My partner had emergency surgery for aneurysms. The operation was done on Saturday, 21.12.24.There were so many surgeons, technicians etc in there! The technicians were on standby and made the stents during the operation that saved his life(one cost $50,000 dollars) Our health system, doctors, nurses and everyone involved in our healthcare system in Australia, are ABSOLUTE DEDICATED HEROES! Thank God we have top quality health care workers!
@@patsmith2151 same as my dad he had an aneurysm in his aorta. He also had kidney failure and heart problems. Imagine all those specialists having to be in one place for one person. Well they were and we never paid a cent. I thank my lucky stars we are Australian
@ Doesn’t matter whether you are the King of England , politician, rich man, poor man or whoever, in Australia , in our healthcare system you are treated like you are the most special person on earth! I saw this last Saturday, I now call him, the “million dollar man”! I believe if he had not gone to hospital when he did( encouraged by a doctor who had rang him to do a phone check up )he would not be here now! Every healthcare worker in Australia as well as paramedics are absolutely amazing! We owe them so much.
People in Australia don’t dump all the rubbish on the curb. They normally organise a council pick up with their local council in your area picks up the rubbish for free.
@@merrilday5344 in my area we have it twice a year at the same time- when I was a sculpture student it was great to just drive around “shopping “ from peoples nature strips. We just had one here- free- half my stuff was taken before the council truck came to get the broken stuff.
As a Brit, I'd argue that Australians (and us) are very, very different from Americans. So many of them like to think we are 'cousins' but Aussies and Brits have far more in common, whether it be humour, language, banter or even the propensity to swear without really pissing anyone off...American's are a species of their own, reiterated by the guy doing these reactions.
Except the British accent always makes it sound classy, we just sound like bogans 😂😂😂 don’t get me wrong though. Proud to be Australian and love our banter and culture:)
@@kristinmartin2899 Apparently, you haven't heard a Cockney or a Lancastrian, Mancunian or Liverpudlian. I love those accents but they don't sound classy. 🤪
Like many from other countries she does not understand the role of a GP in medical care - General Practitioner. Australia like all countries, doctors go to medical school at university. At the end of that they do an Intern year in a hospital. At the end of that, they then work as junior doctor in hospitals. They are required to do resident training, to do any specialty and that includes becoming a GP. So to be a GP, they go to medical school, they do an intern year, they are required to do another 2 years of work in hospitals, that must include some time in pediatrics, women's health (gynaecology) and mental health (psychiatry). After that they can commence a minimum 3 years of residency as a GP, which includes supervised work in general practice and extensive training in many areas of medicine that they come across in general practice (particularly, children, women and mental health). At the end of that period of time they have to sit extensive exams, both practical and written, the same as any specialist would. If they want to be accredited to work in rural and remote areas, it is a minimum of 4 years of residency, because they do not have ready access to ambulances, major hospitals, other specialists or the like, and even getting a simple blood test can be complicated in remote areas. A GP is not a medical school graduate, they are specialists in their own right and an essential part of our health care system. They also maintain an overall picture of our health and the interactions of different medical conditions. They also get to know the whole family and hence know what is going on for kids, what parents are dealing with, so understand the social aspects of the person as well, all of which is essential for understanding the person and what they need.
@belindajane5083 Well said, and SO true. A good GP is worth their weight in gold. They do SO MUCH MORE than just treat the immediate issues. All of what YOU said. The emotional support as well as looking after the physical ailments is so important too. So important for 1 Dr or Practice to have yours and your family's medical history on record also.
Sorry no, you finish medical school and become a intern aka shit kicker. You then do two years as a resident and another few years as a Registrar. Then you choose your speciality and train for another four years or so and become a specialist.
As someone who works at a school in Australia I have seen children in tears because they forgot there school hat at home so they can't play outside for lunch or recess lol. It's part of the uniform. Some schools have spare hats or atleast they did when I was growing up so you could get lucky enough to borrow one for the day. The rule is no hat no play.
My youngest at one point had four school hats because he was always losing them 😂😂four gave us the chance to make sure he had ONE in his bag while the other three were missing
Our sewers can cope with toilet paper in the toilet. Many other countries don't. Vegemite needs to be thinly spread for a start. More as you get used to it.
Australian healthcare is based on the British System. General Practitioners act as 'gate-keepers' for the specialists. They do an initial diagnosis and if appropriate 'refer' you to a Specialist.
It’s called double handling and double the doctors fee. I know this won’t be popular but a trained monkey could do what most GP do, refers you a pathologist and a radiologist they are the ones that do all the work.
@@sabre1996 completely disagree. my gps have always been amazing and treated me very well for health issues that are not serious enough for a specialist.
The role of the GP was locked in during the formation of medicare. The medical profession wanted to protect their income. The outcome is that the GP is the gatekeeper. Some are good , some are atrocious. But it is easy to change GP s if you are dissatisfied.
In Australia, your GP can do a Pap smear & other tests / basic gynaecological services. So you would only go to a gynaecologist if your test results showed concerns, were ambiguous or you have a more complex issue.
One issue for me if the loo (toilet) is in the bathroom is odours. Think about it - when you can smell something, it's because there are particles of the odour producing substances in the air. That means that you're inhaling those particles for one, and they are also settling on surfaces of the room. I'll leave it at that.
I think that is the main reason, but back in the day, the loo was halfway up the back yard (aka "The Thunderbox"). The bathroom was inside the house, so the toilet has always been separate.
If you go to a specialist without a referral, you’ll get charged their full fees. If you go with a referral, you get a discount and can claim back a percentage of the fees through Medicare or your private health insurance. Plus most people don’t know which specialist is required for their undiagnosed ailment, nor where they might be located and your GP knows all this information when you go to him/her first. For example, you’ve had a pain in your side for a few weeks, which specialist do you go to? You could pay $200 to see a rheumatology specialist and they tell you your pain isn’t caused by muscles or bones. That would be a waste of your money because you weren’t diagnosed first. Go to the GP first, get a diagnosis and let the GP tell you which specialist you need to see, if you even need to see one. Your GP can resolve most issues himself.
I liked the way you explained this. Turning up at a specialist without having any preliminary testing done is a waste of everyone's time. Specialists usually need test results to diagnose the patient's condition, don't they? Tests which the GP will have already completed and included in the referral.
Even my school had swimming lessons long before Laurie was around. But yeah, Laurie encouraged parents to give their babies and toddlers swimming lessons
You don’t need to have a referral to see a specialist but having one allows you to claim part of it on Medicare. No referral, no claim. It’s not a legal requirement.
The school backpacks are big, but in my experience the younger kids have hardly anything in them. At my kids school it's just their lunch, drink bottle and a small picture book for reading practice
i've seen little kids barely bigger than their pack bent over humping this thing like a nepalese porter. they had plenty of weight but i'd say as lap tops became more standard they had less books to freight to and from school.
I was taught to swim by my Aussie parents when I was learning to walk - I don't remember it, I just always knew how to swim. I remember taking my little sister to the pool to teach her how to swim when she was a toddler learning to walk. When I got to high school, we couldn't choose any of the swimming pool sports until we had a bronze lifesaving medallion, something the nippers are all working towards.
House warming parties are left entirely up to the home owners. Not everyone does it, but newlyweds who moved from a rented apartment into their first house are the most likely candidates for that.
There are so many good uses for cardboard Ryan. Besides others, it's really good for the soil. It puts carbon into the soil. We have a recycling bin and a rubbish bin collection as well.
Australia ran out of marmite during ww1. We couldn’t import it. So we invented our own. Funnily enough I hate marmite but love Vegemite. They do taste different.
I didn't know that was how it was developed but I've eaten it for 54 years so far. I'm not going to stop now. I've had Bovril a few times. It's nice but softer. Never tried Marmite.
When Vegemite was first released it was named 'Parwill' as a way to poke fun at 'Marmite'. (Ma might but Pa will) Not really sure why the name was then changed to 'Vegemite'.
No Aussie puts that much vegemite on their toast or bread. You only put it on sparingly. Vegemite is yummy but has a very strong taste. When I was living in London, I tried Marmite and couldn't hack it, so my father sent me a huge jar of vegemite. God bless him!
Cannot just dump unwanted items on the verge. 1st u book a Hard Rubbish Collection with local Shire or Council. 3 days before the date set, u put ‘stuff’ out. It usually gets ransacked b4 the truck shows up, if there’s anything usable. Cardboard is recycling tho. If, like at Xmas time u have an excess of recycling, our group of neighbours has agreed we can pop overflow into others bins. Sometimes, for example if u take a tree down, there will be a pile of logs out front, & it’s expected that they’ll be taken.
our local tip has a 'recycle center' where you can just go and dump all of your boxes, polystyrene and plastic bags, electrical goods and batteries. it is out the front before you even get the weighbridge, so its free.
@@janetlynch1170 True, but near me in Sydney lpeople often put out furniture, luggage bags, even crockery with a "Free" sign in the hope that someone will take it - and they usually do.
That's OK for some specialists (we have that, too, here). But for some stuff it is clear, that I need a certain specialist (e.g. eye specialist, dentist...). So the GP can't do anything in that field.
Boxing Day was hot in suburban Melbourne, I stopped at my son's place for an hour and the outside temperature was 44C at 13.00 but once I got going, it went down 5 degrees.
I’m Aussie & still fascinated by all the barefooted Aussies I’ve never seen lol. I’ve even watched recent vids of tourists here & looking at everyone’s feet, far more Aussies than tourists 😂. I saw one barefooted person lol
I could comment on many things about this reaction video but I won’t bore you with that. Instead I’ll just mention that we live on the world’s biggest island, 85+% live on the coast, sharks and crocs swim fast….so it makes sense for us to have a “learn to swim” program and we have some very good swimmers 😂 Cheers Ryan 🍻🍻🍻🇦🇺
Not all public schools, my daughters school they all need to wear a blue legionaries hat ,no hat no play, they will have to sit in the classroom and miss out, they also eat recess and lunch in class before going outside…..not allowed to share…
Our state school was overly strict with the uniform policy ,even the socks could get you detention, had to have school emblem on it. Every piece had to be school issue only and they were very expensive in what was essentially a poorer area. Daylight robbery.
You cracked me up about her partner being a professional Australian. Love Vegemite, it works wonders when you're not well, on dry crackers or dry toast settles your stomach. Love from a professional Australian. Merry Christmas
In the instance of visiting the GP first if you have everybody with a minor ailment going to the specialist then people who really need a specialists attention will have to wait longer to see one . Essentially the GP is triage for the specialist and in most cases, the GP can heal the patient anyway without tying up the specialist(damn that was long winded lol sorry)
GPs often do many minor things too such as papsmears, IUD's, blood tests, minor surgeries such as a mole removal and wound dressing etc. Its probably a lot smarter than immediately going to a specialist because if the complaint is actually not what you initially believe you could be wasting a lot of time and money waiting for a diagnosis. A GP being an all rounder lets you skip the basic troubleshooting as such. I think of it like an IT help desk. If the issue is just needing to fix a setting, going straight to the code writing technicians wont be much help and the level 1 techs will be fine. If its serious then the level 1 techs are only going to do the same initial troubleshooting before bumping you up to the senior one who would need to run through the same stuff to be thorough anyway.
Makes total sense when medical services are paid for by Medicare. The GP decides if you need more expensive specialist services. I’m pretty sure you don’t need a referral to your gynaecologist once your GP has referred you the first time.
I can barely watch this. An Argentinian says “We do it this way…”. Ergo the way you do it in Australia is weird. FOR INSTANCE having the toilet in a separate room (in your mind anyway) is weird?????? One of the more sensible things we do. I wonder how much of the things you do in Argentina would be truly weird to us. Just because we play different sports and God forbid we have spectators sitting next to people from the opposing team without a brawl breaking out, is weird????? I thank God I live in Australia.
@@SusanneSpence I don't think she was criticising or finding fault. She was just sharing her experience. I like hearing how other people see things. And like you, I too feel overwhelmingly lucky to live in Australia. :)
On toast its best to have more butter, it semi mixes with the Vegemite and taste awesome The amount of butter use on a sandwich, is the same rule as Vegemite, a personal preference
Bottleshops are often right next to the supermarket. Woolworths owns BWS (Beer, Wine, Spirits) as well as Dan Murphy's. Coles Liquor Group has three chains; Liquorland, First Choice Liquor Market and Vintage Cellars. Supermarkets could sell liquor if they applied for a liquor license. Like many Aldi and IGA shops have and sell liquor as well.
The bare-feet thing in Australia is hugely over-exaggerated. I live in the largest 'inland' city in New South Wales. When 'barefoot Australia' was a 'thing' on TH-cam , I went for a walk around the CBD of the city on a fine warm day (during school holidays) and in two hours I counted - ZERO non footwear 'wearers'!
It's a sea-side thing. In suburbs by the beach you will see people barefoot in the mall and supermarkets, even on public transport - mainly kids, but some adults. Elsewhere ; : not so much.
Vegemite is fun. When I was working in China I did some quality testing of conveyor toasters. I cooked lots of toast and put Vegemite on it and the Chinese guys loved it. It is also great to add to stews or bolognaise sauce.
Aldi has pushed the alcohol-in-supermarkets thing as far as possible, they literally have an area near the checkouts for alcohol. It doesn't look like a separate shop, just a section of the store. Some Coles and Woolies have access to their liquor subsidiaries (Liquorland and BWS) direct from their supermarket, through a doorway.
And in Queensland you can't have a bottle shop unless it's within X kms of a pub that also owns the bottle shop. This means that woolies and Coles now also own pubs.
She forgot to mention that we take swimming seriously here and learning to swim is part of the school curriculum. If we live inland this is carried out at the local pool.
My school hats were the wide, round, wired ones. Another kid stole mine once and ran into the bathroom for safety, then threw it back at me like a frisbee when I demanded it back. The wire actually fractured my pinkie when I failed to catch it, but I was so mad at the time I didn't even notice. Screw you, Josh!
The primary school I went to had the 'desert hat style, which had the flap at the back. We called them 'Smurf hats', because they were blue and out uniform was predominantly blue as well. :)
Re swimming- my kids and I grew up in towns about 20 minutes from the beach. In my case, my school would bus us to the swimming pool 3 days a week for a month in summer- for swimming lessons. With certificates. For my kids- their school was about 100metres from the pool so they did 3 days a week too- but also the school principal was a keen swimmer so he voluntarily ran an early morning swimming training before school. It’s VERY unusual to come across an Aussie country kid who can’t swim.
In order to get Medicare rebates you generally need a referral from your doctor first which is why the GP is usually the middleman between you and a specialist.
As an Aussie I can tell you. That from around the age that we can start to eat solid foods. Aussie kids are gradually introduced to Vegemite over an extended period of time. Now I can eat it by the spoonful , no problem . I would recommend starting off by spreading on in small portions, gradually building up. After all it puts a rose in every cheek.
kids used to get scholiosis (curved spine) from carring a port (small suitcase) to school. backpacks pretty much solved that issue. small kids usually only have their lunch and toys in there. the older you get the more books you get.
"Faced with growing competition from Marmite, from 1928 to 1935 the product was renamed "Parwill" to make use of the advertising slogan "Marmite but Parwill", a two-step pun on the new name and that of its competitor; i.e. "If Ma [mother] might... then Pa [father] will."' Wikipedia
A reason why the tap is located half way along the length of the bath tub is so that you can reach it to adjust it/add more hot or cold water no matter which end of the bath you are sitting in. It beats having the taps behind your head where you keep bumping it and it prevents hot or cold water from pouring directly on your skin, or if you are at the other end of the tub in which case you would have to struggle to reach the taps from the far end.
With our council, Penrith, you book a hard rubbish collection, they are free. Maximum 4 per year. Too many people put out other stuff with hard rubbish reading to rats and other vermin.
I’m in the lower blue mountains so under BMCC and I think we only get 2 a year, 4 would be much better, cost us $50 the other day to just get rid of old lounge cushions and some rubbish 😒
Haha! As an Aussie, I can say that it all makes sense and is practical. Although, I don’t say “I’m going to use the faucet” 😂 Usually it’s “I’m using the sink” 😅👍
Most Councils (local government) in Australia have a free collection for 'hard waste' but it is accepted that while it is outside before the collection is done, anybody can take it.
It is actually a myth in most suburbs that you can just put your junk out anytime. You need to contact the Council and book the big collection and put it all out the night before or some regions have a cycle of collections . Rangers fine people if it is just out. People don't really have housewarming parties these days.
A mate of mine when he was on day shift with the NSW police he would travel to work by train. The officers travel for free but travel in what is called half uniform, they usually have a jacket or another shirt over the police shirt. My mate lived one stop past the end of the metro line, so he used to take a fast mountains train. He got on a train and went to get a seat but this young bloke had his feet up on the opposing seat. My mate asked him nicely to remove his feet off the seat, this idiot refused to take them down. The third time he was told he would be arrested but laughed, he wasn't laughing when my mate grabbed him and dragged him up to the door level (double decker train) and handcuffed him to a handrail. My mate then went to the guards carriage and got the guard to contact the police at Penrith station (one stop before his stop) and had them meet him to take this guy to charge him. Guess he wasn't such a smart arse after that.
11:50 Trains are often packed, so A-holes taking up extra seats for no good reason getting fined will be applauded. I have, however, had my broken leg on a seat in a cask, and nobody looked twice because......... it's a "good excuse"
It you want a 'bidet' in Australia, 'Bunnings' can sell you one for $A399 (remote control included!) (The remote sounds more Japanese that what the French and Argentinians might have!)
Ryan you need to check the cricket highlights from the Boxing Day test match in Melbourne. The brand new 19yo batting opener for Australia Sam Konstas caused a bit of a stir among the Indian team with his 64(I think) run first innings. He's the youngest opener for 70years and he tore it up. And yeah. A scary day for some people in Victoria. Lotsa busy volunteer firefighters in west of the state. Lots of people evacuating their farms or homes in country towns. Half a national park is now torched and still burning. On a lighter note, I wish we had bidets in Australia. I've never even seen one. It sounds ideal. Fab video Ryan. This one is really interesting. I learned quite a bit about Sth America, USA, UK and Australia. I've lived here for 54 years. I never thought I could be ignorant about my own country. Yet here we are..
Sam Konstas did alright for his first Test match. I agree that Ryan should check out the highlights for that Boxing Day match. It has been a great test series so far.
Well, on the GP visit, it costs me $50 after rebate ($100 up front) to see a GP for 15 minutes, so decide whether the tummy ache is worth that. Or you can go to a hospital ED for free if it's serious enough. So because of that, the government is rolling out new free walk-in centres to take the load off EDs.
Im happy my GP still filly Medicare rebates. I havent paid for anything doctor related in years, even Xrays recently were free. Im not sure if his new customers get full rebates though. The government needs to fix that now though. Our health system needs a decent investment and had a few less than great trips to the ED of the local hospital for emergencies and far too many patients and too little staff atleast at Ipswich region.
I recently had the experience of a virtual ED. We live rural and our fully serviced ED is about 70Kms from our place. The Virtual ED started during the plague and it's 24/7, you go online and fill in your details, a nurse triages you via telehealth then the Doc steps in. I was online with them at 3am and ended up getting an eScript sent to my phone then and there. It was all free. The next morning my own local GP rang me to see if I was ok, as she had been emailed all the details by the Telehealth ED. I had never known it existed until nurse on call told me & the whole experience was brilliant
The reason you go to a GP is that people misdiagnose themselves. You might think you have a particular ailment, but the GP works out the problem is something completely different. Why waste a specialists time when they can’t help you because you have gone and googled what YOU reckon is wrong with you?
Yeh I mean the vast majority of insurance companies in the USA also require that you have a referral to see a specialist. You would see your primary care physician first (GP) and they will give you the referral.
They should be being pushed far more. The water used to create toilet paper is more than what Bidets use so especially in Australia it would be really smart for water savings.
@judithstrachan9399 toilet paper (and all paper for that matter) requires a substantial amount of water to create. Sorry should have been a little more clear. A roll of toilet paper takes 100Litres of water or so to make not too mention the chemicals like bleach also used. From a Bidet website. But the numbers line up with many other sites too. Basically a roll of toilet paper uses upto or more than 100L of water to produce not too mention trees being cut down. There's also added strain on the sewerage system leading to civil infrastructure costs (taxes). Let’s do the math: if each person in the U.S. uses 141 rolls of toilet paper per year, and each roll requires 37 gallons of water to make, that’s 5,217 gallons of water each year for production alone. On the other hand, even if you were to use a bidet after each of the average six bathroom visits per day at one-eighth of a gallon per use, that’s just three-quarters of a gallon per day - or less than 274 gallons per year.
the bathroom situation is about 50/50 we have a bidet and a toilet, a lot of this depends on what state you live in. You do know a lot of people dont wear shoes walking around a railway station gives you black soles
I can’t understand how people would want to live in a house where you have to bath, shower and brush your teeth in the same room as you take a crap in 💩 Such houses do exist in Australia, but a separate loo is preferred.
My local store has a separate section for grog, but you still go through the same checkouts, sometimes the cashier won't have a "responsible serving of alcohol certificate" and someone else will swipe the alcohol.
As someone growing up in a house with separate bathroom and toilet, I've never understood why anybody has them together in the same room. It makes no sense to me. And yes, there are actually 3 schools close to where I live and I always see all the kids wearing their hats when they're out in the sun. They're part of the school uniform.
If you’ve used the toilet and someone is in the bathroom, how do you do the proper and hygienic thing and wash your hands? Basin in the toilet room also? This extra basin is quite rare in the modern project homes that I’ve visited. Very poor planning by the project homes builders.
@@DeepThought9999 With the house I'm in now, the toilet is next to the laundry. You come out of the toilet and the laundry tub is right there to wash your hands in.
Where I live (Maitland NSW) we get 2 free bulky waste pick ups per year (the local council covers the cost). There are also companies that will do free pick up of any e-waste (tv's, white goods) and scrap metal for recycling any time you need it. Our local tip / dump also allows you to dump certain things for free as well like green waste. This time of year we can also get rid of: 🎁 Wrapping paper = FREE if under 60kg 📦 Cardboard boxes = FREE if under 60kg ◻️Polystyrene = FREE if clean
No seven year olds need to carry heavy text books to school, they’re not at that level of study. The backpacks are all ergonomically designed to give the child good posture. The problem is they often don’t put them on, they just carry them. When I was in school, we had Globite school cases, the solid kind, which were very durable and came in different sizes suited to the needs of the child. We swapped hands to give one arm a rest while the bag was in the opposite hand. We didn’t have to carry them for very long, just between school and the train station or school and the bus stop, then they were on the floor between our feet or on our lap until we got off the public transport and walked to our home or got on another bus that took us within a few metres of home. Backpacks weren’t a thing back then.
In Australia, you cannot buy alcohol in a supermarket or grocery shop like you would elsewhere. The closest you'll get is a Dan Murphy's attached to a Woollies. There are some where you enter the Dan Murphy's from the Woollies but you have to exit the Dan Murphy's and can't go back into the regular supermarket. There are other models like Aldi have which effectively separate the alcohol from the regular shopping experience but integrate it at the same time by having specific check-outs which (a) have to be served by humans and not a self check-out machine and (b) are at the exit cause once you're in that ring-fenced area of an Aldi, you cannot go back into the supermarket again. The main aim here is to not associate grocery shopping with alcohol, which by and large I think the legislation has succeeded, lest it feed an even bigger alcohol problem.
Hey Ryan, would like to add some more info on the healthcare section on this video. So the GP is linked to any doctor, pathologist and so on, and has a record of all your results. It shares all of this info with the doctor who is treating you at the hospital, so it's convenient you don't have bring your scan etc when something dire happens. So the key advantage is the GP and doctor share this information for your welfare while being treated.
In my childhood home there was a small room which contained a toilet and a basin, but was separate from the main basthroom; it was actually a sideroom from the laundry.
Cyril Callister invented Vegemite in 1923. His grave at Box Hill Cemetery in Melbourne has 5-6 various types of Vegemite jars / containers on his grave
Also, swimming lessons are free for kids. Up to a certain age you can enrol your kids in free swimming lessons at the local pool. Gives the fundamentals of swimming so if you do get in trouble, you can generally get yourself to safety. Really good idea.
at 5:39, she added WAY TOO MUCH, thats enough for a whole family (of americans, me on the other hand? I LOVE It and i would eat that twice a day but still)
Usually the school children only have a full bag of books at the beginning of the school year from Years 1 to 6, as they are usually in one designated room and a designated seat, so very rare for young children to be carrying heavy bags.
What she doesn't mention is that in countries with small or old pipes, (south Asia, most of Africa, most of South America eg) you can't put toilet paper down the toilet. There is a wastepaper basket adjacent where you put the used toilet paper. Perhaps even more disgusting.
Butter yeah nah, but bloody hell that's overkill on the Vegemite Marmite shit & smells like termites lol Some IGA (convenience store) & Aldi you can get alcohol on them. When I lived in Victoria, nightclubs with drive thru would shut at 6am, but the IGA opens at 6.30 excluding Sundays.
yep I had a great Christmas Day. I went to my nieces and there were 15 people all related to my niece or her partner. I did overindulge so I took a train home and went back on Boxing Day to get the car. It was 30C os it was nice and warm and dinner was cold prawns, lobster and turkey followed by pavlova. My brother in law collects silver so we all had lovely cutlery to use. My dessert spoon was from King Henry 7 time (1509-1549).
I think the separate Bottle Shop is more about restricting underage access to alcohol. Especially now Self Service is a thing, but even before hand, you don't get as many unaccompanied minors in a liquor shop as a supermarket.
I think it's weird not to have a separate toilet. Therewere 7 of us in my family and one separate toilet wasn't enough. Fortunately my grandma lived next door and we could use her outdoor toilet which was attached to the house if our toilet was busy.😊
My partner had emergency surgery for aneurysms. The operation was done on Saturday, 21.12.24.There were so many surgeons, technicians etc in there! The technicians were on standby and made the stents during the operation that saved his life(one cost $50,000 dollars) Our health system, doctors, nurses and everyone involved in our healthcare system in Australia, are ABSOLUTE DEDICATED HEROES! Thank God we have top quality health care workers!
@@patsmith2151 so happy for you and your partner for the good outcome. 🥰
What state are you in?
@@patsmith2151 same as my dad he had an aneurysm in his aorta. He also had kidney failure and heart problems. Imagine all those specialists having to be in one place for one person. Well they were and we never paid a cent. I thank my lucky stars we are Australian
@ Doesn’t matter whether you are the King of England , politician, rich man, poor man or whoever, in Australia , in our healthcare system you are treated like you are the most special person on earth! I saw this last Saturday, I now call him, the “million dollar man”! I believe if he had not gone to hospital when he did( encouraged by a doctor who had rang him to do a phone check up )he would not be here now! Every healthcare worker in Australia as well as paramedics are absolutely amazing! We owe them so much.
Aussie here, 3 years post craniotomy, how awesome is our health system… 🇦🇺
People in Australia don’t dump all the rubbish on the curb. They normally organise a council pick up with their local council in your area picks up the rubbish for free.
It is often done in areas with a lot of flats and students etc moving in and out very often
@ agree it is many around flats but not just students. Anyone moving house.
@Fiona-zc6oz it's done by councils in majority of suburbs. Used to be a week dedicated to certain areas, now have to book
@@merrilday5344 in my area we have it twice a year at the same time- when I was a sculpture student it was great to just drive around “shopping “ from peoples nature strips.
We just had one here- free- half my stuff was taken before the council truck came to get the broken stuff.
@@ozzietad666 only 2 a year. We get 12 a year. Are you in Australia?
As a Brit, I'd argue that Australians (and us) are very, very different from Americans. So many of them like to think we are 'cousins' but Aussies and Brits have far more in common, whether it be humour, language, banter or even the propensity to swear without really pissing anyone off...American's are a species of their own, reiterated by the guy doing these reactions.
Except the British accent always makes it sound classy, we just sound like bogans 😂😂😂 don’t get me wrong though. Proud to be Australian and love our banter and culture:)
Very true, I'm married to a Pom. 😊
@@kristinmartin2899 lol...depends which British accent, get a Geordie on top form and classy doesn't come near, still love it though..lol
It's because Australians are more recently separated from the British.
@@kristinmartin2899 Apparently, you haven't heard a Cockney or a Lancastrian, Mancunian or Liverpudlian. I love those accents but they don't sound classy. 🤪
You dont need to keep vegemite in the fridge. If you keep it in a cool cupboard, it should last about 135 years before expiring.
It's so salty nothing will survive in it. If you don't wipe your knife clean of butter the wipes of butter may go rancid.
Yep definitely something that is kept in the cupboard!!
Like many from other countries she does not understand the role of a GP in medical care - General Practitioner. Australia like all countries, doctors go to medical school at university. At the end of that they do an Intern year in a hospital. At the end of that, they then work as junior doctor in hospitals. They are required to do resident training, to do any specialty and that includes becoming a GP. So to be a GP, they go to medical school, they do an intern year, they are required to do another 2 years of work in hospitals, that must include some time in pediatrics, women's health (gynaecology) and mental health (psychiatry). After that they can commence a minimum 3 years of residency as a GP, which includes supervised work in general practice and extensive training in many areas of medicine that they come across in general practice (particularly, children, women and mental health). At the end of that period of time they have to sit extensive exams, both practical and written, the same as any specialist would. If they want to be accredited to work in rural and remote areas, it is a minimum of 4 years of residency, because they do not have ready access to ambulances, major hospitals, other specialists or the like, and even getting a simple blood test can be complicated in remote areas. A GP is not a medical school graduate, they are specialists in their own right and an essential part of our health care system. They also maintain an overall picture of our health and the interactions of different medical conditions. They also get to know the whole family and hence know what is going on for kids, what parents are dealing with, so understand the social aspects of the person as well, all of which is essential for understanding the person and what they need.
@belindajane5083 Well said, and SO true. A good GP is worth their weight in gold. They do SO MUCH MORE than just treat the immediate issues. All of what YOU said. The emotional support as well as looking after the physical ailments is so important too. So important for 1 Dr or Practice to have yours and your family's medical history on record also.
It’s the same as a your primary care physician over there (PCP).
Perfectly put.
Thank you.
Yes, there are really an important family connection and can catch changes or difficulties early - even create care plans and do essential follow ups!
Sorry no, you finish medical school and become a intern aka shit kicker. You then do two years as a resident and another few years as a Registrar. Then you choose your speciality and train for another four years or so and become a specialist.
As someone who works at a school in Australia I have seen children in tears because they forgot there school hat at home so they can't play outside for lunch or recess lol. It's part of the uniform. Some schools have spare hats or atleast they did when I was growing up so you could get lucky enough to borrow one for the day. The rule is no hat no play.
No hat no play no fun today, now pack your bags and go away! 😂
My youngest at one point had four school hats because he was always losing them 😂😂four gave us the chance to make sure he had ONE in his bag while the other three were missing
Our sewers can cope with toilet paper in the toilet. Many other countries don't. Vegemite needs to be thinly spread for a start. More as you get used to it.
In primary yes but they really don’t care in high school.
Australian healthcare is based on the British System. General Practitioners act as 'gate-keepers' for the specialists. They do an initial diagnosis and if appropriate 'refer' you to a Specialist.
It’s called double handling and double the doctors fee. I know this won’t be popular but a trained monkey could do what most GP do, refers you a pathologist and a radiologist they are the ones that do all the work.
@@sabre1996 completely disagree. my gps have always been amazing and treated me very well for health issues that are not serious enough for a specialist.
@ which any good nurse could do
The role of the GP was locked in during the formation of medicare. The medical profession wanted to protect their income. The outcome is that the GP is the gatekeeper. Some are good , some are atrocious. But it is easy to change GP s if you are dissatisfied.
@@sabre1996 We have a name for the type of comment that you made; we call it 'talking out of your arse'.
In Australia, your GP can do a Pap smear & other tests / basic gynaecological services. So you would only go to a gynaecologist if your test results showed concerns, were ambiguous or you have a more complex issue.
Being an Australian, I do enjoy watching your videos.
Thankyou
One issue for me if the loo (toilet) is in the bathroom is odours. Think about it - when you can smell something, it's because there are particles of the odour producing substances in the air.
That means that you're inhaling those particles for one, and they are also settling on surfaces of the room.
I'll leave it at that.
Settling on things such as your toothbrush 😬
I think that is the main reason, but back in the day, the loo was halfway up the back yard (aka "The Thunderbox"). The bathroom was inside the house, so the toilet has always been separate.
@@AnneMorley-up1qvwhich is why we have toothbrush covers in our house.
If you go to a specialist without a referral, you’ll get charged their full fees. If you go with a referral, you get a discount and can claim back a percentage of the fees through Medicare or your private health insurance. Plus most people don’t know which specialist is required for their undiagnosed ailment, nor where they might be located and your GP knows all this information when you go to him/her first. For example, you’ve had a pain in your side for a few weeks, which specialist do you go to? You could pay $200 to see a rheumatology specialist and they tell you your pain isn’t caused by muscles or bones. That would be a waste of your money because you weren’t diagnosed first. Go to the GP first, get a diagnosis and let the GP tell you which specialist you need to see, if you even need to see one. Your GP can resolve most issues himself.
I liked the way you explained this. Turning up at a specialist without having any preliminary testing done is a waste of everyone's time. Specialists usually need test results to diagnose the patient's condition, don't they? Tests which the GP will have already completed and included in the referral.
Every school kid gets taught how to swim. Nippers is a separate thing you can sign up for if you want.
Nippers are the junior members of the Surf Lifesaving Club (SLSC). I loved my time as a nipper, great fun.
Kids alive do the 5
@AndyViant Laurie Lawrence is responsible for saving a lot of kids with that program.
Even my school had swimming lessons long before Laurie was around. But yeah, Laurie encouraged parents to give their babies and toddlers swimming lessons
Schools don't all do swim programs, where I live it is completely up to parents to enrol in swimming lessons
You don’t need to have a referral to see a specialist but having one allows you to claim part of it on Medicare. No referral, no claim. It’s not a legal requirement.
The school backpacks are big, but in my experience the younger kids have hardly anything in them. At my kids school it's just their lunch, drink bottle and a small picture book for reading practice
Exactly.
Cheers
i've seen little kids barely bigger than their pack bent over humping this thing like a nepalese porter. they had plenty of weight but i'd say as lap tops became more standard they had less books to freight to and from school.
I was taught to swim by my Aussie parents when I was learning to walk - I don't remember it, I just always knew how to swim. I remember taking my little sister to the pool to teach her how to swim when she was a toddler learning to walk.
When I got to high school, we couldn't choose any of the swimming pool sports until we had a bronze lifesaving medallion, something the nippers are all working towards.
House warming parties are left entirely up to the home owners. Not everyone does it, but newlyweds who moved from a rented apartment into their first house are the most likely candidates for that.
There are so many good uses for cardboard Ryan. Besides others, it's really good for the soil. It puts carbon into the soil. We have a recycling bin and a rubbish bin collection as well.
Australia ran out of marmite during ww1. We couldn’t import it. So we invented our own. Funnily enough I hate marmite but love Vegemite. They do taste different.
I didn't know that was how it was developed but I've eaten it for 54 years so far. I'm not going to stop now. I've had Bovril a few times. It's nice but softer. Never tried Marmite.
@ mum bought marmite a couple times when I was a kid in the 60s. Wasn’t a fan at all
And then there's Promite...
When Vegemite was first released it was named 'Parwill' as a way to poke fun at 'Marmite'. (Ma might but Pa will) Not really sure why the name was then changed to 'Vegemite'.
@ oh yeah, forgot about promite. I think that tastes the same as marmite lol
No Aussie puts that much vegemite on their toast or bread. You only put it on sparingly. Vegemite is yummy but has a very strong taste. When I was living in London, I tried Marmite and couldn't hack it, so my father sent me a huge jar of vegemite. God bless him!
I do death by Vegemite.
I agree. Whenever the topic of Vegemite comes up with overseas visitors, I tell them. When you wonder how much Vegemite, think Wasabi. 😊
@Linda_AUS 😂🤣
Cannot just dump unwanted items on the verge. 1st u book a Hard Rubbish Collection with local Shire or Council. 3 days before the date set, u put ‘stuff’ out. It usually gets ransacked b4 the truck shows up, if there’s anything usable. Cardboard is recycling tho. If, like at Xmas time u have an excess of recycling, our group of neighbours has agreed we can pop overflow into others bins. Sometimes, for example if u take a tree down, there will be a pile of logs out front, & it’s expected that they’ll be taken.
our local tip has a 'recycle center' where you can just go and dump all of your boxes, polystyrene and plastic bags, electrical goods and batteries. it is out the front before you even get the weighbridge, so its free.
@@janetlynch1170 True, but near me in Sydney lpeople often put out furniture, luggage bags, even crockery with a "Free" sign in the hope that someone will take it - and they usually do.
Yes, hats are part of the school uniform. Usually bucket hats.
Compulsory for outdoors during school hours.
The GP will give you a referral if he/she believes that you need to see a specialist.
That's OK for some specialists (we have that, too, here). But for some stuff it is clear, that I need a certain specialist (e.g. eye specialist, dentist...). So the GP can't do anything in that field.
Very warm in Melbourne, bushfires in Victoria.
Happy Christmas
Sending prayers from Gold Coast. I hope the bushfires in Victoria goes away as soon as possible. I heard how messed up it’s been down there.
Boxing Day was hot in suburban Melbourne, I stopped at my son's place for an hour and the outside temperature was 44C at 13.00 but once I got going, it went down 5 degrees.
Ryan very few people go out with bare feet. Some yes, mainly near beaches.
I’m Aussie & still fascinated by all the barefooted Aussies I’ve never seen lol. I’ve even watched recent vids of tourists here & looking at everyone’s feet, far more Aussies than tourists 😂. I saw one barefooted person lol
Cardboard goes in recycling bin
I could comment on many things about this reaction video but I won’t bore you with that. Instead I’ll just mention that we live on the world’s biggest island, 85+% live on the coast, sharks and crocs swim fast….so it makes sense for us to have a “learn to swim” program and we have some very good swimmers 😂
Cheers Ryan 🍻🍻🍻🇦🇺
Most schools have a unique hat but in state (public) schools any hat is OK. No hat, no play. If a kid doesn’t have one they sit in the shade.
Not all public schools, my daughters school they all need to wear a blue legionaries hat ,no hat no play, they will have to sit in the classroom and miss out, they also eat recess and lunch in class before going outside…..not allowed to share…
Our state school was overly strict with the uniform policy ,even the socks could get you detention, had to have school emblem on it. Every piece had to be school issue only and they were very expensive in what was essentially a poorer area. Daylight robbery.
@@tabbi888same. My son went to a public school and they would get in trouble for the wrong socks and definitely had to wear the correct school hat !
You Do Not put vegemite in the fridge, it is shelf stable.
I do put Vegemite in the fridge because I am yeast intolerant!
If there’s butter in your Vegemite it goes in the fridge
@@dalegallacher7074, ah, but butter in the Vegemite is a huge no-no.
You cracked me up about her partner being a professional Australian.
Love Vegemite, it works wonders when you're not well, on dry crackers or dry toast settles your stomach.
Love from a professional Australian.
Merry Christmas
absolutely, vegemite is my go to when I have an upset stomach, or a migraine. It just makes me feel better.
In the instance of visiting the GP first if you have everybody with a minor ailment going to the specialist then people who really need a specialists attention will have to wait longer to see one . Essentially the GP is triage for the specialist and in most cases, the GP can heal the patient anyway without tying up the specialist(damn that was long winded lol sorry)
GPs often do many minor things too such as papsmears, IUD's, blood tests, minor surgeries such as a mole removal and wound dressing etc.
Its probably a lot smarter than immediately going to a specialist because if the complaint is actually not what you initially believe you could be wasting a lot of time and money waiting for a diagnosis. A GP being an all rounder lets you skip the basic troubleshooting as such. I think of it like an IT help desk. If the issue is just needing to fix a setting, going straight to the code writing technicians wont be much help and the level 1 techs will be fine. If its serious then the level 1 techs are only going to do the same initial troubleshooting before bumping you up to the senior one who would need to run through the same stuff to be thorough anyway.
Makes total sense when medical services are paid for by Medicare. The GP decides if you need more expensive specialist services.
I’m pretty sure you don’t need a referral to your gynaecologist once your GP has referred you the first time.
I can barely watch this. An Argentinian says “We do it this way…”. Ergo the way you do it in Australia is weird. FOR INSTANCE having the toilet in a separate room (in your mind anyway) is weird?????? One of the more sensible things we do. I wonder how much of the things you do in Argentina would be truly weird to us. Just because we play different sports and God forbid we have spectators sitting next to people from the opposing team without a brawl breaking out, is weird?????
I thank God I live in Australia.
@@SusanneSpence
Precisely.
Cheers
@@SusanneSpence I don't think she was criticising or finding fault. She was just sharing her experience. I like hearing how other people see things. And like you, I too feel overwhelmingly lucky to live in Australia. :)
On toast its best to have more butter, it semi mixes with the Vegemite and taste awesome
The amount of butter use on a sandwich, is the same rule as Vegemite, a personal preference
Beset to butter the toast the moment it pops to let all the butter melt into the bread, then ooze the Vegemite over it.....sooo good!
Americans don't butter the bread for their sandwiches - can you believe it?
@ianwalker5842 when it comes to Vegemite, it's best too (in my opinion)
Bottleshops are often right next to the supermarket.
Woolworths owns BWS (Beer, Wine, Spirits) as well as Dan Murphy's.
Coles Liquor Group has three chains; Liquorland, First Choice Liquor Market and Vintage Cellars.
Supermarkets could sell liquor if they applied for a liquor license.
Like many Aldi and IGA shops have and sell liquor as well.
The bare-feet thing in Australia is hugely over-exaggerated. I live in the largest 'inland' city in New South Wales. When 'barefoot Australia' was a 'thing' on TH-cam , I went for a walk around the CBD of the city on a fine warm day (during school holidays) and in two hours I counted - ZERO non footwear 'wearers'!
I've never seen anyone walk around Perth barefoot, only on the beach.😊
It's a sea-side thing. In suburbs by the beach you will see people barefoot in the mall and supermarkets, even on public transport - mainly kids, but some adults. Elsewhere ; : not so much.
Vegemite is fun. When I was working in China I did some quality testing of conveyor toasters. I cooked lots of toast and put Vegemite on it and the Chinese guys loved it. It is also great to add to stews or bolognaise sauce.
Vegemite with cheese and avocado, so good. 😋
Vegemite and tomato is a great hangover cure. All those vitamins!
Aldi has pushed the alcohol-in-supermarkets thing as far as possible, they literally have an area near the checkouts for alcohol. It doesn't look like a separate shop, just a section of the store. Some Coles and Woolies have access to their liquor subsidiaries (Liquorland and BWS) direct from their supermarket, through a doorway.
Some states also allow it in supermarkets. I know NT used to have alcohol in some supermarkets when I was posted there.
Yep, so do some IGA's
And in Queensland you can't have a bottle shop unless it's within X kms of a pub that also owns the bottle shop. This means that woolies and Coles now also own pubs.
Woolies are now the largest distributors of alcohol in Australia....
They're buying pubs for the pokie revenue.
I guess that’s because Aldi is German and in Germany the alcohol section is always included in the supermarket.
Seperate toilet is far more hygienic. You’ll likely find faecal matter on your toothbrush in a combined bathroom/toilet
But much better when it has its own sink ;)
I’m renovating my house using 90% recycled stuff I pick up from the dump or free from marketplace
Absolutely!
Cheers
She forgot to mention that we take swimming seriously here and learning to swim is part of the school curriculum. If we live inland this is carried out at the local pool.
School hats are either wide brimmed soft hats or safari hats, peaked cap with material sewn on the back to cover your neck
My school hats were the wide, round, wired ones. Another kid stole mine once and ran into the bathroom for safety, then threw it back at me like a frisbee when I demanded it back. The wire actually fractured my pinkie when I failed to catch it, but I was so mad at the time I didn't even notice. Screw you, Josh!
@ ooh I haven’t seen that type before lol
Bucket hats
@ that’s the word I was trying to think of lol ta
The primary school I went to had the 'desert hat style, which had the flap at the back. We called them 'Smurf hats', because they were blue and out uniform was predominantly blue as well. :)
can never have too much butter with vegemite, the more the better
Re swimming- my kids and I grew up in towns about 20 minutes from the beach. In my case, my school would bus us to the swimming pool 3 days a week for a month in summer- for swimming lessons. With certificates.
For my kids- their school was about 100metres from the pool so they did 3 days a week too- but also the school principal was a keen swimmer so he voluntarily ran an early morning swimming training before school.
It’s VERY unusual to come across an Aussie country kid who can’t swim.
In order to get Medicare rebates you generally need a referral from your doctor first which is why the GP is usually the middleman between you and a specialist.
Not everyone throws a housewarming party, but its fairly common, especially if its a nice new house you want to show off.
As an Aussie I can tell you. That from around the age that we can start to eat solid foods. Aussie kids are gradually introduced to Vegemite over an extended period of time. Now I can eat it by the spoonful , no problem . I would recommend starting off by spreading on in small portions, gradually building up. After all it puts a rose in every cheek.
Vegemite was and is an important dietary supplement when food shortages occurred. Australians were very lucky to have such a food product available.
kids used to get scholiosis (curved spine) from carring a port (small suitcase) to school. backpacks pretty much solved that issue. small kids usually only have their lunch and toys in there. the older you get the more books you get.
“port” = Queenslander expression
And NSW in the bush ..I was brought up to call a suitcase a port ...actually comes from the French...portmanteau @@DeepThought9999
@@DeepThought9999 except i'm a new south welshman, so there goes that theory of yours.
@@6226superhurricane So am I. I’ve never before heard one of us using that term, only Queenslanders. Well there you go!
Can confirm the Scoliosis. I developed it during high school, carrying a heavy text book laden bag over one shoulder. Back in the 70's.
It’s 5.15 pm in NSW and 38C where I live. Marmite is not nice. Vegemite is my spread of choice. Christmas Day was awesome with my family.😊
Promite👍
Promite!?!
You know where you can stick that thumb!!
You'll probably find Promite!!!
@@TheStarcruisereither or…
But has to be on a grilled cheese!!!
A little bit of Vegemite on toast helps with nausea promite/marmite none at all is acceptable its awful 😂
"Faced with growing competition from Marmite, from 1928 to 1935 the product was renamed "Parwill" to make use of the advertising slogan "Marmite but Parwill", a two-step pun on the new name and that of its competitor; i.e. "If Ma [mother] might... then Pa [father] will."' Wikipedia
A reason why the tap is located half way along the length of the bath tub is so that you can reach it to adjust it/add more hot or cold water no matter which end of the bath you are sitting in. It beats having the taps behind your head where you keep bumping it and it prevents hot or cold water from pouring directly on your skin, or if you are at the other end of the tub in which case you would have to struggle to reach the taps from the far end.
With our council, Penrith, you book a hard rubbish collection, they are free. Maximum 4 per year. Too many people put out other stuff with hard rubbish reading to rats and other vermin.
I’m in the lower blue mountains so under BMCC and I think we only get 2 a year, 4 would be much better, cost us $50 the other day to just get rid of old lounge cushions and some rubbish 😒
You could wet your excess cardboard down and use it in your garden as a weed suppressant Ryan 😊
Haha! As an Aussie, I can say that it all makes sense and is practical. Although, I don’t say “I’m going to use the faucet” 😂 Usually it’s “I’m using the sink” 😅👍
7:40 you should do a taste test between Vegemite Marmite & Promite😂😂
Make sure it's NZ Marmite and not that English knock off... LOL
Mmmm promite.😋
Love Promite over Vegemite
Primary school - no hat no play. They only carry bags until they put it on the bag rack outside their classroom.
Most Councils (local government) in Australia have a free collection for 'hard waste' but it is accepted that while it is outside before the collection is done, anybody can take it.
Feet don’t stink if you have bare feet but they are filthy lol
It is actually a myth in most suburbs that you can just put your junk out anytime. You need to contact the Council and book the big collection and put it all out the night before or some regions have a cycle of collections . Rangers fine people if it is just out. People don't really have housewarming parties these days.
A mate of mine when he was on day shift with the NSW police he would travel to work by train. The officers travel for free but travel in what is called half uniform, they usually have a jacket or another shirt over the police shirt. My mate lived one stop past the end of the metro line, so he used to take a fast mountains train. He got on a train and went to get a seat but this young bloke had his feet up on the opposing seat. My mate asked him nicely to remove his feet off the seat, this idiot refused to take them down. The third time he was told he would be arrested but laughed, he wasn't laughing when my mate grabbed him and dragged him up to the door level (double decker train) and handcuffed him to a handrail. My mate then went to the guards carriage and got the guard to contact the police at Penrith station (one stop before his stop) and had them meet him to take this guy to charge him. Guess he wasn't such a smart arse after that.
11:50 Trains are often packed, so A-holes taking up extra seats for no good reason getting fined will be applauded.
I have, however, had my broken leg on a seat in a cask, and nobody looked twice because......... it's a "good excuse"
It you want a 'bidet' in Australia, 'Bunnings' can sell you one for $A399 (remote control included!)
(The remote sounds more Japanese that what the French and Argentinians might have!)
Lol exactly right, the driest inhabited continent in the world, but we ironically have the best swimmers 🏊♀️
and the best swimmers 💦
Ryan you need to check the cricket highlights from the Boxing Day test match in Melbourne. The brand new 19yo batting opener for Australia Sam Konstas caused a bit of a stir among the Indian team with his 64(I think) run first innings. He's the youngest opener for 70years and he tore it up. And yeah. A scary day for some people in Victoria. Lotsa busy volunteer firefighters in west of the state. Lots of people evacuating their farms or homes in country towns. Half a national park is now torched and still burning.
On a lighter note, I wish we had bidets in Australia. I've never even seen one. It sounds ideal.
Fab video Ryan. This one is really interesting. I learned quite a bit about Sth America, USA, UK and Australia. I've lived here for 54 years. I never thought I could be ignorant about my own country. Yet here we are..
You can easily buy a bidet here
Sam Konstas did alright for his first Test match. I agree that Ryan should check out the highlights for that Boxing Day match. It has been a great test series so far.
Batsmen like konstas are what make cricket great
😴😴😴😴
AFL slogan - Watch the Big Men Fly. It is amazing
Well, on the GP visit, it costs me $50 after rebate ($100 up front) to see a GP for 15 minutes, so decide whether the tummy ache is worth that. Or you can go to a hospital ED for free if it's serious enough. So because of that, the government is rolling out new free walk-in centres to take the load off EDs.
Im happy my GP still filly Medicare rebates. I havent paid for anything doctor related in years, even Xrays recently were free.
Im not sure if his new customers get full rebates though. The government needs to fix that now though. Our health system needs a decent investment and had a few less than great trips to the ED of the local hospital for emergencies and far too many patients and too little staff atleast at Ipswich region.
My GP bulk bills so its totally free at time of use also pathology and X-ray also free.
Your very lucky there is not many left @@LikkieAU
I recently had the experience of a virtual ED. We live rural and our fully serviced ED is about 70Kms from our place. The Virtual ED started during the plague and it's 24/7, you go online and fill in your details, a nurse triages you via telehealth then the Doc steps in. I was online with them at 3am and ended up getting an eScript sent to my phone then and there. It was all free.
The next morning my own local GP rang me to see if I was ok, as she had been emailed all the details by the Telehealth ED.
I had never known it existed until nurse on call told me & the whole experience was brilliant
@@jake8748 pretty much everywhere, mate.
The reason you go to a GP is that people misdiagnose themselves. You might think you have a particular ailment, but the GP works out the problem is something completely different. Why waste a specialists time when they can’t help you because you have gone and googled what YOU reckon is wrong with you?
Not to mention a specialist visit can be quite expensive, and a GP visit is relatively cheap.
Yeh I mean the vast majority of insurance companies in the USA also require that you have a referral to see a specialist. You would see your primary care physician first (GP) and they will give you the referral.
We bought a bidet toilet seat during Covid to save on toilet paper. We couldn't go back to having a normal toilet. We love it!
They should be being pushed far more. The water used to create toilet paper is more than what Bidets use so especially in Australia it would be really smart for water savings.
WATER used for toilet paper?!? The only water I use is to flush down the waste products. The paper just goes with it.
@judithstrachan9399 toilet paper (and all paper for that matter) requires a substantial amount of water to create. Sorry should have been a little more clear. A roll of toilet paper takes 100Litres of water or so to make not too mention the chemicals like bleach also used.
From a Bidet website. But the numbers line up with many other sites too. Basically a roll of toilet paper uses upto or more than 100L of water to produce not too mention trees being cut down. There's also added strain on the sewerage system leading to civil infrastructure costs (taxes).
Let’s do the math: if each person in the U.S. uses 141 rolls of toilet paper per year, and each roll requires 37 gallons of water to make, that’s 5,217 gallons of water each year for production alone. On the other hand, even if you were to use a bidet after each of the average six bathroom visits per day at one-eighth of a gallon per use, that’s just three-quarters of a gallon per day - or less than 274 gallons per year.
the bathroom situation is about 50/50 we have a bidet and a toilet, a lot of this depends on what state you live in. You do know a lot of people dont wear shoes walking around a railway station gives you black soles
Cardboard shares a bin with plastic and gets collected fortnightly .
Hard rubbish is stuff not allowed in your regular bin
Toilets should be separate. I wouldn't live in a house with the toilet in the bathroom.
Feet are dirty. You wouldn't put your feet on the table. Just being respectful and having good manners
I can’t understand how people would want to live in a house where you have to bath, shower and brush your teeth in the same room as you take a crap in 💩
Such houses do exist in Australia, but a separate loo is preferred.
I can deal with excessive butter, but the amount of Vegemite that person is using...🤮
Straight to Jail!
Even here in Australia we get excited when we see a Kangaroo !
Depends where you live LOL. See them most days where I live
In North Queensland there are tree kangaroos.
My local store has a separate section for grog,
but you still go through the same checkouts,
sometimes the cashier won't have a "responsible serving of alcohol certificate"
and someone else will swipe the alcohol.
Depends on the state
As someone growing up in a house with separate bathroom and toilet, I've never understood why anybody has them together in the same room. It makes no sense to me. And yes, there are actually 3 schools close to where I live and I always see all the kids wearing their hats when they're out in the sun. They're part of the school uniform.
If you’ve used the toilet and someone is in the bathroom, how do you do the proper and hygienic thing and wash your hands? Basin in the toilet room also? This extra basin is quite rare in the modern project homes that I’ve visited. Very poor planning by the project homes builders.
@@DeepThought9999 Yeah, a separate sink would be nice. We have to use the laundry sink in that case.
@@DeepThought9999 With the house I'm in now, the toilet is next to the laundry. You come out of the toilet and the laundry tub is right there to wash your hands in.
We built our house and have a toilet in the bathroom ensuite plus a separate toilet room beside the laundry, both are handy in certain situations
Where I live (Maitland NSW) we get 2 free bulky waste pick ups per year (the local council covers the cost).
There are also companies that will do free pick up of any e-waste (tv's, white goods) and scrap metal for recycling any time you need it.
Our local tip / dump also allows you to dump certain things for free as well like green waste. This time of year we can also get rid of:
🎁 Wrapping paper = FREE if under 60kg
📦 Cardboard boxes = FREE if under 60kg
◻️Polystyrene = FREE if clean
Use more butter than Vegemite you will love it
The school saying is: No hat, no play, no fun today.
No seven year olds need to carry heavy text books to school, they’re not at that level of study. The backpacks are all ergonomically designed to give the child good posture. The problem is they often don’t put them on, they just carry them. When I was in school, we had Globite school cases, the solid kind, which were very durable and came in different sizes suited to the needs of the child. We swapped hands to give one arm a rest while the bag was in the opposite hand. We didn’t have to carry them for very long, just between school and the train station or school and the bus stop, then they were on the floor between our feet or on our lap until we got off the public transport and walked to our home or got on another bus that took us within a few metres of home. Backpacks weren’t a thing back then.
The UK has Marmite, which is what Vegemite was actually a substitute for, during WW1. Marmite's a bit sweeter.
UK Marmite is disgusting in my opinion, give me the NZ stuff. 😊
They don't fine you for feet on the seat, they fine you for not removing them when they ask
In Australia, you cannot buy alcohol in a supermarket or grocery shop like you would elsewhere. The closest you'll get is a Dan Murphy's attached to a Woollies. There are some where you enter the Dan Murphy's from the Woollies but you have to exit the Dan Murphy's and can't go back into the regular supermarket. There are other models like Aldi have which effectively separate the alcohol from the regular shopping experience but integrate it at the same time by having specific check-outs which (a) have to be served by humans and not a self check-out machine and (b) are at the exit cause once you're in that ring-fenced area of an Aldi, you cannot go back into the supermarket again. The main aim here is to not associate grocery shopping with alcohol, which by and large I think the legislation has succeeded, lest it feed an even bigger alcohol problem.
Wrong, in my state alcohol is sold in supermarkets. 😮
Marmite is similar but an Aussie can tell it’s not Vegemite. We used to be able to buy it here but I haven’t seen it recently.
Marmite is still in every supermarket here, just prob not that brand - Sanitarium makes it for NZ/Aus, I think it's slight different from UK?
stinking hot here in new south wales... 40 degrees Celsius almost...
when u moving here mate? all ur vids are on us lol
He does UK and Europe as well. Different channels. ;)
He has at least three channels and his UK one has more subs than this so his videos aren’t all on us 😂
Hey Ryan, would like to add some more info on the healthcare section on this video. So the GP is linked to any doctor, pathologist and so on, and has a record of all your results. It shares all of this info with the doctor who is treating you at the hospital, so it's convenient you don't have bring your scan etc when something dire happens. So the key advantage is the GP and doctor share this information for your welfare while being treated.
At Aldi and NQR (in Victoria at least) the alcohol is in the store with everything else.
In my childhood home there was a small room which contained a toilet and a basin, but was separate from the main basthroom; it was actually a sideroom from the laundry.
Cyril Callister invented Vegemite in 1923. His grave at Box Hill Cemetery in Melbourne has 5-6 various types of Vegemite jars / containers on his grave
How did I not know that? I grew up in Box Hill
Oh, I'm not far from Box Hill, i should have a look.
Also, swimming lessons are free for kids. Up to a certain age you can enrol your kids in free swimming lessons at the local pool.
Gives the fundamentals of swimming so if you do get in trouble, you can generally get yourself to safety. Really good idea.
I mean you can get a $50 voucher but other than that they aren’t free in NSW.
It is arvo 2pm Western Australia
Yep
5pm in Sydney
5pm melbourne
5.20pm Melbourne.
Almost 3pm now :)
at 5:39, she added WAY TOO MUCH, thats enough for a whole family (of americans, me on the other hand? I LOVE It and i would eat that twice a day but still)
Y’know what me an Australian finds weird? THE FACT YOU CAN JUST BUY A GUN AND WALK OUT LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED
Usually the school children only have a full bag of books at the beginning of the school year from Years 1 to 6, as they are usually in one designated room and a designated seat, so very rare for young children to be carrying heavy bags.
What she doesn't mention is that in countries with small or old pipes, (south Asia, most of Africa, most of South America eg) you can't put toilet paper down the toilet. There is a wastepaper basket adjacent where you put the used toilet paper. Perhaps even more disgusting.
Eeeeeew!
Butter yeah nah, but bloody hell that's overkill on the Vegemite
Marmite shit & smells like termites lol
Some IGA (convenience store) & Aldi you can get alcohol on them. When I lived in Victoria, nightclubs with drive thru would shut at 6am, but the IGA opens at 6.30 excluding Sundays.
yep I had a great Christmas Day. I went to my nieces and there were 15 people all related to my niece or her partner. I did overindulge so I took a train home and went back on Boxing Day to get the car. It was 30C os it was nice and warm and dinner was cold prawns, lobster and turkey followed by pavlova. My brother in law collects silver so we all had lovely cutlery to use. My dessert spoon was from King Henry 7 time (1509-1549).
I think the separate Bottle Shop is more about restricting underage access to alcohol.
Especially now Self Service is a thing, but even before hand, you don't get as many unaccompanied minors in a liquor shop as a supermarket.
Merry late Christmas from Gold Coast Australia 🇦🇺
The bottle shops do sell little snacks like nuts and chips, also drinking accessories like shot pourers, glasses etc
Makes sense.
And soft drinks.
I think it's weird not to have a separate toilet. Therewere 7 of us in my family and one separate toilet wasn't enough. Fortunately my grandma lived next door and we could use her outdoor toilet which was attached to the house if our toilet was busy.😊