25 Things We Love About Australia | Reasons To Move To Australia
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- 25 Things We Love About Australia | Reasons To Move To Australia
Watch to see the best things that Australia has to offer! We discuss 25 of our favourite things about the incredible country that we moved to.
🇦🇺 Our HUGE Aussie adventure started in 2016 when we moved with our kids from the UK to Australia. 6 years on we are creating videos to show you what living in Australia is like.
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00:00 - Intro to 25 Things We Love About Australia
00:35 - Australian Culture
03:14 - What is education like in Australia
08:39 - Is Australian healthcare any good?
15:52 - Outtakes
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Something that it takes a while for a lot of foreigners to really notice and become fully aware of is the level of egalitarianism in Australia. We won't judge people for their status, job, income level, or appearance. If we're going to judge someone at all, we'll judge them by the way they treat other people. It doesn't matter how "important" or wealthy someone is, we will judge them by how they treat the wait staff, the cleaners, and homeless guy in the street.
Something I noticed there and miss now I'm back in the UK, is how tidy the streets are. Compared to the UK there's no rubbish in Australian streets 🥲
It is so much cleaner - they really do take a pride in it here 😎
@@TheBAMFamalam Maz, Ben & Ellie-Jo, I'll give you a quick history lesson on why Australia is clean and even in the major cities.
In 1969 an anti-litter movement started in Victoria that ended up becoming the nationwide 'Keep Australia Beautiful' Campaign. In the following decades all Australian States created their own anti-litter laws, legislation, educational programs and TV Ads.
Now through the 1970's all school kids that were first exposed to this massive campaign knew about and were taught about not littering. That generation paid attention to those teachings, learnt why there is a necessity to keep the country clean and passed that on to their kids, who passed it on to their kids.
Put it this way, the grandparents of today in Australia were taught to keep Australia clean, not litter and dispose of litter carefully.
When a campaign is multi-generational and still going today, you are bound to have success.
Australians didn't just get lucky, we had good teachers and great anti-litter advocates 50 years ago!
(P.S: Nice video Maz & Ben. You're doing a fantastic job👍)
The USA is bad as well, though we do try.
We may have spiders, snakes, sharks, jellyfish, stonefish, crocodiles, “drop bears”, cassowary, emu and overpopulated with kangaroos but we’ve got cute koalas, beautiful birds, even some beautiful lizards, beautiful scenery, apparently amazing wine, our healthcare is REALLY good. And as you said with all the different lifestyles choices.
We’re super lucky here in Oz 🐨😁❤️
Don't forget the dingaroos.
Australia, the best country in the World !🥰
Positive poms, brilliant. Loved your take on our beautiful country.
I arrived here 40 years ago and thought then that Australia was the best kept secret. I love it to bits for everything you mentioned and probably tons more more. The people are brilliant and I've never once heard the word "Pom" used in a derogatory manner. I became a citizen in 1988 and have never looked back -"I wouldn't swap it for quid's!" as they say :)
My boyfriend is an Aussie and we live in America. We really want to move there!! I think I'd fit right in. 🥰 I am a nurse and he's a neurosurgeon. He raves about it all the time! I visited when I was 12 and have been in love with the country ever since!
I think its the Equality , we done not care if you are rich or poor we treat everyone the same .
Yes! That is a great point! ❤️🇦🇺
Unless you're a politician. They get away with whatever they want.
@@gdaymates431 Yes mate and its their staff , family and friends they get away with shoddy sh.t . If I told you some thing I know you would fall over .
I love Australia is isolated from all other continents, the wildlife is abundant and unique. ...
The beaches there are so many beautiful beaches , the people , etc ....
We couldn’t agree more, we could have easily doubled this list 😁❤️
9:21 Medicare yep that's old Bob Hawke and Paul Keating. When you run a country you have to have a vision for the future.
Thanks for continuing to show you're love and support for our Beautiful country 💖 Normal Aussies Love seeing new faces and people from around the world!!! makes me/us happy to see others call Australia home
Thank you 🥰 It really is our pleasure to show how awesome Australia is 🐨🥰
I feel very proud to be an Aussie watching your videos. Thanks guys
My son and I are both in the NSW SES and my wife drives a Fire Truck with the RFS. We do it to pay back to the community. You should give it ago.
You need to make a trip to Adelaide, 8 wine districts and around 200 cellar doors within two hours of Adelaide, more districts further out. Over 70 distilleries that have won numerous international awards. Great country pubs within a short drive. Then if you want to spend some time out and about, the Flinders Ranges, Fleurieu, Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas. The south east, down though the Coorong and along to Mt Gambier and the Umpherston Sinkhole, and on and on 😀
We couldn’t agree more, we definitely do 😁
respect for bringing up the late great WILDLIFE WARRIOR, Steve Irwin ♥
ps. you mentioned Great Barrier Reef, but that takes a half hour boat ride to get to ... if you go to north-west WA you can WALK out to the amazing Ningaloo Reef. also up there at Monkey Mia they have a WILD pod of dolphins that comes in every morning for free fish (carefully managed by wildlife rangers - theyre only fed 1/3rd of their diet to ensure they keep naturally hunting for the rest). It's the most-studied pod of dolphins in the world, with lots of overseas scientists.
Oh wowza, thank you for the heads up 🥰 There’s so many wonderful places that we still have to visit ❤️
@@TheBAMFamalam just search youtube for "Monkey Mia dolphins" :) ♥ they literally come into ankle-deep water!
The use of the kookaburra’s laugh was the jungle sounds in all the early Tarzan movies.
I’ve watched a few of your videos and you pair are like a breath of fresh air. To move to the other side of the world is not an easy thing to do especially if you have family and you have embraced every part of it in such an amazing way. The one thing that stands out for me is (and I won’t swear on a stack of bibles) that I never hear you say the term “back home”…..that to me is the single most important aspect of settling/assimilating into a new country you want to call home. Of course you’ll never forget “back home”, it’s a part of who you and you will always carry a part of it with you simply by your accent.
You always look so happy, your enthusiasm for your new home must undoubtedly be very infectious to others wanting to do what you have successfully done. You’re certainly reminding many Aussies of just how great our little corner of the world is. How are your girls going?
So to you all take care and keep enjoying your new home, it’s the best.❤️
Thank you so much for your absolutely lovely comment. It means an awful lot to us 🥰
As you noticed, we love when we live. We’re very fond of both countries, but Australia is definitely home now.
The girls are thriving, they have lovely friends, and are doing very well in their schools. They are little Aussies now 🥰🐨🐨🐨
Who needs Kylie and Adam as travel ambassadors for Oz the Australian government should just hire the Bammers💖
Haha thank you, we’ll take that 🥰🇦🇺🐨
Kylie is sacred here in London and maybe in OZ
You are the best advert for this country. You are the emigrants Australia needs. Love the comments on wildlife. I have been here over 40 years and still get a buzz from the kangaroos.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you 🥰🥰🥰 I reckon we’ll still be this excited about them in 40 years too 🥰🦘
You guys are making me homesick and I'm not even an Aussie but very much Aussie in heart and soul for sure, can't wait to get back thanks for keeping me in touch with She'll be right! love that one.
I rarely watch these types of Vlogs as they're usually all fairly generic, this however is different. You guys have genuinely immersed yourself in everything that makes this country amazing and it was great to listen to you describe your personal experiences. All the best for the next stage of your journey Down under.
12:21 I laughed My mates missus said she would go to the beach more often now it is so close. 30 km. I said I grew up down the road from the beach and my house is not much further than 200m. I was amazed.
Hi guys, now let me say that was a fantastic video, nonstop laughing, and so very very true. What is more amazing is how you can see the sheer enjoyment, passion, and love you both are displaying which in turn makes me happy knowing that you and your family are living your best lives. 🥰🤗
Ah thank you soooooo much, this comment means a lot 🥰🥰
noticed you missed out south Australian barossa its big wine area
There’s heaps of them, it’s a great place for wine drinkers 😁
@@TheBAMFamalam yes that's true mate some people complain about the price of spirits but wine is cheap when you look at UK prices and it's good stuff
Was going to mention this too! 👍
Love your videos, mates. I am Canuck and feel all the same about Oz. Been here 42 years and still feel that every day is a new adventure. Just love it. Keep up the superlatively great work.
That’s a great way of putting it, it certainly is an adventure ❤️
I’m glad you love Australia. We love you back 🙃 Don’t know about taking cuttings in a botanic garden though 🤫
Yes, our friendliness! I work in a checkout and my customers all love a good chat or a simple hello and a smile. I could not imagine not going into a shop somewhere in the world and not be greeted by a welcoming and friendly person. I might take more notice of this when out and about as I have never really thought of it being any different.
lived here all my life. town and country and have probably only ever seen a handful of snakes mostly pythons. they really aren’t everywhere.
i also get a thrill when i see the roos and koalas and hear the kookaburra laugh. 63 yrs old.
We never saw snakes until we moved to our current home - we even had a visit from Sid the carpet python on Thursday this week! It’s such a treat to have such beautiful wildlife ❤️❤️
Tech savvy... well yeah, we invented wifi :P Lawnmowers, cochlear implants, black box....
We love how much is taught in schools, our girls are already doing such incredible things 😊
Cant help but listen to the maggie calling out to its family in the background.
Can't wait to call this place my new home 😁😁🇦🇺 thanks for a other great video guys 👌
You are very welcome 🇦🇺❤️
I hope you love our country as much as we do
The Australians have the “Digger” mentality. “Never forget your mates”. Comes from world war 1 where you never left a mate behind..... So most of us like to help each other in emergencies etc.
Hey guys, awesome video! My family is originally from the province of Newfoundland, Canada, which was settled a lot by the English, so we grew up, and still do, using and understanding most of the English and Aussie terms/slang! Australia is the only country that I have ever felt homesick for, I watch your videos with joy and a full heart! I so appreciate #10 and the mention of gluten free accommodations, I have to be gluten free as I mentioned in a previous post - such a helpful tip for gluten free people! Thx. When you mentioned the dangerous animals, funnily enough, the 2 times I was in Australia it didn't even cross my mind at all, let alone worry about it, I was so just happy being there! You mentioned Steve Irwin):, so sad, and let's not forget Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan - what do the Aussies think of him, still? In 1989 I went to Rainbow Beach! - another place you should check out if you haven't already.
We understand why you’d be homesick for it! There’s a lot of things being done right here ❤️ Rainbow beach is stunning, we haven’t driven on it yet though, we need to go with someone who knows what they’re doing 😆🌈
You’ll hear “that’s not a knife this is a knife “ every now and then hehe . It’s part of the vernacular :-)
@@monicaking2140 yes! Ben used to play those movies all the time! We love a bit of Crocodile Dundee! 🐊
It's wonderful you both ended up emulating Kookaburras. On ya.
Thanks so much for your amazing videos. 💖They are so calming, inspiring and full of love to the place where you'd moved in. This is such a pleasant to listen to your speech and to understand how some things in Australia work.
You are the sweetest couple! I love how much you love my (and your) home. It’s really interesting seeing Aust through your eyes.
Thank you so much 🥰🥰
Picture post card again today !! You could have put your tinny in straight off the beach , but a bit nippy 🙂
Haha we could have! It has been freezing this last few weeks, but we still love it 😁😎
Coffee shops across the USA are popping up, and catering to vegetarians, vegans, and gluten free. Locally owned ones. Not Starbucks, or any other chain coffee shops.
How funny are you two? Great videos. Love the outtakes 😂 So glad you love it here in Australia. You both come across as such nice people. I grew up loving the wildlife here too except I’m a 53yo man and absolutely terrified of bloody huntsman spiders 🤣🕷😱Craig
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment, it means a lot 🥰🥰
Truth be told, when it comes to snakes, I hide far away, and leave Ben to it 😂
@@TheBAMFamalam I don't blame you!!! :) Craig
I'm thinking I should have moved there back when I was in my 20s. There are plenty of nice beaches and surf spots , not to mention the Sheila's. I could have kept my profession , just get used to the metric system.
Thanks a bunch for your bloody entertaining video. You both put a smile on my face with your passion and zest for life in Australia. Great stuff. Cheers.
Queensland has a wine industry around the Scenic Rim and Downs A sav blanc won first prize recently in a national competition Glad you are seeing Australia in a sensible attitude and are able to adapt to suit . Wish there would be more migrants like you pair
Though a multicultural nation most of us want to see more of those British faces who really want to live here like an Aussie not just stay in a safe country as some do
Oh stop…. you’re making me blush! 😂
By the way, much of our culture comes from egalitarianism i.e. lack of class system and everyone is inalienably determined equal and valuable.
You’ve taught us a new word tonight Shaun 😁 It is very true what you say, everyone gets a chance here 😊
@@TheBAMFamalam ❤❤❤
Your dreamin'. You obviously don't know many people. Of course there is a class system. The Gini coefficient is doing quite well. Perhaps more equal than most places though.
I'm an unvaccinated, climate change denier, anti ass kisser and I don't feel equal at all.
New sub. Watched a couple of your vids. Love the positive attitude. We lucky to have you here
Thank you so much, and welcome 🥰🥰
The possums have learnt to climb the electric wires to avoid the cats and dogs. They are amazing. Flying foxes still get fried.
Well..better sign you up to be the new Tourism ambassadors. Great wrap on so many things. Forgot Barossa Valley for wine in SA. Home of so many great wines. Yes so boutique breweries too with craft beers.
Thank you 🥰
Mmmm Vegemite Chicken Wings and legs fried/BBQ/Baked 😍
Bloody fine food crack a cold one
Love this, you two are awesome 👌 I love our wildlife too. From an Aussie. P.s. don't forget the wine regions in South Australia, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and McLaren Vale to name a few. Plenty of others.
Awww thanks guys. It’s nice to know we’re sorta normal
You forgot the best wine region in Australia.... The Barossa Valley!
Not forgotten, the list was definitely not exhaustive 🍷
I believe we have 80,000 beaches in Australia. I may be put by an order of magnitude, but there's a lot!
One difference I've noticed between UK and Oz is that a lot of the houses in the UK are semi-detached and look the same. Most houses here are free-standing but that in itself causes problems. Look out for a video on why it's so hot in western Sydney lately. I think it was a 4 Corners report. It's shocking and a real eye-opener
Great vid, love the out takes & loved the enthusiasm in which you explained your likes…I was a vol in the CFA for 12yrs…loved it
Thank you 🥰 We’re a bit obsessed with where we live 😁
Yet another fantastic & informative video...thanks guys, you're both awesome 😍
Awww thanks 🥰 We really enjoyed making this one ❤️
10:42 being from a small town I look at people and say g'day. When I went to the city I was warned off looking people in the eye.I just look at people and they talk to me slowly. I have never had a problem. I like how they slow the talk for regional people. I don't need it but it is a laugh.
I love your videos. Keep up the great work
Thank you so much 🥰🥰
That was so lovely.
Welcome aboard as we seem to be the life boat for the planet, it just gets better.
You guys are amazing.. Australia is very lucky to have your beautiful family join us..😀
Love and agree with most of this video!🥰
Thank you 🥰🥰
I was getting bored until you said "and very good liquor" I perked right up when hubby stuck his tongue out lol
We’re glad you made it to the outtakes - they’re often a favourite 😁 Thank you for watching 🥰
That sounded so good I was thinking of moving there. Before I realised (with my darling wife's assistance) Ooh I already live here. Haha heh heh
Haha isn’t it the life? 😁
@@TheBAMFamalam You are not wrong
4:18 we are also building in our sheds.
Another wonderful video clip.
Thank you so much for watching 🥰🥰
I do so love your videos and yes, you are too kind about our, and that includes you, Ben and the family, beautiful country.
We’re a little bit obsessed with where we live 😁🐨
@@TheBAMFamalam I understand, and am so happy you and your family have a such wonderful life here. Love from me and my family.
if you guys are ever in SA come for a barbie!
Best place in the world, if you want my opinion, Cheers
We quite agree! ❤️
Damn its cold at the moment in Oz.
It BAMing is 😆🥶
It’s winter. Lol it happens
Not in Cairns
You want to see colour? - you need to come to Sydney see Vivid. Greatest winter light show in the world...
That’s good to know! We might have to schedule a Sydney trip for winter 😁
@@TheBAMFamalam if you do, book a Harbour cruise - food and drink on board whilst you cruise the vivid festival and its warmer...
Yeah, Ben on the tractor! Give us a grin mate! 😂😂😂😂😂
Haha there’s a good shot at the end too that you’ll enjoy 😁😉
I hope to go there soon
SES = state emergency service. A volunteer organisation that people can use in case of a emergency.
It is truly incredible, we’ve been amazed during local emergencies to see everyone fly into action 🧡
Bit cold in Queensland guys...we in Melbourne are having longest cold streak since 1949..bbbrrrrr
It is rather chilly this year! We really enjoy the winters here, although we know Melbourne would be ‘bone chilling’ kinda cold right now 🥶
You're from the UK and you think Qld is cold! 🤣
Came for the insights and review....ended up watching the Outtakes with Ben & Maz working blue!!! 🤣 (1) "What are we going to do after 10 Ben?" (2) "Some really good quality liquor" 😂
Haha we’re glad you enjoyed them 😆 We’ve never managed to get through filming a video without something silly being said 😆
The American dream leavened with yeast I'd say.
Here the American dream is to have your home,good income job but also go out often on vacation or to eat. Raise a family as well in most cases but it's the American dream....the Human Kind dream there from what you're describing !!!!!
I understand many tourists actually stay there if possible to live or at least go over there time of their visa.
would be keen to know about childminding services yous use after school whilst working etc (if any, this is the 1st vid i've watched).
Love your t-shirt
I like that RUN DMC shirt bro.
how great are these new aussies
Wow you guys not enhancing the winging Pom reputation. Nice positive upbeat feel good video.
The problem with the new housing developments you also have to say goodbye to good farmland and animal habitat
NUMBER 20 NO way I can can think of better icons then him..
13:39 If you see a squid in the wild they are so smart. They come up and look at you. I told my mate to grab the net. He knew what was going on and got out of there.
I'm australian and l want to move to australia you guys do us proud
Thank you 🥰😎
Guys, who needs a tourism board? Sack 'em I say, you two do a better job.
Haha thank you 🥰
Yeah, it's not a bad place to live...
"wages in australia are incredible" = so is the cost of living here lol
That's an umm interesting take on the world most dangerous snakes
Your employer deposits 10% of your pre tax wage into your super fund. It's not a "top up" from your employer. [Edit: I have no evidence of this next statement] The employer gets some kind of compensation through the tax system for the extra admin burden.
Not really sure what you mean by the employer gets compensation for the admin burden! And from 1 July it's 10.5% of all wages. Prior to this it was only if you earned $450/month or more.
@@heritagehorsedrawncarriage1069 I can't find any references to a direct compensation so I'll withdraw that claim.
The high minimum wage and "no tipping", means that restaurant food is very expensive. You can't get a cup of coffee for under $4, which is hard for a Canadian (being used to Tim Horton's) to swallow. Otherwise, a great place to live!!
I suppose you could argue that if you are being payed properly you can probably afford the coffee. haha
Would rather have modern slavery like in the US and Canda
Talking about Superannuation, all of us Australians lost some of our Super from 2021-2022 financial year. I hope the economy will get better 2022-2023 financial year.
In regards to education in Australia, students are trained to think outside the box and critical thinking is a must! Teachers, don't spoon feed students academically here. Students need to be creative and open/acceptable to others idea. That's my experienced when I went to University here.
8:30 WET Wine equalisation tax. It was made to help the industry but it just keeps the rich drinking for less tax now. That is why the Chinese thought we were dumping wine on them.
So when do the invites go out for your citizenship ceremony. I wanna be there!
Oh my gosh, how many people do you think they’ll let us bring? 😁
Well you have almost 4,000 followers! 🙂 Wouldn’t that be a blast!
Hi, just wondering what you did with your furniture and house bits from uk. Did you get crate or container to move. Thanks x
We barely brought anything with us. Most of the stuff we brought over was sentimental and we used a shared container. Then we started from scratch when we got here 😊
Thanks. Which company did you use. We are only bringing clothes and sentimental stuff too. Don't need full container xx
Inflation at an all time high. House prices in the millions. You definitely pay top dollar to live in this country. However I’ll never leave
My parents moved from the UK in the 70 thankgod cus I would not be speaking English LOL
quite scared of snakes, do they always show up in the house as we see on some news posts?
We only have had 1 - but that’s because we kept leaving the doors open. If you keep your flyscreens closed you should be alright.
We didn’t have any inside at our last house, which was in an estate by the coast.
Australia inherited some great things from the UK, such as Parliamentary democracy and the rule of law. One good thing Australia didn't inherit from the UK was the UK class system. That is the legacy that the convicts that arrived from the UK and Ireland, brought to Australia. This underpins Australian egalitarianism.
All that cooltchool.
You still sound so Pommy by gum.