15 WEIRD THINGS ABOUT AUSTRALIA THAT CANADIANS DON'T UNDERSTAND!

[@shaundouglas2057]

As a Tasmanian we have a list of 15 weird things that mainlanders do, and at the top of that list is "they don´t marry their cousins."

[@himbo754]

And we only have one head, and five fingers per hand ...

[@ffm595]

Hahahaha very good, you guys have your own world down in Tassie

[@vanessaabbas2309]

Hahahahahaaaa! That's amazing

[@aussiefirie]

@@himbo754 technically we have 4 fingers and a thumb per hand

[@petermcculloch4933]

Are you saying, if I lived on the mainland, I would have to find a squeeze from outside of the family?

[@kirrajadeee]

Lol! We have hotdogs! Hot dogs and sausage sizzles are two different things 😂

[@cascee]

😂 the confusion is real!

[@peytongomer2305]

Yesss I was like uhhhh hot dogs are completely different!

[@zoeheart-rose4810]

Yeah I know

[@yocho844]

@@cascee no its not

[@yocho844]

its not that hard of a difference one has a Frankfurt and one has a snag and one uses a hot dog bun and uses white bread

[@reinsnow]

For elderly people riding buses that dont know their stop, I've seen them ask the driver when they get on and the driver will stop the bus at that stop and tell them it's time to get off.

[@brendonrookes1151]

and if not other passangers will be like you wanted to get off at james st right this is it most aussies are quite friendly

[@fugawiaus]

Most people also know the area and know exactly where they are.

[@billking8843]

Most Melbourne buses have a digital sign which tells you what stop is coming up. The driver and/ or other people on the bus will ensure elderly people and tourists get off at the right stop.

[@Nob-c3j]

What's so bad about that!?? I mean really. Just wait to YOU get to that age and you will be B---Itching how so many young ppl who have no sympathy. You just wait. Time comes up to bite you in the butt. Trust me.

[@inodesnet]

Capsicum is the botanical genus name which comes directly from latin and Greek. This includes all the capsicum nightshades. Depending on the amount of Capsaicin a given capsicum will be hot or not. Of course when Europeans first had hot capsicums (now referred to as chillies; an Aztec name), they called them peppers because they were hot like the common black pepper. So really most of the world uses capsicum to describe the basic capsicum (they should be more specific), and others incorrectly call them peppers despite the fact there is zero to no Capsaicin in them; the pepper tasting chemical for which it is called. On this I am afraid the North Americans and modern British have the word etymology all wrong and potentially the Australians (and the rest of the world) are more correct.

[@travelsolo2677]

Hotdogs and Snags are two totally different things. Hotdogs are in buns where as a snag is Aussie slang for sausage. We love sausage sizzles, with grilled sausage in bread with onion and sauce 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍

[@jacobvardy]

Capsicum/pepper: the food is from America, mainly around what's now Mexico. When Anglos encountered them they called them after the only other spicy food they knew. However, capsicum came to Australia by way of Italian food, so we use the Latin name.

[@JulieDeuxFois]

Wherever you are in the world, when stepping into a bus that doesn't announce stops, you can kindly ask the driver as you get in to indicate when we reach your destination. I have been doing this for 15+ years and only once did a driver forget me, and I never got a refusal!

[@johnaquillo3397]

I'm from Melbourne and I think a number of these "oddities" I think are only found in Queensland or the Gold Coast. Here in Melbourne the bus will stop for you without waving at them as long as you are standing at or very near the bus top sign. Hotdogs as "hotdogs" do exist. Snags aren't in toast but in just plain soft white bread with either mustand or tomato sauce (ketchup) on it. "Drug stores" are know as the Chemist or Pharmacy (sometimes they may use both terms). Shops in Melbourne, and I'm guessing Sydney, close later that 5pm, usually 6pm Supermarkets will often close at 10 pm and a few (not !any) at midnight. In Melbourne the "late night" shopping night is Friday night. Most shops will then close at 9pm. Pubs, bars and certainly nightclubs etc will routinely close much much later than that, early morning or later. "Capsicum" is the scientific name for red or green peppers. Look it up in Wikipedia. For some reason we Australians tend to use that name, but green and red peppers are usually understood. Usually. That's enough from me except to say that different cities or regions will have somewhat different terms or words for things and different customs and laws etc. Although Australia is fairly uniform in many things, maybe more so than most other countries, it's definately not 100% uniform in words, slang etc

[@himbo754]

Yes. There are a few terms that can vary around Australia: cozzies versus togs versus trunks, etc; potato "scallops"; "Devon" (sliced processed luncheon meat). As a Sydney-sider I say "cozzies", "scallops", "Devon". I can't remember the names other states call them.

[@CyberiusT]

It always freaks me out when _anyone_ (not specific to this young lady) says something like "in Australia they do this" or "Australians do that". Travelled the whole country, have you? I haven't, and I'm over 50 - but I have seen quite a bit of it. Sure, there are nation-wide traits, behaviours, and properties, but there's a helluva lot of completely regional stuff too - and a lot of that makes it into videos like this one. In the last two days alone I've heard assertions that nobody wears shoes and that of course we wear shoes; that everyone uses cash for everything and that everything is Paywave. I'm not expecting anyone to know how everything about how stuff is done everywhere, but a little awareness would be refreshing. Aus is about the same size as the contiguous US (the "Lower 48", I believe) - of _course_ things are going to vary a bit. You don't expect things in Mississippi to be just like they are in New York city.

[@DIgitusSmartas]

Adelaide too, you have to waive otherwise they do not stop.

[@Wojtek_-oz4mt]

We put snags on white bread, not toast. We use both names, chemist and pharmacy. We don't call them malls, we call them shopping centres. It's pronounced queen's land, not queenslnd. Our toilets are the norm for most of the world, I think North America is the only place to have that much water in them. The wage thing is more complicated than that, there's different minimum wages for different industries. We call them trolleys, not shopping carts.

[@rodhenderson690]

we call them Hot Dogs here LOL a snag is a sausage! two completely different things!

[@AnnalieseMazzuchelli]

In Melbourne our “late night shopping” days are Thursday AND Friday :)

[@BethGould]

This is so funny to watch! I'm an Australian living in Vancouver right now and when I came here I was like why are they calling capiscums peppers 😂

[@cascee]

LOL!

[@richarded21]

Capsicum is the real name of the plant once again they have it wrong

[@RyanLye1975]

We really shouldn't laugh at Canadians & Americans. They don't have as good an education system as Australia. They automatically assume/nay insist they are automatically right ( and all other countries are wrong) because .. Uh.. well .. They can't bear to ponder the fact that they really are that backward after all in comparison to the rest of the world.

[@matthewcharles5867]

Capsicum is the scientific name for it.

[@MDBowron]

@@matthewcharles5867 capsicum is also the name of the nerve agent in peppers/capsicums/chillies which gives chillies their kick and spiciness

[@deshantismith2023]

AS an Australian you generally have your stops memorised so you can kinda of just get off on autopilot. And it’s called sausage sizzle mainly (sorry if I come off as rude)

[@cascee]

Setrenlover shoo oh wow that's amazing what if you're bussing to someplace new though? If I didn't have Google maps I would be getting off at all the wrong stops 😂

[@peytongomer2305]

cascee if it’s a new place, you usually check google maps

[@deshantismith2023]

Yes if it’s a new place we check google maps

[@THATGUY4474]

Never hurts to just ask the bus driver or another passenger tbh

[@brendonrookes1151]

@@peytongomer2305 or ask some one on the buss ususly theres ppl who know the area on the bus or say to the driver hey i need to get off at sutch and sutch st ( dont allways rely on them tho best to ask fellow passengers )

[@peytongomer2305]

Also we don’t really do tipping, so the coin thing isn’t really an issue.

[@markway8208]

Everything you mentioned is easy to explain and once explained you would quickly come to realize it is all about ease, convenience, and the Australian lifestyle that over many generations have through trial and error come up with a balance between work and family time. That is why you see stores closed early but if they want to stay open they can but must pay a price for depriving a person of their family time same applies for Weekends (Saturday and Sundays), and public Holidays. Fun fact Canadian polymer banknotes are manufactured in Australia.

[@nukelie8920]

The reason why the $1 & $2 is smaller and gold in colour is because we use to have $1 & $2 notes but they got removed as it was expensive to print, coins are cheaper to mass produce. Buses and trains in Sydney have banner type screen that tell you the next stop unlike QLD. Snags are short fat sausages (throw a snag on the bar-be) sausage sizzles are snags with onion, bbq sauce on buttered white bread, normally u can get this at Bunnings on the weekends & yes we have hot dogs here too. As for light switches yes that is the standard one but u can install big ones if you like or L.E.D touch type ones. Most people will wear bare feet if you live or holiday near a beach. Our toilets are more environmentally friendly as they use less water and we have a half flush for number 1’s, if you get splash back from atomic number 2’s try adding toilet paper after you wipe the seat before seating

[@SirDilbere]

Australia is one of the driest countries on Earth. We do our best to conserve the water we have. We also pay for every drop we use, so minimising its use is important.

[@fugawiaus]

Coins actually have certain amounts of nickel, silver etc in them usually to the value of the coin. So a small coin contains less whereas a larger coin contains more. Therefore higher value. The dollar and two dollar replaced notes and are designed so as blind people can tell the difference by feel. Aside from weight and thickness they have different ridges around the edge. Our old notes used to have a silver strip running through them of the value of the note.

[@jane6194]

usually u ask the bus driver for help if u don't know where ur going. it's much more colloquial down under

[@marleybedford8628]

The logic is, Australians recognise the landscape. We look out the window of the bus and recognise the area we live in and the scenery of the stop. Same with the trains and taxis/cabs. A sausage is a snag and hotdog is usually a long red frankfurter (Werner) on a long skinny, bread roll/bun with tomato sauce and mustard (maybe cheese). What I have heard one American call a hotdog was to Aussies a “dagwood dog.” It is a battered frankfurter on a stick dipped in tomato sauce.

[@brendonrookes1151]

stop ur making me hungry

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

In Canada Canadians apparently need instruction as to where they live 🤣🤣 seriously though this lady has no Idea.. Stop announcements are new in Canada too.. 20 years ago most drivers refused to do it or were not required... Its only the last 12 or 15 years its gotten common in North America.. Before that it was pretty hit a miss some cities required both stop announcement And the driver to stop at every stop even if there is nobody waiting.. This begN in the 60s but unions basically hamstrung it.. Was less successful in Canada but a couple of us cities are famous for it.. Just stopping at empty stops and shouting out the stop name 😂😂

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

In Australia American type boild hotdogs were mostly made with Swiss savaloy sausages

[@marleybedford8628]

@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 yep 👍

[@marleybedford8628]

@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Thank you for your reply. It made me very happy reading it. Wishing you the best. Cheers

[@mrbillhilly343]

As you noticed the wheelchair bays in the bus for "elderly & less mobile passengers"..... Well, all the elderly & blind do is they tell the bus driver where they need to go to & the bus driver will ensure they get to their destination. If they need to change buses, they'll radio the connecting bus, seen that happen a few times. Many older bus drivers know their way around, younger bus drivers just follow the GPS & nod their head. I'm in Newcastle, so heaps of elderly people here & they get helped out. Also, wheelchair passengers need to inform the bus driver so they're able to apply the ramp to exit the bus before the wheelchair passenger moves from their secured bay to exit. In Sydney, bus drivers are used to helping tourists, they hear the accent & they help them find their way around. When I was in Toronto, the staff at Union Station helped me get around, gave me maps & told me of all the good places the moment they heard my Aussie accent.

[@SirDilbere]

Hotdogs and snags are two different things. Here in Australia, snags are lamb or beef sausages. Hotdogs, we call Saveloys. Both hotdogs and snags are made completely differently. A dagwood dog is a saveloy dipped in batter and deep fried and served dipped halfway into a large container of tomato sauce.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

A snag is just a made up slang term for a sausage in bread. It's just dinky dy terminology

[@RyanLye1975]

Or pork.

[@kelvinhill9874]

The reason why the coin sizes are like that, is because we used to have $1 and $2 notes. In those days, the silver coins were all that we had and they got larger as you went up in value from 1c up to 50c. The. In the 80’s, we switched to coins for the $1 and $2 values and so they decided to make them smaller.

[@davidparris7167]

Walking in the rain barefoot is one of life's pleasures.

[@planetdisco4821]

I completely agree!

[@Ruiimai]

But the worms

[@j_isnt_available]

Let’s talk about shopping carts! (Or trollies, as an Australian) This is definitely something that is normal to do, but I would recommend not just leaving them on the footpath. There are dedicated places to go and put the trolly back. Yes, there are people who go and collect the trollies that are left in random places, but it makes their job a lot easier if you put it back where it’s supposed to go.

[@RyanLye1975]

What astounds me is that lazy arses won't walk a few metres to place the trolley in allocated bays, often leaving them where they unload them right by their car, then go home with their shopping, to later go to their swanky Gym. To workout. You know. To do exercise. These are the same persons whose legs automatically cease to move FROM the moment they step on a 'Travellator/Escalator. Magical powers those things. You watch and see!

[@gregmccoy4782]

The shops stay open longer on Thursday because Thursday used to be pay day, so the shops were open longer so people could go shopping for food and other stuff. Shops were open until 9pm on a Thursday midday on Saturday. Every shop would shut at5pm except Thursday

[@cottawalla]

Every Australian has a list of 15 weird things Queenslanders do. You'll go troppo yourself if you stay there long enough. No. Snags are sausages in general. A hotdog is what you know it as, a particular type of sausage we call a savaloy, in a long bun with the usual additions.

[@shaundouglas2057]

And every Tasmanian has 15 weird thing that mainlanders do, and the top of that list is "they don´t marry their cousins."

[@himbo754]

The pink "sausage" on a hot dog is called a "frankfurt" in Sydney, not a "saveloy" to the best of my knowledge. So maybe this is a term that varies around Australia, along with cozzies and "Devon".

[@cottawalla]

@@himbo754 saveloy was the term in my family, 1950s Melbourne with English and NZ parents. You're right though, frankfurter is now more common in Aus.

[@markway8208]

@@himbo754 You are right a Frankfurt and Saveloy are two completely different things, however, Frankfurts and Wieners are similar and are interchangeable to use for the making of Hotdogs.

[@jacquelinesutherland4098]

I think you thinking of a sav in barter

[@harlzAU]

Nice one, always interesting hearing what others think. The no shoes thing is more to do with the climate than anything especially in the subtropics where you are. The toilet water is to do with the fact that water is scarce over much of Australia. A low level of water in the bowl means you there is just enough water to do the job. Incidentally, we invented the half-flush here as a water saver. When I first went to Canada, I was amazed how much water was in the toilet bowl. There was a partial blockage once and I was getting ready to run out as I thought it might overflow, haha!

[@andrewobrien605]

Yep, queenslanders don't really care about shoes. It's not seen as a liability for stores as it is in north America. If you go further north, shirts can be optional also ( for the guys at least) down the street.

[@RyanLye1975]

Restaurants aren't even open at 5pm. They open about 5:30 - 6pm and close late, 11pm+

[@scottyarthuraustralia7567]

We have hot dogs in bun or rolls a snag in bread is a sausage on a slice of bread is called a sausage sizzle

[@MDBowron]

you need to go to the bus terminals to get bus or train timetables, which list the stops within them, or you can use the transit apps which have the stops on the app

[@rogerp6903]

Light switches in Canada and the US use to be small buttons and modeled after fixtures from the UK.Much of Aussie infrastructure has been adopted from the UK

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Pretty much every cultural part of Oz is from the UK. We are basically British but with beaches.

[@tmh889]

**Correction Snag= sausage. Sausage sanga= sausage in bread. We don’t put mustard on sausages. We put tomato sauce- other countries call it ketchup- or barbecue sauce, and maybe some fried onion. Sanga is also slang for sandwich. Most people like the taste of sausage sangas and the smell of them cooking. It’d be considered almost ‘unAustralian’ not to. Hot dog= frankfurt in a bread bun. These usually have tomato sauce and sometimes mustard. Taste is controversial. People either love them or the smell of them alone makes them gag!

[@SirDilbere]

Using cash is now a pleasure instead of plastic cards. The trick to using our coins is to use them in return to pay for your goods. If you think our coins are a pain, years ago we also had a one cent piece and a two cent piece. I go out with coins in my pocket and come home usually with less.

[@neddyladdy]

We have this very new innovation on buses, we call them windows and they allow passengers to look where they are.

[@Annikavideos2010]

hahaha agree...i am an old person - and we dont need stop announcements...we know where we are going. we have sense of direction.

[@MDBowron]

some CAT buses, which are free buses in most of the cities in CBDs (Central Business Districts) have LEDs and automated systems but so do trains as well

[@davidlee-michaels9430]

We have 'hot dogs' same as American's/Canadians but our preferred choice is the sausage or 'snag' as you said. Most big supermarkets like Woolworths are open until 12:00am and we have a 'late night' day which is thursday where most shops will stay open until 9pm. Some big supermarkets like K-mart and Target have 24 hour stores. Other than that the majority of stores will close around 4-6pm.

[@ange3489]

A snag is a sausage. We also have hot dogs- a pink skinned processed sausage in a long roll

[@travelsolo2677]

To go out for a cheeky drink usually means only one or two, say during lunch break or on the way home

[@SirDilbere]

Barefoot is normal for Queensland's Gold Coast and always has been. Most Australians do not wear shoes indoors unless your visiting friends or relatives.

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

To rub dogs hit in their carpet?? 🤣

[@kennethbell6912]

Snag means sausage. Buses make numerous stops in any suburb, in Sydney there’s a bus stop every 200m. When you pay out money use the coins don’t save them.

[@RyanLye1975]

The large grocery stores close at 9pm most days, 6pm on Sundays. Some IGAs close later

[@gregirwinwallace8706]

the snag in the breadis called a sausage sizzle it is usually run by charity to raise money it's done in bread because a lot can be made from a loaf giving many slices and is quick

[@theaaaa4180]

When I first heard the term drugstore in the movies as a kid I was like "WHAT they have whole drug STORES attached to their labs?! How do they get away with it?" I heard though from my friend after visiting LA, that there was much more blatant medication/drug advertising on TV than in Australia, maybe due to looser regulation¿ Is it the same in Canada do you think?

[@cascee]

LOL oh is that why? im not sure i never even realized how odd it was until I sounded it out slowly hahaha

[@shaundouglas2057]

That one got me as a kid also. I was watching some U.S t.v series and ran into the kitchen to tell my mum that in America they have shops that sell drugs and that lots of people are in those shops.

[@terryjeisman7550]

A chemist shop (pharmacy) in Australia must be owned and operated by a qualified Pharmacist. Even if "a drug store" is in a supermarket, you will find that it must secured separately to the rest of the store. Drug and Poisons Regulation 1994

[@milesellis2847]

Before Google Maps we memorised the city. I still navigate like this.

[@carolynrogers1510]

Busses, I guess we look out the window and know where we are going. The trains and tram will announce stops but the busses have never been that automated. Just ask the driver to tell you when you get to your destination and he’ll try to remember but probably sail right on past.

[@kushking420]

Lol every city I've lived in Canada we call drug stores a "pharmacy", but I've always lived in ontario or quebec

[@theaaaa4180]

Hi from SA! Haha we do have hotdogs (the American kind) but they are more common at junk food-y places or as like ..carnival food. It might be because you are in touristy areas that they put hotdog meat in bread but usually snags refer to smaller brown sausages that are commonly cooked at family bbqs and sausage sizzles and hence fit well in the easily accessible white bread slice B) I think the buses don't show the upcoming stops because, like you said, they only stop at major stops without request. Maybe they're just outdated 😁 I agree though, it would be handy to have an announcement system like they do on trains here :). You can get bus route pamphlets at major train stations though and I think respective states have government 'metro-mate' apps to make it all easier, but don't be afraid to ask the driver for assistance if you are lost (like I always do 😅). PS. The penalty rates on public holidays have been fought for and are there to sort-of make up for the fact people are working at all on those days I think 😅 employees aren't required to work on these days by law, but if they do they can get the extra pay or can arrange to 'swap' the day off for another one. When I was younger, everywhere but the IGA and McDonald's in my area would be closed on public holidays, but more and more businesses are staying open on those days for tha coin. I hope you're enjoying yourself here in spite of the shoeless bondi surfers 😂

[@brendonrookes1151]

i use to walk bare foot as a young fella im 30 now so iv upgraded to thongs easier on the feet

[@gramsmith1366]

they're called capsicums because they belong to the genus capsicum.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

I don't bother trying to explain logic to Americans or Canadians. I mean Canadians are a bit smarter in some ways but most of them too influenced by the USA and it's stupidity.

[@mij-kb7rg]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 I don’t know about her but I think many people are aware of this. I’m Canadian and knew but just have never heard anybody here actually call it that. I just took this whole video as a differences video with blabber, not a ‘wow, ridiculous!’ vid

[@zoeinkerman969]

People can tell where to get off because they look out the window? Lol

[@kennethbell6912]

Hotdogs are made with Frankfurts whereas Snags are beef sausages

[@RyanLye1975]

Shops Do NOT close at 4pm. Or 5pm. But 6pm. There is.. a difference. Grocery stores close at 9pm. Chemists close at 7 pm. Or 8pm or 9pm. Or 10pm. Or later. Or are 24 hour.

[@digimei2143]

I think i know why they call it capsicum . its actually a scientifical term for peppers/chili . its one of the ability of what makes the pepper spicy. but i might be wrong 😉 and its actually a bird food not for human consumption (nature wise)😉

[@sylviagerritsen7975]

Having a coin jar at home and emptying your coins in regularly, helps you save for holidays. It’s a great system.

[@rolandoruiz7659]

I don’t live in the Gold Coast but I do understand the thing about the bus stop. That sort of technology is really expensive so they just don’t implement it on buses. Trains yes. Buses no.and anyway on buses people tend to rely on looking out for streets or landmarks to know where they are.

[@kevkoala]

Queenslanders are just weird on their own (says a Victorian! :P ) Going barefoot must be a Gold Coast thing as here in Victoria the closest thing to being barefoot is wearing thongs...err...flip flops (the thongs that you wear on your feet, not the sort that females wear!)

[@brendonrookes1151]

its a nsw/ qld thing wearing bare feet

[@himbo754]

@@brendonrookes1151 Closer you get to the tropics, the more bare feet you will see.

[@brendonrookes1151]

@@himbo754 i live in qld its quite common

[@sylviagerritsen7975]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jacquelinesutherland4098]

I think the barefoot thing Is an aussie thing not just a qld or new thing

[@solreaver83]

Haha the hot dog thing was wrong on so many levels. We have hot dogs and just like you we have saussages but we also call saussages snags for short. And when you put it in bread (not toast) that's a saussage sizzle. A saussage size is not a hot dog. I don't know "you're alright", are you sure they aren't saying "yeah, alright?"

[@nagammahill7886]

Snags and hotdogs are different things in Australia.

[@gayfrogs6762]

Our public transport system is a lot more casual and if you miss a stop the next one is probably only 30 metres away

[@louisaklimentos7583]

Hot dogs is used in Australia too ! It is a bun with a Frankfurt . Snag is a sausage and on a bun . We have on our transit buses in Sydney have electronic signs telling you the next stop . Queensland must be behind . Our trains tells you the next stop . Restaurants are opened until 11 pm and cafe’s close between 5 and 6 pm . Sydney and Melbourne most people wear shoes . You seem like a lovely young lady . Enjoy your stay in OZ .

[@Mgtowfreedom]

Hotdogs ARE called hotdogs the meat part is a snag !!!!!!! Drug store sounds like you’re scoring some acid 🤣

[@PaulMurrayCanberra]

@4:00 This in going to make me sound old, but: elderly people know where to get of the bus by not having their noses jammed in their phones the entire time.

[@gravyz2cute4u]

Hope you're enjoying the Gold Coast. Bus stops - just learn what the stop before your stop looks like and you will know when to press the button. Barefoot - where there's a beach, there will always be barefoot people. Wait until you get to Cairns where there's a shopping centre right near the tourist areas and swimming lagoon so heaps of people just wander around barefoot in togs/swimmers or shirtless.

[@casmaaate3371]

“A snag is pretty much a weiner in a piece of toast” 😂 I am dying at her confusion

[@casmaaate3371]

“Why would you want it in a piece of toast?” 😂

[@rolandoruiz7659]

It’s not just QLD. The shoeless thing happens pretty much all around the country.

[@gregorturner9421]

you can also ask the bus driver, he will let you know when you need to get off.

[@amandast100]

Hot dogs and snags are two different things….. Snag is a sausage in fresh bread, not toast. Hotdogs in Australia are like American hotdogs in a bun.

[@7newscapitalizer]

Put your trolley in the trolley bay if u can walk around the shop, you can walk the cart to its last stop

[@uraqt2001]

Hot dog in Australia are frankfurters in a roll. Just tell the bus driver what road or intersection you need to get off at he/she should let you know.

[@cattmcgregor5078]

A snag is a sausage a hotdog is a Weiner as you call it or Frankfurt in roll and it's not toast it's bread

[@Jack_Callcott_AU]

The word "snag" just means a sausage. There doesn't have to be any bread involved, and yes, you can buy hot dogs in Australia. I love them.🌭🌶🫑

[@paulrichardson5892]

buses in sydney dont announce the stops either. if you dont know , ask some one or learn quick .

[@FalseFlagAmerican]

A bus will stop without being hailed in Melbourne.

[@elizabethnuttall5374]

A sausage is a snag it is not a hotdog ( wiener) and snags come with tomato sauce and bread. Where on earth did you have them with toast ? You want to know why things are different here from what you are used to. Because you are living in a totally different country. That is the fun of travel. No way do malls close at 4pm. No shirt, no shoes, no service!

[@PaulMurrayCanberra]

@8:15, if you are on the Gold Coast, "boogie" does not mean dancing.

[@rongt859]

Ederly people grow up having to know what they are doing and plan ahead and use our brains

[@ZeBoy85]

The coins and their sizes are to make it easy for blind people.

[@britaahonen1489]

So your clearly fine with it. Carts, pop music, is the cart attached to the pop music?

[@BlueSky-8888]

Yeah its a sausage and you can buy hot dogs and buns at any grocery store, the picture you showed was a bbq sausage like what bunnings serve at there sausage sizzles on weekends

[@gabrielleann6098]

We have hot dogs what you showed was a sausage sizzle and the word snag is just what we call a sausage

[@MrBCorp]

Personally I find it weird to refer to a sausage as anything other than a sausage. Yeah we put them in bread at a bbq (barbie), which we also refer to a sausage sizzle. The sausage in bread is a snag as you said. The American hot dog is something foreign to us. In Melbourne, there's new bus routes called Smart Bus and old bus routes (most of them). The new ones tell you the stop and everything. The old ones don't. They don't have the tracking capabilities. They also don't travel very direct routes, are not very frequent and start late and finish early. I have no idea why they haven't overhauled the old routes. Shopping cart = shopping trolley. Store = shop Some supermarkets have devices to their trolleys that lock the wheel (usually the front one, just one) when you pass a certain point. Because people would steal them and take them home and dump them. The first time I heard drug store, I was confused, because I thought drugs were illegal. Hearing it, even now, is weird to me. Oh well. Late night shopping in Melbourne is on Thursdays and Fridays. Open until 9pm. Sunday trading when I was little was illegal. There was one shop that used to open as a protest. He was repeatedly fined, hundreds of thousands of dollars. This was back in the 90's I think. For him, even though he was just a small shop, he stood on his principles. Through his campaign and a change in political leadership, the law was eventually changed. Now, no one even thinks about it. Late night shopping was unheard of. Shops in the CBD was as well. When my father was young, working in the CBD, there were no restaurants or anything. No one lived there even. Things are very different now. We say "how's it going". But we run the words together so it becomes, howsitgoin'. Can be very weird for non locals.

[@cascee]

Wow! Thanks for clearing it all up :D

[@MrBCorp]

@@cascee sorry I said the shopping trolley locks the front wheel. I meant the back. No worries, happy to talk :)

[@PostImperfect]

Penhalurick's? Was that it? I remember he sold cards to get around the trading rules :)

[@lifeof_ran]

Been watching all your vids of Australia to help plan my trip! Will be coming from Vancouver too! You should make a video on living expenses in Gold Coast vs Van.

[@brendonrookes1151]

god i wish we payed monthly i pay fortnightly and it gets priceeey

[@markflint2629]

God, don’t take her useless advice

[@RyanLye1975]

The Gold Coast is a weird place anyway. As is Queensland.

[@Sean-me4fv]

Pepper is something you sprinkle on food to give it flavour. Salt and Pepper.

[@kerryhawkins-bond2522]

I only wear shoes for work. . . Afterwards I set those puppies free. . . Unless I gotta got to the bottle shop

[@brendonrookes1151]

haha its the aussie way

[@nathr7375]

Wait in the US/Canada you can't take your trolley throughout the whole shopping centre?

[@cascee]

Yeah, you cant take it throughout the mall. The trolley's belong to the grocery stores so you have to return them. Usually, you have to put in a quarter or a dollar in order to borrow them, this is to insure that you put them back. Its the only way to get your money back!

[@SirDilbere]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I've watched many from people all over the world who come here and it can be a real culture shock for them. We are unique as a mixed culture, but we are genuinely, generally friendly and helpful and wish you all the best as you travel our great brown land. Cheers

[@Preview43]

Hotdogs are the red ones full of mystery 'meat'. Snags are the brown ones full of beef or pork - hopefully.

[@patwessman1418]

A snag is a sausage. We DO call hotdogs hotdogs.

[@markdrennan5723]

We certainly call hot dogs, hot dogs. A snag is slang for a sausage sandwich. Not on toast. Where did you get this information from.

[@markflint2629]

A snag is not a hotdog we have both and they don’t usually served in toast, where have you been ?

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Capsicum is correct name for them. Peppers is just American slang. And a "snag" is just Australian slang for a sausage in a piece of bread. It is not an actual hotdog. And sausages are the correct term. Not "weiners"

[@BeeBeeBae]

I hate catching the bus. Especially if it’s my first time going somewhere coz I never know when to get off

[@brendonrookes1151]

its not toast its bread unless u ask them to cook the bread it isnt toast

[@keithmitchell3282]

snags are sausages or mystery bags ( because you dont know what is in them) and it's probably better if you dont

[@britaahonen1489]

It's a grid, that's why they have to all hold hands.

[@baderlade]

Bus stops aren't announced on Sydney buses and trains either. On new buses the PA system usually works for a couple of months but then breaks down and no one bothers to fix it. Australia is the land of lazy after all. Announcements are still working on the new Sydney metro trains though. Agree it's weird and neglectful. It's also sad there's no public discourse on how bad their public transport is.

[@daveg2104]

Sure, buses are a problem, but stops are announced on Sydney trains, and depending on the carriage type, displayed on screens. The oldest "K" sets do have audio information announcements, but it's been so long since I've ridden on one of them, I don't remember if they announce stations.

[@SirDilbere]

We know where to get off the bus by looking out the window.

[@cb4me450]

Hot dogs are usually pork and boiled. Aussies snags are usually beef and grilled.