Well, to be fair, it was a fairly rough start for the colonial prisoners, as I understand it. But, yeah, better to be sent there than a Soviet gulag under the snow....
I’ve seen hundreds of these types of videos and yours is the most unique and delightful. Also I 100% agree with you about the pokies. Hope you had a great time.
Never been to Australia so found this fun and video interesting. My impressions...gorgeous men, adorable animals, massive country with huge uninhabitable spaces, spiders as large as my puppy, a place I will never see. Thanks for the tour! 😊😊😊
And I'd never been either... until I went! Take all your impressions and dial it back a bit. Some gorgeous men, sure, but also a lot who like their beer to a level not recommended for aesthetics. Massive? Technically yes, but they all live in cities. Didn't see any spiders (I was prepared to see them, but they were probably off at a kennel). Happy to have served as a tour guide (especially as I'm certainly not qualified to guide anyone around Australia!)
The pokies are a blight to our country! (But yes, alas, they’re everywhere). I love seeing your reaction to things and places we take for granted. Beaches? Meh. Good wine? Meh. Cute animals? Meh. Yeah whatevs. Meanwhile going to places in Europe like Paris, we are excited. Like kids in a candy store. 😂
@@LifeLessonsFromBooks I got a lot out of my visit to Oz. So many things to see, not enough time to see them. I guess we do get blasé about our surroundings and yearn for the excitement of an exotic, far-off place. What struck me about Australia was how familiar it felt, in places. Maybe not the same codes or behaviour as in France, but definite strains of America, with touches of the UK - all under a very warm sun.
And you have a great privilege there... being able to commune with your surroundings. It's the eternal balance we try to reach between time, opportunity and money. You're very lucky to have your magpie mates.
Australia's natural environment is so utterly different to that of anywhere else in the world that it inevitably has an effect on the people and the culture.
Eating kangaroos every day would certainly put bounce into your step. (I know that's not an accurate dietary report, but let me hark back to my happy meal.)
Your a natural born entertainer Miss Aida. Loved your warm and amusing delivery of both facts and feelings. I think you have a future in tourism young lady. France should sign you up now before OZ steals you. I can see another "put another escargot on the barbie" campaign coming. Well done and thank you from NSW. Take care Michael🦘🐨🏄♀🌞
Thanks -- truly generous words there. And they make me want to make more videos. But I do draw a line at throwing an escargot on the barbie. A merguez, perhaps, or even a duck breast. But cremated snail sounds disgusting.
As a true blue Aussie I thank you for your fun assessment of our wonderful country. Come back any time. Try and see a bit more as there is so much to see.
Hi - I loved receiving your comment. Glad I got some things right about your sunny, fun country. And absolutely, if I get back there I'll want to see so much more!
@@amusingaida I could tell you stuck to the coastline bc you stated that there is nothing if you go inland. Maybe go inland before stating there is nothing there:). Misinformation isn’t a good thing. Cheers.
You know, I really, really wanted to also go to the Blue Mountains, Kakadu and inland Tasmania.... But when you guys live in a landmass nearly as big as all of Western Europe (and 14x that of France)... well you have to make choices. I chose beaches. Was that the worst choice to make?
The term Lucky Country is actually ironic. A guy wrote a book called the Lucky Country in 1964. It's central thesis was that until that time Australia had been run by idiots but serendipitously despite this the country had ended up okay.
Huh, I did not know that, about the book using the term ironically. I wonder how many Australians (who are usually pretty ironic/sardonic I think) use it in that way?
Northern Australia is more remote, less populated, especially on the. Western & North coasts. And much of the middle South Coast. There are no " Pokies" in Western Australia, except in the one Perth casino. Or toll roads in W.A.
Nice one! I like your refreshing view on Sydney (my home town, actually it's Cronulla, so you should come back and see Cronulla!). Still it's 11 months on and I hope you had a great time. I know that the Aussies here at the time will have treated you well, so no dramas there. I'll check out some of your other vlogs. 👍👍👍
@@amusingaida You did very, very well. I was starting to think that this was a commercial production - brilliant script, presentation, editing, production quality as a whole.
So pleased you enjoyed Oz, next time make your way to Mosman, Balmoral Beach where I live, you're always welcome to stay with me, close to a beautiful harbour beaches and a short ferry boat ride to the city
Bonjour Aida, merci beaucoup pour cette video. Did you get to visit Melbourne or experience any of the outback during your visit? A lot of travelers ought to put a visit to a mining town on their bucket list of Australia; nobody does. We have some pretty interesting mining towns. J'espere que vous pouvez visiter nous encore un jour.
Merci ! No chance to see Melbourne on this trip. I wish I could have squeezed it in. Also to have seen Coober Pedy or some inland towns... but every country has a wealth of things to see, and for visitors it's really a question of aiming for the main interesting locales...
One of the last cities people normally visit and you should try visiting is Perth. If you go to Perth one day I’d really like and most recommend you to go to Rottnest Island because it is the only place in the world where you can get photos with the quokka aka the world’s happiest animal.
quoakkas! I really wanted to see them. They're like walking, living Japanese mascots with the cutest smiles.... My biggest regret was not seeing them on this trip.
@@amusingaida Well you wouldn’t have been able to see them in Sydney because you can only see them on Rottnest Island in Perth which is on the other side of the country. Watch some videos of people who visited Rottnest Island and spent time with the Quokka which I hope to see you do someday.
@@aaron6963 Taronga Western Plains has a walk-through exhibit and the animals are either from Rottnest or bred from Rottnest animals. Featherdale wildlife park in Sydney also has a quokka petting enclosure.
You would have noticed at least a bit of QLD in the video then, even if I didn't make it to those hotspots. Hey, I did what I could. I wasn't going to buy a van and go on tour (as tempting as that sounds). Some of us have pets in Europe to get back to.
Many World War One soldiers who managed to return home raved about the beauty of the French countryside…. Until they reached the north of course.Many of them call France home now.
Good to see you avoided the crocs 😉 If you overindulged with the 'Amber nectar' and 'Barbie's' you might not fit into your 'Tracki daks' anymore! A really good channel for Aussie slang is 'Aussie man' most entertaining.
Ok... Loved ya take on us😁 And probably one of the Best reactions through just who ya are as a person!.. But... You came down here to see Aus and while thats a Big part... Ya missed the assignment Girl ! Lol You both NEED to come back and do NT, Darwin and Perth.... Nah excuses Get ya Butts Back n do it Proper!
There is obviously so much more to see Down Under. I ran out of time. But I like that you enjoyed what I did manage to observe. If only I had enough time and money to do so many countries the "proper" way (not only Australia -- also maybe Japan, Spain, Brazil, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ireland, the US, Bolivia, Iceland, Rwanda, Vietnam... and that's just for starters)
Great video, actually the convict time was a huge failure, many were released immediately to work and many made a lot of money, got land and wrote to their friends in England who immediately started committing crimes in order to get transported 😂😂
the french had a little problem called A REVOLUTION> DO you remember, when if you were unpopular you got your head chopped off. ?????? so civilized. Yes are are influenced by our cousins The American.. But we hold the British in our hearts.
As a new viewer to your channel Aida, might I add as an American a big merci beaucoup to your fine country. Without those lovely Gauls from France (as well as the Dutch & the Spaniards), we wouldn't have won our _OWN_ Revolution. I just discovered your fine content tonight. Great channel. 👍
@@He_Loves_Horror The expressions of thanks flow the other way when French towns thank the US army for its role in WWII. And the American cemetery in Normandy stands testament to that. So glad you found my channel and found you like it. It's lovely to hear that it's being seen in the US.
God bless you as well once again, Aida. Indeed: Our two countries share a history as both of our lands have a lot to be thankful for. God bless France as well. I've also seen the cemeteries visit two years ago when Marie from the popular channel "FrenchTastic Explorations" went there on her visit. I'm not ashamed to admit I had a cry watching that video. Was truly touching. I also enjoyed Marie's latest which, oddly enough, was a visit to my birth city of Nashville, Tennessee (wherein I was born there in 1983). Oui, I've enjoyed your channel a lot so far. Cheers from the United States! Bonne nuit🛏😴💤
I thought it was funny and cute eating a meat pie and sausage roll with a knife and fork, but an Aussie telling the French about cuisine dose not quite sound right does it.
I surmise that you are 1) a NSWelshperson or Victorian poking friendly fun at the north-of-the-border types or 2) a Queenslander brandishing the sort of humour I came to love during my stay there
@@amusingaida I´m from the UK and many years ago, I had a fascination with Australia and wanted to move there despite never having been there! I never did go and ended up in lots of other places. However, now, I feel that Australia is just a bit too far away from my friends, family, and from most other countries! Also, I keep hearing that the cities are a lot like the US with a lot of boring suburbs and strip malls and the weather is too hot! So I still haven´t been there and no longer feel like making the trip, but it´s nice to see your video :)
Well, I'd say it's worth visiting Australia, especially if you're from the UK. In some ways (not all!) it's like viewing a mirror image of Britain that is sunny, friendly, coastal and with great food and wine....
@@amusingaida I´m sure there are good reasons to visit Australia, but I´m not sure it´s like Britain really...and the mentality of the people is quite different too. From the videos snd TV documentaries that I have seen, New Zealand reminds a lot of England and the people seem more similar to the British than Australians. Most people tend to say that Austalia is a lot like the US and NZ is a lot like England. I doubt I will go to either, but I do appreciate the videos.
Is that right? I didn't make it to all states (or territories for that matter).... But I did get the impression that the states have a fair bit of say over the rules and regulations on their territory...
Soooo high end, yup -- for Australians, Indians, Japanese, Hong-Kongers, Kenyans, South Africans. I have to say, though, I'm not sure what car-as-status will mean in the years ahead when it's all automated automobiles, no drivers.
Forget Sydney. It’s all fake. Come to Melbourne (recently declared by the Bureau of Statistics as the largest city in Australia). No beaches (well lousy bay beaches), poor weather, surly people, but it’s real. I think we’re much more cultured and civilised than those money-obsessed Sydney-siders. I haven’t been there for years and hope not to go there again as long as I can avoid it.
I would have loved to have seen Melbourne. I hear the coffee might be even better than Sydney's 😉. But... a big country, fairly expensive domestic plane tickets and simply not enough time. I would have also loved to have seen Tasmania and Canberra (a city born of a concept sounds interesting -- like Brasilia) and maybe Perth. Maybe on a future trip!
Tasmania is my favourite place in Australia. It’s just so beautiful. The last time I was there I went to cradle mountain and it was snowing and there were wombats grazing around. I used to live in Canberra. It’s just like a giant office really. The National Gallery there is decent and Parliament House is worth a look. It’s only a three hour bus trip from Sydney. It is outrageous how expensive it is to fly between Melbourne and Sydney. It’s expensive to fly anywhere really. Yeah, you can drive, but you need time. It is actually nice to drive from Sydney to Melbourne via Canberra and stop at some towns along the way. The ferry between Melbourne and Tasmania is reasonable as well.
But also forgot to add that the production values of this video were excellent! It was well scripted, well put together and engaging. It would be good to get a French take on places closer to home. Like France and Germany so close and yet so far away. Maybe? Maybe not?
How sad you learnt nothing of the First Nations people and the fact Australia didn't start when colonised. We have the oldest existing People, culture, spiritualism and diverse languages in the world. How sad you didn't get the opportunity to learn and experience how unique Australia is and that we are far more than a British colony.
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An English mate of mine told me a few years ago that it was ironic that criminals from the UK were sentenced to life in paradise.
Well, to be fair, it was a fairly rough start for the colonial prisoners, as I understand it. But, yeah, better to be sent there than a Soviet gulag under the snow....
I’ve seen hundreds of these types of videos and yours is the most unique and delightful.
Also I 100% agree with you about the pokies.
Hope you had a great time.
Wow, now that's a generous comment. Thanks! The time had was great. And I got over my loss on the pokies.
@@amusingaidawonderful sense of humour in a second language! Loved that you showcased different things than most.
Cool video. No pokies in Western Australian pubs or RSL's.
Very empty white beaches down Esperance way. Most of Australia is lucky like that.
@@wowfish-ob3ew That sounds like a big sandy Hope to me (for one day in the future)
Never been to Australia so found this fun and video interesting. My impressions...gorgeous men, adorable animals, massive country with huge uninhabitable spaces, spiders as large as my puppy, a place I will never see. Thanks for the tour! 😊😊😊
And I'd never been either... until I went! Take all your impressions and dial it back a bit. Some gorgeous men, sure, but also a lot who like their beer to a level not recommended for aesthetics. Massive? Technically yes, but they all live in cities. Didn't see any spiders (I was prepared to see them, but they were probably off at a kennel). Happy to have served as a tour guide (especially as I'm certainly not qualified to guide anyone around Australia!)
The pokies are a blight to our country! (But yes, alas, they’re everywhere). I love seeing your reaction to things and places we take for granted. Beaches? Meh. Good wine? Meh. Cute animals? Meh. Yeah whatevs.
Meanwhile going to places in Europe like Paris, we are excited. Like kids in a candy store. 😂
@@LifeLessonsFromBooks I got a lot out of my visit to Oz. So many things to see, not enough time to see them. I guess we do get blasé about our surroundings and yearn for the excitement of an exotic, far-off place. What struck me about Australia was how familiar it felt, in places. Maybe not the same codes or behaviour as in France, but definite strains of America, with touches of the UK - all under a very warm sun.
@@LifeLessonsFromBooks paris is special! Thanks
Maybe I should have taken up surfing!
I love the way you're saying 'bloody good'. Glad you enjoyed our country. Bien joué! Thank you for a great video.
Bonza mate (OK, I'll leave now -- 'bonza' I never heard once in Australia....)
I live in rural Australia and like every other member of our community prefer living with nature rather than viewing it in a park or zoo.
And you have a great privilege there... being able to commune with your surroundings. It's the eternal balance we try to reach between time, opportunity and money. You're very lucky to have your magpie mates.
Big donut 🍩 is such a good analogy
Thanks! Although making an analogy between desert and a dessert (or breakfast!) was a bit of a stretch. Except for Homer Simpson, perhaps.
That was a fun video. Glad you enjoyed your time in Sydney.
Hey, glad it found an audience in you. Sydney was cool, really interesting!
Australia's natural environment is so utterly different to that of anywhere else in the world that it inevitably has an effect on the people and the culture.
Eating kangaroos every day would certainly put bounce into your step. (I know that's not an accurate dietary report, but let me hark back to my happy meal.)
Your a natural born entertainer Miss Aida. Loved your warm and amusing delivery of both facts and feelings. I think you have a future in tourism young lady. France should sign you up now before OZ steals you. I can see another "put another escargot on the barbie" campaign coming. Well done and thank you from NSW. Take care Michael🦘🐨🏄♀🌞
Thanks -- truly generous words there. And they make me want to make more videos. But I do draw a line at throwing an escargot on the barbie. A merguez, perhaps, or even a duck breast. But cremated snail sounds disgusting.
@@amusingaida I quite like escargot (snail) provided it's cooked with lots of garlic and butter!
@@budawang77 the garlic is what makes it
Glad you enjoyed your visit!
New Caledonia is only three hours flight.
Yay! New Caledonian beaches too! (Unfortunately, from France, New Caledonia is a lot more than 3 hours away...)
@@amusingaida about as far from France as you can get!
@@amusingaida New Caledonia is antipodal of Mauritania; so two French speaking countries precisely opposite each other!
The locals call it Straya
The Strayans you mean?
I enjoyed your style of video. Keep up the effort! 🌞
Thanks Trevor. Have you checked out any of my other vids (which ofc are not about Australia....!)?
Greetings from north Queensland and thanks for a vid of Oz with a bit of a difference.
I had so much fun there. Would love to go back (especially now I know the lingo)!
Love the style, love the content, love the history references. Very well presented.😀
Merci ! I had a lot of fun making it. I learned a lot.
As a true blue Aussie I thank you for your fun assessment of our wonderful country. Come back any time. Try and see a bit more as there is so much to see.
Hi - I loved receiving your comment. Glad I got some things right about your sunny, fun country. And absolutely, if I get back there I'll want to see so much more!
Thanks for the tour of Australia! Looks like fun
It is a huge place, so more like a mini-tour of a couple of areas..... Glad you enjoyed it!
@@amusingaida I could tell you stuck to the coastline bc you stated that there is nothing if you go inland. Maybe go inland before stating there is nothing there:). Misinformation isn’t a good thing. Cheers.
You know, I really, really wanted to also go to the Blue Mountains, Kakadu and inland Tasmania.... But when you guys live in a landmass nearly as big as all of Western Europe (and 14x that of France)... well you have to make choices. I chose beaches. Was that the worst choice to make?
The term Lucky Country is actually ironic. A guy wrote a book called the Lucky Country in 1964. It's central thesis was that until that time Australia had been run by idiots but serendipitously despite this the country had ended up okay.
Huh, I did not know that, about the book using the term ironically. I wonder how many Australians (who are usually pretty ironic/sardonic I think) use it in that way?
Northern Australia is more remote, less populated, especially on the. Western & North coasts. And much of the middle South Coast. There are no " Pokies" in Western Australia, except in the one Perth casino. Or toll roads in W.A.
So remote I unfortunately didn't have a chance to visit that part. Australia is huge (and travel not cheap!)
Nice one! I like your refreshing view on Sydney (my home town, actually it's Cronulla, so you should come back and see Cronulla!). Still it's 11 months on and I hope you had a great time. I know that the Aussies here at the time will have treated you well, so no dramas there. I'll check out some of your other vlogs. 👍👍👍
"No dramas".... love it. All that slang I had to wrap my head around (especially as English isn't even my native language).
@@amusingaida You did very, very well. I was starting to think that this was a commercial production - brilliant script, presentation, editing, production quality as a whole.
@@DeepThought9999 wow, now that's a compliment (especially as I'm hyper critical of my videos - can always see how I could have improved them)
So pleased you enjoyed Oz, next time make your way to Mosman, Balmoral Beach where I live, you're always welcome to stay with me, close to a beautiful harbour beaches and a short ferry boat ride to the city
Thank you for the kind offer. That part of Sydney looks lovely. I made it to Manly (as you saw) which I loved
Excellent video. Glad you liked what you saw. See ya next time? Mike in Oz
Glad you liked it. Great country to explore.
Bonjour Aida,
merci beaucoup pour cette video.
Did you get to visit Melbourne or experience any of the outback during your visit?
A lot of travelers ought to put a visit to a mining town on their bucket list of Australia; nobody does. We have some pretty interesting mining towns.
J'espere que vous pouvez visiter nous encore un jour.
Merci ! No chance to see Melbourne on this trip. I wish I could have squeezed it in. Also to have seen Coober Pedy or some inland towns... but every country has a wealth of things to see, and for visitors it's really a question of aiming for the main interesting locales...
Lovely video! I hope you come back some day 🙂
Thank you! Applause like this warms my heart... and makes me want to make more videos (and yes, I do want to return to Oz one day for another visit)
One of the last cities people normally visit and you should try visiting is Perth. If you go to Perth one day I’d really like and most recommend you to go to Rottnest Island because it is the only place in the world where you can get photos with the quokka aka the world’s happiest animal.
quoakkas! I really wanted to see them. They're like walking, living Japanese mascots with the cutest smiles.... My biggest regret was not seeing them on this trip.
@@amusingaida Well you wouldn’t have been able to see them in Sydney because you can only see them on Rottnest Island in Perth which is on the other side of the country. Watch some videos of people who visited Rottnest Island and spent time with the Quokka which I hope to see you do someday.
@@aaron6963
You can see them in Taronga Zoo mate.
@@AUmarcus See them as in getting together with them and I’ve not been or seen people able do that in zoos like I have Rottnest Island.
@@aaron6963
Taronga Western Plains has a walk-through exhibit and the animals are either from Rottnest or bred from Rottnest animals. Featherdale wildlife park in Sydney also has a quokka petting enclosure.
I prefer Brisbane and the Gold Coast. A bit slower than Sydney and not as big so easier to get around.
You would have noticed at least a bit of QLD in the video then, even if I didn't make it to those hotspots. Hey, I did what I could. I wasn't going to buy a van and go on tour (as tempting as that sounds). Some of us have pets in Europe to get back to.
Australia is Gorgeous
🩷🩷🩵🩵💜💜
Isn't it? I loved it!
Many World War One soldiers who managed to return home raved about the beauty of the French countryside…. Until they reached
the north of course.Many of them call France home now.
Shame it took a war to broaden personal horizons like that....
Good to see you avoided the crocs 😉 If you overindulged with the 'Amber nectar' and 'Barbie's' you might not fit into your 'Tracki daks' anymore! A really good channel for Aussie slang is 'Aussie man' most entertaining.
Thanks, I might check that channel out
agree with the previous comment, your style is refreshing
That's lovely to hear. Makes all the filming and editing worthwhile!
GDAY AIDA,YOU ARE AN AWESOME AMBASSADOR FOR FRANCE
Thanks! Now what do I have to do to also be an ambassador for Oz?
@@amusingaida THATS EASY, MARRY ME.
@@mattmaher2633Sir Les Patterson beat you to the proposal
I am binging your work. Vous etes vrai francaise. And brilliant
batchelors hand bag - pre cooked chicken in a takeaway bag
Haha -- Australian argot will never cease to amaze (and confound)
"Trackie Dacks" are Tracksuit trousers, worn Athletically .. or casually.
As I found out. Yeah. Kinda a weird term though.
It's a big country & you didn't show much. That donut you speak of has no hole in the centre, the centre is where the soul of Australia is
I see I only got to nibble at the periphery of the soul, where Australia's population lives.
Dont get hooked on the pokies,but keep drinking 4x no worries mate.
Haha, you can keep the pokies. Wouldn't mind an Aussie beer though
Ok...
Loved ya take on us😁
And probably one of the Best reactions through just who ya are as a person!..
But...
You came down here to see Aus and while thats a Big part... Ya missed the assignment Girl ! Lol
You both NEED to come back and do NT, Darwin and Perth....
Nah excuses
Get ya Butts Back n do it Proper!
There is obviously so much more to see Down Under. I ran out of time. But I like that you enjoyed what I did manage to observe. If only I had enough time and money to do so many countries the "proper" way (not only Australia -- also maybe Japan, Spain, Brazil, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ireland, the US, Bolivia, Iceland, Rwanda, Vietnam... and that's just for starters)
So the British .. find a tropical paradise where its sunny all the time *well mostly, they send their convicts there ..
well Florida was no longer an option as a sunny prison destination at that point in history...
Great video, actually the convict time was a huge failure, many were released immediately to work and many made a lot of money, got land and wrote to their friends in England who immediately started committing crimes in order to get transported 😂😂
A felonious farming opportunity!
the french had a little problem called A REVOLUTION> DO you remember, when if you were unpopular you got your head chopped off. ?????? so civilized. Yes are are influenced by our cousins The American.. But we hold the British in our hearts.
Actually the French had a couple of revolutions. And thanks to one of them you can eat lobster thermidor.
As a new viewer to your channel Aida, might I add as an American a big merci beaucoup to your fine country. Without those lovely Gauls from France (as well as the Dutch & the Spaniards), we wouldn't have won our _OWN_ Revolution. I just discovered your fine content tonight. Great channel. 👍
@@He_Loves_Horror The expressions of thanks flow the other way when French towns thank the US army for its role in WWII. And the American cemetery in Normandy stands testament to that. So glad you found my channel and found you like it. It's lovely to hear that it's being seen in the US.
God bless you as well once again, Aida. Indeed: Our two countries share a history as both of our lands have a lot to be thankful for. God bless France as well. I've also seen the cemeteries visit two years ago when Marie from the popular channel "FrenchTastic Explorations" went there on her visit. I'm not ashamed to admit I had a cry watching that video. Was truly touching.
I also enjoyed Marie's latest which, oddly enough, was a visit to my birth city of Nashville, Tennessee (wherein I was born there in 1983). Oui, I've enjoyed your channel a lot so far. Cheers from the United States! Bonne nuit🛏😴💤
Fun vid and easy to watch
Thanks. It's great you enjoyed it.
Yeah nah is actually kiwi, but we are used to Straya stealing kiwi things
Yeah? Nah! Really? You mean it's the Russell Crowe of Aussie phrases?
We don't drive on the wrong side of the road, we drive on the opposite side
On the opposite-to-right side of the road then?
And ... who is your videographer ? And do you guide visitors. ?
Guide people? No! I barely have enough time to get to the supermarket, forget about showing people around individually...
How are you in Paris today?
Doing great, thanks
"TOO EASY" is a relatively new " thing" from the Eastern States. West Australians are far more civilised. And couth.
It's new is it? I didn't know, just heard it everywhere I went.
Nothing screams tourist more than someone eating a sausage roll with a knife and folk😮
But, but, but... my little fingers would be covered with grease and tomato sauce otherwise!
I thought it was funny and cute eating a meat pie and sausage roll with a knife and fork, but an Aussie telling the French about cuisine dose not quite sound right does it.
@@Batfink11You can have it. I'm sure I probably drank the beer incorrectly too, to an Australian
I never met a French tourist who was not arrogant.
I shall sit back with my glass of Champagne and my insouciant air and ponder whether I care to reply to that.
It’s called XXXX because Queenslanders can’t spell beer.
I surmise that you are 1) a NSWelshperson or Victorian poking friendly fun at the north-of-the-border types or 2) a Queenslander brandishing the sort of humour I came to love during my stay there
sad to hear it is a lot like America.
Just as a first impression, from a European perspective. My American and Australian friends will be quick to point out differences.
@@amusingaida I´m from the UK and many years ago, I had a fascination with Australia and wanted to move there despite never having been there! I never did go and ended up in lots of other places. However, now, I feel that Australia is just a bit too far away from my friends, family, and from most other countries! Also, I keep hearing that the cities are a lot like the US with a lot of boring suburbs and strip malls and the weather is too hot! So I still haven´t been there and no longer feel like making the trip, but it´s nice to see your video :)
Well, I'd say it's worth visiting Australia, especially if you're from the UK. In some ways (not all!) it's like viewing a mirror image of Britain that is sunny, friendly, coastal and with great food and wine....
@@amusingaida I´m sure there are good reasons to visit Australia, but I´m not sure it´s like Britain really...and the mentality of the people is quite different too. From the videos snd TV documentaries that I have seen, New Zealand reminds a lot of England and the people seem more similar to the British than Australians. Most people tend to say that Austalia is a lot like the US and NZ is a lot like England. I doubt I will go to either, but I do appreciate the videos.
Queenslanders call it four X because they can't spell beer.
I have heard people say that. But what would VB say about Victorians? Only half as many letters....
XXXX is because Queenslanders cannot spell BEER.
Inside joke, I'm sure. Maybe you just can't understand when they spell beer because their mouths are full... with beer?
nOT all aUSTRALIAN PUBS IN ALL STATES
Is that right? I didn't make it to all states (or territories for that matter).... But I did get the impression that the states have a fair bit of say over the rules and regulations on their territory...
Um... No. Normal creatures.
Sooo driving on the right is for peasants… so driving on the left is high end . Ok
Soooo high end, yup -- for Australians, Indians, Japanese, Hong-Kongers, Kenyans, South Africans. I have to say, though, I'm not sure what car-as-status will mean in the years ahead when it's all automated automobiles, no drivers.
Oh Wow !!! full disclosure >> I'm an aussie >> this video was just awful !! full of inaccuracies, stereotypes >> cringe worthy !!
I feel complete
Forget Sydney. It’s all fake. Come to Melbourne (recently declared by the Bureau of Statistics as the largest city in Australia). No beaches (well lousy bay beaches), poor weather, surly people, but it’s real. I think we’re much more cultured and civilised than those money-obsessed Sydney-siders. I haven’t been there for years and hope not to go there again as long as I can avoid it.
I would have loved to have seen Melbourne. I hear the coffee might be even better than Sydney's 😉. But... a big country, fairly expensive domestic plane tickets and simply not enough time. I would have also loved to have seen Tasmania and Canberra (a city born of a concept sounds interesting -- like Brasilia) and maybe Perth. Maybe on a future trip!
Tasmania is my favourite place in Australia. It’s just so beautiful. The last time I was there I went to cradle mountain and it was snowing and there were wombats grazing around. I used to live in Canberra. It’s just like a giant office really. The National Gallery there is decent and Parliament House is worth a look. It’s only a three hour bus trip from Sydney. It is outrageous how expensive it is to fly between Melbourne and Sydney. It’s expensive to fly anywhere really. Yeah, you can drive, but you need time. It is actually nice to drive from Sydney to Melbourne via Canberra and stop at some towns along the way. The ferry between Melbourne and Tasmania is reasonable as well.
@@jamesfahey7188 You're lucky to have seen all that. I'll just have to content myself with Europe...
Ha! Not really. Like so many Australians I have seen more of Europe than Australia. Australians always defer seeing their own country.
But also forgot to add that the production values of this video were excellent! It was well scripted, well put together and engaging. It would be good to get a French take on places closer to home. Like France and Germany so close and yet so far away. Maybe? Maybe not?
How sad you learnt nothing of the First Nations people and the fact Australia didn't start when colonised. We have the oldest existing People, culture, spiritualism and diverse languages in the world. How sad you didn't get the opportunity to learn and experience how unique Australia is and that we are far more than a British colony.
Valid point. Glad you saw my superficial video anyway (I wasn't trying for a treatise)
Pokies only in Eastern Australia
Really? I didn't know that (would have loved to have seen Perth, Kakadu, Adelaide, Tasmania... but not enough time!)
You need to worry about the dreaded .. "Drop-Bears"!!! Like huge Koalas but man-eating.... Lol
I thought they were extinct.... eaten by the hoop snakes?
@@amusingaidaWell-researched answer, gets a thumbs-up from me.