100 BIZARRE Facts about AUSTRALIA!

[@TristanKuhn]

You know any cool fun facts about Australia? Feel free to comment them here!

[@ianfarr-wharton1000]

Australia only has 4.8 million pet dogs US has 75 million US wins. :(

[@toddhellyar4167]

@@ianfarr-wharton1000 we have 9 million feral cats released by idiots into the bush.....fuck knows how many dogs out there too

[@Wojtek_-oz4mt]

One fact is that it's pronounced eem-yoo, not ee-moo.

[@sprayfresh8196]

You might find interesting a former prime minister was taken by a shark in Victoria while still in office

[@heatherjay8802]

Enjoy your posts Tristan, but “ee-moo”? Really? 😱 And drinking fast is “sculling”, nothing to do with 💀! Also, if you’re going to have a Part 2, then surely this should be labelled Part1? Yep, that’s pedantic......🥴 Your delivery is great, up-beat manner refreshing and - apart from that “ee-moo” bit 🤪 - you’re well spoken. Thanks for interesting posts! 😃

[@PBMS123]

Just a point on Emu, the word is pronounced like the letter U. So Eeem-Yoo; not EE-moo

[@TristanKuhn]

Haha I’ve said it “EE-moo” my whole life. Wonder if that’s an American thing

[@happycamper897]

@@TristanKuhn Why do US people get the name of this bird wrong all the time? Same as they say "koala bear",.... they are not bears.

[@FionaEm]

@@TristanKuhn Yep, definitely an American thing. There has just been a big brouhaha on Twitter because PBS in America decreed that "ee-moo" is the correct way to pronounce it, even though the Oxford Dictionary - and most importantly, Aussies themselves - pronounce it "ee-mew" 😅

[@bradsdrumcovers]

I was just about to write the same comment! Goodonya!

[@ktwashere5637]

@@FionaEm If PBS are going to decree how Aussies should pronounce emu then can we tell them how to pronounce aluminium?

[@sarah_cate_art]

South Australia gave women the right to vote before NZ. But the whole of NZ allowed women to vote before the whole of Aus

[@mareky1234]

Further more, New Zealand was only a colony at the time, so was South Australia when they gave women the vote one year later. But we did it better, women got FULL enfranchisement, that meant that they could run for parliament as well. And when we federated as one country in 1901, we were "technically speaking" the worlds first COUNTRY to give women the vote (and dont forget full enfranchisement) as New Zealand was still only a colony. So in a very real way, we beat them not only on one definite count, but two.

[@mrookeward]

@@mareky1234 ... and Section 6 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act includes New Zealand :D

[@jogould1045]

@@mareky1234 Yay Us!! Suck it New Zealand 😜😜😜🤣

[@IsabellaL82]

I'm Australian and I feel like I've learnt something from this. Thanks

[@TristanKuhn]

Sweet! That was my goal. Glad you didn’t know them all already

[@michaelismichael4640]

@@TristanKuhn There's a band called Emu Vendetta which is named for the Emu war. kzbin.info/door/iKgPZEUtUslHb3GzyI5H8A

[@kathytukavkin2522]

Me too I didn't know some of this

[@kerry8248]

Me to and I'm aboriginal. Lol

[@ellafleming7099]

This dude learnt more about Australia in however long it took him to find all these facts than I did in primary school

[@kerry8248]

Lol

[@glennthorn367]

The Kangaroo and the Emu are on the national emblem because neither can walk backwards , so forward progression only

[@Jen.V843]

We also eat the animals on our coat of arms!

[@julesmarwell8023]

1000 nizarre facts about america...................americans............... ha ha

[@jess.m9]

he literally said that

[@lelequeen5081]

Wow I’m Australian and I didn’t know that

[@bjorosenberg]

Another Prime Ministerial fact, we had a PM (Harold Holt) who disappeared, presumed drowned while in office. He is commemorated with the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Pool 🤣 True!

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

And remembered forever with the term to do the Harold Holt when one disappears. Perfectly, it rhymes with bolt as well which is also a common term for leaving somewhere in a hurry. Not sure if it is common elsewhere.

[@buckbumbleboomstein4375]

Fun fact: the hottest day ever recorded in Australi was the 2nd of January 1960 and it was 50.2°c or 123°f. But the warmest year ever recorded was 2019. (Adelaide broke its temperature record, it reached 46.6°c or 115.3°f in the city)

[@meganbarth4817]

Yeah I work at an amusement park and in January (2020) it reached around 45 degrees Celsius one day, and it was over 40 for about 5 days in a row. It was the worst week of work ever, because the owners wouldn't close, even as staff were fainting.

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

Just curious...where was the hottest day of 50.2°C recorded? I'm going to guess it was in Cooberpedy in SA....it can get EXTREMELY hot there...!!

[@drsiigabb9935]

Melbourne has had temps above 46c black Saturday fires

[@boldandthebeautifulgimbal2881]

It’s true, we did lose a war against the emus. To be fair they are soulless demons who steal your sandwich and leave you scarred for life. Never knowing if that might have been the best sandwich you would ever eat. Some days are better than others but you never truly get over that demon bird taking away your sandwich.

[@TristanKuhn]

Hahaha sounds like you had a bad experience with an emu

[@cuddlykoala5992]

Hahaha so true! They will even go so far as to stick their head in the little triangle window old holdens used to have to steal said sandwich! Lmao

[@happycamper897]

and they can kick your dunny door in...

[@cuddlykoala5992]

Lmao you must have really pissed him off!

[@kathytukavkin2522]

🤣

[@annabellecox6411]

"home to longest fence, the dingo fence" actually it is the rabbit proof fence you should watch the movie to is is really good

[@susanab7]

Take a shot every time Tristan says 'Eemoo' instead of 'Eemyoo'... I'm drunk 😂😂😂

[@friendlyneighbourhoodbridg1354]

I'm almost dead

[@willr69420]

Wow! Now THAT'S a genuine education!

[@ETGK]

Drinking game: take a shot every time he says eemoo

[@carked5707]

probably get drunker if you did everytime he says Australia

[@thatb1h855]

D C lmao i was abt to say

[@drsiigabb9935]

Got blasted after the first 30 secs and I was only drinking Moscato ,😂

[@sarah_cate_art]

As an Australian, pretty cool to hear these facts, didn't know half of them myself

[@TristanKuhn]

Glad you were able to learn something from the video. Would be boring if you knew them all haha

[@beastoz]

Dude you’ve been here long enough... it’s Eem-You... love your enthusiasm for Oz

[@DJGNetic]

I'm impressed the time you've taken to learn about Australian history. So a big pat on the back. The dingo fence was originally called the rabbit proof fence for those who knew as that, but the name changed back in 1914 due to been proved to be unsuccessful. Also the camel is a pest here too and not native. They were introduced into Australia in the 1840's to assist in the exploration of inland Australia. Just like the buffalo and the cane toad, a feral pest that decimate our land to name a few.

[@sandralewis230]

Fun fact you forgot: Kangaroos when pregnant can keep there baby from being born for few months when there’s a food shortage

[@stevepygram6706]

Talking of magpies, their starting to nest right now.And with them come the "Drop Bears"😂😂

[@crspwl1950]

They're starting to nest, but you can befriend them and they won't swoop you and they remember you. Also, only males swoop.

[@hello.4859]

I got swooped on twice and it pooped on me 🤣🤣

[@coreyruffels7364]

And yet the magpies we have in Tassi dont attack at all.

[@murbella7]

They're NOT their. Speak English please.

[@sandrosliske]

@@murbella7 easy there Grammar Nazi

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

Thanks dude for compiling the 100 fun facts of Australia. You must have spent a lot of time and efforts in making this video. Learn a lot from you. Keep it up!

[@TristanKuhn]

I sure did! Glad you liked it! The next 50 will be out this weekend!

[@achiruel]

@@TristanKuhn I'm waiting. Impatiently! :P

[@wattlebough]

A few small details about the convicts and Australia. All convicts arrived in Australia from the UK between 1788 and 1868 and from 1868 the English penalty of Transportation to Australia was abolished. In that time about 180,000 convicts were sent over, with 90,000 of them being sent to the southern state of Tasmania, to Hobart, Port Arthur and Sarah Island. The majority of the rest were sent to Port Jackson, Sydney and some to the Swan River Colony which is now Perth in Western Australia. South Australia was established by free settlers and never received convicts, and the Colonies of Victoria and Queensland were originally established by free settlers and only later accepted a small number of convicts. Many of the convicts were convicted of petty crimes and sentenced in the Old Bailey court in London to seven years transportation and hard labour. Among these was 17 year old Esther Abrahams who was on the First Fleet that arrived in Botany Bay on 26th Jan 1788 with around a thousand convicts, nearly 300 British Royal Marines and their families, the first Governor of the of New South Wales, Captain Arthur Phillip a few civilians and scientists, such as Royal Society Botanist Sir Joseph Banks, after whom the Banksia Tree is named. Esther Abraham's crime was stealing 7 yards of lace from her place of employment as a milner. Many of the later convicts were not criminals but political rebels against the authority of the British Crown from Scotland and Ireland.

[@brettevill9055]

Sir Joseph Banks visited Australia in 1770 as a scientist on James Cook's First Voyage. He was the chief proponent of establishing the penal colony at "Botany Bay", but he did not come here with it.

[@wattlebough]

@@brettevill9055 My mistake, I was actually just reading up on him as your message came through and realised that.

[@carked5707]

looking forward to the next 50. Great job

[@TristanKuhn]

Thank you! Should be out Saturday or Sunday

[@devo3243]

"Lost a war against birds" I dunno how much time you've spent around those birds, but when they're mad they are absolutely terrifying 😂

[@Loribyn]

Cassowary: Hold my emu...

[@datsmad]

LMAO, the Wombat, proving you can push a square thing through a round hole.... lol

[@gilbej91]

I love learning facts about my own country haha. Keep up the great work and hope you're enjoying the Goldy.

[@simon180]

‘Y’all and Eemoos’. Lol, you crack me up, Tristan.

[@TristanKuhn]

Haha still got a lot of American in my language. Learning lots of Aussie English but haven’t left my America side

[@naughtscrossstitches]

Even cooler facts ... When I was a kid we were travelling around central Australia and we just happened to land at Anna Creek Station when they were having the annual rodeo. It was a pretty awesome way to spend a day and they had a huge spit roasts to finish the day. By huge I mean like 2 cows and a couple of pigs on spits roasting all day. It was amazing food! Oh and it's not just crocodiles whose gender is effected by the temperatures of the eggs. Turtles are also affected. The Loggerhead turtle and the Green Turtle are actually in trouble because of this as the temperature rises in the areas they nest more and more are dying before they can hatch. One of the big beaches where they nest is called Mon Repo near Bundaberg. Also female turtles will only nest on the beach they were born, they will come back there year after year to the same beach to nest. Pretty amazing to think about.

[@TristanKuhn]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ryanswift8043]

Your channel is so cool! Glad I found it and glad you’re enjoying your time in Oz.

[@TristanKuhn]

Thank you! Glad you’re liking it!

[@frazerparker2297]

Love these vids!

[@TristanKuhn]

Thank you!

[@remarc69]

Very educational, I didn't know some of these, Tristan 👌🏻

[@jonnythunder92]

Awesome research...You have really got a great handle on our great country's culture and unique way of life. Well done, I look forward to the next 50 post.

[@TristanKuhn]

Thank you!

[@naughtscrossstitches]

Oh and it's not that we were founded by criminals its that the entire purpose for white occupation of Australia was to use it to house the criminals. Who honestly more often than not weren't the murderers etc. They were hanged back in Britain. The ones that came to Australia were actually the ones who did petty crimes like stealing bread and had been sentenced to 7 years but to continue to hold them on the prison hulls was impossible so they were sent here. Their sentences were often only 7 years transport and while some elected to go back to Britain a fair amount stayed here because it was a chance for a better life. It was a number of years before immigrants decided to come that weren't criminals. Or connected to looking after them. It's a point of pride in my family that we can trace back to the first and second fleets.

[@bettyboop73]

I absolutely love this video, Tristan! Great compilation, thanks! Australia has always been my dream destination :-)

[@neilward1947]

Awesome job mate... I'm sharing it on Facebook and will no doubt share the next... as an Aussie, 10/10 🤘

[@TristanKuhn]

Thanks Neil! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rhodes1948]

Good research and very interesting

[@jessicabrokenshow8442]

"Eeem-you" not "eeem-oo" haha

[@shaemckenna568]

fun fact - in australia, only around 18 people have died from snake bites since 2011 and in America about 5 people die a year (on average)

[@miniveedub]

shae mckenna and as far as I know no one has died from a spider bite since they found an antivenin for funnel web spiders 30+ years ago.

[@vickispong1371]

Loved it, I discovered things about my own country that I didn't know. Thanks Tristan 👍

[@TristanKuhn]

Glad you enjoyed it! Happy you learned some things as well

[@nomojo1110]

I believe the current theory on the wombat poop is territorial based. As many dig burrows on slopes, the square poop is less likely to roll away and is used as a marker. Great video series. Cheers.!

[@KSO4669]

Tristan I love your videos never stop posting! Interesting fact, the British use to transport convicts to the American colonies, however due to the war of Independence they had to find somewhere else - sir Joseph Banks pushed for New Holland (now Aus), so thank you for having that war!

[@TristanKuhn]

That's cool. I had no idea

[@carolynnestasse7417]

@@TristanKuhn This is a fact. Not only that, but the American's would pay the English Government prior to shipping out the convicts and the English Government made money from it. In short, I guess you could almost call it white slavery, once this dried up the South American's had to look elsewhere for people to run their plantations, hence black slavery. And the formation of Australia as a country. It's fascinating how little people actually know about this history. Without the war of American independence, Australia, as we know it, wouldn't exist.

[@lynneparsons3721]

Fun video, and I learnt some things about my own country. Where does the longest straught road go between? Years ago my family once travelled from Sydney to Broken Hill. The last day we drove from Bourke and I remember it was a l-o-o-o-n-g straight road with only the small town of Wilcannia on the way. Occasionally we'd wonder if we were still on the right road, as no signs, and then we'd realise there had been no crossroads! Very fine, red dust the whole way that got into our car, the boot, and the luggage. Slight dips in the road that were labelled creeks, which made us laugh. As we were leaving BH to return home the drought of 4 years broke. Very different driving experience - flooding, and those funny dry creeks were raging torrents! We had a bow-wave driving through them and were afraid to stop to help stranded cars in case we got stranded too. And did you know Australia is both the smallest continent and the largest island in the world? And - already mentioned but it's important - PLEASE learn to pronounce emu like an Aussie! It just sounds so silly to say e-moo 😂😂😂 Hope that doesn't offend you - we love your videos 😃

[@TristanKuhn]

Hey Lynne 👋 glad you’re enjoying my videos. Idk where the longest stretch of straight road is but I think I remember reading it was in SA. Maybe WA. And yes, I’ll work on pronouncing it like an Aussie haha

[@lynneparsons3721]

@@TristanKuhn Well enough people have told you here about how to pronounce it! 😆😆😆

[@jasonwinthrop6235]

Nullarbor straight is the longest stretch of road.

[@ozbrizzie8869]

Tristan I love your videos. It is great to hear about us from an outsider. Hope you decide to stay permanently.

[@TristanKuhn]

Thanks Elvezio! Glad to hear you’re enjoying them

[@TJdirect]

I’m Australian and I learnt something from that

[@dannyweggy7719]

2:09 lets be honest, if there is one country that could lose a war to its animals, its Australia

[@friendlyneighbourhoodbridg1354]

Yeah with all the John Cena animals here

[@noel2174]

Re the cane toad

[@thelonelytheatrekids4366]

HEY!

[@dannyweggy7719]

@@thelonelytheatrekids4366 what

[@thelonelytheatrekids4366]

I am an Aussie!

[@davidpattinson959]

Hello Tristan. Thanks for the honest comments on Australia. I've been to the US numerous times but I'm quiet happy to be back here now.

[@bigslydoc]

Great top 100 videos. One slight correction, the Australian Alps don’t have a higher snowfall total than the Swiss Alps but in an average winter the size of the Aussie Alps that is covered in snow is larger than the size of the Swiss Alps that is covered snow.

[@natalieoliver4053]

Sooooooo interesting. Loved it

[@angiemc8593]

Great video, as an Australian you taught me some interesting facts I didn’t know. 😊

[@TristanKuhn]

Glad you could learn a bit from it!

[@hideyagi1019]

I'm enjoyed this video . Australia is a beautiful country .

[@leonithe]

Melbourne was named after the then British Prime Minister-who was the second viscount of Melbourne, Derbyshire. But, because it was initially settled by, amongst others, a bloke called Batman-it was was called Batmania for a while...keep up the GROUSE work, Tristan!!

[@miagrant7825]

Here’s a fact- possums can eat through electrical wiring (e.g for power) without getting hurt. This has actually happened in my suburb in Australia and we had a massive blackout that lasted from 1 pm to 12 am

[@rebelrob9637]

I know here in NSW. Almost every bar, club and pub has Pokies or slot machines as you call them

[@thelonelytheatrekids4366]

In school we are learning about the convicts!(criminals!)

[@ellafleming7099]

I can’t stop laughing everytime he says emus

[@williamm8240]

That was very interesting. Good job. You may be a future Jeopardy contestant? LOL

[@TristanKuhn]

Glad you liked it!

[@imck8071]

Thanks, great vid.

[@DontNoticeMe224]

I actually learnt some facts today wow thx Tristen

[@nperceived]

5:47 a fun fact, but kangaroos aren't unique to Australia. They're found in the island of New Guinea as well

[@nswinoz3302]

You missed the longest straight piece of railway track in the world. It’s in the southern part of WA on the east side of the Nullarbor within a couple of hundred Km’s of The straightest road! NSW in Oz

[@bako6340]

Lol I love how u say emus its like “E-Moos” but we say “E-Muse” 😂

[@Shado_wolf]

Perth gets more rainfall annually (just, about 5 mm more) than London, it just falls in a few months, rather than year round

[@stephenmcdonald7713]

No1 in the world eh? Wow, I've seen blokes bet on 2 flies on the wall in the pub, no surprises there. Insane, crazy, cool, well just a spit from the enchanting Simpson desert is the Birdsville Annual Race meet, 6000 punters,2 days.It's a swim thru, photos on google. Fact is this captures every one at their very aussie best ?

[@CookieCat712]

I was so surprised at the gambling one then I remembered. Ohh the lotto. Yep. We deffinetly gamble…😂

[@OmnivorousReader]

Glad to see you made it to the Gold Coast, the canals are impressive as was the great Emu war. This was a cool vid and I definitely learned a few things from it! Now, about the convict thing, I have heard so many Americans get weird about it. The reason it is weird is because that was how America started too you know? If you read literature from 1600s -1700s you will see that Virginia, Maryland and couple of others received over 160,000 convicts, so it is a bit weird of you guys to get excited about it having happened in Australia too.

[@danielgrey5754]

We are fucked in Melbourne this spring. Many of us pay magpies off with food for safety, but with compulsory masks they won't recognise the friendly humans.

[@TristanKuhn]

😆

[@danielgrey5754]

Tristan Kuhn you may laugh. Wait till you’ve lived next to a park with the same family coming every year. They are super territorial but if they think you are ok they never bother you. If they have doubts then you will be looked up and down and checked out every time you walk past. If they don’t like you then you need to move. You need to make sure they think you are ok. Often involves bribing them with some mince or dog food. They remember faces and are super smart. Never make an enemy of a magpie.

[@SaulGreatorixMusic]

The Gold Coast canal system is also actually loosely based off Miami Florida's water ways. The creators were so obsessed with the idea that we even have a suburb named Miami. Tap water from some regions in Australia contain more beneficial minerals than some brands of bottled mineral water. Reason is because of the mountain run off and springs that flow into the dams. Unfortunately not everyone gets to taste this because of the condition of the supply pipes to some suburbs.

[@TristanKuhn]

Cool stuff! I had no idea. Thanks for sharing!

[@achiruel]

I think Palm Beach was also nicked from Florida. There's also a neighbourhood in Broadbeach Waters called Florida Keys.

[@SaulGreatorixMusic]

@@achiruel Yes it was. People have said this is also why the avenue names have 5th 6th etc, to emulate Florida as well. Someone must have really wanted to replicate it badly!

[@user-ed8bk6rz9s]

Love your Aussie posts. Emus are pronounced EEEMM YOU.🇦🇺🥰Tina Neilsen

[@JoshHolden-Aka-evani]

you didn't know Australia had Crocodiles? hello Steve Irwin, crocodile Dundee?

[@brontetomlinson6786]

I’m pretty sure he knew about fresh water crocodiles just not about salt water ones

[@TristanKuhn]

Haha true. I guess I kinda knew about them but never really thought about them when I thought of Australia. When I thought of crocs I think of Florida, not Aus

[@achiruel]

@@TristanKuhn American crocodiles are quite placed compared to Aussie salties. In fact Australian freshwater crocodiles are fairly placid compared to salties. The salties are a cranky, vicious beast.

[@seleth6068]

Sadly the 90 mile straight isn't the longest straight road any more. A few of the middle eastern and Saharan areas have beaten it. Gotten say I'm impressed at how much you've learned though. Love your videos mate.

[@eddielacinski928]

Longest iron ore train in the world 10km long

[@neilroberts2251]

Love it when I learn something about my home! Here is a fun fact - Australia is the only nation to have fought alongside the Americans in every major US military action of the last century including World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq.

[@TristanKuhn]

I almost included that in the video but I think I might have taken it out when trying to limit it down to 100. Can’t remember. Might be in my second video

[@happycamper897]

serving in the same theatre of war is not the same as being "along side" in the same battle. Australians and Americans first fought together under unified command at the Battle of Hamel in France in July, 1918 under Australian General John Monash. Next time was not until the naval battle of the Coral Sea in WW2.

[@brettevill9055]

You have no idea how disappointed my friends in the RAN were that the Americans didn't invite us to Grenada *and* the Poms didn't invite us to the Falklands. They were almost in tears over a copy of "Jane's Fighting Ships".

[@brettevill9055]

Were there US forces in East Timor?

[@happycamper897]

@@brettevill9055 Regarding USA in East Timor..... NO, not as ground troops. But did show up in logistics and training. Only ground troops in Timor were , ...... Australia - 5,500 New Zealand - 1,200 Thailand - 1,600

[@lrg162]

You forgot to mention that Australia actually exports those Camels to Saudi Arabia. Oh, and Australia even exports "sand" to Saudi Arabia. 😉

[@TristanKuhn]

Sand too? I had no idea haha

[@miniveedub]

lrg162 and pasta to Italy and sake and wasabi to Japan.

[@inodesnet]

A lot of sand has been exported to Hawaii as well. Not for what many people think though. NSW has silicate sand, Hawaii has carbonate. Golf course require silicate, so a lot of the Hawaiian golf courses have sand imported from Australia. Some think Waikiki is sand from Newcastle. It's actually not.

[@lrg162]

@MusicManMaurice It's probably exported in bulk, packaged in Italy, then imported back to Australia with a 5000% mark-up. That's usually what happens with Australia's natural resources or produce, thanks to our government.

[@mikeparkes7922]

@MusicManMaurice Also true.

[@mitchellsmith300]

Kangaroo isn’t a popular type of meat though chicken, pork and lamb are

[@hubobubo2113]

Harold Holt was our prime mister in 1967 and while in office went swimming. He was never seen again.

[@Cindy-xg6yn]

We have the Snow Mountains in southern New South Wales.

[@Preview43]

Magpies can be bribed with snacks. Then they tell tell all their buddies you're ok and your head is off limits. Downside is they get cheeky and start knocking on your window when they cbf hunting.

[@mikeoxitchy5765]

Tristan, I like your channel man. You seem like a good bloke and can understand why you liked Australia so much... you are like us my brother. Rock on champion. Work to live my friend, never live to work ;-)

[@melbclayman]

The bit about Melbourne having the largest concentraion of Greek-speaking people outside Athens is actually an original Trivial Pursuit question! However, last I heard, Thessaloniki in Greece had overtaken Melbourne sometime around 2000...

[@terencemccarthy8615]

Hi Tristan...love all your videos....even learning new info about my own country...please be aware that we don’t have “ranches” in Australia..they are called “stations”...looking forward to your next. video....Cheers!

[@shaungordon9737]

I feel like 'cattle ranch' is common here too. Or maybe that's just because I live in the city and have watched too much American tv, I dunno.

[@terencemccarthy8615]

@@shaungordon9737 ..yep..too much American tv methinks...😂

[@shaungordon9737]

@@terencemccarthy8615 Yup! Even though I know it's 'cattle station' in Australia, I still think of them as cattle ranches in my head. Dam Americans confusing my vocabulary!

[@brettevill9055]

@MusicManMaurice Originally farmers grew crops on farms whereas graziers raised livestock on stations. But as we've urbanised since WWII we have forgotten the distinction.

[@brettevill9055]

@MusicManMaurice It's being lost; it's adapting to our changing circumstances; it's changing to help us communicate better with other English-speakers. Nothing lasts forever except for change.

[@andrewtow420]

No mate, it's not a dingo fence, it's a rabbit fence. The pomms brought rabbits to Australia and they have caused so much damage that we built a fence to keep them out of Queensland and the Northern Territory.

[@philliesphan334]

As far as fact 2 goes if I were Australian the only reason I'd want to move to the US is if I was offered a high-income position. Correct me if I'm wrong but Australia seems so much better for working-class earners or to start a family in.

[@TristanKuhn]

I’d say so. Much easier to make a livable wage. That’s one of the reasons Australia has 3 or 4 cities that are ranked in the top 10 most livable cities in the world

[@philliesphan334]

@@TristanKuhn US doesn't have cities on that list due to our poor infrastructure, obscene income inequality, & 3rd world poverty that leads to high crime

[@brettevill9055]

The median household net wealth in Australia is the highest in the world. And average household net wealth is higher than in any country that is not a micronation providing a tax shelter to wealthy expatriates. www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-23/australia-tops-median-wealth-per-adult-list/10518082?nw=0

[@philliesphan334]

@@brettevill9055 do you think that's due to working class wages being high? My understanding is that there are more high income opportunities in the US but where there's extreme wealth there's extreme poverty, is my understanding on this off?

[@brettevill9055]

@@philliesphan334 It is partly to do with accumulated superannuation balances, and partly to do with high home ownership and soaring house prices (which is a dodgy form of wealth, but never mind), and partly to do with a very long run of continuous economic growth from 1993, high wages and comparatively low inequality. So it gets back to (1) the economic reforms of the Hawke, Keating, and early Howard governments and (2) mineral exports to China as it industrialised.

[@Floury_Baker]

We have the kangaroo and emu on the CoA because they can’t walk backwards, so they always go forward, hence “Advance Australia Fair”.

[@Jespa_007]

It also means Progress. You cant progress if you go backward.

[@TristanKuhn]

Great one! That’s one of the fun facts in mention in my next video

[@susanab7]

And we are one of the few, if only, countries that eats the animals on the Coat of Arms

[@susanab7]

Oops! You said this in the vid!! (I posted before you said it haha)

[@erose1710]

@@TristanKuhn Actually its an urban legend they can't go backwards. They can but they can't walk for long distances backward, just watch them in a fight they do indeed go backwards.

[@scottdaniels4493]

David Boon holds the Aussie cricket record for drinking the most amount of beers on the plane to England. He drank 52.

[@Mav_F]

Australia was the first country to announce that women will be allowed to vote next election in South Australia but that was 2 years in the future. New Zealand decided to do the same but their election was 1 year or so sooner. South Australia was the first place to allow women to go to University too.

[@ianfarr-wharton1000]

And New Zealand was part of the state N.S.W Australia then.

[@Mav_F]

@@ianfarr-wharton1000 haha funny man.

[@aussiejohn5835]

@@Mav_F it is correct that for a short time New Zealand was annexed to New South Wales, however it was before European settlement.

[@Mav_F]

@@aussiejohn5835 didnt say he was wrong completely but it was funny

[@TristanKuhn]

I had no idea. Another great fact! Love it. Thanks!

[@boringuncle506]

Cool vid. Not sure I have heard you talk about HECS before. The Government here pay the University fees until you are working at a certain wage and you chip away at it from there, but even then your wage has to be at a certain threshold. And...I am going to say emoo from now, I like it.

[@TristanKuhn]

Hahaha you might be the only person who liked how I said emu lol

[@boringuncle506]

@@TristanKuhn Forgot to say, as long as your folks are not loaded. You not only get HECS, you get AUSTUDY, $500 a fortnight depending on how much rent you have to pay, (rent assistance) means you can study and not have to source work (and don't pay back a cent of AUSTUDY). Similar to the Job Keeker payment that doubled recently to stimulate the economy. Yes stimulate is equally as bad as moist as a word. END CALL...Australia if you are good enough to get in to Uni, you are given the chance here as an Australian ;-) I think that's fucking excellent. Just saying :-) I would never have been able to hit University in the States. I don't have Lorie Laughlin as a Mum. You don't need to here. We stimulate the moist economy to encourage the best workers. Ohh shit I'm bored. I will stop my moist stimulated mind. haha :-) #Emoo.

[@snaek29]

Emu is pronounced "Eeem-You". Koalas sleep 20 hours a day because they are pretty much permanently stoned from eating Eucalyptus leaves (and digesting them is a complicated process).

[@hopejurgens2821]

The way your saying emu is driving me nuts hahaha

[@shanebutler9470]

If you wave something Shiny while being non defence there naturally attached to Shiny things. That's why always cut gut open because they eat Shiny stuff

[@kristyrobinson1979]

There was a dam that wasn’t built coz of the Mary river butt breathing turtle 🐢 I live there and have seen one. So proud it saved the region from another crappy dam. And some of them can have a moss mowhawk. Super cute. The region also has a plant called the Gympie-Gympie or suicide plant because it’s so painful when stung that it makes you want to die 🤷‍♀️

[@anniemac7545]

Make a video of Australian inventions: eg. Google maps, wifi, Ultra Sound, Black Box flight recorders, the pacemaker, bionic ear, refridgerators, esky, wine casks, electric drill, surf ski, car radio, letter sorting machines, solar hot water, latex gloves, power boards, spray on skin, cervical cancer vaccine. polymer bank notes, multifocal contact lenses , baby travel capsules, zinc cream, just for a start..............

[@Tim_Shu]

Yeah the yardie 🍻🍻🍻

[@SupraJoel]

I had to ride my bike to school as a kid past a magpie nesting tree everyday. It super scary. All the kids wear helmets, there are no rebel children if they know about a magpie tree.

[@inodesnet]

Love every video Tristan. So easy to watch. But as many would point out, there is a correct way to pronounce Emu and an American way. It's very well timed. NPR's Weekend Edition recently featured a story about a woman in Maryland who lost her pet emu. It started many (Australians likely) pointing out that the US pronunciation of Emu (ee-moo) is incorrect and it actually ee-mew. But seems NPR is sticking to their guns and claimed the US pronunciation is correct. That said, I always thought given we speak the same language, to always say US specific words the way the Americans say them. Place names like New Orleans, Los Angeles and even good old Boise in Idaho are often said incorrectly. And there is no way an Australian should have a say in stating that American place names should be said the often incorrect way as much as Americans should determine that the name of an Australian bird is incorrect. Suggest Googling NPR's Weekend Edition touches nerve with their pronunciation of emu

[@simon180]

Lmao @ the way you say emus

[@caro.k2958]

Wicked list 👍

[@TristanKuhn]

Thanks! 👍

[@michaelfink64]

Speaking of prime ministers, Harold Holt, who was prime minister from 1966-1967 disappeared in 1967 while skin diving at Cheviot Beach in Victoria and was never found. Conspiracy theorists claimed he was picked up by a Chinese submarine, but most people accept that he just drowned. Ironically, there is a community swimming pool in Melbourne named after him.

[@cjmbayo5398]

Hey, Tristan I'm thinking about moving to australia from the us. I've watched many videos and searched the web. Where do you think is the best place to live in australia. I would love a place with beaches and it's safe.Also do you think that it will be worth moving from america to australia.

[@naughtscrossstitches]

IF you're particularly after beaches north is better. Northern NSW and into Queensland.

[@shaungordon9737]

The further north you go, the more 'beachy' the weather and vibe is. But pretty much every major city/town in Australia has a beach of some sort.

[@TristanKuhn]

If 100% recommend the Gold Coast! I love it here and it has amazing beaches and is safe. Anywhere around Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast are also great. The whole region of southern Queensland and northern NSW is amazing. Great weather, beaches, national parks, good cities. Really has it all

[@mayamcbain8192]

It's the di go fence but also the rabbit proof fence

[@jaybarnett3550]

Heard Island and McDonald Island have the only 2 active Volcanos in Australia. There about 4000km south-west of Perth. They’re not on the continent though!

[@TristanKuhn]

That’s cool! I didn’t know Australia had any volcanos

[@bradpaulburn4857]

Monotremes . Egg laying mammals Duck-billed Platypus. Short-beaked Echidna. Sir David's Long-beaked Echidna. Eastern Long-beaked Echidna. Western Long-beaked Echidna. After making these videos you'd smash a Pub Trivia comp hahahaha . Enjoying these mate .

[@TristanKuhn]

Haha you’re so right. I need to go to a pub trivia night now lol

[@mors134]

magpies and plovers