This video is about 10 years old and the city has changed a lot since then. Also the places visited are probably the most expensive suburbs in the southern hemisphere. As beautiful as my home town is, this is the life of about 1 % of sydneysiders
Im not sure about the 1% I agree with the other two comments, but these places are lousy in comparrison with many other places in Sydney, I still find it amazing though - scratch any one and they will be friendly - no matter where they are from.
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic you think immigrants can afford these over priced houses? even rich chinese are complaining about the housing price now.
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic Lets just forgot about those super rich, even chinese milionaires cant afford these compare to 10 or even 20 year ago. i dont really think only chinese brought their money over to Australia, just look at the price in north beaches, chinese rarely go there. European and american super rich also move to sydney, BTW i live in Hills District, its almost unaffordable for most middle class, that include chinese milionaires, i cant imagery how local people think about it, getting paid 50k after tax and the price for single house is over a million, up to 1.5 millions. the people you mention cant even make a living in west sydney. BTW nobody is loyal to ccp, they just loyal to money, as soon as the party found out they are corrupted, they flee to Australia and Canada then they become anti china chinese, with all the dirty money from china. Honest people like us are dying, thanks to those super rich, not only chinese super rich, but they are one who got targeted.
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic No matter how bad the relationship between nations business will never stop, Media will just ignore it because the government and these mega corp said so. To be honest i dont think this country has future, they already sold their future, even im immigrants myself the whole point of moving here is to get away from asian mentally and life style, if Australia become Asia i rather go back to where i came from. And we have to face real problem such as low wages and high living cost, and unaffordable real estate, like you said an avg middle working class can not afford a house compare to 15 years ago. soon we cant afford a 2 bedroom apartment. younger generation are already stuck with their parent because the renting cost so much. their kids probably end up in basement.
I moved away from Sydney in 1989, for Vancouver, Canada, however, it’s the same thing here. Canada and Australia are very much alike, except for the climate.
I’m from Sydney. Most Sydney residents spend most of there life slaving for barely enough money to get by. So People who live here don’t have that great of a life or get to enjoy all the good things sydney have to offer
Thank you for this video, I enjoyed it. Learnt a few things I didn't know, went with you (virtually) to a few places around Sydney I'd never been and enjoyed your positive perspective on Sydney, NSW, Australia. I love the parts of Sydney that I know too. Lived in Sydney for 39 years, enjoying the not too cold winters and the balmy days of Spring and early Summer and the more relaxed vibe of the Northern Beaches of Sydney. I did ordinary jobs, always rented but reasonably managed to live & survive in the pleasant surroundings of the beachside suburbs of Manly up to Newport say. I live in the country now and miss the cosmopolitan lifestyle and the sea breezes.
@@zyawotha who would want to? Dirty, druggy streets, kilometres from anywhere, and not a particularly nice beach by any stretch of the imagination. Full of idiotic tourists, thinking this 'is' Australia. 10,000kms of beaches yet they all aim for Grotty stick in the 1960s Bondi.
Actually its probably only around 55%, and that's not including all the lucky tradies who get to come in every day to enjoy the view from our rooftops and decks 😂😂😂😂
I’m proud to have lived in Sydney for all my 75 years. I’ve travelled all over the world but wouldn’t live anywhere else. Sydney is such a beautiful city…the Harbour is just breathtaking, the beaches are wonderful. What a lifestyle. Even if you live in the western suburbs ( where I have lived) the lifestyle is terrific…close for a drive to our wonderful Blue Mountains or a one hour trip in the train to the beach or the harbour. It’s free to all. This was a wonderful documentary! And…the weather is just perfect!
Blue mountains and Western suburbs have so much to offer. Beautiful rivers with sandy beaches. Yes you just need to know where to look. Amazing mountain Vistas, Modern towns Smaller villages Festivals, growers markets, craft markets, Precincts of river/ mountain side cafes, pubs, accommodation, wineries, river boats,...fauna and flora aplenty. And lower prices for all this and more.
I lived in Sydney some 20 years ago now. Lived in Bondy, Coogy, Neutral Bay, Woloomolloo too. Loved my time there. ❤❤But as someone mentioned below, life got ordinary... work, bills etc 😂😂. But I always appreciated ferry rides to CBD or my jogs from work across Harbour Bridge back home... could not afford both journey by ferry twice a day. It felt super far from Europe, where I come from and at times lonely too. Anyhow, got many fond memories and I am glad I had this experience.
Like most of the world's big cities, Sydney is a fantastic place to live IF you have a lot of money. Average house price is $1 million. A house near the beach is double that. A house on the waterfront is $5 million +
This video is about 11 years old. Alot has changed since then. Also the places visited are the most expensive suburbs in the world. As beautiful as my home city is, this is the life of about 2% of Sydneysiders
I really wish there was content on working class western suburbs far from the beach. I know its not the most in demand but at least its the real ordinary life
What I adore about Griff is his amazing way he enunciates he can make you buckle with just the way he sez it, him and Michael Palin, i noticed that at a very young age watching Not the 9 O'clock news, and Python, comedy royalty.
Talks about Sydney's suburbs. Misses all of Greater Western Sydney. Western Sydney is where most Sydneysiders live, larger than the harbour city and is where the real character is at. It comprises the Inner West like Chatswood, Burwood, Strathfield, Rhodes, Meadowbank, Macquarie, Rhyde Bankstown (bit further out), the second Central Business district of Parramatta, the Southwest including Liverpool, Campbeltown, the direct west like Blacktown, Rousehill the far west like Penrith, and even further west like the Blue Mountains and Katoomba. There's north west where with the hills and hills that stack on top of more hills like Castle Hills, Baulkham Hills, Hornsby Galston, Etc. Sydney is the largest city in Australia, with a population of 5 million people, and the suburbs are large, populated and diverse. The city is planning to create a third CBD at Badgery's Creek to house the new international airport. It's not all sunshine and beaches but it is home.
@@lukecasey3480 Thanks Luke, I'll take your advice. Someone else told me it's best to spend some time there at night, walk around the streets etc. to really get a feel of the place. I have only been to Minto and Doonside during the day to photograph the sights. My aim is to spend a couple of weeks in each place to really absorb the atmosphere.
Agreed. This doesn't show the junkies at the Cross or at Central. The congestion, dirt and garish buildings around places like Paddy's Market. This does not show the lesser loving conditions out West. For the average person, this Sydney isn't what is shown. So let's take a moment to appreciate Australia's best city: MELBOURNE
@@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 100% agree, Australia's best city is Melbourne. Sydney is nice but not comparable to London. But like every other city, it has no-go areas.
I hate how documentaries like this only look at the areas so close to the water. Sydney is a city of 5 million people, the city extends over 40km away from the coast. Most people don't live that close to the water.
There’s good and bad in every major city… Sydney is beautiful, we’re a major city with beaches and water nearby. Our city she sparkles, it has become one of the most expensive locations but she’s still highly desired. There’s so much to do if you’re adventurous and out going, you can always stay in.
Don't believe the hype. Most Sydneysiders spend their weekday morning commuting in trains, buses or, god help them, the car. Hardly anyone can afford to live near the beach. This is like selling a doco of London pretending everyone starts their day with a walk along the Thames
Hardly, I live in the Eastern suburbs and everyone gets up and swims. Your description fits the Western suburbs. The thing is, in the East you live somewhere old and small, but get the beach, whereas in the West you will live somewhere new, maybe a house, and pay less for rent/mortgage but pay more for commuting in time, money and stress. Most people in the East don't own a car, the beach is their gym, socialising is free.... so the cost of living ends up the same.
@@cumoreview442 it's a big city mate, small coast. Take a look at a population map of Sydney. Good luck to you living in the eastern suburbs but what if we tried to fit 5 million people (metro Sydney population) there? The fact is, most of Sydney is not the coast.
not really mate Sydneys population density is nowhere near that of other major citys around the world -alot of people choose to live out west because they want big expensive houses
@@samueldunn5879 People moving out further to buy larger houses is certainly true of some of the outer suburbs but not all. Irrespective, my point was that this documentary creates an unrealistic picture of the lives of the majority of Sydneysiders. The simple truth is that of the roughly 5M inhabitants, most do not start the day with an ocean swim. Yes, some do. Most don't. That's all I'm saying. And yes, I realise our population density is not on the same scale as many other cities around the world. That doesn't change the inaccuracy of this documentary. Cheers
Before commenting remember that in this they said that the current Prime Minister is Kevin Rudd. Meaning this was made before 2010. Australia, especially Sydney, has changed a lot since then.
Rudd/ Gillard enabled immigration to increase threefold. To 450k in around 2010. Most from China and India. So many working as taxi drivers at the time not knowing where to go or that you use your horn in an emergency not to express frustration. Thankfully they learned from the locals not to use their horns anymore.
Thank you for the scenic shots, its not every day that Sydneysiders get that view of their own town and its beautiful harbour, most only see it from the ground covered in skyscrapers. Or at a distance on a hill out west. 👍
What's the deal with half the people on this comments section bagging this documentary because it doesn't paint a "realistic" portrait of Sydney. Of course it doesn't. It's a positive documentary that seeks to advertise Sydney by highlighting the best parts of it. What, if you don't mind my asking, is wrong with that? If you want to watch a documentary on the poverty and squalor that is found in western Sydney, tune in to Four Corners on the ABC.
It is impossible to sum up all Sydney's sites or influences in a short documentary but I thought it was a much better cross section than many other attempts have been and I love Griff's commentary. No, I don't live somewhere that has a sea or river view but I live somewhere where there is a vista of gum and other native trees and wake to the sound of the kookaburras, magpies and cockatoos in downtown suburbia in this major city.
True and well said. Sydney is a mish-mash of everything which makes it easy to live in and enjoy. Good food choices, clean, great coffee, plentiful parks, beautiful beaches, interesting architecture that changes between suburbs and plenty of massage places.
@@sydneyslosttapes2406 I love the CBD and Rocks. Always on foot. Learn all the side streets - day and night. Admiring the old unwanted areas, looking at the beautiful masonry. The trees, the paving, the old shops. I'm in awe.
I think Adelaide deserves its own documentary. Been there a few times and it’s not only beautiful but easier than Sydney to move around. I would move there if I need to.
I've been living in Sydney since 1977 after moving here from Lebanon and I've never left Australia Do you blame me it's the most beautiful country on Earth
Like most of the great cities in the world it's great if you have money. He didn't visit the western suburbs. Urban sprawl, shopping malls and traffic.
This has given me a boost of enjoyment for the city. I’m Melbourne bound; I’m Melbourne everything. I’d like to see this guy give Melbourne the same treatment. I think it’d make an interesting parallel with this excellent video.
Best city on earth, it's good and bad is what makes it what it is. I know it's not for everyone, but being born and raised in Sydney, and having lived and travelled all over the world - Sydney has elements of all great cities of the world from our grungy inner city, to our opulent harbour side suburbs, to our cultural diversity bringing almost any food (at least as good and sometimes better than from where they originated), and our beaches, parks etc. That's my opinion, if you don't like it I have others 😀
I remember watched BEAUTY AND THE BEAST IN CAPITOL THEATER AND FERRIED TO TARONGA ZOO AND MANY MORE WITH MY DAUGHTER OOPS ICONIC SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE HARBOR BRIDGE last August2023 ill be back Love Aussie❤
Most Sydney tourist industry operators work on the assumption that you need to rip off each visitor as much as you can because you only get the one chance. They forget that each ripped-off tourist goes home and tells their neighbors.
Not many of Sydney's suburbs in this. The usual shots around the Harbour, lots of time on Bondi, a mention of some suburbs seen from the lookout, that's about it.
None of Jones's videos I've seen so far gives any attention to the poor, the drear, the grim aspects of any city. You may not want to know that, but it's a fact, and the programmes are rather glib and superficial as a result, no doubt charming in their way, especially with Jones in tow, but hardly incisive. In short, light entertainment.
The Eastern Suburbs of Sydney are incredibly beautiful and EXTREMELY expensive. They best, along he southern side of the bay, such as Valclause and Rose Bay, are known as 'Little Israel' for good reason. The outer Western suburbs are hell to live in and inhabited by peoples from all over the world.
Yeah and he dismissed them and the people who live there as not worth knowing. British class distinction is alive and well; and most people on the North side think likewise, while the west is the real powerhouse of the Sydney economy.
@@sirsillybilly Even if that were true finance (for example) contributes less than 10% of the gross value added to the economy. The real economy is about productivity: creating real goods and services that make a real difference. Finance is mostly not that: it merely exchanges digits that people choose to mutually conjure as having "value". Tourism transfers the productivity of others into an economy; but very little of anything new is created except memories and images, and rather low wages for most that look after them.
melbourne has always been the bridesmaid - and will stay that way. it is not livable. The other areas like mornington peninsula bellarine peninsula etc are the best and NOT part of melbourne.
In melbourne you are just existing in sydney you are living.If people are comming to live in melbourne from sydney it would be because sydney is unaffordable no normal person would choose melbourne over sydney thats ridiculous
A great (11 year old) Doc about Sydney. Currently the average adult income is $ 70K (less tax) = $ 50K, an average basic house price is now $ 2 million, yes it is a beautiful city but INSAINLY EXPENSIVE, people are really struggling to keep their heads above water.
@@jacksalami9945 fuel tax 74% , there custom duty & import duty. Gst . Luxury performance cars tax to high in Australia I know the tax way less in my born country . 2023 Audi rs6 demo $193000 , in Australia $260000 . You paying these hiden taxes labor & green supporters uneducated or the ignorant
When I was a kid, I thought Subaru was from Australia. Movie Crocodile Dundee came out, Actor Paul Hogan made a series of commercials for Subaru, that were shown on TV for 5-6 years after the first movie was released.
Love your video,very informative and interesting. I would love to live in Bondi but currently live in the UK. Which is the cheapest suburb of Sydney to live in?
As usual, another vanilla acephalous doc about a gorgeous city. It’s just about telling a lovely rosy story. Sydney is undoubtedly one of the best and most beautiful cities in the world but this video took hagiography to the next level.
This is the vision of a tourist who walks around the "tourist attractions" in any city of the world. Real life its always "a bit" different. I lived by now,forty years in Sydney, first year in Cabramatta, six years i Summerhil and the rest in the inner city. We've seen the sea I guess some five times a year, including,beaches, harbour, Bondi from the promenade,etc. The rest was work, and "normal" life. As for the fauna, yeah, bats are everywhere, not so sharks, kangaroos and koalas. My pregnant wife played with a red back spider on her hand which came on an envelope she picked up from the letterbox in Cabramatta, few weeks after we arrived in Australia, she grew up in Misiones,Argentina and for her, spiders were "normal", untill she was told about redbacks and funell webs. This is a "documentary" about Australia as foreigners want them to be. Loneliness its another feature of the Australian human landscape.,as snakes, possums and bandicoots are to the cliche touristy landscape.
Definitely this documentary is about the vision of the tourists. It's like making a documentary about New York and telling the story of someone who lives in a small apartment in Brooklyn, works as a waiter and only have two or three people who can actually call them, friends, which I suspect is the case for many people who migrate there. Would that make the documentary interesting? Probably not, so you have to focus only on the good parts. However, as far as I know, Australia is a good country to live in general, but compared to what? Here in Greece for example, the minimum wage is about 600 euro, the cheapest (livable) small apartment is about 250 (in Athens), health insurance? if you're lucky, the government spends money here and there for stupid reasons, tax evasion is huge and nobody is doing anything about it, the city is filthy almost everywhere, the pavements for the most part don't exist and when they do usually there is a car on top of them, not so good news for people with special needs, if the neighbor is making noise in the middle of the night and you call the police nothing happens because they are too busy doing nothing, and even if you are in a field that more or less thrives, let's say software engineering like me, things aren't that great either. I'm thinking of buying a new car (cheap one) and I have second thoughts because I find it very expensive because my rent is too high (no rent control of course). If all the above doesn't sound like Sydney, then it's a very good 'normal life' trust me. We also have beaches here, everywhere and they are easily accessible, so what?
@@marioskoutras6583 Sounds like my country, Argentina! I had the chance to live in Sydney though, the living standards are too high, nothing to complain about! Besides, wouldn't you like to move up north in Europe?
@@mmyrt "Where in Athens?" Is this supposed to be a joke? Apart from the fact that you have tons of choices both from the southwest and east side, Attica is not that big of place. Even the most distant beaches are about 50km away.
I really enjoy your shows --- great that you get personally involved in "off the track" activities. But --- I can barely hear you over the "background" music --- Please -- no music while you're talking, or at least lower it way way down. Thanks!
It wasn't until I was stuck in Queensland and Brisbane over the last two years (and over been overseas lots) - that I realised how lucky I was to say I was from Sydney and this is coming from someone who grew up in the outer western suburbs nowhere near beaches etc. I'd take any part of Sydney and/or NSW over where I am right now. But I am not biased or anything LOL Oh, Yere we won the origin last week 50 -6 just saying!
Same! I was from Sydney, moved to Brisbane and realised how I’d taken it for granted and was so lucky to grow up there. After four years, I’ve moved back to Sydney two weeks ago to stay forever!!
Hey Rachelle! I'm from Argentina and lived there in 2020! I was in Pyrmont and got pretty quick on the beaches just by riding my e-bike! On it, not a deal really to explore the whole city. I love Sydney, it's perfect to me!
Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales and one of the biggest cities in Australia, is best known for the Sydney Opera House, which is located right on the water and has a distinctive sail-like appearance. With the arched Harbour Bridge and renowned Royal Botanic Garden adjacent, the large Darling Harbour and the smaller Circular Quay port are centers of life along the water. The Skywalk at Sydney Tower provides 360-degree views of the city and its environs.
This video is about 10 years old and the city has changed a lot since then. Also the places visited are probably the most expensive suburbs in the southern hemisphere. As beautiful as my home town is, this is the life of about 1 % of sydneysiders
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@@matthewlester3820 Facts?
@@matthewlester3820 Str8 up fakts
Im not sure about the 1% I agree with the other two comments, but these places are lousy in comparrison with many other places in Sydney, I still find it amazing though - scratch any one and they will be friendly - no matter where they are from.
@@iangrantham8300 where is more expensive than bondi?
80s into the early 90s Sydney had the best standard of living in the Western World. Now if you are just starting off it way too expensive .
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic you think immigrants can afford these over priced houses? even rich chinese are complaining about the housing price now.
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic Lets just forgot about those super rich, even chinese milionaires cant afford these compare to 10 or even 20 year ago.
i dont really think only chinese brought their money over to Australia, just look at the price in north beaches, chinese rarely go there. European and american super rich also move to sydney, BTW i live in Hills District, its almost unaffordable for most middle class, that include chinese milionaires, i cant imagery how local people think about it, getting paid 50k after tax and the price for single house is over a million, up to 1.5 millions. the people you mention cant even make a living in west sydney.
BTW nobody is loyal to ccp, they just loyal to money, as soon as the party found out they are corrupted, they flee to Australia and Canada then they become anti china chinese, with all the dirty money from china. Honest people like us are dying, thanks to those super rich, not only chinese super rich, but they are one who got targeted.
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic No matter how bad the relationship between nations business will never stop, Media will just ignore it because the government and these mega corp said so.
To be honest i dont think this country has future, they already sold their future, even im immigrants myself the whole point of moving here is to get away from asian mentally and life style, if Australia become Asia i rather go back to where i came from.
And we have to face real problem such as low wages and high living cost, and unaffordable real estate, like you said an avg middle working class can not afford a house compare to 15 years ago. soon we cant afford a 2 bedroom apartment. younger generation are already stuck with their parent because the renting cost so much. their kids probably end up in basement.
taxes 3 times more
I moved away from Sydney in 1989, for Vancouver, Canada, however, it’s the same thing here. Canada and Australia are very much alike, except for the climate.
This is by far the best video of Sydney I've seen. Thank you for this beautiful documentary
I’m from Sydney. Most Sydney residents spend most of there life slaving for barely enough money to get by. So People who live here don’t have that great of a life or get to enjoy all the good things sydney have to offer
Thank you for this video, I enjoyed it. Learnt a few things I didn't know, went with you (virtually) to a few places around Sydney I'd never been and enjoyed your positive perspective on Sydney, NSW, Australia. I love the parts of Sydney that I know too. Lived in Sydney for 39 years, enjoying the not too cold winters and the balmy days of Spring and early Summer and the more relaxed vibe of the Northern Beaches of Sydney. I did ordinary jobs, always rented but reasonably managed to live & survive in the pleasant surroundings of the beachside suburbs of Manly up to Newport say. I live in the country now and miss the cosmopolitan lifestyle and the sea breezes.
NOT an accurate depiction of sydney suburbs, most people dont live that close to the beach
I do
Gavin McInnes you’re one person in a giant city congratulations
Don't we all live at Bondi beach?
@Billy with the boys still even in more affluent suburbs they dont live like that
@@zyawotha who would want to? Dirty, druggy streets, kilometres from anywhere, and not a particularly nice beach by any stretch of the imagination. Full of idiotic tourists, thinking this 'is' Australia. 10,000kms of beaches yet they all aim for Grotty stick in the 1960s Bondi.
essentially just the rich areas of sydney. 90% of sydneysiders don't see any of this.
Actually its probably only around 55%, and that's not including all the lucky tradies who get to come in every day to enjoy the view from our rooftops and decks 😂😂😂😂
@@alexmedak9808 jau du iu spel arsjol ?....
indeed most of sydney is a shithole and competitive
@@gobblelevclass3nuclearsubm393 ......well....the world would
like to spend this pandemic with us in this "shithole" .....
@@darioburatovich2240then they are idiots
I first visited Sydney in 1978 and simply loved it. I've watched her and the lovely people evolve through the decades and hope to return often.
its full of asians now
@@jakewalklate6226 chinx mostly - the locusts have taken over the world. (vis covid)
You’re always welcome to return. 👍
Definitely about Sydney but not about the suburbs
its about the eastern suburbs *eyeroll* most people live in the west
Wait till they see Western Sydney lol
@@gizmomac1520 😱🤭😀
Parramatta is the real Sydney, Future CBD
I’m proud to have lived in Sydney for all my 75 years. I’ve travelled all over the world but wouldn’t live anywhere else. Sydney is such a beautiful city…the Harbour is just breathtaking, the beaches are wonderful. What a lifestyle. Even if you live in the western suburbs ( where I have lived) the lifestyle is terrific…close for a drive to our wonderful Blue Mountains or a one hour trip in the train to the beach or the harbour. It’s free to all. This was a wonderful documentary!
And…the weather is just perfect!
Are You Australian?
@@thex2051 she says she's lived there all her life - I think the answer is pretty obvious..... 🤷🏻♀️
@@ashotofmercury Agh let me Talk to her
Blue mountains and Western suburbs have so much to offer.
Beautiful rivers with sandy beaches. Yes you just need to know where to look.
Amazing mountain Vistas,
Modern towns
Smaller villages
Festivals, growers markets, craft markets,
Precincts of river/ mountain side cafes, pubs, accommodation, wineries, river boats,...fauna and flora aplenty. And lower prices for all this and more.
@@happytraveller2122 how do i get to Australia i really wish to live del pls guard me on it am from Africa
"Inside Australia's Suburbs", hops into a chopper and goes shark spotting...
then takes aquatic aircraft up the river to view indigenous rock art.
Lol
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Love ❤️ Sydney!! Lived here for 30 yrs now. Thank u so much for sharing this beautiful video 🎉🎉
I lived in Sydney some 20 years ago now. Lived in Bondy, Coogy, Neutral Bay, Woloomolloo too. Loved my time there. ❤❤But as someone mentioned below, life got ordinary... work, bills etc 😂😂. But I always appreciated ferry rides to CBD or my jogs from work across Harbour Bridge back home... could not afford both journey by ferry twice a day. It felt super far from Europe, where I come from and at times lonely too. Anyhow, got many fond memories and I am glad I had this experience.
Can you get a home in the Sydney area for around about $200,000?
@@BrianKitching-wv5nh No. put a zero behind it.
I was there last week and in my opinion, , it's one of the most beautiful cities in the world..
I'm a NZer,lived there for 4 yrs.Its easily the most beautiful city on earth.
I miss it and want to go back,badly.
Hey
Like most of the world's big cities, Sydney is a fantastic place to live IF you have a lot of money. Average house price is $1 million. A house near the beach is double that. A house on the waterfront is $5 million +
3 bed home in chatswood 4 milion now ) 1 bed apartment sold $925000
This video is about 11 years old. Alot has changed since then. Also the places visited are the most expensive suburbs in the world. As beautiful as my home city is, this is the life of about 2% of Sydneysiders
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@@ashotofmercury meow
I performed at Sydney opera house with the vienna boys choir in the year 2000. The concert hall is HUGE
I really wish there was content on working class western suburbs far from the beach. I know its not the most in demand but at least its the real ordinary life
Although that’s not to say there’s still a lot of stuff to do, and conditions are improving
Nothing beautiful out west, just housing estates and the odd maccas , boring
@@kev9385 and bogans
@@belleparker2046
Lakemba is kinda like the middle east.
Western Sydney sucks balls big time, nothing interesting about bogans and other lazy people who live on welfare
What I adore about Griff is his amazing way he enunciates he can make you buckle with just the way he sez it, him and Michael Palin, i noticed that at a very young age watching Not the 9 O'clock news, and Python, comedy royalty.
Talks about Sydney's suburbs.
Misses all of Greater Western Sydney.
Western Sydney is where most Sydneysiders live, larger than the harbour city and is where the real character is at. It comprises the Inner West like Chatswood, Burwood, Strathfield, Rhodes, Meadowbank, Macquarie, Rhyde Bankstown (bit further out), the second Central Business district of Parramatta, the Southwest including Liverpool, Campbeltown, the direct west like Blacktown, Rousehill the far west like Penrith, and even further west like the Blue Mountains and Katoomba. There's north west where with the hills and hills that stack on top of more hills like Castle Hills, Baulkham Hills, Hornsby Galston, Etc.
Sydney is the largest city in Australia, with a population of 5 million people, and the suburbs are large, populated and diverse. The city is planning to create a third CBD at Badgery's Creek to house the new international airport.
It's not all sunshine and beaches but it is home.
Christopher Tong 湯學榮 we don’t want to embarrass Sydney by showing the world the western suburbs
Dude, Chatswood is not in the Inner West 😆
@@alexwain yea it was gonna say. Chatswood, inner west? quick glance on the map shows north. zz
You forgot to mention some of Sydney's best suburbs: Auburn, Blacktown, Lakemba, go check those places out!
Doonside and Minto are pretty good too.
@@glenemma1 Can’t forget Mt Druitt and Penrith
@@lukecasey3480 Thanks Luke, I'll take your advice. Someone else told me it's best to spend some time there at night, walk around the streets etc. to really get a feel of the place. I have only been to Minto and Doonside during the day to photograph the sights.
My aim is to spend a couple of weeks in each place to really absorb the atmosphere.
It's like London. People think it is all tea with the queen and shopping in Harrods, but there are a lot of no go areas, just the same.
Lakemba,Minto,Marrickville, Campbelltown,Liverpool.,etc...that is the REAL Australia, where REAL lives are lived.
Shame you didn't get to see the western suburbs of Syd, you may have second thoughts about the place.
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He missed AUBURN, BANSTOWN BELT
sunny lucky that would send shivers down the poor buggers spine hahaaha
@@DaMJfadeaway sorry I forgot to mention "Lakemba". You walk around and its looks like Afghanistan.
No I am not joking
That was snobbery.
An incredible city Sydney. Always love a trip there
I love Sydney, but this film looks so different to the real Sydney
Agreed. This doesn't show the junkies at the Cross or at Central. The congestion, dirt and garish buildings around places like Paddy's Market. This does not show the lesser loving conditions out West. For the average person, this Sydney isn't what is shown. So let's take a moment to appreciate Australia's best city: MELBOURNE
@@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 100% agree, Australia's best city is Melbourne. Sydney is nice but not comparable to London. But like every other city, it has no-go areas.
just a big long tourism ad.
@@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 I live in Sydney but Melbourne was my party playground. Loosest city in Australia lol
@@harlyslamm2888 Eastern European cities don't have no-go areas, so not like *every* other city.
Thank you, this made my evening!! Loved Sydney in 2010 when I had the opportunity to visit Down Under. 🌅
I hate how documentaries like this only look at the areas so close to the water. Sydney is a city of 5 million people, the city extends over 40km away from the coast. Most people don't live that close to the water.
But that is the worst part of Australia. Rather live in Larrimah
48tilt can you make a documentary about Larrimah and put it up on RUclips?
@@paulsz6194 Plenty of them . Look it up.
48tilt I was actually hoping of seeing one with You in it...
There’s good and bad in every major city… Sydney is beautiful, we’re a major city with beaches and water nearby. Our city she sparkles, it has become one of the most expensive locations but she’s still highly desired. There’s so much to do if you’re adventurous and out going, you can always stay in.
Don't believe the hype. Most Sydneysiders spend their weekday morning commuting in trains, buses or, god help them, the car. Hardly anyone can afford to live near the beach. This is like selling a doco of London pretending everyone starts their day with a walk along the Thames
Hardly, I live in the Eastern suburbs and everyone gets up and swims. Your description fits the Western suburbs. The thing is, in the East you live somewhere old and small, but get the beach, whereas in the West you will live somewhere new, maybe a house, and pay less for rent/mortgage but pay more for commuting in time, money and stress. Most people in the East don't own a car, the beach is their gym, socialising is free.... so the cost of living ends up the same.
@@cumoreview442 it's a big city mate, small coast. Take a look at a population map of Sydney. Good luck to you living in the eastern suburbs but what if we tried to fit 5 million people (metro Sydney population) there? The fact is, most of Sydney is not the coast.
not really mate Sydneys population density is nowhere near that of other major citys around the world -alot of people choose to live out west because they want big expensive houses
@@samueldunn5879 People moving out further to buy larger houses is certainly true of some of the outer suburbs but not all. Irrespective, my point was that this documentary creates an unrealistic picture of the lives of the majority of Sydneysiders. The simple truth is that of the roughly 5M inhabitants, most do not start the day with an ocean swim. Yes, some do. Most don't. That's all I'm saying. And yes, I realise our population density is not on the same scale as many other cities around the world. That doesn't change the inaccuracy of this documentary. Cheers
@@cumoreview442 "the beach is their gym, socialising is free " sounds interesting :)
Classic Pom. Only obsessed with the beach and anything they can claim as English. Believe it or not there’s more to Sydney than Bondi and The Rocks.
Not gonna do a documentary about Parramatta are they
How about Bankstown 🤣🤣
The Rocks is the most interesting
@@jamesgordon9842 no not Parramatta I think it's going to be Punchbowl!
Yes poverty and crime
There is nothing 'typical' about this experience of Sydney.
It's Sydney city,it can be nothing but typical.
Literally
Before commenting remember that in this they said that the current Prime Minister is Kevin Rudd. Meaning this was made before 2010. Australia, especially Sydney, has changed a lot since then.
2009 I think
Rudd/ Gillard enabled immigration to increase threefold. To 450k in around 2010. Most from China and India.
So many working as taxi drivers at the time not knowing where to go or that you use your horn in an emergency not to express frustration.
Thankfully they learned from the locals not to use their horns anymore.
....and so did Kevin...LOL
@Michael Wasn't talking about the date it was released. I was talking about the date it was filmed.
Thank you for the scenic shots, its not every day that Sydneysiders get that view of their own town and its beautiful harbour, most only see it from the ground covered in skyscrapers. Or at a distance on a hill out west. 👍
What's the deal with half the people on this comments section bagging this documentary because it doesn't paint a "realistic" portrait of Sydney. Of course it doesn't. It's a positive documentary that seeks to advertise Sydney by highlighting the best parts of it. What, if you don't mind my asking, is wrong with that? If you want to watch a documentary on the poverty and squalor that is found in western Sydney, tune in to Four Corners on the ABC.
It is impossible to sum up all Sydney's sites or influences in a short documentary but I thought it was a much better cross section than many other attempts have been and I love Griff's commentary. No, I don't live somewhere that has a sea or river view but I live somewhere where there is a vista of gum and other native trees and wake to the sound of the kookaburras, magpies and cockatoos in downtown suburbia in this major city.
True and well said. Sydney is a mish-mash of everything which makes it easy to live in and enjoy. Good food choices, clean, great coffee, plentiful parks, beautiful beaches, interesting architecture that changes between suburbs and plenty of massage places.
Nice One, Griff. Thanks, TRACKS. This is a really interesting view of Sydney. Beautiful.
What I love about Sydney is it is only a 2 hour flight away from here in Adelaide. I only go there when I want to go there - which is often.
what do you do when you come here
@@sydneyslosttapes2406 I love the CBD and Rocks. Always on foot. Learn all the side streets - day and night. Admiring the old unwanted areas, looking at the beautiful masonry. The trees, the paving, the old shops. I'm in awe.
I think Adelaide deserves its own documentary. Been there a few times and it’s not only beautiful but easier than Sydney to move around. I would move there if I need to.
The hard working beer and rum workers aren't a dying breed they are stronger than ever
Should do a south western sydney version of this doco. *yella Habib! starts blaring horn in traffic*
What a beautiful city. Some of this photography is nothing short of incredible.
Sydney houses are expensive. The mansions on Sydney Harbour cost in excess of 10 million.
You forgot to mention some of Sydney's best suburbs: Auburn, Blacktown, Lakemba, go check those places out! . Thx
8:13 beautiful view of Sydney. What a great shot.
I've been living in Sydney since 1977 after moving here from Lebanon and I've never left Australia
Do you blame me it's the most beautiful country on Earth
Beautiful, beautiful Sydney.
Sydney is massive, 12000km2, the harbour front is only about 5% of the city, the rest is congested roads
Like most of the great cities in the world it's great if you have money. He didn't visit the western suburbs. Urban sprawl, shopping malls and traffic.
This has given me a boost of enjoyment for the city. I’m Melbourne bound; I’m Melbourne everything. I’d like to see this guy give Melbourne the same treatment. I think it’d make an interesting parallel with this excellent video.
Superb documentary. I'd love to visit Australia someday.
Its kinda boring imo
Best city on earth, it's good and bad is what makes it what it is. I know it's not for everyone, but being born and raised in Sydney, and having lived and travelled all over the world - Sydney has elements of all great cities of the world from our grungy inner city, to our opulent harbour side suburbs, to our cultural diversity bringing almost any food (at least as good and sometimes better than from where they originated), and our beaches, parks etc. That's my opinion, if you don't like it I have others 😀
I remember watched BEAUTY AND THE BEAST IN CAPITOL THEATER AND FERRIED TO TARONGA ZOO AND MANY MORE WITH MY DAUGHTER OOPS ICONIC SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE HARBOR BRIDGE last August2023 ill be back Love Aussie❤
Most beautiful documentary on a city I've ever seen. I'll live there someday
It's not really like this mate.
This is a better view of "real" Sydney ... ruclips.net/video/jcd2JCFQl48/видео.html
I live in Sydney and it really is like this, you just have to live in the expensive parts :P
Came to watch this doco and ended up watching the full episode of Struggle Street S01E01
. Both are Sydney, just different parts of the city.
The traffic sucks 😂 and I hope your extremely rich. Not all of Sydney is like this ahhaa
Most Sydney tourist industry operators work on the assumption that you need to rip off each visitor as much as you can because you only get the one chance. They forget that each ripped-off tourist goes home and tells their neighbors.
Yea! This video was posted on my birthday!
Awesome. wish i could visit to Sydney someday. Greetings from the Philippines!
WOW , SYDNEY IS SO LOVELY !!!
An attendance of 1.5 million a week at Rugby League in Sydney? Dream on. You would have to delete most of the zeros from that figure.
Probably 15,000 mate
He might have said watching the match which could includes TV.
As a Sydneysider and New South Welshman I can attest Sydney is truly the best city in the world to live in
And also that this documentary is not an accurate depiction of average dudney
.....did you hear about a cosmopolitan, vibrant city called Mel-bourne ?.....
Not many of Sydney's suburbs in this. The usual shots around the Harbour, lots of time on Bondi, a mention of some suburbs seen from the lookout, that's about it.
None of Jones's videos I've seen so far gives any attention to the poor, the drear, the grim aspects of any city. You may not want to know that, but it's a fact, and the programmes are rather glib and superficial as a result, no doubt charming in their way, especially with Jones in tow, but hardly incisive. In short, light entertainment.
*Jones* - "the white man brought chicken pox and now the aborignes are only 2% of the population"
*historians* - also the doing of many massacres
The Eastern Suburbs of Sydney are incredibly beautiful and EXTREMELY expensive. They best, along he southern side of the bay, such as Valclause and Rose Bay, are known as 'Little Israel' for good reason. The outer Western suburbs are hell to live in and inhabited by peoples from all over the world.
why is it known as little Israel? never heard that before
@@sydneyslosttapes2406
A lot of small hat's, live there.
You know the same people that live in Israel.
@@mariahewitt9787 LOL i get it
northshore & easterm suburbs best suburbs why i live there no crime a 1 bed apartment in my area now $800000 , 3 bed home 4 milion
Beautiful places Sydney Australia
The trains in this video were iconic
Thanks
Sydney is awesome
Good video of the Harbour, but most of Sydney lives miles from the Harbour, in the "Western Suburbs".
Yeah and he dismissed them and the people who live there as not worth knowing. British class distinction is alive and well; and most people on the North side think likewise, while the west is the real powerhouse of the Sydney economy.
BS The real powerhouse of the economy is finance and tourism. Both confined to a few square km in the CBD.
@@sirsillybilly Even if that were true finance (for example) contributes less than 10% of the gross value added to the economy. The real economy is about productivity: creating real goods and services that make a real difference. Finance is mostly not that: it merely exchanges digits that people choose to mutually conjure as having "value". Tourism transfers the productivity of others into an economy; but very little of anything new is created except memories and images, and rather low wages for most that look after them.
@@tacitdionysus3220 why you waste your precious energy on those shallow AO ?....
people that failed a life ! Some Executives live in hills district Mansion up to 9 milion
A good show .Did miss that most Sydney RSL clubs have snooker tables and host competition .
Sydney without doubt is one of the best cities in the world.I dont know why they say melbourne is the most liveable city quite the opposite!
melbourne has always been the bridesmaid - and will stay that way. it is not livable. The other areas like mornington peninsula bellarine peninsula etc are the best and NOT part of melbourne.
Funny how in 2023 people in Sydney are flocking to Melbourne to live. Melbourne is much better than Sydney to live.
In melbourne you are just existing in sydney you are living.If people are comming to live in melbourne from sydney it would be because sydney is unaffordable no normal person would choose melbourne over sydney thats ridiculous
Melbourne is a police state now but it was never much anyway.👎
Iwas also there, when Sydney Opera House was new, and when ABBA visited Sydney and our beach.
I really liked the city as it was portrayed here. Of course every city has its problems but it was nice to watch something positive for a change.
Amazing place
A great (11 year old) Doc about Sydney. Currently the average adult income is $ 70K (less tax) = $ 50K, an average basic house price is now $ 2 million, yes it is a beautiful city but INSAINLY EXPENSIVE, people are really struggling to keep their heads above water.
after all taxes it it $40000
@@coopsnz1 you paying $30k tax on a 70k income ?
@@jacksalami9945 do you drink or smoke there high taxation on them
@@jacksalami9945 fuel tax 74% , there custom duty & import duty. Gst . Luxury performance cars tax to high in Australia I know the tax way less in my born country . 2023 Audi rs6 demo $193000 , in Australia $260000 . You paying these hiden taxes labor & green supporters uneducated or the ignorant
I grew up on the Georges River suburb of Lugarno.................such a a great city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow that was a really good show :) I really enjoyed it :)
hi ma'am?
Hey
I will be there for half a month in July. Can’t wait.
how was it
When I was a kid, I thought Subaru was from Australia. Movie Crocodile Dundee came out, Actor Paul Hogan made a series of commercials for Subaru, that were shown on TV for 5-6 years after the first movie was released.
Great video.
Thank you it is loverly to see where you live the harbour looks great from the air
Lived in Sydney for two years oh how I miss this wonderful city & country
Hey
Thanks for acknowledging the indigenous.
So y’all didn’t even mention my druitt, Blacktown, Bankstown or any of the other suburbs lmao barely any of us Sydneysiders live near the beach
Love the bridge 😍
Love your video,very informative and interesting. I would love to live in Bondi but currently live in the UK. Which is the cheapest suburb of Sydney to live in?
Go Sydney!
Yep, this is a typical tour of Minto to Mac Fields 😔😔
Love this reporter
As usual, another vanilla acephalous doc about a gorgeous city. It’s just about telling a lovely rosy story. Sydney is undoubtedly one of the best and most beautiful cities in the world but this video took hagiography to the next level.
This is the vision of a tourist who walks around the "tourist attractions" in any city of the world.
Real life its always "a bit" different.
I lived by now,forty years in Sydney, first year in Cabramatta, six years i Summerhil and the rest in the inner city.
We've seen the sea I guess some five times a year, including,beaches, harbour, Bondi from the promenade,etc.
The rest was work, and "normal" life.
As for the fauna, yeah, bats are everywhere, not so sharks, kangaroos and koalas.
My pregnant wife played with a red back spider on her hand which came on an envelope she picked up from the letterbox in Cabramatta, few weeks after we arrived in Australia, she grew up in Misiones,Argentina and for her, spiders were "normal", untill she was told about redbacks and funell webs.
This is a "documentary" about Australia as foreigners want them to be.
Loneliness its another feature of the Australian human landscape.,as snakes, possums and bandicoots are to the cliche touristy landscape.
Definitely this documentary is about the vision of the tourists. It's like making a documentary about New York and telling the story of someone who lives in a small apartment in Brooklyn, works as a waiter and only have two or three people who can actually call them, friends, which I suspect is the case for many people who migrate there. Would that make the documentary interesting? Probably not, so you have to focus only on the good parts. However, as far as I know, Australia is a good country to live in general, but compared to what? Here in Greece for example, the minimum wage is about 600 euro, the cheapest (livable) small apartment is about 250 (in Athens), health insurance? if you're lucky, the government spends money here and there for stupid reasons, tax evasion is huge and nobody is doing anything about it, the city is filthy almost everywhere, the pavements for the most part don't exist and when they do usually there is a car on top of them, not so good news for people with special needs, if the neighbor is making noise in the middle of the night and you call the police nothing happens because they are too busy doing nothing, and even if you are in a field that more or less thrives, let's say software engineering like me, things aren't that great either. I'm thinking of buying a new car (cheap one) and I have second thoughts because I find it very expensive because my rent is too high (no rent control of course). If all the above doesn't sound like Sydney, then it's a very good 'normal life' trust me. We also have beaches here, everywhere and they are easily accessible, so what?
@@marioskoutras6583 Sounds like my country, Argentina! I had the chance to live in Sydney though, the living standards are too high, nothing to complain about! Besides, wouldn't you like to move up north in Europe?
@@marioskoutras6583 Beaches? Accessible? Where in Athens? Have a peek at Wikipedia, There are MORE than 100 beaches in Sydney alone. Cheers
@@mmyrt "Where in Athens?" Is this supposed to be a joke? Apart from the fact that you have tons of choices both from the southwest and east side, Attica is not that big of place. Even the most distant beaches are about 50km away.
I agree about the loneliness. I think as Australians we're a bit shy, so it's easy to be lonely.
Yeah Sydney!!!
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No way, I saw this on tv years ago and have been trying to find it. For once the RUclips recommend has work.
beautiful Australia 🇦🇺💗
Where are you from my love I'm
Watching from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you Australia!!! ❤️❤️🌈💖 my Adopted country!!!
Thanks for sharing, more Power to your channel!! 👍👍👍 Cheers 🥂
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Sydney is Amazing
Have you ever seen a host of a show spend all day to help clean an intire public pool, that is the legend Of Griff Jones
Great video thank you a lot! Superb quality. Im a cinematography student as a hobby and I like your work.
Great documentary! 👍
I really enjoy your shows --- great that you get personally involved in "off the track" activities. But --- I can barely hear you over the "background" music --- Please -- no music while you're talking, or at least lower it way way down. Thanks!
Hey how are you doing
Will be in Sydney from December
It wasn't until I was stuck in Queensland and Brisbane over the last two years (and over been overseas lots) - that I realised how lucky I was to say I was from Sydney and this is coming from someone who grew up in the outer western suburbs nowhere near beaches etc. I'd take any part of Sydney and/or NSW over where I am right now. But I am not biased or anything LOL Oh, Yere we won the origin last week 50 -6 just saying!
Same! I was from Sydney, moved to Brisbane and realised how I’d taken it for granted and was so lucky to grow up there. After four years, I’ve moved back to Sydney two weeks ago to stay forever!!
Out of curiosity, what did you not like about brisbane/QLD in general?
Hey Rachelle! I'm from Argentina and lived there in 2020! I was in Pyrmont and got pretty quick on the beaches just by riding my e-bike! On it, not a deal really to explore the whole city. I love Sydney, it's perfect to me!
Western Suburbs were very nice too, each suburb had their particularity and something to see.
Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales and one of the biggest cities in Australia, is best known for the Sydney Opera House, which is located right on the water and has a distinctive sail-like appearance. With the arched Harbour Bridge and renowned Royal Botanic Garden adjacent, the large Darling Harbour and the smaller Circular Quay port are centers of life along the water. The Skywalk at Sydney Tower provides 360-degree views of the city and its environs.
One of the biggest cities?
It is the biggest city.