HI Hannah! I am a Filipino international student here in Brisbane and it just feels nice to be able to relate with the things you talked about in this video. Actually, I've always loved your video, even before I came to study here in Australia, I have already subscribed to your RUclips channel. :)
About the racism: I have an Asian friend who has grown up in Australia. He recently went to America (within the last 3 years) and he said in the short time he experienced way more racism. Aside from a couple of experiences he hasn't really experienced much racism in Australia. But then again he lives in Melbourne. He likes to talk to everyone so maybe that makes a difference. I've noticed a lot of people like it when you talk to them as opposed to being quiet. We tend to perceive those people as being more friendly. I've witnessed and been a part of conversations between strangers with accents on the tram, many of them from Asian countries. The talkative foreigners usually have a better time in Australia. And actually I usually find Malaysians to be the most friendly Asians. With that being said, I've noticed my Asian friends have experienced some negative experiences based on them being different over the years. It's been very few, but it's there. But we've had some very positive experiences. Melbourne now is becoming very mixed and anyone who does see a difference between themselves and everyone else around them is going to have a very bad time.
Melbourne has many cultures living there but whites are always with whites, Asians with Asians. Arabs with Arabs, Indians with Indians so where's the mixing you are going on about? and whites going to Asian restaurants doesn't count if you think thats mixing is.
I've been to a few countries and experienced much, but I don't think I could live anywhere else but Australia. The most welcome home feeling I've experienced was when we were driving back from the airport and the advert on the radio said to check the website for tee's and seas. I instantly knew he was talking about 'Terms and Conditions' and it immediately brought a feeling on familiarity, pride, joy and amusement to hear something so uniquely Australian. Only we could use an abbreviation so casually in a professional situation.
When I come home to Australia, I always think the airport seems really small and notice brown grass, khaki trees, single storey houses on big blocks and wide, straight roads.
I believe travelling is awesome because not only you get to experience the great things about other countries and cultures, but also you can reflect on your own home and love the things you didn't know you would.
There's this saying, "Changes in Latitude, Differences in Attitude!" There are cultural differences and people should not get offended by one's opinions. I love how you speak your mind. It give flavor and authenticity to your vlogs. Wishing you more positivity to your channel.
I think everyone should be able to experience living somewhere else at one point. It gives you the ability to reflect on where you come from. Once you are back to your country you'll have a different perspective and could improve the things that need some improvement :) I believes that would apply to any place.
New subscriber here, you are soooo refreshing! We do tend to take environments for granted when we are around them all of the time. I recently travelled to Japan for the first time and it was instant love. Can't wait to return and see some more. I mostly missed the toilets when I came home only after 3 weeks travel. I also missed the courtesy and respect. Our eyes open when we live or travel to different parts of the world. I wish more aussies would be open to the wonders of different cultures both abroad and here at home. I agree there is an unhealthy element of racism in Australia and while we have come a long way we have a long way to go. I'm in awe at my Iranian neighbours whose English is still limited but they try so hard. I get angry on their behalf! Finally, as for our dangerous wildlife, LOL. Magpies are scary, yes, snakes too, some spiders but thats why I live in urban Melbourne! Only magpies to worry about. No insects in Japan is a HUGE positive imho. That is the ONE thing that is a nuisance in Aus. Can't wait to see more of your journey. PS that time comparison on uploads (insanely fast in Japan! OMG) proves what I read a few days ago, that Australia is ranked at 63 in world internet speeds. And you have NBN?? What a joke.
The melting pot makes everyone the same. If you appreciate the differences, campaign to limit immigration from anywhere to anywhere. We don't have to import people to get the benefit of their culture.
Of course Australians should be tolerant of other cultures, and if you go to many other parts of the world, Australia is one the more tolerant multi-ethnic societies on the planet. But this idea that everyone needs to be open other cultures is a bit ridiculous. Some people just want to remain comfortable in societies they're familiar with and be with people like them. Forcing multiculturalism on people isn't fair, and it's just divisive. You and I might be fascinated by other cultures, but others aren't. Also, Australia has a pretty interesting culture of its own, and it can be a bit insulting when people who prefer Australian culture over others are considered bigoted and narrow-minded.
Australia is like the least populated country in the planet it makes ut hard to have good internet. For example Estonia has pretty much WiFi coverage over the entire country but you can put the map of Estonia into Australia and literally have it cover like 12 people
after my student visa expired and living in tokyo for a year, the first thing I did back home was to go grocery shopping and was AMAZED at how cheap fruits and veggies are and less sugary cakes are. Knowing the aisles by heart, not needing to translate every new item i wanna try was A BLAST lmao yeeees for the bugs i'm always "but. ムカデ are FAR WORSE than ゴキブリ, even spiders scare me more"
As an Asian whose lived in Aus my whole life I can say that there is definitely racism here. It's not a huge huge deal like in other countries but it 100% exists. What I realised when I talked about it to my Caucasian friends is that they just don't realise it's racism or dont think what they're saying/doing is "bad enough" to be considered racist. Aussies are also just more obvious with it compared to Asian cultures that tend to be very passive aggressive about it. This is just my observations 🤷♀️ Loved the video. Definitely need to take more time out of my day to appreciate the beauty of Australia.
@@krissee6961 interesting to hear from someone who looks 'white' and your experiences both in and out of Aus. It shows that it's not something that only POC can experience. You're right in saying that it's not a single country or a single culture issue. Racism is unfortunately one of those things that needs everyone's cooperation to fully eradicate, but it's great that people are still trying their best to move the world forward.
White guy here and yes its embedded in the culture, quite similar to what you’d see in Italy, UK or France. Just that Australians seem to be more polite and hold back from voicing it out, unless they are with own friends and then they actually say what they think and it’s not pretty
Having grown up in the US as an Asian, lived in Australia for 2 years, and now based in South East Asia working for a multi-national company, I think you’re spot on!! Keep up with the great videos!
Haha the reverse culture shock after returning home to America was REAL too!! xD strangers randomly talking to each other in the grocery store was like WHOOOAAA WHAAAT is HAPPENING?!?!
It's easier to provide the masses with fast internet due to high housing density and small land mass in Japan and Singapore. But the low density here in aus allows us all to have clean cities with no smog, great produce, and relatively empty beaches. I think what you are trying to say is that Aus is so different compared to our asian neighbours for 2 reasons... Low population. Massive land mass. Everything in your video flows from that... And maybe our history being an English colony, that has massively influenced the culture in Aus, compared to our neighbours. But you are right... you don't notice any of it until you leave and come back...
I agree on the internet side of things, so many Australian's don't understand this basic argument. We have a small population, large landmass and low density housing. If we were to have internet speeds equivalent to South Korea or Japan it would cost at the least several hundred billion Australian dollars. It's no wonder the government had to bankroll the high speed broadband infrastructure (NBN) as the private sector wasn't going to do it, like what has occurred in other countries. Same could be said for bullet trains, they simply won't be a possibility in Australia with our low population and large land mass. The cost is far too high. So many people just don't understand the cost of infrastructure.
@@MrMorjo Our NBN is crap not because of the cost or population density, it's crap because the Liberals hobbled it to make Rupert Murdoch happy and keep competition away from Foxtel. Trying to push modern amounts of data through 50-100 year old copper wire is never going to work.
@@coffeebuzzz I agree that the current LNP government should've just continued on with Labor's original plan. However, to be fair the cost was going to be astronomical, far more than the original costings the Labor party had costed for the roll-out. Frankly, I still believe most Aussies would be whinging even if the original NBN was rolled out in full, Aussies often try to compare themselves to countries which aren't comparable. I'm actually more than happy with my NBN-HCF connection and I believe most Aussies are satisfied as well, though as usual the unhappy minority make the loudest noise.
Internet is also very slow (compared to Japan/Germany/Singapore) in the US due to how spread out the country is, low population density outside of certain cities, and lack of gov't funding for digital infrastructure (all comes from the private sector, so it only concentrates in profitable areas.) However, internet is FAST in Russia (even in Siberia), which is the second largest country by square mileage in the world, and very low population density outside big cities. This is largely due to government infrastructure investment.
I had fast LTE in completely isolated parts of siberia on the trans-mongolian railway, was shocking to see the differences compared to, for example, South Dakota in the states (or even outer burroughs of New York City).
I lived in Australia for almost 5 years and I couldn't agree with you more! Australians in general are super friendly and very welcoming (specially in the big cities), but it's so true that part of the population gets super snappy when they notice your English is not perfect. I used to work in hospo and so many times people would instantly get blocked as soon as they heard I miss pronounced a word (and dude, I'm fluent just not native, I'm sorry!) I wouldn't say it's precisely racism, but rather xenophobia? (again, we're talking about a fraction of the population) But regardless, there're so many beautiful things about Australia, and I have the best memories of my years living there! Thanks for sharing this, I feel like some of those topics are still a bit taboo and it's positive to talk about it! Love your videos btw, keep up the good work! :)
5. My family lives in Hawaii and I used to not recognize how beautiful those beaches are, but I was impressed by white sand, black sand, red sand and green sand beaches. Hope I get to Australia someday to see my Aussie family
WELCOME HOME! THE SKY IN AUSTRALIA! Arghhhh!!! I remember going overseas for about five months and upon my return I walked around just looking up for a VERY LONG TIME. I feel like crying just thinking about how beautiful it is. We are so lucky! I live in Queensland too (currently Gold Coast but prev Bundaberg and the Sunshine Coast) haha what a great place our beaches are so amazing. I agree with the last comment unfortunately. Sigh. Doesn’t mean I hate on my incredible country or feel less blessed to be born here but it really is a thing and we could stand to clean up our act! If you want to be snappy at those who struggle with English, how about you try learning another language and see just how nerve wracking it can be! The most Australian thing you could do is to give them a FAIR GO 👍 This video was so fun to watch! Thanks, Hannah. X
Beautiful sky, beaches and so very green and very nice & friendly people. I have lived in Australia for about 1 year. Absolutely a great place to live!
Ha! Who would have thought that Hannah Banana is a Bogan from Logan! I too rep the Brisbane Southside :D Great video as always and loved that sneaky clone cameo at 5:25.
This was so much fun and so interesting! I love your sense of humour and your editing skills. Both of them made me giggle a few times in this video. One of your best!
good one for calling out racism(social toxin), like road rage a way to release built up daily life stress on innocents. the question becomes how to identify and address those daily stresses. thx for posting
Usually the internet is slower cause there is a lot more land to cover with the internet cables. Most of the time, the higher then population density; the better the internet. It's a similar story here in Canada. Cheers! :)
@@jaywhyeff3797 There is an immense cost to installing high speed broadband infrastructure. There is a reason why the Australian government had to bankroll and start the NBN (National Broadband Network) and that's because the private sector wasn't going to do it like what has occurred in some other nations. Aussies have got to stop whinging and start realising living in a country large in land mass with a low population coupled with low density housing means extravagant infrastructure costs. We need to make do and make compromises. I'm sure people in the likes of Japan and South Korea who have some of the best internet infrastructure in the world dream of having the wide open spaces and big back years like what we take for granted in Australia and Canada etc. You can't have everything.
@@jaywhyeff3797 first off, you're not the one who made a mistake, second, it's a pretty important writing mistake, so why not correct it. If people were to say 2+2=5, you wouldn't correct them? Also, I don't know if your 2nd question is addressed to me. I'll assume not, because I didn't even enter that debate.
@@jaywhyeff3797 hahahah yes, I'm a teacher. French and English. My parents always corrected me as a child if I made mistakes, which is why I don't make that many anymore. I'm just so disappointed when I see how little people care about their own language or the ones they speak in general. If they get offended...Well, we all need to improve and learn, in any aspect of knowledge and life so, I'll keep on doing it.
@@jaywhyeff3797 The original plan for the government funded Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) was to have all dwellings connected via a Fibre to the premises (FTTP) connection. The price tag would've been at least 100 billion Australian dollars (70 billion USD). Another federal government was elected and decided on FTTN connections instead which greatly reduced the cost. If someone wanted FTTP they were required to pay for it themselves (significant cost). Frankly, I think it's a good compromise, but many would disagree. My point is building an all fiber broadband network isn't cheap, especially in a country like Australia where labor costs are very high coupled with low density housing, which adds significant costs to a FTTP roll-out.
Hey Hannah, totally agree. My wife is Japanese and I notice this often. When I get angry with the racist people in Queensland my says it is ok , I normally reply no it is not. Also Aussies are rude and aggressive.
@Mark Conway a very misunderstood Melbournite, that most of the voting public couldn't relate to. Albo would have been a much better choice, personally, I like Tanya Plibersek.
As someone from the US who had visited Australia for a couple of weeks and stayed with a friend throughout my stay (in other words not doing touristy things) I really wanted to get a feel for being a local since there was a chance I would be moving there and I was really looking forward to what you'd say. Then I was really looking forward to adding my own observations that I felt you "missed" but then I realized your comparison experience was based on returning from Asian countries so it wouldn't be fair to accuse you of "not noticing or forgetting" some of those things that I noticed was different from the US, so I'll refrain. But I will say this about #10 , when I first arrived, I didn't feel any sort of racism per se (I'm Asian but I speak English clearly), but I was also visiting Melbourne which had a much different experience than when I went to Sydney. As more time passed and I was able to _Sharingan_ an Australian accent, i found that people were WAAAAY nicer to me when I'd speak with an Australian accent. _(For the record, the accent came about naturally as I have a tendency to mimic the behavior of others in a foreign land in keeping with the saying, "When in Rome..." and in hoping to be more easily understood language wise.)_ I'm curious though, would you find it offensive if I was faking an Australian accent if I did it thinking I'd be treated better?
You should have mentioned coffee in Australia. Oh gawd! As soon as I land at an Australian international airport from a trip overseas, that's the first thing I get my hands on.
@@miyounova Spain? Even German coffee is better then what you find in some countries.... American coffee is terrible, and lets not get started with beer, or wine.
Short tempered is not racist, I live in America and I love it and I never had to leave it to appreciate it. There's a saying that goes like "you don't know what you have until you've lost it" kind of sounds like you experience it but I'm glad to see that now you are appreciating your home country. I actually live in Texas and some of the descriptions you gave about your hometown sound like Texas the beautiful Skies the large your example was fruit but we got a saying that says everything's bigger in Texas and the friendly people.
I have culture shock after spending two weeks in Japan. 1. The smell of vomit and urine is so much stronger 2. People move in such a disorganised manner. People are less considerate of others 3. I notice how many parents use baby strollers. 4. Eating out is so expensive in Perth. 5. There are not enough convenience stores. 6. Convenience stores have a limited amount of food and drink. Plus it’s so expensive and tastes awful. 6. I miss buying hot coffee from vending machines. 7. I miss Japan. 8. I miss the parks. There are so many and they are so beautifully manicured. 9. I miss good ramen. It is everywhere in Japan. 10. I miss catching the train in Japan. 11. I miss the Onsen.
Yep. Except the overwhelming stench of sewage in the cities, especially Tokyo. It was a strange mix of delicious food and pure raw sewage like someone just took a rotten dump in your mouth. Quite a few areas smelled like piss as well. Outside the cities were nice though. 😂
The Internet is slow in Australia because ISPs don't spend enough on bandwidth. NBN gets a lot of flack for slow speeds, and Fibre to the Node (FTTN) is also blamed for slow speeds, but you should be checking that your ISP has enough bandwidth for their customer base. I have Fibre to the Premises (FTTP), and have used 5 different ISPs. I won't name them, but, with one ISP, on a 25Mbps plan, between 6pm and 11pm my speed dropped to between 4 and 6 Mbps (once dropped to 2Mbps). However, with my current ISP I get 2 to 3ms latency, and 24Mbps consistently (now on a 50Mbps with the same ISP). My advice is to look at getting another ISP.
@@killingtime7350 Yes it's nut's. The government keeps on pouring in more immigrants to the driest habitable continent on the planet. Even before global warming was a subject this land had severe droughts. Dick Smith is correct in saying we can only sustain a maximum of 30 million. Otherwise immense amounts of money, resources and energy are required for major water infrastructure like desalination plants.
I like to call it reverse culture shock and it hit me particularly hard the first time I was abroad for over a year. Great vid topic for people who feel this way but aren't sure others feel it too.
Hannah! Keep being amazing!! Thank you for everything. P.S. I went to lake Kawaguchiko because of your awesome video. Cold as hell, but it was surreal. ありがとうございました
It’s nice to see these fill in videos. Can’t wait till you get settled in and really start rocking these videos. THIS IS NOT A DEROGATORY COMMENT IN ANY WAY. thank you for your time and effort. Excellent video.
For me the biggest shock is the customer service comparison when shopping in Japan and Australia. Japan is like "I'll sticky tape that straw to your milk bottle so you don't lose it". In Australia its like "give me your money, now @#$@ off". Have also witnessed rude Australian (BigW) customer service to Asian Foreigners too, not proud. We have a lot to learn from other cultures but I don't think we will adapt any time soon, so I'll just spend more time overseas, mainly Japan. Thanks for the video. Cheers.
Hahaha yeah Japanese retail workers have a lot of redundant actions they have to make in every transaction (some helpful and some frustratingly pointless) but at least they’re consistently nice, or at least appear to be majority of the time.
As a former Woodridgian my heart warms at the thought of others making it to get out of Logan. Took me some considerable time myself. But the shock is great when you go back to visit!
Hannah, I didn't know we live so close to each other :) I'm in Calamvale, maybe we can meet some day, I'd love too!! I'm just recent in this all world of youtube creators. I'm from Portugal, living in Australia for 5 years now and I'm about to travel to Japan on holidays, that's why I found you, because of your japan videos. And yes, definitely internet is very slow here! Other than that, Australia is an awesome country, and the only thing I would change is the fact that's in the other side of the world from my country, but I know there's nothing to do about it, haha. Love your videos!
Ha! I remember in high-school we had a Brit student and we loved his accent. And it hit me over the head that if I listen to him and I think he has an accent then if he listens to me *I'm* the one with the accent. Obvious things are obvious only after they are obvious.
I still have no idea why you got so much hate for your last video. I appreciate that you addressed the racism issue. It's validating to hear it from another point of view.
i know what you mean about the friendliness! People make eye contact and say hello to you in your neighbourhood in certain parts of australia. Its nice.
Amen to that brother. I'm a techno-geek, but even I couldn't convince people at my work that were Luddites, as they need to support their political party (like a sports team). Facts didn't seem to get through to them. When the conservatives got into power, these guys that didn't have a clue about how any of this worked were trying to debate me - a recently graduated electronic engineer (at that time); it was sad and pathetic. Oh well... what can you do against that level of idiocracy?
If memory serves me correctly, it was Malcholm Turnbull who was pushing his 'blended technologies' into the ears of the government as the 'cheaper solution' to Labor's expensive fibre optics proposal. Translation = keep the shit copper connection to the node and then hope for the best. Now.. hook into foxtel or whatever you can find ( 2 cans and a connecting piece of string).
Hey Hannah. Stumbled across your channel by chance. As an Aussie currently living in China, I just wanted to say I can relate to everything you just said in the vlog. Thanks for sharing :) btw your voice is extremely pleasant and calming :) 👌👌👌👌
Australia is great .I was in norway in the late 70 ,s early 80s .coming home was so great .but sadly I've noticed over the years that most of the woman in australia are actually alpha males .😢
@@troykemp5329 I sure don't want to have to pay all of my woman's expenses. I want a woman who self sufficient. I suppose a alpha woman might not be necessary but a strong one who can look after themselves
Gosh, what a weird feeling. I was born & raised in Japan (mostly in Osaka), then went to Brisbane to spend a year there, came back to Japan, went to Brisbane to spend another few years (yep, lived in Logan, too), then came back, and then visited Brisbane ... Everything you say (& do) is like, 'Yes I know!' or 'Yes it must look that way from your perspective'. Feels strange & really good.
i agree. when I go back to the UK from Germany, everyone seems sooo friendly. but then you remember why you wanted to try somewhere else. it's an illogical itch that needs to be scratched. I also miss supermarkets when in Japan 😂. In Australia, me and my family has to sit through a racist video about aboriginals on our coach, quite a surprise.
@Peter Ellacott did you live there, or just visit? also Berlin, where I live, is harsher than most German cities, as is the case with most capitals. i think a lot also comes down to knowing your own home culture, we're not as offended because we understand home better... perhaps.
I found people in Germany to be very friendly and helpful in general. München und Frankfurt mainly. However, because most people speak English so well and wished the opportunity to speak in English I didn't get much practice speaking German.. probably a good thing😂 I went a bit blank .. remembered ja bitte, danke, nein, entshuldigen(spelling?) sie..not much else LoL We found it to be very clean and neat too.
You are absolutely right about the beach. I live abroad now close to 30 yrs but used to live in the NW part of Luzon in the Philippines. A coworker of mine wanted to go there for a vacation and asked about Boracay, Siargao, Coron etc. And told her I never been there ( I don't have money..lol) but what I also see in youtube is what I know. And she asked me what is the best beach in my opinion in the Philippines. And I said the beaches/Island beaches near where I used to live. Reason is, its "Home". Its the beaches where I spent countless summers growing up. Its gray sand ( but some island beaches has white sands), parts of it are stony, doesn't have those high end restaurants, and no hotel accommodations at all. And all of these beaches are just 30-min to 2H from where I live which is very convenient. Just pack up some snacks/lunch, drinks and a beach towel, go there in the morning and back at home mid afternoon.
3:24 In America most places have a rule about wearing shoes. In beachy areas many not most stores will have a sign up "No shoes, no shirt, no service".
Whenever I see those right wing "Australia is the best, share if you agree" posts on Facebook I wonder how many of those people have been anywhere to make a comparison. I feel the same about the people who get so offended about your opinions. If some drunk is naked and on top of an important religious shrine, being a d-ck, you can be 90% sure they're Australian. My wife is Colombian and sometimes, when we're overseas, I deny being Australian and say I'm Colombian. It is very sad. When I was a boy ,travelling the world with my parents, Australians were much loved tourists, everywhere we went, now it's the opposite.
@ Paul M..Oh you poor baby. People aren't as friendly now, are they? better than being arrested for nothing, killed for being you, racism everywhere etc etc. You lot don't know how lucky you are living here. Whinge and complain about every little thing just like this woman on this channel. You know the old saying........ Do us all a favour. And not just you either. There's a few here that could do the same. You like to cry about how bad it is, but you're still here! I hate racism and bigotry and homophobia and all the other phobias, but you and this idiot RUclipsr have no idea. You go to one country and think you know better? LOL. You take yourselves WAY TO fucking seriously and need to take a good look at yourselves and your petty, excuse laden, problem searching somewhere else.
3:20 When she says thongs she's talking about sandals, flip-flops ,slippers, and not lingerie or beachwear from brazil just to be clear for those who maybe confused which may have been just me
Alex Actually, it isn't. I have been in Asia for 10 yrs (presently in Singapore) and the only things I miss tend to be the little things. For example, I do miss some Australian fruit. Yes, you can get most things in Singapore but they are not always as nice to my palate. I miss the local bakery which made the best croissants I have ever had (and I have visited France about 20 times over the last 40 years) and sour dough bread. And Lindt chocolate here is about $A7.50 when I could easily buy it at Coles or Woolies for $2 on special. Same with ground coffee (over here people often drink disgusting 3 in 1). I lived in Sydney for 52 years by the way. I like most parts of Australia when I go back, but I don't feel much attachment to Sydney and it I returned, I would not go to Sydney.
As a brit who's visited Australia twice now, I have to say that first off I was made welcome, had a great time and would love to return sometime. I guess with the speed of the internet you have to be a little laid back. Haven't seen much of Brisbane through just passed by twice on my way north. Must admit i loved the Outback.
Terry . Glad you enjoyed your time here mate. The Outback is beaut, that's for sure. But so too is so many other places from Tassie to WA, to Northern Qld, NSW and Victorian High Country.......and so forth. I love Sth Oz too. Next time that you come, I would definitely give Brisbane a visit. And there's plenty to do on the coast, the amazing hinterland and further west, in a pretty easy drive from Brissy. My personal favourite is Northern NSW and travelling west to Tenterfield and many other very nice towns and cities away from the coast. Hope you come back again soon.
@@BelloBudo007 Hi Bill yeah, I tried to see as much as I could with 3 months in a campervan. I haven't seen Tassie yet, but hope to. The highlights for me was the Cairns to cooktown coast road, The Blue Mountains, bridge and Opera house, Uluru, kakadu, the Great Central Road, wave rock, Darwin, the Nullarbor, and or course Melbourne where my brother lives.
@@BelloBudo007 I move there in a minute if they'd have me. Trouble is your government understandably makes difficult at my age. I absolutely loved it. Obviously while taking a holiday you don't see all the problems and the trade offs, but you get tnat everywhere.
My Asian friend went to Australia 15 yrs ago to study for 2 yrs. People spat on his front door and scolded him to return back to wherever he came from. However, that changed after a few months after he settled down in the neighbourhood. Sometimes things just need time. He loves Australia up till this day even after returning to his origin country for so many years.
i'm japanese living in Aus for more than one year. What I like about Aus the most is nature. I used to live in QLD, NSW and VIC, but WA has the most beautiful beaches I've ever been to. Rottnest Island and Broome have got the best beaches. As I'm Asian, I've noticed that Australian people are quit racist sadly...
They are but Japanese people are even more racist. Japan is an ethnic nationalist country, the jaao ese are even racist to second/third/fourth generation Koreans living in Japan.
I visited Australia for the first time last year (Brisbane) and you're 100% spot on! Specially the internet sucking: I did no expect that one: it was a bit of a shock. Best beaches in the world though. Hands down, no competition! And I've seen some of the best in Asia, Europe, North America, Caribean...
Just discovered your channel! Your videos are pretty damn awesome. I'm from Brissy myself and when I get back from overseas it's like omg I missed you so much Australia 😍
I spent four years in Osaka, and when moved back to Aus I had a weird emotional overload in a Coles, kind of overwhelmed by everything. Plus the thing of being able to understand everyone talking, after years of tuning out Japanese with ease. Drove me mental for a bit.
We can go barefoot because we don't spit on the ground, we are expected to pick up our dog's poo and we don't have chooks running around the streets like in Bali.
Lots of other cultures don't spit on the ground but also don't walk barefoot. I think it's just the climate the fact that everyone's really relaxed about physical appearance.
@CurrentlyHannah Side Note RE: LOST TV Series @ 9.00 mins you say about the lost flight--The flight that crashed on the show that had 48 survivors didn't actually leave from L.A to Sydney (not sure where you got that ) it left from Australia bound for the US (Sydney to LA ) and crashes a thousand miles off course on an unknown island. that may be why there wasn't many ozy,s onboard and maybe the other Australians that were on board died in the crash. just saying as I'm a tv NERD when it comes to details. really enjoying this channel learning so much about cool stuff from you so thanks !
yeah, I like left Australia for like 72hrs and I felt like a stranger in my own land on rtn. cant remember where I was cause I was like soooo drunk. all I remember are all these people who asked me racist things like where I was from, cause that's sooo personal an racist. cause i'm worldly an almost 17 yrs old my opinions and insights are like amazing.
I live in Italy and the first time I went back home to Aus I almost cried in Woolies because it was so incredible... Supermarkets and such a large variety in food is 100% the biggest thing I miss about Home
Awesome video! I’m American and have never been to Australia before (been to Japan though) so this was fun and interesting to watch. I’ve heard some disheartening things about Australians being racist from friends of mine who have experienced it themselves on their visit, but I imagine that the kind of racism we experience here in America is very similar with Australians who discriminate to those who are different from them. Discrimination isn’t limited to one place and great people (like yourself) come from all walks of life and places! Anywho all that aside it wouldn’t deter me from wanting to visit one day as the country looks like an endless exploration of beauty and adventure.
No place like home. Articulate and entertaining. Cute. One thing I noticed is there are more curse words in Australia, LOL People are less patient with people that are not like them. Yes, that's racism. Good video Hannah. Blessings.
It's a sign of the times when someone is said to be racist for becoming agitated at someone they cannot communicate clearly with. Traditionally a racist was a person with a vial hatred towards a race other than their own. Now one can be deemed racist for disliking another nations cuisine or just for having white skin. For those who do become agitated at people with poor English skills, I would suggest they travel to a non English speaking country. They will soon understand the difficulty of communicating with a foreign language they're not fluent in. This was the case for me when I recently traveled to Japan. However, the Japanese were too polite to get directly angry at me.
Michael what if someone doesn’t care about another persons feelings what if it hurts your own feelings to have to care about another persons feelings does that make the other person racist?
@@robertaus8420 I don't understand your question directed at me. I just wrote a paragraph explaining how the 'racist' word is too overused these days in my original response...
Michael hahahaha it was supposed to be confusing. My point is at what point do feelings stop pushing agendas like racism or any other crap the leftists are preaching.
@@MrMorjo except I speak English better than most Australians I interacted with on a daily basis and still experienced racism I had never experienced before (cause I'm lucky to be white)
There are two types of Australians: the well traveled Aussie who is culturally sensitive, friendly and great to have a laugh with. Then you get the less traveled, very insular and quite a bit racist ones. There are quite a lot of Australians in Japan because of the relative proximity but the type of Aussie you meet is heavily dependent of where in Japan you are. Tokyo and to lesser extent Osaka is full of rude and obnoxious Aussies but everywhere else in Japan tends to have the the down to earth, really chill friendly Aussies. The 'Lad's holiday' types are literally the worst in Japan. I completely understand wanting to unwind and have a good time but that shouldn't mean you get to say disgustingly racist and sexist shit at the expense of the Japanese people and they think it's okay because most people in Japan don't understand English, smh.
There are plenty of culturally sensitive Australians who haven't had the chance to travel, most of us don't have the financial opportunity but we're also not arseholes. In fact probably most of those jerks you're referencing are fairly well off and subsequently entitled pricks. Meanwhile those of us living in the poor suburbs with the migrants get along just fine, even if we've never left the country, the world has come to us.
You're last "returning to Oz" video just popped up in my feed a year ago and was the 1st I'd seen of you. Hopefully more subscribers coming from this one, and man haven't you become an awesome editor since then! You're spot in about our internet...our biggest ever infrastructure project and even the most expensive plans can't deliver the speed the Japanese have had forever. My wife is Japanese and has experienced racism over the years, but less here than many other countries.
I'm from NZ and after a short holiday in England, where my dad is from, I realised just what a backward ass place this really is haha. Great video and very entertaining. I also love your accent! :P
I lived in NZ and Australia for many years and I'm now back in Singapore. I think Auckland's a really decent city, on par with most Aussie cities actually. But there's a big difference between Auckland and the rest of NZ, it's like two separate countries almost. The rest of NZ is pretty backward.
@@abcxyz-cx4mr What makes you say this, Marley? Are you British? I have a lot of family and friends in England and most of them would rather be based in England than anywhere else.
AK - Yes i am, I’m English specifically. Most English and British immigrants migrate to Australia (it’s our number one destination), after Australia we migrate to other English-speaking countries like Canada and new Zealand, then we migrate to Spain. We love the weather, lifestyle, nature, space, laid-back relaxed nature, beaches, sports culture, and general happiness of Australia and New Zealand (plus both countries can banter unlike Canada and the US).
AK country New Zealand is the best part of New Zealand Auckland is the biggest shithole, in Australia it’s the opposite though the city’s are the best in the world but the countryside is so depressing and boring
Heya thanks so much for letting me know how awesome where im studying at is as im actually studying and lived here in Brisbane for almost 3 years. Yea Queensland is very astonishing and im also glad and blessed to be here !!
Hey there, that was great to watch. I’m trying to decide if I move back to Australia after 3 years in USA. Difference for me is that I am closer to 50 and my sons are now 15 and 18 and almost ready to move out of home.
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Totally relate to your sky reaction, when I returned home to NZ, there's so much green and the green is so Iintense it's beautiful
nothing human I’m from taranaki and I don’t think there is a single day I can survive without looking at our mountain
Same!
"it's the government's fault" I died
I was born in Australia in 1976 and have experienced Racism my whole life so your 100% spot on.
Thank you, ya old geezer
@@BerryRust. no worries little young fella.
shout out brenton tarrent
So you're saying you're a racist then?
@@dadon6055 if ya don't like it then fuck off to a country were there is no racism, good luck finding one.
HI Hannah! I am a Filipino international student here in Brisbane and it just feels nice to be able to relate with the things you talked about in this video. Actually, I've always loved your video, even before I came to study here in Australia, I have already subscribed to your RUclips channel. :)
About the racism: I have an Asian friend who has grown up in Australia. He recently went to America (within the last 3 years) and he said in the short time he experienced way more racism. Aside from a couple of experiences he hasn't really experienced much racism in Australia. But then again he lives in Melbourne. He likes to talk to everyone so maybe that makes a difference. I've noticed a lot of people like it when you talk to them as opposed to being quiet. We tend to perceive those people as being more friendly. I've witnessed and been a part of conversations between strangers with accents on the tram, many of them from Asian countries. The talkative foreigners usually have a better time in Australia. And actually I usually find Malaysians to be the most friendly Asians.
With that being said, I've noticed my Asian friends have experienced some negative experiences based on them being different over the years. It's been very few, but it's there. But we've had some very positive experiences. Melbourne now is becoming very mixed and anyone who does see a difference between themselves and everyone else around them is going to have a very bad time.
The conversation is extremely shallow and frivolous crap. It's definitely a crime to be shy in Australia.
Melbourne has many cultures living there but whites are always with whites, Asians with Asians. Arabs with Arabs, Indians with Indians so where's the mixing you are going on about? and whites going to Asian restaurants doesn't count if you think thats mixing is.
I've been to a few countries and experienced much, but I don't think I could live anywhere else but Australia.
The most welcome home feeling I've experienced was when we were driving back from the airport and the advert on the radio said to check the website for tee's and seas. I instantly knew he was talking about 'Terms and Conditions' and it immediately brought a feeling on familiarity, pride, joy and amusement to hear something so uniquely Australian. Only we could use an abbreviation so casually in a professional situation.
It's used in other countries too...
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When I come home to Australia, I always think the airport seems really small and notice brown grass, khaki trees, single storey houses on big blocks and wide, straight roads.
michaelfink64, sounds just like Arizona where I live. 😂
@@iluvmykatt Makes sense: hot, dry places.
I believe travelling is awesome because not only you get to experience the great things about other countries and cultures, but also you can reflect on your own home and love the things you didn't know you would.
There's this saying, "Changes in Latitude, Differences in Attitude!" There are cultural differences and people should not get offended by one's opinions. I love how you speak your mind. It give flavor and authenticity to your vlogs. Wishing you more positivity to your channel.
Yeah you guys just piss anywhere
You kept it real about racism in Australia. There is no reed to apologize. You spoke your truth sister!!
so relatable, felt all the same things after moving home from Japan.
Its good to hear it from your perspective. Stay strong.
My favorite line of poetry--Rudyard Kipling--"What knows he of England, that only England knows"
Dang, I thought that was just a Billy Bragg lyric! :-)
I think everyone should be able to experience living somewhere else at one point. It gives you the ability to reflect on where you come from. Once you are back to your country you'll have a different perspective and could improve the things that need some improvement :) I believes that would apply to any place.
New subscriber here, you are soooo refreshing! We do tend to take environments for granted when we are around them all of the time. I recently travelled to Japan for the first time and it was instant love. Can't wait to return and see some more. I mostly missed the toilets when I came home only after 3 weeks travel. I also missed the courtesy and respect. Our eyes open when we live or travel to different parts of the world. I wish more aussies would be open to the wonders of different cultures both abroad and here at home. I agree there is an unhealthy element of racism in Australia and while we have come a long way we have a long way to go. I'm in awe at my Iranian neighbours whose English is still limited but they try so hard. I get angry on their behalf! Finally, as for our dangerous wildlife, LOL. Magpies are scary, yes, snakes too, some spiders but thats why I live in urban Melbourne! Only magpies to worry about. No insects in Japan is a HUGE positive imho. That is the ONE thing that is a nuisance in Aus. Can't wait to see more of your journey.
PS that time comparison on uploads (insanely fast in Japan! OMG) proves what I read a few days ago, that Australia is ranked at 63 in world internet speeds. And you have NBN?? What a joke.
The melting pot makes everyone the same. If you appreciate the differences, campaign to limit immigration from anywhere to anywhere. We don't have to import people to get the benefit of their culture.
Of course Australians should be tolerant of other cultures, and if you go to many other parts of the world, Australia is one the more tolerant multi-ethnic societies on the planet. But this idea that everyone needs to be open other cultures is a bit ridiculous. Some people just want to remain comfortable in societies they're familiar with and be with people like them. Forcing multiculturalism on people isn't fair, and it's just divisive. You and I might be fascinated by other cultures, but others aren't. Also, Australia has a pretty interesting culture of its own, and it can be a bit insulting when people who prefer Australian culture over others are considered bigoted and narrow-minded.
Australia is like the least populated country in the planet it makes ut hard to have good internet. For example Estonia has pretty much WiFi coverage over the entire country but you can put the map of Estonia into Australia and literally have it cover like 12 people
after my student visa expired and living in tokyo for a year, the first thing I did back home was to go grocery shopping and was AMAZED at how cheap fruits and veggies are and less sugary cakes are. Knowing the aisles by heart, not needing to translate every new item i wanna try was A BLAST
lmao yeeees for the bugs i'm always "but. ムカデ are FAR WORSE than ゴキブリ, even spiders scare me more"
Nothing like falling in love with home all over again❤
It's always a joy watching you. Keep up the good work, Hannah!
As an Asian whose lived in Aus my whole life I can say that there is definitely racism here. It's not a huge huge deal like in other countries but it 100% exists. What I realised when I talked about it to my Caucasian friends is that they just don't realise it's racism or dont think what they're saying/doing is "bad enough" to be considered racist. Aussies are also just more obvious with it compared to Asian cultures that tend to be very passive aggressive about it. This is just my observations 🤷♀️
Loved the video. Definitely need to take more time out of my day to appreciate the beauty of Australia.
Funnily enough, I look 'white' , born in Australia, and I've experienced racism, here as well as overseas. It can happen to anyone in any country.
@@krissee6961 interesting to hear from someone who looks 'white' and your experiences both in and out of Aus. It shows that it's not something that only POC can experience. You're right in saying that it's not a single country or a single culture issue. Racism is unfortunately one of those things that needs everyone's cooperation to fully eradicate, but it's great that people are still trying their best to move the world forward.
White guy here and yes its embedded in the culture, quite similar to what you’d see in Italy, UK or France. Just that Australians seem to be more polite and hold back from voicing it out, unless they are with own friends and then they actually say what they think and it’s not pretty
wish you had left an example of australian racism toward asians by caucasian australians.
Lawrence Fox it’s pretty nasty, was surprised by it in Melbourne
Having grown up in the US as an Asian, lived in Australia for 2 years, and now based in South East Asia working for a multi-national company, I think you’re spot on!! Keep up with the great videos!
Haha the reverse culture shock after returning home to America was REAL too!! xD strangers randomly talking to each other in the grocery store was like WHOOOAAA WHAAAT is HAPPENING?!?!
Another great video! Much love Hannah!
It's easier to provide the masses with fast internet due to high housing density and small land mass in Japan and Singapore. But the low density here in aus allows us all to have clean cities with no smog, great produce, and relatively empty beaches. I think what you are trying to say is that Aus is so different compared to our asian neighbours for 2 reasons... Low population. Massive land mass. Everything in your video flows from that... And maybe our history being an English colony, that has massively influenced the culture in Aus, compared to our neighbours.
But you are right... you don't notice any of it until you leave and come back...
I agree on the internet side of things, so many Australian's don't understand this basic argument. We have a small population, large landmass and low density housing. If we were to have internet speeds equivalent to South Korea or Japan it would cost at the least several hundred billion Australian dollars. It's no wonder the government had to bankroll the high speed broadband infrastructure (NBN) as the private sector wasn't going to do it, like what has occurred in other countries.
Same could be said for bullet trains, they simply won't be a possibility in Australia with our low population and large land mass. The cost is far too high. So many people just don't understand the cost of infrastructure.
@@MrMorjo Our NBN is crap not because of the cost or population density, it's crap because the Liberals hobbled it to make Rupert Murdoch happy and keep competition away from Foxtel. Trying to push modern amounts of data through 50-100 year old copper wire is never going to work.
@@coffeebuzzz I agree that the current LNP government should've just continued on with Labor's original plan. However, to be fair the cost was going to be astronomical, far more than the original costings the Labor party had costed for the roll-out. Frankly, I still believe most Aussies would be whinging even if the original NBN was rolled out in full, Aussies often try to compare themselves to countries which aren't comparable.
I'm actually more than happy with my NBN-HCF connection and I believe most Aussies are satisfied as well, though as usual the unhappy minority make the loudest noise.
Internet is also very slow (compared to Japan/Germany/Singapore) in the US due to how spread out the country is, low population density outside of certain cities, and lack of gov't funding for digital infrastructure (all comes from the private sector, so it only concentrates in profitable areas.) However, internet is FAST in Russia (even in Siberia), which is the second largest country by square mileage in the world, and very low population density outside big cities. This is largely due to government infrastructure investment.
I had fast LTE in completely isolated parts of siberia on the trans-mongolian railway, was shocking to see the differences compared to, for example, South Dakota in the states (or even outer burroughs of New York City).
I lived in Australia for almost 5 years and I couldn't agree with you more! Australians in general are super friendly and very welcoming (specially in the big cities), but it's so true that part of the population gets super snappy when they notice your English is not perfect. I used to work in hospo and so many times people would instantly get blocked as soon as they heard I miss pronounced a word (and dude, I'm fluent just not native, I'm sorry!) I wouldn't say it's precisely racism, but rather xenophobia? (again, we're talking about a fraction of the population) But regardless, there're so many beautiful things about Australia, and I have the best memories of my years living there! Thanks for sharing this, I feel like some of those topics are still a bit taboo and it's positive to talk about it!
Love your videos btw, keep up the good work! :)
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Omg Hannah! I wouldn’t have picked you for a Logan bogan 😂
All jokes aside! Welcome home! 😊
Is logan still the murder capital of Australia?
Phillip Leong definitely not haha. Apparently Adelaide is now 😂
@@spillart7670 Yeah I just moved back to Adelaide after living in Sydney for 20 years and I can almost feel the murder culture in the air ;)
@@spillart7670 To be fair, if you live in Adelaide, murdering someone is doing them a favour.
No shoes in jimjams is standard evening kit for Logan grocery shopping. Not judging -> just an observation.
5. My family lives in Hawaii and I used to not recognize how beautiful those beaches are, but I was impressed by white sand, black sand, red sand and green sand beaches. Hope I get to Australia someday to see my Aussie family
also since being back in nz, i've noticed kiwis are way more aggressive than i remember
I think our whole country needs anger management
oschoa so right. Unfortunately when you try to reason with people they react in an aggressive way. Driving!
Agree
Too many Maoris and Pacific Islanders, their aggressive nature pervades the culture
As a Kiwi whos lived in many country's including Australia, I had more uncalled for aggression's in Australia after visiting both places recently
Yes! I know exactly what you mean. I live in Japan for seven years and when I finally returned to Australia it was total culture shock for me.
Interesting video. Here in Canada a lot of stores still have a "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" policy.
agentm83 litte colder in canada tho.
Shoeless people in Aus are generally coming from the beach ect on their way home.
@@grego4835 Good point but it also seems like a hygene thing for the individuals.
WELCOME HOME!
THE SKY IN AUSTRALIA! Arghhhh!!! I remember going overseas for about five months and upon my return I walked around just looking up for a VERY LONG TIME. I feel like crying just thinking about how beautiful it is. We are so lucky!
I live in Queensland too (currently Gold Coast but prev Bundaberg and the Sunshine Coast) haha what a great place our beaches are so amazing.
I agree with the last comment unfortunately. Sigh. Doesn’t mean I hate on my incredible country or feel less blessed to be born here but it really is a thing and we could stand to clean up our act! If you want to be snappy at those who struggle with English, how about you try learning another language and see just how nerve wracking it can be! The most Australian thing you could do is to give them a FAIR GO 👍
This video was so fun to watch! Thanks, Hannah. X
Love your personality. Here in America things like that is disappearing. So glad to see it. Freaking awesome.
Beautiful sky, beaches and so very green and very nice & friendly people. I have lived in Australia for about 1 year. Absolutely a great place to live!
Ha! Who would have thought that Hannah Banana is a Bogan from Logan! I too rep the Brisbane Southside :D
Great video as always and loved that sneaky clone cameo at 5:25.
This was so much fun and so interesting! I love your sense of humour and your editing skills. Both of them made me giggle a few times in this video. One of your best!
bike riding to work during magpie season is always fun, i learn to pedal faster than them!
Chris Nixon they can’t peck through your helmet ⛑
I've heard that some people put cable ties on the helmet with the ties sticking up and out to keep the magpie at bay.
I had one rip my ear when I had a helmet on. I thought someone had thrown a rock at me.
Welcome back! I went through some of that when I came back to Brisbane.
Loved the part where you go.whisper* 3 mfin hours*
good one for calling out racism(social toxin), like road rage a way to release built up daily life stress on innocents. the question becomes how to identify and address those daily stresses. thx for posting
Usually the internet is slower cause there is a lot more land to cover with the internet cables. Most of the time, the higher then population density; the better the internet. It's a similar story here in Canada.
Cheers! :)
@@jaywhyeff3797 There is an immense cost to installing high speed broadband infrastructure. There is a reason why the Australian government had to bankroll and start the NBN (National Broadband Network) and that's because the private sector wasn't going to do it like what has occurred in some other nations.
Aussies have got to stop whinging and start realising living in a country large in land mass with a low population coupled with low density housing means extravagant infrastructure costs. We need to make do and make compromises. I'm sure people in the likes of Japan and South Korea who have some of the best internet infrastructure in the world dream of having the wide open spaces and big back years like what we take for granted in Australia and Canada etc. You can't have everything.
No ";" just a ",".
@@jaywhyeff3797 first off, you're not the one who made a mistake, second, it's a pretty important writing mistake, so why not correct it. If people were to say 2+2=5, you wouldn't correct them?
Also, I don't know if your 2nd question is addressed to me. I'll assume not, because I didn't even enter that debate.
@@jaywhyeff3797 hahahah yes, I'm a teacher. French and English. My parents always corrected me as a child if I made mistakes, which is why I don't make that many anymore. I'm just so disappointed when I see how little people care about their own language or the ones they speak in general. If they get offended...Well, we all need to improve and learn, in any aspect of knowledge and life so, I'll keep on doing it.
@@jaywhyeff3797 The original plan for the government funded Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) was to have all dwellings connected via a Fibre to the premises (FTTP) connection. The price tag would've been at least 100 billion Australian dollars (70 billion USD). Another federal government was elected and decided on FTTN connections instead which greatly reduced the cost. If someone wanted FTTP they were required to pay for it themselves (significant cost). Frankly, I think it's a good compromise, but many would disagree.
My point is building an all fiber broadband network isn't cheap, especially in a country like Australia where labor costs are very high coupled with low density housing, which adds significant costs to a FTTP roll-out.
as a Kiwi, the bluest skies I ever seen were in Perth. Love that place.
Best blue skies here in Perth and the best sunsets.
Love from The Sunset Coast. X
wheres that?
Hey Hannah, totally agree. My wife is Japanese and I notice this often. When I get angry with the racist people in Queensland my says it is ok , I normally reply no it is not. Also Aussies are rude and aggressive.
Unfortunately, it's getting worse (especially with people like Pauline Hanson getting air time).
@Mark Conway a very misunderstood Melbournite, that most of the voting public couldn't relate to. Albo would have been a much better choice, personally, I like Tanya Plibersek.
Nice to see you back down under!
Awesome! Love the honesty on your comparison and being open minded after experiencing different cultures.
As someone from the US who had visited Australia for a couple of weeks and stayed with a friend throughout my stay (in other words not doing touristy things) I really wanted to get a feel for being a local since there was a chance I would be moving there and I was really looking forward to what you'd say. Then I was really looking forward to adding my own observations that I felt you "missed" but then I realized your comparison experience was based on returning from Asian countries so it wouldn't be fair to accuse you of "not noticing or forgetting" some of those things that I noticed was different from the US, so I'll refrain.
But I will say this about #10 , when I first arrived, I didn't feel any sort of racism per se (I'm Asian but I speak English clearly), but I was also visiting Melbourne which had a much different experience than when I went to Sydney. As more time passed and I was able to _Sharingan_ an Australian accent, i found that people were WAAAAY nicer to me when I'd speak with an Australian accent.
_(For the record, the accent came about naturally as I have a tendency to mimic the behavior of others in a foreign land in keeping with the saying, "When in Rome..." and in hoping to be more easily understood language wise.)_ I'm curious though, would you find it offensive if I was faking an Australian accent if I did it thinking I'd be treated better?
You should have mentioned coffee in Australia. Oh gawd! As soon as I land at an Australian international airport from a trip overseas, that's the first thing I get my hands on.
Oh so true! Aussie coffee is amazing!
Never been to Italy or Denmark?
@@miyounova Spain? Even German coffee is better then what you find in some countries.... American coffee is terrible, and lets not get started with beer, or wine.
Short tempered is not racist, I live in America and I love it and I never had to leave it to appreciate it. There's a saying that goes like "you don't know what you have until you've lost it" kind of sounds like you experience it but I'm glad to see that now you are appreciating your home country. I actually live in Texas and some of the descriptions you gave about your hometown sound like Texas the beautiful Skies the large your example was fruit but we got a saying that says everything's bigger in Texas and the friendly people.
I have culture shock after spending two weeks in Japan. 1. The smell of vomit and urine is so much stronger 2. People move in such a disorganised manner. People are less considerate of others 3. I notice how many parents use baby strollers. 4. Eating out is so expensive in Perth. 5. There are not enough convenience stores. 6. Convenience stores have a limited amount of food and drink. Plus it’s so expensive and tastes awful. 6. I miss buying hot coffee from vending machines. 7. I miss Japan. 8. I miss the parks. There are so many and they are so beautifully manicured. 9. I miss good ramen. It is everywhere in Japan. 10. I miss catching the train in Japan. 11. I miss the Onsen.
We got back from two weeks in Japan a week ago and we miss all those things. Also, Suntory Highballs, which are the best.
I hear ya....
Yep. Except the overwhelming stench of sewage in the cities, especially Tokyo. It was a strange mix of delicious food and pure raw sewage like someone just took a rotten dump in your mouth. Quite a few areas smelled like piss as well.
Outside the cities were nice though. 😂
You miss it cuz you could afford a good life. I am back in Canada and just glad im out of that mess I was in.
I came back to Melbourne from a month long trip toJapan a year ago and the audacity of Australians who don’t line up for the train STILL ANNOYS ME 😂
The Internet is slow in Australia because ISPs don't spend enough on bandwidth. NBN gets a lot of flack for slow speeds, and Fibre to the Node (FTTN) is also blamed for slow speeds, but you should be checking that your ISP has enough bandwidth for their customer base. I have Fibre to the Premises (FTTP), and have used 5 different ISPs. I won't name them, but, with one ISP, on a 25Mbps plan, between 6pm and 11pm my speed dropped to between 4 and 6 Mbps (once dropped to 2Mbps). However, with my current ISP I get 2 to 3ms latency, and 24Mbps consistently (now on a 50Mbps with the same ISP). My advice is to look at getting another ISP.
It is amazing we get to drink water straight from the tap in Australia 😍 (really taken for granted when overseas)
@@killingtime7350 Yes it's nut's. The government keeps on pouring in more immigrants to the driest habitable continent on the planet. Even before global warming was a subject this land had severe droughts. Dick Smith is correct in saying we can only sustain a maximum of 30 million. Otherwise immense amounts of money, resources and energy are required for major water infrastructure like desalination plants.
That's a bit of a bold over generalisation... lots of overseas countries where you can drink water straight from the tap...
I like to call it reverse culture shock and it hit me particularly hard the first time I was abroad for over a year. Great vid topic for people who feel this way but aren't sure others feel it too.
Hannah! Keep being amazing!! Thank you for everything.
P.S. I went to lake Kawaguchiko because of your awesome video. Cold as hell, but it was surreal. ありがとうございました
Oscar Cerna me too just last month! Got to see mt Fuji on a clear day, so breathtaking indeed.
Keith Kwan late March for me. Amazing despite sunrise being cloudy, but cleared by noon while at Chureito Pagoda. 👌🏽
It’s nice to see these fill in videos. Can’t wait till you get settled in and really start rocking these videos. THIS IS NOT A DEROGATORY COMMENT IN ANY WAY. thank you for your time and effort. Excellent video.
For me the biggest shock is the customer service comparison when shopping in Japan and Australia. Japan is like "I'll sticky tape that straw to your milk bottle so you don't lose it". In Australia its like "give me your money, now @#$@ off". Have also witnessed rude Australian (BigW) customer service to Asian Foreigners too, not proud. We have a lot to learn from other cultures but I don't think we will adapt any time soon, so I'll just spend more time overseas, mainly Japan. Thanks for the video. Cheers.
Hahaha yeah Japanese retail workers have a lot of redundant actions they have to make in every transaction (some helpful and some frustratingly pointless) but at least they’re consistently nice, or at least appear to be majority of the time.
Customer service in Australia is 10/10 compared to most European countries I've been to (both Western & Eastern) lol
As a former Woodridgian my heart warms at the thought of others making it to get out of Logan. Took me some considerable time myself. But the shock is great when you go back to visit!
Hannah, I didn't know we live so close to each other :) I'm in Calamvale, maybe we can meet some day, I'd love too!! I'm just recent in this all world of youtube creators. I'm from Portugal, living in Australia for 5 years now and I'm about to travel to Japan on holidays, that's why I found you, because of your japan videos.
And yes, definitely internet is very slow here! Other than that, Australia is an awesome country, and the only thing I would change is the fact that's in the other side of the world from my country, but I know there's nothing to do about it, haha.
Love your videos!
Ha! I remember in high-school we had a Brit student and we loved his accent. And it hit me over the head that if I listen to him and I think he has an accent then if he listens to me *I'm* the one with the accent. Obvious things are obvious only after they are obvious.
I still have no idea why you got so much hate for your last video. I appreciate that you addressed the racism issue. It's validating to hear it from another point of view.
i know what you mean about the friendliness! People make eye contact and say hello to you in your neighbourhood in certain parts of australia. Its nice.
Q. Why is the internet slow in Australia?
A. Rupert Murdoch, Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party.
Slow asf! Irritates me espesh coming from Nz internet so fast
Michelle Tana not making excuses I hate it to but nz is smaller then Victoria and Tasmania combined
Amen to that brother.
I'm a techno-geek, but even I couldn't convince people at my work that were Luddites, as they need to support their political party (like a sports team). Facts didn't seem to get through to them. When the conservatives got into power, these guys that didn't have a clue about how any of this worked were trying to debate me - a recently graduated electronic engineer (at that time); it was sad and pathetic.
Oh well... what can you do against that level of idiocracy?
lets face it Internet in Australia is much slower than our Asian neighbours ( Singapore, Vietnam, Korea , Japan and so on)...
If memory serves me correctly, it was Malcholm Turnbull who was pushing his 'blended technologies' into the ears of the government as the 'cheaper solution' to Labor's expensive fibre optics proposal. Translation = keep the shit copper connection to the node and then hope for the best. Now.. hook into foxtel or whatever you can find ( 2 cans and a connecting piece of string).
The in video captions are so on point today. Good job Han!
WA beaches are beautiful too! (Maybe even better than QLD??!!) lol
Yeah the boys
W.A. Beaches are better for one reason. Nobody is there !
I'm certain they are but I think the point is she's talking from her experience and her primary experience is with qld ones
I’ve lived in both places and while Perth ones are amazing Qld ones are better
Hey Hannah. Stumbled across your channel by chance. As an Aussie currently living in China, I just wanted to say I can relate to everything you just said in the vlog. Thanks for sharing :) btw your voice is extremely pleasant and calming :) 👌👌👌👌
Australia is great .I was in norway in the late 70 ,s early 80s .coming home was so great .but sadly I've noticed over the years that most of the woman in australia are actually alpha males .😢
You're going to have to explain how that's a problem
@@trunkage LMAO dudes don't want alpha male women
@@troykemp5329 I sure don't want to have to pay all of my woman's expenses. I want a woman who self sufficient. I suppose a alpha woman might not be necessary but a strong one who can look after themselves
@@trunkage yeah of course but I don't wanna be the woman of the relationship lmao
@@troykemp5329 Do you think you cant have two alphas in one relationship?
Gosh, what a weird feeling.
I was born & raised in Japan (mostly in Osaka), then went to Brisbane to spend a year there, came back to Japan, went to Brisbane to spend another few years (yep, lived in Logan, too), then came back, and then visited Brisbane ...
Everything you say (& do) is like, 'Yes I know!' or 'Yes it must look that way from your perspective'. Feels strange & really good.
i agree. when I go back to the UK from Germany, everyone seems sooo friendly. but then you remember why you wanted to try somewhere else. it's an illogical itch that needs to be scratched. I also miss supermarkets when in Japan 😂. In Australia, me and my family has to sit through a racist video about aboriginals on our coach, quite a surprise.
@Peter Ellacott did you live there, or just visit? also Berlin, where I live, is harsher than most German cities, as is the case with most capitals. i think a lot also comes down to knowing your own home culture, we're not as offended because we understand home better... perhaps.
Peter Ellacott - well the ethnic Celtic Scots, Welsh, and Irish aren’t English, the first two are British though.
yikes this thread went awol. point being home is always care free when it comes to cultural understanding.. it's a relief at times.
I found people in Germany to be very friendly and helpful in general. München und Frankfurt mainly. However, because most people speak English so well and wished the opportunity to speak in English I didn't get much practice speaking German.. probably a good thing😂 I went a bit blank .. remembered ja bitte, danke, nein, entshuldigen(spelling?) sie..not much else LoL
We found it to be very clean and neat too.
You are absolutely right about the beach. I live abroad now close to 30 yrs but used to live in the NW part of Luzon in the Philippines. A coworker of mine wanted to go there for a vacation and asked about Boracay, Siargao, Coron etc. And told her I never been there ( I don't have money..lol) but what I also see in youtube is what I know. And she asked me what is the best beach in my opinion in the Philippines. And I said the beaches/Island beaches near where I used to live. Reason is, its "Home". Its the beaches where I spent countless summers growing up. Its gray sand ( but some island beaches has white sands), parts of it are stony, doesn't have those high end restaurants, and no hotel accommodations at all. And all of these beaches are just 30-min to 2H from where I live which is very convenient. Just pack up some snacks/lunch, drinks and a beach towel, go there in the morning and back at home mid afternoon.
I like the weather in Qld ( when it's not humid)
3:24 In America most places have a rule about wearing shoes. In beachy areas many not most stores will have a sign up "No shoes, no shirt, no service".
Whenever I see those right wing "Australia is the best, share if you agree" posts on Facebook I wonder how many of those people have been anywhere to make a comparison. I feel the same about the people who get so offended about your opinions. If some drunk is naked and on top of an important religious shrine, being a d-ck, you can be 90% sure they're Australian. My wife is Colombian and sometimes, when we're overseas, I deny being Australian and say I'm Colombian. It is very sad. When I was a boy ,travelling the world with my parents, Australians were much loved tourists, everywhere we went, now it's the opposite.
I'm Canadian, and have met some awesome Aussie tourists here in my part of the country, if that makes you feel better. :-)
@ Paul M..Oh you poor baby. People aren't as friendly now, are they? better than being arrested for nothing, killed for being you, racism everywhere etc etc. You lot don't know how lucky you are living here. Whinge and complain about every little thing just like this woman on this channel. You know the old saying........ Do us all a favour. And not just you either. There's a few here that could do the same. You like to cry about how bad it is, but you're still here! I hate racism and bigotry and homophobia and all the other phobias, but you and this idiot RUclipsr have no idea. You go to one country and think you know better? LOL. You take yourselves WAY TO fucking seriously and need to take a good look at yourselves and your petty, excuse laden, problem searching somewhere else.
I think you missed my point. I do know how lucky I am to be Australian. And I have been to a few more than one country
@@paulm2550 As an Australian I don't appreciate your racist remarks. For all I know it was you and your family that gave Aussie tourists a bad name.
I don't think it's possible to be racist against your own race
You’re amazing! Love everything you do and you’re inspirational- love from a Logan person 😁
3:20 When she says thongs she's talking about sandals, flip-flops ,slippers, and not lingerie or beachwear from brazil just to be clear for those who maybe confused which may have been just me
Chief Keyes Nah, I think you’re wrong here, mate.
That was a really cool video, thankyou. I'm pretty happy I found it :)
It’s ok Hannah, you miss Japan already. Wowing over groceries is just a concealment lol :p
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Actually, it isn't.
I have been in Asia for 10 yrs (presently in Singapore) and the only things I miss tend to be the little things.
For example, I do miss some Australian fruit. Yes, you can get most things in Singapore but they are not always as nice to my palate.
I miss the local bakery which made the best croissants I have ever had (and I have visited France about 20 times over the last 40 years) and sour dough bread.
And Lindt chocolate here is about $A7.50 when I could easily buy it at Coles or Woolies for $2 on special. Same with ground coffee (over here people often drink disgusting 3 in 1).
I lived in Sydney for 52 years by the way. I like most parts of Australia when I go back, but I don't feel much attachment to Sydney and it I returned, I would not go to Sydney.
As a brit who's visited Australia twice now, I have to say that first off I was made welcome, had a great time and would love to return sometime.
I guess with the speed of the internet you have to be a little laid back. Haven't seen much of Brisbane through just passed by twice on my way north. Must admit i loved the Outback.
Terry . Glad you enjoyed your time here mate. The Outback is beaut, that's for sure. But so too is so many other places from Tassie to WA, to Northern Qld, NSW and Victorian High Country.......and so forth. I love Sth Oz too. Next time that you come, I would definitely give Brisbane a visit. And there's plenty to do on the coast, the amazing hinterland and further west, in a pretty easy drive from Brissy.
My personal favourite is Northern NSW and travelling west to Tenterfield and many other very nice towns and cities away from the coast. Hope you come back again soon.
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Hi Bill yeah, I tried to see as much as I could with 3 months in a campervan. I haven't seen Tassie yet, but hope to. The highlights for me was the Cairns to cooktown coast road, The Blue Mountains, bridge and Opera house, Uluru, kakadu, the Great Central Road, wave rock, Darwin, the Nullarbor, and or course Melbourne where my brother lives.
@@terryneale8663 Whoa.............you have done well mate. Melbourne is probably my favourite capitol city.
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I move there in a minute if they'd have me. Trouble is your government understandably makes difficult at my age. I absolutely loved it. Obviously while taking a holiday you don't see all the problems and the trade offs, but you get tnat everywhere.
Dude. The editing here. 🤭 so clever.
My Asian friend went to Australia 15 yrs ago to study for 2 yrs. People spat on his front door and scolded him to return back to wherever he came from. However, that changed after a few months after he settled down in the neighbourhood. Sometimes things just need time. He loves Australia up till this day even after returning to his origin country for so many years.
i'm japanese living in Aus for more than one year. What I like about Aus the most is nature. I used to live in QLD, NSW and VIC, but WA has the most beautiful beaches I've ever been to. Rottnest Island and Broome have got the best beaches. As I'm Asian, I've noticed that Australian people are quit racist sadly...
They are but Japanese people are even more racist. Japan is an ethnic nationalist country, the jaao ese are even racist to second/third/fourth generation Koreans living in Japan.
I visited Australia for the first time last year (Brisbane) and you're 100% spot on! Specially the internet sucking: I did no expect that one: it was a bit of a shock. Best beaches in the world though. Hands down, no competition! And I've seen some of the best in Asia, Europe, North America, Caribean...
Hahaha ow yes I remember the racism in Australian schools and the streets, one of the main reason why I left
Just discovered your channel! Your videos are pretty damn awesome. I'm from Brissy myself and when I get back from overseas it's like omg I missed you so much Australia 😍
I spent four years in Osaka, and when moved back to Aus I had a weird emotional overload in a Coles, kind of overwhelmed by everything. Plus the thing of being able to understand everyone talking, after years of tuning out Japanese with ease. Drove me mental for a bit.
Lived in Japan for years and didn't bother to learn the language? How very respectful and open-minded of you...
Travel gives us the gift to see ourselves as others see us. It isn't always comfortable, but it is very valuable.
We can go barefoot because we don't spit on the ground, we are expected to pick up our dog's poo and we don't have chooks running around the streets like in Bali.
well we dooo spit alot. idk what country you're livin' in but i see your point, its just we spit on grass specifically
Lots of other cultures don't spit on the ground but also don't walk barefoot. I think it's just the climate the fact that everyone's really relaxed about physical appearance.
If the only point of context that you have is Bali then your not qualified to comment on this post
@CurrentlyHannah Side Note RE: LOST TV Series @ 9.00 mins you say about the lost flight--The flight that crashed on the show that had 48 survivors didn't actually leave from L.A to Sydney
(not sure where you got that ) it left from Australia bound for the US (Sydney to LA ) and crashes a thousand miles off course on an unknown island.
that may be why there wasn't many ozy,s onboard and maybe the other Australians that were on board died in the crash. just saying as I'm a tv NERD when it comes to details.
really enjoying this channel learning so much about cool stuff from you so thanks !
yeah, I like left Australia for like 72hrs and I felt like a stranger in my own land on rtn. cant remember where I was cause I was like soooo drunk. all I remember are all these people who asked me racist things like where I was from, cause that's sooo personal an racist. cause i'm worldly an almost 17 yrs old my opinions and insights are like amazing.
I'm American and recently visited Australia. You Aussies are very laid back...
I live in Italy and the first time I went back home to Aus I almost cried in Woolies because it was so incredible... Supermarkets and such a large variety in food is 100% the biggest thing I miss about Home
So italy doesn't have such things? Wtf? Any country has ...weird
Awesome video! I’m American and have never been to Australia before (been to Japan though) so this was fun and interesting to watch.
I’ve heard some disheartening things about Australians being racist from friends of mine who have experienced it themselves on their visit, but I imagine that the kind of racism we experience here in America is very similar with Australians who discriminate to those who are different from them. Discrimination isn’t limited to one place and great people (like yourself) come from all walks of life and places!
Anywho all that aside it wouldn’t deter me from wanting to visit one day as the country looks like an endless exploration of beauty and adventure.
In Melbourne and Sydney, Australians are pretty colour blind.
How multicultural are China, Korea and Japan? Give the racism thing a rest. That's just the super rich trying to mess with your family values.
You have a great perspective and overall look on life. Thanks for always sharing...
No place like home. Articulate and entertaining. Cute. One thing I noticed is there are more curse words in Australia, LOL People are less patient with people that are not like them. Yes, that's racism. Good video Hannah. Blessings.
It's a sign of the times when someone is said to be racist for becoming agitated at someone they cannot communicate clearly with. Traditionally a racist was a person with a vial hatred towards a race other than their own. Now one can be deemed racist for disliking another nations cuisine or just for having white skin.
For those who do become agitated at people with poor English skills, I would suggest they travel to a non English speaking country. They will soon understand the difficulty of communicating with a foreign language they're not fluent in. This was the case for me when I recently traveled to Japan. However, the Japanese were too polite to get directly angry at me.
Michael what if someone doesn’t care about another persons feelings what if it hurts your own feelings to have to care about another persons feelings does that make the other person racist?
@@robertaus8420 I don't understand your question directed at me. I just wrote a paragraph explaining how the 'racist' word is too overused these days in my original response...
Michael hahahaha it was supposed to be confusing. My point is at what point do feelings stop pushing agendas like racism or any other crap the leftists are preaching.
@@MrMorjo except I speak English better than most Australians I interacted with on a daily basis and still experienced racism I had never experienced before (cause I'm lucky to be white)
Was a good watch & listen thanks Hannah.
There are two types of Australians: the well traveled Aussie who is culturally sensitive, friendly and great to have a laugh with. Then you get the less traveled, very insular and quite a bit racist ones.
There are quite a lot of Australians in Japan because of the relative proximity but the type of Aussie you meet is heavily dependent of where in Japan you are. Tokyo and to lesser extent Osaka is full of rude and obnoxious Aussies but everywhere else in Japan tends to have the the down to earth, really chill friendly Aussies.
The 'Lad's holiday' types are literally the worst in Japan. I completely understand wanting to unwind and have a good time but that shouldn't mean you get to say disgustingly racist and sexist shit at the expense of the Japanese people and they think it's okay because most people in Japan don't understand English, smh.
There are plenty of culturally sensitive Australians who haven't had the chance to travel, most of us don't have the financial opportunity but we're also not arseholes.
In fact probably most of those jerks you're referencing are fairly well off and subsequently entitled pricks.
Meanwhile those of us living in the poor suburbs with the migrants get along just fine, even if we've never left the country, the world has come to us.
You're last "returning to Oz" video just popped up in my feed a year ago and was the 1st I'd seen of you. Hopefully more subscribers coming from this one, and man haven't you become an awesome editor since then!
You're spot in about our internet...our biggest ever infrastructure project and even the most expensive plans can't deliver the speed the Japanese have had forever.
My wife is Japanese and has experienced racism over the years, but less here than many other countries.
I'm from NZ and after a short holiday in England, where my dad is from, I realised just what a backward ass place this really is haha. Great video and very entertaining. I also love your accent! :P
I lived in NZ and Australia for many years and I'm now back in Singapore. I think Auckland's a really decent city, on par with most Aussie cities actually. But there's a big difference between Auckland and the rest of NZ, it's like two separate countries almost. The rest of NZ is pretty backward.
RUclipshasaids - Most English people would rather live in NZ or Oz over England.
@@abcxyz-cx4mr What makes you say this, Marley? Are you British? I have a lot of family and friends in England and most of them would rather be based in England than anywhere else.
AK - Yes i am, I’m English specifically. Most English and British immigrants migrate to Australia (it’s our number one destination), after Australia we migrate to other English-speaking countries like Canada and new Zealand, then we migrate to Spain.
We love the weather, lifestyle, nature, space, laid-back relaxed nature, beaches, sports culture, and general happiness of Australia and New Zealand (plus both countries can banter unlike Canada and the US).
AK country New Zealand is the best part of New Zealand Auckland is the biggest shithole, in Australia it’s the opposite though the city’s are the best in the world but the countryside is so depressing and boring
Heya thanks so much for letting me know how awesome where im studying at is as im actually studying and lived here in Brisbane for almost 3 years. Yea Queensland is very astonishing and im also glad and blessed to be here !!
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Thanks for making this... I’ve been in the USA 2 years and I’m going back to Australia soon...
Didn’t get back yet. Still in Houston it’s been 3 years and I want to go home.
Thongs in Australia vs thongs in America. I giggled a bit when she said," Guys, put on some thongs."
Hey there, that was great to watch. I’m trying to decide if I move back to Australia after 3 years in USA. Difference for me is that I am closer to 50 and my sons are now 15 and 18 and almost ready to move out of home.