I’m English. I’m married to an Aussie, and live in Australia. I have never known a country of people that will pull together as quickly as Australians, where disaster hits here. I’m talking strangers digging deep into their pockets, or giving freely of their time, for as long as it takes, to make an impact. Possibly the most charitable country on the planet. They will break their backs for each other. 🇦🇺
It's generally considered good form over here to stop if you hit a native animal and check. Even if you've killed it, there may be a joey alive in the pouch, which will need help.
Had a mate fall backwards down his steep cement driveway recently kissed the cement as he called it, knocked himself unconscious. A lady driving past happen to glance in his direction and see him fall. She reversed went to check on him, sat with him for two hours as a typical Aussie he refused to go to hospital. The lady also returned the next day to Cheek on him again. Just love this about us Aussie s.
Australians often give eachover shit and insult eachover as a joke. But at the end of the day watching out for and helping eachover is a big thing aswell.
My 2IC at work gives out so much shit, but he is the toppest of blokes. One morning as I was about to finish my shift and I said goodbye to him as he was walking in. He said to me: "You aren't going anywhere right now." And I replied: "Why not?" "You have a flat tire." We tried but couldn't work out how to get the spare off, so he just jumped in his car, drove 15 minutes home, got his tire pump, came back, hooked me up and got me going.
'Eachover' ??? What is that? Once, ok, a typo. Three times??? Sometimes I despair at the standard of education some people reach. Cheers anyway for the sentiment!
I’ve had one spider bite ( a red back spider bite mind you ) in over 55 years in Australia , no snake bites , no scorpions or any other nasty bastards either … as long as you keep a look out , use common sense and look under things outside that you are going to either sit on or are going to pick up , or if you will be taking something inside that’s been outside for a while..look inside then touch ! oh hang on I got stung four times on the shoulder by a wasp but I got too close to a nest I hadn’t even seen , so my bad !
@@beckyluvstoscrapnsew Oh gosh! Four times! That was an attack wasp, yikes! I've never been stung by a wasp or a bee, neither have I ever been bitten by a spider, probably because I run a minute mile when I see one. I have been attacked by a magpie, twice in my life, and that jus felt ugly and awkward. The flap of wings over my head. But let's not mention magpies to Joel. We don't want to scare him completely into not coming, right?
If you're interested in more of the widespread helpful spirit of Australians I'd suggest checking out some of our volunteer emergency services such as the SES or Rural Fire Brigades. Fun fact, up to 80% of all Australia's emergency services are volunteers
We always stop and check an animal on the road, because a lot of our native wildlife gets night / bright light fright, or if it is injured, then we may have a pouch that we need to check if the animal is dead, or if injured we pick it up and take it to the nearest vet - all vets Aus wide will take a native animal off your hands, supply free treatment, lodge the animal at a rescue service and if possible rehabilitate for release back into the bush, or provide a safe home with a native wildlife sanctuary. We have far too many native animals on the endangered and threatened species on the list, so it's very important to most Aussies to do what we can, and save as many as possible. You would be amazed just how many species have actually been bought back from the edge of extinction because a person rescued it off the road, not knowing what it was, and taking it to a vet.
No shoes isn't just a beach thing in Australia, it's just a thing in Australia. Not everyone does it, but going barefoot is completely normal. You'll even see people in shopping centres, eateries, on public transport, all over the place with no shoes on.
Was there something that caused it, I do walk far in just socks though but unsure on everywhere, just thought isn't suitable shoes mandatory for driving
@@XxShade_FrostxX that is cool, so far only got fanatec clubsport set up and shorten brake throw to be like road cars and I think solid soles better than flexible but that as even driving a real car feel muscle memory on how far push foot as never understand the feedback through the pedals, do wish UK could adapt to no shoes though
@@mlee6050 I never wear shoes when driving. I even did my driving test barefoot, the instructor looked at me a bit weird but oh well, I still passed. I turn led footed when I wear shoes cause I can't feel the pedal properly
I'm English and live in London and we get a lot of Australian tourists here. I have never met an Australian that I didn't like and want to be mates with. Great down to earth people with a fabulous sense of humour. Also very kind and generous. I love Aussies.
yes my family is English but i grew up over here in aus, was a very big shock in england when i would try be nice to randoms and get stares, dad told me to not be so friendly ahhahah
I’m English, I’m married to an Aussie. I live in Australia. They will break their backs to pull together in times of disaster or struggle. I’ve never known anything like it. Are they all friendly? Obviously not. That’s not real life, but they definitely do look out for each other, that’s for sure. 🏴🇬🇧🇦🇺🌹
I was in a minor car accident in my early 20’s, and a lovely lady drive around the block, came back, parked her car on the footpath and came and checked on me, sat with me till I stopped shaking and called the cops, only left once I calmed down and was able/safe to drive off- left me her name and number in case I needed someone to talk to afterwards!- lovely lady, total stranger!🤷♀️👍🏻🥰
I've been that person whose car broke down on a major road in the middle of peak hour. Thankfully two lovely people helped me push it over to the side of the road so it wasn't blocking traffic. You pay it forward and help people out, that's how community works 😊
To the guy who stopped, got out and helped the elderly lady across the traffic lights, I wish I could give you a big hug in person - that was someones much loved elderly Nanna crossing that road, and if that was my Nan, I would be mighty grateful. Not that it's an unusual thing to see, one Aussie helping another, but all the same, thanks for being a good bloke. You're a legend 🤗🥰
Lived here my whole life and yes this is the norm. Things like stopping and helping someone push their dead car onto the side where its safe is supper common, I've personally done this about 3-4 times so far and had people do the same for me once. As the legend himself says; "Look after your mates and they'll look after you." Truly the embodiment of the typical Australian attitude.
I got blindsided by a Roo on a middle of nowhere SA highway at 2am. I’m a young woman and I was travelling alone. Stuck on a late night, low use highway, middle of night, next to no phone reception is honestly such a scary situation. It took about 2 hours to get a tow truck, in that two hours only one vehicle didn’t stop to check on me. I had full on transport trucks pulling over, utes pulling over, people offering to wait with me to keep me safe till a tow truck came. Everyone that did stop stayed a good distance from my car so I’d feel safe. I know bad stuff still happens here, but it’s easy to feel safe in this country. ❤
04:40 It's a possum that got separated from the one you first see at the gate. In my state, we are required to avoid hitting any animal (unless unsafe to do so) and are expected to move those stuck on the roadway taking all necessary precautions.
Yea, they're a nationally protected species. Because there are so many, like wombats, koalas, etc. any time most people see a furry animal on the road they usually try to move them away.
We do hate shoes! I did my driver's test barefoot, and my university building - the Chemistry department - had a "no bare feet" sign on the front door. Also, perhaps our cars break down a lot, because I grew up observing, participating in, and being on the receiving end of SO many car pushes! Thank goodness for my helpful countrymen.
That animal on the road hat ran away when they threw the blanket would have been a native animal. We look after them mostly except on the highways when cars and trucks and road trains are doing 110kph (68.35mph) and we can’t stop in time. Cars come off worst when it’s a kangaroo or a wombat.
Usually wombats aren't too much of a road issue, thank god. They're generally easy to dodge, unlike roos who end up jumping towards the car. But my god the smell that ends up in your car a couple days after hitting a roo in Summer is THE WORST.
In Australia there are community groups and vets that will look after injured wildlife. Because many animals are marsupials it’s good to see if an injured/dead animal has a live Joey in its pouch. We don’t have dangerous animals… just snakes, spiders, jellyfish.. oh and crocs and sharks .. the furry ones are okay though, 😆
In general Australians are the friendliest & most helpful people you will find, yet not immune from the small percentage exposing the opposite. Nowhere in the world is perfect, but Australia is pretty close to it.
Regarding the 'scary' (long) flight to Oz - you can do it. As Aussies have a love of travel, millions of us have been doing the reverse flight to the rest of the world and back for many years.
Loved this thank you 💜 We don’t have the % of guns in Australia (or lawyers) ~ we don’t have the risk of being shot or sued every time we stop and help someone 🤗
Spent most of 38 years on this Earth barefoot. Sure, had to wear shoes on special occasions and for school, but every other time, barefoot lol. Only downside is all the damned goat's heads.
Great video. At 10.30 you can see a big snake 🐍 move from the white van on the right towards the grey (black?) Mazda on the left. The guy who hoped out of the Telstra van behind the Mazda went to tell the driver. Snakes are protected here.
The red car with the checkers on the back is the AFP (Australian Federal Police) so the fact that someone could pull *them* over and everything was just fine is pretty cool.
A great way to start the day Joel. I can see why Australia and Canada are sisters - nothing out of the ordinary there, just nice. Of course, we're starting into the winter here now, so it will be helping each other out of the ditch in ice & snow conditions. Did you see the "L" on the fender of that motorcycle? It means "Learner." I wish we had those here. In the UK they use white squares with a big red L on them. Seeing them makes one cut the Learner a bit of slack. Another nice touch. If it wasn't for the length of the flight, I'd have gone to Australia years ago to visit family. Maybe I'll hide in your luggage, so I can stretch out in the baggage compartment!!! John in Canada
John I have made the flight from Australia to Canada, 3 months skiing trip and had my first snow Christmas. Felt right at home and was asked a number of times if I was from Vancouver, lol.
I live in Adelaide SA & can vouch I have been assisted every time I've been in trouble in public. Once I broke down at the lights and called RAA (roadside assist) and while I was waiting with my hazard lights on 4 different blokes stopped and offered me assistance. Another time I was changing a tyre (not well) and a guy on his way home from work in his high vis gear stopped and took over using his own power tools to get it done faster. When I was a kid I fell of my bike a suburb away from home & an off duty bus driver actually took me and my brother and our bikes on his bus and dropped us home. We thought it was the coolest thing ever that a great big bus drove up our tiny street. Grateful for the kindness of strangers!
Similar thing happened to me and my younger brother when he fell off his bike (he is disabled and went into shock). The Ashton circus was in town, and they stopped in their van and took my brother and I (with our bikes) to the RSL Care where my Nan worked. They were super polite and caring, even gave us free tickets to the show.
We always help our mates, it's normal, unless we are severely distressed ourselves! 👍😀😥 I do these things myself, older people get confused sometimes, many times blood is difficult to see but people and animals matter! 🤗 No worries mate, take care! 👍🫂
I’ve always been really proud to be an Aussie but your videos make me see our daily ways through new eyes. You’re adorable. Keep up the good work. I really hope you’ll come and visit here for yourself some day. The spiders really aren’t that scary, I promise! 😅
I remember me and my family(my mum and three brothers)were down at the beach a few years ago when our car wouldn't start as we were leaving, three random guys walked up to us and told us to sit in the car while they pushed it for us, never seen them before and never seen them since
🕷Joel boards a plane for the long flight to Australia. But wait, there's a spider on board, inside the overhead luggage compartment, above the seat in which he is sitting. What does Joel do? 🕷
My Thai husband thought he'd scare me by taking me into a cave near Chiang Mai then showing me the giant cave spiders. He was a little stunned when I said the spiders in my house were bigger. You can't scare an Aussie with big spiders 😂😂
If you plan to visit Australia remember your summer is our winter and also remember that when you visit Australia you are pretty much visiting the whole world🙂
That's Aussie Mateship for you. If you need help we'll be there for you and you'll be there to help someone else out. We don't have a gun culture do you don't need to fear how someone might react in general. In Australia the police are our friends be honest and respectful with them, they'll to the same to us. We're in a state of shock over here a mad man on a property (farm or ranch) shot 6 people including a Policewoman and Policeman who died. Gun violence is so rare in Australia it makes the national news if something happens.
Four young police officers visited a remote property to ask Gareth Train about his brother Nathaniel, who had been reported missing. The brothers were waiting with guns and ambushed the police officers, killing Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and slightly wounding Constable Randall Kirk, who made it to the police car and hid there. The fourth, Constable Keely Brough, in her eighth week in the service, escaped and hid in long grass. She raised the alarm as she was hunted by the attackers who set the grass alive to flush her out. Keely waited it out, sending vital information to the backup teams so that they didn’t end up in the line of fire. The Train's neighbour, Alan Dare, saw the fire and drove over to help. One or more of the Trains shot him in the back in the roadway, killing him. Special forces arrived later with PolAir support, and in a hail of bullets rescued Kirk and Brough, and the bodies of Arnold and McCrow. Later that evening, police shot and killed Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey, ex-wife of Nathaniel and then wife of Gareth, who had all been barricaded in the house. An unbelievably sad day.
It is beyond tragic when the police go to check one someone whose family is concerned for their safety and they are slaughtered. Brainwashed crazy people staining the peace of a small country town with their senseless violence. My heart goes out to the wife of the neighbour, and all affected by this tragedy.❤️
@@velvetandchester There is concern that the check was actually a set-up for an ambush. The brothers apparently had cut off contact with the family some years ago, and the ex-wife of the "missing" brother was with them.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we turned on the news at least one time and this kind of thing was reported on? But good things are not "newsworthy" apparently. Lovely video Joel just as you are a lovely guy! 😍
The song that bloke was listening to that you were bouncing your head to in the “beach go’ers” clips towards the end is from an Australian rapper called ChillinIT. You should check him out!
Yep we have our fair share of a-holes over here but most Aussies are pretty damn good people , especially the country folks ….. flip flops ( also known as havienas or plastic sandals …we say thongs over here !) are the most popular summer footwear for casual outings . As far as no shoes on bitumen or gravel goes , I’ve been here over 55 years and I still can’t go barefoot , I think it’s a born here thing …lol… Love Australia, wouldn’t live anywhere else ❤
14:16 I believe that's a BMW X3. 15:24 going around barefoot is very common in Australia. It used to surprise me when I first arrived in Australia as a migrant 32 years ago, but now it doesn't surprise me anymore.
One of the things I’m most proud of about being an Aussie is how we help each other. I love that it’s second nature to us and no big deal to do it. In devastating times no matter what state it is we pull together as a country and do amazing things. I’m very grateful for my life here. ❤
Hello Joel. Super kind Aussies. You expect Kylie and Jason (everybody needs good Neighbours). That kid sounded like he was from Northern England though, which seems right with the "soccer" football?
Aussies can be both the most aggressive road rager ever and also the most polite good doer. The duality of Australian's is similar to the summer right now in Canberra (it was raining yesterday and the sky is grey).
I remember when a Lamborghini broke down in the middle of an intersection in the Sydney CBD (Central Business District) during afternoon peak hour. I was not worried so much about the car but wanting the traffic to flow, as soon as the pedestrian crossing lights turned green I had helped push the car out and place it around the corner - in my business skirt suit.
In some states the emergency road services have ‘scouts’ that look for courteous drivers and they send a letter to the registered owner rewarding them with something like movie tickets or similar😎
Recently I was towing a large boat around and got a flat tire on the trailer and I wasn’t able to change the tire because we couldn’t jack the boat up with a normal car jack Within 20 seconds a couple guys in a helix pulled up and we used 2 jacks and were able to change the tire fine but without them I would’ve needed a tow truck
I had a car accident many years ago and had 4 of my 5 children in the car , no one was hurt thank god but I was in shock and couldn’t let go of the steering wheel while my kids who were all 5 and under were apparently screaming. I had so many people come out of their homes looking after my kids trying to calm them down. I was literally 2 streets from home and my 10yr old was home sick with my sister and my husband 1 of the people in the street knew my son and they ran up to my house and got my husband and sister and told them where we were and we’d been in an accident. We bought the people in the street a box of chocolates to thank them . We have some amazing people here in Australia !
Always donate to op shops whatever I dont need anymore that is still good, donate some dog food to the local shelter each week, helped an old lady with a gold coin for her trolley at the shops, used to take care of my elderly Neighbour...so much so the family (who lived interstate) let me visit him just before he passed. That's being an Aussie....do good because we are so lucky
Hey Joel, did you expect that sheep to just come up to the bloke & ask him to pop him back over the fence 🤔😂 😉 They are jumpy little buggers.. & fun to tackle 🤠 Just watch out for a head butt. Generally someone always gives a hand👍
Careful when you say you're gonna come here in the summer mate. Your summer is our winter, so head over during Christmas time, have an Australian Summer Christmas with the boyz down at Bondi beach and bring the sun screen/block, slip slap slop that stuff on ya.
I remember my cousins car breaking down in a roundabout and literally 2/3 cars there stopped to help ❤ No judgements or road rage and one dude even offered to stayed until the tow truck came.
My daughters were travelling on a six hour trip on a relatively tight schedule to get to Melbourne recently. They stopped at a public toilet as an elderly woman collapsed and fell heavily in the carpark. It was commendable that another person in attendance was keen to commence CPR. However, the woman had a pulse! Once they checked for breathing (she wasn't!) they rolled the woman into the "recovery position" on her side and she gasped and began to breathe again. They called for an ambulance and arrived in Melbourne with 15 minutes to spare!
Australians are ‘quiet achievers’. We see bragging as a tall poppy syndrome (needs cutting down to earth). Because we have so many natural disasters (floods, bushfires, earthquakes, droughts…) there’s an extraordinary high level of people who’ll ‘offer you the shirt off their back’ to help out those in need. We are an extremely generous people as well, because we’ve all experienced hardship in some form or another. We’re also ‘no bullshit’ people, yet can laugh at ourselves, which is a very rare virtue. Don’t cross us though. 🤨
Haha- funnily enough, Joel- the child who say "Thank you very much", when the guy returns the ball, is clearly an immigrant from the UK, because he pronounces 'much' as 'mooch', which is a North Country accent eg Manchester. It is definitely not how Aussis pronounce the short 'u' vowel.
I was also hit by a car when i was 11 riding my bike lol. I just remember feeling this big shove behind me and waking up on the road. Alot of ppl stopped to help, some guy on a tractor lol.
At one of my jobs at this small convenience store there was a two car accident right out front. It was a main road and ppl usually turned right into the street on the side of us. This car must have put breaks on too fast to turn or something and the car behind rammed into him. I went out to see if they were ok but the guy in the front car was in shock and wouldn't move or speak. There was alot of petrol on the road but we just didn't know what to do so waited for the ambulance. I brought out some chairs and blankets for the other guys lol felt so useless.
The lack of shoes isn’t simply a beach thing though it’s probably more common in those regions. We live 8 hours from the nearest beach. My husband spends the week in 3 piece suits and leather shoes. Weekends though, he’s barefoot and relaxed, even when he goes to the shops. Personally, I think it’s gross and I make him wash his feet before coming inside the house but in 30 years, I’ve never managed to break this habit.
People always help you if you need it in Australia. I take this for granted and thought it happened everywhere. If your car breaks down, awesome people just run over and offer to push the car off the road for you. They will even offer to call for some help and wait with you until help arrives. A lady stopped me on my way into Maccas drive thru to tell me my skirt was caught in the car door and hanging out- as it was raining and she didnt want part of my skirt to get wet.
Hey Jps. I had a huntsman in my car coming home from work. I pulled on the handbrake and jumped out. I of my friends did same. Dude walks past and says 'Spider in the car, ladies? 🤣🤣 I was in the middle of peak hour in Park St. on the outskirts of the City!
The boot thing does happen a lot more because of automatic door mechanisms you push them and they just have a glitch I saw this the other day as someone was pulling out of the swimming pool parking lot
Wildlife rescue is a big thing in Australia. There are dedicated vets and rescues you can call for any animal in distress. We really value our wildlife.
It's not that we get out to feel sad for the animal, Australian animals are predominantly marsupials, so we have to get out and check the hit animal doesn't have a live baby in it's pouch and take the baby to a wildlife rescue if it does and take the animal itself if it's just injured.
If you're gonna visit next summer, keep in mind that your summer is our winter. So make sure you don't pack only hot weather gear, or you'll be caught in the rain lol
Aussie Possums are very different from American ones, they're much cuter. Also we don't have raccoons here, instead the cockatoos and ibises have filled the bin-scavenging niche.
13:46 hi jps. Although you should look in your rear view mirror. By law you don’t really need to generally. If you are rammed in the back by another car, depending on the situation, but it generally is the other cars fault. That’s why most people don’t check their rear view mirror unless beeped at.
When you say 'most people' you can count me out. Checking one's rear view regularly is just basic driving 101. Folks who don't are a menace. I hope you check yours regularly.
I think the guy who took the sheep off camera for a bit may have actually been from New Zealand. Usually in the Australian dashcam videos there is an over representation of Commodores and Hiluxes. Not sure I saw any in this video. No video of the incident but years ago my wife broke down in the KFC drive through. The wife and sister in law were holding up traffic while trying to push the car out of the road and the 1 legged guy in the car behind hopped out and assisted them.
the school child the biker returned the ball to who said thank you very much did not sound Australian to me. sounded more of a northern England Lancastrian accent to my ears. especially more so on the word, much there's lots of young brit family's that go to live in Australia. I've known quite a few go over in past years. maybe I'm wrong about the accent but it really did sound northern England to me
Great Video and so proud to see my fellow aussies setting the right example, @MoreJps whenever you get down to australia make sure you come visit Melbourne, i'll be your tour guide/drinking partner when you get over here
JP if you do come to Oz, don't come in your summer, come in your winter (our summer) unless you really love the cold, in which case come in your summer and go skiing in Oz (that'll really mess with the minds of your friends and family 🤣)
Alot of people who watch the clip miss it, but the clip just before the bike falling over in the servo, you'll see a guy hop out of his van and go to the Mazda in front... look at the ground under the mazda and you'll see why the bloke jumped out 🤣🤣 theres a 2m+ carpet python crossing the road slowly that everyone who watches the clip misses lol
I’m English. I’m married to an Aussie, and live in Australia. I have never known a country of people that will pull together as quickly as Australians, where disaster hits here. I’m talking strangers digging deep into their pockets, or giving freely of their time, for as long as it takes, to make an impact. Possibly the most charitable country on the planet. They will break their backs for each other. 🇦🇺
It's generally considered good form over here to stop if you hit a native animal and check. Even if you've killed it, there may be a joey alive in the pouch, which will need help.
Beat me to it 💞
Also make sure to call your closest wildlife carers to make sure there is definitely no Joey and mark it.
Absolutely. ❤
Had a mate fall backwards down his steep cement driveway recently kissed the cement as he called it, knocked himself unconscious. A lady driving past happen to glance in his direction and see him fall. She reversed went to check on him, sat with him for two hours as a typical Aussie he refused to go to hospital. The lady also returned the next day to Cheek on him again. Just love this about us Aussie s.
Australians often give eachover shit and insult eachover as a joke. But at the end of the day watching out for and helping eachover is a big thing aswell.
My 2IC at work gives out so much shit, but he is the toppest of blokes. One morning as I was about to finish my shift and I said goodbye to him as he was walking in. He said to me: "You aren't going anywhere right now." And I replied: "Why not?" "You have a flat tire." We tried but couldn't work out how to get the spare off, so he just jumped in his car, drove 15 minutes home, got his tire pump, came back, hooked me up and got me going.
'Eachover' ??? What is that? Once, ok, a typo. Three times???
Sometimes I despair at the standard of education some people reach.
Cheers anyway for the sentiment!
@@micko11154 Sorry my friend I hope you can survive this hardship
The majority of Aussies are indeed the doers of good deeds. Joel, I hope you visit here one day. You will love it, I am sure!
Yeah, when all of your nature wants you dead you try to be a bro. Solidarity.
@@anthonyparker2674😂
I’ve had one spider bite ( a red back spider bite mind you ) in over 55 years in Australia , no snake bites , no scorpions or any other nasty bastards either … as long as you keep a look out , use common sense and look under things outside that you are going to either sit on or are going to pick up , or if you will be taking something inside that’s been outside for a while..look inside then touch !
oh hang on I got stung four times on the shoulder by a wasp but I got too close to a nest I hadn’t even seen , so my bad !
@@beckyluvstoscrapnsew Oh gosh! Four times! That was an attack wasp, yikes! I've never been stung by a wasp or a bee, neither have I ever been bitten by a spider, probably because I run a minute mile when I see one. I have been attacked by a magpie, twice in my life, and that jus felt ugly and awkward. The flap of wings over my head. But let's not mention magpies to Joel. We don't want to scare him completely into not coming, right?
If you're interested in more of the widespread helpful spirit of Australians I'd suggest checking out some of our volunteer emergency services such as the SES or Rural Fire Brigades. Fun fact, up to 80% of all Australia's emergency services are volunteers
Mud Army is worth a watch. Mates being mates definition of Aussie's. 💚
We always stop and check an animal on the road, because a lot of our native wildlife gets night / bright light fright, or if it is injured, then we may have a pouch that we need to check if the animal is dead, or if injured we pick it up and take it to the nearest vet - all vets Aus wide will take a native animal off your hands, supply free treatment, lodge the animal at a rescue service and if possible rehabilitate for release back into the bush, or provide a safe home with a native wildlife sanctuary. We have far too many native animals on the endangered and threatened species on the list, so it's very important to most Aussies to do what we can, and save as many as possible. You would be amazed just how many species have actually been bought back from the edge of extinction because a person rescued it off the road, not knowing what it was, and taking it to a vet.
No shoes isn't just a beach thing in Australia, it's just a thing in Australia. Not everyone does it, but going barefoot is completely normal. You'll even see people in shopping centres, eateries, on public transport, all over the place with no shoes on.
ya, id be going barefoot all the time if i could here
Was there something that caused it, I do walk far in just socks though but unsure on everywhere, just thought isn't suitable shoes mandatory for driving
@@mlee6050 no it's not mandatory. None of my family drive with shoes because they have more control with out them on their feet.
@@XxShade_FrostxX that is cool, so far only got fanatec clubsport set up and shorten brake throw to be like road cars and I think solid soles better than flexible but that as even driving a real car feel muscle memory on how far push foot as never understand the feedback through the pedals, do wish UK could adapt to no shoes though
@@mlee6050 I never wear shoes when driving. I even did my driving test barefoot, the instructor looked at me a bit weird but oh well, I still passed. I turn led footed when I wear shoes cause I can't feel the pedal properly
Literally none of these things would even count as a "good deed" over here it's just basic decency.
I'm English and live in London and we get a lot of Australian tourists here. I have never met an Australian that I didn't like and want to be mates with. Great down to earth people with a fabulous sense of humour. Also very kind and generous. I love Aussies.
This one time I was carrying a heavy carton of drinks it was a hot day and somebody pulled up and offered me a lift
yes my family is English but i grew up over here in aus, was a very big shock in england when i would try be nice to randoms and get stares, dad told me to not be so friendly ahhahah
I’m English, I’m married to an Aussie. I live in Australia. They will break their backs to pull together in times of disaster or struggle. I’ve never known anything like it. Are they all friendly? Obviously not. That’s not real life, but they definitely do look out for each other, that’s for sure. 🏴🇬🇧🇦🇺🌹
@@knack2baby888see, now I have the opposite experience. I smile at someone and get “watcha lookin at C##T?” Lol. Sooooo, I stopped smiling in Coles 😂
@@pommiebears yeah no dont think that happens lol
We've got a trait in Australia called 'Mateship'. It is part of our identity as Australians. It is even on our Citizenship Test.
It’s pretty much an unwritten law here that everyone is your mate until they do something that makes them not your mate.
Or it's a place where you call a stranger mate & your mate D-head
LOL
I was in a minor car accident in my early 20’s, and a lovely lady drive around the block, came back, parked her car on the footpath and came and checked on me, sat with me till I stopped shaking and called the cops, only left once I calmed down and was able/safe to drive off- left me her name and number in case I needed someone to talk to afterwards!- lovely lady, total stranger!🤷♀️👍🏻🥰
The most surprising thing was that you were surprised that people help each other!!!
In the clip that starts at 10:20, it's incredible how many people don't see the snake moving between the cars on the road.😁😁
Yes, I've watched a few folks react to this and they all have to have the snake pointed out; whereas we Aussies all see it immediately...lol
exactly ! i thought it must have been my imagination since Jps didnt mention it :D
I've been that person whose car broke down on a major road in the middle of peak hour. Thankfully two lovely people helped me push it over to the side of the road so it wasn't blocking traffic. You pay it forward and help people out, that's how community works 😊
To the guy who stopped, got out and helped the elderly lady across the traffic lights, I wish I could give you a big hug in person - that was someones much loved elderly Nanna crossing that road, and if that was my Nan, I would be mighty grateful. Not that it's an unusual thing to see, one Aussie helping another, but all the same, thanks for being a good bloke. You're a legend 🤗🥰
Lived here my whole life and yes this is the norm. Things like stopping and helping someone push their dead car onto the side where its safe is supper common, I've personally done this about 3-4 times so far and had people do the same for me once. As the legend himself says; "Look after your mates and they'll look after you." Truly the embodiment of the typical Australian attitude.
I got blindsided by a Roo on a middle of nowhere SA highway at 2am. I’m a young woman and I was travelling alone. Stuck on a late night, low use highway, middle of night, next to no phone reception is honestly such a scary situation. It took about 2 hours to get a tow truck, in that two hours only one vehicle didn’t stop to check on me.
I had full on transport trucks pulling over, utes pulling over, people offering to wait with me to keep me safe till a tow truck came. Everyone that did stop stayed a good distance from my car so I’d feel safe. I know bad stuff still happens here, but it’s easy to feel safe in this country. ❤
04:40 It's a possum that got separated from the one you first see at the gate. In my state, we are required to avoid hitting any animal (unless unsafe to do so) and are expected to move those stuck on the roadway taking all necessary precautions.
Yea, they're a nationally protected species. Because there are so many, like wombats, koalas, etc. any time most people see a furry animal on the road they usually try to move them away.
We do hate shoes! I did my driver's test barefoot, and my university building - the Chemistry department - had a "no bare feet" sign on the front door. Also, perhaps our cars break down a lot, because I grew up observing, participating in, and being on the receiving end of SO many car pushes! Thank goodness for my helpful countrymen.
This is the Australian Spirit, we are proud of being the kind of people who will stop and help a complete stranger when we see they need help.
It's one of the planks of 'mate-ship'. If you see someone in trouble, whether you know them or not, lend a hand. :)
That animal on the road hat ran away when they threw the blanket would have been a native animal. We look after them mostly except on the highways when cars and trucks and road trains are doing 110kph (68.35mph) and we can’t stop in time. Cars come off worst when it’s a kangaroo or a wombat.
Usually wombats aren't too much of a road issue, thank god. They're generally easy to dodge, unlike roos who end up jumping towards the car. But my god the smell that ends up in your car a couple days after hitting a roo in Summer is THE WORST.
A roo hit my uncle's car on the drivers side, he was only doing 40 but the car was a right-off and he was pretty badly injured for a few months.
In Australia there are community groups and vets that will look after injured wildlife. Because many animals are marsupials it’s good to see if an injured/dead animal has a live Joey in its pouch. We don’t have dangerous animals… just snakes, spiders, jellyfish.. oh and crocs and sharks .. the furry ones are okay though, 😆
Probably have more risk of being kicked by a pink horse with no legs than bitten by anything that'll kill you.
Unless you count the chlamydia koalas carry… 😂
In general Australians are the friendliest & most helpful people you will find, yet not immune from the small percentage exposing the opposite. Nowhere in the world is perfect, but Australia is pretty close to it.
Regarding the 'scary' (long) flight to Oz - you can do it. As Aussies have a love of travel, millions of us have been doing the reverse flight to the rest of the world and back for many years.
Loved this thank you 💜
We don’t have the % of guns in Australia (or lawyers) ~ we don’t have the risk of being shot or sued every time we stop and help someone 🤗
16:25 Its pretty common to be barefoot in Australia even if not going to the beach.
In Brisbane Auchenflower at a servo one day and Wally Lewis came up asked me where my shoes were, I just laughed and frowned at the same time🤭
Spent most of 38 years on this Earth barefoot. Sure, had to wear shoes on special occasions and for school, but every other time, barefoot lol.
Only downside is all the damned goat's heads.
@@wuguxiandi9413 dampers
Great video. At 10.30 you can see a big snake 🐍 move from the white van on the right towards the grey (black?) Mazda on the left. The guy who hoped out of the Telstra van behind the Mazda went to tell the driver. Snakes are protected here.
I’m addicted to your videos 🤣 it’s interesting to see how other countries perceive our country. Haha
Me, having lived my entire adult life in Australia: who the flip drives with shoes on!?
Little people like me who need that extra length to push the pedals, but the shoes are kicked off immediately I am home.
@@redwarpy Ah, yes, anyone outside whatever the statistically average range they use when designing things. Like doors. My bad
The red car with the checkers on the back is the AFP (Australian Federal Police) so the fact that someone could pull *them* over and everything was just fine is pretty cool.
A great way to start the day Joel. I can see why Australia and Canada are sisters - nothing out of the ordinary there, just nice. Of course, we're starting into the winter here now, so it will be helping each other out of the ditch in ice & snow conditions. Did you see the "L" on the fender of that motorcycle? It means "Learner." I wish we had those here. In the UK they use white squares with a big red L on them. Seeing them makes one cut the Learner a bit of slack. Another nice touch. If it wasn't for the length of the flight, I'd have gone to Australia years ago to visit family. Maybe I'll hide in your luggage, so I can stretch out in the baggage compartment!!! John in Canada
John I have made the flight from Australia to Canada, 3 months skiing trip and had my first snow Christmas. Felt right at home and was asked a number of times if I was from Vancouver, lol.
Currently a learner driver, something you’ll find is people will either give you lots of room, or be right up your ass, no in between
I live in Adelaide SA & can vouch I have been assisted every time I've been in trouble in public. Once I broke down at the lights and called RAA (roadside assist) and while I was waiting with my hazard lights on 4 different blokes stopped and offered me assistance. Another time I was changing a tyre (not well) and a guy on his way home from work in his high vis gear stopped and took over using his own power tools to get it done faster. When I was a kid I fell of my bike a suburb away from home & an off duty bus driver actually took me and my brother and our bikes on his bus and dropped us home. We thought it was the coolest thing ever that a great big bus drove up our tiny street. Grateful for the kindness of strangers!
Similar thing happened to me and my younger brother when he fell off his bike (he is disabled and went into shock).
The Ashton circus was in town, and they stopped in their van and took my brother and I (with our bikes) to the RSL Care where my Nan worked.
They were super polite and caring, even gave us free tickets to the show.
10:22 he told them not to go until the python was out from underneath the car and across the road.
We always help our mates, it's normal, unless we are severely distressed ourselves! 👍😀😥 I do these things myself, older people get confused sometimes, many times blood is difficult to see but people and animals matter! 🤗 No worries mate, take care! 👍🫂
That sort of thing is very common here, got to look after your mates, even if you don't know them.
I’m so happy that acts of kindness and good deeds is becoming more mainstream, as it should be.
That's normal in Australia
@@blacktemplarbrotherlucius1935 its normal in most places. There are good people everywhere. We just all think we are the only ones
@@Lnch4ALion that's so true.
The reason we hate shoes is so we can feel when we step on a SPIDER!!!!!!
Huh?
@@Lnch4ALion It's a joke bro. Because JPS hates spiders so much OP is taking the piss.
Ha ha ha!
I’ve always been really proud to be an Aussie but your videos make me see our daily ways through new eyes. You’re adorable. Keep up the good work. I really hope you’ll come and visit here for yourself some day. The spiders really aren’t that scary, I promise! 😅
Yeah, we manage somehow. I get by as an Aussie arachnophobe, though I did once jump from a moving car to get away from a huntsman 😂
You can take off your shoe and kill a spider if your are that afraid, I on the other hand just gently coax them to leave.
Love the reaction to the little spider and no reaction the the giant snake crossing the road
LOL!
I remember me and my family(my mum and three brothers)were down at the beach a few years ago when our car wouldn't start as we were leaving, three random guys walked up to us and told us to sit in the car while they pushed it for us, never seen them before and never seen them since
🕷Joel boards a plane for the long flight to Australia. But wait, there's a spider on board, inside the overhead luggage compartment, above the seat in which he is sitting. What does Joel do? 🕷
Thats so mean!!! 🤣😂🤣
@@sunisbest1234 I know, right? hehe
Reminds me of the movie , Snakes on a plane
before or after he craps himself 😜
My Thai husband thought he'd scare me by taking me into a cave near Chiang Mai then showing me the giant cave spiders. He was a little stunned when I said the spiders in my house were bigger. You can't scare an Aussie with big spiders 😂😂
If you plan to visit Australia remember your summer is our winter and also remember that when you visit Australia you are pretty much visiting the whole world🙂
That's Aussie Mateship for you. If you need help we'll be there for you and you'll be there to help someone else out. We don't have a gun culture do you don't need to fear how someone might react in general.
In Australia the police are our friends be honest and respectful with them, they'll to the same to us. We're in a state of shock over here a mad man on a property (farm or ranch) shot 6 people including a Policewoman and Policeman who died. Gun violence is so rare in Australia it makes the national news if something happens.
Four young police officers visited a remote property to ask Gareth Train about his brother Nathaniel, who had been reported missing. The brothers were waiting with guns and ambushed the police officers, killing Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and slightly wounding Constable Randall Kirk, who made it to the police car and hid there. The fourth, Constable Keely Brough, in her eighth week in the service, escaped and hid in long grass. She raised the alarm as she was hunted by the attackers who set the grass alive to flush her out. Keely waited it out, sending vital information to the backup teams so that they didn’t end up in the line of fire. The Train's neighbour, Alan Dare, saw the fire and drove over to help. One or more of the Trains shot him in the back in the roadway, killing him. Special forces arrived later with PolAir support, and in a hail of bullets rescued Kirk and Brough, and the bodies of Arnold and McCrow. Later that evening, police shot and killed Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey, ex-wife of Nathaniel and then wife of Gareth, who had all been barricaded in the house. An unbelievably sad day.
It is beyond tragic when the police go to check one someone whose family is concerned for their safety and they are slaughtered. Brainwashed crazy people staining the peace of a small country town with their senseless violence.
My heart goes out to the wife of the neighbour, and all affected by this tragedy.❤️
@@Bellas1717 Such a tragic day 😪
@@velvetandchester There is concern that the check was actually a set-up for an ambush. The brothers apparently had cut off contact with the family some years ago, and the ex-wife of the "missing" brother was with them.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we turned on the news at least one time and this kind of thing was reported on? But good things are not "newsworthy" apparently. Lovely video Joel just as you are a lovely guy! 😍
I love Aussies. By and large, kind optimistic people.
Great video Joel! Yeah you gotta visit
The song that bloke was listening to that you were bouncing your head to in the “beach go’ers” clips towards the end is from an Australian rapper called ChillinIT. You should check him out!
Yep we have our fair share of a-holes over here but most Aussies are pretty damn good people , especially the country folks ….. flip flops ( also known as havienas or plastic sandals …we say thongs over here !) are the most popular summer footwear for casual outings . As far as no shoes on bitumen or gravel goes , I’ve been here over 55 years and I still can’t go barefoot , I think it’s a born here thing …lol…
Love Australia, wouldn’t live anywhere else ❤
14:16 I believe that's a BMW X3.
15:24 going around barefoot is very common in Australia. It used to surprise me when I first arrived in Australia as a migrant 32 years ago, but now it doesn't surprise me anymore.
G'day from OZ. Good to see u back.
One of the things I’m most proud of about being an Aussie is how we help each other. I love that it’s second nature to us and no big deal to do it. In devastating times no matter what state it is we pull together as a country and do amazing things. I’m very grateful for my life here. ❤
This really does restore your faith in humanity. Great video 😁
Hello Joel. Super kind Aussies. You expect Kylie and Jason (everybody needs good Neighbours). That kid sounded like he was from Northern England though, which seems right with the "soccer" football?
Aussies can be both the most aggressive road rager ever and also the most polite good doer. The duality of Australian's is similar to the summer right now in Canberra (it was raining yesterday and the sky is grey).
That's pretty much like Americans
I remember when a Lamborghini broke down in the middle of an intersection in the Sydney CBD (Central Business District) during afternoon peak hour. I was not worried so much about the car but wanting the traffic to flow, as soon as the pedestrian crossing lights turned green I had helped push the car out and place it around the corner - in my business skirt suit.
Did you notice that we drive on the correct side of the road? 😂
Queenslader here, there's not a lot that goes on in Australia so when there's an accident, everyone gets invloved to help where they can
Have you ever seen what happens in australia if someone falls down between train and station?
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In some states the emergency road services have ‘scouts’ that look for courteous drivers and they send a letter to the registered owner rewarding them with something like movie tickets or similar😎
Can you react to Dashcams Australia - Caught by police / instant karma
Also think he should do this
Recently I was towing a large boat around and got a flat tire on the trailer and I wasn’t able to change the tire because we couldn’t jack the boat up with a normal car jack
Within 20 seconds a couple guys in a helix pulled up and we used 2 jacks and were able to change the tire fine but without them I would’ve needed a tow truck
I had a car accident many years ago and had 4 of my 5 children in the car , no one was hurt thank god but I was in shock and couldn’t let go of the steering wheel while my kids who were all 5 and under were apparently screaming. I had so many people come out of their homes looking after my kids trying to calm them down. I was literally 2 streets from home and my 10yr old was home sick with my sister and my husband 1 of the people in the street knew my son and they ran up to my house and got my husband and sister and told them where we were and we’d been in an accident. We bought the people in the street a box of chocolates to thank them . We have some amazing people here in Australia !
Always donate to op shops whatever I dont need anymore that is still good, donate some dog food to the local shelter each week, helped an old lady with a gold coin for her trolley at the shops, used to take care of my elderly Neighbour...so much so the family (who lived interstate) let me visit him just before he passed. That's being an Aussie....do good because we are so lucky
Yes, we can sometimes be helpful to other uses on the road, but don't ever cut in front or hog lanes. Not everyone gets a free pass.
Hey Joel, did you expect that sheep to just come up to the bloke & ask him to pop him back over the fence 🤔😂 😉
They are jumpy little buggers.. & fun to tackle 🤠 Just watch out for a head butt.
Generally someone always gives a hand👍
Careful when you say you're gonna come here in the summer mate. Your summer is our winter, so head over during Christmas time, have an Australian Summer Christmas with the boyz down at Bondi beach and bring the sun screen/block, slip slap slop that stuff on ya.
I remember my cousins car breaking down in a roundabout and literally 2/3 cars there stopped to help ❤ No judgements or road rage and one dude even offered to stayed until the tow truck came.
My daughters were travelling on a six hour trip on a relatively tight schedule to get to Melbourne recently. They stopped at a public toilet as an elderly woman collapsed and fell heavily in the carpark. It was commendable that another person in attendance was keen to commence CPR. However, the woman had a pulse! Once they checked for breathing (she wasn't!) they rolled the woman into the "recovery position" on her side and she gasped and began to breathe again. They called for an ambulance and arrived in Melbourne with 15 minutes to spare!
Australians are ‘quiet achievers’. We see bragging as a tall poppy syndrome (needs cutting down to earth). Because we have so many natural disasters (floods, bushfires, earthquakes, droughts…) there’s an extraordinary high level of people who’ll ‘offer you the shirt off their back’ to help out those in need. We are an extremely generous people as well, because we’ve all experienced hardship in some form or another. We’re also ‘no bullshit’ people, yet can laugh at ourselves, which is a very rare virtue. Don’t cross us though. 🤨
Haha- funnily enough, Joel- the child who say "Thank you very much", when the guy returns the ball, is clearly an immigrant from the UK, because he pronounces 'much' as 'mooch', which is a North Country accent eg Manchester. It is definitely not how Aussis pronounce the short 'u' vowel.
As an Australian, why is it so fascinating to watch Americans react to every day aussie things??
I was also hit by a car when i was 11 riding my bike lol. I just remember feeling this big shove behind me and waking up on the road. Alot of ppl stopped to help, some guy on a tractor lol.
One exceptional thing about Australians is that there is never a shortage of people when there is someone in need of help.
look for the video of australian's working together to move a train by hand to free someone trap between the train and the platform
Love your attitude man you would make a good Aussie
At one of my jobs at this small convenience store there was a two car accident right out front. It was a main road and ppl usually turned right into the street on the side of us. This car must have put breaks on too fast to turn or something and the car behind rammed into him. I went out to see if they were ok but the guy in the front car was in shock and wouldn't move or speak. There was alot of petrol on the road but we just didn't know what to do so waited for the ambulance. I brought out some chairs and blankets for the other guys lol felt so useless.
The lack of shoes isn’t simply a beach thing though it’s probably more common in those regions. We live 8 hours from the nearest beach. My husband spends the week in 3 piece suits and leather shoes. Weekends though, he’s barefoot and relaxed, even when he goes to the shops. Personally, I think it’s gross and I make him wash his feet before coming inside the house but in 30 years, I’ve never managed to break this habit.
“You look after your mates & your mates will look after you”
People always help you if you need it in Australia. I take this for granted and thought it happened everywhere. If your car breaks down, awesome people just run over and offer to push the car off the road for you. They will even offer to call for some help and wait with you until help arrives. A lady stopped me on my way into Maccas drive thru to tell me my skirt was caught in the car door and hanging out- as it was raining and she didnt want part of my skirt to get wet.
Hey Jps. I had a huntsman in my car coming home from work. I pulled on the handbrake and jumped out. I of my friends did same. Dude walks past and says 'Spider in the car, ladies? 🤣🤣
I was in the middle of peak hour in Park St. on the outskirts of the City!
8:56 I love how they were playing Lights On The Hill by Slim Dusty
The boot thing does happen a lot more because of automatic door mechanisms you push them and they just have a glitch I saw this the other day as someone was pulling out of the swimming pool parking lot
Wildlife rescue is a big thing in Australia. There are dedicated vets and rescues you can call for any animal in distress. We really value our wildlife.
So many of these are from here in Brisbane. Makes me proud :)
It's not that we get out to feel sad for the animal, Australian animals are predominantly marsupials, so we have to get out and check the hit animal doesn't have a live baby in it's pouch and take the baby to a wildlife rescue if it does and take the animal itself if it's just injured.
A lot of those cars that broke down and pushed off the road are around Brisbane. I recognise some of those locations
I loved that citizen pulling up a cop car for speeding 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If you're gonna visit next summer, keep in mind that your summer is our winter. So make sure you don't pack only hot weather gear, or you'll be caught in the rain lol
Aussie Possums are very different from American ones, they're much cuter. Also we don't have raccoons here, instead the cockatoos and ibises have filled the bin-scavenging niche.
This should not be an Aussie thing. This should be a Humanity Thing
13:46 hi jps. Although you should look in your rear view mirror. By law you don’t really need to generally. If you are rammed in the back by another car, depending on the situation, but it generally is the other cars fault. That’s why most people don’t check their rear view mirror unless beeped at.
When you say 'most people' you can count me out. Checking one's rear view regularly is just basic driving 101. Folks who don't are a menace. I hope you check yours regularly.
I think the guy who took the sheep off camera for a bit may have actually been from New Zealand.
Usually in the Australian dashcam videos there is an over representation of Commodores and Hiluxes. Not sure I saw any in this video.
No video of the incident but years ago my wife broke down in the KFC drive through. The wife and sister in law were holding up traffic while trying to push the car out of the road and the 1 legged guy in the car behind hopped out and assisted them.
This is great
the school child the biker returned the ball to who said thank you very much did not sound Australian to me. sounded more of a northern England Lancastrian accent to my ears. especially more so on the word, much
there's lots of young brit family's that go to live in Australia. I've known quite a few go over in past years. maybe I'm wrong about the accent but it really did sound northern England to me
Great Video and so proud to see my fellow aussies setting the right example, @MoreJps whenever you get down to australia make sure you come visit Melbourne, i'll be your tour guide/drinking partner when you get over here
JP if you do come to Oz, don't come in your summer, come in your winter (our summer) unless you really love the cold, in which case come in your summer and go skiing in Oz (that'll really mess with the minds of your friends and family 🤣)
In the one where they stopped for an animal, it was a possum* (they said it in the car before stopping)
* very different from your opossums
Alot of people who watch the clip miss it, but the clip just before the bike falling over in the servo, you'll see a guy hop out of his van and go to the Mazda in front... look at the ground under the mazda and you'll see why the bloke jumped out 🤣🤣 theres a 2m+ carpet python crossing the road slowly that everyone who watches the clip misses lol