I remember the first time I went to America I met a teacher and, as I was one too, we started chatting. I mentioned that I was on a six month break and travelling the world. I told her I was on long service leave. She had no idea what long service leave was so I explained that after 10 years you get extra paid leave so my six months travelling was on full pay. She was flabbergasted and could not believe it.
Dusty Rich - funny how you did not tell her that long service leave is a component of *public services*, and not seen in the private sector at all. There is a reason you get paid less as a public school teacher in Australia - you do get some of your salary and leave benefits only after 10 slave years and while it is well marketed as a PS benefit, your actual cash in hand is lower throughout those 10 years.
@@dumdumbrown4225 Sorry, but no. If you've been with the same employer for 10 years, you're entitled to 2 months paid leave - that's ANY employer (at least in NSW)
@@dumdumbrown4225 You need to join your union son. Long service leave is the norm in the private sector. I don't know what award you're working under but you should check it out.
My favorite Aussie bird sound is magpies singing in the night......the most beautiful sound on Earth. Second to that is Victoria's bell birds singing in the Dandenong Ranges........
What got me was how hard everyone there works also with absolutely no free health care. I believe everyone should be able to access basic health care for nothing. Imagine being in an accident in the US and the ambulance leaves you there as you have no private health cover, nuts. No country is perfect.
Just came across this video. I've read a lot of the comments and I can honestly say you 2 are the most humble people I've ever watched. You tried all different things we in Australia have to offer. I'm glad you enjoyed your time here and hope you are able to return under different circumstances. Stay safe.
@@twotravelingkings It's because up until recent times we had fairly large Unions who made sure their members (the workers) were well represented. It is (was) the view of most Australians that 'working people' had worth .. and were entitled to share in at least part of the wealth created. It was not sufficient for a worker to only receive a wage increase or additional benefits at the whim of the employer. We believe that when running your own business/company you are entitled to much greater reward, however, it's been through workers that they have gotten to that position. Australian 'values' are generally based on 'fairness' .. whereas from what we have seen in places like the US .. it's ALL about money. Your value is based on how large your bank balance is. Because many countries have a 'fairness' based attitude, it is very difficult for us to understand how, for example, the wealthiest country in the world, does NOT have a decent medical system and social welfare system for it's citizens.
Hannah Jordan wrong unless your a full time temp, your not paid for public holidays, sick leave and annual leave. It’s not law. It’s a condition that’s in an agreement.
MusicManMaurice if you are full time on going employee. So where is the law that states casuals, temps and part timers are entitled to four weeks annual leave. I have been a casual worker for 8 years at the same work place and get my breaks, weekends, but no four weeks annual leave. No paid public holidays. It’s only law for full time on going. If it was the law we would be all getting 4 weeks leave. But all don’t. There a strong movement for full time casuals to be given leave up to four weeks after 12 months. So until it’s for all, it’s not standard and not law, as yet maybe one day.
G B - - that’s a fallacy. Australians work their a**es off, and those who’re forced to take leave are those working in companies that are reducing liabilities i.e. paid leave etc. Australia doesn’t really attract quality immigrants for a reason - the number of PhDs leaving Oz for the USA is testament to that - despite COVID-19. So, in the USA, companies are free to offer their staff what suits them. Despite what we Aussies think, skilled staff in the USA get fantastic working conditions that we simply don’t see here in Oz.
@@dumdumbrown4225 I've worked with researchers who have left Australia for the US to work... It's got fuck all to do with conditions - it's got to do with the US being a bigger country and having more opportunities for research funding and access to the facilities that result from that. The vast majority of them come back.
Just to confirm, that's four weeks annual leave payed ,per year and after ten years, you get thirteen weeks paid leave, there are ten public holidays each year, seven are a three day weekend, things cost more, but Australians are paid more, and we have a minimum wage set by law, across the country, every state and territory.
Its actually better than that...in the 10th year you get the 4 weeks plus the extra 13 weeks....also if you are registered with your employer on 24/7 rotating shifts ...the 4 weeks becomes 5 weeks...(from the first year ) typically nurses or after hours maintainers get this.
@Aussie Pom true I just didn't want to totally freak people out... Plus the accumulated sick leave... I used up more than a thousand hours over my last 2 years...
@@twotravelingkings It never really leaves you either. You see aussies coming back after years abroad and you would not be able to tell that they left for a day. There is something inherently catchy about a "G'day". Anyway, good to see we got some new mates from across the pond.
@@twotravelingkingsYou've done very well here. I've been here 43 years and have raised two kids here, but I still can't stand it. If you haven't grown up with it, it's hard to take to. Same for cricket and rugby (both of them!).
really enjoyed this video.. thanks 😀 school term here starts at the end of january. basically 10 weeks of school, 2 weeks break, 10 weeks of school, 2 weeks break and so on till mid december where they get 6 weeks break until the end of jan the following year. it's a good system, as it gives the parents some break too from doing school lunches, pick ups, drop offs, helping with homework 🙂
@@twotravelingkings I guess it would have been even harder to figure out the school schedule when it was shutdown at an unusual time during the lock-down period! But pretty much what Sylvia said, our school schedule follows the calendar year which fits nicely with our seasons (summer being at the beginning/end of the year for us in the Southern Hemisphere). School starts at the start of the year, and ends at the end! It just seems totally illogical to us that you'd start school in September!?? 🤨
Australia rocks. I was very fortunate to marry a lovely Aussie girl and got the hell out of California. I now live in Sydney and love every second of it. Took me a while to adjust, but it's such a great lifestyle down here. LA sucks.
Long service leave kicks in after 10 years with the same employer. It's 12 weeks and accumulates at 2 weeks per year thereafter. I did 30 years in my first job and took 7 months off at full pay. Some companies will let you take it at half pay which gives you twice as much time.
That is fantastic! We hope you did some fun things and enjoyed all of that well deserved paid time off. Australia is definitely doing it right when it comes to vacation time and work life balance. Thanks for watching! 😊
That depends on what industry you work in.Its 8 years in my industry and you don’t have to be with the one employer and it’s 13 weeks long service leave after 8 years. I also get 5 weeks annual leave a year
@@davidjohnston7512 So you get 13 weeks LSL after 8 years in the industry even if you've had umpteen different employers? What industry is that? Say you've been with your 6th employer for only 3 weeks when your 8 years is up, does he have to pay you for 13 weeks off? If not, who does?
Thank you for immersing yourself in our Australian way of life. It is refreshing to watch a couple of our overseas neighbours not only actually integrate, and absorb the lifestyle, but feel free enough to comment freely and in an unbiased manner. I really like your positive and honest approach. I'd love to see you back in Australia whenever you can make it.
Thanks for the kind words! We love to travel that way, Australia was good to us. We also loved living in England. Great to experience how other people live outside your bubble wherever it is 😊
Tobias is spot on. You're welcome over here in the West anytime you want to make the trip. PS: Might have to wait til after the PLAGUE has subsided. :-(
I came to Australia in November 2019, as a self-funded retiree. I became an Australian Citizen in January 2021, because I had sufficient funs as to never have to rely upon the welfare system. The first year I was here, I had to pay two lots of Taxes, one to the USA and the other to Australia. I have investments, which brings me a very nice income. A nice garden and plenty of tropical fruits, which I enjoy. I have settled in well, having a "Mate" from the Vietnam conflict, who has welcomed me into the local community. I have settled in well, but cannot wait for my Granson and his family to visit me once this pandemic is over. A hell of a beautiful place to live.
That's awesome Wayne. I'm in the process of trying to immigrate to Australia and getting a visa as a US citizen. Been here my whole life and I don't feel like my life is getting far in the US is it should. Especially quality of life and other reasons. I lost my job before the pandemic and a job offer. My heart is telling me to go to Australia and I'm Hispanic. I have my degree as well. I hate the work lifestyle here and how crap people that work in this country are treated. Inflation and other stuff aren't cutting it for me. I called and emailed the United Nations in NYC by Manhattan about my way of getting a visa for Australia so I can work and live there. Still waiting to see as well. I really want to go to Australia and try it out there for myself. After seeing videos of the country, I really like it for many reasons. Work Life balance, it's always warm, the weather climate is better, it's so chill out there and quality of life is better while you get a month off of work. 4 weeks off and in America you get two weeks. I know a few people that live in Australia because of my dad so I could actually do this. How is it for you and best tips? I got paper and documents to get a visa as well, so I wouldn't be undocumented. Please let me know how it was for you when you were in US and Australia. Thanks
Australia doesn't really have much BBQ as a takeaway food. We're expected to cook that ourselves. I would love to have more authentic Mexican restaurants here, we have far too few.
@@margaretcaine4219 I love how you just threw every cuisine from Malaysia to Iraq as "Asian" as if thats as signular as French. So fucking ignorant, not to mention so offensive to Mexico
Here’s some background for Australia’s 13 weeks of long service leave after 10 years on the job (it was originally after 15 years) Most Aussies had family in Europe which took 6 weeks to get to by ship. 6 weeks there, 6 weeks back, 1 week spent with your family. And at the time, most union reps were English, and it was the unions that negotiated the leave.
So amazed at how well you guys have understood things here - indicated by you saying Rugby League rather than just Rugby which is what most Americans say, and of course it is different. Having lived in Texas for 7 years I can tell you American football fans find Rugby League easy to understand and enjoy. Such a shame that the season was cut off. You would have loved it. There is a small following of American football here. I have followed it since the mid 80's and knew it well by the time we lived in Texas. However, most people are exactly as you described them - don't care. Shame your cricket match cut rained out, I think you would have enjoyed that too. You were obviously at a Big Bash game and they are a lot of fun.
Thanks for the kind words 😊 We did our best to learn as much as we could, and there were plenty of Rugby League fans where we worked who were happy to tell us all about it. Next time we are back we'll be sure to watch all the sports we can't here in America 🏉🏏
Rain was a blessing for you, watching cricket is like watching grass grow. The 1 day matches are ok. The test matches... Shoot yourself in the balls. Its the one kind of ball tampering that is accepted at a cricket match, the officials will understand.
Regarding food, there is much more than just chains. Loads of cafes and restaurants. Most Aussies would uses chain food places as a last resort. Definitely plenty of pizza. If you can't find pizza, you're not looking. And again, don't go for Dominos or Pizza Hut when there are so many of what you guys would call "Mom and Pop" restaurants.
Agreed, Australia is much more than chain restaurants and we enjoyed lots of local spots while we were there! We tried a few different pizza shops (never Dominos or Pizza Hut) but there is just something different about American pizza that we didn't find. If you had any favorite places we'd love to try on our next trip! Thanks for watching 😊
@@twotravelingkings Yes, most Aussies prefer healthy food from cafes and bakeries during the day. We tend to avoid if not despise unhealthy American fast food, and eat it only as an ocasional convenience or treat. The major chains have been pushed by the public to change their menus to adapt to our desire for healthier options and sources, like free range eggs.
Two Traveling Kings whenever we see American pizza on movies it’s looks thin, floppy, cheesy or greasy. (With no toppings) Aussies love toppings on Pizzas and many prefer bbq sauce base to the marinara tomato sauce base.
@@twotravelingkings Actually, a pizza restaurant in Melbourne has won best pizza in the world at the championships in Parma, Italy: 400 Gradi in Brunswick.
Same where I live in the US. The part where there's plenty of mom and pop kind. Like even in my town of like 1000 people. I always order extra sauce, less cheese and pepperoni and/or sausage. Pineapple is an abomination. I read if you order pineapple on one in Italy people will be offended and insult you.
The retail shops don't have two week shutdown periods during Christmas and Easter. They only shutdown during Christmas Day, Boxing Day for some shops and Easter Day. Not to mention New Year's Day for most shops and Australia Day.
Enjoyed your video ! Paid Long service leave ( LSL ) was legislated in the 1950's, it allowed British Civil Servants to sail home to the UK and return without losing their jobs. The states in Australia vary slightly, but it is between 2-3 months paid leave after 10 consecutive years of working with the same employer. It's fantastic !! Glad you enjoyed our place Downunder :D
I live in Sydney myself. Glad you enjoyed it. I went to the states for the first time last year and there were so many similarities but the differences were also massive. Glad you enjoyed yourselves
Bummer you missed seeing an Aussie Rules and NRL game - a highlight of my trip to the US was seeing a college baseball game - maybe next time, so great you had a list of local activities tho, love it!
We really loved our time in Australia and getting to meet Australians. We're so grateful for the Work and Holiday Visa that allowed us to have this experience! We'll definitely be back one day 😊
Well it depends which part of Sydney, for me it's Eastwood for Chinese/Korean (Chinese west side of station, Korean east side of station), Harris Park for Indian, Auburn for Middle Eastern.
Low wages and barely any vacation time, and thousands of locals waiting right behind you to take your job if you slip even once, and hardly any unfair dismissal rights compared to Australia is what made the USA the economic powerhouse it is today.. When you can legally treat people like shit, you can create an unbeatable economy..
Yeah. In Kenya, at the equator, there are kids who swear they can demonstrate the difference by walking 10 metres in either direction. That's ridiculous, of course, but it looks very convincing!
I am 69 years old in America, I was on "Vacation" once in my whole life. a 1 week trip to drive a friend who was moving. I got to see the ocean. . . that was 30 years ago.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Your "How's it going, mate?" and "Yeah, nah" were pretty good! Glad you enjoyed your time here & sorry COVID cut it short.
Thanks for your kind words about Australia. You are welcome to return anytime! I do think your contract work did allow you to be quite relaxed at work - unfortunately a large part of the professional population work crazy hours, incredibly rare to work 9 - 5pm. I do agree though that, in the workplace, people are professional but relaxed and open. More inclined to speak openly with each other and share a laugh. Its a very Australian thing to be suspicious of anyone who behaves as if they have more power than you, so are work managers and CEOs are often very friendly and down to earth. I hope, since you posted this, that you have now had some great pizza! Not many Aust suburbs don't have a pizza place and if you want somewhere in Sydney for great Italian food head to Leichhardt.
I know the toilet in this video was a joke but the original spin direction being different is a fallacy. The Coriolis (A bit too close to something else) is too weak to change the water direction. It is the bowl shape and water source that determines it. Australia was the place that first pushed the 8 hour work day.
In the real world that's true, in a controlled experiment with all extraneous influences removed observation proves that drains do consistently drain in different directions in the two hemispheres. The same effect on a larger scale is shown by cyclones which are counterclockwise-rotating storms in the Northern Hemisphere but rotate clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
@@youreworthyourweightinavoc7189, oh Yeah, what exactly do you call hunting and gathering to survive, play? Hunter-Gatherers had very little leisure time, they were usually doing something productive, or waiting for the right time of day to hunt. People today have more spare time than anyone from the past, modern gadgets are labour and time-saving devices, never have Humans had it so easy.
Talking about work and time off. Fellow Americans would be surprised to find out what we get here for mat leave. When I tell my friends that in America I only got 6 weeks and I worked up to the day I had my baby they were surprised! Here they usually stop work about month before the baby is due and many will take anywhere from 6 month to 2 years mat leave!
That is amazing and how it should be. The US is definitely behind the times and behind Australia when it comes to work and time off. Thanks for watching and sharing! 😊
I went and saw Isaac Butterfield (Australian comedian & RUclipsr) when he did his first tour through Gympie. During a photo op - he asked if I enjoyed the show. My response was something like "Yeah na, na Yeah - it was great mate". My Scottish brain said - what the hell was that. But I reckon it must show that I've been naturalised in my time here! I love Australia!!!
@@twotravelingkings Those two expressions are considered a bit .. Bogan .. ☺ .. so sometimes said a bit mockingly or when being deliberately "Aussie ". All part of our ongoing self-deprecation! Love your videos! Australia's loss.
I was a professional firefighter for 24 years. Us fireys had an unwritten rule.... you don’t go sick... when you’re sick. You save them for when you need them.... like parties etc. 😂😂
Part of the reason for the work/life balance and good holiday/leave entitlements are due to a more active trade union culture in Aus. It’s not as influential as it was but unions still have a say in industrial relations. Unions were suppressed in the US in the early 20th century and while they weren’t eliminated there has been a stronger belief there in individual freedom/responsibly. I am generalising and I don’t want to get all ideological but that’s what makes experiencing other cultures so interesting - discovering similarities and differences. I’m glad you guys have enjoyed your stay here. I’ve always enjoyed my visits to the US.
Definitely agree, getting to learn about new places is part of why we love traveling. It's always good to expand your knowledge and change you perspective. Glad you've enjoyed your time in the US and thanks for watching! 😊
Dūm Dūm Brown no doubt eventually. But my instance I’ve been there 20 years and my leave accrual is now at 26 weeks.... so they need me to start shedding it. I’d take 6 months off but no point now as can’t travel. 😩😩😩
Most of the places I worked wouldnt let me accrue more than 12-16 weeks at a time. I used to get forced to used my RDOs whenever I had more than 60 hrs up. It sucks being forced on leave when you don't want to be
Australia has Taco Bell, but there is only like 6-8 restaurants in the whole country. I really like Taco Bell, but I think Guzman’s is more popular. I think the one at North Lakes was built in 2018.
I get 5 weeks paid leave per year. 14 sick days. My birthday off. Paid Christmas week closure. Plus the normal public holidays. It probably works out at about 2 months off (if I take some sick days)
I spent a 4th July in New York in the mid 2000s and I found it hot but the humidity was absolutely unbelievable, does not get that humid in Sydney, but we don't get their winters thank God! Also a company I work for the leave you don't use rolls over to the following year so have more leave and the same with sick leave.
We had an America friend stay who spread Vegemite like jam. We gave each other a sideways glance and waited for his reaction then laughed our arses off.
@@twotravelingkings I was in DC travelling and wandered into a College bar in Georgetown, as soon as they heard my accent I never paid for another drink all night. had a great time.
The AFL is phenomenal. I've been watching it for years. It's on TV here in the US on Fox sports channels.. You have to be a night owl or wake up at 4:30 AM.
Before I retired I got 10 weeks annual leave per year on full pay PLUS 17.5% leave loading. Unused annual leave was cumulative, I would use half my leave each year the remainder I would let build up then take 6 month blocks off work. This does not include long service leave and sick leave both are cumulative. Any unused leave including sick leave is paid out in cash on resignation.
@@barrymcdonald9868 I’m not sure where you are located, but I’m not shitting you, you are free to look up the award agreement for Paramedics in Australia’s Northern Territory and do the math yourself. I worked for the NT Ambulance Service from 1980 until I retired. The 10 weeks wade of 6 weeks basic ARL plus 2 weeks compensation for working Sundays and Public Holidays plus 2 weeks in compensation for working rotating 24-7 shifts 4 days on 4 days off.
@@PhotogNT hardly the norm in Australia, no wonder the NT is in such financial turmoil.....when we talk of standard conditions, of course if hours/days of work exceed the standard the benefits will exceed normal but don't bullshit to portray them as common place unless you are just trying to do so
@@barrymcdonald9868 nowhere did say it was the norm in Australia if you look at my first comment I said “When I retired” anyway as you are so closed minded I will not be commenting further to anymore comments from yourself.
Hi guys, I’m from Sydney. You are correct most of us don’t care at all about American football. As a Sydney sider also don’t care about AFL Melbourne football. NRL though is a different matter. A lot of NSW are hard core NRL supporters. I think most of us love Asian food but most BBQ happens at home. Aussie BBQ, Lebanese BBQ etc.
@@twotravelingkings As you may have heard most of Sydney is in lockdown now ! Hopefully we can be open to welcome you back next year, won’t happen this year!!
@@twotravelingkings Ausie r also entitled to long service leave on full pay A bit of a bummer though as you only get payed your full normal pay unlike your entitled 3 week annual leave where they get an extra 7.5% pay loading.
@@twotravelingkings An RDO is normally given by flexible employers in lieu of working longer days. My brother, for instance, works 9 hour days but gets every second Monday off (his own choice), because it still works out to be an 80 hour fortnight. Not all employers are willing/able to be this flexible, but it's getting more common :)
Chock-a-block comes from the days of sailing ships. A block is a pulley, and two are combined with rope to form a block and tackle. A pulley system for hoisting spars aloft and adjusting the rigging. When the two blocks are brought together, the tackle is said to be "Choc-a-block. So it means full up or gone as far as it will go.
@@twotravelingkings hope you guys get to come back and finish the Australian journey. My goal was to take the family and live in fthe USA for awhile, however, it never worked out for us. All the best.
I can tell you now, you get asked if you're from Canada because the two of you are way more soft-spoken than most Americans. I fully would have assumed you were Canadians if it hadn't said USA in the title; high volume and overbearing enthusiasm are the hallmarks of Americans the world over, but thankfully this video was delightful for having neither. (Aussies are pretty loud too, but I'm from NZ and we prefer things mellow as we're like the Canada to Australia's USA.)
6:36 Australia has Taco Bell. Check out Townsville, QLD. GyG isn't even Mexican food. I'm from California and GyG or even Zambrero's are just done wrong lol. I'm still in Australia and did my work for a 2nd year. So glad I didn't return to the US.
Ahh good to know! Guzman isn't like home but it scratches the itch when we crave it! Unfortunately we will be leaving Australia soon but hope you continue to enjoy Australia and stay safe. Thanks for watching 😊
I (Logan) had the opportunity to work in the UK on an international assignment. I was there for a year and Jenny was there with me for a few months. One of our favorite places we have lived!
@@twotravelingkings " Don't take your work home with you" is different from 'working from home' . The expression " Don't take your work home with you" means to leave the
@@twotravelingkings I hear ya! Things will get better. I was meant to be coming to the US later this year to visit a cousin that lives in Texas. I'll get there eventually, safe travels
Let us know your favorite pizza place, we'll be sure to check it out next time we're there! We loved the coffee in Australia, loved flat whites and being able to grab a quality coffee at any local little corner cafe. Australia does coffee right! Thanks for watching 😊
With the holidays or time off(based on how it works for people at school) the year starts in December and we get the whole month of January off of school then in the start of February school starts back up again and is divided into 4 seperate terms. The terms arnt allways divided perfectly even and can fluctuate with the amount of weeks for that term but to help u get a better understanding. For the most part each term has 10 consecutive weeks separated by a 2 week holiday or break, I don't quite know the dates of when this starts and stops but in the start of February u go to school for 10 weeks then a 2 week break then term 2 starts and u go to school for 10 weeks then get 2 weeks off of school then term 3 starts and u go to school for 10 weeks then get 2 weeks off between term 3 and 4 then u go to school for 10 weeks but at the end of term 4 which ends around the 15th of December u then get 6 weeks of until the start of February comes back around
@@theskiesahead795 Yep. Over here in the West, we can pretty easily suss out an intruder from Queersland, New South, or elsewhere over there, as soon as he/she opens his/he mouth!
Just one little thing that no-one ever seems to say about food. WTF is it about Orange cheese in the US? Don't Americans realise that it's just added food colouring?
Really good point actually, we enjoyed how fresh the cheese was in Australia! Did not miss those plastic wrapped Kraft singles one bit (even though we don't actually eat them 😊)
Australia’s long service leave was initially created prior to air travel. 3 months paid time off was given after 12 years service so you could travel back home to England and back by ship. Thankfully we still enjoy it today, as well as 10 public holidays, 10 sick/personal days off, 4 weeks holiday all these days are paid of course and many workplaces also have a rostered day off fortnightly or monthly.
@@twotravelingkings Just letting you know for future reference someone will make it clear if they are genuinely angrily swearing or just muckin around.
'kin' oath, we swear like a nation of 'kin' drunken sailors. I personally try not to use bad language in front of my yuong grandchildren. BTW, you two are the most likeable Seppos (Americans) I've ever seen on YT. Glad you've enjoyed the cultural differences. Pity about the COVID, 'kin' things up for you.
@@giovannimorrisone483 I think the trouble most foreigners have is understanding the tone, we all know that if you're my best mate I'll call you f#ckface, but if you're my worst enemy I'll also call you f#ckface, but in a different tone. Idiosyncrasies are vital to understanding Australian culture.
Before I retired, I worked in Western NSW. I was entitled to 6 weeks per year Annual Leave, plus 6 weeks every 10 years Long Service Leave, if you had been with the one employer for that time.
It probably does sound silly since we had some delicious brick oven style pizza in Sydney but the pizza we talk about missing is the NY style pizza we grew up on. Hard to explain it it's just a very specific type of pizza that's difficult to replicate outside of the Northeastern part of the US. You may still think we're crazy, but that's okay. Thanks for watching! 😊
@@twotravelingkings I've always thought Australian pizza is pretty bad. We're sorry! 😁 Send some of your American/Italian pizza chefs down to us, I bet we'd love American style pizza. I'd love to see some more Mexican food, too! (We might have just solved America's immigration problem!)
@@twotravelingkings ahh I see, yes new York pizza is different and we don't have anything like it. We did have one in Darlinghurst but it went bust sadly.
2TK - A question. Have you spent all your time in Sydney or have you been able to get out to other places like the Kimberley, Kakadu, Flinders Ranges, Great Ocean Rd etc ?
We worked in Sydney, planned on seeing more of Australia after our work contracts ended but that was when lockdown began unfortunately 😔 we'll make it back sometime!
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I remember the first time I went to America I met a teacher and, as I was one too, we started chatting. I mentioned that I was on a six month break and travelling the world. I told her I was on long service leave. She had no idea what long service leave was so I explained that after 10 years you get extra paid leave so my six months travelling was on full pay. She was flabbergasted and could not believe it.
Hard to believe! Thanks for watching 😊
Dusty Rich - funny how you did not tell her that long service leave is a component of *public services*, and not seen in the private sector at all. There is a reason you get paid less as a public school teacher in Australia - you do get some of your salary and leave benefits only after 10 slave years and while it is well marketed as a PS benefit, your actual cash in hand is lower throughout those 10 years.
Dūm Dūm Brown you obvious live in the USofA, the greatest country on earth
@@dumdumbrown4225 Sorry, but no. If you've been with the same employer for 10 years, you're entitled to 2 months paid leave - that's ANY employer (at least in NSW)
@@dumdumbrown4225 You need to join your union son. Long service leave is the norm in the private sector. I don't know what award you're working under but you should check it out.
Can really tell your in Australia with all the lorikeet sounds in the background. I say that with my two rescue lorikeets sitting on me.
The birds are SO different in Australia compared to the US. It was fun to hear and see them. Thank you and your rescue lorikeets for watching! 😊
Sitting here in my backyard with lorikeets, cockies, galahs and 7 mating pairs of king parrot. All wild. Sounds like home.
@@frenchys_prospecting would be lovely unless u wanna sleep in
My favorite Aussie bird sound is magpies singing in the night......the most beautiful sound on Earth. Second to that is Victoria's bell birds singing in the Dandenong Ranges........
The best bird in Australia is a Willie Wag-Tail. Not scared of anything.
One of the most soft spoken Americans I have seen and heard...Almost mistook them for Canadians.
Thanks for watching 😊
@Ocean Blue Nope. Nepalese living in Australia.
lame sterotype
I thought maybe they were Canadians too
I remember going to the US in 95 and I got speaking to a lady a hotel we were staying at she was working three jobs to survive unbelievable
That's how it goes sometimes, thanks for watching!
What got me was how hard everyone there works also with absolutely no free health care. I believe everyone should be able to access basic health care for nothing. Imagine being in an accident in the US and the ambulance leaves you there as you have no private health cover, nuts. No country is perfect.
@@suziel2849 The ambulance wouldn't leave you. You just get a bill when you get back home.
Andrew Nystrom Ahh, thanks for info.
Just came across this video. I've read a lot of the comments and I can honestly say you 2 are the most humble people I've ever watched. You tried all different things we in Australia have to offer. I'm glad you enjoyed your time here and hope you are able to return under different circumstances. Stay safe.
Thanks so much Anthony! Loved our time in Australia and hope to be back soon! 😊
I was just sitting here hoping that they are able to re-start their work holiday visa considering Covid cut it short.
Am I the only one who is really interested in what people think of our country 😂 ? It’s so cool to know you guys are liking it here! 😄
We had a great time!
same tho
4 weeks holiday pay isn't just standard, it's the law!
Gotta love Australia! 😊
@@twotravelingkings It's because up until recent times we had fairly large Unions who made sure their members (the workers) were well represented. It is (was) the view of most Australians that 'working people' had worth .. and were entitled to share in at least part of the wealth created. It was not sufficient for a worker to only receive a wage increase or additional benefits at the whim of the employer. We believe that when running your own business/company you are entitled to much greater reward, however, it's been through workers that they have gotten to that position. Australian 'values' are generally based on 'fairness' .. whereas from what we have seen in places like the US .. it's ALL about money.
Your value is based on how large your bank balance is. Because many countries have a 'fairness' based attitude, it is very difficult for us to understand how, for example, the wealthiest country in the world, does NOT have a decent medical system and social welfare system for it's citizens.
Hannah Jordan wrong unless your a full time temp, your not paid for public holidays, sick leave and annual leave. It’s not law. It’s a condition that’s in an agreement.
MusicManMaurice so then it’s not standard and it’s not law, there are variations to the holiday leave.
MusicManMaurice if you are full time on going employee. So where is the law that states casuals, temps and part timers are entitled to four weeks annual leave.
I have been a casual worker for 8 years at the same work place and get my breaks, weekends, but no four weeks annual leave. No paid public holidays. It’s only law for full time on going. If it was the law we would be all getting 4 weeks leave. But all don’t. There a strong movement for full time casuals to be given leave up to four weeks after 12 months. So until it’s for all, it’s not standard and not law, as yet maybe one day.
New Zealand - "Land of the long white cloud."
Australia - "Land of the long weekend."
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So true
New Zealand have just as many days off as us lol
NZ has a public holiday called "the day after New Year's Day". You can't get much more shallow that that.
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thank you for your polite and genuine approach, you are not the typical yanks we meet on travels, you do your country proud, great ambassadors
Appreciate your kind words, thanks for watching ☺️
In Australia you work to live not live to work.
So well said and accurate yes! That was our impression completely.
G B - - that’s a fallacy. Australians work their a**es off, and those who’re forced to take leave are those working in companies that are reducing liabilities i.e. paid leave etc. Australia doesn’t really attract quality immigrants for a reason - the number of PhDs leaving Oz for the USA is testament to that - despite COVID-19. So, in the USA, companies are free to offer their staff what suits them. Despite what we Aussies think, skilled staff in the USA get fantastic working conditions that we simply don’t see here in Oz.
ok ok - spot on, mate.
@@dumdumbrown4225 Australia has 3.6 doctors per thousand which is 1.1 more than the US, 0.8 more than the UK and 0.4 more than the OECD average
@@dumdumbrown4225 I've worked with researchers who have left Australia for the US to work... It's got fuck all to do with conditions - it's got to do with the US being a bigger country and having more opportunities for research funding and access to the facilities that result from that.
The vast majority of them come back.
Just to confirm, that's four weeks annual leave payed ,per year and after ten years, you get thirteen weeks paid leave, there are ten public holidays each year, seven are a three day weekend, things cost more, but Australians are paid more, and we have a minimum wage set by law, across the country, every state and territory.
Good to know, thanks for watching! :)
Its actually better than that...in the 10th year you get the 4 weeks plus the extra 13 weeks....also if you are registered with your employer on 24/7 rotating shifts ...the 4 weeks becomes 5 weeks...(from the first year ) typically nurses or after hours maintainers get this.
@Jeff somersby its a great system. Government jobs pay the extra 13 weeks after 7 years...you don't usually get the bonus 17% on those tho.
@Aussie Pom true I just didn't want to totally freak people out... Plus the accumulated sick leave... I used up more than a thousand hours over my last 2 years...
In the Australian coal industry its 5 weeks annual leave and 13 weeks long service leave after 8 years.
You said "yeah nah".. maybe you were picking up more Aussie speach mannerisms than you thought... yeah, nah?
Aw yeah, our family and friends have called us out on it a bunch. We've carried it all the way back to the US with us! 😂
@@twotravelingkings It never really leaves you either. You see aussies coming back after years abroad and you would not be able to tell that they left for a day. There is something inherently catchy about a "G'day". Anyway, good to see we got some new mates from across the pond.
@@twotravelingkings Called you out on it heaps you mean, LOL
That 'how ya goin' was pretty spot on!
I felt so proud watching you make Vegemite on toast! And you do it properly! You are now honorary Aussies. ❤
Thank you so much! We're proud of how far we've come with our Vegemite skills! 😊
@@twotravelingkingsYou've done very well here. I've been here 43 years and have raised two kids here, but I still can't stand it. If you haven't grown up with it, it's hard to take to. Same for cricket and rugby (both of them!).
really enjoyed this video.. thanks 😀
school term here starts at the end of january. basically 10 weeks of school, 2 weeks break, 10 weeks of school, 2 weeks break and so on till mid december where they get 6 weeks break until the end of jan the following year. it's a good system, as it gives the parents some break too from doing school lunches, pick ups, drop offs, helping with homework 🙂
We never could quite get the schedule down since it's so different to the US. Thanks for explaining and watching! 😊
@@twotravelingkings it still works out to be the same 12 weeks' break that American kids get, just not all at once :)
@@twotravelingkings I guess it would have been even harder to figure out the school schedule when it was shutdown at an unusual time during the lock-down period! But pretty much what Sylvia said, our school schedule follows the calendar year which fits nicely with our seasons (summer being at the beginning/end of the year for us in the Southern Hemisphere). School starts at the start of the year, and ends at the end! It just seems totally illogical to us that you'd start school in September!?? 🤨
Australia rocks. I was very fortunate to marry a lovely Aussie girl and got the hell out of California. I now live in Sydney and love every second of it. Took me a while to adjust, but it's such a great lifestyle down here. LA sucks.
So great to hear that you're loving your aussie life! Thanks for watching 😊
Good onya mate
Bet you wish were anywhere else besides NSW right now with lockdown?? Keep safe, brother! 🇦🇺
@@Thisismyaccount82 I'm actually in Cairns at the moment. lol. But yeah, Sydney is getting hammered. Glad I'm not there.
@@te22a Cairns, noice!
Long service leave kicks in after 10 years with the same employer. It's 12 weeks and accumulates at 2 weeks per year thereafter. I did 30 years in my first job and took 7 months off at full pay. Some companies will let you take it at half pay which gives you twice as much time.
That is fantastic! We hope you did some fun things and enjoyed all of that well deserved paid time off. Australia is definitely doing it right when it comes to vacation time and work life balance. Thanks for watching! 😊
Long service leave is the result of convict times loosely speaking.
@@richardsmith748. No it's not Wanker.
That depends on what industry you work in.Its 8 years in my industry and you don’t have to be with the one employer and it’s 13 weeks long service leave after 8 years. I also get 5 weeks annual leave a year
@@davidjohnston7512 So you get 13 weeks LSL after 8 years in the industry even if you've had umpteen different employers? What industry is that? Say you've been with your 6th employer for only 3 weeks when your 8 years is up, does he have to pay you for 13 weeks off? If not, who does?
Thank you for immersing yourself in our Australian way of life. It is refreshing to watch a couple of our overseas neighbours not only actually integrate, and absorb the lifestyle, but feel free enough to comment freely and in an unbiased manner. I really like your positive and honest approach. I'd love to see you back in Australia whenever you can make it.
Thanks for the kind words! We love to travel that way, Australia was good to us. We also loved living in England. Great to experience how other people live outside your bubble wherever it is 😊
Tobias is spot on. You're welcome over here in the West anytime you want to make the trip. PS: Might have to wait til after the PLAGUE has subsided. :-(
I came to Australia in November 2019, as a self-funded retiree. I became an Australian Citizen in January 2021, because I had sufficient funs as to never have to rely upon the welfare system. The first year I was here, I had to pay two lots of Taxes, one to the USA and the other to Australia. I have investments, which brings me a very nice income. A nice garden and plenty of tropical fruits, which I enjoy. I have settled in well, having a "Mate" from the Vietnam conflict, who has welcomed me into the local community. I have settled in well, but cannot wait for my Granson and his family to visit me once this pandemic is over. A hell of a beautiful place to live.
Very cool! Yeah no matter where you are you gotta pay those US taxes
...great to have you and hope the family can get here soon. Interesting to note (for friends) that if you have sufficient funds age is not a barrier.
That's awesome Wayne. I'm in the process of trying to immigrate to Australia and getting a visa as a US citizen. Been here my whole life and I don't feel like my life is getting far in the US is it should. Especially quality of life and other reasons. I lost my job before the pandemic and a job offer. My heart is telling me to go to Australia and I'm Hispanic. I have my degree as well. I hate the work lifestyle here and how crap people that work in this country are treated. Inflation and other stuff aren't cutting it for me.
I called and emailed the United Nations in NYC by Manhattan about my way of getting a visa for Australia so I can work and live there. Still waiting to see as well. I really want to go to Australia and try it out there for myself. After seeing videos of the country, I really like it for many reasons. Work Life balance, it's always warm, the weather climate is better, it's so chill out there and quality of life is better while you get a month off of work. 4 weeks off and in America you get two weeks. I know a few people that live in Australia because of my dad so I could actually do this. How is it for you and best tips? I got paper and documents to get a visa as well, so I wouldn't be undocumented. Please let me know how it was for you when you were in US and Australia. Thanks
Australia doesn't really have much BBQ as a takeaway food. We're expected to cook that ourselves. I would love to have more authentic Mexican restaurants here, we have far too few.
Love our Mexican food 😊
Nah.Mexican food is peasant food.I definitely do not yearn for it. Give me French, Italian and Asian cuisines any day of the week.
@@margaretcaine4219 so, would or wouldn’t you try ratatouille. I only ask because it is technically both French and ‘peasant food’.
@@margaretcaine4219 What an ignorant comment!
@@margaretcaine4219 I love how you just threw every cuisine from Malaysia to Iraq as "Asian" as if thats as signular as French. So fucking ignorant, not to mention so offensive to Mexico
Here’s some background for Australia’s 13 weeks of long service leave after 10 years on the job (it was originally after 15 years)
Most Aussies had family in Europe which took 6 weeks to get to by ship.
6 weeks there, 6 weeks back, 1 week spent with your family. And at the time, most union reps were English, and it was the unions that negotiated the leave.
Good to know!
So amazed at how well you guys have understood things here - indicated by you saying Rugby League rather than just Rugby which is what most Americans say, and of course it is different. Having lived in Texas for 7 years I can tell you American football fans find Rugby League easy to understand and enjoy. Such a shame that the season was cut off. You would have loved it. There is a small following of American football here. I have followed it since the mid 80's and knew it well by the time we lived in Texas. However, most people are exactly as you described them - don't care. Shame your cricket match cut rained out, I think you would have enjoyed that too. You were obviously at a Big Bash game and they are a lot of fun.
Thanks for the kind words 😊 We did our best to learn as much as we could, and there were plenty of Rugby League fans where we worked who were happy to tell us all about it. Next time we are back we'll be sure to watch all the sports we can't here in America 🏉🏏
You watched cricket for 20min then it got rained out? You didn’t miss out on an Aussie experience, that IS the Aussie experience.
Haha fair enough! 😂
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Too right
Rain was a blessing for you, watching cricket is like watching grass grow.
The 1 day matches are ok. The test matches...
Shoot yourself in the balls.
Its the one kind of ball tampering that is accepted at a cricket match, the officials will understand.
It’s so cool to see some Americans that aren’t viewing life through a weird maniacal ‘USA number 1’ lens. Enjoy Australia, it’s an amazing place!
We consider ourselves well traveled Americans :) We loved living and working in England and Australia, and experiencing new cultures
@Aussie Pom Anyone over the age of 9 who wears his hat backwards looks an absolute fool who doesn't mind looking like one.
How many Americans do you know?
@@aaronlewis2501 I dunno a few hundred I guess. I’ve lived in the US twice.
Regarding food, there is much more than just chains. Loads of cafes and restaurants. Most Aussies would uses chain food places as a last resort. Definitely plenty of pizza. If you can't find pizza, you're not looking. And again, don't go for Dominos or Pizza Hut when there are so many of what you guys would call "Mom and Pop" restaurants.
Agreed, Australia is much more than chain restaurants and we enjoyed lots of local spots while we were there! We tried a few different pizza shops (never Dominos or Pizza Hut) but there is just something different about American pizza that we didn't find. If you had any favorite places we'd love to try on our next trip! Thanks for watching 😊
@@twotravelingkings Yes, most Aussies prefer healthy food from cafes and bakeries during the day. We tend to avoid if not despise unhealthy American fast food, and eat it only as an ocasional convenience or treat. The major chains have been pushed by the public to change their menus to adapt to our desire for healthier options and sources, like free range eggs.
Two Traveling Kings whenever we see American pizza on movies it’s looks thin, floppy, cheesy or greasy. (With no toppings) Aussies love toppings on Pizzas and many prefer bbq sauce base to the marinara tomato sauce base.
@@twotravelingkings Actually, a pizza restaurant in Melbourne has won best pizza in the world at the championships in Parma, Italy: 400 Gradi in Brunswick.
Same where I live in the US. The part where there's plenty of mom and pop kind. Like even in my town of like 1000 people. I always order extra sauce, less cheese and pepperoni and/or sausage. Pineapple is an abomination. I read if you order pineapple on one in Italy people will be offended and insult you.
I had a year of long service leave before I retired after 15 years work.
The retail shops don't have two week shutdown periods during Christmas and Easter. They only shutdown during Christmas Day, Boxing Day for some shops and Easter Day. Not to mention New Year's Day for most shops and Australia Day.
Right, thanks for the information, and thanks for watching! 😊
What a lovely video. Glad you had a good time here.
Cheers 😊
Great video. Something else perhaps you could mention is the universal health care system and regulated minimum wage.
Thanks for watching 😊 Great points to add to the list for sure!
You two are Gold. Have really enjoyed your clips, so glad you have enjoyed your time here.
We hope to be back when we can 😊
Enjoyed your video ! Paid Long service leave ( LSL ) was legislated in the 1950's, it allowed British Civil Servants to sail home to the UK and return without losing their jobs. The states in Australia vary slightly, but it is between 2-3 months paid leave after 10 consecutive years of working with the same employer. It's fantastic !! Glad you enjoyed our place Downunder :D
Thanks for watching! :)
I live in Sydney myself. Glad you enjoyed it. I went to the states for the first time last year and there were so many similarities but the differences were also massive. Glad you enjoyed yourselves
Hope to come back to Australia soon!
Bummer you missed seeing an Aussie Rules and NRL game - a highlight of my trip to the US was seeing a college baseball game - maybe next time, so great you had a list of local activities tho, love it!
We were bummed we missed those for sure but it does give us an excuse to come back! 😊
Such a delight to hear how you found (some of) us. I hope you can come back again before too long.
We really loved our time in Australia and getting to meet Australians. We're so grateful for the Work and Holiday Visa that allowed us to have this experience! We'll definitely be back one day 😊
Strathfield for korean
Burwood for Chinese
Toongabbie or homebush for indian
Auburn for Lebanese Turkish food
Noted! Thanks for watching 😊 we had some awesome Chinese food in Burwood.
Bankstown for Vietnamese/Lebanese
Lygon Street for Italian
These days it's Harris Park for Indian. I work there so...
Well it depends which part of Sydney, for me it's Eastwood for Chinese/Korean (Chinese west side of station, Korean east side of station), Harris Park for Indian, Auburn for Middle Eastern.
One of the best videos on Oz by yanks. Thanks guys, it was very good.
Seriously how do you make 2 weeks a year work, that's horrifying!
And some people don't even take their full 2 weeks! I know, hard to imagine, just American work culture. Thanks for watching 😊
Low wages and barely any vacation time, and thousands of locals waiting right behind you to take your job if you slip even once, and hardly any unfair dismissal rights compared to Australia is what made the USA the economic powerhouse it is today.. When you can legally treat people like shit, you can create an unbeatable economy..
Exactly! I'm American and the work-life balance here is horrible. Some people don't even take their 2 weeks in exchange for money. 😒
Only 2 weeks? Most places have 4 or 5 weeks annual leave a year.
Like how can you even relax in 2 weeks per year? Crazy
It’s so nice to hear your experiences of Australia. I hope you enjoyed yourself here.
Thank you, we did! 😊
The direction of the toilet flush can vary, it doesn't simply flush the opposite way. It can flush either way depending on a multitude of factors.
Just having a bit of fun with it since it's a big thing in the US to say the toilets flush the other way. Thanks for watching! 😊
Yeah. In Kenya, at the equator, there are kids who swear they can demonstrate the difference by walking 10 metres in either direction. That's ridiculous, of course, but it looks very convincing!
Glad your enjoying your time here guys
We really did! Thanks for watching 😊
I am 69 years old in America, I was on "Vacation" once in my whole life. a 1 week trip to drive a friend who was moving. I got to see the ocean. . . that was 30 years ago.
Oh goodness
Brother, get your ass down here.
This is 'the lucky country's.
well i love you, thanks for coming and come again.
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“How can manage to give everyone so much vacation time?” We call it worker’s rights
Amen brother.
Don't be too hard on yourself. Your "How's it going, mate?" and "Yeah, nah" were pretty good! Glad you enjoyed your time here & sorry COVID cut it short.
Thanks so much for the support! We'll be back one day hopefully sooner rather than later 😊
Thanks for your kind words about Australia. You are welcome to return anytime! I do think your contract work did allow you to be quite relaxed at work - unfortunately a large part of the professional population work crazy hours, incredibly rare to work 9 - 5pm. I do agree though that, in the workplace, people are professional but relaxed and open. More inclined to speak openly with each other and share a laugh. Its a very Australian thing to be suspicious of anyone who behaves as if they have more power than you, so are work managers and CEOs are often very friendly and down to earth. I hope, since you posted this, that you have now had some great pizza! Not many Aust suburbs don't have a pizza place and if you want somewhere in Sydney for great Italian food head to Leichhardt.
Very true about the work culture, and thanks for the pizza tip! 😊
I know the toilet in this video was a joke but the original spin direction being different is a fallacy. The Coriolis (A bit too close to something else) is too weak to change the water direction. It is the bowl shape and water source that determines it. Australia was the place that first pushed the 8 hour work day.
Ah yeah just a joke, but thanks for sharing the facts and for watching! :)
In the real world that's true, in a controlled experiment with all extraneous influences removed observation proves that drains do consistently drain in different directions in the two hemispheres. The same effect on a larger scale is shown by cyclones which are counterclockwise-rotating storms in the Northern Hemisphere but rotate clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
NZ had the 8 hour working day in 1840
Australia had the 0 hour workday for approx 40 000 yrs, so we've actually fucked our work life balance a bit in the past 250 years
@@youreworthyourweightinavoc7189, oh Yeah, what exactly do you call hunting and gathering to survive, play? Hunter-Gatherers had very little leisure time, they were usually doing something productive, or waiting for the right time of day to hunt. People today have more spare time than anyone from the past, modern gadgets are labour and time-saving devices, never have Humans had it so easy.
I can see both of you in the future, after exploring the world, deciding to live here, and we would happily have you!
😊 cheers
Talking about work and time off. Fellow Americans would be surprised to find out what we get here for mat leave. When I tell my friends that in America I only got 6 weeks and I worked up to the day I had my baby they were surprised! Here they usually stop work about month before the baby is due and many will take anywhere from 6 month to 2 years mat leave!
That is amazing and how it should be. The US is definitely behind the times and behind Australia when it comes to work and time off. Thanks for watching and sharing! 😊
I'm glad you both loved Australia we would love to have you both here permanently :)
Yeh na , na yeh ..... Most Australian sayings ever
We definitely picked those up quickly and have stuck with us back home. Still love using them 😊
Check your spelling, Mathew Kelly! It's "yeah, nah" or "nah, yeah"!
@@twotravelingkings, It's yeah, nah, a gentle way of disagreeing.
I went and saw Isaac Butterfield (Australian comedian & RUclipsr) when he did his first tour through Gympie.
During a photo op - he asked if I enjoyed the show.
My response was something like "Yeah na, na Yeah - it was great mate".
My Scottish brain said - what the hell was that. But I reckon it must show that I've been naturalised in my time here! I love Australia!!!
@@twotravelingkings Those two expressions are considered a bit .. Bogan .. ☺ .. so sometimes said a bit mockingly or when being deliberately "Aussie ". All part of our ongoing self-deprecation! Love your videos! Australia's loss.
Interesting and entertaining video. I'll happily take you both to an AFL footy game when you're down under next.
We'd love to catch an AFL game sometime 😊
You guys forgot aussies like to take a sickie (day off) just because we feel like it on occasion.
Ha! 😂 Didn't know that
My company has the option to take a wellbeing day every year, too.
We get ten a year in Australia
Totru mate😆
I was a professional firefighter for 24 years. Us fireys had an unwritten rule.... you don’t go sick... when you’re sick. You save them for when you need them.... like parties etc. 😂😂
Part of the reason for the work/life balance and good holiday/leave entitlements are due to a more active trade union culture in Aus. It’s not as influential as it was but unions still have a say in industrial relations. Unions were suppressed in the US in the early 20th century and while they weren’t eliminated there has been a stronger belief there in individual freedom/responsibly. I am generalising and I don’t want to get all ideological but that’s what makes experiencing other cultures so interesting - discovering similarities and differences. I’m glad you guys have enjoyed your stay here. I’ve always enjoyed my visits to the US.
Definitely agree, getting to learn about new places is part of why we love traveling. It's always good to expand your knowledge and change you perspective. Glad you've enjoyed your time in the US and thanks for watching! 😊
I’m Aussie......watching this .... on my forced week of annual leave 😂😂 I have to use up 4 weeks by end of year hahaha
Ha! 😂 Hope you get to enjoy your time off!
Michele Reid - your company is minimising liabilities ‘cos there isn’t much work - watch out that they don’t fire you.
Dūm Dūm Brown no doubt eventually. But my instance I’ve been there 20 years and my leave accrual is now at 26 weeks.... so they need me to start shedding it. I’d take 6 months off but no point now as can’t travel. 😩😩😩
Most of the places I worked wouldnt let me accrue more than 12-16 weeks at a time. I used to get forced to used my RDOs whenever I had more than 60 hrs up.
It sucks being forced on leave when you don't want to be
Where I work every three months work is one week holiday.
6:51 We have that in Bundaberg. Couple of doors down from Subway.
Nice 😊
Australia has Taco Bell, but there is only like 6-8 restaurants in the whole country. I really like Taco Bell, but I think Guzman’s is more popular. I think the one at North Lakes was built in 2018.
Taco Bell is definitely fast food whereas we would say Guzman y Gomez is fast casual (a step up). We were grateful to Guzman when we had a craving! 😊
Yaaaaay! Can't wait for more videos on food! hahah
Same here! 😊
Great to hear you guys like Vegemite!! I see so many Americans caking it on lol
Love Vegemite now that we know how to eat it properly 😊
I get 5 weeks paid leave per year. 14 sick days. My birthday off. Paid Christmas week closure. Plus the normal public holidays. It probably works out at about 2 months off (if I take some sick days)
Nice!
Thank you soooo much for saying Rugby League. Instead of just saying Rugby. Shows you understand it. 😀😀
We did our best to learn and get it right! 😊
Because Rugby is the real game
@@chrishannan5745 more like a game that is in "real" trouble.
Chris Hannan oh, so you’re the one who watches it.
I spent a 4th July in New York in the mid 2000s and I found it hot but the humidity was absolutely unbelievable, does not get that humid in Sydney, but we don't get their winters thank God! Also a company I work for the leave you don't use rolls over to the following year so have more leave and the same with sick leave.
Yes the humidity can be quite brutal, we liked the lack of it in Australia 😊
Most Americans spread Vegemite too thick, like jam.
Basically just scape it on really thin, to start at least.
We've worked our way up to adding a bit more, we actually really like Vegemite now 👍
Cheepchipsable that’s how you have vegemite. If it doesn’t sting your mouth when you eat it’s not spread thick enough.
buy Nutella instead.
We had an America friend stay who spread Vegemite like jam. We gave each other a sideways glance and waited for his reaction then laughed our arses off.
@@coasterblocks3420 you have to build up a tolerance! 😊
As far as "standing out" with your American accent, as I found being as Aussie in the US, you fit right in as a local until you open your mouth.
Haha definitely. Felt that way when we lived in the UK as well. Not always a bad thing 😊 Thanks for watching!
@@twotravelingkings I was in DC travelling and wandered into a College bar in Georgetown, as soon as they heard my accent I never paid for another drink all night. had a great time.
British stand out more in the US.
The AFL is phenomenal. I've been watching it for years. It's on TV here in the US on Fox sports channels.. You have to be a night owl or wake up at 4:30 AM.
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I've watched a couple of your vids now - it occurs to me that certain aspects (not all!) of the "American Dream" is an Australian Reality.
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That was so funny and cool! Hahaha! Great idea for a quarantine video! I cannot wait to go back to travelling and filming.. Stay safe, guys!
Thanks for watching! And same here :) stay safe!
Before I retired I got 10 weeks annual leave per year on full pay PLUS 17.5% leave loading. Unused annual leave was cumulative, I would use half my leave each year the remainder I would let build up then take 6 month blocks off work.
This does not include long service leave and sick leave both are cumulative.
Any unused leave including sick leave is paid out in cash on resignation.
Sounds good to us 😊 thanks for watching!
10 weeks aint the norm here, maybe you are bullshiting
@@barrymcdonald9868 I’m not sure where you are located, but I’m not shitting you, you are free to look up the award agreement for Paramedics in Australia’s Northern Territory and do the math yourself. I worked for the NT Ambulance Service from 1980 until I retired. The 10 weeks wade of 6 weeks basic ARL plus 2 weeks compensation for working Sundays and Public Holidays plus 2 weeks in compensation for working rotating 24-7 shifts 4 days on 4 days off.
@@PhotogNT hardly the norm in Australia, no wonder the NT is in such financial turmoil.....when we talk of standard conditions, of course if hours/days of work exceed the standard the benefits will exceed normal but don't bullshit to portray them as common place unless you are just trying to do so
@@barrymcdonald9868 nowhere did say it was the norm in Australia if you look at my first comment I said “When I retired” anyway as you are so closed minded I will not be commenting further to anymore comments from yourself.
Great couple, enjoy your time here !!!
Thanks so much, we really did 😊
You two seem like very pleasant people
Thank you! We try to be 😊
Hi guys, I’m from Sydney. You are correct most of us don’t care at all about American football. As a Sydney sider also don’t care about AFL Melbourne football. NRL though is a different matter. A lot of NSW are hard core NRL supporters. I think most of us love Asian food but most BBQ happens at home. Aussie BBQ, Lebanese BBQ etc.
Wish we were there to see some rugby!
@@twotravelingkings As you may have heard most of Sydney is in lockdown now ! Hopefully we can be open to welcome you back next year, won’t happen this year!!
9 to 5 you forgot about the R.D.O. "rostered day off""
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Huh, not familiar with that one. Had to Google it! Thanks for sharing 😊
@@twotravelingkings Ausie r also entitled to long service leave on full pay A bit of a bummer though as you only get payed your full normal pay unlike your entitled 3 week annual leave where they get an extra 7.5% pay loading.
@@twotravelingkings An RDO is normally given by flexible employers in lieu of working longer days. My brother, for instance, works 9 hour days but gets every second Monday off (his own choice), because it still works out to be an 80 hour fortnight. Not all employers are willing/able to be this flexible, but it's getting more common :)
Chock-a-block comes from the days of sailing ships. A block is a pulley, and two are combined with rope to form a block and tackle. A pulley system for hoisting spars aloft and adjusting the rigging. When the two blocks are brought together, the tackle is said to be "Choc-a-block.
So it means full up or gone as far as it will go.
It's not 4 week normal, it's four weeks minimum. There is also ten weeks long service leave every 7 to 10 years.. :D
Sounds pretty amazing 😊
Loved your video guys! So good :) Very keen to visit the US and experience what you guys have over there :)
Thanks so much 😊
@@twotravelingkings hope you guys get to come back and finish the Australian journey.
My goal was to take the family and live in fthe USA for awhile, however, it never worked out for us. All the best.
I can tell you now, you get asked if you're from Canada because the two of you are way more soft-spoken than most Americans. I fully would have assumed you were Canadians if it hadn't said USA in the title; high volume and overbearing enthusiasm are the hallmarks of Americans the world over, but thankfully this video was delightful for having neither. (Aussies are pretty loud too, but I'm from NZ and we prefer things mellow as we're like the Canada to Australia's USA.)
Thank you we'll take that as a compliment! 😊
Fahrenheit? How do you find the Celsius and the metric measurements?
We did our best to do the conversions but it was hard to know what 16 degrees celsius felt like haha. Too used to fahrenheit
6:36 Australia has Taco Bell. Check out Townsville, QLD.
GyG isn't even Mexican food. I'm from California and GyG or even Zambrero's are just done wrong lol.
I'm still in Australia and did my work for a 2nd year. So glad I didn't return to the US.
Ahh good to know! Guzman isn't like home but it scratches the itch when we crave it! Unfortunately we will be leaving Australia soon but hope you continue to enjoy Australia and stay safe. Thanks for watching 😊
@@twotravelingkings how did you start in the UK and how long did you stay there? What did y'all do?
I (Logan) had the opportunity to work in the UK on an international assignment. I was there for a year and Jenny was there with me for a few months. One of our favorite places we have lived!
I enjoyed your video about living in Australia.
There's a saying here: " Don't take your work home with you"
Covid is probably making it tough to stick to that one!
@@twotravelingkings " Don't take your work home with you" is different from 'working from home' . The expression " Don't take your work home with you" means to leave the
Graeme SYDNEY (I think he got it 😉)
I work shift work so get an extra 2 weeks a year for a total of 6...Also nice to see people so open to new experiences!
Wow that's awesome! We love travel because it allows us to have new experiences. We appreciate it even more now that we can't do it!
@@twotravelingkings I hear ya! Things will get better. I was meant to be coming to the US later this year to visit a cousin that lives in Texas. I'll get there eventually, safe travels
There are so many authentic pizza places, can’t believe you didn’t explore the Italian areas. Also any thoughts on coffee culture?
Let us know your favorite pizza place, we'll be sure to check it out next time we're there! We loved the coffee in Australia, loved flat whites and being able to grab a quality coffee at any local little corner cafe. Australia does coffee right! Thanks for watching 😊
I think they mean ‘American-style pizza’. I miss it too 😭
We have four terms in school. Usually about 13-14 weeks 2 weeks each break and 6 weeks for Summer
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I’ve lived here all my life and still have trouble understanding the accent!.
A fair statement 😊
With the holidays or time off(based on how it works for people at school) the year starts in December and we get the whole month of January off of school then in the start of February school starts back up again and is divided into 4 seperate terms. The terms arnt allways divided perfectly even and can fluctuate with the amount of weeks for that term but to help u get a better understanding. For the most part each term has 10 consecutive weeks separated by a 2 week holiday or break, I don't quite know the dates of when this starts and stops but in the start of February u go to school for 10 weeks then a 2 week break then term 2 starts and u go to school for 10 weeks then get 2 weeks off of school then term 3 starts and u go to school for 10 weeks then get 2 weeks off between term 3 and 4 then u go to school for 10 weeks but at the end of term 4 which ends around the 15th of December u then get 6 weeks of until the start of February comes back around
Accent???? We don't have an accent here... all the people around me sound the same as I do. :-)
We heard quite a few different accents and languages while we were there!
There's many different dialects here similar to england
@@theskiesahead795 Yep. Over here in the West, we can pretty easily suss out an intruder from Queersland, New South, or elsewhere over there, as soon as he/she opens his/he mouth!
Hope to see you back again
Melbourne's four seasons in one day
True lol
With public holidays and the standard 4 week vacation time you generally end up with 6 weeks leave in total
That is so wild! And so great! 😊
Don't forget all the public holidays on top of the annual leave. It's 13, 12 or 11, depending on your state.
And in some workplace, particularly public sector, you can work longer days and accrue time for extra days off.
Just one little thing that no-one ever seems to say about food. WTF is it about Orange cheese in the US? Don't Americans realise that it's just added food colouring?
Really good point actually, we enjoyed how fresh the cheese was in Australia! Did not miss those plastic wrapped Kraft singles one bit (even though we don't actually eat them 😊)
Have you gone to Darwin? They have some wonderful places to visit there. I was born and bred in Darwin but I have travelled around.
Nope! Haven't been
@@twotravelingkings you need to go as soon as you get to come back. It's a total different experience than Sydney.
What's this 'snow' you guys are talking about? Is it code for something?
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Go to the snowy mountains for snow 😂 you won’t really get it naturally here
We'll have to add that to the list next time we're in Australia 😊
Well done. A very positive presentation.
Thanks for watching!
Australia is awesome!
We're going to miss it! So much more we want to see 😊. Thanks for watching!
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Try Tasmania next time....not during winter although probably still mild compared to some parts of the US.
Australia’s long service leave was initially created prior to air travel. 3 months paid time off was given after 12 years service so you could travel back home to England and back by ship. Thankfully we still enjoy it today, as well as 10 public holidays, 10 sick/personal days off, 4 weeks holiday all these days are paid of course and many workplaces also have a rostered day off fortnightly or monthly.
Interesting!
What about the swearing, we do that a lot without noticing.
Oh yes, great point that is so true! 😂 I guess we just weren't put off or offended by it!
@@twotravelingkings Just letting you know for future reference someone will make it clear if they are genuinely angrily swearing or just muckin around.
'kin' oath, we swear like a nation of 'kin' drunken sailors. I personally try not to use bad language in front of my yuong grandchildren.
BTW, you two are the most likeable Seppos (Americans) I've ever seen on YT. Glad you've enjoyed the cultural differences. Pity about the COVID, 'kin' things up for you.
@@giovannimorrisone483 I think the trouble most foreigners have is understanding the tone, we all know that if you're my best mate I'll call you f#ckface, but if you're my worst enemy I'll also call you f#ckface, but in a different tone. Idiosyncrasies are vital to understanding Australian culture.
Before I retired, I worked in Western NSW. I was entitled to 6 weeks per year Annual Leave, plus 6 weeks every 10 years Long Service Leave, if you had been with the one employer for that time.
There is a saying, "Americans live to work and Australians work to Live"
Certainly a bit different over here! Thanks for watching 😊
I drink because of the work amd I work to afford the drink.
We talk about food not by brand names or franchises, but by individual restaurants. Especially Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
Thanks for watching! 😊
How can you miss pizza? It's everywhere
It probably does sound silly since we had some delicious brick oven style pizza in Sydney but the pizza we talk about missing is the NY style pizza we grew up on. Hard to explain it it's just a very specific type of pizza that's difficult to replicate outside of the Northeastern part of the US. You may still think we're crazy, but that's okay. Thanks for watching! 😊
@@twotravelingkings I've always thought Australian pizza is pretty bad. We're sorry! 😁 Send some of your American/Italian pizza chefs down to us, I bet we'd love American style pizza. I'd love to see some more Mexican food, too! (We might have just solved America's immigration problem!)
Haha we think you'd love American style pizza too 😊
@@twotravelingkings ahh I see, yes new York pizza is different and we don't have anything like it. We did have one in Darlinghurst but it went bust sadly.
Pizzas made by italians from scratch are bellisimo
2TK - A question. Have you spent all your time in Sydney or have you been able to get out to other places like the Kimberley, Kakadu, Flinders Ranges, Great Ocean Rd etc ?
We worked in Sydney, planned on seeing more of Australia after our work contracts ended but that was when lockdown began unfortunately 😔 we'll make it back sometime!