12 Things AMERICA Could LEARN From AUSTRALIA

[@davidch880]

We don't call them "traffic circles." Here we call them "roundabouts."

[@Squashed8Ball]

David Ch Im sure he knows but his target audience is primarily other Americans and they won’t know what he’s talking about if he called them roundabouts.

[@wolfpacva]

one in the same

[@saberint]

Actually, and I hate to correct people here (coz it makes me sound like a d*ck) a traffic circle is different from a roundabout. If I remember correctly, for a roundabout you give way before entering, for a traffic circle you stop and start on the traffic circle (usually with traffic lights). Traffic circles were used in the US many years ago and people hated them. Now they are slowly starting to introduce roundabouts but there was initially a lot of pushback. Hope that helps someone :)

[@mrdbooks7285]

@@saberint - Yep Correct, Roundabouts are completely different to Traffic Circles - different Rules - Roundabout are soooo much better

[@godfearingheathen]

In 1973 when I migrated to Sydney from UK where there were heaps of roundabouts there was only one and it was in a new development out in the far western suburbs (Jersey Rd/Carlisle Ave if you're familiar.) Australians were mystified as to how to use them as they gradually became more numerous. (some still are) Roundabouts keep traffic moving freely and don't require a lot of infrastructure but take up more space obviously. However heavy traffic can overwhelm them at busy periods and may require traffic lights at those times. A 5-way roundabout near me in Brisbane was so hated and traffic backed up so bad that it was removed and replaced by lights with a corresponding better flow of traffic. I've never heard of a traffic circle before this so can't comment on it.

[@majormayhemgelball]

They’re called playgrounds in Australia

[@SOContraMundum]

They are in the US as well, not sure where he got that from

[@YTho-ev1ej]

@@SOContraMundum I'd say because playgrounds are, at least where I live in Australia, 95% of the time at parks, and park is an umbrella term to include a whole bunch of things.

[@SeanTheDiscoNinja]

Playscape is the fairly new term for playgrounds like this. Especially the super involved, giant ones.

[@Tim_Shu]

Playscape sounds very fancy

[@JoeMama-bf3xe]

Not sure where he got all those massive playgrounds and skateparks from anyway. Most of em are shithouse

[@MichaelTavares]

The difference is that Australians are prepared to spend on public goods, Americans think about themselves as individuals rather than members of a community.

[@widetubevision4423]

You will find that people in New York have a community atmosphere.

[@James-su7vq]

Michael Tavares exactly right, they’re too stubborn to give up some of their individuals rights for better community standards.

[@laurencefraser]

Well, the ones with the influence to affect public decision making, at least.

[@darkrider7625]

yes many Australians consider amercians to be very self centred and dont care about the environment around them

[@user-ts2ny8jg9d]

except those things are government funded, which while comes from taxes isn't like we're going out and doing this shit ourselves

[@anthonysheridan9176]

I live in Australia but this video makes me wanna move to Australia

[@kenlyneham4105]

Many of us just don't appreciate what we already have, until it's pointed out. I have traveled extensively and I know how good it is here.

[@fishhead3364]

Bruh I dunno my area ain't got none of what he's talkin bout, don't get me wrong I'd rather live here In straya than in the US but this video is directed at particular areas not the whole of aus, like I'm sure I could make a video that's the same in reverse

[@Tim_Shu]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Me too, we are so spoilt 🇦🇺

[@ikimus]

Our internet speed sucks though

[@Tim_Shu]

@@ikimus truth

[@kerriemccoy1647]

The duel flushing toilets were invented in Australia to save on water, seeing that we do get droughts quite a bit.

[@TristanKuhn]

Great Australian invention!

[@davedunnunda]

North America has siphoning toilets. Most of the rest of the world has non-siphoning trap toilets. Siphoning toilets need a lot of water in the bowl and an initial high-rate flush to start the siphon action - thus high water level in the bowl, and dual-flush systems will not work (Google 'flush toilet'). Splash back is not the worst thing - reaching too far down when you wipe and dipping your hand or paper in the water/waste is the worst thing!

[@ChaosPod]

@@davedunnunda The toilets in Australia are called washdown toilets.

[@Venusbabe66]

@Duane Dibbley Dual-flush toilets are probably common in NZ because NZ is awesome as far as being extremely eco-conscious and they're our global cousins because of proximity and shared history. It's why Australia 🇦🇺 is playfully known as New Zealand's West Island.

[@glenwhatbox9813]

Kerrie McCoy if you press both buttons at once do you get one and a half flushes?

[@mattrich7998]

We know you're in Australia because you're sunburnt even though its Winter lol.

[@JayJayGamerOfficial]

Almost spring mate and it's starting to get warm in Sydney at least

[@Jen.V843]

He was in Airlie Beach. The coldest it gets during the day there is 23C

[@mattrich7998]

Lived in Townsville for 8 years and Darwin for 6 years. Do miss the tropics. Moved to the Gold Coast in January and find it a bit cool at this time of year.

[@ozbrizzie8869]

Matt Richards move to Melbourne and you will love the Gold Coast again

[@longodyuo9162]

Lol

[@walover165]

The first time I went to America and walked into the toilets in the airport, I thought the toilet was broken because of all the water! The only time you see that much water in an Australian toilet is when it's blocked. When I realised it was normal, my next thought was "These people don't know about droughts..."

[@billster1091]

I had that same thought in Japan

[@leandabee]

Haha, I went to vegas last year, and when I used the loos, I thought it must have been blocked, so I went to another cubicle and it was the same. It was very alarming 😳🤦‍♀️🇦🇺

[@avilik13]

Also they have the biggest gap under the cubicle door even the biggest head could fit under it.

[@gmoo84]

I remember panicking thinking it was going to flood over 😂 that much water in a toilet is a concern for anyone not american

[@leandabee]

@@gmoo84 absolutely! 😂

[@SomeRandomPerson]

Tristan: "I was only in the [DMV] for less than an hour, it was amazing" Australian: "I was stuck waiting for a whole hour at the DMR, it took forever"

[@the_person_in_the_photo]

God, I was there for at least 30mins, which isn't bad but I had 2 little kids with me which was not fun.

[@shaungordon9737]

The NSW one is the worst. When I was in Sydney it took forever, just waiting. VicRoads is much better

[@Talmorne]

I was there for about 40mins once, thats the longest I've waited XD

[@skeleton5459]

this!!! i never thought i'd hear anyone post a positive review of our DMV. all us aussies complain about the 30 minute wait. 😂😂😂

[@CQuinnLady]

@@skeleton5459 I havent stepped into an RTA for years. I do everything online. when i rego my car, the greenslip and pink slip are sent thru to the rta and then its registered. Im a pensioner so I have no need to step in their office unless its to renew my licence once every 5 yrs. Even if I wasnt, i would just pay rego online at the website. Last time I bought a car I did the transfer online. I dont know what standing in line is hahaha.

[@glennmckay5119]

Yes, we are coffee snobs, but life is far too short for bad coffee.

[@onyachamp]

No joke. But also far too short to be stuck waiting at a servo to pay for fuel waiting behind some muppet waiting on a coffee he could have made at home.

[@lilybean9585]

Exactly

[@bakedslow2530]

#RealTalk

[@allangibson8494]

One of the reasons Starbucks failed in Australia - Starbucks doesn’t know how to make coffee. McDonalds in California is the closest to decent coffee in the US.

[@rossrose1534]

Lol 😆😂

[@erynmckenna9410]

so refreshing to hear an american like australia :)

[@froggy0162]

He’s one of the few Americans that have realised the rest of the world exists :)

[@spamviking]

My girlfriend is a Yank, the 3 things that she noticed most were: - Coffee everywhere is good. Cafe or truckstop or mums house, we got quality coffee. - Medication is cheap. She panicked when I told her I'd get her some stuff for her travel-induced cold (anyone who's been on an international flight knows the kind) and proceeded to put armfulls of stuff in my basket at the chemist, including 2 asthma inhalers. She thought I'd spend all our holiday money until the total came out to a bit over $30 - Birds are everywhere. And a variety of birds too. Even in suburbs there are still more than just pigeons and sparrows, there's peewees, magpies, crows, ibis, lorikeets, butcher birds, willy wagtails, honeyeaters, friarbirds, faiy wrens, galahs, cockatoos, swallows, rosellas, tawny frogmouths, and even a pair of white bellied sea eagles where I live.

[@DrunkenMaster420]

You forgot the most iconic - curlew

[@kristyrobinson1979]

Bob Blanks it’s awesome hearing “someone” screaming 😱 😂

[@DrunkenMaster420]

Kristy Robinson it’s a terrifying sound

[@jenniferlorence185]

WOW, birds I never even heard of, Wow, impressive, and I am Sure way more beautiful than many countries too, landscape wise.

[@avilik13]

Nah fuck birds especially maggies. I can't tell you how many times one swooped on me.

[@passdasalt]

Medicare Preferential voting $20 minimum wage No tipping gun laws Metric system And meat pies.

[@edstar83]

Gun laws dont stop criminals from shooting you with thier guns. They just stop you from shooting back with yours.

[@passdasalt]

@@edstar83 Gun laws have worked. Zero mass shootings since introduced. I'd much rather live here than the States.

[@65tosspowertrapl36]

Don't forget the best fish and chips!

[@glynnspencer4517]

@@edstar83 not if criminals don't have guns, which they don't, so your idiotic rant is invalid.

[@daveduglass2093]

It is generally the case that organised crime does not involve civillians in their matters, while these people may have guns ordinarily people do not have to worry or feel unsafe, Australia’s gun laws stop the loonies who are able to get guns in America from getting them in Australia, which is why we see knife crime but not much gun crime. It also helps our police as in most situations they don’t have to worry about some crazy pulling a gun and shooting them and are in knife v gun situations, meaning they can also afford to be less trigger happy then the cops we see in America, tldr gun laws in Australia do work and their is a large amount of evidence supporting it

[@harrisonmega7918]

Your family of 4 wouldnt be able to finish a whole watermelon, damnn, in Australia we eat like so much watermelon, i could probs polish off a whole one myself😂😂

[@rogue8837]

Harrison Mega lol same

[@kaylaharmer333]

True dat......my family just flies through them in summer

[@BaeLasso]

I love them too but pee too much, too lazy to go to the toilet often...

[@bakedslow2530]

Hahahaha yess

[@stragglypie1038]

Harrison Mega same although it’s a lot hotter here and watermelon is a great summer food

[@lachlanmercuri7800]

those sushi tracks are called sushi trains atleast thats what us australians call it

[@Bobcakes2326]

in Japan its called Kaitenzushi, meaning conveyor belt sushi. I love them :D

[@stantonclark]

@@Bobcakes2326 it’s a good idea it’s weird to think that a place like Australia would implement it before the U.S

[@AlansWoodworking]

An American mate was very impressed with our Tap and Go credit cards.

[@lisazelko3353]

Alan's Wood Shop Ideas they don’t even have tap and go here.....I don’t like it and never really used it when I was home (aus) but I wish it was a thing here.....even the banking apps are shit here.....very backwards.

[@SOContraMundum]

LOL that, or Apple/Google pay is almost everywhere in the US, where was he from?

[@AlansWoodworking]

@@SOContraMundum Memphis. Works for DJL

[@AlansWoodworking]

@@SOContraMundum Memphis

[@discretelycontinuous2059]

Yeah, when I went to Hawaii a couple of years ago, they make you swipe your card woth the old magnetic strip AND SIGN FOR IT!

[@scanspeak00]

It's weird how America can be the world leader in so many ways yet lag behind in some of the simple things.

[@Bobbydazzlla]

What is weird is that you think America is a world leader - you're not in so many categories. You are the biggest economy, but that doesn't make you the world leader in everything.

[@uasj2]

The US is very very conservative too with shit like this. He mentioned “pennies” - they haven’t upgraded their currency in like a century - same paper notes all the same colour and notes and coins with outdated denominations. And *every* country in the world has moved to metric measures and temperatures etc but not the US. And voting is so dumb. And filing a tax return is like it was in Australia 30 years ago!

[@Venusbabe66]

@Nick Bennett Yes, and all those 'things' contribute positively HOW... to the wellbeing of the majority of the 330 million people in the USA, while its crumbling infrastructure, failing education system, oxymoronic healthcare system, appauling quality of water, food and basic resources (Flint?) that are deteriorating and failing many people? I'd love to see how that cost-benefit analysis would look in dollar terms of $$ spent per person. Gun experience? Seriously, you think the rest of the world is impressed with how well you guys can kill things and each other? FFS man, wake up! SMH 😡

[@dillonadams1867]

@@Bobbydazzlla world leader can encompass alot of things. If we are talking military then usa is a leader. Space institutions? usa is a world leader, literature? How many best selling authors they have. America is by far a world leader in most things. Reason they are not in health and science is because of politics and lobbyists.

[@Bobbydazzlla]

@Nick Bennett Not spelling though apparently. You'd think education would be important especially when you're trying to make yourselves look like the big shots of the world.

[@2valu4ever]

Damn and here I was complaining for waiting at VicRoads for 20 minutes.

[@SeanTheDiscoNinja]

Ikr!

[@michaelmurray3800]

That's like waiting for a meal in a microwave in comparison to the U.S. lol hahaha

[@deborahsteer]

Yeah I was thinking about how I've only been there once in 5 years to get a new driver's licence picture taken, as all basics are done online now. I've even bought and sold 3 vehicles, I don't usually have to go in for much at all.

[@lmc87lmc-archive95]

And I was waiting for 15 mins at serviceNsw

[@michaelmurray3800]

@@deborahsteer my partner renewed her license recently and didn't have to do the photo again. So it might just be all onlinne now.

[@cobyelisabeth4310]

Trafic circles are roundabouts in Australia

[@sheona.m]

Literally thought every country called them that😂

[@wolfpacva]

they are so dangerous that is why New Jersey has outlawed them

[@kerriemccoy1647]

@@wolfpacva Americans can't drive properly if they can't figure out how to use a roundabout, they aren't dangerous that is why we have a lot of them in Australia.

[@alliebenson4653]

Kirk Wilson only dangerous if you can’t get your head around the simple idea of ‘give way to the right’ (or left I guess in America). Also, your cars have indicators. Use them, give way to oncoming cars on your right, and you’ll be fine.

[@wolfpacva]

@@alliebenson4653 I have driving on them probably longer than you are old and they are worse thing out there other than the new diamond conversition so wrap you your head around something else

[@shenanigans3710]

Parks in Australia are better because America doesn't value the public realm. It's one of the things I find incredibly depressing about this country.

[@daemonisedone4256]

yeah sadly the same thing is happening here parks are being built upon by developers.

[@jenniferlorence185]

The only place where I noticed they Value their Parks and nice ones for that matter, was in Califonria, but when I came to Washington, Sad, depressing parks.

[@stantonclark]

Exactly, the reason we have better public places like toilets, parks, skateparks and stuff like that is because we value the community just as much or more than ourselves.

[@777zebo]

@@stantonclark Studies have found that community based public accommodations are directly linked to the homogeneity of the providing community with less community accommodations found with more diversity

[@harrybetteridge7532]

In inner city Sydney suburbs there a lot of smaller parks because a group of well of women during the 1930's bought up vacant sites so children had a place to play safely.

[@amymck4212]

You missed GST. Everyone complained when it came out, but honestly it means we pay less in sales tax on items in stores. It’s also displayed on the shelves, so we know exactly what we’re paying :)

[@thedudeno1973]

We have the biggest coffee culture in the world bar none, including Italy. A good barista makes a big difference to how good it will taste. Coffee is far more complex on a chemical level than wine is.

[@goldenhawk952]

Yep. People don't what baristas have to do before customers walk in. If the grind isn't set then the roast will be disgusting.

[@seachangemix6702]

You forgot gun control. Have you ever felt the need to carry a gun in Australia, Tristan ? Australians don't send their kids to school wondering if they'll be safe.

[@TristanKuhn]

I did. I try to not repeat things I’ve said I’m other videos and I avoid politics so that’s why I left it out. But we could 1000% learn that from Australia. And how to do healthcare, superannuation, and more!

[@seachangemix6702]

@@TristanKuhn Cool, I hadn't seen that video. Thanks for the reply !

[@imadeyoureadthis1500]

If u go mount druitt u might want a gun

[@GlynWilliams1950]

@@imadeyoureadthis1500 No. I lived there

[@mrdbooks7285]

@@imadeyoureadthis1500 - no gun needed, just some weed or meth

[@bennyboost]

Thanks for your vid :). Australians should watch this and appreciate how good we have things here =). I love how things that are so 'normal' to us (like sushi, coffee, toilets, the RMS [NSW version of your DMV], etc.) excite you this much!

[@tarniejones2582]

Playscape = Playground Traffic Circle = Round about Saran wrap = Glad wrap Train track style sushi = Sushi train Big ol' breath bus = Booze Bus

[@visions.bychelsea]

their dmv sounds like centre link

[@SpencerHHO]

I didn't know how how good Australian coffee was until I was in Europe in a famous coffee house in vienna and I ordered a coffee that I would send back at home in Melbourne.

[@instinctivejudgement]

Truth! I was in France and their coffees were like steamed milk with a dash of coffee 🤮. Italy on the other hand 👌

[@susannegodbee5636]

We Viennes "invented" the good coffee (got it from the Turks) and Italy invented the espresso machine :-) Mokka = superstrong short black coffee

[@wattlebough]

Traffic circles = Round'about's mate, haha. But yes we appreciate them. Australians can enjoy 4 weeks of paid annual leave plus 2 weeks paid sick leave per year for full-time employees, and if an employee works full-time at the same workplace for 10 years then every 10 years they work there they are entitled to **3 months** of paid long service leave, and many workplaces offer a leave loading on their pay which means when they take annual leave their pay amount goes **up** for the duration of their leave period.

[@deborahsteer]

Don't forget our public holidays!

[@shaungordon9737]

Believe it or not, Australia lags behind most of Europe when it comes to leave and the like. They get way more than we do.

[@glfr1044]

I live in Australia, and the playgrounds and skateparks aren’t that good, also I hav never seen a “lagoon” in anywhere but queensland

[@evaadams8298]

You are obviously not in a good place, because where I am in NSW, we have great parks etc.

[@cloudwinchester0903]

Lagoons are definitely more of a thing up north, but the playgrounds down south definitely make up for it

[@Julzc1975]

I live in Australia and the playgrounds are fantastic!

[@alisonholland7531]

You've not been to the Beach at Southbank? You sure you live in Brizzie, there's one at Wynnum too down on the bay

[@rossrose1534]

Don't know what part of Australia you're from. I'm from Queensland and we have the BEST parks everywhere especially the parks with Picnic facilities and pools and lagoons . Gold coast, Brisbane and the Sunshine coast have the best Parks/Playground all round. Most parks up here are usually big the cover a lot of areas. You can have BBQS, Picnics play Sports. Some even have Skateboard Parks. Government does use tax payers money well when it comes to public facilities

[@BaMenace]

Bwhahaahah he actually "enjoyed" going to VicRoads. Most Victorians hate it!

[@tkps]

Isn't that weird? Still, I paid my son's rego online a few days ago and my husband a few days before that. I don't go into Vicroads unless I really have to. From what he was saying there is no online alternative in the US. I even ordered personalised plates last year online. They got the colour slightly wrong with the first set so I did have to drop them in to Vicroads but that took 10 minutes. Got another set delivered not long after. Maybe we are lucky after all.

[@si-sy]

N he said n hr was quick.....

[@dawnfire1]

@@tkps most Victorians hate the Vicroads. I'm on the edge of Melbourne, so if i need to go, I head out of Melbourne to one of the country ones and i'm in and out in a few minutes. I've only ever encountered 1 or 2 people ahead of me at any one time much better than waiting an hour or 2

[@dommckenzie7102]

Main roads is much better then when I used to go 10 years ago. You can do it all online.

[@discretelycontinuous2059]

To ne honest, i've never found Vic Roads to be too bad. Defs under an hour. But yeag, it spunds like his experience with the DMV is to expect it to take half a day and there be no online way of doing routine things

[@matthewcullen1298]

Mate I wish I could buy you a schooner. I love it when people enjoy there time in Australia and I like the diversity of others cultures

[@TristanKuhn]

Thanks man! I sure am enjoying my time here

[@matthewcullen1298]

@@TristanKuhn so good to here. I hope the covid restrictions aren't putting a dampener on your experience

[@jenniferlorence185]

Matthew Cullen: Quite Contrary to Americans that will Shoot you for being different and having your own culture.

[@matthewcullen1298]

@@jenniferlorence185 sadly in a certain percentage of people over there I guess. But sadly we only see what the media shows. And we all know decent normal people stories don't sell in newspapers.we have plenty of hardline bigots in Australia mate. Just choose not to associate with them

[@jenniferlorence185]

@@matthewcullen1298: I don't know if you ever lived in America, but I want to clarify that I am from here, raised and bred here, and I can tell You that there aren't ANY good people here, even Children are evil in America. Here in America you cannot trust even your own mother and brothers/sisters. This is truly an Evil nation.

[@OGEETOMO]

Australia takes its coffee culture from the Italians America could do the same.

[@ommanipadmehung3014]

@@someoldytaccount On a tour of Melbourne I was told it came over in the 1900s, specifically from the Milan region of Italy

[@craigpodsprojames2500]

Lumberjack Tuckbudford it’s ironic considering the American population has more Italians

[@mcaudery]

Melbourne coffee culture is unique that’s why it became famous and spread through out Australia

[@stantonclark]

@@craigpodsprojames2500 they also have almost 20x more people so it makes sense, immigrants or people with parents born overseas make up 25% of the Australian population, Melbourne is the most popular city for greek immigrants to migrate to despite being on the other side of the world. I personally believe that although you are right by saying there are more italians in America, i think that immigrants and their culture have a higher impact on the society and that overall we value community a lot more, like how there are nicer parks, toilets and free grills, (We are more welcoming to new people and having them become one of us)

[@craigpodsprojames2500]

@@stantonclark good point.

[@MelbourneTheatreGirl]

In my suburb, we have three “traffic circles” or roundabouts that are connecting where 5 roads all meet up together in almost like a circle . It’s called the 5 way. So to get across and out of my suburb generally I gotta negotiating two lanes around 3 interconnected roundabouts and change lanes going through it. Scary the first time but everyone knows how to do it and you get your own little tricks. And did I mention on one of corners is the police station!

[@redredbom1112]

Wow...that’s Mooroolbark in VIC.

[@huntahcallaghan5115]

Redredbom that’s what I was thinking next to the kfc as well

[@ShaunRuigrok]

There’s many a five-ways, but Mooroolbark will always be the o.g.

[@bernard2735]

DMV in NSW is ‘Service NSW’. Amazingly, they do a great job providing service. Also, every police car in NSW can breathalyse you and also do random drug tests.

[@JayJayGamerOfficial]

RBT means you need a plan B

[@Luke-1296]

Isn’t it the rms

[@bernard2735]

Luke1296 yeah, but now you go to Service NSW because they rolled all the service shop-fronts into one

[@LuckayyAU]

Australia doesn't have Traffic circles, those are quite dangerous and not efficient and also thats why they arebanned in a lot of places in the US Roundabouts are designed different and are also more efficient and safe

[@PalemoonTwilight]

I was an exchange student in Darwin not long after Tracy hit. The Darwin I knew is not the same as today’s cosmopolitan Darwin. One thing I liked was the bank at the convenience store. I opened a savings account and was able to do transactions right there, at the convenient store. Something else I loved was the different nationalities that were represented at my high school. There were kids who were immigrants from many different countries, or their parents were immigrants. Everyone got along and they were all accepting of the various cultures, all getting along. Another thing about school...we had guest speakers that came to speak to us. The one I remember, in particular, was a poet who came and read his poetry to us. It completely changed my thoughts and ideas about poetry. The list goes on. I love Australia and miss it, to this day. 🌙💜☮️

[@gold3084]

Australia has 4 weeks annual leave unless working shift work where it is more.

[@Phil_Taz]

I am from Canberra, we do great roundabouts... we fly round them hardly ever stop, we know how to lane merge at 100k without lifting off. Driving is a sport here.

[@tictactoe325]

Just don’t ask Canberrites to use their indicator, it’s an optional extra on just about every car 😂

[@leigao8607]

I’ve notice a BIG difference. In Australia, it is almost everyone’s habit to hold the door for the person who walking right behind you in the public. I went Orlando and some other towns in FL. Seems no one cares about holding the door for the person behind you.😅 Or maybe it was just me? Once I did some shopping in Tory Burch, I was struggling to open the big glass door with the stroller which has my 3 year old boy in it. After trying to open and hold the door for my stroller for four five times, I started to look back inside the shop to seek for some help. It Surprised me a lot that there was a shop assistant standing about 2 meters away from me and watching me “having fun playing with the door with a stroller” the whole time....... what’s more, when I looked at her, she’s looking at me, didn’t show any interesting of asking “anything I can help” Maybe I expected too much😅😅

[@coffeeobsessed3790]

Giggled when you said “traffic circles” that’s such a cute name

[@danharvey3096]

Nothing about how to run a functioning health system with free doctors visits & medication that costs $3aud in Australia but $3000 in the US? Surely that would have been the biggest thing.. Also if you lived in Melbourne, I've heard that public transport is terrible in the majority of the US, as a Kiwi having lived in Melbourne, the tram and train system there is fantastic, and the fact it's 24hrs in the weekends so you can go to 2 gigs in 2 different locations, then go to Revs for kickons if you want, all without taking an uber.. That was so good, i think in 6 years in Melbourne i took the taxi or uber maybe 15 times, and always with other people or to the airport. Public health and public transport, 2 of the biggest things Americans could learn from Australia.. Oh and, decent wages, overtime rates, sick pay, superannuation and more holidays..

[@yggdrasil9039]

Yeah Melbourne PT rocks. Sydney is slowly catching up but we have a long way to go.

[@tyroga]

Given he isn't an Australian and hopefully he has been nice and healthy while he has been here he likely hasn't been a recipient of our awesome health system.

[@voidinheritant]

@STEALTH oh no. some of my very extremely needed extra $9000 is going towards bettering my community and country as a whole.

[@stuartm2106]

@STEALTH Which tax brackets? When people compare US vs Australian taxes they only compare Federal taxes and ignore the fact that there are a whole range of other deductions that get taken out of your pay in the US. For example, when I went to work in the US I had to pay 6% New Jersey State income tax, 6.25% Social Security (ie pension contributions), 1% unemployment insurance plus medical insurance. These compulsory extras are to cover things that in Australia are paid out of Federal Income Tax. (Every state except Alaska has its own income tax, usually 5-6%) When I added up all the compulsory deductions it came to the same percentage out of my salary as I was paying in tax in Australia. However I counted myself lucky that I wasn't in New York City where they also have a city income tax. Combined NYC and NY State income taxes totaled 14% and that was in addition to all the other deductions. But taxes in the US don't end at income tax. In the US each town has its own police department, fire brigade and school system (which in Australia are State Govt provided)- which are paid for out of property taxes. Consequently rents are high in the bigger cities and their surrounding areas. I was of the opinion that I was actually paying a higher proportion of my income in tax in the US when I figured in the indirect property tax.

[@jenniferlorence185]

Dan Harvey: I Agree fully with you. We definitely NEED Public Healthcare and Public Transport here, and being able to Get Some Medications at the pharmacy without a prescription, like Asthma medication, even Mexico is better at that.

[@tsopmocful1958]

I remember when the roads offices were really bad like in the US, so there was a major effort made to improve them here, as well as online services improving overall for everything like that over the years.

[@hart-of-gold]

Came here to say that 20 years ago it was bad. The RTA, Medicare and Centrelink were awful. Couple of years ago, had a wallet get crushed and was dreading getting new cards, took less than 2 hours including about 50 minutes walking (Services NSW is 15-20 minutes from a bus-stop) and was easy.

[@MC-wd4oi]

Mans up early uploading at 8:30am ooh the fish sculptures in the pool at Cairns they're cool Also the traffic circles thing - we call them roundabouts I've never heard of government subsidising sunscreen but maybe that's the case - otherwise it would be just the competitiveness of the sunscreen companies driving the price down Paid holiday can change from job to job, but 5-6 weeks is around normal For sushi we also have a company called ‘Sushi Edo’ that has a permanent stand in the middle of some woolies, and they have the ‘sandwich’ roles as well as the bite size rolls (look them up they’re really cute) We don’t really use the 5c either, we should probably have the 10c as the least valuable coin. RBT (random breath testing) is really good - they catch the people that are DUI (driving under the influence) and make people think twice about what they do before driving so that’s really good.

[@TristanKuhn]

Great info, thanks for the additional facts!

[@MC-wd4oi]

Sweet as mate

[@club1fan552]

So positive and so much enthusiasm. Charming to watch!

[@elli4210]

"Eliminate the penny" - Australia did that by keeping it in calculations but rounding the total up/down at the checkout, eg price is $7.99 each but if you pay in cash you'll pay $8.00. "Efficient DMV": sometimes you don't even need to go in at all! To re-register my car I get the mechanic to certify it, and he sends something online to the DMV. I get online later, go to the DMV website, and pay my fee. Done.

[@alexanderdickson419]

When I entered the Department of Transport office (DMV) in Brisbane, Australia, I was greeted by a helpful young man who determined which form I needed. Within a few minutes later I was issued with a driver's license.

[@HuyLy94]

8:50 The problem with the RDT (random drug testing) program in Australia is they test for the smallest presence, not for impairment so already there's been a few cases where a magistrate has thrown the case out in court because the offender either smoked weed days earlier or was in the vicinity of someone who was smoking - scenarios which would not have impaired them but would show a positive if testing for presence. Worst thing is the tests used can actually test for impairment, they just need to be calibrated to only go off once a threshold is reached - this is what they do in the UK.

[@TristanKuhn]

Yeah, I’ve heard they’ve had problems testing for weed because even if you smoked the day before it can come up as positive

[@lindalee-brown5539]

Glad to see you’re loving it here so much. Keep having fun here.

[@bigfoot22au]

Love the videos bro, keep them up. I have to remind you that we call traffic circles "roundabouts," and our DMV is Queensland Transport.

[@brandoncollings7611]

interesting hearing an American saying ‘Brisbane’ correctly...

[@skeleton5459]

worse is when they pronounce melbourne as Melborn. *cringe

[@josephineedwards8351]

Throughly enjoyed listening to this video. I visited the USA back in 1979 and there were two things that stood out for me. One was the toilet. I didn’t like the water being almost all the way to the top. It is true that when you poop, it splashes you but not only that, your poop is floating on the top. Then when you flush it, the water rises even more with your poop almost looking like it’s going to overflow everywhere, then suddenly it all gets sucked right down making everything disappear. So gross! After that I would close the lid as soon as I finished my business. The second thing was water going down the sink. Ours goes down anti-clockwise, theirs goes down clockwise. When I first saw that happen, I had to double check because it didn’t seem right. Then I realised the difference. But other than that, I met lots of family and had a great time. Loved visiting the USA.

[@dizzy_marshall2837]

3:52 not everywhere, I find it impossible to find free sunscreen in my local area 5:10 you can't just walk up and grab without paying...normally there is glass and you ask the wonderful employees what you want.

[@thornstrikesback]

You're a good man Tristan. You have done our country well.....you are Australian at heart and that's what Aussies want.

[@kristianaaberg7882]

Playground and roundabouts. Every state is different, in Tasmania i pay my car rego and drivers licence at Service Tasmania, which is part of the Department of State Growth, formerly known as DIER (Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources). Takes me five minutes.

[@CamMcGinn1981]

Two things I learned when I visited New York and LA in 2012: 1. American coffee is dead set dish piss. 2. American toilets are torture devices. The back splash almost caused me mental damage, that's how creepy I found it to be... LOL.

[@abdulrahmanyasin4529]

Funny how public things are nicer when everything isn't privatised

[@TheycallmeHope]

Grate job in this video, but here we call them different things. They are not said by everyone but a majority do. -Playscape in Australia is called a play ground. - Grill in Australia is called a barbecue (BBQ). -Traffic circles and called roundabouts. - Saran wrap is called Glad wrap or plastic wrap. - I know you call It train track sushi, but it’s actually called a sushi train.

[@rodcameron5178]

Love your enthusiasm for life!

[@TristanKuhn]

Thank you! There so many cool things in this world haha

[@Alastair.S]

The breathalyzer trucks are usually out after big events like an AFL or cricket match, to check that everyone leaving is sober (because some people will drink multiple beers at one match).

[@SeanShimamoto]

Sorry my comments are always long...I just really enjoy your videos and it always feels like I'm watching content that my friends' make...my KZbinr friends. 😀🤙

[@TristanKuhn]

I love your long comments Sean! I always read all of them

[@FredPilcher]

:-) Glad you enjoyed your visit.

[@ct96]

Lived in Australia my whole life and never seen free sunscreen at restaurants, offices etc. Maybe at a Hotel with a pool. Also 4 weeks paid annual leave is the norm.

[@quirkyk2033]

I agree about the sunscreen thing. More a thing in Queensland I imagine. I live in Tassie and don’t think I have ever seen free sunscreen anywhere. 😆

[@ct96]

@@quirkyk2033 I'm in Brisbane, never seen it anywhere other than a pool.

[@pommydiva1]

loved this video of yours. it made me smile. sometimes it takes a tourist to point out the good things about Australia, to make you think "oh yeah, thats right" glad you love us

[@joshuawillmott7547]

Department of Transport here in Perth and I get annoyed having to wait like 40 minutes there haha. But now I'll appreciate it more. I currently have lost all my demerit points for speeding and being on my phone, (which is 12), but I can still drive after applying for double or nothing. So basically because I lost all my points I would lose my licence for 3 months but you can apply to do double or nothing for 1 year which means you only get 1 demerit and any demerit fine you get would double the loss of licence to 6 months. I have 2 and a half months to go haha

[@MccFallen]

Imagine not calling department of transport, dot

[@heystevo82]

you don't lose demerit points, you gain them. You start with zero. They're like naughty points. That's why they're called DEmerit points.

[@AntTonyLOLKID]

Wow... for the Aussie ver of DMV (NSW is called Service NSW, used to be called RTA - Roads and Traffic Authority) I think we used to complain a lot of how long it is, i totally forgot how fast it has become

[@JamesJarvisFM]

Imagine if they tried to do RBT’s in the US. Their would be a melt down about rights and other degenerate nonsense

[@FishSticker]

What r RBTs (might have missed that it)

[@JamesJarvisFM]

@@FishSticker Random Breathe Tests

[@richardlowe57]

I liked your word comparisons. A lot of our slang and abbreviations come from the English language in the 1800's to early 1900's. We had a lot of English immigrants.

[@crippledalien5937]

Yep I was confused when I went to America! I thought the toilet was blocked! Asked lady at hotel desk she asked ‘are you from Australia?’ Haha. I asked her yeah but what about splashback? I was so anxious about using toilet!

[@TristanKuhn]

hahaha that's a funny story

[@crippledalien5937]

Tristan Kuhn hey btw have you seen the video Isaac Butterfield did about you? That’s how I found your channel...but you’re ok :)

[@TristanKuhn]

Sharon Chapman I have seen is video. Glad I’m ok haha. I’m actually posting my reaction to his video tomorrow morning

[@crippledalien5937]

Tristan Kuhn awesome! Hope ya give it to the bearded freak! I do find him funny though...ridiculous but funny. Don’t take it to heart...he half agreed with your points anyway. But tell him to shave his beard ffs

[@heybird5660]

Yeah only been to usa once & yeah the first time i went to the toilet was like wtf. Hahaha thier just wrong.

[@clabood]

Point 5: this is due to Australia being in drought for years at a time. The double flash is called dual flush. We are currently coming out of a drought although a large part of the country is still in serve drought.

[@bruceevennett955]

If I lucky enough to get to the states I will now know what to do when I see a street sign that says yield. Thanks fo that

[@cathykeiran5642]

I grew up in Massachusetts and would totally agree with you about the DMV…but then I moved to Maine and here I have never had a bad experience. I can even renew my plates each year at my town office (or city hall for larger cities).

[@almostthepointofnoreturn9403]

"Lagoon", cries in Victoria

[@hodaka1000]

The northern NSW rural city of Grafton was just bypassed by the new highway and a new bridge was built across the Clarance River, as part of the improvments (?) Grafton now has three sets of traffic control lights 😞 Before this Grafton only had roundabouts 😊

[@gingerthecat4218]

It took me a good second to realise that a "traffic circle" is just a roundabout

[@simonw3858]

Different things kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6LGqoWuj692jsU

[@kenlyneham4105]

Most American toilets use around 13 litres of water and they flush using a syphonic action leaving behind a large pool of water waiting for the next user. Some newer US toilets use as little as 4.8 litres of water. Australian toilets use 4 to 4.5 litres for a full flush and around 3 litres for the half flush. Dual flush toilets are mandatory in Australia depending on how it is adjusted. Coroma Australia was the first company to develop a dual flush system toilet and has reduced water usage to 4.5 litres full and 3 litres half flush.

[@sea5063]

I'm loving your America vs Australia videos! When you can eventually travel (the borders are closed tight right now) you HAVE to come to Western Australia! I'm biased and I've only been to 2 other states in Aus but WA is by far the best, the coast is amazing and our winerys and vineyards are beautiful. It's a stunning combination of lush and green down south and beautiful outback up north. I'd never live anywhere else. I hope to go to America one day too.

[@shaungordon9737]

Too deserty for me. Perth is dry AF and too hot

[@sea5063]

@@shaungordon9737 Funny, that's what I like about it. Melbourne is all city, here is more country. And it's only that dry in summer, right now it's winter (obviously) and it's freezing af

[@djduchesskay]

Sea Melbourne CBD are mainly for overseas tourists and students, the nightlife (the best in Oz pre Covid), movies, theatres and galleries etc. The locals go to Mornington Peninsula, Yarra Valley etc and there are plenty of amazing wineries and restaurants with picturesque sceneries. I prefer the concept of having both food and wine at wineries than at Napa Valley, where it’s predominantly either food; or wine. Margaret River is nice but it’s quite a long drive from Perth CBD.

[@harteck4452]

What a top bloke!! Your welcome here always mate!!

[@nicholassainsbury8963]

Him: Lagoons are amazing, look how good Airlie Beach is Me, a local: I would prefer to swim in a croc infested river than pick an an STD from Airlie lagoon

[@aurarose2235]

Nicholas Sainsbury Ikr, like as good an idea as they are they can be pretty grotty sometimes

[@hopefletcher7420]

Not all DMVs in America are terrible. I went in late 2019 to get my Real ID (a replacement driver's license that can be used to fly and go to Mexico and Canada). I made my appointment online, filled out the required form online and went there. A man at the door gave me a number and directed me to the right window. I was done in 30 minutes including having my new photo taken. The place was packed, so without the appointment it might have been different.

[@dustinakadustin]

I feel like the stuff about the parks is area specific, as someone who lives in the western suburbs of Melbourne, we don't have that luxury. Also America could learn gun control from Australia...

[@philzolth4710]

The “DMV” aka rego department used to be really bad here in the 1980s like you said its like in America back in the 80s I remember when I first got my license we had to wait hours in line to get a license or registration and its suucked im so glad they changed to the system we have now but I always thought it was just computers that made it faster

[@pixelatedidiot8360]

I love Australia cause I live in it and it's a beautiful home

[@camillegeraghty7004]

Tristan I live in Mackay and it made me so happy to see you in Northern Queensland. American tourists don’t always make it this far!

[@johnmayo5358]

A huge park like that in the USA would be 100% filled with homeless, hookers, and drug users. That's no place for children to go.

[@Jen.V843]

Really? That's sad

[@monkeydui7241]

Depends on the area

[@OmnivorousReader]

Great videos! Keep them coming :)

[@MelbourneTheatreGirl]

I got the biggest shock at lax on my first us visit when I felt water on my bum and looked at an almost full toilet water bowl. Hated it, here no splash back 😂 reaches your arse!

[@goldenhawk952]

Bahahahaaa

[@Subscriberfromwayback]

Our DMV (aka RTA, Roads Traffic Authority) used to be TERRIBLE only 5-10 years ago. It was a death sentence to have to go to one! It still freaks me out when it's good and efficient!

[@Lehcar1]

Never heard of anything called a lagoon in my 51 Australian years, it’s a pool

[@microwrx]

May be a Queensland thing. There are several large freeform public lagoons in Queensland. They are in fact public pools but are in a more open format (generally not locked/gated) designed like a lagoon (generally with a beach), but are still manned by lifeguards during the day, are free to use and are maintained by the local council.

[@Lehcar1]

@@microwrx that sounds nice

[@-exo-6226]

At 0:30 I went to the same park yesterday for Father’s Day lol

[@amymacdonald6716]

Sorry, two seconds in and have to say...you must wear some sunscreen. You look pretty sunburned, not at all a go at you, just concerned. Please be careful and SunSmart!

[@jakegargiulo5101]

"Traffic Circles".... it's called a Roundabout RMS: Roads & Maritime Services. Used to be called the RTA (Roads & Traffic Authority) until 2011.

[@elle77ful]

RMS is only NSW, each state has their own name for it.

[@jakegargiulo5101]

@@elle77ful Oh wow, I actually never knew that!

[@elle77ful]

SydneyPhotography2019 I personally think it doesn’t make any sense to have different names, we’re all the same country, just different states.

[@bk13na]

Most of us Aussies hate going to the RTA/RMS/Vicroads/DMV. Oh and having no guns is also one of the best things about living here

[@julesnorton2138]

Traffic circles.... You're adorable. They're called roundabouts and the way they work: always give way to the right...they are pretty awesome

[@lauren3028]

this video literally makes me so proud to be australian ahaha

[@1bizkit88]

Went to Asia and the hotel had the same full bowl of water thing. Thought the toilet was blocked lol.

[@hubobubo2113]

You need superannuation in America. That's the most important thing to learn.

[@Edwinbraun20]

Yeah... and healthcare wouldn’t hurt either

[@goldenhawk952]

@ Bull shit

[@x0habiib0x]

Conveyor belt sushi is what you call it in the US. The Japanese word is kaitensushi 回転寿司 “rotation sushi”. Pretty rare here in the states. Seattle had like five now we have 1.

[@daniel12134]

so what ur saying is aus is heaps better the u.s

[@alexlanning712]

no, he's just showing appreciation for OZ

[@cya_synchro1308]

During Primary school, The year 6 students that left primary school would have a water balloon fight at the park near the school every year (I didn't go for my year because I don't like balloons) what is also is werid that it's also near a preschool I went to so once I was walking past the preschool and these kids went up to the gate and asked me questions about school but seriously I use remember when I would go up to the fence and watch the older people and kids go down the path like they did

[@siennasirianni9126]

this guy acting like he’s coming to earth for the first time .... “TrAfFic CirClEs” “ToiLeTs” 🤭

[@kenlyneham4105]

Some people think there is a difference between 'traffic circles' and 'roundabouts', there is not. Basically they're the same. What is different is how they are structured and how they're used. It took a long time to determine how roundabouts were to be used, especially in Sydney. There was a committee put together to decide what the rules on roundabouts would be and it took the years to develop formal regulations. The earliest example of a roundabout that I could find are those in Canberra built in 1945. They are so big, they are more closely related to the description, 'traffic circles'. The purpose of roundabouts is to reduce the risk of fatalities by slowing the traffic down and to increase the flow of traffic. There are two basic rules; give way to the person already on the roundabout and always give a signal when exiting the roundabout, both are mostly ignored.