Queensland is the primary banana growing region in Australia growing 94% of the locally produced bananas it is a friendly joke that Queenslanders put the bend in bananas hence 'Banana Bender' being a joke Knick name for someone from Queensland. There is a style of house designed for the hot humid environment called a Queenslander they are built on stills and designed for maximum air flow, large verandas to keep the sun of the walls of the house. These houses are very valuable to the point it is worth the effort to physically move the houses. There are companies that buy the houses and take them to their yards it is almost like a car yard walk around choose the one you like and they will transport it and set the houses up on a new set of stilts at your property
A 'Dim Sim' is traditionally made with pork and cabbage wrapped in a delicate, pastry skin. It is lightly seasoned and delivers meatiness, crunch and satisfaction with each bite. 'Dim Sum' is an umbrella term and refers to the whole range of small dishes and parcels served at Yum Cha.
Queenslanders (the people) are colloquially known as 'banana benders'. Classic Queensland houses are built up on stilts with wrap around verandahs to allow for airflow and keep the house cool. These houses are called 'Queenslanders'. The 2 green roofed stands at the SCG (Ladies and Members stands) are heritage listed and can't be demolished and have to be maintained epaired in their original style.
As a born and bred Melbourneite, the MCG ( Melbourne Cricket Ground ) will always be my number 1. It won’t matter how many bright and shiny new stadiums are built. The MCG with all its history and it’s soul is number 1!
I know you guys are NFL fans but you should have a look at the latest NRL State of Origin game here in Australia (played 13/07/2022). It has been called by some to be the best game in recent history and may well be worth you to have a look and see the difference between Rugby League (NRL) and Rugby Union. Cheers from an Aussie fan.
being a Western Australian, and have sat at many stadiums around Australia, I have to say, optis stadium is the MOST comfortable stadium i have even been at. Most places you have to move your butt cause the seat get uncomfortable after a while, but optis you could sit there all day and never get uncomfortable ever.
Banana bending started in Queensland in the 19th century with the invention of the steam powered banana bending machine. Before that bananas were either straight or were bent by hand in a traditional process. The bent shape proved so popular with banana eaters (because the bend helped aim the fruit at the taste buds) that their use rapidly spread around the world, and today most bananas are pre-bent before sale. I swear its true. A real banana-bender told me. PS: Banana-bender is a common name for a Queenslander. Just shows how seriously they take their banana bending machines.
It's not true that they were bent to aim better at the taste buds. The growers and packers bent them to get more in the box to keep transportation costs down. True as I'm standing here, in me weelchair.
I work at Optus Stadium in Perth as Bar Attender. When you visit Optus Stadium it is like you stepped into the future. I call it the Colosseum of the 21st Century or the Colosseum of Australia. The MCG is great but Optus Stadium is beyond belief. There is only one problem with Optus Stadium and that is the staff lifts are slow.
Saw Madonna in concert in 1993 at the MCG I was 16 and it was amazing but I have seen footy matches there and my hubby goes to watch his afl team the Richmond Tigers during footy season.
Optus Stadium replaced Subiaco Oval which was around for over 100yrs but it was run down and in a bad location. This new station is in a perfect spot on the river and can be upgraded to 70k seating.
The atmosphere in the Adelaide Oval ( South Australia) is amazing. The history is fantastic. When they upgraded it there was a public outcry to keep the cricket scoreboard. Iconic.
Cricket is played during the warmer months, AFL and Rugby (both versions) are played over winter months. The A League (Soccer) is also played across Spring and Summer. Melbourne actually has Marvel Stadium too which has a retractable roof.
Aussies love their traditional stadiums. They are as close to a national monument as you can get for most people and est. Ovals aren't going anywhere any time soon as the primary home of sports here. Long live the mighty Adelaide Oval!
Australian's love to poke fun at each other, most states have a stereotypical name they get referred to, Queensland is banana benders (i see people have mentioned the reasoning behind why they're called banana benders so wont go into further detail) There's a lot of state vs state friendly rivalry especially between Queensland vs New South Wales and Victoria vs South Australia, and you definitely get a sense of that rivalry when it comes to sporting events 😊 Australia has a lot of heritage listed buildings which aren't allowed to be demolished and have strict rules and regulations on what can and can't be done when it comes to renovating etc. Personally I'd have to put the MCG in Victoria as number 1 although the Perth one does look pretty nice!
In regards to Optus Stadium, at the 13:15 mark, the big TV screen, above this where there are no lights, you can get harnessed in and sit here. There are about 10 seats, it is called the Ozone. There is also a new horseshoe glass walkway protruding from the roof you can walk on to. The nearby bridge has a zip line.
I like the Matagarup Bridge even more than the stadium :). It is a fairly safe place in Perth to go at night and walk around, have a drink, go fishing etc.
The MCG in Melbourne used to have 2 grounds back to back in the 1800’s, they would turn the stadium around 180deg with tractors to play football as they didn’t want a commoners game played on the hallowed turf of the cricket ground, the old tram tracks are still there, to be there on a day with 100,000 people there is incredible, the atmosphere is electric, it looks empty with 50,000 people in it
As a footy fan outside Australia, I'd love to go to a game at the MCG someday. Honestly, I'd also love to go to games at Adelaide Oval, Optus, the SCG... the list goes on. But... well, the 'G is the 'G.
Unlike in the US, the stadiums don’t belong to specific teams. So for example, Adelaide having 3 stadiums has nothing to do with them having 3 teams. Don’t forget we have many different types of football (AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer) as well as cricket. Many are played on the same ground.
US stadia do not necessarily "belong" to the speific teams. By and large they are the property of the Cities who do deals with the team owners. Some of the best known are multi functional especially the likes of New York's former Shea Stadium, where the Beatles first appeared at (in USA). There are numerous concerts that have been staged at the mighty Yankee Stadium. Shane Warne (RIP) once took a team of cricketers and played exhibition cricket game on the latter stadium.
We like our history so keep the historical stadiums. The Sydney Olympic Stadium (completed 1998) has already been replaced and the new Stadium wasn't mentioned either. Stilts- Queensland is a sunny hot state that does have floods. Historically (pre airconditioners) "Queenslander" house architecture raised the houses on stilts for airflow, cooling, as well as the flooding. Most of those houses have high ceilings with ceiling fans and louvre windows as well.
Banana benders - Banana growers... Stilts, a lot of houses in Queensland are built on stilts. Generally raised off the ground, built on stilts or stumps, the Queenslander architecture is designed to counteract extreme conditions like flooding, high temperatures and pest infestations.
Damn ! You missed the opportunity to view the workings of Optus Stadium in Perth to see all the amazing technology and lighting to see why it is currently considered the most beautiful stadium in the world.
Just clarifying, the flooding that happened this year covered a large chunk of both Queensland and New South Wales. During that flooding, Suncorp Stadium did get flooded covering the entire grass field.
The context for the stilts joke is that there is a classic style of house called a Queenslander where the house is built on stilts. Under the house is usually treated as storage or parking.
I'm sure its been mentioned, but banana-benders is just a nickname for Queeslanders. Croweaters in South Australia, Sandgropers for WA, etc. Lots of bananas grown in Queensland, and the things have to get that curve in them somehow. There is a type of house called a Queenslander, built on stilts primarily to allow for air circulation underneath allowing for cooling before air-con existed. They also have large verandahsto provide shade and not get direct sun into the house. Such is life in places which happen to be rather on the too warm side year-round. The stilts maybe also give some flood mitigation in some parts. And minimise snake infestation. On the age of stadiums. Our stadiums are generally not privately owned, but government funded even if a "trust" of the highly influential and wealthy controls the ground, and are almost all multi-use. The ovals tend to have Australian Football and Cricket. The rectangles Rugby League, Rugby and Association Football. Nor are most of the clubs privately owned, and ready to move around as happens with some US sports. There isn't the same amount of money, or competitive pressure. Melbourne and Sydney know they will get the AFL and NRL Grand Finals, respectively, and prime cricket matches regardless. Plus there is a lot of history in the venues themselves, especially with regards to cricket. Modernisation is usually forced by AFL or NRL demand, cricket (especially the pure game) tends to not require that - it can even be detrimental. The traditional scoreboards and stands are part of what people expect at those grounds. The Members and Ladies stands at the SCG are icons of cricket beyond just that city, as is the old scoreboard and cathedral view at Adelaide. Only the MCG is really known for its capacity. Smaller venues such as Bellerive in Hobart, Manuka in Canberra, don't get enough high profile games - and aren't in big enough cities - for overhauls to be worthwhile. Tasmania can't even make its main hospital fit for human habitation at any point over the past 30 years, massive updates to Bellerive, York Park or another new stadium (Bellerive only became Hobart's home of cricket in the late 1980s) should be way off the agenda.
G'day boys, just thought I'd let you know what some of the weird (?) names of some of the stadiums mean...WACA - Western Australian Cricket Association. The Gabba sports ground, in Queensland, gets its name from the suburb in which it's located, Woolloongabba (pronounced woollen - gabba, with the short "a" sound). The MCG is also lovingly known as "The G", the Sydney Cricket Ground doesn't have a cute nickname that I'm aware of... We do love our historic grounds, but some state governments have been known to rip some of them down to build fancy new shiney ones with little to no character, but hey, that's the price of progress I guess...😏🇦🇺🐨
NO, NO, NO, Dim Sim and Dim Sum are two completely different things! Dim Sum is the term used for multiple servings of small dishes. A Dim Sim is a food item that was created in Australia back in the 1940s and remains extremely popular today, just as the Chiko Roll does. No, you don't find them on the most popular Australian food items because people are wankers and they put stupid dumb shit on the lists like bloody Fairy Bread, which no one over the age of 10 ever eats and leave of actual food that most of us eat :)
Speaking of dim sims…what’s the deal with those calamari rings you come across at some fish n chip shops that are like reconstituted and not a solid piece of squid?
@@eiypo lol! Moron. Yes I know what a squid looks like - I’ve also had proper calamari rings before. Don’t know if you’re Aussie or not but any Aussie that has bought fish n chips a few times would know that some places serve “calamari rings” which are not a battered cut ring of a squid but rather more like battered fish. If you pulled the batter off it, it wouldn’t be a single ring of squid but would fall apart like minced fish.
Likely earlier still. From Wikipedia: The term dim sim dates as far back as 1928,[3] although the modern recipe of the dish most likely was developed in Melbourne's Chinatown in 1945 by entrepreneur William Wing Young (father of TV chef Elizabeth Chong) for his food processing company Wing Lee.
The bannan reference is due to the industry in north Queensland. The stilts comment is in reference to early house design in the state having raised housing to assist in cooling and in some areas flood protection.
Banana bending = Queenslanders (the people) are often referred to as “Banana Benders”. Putting the bend in bananas. Stilts = The Queenslander (the architectural design) refers to buildings typically found around Queensland. They are set on stilts above the ground, aiding in air-flow to cool houses in the tropical heat. They can also be found with a verandah surrounding the upstairs living area. Stilts are also useful for houses in hilly parts of Brisbane which have steep gradients, where the front of a house can be at ground level and the rear could be 20 plus feet above the ground, with long stairs to the backyard.
Jokes explained: Banana farming is a type of farming particular to far north Queensland so naturally we are 'banana benders'. Flood season in autumn is no joke so many Queenslanders build their houses on stilts. So the joke is that the stadium is not truly qld because it isn't on stilts like the houses are.
Suncorp stadium was actually a cemetery before it became a stadium and it was called lang park before the upgrade. The stadium itself looks deceptive cause the playing field is on ground leave is built up from there. It holds around 52,000 people.
The built on stilts refers to Queensland architecture (usually colonial). Because of the heat homes were traditionally built of wood and raised on stilts. This created a natural air conditioning system to cool the home. Cool air would be generated under the house and would circulate upstairs. But yes, also in flood prone areas
Optus is pretty special and came through for the AFL Grand final during covid. The older grounds are a treasure though.. Keep up showing the outakes ..
Melbourne cricket ground holds 100,000 people while Sydney Olympic Stadium HELD 110,000- but was reconfigured and when completed in 2003 had a reduced capacity of 85,000.
We have nicknames for each other for each state. Queenslanders are banana benders because we grow a lot of bananas in the state. The southerners are taking the piss.- the bananas grow straight normally but we have to bend them- we are also called cane toads(because there are so many of them.New South Wales - called cockroaches - again because there are lots of cockroaches in NSW. People from Victoria are called Mexicans because they live south of the border. If you’re from Western Australia you are called a Sand Groper . Tasmanian’s have a reputation of marrying relatives ( they don’t ) but they say they are born with 2 heads and people hum the duelling banjos tune they are also known as Taswegians .If you live in South Australia you are a Crow eater ( they have a crow on the state coat of arm and if you come from the Northern Territory you are a top ender. It’s all a bit of fun teasing each other and there always is health competition between the states in sport.
also the 'Adelaide strikers' are a cricket team that play in the Big Bash League (BBL) and the 'Adelaide Crows', and 'Port Adelaide Power' play in the AFL 🙂
Oval cricket stadiums are very large. They have the room to progressively add modern stands while leaving the old stands in place. Smaller rectangular stadiums get redeveloped far more often.
In schools in Melbourne we are taught that the MCG is so iconic and internationally known that the Romans took inspiration from it when they built the colosseum.
Banana bender is a colloquial term of endearment to say Queenslanders have nothing better to do than bend bananas. And a Queenslander is a style of raised, single story house with a wrap around verandah, designed to deal with humidity, heat and floods.
The Stilts comment refers to a type of house known as a Queenslander, it is built on stilts with the underside usually the garage or car port. reason is Queensland gets the most rainfall and floods and these houses were designed with that reality in mind.
The 'Dim Sim' was invented by a Chinese immigrant in the 1940s who loved to go to the 'footy' in the 1940s. The legend goes that his 'Aussie' mates loved his dumplings, so one day he made a batch to them to eat at the footy. One of his mates said something along the lines of 'you should sell these, you'd make a fortune'. And so the dim sim was born. It's a larger version of a traditional dim sum pork dumpling (hence the play of words in the name) and has a thicker wrapper. The larger size and thicker wrapper just made them easier to eat and they could be carried in a thermos. Whilst pork is the most common version, you can also get beef, chicken and vegetarian versions as well as pork and prawn versions (this was the first flavour). They come fried or steamed (if steamed, it's traditional to smother them in soy sauce). There are also more gourmet versions too. Not only are they sold at sporting events, they are also a common breakfast food for tradies. At Melbourne's Flinders Street station, you can buy them on the train platforms. A super hot fried 'dimmy' on a cold Melbourne winter's day is something of a comfort food. BTW the inventor is also the father of one of Australia's most famous chefs.
There are nicknames for people from the different Australian states. People from WA are "sand-gropers"; from SA "crow-eaters"; from NT "croc-bait", from Victoria "Mexicans", from NSW "Welshies"…. In this vein, Queenslanders are "banana-benders". Hence one joke. Another joke in the script comes from "Queenslander" being an architectural term for a kind of frame house (usually with an iron roof and weatherboard cladding) raised a way off the ground on timber poles, which are called "stilts". Queenslanders are built that way for ventilation, to avoid certain pests such as crocodiles, to be above flood levels, etc. Dim sims are different from dim sum. Dim sum are a range of dishes, including dumplings among other things, served at yum cha (which is a sort of Cantonese brunch). Dim sims are a kind of meat-and-cabbage dumpling developed by a Chinese immigrant to sell to Aussies, like a lot of Chinese dumplings but larger and rather plain, available from servos and take-away fry shops.
As a die hard cricket fan, moving away from the WACA to Optus stadium feels like a travesty. It's not a purely tradition based thing either, the WACA delivered some of the bounciest pitches that Optus can't quite match.
The bounce at the WACA has died in recent years. They worked really hard to get the wickets at Optus to resemble a traditional WACA strip and if you have seen the few tests that have been played their they have done a pretty good job. Finally the facilities at the WACA were well past being fit for use, Optus is a huge improvement over both the WACA and Subiaco.
The WACA pitch was legendary,but the actual stadium infrastructure (stands, cover, amenities, etc) were atrocious. Though it's actual within the CBD, access for crowds above 20000 is actually a pain in the arse, bit of a black hole were streets quickly bloat beyond capacity
All these video compiling people always forget about the great world standard horse racing tracks we have in Oz. It's a fact that the largest attendances at single sporting events have been at the best of them in most capitals. We have the largest number of tracks of any nation on the planet ranging from the oldest, Royal Randwick down to the many family picnic race tracks that legendary races like the Snake Gully Cup at Gundagai or the Bong Bong Cup.
you were right the first time Miles, Western Sydney and surrounding areas are currently being flooded. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, which is why the stadium chosen for New South Wales was the Sydney Cricket Ground. Pay attention guys! Dim Sims were created in Victoria by chinese migrants in the 1800s. The picture used for the title card on Western Australia is the Pinnacle Desert, near Cervantes. Worth checking out.
Hi guys , in Queensland the houses are built on stilcks, to prevent flooding ,and qld is known for growing bananas ,so we Australian s call them banana benders
Don't worry, we have different names for the people from each state; Queensland just happens to be called "the banana benders", it's actually a form of affection. The reference to "the Queenslander" refers to a particular style of housing, predominantly to that state; the houses are built on stilts or elevated, this allows to regulate the comfort level no matter the weather. It also provides security and safety during times of floods.
Banana Benders is a what people from southern states call Queenslanders, because Queensland is the only state that grows Banana's, it's a derogatory term, taking the piss. Stilts may refer to a lot of houses that are built in Brisbane are built using long poles due to the steepness of some of the land that the houses are built on.
Qld houses are on stilts to improve cooling. There is flooding too though. We call the queenslanders "banana- benders".( it's where nearly all our banana are grown)
Every state has a historic ground that gets continuously upgraded, usually central to the city given their age. They all generally have other stadiums of various ages that get turned over for new.
Houses built on stilts are called Queenslanders and when Dim Sims first made it to Australia nobody knew how to cook them and it was in Victoria, specifically Mordialloc, that the idea of frying them began.
The reference to stilts in relation to Queensland is to do with colonial architecture. A Queenslander is a woodem house built on "stilts" or pilons to raise it above the ground. They also have roofed verandah's on 3 or all 4 sides of the house. This allows the house to be cooled by any breeze. Banana bender is a nickname for Queenslanders. Bananas are naturally bent and don't require any assistance from my fellow Queenslanders. And yes Lang Park has been known to flood.
Dim Sum from Wikipedia : The term dim sim dates as far back as 1928,[3] although the modern recipe of the dish most likely was developed in Melbourne's Chinatown in 1945 by entrepreneur William Wing Young (father of TV chef Elizabeth Chong) for his food processing company Wing Lee. Definitely remember seeing and eating Wing Lee Dim Sims as one my earliest memories in the early sixties.
The older area of the cricket ground is actually the members area not the ticketing or entrance. And they also get a lot of hate from the rest of the stadium because they never join in on a crowd wave.
Dim sum is a style of Asian quisine usually consisting of small portions, dim sim is an actual snack kind of like a heavy set dumpling without the soup
You guys got it for the stilts. Lots of houses on stilts because it rains a whoooole lot in Northern Queensland. Not currently flooded though, but I imagine that's a lucky coincidence.
Many Queensland houses are on stilts to protect them from the drop bears that have become a pretty major threat in Australia. Hence the joke about Suncorp not being on stilts. The southern stadiums rule, though - the MCG and the reinvigorated Adelaide.
A lot of homes were built on STILTS to keep them above the flooding areas, Banana's are one of the MAIN INDUSTRIES therefore the Queensland people are known to rest of Australia as BANANA BENDERS also they are known for the SUGAR CANE FIELDS and CANE TOADS (they are in plague proportions)
I love to see the Hill on the cricket ground. Sitting on the hill while watching cricket or footy is a must. The TIO stadium in NT splits it's hills between the area for families with no alcohol and the general area where drinking is allowed.
I'm in Melbourne so I'm biased but we do hold most of Australia's best sporting events and concerts. Australia is still relatively a new country, well besides the fact our British ancestors Decided to take over which unfortunately after doing my ancestory DNA finding I'm absolute English, Irish and Scottish, my ancestors came over in the first fleet, unsure if they were regular people or convicts 🤦♀️ but I know that we do like to keep history alive here in regards to older buildings etc.
STILTS. His joke is about a large number of houses in various parts of Queensland are built on poles roughly the diameter of a light/telegraph pole. This elevates the living space about one story above the ground due to devastating floods that can occur quite a lot in Queensland.
Definition of a Banana bender is a person living in Queensland that is unemployed is called a a banana bender; so who moved to Queensland naturally become banana benders.
Queenslanders are refered to as Banana Benders because most of the bananas grow there. Darwin was heavily bombed by the Japanese in ww2. And a massive Cylcone, Tracy took out Darwin in 1975. A Queenslander is a style of house. It is on stillts a few feet off the ground to allow airflow because its bloody hot in Queensland ,and they have a verandah around the whole building.
Adelaide has more churches than any other city per capita. South Australia was FREE SETTLED and as such we have a complete different history to other states. It is also the state that had the FIRST police force in Australia..founded 2 years after the state in 1838..and 3rd oldest in the world behind London Metropolitan (1829) and Dublin (1836) .
He’s almost right when he said you can go to jail for being disrespectful to the Melbourne cricket ground. The oldest and most famous Australian stadium known all over the world, and commonly called the “G.” Home ground to a number of AFL teams, and is the venue for the AFL grand final. 2022 grand final had 100,025 fans. Its capacity is 100,050.
The stadiums are partly demolished and rebuilt from time to time, Call it renovation if you like. None are still in their original condition. The reason the existing sites are renovated is that they were originally granted the land by the government, or they have a very long term lease on a peppercorn rent. So buying a new greenfield site is out of the question. So the same site gets redeveloped. One of the exceptions to the rule is Perth Stadium, which was a greenfield site, but it is owned by the State Government, part of a plan to attract more big sporting events to the city.
Until you walk into a stadium that can hold 100,000 people you haven't been to the best stadium in the world. I went to the MCG for an AFL game between Essendon and Collingwood on ANZAC day in 1995 and with the largest crowd ever of 95,000. This stadium on this day was rocking and the atmosphere was intense. No other stadium in Australia can do that no matter the crowd size.
Many, many,many more modern stadiums in each state of Australia including state of the art indoor stadiums. This was just his personal opinion of what he prefers.
Some "state nickname for the people" education for you: Queensland = Banana Bender South Australia = Crow-eater Western Australia = Sandgroper Northern Territory = varies between "Top-ender" or "Territorian" New South Wales = doesn't have a common one, but sometimes called a "Cockroach" Tasmania = doesn't have a common one but occasionally called a "Taswegian" or "Apple eater" Victoria = doesn't have a common one but occasionally called a "Cabbage Gardener" or "Gum Sucker" Australian Capital Territory = doesn't have a common one but occasionally called a "Roundabouter"
You might have liked the SCG even more back in May 2014 when it was totally repurposed by MLB personnel to host a season opener between the Dodgers (home team) and the D'Backs. Three official games were played, all sold out. Time lapse vision for the award winning conversion can be found. The sport is not uncommon to Oz, the SGC / Moore Park precinct having hosted an International game a century earlier and Sydney having two purpose built facilities for the 2000 Olympics.
The floods are taking place in Queensland and NSW guy's. There has always been a long standing rivalry between which is the best state, Qld or NSW. It's been a standing joke for decades. The Qld heat being tropical is ideal to grow bananas. Thus they get the name banana benders. When Queenslanders want to be sarcastic jokingly they call NSW... Mexicans, because they live south of the border... also known as cockroaches too because NSW is down under or crawlers under Qld. It's always said with tongue in cheek as funny rivalry not in rudeness.🤪😁 with that being said🤔🤷♀️🤭 😂....well not usually 😉🤗
Queensland is the primary banana growing region in Australia growing 94% of the locally produced bananas it is a friendly joke that Queenslanders put the bend in bananas hence 'Banana Bender' being a joke Knick name for someone from Queensland.
There is a style of house designed for the hot humid environment called a Queenslander they are built on stills and designed for maximum air flow, large verandas to keep the sun of the walls of the house. These houses are very valuable to the point it is worth the effort to physically move the houses. There are companies that buy the houses and take them to their yards it is almost like a car yard walk around choose the one you like and they will transport it and set the houses up on a new set of stilts at your property
Could not have said it better myself.
and the colours are also representing the Brisbane Broncos colours
@@Spectre-tv7wi If my memory serves me didn't the stadium get flooded a while back
@@alankohn6709 ye it did but wasnt that bad compared to 2011
I'm a born banana bender 😅
It's amazing how many people say "really?" when I tell that they have machines that bend the bananas😂😂
A 'Dim Sim' is traditionally made with pork and cabbage wrapped in a delicate, pastry skin. It is lightly seasoned and delivers meatiness, crunch and satisfaction with each bite. 'Dim Sum' is an umbrella term and refers to the whole range of small dishes and parcels served at Yum Cha.
Well played, Sir. A perfect way to clear up any confusion surrounding this much-misunderstood issue.
are you a dim sim salesman? you might want to work on your human speech skills mr roboto.
Optus is great. The light show both internal and external is great. There's a whole entertainment precinct around it on both sides of the river
Queenslanders (the people) are colloquially known as 'banana benders'. Classic Queensland houses are built up on stilts with wrap around verandahs to allow for airflow and keep the house cool. These houses are called 'Queenslanders'. The 2 green roofed stands at the SCG (Ladies and Members stands) are heritage listed and can't be demolished and have to be maintained
epaired in their original style.
Love the Sydney cricket ground with the old school members and ladies stand
As a born and bred Melbourneite, the MCG ( Melbourne Cricket Ground ) will always be my number 1. It won’t matter how many bright and shiny new stadiums are built. The MCG with all its history and it’s soul is number 1!
Totally agree
It's Victorian, it has no soul.
In fact, Australians don't believe Victoria is actually a part of Australia!
@@Quinctili you sound like a Sydney sider!
As a Sydney resident I'd have to agree. Nothing quite like the atmosphere at the Gee...
*Melburnian
I know you guys are NFL fans but you should have a look at the latest NRL State of Origin game here in Australia (played 13/07/2022). It has been called by some to be the best game in recent history and may well be worth you to have a look and see the difference between Rugby League (NRL) and Rugby Union. Cheers from an Aussie fan.
I’m an afl fanatic but watched that game last night it was probably the best game I’ve ever watched. Go the maroons
It was a great game, had everything big hits, fights, try's, sinbins, only thing missing was a NSW win.
That brawl made it feel like the 80s 😂
I agree, on of the best games ever (and I'm an AFL fan living in Perth!)
It was certainly memorable.. even if NSW lost
being a Western Australian, and have sat at many stadiums around Australia, I have to say, optis stadium is the MOST comfortable stadium i have even been at. Most places you have to move your butt cause the seat get uncomfortable after a while, but optis you could sit there all day and never get uncomfortable ever.
Banana bending started in Queensland in the 19th century with the invention of the steam powered banana bending machine. Before that bananas were either straight or were bent by hand in a traditional process. The bent shape proved so popular with banana eaters (because the bend helped aim the fruit at the taste buds) that their use rapidly spread around the world, and today most bananas are pre-bent before sale.
I swear its true. A real banana-bender told me.
PS: Banana-bender is a common name for a Queenslander. Just shows how seriously they take their banana bending machines.
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Now that is good BS!
It's not true that they were bent to aim better at the taste buds. The growers and packers bent them to get more in the box to keep transportation costs down. True as I'm standing here, in me weelchair.
I work at Optus Stadium in Perth as Bar Attender. When you visit Optus Stadium it is like you stepped into the future. I call it the Colosseum of the 21st Century or the Colosseum of Australia. The MCG is great but Optus Stadium is beyond belief. There is only one problem with Optus Stadium and that is the staff lifts are slow.
Saw Madonna in concert in 1993 at the MCG I was 16 and it was amazing but I have seen footy matches there and my hubby goes to watch his afl team the Richmond Tigers during footy season.
Optus Stadium replaced Subiaco Oval which was around for over 100yrs but it was run down and in a bad location. This new station is in a perfect spot on the river and can be upgraded to 70k seating.
Optus stadium blows the MCG out of the water!
It has the best facilities
The atmosphere in the Adelaide Oval ( South Australia) is amazing. The history is fantastic. When they upgraded it there was a public outcry to keep the cricket scoreboard. Iconic.
I haven't been there, but i love the look of the festival atmosphere for the cricket. Most go at some point.
Cricket is played during the warmer months, AFL and Rugby (both versions) are played over winter months. The A League (Soccer) is also played across Spring and Summer. Melbourne actually has Marvel Stadium too which has a retractable roof.
The western Australian pics that you called rocks were actually termite mounds. Termite mounds can get up to 8-9 feet tall.
Aussies love their traditional stadiums. They are as close to a national monument as you can get for most people and est. Ovals aren't going anywhere any time soon as the primary home of sports here. Long live the mighty Adelaide Oval!
Australian's love to poke fun at each other, most states have a stereotypical name they get referred to, Queensland is banana benders (i see people have mentioned the reasoning behind why they're called banana benders so wont go into further detail) There's a lot of state vs state friendly rivalry especially between Queensland vs New South Wales and Victoria vs South Australia, and you definitely get a sense of that rivalry when it comes to sporting events 😊
Australia has a lot of heritage listed buildings which aren't allowed to be demolished and have strict rules and regulations on what can and can't be done when it comes to renovating etc.
Personally I'd have to put the MCG in Victoria as number 1 although the Perth one does look pretty nice!
I agree. The Perth Stadium is amazing, but the "G" is a monument built around sacred turf.
The atmosphere at the “G” (mcg) is fantastic. Nothin like it for footy
In regards to Optus Stadium, at the 13:15 mark, the big TV screen, above this where there are no lights, you can get harnessed in and sit here. There are about 10 seats, it is called the Ozone. There is also a new horseshoe glass walkway protruding from the roof you can walk on to. The nearby bridge has a zip line.
I like the Matagarup Bridge even more than the stadium :). It is a fairly safe place in Perth to go at night and walk around, have a drink, go fishing etc.
and dont forget about the Camfield pub next to the stadium. It holds 2500 people in a 9000 sqm space
The MCG in Melbourne used to have 2 grounds back to back in the 1800’s, they would turn the stadium around 180deg with tractors to play football as they didn’t want a commoners game played on the hallowed turf of the cricket ground, the old tram tracks are still there, to be there on a day with 100,000 people there is incredible, the atmosphere is electric, it looks empty with 50,000 people in it
As a footy fan outside Australia, I'd love to go to a game at the MCG someday. Honestly, I'd also love to go to games at Adelaide Oval, Optus, the SCG... the list goes on. But... well, the 'G is the 'G.
Unlike in the US, the stadiums don’t belong to specific teams. So for example, Adelaide having 3 stadiums has nothing to do with them having 3 teams. Don’t forget we have many different types of football (AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer) as well as cricket. Many are played on the same ground.
US stadia do not necessarily "belong" to the speific teams. By and large they are the property of the Cities who do deals with the team owners. Some of the best known are multi functional especially the likes of New York's former Shea Stadium, where the Beatles first appeared at (in USA). There are numerous concerts that have been staged at the mighty Yankee Stadium. Shane Warne (RIP) once took a team of cricketers and played exhibition cricket game on the latter stadium.
@@flamingfrancis Sounds exactly what happens over here. The local council own and maintain it and the various clubs and functions utilise it.
We like our history so keep the historical stadiums. The Sydney Olympic Stadium (completed 1998) has already been replaced and the new Stadium wasn't mentioned either. Stilts- Queensland is a sunny hot state that does have floods. Historically (pre airconditioners) "Queenslander" house architecture raised the houses on stilts for airflow, cooling, as well as the flooding. Most of those houses have high ceilings with ceiling fans and louvre windows as well.
The Olympic stadium hasn't been replaced. It was the Sydney football stadium that was demolished and rebuilt.
The stilts are primarily to combat termite infestations.
Banana benders - Banana growers...
Stilts, a lot of houses in Queensland are built on stilts.
Generally raised off the ground, built on stilts or stumps, the Queenslander architecture is designed to counteract extreme conditions like flooding, high temperatures and pest infestations.
Optus is a great stadium and was well needed for our state
Optus stadium is literally the best stadium out! It’s been voted best stadium in the world multiple times now
Damn ! You missed the opportunity to view the workings of Optus Stadium in Perth to see all the amazing technology and lighting to see why it is currently considered the most beautiful stadium in the world.
Optus Stadium is mind blowing.
Nice video guys.
Just clarifying, the flooding that happened this year covered a large chunk of both Queensland and New South Wales. During that flooding, Suncorp Stadium did get flooded covering the entire grass field.
The context for the stilts joke is that there is a classic style of house called a Queenslander where the house is built on stilts. Under the house is usually treated as storage or parking.
I managed all the landscaping at Optus stadium in Perth. Hot damn I'm glad I dont do that anymore 🤣🤣
I'm sure its been mentioned, but banana-benders is just a nickname for Queeslanders. Croweaters in South Australia, Sandgropers for WA, etc. Lots of bananas grown in Queensland, and the things have to get that curve in them somehow.
There is a type of house called a Queenslander, built on stilts primarily to allow for air circulation underneath allowing for cooling before air-con existed. They also have large verandahsto provide shade and not get direct sun into the house. Such is life in places which happen to be rather on the too warm side year-round.
The stilts maybe also give some flood mitigation in some parts. And minimise snake infestation.
On the age of stadiums. Our stadiums are generally not privately owned, but government funded even if a "trust" of the highly influential and wealthy controls the ground, and are almost all multi-use. The ovals tend to have Australian Football and Cricket. The rectangles Rugby League, Rugby and Association Football. Nor are most of the clubs privately owned, and ready to move around as happens with some US sports. There isn't the same amount of money, or competitive pressure. Melbourne and Sydney know they will get the AFL and NRL Grand Finals, respectively, and prime cricket matches regardless. Plus there is a lot of history in the venues themselves, especially with regards to cricket. Modernisation is usually forced by AFL or NRL demand, cricket (especially the pure game) tends to not require that - it can even be detrimental.
The traditional scoreboards and stands are part of what people expect at those grounds. The Members and Ladies stands at the SCG are icons of cricket beyond just that city, as is the old scoreboard and cathedral view at Adelaide. Only the MCG is really known for its capacity. Smaller venues such as Bellerive in Hobart, Manuka in Canberra, don't get enough high profile games - and aren't in big enough cities - for overhauls to be worthwhile.
Tasmania can't even make its main hospital fit for human habitation at any point over the past 30 years, massive updates to Bellerive, York Park or another new stadium (Bellerive only became Hobart's home of cricket in the late 1980s) should be way off the agenda.
And Victorians are Mexican, south of the border 😊
G'day boys, just thought I'd let you know what some of the weird (?) names of some of the stadiums mean...WACA - Western Australian Cricket Association. The Gabba sports ground, in Queensland, gets its name from the suburb in which it's located, Woolloongabba (pronounced woollen - gabba, with the short "a" sound). The MCG is also lovingly known as "The G", the Sydney Cricket Ground doesn't have a cute nickname that I'm aware of...
We do love our historic grounds, but some state governments have been known to rip some of them down to build fancy new shiney ones with little to no character, but hey, that's the price of progress I guess...😏🇦🇺🐨
NO, NO, NO, Dim Sim and Dim Sum are two completely different things!
Dim Sum is the term used for multiple servings of small dishes. A Dim Sim is a food item that was created in Australia back in the 1940s and remains extremely popular today, just as the Chiko Roll does.
No, you don't find them on the most popular Australian food items because people are wankers and they put stupid dumb shit on the lists like bloody Fairy Bread, which no one over the age of 10 ever eats and leave of actual food that most of us eat :)
YOU LEAVE FAIRY BREAD ALONE! I will forever have fairy bread at my birthdays 😤
Speaking of dim sims…what’s the deal with those calamari rings you come across at some fish n chip shops that are like reconstituted and not a solid piece of squid?
@@eiypo lol! Moron.
Yes I know what a squid looks like - I’ve also had proper calamari rings before. Don’t know if you’re Aussie or not but any Aussie that has bought fish n chips a few times would know that some places serve “calamari rings” which are not a battered cut ring of a squid but rather more like battered fish. If you pulled the batter off it, it wouldn’t be a single ring of squid but would fall apart like minced fish.
Dim Sim and Dim Sum are different things. The DimSim was invented by a chinese man in Melbourne in the 1960s if i’m correct
Likely earlier still. From Wikipedia:
The term dim sim dates as far back as 1928,[3] although the modern recipe of the dish most likely was developed in Melbourne's Chinatown in 1945 by entrepreneur William Wing Young (father of TV chef Elizabeth Chong) for his food processing company Wing Lee.
South Melbourne dim sims, still the same family. Making them, theirs are extra nice.
Dim Sum is from China and means an assortment of things. Dim Sim is Australian and means specifically that kind of steamed/fried dumpling
The bannan reference is due to the industry in north Queensland. The stilts comment is in reference to early house design in the state having raised housing to assist in cooling and in some areas flood protection.
Banana bending = Queenslanders (the people) are often referred to as “Banana Benders”. Putting the bend in bananas.
Stilts = The Queenslander (the architectural design) refers to buildings typically found around Queensland. They are set on stilts above the ground, aiding in air-flow to cool houses in the tropical heat. They can also be found with a verandah surrounding the upstairs living area. Stilts are also useful for houses in hilly parts of Brisbane which have steep gradients, where the front of a house can be at ground level and the rear could be 20 plus feet above the ground, with long stairs to the backyard.
Jokes explained:
Banana farming is a type of farming particular to far north Queensland so naturally we are 'banana benders'.
Flood season in autumn is no joke so many Queenslanders build their houses on stilts. So the joke is that the stadium is not truly qld because it isn't on stilts like the houses are.
Suncorp stadium was actually a cemetery before it became a stadium and it was called lang park before the upgrade. The stadium itself looks deceptive cause the playing field is on ground leave is built up from there. It holds around 52,000 people.
Hi, Guys from Perth 🇦🇺
The built on stilts refers to Queensland architecture (usually colonial). Because of the heat homes were traditionally built of wood and raised on stilts. This created a natural air conditioning system to cool the home. Cool air would be generated under the house and would circulate upstairs. But yes, also in flood prone areas
Love your adlibs at the end... Do that more!!! You guys are awesome!
Suncorp Stadium is the best - plus it held the best Rugby League game ever last night - Go Queenslanders
optus stadium is hands down the best stadium im Australia
Agree, it's a shame they didn't film the inner part where all the shops and eateries are on the top floor. It's like a shopping mall!
Optus is pretty special and came through for the AFL Grand final during covid.
The older grounds are a treasure though..
Keep up showing the outakes ..
Melbourne cricket ground holds 100,000 people while Sydney Olympic Stadium HELD 110,000- but was reconfigured and when completed in 2003 had a reduced capacity of 85,000.
We have nicknames for each other for each state. Queenslanders are banana benders because we grow a lot of bananas in the state. The southerners are taking the piss.- the bananas grow straight normally but we have to bend them- we are also called cane toads(because there are so many of them.New South Wales - called cockroaches - again because there are lots of cockroaches in NSW. People from Victoria are called Mexicans because they live south of the border. If you’re from Western Australia you are called a Sand Groper . Tasmanian’s have a reputation of marrying relatives ( they don’t ) but they say they are born with 2 heads and people hum the duelling banjos tune they are also known as Taswegians .If you live in South Australia you are a Crow eater ( they have a crow on the state coat of arm and if you come from the Northern Territory you are a top ender. It’s all a bit of fun teasing each other and there always is health competition between the states in sport.
Banana benders, is a slang term people from other states use to describe Queenslanders.
Optus stadium is venue of the year in the world too
also the 'Adelaide strikers' are a cricket team that play in the Big Bash League (BBL)
and the 'Adelaide Crows', and 'Port Adelaide Power' play in the AFL 🙂
Oval cricket stadiums are very large. They have the room to progressively add modern stands while leaving the old stands in place. Smaller rectangular stadiums get redeveloped far more often.
In schools in Melbourne we are taught that the MCG is so iconic and internationally known that the Romans took inspiration from it when they built the colosseum.
Banana bender is a colloquial term of endearment to say Queenslanders have nothing better to do than bend bananas. And a Queenslander is a style of raised, single story house with a wrap around verandah, designed to deal with humidity, heat and floods.
The Stilts comment refers to a type of house known as a Queenslander, it is built on stilts with the underside usually the garage or car port. reason is Queensland gets the most rainfall and floods and these houses were designed with that reality in mind.
The 'Dim Sim' was invented by a Chinese immigrant in the 1940s who loved to go to the 'footy' in the 1940s. The legend goes that his 'Aussie' mates loved his dumplings, so one day he made a batch to them to eat at the footy. One of his mates said something along the lines of 'you should sell these, you'd make a fortune'. And so the dim sim was born. It's a larger version of a traditional dim sum pork dumpling (hence the play of words in the name) and has a thicker wrapper. The larger size and thicker wrapper just made them easier to eat and they could be carried in a thermos. Whilst pork is the most common version, you can also get beef, chicken and vegetarian versions as well as pork and prawn versions (this was the first flavour). They come fried or steamed (if steamed, it's traditional to smother them in soy sauce). There are also more gourmet versions too. Not only are they sold at sporting events, they are also a common breakfast food for tradies. At Melbourne's Flinders Street station, you can buy them on the train platforms. A super hot fried 'dimmy' on a cold Melbourne winter's day is something of a comfort food. BTW the inventor is also the father of one of Australia's most famous chefs.
There are nicknames for people from the different Australian states. People from WA are "sand-gropers"; from SA "crow-eaters"; from NT "croc-bait", from Victoria "Mexicans", from NSW "Welshies"…. In this vein, Queenslanders are "banana-benders". Hence one joke.
Another joke in the script comes from "Queenslander" being an architectural term for a kind of frame house (usually with an iron roof and weatherboard cladding) raised a way off the ground on timber poles, which are called "stilts". Queenslanders are built that way for ventilation, to avoid certain pests such as crocodiles, to be above flood levels, etc.
Dim sims are different from dim sum. Dim sum are a range of dishes, including dumplings among other things, served at yum cha (which is a sort of Cantonese brunch). Dim sims are a kind of meat-and-cabbage dumpling developed by a Chinese immigrant to sell to Aussies, like a lot of Chinese dumplings but larger and rather plain, available from servos and take-away fry shops.
As a die hard cricket fan, moving away from the WACA to Optus stadium feels like a travesty. It's not a purely tradition based thing either, the WACA delivered some of the bounciest pitches that Optus can't quite match.
The bounce at the WACA has died in recent years. They worked really hard to get the wickets at Optus to resemble a traditional WACA strip and if you have seen the few tests that have been played their they have done a pretty good job. Finally the facilities at the WACA were well past being fit for use, Optus is a huge improvement over both the WACA and Subiaco.
The WACA pitch was legendary,but the actual stadium infrastructure (stands, cover, amenities, etc) were atrocious. Though it's actual within the CBD, access for crowds above 20000 is actually a pain in the arse, bit of a black hole were streets quickly bloat beyond capacity
All these video compiling people always forget about the great world standard horse racing tracks we have in Oz. It's a fact that the largest attendances at single sporting events have been at the best of them in most capitals.
We have the largest number of tracks of any nation on the planet ranging from the oldest, Royal Randwick down to the many family picnic race tracks that legendary races like the Snake Gully Cup at Gundagai or the Bong Bong Cup.
Hi lads
I guess we Australians consider ourselves lucky with our sporting stadia. The MCG is an experience all of its own. Definitely come and see it.
I believe the banana bender is a reference to the new pub in Queensland called banana bender. And a Queenslander is a type of house on stilts
you were right the first time Miles, Western Sydney and surrounding areas are currently being flooded. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, which is why the stadium chosen for New South Wales was the Sydney Cricket Ground. Pay attention guys!
Dim Sims were created in Victoria by chinese migrants in the 1800s.
The picture used for the title card on Western Australia is the Pinnacle Desert, near Cervantes. Worth checking out.
Has to be the MCG. Love this place.
Hi guys , in Queensland the houses are built on stilcks, to prevent flooding ,and qld is known for growing bananas ,so we Australian s call them banana benders
Don't worry, we have different names for the people from each state; Queensland just happens to be called "the banana benders", it's actually a form of affection. The reference to "the Queenslander" refers to a particular style of housing, predominantly to that state; the houses are built on stilts or elevated, this allows to regulate the comfort level no matter the weather. It also provides security and safety during times of floods.
Banana Benders is a what people from southern states call Queenslanders, because Queensland is the only state that grows Banana's, it's a derogatory term, taking the piss. Stilts may refer to a lot of houses that are built in Brisbane are built using long poles due to the steepness of some of the land that the houses are built on.
The two old pavilions at the Sydney Cricket Ground are heritage listed.
Dim Sim is an Australian food, invented in Melbourne.
Qld houses are on stilts to improve cooling. There is flooding too though. We call the queenslanders "banana- benders".( it's where nearly all our banana are grown)
Western Australian headstones as you call it are actually termite mounds
Every state has a historic ground that gets continuously upgraded, usually central to the city given their age. They all generally have other stadiums of various ages that get turned over for new.
Houses built on stilts are called Queenslanders and when Dim Sims first made it to Australia nobody knew how to cook them and it was in Victoria, specifically Mordialloc, that the idea of frying them began.
The dim sim was actually created in Melbourne
The reference to stilts in relation to Queensland is to do with colonial architecture. A Queenslander is a woodem house built on "stilts" or pilons to raise it above the ground. They also have roofed verandah's on 3 or all 4 sides of the house. This allows the house to be cooled by any breeze. Banana bender is a nickname for Queenslanders. Bananas are naturally bent and don't require any assistance from my fellow Queenslanders. And yes Lang Park has been known to flood.
Dim Sum from Wikipedia :
The term dim sim dates as far back as 1928,[3] although the modern recipe of the dish most likely was developed in Melbourne's Chinatown in 1945 by entrepreneur William Wing Young (father of TV chef Elizabeth Chong) for his food processing company Wing Lee.
Definitely remember seeing and eating Wing Lee Dim Sims as one my earliest memories in the early sixties.
The older area of the cricket ground is actually the members area not the ticketing or entrance. And they also get a lot of hate from the rest of the stadium because they never join in on a crowd wave.
There has been many new built stadiums in the Sydney area over the last decade.
Yeah history is great but Perth needed the new stadium and its amazing, truly nothing like it in the world
Dim sum is a style of Asian quisine usually consisting of small portions, dim sim is an actual snack kind of like a heavy set dumpling without the soup
Optus Staduim !!!
You guys got it for the stilts. Lots of houses on stilts because it rains a whoooole lot in Northern Queensland. Not currently flooded though, but I imagine that's a lucky coincidence.
Many Queensland houses are on stilts to protect them from the drop bears that have become a pretty major threat in Australia. Hence the joke about Suncorp not being on stilts.
The southern stadiums rule, though - the MCG and the reinvigorated Adelaide.
A lot of homes were built on STILTS to keep them above the flooding areas, Banana's are one of the MAIN INDUSTRIES therefore the Queensland people are known to rest of Australia as BANANA BENDERS also they are known for the SUGAR CANE FIELDS and CANE TOADS (they are in plague proportions)
I’ve only been to Suncorp Stadium. I’d love to go to more.
I love to see the Hill on the cricket ground. Sitting on the hill while watching cricket or footy is a must. The TIO stadium in NT splits it's hills between the area for families with no alcohol and the general area where drinking is allowed.
I'm in Melbourne so I'm biased but we do hold most of Australia's best sporting events and concerts. Australia is still relatively a new country, well besides the fact our British ancestors Decided to take over which unfortunately after doing my ancestory DNA finding I'm absolute English, Irish and Scottish, my ancestors came over in the first fleet, unsure if they were regular people or convicts 🤦♀️ but I know that we do like to keep history alive here in regards to older buildings etc.
Yeah but Sydney still gets more domestic and international tourists per year, and more people google search Sydney.
STILTS. His joke is about a large number of houses in various parts of Queensland are built on poles roughly the diameter of a light/telegraph pole. This elevates the living space about one story above the ground due to devastating floods that can occur quite a lot in Queensland.
Definition of a Banana bender is a person living in Queensland that is unemployed is called a a banana bender; so who moved to Queensland naturally become banana benders.
Queenslanders are refered to as Banana Benders because most of the bananas grow there. Darwin was heavily bombed by the Japanese in ww2. And a massive Cylcone, Tracy took out Darwin in 1975. A Queenslander is a style of house. It is on stillts a few feet off the ground to allow airflow because its bloody hot in Queensland ,and they have a verandah around the whole building.
Adelaide has more churches than any other city per capita. South Australia was FREE SETTLED and as such we have a complete different history to other states. It is also the state that had the FIRST police force in Australia..founded 2 years after the state in 1838..and 3rd oldest in the world behind London Metropolitan (1829) and Dublin (1836) .
Optus takes the top as it should. Fkn oath
He’s almost right when he said you can go to jail for being disrespectful to the Melbourne cricket ground. The oldest and most famous Australian stadium known all over the world, and commonly called the “G.” Home ground to a number of AFL teams, and is the venue for the AFL grand final. 2022 grand final had 100,025 fans. Its capacity is 100,050.
The stadiums are partly demolished and rebuilt from time to time, Call it renovation if you like. None are still in their original condition. The reason the existing sites are renovated is that they were originally granted the land by the government, or they have a very long term lease on a peppercorn rent. So buying a new greenfield site is out of the question. So the same site gets redeveloped. One of the exceptions to the rule is Perth Stadium, which was a greenfield site, but it is owned by the State Government, part of a plan to attract more big sporting events to the city.
Until you walk into a stadium that can hold 100,000 people you haven't been to the best stadium in the world. I went to the MCG for an AFL game between Essendon and Collingwood on ANZAC day in 1995 and with the largest crowd ever of 95,000. This stadium on this day was rocking and the atmosphere was intense. No other stadium in Australia can do that no matter the crowd size.
Many, many,many more modern stadiums in each state of Australia including state of the art indoor stadiums. This was just his personal opinion of what he prefers.
Hawthorn FC was never a permanent resident in Darwin as Hawthorn is actually in Victoria.
Some "state nickname for the people" education for you:
Queensland = Banana Bender
South Australia = Crow-eater
Western Australia = Sandgroper
Northern Territory = varies between "Top-ender" or "Territorian"
New South Wales = doesn't have a common one, but sometimes called a "Cockroach"
Tasmania = doesn't have a common one but occasionally called a "Taswegian" or "Apple eater"
Victoria = doesn't have a common one but occasionally called a "Cabbage Gardener" or "Gum Sucker"
Australian Capital Territory = doesn't have a common one but occasionally called a "Roundabouter"
Im a Queenslander and ‘Banana Bender’ is a slang nickname for a Queenslander
You might have liked the SCG even more back in May 2014 when it was totally repurposed by MLB personnel to host a season opener between the Dodgers (home team) and the D'Backs. Three official games were played, all sold out. Time lapse vision for the award winning conversion can be found.
The sport is not uncommon to Oz, the SGC / Moore Park precinct having hosted an International game a century earlier and Sydney having two purpose built facilities for the 2000 Olympics.
Perth (Optus Stadium), easily. but MCG holds more people which I guess is better for the Grand Final
Dimsim is it's own thing but could be counted in dimsom because dimsom is a meal of snack prices from my understanding
The floods are taking place in Queensland and NSW guy's. There has always been a long standing rivalry between which is the best state, Qld or NSW. It's been a standing joke for decades. The Qld heat being tropical is ideal to grow bananas. Thus they get the name banana benders. When Queenslanders want to be sarcastic jokingly they call NSW... Mexicans, because they live south of the border... also known as cockroaches too because NSW is down under or crawlers under Qld. It's always said with tongue in cheek as funny rivalry not in rudeness.🤪😁 with that being said🤔🤷♀️🤭 😂....well not usually 😉🤗
Except QLDer's are wrong in New South Welshmen Mexicans. QLD = Canada, NSW = USA, Victoria = Mexico. Queenslanders are not the brightest bunch.
@@carisi2k11 ohhhh that's not noice 🤭 😂 the rivalry is ripe it seems.