We took a German girl to an Aussie rules footy match and she could not believe the fact that fans were not segregated and got along okay about wins/losses etc. Also that post games the kids play the game on the ground and not hassle others.
@@politicallyincorrectpanda only if he's using chicken salt on a box of red rooster chips. Flavour Enhancer 621 (mono sodium glutamate) is addictive. Yum?
Traditional Aussie meals would be the Lamb roast we grew up having on Sundays. Cannot beat a leg of lamb, roast vegetables and dessert. Followed by a food coma. We always had this for Sunday Lunch so for dinner, our night meal. We would have something light, quick for Mum and fun like pancakes or crepes with lemon or orange juice and a little sugar. Plus a cup of tea. My first 13 years were in multicultural Sydney and I was always in someone’s house learning to cook Italian or being fed their food. We used to be in big trouble if we didn’t eat all of our dinner but my Mama loved Italian food. So I was forgiven once she knew I could cook it. We lived with so many different people from other Countries.I did refuse to learn to cook Greek food, I never liked anything they ate. Croatian bread was terrible too but we were too polite to say so, if it is put in front of you, just say thank you and eat it. At home now it is just my husband and I when Covid started. I love Japanese food, it tastes so good and it is always very healthy. No, I don’t mean Sushi. We both learned to cook traditional Japanese food from RUclips. Chinese food has more fats and sugars but I know how to change those so we learned some of those too. Cigarette’s have been taxed so highly here to stop people smoking. I think a pack is now around $45.00 and I don’t remember when I last saw anyone smoke or even smell like smoke. I had a man in America tell me he didn’t believe me, he was really rude telling me. He pays $20.00 for his tobacco in the US and he looked up his in Australia. It was $220.00. I got a giant apology, we are friends now. To a degree they are doing the same with alcohol and they need to stop now. They will put so many out of business and work if they keep going. In Victoria they have really shocking don’t drink and drive ads that they brought down the deaths in under 25’s by 84% in the first year. These ads are world famous and still used by driving schools around the world, even though most of them drive on the other side of the road. That doesn’t matter because it is the shock value and how easy this could be anyone that matters. Doesn’t matter how many times you see them they still shock you every time. I watched my youngest daughter grow up with these ads and when her year graduated from high school they made an agreement that none of them broke for about 10 years. If you were going out and might drink then your car stayed home. When they were ready to go home they could call anyone in their year even if it was 3.00am to come and drive them home. My daughter maybe drinks twice a year so her phone always rang. At first she would get dressed to go and help but after about 2 weeks she just went out the door in her PJ’s. I am a Diabetic so I might have one beer three times a year but mine is zero alcohol and zero sugar. So mine isn’t taxed but it tastes the same as the one that is taxed. Australia is very good at making beer, wine and sparkling wine taste just like the alcoholic version. Christmas before last over 80% of people took the no alcohol version. I was annoyed because it was sold out everywhere. This year they had extra ready. The only thing she got wrong was fireworks are still legal in two States. You just have to get a license which is easy. I remember cracker night when I was a child. The whole street would save wood to make a big bonfire and we were watched by our parents. They exploded the dangerous one’s but too many kids were injured or worse. There were also those teens that were up to no good. I know one who put so many into their Aunts letterbox that was in a brick fence. The whole fence went threw the front door and the wall. We have plenty of firework nights around us. Two a year in front of our house on the beach. Having our own I don’t believe was a Government thing. It was the people who didn’t like them, the one’s who forgot to put their actor dog away. I don’t know if she said it is common to be told to bring a plate if you are invited out to eat. People loved doing this to new Australian’s who didn’t understand. No one is going to get mad if you bring an empty plate. It means bring a plate of food. It can be savoury or sweet and it all goes onto a big table and shared. We always took more than one plate because we had a lot of children. Thank you.
As a 49 year old with a BIT of experience in mining (sampling) , I still cannot figure out why the newbies have such an aversion to making verbal contact over the phone . 11 years + and I obviously know what I am doing .If I am signing on to a job , I ALWAYS tell them my name and ask how they are going before proceeding to the next question . I know a lot of people 'by voice ' as apposed to ''by face' . At the end of the day , if you know how to communicate with others over the phone , things can run smoothly .
This lady did a great job. I do love learning what people from other cultures experience when they move here. Our society is based on England's, so I think anyone from the UK could potentially fit in very well and have a good time. Especially if they have the ability to laugh at themselves. We love that!
Yes, Australia it's very "British" culture wise, our sense of humour is similar our values are very similar too. Australia has so many immigrants that have brought their own culture with them. It's a great mix. We are now getting fusion restaurants mixing various cuisines from from various cultures.
I remember having a beer at the pub after work and there was some American guy's there and I couldn't believe how thay asked the barmaid " give me a beer ! " I thought this was very rude as we would say " g'day mate, can I have a beer please" than with a Thank you. I couldn't live with myself if I spoke like that.
Like the UK, Australians queue patiently and politely and give space. Also, we have a very wide variety of cuisines both at restaurants and cooked at home and we have world class quality produce. 😃
wow must be nicer were you live. were i am every one is quite stand offish pushy and usually snide or impatient in some way or they have a don't fck with me attitude were it isn't warranted. actual nice people are very rare were i am in Australia. if they seem nice its usually fake.
oh the ques were i am Ashwell people pile on top of each other with out any concern for immune compromised people and basically the people behind you push you out the checkout with their trollies. you really must live in a nice area. my point is every country has its hell holes and nice places
If the situation calls for it, we'll still be "I Need to speak with the/your manager now", but it is typically prefaced with some sort of apology or acknowledgement of the issue not being with the staff member that caught your issue
When I've seen people get rude to clerks and stuff it's usually followed by other random customers getting pissed off at those people until they shout them down and out. Same with most people who are being pricks in big public spaces. That's why Eshays are found in little corners of nowhere; if they go where there's too many people and start their nonsense they'll get mobbed by the rest of the country in seconds.
I’m Australian and she’s pretty much bang on. The only thing I’d add is that footy in the north eastern states refers to rugby league, not AFL. There are some AFL supporters in those places, but it’s just not very common.
"Bring a plate" is a great way to experience new foods. You are guaranteed to have at least 1 plate that suits you - because you brought it - and there is a good chance you will get to try something new.
Fireworks: Being born in Sydney in the early '60s I grew up with fireworks, or rather miniature explosives, which were sold in abundance from every corner shop for the weeks leading up to cracker night. All it took was pocket money plus collecting returnable bottles to finance our quite sizeable personal armouries. Bottle rockets were used in the same way that bazookas were used, Po Ha were held between fingers of the foolhardy, roman candles were our light-sabres, and Shooting Starts were aimed at friend and foe alike. This also meant was that sales of letterboxes at the local hardware stores went up because there was not a suburb where letterboxes went unscathed from the odd penny bunger or thunder or parks that went un-scorched; In the week before cracker night, small local parks were piled high with wood and anything that would burn. Some of these bonfire piles reached two stories in height and caused many a nearby resident to call the fire brigade when the paint started to blister on their houses. This went on in every suburb all over Australia, so combining fiery fun with polyester clothing we wore, and property accidents, led to why fireworks were banned for sale in Aus.
Having worked at the Blind Society in the 80s it was also because of horrific injuries. Every year we would have folk who had damaged themselves. Alcohol and fireworks is never a good combination and kids having access when they were often unaware of the consequences of “playing jokes” on friends. My own father missed blowing out an eye by inches when he went to investigate a Roman Candle that hadn’t taken off.
In my 50 years living in Australia, born here, I've never had, nor attended, a housewarming party. The closest I've ever had, is shouting pizza for those who helped you move on the day, and that's about it. We also look after our friends. We'll help our friends, and their partners, and not necessarily expect anything in return, though we'll also pay with food and/or booze. For example, I had a friend help me upgrade my PC, so I bought him a bottle of his favourite scotch. We babysit their kids, and expect nothing in return, they look after the cats and expect nothing in return, though if we've been away we'll get something for the kids.
@@leonsilva1426 same here. I got annoyed at the number of invites years ago because I had to continually explain that I was working and then people get shitty at me for that. I don't see any of them anymore and really like not being subjected to unwritten obligations as if I had some sort of contract.
I think some people just have asbestos feet. I’m in WA and go barefoot when I can. It’s good to ground yourself to the earth, sizzling hot bitumen… not so much 😆
We used to have fireworks, but there was a period of a couple of years where young people abused the privilege and many animals were tortured with fireworks, even killed. Bonfires would get out of control and cause severe damage. In the end, the government decided to take control and ban fireworks from sale to the general public and only have controlled fireworks by trained and licensed companies with government permission.
haha seems legit. i helped a couple of lost tourists find their way on the tram last week. random strangers often stop me to comment about my hair (it's always dyed in crazy colours). and when the plastic front lip was detaching from the front bumper of my car, someone stopped me in the supermarket carpark to let me know so i could fix it before it fell off completely. if you let someone out of a side street to go in front of you in busy traffic or have to pull to the side of a narrow street to allow oncoming traffic past, it's quite shocking if they don't give a wave of thanks. public transport (particularly trams) can get very crowded at times, but people are generally respectful and try not to encroach on each other's space more than necessary. anyone playing music or videos on public transport using their phone speaker instead of headphones will tend to get dirty looks, but it does happen from time to time. i'm from melbourne. people from country/rural areas will often comment that people in the city are less friendly, and i'm sure that's true to some degree due to the higher population density and the need to be somewhat cautious around strangers, but i think we're still pretty nice haha. yes, some people do still get illegal fireworks and set them off on special occasons, but this is discouraged by a lot of people, particularly as so many aussies have pets which are stressed by loud noises, and the risk of fires getting out of control. cities and councils will have legal fireworks displays on NYE and other occasions, so you can always go watch those if you like. i think you'd fit in great here tbh. you've got the right attitude, and i agree with you that scots and aussies do seem similar in a lot of ways :)
I'm from London originally but a Melburnian as of Feb 1st for 33 years.❤🇦🇺 I wasn't used to random strangers striking up convos with me on public transport when I first came. In the London of the '80s that I left, you used to hide behind the broadsheet newspapers so you didn't make eye contact, declaring your politics by brandishing The Times, or The Guardian as your 'leave me alone' weapon of choice. It also protected your eyes from..errmm.. the not uncommon 'men enjoying their own company' 😬 I love how relaxed everyone is here and how you can chat with someone who feels like an old friend instantly. Plus, in the 33 years of using trams I've never encountered anyone... well see above!!! Interestingly, I find country folk in fact can be quite reticent to talk to strangers.
@@triarb5790 congrats on 33 years in melbourne! glad you loved it enough to stay 🙂 it's not perfect here and you do get the occasional people doing something inappropriate or antisocial on public transport, but thankfully it's not that common.
I'm from the country and now live in Brisbane. I found country people are nice but also there's a lot of racism, homophobia, transphobia etc, but it's really daunting and overwhelming trying to find a friendship group in the city (I'm very shy), though everyone is nice.
You can have your own fireworks in the Northern Territory for Territory Day, feel so sorry for the poor pets that night of the year. Also dropping in depends on where you come from, growing up in the north, we even knew where friends kept spare keys!! Growing up if anyone dropped by during dinner they got fed as well.
If you have "drop in anytime" rights, then you can probably just let yourself in and save them walking to the door. ...and yup, if it's food time, then any visitors get fed, too.
In Perth we say 'morning' or 'hello' to the bus drivers when we get on a bus, and 'thank you' when we get off. In relation to punctuality, there is also a thing called 'bush time' which means people turn up whenever they want and punctuality is an unknown concept. It depends on where you live and what you are trying to organise :)
I am an Aussie and for me a traditional Australian dinner dish is the Sunday Roast. Not as popular these days but back when I was younger most families of Caucasian culture had this. Basically a Roast Beef, Pork, Chicken, mashed or baked potato's, typical vegetables (also roasted) such as, beans, peas, carrots, pumpkin etc. These dinners were VERY popular and I do miss them. Yes we still have them but not as often. You will still find them to be common with Caucasian families and when other ethnicities are invited to join they tend to love them even more than we do lol.
@@yt.personal.identification Yeah the weekly roast dinner in my family growing up was lamb roast with mint sauce, gravy and the typical sides, or every other week roast chicken with cranberry sauce and the typical sides. Never pork outside of xmas, and never beef. Every family is different though and its nice to know the different types of roasts different families ate. Funnily, outside of the weekly roast, dinners were pretty fair game dishes from anywhere across the world. That was cool.
In The beginning most of the people came from the British Isles and brought the cuisine of that time with them and a lot still exists today - Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding, Jam Roly Poly and many more.😊
I think it was a pretty good video, people will have slightly different lived experiences, my circle of friends never did housewarming parties but I know other groups that used to do them so it depends on your circle of friends. My circle would get together regularly so we didn't really need housewarming parties. Quite often, these parties are sometimes used to invite neighbours to get to know each other. I think our relationships with our neighbours quite often surprises people from outside Australia. My parents migrated here and I was born here, the country has changed a lot, it has been impacted a lot by immigration, Sydney and Melbourne are about 20% Asian, where I grew up used to have a heavy Jewish and southern European concentration but there are a lot more Chinese, Indians, people from all over Asia really and that brings a lot of cuisine from all over the world here. For a long time we had really poor central and southern American food, there are now a lot of authentic family restaurants from people who have migrated here. Starting to see a lot more people from Africa migrate here, I loved it when I visited Africa and the people are really nice. I think the way we do immigration is gradual, we don't open the floodgates like it occurs in other countries so it gives time for people to assimilate into the culture and add their own distinctive character to it. It is the main reason we don't really have a distinct Australian cuisine, they adopted simple foods from England but the evolution of migration has added to what is normal in relation to food, I'll still make a shepherd's pie or a steak and kidney pie but after being exposed to so many different types of foods I am more likely to make introduced foods I picked up from those migrating here.
This is one of the better videos I’ve seen. This lady is pretty spot on re Australian culture. Spontaneity is a wonderful thing…generally friends usually ring to make sure you’re home, not to make an appointment. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been on public transport, at an event or just shopping & random people strike up a conversation or share a laugh about something. My hubby thinks I must have one of “those” faces 🙄😂 but it really is very common. I’ve been told we don’t have a culture by some poor misguided souls. They can’t be more wrong. Our culture is treating each other equally, enjoying each other’s company without making it about status or money, that’s why it’s common to byo drinks &/or plate to contribute to a shared meal. The host/s get to spend time with their guests & isn’t stuck in the kitchen, which is awesome✌🏼
The issue with fireworks is due to the potential of fires, we live in a dry continent which can be a tinderbox. I believe you can get a licence and you would probably have to have some controls in place.
I always enjoy watching this sort of thing - seeing people fall in love with some aspect of this place that I also love is just great. But, I get kinda worried that people see over-generalised pictures and fall for either a specific place that might not be where they end up, or just an illusion in the first place. Words of caution and advice: - This is a HUGE place, with very few people in it. We're a footloose bunch, and mix quite a bit, but even so the cities are further apart than you might think, and I don't mean just geographically. What is normal in Brisbane may not be normal in Melbourne, and Adelaide has a different set again. The accents are different too - though not nearly as markedly as in the UK. Or even just the London 'burbs! ;p - If you're planning to come over, make it a holiday, and go see several different spots. If you liked the holiday, then you can arrange for a move if you want to. As hard to believe as it is, there /are/ some people who regret moving here - they all came sight unseen.
Can confirm about small talk. As a Finn living in Australia, this is still the hardest part for me to adjust to and I've been here for 2 decades already. I can't get the hang of it lol
Regarding Footy - in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, this refers to AFL (Australian Football League) In New South Wales and Queensland this refers to NRL (National Rugby League, fast paced, often just Rugby) and Rugby Union (International Code, often just Union)
I don’t think many of us celebrate Australia Day as per history anymore. My family and many others use it to celebrate Australia ,our home. We have family days and b-b-as and enjoy each other’s company’s and confirm how lucky and blessed we are to live here. The best place in the world. We have 350,000 people in the city of Logan and over 200 nationalities . We have 7 different nationalities in our extended family and we are pretty normal. I have lived here for 52 yrs . Moved here when first married . I love it ,we have restaurants from all over the world, fashions and customs from everywhere.. Australia is a wonderful place to live.😊
pretty sure for a very long time Australia day was about a tasty bbq and getting quite messed up and appreciating the country we live in with family and friends as that is what a lot of my elders had shown it was. the disappointing thing about people choosing not to celebrate Australia day are just after learning about a thing that no current person alive to day has anything to do with. because any one actually celebrating Australia day for apparent genocide is insane and would probably get beaten up or at the very least put in a jail for a day or night (public disturbances and what not). i mean what do they think happens on Australia day ? does every one go out patrolling the streets for aboriginals yelling hate speech at them for no reason or worse physical violence?. the answer is no. people need to get over what people who are dead and gone have done and or suffered for. i didnt ask to be born here and never did anything wrong to any aboriginals ever just like the overwhelming majority of Australians no matter what there native background...
Usually I find Australian food are ones that have been updated for the new culture. Like Bondi Burger( Portuguese Chicken style in a roll), Thai Green curry pie, Beef Vindaloo, Beef and Black bean, Sweet and sour pork, Chicken schnitzel or Kangaroo pie. The fact that you can switch things around and create something new, while still keep the traditional is great. I'm currently living in Thailand and still some of the best Thai food I had was in Australia like a Salmon Somtum, yet to find here. There are some videos on the more unique foods like Fairy Bread and Pavlova. Australia day is still celebrated it just done with less big events these days. Yes some want the date change not the removal of the day.
OMG bro, I live in the western suburbs of Melbourne, and I can tell you, yes, they still set off fireworks. All the Maltese let them off on NYE, and the Vietnamese go hard on lunar new year.🎆
My fave Aussie food is roast lamb and veg …. Australia is now getting into native spices …. Never been to a housewarming party, but been to plenty of bbq’s, parties, concerts 🎉🎉 … fireworks - especially NYE - bushfire season in Oz
Speaking as a Melburnian, our favourite foods are so influenced by the immigrants of the last 120 or so years generally. Incredible foods and culture brought in from the Chinese, Vietnamese, East Africa, Italians, and Greeks just to name a few. It's what makes this city great, our cafe culture that is so revered would be nothing without the Italians and Greeks, all the amazing Asian foods around our city owes itself to the wonderful migrants that bring with them the best foods and culture with them to just further diversify and better our city. Love it. Wonderfully diverse people, wonderfully diverse food. All of us Aussies, but just a wonderful melting pot of cultures, people, and food.
A lot of Asians and people from the Middle Eastern come to Australia during the Gold Rush of the 1850s and Melbourne became the richest city in the world at that time and all the more richer for having a history of multi culture
australia isat a safe haven for u americans or foreign people to come live here kids r walking around with weapons like guns and knives we have a housing problem, government dont care to do anything to fix homelessness for aussies born and raised but care more about u and immigrants, we have a shortage of staff and employees everywhere since every one wants to do social media we have enough aussies doing that dont need anymore if ur coming here get ur butt up and work, we have a fertility decrease we need the next generation of aussies from aussies born and raised not the next immigrants and more produced by them its people like u that can easily get up and leave aussies that have been born here cant when when our birth certificate and passport say otherwise and if we get a new passport we no longer r Australians the government made it a new law ur citizen and title as a born and raised aussie would be abolished on the census
I have watched a number of these vids about what to expect in Australia from Australians and it comes down to "What is Australian?" Where I grew up it was like little Italy where a lot of customs and traditions exist to this day. As a nation of immigrants some of what she says is a reflection of our society and the other bit is lived experience.
@@rogerramjet6429 Of course they do, just because they're into men doesn't automatically make them throw themselves at all men they know? Would you say "I even hug my straight female friends" in that same othering tone?
before any of you respond to me before you do. be aware that i have had years of experience with g@y and trans people and there is always some kind of mental trigger point that someone or an accumulation of other people have influenced or experienced. usually the most common one i come across wen a female turns gey is im so done with men i am sick and tired and over their bullshit. 3 women who have turned said this to me. and one of them said that i was the only guy thy would every sleep with again. they maybe nice people but im 98% sure its some kind of mental illness.
Interesting, I am an immigrant to OZ, but I am from NZ, which is also very friendly I have found people pretty friendly everywhere in the world I have been.. but that's probably because i talk to everyone Lol. Originally a lot of immigrants were from the UK, convicts or not, so there in some similarities. My family emigrated from Scotland in the 1880's I found people not unfriendly in China but i was a visitor. some, parts of Europe less so, but more because they are more formal. I try and observe the local way and got on well. OZ is very multicultural. so I would be surprised if there is a cuisine we don't have a restaurant for. so yes its hard to pick a national dish, and yeah Melbourne is a huge coffee place. and also therefore Cafe place . Starbucks failed here , cos hey just bad coffee.
@@lesliedavis2185. A lot?. ... 156.000 ?. New Zealand has a very barbaric history of cannibalisation and massacres. I've never heard one Australian ever mention it. Our early history formed Australias character, not New Zealand's. But I suppose our charactor is the reason you're here?..lol.
@@kathrynperry992 I lived with a Maori guy years ago, and he tried intimidating me with the cannibal stuff. He failed and I laughed in his face instead.
You probably feel a connection because we are a nation that has ancestral connections to the U.K and many other countries. I myself have U.K and Asian ancestors. Great vid 💥
It is mostly the same as the UK because we were originally a British Colony. Fireworks are banned because most of the landscape is tinder dry for most of the year and we have more than enough Bush Fire problems already.
@@janetpendlebury6808 I didn't point to any specific bushfire, just to bush fires and scrub fires in general. It is also why open fires are banned in all national and most state forests other than designated fire pits or BBQs.
Agree that social norms are very similar to the UK, especially Scotland. What I would say though, having lived in the US, that politics and religion are not topics to avoid (as they are there). Here, you just have to have common sense and “read the room” before broaching those subjects. Generally speaking it’s not to be discussed at work (unless they are a colleague who’s views you know you share) but in social situations it can be probed about with delicacy as it is in many countries. Hope you’re talking to a migration specialist 😉
2 things the Aussie dish is bbq lamb chops, chips and fryed eggs. In the Northern Territory you can buy fire works and set them off yourself for Territory day but you can only buy them for 48hr's and can only set them off between 7pm and 11pm on Territory day or face big fines if cort doing so outside this time on that day
Her video was fantastic, she’s the first person I’ve heard do one of those and it’s spot on. Fantastic video, she needs to work for tourism Australia. You’d love it here especially Melbourne, we are a very European city and pretty chilled, Sydney is just too intense and the like to think because they have a bridge and opera house that they are better. Yes they have some great tourist spots no doubt but if you want to live somewhere then Melbourne is the place.
I would love to have you join us in Australia! Your accent would be very popular at the pub - we love taking the piss out of people who are different (and can dealt with it!). Come on over!
Because Australia has a British heritage, initially roast dinners, baked puddings and the like were very common. Many of the settlers who established and worked the land had what we would term Keto meals...but with lots of homemade bread. Establishing homesteads meant lots of steak, eggs, bacon, and stews with bread and potatoes. Over the years as more and more immigrants arrived in Australia, our food variety expanded exponentially and now all the cuisines of the world make up our typical Aussie foods. There would be very few homes in Australia that don't regularly eat spaghetti bolognaise...which as you know is Italian and of course...pizza is one of the most popular fast foods, both of which are Italian!
People not using please/thank you in every sentence in Asian countries does not mean their rude or that they are any less friendly. This is just your lack of understanding of different cultures and language. I'm from south asia and using the language equivalent to please and thank you is usually reserved for very formal occasions or written form (Yes, some language changes between spoken form and written form). Actually, saying please/thank you in the local language to a friend is very odd and even considered rude as you are addressing a person close to you. So when someone is speaking in English and their mentally converting from one language to another, you will get these differences. I've lived in Sydney for the past decade so I think I have a good perspective on the linguistic and cultural nuances.
Fireworks wear band in Australia in most states but you still can buy and use fireworks in the northern territory on certain days of the year like the Queen's birthday etc.
Something about Aust. rarely pointed out in these vids are the utilities and banks service and reliability. Very fast and easy to deal with. 100% via apps is a standard
Roast lamb.(Baked Dinner). Prawns and Sreak (must be cooked medium rare). For just a few. Meals cooked in a camp oven (cast iron pot cooked in the coals of a wood fire outside). A damper cooked this way also. These are part of our culture and history.
If you get invited to a housewarming, you're supposed to bring a gift of some kind of homewares. It's not expected, but guests usually do, anyway. Younger people will often give novelty kitchen items - like a novelty ladle or $1 potato peeler as a joke - or something nice like a candle. People just like giving each other stuff when they get invited for a party that has a purpose.
That dropping in on your friends point really depends on where you live. I lived in Brissie (Brisbane) from birth to when I was 13, Mum and I left my abusive father. We moved to her home town in The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland which is up a Mountain Range behind Cairns. I was fortunate enough to find a really good Father Figure in My Mum's Sister's Husband. He was one of the Sweetest, Kindest Gentleman you'd ever meet, as well as a devoted Husband and Father. To know him was to love him and he also had a wicked sense of humour. He took me under his wing and you could tell him anything without judgement. It was impossible to think of him as old he was so young at heart ♥, but mature when he needed to be. My policy in life comes from him. I believe "If men don't have to grow up completely, why should I? So long as you're mature when you need to be." Of course it's good manners to contact your friends and make sure it's okay before just dropping by. But sometimes in my area it's alright to take a chance, especially if you don't have their number. Unless previously arranged try avoiding mealtimes. During the day bring a cake or some other type of dessert with you to share, they'll usually offer you something to drink. That didn't usually happen in Brissie. You get stressed about being late. It worse with Me, I suffer from Allegrophobia which is the fear of being late. I have to plan and if I'm running behind schedule avoid looking at the time. I have been known to have Panic Attacks, breathing complications included. But they rarely happen.
I think the custom has actually arisen because we are an out-and-about society, so the appointment is more to make sure that people are home before going the distance to visit.
Depends on what state you're in regarding footy. Though some QLD people follow the AFL, 'Footy' in Qld and NSW is generally rugby league, AFL in other states. You can get fireworks in the ACT but otherwise yes, it's illegal. Australia's national dish- fairy bread, sausage roll, meat pie, pavlova and lamingtons. Oh and Vegemtie and tim tams. We just eat foods from all cultures- Italian, thai, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, British stuff like roasts and fish and chips, Vietnamese, Greek, Turkish etc etc.
What does she mean no Firewarks? In Adelaide SA it's like a warzone in the neighbourhood dog's are scared. They also have fireworks selebryting birthdays anniversaries weddings.
All fireworks are banned because a bushfire could have very devastating effects if a firework/sparkler set any dry foliage alight as we have a dry hot climate
I'm old enough to remember before they were banned. The reasons given were more about safety. There were some incidents with fireworks injuring people badly that were widely discussed. It's real easy to knock over a firework (especially when you've been "celebrating") and have it fire into a crowd.
Kangaroo is *not* a typical dish. Most Aussies have probably eaten it once or twice just to do it. It's "gamey", so tough and with an... acquired taste. We dine on beef, lamb and pork for meat.
Buying and setting off fireworks willy nilly is illegal (literally explosives), but you can apply for a permit, the process of which will touch on critical points such as: the suitability/safety of the site to be used (don't want to be starting a house/brush fire), time of the display/firing (noise ordinances), notification of surrounding properties/neighbours, date of the display (fire ban/permit period?), and responsible contact point for Emergency Services if an issue arises.
If you google Australia's national dish, it comes up with roast lamb, but that's a commercially driven answer. Sure, we love a good roast, but it's not something every household eats on a regular occasion, and it's not always lamb either. More often, it's actually pork. Roasts are also quite common at pub lunches where you can go in a grab a beer and a cheap feed of roast meat (usually pork or beef, rather than lamb) and vegetables though even this "pub grub" is a dying tradition as many pubs have upped their game by putting in proper restaurants and counter meals have just become snacks like hot chips. Anyway, if I was to say there was a food item that is iconically Australian, outside of Vegemite on toast, it's got to be fairy bread
Fireworks were banned in '74, I remember as a child letting off firecrackers, however injuries were the main concern and then banned. However... you do hear fireworks occasionally on days such as new years and Australia day that are not part of a formal celebration.. I have no idea how they get them..
in some ways i think she described the perfect Australian dish right there. the bit of every thing. growing up here with such a variety of foods from so many cultures and backgrounds i would consider the a back yard byo plate type feed as the best Aussie meal there is. a saying in my family was that introducing politics or religion is a sure way to f**k up a perfectly good conversation.we just like to avoid the worm hole.
Going barefoot is pretty common, but only in non-formal situations. Like, you wouldn't go to a business meeting barefoot. It's pretty normal for people to wear thongs (not g-strings, the Americans call them flip flops). Sometimes you really need it because the ground can get dangerously hot in summer. There are occasional outbreaks of confrontation or violence at the footy, but they are pretty rare.
Anybody making comments here who aren't Australians?😁😁 In most of Queensland it's usually too hot to go barefoot. Nice to feel the grass and sand under your feet, but roads and concrete are often hot enough to give you burns. Not much worse than standing in soft bitumen as you cross the street.
Mate. I think she nailed it. Obviously, she is generalizing, but I'd say her description was spot on. If you have ever attended a Celtic v Rangers game then you understand sporting rivalry. In our football we have several rivalries equally as passionate, but without the crowd violence. The spectators are not segregated and people talk to opposition supporters during that game and exit via the same gates to the street after without incident. If you have this mind set and I think you do, you'll fit in...
We took a German girl to an Aussie rules footy match and she could not believe the fact that fans were not segregated and got along okay about wins/losses etc. Also that post games the kids play the game on the ground and not hassle others.
What about the Poms?? They'de killing each other.
She would likes the old origin
Wow that’s really interesting, what a nice experience to share with her
We Aussies are like a goldfish in an ocean. We are used to plenty of space around us
If gold fish were in the ocean they’d all die lol you want to salt us to death or what mate?
@@politicallyincorrectpanda only if he's using chicken salt on a box of red rooster chips.
Flavour Enhancer 621 (mono sodium glutamate) is addictive. Yum?
And love all the space we have 🇦🇺
We dont have an Aussie dish, we have an Aussie banquet.. :)
I’d say a barbie would be the Ozzie dish
And no shrimps on it either!
Traditional Aussie meals would be the Lamb roast we grew up having on Sundays. Cannot beat a leg of lamb, roast vegetables and dessert. Followed by a food coma. We always had this for Sunday Lunch so for dinner, our night meal. We would have something light, quick for Mum and fun like pancakes or crepes with lemon or orange juice and a little sugar. Plus a cup of tea. My first 13 years were in multicultural Sydney and I was always in someone’s house learning to cook Italian or being fed their food. We used to be in big trouble if we didn’t eat all of our dinner but my Mama loved Italian food. So I was forgiven once she knew I could cook it. We lived with so many different people from other Countries.I did refuse to learn to cook Greek food, I never liked anything they ate. Croatian bread was terrible too but we were too polite to say so, if it is put in front of you, just say thank you and eat it.
At home now it is just my husband and I when Covid started. I love Japanese food, it tastes so good and it is always very healthy. No, I don’t mean Sushi. We both learned to cook traditional Japanese food from RUclips. Chinese food has more fats and sugars but I know how to change those so we learned some of those too.
Cigarette’s have been taxed so highly here to stop people smoking. I think a pack is now around $45.00 and I don’t remember when I last saw anyone smoke or even smell like smoke. I had a man in America tell me he didn’t believe me, he was really rude telling me. He pays $20.00 for his tobacco in the US and he looked up his in Australia. It was $220.00. I got a giant apology, we are friends now. To a degree they are doing the same with alcohol and they need to stop now. They will put so many out of business and work if they keep going.
In Victoria they have really shocking don’t drink and drive ads that they brought down the deaths in under 25’s by 84% in the first year. These ads are world famous and still used by driving schools around the world, even though most of them drive on the other side of the road. That doesn’t matter because it is the shock value and how easy this could be anyone that matters. Doesn’t matter how many times you see them they still shock you every time. I watched my youngest daughter grow up with these ads and when her year graduated from high school they made an agreement that none of them broke for about 10 years. If you were going out and might drink then your car stayed home. When they were ready to go home they could call anyone in their year even if it was 3.00am to come and drive them home. My daughter maybe drinks twice a year so her phone always rang. At first she would get dressed to go and help but after about 2 weeks she just went out the door in her PJ’s.
I am a Diabetic so I might have one beer three times a year but mine is zero alcohol and zero sugar. So mine isn’t taxed but it tastes the same as the one that is taxed. Australia is very good at making beer, wine and sparkling wine taste just like the alcoholic version. Christmas before last over 80% of people took the no alcohol version. I was annoyed because it was sold out everywhere. This year they had extra ready.
The only thing she got wrong was fireworks are still legal in two States. You just have to get a license which is easy. I remember cracker night when I was a child. The whole street would save wood to make a big bonfire and we were watched by our parents. They exploded the dangerous one’s but too many kids were injured or worse. There were also those teens that were up to no good. I know one who put so many into their Aunts letterbox that was in a brick fence. The whole fence went threw the front door and the wall. We have plenty of firework nights around us. Two a year in front of our house on the beach. Having our own I don’t believe was a Government thing. It was the people who didn’t like them, the one’s who forgot to put their actor dog away. I don’t know if she said it is common to be told to bring a plate if you are invited out to eat. People loved doing this to new Australian’s who didn’t understand. No one is going to get mad if you bring an empty plate. It means bring a plate of food. It can be savoury or sweet and it all goes onto a big table and shared. We always took more than one plate because we had a lot of children. Thank you.
That was nice to read, thank you for painting a nice picture. True blue
You can;t GET lamb In Asia, i have taken legs of lamb over there to my friends and they do love it, well the way I cook it any way!.
Glad you wrote the whole book on the subject..
Is it any wonder roast is considered Australia’s national dish.
Mate ,I feel your holding back a bit... you should tell him what you really think.... 🤣😂😎🇦🇺👌
“I have a young son and I teach him to say thanks”
Good on ya mate! Hard to learn, easy to do.
As a 49 year old with a BIT of experience in mining (sampling) , I still cannot figure out why the newbies have such an aversion to making verbal contact over the phone . 11 years + and I obviously know what I am doing .If I am signing on to a job , I ALWAYS tell them my name and ask how they are going before proceeding to the next question . I know a lot of people 'by voice ' as apposed to ''by face' . At the end of the day , if you know how to communicate with others over the phone , things can run smoothly .
This lady did a great job. I do love learning what people from other cultures experience when they move here. Our society is based on England's, so I think anyone from the UK could potentially fit in very well and have a good time. Especially if they have the ability to laugh at themselves. We love that!
Yes, Australia it's very "British" culture wise, our sense of humour is similar our values are very similar too. Australia has so many immigrants that have brought their own culture with them. It's a great mix. We are now getting fusion restaurants mixing various cuisines from from various cultures.
Totally agree. My mother and I have made that connection for years. Definitely much similar to the English culture than the American culture.
I remember having a beer at the pub after work and there was some American guy's there and I couldn't believe how thay asked the barmaid " give me a beer ! " I thought this was very rude as we would say " g'day mate, can I have a beer please" than with a Thank you. I couldn't live with myself if I spoke like that.
Good manners cost nothing, but are the most valuable asset to have
Like the UK, Australians queue patiently and politely and give space. Also, we have a very wide variety of cuisines both at restaurants and cooked at home and we have world class quality produce. 😃
wow must be nicer were you live. were i am every one is quite stand offish pushy and usually snide or impatient in some way or they have a don't fck with me attitude were it isn't warranted. actual nice people are very rare were i am in Australia. if they seem nice its usually fake.
oh the ques were i am Ashwell people pile on top of each other with out any concern for immune compromised people and basically the people behind you push you out the checkout with their trollies. you really must live in a nice area. my point is every country has its hell holes and nice places
@@roastytoasty8559 thanks for your comment. I live in the bush in a small country town but I did grow up in Sydney and people were polite there too. 🙂
If the situation calls for it, we'll still be "I Need to speak with the/your manager now", but it is typically prefaced with some sort of apology or acknowledgement of the issue not being with the staff member that caught your issue
So true. It's very common for an Aussie to say "well I couldn't get angry at the salesperson, he/she didn't make the bloody thing"
When I've seen people get rude to clerks and stuff it's usually followed by other random customers getting pissed off at those people until they shout them down and out. Same with most people who are being pricks in big public spaces. That's why Eshays are found in little corners of nowhere; if they go where there's too many people and start their nonsense they'll get mobbed by the rest of the country in seconds.
The Sunday family roast is a beautiful tradition
Come to Australia man. We will love to have you here.
I’m Australian and she’s pretty much bang on. The only thing I’d add is that footy in the north eastern states refers to rugby league, not AFL. There are some AFL supporters in those places, but it’s just not very common.
Mate, she loves on Melbourne. So of course "footy" is AFL.
She could also love in Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Hobart and AFL would still be "Footy".
@@cletusbigtoe lol chill my dude. I was just adding context. 😂
"Bring a plate" is a great way to experience new foods.
You are guaranteed to have at least 1 plate that suits you - because you brought it - and there is a good chance you will get to try something new.
Fireworks: Being born in Sydney in the early '60s I grew up with fireworks, or rather miniature explosives, which were sold in abundance from every corner shop for the weeks leading up to cracker night. All it took was pocket money plus collecting returnable bottles to finance our quite sizeable personal armouries. Bottle rockets were used in the same way that bazookas were used, Po Ha were held between fingers of the foolhardy, roman candles were our light-sabres, and Shooting Starts were aimed at friend and foe alike. This also meant was that sales of letterboxes at the local hardware stores went up because there was not a suburb where letterboxes went unscathed from the odd penny bunger or thunder or parks that went un-scorched; In the week before cracker night, small local parks were piled high with wood and anything that would burn. Some of these bonfire piles reached two stories in height and caused many a nearby resident to call the fire brigade when the paint started to blister on their houses. This went on in every suburb all over Australia, so combining fiery fun with polyester clothing we wore, and property accidents, led to why fireworks were banned for sale in Aus.
Oh this is so true , you explained it just as I remember it !
Um, Yep, Spot ON.
That is why we can't have the toys anymore :)
I personally invented the PoHa Powered Biro Mortar .
Having worked at the Blind Society in the 80s it was also because of horrific injuries. Every year we would have folk who had damaged themselves. Alcohol and fireworks is never a good combination and kids having access when they were often unaware of the consequences of “playing jokes” on friends. My own father missed blowing out an eye by inches when he went to investigate a Roman Candle that hadn’t taken off.
In my 50 years living in Australia, born here, I've never had, nor attended, a housewarming party. The closest I've ever had, is shouting pizza for those who helped you move on the day, and that's about it. We also look after our friends. We'll help our friends, and their partners, and not necessarily expect anything in return, though we'll also pay with food and/or booze. For example, I had a friend help me upgrade my PC, so I bought him a bottle of his favourite scotch. We babysit their kids, and expect nothing in return, they look after the cats and expect nothing in return, though if we've been away we'll get something for the kids.
And I've attended more housewarming parties than I can remember and had two of them. Just shows how different people are.
@@leonsilva1426 same here.
I got annoyed at the number of invites years ago because I had to continually explain that I was working and then people get shitty at me for that.
I don't see any of them anymore and really like not being subjected to unwritten obligations as if I had some sort of contract.
Been to dozens
Been to,many over the years.
@@leonsilva1426 same! Maybe it’s common in specific areas?
I was in Perth city recently and I didn't see anybody bare foot.. I think it's more a Qld thing. The ground is too fkn hot in Perth 😂
So true , here on the coast of nsw its too hot ! You’d jump along or try and walk on the grass! Their feet must be sooo hard !lol
I think some people just have asbestos feet. I’m in WA and go barefoot when I can. It’s good to ground yourself to the earth, sizzling hot bitumen… not so much 😆
The first time I was told to "bring a plate" I thought it was a little odd, but I brought a plate. Literally just a plate. Boy was I embarrassed. LOL
Ditto , I actually took a pack of paper plates and plastic cutlery 🤦♂️doh.
My mum did the same.
We used to have fireworks, but there was a period of a couple of years where young people abused the privilege and many animals were tortured with fireworks, even killed. Bonfires would get out of control and cause severe damage. In the end, the government decided to take control and ban fireworks from sale to the general public and only have controlled fireworks by trained and licensed companies with government permission.
It was children in hospitals that got rid of Guy Fawkes here. Apparently still done in the NT
haha seems legit. i helped a couple of lost tourists find their way on the tram last week. random strangers often stop me to comment about my hair (it's always dyed in crazy colours). and when the plastic front lip was detaching from the front bumper of my car, someone stopped me in the supermarket carpark to let me know so i could fix it before it fell off completely.
if you let someone out of a side street to go in front of you in busy traffic or have to pull to the side of a narrow street to allow oncoming traffic past, it's quite shocking if they don't give a wave of thanks. public transport (particularly trams) can get very crowded at times, but people are generally respectful and try not to encroach on each other's space more than necessary. anyone playing music or videos on public transport using their phone speaker instead of headphones will tend to get dirty looks, but it does happen from time to time.
i'm from melbourne. people from country/rural areas will often comment that people in the city are less friendly, and i'm sure that's true to some degree due to the higher population density and the need to be somewhat cautious around strangers, but i think we're still pretty nice haha.
yes, some people do still get illegal fireworks and set them off on special occasons, but this is discouraged by a lot of people, particularly as so many aussies have pets which are stressed by loud noises, and the risk of fires getting out of control. cities and councils will have legal fireworks displays on NYE and other occasions, so you can always go watch those if you like.
i think you'd fit in great here tbh. you've got the right attitude, and i agree with you that scots and aussies do seem similar in a lot of ways :)
I'm from London originally but a Melburnian as of Feb 1st for 33 years.❤🇦🇺
I wasn't used to random strangers striking up convos with me on public transport when I first came. In the London of the '80s that I left, you used to hide behind the broadsheet newspapers so you didn't make eye contact, declaring your politics by brandishing The Times, or The Guardian as your 'leave me alone' weapon of choice. It also protected your eyes from..errmm.. the not uncommon 'men enjoying their own company' 😬
I love how relaxed everyone is here and how you can chat with someone who feels like an old friend instantly. Plus, in the 33 years of using trams I've never encountered anyone... well see above!!!
Interestingly, I find country folk in fact can be quite reticent to talk to strangers.
@@triarb5790 congrats on 33 years in melbourne! glad you loved it enough to stay 🙂 it's not perfect here and you do get the occasional people doing something inappropriate or antisocial on public transport, but thankfully it's not that common.
I'm from the country and now live in Brisbane. I found country people are nice but also there's a lot of racism, homophobia, transphobia etc, but it's really daunting and overwhelming trying to find a friendship group in the city (I'm very shy), though everyone is nice.
You can have your own fireworks in the Northern Territory for Territory Day, feel so sorry for the poor pets that night of the year.
Also dropping in depends on where you come from, growing up in the north, we even knew where friends kept spare keys!! Growing up if anyone dropped by during dinner they got fed as well.
If you have "drop in anytime" rights, then you can probably just let yourself in and save them walking to the door.
...and yup, if it's food time, then any visitors get fed, too.
In Perth we say 'morning' or 'hello' to the bus drivers when we get on a bus, and 'thank you' when we get off. In relation to punctuality, there is also a thing called 'bush time' which means people turn up whenever they want and punctuality is an unknown concept. It depends on where you live and what you are trying to organise :)
I am an Aussie and for me a traditional Australian dinner dish is the Sunday Roast. Not as popular these days but back when I was younger most families of Caucasian culture had this. Basically a Roast Beef, Pork, Chicken, mashed or baked potato's, typical vegetables (also roasted) such as, beans, peas, carrots, pumpkin etc. These dinners were VERY popular and I do miss them. Yes we still have them but not as often. You will still find them to be common with Caucasian families and when other ethnicities are invited to join they tend to love them even more than we do lol.
What? No lamb?
@@yt.personal.identification Yeah the weekly roast dinner in my family growing up was lamb roast with mint sauce, gravy and the typical sides, or every other week roast chicken with cranberry sauce and the typical sides. Never pork outside of xmas, and never beef. Every family is different though and its nice to know the different types of roasts different families ate. Funnily, outside of the weekly roast, dinners were pretty fair game dishes from anywhere across the world. That was cool.
In The beginning most of the people came from the British Isles and brought the cuisine of that time with them and a lot still exists today - Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding, Jam Roly Poly and many more.😊
I think it was a pretty good video, people will have slightly different lived experiences, my circle of friends never did housewarming parties but I know other groups that used to do them so it depends on your circle of friends. My circle would get together regularly so we didn't really need housewarming parties. Quite often, these parties are sometimes used to invite neighbours to get to know each other. I think our relationships with our neighbours quite often surprises people from outside Australia.
My parents migrated here and I was born here, the country has changed a lot, it has been impacted a lot by immigration, Sydney and Melbourne are about 20% Asian, where I grew up used to have a heavy Jewish and southern European concentration but there are a lot more Chinese, Indians, people from all over Asia really and that brings a lot of cuisine from all over the world here. For a long time we had really poor central and southern American food, there are now a lot of authentic family restaurants from people who have migrated here.
Starting to see a lot more people from Africa migrate here, I loved it when I visited Africa and the people are really nice. I think the way we do immigration is gradual, we don't open the floodgates like it occurs in other countries so it gives time for people to assimilate into the culture and add their own distinctive character to it.
It is the main reason we don't really have a distinct Australian cuisine, they adopted simple foods from England but the evolution of migration has added to what is normal in relation to food, I'll still make a shepherd's pie or a steak and kidney pie but after being exposed to so many different types of foods I am more likely to make introduced foods I picked up from those migrating here.
This is one of the better videos I’ve seen. This lady is pretty spot on re Australian culture. Spontaneity is a wonderful thing…generally friends usually ring to make sure you’re home, not to make an appointment.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been on public transport, at an event or just shopping & random people strike up a conversation or share a laugh about something. My hubby thinks I must have one of “those” faces 🙄😂 but it really is very common.
I’ve been told we don’t have a culture by some poor misguided souls. They can’t be more wrong. Our culture is treating each other equally, enjoying each other’s company without making it about status or money, that’s why it’s common to byo drinks &/or plate to contribute to a shared meal. The host/s get to spend time with their guests & isn’t stuck in the kitchen, which is awesome✌🏼
Good video, pretty much spot on. AFL is mostly a Victorian/South Australian game, NSW and QLD mostly follow the NRL (Rugby League) or Rugby.
The issue with fireworks is due to the potential of fires, we live in a dry continent which can be a tinderbox. I believe you can get a licence and you would probably have to have some controls in place.
the issue with fireworks was too many children ended up in Hospital, that's why they were banned.
I always enjoy watching this sort of thing - seeing people fall in love with some aspect of this place that I also love is just great. But, I get kinda worried that people see over-generalised pictures and fall for either a specific place that might not be where they end up, or just an illusion in the first place.
Words of caution and advice:
- This is a HUGE place, with very few people in it. We're a footloose bunch, and mix quite a bit, but even so the cities are further apart than you might think, and I don't mean just geographically. What is normal in Brisbane may not be normal in Melbourne, and Adelaide has a different set again. The accents are different too - though not nearly as markedly as in the UK. Or even just the London 'burbs! ;p
- If you're planning to come over, make it a holiday, and go see several different spots. If you liked the holiday, then you can arrange for a move if you want to. As hard to believe as it is, there /are/ some people who regret moving here - they all came sight unseen.
I’ve definitely met a few people over the years that regretted moving here and two of them were English
@@sparklepea Tell the bastards to fk off home then... 😜🤣😆
Can confirm about small talk. As a Finn living in Australia, this is still the hardest part for me to adjust to and I've been here for 2 decades already. I can't get the hang of it lol
In the NT on Territory Day, July 1, locals CAN let off our own fireworks, typically bought a few days before as it is controlled.
Regarding Footy - in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, this refers to AFL (Australian Football League)
In New South Wales and Queensland this refers to NRL (National Rugby League, fast paced, often just Rugby) and Rugby Union (International Code, often just Union)
I don’t think many of us celebrate Australia Day as per history anymore. My family and many others use it to celebrate Australia ,our home. We have family days and b-b-as and enjoy each other’s company’s and confirm how lucky and blessed we are to live here. The best place in the world. We have 350,000 people in the city of Logan and over 200 nationalities . We have 7 different nationalities in our extended family and we are pretty normal. I have lived here for 52 yrs . Moved here when first married . I love it ,we have restaurants from all over the world, fashions and customs from everywhere.. Australia is a wonderful place to live.😊
pretty sure for a very long time Australia day was about a tasty bbq and getting quite messed up and appreciating the country we live in with family and friends as that is what a lot of my elders had shown it was. the disappointing thing about people choosing not to celebrate Australia day are just after learning about a thing that no current person alive to day has anything to do with. because any one actually celebrating Australia day for apparent genocide is insane and would probably get beaten up or at the very least put in a jail for a day or night (public disturbances and what not). i mean what do they think happens on Australia day ? does every one go out patrolling the streets for aboriginals yelling hate speech at them for no reason or worse physical violence?. the answer is no. people need to get over what people who are dead and gone have done and or suffered for. i didnt ask to be born here and never did anything wrong to any aboriginals ever just like the overwhelming majority of Australians no matter what there native background...
Usually I find Australian food are ones that have been updated for the new culture. Like Bondi Burger( Portuguese Chicken style in a roll), Thai Green curry pie, Beef Vindaloo, Beef and Black bean, Sweet and sour pork, Chicken schnitzel or Kangaroo pie. The fact that you can switch things around and create something new, while still keep the traditional is great. I'm currently living in Thailand and still some of the best Thai food I had was in Australia like a Salmon Somtum, yet to find here.
There are some videos on the more unique foods like Fairy Bread and Pavlova.
Australia day is still celebrated it just done with less big events these days. Yes some want the date change not the removal of the day.
OMG bro, I live in the western suburbs of Melbourne, and I can tell you, yes, they still set off fireworks. All the Maltese let them off on NYE, and the Vietnamese go hard on lunar new year.🎆
Yep. I never need to go to the city to see the official fireworks, I just look over my fence! 😅
My fave Aussie food is roast lamb and veg …. Australia is now getting into native spices …. Never been to a housewarming party, but been to plenty of bbq’s, parties, concerts 🎉🎉 … fireworks - especially NYE - bushfire season in Oz
Australian's favourite food.. everything!
Coffee is an obsession.
Speaking as a Melburnian, our favourite foods are so influenced by the immigrants of the last 120 or so years generally. Incredible foods and culture brought in from the Chinese, Vietnamese, East Africa, Italians, and Greeks just to name a few. It's what makes this city great, our cafe culture that is so revered would be nothing without the Italians and Greeks, all the amazing Asian foods around our city owes itself to the wonderful migrants that bring with them the best foods and culture with them to just further diversify and better our city. Love it. Wonderfully diverse people, wonderfully diverse food. All of us Aussies, but just a wonderful melting pot of cultures, people, and food.
more like 70yrs ago......
A lot of Asians and people from the Middle Eastern come to Australia during the Gold Rush of the 1850s and Melbourne became the richest city in the world at that time and all the more richer for having a history of multi culture
australia isat a safe haven for u americans or foreign people to come live here kids r walking around with weapons like guns and knives we have a housing problem, government dont care to do anything to fix homelessness for aussies born and raised but care more about u and immigrants, we have a shortage of staff and employees everywhere since every one wants to do social media we have enough aussies doing that dont need anymore if ur coming here get ur butt up and work, we have a fertility decrease we need the next generation of aussies from aussies born and raised not the next immigrants and more produced by them its people like u that can easily get up and leave aussies that have been born here cant when when our birth certificate and passport say otherwise and if we get a new passport we no longer r Australians the government made it a new law ur citizen and title as a born and raised aussie would be abolished on the census
I have watched a number of these vids about what to expect in Australia from Australians and it comes down to "What is Australian?" Where I grew up it was like little Italy where a lot of customs and traditions exist to this day. As a nation of immigrants some of what she says is a reflection of our society and the other bit is lived experience.
I'm an aussie guy, and I am 100% a hugger, I hug all my mates when we meet up, but I only do it with people who know me and know it's coming hehe
Same here dude.
I even hug my gay mates and they respect me being straight.
@@rogerramjet6429 Of course they do, just because they're into men doesn't automatically make them throw themselves at all men they know? Would you say "I even hug my straight female friends" in that same othering tone?
gey
@@rogerramjet6429 what do you have to prove? and what is it?
before any of you respond to me before you do. be aware that i have had years of experience with g@y and trans people and there is always some kind of mental trigger point that someone or an accumulation of other people have influenced or experienced. usually the most common one i come across wen a female turns gey is im so done with men i am sick and tired and over their bullshit. 3 women who have turned said this to me. and one of them said that i was the only guy thy would every sleep with again. they maybe nice people but im 98% sure its some kind of mental illness.
I don't know about other areas of Australia, but in the Perth City, people thank the bus driver when exiting.
In my crowd the hug is normal and the handshake more a grip followed by a fist- pump.
I don’t know about other cities, but here in Adelaide, SA, we always thank the bus driver when we get off the bus.
I love Australia day the 26th of January. My family go right back to the very first settlers, we came here in shackles.
Interesting, I am an immigrant to OZ, but I am from NZ, which is also very friendly I have found people pretty friendly everywhere in the world I have been.. but that's probably because i talk to everyone Lol. Originally a lot of immigrants were from the UK, convicts or not, so there in some similarities. My family emigrated from Scotland in the 1880's
I found people not unfriendly in China but i was a visitor. some, parts of Europe less so, but more because they are more formal. I try and observe the local way and got on well.
OZ is very multicultural. so I would be surprised if there is a cuisine we don't have a restaurant for. so yes its hard to pick a national dish, and yeah Melbourne is a huge coffee place. and also therefore Cafe place . Starbucks failed here , cos hey just bad coffee.
Why do New Zealanders always bring up 'convicts',when referring to Australia? Just curious.
@@kathrynperry992 Because there were a lot lol. As well,as free settlers it forms our character. This kiwi is Also an Aussie citizen
@@lesliedavis2185. A lot?. ... 156.000 ?. New Zealand has a very barbaric history of cannibalisation and massacres. I've never heard one Australian ever mention it. Our early history formed Australias character, not New Zealand's. But I suppose our charactor is the reason you're here?..lol.
@@kathrynperry992 I lived with a Maori guy years ago, and he tried intimidating me with the cannibal stuff.
He failed and I laughed in his face instead.
@@rogerramjet6429 Good for you. Us convicts approve.
National food would have to be meat pie. Very easy to find, cheap and loved by most.
Shrimp on the Barbie is the Aussie national dish hahaha, I do say that in a very sarcastic tone though lol
You probably feel a connection because we are a nation that has ancestral connections to the U.K and many other countries. I myself have U.K and Asian ancestors. Great vid 💥
Good Dad, good teaching.
It is mostly the same as the UK because we were originally a British Colony.
Fireworks are banned because most of the landscape is tinder dry for most of the year and we have more than enough Bush Fire problems already.
Fireworks were banned due to injuries to kids and adults, nothing to do with Black Wednesday etc. Firework displays can still be held with a license.
@@janetpendlebury6808 I didn't point to any specific bushfire, just to bush fires and scrub fires in general. It is also why open fires are banned in all national and most state forests other than designated fire pits or BBQs.
Agree that social norms are very similar to the UK, especially Scotland.
What I would say though, having lived in the US, that politics and religion are not topics to avoid (as they are there).
Here, you just have to have common sense and “read the room” before broaching those subjects. Generally speaking it’s not to be discussed at work (unless they are a colleague who’s views you know you share) but in social situations it can be probed about with delicacy as it is in many countries. Hope you’re talking to a migration specialist 😉
South Australia's popular dish is a pie floater which is a pie and mushy peas on top
2 things the Aussie dish is bbq lamb chops, chips and fryed eggs. In the Northern Territory you can buy fire works and set them off yourself for Territory day but you can only buy them for 48hr's and can only set them off between 7pm and 11pm on Territory day or face big fines if cort doing so outside this time on that day
Her video was fantastic, she’s the first person I’ve heard do one of those and it’s spot on. Fantastic video, she needs to work for tourism Australia. You’d love it here especially Melbourne, we are a very European city and pretty chilled, Sydney is just too intense and the like to think because they have a bridge and opera house that they are better. Yes they have some great tourist spots no doubt but if you want to live somewhere then Melbourne is the place.
A random firework will go off in my hometown and someone never fails to say “oh a new shipment must be in”
The bunnings snag is the national dish
Maybe in the cities you call first before visiting, but out in the country it's normal to just rock up.
We gotta agree the iconic Aussie food has to be a meat pie and sauce.
As an Aussie I love it when people drop in very common if your no offence given none taken
I would love to have you join us in Australia! Your accent would be very popular at the pub - we love taking the piss out of people who are different (and can dealt with it!). Come on over!
You also need to remember we Australians call our friends for everything, the more we like someone, the worse names we call them
Because Australia has a British heritage, initially roast dinners, baked puddings and the like were very common. Many of the settlers who established and worked the land had what we would term Keto meals...but with lots of homemade bread. Establishing homesteads meant lots of steak, eggs, bacon, and stews with bread and potatoes. Over the years as more and more immigrants arrived in Australia, our food variety expanded exponentially and now all the cuisines of the world make up our typical Aussie foods. There would be very few homes in Australia that don't regularly eat spaghetti bolognaise...which as you know is Italian and of course...pizza is one of the most popular fast foods, both of which are Italian!
This channel is quite good. She's got a good video on our education system.
People not using please/thank you in every sentence in Asian countries does not mean their rude or that they are any less friendly. This is just your lack of understanding of different cultures and language. I'm from south asia and using the language equivalent to please and thank you is usually reserved for very formal occasions or written form (Yes, some language changes between spoken form and written form). Actually, saying please/thank you in the local language to a friend is very odd and even considered rude as you are addressing a person close to you. So when someone is speaking in English and their mentally converting from one language to another, you will get these differences. I've lived in Sydney for the past decade so I think I have a good perspective on the linguistic and cultural nuances.
Matt did mention the culture and language thing back at the start of the video.
@@dystar112 Doesn't look like the guy has grasped the nuances though. Not his fault, It can happen if you only speak one language.
@@navs485 that's a huge assumption to make of a Scotsman.
Fireworks wear band in Australia in most states but you still can buy and use fireworks in the northern territory on certain days of the year like the Queen's birthday etc.
Something about Aust. rarely pointed out in these vids are the utilities and banks service and reliability. Very fast and easy to deal with.
100% via apps is a standard
Roast lamb.(Baked Dinner). Prawns and Sreak (must be cooked medium rare). For just a few. Meals cooked in a camp oven (cast iron pot cooked in the coals of a wood fire outside). A damper cooked this way also. These are part of our culture and history.
We dont wear shoes hoping the shoe companies will drop the prices.
If you get invited to a housewarming, you're supposed to bring a gift of some kind of homewares. It's not expected, but guests usually do, anyway. Younger people will often give novelty kitchen items - like a novelty ladle or $1 potato peeler as a joke - or something nice like a candle. People just like giving each other stuff when they get invited for a party that has a purpose.
That dropping in on your friends point really depends on where you live. I lived in Brissie (Brisbane) from birth to when I was 13, Mum and I left my abusive father. We moved to her home town in The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland which is up a Mountain Range behind Cairns. I was fortunate enough to find a really good Father Figure in My Mum's Sister's Husband. He was one of the Sweetest, Kindest Gentleman you'd ever meet, as well as a devoted Husband and Father. To know him was to love him and he also had a wicked sense of humour. He took me under his wing and you could tell him anything without judgement. It was impossible to think of him as old he was so young at heart ♥, but mature when he needed to be. My policy in life comes from him. I believe "If men don't have to grow up completely, why should I? So long as you're mature when you need to be." Of course it's good manners to contact your friends and make sure it's okay before just dropping by. But sometimes in my area it's alright to take a chance, especially if you don't have their number. Unless previously arranged try avoiding mealtimes. During the day bring a cake or some other type of dessert with you to share, they'll usually offer you something to drink. That didn't usually happen in Brissie. You get stressed about being late. It worse with Me, I suffer from Allegrophobia which is the fear of being late. I have to plan and if I'm running behind schedule avoid looking at the time. I have been known to have Panic Attacks, breathing complications included. But they rarely happen.
I think the custom has actually arisen because we are an out-and-about society, so the appointment is more to make sure that people are home before going the distance to visit.
Fire works were banned here in Australia many years ago
Depends on what state you're in regarding footy. Though some QLD people follow the AFL, 'Footy' in Qld and NSW is generally rugby league, AFL in other states. You can get fireworks in the ACT but otherwise yes, it's illegal. Australia's national dish- fairy bread, sausage roll, meat pie, pavlova and lamingtons. Oh and Vegemtie and tim tams. We just eat foods from all cultures- Italian, thai, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, British stuff like roasts and fish and chips, Vietnamese, Greek, Turkish etc etc.
FYI, not all Aussies make appointments to meet friends, lol, we do just pop into mates places if we so happen to be in the area
What does she mean no Firewarks? In Adelaide SA it's like a warzone in the neighbourhood dog's are scared. They also have fireworks selebryting birthdays anniversaries weddings.
Uniquely Australian foods are Pavlova, Lamingtons and the South Aus favourite the Pie Floater .
All fireworks are banned because a bushfire could have very devastating effects if a firework/sparkler set any dry foliage alight as we have a dry hot climate
I'm old enough to remember before they were banned. The reasons given were more about safety. There were some incidents with fireworks injuring people badly that were widely discussed. It's real easy to knock over a firework (especially when you've been "celebrating") and have it fire into a crowd.
Kangaroo is *not* a typical dish. Most Aussies have probably eaten it once or twice just to do it. It's "gamey", so tough and with an... acquired taste. We dine on beef, lamb and pork for meat.
Plus chicken and turkey.
I've also had emu, camel and crocodile from a supermarket.
Buying and setting off fireworks willy nilly is illegal (literally explosives), but you can apply for a permit, the process of which will touch on critical points such as: the suitability/safety of the site to be used (don't want to be starting a house/brush fire), time of the display/firing (noise ordinances), notification of surrounding properties/neighbours, date of the display (fire ban/permit period?), and responsible contact point for Emergency Services if an issue arises.
AFL if I recall seems to be based on Gaelic football. The other half of the country worships a version of Rugby.
National Aussie dishes would probably be Bunnings snag, pavlova, milo, lamington, Vegemite, seafood, and weet-bix, just to name a few.
If you google Australia's national dish, it comes up with roast lamb, but that's a commercially driven answer. Sure, we love a good roast, but it's not something every household eats on a regular occasion, and it's not always lamb either. More often, it's actually pork.
Roasts are also quite common at pub lunches where you can go in a grab a beer and a cheap feed of roast meat (usually pork or beef, rather than lamb) and vegetables though even this "pub grub" is a dying tradition as many pubs have upped their game by putting in proper restaurants and counter meals have just become snacks like hot chips.
Anyway, if I was to say there was a food item that is iconically Australian, outside of Vegemite on toast, it's got to be fairy bread
The term "footy" means NRL as well as Australian Rules.
You can only buy fireworks in Canberra/ACT I believe. It's a fire hazard thing.
Nope, they were banned in the ACT years ago (2009)
Appointments to see a friend is not a thing in australia. You might call ahead to check if they are home, but you can always knock on a friends door.
Was at the supermarket about an hour ago and was surprised at how many people were barefoot. It is a very hot day.
Fireworks are legal to buy and use in the territory on 1st July for territory day NT not sure on other states
Afl is big in the southern states. Nrl in the north
My friends are a bit different we may aswell be family we don't even knock just walk in make a feed then come say hi 😂❤
Old fashioned English etiquette with a rougher, laid back edge
Happy Australia day 💪🇦🇺🇦🇺
Fireworks were banned in '74, I remember as a child letting off firecrackers, however injuries were the main concern and then banned. However... you do hear fireworks occasionally on days such as new years and Australia day that are not part of a formal celebration.. I have no idea how they get them..
Do you mean '84. I remember buying fireworks when I was 10 years old in '84. You can buy fireworks in the ACT and NT.
@@thomasb5600 I live in SA.. so a bit earlier for us
@@tukicat1399 That explains it I was in NSW.
in some ways i think she described the perfect Australian dish right there. the bit of every thing. growing up here with such a variety of foods from so many cultures and backgrounds i would consider the a back yard byo plate type feed as the best Aussie meal there is. a saying in my family was that introducing politics or religion is a sure way to f**k up a perfectly good conversation.we just like to avoid the worm hole.
Going barefoot is pretty common, but only in non-formal situations. Like, you wouldn't go to a business meeting barefoot. It's pretty normal for people to wear thongs (not g-strings, the Americans call them flip flops). Sometimes you really need it because the ground can get dangerously hot in summer. There are occasional outbreaks of confrontation or violence at the footy, but they are pretty rare.
You can purchase and use fireworks as long as you have a permit and are situated in either ACT, TAS or the NT.
Anybody making comments here who aren't Australians?😁😁 In most of Queensland it's usually too hot to go barefoot. Nice to feel the grass and sand under your feet, but roads and concrete are often hot enough to give you burns. Not much worse than standing in soft bitumen as you cross the street.
Fireworks are allowed in the northern territory, but only once a year on what is called territory day
We used to pop around unannounced, but the age of mobile phones has made it easy to check first.
Mate. I think she nailed it. Obviously, she is generalizing, but I'd say her description was spot on. If you have ever attended a Celtic v Rangers game then you understand sporting rivalry. In our football we have several rivalries equally as passionate, but without the crowd violence. The spectators are not segregated and people talk to opposition supporters during that game and exit via the same gates to the street after without incident. If you have this mind set and I think you do, you'll fit in...
People, absolutely, still get their hands on and let off fireworks on New Year's.
We had 3 separate homes within earshot set them off this year.
Some friends I drop by unannounced and they do the same, some like to be called first, everyone's different.