As an Australian, i would like to apologize to you Ashleigh for any Australian who has abused you on social networks, the majority of Australians welcome you here and hope that you enjoy your stay.

If your planing on staying in Australia can I suggest check the Celsius and try and estimate the Fahrenheit. It’s roughly double and add 28. So 30 is about 88 and it’s actually 86f so it’s close. Just a thought and it might get you used to C without google 👍🏻

In 2019 I attended UTAS abroad, and coming from Iowa to Hobart it was a huge shock! Since returning to America I’ve been finding a way to get back and recently I’ve been in the process of getting my company to transfer me to the Brisbane office. I found this video super insightful, I wish I had this video upon my initial move to Tassie. I thought I’d leave some of my experiences and feedback. 1) Phone bill- you can have your phone number suspended and pay a minimal amount each month, when I was abroad it was only $7 a month through US Cellular to keep my number. Once I came back they reinstated it and I went back to my normal monthly cost. 2) Public Transport- I remember being blown away by the great public transport in Hobart, but all my Euro friends were like “what??? No this sucks”. In comparison to Des Moines it’s so much better. Didn’t need a car. 3) Pay- significantly more on your paycheck but jfc the price of eggs! Haha. 4) Healthcare- I got stitches in my arm at the ER and I said “don’t worry, I have three insurance plans so I should be covered (uni, American, and Aus insurance) and the doctor said “I’m not here to charge you? You’re not getting billed.” I never received an invoice and I honestly don’t even remember giving them my information. To this day I’m waiting for them to send me the bill. 5) Transfer money- PayPal!!! I used PayPall all the time to transfer money between my American and Aussie bank. Completely free and easy. You will need two phone numbers and emails, though. One for each country’s account. But I typically used my American credit card and just paid those with US account. Transaction fees were only like $.07 each. 5) Immigration- I saw A LOT of hatred towards Chinese Immigrants. So much verbal abuse. Personally I was always asked “Do you know Donald Trump?” or “You’re from Iowa??? Do you know the American Pickers???” But never had any hate towards me or towards being an American.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

so interesting! thank you for your insight! and i’m so sorry you experienced that hate. that’s so disgusting

@Jyeik

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut defo a shock with the hatred. When I first got to Hobart my accommodation was still under construction, I was going into the Uni accommodation on Bathurst street at that old hotel. I was staying at an AirBNB just north of the CBD and was just renting a room instead of the whole house. That host was crazy racist towards Chinese immigrants. Have you ate at Pot Stickers in the CBD? I wonder if it’s still open. That was my FAVORITE restaurant when I lived there. You defo should check it out if you haven’t already. So good and decently affordable!

@SanctusPaulus1962

9 ай бұрын

​@@Jyeik We don't dislike Chinese immigrants because of their race. We dislike them because they are extremely entitled and rude and act like they own the place and that they don't have to follow the rules here or assimilate to the culture. Japanese people, for instance, have no problem here. We like the Japanese, because they are respectful and follow the law of the land. It's got nothing to do with race. It's about culture.

@ChineseKiwi

6 ай бұрын

@@Jyeik Wise / TransferWise is MUCH MUCH MUCH cheaper than Paypal. Paypal skims you on the exchange rate.

Really well done! I appreciate all your answers and takes on these items. Some are not commonly talked about and it’s really refreshing to hear someone’s experience with them! Thank you :)

I'm old enough to have gone through both the change to the metric system and that to decimal currency. The best way to do it is to have a short period - a week at the most - in which you translate the metric measurements to the system you're accustomed to. After that, go to metric only. You may well make a few mistakes, but metric will become natural.

The ex travel agent in me (And geog/history nerd) wants to Reccomend so many places to see and things to do 😅 🙈. Not just for overseas tourists but Aussies too. This will be long and yet only scratch the surface lol. You've mentioned some of the capital's, yes for sure, as they are all different. All have something to offer. South Australia is underated imo too. So beautiful. Kangaroo Island, Flinders ranges, Barossa Valley, Glenelg, Eyre peninsula etc . If you have the time and money, a trip on the Ghan would be amazing. From Adelaide to Darwin , through amazing scenery, the outback. I think it's a two day journey. Where else do you stop in the middle of the red outback,get off the train and watch the sunrise , have breakfast in front of the train. I haven't done this myself yet but would love to. In the Sydney area i would definitely go and see the Blue Mountains. MUST do. Jaw dropping beautiful. Many beautiful lookouts, walks and waterfalls and of course just how vast it is. Scenic world has a steep railway and cable car ride etc. Leura is lovely little town too. Do one of the many coastal walks around Sydneys eastern suburbs beaches or accross the north in Manly. Go and see the less touristy beaches around Sydney too. Take a ferry ride or two. Walk accross the harbour bridge. Visit pretty "freshwater beach' near Manly, there's a statue of Hawaiian surfing king Duke Kahanmoku. (Just as there is on Waikiki beach). He helped introduce and popularise surfing in Australia. The surf Life saving club there also has his original board that he road back in 1914 in Sydney. He's also recieving another memorial honour soon too I believe. Visits the botanical gardens in any city you end up in, they are all free. As are the majority of the 600 odd national parks in Australia. Royal National Park just an hour south of Sydney is a great one to start with if you're in Sydney. And the parks around Sydney harbour. The south coast is beautiful too, head down scenerio grand Pacific drive along Illawarra coast, Kiama, Wollongong etc. If on the Gold coast check out the Hinterland where part of the world heritage listed Gondwana Rainforests are. (The rest are in NSW). Lamington National Park, Springbrook National park etc. Beautiful nature walks, waterfalls , stunning views , unique wildlife. Yes there's also some theme parks there but everywhere has theme parks. And the beaches are great too. A couple of hours from there's just across the NSW state border is Byron Bay. Another unique acclectic coastal town. Popular with tourists and high profile people. The Hemsworths brothers live there among others. The whole continent is so diverse. You gotta go beyond the capital cities and see the stunning contrasts. We have different climates and terrains. Up Far north Qld is tropical(wet and dry seasons) and home to the world's oldest rainforest with the world heritage listed Daintree, home to about a large percentage of our unique animal species. People always try and spot the elusive Cassowaries there. And of course the heritage listed Great Barrier Reef. The reef restoration program is interesting too..saw a recent doco on that. Definitely reccomes the Kuranda scenic railway And Skyrail.cable way , about 15 mins or so from Cairns. And of course the white pristine beaches like Whitehaven, and the tropical island resorts. Then there's the Northern Territory, the northern part of it is also tropical. We have sub tropical climate in other parts of Queensland. Plus outback Qld. South Australia has a Mediterranean climate. I think Vic and Tas are oceanic climate. Western Australia the south is Mediterranean and the north of the the state is more tropical. ULURU in central Australia, Northern Territory is often called the heart of Australia. And a place of significance to Indigenous Australians and their culture and history. which you can learn more about with guided tours around Uluru. There's light illumination shows in the fields surrounding too. If time, go see nearby kata-tjuta/the Olga's. Also interesting and striking. There's lots of large collections of petroglyphs in parts of the country. Not just in the N.T. WA I think has one the largest in the world in Murajuga. 40 thousand+ years old. Like a super ancient art gallery. And while in the Northern Territory if you visit Darwin, you can learn about Australias Pearl Harbour at the military museum. Darwin was bombed by the Japanese in 1942 during world war 2. Many died including American allies on the USS Peary. And more air raids over the next 20 months across Darwin and other ports, and more losses. But many non N.T Aussies know very little about it and most foreigners have never heard of it. A lot of remote outback areas in Australia and even some of the rainforest are like a glimpse into prehistoric/Jurassic times. They are largely untouched and haven't been destroyed by development. Spend a few days checking out Kakadu national park (a couple hours from Darwin. ) (The N.T And Tropical North Queensland are the two areas where you will find Crocodiles in Australia. You can do tours and experiences for that If it interests you 😜). Western Australia, yeah Perth is nice and the beaches around there, Rottnest Island and Margaret River etc. But more.people need to visit the remote Kimberley region. Epic, other worldly. It spans 3 times the size of England. Aboriginal walking tours through World Heritage Purnululu National Park, home to the Bungle Bungles striking sandstone karsts. Or a sunset camel ride along Cable Beach in Broome, or a scenic flight over the tidal waters of the unique Horizontal Falls. Ok enough enough. You can Google it lol. Also Esperance/Albany area is lovely too. White sand beaches, turquoise waters. Great for off roading, actually there's many great long off roading beaches in Australia. Qld.has a lot too including the 4 largest sand islands in the world. The sunshine coast in Qld imo is as good as the Gold coast if not better. There is also a hinterland area there too with beautiful quaint towns, gardens, trail walks, waterfalls. The Glasshouse mountains area is lovely too. Noosa Rainbow beach, and other great beaches, beautiful K'gari/Fraser Island, Australia Zoo for the wildlife lovers and Steve Irwin fans. And if you loved Mary Poppins, head to Maryborough couple hours north (or of you're visiting Hervey Bay it's not too far from there). Author P.L Travers who wrote Mary Poppins, was Australian. She was born in Maryborough in the residence above the bank. Her father was the bank manager. They turned the old building into an interactive musuem. The "story bank'. Fun for young and old. Learn about her , Mary Poppins and story writing. Kids get a pretend bank account book and can make their own stories and get it printed etc. The crossing traffic lights in the town centre are of Mary Poppins with her umbrella instead of the usual ones lol. Yes Philip Island a must for Ashleigh🐧, Great Ocean road, maybe the Puffing Billy steam train , werribee open plain zoo or Healsvale wildlife sanctuary. If you're after activities in the cooler months, Vivid Sydney is incredible and a must. The largest outdoor light show in the southern hemisphere, possibly the world. It's so spread out you need a couple nights to see it all. And it's all free. If you're into snow or skiing. June - September in the season here. both Victoria and New south Wales have ski field and resorts in the Australian Alps. Mount Bulller and Mount Hotham. And in NSW (about 5 hours from Sydney, 2.5 hrs from Canberra) Perisher, Thredbo , Charlotte Pass etc Can even take ski tube to these resorts from Jindabyne. Australias only alpine railway. I didn't mentions Tassie because Ashleigh done a pretty good job of showing off Hobart and surrounds and recently a lot more of the pretty island state. 🙂. Seen more of it than me. Ok I must stop now. That's barely scratching the surface But it'll give some ideas. lol. Definitely agree about online jerks. I think tik tok is the worst of them. I deleted that app ages ago. I'll leave it to the Zoomers lol. Thankfully online negative stuff like that is just a small percent of humans. To that person that said about "sick of the American take on everything "....funny how they are still watching all these American takes! 😂🤡 Also those vids do really well on KZread. That's why so many channels are dedicated to pretty much just that!

Thanks for sharing! About the metric system, as a Chinese who studied physics and has been living in the US more than 12 yrs, I’m still not quite used to the imperial units - and I do believe that the metric system is the scientifically right way to measure things😂

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

completely fair! haha

It's easier to adjust if you don't convert, just use the memory device - Frosty 5's, Tingling 10's, Temperate 20's, Thirsty 30's, Fiery 40's

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

haha i’ve never heard that

@argusmac9056

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut They taught us that when they first introduced Celcius in Oz

@kayelle8005

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard that before. I like it.

Go on ya Ash.. great vid 👌

Hiya, Perth resident here & long-time watcher :). Just wanted to note that Bulk billing not being available with local GPs is only a recent development in the last year or so. Rising inflation has resulted in the standard medicare payout not being enough to cover doctors expenses. The federal government is currently doing a review into the medicare structure & funding in order to hopefully resolve the issues this year. When a GP says they "don't do bulk billing" what that really means is that you have to pay the fee upfront and medicare will automatically refund you the bulk-billed amount. ie, for a $70 GP visit, medicare will refund you the ~$43 bulk billing amount, so you're just left with a gap to cover yourself. This issue does not impact hospitals which remain free and are probably the primary argument I see online when comparing systems.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

ahhh gotcha! thank you for clearing that up!!!

@Teagirl009

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut Yes pretty much what he said! Also Kaitlyn did a video a while back on her experiences with both US and AU emergency departments experiences. Even as a non resident and with travel insurance she said it was still way cheaper. And she even got most of the small fee back. She was genuinely shocked lol. Maybe Reccomend that video to this person who email you. Public hospital is still free if you go to the Emergency department or are admited. I've experienced both quite a few times. Ambulance is free in Qld too and some other states. The government needs to overhaul the system because until the last few years almost everywhere bulk billed. I'm lucky where I am I still do not pay for GP visits or blood tests or scans etc. Basically the rebates doctors have been getting have not been raised in the last 10 years so it's forced many GP clinics to have to reduce bulk billing and add a gap fee. The government having urgent meetings about it all. Didn't help that the prior conservative a**hole PM was stealthy eroding some of our services. In Sydney for example 67% of GPs still bulk bill. But Qld, only 30% do. Fingers crossed we get it back to what it was or better. One of the solutions they are looking at addresses what you mention. They want more medical clinics to be one stop shops with specialists. Where you can see a GP and then be sent to a heart specialist or whatever on the same place the same day for example. There are super clinics that already have multiple services but they are usually in bigger areas. Medications here are significantly cheaper for residents and citizens compared to the US. As they are federally regulated. Our government directly negioates the prices of the medications for us and we get them as a cheaper rate on our PBS (pharmaceutical benefits scheme). And if you reach the PBS threshold during the year, medications are free for the rest of the year. It's absolutely insane what many have to pay for insulin, asthma puffers and other basic medications in the US. (70% -300% higher). Yes you are very lucky that you have had your parents insurance. I have a couple of US friends who've shared nightmare stories and stresses with health care costs even with insurance, have still had to pay so so much. Anyways, fingers crossed this current PM who promised to "restore and protect medicare" ...will bloody get on with just that! 🤞

@HenriHattar

Жыл бұрын

Actually bulk billing is available through 60% of G P outlets, shop around.

@Bellas1717

Жыл бұрын

Well put.

@HenriHattar

Жыл бұрын

Your maths are bad . A doctors gp fee is about $120 and consultations are now 10 minutes, how can any one get a proper consultation in 10 minutes? With that , on average a G P would have about 4 consultations an hour with the time off used for other issues. 4x120 =$480 per hour a 7 hour work day = $3,360 gross PER day, a group of say 5 doctors would gross $$16,800 and on a 6 day week roster thats $100,800 a week LESS receiptionis wages, rent and leases etc., no wonder people are cranky when they wont bulk bill! or accept the referees determinatiion of what is considered a fair fee!

Regarding sending money between U.S accounts and Australian accounts. Before my wife moved from the U.S to Aus, we would share finances and used an App called Wise (formally Transferwise) that would transfer between our bank accounts pretty easily and found it extremely handy.

It's great you are going to stay. Welcome.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

thank you :) i’m really happy about it

Hi Ashley happy Thursday afternoon and I hope you having amazing day today and I loved your vlogs and you are amazing Supporter and I'm proud of you

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much! happy thursday

@edwardleecaliforniausa

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut of course sending you hugs ❤️ 🤗

As an Aussie I get frustrated seeing people praise our healcare system when it has dramatically declined in the last 10 years and almost nowhere bulk bills anymore. It used to be that almost everywhere bulk billed and it was really good quality

Hi Ashleigh love the way you vlog with bits and pieces over a few days although I'm not a coffee drinker I do like the smell when you're in Melbourne next walk through Royal Arcade and have a coffee in one of the cafes there beautiful arcade to sit and people watch as well glad to see you have a growing loyal bunch of subscribers thanks for the american take on things and I loved when you showed us Alaska. cheers from northern Victoria

To transfer money from one country to another just speak to your bank in the sender country. As long as youve got the bank details of the australian account correct there are no issues. You just have to make sure youve checked all the costs first. Might be maybe up to 2% depending on the financial institutions youre using. Or you can buy bitcoin and then sell it and get the proceeds put in your Australian bank, which i dont recommend cos if the price goes down in the interim you’ll lose money. But transfers are super safe. Worst case you could get a bank cheque and bring it with you. Just dont lose it!

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

very true! there will be fees for that

I'm old enough to remember when metric came in. Back then the simple rule they gave to roughly convert C to F is to multiply by 2 and add 30. So 20C = 2x20+30=70F

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

ahh good to know! thank you

@tileux

Жыл бұрын

Lol. I still do that. My first car was a ‘67 Holden HR and it had an mph speedo, so i learned to convert kmh on the go. Its been many decades but from memory 37mph = 60kmh. There is a formula for that too. I used to have a BMW motorbike and its indicator and horn were set up for germany. I also had other bikes (I’m a ‘kawasaki man’) so every time id ride the BMW id honk the horn when i meant to indicate.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

omg whaaa that’s hectic

@davidlang1125

2 ай бұрын

The conversion was planned to take about three or four years, if I remember correctly. But the country had so fully converted to metric that the government basically ended the program a couple of years early. I remembered how pointless it was to convert. And as an newly minted architect I loved the metric system. Unfortunately I had to give it all up when I left for California in 1975 and had to struggle to go back to the insane Imperial system with the fractions and strange names all over again. I still have the metric rulers I saved in case the US got smart and converted. But the auS remains stuck in the past along with Liberian and Myanmar.

Easiest way to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit in your head is to double the Celsius temperature, then add 30. It’s not exact to decimal places, but will get you within a degree or two every time.

Hi Ash, really enjoyed your video, especially your American point of view. 😀

You can buy tape measures that have both on it. You can buy a thermometer for out side that have both scales. Only use bulk billing doctors. When driving. Just think where the white line is. Left shoulder is U.S . Right shoulder here. when turning right.

Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit roughly is simple. eg. 20C by 2 equals 40 and add 30 equals 70F. To convert pretty much exactly do 20C by 9 equals 180 divided by 5 equals 36 plus 32 equals 68F.

My granddaughter is 17 and works at Maccas, she gets $25 dollars an hour.

It depends which country you're coming from whether you can be covered under medicare or not in Australia without being a citizen. Some countries have a reciprocal healthcare agreement with Australia. The US is not one of them. It's only recently (ie over covid) that it has become harder to be bulk billed. That's something the government is looking at improving in this year's federal budget.

On the health system, at least in Australia if you get injured you can go to a public hospital emergency room at get free treatment.

Public transport fare 30/3/2023 for Victoria. Max fare per day A$ 9.20. so you can travel to a regional area.

Let me know when you're coming to Brisbane and I'll show you some great coffee spots. I'm currently doing the big move to the Whitsundays so that's another awesome place you need to have on your bucket list. Referrals make a bit more sense with bulk billing - my GP is basically air traffic control for my endocrinologist, cardiologist, physiotherapist, podiatrist, optometrist and prosthetist. There's a push on at the moment for pharmacists to take over some of the basic GP roles such as renewing prescriptions and prescribing antibiotics.

I have a take on healthcare in both USA and AU having lived in Florida for 3 years recently and grown up in Melbourne. There are pros and cons in both. Our employer in the US provided health care and so long as we correctly navigated the provider network there wasn’t any gap usually on a lot of doctors. That said prescription meds were more expensive. We never had to use the ER in the US and we were quite wary of the potential bill shock

@juliewoodman2439

4 ай бұрын

Everything I have read about the provider network sounds like a nightmare .

Hi Ashleigh, I learned in the Army to take Celsius say 20 double it to 40 minus 10 percent so 36 than add 32 = 68 degrees Fahrenheit also on rod 100 kilometers * 6 drop last number is 60 mph. I was in Germany and was told this amd could never remember than one day light bulb went on lol

Hello, just randomly found your channel. I'm moving to Australia at the end of this year on the WHV 417 visa. I'm thinking about flying directly to Melbourne and staying there for a week, then coming to Devonport and starting my 88 days to get that done. Cheers from Canada!

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

Nice!! enjoy your trip!!!

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

​​@@coffeeenut If you can come and visit Adelaide & Kangaroo Island or visit the wineries. ( later when you can afford to )

Thanks I enjoyed seeing your video and your doing a great job

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

@anthonypirera7598

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut thanks for your reply so I'm going to subscribe and I'm a coffee nut too some nights I lay awake thinking why did I have that last coffee?

I have a friend from Chile. I've only recently found out my friend had been bullied because of the colour of her skin. I was and still am unimpressed by this. My parents taught me to respect everyone but if they don't respect you leave. I grew up in a street that had indigenous, Greek, Italian and several other places. Where still friends 40 years later.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

that’s so horrible and unacceptable! i’m so sorry your friend was treated that way :/

@SuzanneCarmichael

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut I never knew I never saw it. I'm disappointed with myself. People are people if they treat me the way I treat them were good if not see yah. I'm sorry people are not always good to you. I hope you find what your looking for work wise.

@jimmymccloskey4913

Жыл бұрын

so sad🤢，where is it in Aus？

@SuzanneCarmichael

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmymccloskey4913 south East Queensland

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

​@@coffeeenut Don't worry about the online trolls it's great to see an American like you in Australia, and the white privilege thing is woke nonsense please don't put yourself down for who you are.

Hi Ashleigh, as Australia is a melting pot of various cultures, many of whom have brought their cuisine with them when they settled in Australia. Are there any foods from other countries that you really enjoy, especially if its something us Aussies have really taken to? I have friends in Queensland who love Tai food, to give you an example.

Iam from Oregon and I lived there for 10 years. I just got a new number, learned Celsius which I always prefer now.. I had many cars and learned to drive on the English side (it’s not hard just takes getting used to, if your tired and not thinking can drift towards other lane ect. Only after being up for a few days I would do that🤣) I went to every capital city! I lived in Perth… Iit was epic.. Cool you got to experience all this cute video 😊

@HenriHattar

Жыл бұрын

So what made you go back to a 3rd world country?

@donna6592

11 ай бұрын

@@HenriHattar stupid comment Henri.

@HenriHattar

11 ай бұрын

@@donna6592 NooOo it's actually totally approprate, but to YOUR comment....it's a bit stupid!

80 km/h x by 6 = 48 M.P.H Celsius 20 deg x 2 + 30 = 70 deg F. 12 inch Ruler = 30 cm all rough estimates but What I used as I lived through the conversion.

the gear stick on the steering column used to be called "three on the tree" to be different to the usual "four on the floor".

Good job. Pretty spot on comments. South African in Hobart.

Great video, Ash. Very enjoyable. I wouldn’t take any notice of keyboard warriors. It is easy to make bold/offensive statements when you know you won’t be held to account. Medicare is a great system but like every country with similar systems “post”-Covid” Medicare is struggling. However while the gap for GP visits is gaining headlines the totality of the system needs to be considered. My wife recently had a CT and follow up MRI for a back problem at zero cost to her. Pathology tests etc - from my experience - are bulk billed. Associated with this is the PBS which means medicines are highly subsidised. Many drugs that are astronomical in price are reduced to $5 a script price. If a drug is deemed useful then they are put on the PBS so everyone can afford them. Given time the current problems will be sorted.

OMG! how i understand you about driving =)

When you mentioned the public transit is better in Australia than the US. Can you list some cities that you can compare it to? For example I know that public transit in NYC is better than LA. Would you consider the public transit in Australia better than NYC? Could you share some cities in Australia that has good public transit?

Come visit South Australia. It’s so underrated! Not as busy as Melbourne and Sydney.

I’m curious as to how you were able to move to Australia, like what kind of visa did you get? I’ve always dreamed of living in Australia and would love some more information on that process.

You can literally keep your US phone number with Google Voice. As long as your Google account is still listed as you living in the US.

I live in the US and the insurance I have requires you to have a referral for anything other than a regular doctors visit/ ER/ Urgent Care

They do vary by state. In Sydney for example, you can live off Medicare alone and no private insurance. Also people here are used to seeing and interacting with other nationalities, more so than in Hobart.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

interesting! thank you

3:47 Indicator side is an interesting one. With this one (unlike metric), it's interesting to look at the dominant, right-hand traffic (RHT) side. This means basically North-South America, Continental Europe, Asia (except notable SE Asia, Japan), and most of Africa. Basically most countries will drive on the right. With that said, most of the early dominant car makers came from these regions as well. And at the time, all cars were manual. So one solution made sense for multi-tasking. The right hand was needed to change gears, so the left hand was free to indicate. So it was born, that indicator stalks were on the left. This was even the case in the UK, that sourced most of its vehicles from RHT Europe, despite being the odd LHT example. But when Japan started making cars of its own, it thought exactly the same thing. In Japan (which is LHT like the UK, Australia etc), the left hand is required for changing gears which leaves the right hand free to change gears. This presents an interesting end result though..... European and American car makers have been ignorant to the reason they placed the indicator stalk on the left in the first place. As such, they just leave it in place when they export vehicles to places like UK, Japan and Australia. It's ignorant and annoying. Whereas Japan is a culture that tends to by the nature of collectivism and looking at the effect on others, will always switch the indicator stalk when exporting to opposing side markets. So in short - European and American cars - indicator stalk always of the left regardless of market. Japanese cars - indicator stalk always on the correct side (exception being the UK, which has been exposed to Europe long enough to request stalk on the wrong side). Koreans have caught onto the idea as well, so Korean manufacturers will also put the stalk on the correct (non gear change) side for markets such as Japan, Malaysian, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and NZ.

@countrye3013

Жыл бұрын

My car is opposite to the norm (indicator is on the left) and honestly as a manual driver, it's the better side, especially sicne I'm right handed. So my right hand is always on the wheel while my left hand goes off to indicate or change gear. Whenever I drive another car and the indicator is on the right, it only takes a few drives to get completely used to it being opposite.

Ash, you will get along fine here if you teach yourself to forget about all that American race divide and privilege brainwashing. It isn't part of the average Aussies mindset. Just be considerate of everyone, care for the native critters and the environment and everyone will love you.

@alyssaoconnor

Жыл бұрын

Although we’ve become a lot better over the last 20 years, australia does have its share of racist mindset. Where you live definitely has an effect on how much of it you see.

@baaphomet

Жыл бұрын

Agreed with alyssaoconnors^ last statement. Also, racism exists regardless of where you go in the world, and depending on who you are you will be treated differently wherever you go. Sure, some places will be different from others but racists and the mentality are everywhere. You may not experience that because of your privilege-doesn’t mean that other individuals don’t.

@Bellas1717

Жыл бұрын

@@alyssaoconnor there’s a difference between racism and a racial divide. Garden Love is talking one and you are talking another.

@alyssaoconnor

Жыл бұрын

@@Bellas1717 There is still race divide and privilege in australia, the average Australian just doesn’t think about it if it doesn’t affect them. Like for example an older farmer telling my father to go take a bath because his skins dirty, or me being told to go away you Aboriginal or that the skin melasma on my knees as a child being severely scrubbed at with a floor cleaning brush by my uncles girlfriend because they were “just” dirty or my cousin and her daughter being told to go back to their own country etc. To be clear (although we all have olive skin and almond shaped eyes) as far back as colonisation our ancestry is fully Australian. I’m talking about the them and us mindset and actions that still exist but at a much lower level then it did previously.

@Bellas1717

Жыл бұрын

@@alyssaoconnor You should be replying to Garden Love. Your response is not relevant to my comment, which was just that your other reply to Garden Love was not related to their post. Confusing to whom you mean to respond is easy to do on social media. Cheers.

I was in primary school when we went metric. I learned imperial and then metric and how to do conversions. It is the 'stick of butter' that confuses.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

that’s right! it was switched! i forgot about that

Health Insurance: Australian citizens and Permanent residents (and some bridging visa's) get free Medicare (our National Health Care system. Tourist and similiar short term visa's (Work and Travel etc) require you to buy a private health insurance policy, before issue, as these types of visa's do not grant you Medicare. These policies are between AUD$15-35 per week. Australians and PR's can optionally privately insure to give you choice of doctors in hospital, private hospitals and rooms. Even on top private cover there is sometimes a gap you have to pay even after Medicare and insurance claims. There are tax incentives to privately insure. Bulk billing is at the decision of the doctor. Most doctors will bulk bill kids, pensioners and unemployed. If there is no bulk billing you need to pay the full bill, and you will get the medicare 'rebate' back usually direct into your bank, within a day. But again, you need to be an Aussie or PR. Generally speaking I have found that our National Health system (Medicare) is excellant, of high quality and quick (in the major cities) as you go rural, it varies greatly.

Aussie Melbournian native here who lived in Florida USA for 3 years. We used OFX for USA-AU bank transfers

Regarding the indicator/wiper issue, just get a European car (French/German) and they will be in the places you expect.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

idk about that! i was just in the UK last month and the indicators were opposite to what i’m used to as well haha

@daveamies5031

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut Yeah you want a car brand from European Continent because they drive on the same side of the road as the USA, Australia followed the UK, USA Followed France? Mainland Europe was a mish mash with some countries driving on the left and others on the right until the late 1960's I drive a Citröen in Australia, the indicators are on the left of the steering wheel and the wipers are on the right, I previously had Japanese cars so it took a bit of adjustment for me for the first year I often turned the wipers on when I meant to indicate, and when I did get used to it and then drove my wife's car (Honda at the time) I would have the same problem. So everyone takes time to get used to the change, no shame.

If I were you, I would not use miles or kilometers to think about distances. Instead, I would use hours or minutes. It's about 2 hours drive from where I live to get to Brisbane. It's a 20 minute walk to the the park. It's a 2 hour drive home during rush hour, while only 30 minutes off peak. Et cetera. Time is the same for metric and imperial.

Americans would be surprised how much they already use metric. Temperature and roads speeds are the standout things. Just say or ask celsius or kmh you’ll learn it very quick. Other culture aspects will be harder. Such as our different laws, tipping, healthcare. Swearing “cussing” is very common and youll even see it in tv

Thanks ❤

I am 45 yrs old, a different video said we should move before this age. Is this true?

With metric, just think of 10's. It's a base 10 system. 1 metre = 100 centimetres = 1000 millimetres.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

yesss but takes a while to automatically convert from imperial to metric haha

The health care system here is far from perfect, but the main difference is that if you turn up at the ER in Australia and end up staying and needing surgery, or whatever, you won’t go home with a $100, 000 bill, and whether or not you’re in a Health Fund won’t change a Doctor’s decision making in your treatments.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

gotcha!

Hardest part for me was to remember your steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car & I needed to get in the left side - yes I had to adapt & even being there for months I often made the same mistake again LOL.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

yes!! it’s the little things you don’t realize!!!

@matthewbrown6163

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut 1988 was first year in USA & I got abused in Hollywood - we were walking on the left side of the footpath & only realised we should have been on the right side.

Such a great video idea! Thanks Ashleigh. I do have tips regarding temperature using International System of Units (SI, Système international). From this point forward I'll just use the common term, "metric". In language, we have four main words to describe temperature for 4 steps of temperature we care about: 0. Cold 1. Cool 2. Warm 3. Hot --- So how is this easy? First of all, each range is 10 degrees. So the first digit is "what" and the second digit "how bad". 0 degree Celsius is a nice starting point because by definition, it's freezing and bad stuff starts to occur only once you hit this number. So if it's 2 degrees outside you know it's cold, but if you get into negative you know road could have black ice and your car is going to need more time to warm up. It's also the temperature which snow generally starts to form. Add "very" and there are six step ranges. Minus = Very Cold 0 to 9C = Cold 10C to 19C = Cool 20 to 29C = Warm 30 to 39C = Hot 40 = Very hot --- This makes it super easy..... Example 1: 15C First digit = 1 = Cool Second digit = 5 = about 1/2 way between cold and warm Example 2: 9C First digit is basically a 0 = Cold Second digit is a 9, so on the high end of cold scale A rhyme for this is: "30 is hot, 20 is nice, 10 is cool, 0 is ice."

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

interesting thank you!

@inodesnet

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut no always thank you! And thank you also for your collaboration with Kaitlyn. I enjoy both of your videos. You're both intelligent, easy to watch with always great insights to both cultures and countries.

Best way to get started if exploring Australia visa options as an American?

There is no US health care 'system.' The northeast and west coast have very different arrangements than Texas and Florida.

Does AUS health insurance cover dental implants? In US it is extra $$$.

That's good that it is not what I thought from your tittle, "I wish I knew before moving to Australia" which gives me the first impression of your regrets which it turns up after watching which is not. Welcome to Australia!

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much! i’m so happy i made the move :)

Here's a spot you'll love Ash, South Australia, Kangaroo Island, lots of seals. lol.

So you have to have PRIVATE healthcare in order to apply for a visa or a temporary visa in order to go to Australia?

I'm moving to Australia in January I'm super excited moving from the us

When you get to Perth, you have to go to Rottnest Island and check out our super cute quokkas 😁

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

ooo yes!!!

Obviously we drive on the LEFT - but other things to remember when driving in Australia that people don't think about are; our cars are RH drive (so the driver sits on the RHS). Where there are multiple lanes, the left lane is the slow lane and the RH lanes are the fast/overtaking lanes. Speed limits (these are well signed) are enforced and speeding is frowned upon, especially in suburban streets. 50km/h is the limit in not otherwise signed built-up areas (ie. where there is street lighting). 100km/h (sometimes 110km/h) is usually the speed limit on highways, but this can change if you pass through a town. Unless there is a specific sign saying you can (very very rare in Australia) - you cannot turn left through a red light. We don't have 4-way stop signs. "Give Way" means "Yield" and trumps all other signs, even Stop signs. We are really crap at merging .... sorry in advance!! This is the cause of most traffic jams.

The phone number problem here is s cheap solution change to prepay and do the minimum to keep number active in NZ alot of people go overseas for a year or two here as long as you add any credit every 6 months ie 10 dollars to your account you keep the number active check you phone provider minimum spend and time between spends

the trick to a manual gearbox is to MASTER THE CLUTCH .

I really love watching your vlogs as you have a wonderful screen presence. 👍🤗🤪 As a rule, I don't believe Aussies have negative intentions towards Americans....in fact get people to contact your friend Kaitlyn Amanda at Kinda Australia for her POV .

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

interesting! i’ve even chatted with Kaitlyn how some australians see being an american as an insult 🤣

from cel to Fahrenheit its double cel ad 25 and that's the Fahrenheit temperature

I'm moving to Tassie next week, so this has been very useful, thank you! I'm from India - we use forex cards for using money from accounts here. But maybe I can say more accurate things about this in a few more weeks haha.

@thunderstorms6886

Жыл бұрын

@Sanctus Paulus 1962 Just to study.

NSW voters in their council elections in 2021, their government did consider suspending voters drivers licence if they failed to vote. Americans don’t have compulsory voting. Something to think about.

What airport did you have to get on to go to Australia?

Check out Adelaide which has a long multicultural history. I'm originally from there.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

it’s been on my list to get to!

I'm currently in graduate school in the US, really debating if I search for jobs in Australia once I graduate. Ughh big decisions. My main concern is loneliness. I don't have any family there :(

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

i get that, but i find loneliness inevitable, regardless of the amount of miles between you and family

I don't know how you could do anything other than an American take on things, some people seem to be looking for a reason to be offended, let them be offended, if you try to change and then they'll be offended you changed.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

100%!

HSBC premier account! Open a global account and link Aus/NZ account with your HSBC in USA. Economically friendly and quick transfers 👍🏼

Aussies and Yanks good friends,we make fun of eachother laugh about it later have a few beers and get over it. Oz has the best coffee in the world though.

❤❤

The metric system is easy, it’s just multiples of ten.

I am not a grammar expert, but somehow "I wish I knew" sounds wrong in this context - surely it's "I wish I had known"? "I wish I knew" is about things you don't know now.

I wish id had parents that did the right thing and were financially stable so maybe i could have seen some of the world before i was older and had responsibilities of my own that kind of keep us all from doing those things in later years. I never knew my dad and my mother was only 14 when i was born lol. My dad was 15 or 16 when I was born and i never even met him until i was 14 and didnt really get to know him until i was 24. Idk how true it is, but ive heard some people in my family say that my grandpa (my mom's dad) paid my dad $1,000 to "disappear." $1,000 was quite a bit of money for a 15 or 16 year old kid in 1987. So needless to say i never got to travel and i had to pay for my own schooling and all that. Anyone that's able to travel should definitely do it. If you dont, youll regret it later when traveling like that is no longer possible because of your career, your spouse and/or children, your mortgages and other bills, maybe your side hustles, whatever. Great video btw. I didnt mean to ramble here 😂

Hi! Where in Australia are you? Western?

I live in California. I would like to move to Australia. Can I simply pack up and move?

@SanctusPaulus1962

9 ай бұрын

No. There's not a single country on this earth where you can just "pack up and move" and live there permanently.

Dont they have HUGE green spiders that live in people houses..thats what i heard. I would be afraid to live in australia.

I think you are an incredibly brave lady if it’s ok to call you a lady You moved to Tasmania Australia from your home in the USA away from your family friends you did not know anyone here it’s something I doubt I could do going to USA so you are brave and I enjoy you content Those who give you a hard time are brave hiding behind their keyboards I’m an Aussie in Central Victoria

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

this is very nice! thank you

@markbarker5040

Жыл бұрын

@@coffeeenut hope you don’t mind but I’ll say you have a friend in this humble Aussie sometime at Easter come up to Bendigo and check out our Easter fair

casuals get more pay because ,no sick leave or annual leave.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

yes! but in the US most part time and some even full time still have no benefits

It still amazes me that the US is the only country on the planet that still uses imperial measurements exclusively. It is just so much easier.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

i don’t get it either!

I lived here 45 years after I spent 9 years Army including a combat tour in Vietnam (2/502 Inf, 101st Airborne) as a teacher mostly TAFE (Trades) ... free health, great public transport. You can ride your motor cycle all year... I lived at Bondi Beach from 1979-1984 with my oldest sun...topless bathing at south beach (Great white pointers). Down side, because of Agent Orange the average age of Australian Vietnam Veterans was 57 years! Dioxin poisoning has destroyed a generation ... also, you should speak to the Australian Consulate in the USA to get factual information, as they are up to date...from my teaching experience, most students know "Jack".... I had my spinal operation done by a professor/Neurologist from wounds in Vietnam ... all free, they have changed some rules so specialist can charge a percentage more, but as a vet, most don't. Transferring money is simple, but most Australian banks will no longer cash US bank checks (Thank you Republicans), even treasury checks (like income tax checks), so I have my VA funds put into a US bank who don't charge veterans.... they issued me a Debit card.... simple, also you can transfer through "PayPal".... Wire transfer to most Australian banks is also possible.

A tip, as a tourist, its best not to discuss or comment (or worse criticise) on Australia's Immigration and Refugee policy. We are very sensitive on the subject and consider it private. Its a complex social and political subject that you really should understand before stating opinions.

There has been a very recent change to bulk billing by doctors in Australia. Because the previous right wing government froze the Medicare rebates to doctors years ago, costs have increased, and very much so recently. So many places will not bulk bill. However, if you have to go to hospital, everything is free. And if you can't afford a private doctor, you can front at the emergency dept of any major hospital and you will be seen by a doctor free of charge, but you may have a long wait if there are higher priority cases.

Don't judge Australia by the tourists areas. If you are in Victoria head North, East and West. GREAT Beaches from west to east ( Great Ocean road to Gippslands 90 mile beach), Murray River to the north and great Lakes and mountains in-between. Have fun 👍

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

great recs! thank you

I get bulk billing and free healthcare. I pay nothing ever.

My husband kept his US phone number by using Google Voice. I think there was a one-time fee.

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

ahhh super interesting! i haven’t heard of that before thank you

@Travelinmy50s

9 ай бұрын

@@coffeeenut This is the way. Cost 20 bucks USD to port a number into google voice and doesn't cost anything once it is in Google Voice. I ported an older number to google voice and kept it around for 8 years. When my son got old enough for a cell phone I then ported it out of google voice and back to verizon I think for another 3 bucks.

350°f is 180°c thats all you need to kno

As a side note, it's worth remembering two things that Americans don't tend to consider as a framing to the metric or SI system. If you're using US customary units..... you're actually using a metric conversion for length and weight. Likewise if you're using metric, you're using a system that was heavily influence by the US. Metric is really the freedom unit that the US heavily adopted, but its citizens didn't and to this day, most don't realise its just smoke and mirrors. But I'll explain the two points (in terribly long detail for those who are interested). APOLOGIES FOR LONG POST....... --- FIRST is history. July 4th 1776 - a great day when finally, the British and their stinking language, system of measures and their customs and laws, could be cast to sea..... just as they were. Bring in a new freedom language, freedom currency, freedom units of measurement, and freedom laws (using "freedom" here just to make a point later... they were not actually called these things). Well, Noah Webster was instrumental in ensuring that the whole idea behind freedom from the English language was abandoned. Early politics were led by English even if the most common language group at the time wasn't (it was German by a small amount, as is noted in the Pennsylvania Dutch using the dialect "Deitsch" (Deutsch)). Next was freedom currency. In 1782, Thomas Jefferson argued for a decimal currency system with 100 cents in a dollar. Done! Next was freedom units. Imperial needed to be cast out. On the back of decimalising currency, Thomas Jefferson became an ambassador to France alongside Benjamin Franklin in the same era. Perfect timing...... at the time France was developing new units, and its often thought by historians that a heavy American influence from decimalising currency was taken to lead metric unites to be base 10 as well. From the start, the US was basically not only one of the first countries to jump on what would become the metric bandwagon, but one of the biggest supports of it. This led for example to the US being one of the first countries to receive copies of metric standards, which are used to create tooling way back in 1793. But this standard actually never made it, being sunk by pirates on the way to the US. One was to later be sent....... and many exist in the US to this day (far more than most countries have). ------ Standard measures are important. A scale in your bathroom uses a weight to calibrate it, which was calibrated by a weight, that was calibrated eventually by a standard sitting in a cupboard. Lengths are the same. How long is a yard? A perfect example of this for measurement was the "yardstick". A very, very British thing. The US despite being independent were dependant upon the British for their standards. But in 1834 the yardstick burned down in House of Parliament fire. This meant they had to reconstruct the yardstick which means that all countries (including Australia) that relied on imperial all of a sudden had an inconsistent measuring system. Meanwhile, the metric system was not having these issues with their standards. With this consistency and also the fact that countries were converting worldwide at a rapid pace to this very consistent form of measures, the US was quick to create the Metric Act of 1866.This biggest issue was that it was not mandatory which is likely the main reason US customary units (US Imperial) exists still. The inconsistency though was solved...... by the second point. ---- SECOND - Imperial has been for almost 100 years, just a conversion from metric. In 1893 Mendenhall Order was created and allowed the US to change the fundamental standards of length and mass of the United States from the customary standards to those of the metric system. With inconsistencies in measure being noted (as per the yardsticks destruction and the fact that the metric system was mathematically consistent), it was deemed that the imperial system was unfit for use. There were further nails in the coffin in this change. But worth noting that it was the US that was moving ahead at a rapid pace with a lot of this development, and that stanch imperial loving countries like Australia, dragged their heels kicking and screaming. In 1908, the metric system units for length standard was replaced by a mathematical formula meaning that no fire could ever cause metric to be inconsistent as a physical measure was not ever required again. (This was properly defined in 1927). The British started seeing the light as well. Metric system was certainly now far more advanced and in an effort to get rid of the yardstick once and for all, got ball rolling for simply connecting imperial to the metric system, just as some countries would link their currency to the US Dollar. In 1930, the British Standards Institution adopted an inch of exactly 25.4 millimetres (mm). In 1933 the American Standards Association followed suit. But to get rest of the imperial world on board, the International yard and pound sealed the deal. The international yard and pound was signed on 1 July 1959 by the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ and South Africa. The agreement defined the yard as exactly 0.9144 meters (1 inch = 25.4mm and the avoirdupois pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.) ----- So long story short..... When anyone measures in inches or weighs in pounds, they're actually measuring in metric behind the scenes. Imperial scales are calibrated by weights that are calibrated by metric standards and likewise imperial tape measures, are calibrated by lengths that are calibrated by metric standards. As of May 20th, 2019 the kilogram was also done away with by a physical measure, being instead defined mathematically (just as length had been in 1927), by Planck’s constant.

Yeah Tassie has the worst bulk billing access of anywhere I’ve lived in Australia

@fmarginalia

2 ай бұрын

And healthcare access in general is difficult

@coffeeenut

2 ай бұрын

it’s so bad :/

Do you need a visa work to go in australia to live

@coffeeenut

Жыл бұрын

yes or a student visa!

The tax system