neighbouring copse of trees was ridiculous. I still have some small burn scars from firecrackers. There must be a resurgence and I’m not ok with it really. Kids and bushfires especially.
Thong was used to describe the footwear long before it was applied to underwear.
Dictionary describes a thong as a thin leather strap that can be tied to a sandal and anchored between the toes. BTW it is a Jandal in New Zealand. Contraction of Japanese Sandal.
I grew up in NZ in the 50s and 60s and Jandals came on the scene. Thought they were a brand name and it stuck. Not so sure it is the contraction of Japanese and sandal.
@@cherylwellham3786 Aussie here, just repeating what I've heard from Kiwis. Jandal could well be a brand name. In any case, flip flops sounds childish to me. Haha
I celebrate Australia Day. Because I love Australia. Sorry what some people did but I am not them. I have never enslaved or colonised anyone. I am half German and half Danish blood, but born and raised in Aus. You feel how you like, idc, it doesn’t effect me. I use it as a day to celebrate our Beautiful Country. When you cannot move on from the past, the progression of everyone is slowed down.
A tad more complex than that.
Funny how the only people who are told to move on are the indigenous and supporters..
Not indigenous so don't think you would get it. Very complex and nuanced set of problems. Family and land is everything to these people and the past dictates the problems of today.
@@aussiepom Thanks for that insight, appreciate you.
Change the bloody date. And vote YES for the Voice. ♥️🖤💛
The spiders don't walk down the footpath and wait at the lights to cross. Nor snakes and rarely bugs. If its a bug its probably a fly and they are also not crawling down the footpath but flying around your face, shoes won't save you from those buggers.
More likely to burn the soles of your feet, than encounter a spider or bug.
Shoes do save you from getting worms though...
The main thing I would point out is not to bring the English class culture to Australia. We are an egalitarian society and proud of that. Also the 'tall poppy' syndrome comes into that. Put 'tickets on yourself' and you will be be cut down/ taken down in some way. We have a casual respect for those in certain positions but we don't 'doff the hat or tug the forelock' in a lowering of ourselves. No one is 'better'.
On a holiday we were asked to behave ourselves (the Aussie's) because we had a pommie VIP attending our communal dinner , one of our party asked the host the English owner of the resort what a VIP was and was told A very important person ,this VIP is a lord of the realm, to that my mate said in Australia we call people like him PPPs what's that stand for asked the host, a Pompous Pommie Prick was the answer turns out he was a rippa bloke and we got him and his butler who he took everywhere pissed before the night was out . , I tried to sell him Tasmania but he said he wanted Queensland ,poor misguided fool
You got that one down pat! The best thing about Poms is the fact that they can stay where they are. We are VERY content with that! Once bitten fellas ....
I think our attitude to tall poppies is related to being too proud too full of yourself thinking youre above everyone else. We do not like that. We're more than happy for people to succeed make a lot of money and live a great life. But just be a bit humble at the same time. Humility and generosity go a long way.
Once bitten - the same as a red-bellied black snake, or a funnel web!@@stuartkaye1477
I am Australian and feel the egalitarian thing is a myth... To a large extent the Class divide is real there used to be more mobility but less so now.
Something that you would be unlikely to see on a regular basis is Bushfires.
The risk of bushfire at New Year, when we are at the height of summer, is extreme. Cities are not immune either.
This is why it is illegal to have fireworks.
We are from a country that is massive, with few people. We have all this space around us, so our personal space reflects that.
We as a family don’t celebrate or March on Australia Day. It’s a day off work for most. Our, in my family big day, is ANZAC day, 25th April. Commemorating all the veterans and families
from our first endeavour into military. Beginning with Boer War, up until present day. Including WW1, WW2, Korean, Vietnam etc etc. Most families have grandfathers, great grandfathers who served. We honour our veterans. Talking religion and or politics only causes arguments!🇦🇺
Back when I was a kid, some 60 years ago, we always called "flip flops" thongs!! Never heard of flip flops! And thongs weren't underwear back then either!! Lol!
Ditto. The first time I heard someone had paid a several dollars for a thong and wore on their body, I thought wtf! They're rubber, how do you wear on your body,and they're as cheap as chips.😂😂
Imagine going to the beach vin the late 60s early 70 s and seeing a guy wearing a thong/ G-string Or a woman for that matter.theyd have been attested for indecent behaviour.
@boblouden6663 Jean Shrimpton wore a mini skirt to a race carnival in the 60s. The skirt was a couple of inches above the knee,the outrage was amazing..I cannot imagine what the reaction would've been to a thong..lol.
@@whateveritis3103 I remember twiggy.
@boblouden6663 I would have loved to look like twiggy,but unfortunately I had boobs and a bum...lol
It is called a Wine Cask - it is a a bladder filled with relatively palatable wine inside a cardboard box, with a tap to fill your glass. The word Goon comes from a shortened version of flagon, which is a 2 litre Glass bottle, that generally contained cheap wine or port or brown muscat - Flagon became flagoon then shortened to just Goon. The wine cask then became a Goon box ie a Flagon in a box. Hope this helps.
Its a wonder you havent come across cask wine before it was an Australian invention and was used a lot to export excess "non premium" wine to other parts of the world like Japan (and I thought Britain).
Goonies! Best served tied to the Hills Hoist.
Boxed wine was popular in the 1980’s, but less so now. I haven’t seen one at gatherings for decades.
Still, I've never heard anyone call it a goon box. It's always a goon bag
Goon Bags / Cask Wine is banned in our state (NT) due to the damage it has caused in our remote Indigenous communities 😢
I’ve always enjoyed Australia Day - to me it’s always been about celebrating the good things about the country.
We would typically have a bbq with friends and watch/play cricket and enjoy some drinks.
That said, I get that the date is poorly chosen given historical links, so I think it’s a no-brainer to move it to the “last Friday in January” or something like that.
Late January is perfect being the end of summer school holidays, and no clashes with Christmas etc.
I'm a hugger in Australia, perfectly normal for guy friends to hug if they're comfortable with each other.
The 26th January only became Australia Day in 1935 when all the states agreed that we needed a national day to celebrate the founding of our nation. The 26th January was originally called Foundation day and was celebrated in the NSW colony since the early 1800s. As an older Australian from NSW I have always believed that the 1st January would be far more relevent to the rest of Australia as our national day as it is the aniversary of the day in 1901 when all the seperate colonies joined together to become the Commonwealth of Australia. The 26th January is a historical fact you cant change it and you cant change what happened to the indiginous people here or in other parts of the world as a result of colonisation. Celebrating Australia Day is important to the nation moving the date to one that is more relevent and less contentious makes sense. No doubt there would probably be a lot of whinging about how using the 1st of January would be an issue as its already a public holiday and we could lose a day off..
Officially it did! But originally the date was celebrated from the very following year, in 1789 and every year since by the people from the first colony in Syndey from those who disembarked from the 11 ships that landed between the 18th to the 26th of January. Call it what you will, the date was chosen after all 11 ships had finally arrived and unloaded but also because Cpt Arthur Philiip had relocated the "settlement" into what is now known as Sydney Cove, in Port Jackson. This date DOES NOT reflect the "settlements" of the States and Territories.
1st jan is not a good date at that is New Years Day so people celebrate that or at are sleeping and nursing hangovers from New Years Eve.
Leave Australia Day alone ffs.
If they do insist on changing it, I reckon it should be celebrated on the 27th of May which is the date of the referendum in 1967 that made ATSI people counted as part of the population , enabling the Commonwealth government to make laws for them. Personally I'm happy with the 26th of January, better weather.
Yeah we do love our public holidays. Great info thanks.
Kangaroo does indeed taste much like beef, however, it is a very lean meat and requires careful handling while cooking, not unlike venison. Roo steaks done medium rare are a treat for any meat eater. I have lived in both Sydney and Melbourne, the Sydney/Melbourne rivalry is mostly a Sydney thing, Melbournites hardly think about Sydney at all. LOL Oh, and the coffee thing is very real, we Melburnians take our coffee very seriously, none of that American style Starbucks rubbish here!
Banter can be brutal in Australia! We will mercilessly rib the people we are close to and will cop it in return. I can see how others not exposed to it will be shocked but if an Aussie “takes the p15s” out of you and do it with a smile, it should be seen as a sign that you are a good friend.
Also, Aussie thongs were called thongs well before thongs were a thing.
G'day Mate! You asked about Australia Day and should it be changed to "Invasion Day" or something similar...The problem is that even most Aussies don't know their own history! The "First Fleet" did not arrive oil the 26th January. They arrived on the evening of the 18th and landed on the 19th in Botany Bay where first contacts with aboriginals was made. On the 26th they moved to Sydney Cove and established the first permanent settlement which marks the birth of what would become the modern state of Australia..."cask wine" was invented in South Australia and yes it is a type of bag inside as cardboard container...usually 4 or 5 litres for wines and 2 litres for fortified wines...Kangaroo is maybe a bit like venison but as a steak it must be rare or medium rare because there is almost zero fat and little sinew so well done is ever so hard to chew. I use the mince all the time especially for a healthy bolognase ! Cheers!
You are correct Clive. very correct, about your Australia Day comment.
x L
Calling it invasion day accomplishes what, exactly?
Actually, the one thing you need to learn before you arrive is that it is considered VERY bad form (manners) to leave your spoon in your cup/mug while you drink, whether it be tea, coffee, chocolate, milo or hot milk - take the spoon out before you start sipping.
Also, we think it is weird that the rest of the world refers to ladies underwear as footwear. We call the skimpy underwear a G-string (or "bum floss"). 😂
Cask wine, known amongst younger generations as goon, was originally invented by a South Australian. Part of the idea was keeping air away from the wine so it would last longer after opening, that way you could have a little or a lot and keep the rest in the fridge for later. Some of the early advertisements emphasised being able to just have a glass or two without the rest of the wine going off and being wasted.
yes sa proud
In my youth when cask wine first came into existence it wasn't known as a goon that came much later a goon was the name we gave to a glass flagon containing cheap port, brown muscat or sherry. Even today if someone says goon I picture that old glass container - people in those days also used to tell you to grab a Chateau Cardboard for the ladies or wine drinkers.
@@user-bi8wp6wy3l It was called a boxie in Tassie in the 80s and into the 90s. Then we just switched to the universal goon bag lol
We used to hold them up above our heads and just hit the tap. They were flaggons in Victoria.
It's been said a thousand times, but unless you live in the middle of nowhere, you're not going to see a lot of snakes and spiders. We did have a brown snake (very deadly) in our garage a year or so ago, but its rare enough not to worry. Thats why people go barefoot. I'm up north of Brisbane and don't see a lot of harmful insects.
When I was young I loved fireworks, but yeah, haven't seen them in Australia for a long time, bushfire risk.
We live on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, the happy home ground of funnel web spiders. The bite from a funnel web can be fatal, but to the best of my memory, there have been no deaths since the anti-venene was invented. You need to be careful when gardening etc, and also when cleaning the pool. A spider may be in the filter tray or the pool cleaner. The chlorine does not kill them. We catch 2 or 3 a summer, and take them to the emergency section of a nearby public hospital. Once or twice a week, they'll be collected from there and taken to the factory where they're milked for their venom. That becomes the base for the anti-venene.
Bites from both brown and red-bellied black snakes can be fatal, but again you're unlikely to see one in suburban areas.
Not really true. lots of suburban areas have snakes and spiders are everywhere.
@@doubledee9675 this one time a sydney funnel web was inside my hat when i put it on and for the whole day i was so lucky i didnt die.
@@Crabs581 I'm shivering at the thought.
I was thinking of these reaction videos when my daughter rang today. She was going through a drive through to get nuggets and it went like this : hi, can I please have (whatever she ordered) thank you, . The person asked what size and what kind of drink etc , each time she said it she said thank you lol then at the payment window it was thank you. Then at the pick up window it was thank you lol
We really are the most polite people on earth I think lol
In my travels I've had many non Aussies ask why do we abuse our mates or people we like more than we abuse our worst enemies.
Why would we give ANY sort of energy away to our enemies. With mates etc it’s just banter.
That is called finding the line. As to how far you can go before crossing the line with them. Also it was a harse country and if you can't take shit from people you wouldn't survive.
The second point she mentioned is really accurate! It reminds me of just the other day when my sister and I were waiting for a train and there was a lady seated near us, and so for those short 10 minutes we learned about her 2 sons who she loves dearly, her work, where she was going, and then said goodbye like we were friends parting. It’s really wholesome, you never truely feel like a stranger in Aus. 😊
P.S. absolutely Australia Day needs to be changed. I’m indigenous Australian, proud to be, but also proud to be Australian, and the way it is now, it makes it hard to celebrate either. It’s simple, the 26th of Jan is a day of mourning, and celebrating the horror of that day is nothing but insensitive.
The national food is a pie.
reason we like to let friends/family know when we're coming over is because distance is generally greater than doing the same in UK
One of the most important contributions to water saving in our dry continent was the invention by an Australian company of the two button toilet flush system. One button for a pee only uses half the water used for the rest (you know what I mean). The system has been compulsory in all new homes built for the past 20 or 30 years.
Most will accept a hug as we don't want to offend. Though it is more of a female thing (Male/Female or Female/Female), we all have friends who are huggers and will happily greet them with a hug. It's not socially frowned upon just not as common.
Also known as a Goonie, more about where you grow up. My granny used to use them, think of the silver balloons (aluminized plastic film) with a valve to pour. It lasts longer as it deflates as you use it.
Barbie is really only used in conversation, BBQ is used in writing normally unless text to speech.
Lamb is our Aussie dish, have a look out for the ads. Also, Kangaroo is not bad, stronger taste than beef & gamier, if you're going to give it a go, it's easy to overcook so keep an eye on it.
Loud music is frowned upon, back to the respect thing. At the same time, most won't approach you to turn it down unless it's inappropriate or obnoxiously loud.
3min shower is usually during drought (water restrictions), there would be steps prior that would limit things like watering lawns, gardens, cars etc. but newer housing often has rainwater tanks or/and a recycled water tap for gardens.
Australia Day is unlikely to move.
Fireworks actually depend on the state, some still have restricted sales (NT I think). But yes banned in most.
Yes we often avoid topics that can offend people including politics and religion. They can be brought up, but it's more likely to be because we are curious about you or your beliefs rather than to argue over.
Footy is actually linked closer to the ball than the game so is usable in multiple situations Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, Rugby Union or just going to kick a footy (just kicking the ball around)
AFL: 6 points for a goal, 1 for missing (the smaller ones), marking it is just catching a kick on the full. Huge in Victoria, played but less in other states. I would also recommend State of Origin (NSW vs QLD) or Bledisloe Cup (Aus vs NZ).
Saying all this, we are a very diverse bunch of people so you will get different opinions and experiences.
Being a boomer I have memories of buying fireworks with pocket money for weeks leading up to the Queens Birthday long weekend. What a blast (Pun intended). But I also remember being in hospital after making a spud cannon out of PVC pipe. Third degree burns to the palms of both hands. But sending letterboxes and garbage bins into orbit was a lot of fun.
We can't rewrite history and all of the carry on about Invasion Day is being lead by fools. I do believe that shifting Australia day to the 1st of January and calling it Foundation Day makes sense.
Your coffee is what we would call dish water.
6 points for a goal and 1 point for a behind. Mark is spot on.
There are huggers and non huggers so don't fret.
In my circle a wine cask is called Chateau Le Cardboard. A goon is short for flagon which traditionally was a large glass bottle that held 4 pints. I have heard people refer to the inside of a wine cask as a goon bag.
Australia, like most countries, is inhabited by diverse humans. Some of us like hugs, some don’t. For instance I love hugs but have never walked barefoot except on the beach and loathe seeing people barefoot on the street or shopping. There are no hard and fast rules.
In the UK it's called "boxed wine" and you can buy them at all the UK supermarkets. Just like Australia the wine is in a bag in the box. The advantage of this is that when you open the tap the wine comes out and the bag collapses i.e. air does not get into the bag and so the wine does not spoil very quickly.
There's only 1 reason we can't let off fireworks and that is bushfires mate. Bearing in mind Christmas season is full on summer here.
Also because young teenagers were were getting injured
They stopped fire works because of people I know, who would get the gun power out of the fireworks and make bigger things that go bang like water pipe filled with gunpowder. You can still get fireworks on the black market.
Just to add to other comments already made, the wine cask was invented in Australia, and it can hold 2, 4 or 5 litres (aussie spelling!) of wine, depending on its size. When the bladder is empty you can inflate it like blowing up a balloon to your desired firmness and use it as a makeshift pillow.
Boxing Day is the sound of leather on willow. The lady is half right about fireworks. On July 1st each year you can buy fireworks and use them in the Northern Territory which is Territory Day it is called Cracker Night. In my opinion if the date is to be changed for Australia Day then I would like to see January 1st as our national day as that is the day in 1901 where the states and colonies of Australia came together to form the Commonwealth of Australia. But January 1st is New Years Day and we already have a public holiday on that day. Regarding AFL you were so close. A goal where the ball goes through the two middle posts is 6 points and if it goes between the big/small post on either left or right or the ball hits the post then it is one point and is called a Behind. I enjoy a firm handshake looking the person in the eye but I would much prefer a hug.
The illegal fireworks issue is because it may be 40 degrees and the bushland is tinder dry at Christmas amd new years eve time
I remember when I was a kid and celebrated Guys Fawkes night and bush fires were started.
In October? Really?
Absolutely can happen in Oct. Last major fires in Aust started before Sept.
The wine carton: no longer called a "goon". It's a cardboard box with a silver bladder inside. You punch a perforated circular hole to extricate a black "tap" to pour from. When empty, take out the bladder and inflate as a pillow, e.g. beach party.
Australia Day celebrates our nation. There was no Australian nation before the British. There were areas known to the local peoples. As in all the west, there are forces active in drumming up and rallying resentment, all the while living off the proceeds of western society.
Absolutely right, a lot of noise about nothing from troublemakers, Australia Day is a huge celebration of joy in being an Australian, and New Citizen Day! 👍
Australia Day does NOT celebrate our becoming a nation, which is what you’re implying. There was no Australian nation until 1901. Prior to that there were only British colonies. The idea of Australia did not even manifest until the late nineteenth century thanks to the likes of Henry Parkes.
If we are going to celebrate Australia Day - which we should, as there is much to celebrate - then it should be on a day that actually relates to ‘Australia’. For me, that would be a day commemorating the realisation of that idea of nationhood. There are various options from which we could choose, starting from Parkes’s 1898 Tenterfield Oration to the decision to become a federation at the 1898 convention in Melbourne to the granting of royal assent to Australia’s formal foundation on 9 July 1900.
Leaving aside for the moment the question of invasion - which I suspect you struggle to appreciate let alone sympathise with - the one day that is incontrovertibly NOT a day that relates to either the idea of Australia or the values that Australians generally hold dear is a day commemorating the raising of British flag by British officers of a British fleet whose purpose was to establish a British penal colony to detain those who in many cases were poor, disadvantaged people transported for minor, poverty-related offences.
Anyone who thinks that that historical event is glorious and worthy of patriotic celebration is far more British, in my view, than truly Australian.
@@davidengel6688No one thinks the invasion of a place already occupied by people is 'glorious'. But shit happens. Humans are awful. We do awful shit all that time. And we always have. If you think the colonisation of the Australian continent is the first time a people invaded another land to take it for their own, you live in cloud cuckoo land. How many other countries continue to apologise and make reparation for events that happened centuries ago? No one involved in what happened is alive today. No one's grandchildren of people who were involved are even alive today. Yes, it was bad. But everyone needs to move on. We will never be a unified nation until we do. We can't keep singling certain groups out for special attention. Making compromises to appease the feelings of some. That's not a nation where everyone is equal. Everyone has the same rights and same opportunities. That's enough.
@@QueenMonny you misunderstand my point, which was about the farce of defining our national day as that when a British fleet arrived here to found a penal colony. Anyone who thinks that event was ‘Australian’ is an idiot. We have far better options for our national day that actually relate to our nation’s history, identity and achievements , instead of an event that fits into the history of British colonialism.
As for your dismissal of the subsequent events as merely a case of ‘shit happens’, I suspect you might have a different take if you had been from the people to whom that shit happened. Or maybe not.
@@QueenMonny Oh, and I don’t think for one second that the British Invasion of this continent was the only time such an event happened. Nor did I say that, or even imply it. So, don’t attribute such nonsense to me. Try comprehending what I said. And try avoiding non sequitors next time you try to argue something.
I support Australia Day on January 26th. It’s the date that marks the beginning of what Australia has become. Like any country with a colonial history there have been terrible things that happened and positive things that happened. I can’t stand it when people who are offended by a time past that they didn’t experience want to wipe away the memory of what happened. We’re better off remembering the good and the bad and celebrating the amazing country we’ve become.
Agree 💯
If you come to the Northern Territory you can still set off your own fireworks. Some of what she is saying is very regional to where she lives in Australia.
Kangaroo is available but most people do not eat it, or do so rarely
As I remember fireworks were banned because of people getting injured:
"However, because of the extensive number of injuries, the frequency of property damage and the general disruption that was experienced on these occasions, the government banned 'cracker night' in 1972. The use of fireworks was limited to public displays, conducted by competent, licensed operators."
I think you mean 1982 not 1972. I know after I turned 12 in 72 I could buy fireworks from the milk Bar but only around Guy Fawkes night.
@@boblouden6663 You are right, I quoted those comments from some online information. NT may still allow it
Not normal to go ‘hammer and tong’ at each other with banter in a relationship. I’ve seen it but I wouldn’t say that is normal. Australia Day needs to change to something that all Aussies can embrace. We talk politics but usually only with good friends and family.
The question about your Aussie girlfriend, yeah it's quite common to take the piss outa each other, and the harsher usually the more love, ( in a strange way it shows that we know you, we've listened and have a report) .
Blokes do it more so
Aussies love hugs but not with strangers, you really need to know them or be a close relative of a good friend to get that close. Most people on the planet who shake hands with you, will reach to the edge of their personal space automatically. That’s a good indicator of how close you can stand next to that person. Americans will often shake hands with you as they pull you into their small personal space, making you rather uncomfortable if your own space is much further away.
I’m from the older generation so I have never been derogatory as a joke, it seems to be a thing with younger Aussies.
Wine casks with the five litre bladder are full of reasonable wine and when empty they fill with water and use it for a pillow for camping.
Indigenous Australian people survived for hundreds and thousands of years on bush tucker and bush medicine particularly Kangaroo. It is gamey but it’s very healthy. They could also be the first people to make bread. Grindstones discovered in NSW that are 36,000 old we’re used to grind seeds into flour for baking. Many people do not know that.
Its interesting hearing others talk about our country. It all kind of sounds like a Utopia except for all the jokes about the stuff that will kill you....but we are like any other country theres good and bad it just depends on the area and what you attract. I dont know any australian that doesnt like a hug hmm 🤔
Yeah, no hugs for me thanks lol
@@lillibitjohnson7293 hahaha
Hands orff!!!
I would love to watch a video where a foreigner has lived here more than 10 mins and give a real list of australian culture because it isnt all magical with unicorns. Our country has some real issues, like every other country on earth.
In Australia wine in a box is called a cask. The wine is in a bag. When the bag is empty backpackers put air in them and use them for pillows when travelling.
Cheaper wine can be bought as cask wine. A cardboard box with a silver “bladder “( called a goon bag), with a tap to fill your glass & stored in the fridge. Aussies call it “château cardboard”, as a tongue in cheek way to make it sound classy.
The streets in Australia are mostly clean and no insects crawling. Local council cleans the street daily.
Older people do still just turn up without appointments but middle-aged and younger almost always text or ring first. This is just a reality of mobile phones changing culture for a good way.
The goon bag is legendary here, when empty fill with air makes a great pillow.
I’ve never walked barefoot and personally haven’t seen people walk barefoot. I’m a hugger, give and receive. Shopping yesterday, saw a woman I’d never met with twins, one was rather happily hyper lol. I smiled and said to the woman, “You’ve got your hands full there mum.” She replied laughing, not mine, my sister’s children lol. The lady walking behind her said, and I’m the grandmother, she rolled her eyes, then smiled and laughed. Total strangers, I had a few short conversations shopping yesterday, we all smiled and one quite old man giggled and chatted every time we passed each other in the supermarket.
I’ve even seen police there once. I smiled and said, “I’m innocent officers”, the just smiled and nodded then kept on walking.
I used to see all ages of people walking barefoot back in the 70’s & 80’s around beach areas. It was common/normal practice to walk from the beach with your sandy feet, in your bathers, shorts and t. Shirts, across the road to the milk bar or fish and chip shop for a milkshake or ice ream barefoot and then walk back to the beach. Summer holiday style. A lot changed around the country when syringes were found on some beaches though.
Fireworks have been banned in Australia since 1982. We use to have bon fires and set our own fireworks off in backyards until the government banned them. AFL (footy) is the best game in the world. So fast paced, amazing athletes, best seen live. Then you can really appreciate how fast pace the game is and how far these athletes run in a game. Most Australians just enjoy the public holiday. It’s very political at the moment. I think most people just gather with mates and have a barbie.
Fireworks were banned in different states at different times I remember when you couldnt buy them in NSW you could still get them from the ACT.
Apart from the severe accidents from fireworks, we no longer celebrate "Bon Fire Night" or as Brits know it as "Cracker Night"! Since 1980 Which is a really weird thing, to celebrate the attempted assassination of Britain's reigning King.
AFL is the best game in the world ??? Guess that depends on which side of the Barassie line you are on. My apologies if I misspelled his name. I just wish all these "Things you need to know about Australia before you visit" vids would acknowledge the fact there are two different codes of footy in OZ, three if you include Soccer.😊
You can party at the beach, if you're not infringing too much on those around you. It depends on how far you are from everyone, compared to how loud you are. We don't mind if we can hear you, but we DO mind if it's at an intrusive level when we're not "right" next to you.
Boxing Day = food coma hanging out with the family watching the Cricket Test.
I think you mean a cask. It is a foil bag enclosed in a cardboard box with a plastic dispenser tucked inside. You press the perforations and pull it out at the bottom edge of one side. You can then dispense your drinks.
Thomas Angove, a winemaker from Renmark SA, invented boxed wine in 1964. It was meant as a bulk container to take to parties and BBQ's, to share more than what a bottle holds. It was also meant to be somewhat insulated from the heat, more than in glass bottles sitting in the sun, and it was a cheaper alternative to glass flagons, and preserved the wine better than a flagon. It's not necessarily bad wine, some good winemakers use them. In fact, Penfolds created the plastic tap and patented it, improving on the original version. Penfolds creates some of the best wines in the world (eg. Grange Hermitage). They used the boxes for the less prestigious wines they produce, and it's cheaper to buy due to the taxing system on wines here. It's pretty hard to find a bad wine in Australia - our standards are fairly high - we're spoiled from all the good wines here!
Precisely! Our beloved cask is hopelessly misunderstood -- and not just by foreigners. Some just don't know that all a cask is, is a preservation-method - exactly as you said - and says nothing at all about the quality of the wine in it.
I know plenty of people believe it does (based on their teenage piss-up purchase of McWilliams Fruity Lexia for $4 a cask, no doubt!) -- but otherwise, they're wrong. You can get undrinkable crap in a cheap cask, of course ~ stuff you wouldn't even use for cooking; or you can get truly excellent table wines, to rival any from more famous wine-regions; and every so often you can get product over-runs from our best wineries, on _great_ wines, when they've run out of bottles ... but ssshh, that's an "industry secret"! ;)
@@Loribyn OMG, the old Fruity Lexia! LOL
A goon bag is excellent when you're camping, you can blow it up & use it as a pillow afterwards.
Kabir, you can hug a mate but not a stranger. 😃
I think she is referring to cultures where the parents choose a partner for their daughter or son. Young people drink cask wine - the plastic bag inside a cardboard box - but as you become more discerning, your tastes mature and you buy bottled wine. Casks are good for parties when everyone can just help themselves to a glass of wine.
Wine casks were a thing in the 1970’s - bottles since then. (A 74 year old born in Australia)
Cask wine is common here, because the idea of a cask was invented here. It just means you can have four litres of wine in one container. Its dodgy wine though, but some reasonable wine comes in a two litre cask.
I think the banter thing is more a personality trait than a cultural one.
BOXING DAY, in Aussie, is a day of recovery, from Christmas days over indulgences. We eat the left overs, which can last for a week, and have a tenancy not to adventure very far from the couch. If it can be helped.
People who don’t care about the quality of the wine, can buy it by the cask, a cardboard box containing a plastic bag with a built in dispenser tap, which is pulled through a perforated section at the bottom of the cask. The tap is then accessible for everyone to help themselves.
More than 50% of Australians were either born overseas or have parents who were born overseas. Theres no obvious "Australian Culture" because most people follow that of their origins moderated by other local influences. This leads to many younger people being different culturally to their parents.
BS
i disagree, australia's culture is organic from people with australian parents.
but i can understand some people failing to assimilate due our recent governments
@@object1084I think that in general, “colddiesel” is correct. Six others thought so too. I’m a retired Australian Immigration officer and the statistics given are similar to those on the SBS website. I’ve also seen a lot of second and third generation Australians behave just as described here. I gather that you’re male with the corollary of an automatic assumption that your opinion is the only one. Using just two letters of an abbreviated word is often a dead giveaway! 😂
I personally would prefer the date for Australia day be changed just to cease the drama about it every year. We can celebrate being Australian on any of the other 364 days of the year - mind you it needs to be in summer so that the day off can be enjoyed at the beach lol
I don't care about the date but I think people will still take issue with it. They will say people shouldn't celebrate Australia and being Australian if Aboriginals are still disadvantaged.
I fully agree, but it needs to be reset to a completely neutral day 👍
Changing the date will not change anything. Whatever date is chosen will not satisfy some people.
Well at least it won't coincide with 'invasion day'. If people have a problem after that, then they are the problem.
You have to be kidding, when Aboriginals have $39.5 billion spent on them per year how is that disadvantaged. Over this bs.
the goon sack was invented in australia. goon sacks are cheaper so they're popular with young people at parties
I'm not sure that I would classify kangaroo meat as "typical" Aussie fare. I haven't eaten roo meat. My daughter tried it recently and said that she found it a bit gamey. When I was at school I had friends who would sometimes bring roo rissole sandwiches (ie. cooked roo mince patties on white bread) to school. It still wasn't super common. You had to know somebody who went roo shooting. You couldn't buy it from supermarkets like you can today. It's a very lean meat that has to be cooked in a similar manner to venison.
Mostly the reason for the fireworks ban is the high risk of bushfires, given that a lot of areas in the country are in drought for the majority of the year
Although Aussies are mostly informal and you can indeed see people in the street or supermarket in bare feet there are a number of places with dress codes such as clubs and some restaurants.
Thong has always referred to a narrow band for tying something.
Rubber thongs were a modern version of leather thonged sandals.
There were sandals with leather toe thongs before intimate underwear up the crack for dancers & strippers became a common subject for mixed conversation in public.
On Australia Day it's for Australians either indigenous or new arrivals just to celebrate a day unique to us. Non indigenous cannot blame the present citizens for what happened 200 years ago, those were British with a most cruel regime for convicts who were shipped out in foul conditions and were put to work. Some were children ripped from their families for daring to steal a crust of bread because they were starving. Some children were as young as 6 or 7 years of age, can you imagine that or even forgive that? So we should celebrate as ONE Australia and enjoy the good life we have here in the best country in the world. Please don't make our country a them and us culture. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we all strived to be an undivided country. God bless Australia. Proud Aussie.
Kangaroo is more like venison than beef in consistency and has quite a strong flavour . It is most often used in stews and such ( like venison ) because it can be quite tough if cooked improperly . You can get steaks of roo meat and grill it on the Barbeque but that's less common because cuts are usually quite small . Roo Tail is another (mostly stew ) cut that is commonly eaten . Sounds a bit strange but look at a roo sometime , their tails are a large part of the body as they use it for counterweight when they jump . The prime cuts are used for Human consumption and the rest is usually used for cat and dog food .
I have always hugged people, this is our family, this is our greeting more so family then outsiders. Good r
Boxing Day - yes sales but much more importantly this is the day that the Pink Test/ Boxing Day Test Match (cricket) starts. Also the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race. both this are considered national institutions. The Boxing Day test is now known for the pink colour that is everywhere in support of the McGrath Foundation - started by Glenn McGrath and which supports breast cancer research and breast care nurses for cancer patients.
Some people call it a goon bag but most of us call it a wine cask. It’s a box with a foil bag inside with wine in it and it has a little tap fitted to it. The box has a hole that the tap fits through.
I think she’s from Argentina. Our Alcohol and Smokes are heavily taxed. I’ve never had kangaroo cause I personally can’t eat our national animal, but I feed it to my dogs. It’s hypoallergenic for dogs with allergies LOL. But apparently it tastes like game meat.
I would probably compare kangaroo to venison.
Quite lean, red meat.
@@v0w1x2 can't eat either. Can't eat Skippy. And the only time I ordered Venison it was blue. 🤢
I'm an Aussie lady who enjoys a hug. But when it comes to men unless they're family or practically family, I generally don't hug them. I need to be sure they won't take it the wrong way, so usually leave it up to them. I usually hug older people if I'm not wearing lipstick, I may even kiss them on the cheek. That's 3 minutes total with the water on. For example, I'll rinse my hair, turn off the water whilst shampooing it and then turn it back on to wash it out. It's not that hard to do.
Kangaroo is more 'gamey', closer to a milder venison than beef. It's very lean, so a quick cook or it turns into leather if over-cooked.
Change the date of Australia Day ffs . Vote YES to the voice so that the constitution can be changed to acknowledge aboriginals and then we can finally give them a treaty!
It’s been over 200 years it’s about time we all grew up and just treated aboriginals with respect instead of vilifying them at every turn.
How about treat them like everybody else? We’re all Australian. Vote no to racism and apartheid. We are one. They are, you are, I am.
@@jonwilliams4507 someone’s been a good lil propaganda watcher. Good for you for following the criminal murdochs agenda
And yes, wouldn’t it be lovely if aboriginals were treated like everyone else and put into the constitution so that the miners can’t change it by bribing politicians
Stop drinking the koolaide
I’ll let you know why we cannot use personal fireworks for Guy Fawlkes night. It’s summer here when that happens and there have been too many grass fires and turds of kids blowing up letterboxes, so they were banned.
Regarding fireworks, you can't (legally) buy your own for good reason. For New Year, we're in the middle of summer, the risk of fires is too big.
Im from a community where we have alot of og aussies (original) and typically we call Australia day Invasion day. What happened was disgusting.
A goon-box, goonie etc derives from a flagoon ('flagon'), which was a glass bottle of wine (mainly) which was approximately 4 or five litres. In the late 70s manufacturers changed to make plastic foil bags (with a tap) and encased in a cardboard box.
Roo tastes like venison, very strong and gamy. And, yes, we can buy win in boxes. It is usually a pretty cheap and cheery generic type. The plastic bag inside these boxes are called good bags.
Basically no one ever drinks from a box, but they do exist. They were more popular when they first came out back in the 70's (or maybe a bit earlier).
3 to 5 minute showers is usually only for places that struggle with water conservation/usage, as some places are much more prone to droughts than others.
A 5 to 10 minute average shower is much more common in many cities.
And some places don't have restrictions at all! 30 minute to 1 hour showers are considered normal in some places! but that is rare.
7:13 Its not just that the booze is expensive...
Its that we have a MASSIVE variety (like our coffee culture) of it, so instead of trying to cater to EVERYONE... just tell people to BYOB. Its easier...
...oh, also, I forgot the time stamp, but I think our national food/meal is the ol' sausage on a slice of bread.
12:00 Ok, 3 minutes?!?!?!
I think she's talking from a VERY specific locale, or maybe its just an Eastern State thing... Even at my best, I take...like...15 minutes? I dont know ANYONE who has a 3 minute shower (unless you're hot water is on a timer at a resort).
I grew up in the 80's, in that original transitional period between "YAY, Australian day! Day off!" to "Yeah, Australia Day... but not for everyone".
My opinion is that it should be changed, to be inclusive of ALL Australians.
However, I think people who take issue with ANZAC Day can piss off out of this country... ANZAC day is a rememberance, not only uniting Aussies and Kiwi's, but the time ALL Australians worked together, including with the Aboriginals. I think its terrible that it wasn't until recently that some of the original War Heroes weren't even MENTIONED...but its being corrected, and thats what counts.
...but yeah,
In reality, I dont think anyone really cares about Australia Day...they just want the day off! LOL
It's really annoying the idea that many overseas people have that spiders , snakes and insects are crawling everywhere , they are not . All of my family and friends hug , like anywhere else some do some don't. The wine cask you are referring to was invented in Australia, there is a bladder containing the wine inside the box.
1.)Main cities = there won’t be any spiders hanging around the concrete while people walk with bare feet. Cities like Sydney, Melbourne, etc are so clean that spiders won’t survive if they go on concrete areas because there’s nothing to eat, in fact, they’ll be the food for birds which Australia has lots and lots of. The only thing you gotta look out for when bare feet are small pebbles, hot concrete roads, and prickly weeds called bindis.
2.) People do hug in some sub cultures like the nightclub or the clubbing culture. Clubbing peeps hug and even do a quick lip to lip peck as greetings for established friends.
3.) Yes, Aussies cuzz or swear like drunk sailors and that’s just the women😂 The word c*nt can be a term of endearment.
4.) Aussies aren’t shy but they’re by no means exhibitionists. Most beaches in Oz are topless beaches.
5.) Goon is Cheap wine sold in cartoons that contain that silver sack.
6.) Australia never used to be This publicly divided until the woke era began. Now more and more people are either not celebrating Australia Day at all or they’re attending the invasion day rally or march/protest. My opinion: with civilisations, the more advanced people will always conquer the primitive ones, it’s just human nature. If it wasn’t the British, it would have been the Dutch, French, Portuguese, or the Germans but in no way will a big continent like Australia be left untouched by more advanced civilisations.
7.) Bro I don’t know where you wanna mainly stay but if you end up staying for the most part in Sydney, Canberra, or Brisbane then follow Rugby League or the NRL, for the rest, go and study the AFL.
I agree with you in that we could have been occupied by any nation. The problem is the date. It is celebrating the arrival of the first fleet which is when the slaughter of the indigenous began and the Aborigine has been vastly disadvantaged from that day on. It's simple. Just change the date. That is what people are asking. It would then acknowledge that the first Australians had their homes & sacred lands & children stolen & murdered for possession of them as slaves.
*CHANGE THE DATE*
Australia is a huge country and a lot of us don’t live in Melbourne, therefore we never watch AFL and don’t know the rules either, the other states have Rugby League and many other differences, I reckon Melbourne is a very different city, more multicultural than most
Restaurants etc close early because we work to live- we don’t live to work. Christmas Day everything is closed except for servos and maccas (ppl travelling have to eat and get petrol)
NO not as a general rule. We have a huge wine culture in Aus. However, the boxie's are of a higher standard than what I found in the USA. Goon is a cheap wine that is an old slang just like sheila and dunny.
Cask Wine (Goon box) is very popular with young people for 2 reasons:
1) It's cheap; &
2) After you're done with the bag of wine, you can blow up the bag to use as a pillow.
(I shit you not)
West Edmonton Mall on boxing day gets really busy. A lot of the stores have lineups.
So, the Mall is boxing up items that they no longer need to give to the poor? Lol
Mate... its cask wine. Not a goon bag unless your a yobbo. There are many good wines that are available in casks especially the smaller casks
I celebrate Australia day on the 26th of January but I don't care if they change the date. Some people want to, some definitely don't and some are like me who are unfazed either way.
Goon bags are amazing when your broke lol , its cheap asf for a full box of wine , and then after you drink the whole bag you can blow it up and use it as a pillow LOL
Footy - Between the Taller Poles - its 6 points (goal) and between the smaller and large pole or hit the pole - 1 point.
Three minute shower: wet yourself, turn off the tap, lather yourself, turn on the tap, rinse off.
Whenever there’s a rule or a law that surprises you, there’s a very important reason for it, we protect ourselves and make sure we are all safe before having fun in Australia.
Actually beach parties, and even parties (events, etc.) at parks, is very common, but yes you can't have the music "obnoxiously" loud, you CAN play music but it is considered very rude if your party is disturbing others in the general area, luckily our beaches are usually quite expansive so most beach parties are not disruptive to other people because there is lots of space to spread out, but if you are camping or at a park, it is usually better to keep your noise down.
7:25 Only if you are a teenager, an alcoholic, or very very poor
No ball sports at beaches patrolled by lifeguards, because the lifeguards need to move as fast as possible and ball sports like volleyball create massive problems for the lifeguard’s vehicles and runners with boards trying to rescue someone who’s close to drowning.
Fireworks used to be allowed in Australia, but during the seventies, there were way too many children rushed to hospital, as well as burned pets being rushed to the vet. So many people and animals either died or had severe permanent injuries, that the government decided to ban them, and only licensed firework professionals have been allowed to use them ever since. We celebrate Australia Day usually at the beach and then at the fireworks, of which Sydney Harbour’s display is legendary! Also, fireworks were often the cause of bushfires because we celebrate in summer, when the bush is dry and highly flammable.
Love Australia Day ☺️ going waterskiing down on the Murray Few cold ones good banter. Can’t ask for anything more