6 Strange Things We Noticed When We Moved To Australia

[@robinhoward4204]

Believe me, we Aussies get a bit sick and tired of the fluctuating petrol prices too. 🤔

[@SH-qs7ee]

And the food prices too.

[@rrocketman]

@@SH-qs7ee And building prices, all prices actually 😁

[@radaraacf]

Umm a bit? You meet totally fed up?!?

[@dromomaniac8318]

Actually, I never get sick of the prices when they go down😂

[@nathansouth4481]

Still a lot cheaper than in England.

[@petespike5000]

We don't really celebrate the queens birthday, we just enjoy the day off

[@mechpatt]

Always fun to hear about the differences between cultures that are similar, but certainly not the same, especially in a fun and friendly manner

[@bigbrothertw]

drive thru grog boxes are our gift to the world, appreciate them

[@robynmurray7421]

When you left the UK, it may still have part of the EU which heavily subsidises farmers so food prices stay stable. Fruit, vegetables and meat prices in Australia are determined by supply and demand so things like drought, fire and floods affect price. (Maybe before buyers complain about the price of a lettuce they should spare a thought for the growers who have lost a year's income or more in the floods). Also, Coles and Woolworths control a huge proportion of the retail food market, so they can and do manipulate prices, for instance keeping milk prices at a level less than the cost of production, or discounting fresh produce to get buyers into the store. Sadly, it's the farmers and the manufacturers who carry the cost of these discounts, not the supermarkets. Big supermarkets will also slash prices to put a smaller competitor, such as an independent butcher, out of business. Of course, as soon as the competitor is gone, the big supermarket's prices go back up again.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

A lot of the produce in the UK was imported, hence all year round cheap prices. However, although it confused us to begin with (just because we weren’t used to it), it’s actually a massive win for Australia, that we are all eating locally grown, seasonal produce 🇦🇺

[@robynmurray7421]

@@daviddou1408 The most fertile soils and reliable water supplies are on river flats, which is where most vegetable farms and dairy farms are.

[@k1ng401]

@@daviddou1408 yeah that’s it; farm the flats, put the buildings and expensive stuff on a hill. Your dad was a wise man.

[@aheat3036]

@@TheBAMFamalam Noticeable price fluctuations are quite rare here in the U.S. We have seen it in the recent months because of the pandemic causing supply chain issues but the prices of things you mentioned are pretty much stable throughout the year.

[@radaraacf]

Yeah I learnt about the uk subsidies and controls from Clarkson farm! Seems very interesting and odd, since at the end he does the math and I think he only made 15-20K that year after being compensated what a joke

[@gillianfahey6464]

Wow! The UK doesn’t even have a public holiday for the Queen’s birthday … we really ARE looking for any excuse to have a long week-end it appears …😁

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha yes indeed, it baffles us to begin with, but hey we’re more than happy to have a public holiday 😁

[@vickigreen9545]

I think they get I’m the holiday but every holiday is a “bank holiday”, no pressure to celebrate something specific

[@katrinataylor2108]

Nah mate , it's just the Aussie way of life to take as much time as possible off work and get paid 😀 weather it's Australia Day, Anzac Day etc: BBQ Beers camping trips yepppp gotta love our public Holiday's

[@jeringatai3156]

@@katrinataylor2108 dont be disrespecting Anzac day. Its not an excuse for a day off. Youre meant to spend the morning commemorating the soldiers of Gallipolli

[@westaussieeggs8867]

@@jeringatai3156 yep and now it is not a long weekend but the actual day the 25th of April regardless.

[@zephyrmj]

the public holiday surcharge is really to compensate the owner slightly because by law the workers get between 150 and 200% of their normal pay and the owner doesn't want to lose business. No-one is going to stomach prices that are double the usual prices.

[@DaveWhoa]

i like "yeah nah" cos its basically a polite way of saying "i see where you're coming from, but... nah" ... in just two words!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha yes! We use it all the time now 😆

[@DaveWhoa]

@@TheBAMFamalam I think it also has its roots in the "she'll be right" mentality in Australia, and trying to find mutual peace/understanding in a situation or potential conflict rather than exacerbate it. Somebody bumped into me at a winery last year after I simply stepped sideways (and this is out on the grass, not inside), so I spilled most of my beer, but I immediately apologised to him even though I couldn't see him but he would've seen me. This would be a completely foreign land for Texan gunholders with their open-carry.

[@grahamoldfield3474]

@@DaveWhoa Don't worry about parts of America with open carry they have the lowest crime rates . Go to some parts, as I have ( Cleveland ) and everyone carries a concealed gun and the criminals use them often . Chicago one weekend 27 people shot dead all gang related in about a 5 Klm radius ( you can bet they were all illegal guns ) and that has the toughest gun laws .I like it here .

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@DaveWhoa it’s certainly the friendliest place we’ve ever been 🐨

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@grahamoldfield3474 gosh, we’re definitely glad to be home here in Oz 😬

[@fab3laundry]

Tell the world about the drop bears in your next video please. People think it’s a joke but they really need to know how dangerous this animal is. Thanks.

[@infidel202]

Nasty bastards all teeth and claws

[@andrewcoulter323]

keep telling lies and we will be known internationally as a bunch of liars....i dont get it....

[@nothere57]

Or the three kinds of bullshit the bullshit found in the paddock the bullshit , politicians and used carsalesmen feed you and the bullshit you tell your mates to see which way they jump ...

[@tonywatts1493]

Try this little gem for linen its called manchester here in oz and so there is a shop in Perth displaying "Italian Manchester"

[@OTDPlantagenet]

wow, you two have really loosened up since you arrived in oz. you arrived all up tight, but since then you are now just laughing and seemingly much more open, just being yourselves. It is good to see, cheers.

[@DaveWhoa]

i dont think they arrived "all up tight", to me they just seemed excited about a new journey and stage in their life, with an understandable sprinkling of apprehension due to the unknown

[@OTDPlantagenet]

@@DaveWhoa Well they did seem up tight to me. i got the feeling that off camera there were arguments, people felt tense to me. i may be wrong but that is how it seemed to me. fast forward it to today, and the wife is the most effervescent of them all, and back then she was the one that seemed the most up tight. But, it all seems good now. Just goes to show what a little bit of 'letting go' can do.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh dear haha - I think it was more just us getting used to being on camera - it doesn’t come naturally at first to have a conversation with a lens. That and our style of filming and video has evolved over the last few years - we’re super glad that we’re coming across more naturally and open though 🥰 Thank you so much for following our journey 🥰

[@maureenackerley8024]

@@OTDPlantagenet why don't you go and live in the UK for 12 months and see how you cope. Don't judge others unless you have walked in their shoes.

[@westaussieeggs8867]

@@maureenackerley8024 ah Maureen be happy, they are beautiful people, there is no need to tell anybody off. 🥰

[@johnforester1]

in the old days before drink driving laws we would measure the length of our road trips by the number of stubbies (beers) we drank. ie Townsville to Cairns would be a two six pack trip.

[@rustybogans2508]

Some people still do that mate🤫

[@rrocketman]

@@rustybogans2508 North QLD wouldn't surprise me!

[@zacks1690]

You must be old if you remember a time before public safety laws came into affect.

[@johnforester1]

@@zacks1690 well I started work in the mid 60's...so I must be getting on a bit..🙂

[@cherylannb3161]

The day has been celebrated since 1788, when Governor Arthur Phillip declared a holiday to mark the birthday of the king of Great Britain. Until 1936, it was held on the actual birthday of the monarch, but, after King George V died, it was decided to keep the date on the second Monday in June

[@elliskaranikolaou2550]

Fascinating to listen to this. As a Western Australian who rarely travels over sea's this was interesting. Note each state has its own idiosyncrasies. ie what they call Devon in NSW, Tasmania, Victoria, ACT, is called Windsor sausage in Queensland, is called Fritz in South Australia and Polony in Western Australia.

[@looloo4029]

In Victoria it’s called Strasburg, not Devon. 😂

[@ianthomas7863]

Strasbourg in Victoria, a person from SA, tried to tell me its Fritz???? I said to her, what hell, is Fritz???. When I holidayed in Adelaide, had to get cheese, and Strasbourg, went to the local 'Delicatessen', was nothing but a milkbar?? So sad. Had to go to the Adelaide market, in the city, to get these basics.

[@neville132bbk]

And called "Belgium," in the lower half of the South Island

[@kiwififochef510]

And as othef poster said Belgium in NZ south of Chch, otherwise called luncheon sausage. I call it peasant roll as tastes like arse 😂

[@iainsmith2856]

Never before have I heard 'Windsor sausage'. It was always 'devon' or occasionally 'luncheon meat'.

[@bethdumont9020]

Public holiday for Queen's Birthday (Labour Day is the same). Not sure but I have a hunch. All the other Public holidays are in the 1st half of the year - Australia Day 26th Jan, Anzac Day 25th April, Easter floats as we know but the earliest Easter dates are in mid March with the latest being around Anzac Day, and Labour Day being the 1st Monday in May. You then have no more public holidays till Xmas & Boxing Day in December. I think that's why some Labour govts (Qld and WA mainly) moved Queen's Bday and Labour Day to October - to put some public holidays in the latter half of the year. Spreading the load if you like.

[@andrewmoxey1205]

So Queensland moved our queens birthday holiday to the Monday after our footy grand final so we can have a day off after :D Its a great idea!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh haha excellent idea! 🏟

[@looloo4029]

And in Victoria, we have the day before the AFL grand final off so it also becomes a long weekend.

[@R1981L]

Lol I loved this. Also an Aussie is about to give you an education. The UK does celebrate the Queens birthday, it just has a different name, it's Trooping the Colour :)

[@TheNakedWombat]

That dogging means the same thing here in Australia too. Fresh produce is also higher right now after 3 years of environmental disasters between drought, flood and bushfire. Bottle-O's are good for buying booze for stocking up. Carried straight to the vehicle. A public holiday is a public holiday. A day off is a day off.

[@SH-qs7ee]

The drive-thru bottle-O doesn't make sense to me. I had a friend in the UK who worked at one of the BP's petrol stations. One of her jobs was restocking the alcohol. In the store.

[@TheNakedWombat]

@@SH-qs7ee Australian petrol stations aren't licenced to sell alcohol. A small selected few might but they would be few and far between. Licences to serve alcohol are expensive and highly regulated. If you go to any establishment selling alcohol, each bar has requires its own licence. 3 bars is 3 licences. Going back to my hospitality training in the early 90's, that is. A bottle-0 is a shop on its own. Not as many have drive-in's now but they are excellent for large purchases for stocking up and parties.

[@SH-qs7ee]

@@TheNakedWombat I meant in the UK, you can buy booze from the servos

[@SineN0mine3]

dogging isn't really said by anyone I know besides poms. Not that it isn't done but I wouldn't say its in the commin vernacular. Young people are more likely to say dogging/dogged to mean treating unfairly, metaphorically screwing someone rather than literally. I'm sure enough people would know what it means, but probably only because we still get TV from the UK. Then again, maybe I just hang out with the wrong people.

[@Andrew-df1dr]

I am Australian. I do not use the term Yer nar. On the few occasions I have heard it, I have asked what they mean.

[@jewels1318]

While we do have drive throughs for alcohol or food, it is not only illegal to drink while driving but also illegal to eat while driving.

[@tomwareham7944]

The only reason we aren't a Republic is because we would have to forgo the Queens Birthday long weekend , and that would be unAustralian , and I thought it was mandatory to get stuck into the grog from a drive through bottle,o before you exited the place , you learn something new everyday

[@TheBAMFamalam]

You’re right, that would be very unAustralian 👑😁 Funny story - the first time we went to an open house after moving here - a few mins before the open home started, the owner walked out of the house with a bottle of beer, drank from it, and then got in his car and drove off! We couldn’t believe it, it was 9am! 😬

[@marionthompson3365]

🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenatkinson2333]

Oh, I thought drive through bottle shops were like petrol stations. Out driving around and your beer gets low, you pull in to a bottle shop. 😜🤪

[@saveourfigs]

I think Queensland is more conservative about things like alcohol selling hours xx

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It sure is strict, although I think NSW has some pretty thought rules too from what we’ve heard 🍻

[@RolandjHearn]

So "yeh, nah," is actually a polite expression. It is literally saying: "I understand what you are asking but I am going to have to say 'no'." I'm not actually sure people say "nah, yeh," that much, but it kind of is just the naturally opposite of the first one. With regards the Queen's birthday it was always in June in Queensland as well but then someone thought about it a bit and recognised that almost all the public holidays, except for Ekka, are in the first half of the year. So we decided to spread it out. They tried moving May day/labour day first but that didn't work for obvious reasons and then hit on the brilliant idea that seeing it wasn't her actual birthday anyway the Queen wouldn't mind if we moved it.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you so much for all the background. We know the lingo, but not where it all originates from, so that’s super interesting 🥰

[@looloo4029]

Exactly, what’s hard about that? 🤣🤣🤣

[@brendaeulenstein4255]

😂🤣😂🤣 The first time I heard 'yeah nah' was on a football show way back. It seemed to be an expression of 'I don't know what to say'. It sounds bogan to me. lol

[@DanDownunda8888]

We Melburnians never say yeah-nah, we're far too sophisticated. Kidding! But I have never heard anyone say that, ever.

[@simonabunker]

I think the prices is a global problem at the moment. Definitely agree about everything else!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We noticed the price fluctuations when we arrived in Oz 6 years ago, although we agree it’s gone up even more recently 😬

[@RUHappyATM]

@@TheBAMFamalam Yes, grapes can go from $4/kg to $10.

[@Mav_F]

Queens birthday was originally someone else birthday about 3 Kings or Queens ago. Queen Elizabeth stated they could leave it on that day in June because April already had many Public Holidays. Now it is referred to as the monarch's Birthday. But people will still call it King's Birthday.

[@scottcoolum]

You guys just got a high 5 from the IWRocker guy on You tube . Your good words on Aus are spreading !! :-)

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you for the heads up ❤️ We just watched, what a treat to wake up to 🥰

[@Sammy-il1qf]

In Qld, Queens bday was moved from June recently to October so we had a public holiday towards end of year as with Easter and May Day we had so many in first half of year and nothing from August to Christmas.

[@treefarm3288]

Fun video. I immigrated a long time ago, so am adjusted, but overseas visitors of mine often comment how many towns in Queensland close up so tightly at 5:00 PM except a supermarket and petrol station. It's so quick! Some shops and cafes may kick you out before 5. A nice pub/restaurant in Innisfail doesn't open during the day some days, without warning and quite arbitrarily, and different from the posted times. The fact that workers finish at five too makes shopping difficult here.

[@clivegilbertson6542]

Hi guys!!! Licensing laws (NSW) way back in the 1960's(yes I am that old!) down here pubs were closed on Sundays but if you were a "bona fide traveller' you could hit the pub bars on a Sunday...SOOOO to be a bona fide traveller you had to be at least 40 mile from you home address which meant that in Sydney a shitload of people(blokes) would hop in their cars and drive to Picton, just over 40 miles away. IT WAS INSANE!!!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

That’s so funny - in saying that, the roads would probably have been safer if the 40 mile rule wasn’t in place 😬

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

The distance was actually 20 miles. We would go up to North Richmond (about 25 miles). Picton was about 35 miles from me. When feeling lazy, Wallacia but at 18 miles that was a bit iffy if there was a check on actual distance. The Liquor Act (1912) specified a distance of 20 miles within the Cumberland County and 10 miles elsewhere in NSW. (I had to look that up.)

[@clivegilbertson6542]

@@sigmaoctantis1892 Yes that makes sense as I lived at Revesby and it certainly wasn't 40 miles to Picton where our neighbours went of a Sunday...Thanks for that!!!

[@terryomalley1974]

The more I see of it, the more similar Australia seems to Canada. We also have a public holiday celebrating the Queen's Birthday, Victoria Day, on May 24th. But, in Canada, it's celebrated on the same day regardless of the province. We also have different liquor laws depending on the province. For example, you can buy beer and wine in all grocery and convenience stores in Quebec. You can buy beer and wine in some grocery stores in Ontario, but not all. And you have privately-owned liquor stores, or bottle-o's as Aussies call them, in Alberta, but not in any other provinces. Very informative video guys!

[@DaveWhoa]

Canada is the only country I've been to, but I found it pretty easy to feel at ease there as everyone was chill and relaxed

[@terryomalley1974]

@@DaveWhoa Yeah, different accents and climates aside, our two nations seem to share a great deal culturally.

[@Maclabhruinn]

When I travel from Australia to the US, I know I'm in a foreign country, everything is quite different. But when I travel to Canada, as an Aussie I immediately feel right at home. The people, the lifestyle, the vibe in Canada is much more like Australia. Accents are a bit funny - especially in Montreal :-) - but otherwise Aussies and Canadians are brother nations, for sure.

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

In NSW, 24th May was Empire day then it became Commonwealth Day. At some time later, it was moved to the first Monday in June.

[@graemedurie9094]

We used celebrate on 24 May, with fireworks and people having bonfires (outdoor fires) in their gardens at home (at lest in my state, NSW). A half day holiday at school so you could buy your fireworks and get the fire ready. That came to an end by the early 1970's or so.

[@Heroesrules1994]

In Western Australia, our Queens Birthday holiday is in September to coincide with the Royal Show.

[@futurasewing8330]

Qld use to celebrate queens birthday in June but was changed a few years ago to October . Why, had something to do with to many Public holidays in the first half of the year or something like that. Just remember this is Australia not the UK to different countries even though we both speak the English language.

[@christasmith6004]

the strangest or at least to most of the west was people walking barefoot in public. i remember visiting my 14 year old son in manly, and he was walking with me in shops etc barefoot. but i couldn't do it so just wore flip flops or sneakers , and that's when i found out its fairly a common theme in parts of Australia.

[@roberthunter6538]

So happy that you and your kids are enjoying life down under , enjoy, explore, and be happy. You are young so take the opportunity to make my country yours.

[@neilwaldock6272]

Queensland used to have Queens Birthday in June, but when the Labor State government came back into power they moved it to October, so that Labour Day (which used to be in Qld in October) could be moved to May Day to make the unions happy, See, it all makes sense. Qld's usually different with everything.

[@Minchya]

Different with everything or ruled by the Unions ???

[@Minchya]

@Gary peters Oh but she kept Queenslanders safe remember, she said it at least 3 times in every press conference !!!

[@Minchya]

@Gary peters Okay, well with the lowest primary vote in Labor's history it seems to me that people did not vote for Albo but rather against Scomo.

[@Minchya]

@Gary peters I dis-agree, look at how many seats were won by Greens this election in Qld. When it comes to sheep, most Green voters don't even know the policies of the party. Australia's carbon emissions amount to 1.4% of global emissions, when it was realised that this true figure looked bad it then all became about emissions per capita and of course Australia, big country, small population, came out as the worst, more polluting than China or India per capita ! The sheep have swallowed this whole to the point that they believe if Australia cut's itself off at the knees all floods, cyclones, bushfires etc will magically stop. Even if all the planned cuts to our emission materialise our output of carbon will be reduced from 1.4% to 0.9%. China and India are increasing their use of coal by more than this annually. I am not a denier, I am a realist, without the biggest polluters cutting back all Australia can do is window dressing at great expense to ourselves. I am also concerned that with the intense focus on carbon all the other toxic substances that we pump into the land, air and sea are being overlooked. Alternative views deserve to be heard.

[@davidhoward4715]

The LNP government moved the Labour Day holiday. The ALP government moved it back to its original date. Why do Tories have to lie about *everything*? Its a disease.

[@teatowel11]

The inflection when saying yeah, nah or nah' yeah is important abd you have it all wrong haha. At least you've learned what people mean by it.

[@julzhunt7790]

Awesome as always guys. Keep up the good work. It’s nice to see you settling in to Aussie life. I’m in WA, came here at 14 yrs old. Just celebrated 40 yrs here. As far as I’m concerned us Aussies live in a bloody ripper Paradise. It’s A…mazing 😄👍🏼🇦🇺❤️

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We sure do! Thank you so much for watching 🥰🥰

[@julzhunt7790]

@@TheBAMFamalam You’re a pleasure to watch.🙂 puts a smile on my face, so job well done I say.👍🏼

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@julzhunt7790 ❤️❤️❤️

[@DaveWhoa]

It is funny to think that back in the good old days of the early 1800s the conviction in England for stealing a loaf of bread is "right, that does it! We're sending you to a sunny paradise!"

[@julzhunt7790]

@@DaveWhoa ikr😆 if they only knew! There’d be no bloody bread left.

[@macman1469]

Pubs shut 2 days a year in West Oz - Good Friday and Christmas

[@TheGreatLordDufus]

I thought Queens Birthday is different in different states because it is the birthday of previous monarchs. Some states updated, some didn't, so they are on the Monday closest to the monarch of the last time a state updated. But looking at the monarchs birth dates, none from Victoria onwards quite line up (and some states were not their own colony before Victoria). George V and Edward VIII are June, but the nearest Monday would normally be a week earlier or two weeks later. A long weekend's a long weekend, and that's all anyone knows about it.

[@nelliesmith5699]

We’ll give ourselves any reason for a public holiday especially Queensland. And, yea, Good Friday is a thing here. My family used to put on a Friday lunch with only chicken or fish dishes and liquor stores are closed on that day. Some schools won’t even sell certain things at the canteen as well.

[@looloo4029]

You eat chicken 🍗 on Good Friday? Yikes 😱, wouldn’t happen in Victoria. Schools in Victoria are all closed over Easter as it’s part of the Term 1 holidays.

[@libbypeace68]

You guys are becoming more Aussie every day lol

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha bonza! 🐨

[@grahamoldfield3474]

Drive thru bottle -o ,for a few days for another boss around 1981 .We travelled about 1&1/2 to the outskirts of Sydney in a really hot Summer . Driving back home he would pull into a bottle shop and grad 6 cans of beer ( not this weak stuff we have today )for HIMSELF as he said " It's a 6 tinny trip home " sure enough when I got out he started the last can for the 15 drive to his home . Next day the same thing ,in fact every time it happened . Could not wait to work for my old boss at least he would let me drive as I didn't drink and drive . Those were the days of hard drinking and hard working in 40 degree in the sun for 10-12 hours plus travel . .. So you used to measure distance home by tins of beer ,15 minutes per can .

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh my gosh, luckily the roads wouldn’t have been so busy in the 80’s 😬 We would have been with you on preferring to drive, yikes! 😊

[@grahamoldfield3474]

@@TheBAMFamalam Funny thing is travelling back one day he gets caught for speeding by the Radar , the cop walks up to the car , quick as a flash he says to the copper " want to buy a cheap radar Detector" holding his in his hand . the Copper ignored the 6 pack of beer and the dozen empty cans on my floor and the fact that he still had a can of beer in his hand !!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@grahamoldfield3474 why doesn’t that surprise us?! 😬😆 Someone else just commented about old licensing laws in Sydney that meant you had to drive 40 miles away from home to be able to go to the pub on a Sunday! 😆

[@grahamoldfield3474]

@@TheBAMFamalam Im NOT that old 😁

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@grahamoldfield3474 haha I didn’t read when they were 😂😂

[@SuperEdge67]

Have you mentioned the difference between a router (rooter) in the UK and a rooter in Australia.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha well that also could have made the list 🤣

[@prizecowproductions]

Fuel OPEC parity Seasonal vegetables are transported long distances. Potatoes in Tasmania can travel to Cairns.

[@basilpunton5702]

Different uses of words is very common in our joint language. There are just as many differences in parts of the UK, as there are between different countries.

[@HR_8035_YEA]

If Australia becomes a Republic maybe we could celebrate by having a Republic Day long weekend on the first weekend of every month.

[@alangibson3293]

Well I'll vote against it. The Westminster system is far better than any other for of gov't.

[@HR_8035_YEA]

@@alangibson3293 I'm offering 11 extra long weekends a year. Vote winner if ever there was one.

[@davidhoward4715]

@@alangibson3293 You have no idea what the Westminster system is, do you?

[@Ken.Howard]

Love you guys. Glad you like it here!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you so much

[@nswinoz3302]

At least you didn’t go on about Random Breath Testing (RBT) like a lot of UK arrives do! It’s been in operation since the very early 80’s and I’ve been breath tested as a matter of course somewhere around 500 times (stopped counting after 200+ around 2002) without any hesitation (averaging 5 times per week, even twice a day occasional) and licence inspect 50% of the time. Having your photo ID licence on you at all time is another requirement to driver here also (now with an App). Before you ask I’m not a professional driver just regularly travelled longer distance to and from work on heavily policed roads. Less likely in rural areas of the country however where they tend to usually come along a pick up the pieces kind of like in the movie “The Guard” if you know what I mean? Stephen M

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It is a good point, we had never been breathalysed before moving here 😊

[@alangibson3293]

That's NSW for you.

[@DanDownunda8888]

I haven't seen any RBT stops in Melbourne for years, but you will be given a test if the police pull you over for anything.

[@perrystalsisworldofbiology767]

Fuel prices often go up just before folk on holidays. Also, I think in NSW at least, on public holidays traffic fines are double and you loose double the demerit points. Happy to be corrected wrong tho.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Yes that’s true!

[@andyjames2082]

All said and done, you love it here 👍🇦🇺

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We sure do, and we certainly wouldn’t change it 🐨🇦🇺

[@alicewaria6215]

reason the Queen's birthday is in october instead of june like the rest of the state is to space out public holidays there is more in the first half of the year than the second half of the year.

[@karlaluhrs6039]

QLD changed it to October because there was so many Monday public holidays in a row.

[@sergueimikhail9654]

Australia is the best country in the world, irrespective whether you find it strange or not.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We couldn’t agree more ❤️

[@VaughanRoderick]

Yeah, nah. Pull the other one mate.

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

Best country in the world? Locks their citizens in their homes and won't let them out. Uh-huh.

[@c.a.marsupial.1282]

A potato cake in Melbourne is called a potato scallop in Brisbane. 20 years in Brisbane I can't ever remember to say potato scallop.

[@Chris_the_Muso]

I've got one, my best friends is a POM. The brand name Maggi is pronounced "maj-ee" in Australia because of the double G and no E on the end. My friend who I think is from the mid west always insists on pronouncing it with the soft G, as in the short form person name Maggie. And he won't be bloody told. My parents were ten pound poms in the 50's, from Manchester. Probably one of reasons why I get on so well with him.

[@carriebizz]

I lived in the UK in 97 and I found so many weird things there. I'm in Melbourne there's differences here that we don't have.

[@liferesetthailand]

Australia is a federation hence the different laws etc in each state

[@starfire4539]

We used to have 2 public holidays for the queens birthday. I was so bummed when the second was taken away, any excuse for a public holiday is good.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh my gosh, 2! The Brits really need to hear this, they’re missing out 😆

[@maureenackerley8024]

I laughed so hard at you getting a "Dogging" licence. That was funny! I just got this imagine of you skyping family in the UK telling them you have a licence for dogging! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBAMFamalam]

😂😂

[@k1ng401]

My understanding is that the Queen’s Birthday is in June because that’s when her father King George the 5th had his official birthday celebrations. When Elizabeth took the throne she kept the month the same as it was because her real birthday was too close to other public holidays.

[@nswinoz3302]

What’s the fluctuation in petrol prices since all types of fuel shortage due to a war (in the UK). Australia is a massive producer of LPG to other parts of the world, against WORLD prices with significant little barriers (WTO), which have risen significantly. Farming for Fruit and vegetables are grown in some of the weakest soil anywhere in the world with droughts that last for years or rains that are in unheard of volumes anywhere else yet these are big exports to our neighbours in SE Asia. I can buy cherries from the USA when they’re out of season, but the majority of the cost is fuel and shipping via air freight. The Netherlands is not as big as our smallest states yet feeds a lot of Northern Europe and the UK. Dogging a crane mans rigger, it’s the name called for the last 4+ decades, I’ve lived here. In possible half or a quarter of that time, the names been derived with a different meaning within the UK. Drive-thru not as common these days (mainly QLD northern NSW) Some people don’t like getting out or the car in the heat, plus they cut down on the required parking spot for a retail business to operate! Noted alcohol purchase and consumption a major theme here (separate comments on RBT) Aboriginal area restrict/control alcohol for obvious reasons. You never mention the controls for transportation of fruit (southern NSW) in your vehicles into certain critical farming areas of the country, probably as you have not been there! P.S. (

[@whoopigoldberg5871]

Great video, thank you!

[@legoqueen2445]

Yeah -Nah and Nah-yeah are my favorite Aussie sayings. I think you just touched on it but didn't quite explain it (I'd ssay yeah- nah to your explanation). Its a way of agreeing with other person or indicating they're correct but then explaining why it's not like that or they're incorrect (or vice versa). It's polite but also a direct way of speaking about a situation without being confrontational/aggressive, very much an Aussie 'mate' way of relating to others.

[@metanasteusi]

very interesting! hope to come there!!! Greetings from Greece!

[@OzzieJayne]

Just found you, thanks for the giggles! Re the drive-thru bottlos yeah, before drink-driving laws they'd measure the car trip in stubbies/cans (or really further back long necks), and OMG you pay a set price for vegies in UK??? Be still my beating heart! You know we've got a public holiday for a race horse in Melb, too? 😅

[@gavinmcmillan6222]

I don’t know what dogging is in the uk. In Victoria it’s called Dogman course or Dogman licence

[@rabbitrabbit1243]

Luv the yeah nah nah yeah I didn't even realise we said it till recently It's so part of our everyday language especially in the bush We r a funny bunch

[@mamabear5425]

hi. good stuff. a lot of our archaic laws esp. regarding alcohol are a carry over from the mother country that the first fleet brought with them. and they have never been changed. if you look into it we have some really weird laws from the old country. it is only in the last few years that’s stores were allowed to trade on anzac day.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

I think there’s a few like that in the UK too - Licencing laws there have defo been kept up to date though 😆

[@user-rc4nw6xy5p]

O.K. the issue of where alcohol is banned in Australia falls into different categories. And this has come about for reasons that people do things in public that lead to problems. So, you can drink alcohol in licensed premises at home, and certain licensed venues, like football - cricket games. To drink alcohol in a public place, is an offence under Queensland law. Basically a small community organisation can obtain a liquor permit to sell alcohol at local horse race meetings - fishing club - shows. The permit must be on public display, and the people holding the permit must comply with the permit conditions. Such as alcohol in some cases may not be sold in glass containers given "glassing" incidents with serious assaults. And all alcohol must be sold in plastic cups - beer or spirits. It's not an anarchic hangover. It comes from people getting glassed with glass bottles or glass cups. Police will patrol these venues and the bar staff must be trained in Responsible Service of Alcohol training, or you wont get a liquor license permit issued to you. The other real issue of recent times has been king hit punch of people from behind. Causing death or serious injury, mainly occurs where alcohol is sold. This has all come about so people can't sit in the street and drink alcohol, it causes problems when they have to much to drink and police are called to disperse a fights or brawls. you can sit in your own back yard and drink alcohol. However here again, providing no injuries or assaults occur. Queensland Police are also notified of underage parties. And they have the right to enter your premises and inspect drink containers to see no one under 18 is consuming alcohol. If adults present and are supplying alcohol to underage people, you can be fined even if at your house. The issue of dry communities are Aboriginal communities. So in Queensland there are DOGIT communities. Or Deed Of Grant In Trust. So remote aboriginal communities have an alcohol ban, where the people in those communities can't go outside those communities and buy alcohol, and if you travel through these communities you can't carry alcohol. You will see large signs entering these communities warning of these rules. A lot of people will pull up outside these communities and people will come out and but alcohol at inflated prices. That is why if you travel through one of these communities and you ignore the warning signs, telling you, don't bring alcohol into these communities, you will be fined. DOGIT communities are dotted around rural and remote Queensland. People traveling by road in North Queensland, should take note. Their communities do serve alcohol, they have their own licensed premises. However the opening hours are limited to limit the consumption of alcohol, and that is why it is illegal in those communities to posses alcohol outside that premises. Meaning someone is bringing in alcohol from outside the community and selling it illegally. The problem is, huge social problems within those Indigenous communities. They have their own council. And their council will ban the sale of alcohol unless sold at a licensed premises in their communities. The ban on alcohol is to try an stop people from being drunk most of the time. And the murders - and never ending violence in those communities is a direct link to over consumption of alcohol. The abuse of alcohol also leads to huge health risks. Children are often born with FAS, or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. In so far that children don't even get a meal at home. So the local Indigenous Council will ruin a meal program at the local schools, they pay for breakfast - morning tea - lunch - afternoon tea. so the children get at least two or three good meals a day. The reasons are not stupid laws. The reasons are from decades of first hand experience those communities know and experience. So to control the violence they must control the alcohol consumption. The laws are left up to the local council, which is all indigenous community people from those communities. So it is Aboriginal people, making laws for Aboriginal people. These laws are not there to annoy people. If you are having a quiet drink and minding your business it all works out. The idiots ruin it for everyone. The Police report to the government after a serious incident involving alcohol related violence. And the Queensland Government passes laws how alcohol can be sold or served at any public event. Basically in Queensland any venue that sells alcohol must have a Liquor License issued by the Queensland government. If the people holding the liquor license do not comply. Then Police will patrol their premises heavily. And issue fines, or give them notices to appear in court as to why they should hold a liquor license. And again, the idiots ruin it for everyone. It depends on the incidents at those venues by the patrons. And whether Police are called regularly, and if Police are assaulted. Then the licensee is then in breach of his liquor permit. In that his Responsible Service of Alcohol is being ignored, and they are fined accordingly. If they ignore these warnings they will face court as to why they should hold a liquor license. So, a tough topic. Not as simple as it sounds.

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

It's just Good Friday and Christmas Day that you couldn't buy alcohol in South Australia, but just recently, Bottle Shops have been open for a few hours Good Friday morning.

[@amandajane8227]

The strangest thing for me ( and I still find it funny many years on) are the 'Wrong way go back' signs on the freeways. Not sure why cafes have a surcharge at the weekend since the federal government took away the right to double time for hospitality workers, it's one of the reasons so few people will take jobs in hospitality now.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Maybe for foreign drivers? We’d really struggle driving on the other side of the road 😬

[@margaretingleby679]

Even spotted those signs in English near autobahns in Germany in the 60's .

[@jimmyharris7563]

so your saying to keep heading down the freeway the wrong way...interesting

[@samjames1253]

During the pandemic during lockdowns bottle o's were classed as essential services XD

[@BrettWilliamson]

When talking to my staff at work, they'll say "yeah, yeah, yeah, nah" and I'll say "So that was a 75% yes and a 25% no, so that must be a yes". They'll so "nah, it was a no". I am Australian and even I shake my head at that saying.

[@clairem730]

Whatever comes last is the answer. I think of it like ‘yeah’ = ‘yeah, I get what you’re asking’ but ‘no’ = ‘it’s a no from me’.

[@SineN0mine3]

@@clairem730 nah nah yeah

[@helanesteinmuller9279]

On the other side, one thing I found strange in London was the pedestrian lights. Here in Oz, the walk/don’t walk sign applies to the whole street even if there is an island in the middle. I don’t know about all of Britain, but in London at least, many streets have a sign on the island which applies to that half, and another on the far side of the road which applies to the far half and they usually display opposite signals. As we are used to watching the far side of a road for the walk sign, so many times I stepped out in front of an oncoming bus or car; or walked with the crowd but kept walking across the island into oncoming traffic. Fortunately, each time I was pulled back by some generous English person who could not understand my suicidal motivation. Thank you countless kind English persons. 🙏 Is this a government plot to knock down tourist numbers or raise revenue for the NHS?😳

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It’s great to hear a story from the other perspective! We’d imagine there’s heaps of strange things in London as a newbie! 😆

[@ausmarkb]

Actually that’s not uncommon here in Aus either. There’s a couple in my local area in outer suburban Sydney where you’ve got three sets to cross the one street. One to get to the island. Another to get from the island to the other side. Then one more to cross the slip lane for cars turning left off the main road.

[@SineN0mine3]

@@ausmarkb Annoying that you'd need one for the left turn lane since you're supposed to give way to pedestrians there anyway... If people learned the road rules we wouldn't need so many traffic lights.

[@adriang6259]

Welcome to OZ. Na-yeah fuel prices are weird as shit! Not enough public holidays . I want Aussies to get behind hallowe'en so we can make that a holiday. Then add Friday to the holiday list.

[@allanhindmarch7323]

Nah...yeh, cool video guys. Very enjoyable 😆

[@maxfan1591]

Petrol price fluctuations in Canberra...suddenly goes up every second Thursday (public service payday).

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh, someone else commented on one of our videos a few weeks back that there seems to be a 2 week cycle!

[@maxfan1591]

@@TheBAMFamalam That's it! But don't let it discourage you from visiting some time (if you haven't already). Not quite as much history lying around here as London, but you could easily fill a week visiting attractions, and try a different cuisine for dinner each night.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@maxfan1591 we haven’t yet, but I’m sure we will visit one day 😁

[@Parawingdelta2]

I emigrated to Australia by myself as a nineteen year old in 1970. On my first full day, I walked into a shop and a female attendant walked out from the back of the shop and said "Are you right?" which I took as politely enquiring if I was feeling well. I said "Yes thankyou" and she walked back to the rear of the shop again. After about another five minutes, she reappeared; surprised to see me still standing there. The other noticeable thing at that time was that there was still the 'residue' of the old days when the pubs use to shut a six in the evening. There was this rush of men from work called the six o' clock swill. By the seventies, the legislation had changed but the habit was still there. One minute the pub would be empty, the next minute a bustling frenzy of guys who had just finished work and by six, the pub was empty again.

[@Isleofskye]

Hello JamesT. Has Australia changed much over the last 50 years, my friend, and is it what you expected and why did you leave The Uk (?) . Thanks.

[@Parawingdelta2]

@@Isleofskye It's probably only changed to the same degree that other developed countries have in terms of the makeup of the population, height and density of cities, hours of shopping, modern conveniences etc. The relationship between Australia and the United Kingdom changed. Up until 1984 British citizens had basically the same status as an Australian citizen which included the right (and obligation) to vote and become eligible for military service if required (eg Vietnam). Now, a British citizen with permanent residency who arrived after 1984 can not vote unless they gain Australian citizenship. I left the UK to apply for flying training with the Royal Australian Air Force. Unfortunately my eyesight wasn't quite good enough.

[@Isleofskye]

@@Parawingdelta2 Thanks for your reply. Sounds like we lost a good Man to Oz,James :)

[@danielhutchings3600]

You can buy booze at servos here in the UK..I found that pretty weird. In Australia you can walk down to the waters edge and see fish swimming around in the water...in the UK you'll probably see a plastic bag or an old tire.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It’s so that we can easily purchase alcohol at all hours 😆

[@michaelday1781]

Yeah Nar can mean, Yes, No or I am not sure. You need to listen closely to the inflection. If you linger on the Naaaaar, it means "no", If you linger on the yeeeeaah, it can mean "yes" but this is not common. If you end the Yeah Nar with an upward inflection and distribute the emphasis on both he yeah and the Nar then this means you don't know or are not sure. Its quite simple really.

[@Dr_KAP]

I’be never heard the term dogging in my life except on a Peter Kay video (and I’m Australian 😂) The Good Friday thing is because of our Catholic heritage - you lot sent your Irish convicts over here remember 😉

[@DaveWhoa]

that's what you got back then for stealing a loaf of bread - being sent to a sunny paradise lol

[@masada2828]

Christian, not restricted to Catholic. Western Civilisation from Constantine was founded on Christianity.

[@jimmyharris7563]

look up dogman as an occupation and all will be clear

[@terencehumphreys1639]

i landed in the late sixtys and my next door nabour was on strike and had been for a few weeks ,one day his wife knocked on the door asking if i had some durex they could borrow,you could imagen the look on my face then i told here we dont use them so she left ,days later she came back and we all had a laugh when she had found why the strange look i gave here

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh gosh, please enlighten us on what that means here! We haven’t come across this one yet 😂😂

[@HenriettaP]

@@TheBAMFamalam sticky tape

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@HenriettaP oh hahaha never in a million years would we have got sticky tape from ‘durex’! We’re laughing so hard right now 🤣🤣

[@stevenmccart5455]

JEEZ !!! In the USA petrol on average $4.36 per gallon and where I live on the west coast it's $5.36 per gallon. Aussies must like the movie Office Space.

[@Apis4]

Licensing laws in Australia are kind of crazy, because the Federal system means there are three tiers of government involved, in a industry which, traditionally in Australia, at least since the late 60s, when archaic trading hour restrictions were lifted, to end the Five O'clock Binge days, has been given the privilege, the longest time, to be somewhat self regulated. The self-regulation element has been shrunk ever more, in the past decade or so, but nevertheless, the three different tiers of Government is more impactful, than general legislation and regulations even. I live in small country town in rural NSW about an hour or so south of the OLD border. There's less than 20k people, but there is 7 pubs, and 2 clubs. Of these, 6 of the 7 pubs, have 24 hour liquor licenses. Yet all close at around 11 pm, save for Friday and Saturdays, thanks to LOCAL Shire Government accords. They were doing this since well before the NSW Lockout laws, and laws regulating closing times. I'm 45, and they have always done this, as far as I recall. They do it because the local government made an agreement with them, to do such, even though they have license and flaw plan (the only way really make a 24 hr license work, is if you have more than one bar). I am not sure about now, but I went to the next town over from mine, about 60 kms away, once, about 20 years ago, for new years, and it was literally the next town, nothing between, just one town over, in a different shire... and the doors were open all night in the pubs which had the license to do it, and they served alcohol until everyone went home, which was about 5 am. Even before the state laws that came in to reduce so called 'Coward Punch' deaths, there was, of course, significant State regulation, which varied too, from State to State.... as well as Federal laws, even if not specifically aimed at the industry in particular, which all venues must operate within, re codes and such. Venues have to comply with all of them, and even if they can avoid or are exempt from one, might still have to do what they'd avoided doing for that one, to comply with another. So from place to place, right across the country, licensing, and operations, of licensed venues, can vary drastically, but more,, be completely different from what it was last week, even in the same area, depending on what needs be complied with, when considering Federal, State and Regional government requirements. You could be somewhere where pubs and clubs are open all night, with no lockouts, and not even alcohol free zoning on the streets outside, one day, and then a week later, even in the same State, be somewhere you cannot even take a bottle wine in to, even to your own home, and there are no licensed venues at all. I guess when your first domestic legal currency was Rum, though, and the only military dictatorship your country has ever known was imposed by soldiers known as 'The Rum Corps' perhaps you kind of have to police that sort of thing, I dun know.

[@jameswalley134]

Loved your video guys. Keep it coming … I’ve just subscribed. Cheers mates, from Jim … a proud Aussie Veteran living in Sydney.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We’re super glad you’re enjoying them Jim, thank you so much for subscribing 🥰🥰

[@ross4970]

Used to drive in Melbourne with a beer, pie and smoke all at the same time.....good old days.

[@calmyourbeardson8259]

We moved the Queens birthday to October in QLD because we had too many public holidays at the start of the year

[@carolphillips8802]

"Yeah-nah", I think, is based on the fact that, when answering a question, we prefer to think about our answer first, or at least prefer to give that impression.

[@simplelifelost]

You didn’t quite get Yeah Nah right. It means yeah I understand but nah I’m not going to do it.😂 Love your take on Straya

[@tgfcujhb7583]

Oh the days when most gas stations were closed on the weekends and public holidays, if you didn't fill up on Friday you didn't go out on the weekend

[@tenner4817]

that's awesome.. in the states we have yeah- no for the same meaning

[@somefatbugger]

laughed so hard at the outtakes.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha we’re such goofs when we film 😂😂

[@cecilia8957]

I never hear of yea nah until I saw it in an tv ad ...I'm 64....I was wondering how was it changing from pounds, shilling and pence to dollars and cents?

[@pavementpounder7502]

Interesting. I'm Australian and I didn't even know that meaning of 'dogging.' We did take a lot of slang from you: mate, bloody, bugger, to name a few. Culturally Aus is kind of in between the US and UK, but in terms of things like accent and slang more the UK.

[@kramdoogs]

Yeah Nah works like this, the wife may say "lets go work in the garden" and the husband replies "yeah" thinks about it for .2 of a second and replies "Nah"

[@billyrodarte4049]

Very nice video!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you xx

[@omerta316]

My dad was originally from London he's been in Australia for 52 years

[@lesgl]

On the other hand Queensland has pubs in Shopping Centres which is a bit odd

[@Rosenburge]

The drive thru bottleo, is that the Dayboro Hotel? Looks familiar!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

That was the one in Gayndah 😊

[@the_anonymous_muso]

Hi guys, great video! I’ve just been over to the UK and there are so many things that were a shock. Do you find trains remarkably cheap in Australia? Lancaster to Manchester daily return is about $50 AUD. WHAT?? I wish prices would fluctuate in the UK and go down a lot. A train from Melbourne to Bendigo is A$20. It’s an equivalent journey. The train prices really knocked me for six. Cheers guys!! Qld is amazing isn’t it. ❤️❤️

[@TheBAMFamalam]

The best way to purchase tickets for UK trains is online in advance, you can get them alot cheaper from some websites. It sure is amazing here ❤️