Reaction To Questions Americans Ask Me About Living In Australia
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Reaction To Questions Americans Ask Me About Living In Australia
This is my reaction to Questions Americans Ask Me About Living In Australia
In this video I react to an American who lives in Australia answering questions that other Americans have about Australian geography, Australian culture and more.
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Northern Territory is not a state it is a territory. Just like the Australian Capital Territory. Just a clarification.
She didn't even mention A.C.T. at all.
I have come across Americans who don’t like Australia but they are the type of person who thinks Australia should be just like it is back home.
It baffles me why anyone would visit another country and expect or want it to be just like home. This doesn't only apply to Americans by the way!
Americans are a bunch of dumb arses. It baffles me too how stupid and ignorant they can be.
@@mikeyhauThe expression “whingeing pom” comes to mind. Generally if they don’t like the way that we do things here, that’s fine. We will either just ignore them or, if they are really bad, tell them that that’s the way it is and they can either adapt or leave or otherwise maybe we tell them to shut up about it. It’s their problem, not ours.
Dont like it? Dont come! Easy. Want to experience uber awesomeness? Come! Super easy.
Americans know nothing about any other country in the world. They live with their head in the sand. Most think we speak another language. The most brainwashed bunch of people on the world.
I mean really, there's not much to complain about. Although I do think for some people our summer can be a bit much. I live in a sub tropical area and it does get humid and it's not always pleasant, but its worth it for the rest of the great weather. When I lived overseas, it took for me to come home to realise just how bright and beautiful our sky was, and everything else really.
youll fit in here mate no worries 🍻👍
Northern Territory is not a state, she lost me after that and then to my disbelief she questioned whether Tassie was a state!
Yes, I picked those up too, and she had been to Tasmania! 😏
Same how could she not know that
Hurricanes and Cyclones spin in opposite direction due to Coriolis force. There is not enough water in a toilet, sink or bath for Coriolis to overcome factors like the shape of the container.
Also, Australian toilets to not have as much standing water as American toilets.
As a side note, the outlet pipe is wider so they are less likely to clog.
Tasmania is an island state of Australia
It’s the smaller of the two largest islands. Australia has many islands but only one is its own State. That’s Tassie.
@@DeepThought9999Tasmania is also not geologically part of the mainland.
Is Tasmania a state? Definitely not the question to ask when you're in Tasmania!
Western Australian here - the eastern states tend to forget there is a western third to the country and this state has, in 1933, voted to secede from the Commonwealth of Australia despite the constitution saying it is not possible to do so. In fact, prior to Federation, it was only the vote of the residents of the goldfields in the eastern part of the state, that carried the vote for Western Australia to become part of the Federation of the states, to form the nation of Australian in 1901 - the majority of city voters voted against it.
Perth is regarded as a very laid back city, much slower paced than Sydney and Melbourne. If you want exciting night life, hectic life style, Perth is NOT the place to be.
Are you still whining about that? Your name should be Karen, not Heather.
The Trans Australia Railway was built as a concession to Western Australia joining the Commonwealth.
Well, if you did something good....
Just joking 😊
@@geradkavanagh8240stating facts is not whining?!🙄
Aussie states are huge . Western Australia is about 4 × Texas or 1.7 × Alaska. Of our 6 states 2 of them are bigger than Alaska and 4 of them bigger than Texas . We're pretty big down under.
Water does go down the drain opposite to the northern hemisphere.
A huntsman spider is the most common in the household non venomous n doesn't hunt u,it won't bite unless u grab it n the bite is only a pinch u won't bleed or not much,its just a scary name n they grow large but like our snakes they aren't particularly chasing u.we have a shared occupancy with wild life....we don't have bears,cougar or alligator in the toilets 😂
Particularly interesting because a saved a Yellow faced whip snake from our cat the other day. When I put the photos of it online 9/10 people said it was a Brown Snake. Last spider I had to round up was a nasty one. A big unknown species of either trapdoor or Funnel web. Nearly bit my dog's nose and it was actually one of the most aggressive spiders I've ever seen. (Dog was lying down and the spider was going for his nose.) That Specimen ended up with Queensland museum.
It's so true. The huntsman and other spiders know you are home and anticipating your entry the moment the key goes in the door. They are good company and just hang out. One needs to be careful closing doors as huntsman have been known to lose a leg or 2 in the door jam.
@@valiaudet3415 I'm constantly dodging the 'small' wolf spiders under our high set house of a night. They are a bit like huntsman spiders but a lot faster when they move. I try not to step on them normally. Always have to check for trapdoor spiders, mouse spiders and related venomous ones. Don't get many huntsman's anymore because a couple of willy wagtail birds have cleaned them out in our yard.
You should come on down for a holiday man you'll definitely love it
He has already been to Melbourne and surrounds
Its true that Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory are Territories, not States, as some commenters are hyperventilating about, but practically it makes virtually no difference except in cases of constitutional law where the Fed gets heavy handed and over-rules them on something. They cant do that to a state.
Im not sure about the toilet, but I can tell you for sure that water going out of a sink or basin does go the other way.
Each state of Australia has its own characteristics. As the colonies expanded out from Sydney, they were settled at different times and in different climates so they formed different habits. Queenslanders growing up in the tropics and sub-tropics are different to temperate climate Victorians and Tasmanians. South Australians are just psychopaths but they do make some nice wine.
It has become more 'homogenised' with people moving between states quite readily for jobs or retirement.
Well, every state has its own flavour, so to speak and Tasmanians have two heads, although many will have one surgically removed, especially if they've moved to the mainland.
I've lived in every state in Australia except Tassy and SA but have also lived in the NT and ACT. Never really been interested in living in Tassy and SA is only a place you pass through when going from one place to another, like driving from Darwin to Perth during the Wet (Green) season, when the West Coast Highway is closed due to flooding or getting from the East coast to the West coast or vice versa.
The differences are more regional that state.
Listen, come to WA mate.
Pick the right time and we will take you to the Kimberley and show you things you’ll never forget. 👍
Banter is real between different states. We love to put shit on each other for shits and giggles. 😂
As an Aussie I would fervently like more Danish and North European policies in place. And definitely wish we had the EU food standards. (We allow 4000 artificial food additives that are not allowed in EU food, while the USA allows 6000). Australia is more right wing and less environmentally friendly than Northern Europe. So politically and legal wise we could be a lot better. On the other hand our geographical isolation contributes greatly to the sense of safety, and therefore relaxation in Aussie culture. The housing crisis is a true crisis and politicians are treating it like a problem of supply and demand, when in reality it is a fundamental change in economics: instead of housing being either owner occupied or rental occupied as an Income generating investment Asset, housing is now further divided into two more classes taking a huge slice away from occupied housing: unregulated Air BnB short term rentals, and houses held as empty appreciating assets. Letting tenants occupy it would degrade the house’s physical condition and this resale value as an asset.
Let’s see if those two problems get recified.
Maybe you should be vegan and grow your own🌴
I am more Conservative but I agree the main issue is Investment in housing. So many Policies need removing but unfortunately most majority parties on both sides are reluctant or unwilling to address it head on. It is only going to get harder for the Youth and in a country this size it almost seems a joke. A house is more than just an investment, it's a Home.
4000 additives, doesn't mean you have to eat them.
Bloody hell! That gave me a good laugh.
She was going really well until she admitted she'd been to Tasmania and didn't know it was a state 😅😅 Yep, there are differences between ppl in various states but most of them are based on clichès as much as reality. I say this having lived in several of them!
Only half arse research done on her part
We tend to take the piss out of one another in different states ie Perth is 3000 miles away from anywhere, unless you call South Australia somewhere. One of mty favourites which really gets Tasmanians going is calling Launceston in Tasmania, Inceston.
“Unless you call South Australia somewhere” How arrogant. South Australia is a great state, just like you think Western Australia is. Produces 85% of the world’s opals.
To answer your question just before the 5min mark there is actually a difference in accents between the states but maybe only us Aussies notice it but there also is different sayings and pronunciations between them with some words for example the word Balloon will sound quite different from someone born in Queensland (Ba-loo-when) compared to someone from Melbourne (Ba-loon)
If you have been in the ocean you have been doing stuff that can involve sharks. Except north QLD ant NT the crocodiles have eaten most of the sharks
Hey you should check this American girl , she goes into the bush and catches snakes at night, not your average American tourist.
Australia, Cairns wildlife night hike.
Jaime Sommerfeld.
Australian food is nothing like American food, we don't deep fry everything & have alot variety
1. You would think you would do some basic research about a place before you moved to another country. I did when I lived and worked in the USA.
2. She measures the area of Aus by flight time which is illogical. Why not just say that Australia is about the same size as the contiguous 48 states of the USA (ie USA minus Alaska and Hawaii).
3. I feel honoured when a Huntsman visits my home. I let him/her stay as long as they like. They are non-venomous, timid, do not build webs, usually live only on the ceiling and only come down a foot or two to say g'day, but what's more, they eat all the mozzies, flies, ants, other spiders and insects.
4. Australian food is NOT like American food. Aus food is a lot better even the American fast food chains have better quality food in Australia. Remember, it was Aus that sent Starbucks bankrupt in Aus because the coffee is crap.
5. Australia is a constitutional monarchy and not a republic like the USA. Australia has the parliamentary system of government based on the British Westminster system, but instead of having a House of Lords as in the UK, Australia adopted a Senate similar to the USA. The Prime Minister is not elected by the people like the USA President. He/She is just a member of parliament elected by the people in the electorate they represent and then is elected leader of the governing party by MPs who are members of that party.
Some places still have the stage coach roads are a new thing and the police wear blue uniforms not red coats now😅
Snakes can detect heat, so standing still won’t make you not seen, however by doing so, you are not presenting a threat to them, and therefore are safer. If you are right next to it, stand back, out of range from it’s bite, and if you are not right at it, just run lol they are usually not that fast and are not gonna chase you down despite what I always thought when running from them as a kid on the farm 😂 also, if you see a snake put its head and neck in the shape of an S (Remember S for Strike) it is making itself ready to strike you and bite. So beware. Never corner a snake, as it will feel threatened and is very likely to attack you. It almost certainly will actually. And if you come to Australia, especially if you want to hike or if it is summer, learn how to apply a compression bandage. It is how to treat snake bites before getting to a hospital so you make it there without dying. Every kid learns this at school in Australia. Usually every year, reptile and animal keepers, or biologists will come to the school, talk to the kids, show the animals, and teach them safety. Just like in Australia, there is a history of kids drowning in dams or pools because it is hot here and kids wonder around, so every kid at school learns how to swim. And laws say you must put a fence around your pool.
Tasmanians apparently have six toes.
And two heads!😂😂😂😂
@@nimbinguy Always easy to spot a Tasmanian. Lumps under the clothing. 😂
We each love our own state and their are minor differences and slightly different accents, but our States are much more aligned than different. Laws in one state are similar to the other, fines and such are set by the states and they can differ but much more homogenous than the US
She looks like Paige from Summer House.
Perth WA. Bloody hot, nice place, mostly friendly people, (other states friendly too, WA a little bit more.) many beautiful coastal towns to enjoy. Mining capital of Australia.
Adelaide SA. Slower lifestyle, country town feel. Nice place but slightly behind the rest of the country. Often joked about as being a little bit backward.
Darwin NT. Darwin city least popular place for most Australians, high crime rate. The rest of the Northern Territory has magnificent scenery and crocodiles.
Brisbane QLD. Beautiful city, three months of sunny weather, rest of the year cyclones further up and Pandora's box of erratic weather. Every bug known to mankind.
Sydney NSW. Vibrant city, beautiful bay, opera house, fast paced lifestyle, magnificent scenery in the blue mountains, and home to the number one Aussie rules team, the Sydney Swans.
Melbourne Victoria. Worldwide group voted Melbourne, "the worlds most livable city," seven years in a row. Vibrant cultural art/music/nightlife scene, while retaining an easy-going, comfortable and relaxing feel to the city. An hours drive to the world-famous Great Ocean Road, 35K to the picturesque towns dotted around the gorgeous rainforest of the Dandenong ranges. Coffee capital of the world. World-famous Melbourne Cricket ground. (MCG) (has Australia's best weather, fireworks will come in the comments, but Melbourne rarely has the "extreme" weather conditions of most other states)
Hobart TAS. Most Aussies and visitors enjoy other parts of Tasmania besides the capital. Launceston, (pronounced Lonceston) Devonport, Ulverstone, Burnie as well as the lesser known coastal areas, plus Cradle Mountain and many other sightseeing delights.
Canberra Australian capital territory. Downside is it's full of politicians and kangaroos. Often registers the coldest temperatures. Locals rave about it, not so much other Aussies. Unnatural/ plastic feel to it, as it was purpose-built from scratch to be Australia's capital.
Most Australians will usually say the best state, is the one they were brought up in. (and will often bag the others)
Huntsman spiders are harmless. Only weak minded people are scared of them. big bonus is they dont make webs. where I live its spider city. my gutters block up with spider webs, not leaves. every tek screw on the side of a shed or fence has its own tiny spider making a tiny web to catch tiny bugs. the small birds (typically the 'Willy Wagtail') fly around eating them off buildings.
Practically there is minimal differences between people in different states, but certain things are played up. Queenslanders tend to be a bit more 'Ocker' (stereotypical Australian) in their accent and mannerisms. Sydney-siders have a quirky way of pronouncing 'oo', e.g. school is 'skiewl'. Melbournians are all hipsters. Taswegians all have two heads due to inbreeding.
Mate….have a beautiful 4-5 inch huntsman spider in my back room who I have named Steve….beautiful looking creature and wouldn’t hurt a fly…well that’s what I tell the flys..
"Austraiwya". great Scottish pronunciation.
Dude, she has an American accent!
Sydneysiders call Victorians “Mexicans” because they are from South of the border.
tasmainans have 2 heads Haha😂😂😂✌️🍻
Yes she is an American and a beautiful one at that
Toilets flush opposite direction simply because we are opposite eg northern hemisphere opposed to southern but it's a gravity thing n even if I'm wrong on why we Toilets flush different directions
The direction of the flush has nothing to do gravity. It is the earth's rotation that affects the flush direction, just as it does with wind systems and currents.
It's a load of malarkey - the Coriolis Effect does not work on sonething as small as a toilet or sink drain.
Melburn or melborn?
Sydney is the best
Americans are obsessed about our snakes and spiders, but they all have weapons! The Big City on the West Coast is Perth, that's pretty bla clear! One day we may have more States, but for now each has its own voted government and income! The 2 Territories are controlled by Canberra! It's definitely healthier life here! Same government as the UK! Come down here then just have a burger? Yes, we're all so beautiful! 😂 She's unworldly! 👍
Australian food, I would call a typical meal, corn meat and veggies, sasages and vegies, breakfast bacon and eggs. But that is old school, I was born in 1955. Today Mcdonalds, Hungry Jacks, Red Rooster Chicken. Fish and chips is very common. Pizza. About one third of peoplie here were born overseas, so we have a huge variety of food. Asian, Estern, European , Indian, Around mid last century after WW 2 a lot of people from Greece came and a lot ran fish and chip shops.
If she's going to answer questions, she needs to have SOME idea what she's talking about. Honestly
Watch another channel
Australian food is healthier than American food
Oh my, what an expert. She admits to having lived in 2 cities on the East coast and is giving advice based on her vast experience of living in ALL of Aus. The best advice she can give to her friends is "get off your backside and come and have a look, you wont be sorry - there so much to do and see" But tell them they need a lot more than a 4 week holiday, Tassie alone is going to take 3 - 6 months and then you only see half of it, bush walks, waterfalls, lakes and don't me started on the quality of the food. Every state and Territory has enough to fill in the rest of your life. And the best advice I can give another Aussie is "if you don't know what I'm talking about, then you haven't spent enough time looking at what we have. This place is fantastic, full of wonderful people. BTW it's impossible to take a bad photo in Tassie.
That was a let down...
Stupid question, What is the West coast?😂
Those Americans could just use Google. Seriously
Last spider death in Oz was 45 years ago in 1979. 🇦🇺🦘
Do Australians find nose rings disgusting?… yes, yes we do
I live in NSW and we call the victorians Mexicans, because they are south of us, and the Queenslanders we call banana benders, and they call us cockroachs ,
It's all treated as friendly rivalry with a tiny bit of wire brush .
I thought Victorians was just proof that Tasmanians can swim.....lol
A lot of Victorians have no idea what you mean when you say Mexicans. It's a very Sydney/Canberra thing to say (well, obviously).
I reckon more bananas have been bent in Coffs Harbour alone than in the whole of Queensland.
In Western Australia we call every one else 'Eastern Staters'.
@@JBofBrisbane Yeah true but then Coffs Harbour don't have theirs knocked every cyclone season.
Drop Bears are real. We all ride kangaroos to school or work, but when our parents were young, they all had to walk over 20 kilometres bear foot to get to school.
Luxury!
Uphill, both ways!
Yes there are cultural differences and rivalries between states not dissimilar to that between various regions in the UK. There's nothing more satisfying than poking fun at a Queenslander.
Rightly so, but teasing those unfortunates forced to live interstate is only fun for about the first 50 years and then the novelty starts to wears off. By then you'll find something else to occupy the mind, until it's cricket or footy season again and it all comes back to being good fun after all.
Keep the huntsman spiders they don't hurt you and they eat insects. Yes water drains the opposite way here
Poking fun at a Victorian?
I am assuming you are from the North of NSW and I am from the South.
Magpies are more dangerous than snakes,i was the shortest youngest kid walking to school on dirt road/track in the 60s snakes moved off the track n magpies swoop n put holes in my head😂
It's not to hard to protect yourself, wear a sturdy hat.
Magpies and bullants are the two animals Aussies are scared of.
@@givemespace27421: Bullants,forgot about those! Horrible things, I have 3/4 acre block and several nests, I've been bitten a few times. Very painful.
I've had a wild python strike at me but jumped back before impact. A magpie sought me out and hit me with such force, as an adult, that I was knocked off balance and left bleeding from my temple. I was travelling in my Motorhome and was parked where others were entering this area. I put a sign on the back to 'Beware of Magpies', yet most thought I was referring to the AFL team of Collingwood and paid the price! I was bitten by a bullant when a young child and screamed blue murder, it was that painful. Right on my fingertip when climbing an embankment. We all simpky need to share the environment.🇦🇺💖
Truth is it’s not what it was. We have the worst PM in history. His government is turning this country to shit. Inflation through the roof, no housing. Food is super expensive. It used to be great not anymore. 0:15
A funny thing is when i came back to Sydney after being in Queensland my baby sister said i didn't know u could talk their language 😅
Ah, there you go sibling rivalry can only be enhanced by the border crossing. And cross at the wrong time of year and it's not just the mind you have to readjust, but the watch as well (reset them both forward by an hour.)
It's a great day, "eh." That's a nice car, "eh."
Yeah there are cultural differences between the states, different words for things, that kind of stuff, but they're generally not huge.
Some pretty dumb questions, a lot of them could be answered by looking at a map.
Yeah in Tasmania they have a two headed people unlike the rest of Australia.
“These are the questions that I have gotten” 🤦♀️ one of the examples of Americans butchering the English language 😂
Spot on about rips
Americans who don't like Australia probably wouldn't make videos about it
Queensland is the Texas of Australia - they do things differently there. Also Qlders are born with a chip on their shoulder when it comes to relating to other states. Prod them at your peril.
We are the best yes 😂😂
Are you sure it isn't Louisiana? In reality, if you're going to do a comparison, Florida is the obvious choice. Both are littered with high rise eyesores along the coast.
1. Queensland actually has a small town called Texas.
2. The chip on our shoulders comes from all the prodding..
Personally i think people like the idea of Australia because of our work life balance and our attitude to it. I have spoken to a lot of my American friends and they tell me that over there they 'live to work'. Everything seems to be about working and making money. What is the point of making money if you don't get to enjoy it? We work hard and we play hard because life is short and it is pretty bloody pointless if you don't get to enjoy it as much as possible.
I went to school in the US for a couple of years. I was told by an American that those divisions of Australia on the map are NOT states, because they are "too big" to be: "Texas is the biggest state".... Where do you start?
The US has states and territories, as does Australia. The main difference there is that by and large the States are larger in area than those in the US - very simply there are many fewer of them covering an overall area not that much smaller than the US. The national population is under 10% that of the US. Again, very much as in the US, the powers of the federal government are spelt out in the national Constitution but the powers of the States are not (I appreciate that that is a generalisation, but a thread such as this is not the place for legal niceties). The powers of the territories are spelt out. There is an Australian Capital Territory pretty comparable with the District of Columbia, and the Northern Territory which covers pastoral land in the central north, There are a couple of others that we need not bother about here.
As someone who was born and raised in Ireland by comparison there is little or no difference in culture of accent between the States. Each state has a different driver's licence and car licences.
Toilets flush which ever way they are designed to flush.
what is this work life balance you talk about?
What the heck is naw and cleeaw????
She “dates” the huntsman spider 🕷️ 😮
As for differences between states, I would say the Aussie accent of Queensland tend to be broader than elsewhere but more so if you go inland. Queenslanders tend to talk with their mouths semi closed ( to keep the flys out in summer ). Folk in Adelaide in South Australia tend to talk slightly posher, however Melbourne and Sydney folk tend not to have strong accents.
Most Australians can generally understand English from any overseas tourists regardless of accents because we are widely travelled and watch both US and UK TV (because local stuff is boring to us.)
Oooooo. The Taswegians a gonna spew at this one!
Yep on a good day the shit runs up hill
I married my cousin in tazzy
N the ancestors have 3
Fuck yeah .
People in Queensland finish every sentence with Ay (eh).
No, we don’t. You only believe it.
Addressing Question 4: Yes, water does go down the toilet and sink in the Southern Hemisphere the opposite way to that of the Northern Hemisphere. It's easier to test in a sink than toilet.🇦🇺💖
@MichaelRogers-et8dq I heard of this in an episode of the X-Files when it was stated that water was going down the drain in the opposite direction to what is necessarily the norm. I then got up and tried it myself and it worked in my bathroom sink. There's no need to fill it up completely, but just concentrate on whether the water is swirling clockwise or counter-clockwise. Try a little water in a bathtub if you have one. That may work. If that doesn't work, you can always take my word for it? I'll never give you anything but an honest answer.💖
There are differences between the States, but I wouldn’t say they’re dramatic, it’s usually some kind of bragging right for one thing or another, but not aggressively for most people. The accents may vary slightly, the real differences in accent you might see is between the Bush and Regional places and bigger Cities. If you were to compare the risk of a Civil War in the U.S. to Australia, it’d be very unlikely to happen here, the aggro just doesn’t get to that level.
I know the lady catching the huntsman.
There are many ways the cultures can be divided. There are differences in the types of sports player/watched, the history of settlement, different aboriginal cultures, different laws and different social 'climates'. NSW tends to be very beuarocratic and is commonly referred to as a 'nanny state' meaning it holds your hand and makes rules for everything. Queenslanders on the other hand will not be told what to do, QLD is very much the Texas of AUS, horrible environmental impact, lots of mining and forestry, rebellious population, lots of rural population centres.
Surely you and we have had enough of these 'Australiana" videos. Prefer the comedy.
7:20 City Beach, which is the closest to Perth CBD (10 km) and is now the best beach in the metro area.
Trigg is another good beach which up until the 80's had great surf, along with Scarborough. Before the 80's both beaches used to get regular 3 to 4 metre waves.
Today you'll be lucky to find one over 1 metre. Scarborough and Cottesloe beaches are now over-rated commercial eyesores.
What beaches were you at mate , I don’t recall 3 & 4 meter waves at local beaches
@@davidhowieson9657 Then you weren't around in the 50's or 60's.