50 Things That Are Only Possible In Australia | American Reaction 😲
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Thanks for watching me, a humble American, react to 50 things that are only possible in Australia! And thanks the Bright Side for the video to react to. Subscribe for more Australian reactions!
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One day an American will pronounce emu correctly, but today is not that day.
@Artyshell53
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@toprock9500
Жыл бұрын
yup its pronounced "emew"
@OmnivorousReader
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, not holding my breath on that one.
@venderstrat
Жыл бұрын
It's okay - I'm Aussie and refuse to pronounce Oregon properly.
@dcmastermindfirst9418
Жыл бұрын
Eeeemooo 🤣🤣🤣
Weird thing being Australian - we don't think it's huge. We think nothing of driving 12 hours to get from Sydney to Gold Coast etc. We are SO used to driving long distances and FLYING long distances. Just second nature to us.
@krashdown5814
Ай бұрын
Too true, it's much quicker now with the A1, and when the Coffs Harbour bypass is completed, a great fang.
@hellabella8295
Ай бұрын
America is a similar size but they just have more cities.. we have DRY, USELESS DESERTS AND DUST.. 😂
@davecannabis
Ай бұрын
yeah my houses mail box is 600 metres away from my front door
@krashdown5814
Ай бұрын
@@hellabella8295 They do have a 200 year head start on us, but NSW's GDP is bigger than France's, and they are wingeing about the proposal they retire at 65. Our time will come, we will become a Superpower, if we can keep China out, they want our resources, many as yet untapped.
@MomoSimone22
Ай бұрын
That is so true! I have an Indian mate who hates flying and the length of flights he avoids sounds like nothing to me. He would actually avoid travelling and holidaying because a 14 hour flight is torture for him. It takes me almost a full day flying to Europe from Sydney and I'd do it, no sweat. And even driving from Sydney to Melbourne to visit family for a holiday was something we'd do yearly. It's around a 10 hour drive, and you just do it.
I read an article years ago that said technically we are 12km LARGER than the states. You have to count Tasmania people.
@alisonmurray1110
Ай бұрын
Must we?
@rosiepercy3486
8 күн бұрын
@@alisonmurray1110😂😂😂 Us Tasmanians are a part of Australia. So I guess you must. 😅
I know this is an old video, but it's worth a mention. In 2023, QANTAS was rated the safest airline on the world and has won that title 8 times in the last 10 years.
@user-Mishelle
7 ай бұрын
Fact
As an aussie, once he said "I'm guessing the snakes and stuff are living on the other side of that fence" that got be bursting into laughter 😂
@shaylaharrison1489
Жыл бұрын
ikr it's so entertaining watching americans trying to understand australia
@Someone-ij8dj
Жыл бұрын
that cracked me up too i had read thte comments to see is i was the only one 😂😂😂
@dnoordink
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I think at least half of them live around or in my house.
@annemareepeachey7196
Жыл бұрын
yep 🙂
@GarySaltern
8 ай бұрын
You have to realize americans get very little education he also had to look up what a Dingo is. But it made me laugh as well. I'm waiting to see his reaction when I told him a platapus is a mammal that lays eggs and to check out the Lyer bird I AM CANADIAN Lol Isn' t a kangaroo just an up hill haggis that came to Ozz from Scotland?
I was once working in the UK and a colleague was telling me his wife and he were about to visit friends in Australia. I asked what their plans were. He said, "Well, we land in Perth in the morning, so we'll hire a car, visit friends in Adelaide for morning tea. Have lunch with other friends in Melbourne and perhaps afternoon tea or dinner with friends in Brisbane. Maybe on the second day we'll visit Eyre's Rock and the Great Barrier Reef." I had to burst his bubble. I just had to.
@elowishusmirkatroid4898
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, we had some English friends staying with us. They asked if we could go and camp at Uluruh for the weekend. We lived in Melbourne.
@mariestreeting4213
7 ай бұрын
😆😆😆
@belindahutchinson5333
6 ай бұрын
😂😂😅
@shirleyjenkins11
5 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@louisereid1744
5 ай бұрын
Bloody hell, I never knew you could plop Australia on a map of the US and we would fit! Lol…
This is so well researched... The platypus doesn't have a toxic bite. The male platypus has a poison spur on it's back legs. Egg laying mammals are refered to as monotremes. There are, in fact, three species of monotremes. The Platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus) The Spiny Ant Eater (Echidna) The Easter Bunny. Two of these are native only to Australia.
@yvonnecaldwell6088
8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂👍🇭🇲
@judithstrachan9399
4 ай бұрын
Bunnies aren’t mammals. So, back to 2.
@bloodyslatts1452
4 ай бұрын
@@judithstrachan9399 sorry Judy but I'm going to have to put my pedant foot down here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit Times change. 3
@judithstrachan9399
4 ай бұрын
I stand corrected. Bunnies ARE mammals, as are rats & Guinea pigs, which I should have known. But only the Easter Bunny is a monotreme, right?
@judithstrachan9399
4 ай бұрын
I’m just used to big mammals, I suppose.
Barbie (BBQ) Toastie (Toasted Sandwhich) Surfie (a person who mainly hangs out at the beach) Westie (a person living in the western suburbs)
@ravenouself4181
Ай бұрын
The USA got demoted
@gilcampagner8249
27 күн бұрын
Aussie !!!!!!
They missed it altogether in the video, and I haven't noticed anyone else here mention the Australian drop bears, which surprises me. They're found all over the country and can be a quite serious hazard to unwary visitors since they have a habit of dropping out the trees onto passers-by. Some are very large, and heavy! However, this only happens mainly around twilight, so you really only have to be careful for an hour or so after sunset.
@the_person_in_the_photo
Жыл бұрын
Creepy little things, nowhere is safe
@papercup2517
Жыл бұрын
@Black Sheep Biker Did you hear, they've named a subspecies they've identified in the Northern Territory Ursa australis tombolus s/sp 'Freddie Mercury' on account of its very prominent front teeth? Makes it sound cute, but you wouldn't wanna get bitten by one! (They carry a lot of diseases, apparently, transmitted through their bite.) :-)
@papercup2517
Жыл бұрын
@@the_person_in_the_photo Little? Some sub-species are a fair size, when full-grown. And, as Black Sheep Biker has pointed out, there's nothing little about their teeth! :-p
@robertvogt1527
Жыл бұрын
I live in Australia and I can assure you that there are no such thing's as drop bears.
@A_nony_mous
Жыл бұрын
@@robertvogt1527 You've clearly never come across a grounded adult koala. Those things are vicious!!!
The "bitten by a platypus" bit annoyed me because it's a spur on the hind legs of males that distributes the venom. If I remember correctly, it was thought that the platypus was fake and that they'd just sewn together different animals for publicity reasons after being to a newly discovered land. I still find that hilarious 😂
@normanwierzbicki7434
Жыл бұрын
Lol when you hear there is an egg laying mammal that has a duck bill and webbed feet and primarily lives underwater you would think it’s fake too, imagine hearing about a bird who gives birth to live young and produces milk and lives underground and you would get the same result, it would be unbelievable til you see it
@Tasoq
Жыл бұрын
@@normanwierzbicki7434 I get it, I still just find it funny
@BeardedChieftain
10 ай бұрын
Koalas also have a venomous spur.
@sandyb4453
10 ай бұрын
@@BeardedChieftain😂
@dusty4502
8 ай бұрын
That really pissed me off too. Do the Brightside ever actually do comprehensive research? 😡
Finally an American pronounced Melbourne correct, I can die peacefully now
@thedevereauxbunch
6 ай бұрын
Yeah but he tore emu a new one
@jitterstheclown
27 күн бұрын
YEAH
If you come North, you'll see a Golden Orb Weaving Spider. I rang the museum when one moved onto my laundry got onto the arachnologist who assured me that all spiders are venomous but only two have a biting record and no one has died since they came up with an antivenin. The interstate flights using recycled cooking oil is garbage, that's diesel engines and is not suitable for flight.
"The burgers are better at Hungry Jacks" is the slogan they use and they actually do shit on Macca's bits of cardboard
@peterrobbins2862
Ай бұрын
That's not much of a challenge
@DogLord1234
Ай бұрын
I hate fast food, but HJ's are the pick of the bunch for me
@mylesdickenson9060
Ай бұрын
You get better burgers from your local takeaway/fish shop compared to the crap both these mobs sell.
@DogLord1234
Ай бұрын
@mylesdickenson9060 for most people, hungry jacks IS the local takeaway/fish shop
@jitterstheclown
27 күн бұрын
FUCK YEAH
As an Aussie I say we do enjoy people learning about our lovely country 🦘
@nadinec4895
Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@piggypizzaman2253
Жыл бұрын
That is so true
@lott.ie269
Жыл бұрын
But I hate when people pronounce Australian brands wrong
@reesedundee8525
Жыл бұрын
yeah when they arent bloody wombats about it though.
@sarahstoney6299
Жыл бұрын
I'm an Ausie Aswell and i agree
Camels were brought to Australia by Afghans many years ago for work in the outback, with the camels they brought over they also had their own Afghan handlers. When the camels were not used so much many were let loose and they multiplied like rabbits, maybe not in the same position but they multiplied a lot over the years
Well done Ryan educating yourself. Been to the US 6 times and found many citizens there did not seem to know much about the world outside their country. I blame that on the media that seems very country-centric.
Qantas is one of the oldest and safest airlines in the world :)
@raymondbabb1970
2 жыл бұрын
Accurate.
@Jakethestoner
Жыл бұрын
never had an accident
@DaveWhoa
Жыл бұрын
*THE* safest
@martinmckowen1588
Жыл бұрын
@@Jakethestoner actually has. The record is no jet fatalities.
@SalisburyKarateClub
Жыл бұрын
@@martinmckowen1588 Correct, admittedly most occured in the early 1900's, the last one was 1951
fun fact in australia if an aussie comes across a snake, spider or anything dangerous we will ignore it but when we come across an magpie or mozzie we will run for our lives
@user-di3kl7ii8g
Ай бұрын
OMG 10000000000000000% YYYYEEEESSS
@CharlieTheGoat2.0
Ай бұрын
Nah, magpies are chill.
@hdqtwz
26 күн бұрын
snakes meh, crocs cute, spiders oh those again, mozzies gahh damn thing.... roaches ..... the bloody things fly here
@IDKWORM
20 күн бұрын
100% true during mating season or spring
You're doing good mate, not many Americans come close to properly pronouncing Aussie slang or even regular English words with an Aussie accent. Don't let the sh#t stirrers convince you otherwise, you're doing great.
There are also about 250,000 people of Maltese ancestry living in australia ( a large influx came from Egypt and settled after the Suez crisis they were settled mainly in Melbourne ) with Malta itself only having a population of around 550,000
It never ceases to amaze me how Americans know so little about the rest of the world. I can't imagine what's taught in U.S. schools. Highway number one circumnavigates Australia, NOT how its referenced in the vid, as wheel spokes. Kangaroos cant walk backwards, but they can lie down and wriggle, so your kangaroo idea is flawed. Aus has about the same population as Texas, but is the size of the U.S. (less Alaska) Do you know there were boats before ancient Egypt times? Camels can swim, but to swim across the Indian ocean might be a stretch. And yes, Oz is very livable. We might have snakes, spiders and crocs, but no assault rifles. 😒
@Renegade040
Жыл бұрын
Agree, but go on some KZread sites where they go onto the streets and ask Americans questions about there own country, they have no clue at all.
@Harry-tk2nt
Жыл бұрын
Did you really have to right a whole paragraph mate
@dalelc43
Жыл бұрын
Camel's were imported to Australia for travel across the desert, they didn't magically disappear after the car took over. They run wild and make babies, we have no use for them so we export them back to where they came from.
@markallen1782
Жыл бұрын
America is big enough to be able to ignore the rest of the world and not care. It's only when you visit America that you find out how insulated they are from the rest of the world...
@PiersDJackson
Жыл бұрын
“God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain
I actually have been in a situation you described with a Kangaroo. I live on a farm in the bush, and have many Roo's hanging out on my property, and 2 of them are super friendly and have been around since they were joeys. One night I woke up to hearing noises in my hallway just outside my room, I went out to see what was going on and one of them I named Rudy was hoping up towards my bedroom. I had to usher him back outside, but yeah there is no going backwards for them, they just try to turn around , or hop and spin at the same time. I had to pick this guy up and turn him around... he was super friendly though, I wouldnt recommend it otherwise
@janicevango5791
Жыл бұрын
Made me laugh when he remarked about boxing with kangaroos. Yeah, good luck with that!
@smplfi9859
Жыл бұрын
I saw videos where you just put a bag over their heads and they fall in.
@the3rdlung
Жыл бұрын
@@smplfi9859 Haha yeah I know which video youre talking about, I think thats only for joeys, makes them feel like theyre in a pouch
@thesummerthatwas76
Жыл бұрын
Whoa. I'm English but spent a month touring Oz by motorbike in 2015. I saw a few grey kangaroos and they're mean looking. I would have locked myself in my bedroom and called the RSPCA or the Army
@the3rdlung
Жыл бұрын
@@thesummerthatwas76 hahaha
In 1984 a group of Australian Aboriginal people living a traditional nomadic life were encountered in the heart of the Gibson desert in Western Australia. They had been unaware of the arrival of Europeans on the continent, let alone cars - or even clothes.23
Add.: One of our UNESCO sites is the stone homes and aquaculture systems at Budj Bim. They're some of the oldest remaining human constructions in the world at >6,600yo, and among the world's most extensive aquaculture systems to this day. (For context, the Cairn of Barnenez, which is usually 2nd place on "oldest constructions" lists online, is 6,800yo. For some reason, they always forget about us!)
@rjbiker66
7 ай бұрын
Budj Bim is disputed.
I used to work as a concierge in a 5star hotel, I had Americans ask about day trips, from Melbourne, to the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru and Tasmania. Had to try explain that it would be like a day trip from Miami to Boston or to Kansas...they couldn't believe how far it was...
@beverleyferguson8942
Жыл бұрын
A relative from England asked if he could take him to see where people lived underground and dug for opals if we weren’t busy one day! We are in Melbourne!!!!
@DuctTapeJake
Жыл бұрын
@@beverleyferguson8942 Look... you could probably GET to Coober Pedy in under 24 hours...
@andreagriffiths3512
Жыл бұрын
A relative in England asked my folks if they could pick them up from the airport if they nabbed the bargain flight to Perth. Our reply was ummmm no. We’re in Melbourne 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@mremtb7689
Жыл бұрын
I met some Americans overseas and they told me planned to come to Australia the following year for 2 weeks. I asked which part they were going to visit and they replied, all of it!
@Marco_Sparko
Жыл бұрын
To be fair, Tasmania is only 1hr flight from Melbourne
Australia's population is 26 million as of the beginning of 2022. That video was created a number of years ago. Americans are very shocked when you find out how large Australia is. Qantas is safest airline in the world and it is also one of the oldest. Most of Australia is a desert and it doesn't treat fools lightly. Aussies are taught at a young age "DON"T screw with the wildlife."
@Nathan-ry3yu
Жыл бұрын
30% of Australia is only desert. But if you put that in context of land mass. It still swallow Europe. Not all Australian population live around the coast. Many people still live inland but not in the central centre as its a dry red desert there. The state of Victoria and NSW and Queensland has large towns all over the state not just on its coast. As they made out Australia is in this video. And I have seen a kangaroo jump backwards many times. So I don't know where they got that one from
@tracysage2565
Жыл бұрын
Sue. Qantas was one of the most dangerous airlines for years , I don’t know where you got that from . Look up their history
@rmsteutonic3686
Жыл бұрын
we are also taught at a young age how to swim
@Callawaygolfer
Жыл бұрын
@@Nathan-ry3yu it’s not Ethan 30%
@tocamia2804
Жыл бұрын
@@rmsteutonic3686 i was taught to swim at 7 but my sister only swam when she was 11
The national highway is so long because it essentially circles Australia near or not too far from the coast. It basically goes through all capital cities of Australia and though they tend to each have different names they all are part of the national highway hence why the distance is longer that the diameter of the earth once you add all the lengths together to get the total length. Melbourne was actually founded by two Tasmanians, Batman and Fawkner. Separately. Female kangaroos have three Vag1na, and often have one baby in the oven, one older one in the pouch and one already out of the pouch but still needing milk. Australia and it's territories do have active volcanos, one is on Heard Island deep in the southern Indians ocean between Australia mainland and Africa Qantas is one of the oldest airlines in the world and has an excellent safety record with no crashed in it's over one hundred years history
They forgot to mention the dropbear fence, and the kangaroo-snake fence, which are two other fences that are right next to the dingo fence, but because they're designed to keep out these other two dangerous creatures, they're a different design. So what you have are three fences right next to each other, of varying heights and made of different materials, each to keep out a specific potentially deadly animal. The things we Aussies have to put up with! Like people that can't say "emu".
@chrissiecarr5721
16 күн бұрын
😂🤣😂Yer Mate, Spot On, your such a Dag😉🤪🍺
One of the very annoying things about this video (apart from the misinformation) was that every time he mentioned the unusual animals it showed a picture of African animals not Australian animals!
@micko11154
Жыл бұрын
Yep, seen it before, classic American telling people about somewhere he's clearly never been and actually knows nothing about.
@mooreandless
Жыл бұрын
This dude is really unlikable.
@BD-yl5mh
Жыл бұрын
While respecting that I’m still fallible, and would still be making videos from a place of relative ignorance, I’m still sure I could research and make a video about Namibia or Mongolia or Kiribati without using images of wildlife from the wrong continent. Maybe I’d mispronounce the name of the capital, or not fully understand a particular cultural practice, but some of the errors in this video are egregious
@micko11154
Жыл бұрын
@John Peric Where else would you find Australian native species in the wild??? Hard one that??
@micko11154
Жыл бұрын
@@BD-yl5mh Exactly! It's just plain sloppy, 'I don't give a damn' stuff!
“Are we not counting that one part that’s separated? It’s own little island.” As a Tasmanian, I lost it at that bit 😂 Don’t worry, many people don’t count Tasmania. We get forgotten and left off of Australian maps all the time 😂
@nevillewran4083
Жыл бұрын
Which is good, otherwise you'd soon be built out. Land and houses are cheaper in Tas. Good roads, beautiful scenery, good beer, good whisky........
@ducquessa4618
Жыл бұрын
Don't worry Andrew ,it's a very beautiful "island"state,very picturesque ,diverse,there's snow ,little wineries, magnificent rivers & bush,even surprised me with underground caves down in Hastings, mainland Oz wouldn't be the same without "little ol"Tassie . I'm originally from Vic ,now up North in Qld. 🤗 Tasmania counts!
@Tinkerbellstune
Жыл бұрын
😢😢😢😢
@DarkKeybladeMaster23
Жыл бұрын
who gave you internet permission tasmania get back to your island XD the mainlanders are speaking XD
@amy_harris_kiama
Жыл бұрын
The best part is that tassie is what makes australia look like australia
15:18 "I'm guessing they live on the other side of that fence" was my favourite line.
Okay just saying he left out so many awesome facts, like Australia invented wifi, the pace maker, goon bags, eskys, fridges, penicillin also made google maps and the flight recorder known as the black box, ultrasound scanner, the electric drill and many many more items this is all i could think of the top of my head lol
@judithstrachan9399
4 ай бұрын
Cement trucks. The ones with the tumbler on the back.
Australia also invented WiFi :) The CSIRO invents a whole lot of stuff that's really cool. The CSIRO is a government organisation that does research and development. Camels in Australia were brought over and then allowed to become wild, I think they escaped then formed a group after their escape. Yeah, I moved to Aus from the USA in 2005 and have no intention of moving back. I love it here.
@aidanmargarson8910
10 ай бұрын
well history .. you know ..
@aahhsplat
6 ай бұрын
Welcome
@LaraKim
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, a friend of mine was part of the group of CSIRO scientists who just invented drought resistant wheat by putting the genes from a native drought tolerant plant
@chelseanicholson348
5 ай бұрын
yeah we invented wifi yet we have the worst
@RodSwift
4 ай бұрын
We also invented Gardasil ;)
The reason that Australia is a really safe country (even with the snakes and spiders) is that we have free healthcare and it is coded into us what to do when you see a snake or spider.
@ZiggysDad
8 ай бұрын
Yep. Don't fuck with them. Common sense. Something a lot of yanks don't have.🤣🤣🤣
@maia_key
7 ай бұрын
and commonsense, sensible, rational and effective gun laws that strike a measured and considered balance
@Floof2
7 ай бұрын
@@maia_key yes those also rlly help keep australia safe. Here I was just mentioning about the wildlife side of things.
@jasperferrie4687
6 ай бұрын
Ya but foreigners don't get free health Care n am homeless n my aunt that's lived there 20 years still don't got her aussie status cuase there hella shady on that
@jibsoz
Ай бұрын
Healthcare is free to certain travellers that have an reciprocal health agreement. Like UK the Netherlands
Oh by the way, a lot of our 'beaches' can't be reached because of the terrain. Us Aussies think that Bondi beach is one of the WORST of our beaches. There's so much of our country that is uninhabitable, plus there are still places here that have never been stepped on by humans.
One thing only possible in Australia: Be in Australia.
As an Aussie, it's honestly hilarious watching you react to this XD
@sansokay
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@Shiftyy32
Жыл бұрын
True
@Mayfrancisxavier
Жыл бұрын
Love watching your reactions!!
@anile1420
Жыл бұрын
Hilarious and offensive
@macc4
7 ай бұрын
He sounds autistic when questioning everything... mate if you just listen instead of coming up with stupid shit you might learn something
Saying u can get a kangaroo to walk backwards in that kind of room is like saying u can get a human to start flying in a room where the floor fell in
@stuarthynes6136
Ай бұрын
Seppos...🙄
@chocookie0123
Ай бұрын
@@stuarthynes6136 um do u mean 'suppose'? idk
@freddy9120
Ай бұрын
😂 nope he ment seppos
@stuarthynes6136
Ай бұрын
@@freddy9120 🤣 now explain the meaning🤣🤣
@chocookie0123
Ай бұрын
@@stuarthynes6136 apparently its an American person? I searched it up on Google 🤔
Ryan , Quantas has the best safety record of ANY airline in the world. Fact.
When I was at school, I had to learn the capital city of each USA state and most European countries. I also read about other cultures so traveling was rewarding for me not mysterious. How could you not know that Australia's land mass almost matches the US?
@AnneMB955
8 ай бұрын
The US seems very country-centric to me. I believe their media’s at fault. Yes, we Australian know so much about the world around us.
@diazjulianms
6 ай бұрын
yeaa that’s kinda disappointing to hear honestly
@nevillewran4083
3 ай бұрын
My dad's generation had to do that, too- be able to name the world's capitals. And their flags. When he joined the navy, flags & pennants became more important, he could rattle off every ship's flag he saw in a busy harbour. It's great general knowledge and encourages you to learn more about the world.
@LukeCossins
13 күн бұрын
Country size: I am just astounded that this fellow has apparently never looked at a globe.
As an American living in Australia for the last 22 years, this was so cool to see neurons firing in real time. 😂 Duck-sized horse 😮😂
@JuJu-DnC22
Жыл бұрын
😂 it was the duck sized horse that got me too 😅
@jacquelinetierney7751
Жыл бұрын
I'd love a duck sized 🐎 😆
@aidanmargarson8910
10 ай бұрын
well firstly .. good for you .. secondly .. do you miss "North Americans"?
I just love how he is really surprised about everything on this list and it is just a normal day in Australia!
Almost all the undiscovered species in Australia are insects and spiders, but there are fish still being discovered along with frogs and turtles, and even plants. For some strange reason Australia has this label of "the most of" certain things like 1500 species of Ants almost half what exists in the whole word. The most parrot species, the most reptile species. It has 8.3% of the worlds bird species also.
One thing that USA Americans & South Americans took from here are eucalyptus trees because they're very hardy & good for building purposes. Peru is full of them because their native trees break unexpectedly. Btw we call them gum trees, yep just gum trees because I guess of the sap. This is where eucalyptus oil comes from.
@mylesdickenson9060
Ай бұрын
They're also grown in Spain.. hence the wild fires in California and Spain recently, as for falling branches there are not called Widow makers for nothing, they also have a tendency to topple over in high winds. Personally I wouldn't have one anywhere near my house although they do look good in a forest.
I used to work at the Sheraton Hotel in Perth, for a while. We used to get SO fed up with American tourists telling us how BIG Texas is, everything's BIG in Texas and so on and on and on. One day I'd had enough and told this guy that Texas fits into the Australian State of Western Australia 3.5 times. 11 times into the whole of Australia. Its true! THAT shut him up!
@stevegraham3817
Жыл бұрын
Our biggest Cattle Station is bigger than Texas, yes Texas, that is just one Cattle Ranch.. lol
@cryptoskid117
Жыл бұрын
@@stevegraham3817 no it’s not. Anna Creek is 23,677km squared whilst Texas is 678,052km squared
@stevegraham3817
Жыл бұрын
@@cryptoskid117 I stand corrected, I didn't realise that the stations had been sold off. And to correct my original statement, it wasn't one station, it was several that basically adjoined each other controlled by one conglomerate, and was taught to us at school as being one property instead of one holding, the total holdings was just under the size of Texas. The total holdings at one stage by just one part of the conglomerate was around 3% of Oz at around 230,000sqkm. Currently the largest holder of land in Oz is Gina Reinhart with 92,000sqkm, but not in one property. So yeah, apologies, times have change, and now I'm up to date.
@rossptaylor4110
Жыл бұрын
And yet the GDP of Texas is higher than all of Australia combined. Texans aren't flaunting it. Americans love Australians. That's a fact. No need to get sour about what they don't know that they don't know. Sounds like they were just trying to make friendly conversation.
@chadthechad4365
Жыл бұрын
@@rossptaylor4110 doesn’t Texas GDP come from military contracts and not natural resources?
You’re not dumb, you’re learning. 🇦🇺
Dingo fence was built to try keep the predatory dingos out of the southern/eastern pastural regions that had sheep. Dingos were killing them at a fast rate, so the fence was built and is still maintained to this day.
@jackymossman6383
Ай бұрын
AS FAR AS I KNOW IT WAS BUILT FOR THE RABBITS
@colb9916
Ай бұрын
@@jackymossman6383 Different fence mate. There is the dog fence, And the rabbit proof fence. Dog fence runs through parts of the Eastern States. The rabbit proof fence cuts off the bottom corner of West Australia
Glad your checking out Australia,its a awesome home to us Aussies. Come on down under,you will love it. But yes its huge, very diverse in its land and cultures and a wonderful place to be. As a Aussie ,loved your video.
The kangaroos sort of lean back on the tail and spin , it’s really cool to watch. Just saw it in my garden, a mum and Joey went down the wrong path, mum had to react fast to get away. Never felt threatened by one.
You overthink things way too much.. but also, yes we may have venomous snakes etc, but Australia is “liveable” because overall it has good living conditions, for example access to healthcare, education, infrastructure, general stability… and the lack of mass shootings
@brocksinclair66
Жыл бұрын
true but in W.A there is a shitload of snakes. had 3 in my house last year all different breeds to
A dingo is a native dog. Though not really genetically related to canines. They can attack people, mainly because some people are too stupid to realise that they're not your family pet and don't feed them.
Australia is very multicultural..many people have immigrated here especially from Europe and Asia over the decades. Which adds so much more diversity to our culture..especially in the way of cuisine.
I loved how they mentioned the pink lakes of Western Australia. We have pink lakes in other states especially South Australia. Lake Hellier and Lake Alexandrina a couple. The camels were introduced to Australia in the 1800s because it was near on impossible to transport anything across the centre of Australia due to the heat which was perfect for camels. To this day we have a train that goes from Adelaide to Darwin that is called the Ghan which is named after the people from Afghanistan who came over with the camels and worked on the camel trains.
@gordonwilliams2766
Жыл бұрын
Hey! You want to go on a train trip!? An Orient Express train trip! ? There is a train called the Ghan! It's a luxury train. Takes 3 day to go from the south of Australia to the north. They stop and take you to the good places to go on the way. I'm not a tour operator. My extended family come from the "muleteers". From Chile, helping early South Australian mining and settling!
@smplfi9859
Жыл бұрын
With regards to the camels they thought the camels would do better in the desert. They tried the same thing here in Arizona, also mainly a desert. The camels didn't take but boy do we have lots of horses that were introduced by Columbus. Come to my surpise to find out that donkeys are actually African and not native to the Americas either but they are all around Mexico and the southern deserts of the USA. Arizona even has a town with a donkey for the mayor! (Oatman, AZ)
@peachiedb
Жыл бұрын
One of the lakes under the west gate bridge turns pink occasionally
@jeannettehope670
10 ай бұрын
And in northwest Victoria there is a pink lake called Pink Lake.
@julesnorton2138
7 ай бұрын
i live in Adelaide....never knew that about The Ghan, so thankyou. #alwayslearning
Great reaction video, Ryan. The source video has some dodgy info. Some corrections/explanations: - Yes, Melbourne has the largest population of people of Greek heritage outside Greece in the world (in fact, I think it is the third largest Greek city including those that are actually in Greece, after Athens and Thessaloniki). Most came out after WWII. We had a large immigration of people displaced from the war, including Greeks, Italians, Yugoslavians. There have been several waves of migrants, often related to wars, including Vietnamese in the 1970s and Sudanese more recently. There have always been migrants just seeking a better life from the UK, New Zealand, China and India. 26% of Australians were born overseas and 50% have at least one parent who was born overseas. - Highway 1 is not a load of highways crisscrossing the interior, as shown in the video, but a road that circumnavigates the nations (i.e. a circuit running along the coast, more or less) - The dingo fence is to keep dingoes (native dogs) out of the farms of southeastern Australia. Dingoes have a predilection for killing sheep - Yes, only 25 million people live in Australia, which is a bit smaller than the contiguous 48 states. The population density is 3 people per km^2 (9 per mi^2), the third least densely populated nation in the world (after Mongolia and Namibia). - If you put a kangaroo in a narrow hallway with an advancing end wall, it would kick down the wall. - Yes, we do have lots of land words ending in ie or y, such as bicky (biscuit), chippy (carpenter), bricky (bricklayer), sparky (electrician), footy (football - Rugby/rugby league in QLD, NWS and ACT and Aussie rules elsewhere), barbie (barbecue), bookie (bookmaker), as well as o, such as smoko (work break), compo (workers' compensation), ambo (ambulance officer). - Yes, Australia is a big wool exporter. They used to say that Australia rode on the sheep's back, suggesting that a large amount of export income came from wool. However, more recently export income comes more from iron ore and coal exports as well as eduction (foreign school and university students - dropped a lot in the last couple of years due to COVID restrictions). - Yes, marsupials, such as kangaroos, wallabies, koalas and wombats give birth to tiny babies that then mature by suckling in the pouch. - Camels were used to transport goods across the interior in the 1800s. They fared a lot better than horses in the arid conditions. They were led by Afghans. But they couldn't compete once the railways came and were let loose and bred like crazy. They are the largest herds of wild camels in the world. It is true that they are highly valued in the middle east and are exported there. By the way, Australia also bizarrely exports sand to Saudi Arabia, but of the special properties which make it ideal for sandblasting and construction. Talk about selling coal to Newcastle. - The sails of the Opera House are each a segment of the same diameter sphere. Think about cutting up an orange peel. There will be points. The rationale is that it is more efficient to use moulds with the same shape than having curving shapes that are all different. I don't think that is the same as saying that if you put them all together you would get a sphere, though. - In addition to having the oldest fossils in the world, Australia has some "living fossils" - stromatolites. These are structures made from bacteria that look like stones. They live in shallow pools on the Western Australian coast. There are fossil stromatolites that are 3.7 million years old. - I think it is ridiculous to say that only 25% of Australia's species have been discovered. How do "they" know that there are three times as many undiscovered as discovered species if they haven't been discovered yet? - There is some truth to saying that poisonous spiders wear signs. One of them is the redback spider which has a red steak on its back. - Although everyone knows that there are many venomous animals, the animals that kill most people are horses, cows and dogs (www.ncis.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/NCIS-fact-sheet-Animal-related-deaths.pdf). There were no confirmed deaths from spiders. - The "one part that is separated" is Tasmania, the smallest state, which is a beautiful place with lots of national parks. - Qantas has trialled using a mixture of conventional jet fuel and biofuels in an effort to improve its sustainability record. That has not impacted on its impeccable safety record (www.airlineratings.com/ratings/qantas/). Qantas is famous for its safety record, which even made it to the silver screen in Rain Man, when Dustin Hoffman's character refused to fly on any other airline because he knew that they had never crashed.
@coralblake9868
Жыл бұрын
Awesome description of a Kangaroo’s attitude. Yes it would stand on its tail and kick down that wall. Then it would move forward. Hint don’t f*** with a kangaroo.
@atanner50
Жыл бұрын
Yes there have been human deaths from both Red Backs and Australia's most deadly spider the Sydney Funnel Web. Last death was from a Funnel Web in 1979. Red Back anti-vemon developed in 1956 and the Funnel Web anti-venom in 1980
@BeanbagGeo
Жыл бұрын
Well said Mick. Five stars mate.
@liarliar7491
Жыл бұрын
anyone for Hungries after reading all that? lol
@winterswallows
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant description.
12:18 When he says that if you combine all the sails of the opera house you would create a perfect sphere, he was talking about each SIDE of the pointed sections being a separate sail ... so 9 sections equals 18 sails, which when combined create a perfect sphere. Basically you split each section down the spine then fold both sides 90 degrees so the two front edges meet to create one smoothly curved surface
😂😂😂😂 I'm in Perth. I remember the big potato fiasco of the time. Tony ?, a farmer, who founded and owns Spudshed got in trouble with the Potato Board, right in the beginning of starting his business, for having too large a potato supply (his shop is called SPUDSHED ffs, what did they think he was selling?). It ended up in court. In typical Govt Dept style, he was told he would have to destroy a huge amount of his supply...he basically told them to shove it, he would not sell them, but would not destroy them either. He was all over the news and people backed him because we all agreed with him that it would be a huge amount of unnecessary waste. He ended up giving them away. If you went to the shop and bought anything you got a 4kg bag of potatoes, if you bought a weeks shopping, you could walk away with two/three 4kg bags. Great marketing strategy, his business boomed and there was NOTHING the Potato Board could do about it because they weren't being sold😂😂😂😂😂 What a legend!! Tony basically became a local celebrity, overnight, most noted for his workshirt, shorts and eyebrows🤣🤣👍👍🇭🇲🇭🇲 He's still on tele advertising Spudshed, showing off his grandkids🤣🤣🤣
fun fact: there is a shorter but more famous long pest exclusion fence in australia called the rabbit-proof fence and they made a movie about it
@biancajayde3187
Жыл бұрын
You are the first comment i have seen that mentions the Rabbit Proof Fence and even referenced the movie. Well done! 🙂
@normanwierzbicki7434
Жыл бұрын
But slightly wrong it’s actually the same fence
@petercooper903
Жыл бұрын
that movie was so sad
@bucinsk
Жыл бұрын
@@petercooper903 And not really about the fence at all.
@numpty94
Жыл бұрын
That's what I thought the video was talking about, still remember the movie as a kid
Heads up Dude. The Platypus doesn't bite. It has a spur on it's rear legs that it lashes out with.
@the10th90
Жыл бұрын
Right?!
@the10th90
Жыл бұрын
@@aimeeabbott7079 The spur does have venom.
@ravenouself4181
Ай бұрын
@@the10th90 to add to this, isn't it only the males that have the spurs?
@the10th90
Ай бұрын
@@ravenouself4181 Yes, that's right.
“A Duck sized horse” that killed me man lol Also you’re easy on the eyes mate 😅
@ravenouself4181
Ай бұрын
Ironically, the oldest known direct ancestor to Horses was indeed, Duck-Sized.
RE: Languages and dialects; we have over 300 Indigenous nations, and over 800 Indigenous languages and dialects, incl. sign languages and dialects. Then we have the hundreds of introduced languages of international origin on top of all that. We learn a minimum of two languages in primary school, and more in high school. English is compulsory; the others vary by school, and incl.: Arabic, Auslan, Mandarin, French, German, HIndi, Bahasa Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Modern Greek, Classical Greek, Latin, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, and 24 Indigenous languages (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; though some of us take/took South Sea Islander languages as electives), which are usually localised or regionalised.
QANTAS is literally one of the safest airline carriers in the world. They only use the eco-fuel for interstate flights, not international ones. Kudos to them for thinking about the environment. And obviously, if they are still one of the safest airlines in the world, it's working.
@pinayladyoz8044
Жыл бұрын
QANTAS safest airlines in the world for HUMAN, BUT not for your LUGGAGE.
@rosedennehy8014
Жыл бұрын
@@pinayladyoz8044 still better with luggage than america's delta
@jimlofts5433
Жыл бұрын
@@pinayladyoz8044 yes and they blame drop bears for eating the luggage
"Readers familiar with aviation safety and its history will perhaps be unsurprised to see Australian flag carrier Qantas come out on top. The airline, whose name is an acronym for its former moniker of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, is well known the world over for having an impressive safety record"
@r.fairlie7186
4 ай бұрын
I remember when Dustin Hoffman in “Rain Man” delivered that statistic about which airline had the best safety record. There was an immediate increase in Qantas ticket sales! 😆
@judithstrachan9399
4 ай бұрын
I thought of that when he mentioned Qantas. And of Rain Man. They had a little scare a few years (decades?) ago, but still perfect.
@juniemccourt928
4 ай бұрын
Yeah but their service is crap. Things might improve now that they no longer have that obnoxious leprechaun Alan Joyce running the company.
@claudiag8097
3 ай бұрын
QANTAS' rep for safety and service had dropped to all time lows during the leadership of their last dodgy CEO (recently gone). We were so proud of that excellence, but sadly that is a thing of the past.
@nevillewran4083
3 ай бұрын
@@claudiag8097QANTAS certainly decayed over the years. From being an airline with the 2nd youngest fleet, a great safety record and well-trained cabin staff to.... what it is now. I wish we were back near the top in reputation, but I offer a couple of excuses- small airlines covering vast distances struggle to raise capital in the way larger ones covering (relatively) smaller distances can. Hence older planes, scrimping on maintenance. And the most patient, calm, well-trained crew in the world would struggle to deal with the ever-more-entitled passengers of today. We're becoming a nation of Karens.
They forgot to mention that there were people in Australia to see the giant kangaroos. In fact they've been here for like over 60,000 years.
There has to be at least 40 million snakes here. I ended up putting crim safe screens in just to keep out the rats and snakes. Even then I left one of the screen doors open for like 15mins and a damn carpet snake decided to vacation in my bedroom, my dog woke me up growling at it... it was trying to strangle his chicken toy. Pretty sure its the same one that keeps trying to get into the house. Last time I saw it he was going from window to window trying to get in. Then there was the time a goanna surprised us as we were making the bed one time, we lifted the pillows to shake them and out pops this freakin huge goanna. Or the time the dog was barking at the mat outside the back door, we pulled it up to discover a whole nest of red belly blacks. Its fun living in the bush.
•If you thought Australia was about a quarter the size of the US, that's even smaller than our state of Western Australia which is 1/3 the landmass of Australia and 3.9 times bigger than Texas. •Yes we do have deadly spiders, snakes etc but most live in the bush and tend to be scared of humans. •If you cut up an orange into different segments and bend the two points of a segment in, it would be like the point on our Opera House sails. •Emu is pronounced Eem-you •That little island down under Downunder is Tasmania and a state of Australia, it would not be included in the vertical measurement because the ocean separates it from the mainland, so technically not one whole land measure. •Qantas uses recycled cooking oil to fly it's planes internally, not overseas at this stage. It's also the oldest airline in the world and holds the World Aviation Industry safest airline record. •Kangaroos can have one baby in the pouch and one in the womb at the same time, and during drought, can suspend the growth of the one in the womb safely, and Kangaroos CAN NOT walk backwards however, they're pretty quick at literally hopping up, balancing on their tail, while they turn their body 180° and hop off in the direction they came from! You can't fool a roo! •Giant animals in Australia watch: Muttaburrasaurus: life in Gondwana on Norman Yeend's YT channel. •How WW1 ended? watch: John Monash the Australian Corps and WW1 on The History Guy's YT channel.
@robertvogt1527
Жыл бұрын
It's actually pronounced "Eeem-you".
@Laurielism
Жыл бұрын
Well said. I live History Guy too. Off to watch the Monash clip you mentioned now. 😀
@TheAmizerart
Жыл бұрын
You're amazing. Great references, well said and thanks for a few very cool new videos to continue from what I have learned today. (I'm from Perth, WA)
I grew up in Sydney with many Greek and Italian kids ,all clever and sweet, very controlled by hardworking parents.
@soils1111
Жыл бұрын
But Melbourne is the 2nd largest greek city in the world.
@helixator3975
Жыл бұрын
@@soils1111 I think Thessaloniki now has that honour, with Melbourne in third place. And with over a third of Aussies claiming Irish decent, and Melbourne a greater percentage than any other Australian city, we could well give Dublin, Liverpool and Boston a run for their money there too.
As we say in Australia, this blokes a few kangaroos short in the top paddock.
"Kind of an australian sounding slang".... by which you mean we couldn't be f**ked saying the whole phrase :D
QANTAS is the safest and one of the oldest Airlines anywhere. They have never lost a plane which is why John Travolta bought one of their big planes and became a top QANTAS pilot. He came back regularly to take his updated exams and keep his flight hours up, we often didn’t know he was our Captain on those flights but every now and then he would appear after landing for fun. His late wife Kelly Preston went to school in Adelaide and grew up here. She may have been born in Hawaii but she was an Aussie. We are getting close to 26 million people and we like space to move around in. Italians should be on that list of most people too. Maybe if an American hadn’t have made that video? We just love it when someone from another Country tells us about ourselves. Sarcasm is our second language. We have over 100,000 camels that roam free in our desert. They are now in plague proportions and coming into outback towns. People have to stay inside until they leave, about 2 days. They break off the top of taps and drink the towns water supply. Camels were used to settle the outback and were bought from overseas. When they were finished with them they were set free. Now we sell many back to the original Countries they came from because we have the only disease free camels in the world. They will still have to cull them. We don’t like it when people ignore the State of Tasmania. Or leave it off a map, it is very beautiful. It is also the place the only mass shooting was and why no one can have a gun now. Unless you are a farmer or a Police Officer. In my State the Police didn’t have guns for many years, not until someone killed some Police Officers. They can still only shoot to kill, not wound. Then they are guilty until proven innocent of murder. So they had better have lots of proof there was no other way out. My sister did not use her gun once in her Police career. I have watched a Kangaroo give birth and they are smaller than gummy bears. A female can have two others in her pouch of different ages while having a third. The eldest is usually ready to leave and she has to sometimes show it the way out. Those little pink babies have to make their way through the fur from ground level, all the way to the top of the pouch by itself. Then inside and find the one spare milk nipple where it is attached until it is big enough with fur to put it’s head outside. They don’t all make it up to the top and it looks like hard work when you are so tiny. The Mama Kangaroo does remain still until it gets there.
@RandomStuff-he7lu
Жыл бұрын
Qantas has lost a number of aircraft. Qantas had planes shot down during WW2. Qantas only claims to have never had a fatal jetliner crash.
@heatherrowles9930
Жыл бұрын
Mama roo also licks a pathway up her fur to show the baby the way. Roo joeys are born only partly gestated and actually do the majority of their developing in the pouch, not the uterus.....hence the size.
@RandomStuff-he7lu
Жыл бұрын
@@micko11154 It's like you didn't even read my reply. It would have saved you some time being wrong.
@SalisburyKarateClub
Жыл бұрын
Qantas have lost several planes, last on was 1951, still a good record though.
@martywest6388
Жыл бұрын
No one is 'guilty until proven innocent'.
I love your surprise at the size of Australia, it is common for many people including Australians. I once lived in northern Queensland (Queensland is a state of Aus in the top right corner) and was visited by a cousin from England who wanted to go to the barrier reef one day and then visit my relations in Sydney the next. It took a map and an airline schedule to convince them that is something you just didn't do (Sydney was 2700 kms from my house and the reef was an 8-10 trip in a boat). We lived in a state where if we wanted to visit our state capital it would be 14 hours non stop driving at 60mph to get there (Texas would be the second or third smallest state if it was in Aust). My daughter lives in a community (SE of Charleville) of
@SleakaJ
Жыл бұрын
My fathers family are from Miles QLD. He and I went there to see them a number of years back and they talked about going "down the road" to Chinchilla (50km away). A 1 hour round trip was "down the road" to them. Blew me away as someone who's lived in a city all their lives.
@bosswana
Жыл бұрын
@@SleakaJ Yeah, when I visited my daughter she suggested we go for a swim at a pool in the next small town across from them (100kms away) as her town pool was out of order and the temp was 40 degrees. I commented that was a long way to go for a swim. Her reply without even drawing breath - "stop thinking like a city person"
@pixiedust7659
Жыл бұрын
In 24 hours you can’t go from North to South. Its 19hours Cairns to Brisvegas. And Cairns is not at the top of the state!
@arnolddavies6734
Жыл бұрын
I know this scenario. We had an auntie, who visited us from England when we lived in Adelaide. She thought we could spend a weekend seeing Ayer’s Rock in the Northern Territory. Overseas people have no comprehension of the size of our country.
@gravyz2cute4u
Жыл бұрын
My mum drove from Innisfail (near Cairns) to Rockhampton and it took 12-13 hours one way. Then we drove all the way back the next day. My friends in SA asked me if we managed to get to Brisbane. I said nowhere close. You'd be surprised how many people in other states don't realise how far away Cairns is from Brisbane.
Your reactions to Aussie facts was priceless. With all the land mass we have those poisonous creatures tend to live far away from the people. So the cities are very liveable. Occasionally a poisonous snake or spider will find it’s way into the city but they don’t stalk you. Usually they will try to get away from you so it’s very rare for anyone to get bitten by a snake or spider. Use common sense and don’t mess with them.
@KegRaider
4 ай бұрын
Venomous creatures though. Venom is injected nasty stuff from Box Jellies, Snakes, Spiders, Stonefish, Blue ring octopus etc. Poison is ingested or swallowed, like toads, toadfish, certain mushrooms etc. As a keeper of snakes, the Brown snakes when juvenile, can be quite bitey, the adults will normally avoid you. Taipan snakes, now those have been known have some fierce attitude and not to be trusted.
#Funfact : The diameter of the Moon is about 3500 km which means that the face of the Moon is roughly the same width as Australia - east to west coast :) And it's eeee MEW ... eeeeMEW. Not Eeee MOO000 geeze!
They're NOT called Ee-moos ... it's eem-yoos. Geez. Also, that 'little state' (Tasmania) is actually about the size of Ireland, Switzerland or the state of West Virginia in the USA. And Qantas is one of the safest airlines in the world.
@nakajima7447
Жыл бұрын
It really fucking annoys me when foreigners say "e moo" like stfu its pronounced "em you"
@CalrissianPlaysGames
Жыл бұрын
I cringed when he claimed the pink water was fake news
@coradesune7537
Жыл бұрын
It's a US thing. They never pronounce the Y part of the letter U .
@matteovigano2839
Жыл бұрын
@@coradesune7537 lets be honest, no one on mainland australia cares about tasmania.
@user-fe7rp3gr7x
Жыл бұрын
@@coradesune7537 okay but the correct way to pronounce it is emyoo as it’s a native Australian animal therefore the Australian way is right and the American way is just wrong it’s not different because of accents it’s just wrong
A lot of Greece and Italian migrants moved to Australia after world war two The dingo was literally to keep wild dogs ( dingos) getting into the more populated farming land
@Rob-fc9wg
Жыл бұрын
Greek*
10:05 “you can’t think of anything?” Seriously, if you were an “Aussie” you would probably think of a “selfie” 😂.
the fence got me dying. "im guessing they all live on the other side of the fence"
The little island is called Tasmania (Tas or Tassie for short). A lot of people think you can get around it a day, but to truly see the whole state you need months here. Honestly I have lived in Tassie for 37 of my 39 years, and still haven't seen most of it.
@janetdTas
Жыл бұрын
@-Light Shadow I live in Tasmania and have done for the better part of 35 years. There are still places I haven't been here
@aussierednecksinger28
Жыл бұрын
Tassie, kind of like selfie. 😜
@benjaminshiels1824
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous place! 👍😍
As others have said, I'll also join the chorus - as an Australian - QANTAS is the premium airline as well as most prolific for flights all over Australia even to remote parts of the nation (aka 'rural Australia').
@bencodykirk
Жыл бұрын
Plus, QANTAS has never had a fatal jet airliner crash. And, the "used cooking oil" fuel the video was talking about is Sustainable Aviation Biofuel and is progressively taking over from traditional petroleum based aviation fuel all over the world.
@christineanthony3516
11 ай бұрын
It also has one of the best safety records in the world 🌎
@AussieGurl4u
8 ай бұрын
It is also mentioned in the movie ‘The Rain Man’ with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, for being the safest airline.
@needtokeepwalking
7 ай бұрын
Yeh what do you think of Allan Joyce?
@gabrieldenoury5863
7 ай бұрын
Well that aged well 😂
Unless you come to Australia you might not get it. But to us Australians it all makes sense. Remember Australia is a tropical country typically tropical countries have a lot of undiscovered plant, species ect...
I used to live very close to Mt Disappointment, it was about a 10 min drive away. We sat outside on that 47C degree day watching the Black Saturday bushfires burning over the ridge. The fire started in a town about a half hour drive away at around 10am and by midday, the smoke was so thick it blocked out the sun.
@IDKWORM
20 күн бұрын
I live near Mt dees
@IDKWORM
20 күн бұрын
NSW
I live at the base of Mt Disappointment and I can tell you right now, it’s no disappointment. The bush fires, storms, overflowing waterfalls and deadly snakes and spiders that mountain produces is insane. Amazing place to hike tho!
@aidanmargarson8910
10 ай бұрын
accept for the deadly snakes and spiders :)
I’ll give you another one, the real name of Melbourne is Naram and the reason it’s not called Batmania is because John Batman was a Aboriginal murderer and his brother was a genocidal manic who butchered Aboriginals into extinction in Tasmania.
@joelhennessey3397
2 жыл бұрын
Well said mate. Good on you
@carokat1111
Жыл бұрын
mostly true. ‘Almost’ butchered is more accurate.
@daelrance6866
Жыл бұрын
Not quite true, The Natives were moved to an Island off the coast of Tasmania there was 3 major tribes in that population who all had blood feuds. The Aboriginal's actually committed most of the slaughter them selves. The English assumed that they were all one Tribe and not separate tribes. It is true that they very quickly found this out and did nothing to separate them though.
I live in Australia and the fact about Qantas even though it sounds so sketchy Qantas was actually one of the safest airlines and has never had a jet engine crash 🎉
@mreggs3731
6 күн бұрын
but it has a lot of other issues
"Selfie" - so aussie, lol. Camels came to Australia in the 19th Century for the simple reason that they're desert friendly. Many camel handlers in Aus came from Afghanistan, and culturally, the Ghan train line from Adelaide to Alice Springs is named after them. We have so many camels in Aus of virtually perfect breeding that we export them to the Middle East. I've almost collected camels many many times in WA (as a truck driver) in many crossings of the Nullabor Plain (huge big stuborn bastards). Now there are many farmers specialising in Camel breeding for their milk and meat. Go figure.
Heya Ryan, I have always loved telling Americans when I was a taxi driver in the 90's that Australia was in fact the same size as America. The reaction was so priceless 🤣🤣🤣
Im actually from Australia, and thast tiny island is Tasmania it broke off from the country lots of yeass ago. We still count it apart of Australia. I used to live in Melbourne but not anymore. And one day America will learn how to say emu properly
@krashdown5814
Ай бұрын
Just call it the Aussie Big Bird.
@stuarthynes6136
Ай бұрын
Introduce him to a cassowary during mating time... look at the pretty colours... ow ow ow...
WATCH the series Australia from Above. Hell - I'm Australian and makes me want to see MORE of Australia! You will thank me I promise.
In over 103 years, Qantas Airlines has never had a single fatal jet airliner accident EVER...
The animals here are terrifying. I've only lived here for 76 years and I already got stung by a bee once, and that was only about thirty years ago.
@FM-qm5xs
Жыл бұрын
You're a lucky bugger. I've had countless spider bites, bull ant and wasp stings and encounters with deadly snakes and spiders.
@Callawaygolfer
Жыл бұрын
@@FM-qm5xs bro missed the joke so hard
"I hate people. So, I'm moving to Australia." Best comment! Luckily, Australians are the friendliest most welcoming people. You'll fit right in 😜
@timtamTom.2
Жыл бұрын
I would say that New Zealanders are the friendliest. When I went there everyone was so freaking nice!
@Nathan-ry3yu
Жыл бұрын
@@timtamTom.2 I visited New Zealand and discovered a different story to that
@tianagreen1362
Жыл бұрын
Aww thx
@daneberry7217
Жыл бұрын
@@timtamTom.2 it's only that I'm Australian that I have to disagree. But, we love our Pacific neighbours! 😘
@rhondaocallaghan4413
Жыл бұрын
We have our share of Racists, idiots, unwelcoming bastards, every country does. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🧐
2:43. . YEAH! Australia built THE FENCE . . To keep out dingoes. . AND we made the Dingoes PAY for it!!
the camels were bought to Australia to cross the desert. when rail lines went in they were set loose and thrived. nowadays they are the source of the highest quality and undiseased camels in the world
I died laughing when he called Tasmania the tiny little separate bit down there 😂😂😂😂😂😂 lol
For reference. Australia's 3rd smallest State, New South Wales, is 312,724 square miles, while Texas, is only 268,596 square miles.
@A_nony_mous
Жыл бұрын
Our second smallest, Victoria, is about the size of the United Kingdom or a little smaller than California. Tasmania, the smallest state is about the same size as Ireland, Switzerland or the state of West Virginia in the USA and roughly twice the size of Taiwan.
@fukkar4545
Жыл бұрын
And full of dirty cockroach's 😂 QUEENSLANDER!!!
@brocksinclair66
Жыл бұрын
yep being a w.a local its common knowledge here that we are 5.5 times the size of texas. bigger my rectum
@MadMasterNeil
Жыл бұрын
Where is the mortein. This is canetoad territory
@downundanow5569
Жыл бұрын
For some reason even Americans think that Texas is huge, Alaska is by far the biggest US state at 665,400 sq m.
It's not the bite that makes a platypus dangerous, it's a barbed fretlock on the back of each hind leg where the venom comes from.
Afghanis bought the camels over during the gold rush, and now they are wild. The train that crosses Australia from the south to the north, straight through the desert, is called the Ghan in memory of those long ago immigrants.
The full story of Australian beach bathing starts with it being illegal and a journalist taking offense at this. So he went swimming one weekend and took offense that he wasn't arrested. Next week he wrote the story of how the police failed in their duty and that next weekend he would be back so be there or be prepared to cop another serve. The police were there and asked the journalist to come with them, but he wasn't under arrest. The police commissioner met and decided that police would not arrest people swimming preferring to arrest rapists and murderers. This started Australia's love of the beach and a cottage industry of council rules, regulations and fines over what could and couldn't be worn on the beach. This ended in the '70's when women were finally allowed to bathe topless, a practice that has stopped due to skin cancer caused by the damaged ozone layer. Which is just one more reason why we all need to save our environment.
13:30 as an Australian I can confirm Hungry Jacks is extremely good. Very cheep food that tastes real noice and awesome service almost all the time. btw they brought camels here so they could use them to travel in the desert more freely back in the 1800's. I did a whole assessment on it in your 4 lol.
@westhoodqualzini7884
Жыл бұрын
As long it’s cheap and tastes good what could be the problem? I mean it tastes good
@brocksinclair66
Жыл бұрын
@@westhoodqualzini7884 much fresher than maccas and bigger thats for sure
@TheZeroAssassin
Жыл бұрын
HJ's tastes ok, but always gives me shits, so that's annoying.
@kittyallen5294
Жыл бұрын
Their double whoppas are my favourite
@ShockingPikachu
Жыл бұрын
People be sleeping on red rooster though. Every now and then it's perfect
It took me decades to realise how big Australia is. Grew up here, it took a trip to Europe to really understand how big this place is.
To clarify, Australia is the largest exporter of Camel Meat, Australian Camels are meatier than Middle Eastern Camels. Edit: The older known direct ancestor to horses, was indeed, Duck-Sized.