I wanted to tell you how much I love your travel and lifestyle videos. The adventures and experiences you share from around the world are amazing. Your travel guides, tips, and personal vlogs are really helpful, especially your focus on road trips, outdoor activities, and hidden spots. Your content is inspiring and fun to watch. Keep up the great work.
We love reading your comments Zakri_Boy 😍 always so positive and helpful. You have helped shape our channel now and in the future. Your feedback to us is so important - so thank you 🙏🏼❤️
@@cjexplores I am really happy to hear that my feedback is making a difference. Your videos are fantastic and truly inspire me. Keep up the great work I can’t wait to see what’s next😍
I absolutely understand, Charlotte - Christmas in the northern hemisphere will be as disappointing to me as one is to you down here - it's all about memories. To me, Christmas is getting the family visits over with and ending the day at the beach just lying on the sand, dozing (best ever was the one we made a picnic and spent the whole day at the beach because we had no family ties that year! 😂). You miss tradition ❤
Lifestyle and Culture is very different in each State. That takes time to understand and unless you have lived and worked in each State you may not appreciate the differences. 🇦🇺
@@cjexplores I will be waiting for that double like button😂 Until then, consider this a double thumbs up. 👍👍 You have got a super fan here. Keep the great content coming.
Hi Edward, sorry for the late reply here! Just catching up with comments now. It's been a full on week 🤣 Hope you are well. New travel guide coming out tonight 🤩
@@edwardleecaliforniausa aww thanks bud, you’re not the only Californian friend we have on here 😉 we are good friends with the channel CA GSP Rescue ruclips.net/user/GSPRescue
I don't care how helpful or harmless big spiders are - for an arachnophobe, the size is the worst bit! I freak out in NZ if I see one bigger than a 50c coin! 😂
It was Durban or Cape Town Mick Fanning went toe to toe with the pointer. Most attacks here are in WA and SA and a few on the NSW north coast. I also live with the dreaded Sydney funnel web spiders as neighbours and in over 50 years I've never seen one. The one that bit me I never saw either, didn't know what it was that hammered my foot until a venom swab test was done. I'm still alive so they're no worries, unless you get bit of course. No probs though if you can get to a hospital, bit of a prob if you can't but. Get it seen to and the only thing that might kill you is the extreme pain you have to put up with for the next day or so. Can't have analgesics incase they react with the antivenom so you just have to clench your fists, roll around on your back in agony biting on a thick piece of rubber. You'll be fine after that, trust me. Never trust a person who says trust me the bloke down the road used to say until he trusted someone who said trust me. He was never seen again for some reason, dunno what happened to him.
Thanks dude. Are you from Wollongong by any chance? Our friend heavily recommended us to go and visit there. Might make a trip down in Summer 😉 by the way, thanks for all the local wisdom on the animals here. Good to know that generally you will be ok if you are ever bitten. Will just make sure we are never without a way to get to a hospital if we need to!
@@cjexplores Northern suburbs of Wollongong. Wollongong used to be a grey smoggy heavy industrial steel making and coal mining town covered in black dust with a not so nice reputation just over 20 years ago. We still have the steelworks and heavy industries concentrated around Port Kembla but now the steelworks are a world leader in 'clean' steel production. Most of the coal mines have closed down also which eliminated the black dust and on a whole it's transitioned from heavy industries to clean energy production and advanced technology research and production. It's actually now regarded as one of the cleanest cities in Australia with high focus now on environmental conservation. Lake Illawarra was the most polluted stagnant coastal waterways with a stench so putrid those living near it depending on wind direction couldn't leave windows or doors open. It's also now become one of the cleanest waterways on the east coast with clear water and an abundance of marine life. Seals are now being seen in the lake for the first time since the early 1900's and being closed to commercial netting has restored the natural balance of species and allowed previously destroyed nurseries to thrive. It's actually acceded expectations which just proves it's never too late to fix or restore what we stuffed up through ignorance and greed. Thankfully the escarpment face has always been protected from development and housing so the entire mountains and escarpment are basically untouched semi tropical rainforest and eucalypt forests with walking and mountain bike tracks all through. (untouched except for early logging in the early 1800's and unavoidable invasive weeds and feral deer running amok in the mountains and even in the suburbs). Actually a previously unknown koala colony was recently discovered accidentally behind Mt Keira by thermal drone. They were conducting a study into the feral deer population deeper in the bush which because of the thickness thermal imaging was the only way to see them. It's also a blessing that we were one of the few environments that escaped the fires a few years ago and has been unburnt since 1968. Then there's the beaches, a 60km line of clean long and short sandy beaches from Stanwell Park down to Kiama and beyond. Probably would have been easier and quicker just to say we have the best of everything hidden down here.
@@FromTheGong hahah thank you for taking the time to write such a lengthy comment. I think you’ve sold it to us! It’s so nice to hear these stories of towns and local councils turning their environments around and bringing wildlife back to once extinct areas! What a feel good story!! Brb looking at flights 😉
I wanted to tell you how much I love your travel and lifestyle videos.
The adventures and experiences you share from around the world are amazing. Your travel guides, tips, and personal vlogs are really helpful, especially your focus on road trips, outdoor activities, and hidden spots. Your content is inspiring and fun to watch.
Keep up the great work.
We love reading your comments Zakri_Boy 😍 always so positive and helpful. You have helped shape our channel now and in the future. Your feedback to us is so important - so thank you 🙏🏼❤️
@@cjexplores I am really happy to hear that my feedback is making a difference.
Your videos are fantastic and truly inspire me.
Keep up the great work I can’t wait to see what’s next😍
I absolutely understand, Charlotte - Christmas in the northern hemisphere will be as disappointing to me as one is to you down here - it's all about memories. To me, Christmas is getting the family visits over with and ending the day at the beach just lying on the sand, dozing (best ever was the one we made a picnic and spent the whole day at the beach because we had no family ties that year! 😂). You miss tradition ❤
LOVE hearing your perspective on moving here!! 🤩
Thanks Dain ❤️ it's been a weird feeling of coming home - to a country that neither of us were born in 🤣
Great information there, and I learned quite a few things I wasn’t aware of. 🤣 Thanks guys. (Your apartment looks very homely too) ❤
Aww thanks Tracy! Yes we are making do with what we have 😊 glad you could learn a thing or two from us!
Great wrap on the important things to know before moving here guys! Looking forward to see how you enjoy the Gold Coast! 🌊 ☀️
Thanks Cody! Appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment ❤️
Lifestyle and Culture is very different in each State. That takes time to understand and unless you have lived and worked in each State you may not appreciate the differences. 🇦🇺
Good call ☺️👍🏼
RUclips should consider adding a double like option because one like isn't enough for channels like CJ Explores. 🌟💖
I'll email the CEO and see what they can do 🤣 thanks for all the support as always. It means the world to us!
@@cjexploreshope you and your husband are well Cory and enjoying Europe and Great Britain summer
@@cjexplores I will be waiting for that double like button😂
Until then, consider this a double thumbs up.
👍👍 You have got a super fan here. Keep the great content coming.
my favorite travel channel. :)
awww 🥰 we are blessed to have you onboard!
Such an informative video guys. Well done. I’m a Kiwi too
Thanks Donna Leigh - nice to e-meet you ❤️ hope your life on the road is going well x
@@cjexplores it’s an amazing adventure. Thanks for subscribing to my channel. I’ll enjoy watching your adventures too.
@@Vanlifewithdonna-leighperfect new video coming out tonight ☺️
Hi all lovely friends how are you happy Thursday night to all of you guys and I hope you having amazing night
Hi Edward, sorry for the late reply here! Just catching up with comments now. It's been a full on week 🤣 Hope you are well. New travel guide coming out tonight 🤩
@cjexplores that's okay don't worry about it all good and your welcome sending love to you and I enjoy your channel ❤️
@@edwardleecaliforniausa aww thanks bud, you’re not the only Californian friend we have on here 😉 we are good friends with the channel CA GSP Rescue ruclips.net/user/GSPRescue
@cjexplores your welcome sending love to all of you guys ❤️
Such a hard thing to relay to people that have not been ..!! cyclones to snow
Exactly! It's such a huge country!
We say Maccas in NZ too 😅
Mick Fanning was surfing in South Africa's Jeffreys Bay when he had the Great White encounter .
Aha! Thanks for the correction there. Glad it wasn't here actually 🤣
I don't care how helpful or harmless big spiders are - for an arachnophobe, the size is the worst bit! I freak out in NZ if I see one bigger than a 50c coin! 😂
You are very informative .My name is Louisa but all the Aussies call me Lou lol It is mainly the guys who use the C word .
Thanks Lou 😜 I think you're right about the potty-mouthed males. It's not everyone of course - but there's a lot out there!
@@cjexplores You can call me Lou anytime 😄
Why would you go north from Perth in winter when it's already warmer than 90% of winters on the planet?
Perth can get cold in winter! A lot of locals holiday north during winter for some warmer weather 🌞
It was Durban or Cape Town Mick Fanning went toe to toe with the pointer. Most attacks here are in WA and SA and a few on the NSW north coast. I also live with the dreaded Sydney funnel web spiders as neighbours and in over 50 years I've never seen one. The one that bit me I never saw either, didn't know what it was that hammered my foot until a venom swab test was done. I'm still alive so they're no worries, unless you get bit of course. No probs though if you can get to a hospital, bit of a prob if you can't but. Get it seen to and the only thing that might kill you is the extreme pain you have to put up with for the next day or so. Can't have analgesics incase they react with the antivenom so you just have to clench your fists, roll around on your back in agony biting on a thick piece of rubber. You'll be fine after that, trust me.
Never trust a person who says trust me the bloke down the road used to say until he trusted someone who said trust me. He was never seen again for some reason, dunno what happened to him.
Thanks dude. Are you from Wollongong by any chance? Our friend heavily recommended us to go and visit there. Might make a trip down in Summer 😉 by the way, thanks for all the local wisdom on the animals here. Good to know that generally you will be ok if you are ever bitten. Will just make sure we are never without a way to get to a hospital if we need to!
@@cjexplores Northern suburbs of Wollongong. Wollongong used to be a grey smoggy heavy industrial steel making and coal mining town covered in black dust with a not so nice reputation just over 20 years ago.
We still have the steelworks and heavy industries concentrated around Port Kembla but now the steelworks are a world leader in 'clean' steel production. Most of the coal mines have closed down also which eliminated the black dust and on a whole it's transitioned from heavy industries to clean energy production and advanced technology research and production. It's actually now regarded as one of the cleanest cities in Australia with high focus now on environmental conservation. Lake Illawarra was the most polluted stagnant coastal waterways with a stench so putrid those living near it depending on wind direction couldn't leave windows or doors open. It's also now become one of the cleanest waterways on the east coast with clear water and an abundance of marine life. Seals are now being seen in the lake for the first time since the early 1900's and being closed to commercial netting has restored the natural balance of species and allowed previously destroyed nurseries to thrive. It's actually acceded expectations which just proves it's never too late to fix or restore what we stuffed up through ignorance and greed. Thankfully the escarpment face has always been protected from development and housing so the entire mountains and escarpment are basically untouched semi tropical rainforest and eucalypt forests with walking and mountain bike tracks all through. (untouched except for early logging in the early 1800's and unavoidable invasive weeds and feral deer running amok in the mountains and even in the suburbs). Actually a previously unknown koala colony was recently discovered accidentally behind Mt Keira by thermal drone. They were conducting a study into the feral deer population deeper in the bush which because of the thickness thermal imaging was the only way to see them. It's also a blessing that we were one of the few environments that escaped the fires a few years ago and has been unburnt since 1968.
Then there's the beaches, a 60km line of clean long and short sandy beaches from Stanwell Park down to Kiama and beyond. Probably would have been easier and quicker just to say we have the best of everything hidden down here.
@@FromTheGong hahah thank you for taking the time to write such a lengthy comment. I think you’ve sold it to us! It’s so nice to hear these stories of towns and local councils turning their environments around and bringing wildlife back to once extinct areas! What a feel good story!! Brb looking at flights 😉
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