We told our son the bin chicken were normal chickens but the earthworms grabbed them but the beak and would not let go so it stretched their beaks and he was so pissed at earthworms for years.
Aussie here. The price of alcohol in Australia is deliberately set high by the government, to deter alcoholics on low incomes from buying (and drinking) a big quantity of grog in one go -- which could potentially kill them. The same goes for cigarettes. The high price is to deter young people who are just of legal age, most of whom are on low incomes, from becoming addicted fast, because of alcohol and cigarettes being too affordable. And the strategy has worked. Young Australians today are not taking up drink and cigarettes in the numbers that they used to some decades back. And for those people with an existing alcohol or cigarette habit, they often consciously moderate their consumption to keep a cap on their spending -- which means they get to live longer.
In defence of Bin chickens. I live on an island with a large Ibis population and I've never seen one near a bin. They are down by the seaside eating the best this country has to offer. Or at my front door with the Curlews getting hand fed fresh meat. I like them.
Lotta Ibis near me too. And I sometimes see them standing on a bin or hovering near them. But most often they are hovering around people's tables at cafes or down by the beach...just waiting for them to leave so they can jump up on the table and get the scraps. Unlike the "sea" gulls....who don't bother waiting and just swwop in and take it from your hand if you're not careful.
Here in Queensland, we pay a fee built into the electricity account, in every household, that covers ambi=ulance fees if you need, but you have to be a Queensland resident
Yes, alcohol is way more expensive here than probably anywhere else really, also cigs and fuel, so much tax on them, but just to keep it in proportion, $1 AUS. is about 67c US. right now, and I don't know when the video was made, but it is often much less, sometimes closer to half, just saying.
If you're just going out with your phone to pay for things, you don't need to carry your driver's licence, because in most (maybe all) states, you can also get a digital licence on your phone through the state government's app.
That $650/week rental looks like it's in a luxury apartment complex in inner Sydney (Surry Hills is a short walk from the centre of the city). That's gonna be expensive no matter what.
With the beer it depends on whether it's bottles ,cans and where you buy...a carton of stubbies(bottles )can go as Hight as $70 a carton and cans in a 6 pack can be $25...but other beers can be much more..and rent also depends on where and type of housing...Sydney and Melbourne of course all housing is expensive,I lived in a 1 bedroom apartment in Prahran Melbourne that cost me $375 per week but now I'm in a 2 bedroom apartment in Adelaide with backyard,enclosed 2 car parking space and only 13 km from the CBD and I'm paying $150 per week with polished floors ,twin person shower and huge lounge and dining area,3 bedroom houses 35 minutes from the CBD can be found for as low as $375 a week,I even found lots of 3 bedroom places in the blue mountains in NSW for between $300-$400 a week and even his info on not being able to get Centrelink on any visa is not quite accurate...if you take a fall for as example in a public place and end up with a permanent disability that's the responsibility of the Australian government and a permanent visa holder is then entitled to a $1075per fortnight disability pension for life as the injury occured while in Australia,I've already checked on this for an American who lives here now and gets that payment .and yes your supposed to carry your licence but police have the discretionary powers to overlook it as long as when they check when pulled over they can see on their system you have a valid driver's licence...and like you I do not like the cold as I'm not built for it either so let me say Darwin night time temperatures don't usually drop below 20c and in the south Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate and doesn't get as cold as Melbourne but the nightlife sux and there's not much to do in Adelaide but Melbourne does have a great night culture but it's also a dumpster fire of a city and I say that after living there for 7 years...trash everywhere,graffiti on every wall in every alley,a huge heroin problem,a massive homeless problem,food is made for over 6 million people each night so the quality is not as good as a smaller city like Adelaide where more time can be taken ,Melbourne also has a huge crime problem,it's an old city with an ugly factory skyline on most train lines and most of Australia know Melbourne people have a huge entitlement issue and bag all other cities and try and steal anything they can,there are protests every day there,Sydney is a busy business city and money is required for almost everything,Qld is a beautiful state but has a huge issue with constant floods in their rural areas and even in the CBD of Brisbane...it is extremely humid in Qld and can get quite wild with storms that roll straight of the coast....here's the jist...for young people it's Melbourne,to raise a family, retirement or peace and quiet it's Adelaide,for beauty it's both NSW and Qld but also for the wealthy,for year round warmth it's Darwin,for nothing but crime it's Alice Springs and for complete isolation it's perth
I live in New South Wales and we have digital driver licences now- only need your phone when you leave the house, i’ve also got my boat licence on my phone as well. Ambulances in NSW are not free like in Qld but the cost is small relative to the US. My daughter had to be transferred by ambulance from one hospital to a specialist hospital on the other side of the city and the cost was $650 and was completely covered by my insurance with no co-pay, but cost of both hospitals, treatment, meds, overnight stay and surgery was completely free with Medicare.
The Bin Chicken, a recent American traveller walked through Sydney Botanical Gardens (no research) saw them and said "wow these must be the native birds, cool"! Yes, it pays to do some prior reading and planning! Yes, do check local temperatures, if it's 26° in Canberra it doesn't mean it's 26° in Thredbo! 🥴 The UK could never have kept Ross occupied, we love him here, keep them coming Ross! 👍 Melbourne! 😏 That's what they're growing in ACT? It's certainly not good financial management! Buy a slab, it's a beer economy! Some people are paid weekly! 😁
There is a big following for 0.00% beer now, we also have a large collection of them now. All the brands have at least one, and yiu can buy from supermarket. The money, for rounding the cents, for example, 36 and 37cents round down to 35cents, 38 and 39cents round up to 40cents. It all evens out in the end. Youre not getting shortchanged anywhere. We have alot of BIG things, like making silly objects in a larger scale. Big banana, big pineapple, big croc, big chair, etc.
In the state of Queensland, ambulance and emergency services are covered by the state government. Even if you need an ambulance while visiting another state you will not receive a bill. In another states you can pay a small annual fee to be covered. I think less than $100. And some people who elect to have private insurance may also be covered under that. And I believe pensioners and health care card holders nationwide receive free ambulance.
Actually the money gets rounded to the nearest 5. So if it was 5.56 and you gave $6 you would get 45 cents change but it was $5.58 then you would only get 40 cents change. If you’re paying by card then you pay the actual amount. So it all balances out really.
When I lived in North Queensland, my family lived in Adelaide and I remember my confused friend's expression when I told her my brother had collapsed in front of my mum and she was so worried that she nearly called an ambulance. She didn't know how expensive it is in South Australia haha 😂
$50 for 24 beers is only 2 hours of work. $650 for a unit in Surrey Hills about 10 kilometres from Melbourne CBD would be around 26 hours at the lower end of the wages, so maybe similar to $1800 for a place in Queens or Newark, or similar.
In Queensland, you do not need an Ambulance Insurance, as he said it is free here. Technically it isn’t, we just all get a small fee added to our electricity bills each quarter, and that covers the cost for everyone including tourists and visitors that do not live here. So we never pay for Ambulances here inQueensland.
@@heatherfruin5050 In the country it is free, not in the city. And those OVER 65. SO you must be over 65 then. Western Australians over 65, and in receipt of an Australian Government pension, are entitled to free ambulance services. Western Australians over 65, who do not receive an Australian Government pension, are entitled to a 50 per cent discount off the cost of ambulance services. WA residents under 65 who hold a valid Pension Concession Entitlement are partially subsidised, the patient will pay 50 per cent of the fee. So no it is now free for MOST people.
At least any price you see is the full price (excluding any credit card fee etc,) and includes any applicable tax. Most frustrating thing in the US is seeing the price of something and still having no idea how much it will actually cost you.
1¢ & 2¢ rounds down to 0¢ and 3¢ & 4¢ rounds up to 5¢ - 6¢ & 7¢ rounds down to 5¢ and 8¢ & 9¢ rounds up to 10¢. The only time you ever see 99¢ used is in the supermarket, after the total weeks shopping is done, what is + or - 2¢ from a total of $100's
We use "alright" as a one world response all the time.. I'm not sure what he's getting at there. ?? Payment rounding goes both ways. If something costs $5.02c then you only pay $5.00. Not having a drivers licence IS legal, you just need to present it to a police station within 24 hrs of being pulled over by the cops for whatever. (well QLD anyway. I don't know about other states.)
Maybe because we use it as a response, not as a greeting? Regarding the driver's license, I think WA is the same unless you have an interstate licence. I think you are supposed to keep it on you if you are visiting or moving from interstate.
Same with cartons. Most sell only when they are closer to 40, but beer companies hate their "percieved worth" to be seen as that cheap, so they pressure sellers to keep up prices like 59.99, to trick people into thinking they are worth that. In Aus you will be looking at 15/6pack and 45/carton, meaning you will usually get an extra 6-pack when you buy a carton, and its all so dear to begin with so you might as well
He's a top bloke and will reply if you message him. He would be the best school teacher to keep you entertained and on subject. We got your back in Queensland. Tourism is a big industry so if you get hurt call the ambulance.
In order to park in the wrong direction you blatantly demonstrate that you had been driving in the wrong direction on the other side of the street. That’s illegal in Oz. The parked car dobs you in to parking inspectors or cops.
If you pay by debit card card instead of cash in a lot of places, eg restaurants a surcharge up to 2.5% is added to the bill so it does pay to use cash. 😊
The first animal was an Echidna. Very different to a porcupine. The "Bin Chicken" is an Ibis.
True, can't have a porcupine fried egg sunny side up.
We told our son the bin chicken were normal chickens but the earthworms grabbed them but the beak and would not let go so it stretched their beaks and he was so pissed at earthworms for years.
Ambulance Victoria annual membership is $49.94 for a Single person and $99.88 for a family.
Came here to say the same thing.
Aussie here. The price of alcohol in Australia is deliberately set high by the government, to deter alcoholics on low incomes from buying (and drinking) a big quantity of grog in one go -- which could potentially kill them. The same goes for cigarettes. The high price is to deter young people who are just of legal age, most of whom are on low incomes, from becoming addicted fast, because of alcohol and cigarettes being too affordable. And the strategy has worked. Young Australians today are not taking up drink and cigarettes in the numbers that they used to some decades back. And for those people with an existing alcohol or cigarette habit, they often consciously moderate their consumption to keep a cap on their spending -- which means they get to live longer.
In defence of Bin chickens. I live on an island with a large Ibis population and I've never seen one near a bin. They are down by the seaside eating the best this country has to offer. Or at my front door with the Curlews getting hand fed fresh meat. I like them.
Lotta Ibis near me too. And I sometimes see them standing on a bin or hovering near them. But most often they are hovering around people's tables at cafes or down by the beach...just waiting for them to leave so they can jump up on the table and get the scraps. Unlike the "sea" gulls....who don't bother waiting and just swwop in and take it from your hand if you're not careful.
They're Ibis when they're in the wild, and bin chickens when in the city.
Here in Queensland, we pay a fee built into the electricity account, in every household, that covers ambi=ulance fees if you need, but you have to be a Queensland resident
The levy was scrapped in 2012. It's covered in the Qld state budget now.
@@Teagirl009 lol, thats probably last time elecricity was in my name lol
Yes, alcohol is way more expensive here than probably anywhere else really, also cigs and fuel, so much tax on them, but just to keep it in proportion, $1 AUS. is about 67c US. right now, and I don't know when the video was made, but it is often much less, sometimes closer to half, just saying.
It tax 100% to import government crooks
If you're just going out with your phone to pay for things, you don't need to carry your driver's licence, because in most (maybe all) states, you can also get a digital licence on your phone through the state government's app.
That $650/week rental looks like it's in a luxury apartment complex in inner Sydney (Surry Hills is a short walk from the centre of the city). That's gonna be expensive no matter what.
Nearly $900000 a 1 bed apartment
Fruit and vegies are seasonal and their fresh.
$5.97 will round down to $5.95 $5.98 will round up to $6
With the beer it depends on whether it's bottles ,cans and where you buy...a carton of stubbies(bottles )can go as Hight as $70 a carton and cans in a 6 pack can be $25...but other beers can be much more..and rent also depends on where and type of housing...Sydney and Melbourne of course all housing is expensive,I lived in a 1 bedroom apartment in Prahran Melbourne that cost me $375 per week but now I'm in a 2 bedroom apartment in Adelaide with backyard,enclosed 2 car parking space and only 13 km from the CBD and I'm paying $150 per week with polished floors ,twin person shower and huge lounge and dining area,3 bedroom houses 35 minutes from the CBD can be found for as low as $375 a week,I even found lots of 3 bedroom places in the blue mountains in NSW for between $300-$400 a week and even his info on not being able to get Centrelink on any visa is not quite accurate...if you take a fall for as example in a public place and end up with a permanent disability that's the responsibility of the Australian government and a permanent visa holder is then entitled to a $1075per fortnight disability pension for life as the injury occured while in Australia,I've already checked on this for an American who lives here now and gets that payment .and yes your supposed to carry your licence but police have the discretionary powers to overlook it as long as when they check when pulled over they can see on their system you have a valid driver's licence...and like you I do not like the cold as I'm not built for it either so let me say Darwin night time temperatures don't usually drop below 20c and in the south Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate and doesn't get as cold as Melbourne but the nightlife sux and there's not much to do in Adelaide but Melbourne does have a great night culture but it's also a dumpster fire of a city and I say that after living there for 7 years...trash everywhere,graffiti on every wall in every alley,a huge heroin problem,a massive homeless problem,food is made for over 6 million people each night so the quality is not as good as a smaller city like Adelaide where more time can be taken ,Melbourne also has a huge crime problem,it's an old city with an ugly factory skyline on most train lines and most of Australia know Melbourne people have a huge entitlement issue and bag all other cities and try and steal anything they can,there are protests every day there,Sydney is a busy business city and money is required for almost everything,Qld is a beautiful state but has a huge issue with constant floods in their rural areas and even in the CBD of Brisbane...it is extremely humid in Qld and can get quite wild with storms that roll straight of the coast....here's the jist...for young people it's Melbourne,to raise a family, retirement or peace and quiet it's Adelaide,for beauty it's both NSW and Qld but also for the wealthy,for year round warmth it's Darwin,for nothing but crime it's Alice Springs and for complete isolation it's perth
I live in New South Wales and we have digital driver licences now- only need your phone when you leave the house, i’ve also got my boat licence on my phone as well. Ambulances in NSW are not free like in Qld but the cost is small relative to the US. My daughter had to be transferred by ambulance from one hospital to a specialist hospital on the other side of the city and the cost was $650 and was completely covered by my insurance with no co-pay, but cost of both hospitals, treatment, meds, overnight stay and surgery was completely free with Medicare.
The Bin Chicken, a recent American traveller walked through Sydney Botanical Gardens (no research) saw them and said "wow these must be the native birds, cool"! Yes, it pays to do some prior reading and planning! Yes, do check local temperatures, if it's 26° in Canberra it doesn't mean it's 26° in Thredbo! 🥴 The UK could never have kept Ross occupied, we love him here, keep them coming Ross! 👍 Melbourne! 😏 That's what they're growing in ACT? It's certainly not good financial management! Buy a slab, it's a beer economy! Some people are paid weekly! 😁
There is a big following for 0.00% beer now, we also have a large collection of them now. All the brands have at least one, and yiu can buy from supermarket. The money, for rounding the cents, for example, 36 and 37cents round down to 35cents, 38 and 39cents round up to 40cents. It all evens out in the end. Youre not getting shortchanged anywhere. We have alot of BIG things, like making silly objects in a larger scale. Big banana, big pineapple, big croc, big chair, etc.
In the state of Queensland, ambulance and emergency services are covered by the state government. Even if you need an ambulance while visiting another state you will not receive a bill.
In another states you can pay a small annual fee to be covered. I think less than $100. And some people who elect to have private insurance may also be covered under that.
And I believe pensioners and health care card holders nationwide receive free ambulance.
Not in the West, you actually need private health insurance to get it.
Nah, you can put your drivers license on your phone or, if you know your license number, they won’t fine you
Actually the money gets rounded to the nearest 5. So if it was 5.56 and you gave $6 you would get 45 cents change but it was $5.58 then you would only get 40 cents change. If you’re paying by card then you pay the actual amount. So it all balances out really.
When I lived in North Queensland, my family lived in Adelaide and I remember my confused friend's expression when I told her my brother had collapsed in front of my mum and she was so worried that she nearly called an ambulance. She didn't know how expensive it is in South Australia haha 😂
If you pay on your debit card electronically you get charged the exact amount. They only round up or down with cash because our lowest coin is 5 cents
you can get a 5 liter cask of "goon" wine for about $15, with about 43 standard drinks in it
And then there's wheat silo art all around Australia.
My very young son called all Ibis "evil birds" because one flew up to him and pinched an ice-cream from his hand when he was four.
$50 for 24 beers is only 2 hours of work.
$650 for a unit in Surrey Hills about 10 kilometres from Melbourne CBD would be around 26 hours at the lower end of the wages, so maybe similar to $1800 for a place in Queens or Newark, or similar.
the cost of fruit and veg varies on the seasons
In Queensland, you do not need an Ambulance Insurance, as he said it is free here. Technically it isn’t, we just all get a small fee added to our electricity bills each quarter, and that covers the cost for everyone including tourists and visitors that do not live here. So we never pay for Ambulances here inQueensland.
The only way to get ambulance care here in West Australia is you NEED private health, which to me is crap.
No, you can pay a yearly ambulance membership with St John's Ambulance. I used to pay it every year but I now get it for free.
@@heatherfruin5050 In the country it is free, not in the city. And those OVER 65. SO you must be over 65 then. Western Australians over 65, and in receipt of an Australian Government pension, are entitled to free ambulance services.
Western Australians over 65, who do not receive an Australian Government pension, are entitled to a 50 per cent discount off the cost of ambulance services.
WA residents under 65 who hold a valid Pension Concession Entitlement are partially subsidised, the patient will pay 50 per cent of the fee. So no it is now free for MOST people.
we in melbourne face all the seasons of the year in a day. the weather just fails to make a decision o-o
Surrey Hills is a rich suburb close to Sydney CBD. Average 3x2 house would be a minimum $ 1.6mil just for the basic, nothing flash.
At least any price you see is the full price (excluding any credit card fee etc,) and includes any applicable tax. Most frustrating thing in the US is seeing the price of something and still having no idea how much it will actually cost you.
1¢ & 2¢ rounds down to 0¢ and 3¢ & 4¢ rounds up to 5¢ - 6¢ & 7¢ rounds down to 5¢ and 8¢ & 9¢ rounds up to 10¢.
The only time you ever see 99¢ used is in the supermarket, after the total weeks shopping is done, what is + or - 2¢ from a total of $100's
The bin chicken has a long beak because they push their beak into the ground to get worms and grubs
We use "alright" as a one world response all the time.. I'm not sure what he's getting at there. ??
Payment rounding goes both ways. If something costs $5.02c then you only pay $5.00.
Not having a drivers licence IS legal, you just need to present it to a police station within 24 hrs of being pulled over by the cops for whatever. (well QLD anyway. I don't know about other states.)
Maybe because we use it as a response, not as a greeting?
Regarding the driver's license, I think WA is the same unless you have an interstate licence. I think you are supposed to keep it on you if you are visiting or moving from interstate.
Ambulances aren't as expensive as they are in the US and they're free for pensioners here.
Thats true
You'd be drunk in hours of getting here
Ambulance charges in NSW is free if you can't pay it.
23.49 would be the full theoretical price, but its like coke and pepsi, one beer will always be on special for
Same with cartons. Most sell only when they are closer to 40, but beer companies hate their "percieved worth" to be seen as that cheap, so they pressure sellers to keep up prices like 59.99, to trick people into thinking they are worth that. In Aus you will be looking at 15/6pack and 45/carton, meaning you will usually get an extra 6-pack when you buy a carton, and its all so dear to begin with so you might as well
He's a top bloke and will reply if you message him. He would be the best school teacher to keep you entertained and on subject. We got your back in Queensland. Tourism is a big industry so if you get hurt call the ambulance.
Just remember the Aussie dollar is worth less than the US dollar.
In order to park in the wrong direction you blatantly demonstrate that you had been driving in the wrong direction on the other side of the street. That’s illegal in Oz. The parked car dobs you in to parking inspectors or cops.
Bin Chicken around my regional home live on black beetles and other creatures they find in the soil/grass.
Well.I'm nowhere near the age of a "dinosaur",but I prefer paying in cash than card.
Australian sometimes say alright. e.g. Is that alright mate, we good etc
The Bin Chicken is a Queensland (think Brisbane) thing. You wouldn’t see one In Melbourne or Sydney
Here in WA too.
Australian beer will get you drunk faster
$650 per week is cheap in the Sydney city centre lol
Mind you whoever works in the city centre is earning $2 k per week more than likely
1 bed apartment sold $870000 , 1 bed apartment 40 km from cbd $600000
If you pay by debit card card instead of cash in a lot of places, eg restaurants a surcharge up to 2.5% is added to the bill so it does pay to use cash. 😊
@@heatherfruin5050 depends where. I don’t go out for dinner so don’t get surcharged at supermarkets ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Air conditioning is not doing hot
$5.97 will actually get rounded down to $5.95 so you'll get 5c back on $6.00
25 bucks Australian is about 16 bucks American.
So 16 bucks for 6 beers
And about 35 dollars American for 24 beers
And 650 Australian for the apartment is more like 400 per week or 1600 a month in American dollars
Not debating it’s expensive btw… just not as expensive as you were thinking