a bogan would be better described as 'unsophisticated' rather than unintelligent or undeducated. Many people embrace their inner 'bogan' by confessing to loving all the simple Australian things. They tend to care zilch for fashion and prefer comfort

@thrusta100

2 жыл бұрын

Kath and Kim

@peterfromgw4615

2 жыл бұрын

Mate, bogans are not necessarily “uneducated”….. “unsophisticated” is acceptable

@jamesbartholomeusz3771

2 жыл бұрын

Also bogan has a more urban edge.

@arokh72

2 жыл бұрын

I would agree with this. I'm a medical scientist, yet prefer to wear my 'trackies', even to the shops, as one example. I hate sport, don't smoke, and don't drink, but live in a simple fibro house in country NSW, basically live in my trackies, enjoy a chiko roll, drive a 16 year old Falcon, and thus identify as a bogan, but I'm educated, heck I worked as a demonstrator for medical students at USyd before moving bush.

@matthewfranklin8427

2 жыл бұрын

@@arokh72 trackies, fibro house and a Ford Falcon. Yep bogan. Ford Falcon tips it for me. Older the better for cars. Preference is for a Holden or Ford. One question. I know you don't like sport but do you love cars? Not posh stuff rev head stuff.

"First you have the cities and outside of the cities you have the suburbs. Outside of the suburbs you have the bush and at the back of the bush is The Outback." Perfect. Needs no further explanation. 👌

@chrischapman1522

2 жыл бұрын

I believe out back is an abbreviation of "out the back of beyond"

@tubester4567

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, its a best explanation I have heard.

Another name I've known dagwood dogs by is pluto pup. Growing up they were always pluto pups, 1980s NSW, and I seem to only have heard the name dagwood dog in the last 25 years or so. As for the 'maggies' (magpies) if you chuck meat scraps to them, and I know many people will condemn this, they'll remember you and not attack. This only works for the magpie mob that lives around you, but it's worth noting. It also means they'll 'trust' you enough to being their babies onto the lawn when the fledge from the nest. For those from the UK, Aussie magpies are a different species to those you get in the UK. European magpies are corvids, and related to ravens and crows, Australian magpies are from the Artamidae family, and are related to say the Fijian woodswallow.

@56music64

2 жыл бұрын

Yes arokh72, that is correct, my husband and I both remember them being called pluto pups at the Brissy Ekka

@FionaEm

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in 70s and 80s Brisbane, and they were always dagwood dogs there.

@baird55aus

2 жыл бұрын

If you going to throw meat at a magpie make it mince that been frozen then thawed. It kills the bugs that can harm the Maggie.

@glennt7214

2 жыл бұрын

I've only ever know them as pluto pups.

@davidroberts1960

2 жыл бұрын

True about the Magpies. If you feed the local ones they do not attack you when they are nesting. Difference between Pluto Pups & Dagwood Dogs seems to lie in their place of manufacture. The Pups are mass-produced in a factory. These days they’re made by US-owned Simplot who also make Chiko Rolls.

Learning so much about Americans by listening to you describe Australia. Thank you for these videos

Samantha is right about the magpie's and once they know you and come for a drink you can, over time, really become friends with the locals, a friend has them come to his balcony rail every morning and sing for him, he gives them some food in thanks, awesome.

@AndyViant

2 жыл бұрын

Save the Bacon bits off your cheese and bacon roll for them and you'll have a friend for life.

@JB-zs1oq

2 жыл бұрын

I have a friend who began to "grudgingly"give some food to a magpie that was in his front garden area. Over time that bird brought his "wife" and eventually their "children", a real family affair. The male adult will actually sit on the arm of my friend's seat and occasionally on his arm or hand.

@elisahelen

2 жыл бұрын

And they have one of the most beautiful songs

@robparsons1527

2 жыл бұрын

@@elisahelen They sure do, they are singing for me right now. My favourite bird song.

@MrScrofulous

2 жыл бұрын

My wife is besties with the local boss magpie. He not only hangs out and brings the fam over, he brought her a half-dead spider as a gift last year. Now she has a pet spider too.

I have seen roundabouts all over the world, but if you really want to see something scary while driving, you should try a hook turn with a tram going past. Melbourne is the only place in the world which has these fun turns. Basically it is turning right from the left lane.

@221BBakerStreet

2 жыл бұрын

Right. I'm from WA and back in the eighties I was doing my Army basic training at Puckapunyal in Victoria. I was told after being posted there that if I wanted to drive in Melbourne I would have to sit a driving test to make sure I could do the hook turns. The first time I did it I thought I was going to die.

@baird55aus

2 жыл бұрын

Piece of piss. You just sit on the left and wait for the light to change to green on the road you want to turn in to. No different to waiting for a green arrow just from a different location.

@kymyeoward306

2 жыл бұрын

The reason is - Melbourne has a busy tram (street-car) network. Hook-turns at key CBD intersections allow fast crossings for trams - which provide key public transport to the inner and middle-ring suburbs.

@PiersDJackson

2 жыл бұрын

Combining Roundabouts and Trams... I give you Haymarket Roundabout on Elizabeth and Peel Streets, and Flemington Road, and Royal Parade (and adjacent to Pelham and Bedford Streets).... not only is it an obtuse (non-circular) roundabout with roads entering and exiting non-perpendicular, and service lanes... you have not one, not two, but three Tram crossings... two tramlines converge in a Y interchange.... and there's a cluster of flagpoles.... just to the central north of the city.

@melissamarsh2219

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, hook turns are crazy

The Outback starts just on the other side of the Black Stump. Hope this clears things up for you. All the best.

@peterfromgw4615

2 жыл бұрын

Mate, yes that’s 100% correct. Doesn’t make any difference where the Black Stump is actually located. Grüße aus Australien.

@resourcedragon

2 жыл бұрын

And no one admits to living in the Outback.

@gazzasinkers4140

2 жыл бұрын

And Black Stump used to be a great restaurant chain here too

@jeffreyflynn2805

2 жыл бұрын

Yep just past Woop Woop

@UteChewb

Жыл бұрын

There used to be an old joke: the Outback is always to the west, until one day you travel so far west that they tell you the Outback is some way east. No one knows where it starts, it's more an idea, but you'll definitely know when you are in it.

And then there is a CUB, a cashed up bogan. Usually a tradie with an $80,000 ute towing a $100,000 ski boat with a sticker saying "big balls ski racing" or something similar. A bogan is not a redneck, it is a behaviour and mindset rather than a socio economic construct. Everyone has their inner bogan.

Magpies aren’t the only birds that swoop in Australia, plovers among some others do too in mating season.

@SH-qs7ee

2 жыл бұрын

Other birds can as well; I have had the very unfortunate luck to have been swooped by a duck. That was an experience that will need a change of pants after.

Two other expressions I remember and loved from Australia in the 1970s to describe a long way away were. It’s beyond the black stump. It’s back of beyond. Though I recently heard it attributed to Rudyard Kipling.

@godamid4889

2 жыл бұрын

Rest easy. Kipling had nothing to do with it - references to black stumps as boundary markers track back a good sixty years prior to that Pommie.

Petrol stations are "servo's", Seven Elevens are known as "seven oh's", U Turns are known as "You-ies" or "You-Bolts", bottle shops are "bottle oh's", the local shopping centre is "shop-oh", relatives are "relly's", football is "footy", etc etc

@anniej6191

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard shoppo before - which region are you from? Servo was new to me when I moved intestate to NSW 30 years ago, while it was just a boring old 'petrol station' where I grew up.

@angelicasmodel

2 жыл бұрын

I've always heard 'the sev' for 7-11

@girlfromoz712

2 жыл бұрын

NEVER heard of seven-os’s, let alone shop-oh. Sounds like something you made up.

The Outback is often a concept more than a specific place. Similar to the way the Boonies or Boondocks in US English don't refer to a specific place but the idea of a sparsely populated region. Some other expressions you might hear with a similar meaning are 'Out beyond the black stump' - there is no black stump it's just a place far away. 'Out whoop whoop' or 'Gone whoop whoop', 'Out in the middle of nowhere' and 'Out the back o' beyond'. Now that I think about it we have quite a few expressions for 'A far away place with no people', can't imagine why that is.

@theamonks775

Жыл бұрын

There is a black stump - it’s at Blackall, Queensland.

@D4N1CU5

Жыл бұрын

@@theamonks775 there is *a* black stump in Blackall. A couple of towns in NSW also claim to have *the* black stump. They’re probably all wrong/ right as a black stump would have appeared all over the country thousands of times so would have been a common landmark to use. In any case if I say something is “out beyond the black stump” now I don’t mean it’s in rural QLD (or NSW for that matter) I just mean it’s somewhere far away.

Magpie swooping is def a thing. They are smart though and will get to know your face in your area. Apparently, there were more swoopings when we were all wearing masks because they didn't recognise their locals. I have a birdbath that I fill daily so the magpies around here know me.

@KindaAustralian

2 жыл бұрын

That's brilliant! I might go to Bunnings and get one 😆

@samsta65

2 жыл бұрын

@@KindaAustralian do it! you'll have those rainbow lorikeets in there in no time. You'll know when they're there because they get loud!

@skotty1962

2 жыл бұрын

Was just about to add this. Yeah magpies are quite smart and will remember you if you are not a threat. Usually only happens during nesting time not all year round.

@marcus1979oz

2 жыл бұрын

Magpie swooping season is basically September rest of the year they are fine

@westaussieeggs8867

2 жыл бұрын

oh I love my Maggies, they come up to me when I am gardening expecting a worm or caterpillar. They bring their young ones, sometimes it is a whole kindy. The young ones keep their distance but the adults know where the treats come from. They never swoop me.

Good video! A lot of these are things most of us never even consider as unusual until we have to explain them to a person from overseas. Then we end up with quite a few confused looks lol. Oh hey and I saw you watching Ian on his live stream (IWrocker) he seems like a really nice person and he has an insatiable thirst for knowledge about Oz and NZ

About Vegemite - a few years after it was launched in 1923, the makers - Kraft Australia - needed a sales boost, to compete with the UK-made yeast spread Marmite. So shelves with Marmite soon had a competitor alongside it - Pahwill. So “Ma might, but Pa will” People took up the Pahwill challenge - and when it outsold Marmjte, Kraft changed its’ name back to Vegemite.

Hi Kaitlyn, Yes magpies do swoop during their breeding period and when there are chicks in the nest and it normally the male that does the swooping. However, if you have seen them around your area, and you want do not them swooping you when they have young in their nest, then what you need to do is to stop where they are and feed them, preferrable with raw meat I use kangaroo mince, before they start nesting. They will then associate you as a friend and a being that feeds them and if you feed them when they have young chicks and fledglings they normally will not swoop at you in the future.

Tip: Magpies warbling in the evening will remind you that they are nesting.

Bogan is the true undiluted essence of an Australian, all Australians have a bit of bogan in them diluted to varying levels depending on how sophisticated they have become. Think of it like alcohol, Cate Blanchett & Nichole Kidman would be a light beer, most Australians would be full strength to heavy beer and a proper bogan would be 70%+

@tubester4567

2 жыл бұрын

She is really good at explaining things, she understands the nuances of everything,

@UteChewb

Жыл бұрын

I used to live in Logan, Brisbane. I got to like the bogans there. Pretty multicultural and tolerant. Uneducated but good people, battlers. The ones I don't like are the "cashed up bogans". Besides, I'm a bit bogan myself, even though I rank as well-educated.

Haha Schnitty😆. I've always loved that nickname for Schnitzel. It's just fun to say. Oh the magpies things is very real. Most of us have experienced that especially as kids riding our bicycles. Just wear a hat and sunglasses when you are walking through any areas where they are nesting. The councils usually put up sign to let you know that you're in a nesting area.

@banyaga-di-palawan

2 жыл бұрын

Funny, been in Oz since 1986...I've never heard if schnitty...???

The roundabout at the Arc De Triomphe in Paris is the maddest one I've ever driven around, it's insane. And magpies are definitely real, you'll crap your pants the first time you get caught because you NEVER see or hear them coming....no joke.

One popular expressions years ago was "back of Bourke" and "beyond the black stump". This may have been the beginnings of the expression of "outback". From experience, once you drive on "The cut line" (Bourke to Tibooburra) you can see where the expression could have come from. Thoughts, anybody?

@godamid4889

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly? Makes sense. Out back to me as farming stock refers to the back paddocks. The undeveloped land. Out back of the property. Waaaay out back.

@terryjeisman7550

2 жыл бұрын

There actually is a black stump, it is the marker for the end of the old national survey, it's near the town of Bourke.

@godamid4889

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryjeisman7550 black stumps were traditionally used as boundary markers of a property. That particular black stump marks the very edge of civilisation.

Magpies only swoop to protect their babies. However, you can make friends with Magpies, we feed the ones near us and they do not swoop. They also bring their babies to visit and the number grows each year.

As an Australian, I've never heard the word 'shnitty' but snitzels were originally beef and still available in that form

@anniej6191

2 жыл бұрын

I hear Schnitty all the time. I guess it must be regional (I'm from Melbourne and Wagga).

Eastern brown snakes are found in roughly the same areas as red bellied black snakes but are known to be aggressive and far more venomous (they're the 2nd most venomous snake in the world after the inland taipan - also an Australian native)

@serenityviolet1304

2 жыл бұрын

Whereas the Red-bellied Black snake is not very aggressive. You are more likely to be bitten by the Eastern Brown.

There's a huge roundabout with a car yard in the middle of it in Brisbane. Or at least there used to be. Haven't been to Brissie in a while...

@mikeyhau

2 жыл бұрын

The Audi dealership at Indooroopilly, yep it's still there.

"I am going up scrub" is another reference to going outback.

With Magpies, make friends with them, go to a pet store and get some Magpies food and talk to them. They are very smart and will remember you. I have a family of Magpies and they bring they babies and I have never been swooped..

Re Schnitzel: They _were_ veal - weiner schnitzel. Now you will find them as beef, as well as chicken.

99% of Aussies will actually call a 'dagwood dog' a 'pluto pup'. At any local take-away the menu board will call it a 'pluto pup'. 'Dagwood dog' is more of a show term.

@turnpiketed6383

2 жыл бұрын

Must be a Sydney thing, never heard the term Dagwood Dog here in Melbourne.

@sirsamtheman

2 жыл бұрын

Queenslander here. I've never heard the term 'pluto pup'. I only know the term 'dagwood dog' but I've only ever seen them at the show.

@OzVicBitter

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirsamtheman Never been to a local fish and chip shop? The places that sell 'works burgers'? Of Pauline Hansen fame.. They may have different name in QLD?

@bohemelavie1

2 жыл бұрын

Victorian who has lived in the NT for 5 years... never heard of a Pluto Pup. Edit: just did some googling. Pluto Pups is the name of the item when it is manufactured on mass by Simplot (the same company who make chiko rolls) Dagwood Dog is what it is called when it is made on site at a vendors stall and has no affiliation to any specific brand.

@gravelsandwich

2 жыл бұрын

I'm reginal Queensland and have always known them as Dagwood Dogs....

Roundabouts are a British invention. Some can be huge (vide: Hyde Park Corner in London. It's the seven lane junction of four two lane roads - five if you count Park Lane dual carriageway as two. Now that is EXCITING driving) but mostly they are a very convenient way to solve road junctions. They do not present the same interruptions to traffic flows that Traffic Lights do - Senario: It's three in the morning, no traffic and yet you are looking at a Red. You know, if you jump the light, there will be a cop waiting. So you sit there, steaming. Roundabouts Rule! Give way to the right (or Left if you are a Yank or European). Could not be Simples

@roxannlegg750

2 жыл бұрын

yes - i learned to drive in the UK, and i maintained that if you can drive in London...you can drive anywhere!!!!!

@daveamies5031

2 жыл бұрын

There's a really big roundabout in Canberra, so big our parliament house is in the middle of it 🤣

@terrybebbington3032

2 жыл бұрын

It's not "give way to the right" !! This is a common misbelief. It's "give way to vehicles already in the roundabout". If you are already in the roundabout & the car on your right comes thru fast & hits you, he is in the wrong.

@davenwin1973

2 жыл бұрын

The modern roundabout is of course a British invention, but the original roundabout was created in the United States, and were called traffic circles. The old traffic circles were more confusing, as there were no dividers, and theoretically could turn left to go clockwise, when you're supposed to go right to go counterclockwise. They also had either stop signs, or traffic lights at them. This method was used in the 1920's, and new traffic circles were discontinued in the 1950's. New York City is one place that still has the old style traffic circle. It was discontinued, due to too many accidents, and the traffic lights didn't give people enough time to exit the traffic circle. When the modern roundabout was brought over to the US in the 1980's, those that remember the old traffic circles despised the roundabouts, because they were worried that accidents were going to go up again. The slight change in design, and not having stop signs and traffic lights at roundabouts, help keep traffic moving, as long as they're sized properly. The divider at the roundabout forces you to go just one way, and in the US, it's to the right, to go counterclockwise. This person did not do enough research on this topic, as the older version of the roundabout was an American thing. Depends on where an American lives in the US, roundabout is used in much of the US. Some still use the word, traffic circle. Now in Massachusetts, especially around Boston, and they're called rotaries. In Carmel Indiana, an Indianapolis suburb, they're known as the roundabout capitalist of the US, as they have more than 100 roundabouts in their town. I can't confirm it, as I live 3 hours from Carmel Indiana, but I heard that because of all the roundabouts, that the town doesn't have a single traffic light.

The royal show travels to every capitol city through out the year, Adelaide has it's royal show in September.

Dagwood dogs are also called pluto pups. Also, if you get one without the stick it's called a battered sav (in NSW)

If you are worried about Magpies Swooping. Make friends with some. They are very intelligent and pass the message to other magpies that you are a friend. You can look up what types of foods they like

Some, but not all, Magpies and Plovers can get *really* agro especially at nesting time. I walk the dog through parkland most days. The Maggies mostly just watch us walk by and then go about their business (except one that has taken a dislike to my dog). I do keep an eye out for those nasty drop bears though. Cheers. 👍

@elisahelen

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently Magpies remember people. So if you have a good relationship with them or don't upset them, generally they won't go for you. But it is hard to predict

Out of the cities you will rarely hear the word Bogan, and you will experience magpie swooping unless you don't leave the house during spring. It is a real thing. Wear a hat for safety.

Hey, Kaitlyn, I hope when the time comes, you will do a thingy on the polling booths, and voting at the election, and how it compares to the US. I don't think Australians can imagine waiting in long queues on a Tuesday to vote. And it would be really interesting to hear your views on the experience. I am sure you will be able to observe Mark doing his thing, whilst you watch

@melissamarsh2219

2 жыл бұрын

And the democracy sausage!

@musicalneptunian

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissamarsh2219 *BUNNINGS!*

@melissamarsh2219

2 жыл бұрын

@@musicalneptunian that’s not a democracy sausage!

@terryjeisman7550

2 жыл бұрын

In 2007 got to the polling booth at 8:05 am and didn't get inside until nearly 11:00. There are at least a dozen old folks home and over 50's communities in our electorate and they arrive by the bus load at 8:00am and with their wheel chairs, walking frames and need to chat to every political party's rep outside the polling place it is a very long process!!!!

@PHILMROSE

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryjeisman7550 I hope you are going to go after 11 this time

Tip for Magpies, they remember people's faces for life, and train their chicks as to who's nice and who's not, if you feed them regularly they won't swoop you during breeding season, which is good because they're around for decades when they set up home End yeah a bogan can be pretty much anyone, I'm well educated and fairly well off but still classed as a bogan 🤷😂

@DustyGloo

2 жыл бұрын

Until you're out taking a nice bush walk in another area and all the Maggie's are strangers lol.

G'day. Really enjoyed the video. Magpie sweeping is a def thing as I have been swooped once or twice. I also love the Rainbow Larikeets as they gather every sunset where I live in SW Sydney (Liverpool to be exact). In fact, mum rescued one, that had flown away and she has become a real lovable pet and a great family member.

@56music64

2 жыл бұрын

Yes husband had his glasses knocked off his head and was left with a 2cm cut above his ear. He hates them now. We had only stopped at the park so he could have a "twinkle" and the bird got him!

The outback is beyond the black stump. That's where you're find it. Lol

I used to drive taxis in Western Australia, and to say I was amused when a woman from the US tried to give me directionsis a massive understatement. If you can picture this being said in the thickest mid western US accent possible..."Go straight until you come across the traffic circle (roundabout), then you go about half way around it and keep going until you get to another traffic circle. Turn right at that traffic circle and...." You get the idea. There were a lot of them in this town, but between the use off "traffic circle, her accent, and the fact I had told her I knew how to get to where we were going, I think this was the most American experience I've ever had. :D

Pretty sure bees are slightly more deadly than snakes in Australia. Pretty sure horses are like 10x more deadly than snakes. But people fear the snakes and spiders. Nearly stepped on a red belly black snake (or what i beleive to be one). I was walking on a gravel path in a field and it was sunbaking. As I got near it I was attacked by a swarm of like flying ants or something, so i was busy swatting them away while walking and didnt see the snake till i was basically on top of it. I leapt forward quicker than i thought i could. Then after that for like the next hour every single stick i thought was a snake.

I'm an Aussie and I lived in the UK for a year and I was blown away by the fact England mostly has round abouts a much fewer traffic lights. I'm in Melbourne and we dont call them snittys.

@isis-daisy3384

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm from Melbourne living in the UK and I genuinely can't remember what we call "schnitty's". What do we call them? 😂

Lamingtons are stale sponge cakes cut into squares dipped in chocolate with desiccated coconut sprinkled on the outside.

No all magpies swoop. Only nesting ones with young who have had adverse reactions with people before. It is a habit to protect their young.

The outback is anywhere the crows fly backwards to keep the dust out of their eyes. Usually beyond the Black Stump. You've never felt fear until you've been swooped.

I would generally consider the Outback is where the average rainfall is too dry to grow crops like wheat and the only type of agriculture is grazing sheep and cattle. This is where farms are called stations, which is equivalent to a ranch. The nearest town or neighbour's house could be over 100 miles away. Conversely Australian rural areas where crops are grown are similar to the American mid west like Kansas and not considered to be in the Outback. Isolation and lack of services isn't anywhere near as big an issue.

@SH-qs7ee

2 жыл бұрын

Basically, if you see mostly trees its the bush, if you see mostly rocks, its the outback.

@rhonafenwick5643

Жыл бұрын

Tangentially, for Kaitlyn's interest, the biggest grazing station in Australia - Anna Creek, a cattle station in South Australia - is 23,677 km² in area, which is larger than the US state of New Jersey.

Regarding Roundabouts, in Right Hand Drive countries such as Australia and Britiain, you enter and go around in a CLOCKWISE direction, in Left Hand Drive countries you enter and drive in an ANTI-CLOCKWISE direction. In a three lane Roundabout, in Australia, the outer lane is for left hand turns, the middle lane is for driving straight through and the inner lane is for right hand turns.

I moved away from Washington County, OR in 2005 and later moved back in 2019. In the interim, they replaced a number of troublesome rural intersections with roundabouts. Two of them are very close to my house. I love them. Sadly, one of them has a monument to a teenage driver who died as a result of an accident at the bad intersection the roundabout replaced. We still have a number of nearby intersections that terrify me due to the high speeds that cross-traffic can reach.

Port Hacking Rd, NSW is the ultimate Super Roundabout - I think there are 8 or so turnoffs & it is a great place to take new drivers who are learning to drive. Alot of churches / charities do Lammington Drives where thousands are baked & sold by the dozen. You will see tables at shopping centres or outside churches. Vending Machine at a site I worked with had a Red Bellied Black Snake inside the drink machine. Lorikeets - you need to get up North to Currumbin Wild Life Bird Sanctuary - you can feed them twice a day with special food. Wear a hat as they will jump on you as they feed. Worth the visit & expect them to poop on your hand too.

Red-bellied Black Snakes generally prey on frogs, so you tend to find them around swamps. They are big and venomous, but they aren't very aggressive, so you don't need to freak out if you encounter one in the bush. Just make plenty of noise, and they'll get out of your way.

Magpie swooping is brutal!

I feed Magpies twice a day on my front porch , they wake me with their call up sitting on front couch every morning if you look at a magpie directly and talk calm to them they recognise you as a non threat and don't swoop.

I think the real Bogan is a dying breed. I grew up in the 80s. Flannel shirts, mullet, smoke Winfield red or blue, drive a v8 , no shoes, multiple earnings, swear like no tomorrow .. these days the word is like a badge of honour ..

take a stroll in parra park in the spring time and enjoy

Lorikeets are like a bigger budgie. There are also red and green king parrots, always in pairs, and black cockatoos in groups of 2-10 or more. When you see them, it's going to rain...

Oooh... lorikeets! I live in southern Brisbane and it is lorikeet country here! If you have ever heard of Curumbin, there is a sanctuary there where bird feeding happens with the lorikeet flocks. The loris will gather at dusk in numerous trees all around here. I remember when I was working at Coles a suburb over in the late Aughts that driving over for my 5pm start the trees along the sides of the streets would always be raucous with lorikeets.

There are 'Shows' all over Australia, not just Sydney.

Dagwood dogs are also known as Pluto pups

During magpie season I wear sunnies on the back of my Akubra, because the magpies think they are eyes so don't attack.

Many towns have a "Show", and each city has a "Royal Show" - the origins are animal judging, which evolved more broadly to judging foods and crafts and over time they've evolved even further to include fairground entertainments (rides, sideshows etc) and of course a heavily commercial aspect - showbags (which originated as free sample bags) and sections of the show that are literally just a whole bunch of vendors plying their wares. I *think* in most states people will recognise it as "The Show" (or "The Royal Show"), but there are some local variants (in Brisbane they call it the "Ekka" (derived from exhibition) and some people in Canberra call it "Epic" (the Canberra Showgrounds are "EPIC" - Exhibition Park in Canberra)). I think in general the Shows (certainly the Royal Shows) are timed to avoid conflict with each other - Canebrra is in February, Sydney over Easter, Brisbane in June, Adelaide in early September - although it appears Melbourne and Perth overlap this year (not sure if that's normal or if one has been delayed because ofd COVID)

@musicalneptunian

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It''s amazing what the shows expanded to. As a kid I went to The Royal Melbourne Show in 1981. Sure there were the farm animal contests. But also there was a "Rocket Man" who for real had a fuel tank strapped to his back and he took off high into the air. For our safety at the arena [showgrounds] he was tied by a rope to a stand so that he couldn't veer off into the crowd. It was for real. The noise of his rockets. He went WAY up, I'd say about 40 metres up. There were also pop culture exhibits, like a full scale model of The Knight Rider car. I also saw Dean Hutton from The Curiosity Show dip a rubber ball into a bucket of dry ice and drop the ball. It shattered; he warned anyone before hand not to touch any bits. Good times!

@monicakenny7564

2 жыл бұрын

The Ekka is always in August not June.

@sav7568

2 жыл бұрын

Show = county fair

@deadshot8077

2 жыл бұрын

Brisbane’s show isn’t in June.

@TimmyTickle

2 жыл бұрын

The US equivalent would be state fairs or county fairs

A simple explanation of the outback is: If the next nearest town is more than 100 kilometres away, you're already there

Corn Dogs or Dagwood dogs are called Pluto Pups and then you have something similar called a battered sav which is just a half frankfurt split down the middle and coated in normal batter and deep fried

my local maggies come when i call them but just down the road they hate me lol

When I was a kid my family and I went to Hawaii and my dad had to stop and ask for directions. I remember the guy called a roundabout a "Rotary"

May have no idea what I'm talking about, me that is, but I think the term 'outback' came from the saying "out back of Bourke". Correct if I'm wrong.

Magpies are very intelligent birds, they can easily recognise individuals. if you have any paths you frequent that have "beware nesting magpies" signage befriend them before the nesting/breeding season starts and they will not bother you even if they bother others.

Also Kaitlyn, don’t annoy or don’t make it look like you’re threatening them. They will leave you alone if you leave them alone ❤. They only swoop to protect their babies. I’m 31 and I’ve never ever been swooped at. Same for my dogs and my lab pup chases them. No swooping ❤

Hi Kaitlyn, having been in involved in traffic engineering roundabouts are a very efficient and cost effective traffic management device. Depending on local traffic conditions i.e. number of lanes, traffic volumes and the size of the intersection will determine whether a roundabout design would be suitable. Roundabouts have less lost time than traffic lights and all you have to do before you enter the roundabout is simply to give way to circulating traffic coming from your right. When I visited the USA I found a very strange traffic management device at crossroads with 4 stop signs. This is a bit weird as neither approach has priority over the other. A better solution would be to install 2 give way signs on the minor approach. Kevin Pepperell.

@johnziersch4605

11 ай бұрын

Aussie road rules require you to give way to traffic already on the roundabout. Simple.

I love hearing you occasionally slip into an Australian accent! I've noticed it happens more and more as your videos go on. I know it's unintentional but it reminds me of myself when I'm around a different accent for too long lol

Be nice to a magpie and they will be nice to you. Simple.

Chicken fried steak ... Aw come on !!! A Schnitty is often chicken BUT you'll find Veal ( like the original Austrian Schnitzel) or Beef very often as well .. many "Pubs" make them because A) they're cheap, B) Easy (because a lot of the cooks in Pubs are a lot like the "Fry-Cooks" in the US, not well trained and very often lazy, and C) they're usually a safe bet, where they might (probably will) ruin a Steak (which will probably be cr-ap anyway & the cheapest the Pub owner can get) As for the "Outback" we don't know where it begins either, but we sure as sheet know when we're there, especially if we're in the Centre of Oz and see a "Road-house" with a sign that says last food, last Petrol for 400 k's (Kilometers about 6/10 of the REALLY OLD FASHIONED positively mile, which we abandoned in 1974, America should try it, Metrics is ACTUALLY sensible) The last time I was in the US some folk I was working with took me to an "Outback Steak house" it was horrible, aside from the Waiter (Server) deciding he'd sit down at our table to take the orders (why the eff would anyone do that?) He spouted off about the Red Onion (cut into wedges, still connected at the base, dipped in some sort of batter and deep fried) and assured "Us" it was in honour of, and (incredibly common) in NSW where it supposedly mimicked the flower of the States floral emblem - the "Waratah". I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THESE ONIONS IN AUSTRALIA - EVER !! Lovin this though, cheers Mate

I'd say that's the best description of the bush V the outback I've ever heard.

Magpire's swooping is definitely a thing :) They get very protective of their young & perceive people as a threat. On the upside I have lived in Oz for many years and have never been swooped .

Such an enjoyable vid. Well done.

Magpies are less likely to swoop if you are moving slowly, less of a threat. If you are running or bike riding they seem to swoop more often.

I used to work for the CSIRO (government science and research organisation). It engages scientists from around the world. Every spring they'd put a video onto the work Intranet explaining the magpie swooping thing for people who'd arrived in the preceding year from overseas.

Wear a big brimmed hat and the magpies won’t bother you much - just keep walking, don’t look around or panic. They love making your scalp and ears bleed, but a good hat stops that, and it’s good sun protection. You still hear them snapping, but that doesn’t hurt. 😀

Magpies swoop for a reason...they do it because they think we are after their babies....I've only ever been swooped once...I'm loving your videos...learning a bit more about our beautiful country 🐨🇦🇺

Magpie swooping. This is done during the Magpie mating season and it is done to protect the nest. It’s not personal, protecting the nest and the young is a paramount activity. Stay clear of the area and the Maggie will leave you alone. BTW, another bird that swoops are plovers. They swoop for the same reason as the Maggies

I feed wild bird mix to my local lorikeets, cockatoos, bush turkeys and galahs, and share them via YT. Our birds are awesome

Re; Dagwood Dogs, even more weirdly, when I was a kid, in the 70's and early 80's, 'Dagwood Dogs' was only used in Victoria. In NSW we called them 'Pluto Pups', another name derived from American pop culture.

Magpies are beautiful birds. The swooping is just part of the fun of them

Royal is commercialised, Hawkesbury which is this weekend at Clarendon, is the real country feel

Outback can also mean in the backyard of your house, for example im just going outback to do some gardening. 👍🤠

The "Outback" for me, defines the less populated and more desolate areas in Central Australia, Western NSW, Western QLD, Southern NT, Northern SA and Eastern WA. Just that big blob in the centre. The more populated country areas would be either the countryside or The Bush !

@kymyeoward306

2 жыл бұрын

Here in Darwin, the Outback is anywhere south of The Berrimah Line - the road boundary on the southern side of our outer-most suburb, Berrimah. On a map, just look for Berrimah Road and it’s eastern extension, Vanderlin Drive. A key point is where the Stuart Highway crosses Berrimah Road and heads south - for 1,500 kms (900 miles) - or a 19 hour drive - south to Alice Springs in the Red Centre.

@angelicasmodel

2 жыл бұрын

I'd always thought of the bush and outback as being descriptive of the type of landscape. Bush is the tree and scrub forests, and outback are the grass plains and desert.

Bonus 11 Word: "Coffee Scroll". This is a hot bun served in Australian school tuckshops. It has no coffee in it. It's also not really a scroll. Confusing isn't it! It contains Vegemite, cheese and maybe some lettuce, as a hot bun. It's called a Coffee Scroll because the Vegemite looks like coffee. They are magnificent. They are to me what a Philly Cheese Steak is to you! If you let me loose with a plate of Coffee Scrolls...mmm. I am very confident that no American would have any word for a coffee scroll! That schools offer them would amaze Americans.

Kookynie, WA is in the “outback”, and also has a big roundabout. Popular with grey nomads in the cool months.

Red bellies hunt and eat brown snakes. It’s good if you see red bellies around you usually won’t see a brown.

Hi Caitlyn, watching your video of 10 australian things americans wouldn't have words for. You mentioned Dagwood dogs and American corn dogs, you mentioned corn meal over hear would be wheat flour batter.

I call corn dogs Pluto Pups!

"Red-belly black" is one I've never heard any other Americans point out! Similarly, "king brown" is more common than "king brown snake", and "funnelweb" and "redback" for the funnelweb spider and redback spider. Great white sharks are also commonly referred to as "great whites" (or alternatively, "white pointers", a name which also seems to be particularly Australian). Also, while the word "salty" means what it does everywhere, "saltie" means a saltwater crocodile. Important distinction to remember :)

Lucky we don't get red belly black snakes up here in North Queensland. I thought I only saw 3 snakes this year but the other day when mowing the lawn a Butcher bird got himself an 8 inch Eastern Brown snake. Butcher birds are the little brother of the Magpie. The smallest one is the Pee Wee. They all have the same black and white feathers but are not as aggressive as the Magpie. Crows will swoop you if you go near their nest as well as Plovers. Look out for Rosellas there are the red ones and the blue and yellow ones, Eastern and Western Rosella. The King fisher is also a colourful bird. Kookaburra is the largest Kingfisher but the smaller ones are more colourful.

During the 1980's, some sharp-eyed reporters at Sydney airport spotted singer Helen Reddy coming through the arrivals lounge. Thinking they were onto some sort of scoop, they began following her and bouncing more and more dumb questions at her about her 'surprise' visit to the Great Southern Land. A surprise tour? A death in the family? Marriage breakup? It was none of those things, Reddy assured them. "I've just run out of Vegemite", she told them!

I have been swooped by not only Magpies, but Mudlarks and Willie Wagtails too.

If you are worried about magpies in your area during spring , start feeding them now. Magpies are smart they can recognize individual people remember how those people treated them. They swoop if the don't know you or don't like you. If you feed them they wont see you as a threat and won't swoop.

Agricultural shows are held all around the country...bigger or smaller most places have one...While Sydney is arguably one of the biggest its only one in a yearly round of these shows...Brisbane holds its show in August and its called the Exhibition and shortened to Ecca...lots of the carnival rides travel around the shows all year...a great tradition and a fun activity once a year...

Besides the Dagwood Dog, there is also the Battered Sav. It can have a different batter and is a Saveloy sausage instead of a Frankfurt and less likely to have the stick. But you will see the name Pluto Pups used for a Dagwood as well.

is also known as a Dagwood Dog, Pluto Pup, or Dippy Dog, depending on region. Variants use wheat-based or corn-based batters. ive always called them Pluto pup ever since i was a young kid,

Avo has a short 'á' sound, like lamington (also called a lammo). As Aussies are always keen to abbreviate words, we also like to shorten Vegemite. In a sentence: "Hey babe, would ya like some Vegie on ya toast?" Bogan is a compliment when used between bogans. Please see YT content from my friend Classybogan.

@resourcedragon

2 жыл бұрын

Australians tend to use short 'a' sounds a lot.

@heywoodjablome5630

2 жыл бұрын

@@resourcedragon like in the name of A'straya.

Magpies are very intelligent ... give your local magpies treats in non-breeding season ... they can recognise you and will not swoop you while nesting ... their songs and chorales are glorious.