6 Things We Didn't Expect When We Moved To Australia

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We would love to hear any of your Unexpected Australian Surprises! Thank you so much for watching! You can follow us over on insta @thebamfamalaminaustralia to see more of what we get up to during the week ❤️🇦🇺

[@perthon]

I saw a youtube video around 5 months ago about what different countries call things. And an American stated that in the sixties they called Flipflops thongs. But it was taken over by the underwear industry. Can any one confirm.

[@triarb5790]

Regarding real estate, we don't have gazumping in Australia either. Once you've passed the 3 day cooling off period, you are committed to purchase that house. Your finances have to be ready before sale, not after.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@triarb5790 it is so much less stressful here 🇦🇺

[@kenchristie9214]

The reply to "How ya goin'" is "Flat out like a lizard drinkin'". It's seems you've never been invited to a party and asked to bring a plate.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@kenchristie9214 haha we will have to try that response 😆

[@funkyprofessor]

Rooting in a car is an Aussie rite of passage. Come on, assimilate!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh haha 😳

[@lewtscott3346]

Rooting in the back of a ute; with a beer and a Vegemite sandwich.

[@shirlettewilliams8517]

Panel vans at the drive in,many children conceived in the back of these vans.

[@michaelfrost4584]

As an Australian of 64yrs old lm used of hearing Poms as Complaining, whinging Poms . Its fantastic watching you lovely couple loving life in my country. 😆😆😆😆😆

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Definitely nothing to whinge about 😁 Thank you so much for watching 🥰

[@MON-ud7sw]

The footwear in Australia known as thongs started in the 1950s long before that type of underwear became at all common.

[@Jeni10]

“Are you OK?” was a normal question, until it was used as part of the campaign to promote mental health awareness, because so many Aussies, especially men, don’t tell anyone that they’re having mental health issues, and their friends find out about it after they have attempted suicide or overdosed. So in the last few years, it has become the question to ask your friends when you’re concerned about them. But it’s also still a normal question.

[@333hube]

The R U OK? campaign is also part of a campaign for rural areas of Australia (in WA at least). Regional and rural Australia has a fairly high rate of suicide. This, on top of isolation and the culture of downplaying everything (especially personal and emotional matters) it is a way to broach the subject and try to start the conversation.

[@darren5971]

Suicide not only by overdose

[@Jeni10]

@@darren5971 True. I didn’t mean to narrow it.

[@chriswatson1698]

'How are you going?' is still a normal polite inquiry about your well being. The French ask the same question.

[@TazzyCee78]

The lil laugh he did when she said "for adults who are in love" 🤣

[@TheBAMFamalam]

That was his cringe laugh I think 😂

[@club1fan552]

Love the "eating your house bit". Hilarious. Sort of like Hansel and Gretel! Are you in QLD? If you live in Sydney or Melbourne it's unusual for strangers to have a chat. Great vid. Very entertaining and funny!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Yes, we’re in SE QLD 😎

[@club1fan552]

@@TheBAMFamalam Right. Got it. I'd say life there is more relaxed and very different from Melbourne or Sydney.

[@peterlyall2848]

I thought rooting for your team was only an American thing didn't know it is said in the U.k....Pete from Tasmania...🇭🇲👍

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It's used a lot in the UK, it makes us giggle now when we hear it being used on British TV shows 🙊

[@dylann9719]

The rounding down and up is very smart in my opinion

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It sure is, you don't get stuck with all of the pennies! 😊

[@shirlettewilliams8517]

New Zealand s lowest coin is 10 cents.

[@mifeke6149]

Great video, had a laugh. I think people have just stirred you up a bit with the "rooting." Older people will still use the word "rooting" for cheering a team on, or they might say "barracking" and younger people know its meaning. Just like the word "come" the younger generation will take any opportunity to turn it into meaning something sexual. You're safe to keep on "rooting."

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha thank you! We certainly have a giggle about all of these different meanings 😆

[@TheBrierose]

I'm glad you found an area where people are really friendly, there are some that are not. Terminology changes across the country too, just for fun.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It is super friendly here on the Sunny Coast. Strangely we haven't noticed much different terminology across the country yet - but coming from England it is normal to have a totally different accent and way of speaking even just 20 minutes away! Sometimes, we really have to concentrate to understand a fellow Brit 😬

[@juleneyoung5053]

Should do House differences !! Taps “ Laundries, Power points letterboxes 😀

[@alyciasmith1964]

Sometimes Australians are aware of both contexts so you just have to clarify "I mean cheering the person on". It happens more when it's a word that sounds the same but is spelt differently (root/route, two/to/too).

[@grandmothergoose]

Yeah, it's when the context is ambiguous that we pause and ask "You're doing WHAT?"

[@alyciasmith1964]

@@grandmothergoose the overseas text messaging is more interesting

[@andyjames2082]

Rooting, thongs, bum first, what sort of channel is this 🤣👍🇦🇺

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh goodness, now you say it like that... 😂

[@distant_sounds]

Have you asked an Aussie what the time is, yet? We won't give you the exact time, just a rough picture of what it could be. "It's comin' up to 8." "Excuse me, is it 3 o'clock yet?" --- "Not far off." "Do you happen to know the time?" --- "A bit after 2." "Excuse me, would it be midday now?" --- "In about two shakes of a lamb's tail."

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh haha we haven't noticed that one yet... sounds like commitment issues 😂

[@juliettestofmeel]

Hair past the freckle

[@carriebizz]

You get a termite inspection before you buy. What state are you living in coz here in Melbourne you can park either way. Rooting for someone is used here not just for rooting between 2 people lol. But that phrase has pretty much died out. If you're able to buy a house welldone coz its too bloody expensive

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We're in QLD - we get a termite inspection done before purchasing, but then also annually 😊 It's funny how many things are different between the states 😊

[@sharronbrennon899]

How’s it going is basically an Australian term for hello or hi

[@paulpowell7424]

Rooting = adult time . You guys are so wholesome.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha - we like to keep this channel clean and family friendly 😁

[@newzealandearthmover4008]

Alot of sayings are the same here in nz. It's easy for us to blend in as we know what's being said, it's good 🙂

[@mikesprigg5495]

If someone says "how ya going"... you can respond with "yeah good, how about you"... rather than "aaight" which is weird:///

[@ДанаВилк]

Very informative, thank you guys! Would definitely want to hear more about the things you wouldn’t expect if you are from the UK 🇬🇧

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you for watching! I think we will defo have to do more about this! ❤️

[@hihihihi4884]

Thanks guys. Would love to hear more about things we wouldn’t know or differences in the language.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We will start writing the list! It should be a pretty funny video 😆

[@cassandramcfadyen1988]

You can say Rooting FOR someone :) That's totally expectable.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Good to know! We've said it a few times, and no one said anything, we assumed they were being polite 😂

[@micheledix2616]

Totally agree. Any one who only uses the 'adult ' version in not a very well rounded Aussie.

[@cassandramcfadyen1988]

@@micheledix2616 LOL Yeah, Na, I use it all the time. I feel it is cleaner than many words you could use for this activity. ;)

[@micheledix2616]

Cassandra McFadden, 😆😆😆😆🥰 love your , LOL, yeah na🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@tomwareham7944]

Any well built house constructed to code in the last40 years shouldn't be bothered by termites there are safeguards built in . Rooting is the equivalent of shaggging in pomgolian ,. The last time a pommie asked me if I was alright , I said no I was half left . The reason us Aussies talk to everyone who will listen is to hear the Australian accent spoken by really good looking modest and obviously sexy individuals ,and the reason you can buy a house so quick is so the seller can get their money before the buyer finds out about the termites .

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha thank you for the heads up 😁

[@MikeJones-xw3te]

When I first arrived in WA in the 80's, we had copper coins, 1 & 2 cent coins. I found that in WA if you say alright, the reply is more often, "yeah good". I still say cheering, when I'm talking about following a team. In WA we have a number of words, even though some are the same, but pronounced diffently from the Eastern States, who pronounce the words like the British do. Here we tend to pronounce a lot of words like septics tanks (Yanks).

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh right, we thought that WA had a larger pommie population - we have only passed through the airport in Perth, so need to make the adventure over one day ❤️

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

It won’t take long to get used to us. All the best.

[@bless5116]

Welcome to you guys, hope you have a wonderful life here.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@bless5116]

@@TheBAMFamalam Your welcome.You seem like fun good people and it is always interesting to see others perspectives on your culture ; what they see. Having a good sense of humor is generally appreciated in Aussies .You gave me a laugh with some of your experiences, especially asking people if they were O.K? and the responses you got. All the best to you and your lovely family.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@bless5116 🥰

[@davemcdonald10]

We used to have 1 and 2 cent coins then got rid of them in the 90s I believe it was because of the cost to produce them

[@TheBAMFamalam]

They take up too much room in your wallet too, so it was a good call all round 😁

[@coolhandluke1503]

@@TheBAMFamalam Australia is ahead with its currency, we invented plastic notes.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@coolhandluke1503 We'd never seen the plastic notes until we came here 🇦🇺

[@markswan3209]

Jandals :-) Contraction of Japanese Sandals

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Ah thank you! I was close haha! ❤️

[@micheledix2616]

The Sunshine Coast is certainly the hidden gem of South East Qld. Once I pass Aussie World I know I am 5 Mins from fqmily🤩

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Sure is, we love it 🥰

[@mal584]

I know what you mean about chatting. If I go to the shops I buy the goods say thanks & come home. When my wife goes she can tell me the family history of the person behind the counter. Also I think one of the words you referred to comes from the word rutting & due to multitude of accents during colonisation.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha it's impossible here just to get the goods and go 😆

[@geckogo7328]

Went to France after a year of living in London, and was outraged by how friendly and chatty the French were - because I was so embarrassed about my execrable French. I just wanted to go back to London where no one ever talks to strangers.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@geckogo7328 haha my French is not great either, thank goodness for google translate 😆

[@bremCZ]

The UK highway code does mention parking directions. City folk often don't realise it but if you're not in a marked parking space. That is just parked on an unmarked roadside, Rule 239 says "Do not park facing against the traffic flow" It gets a bit more direct at night where they say, outside of designated and marked parking spots: You MUST NOT park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It's not something that we've ever seen ticketed in the UK, in over 30 years of living there. A lot of narrow residential roads have cars parked on either side, leaving only room for 1 car to pass through and parked cars facing either direction - it is just the norm 😊

[@rowanbrown5541]

Rooting is understood as both the other meanings in my experience it's just more specific sentences "Going to have a root in my car" definitely won't get your message across :')

[@TheBAMFamalam]

😂 as careful as we try to be in saying the right thing, we laugh a lot when we get it wrong 😂

[@gregoryluckie1649]

Seriously Beautiful pair of POMIRES. Bring your relative PLEAs

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha thank you! We wish we could have all of our rellies here! ❤️🇦🇺

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@Liba tal klieb haha thank you! 😁

[@TombstoneHeart]

You think misunderstanding 'rooting' is bad. Years ago, here in the Great Southern Land, there was a brand of adhesive tape called Durex. So, my sister was at work one day, standing on a step ladder and about to put a poster up on the wall. She called out to English workmate to "get me some Durex". The women went bright red in the face and walked off, leaving my sister up the ladder and wondering what was wrong with her. An embarrassed, whispered conversation, later in the lunch room and my sister found out what Durex is in the UK and the English woman found out what it is Aussie!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We laughed so hard when we read this! That is gold! 😂 When emigrating to a country that speaks the same language, you just don't anticipate such confusion when having a 'normal' conversation 😂

[@darrylguise8493]

In the sixties while living in the UK my young wife went into a paper shop and asked for Durex. They told her to try the chemist.

[@benbarkwill7997]

Love the videos! Could you do a house buying/searching process video!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you, and yes absolutely, we would love to do that video! Watch this space! ❤️

[@kVkV-sw5se]

parking: Nose in is to reduce interference with traffic. If you stop then reverse back so that the rear of your car is facing the gutter, it blocks the road. But if you go nose in it is very quick and you are out of the way of traffic. Then when you reverse out you have to wait until you are not affecting traffic. It has nothing to do with exhaust fumes.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

That's interesting to know, thank you 😊

[@aussieguy3689]

Welcome to our country guy's its very refreshing to see quality people move here ,Hope everything is going well and best wishes for the future ! 👍✌️

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@rubyblu21]

Aussies will take the piss out of you in any given situation, I'm sorry we can't help it but we do it out of love and jest. Do it back to us, we love the banter. If anyone gets offended just ask if they're ok 😆 rooting in the car is very common here, no idea why we all do it but just embrace it🤔🤣

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha we can imagine how the 'are you ok' will go down 😂 Oh my 🤣

[@mariskasteenekamp3405]

Hi I am from South Africa. Thank you for the informative videos. We also ask "how are you?" So will also not fit in Australia. 😁. Is it hard to moove there? We really want a better future for ourselves and our kids one day. Most of the things are somewhat so close to how it is in SA.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It is hard to move, we have explained how we did it in this video 👉🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3eZmXiYZbecaZY

[@ReoRis72]

Australia is full of South Africans, so it can't be too hard. A lot settle in Perth, but really you guys are everywhere.

[@johngoard8272]

Refreshing to see some of my own expats liking living out here - I have been here since 1978 and just wouldn't move back for any money.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

The UK has changed so much, even since we left, we are certainly glad to be here ❤️

[@johngoard8272]

@@TheBAMFamalam Yes well on my two trips back there I realised how claustrophobic the old place had got some of the little things like parking fees for example really got to me. So nice to holiday but not to live permanently anymore eh?

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@johngoard8272 we understand your pain with the parking over there - it is stressful and expensive. Our trips back are action packed, and we love them, but we sure do prefer living here 😊

[@johngoard8272]

@@TheBAMFamalam Yep I agree the parking is woeful and I found some of the lesser country roads so dangerous in that they are so narrow and people seem to think they are on a main road and drive at ridiculous speeds. I know some of the roads down here in NSW are really substandard (in my view) but wouldn't change here for anything.

[@tedtratt9553]

Since '73 and the same. I liked it when he said Australia has so many things right. Particularly the political system with preferential voting.

[@rossmasters8625]

You both sound like ozzies!!! LOL!

[@richardsingh5827]

Rooting and routing have caused a few laughs

[@TheBAMFamalam]

They have indeed 😆

[@moiraprentice7912]

"Everyone is so friendly" - clearly you don't live in either Sydney or Melbourne :)

[@Kieran-dz2gb]

Exactly. I lived in Melbourne for 2 years and came across so many rude people. Definitely did not feel people were friendly. I know most of my friends felt the same way.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

😆 oh dear, we are in the Sunny Coast, which is very friendly. We did visit Melbourne though, and did feel welcome and comfortable talking to people. London can be very hostile, so I guess anywhere would seem friendly in comparison to that 🙊

[@felicitydeikos5250]

Really? Come to Geelong, no one really likes or talks to anyone. Melbourne is the same. Depending on where you visit Melbourne. travel the train and trams , it gets very rough. I've lived in Geelong all my life, afew yesrs ago, there was a pool of blood by the mall, from a bunch of jerks that raped and killed a young lady... The night clubs here are full of police, ambulance, etc. The younger kids here, are on drugs. Melbourne and Geelong are very violent towns. The health care system isn't to good either, esp if you go to visit a public hospital.

[@robert3987]

Flip flops are called jandals in New Zealand.

[@ReoRis72]

My favourite reverse-confusion when we went to the UK from Australia was pants. Telling someone you were up early to iron your pants, or you have your best pants on for work, or you got some great new pants to wear while gardening, will get you very strange looks indeed in the UK.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha love this 😆

[@Jackscaf]

Your getting a bit of an aussie twang there girl 👧

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha someone else just commented that on the latest video 😆 It's funny you don't notice a change in your own accent ❤️

[@sydneyswesternsuburbs5756]

During summer it can get so hot that if you don't wear thongs etc you will burn your feet on beach sand, roads and footpaths. Not to mention burns from the car steering wheel and seat belt buckles.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh yes, getting branded by the seatbelt haha! That definitely was not expected 😆

[@peterclancy3653]

As a young bloke I used to sleep on the ground when I was in the bush, a mate who was a smoker and was sleeping near me, left his matches and smokes on the ground next to his swag and during the night the termites came up under the match box and consumed all the matches, left the heads and the scratch pads on the sides.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

😂

[@gloryglory5688]

Rooting for a team is more American anyway, most Brits have a pretty good idea of most of the words due to the over proliferation of Aussie soaps in Britain

[@paspax]

Modern homes in Australia are all steel framed to defeat the termites. Jandals*

[@simonf8902]

No frozen pipes. No salt on the roads for snow. No fog. No M1

[@TheBAMFamalam]

There sure isn't! Defo no M25! 😆

[@AussieTVMusic]

In WA we don't even use solicitors to buy a house. We just use Settlement agents.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

Jandles. Not jangles

[@louiserawle8999]

You just say how are ya!!

[@peterbreis5407]

You might like to do the big one. How Australia gets voting right.

[@BentConrod]

Fun fact: The wombat eats roots and leaves.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Love this , thank you for sharing ❤️

[@terben7339]

The wombat eats roots shoots and leaves.

[@cbisme6414]

Fortress Of Solitude... You nearly got it😉

[@roberthunter6538]

Welcome Bamfamalam

[@Adelaide2286]

The word for support is 'barrack', 'not 'root.' Also, why do you sfay if you consider Australians to be "nutters."

[@TheBAMFamalam]

All of our videos are very lighthearted, we truly appreciate where we live, we love it. We will certainly carry on laughing about those moments that catch us out though, and often the laugh is on us, we don't take life too seriously 😊

[@JB-zs1oq]

When they said Australians were nutters it was in the context of different attitudes to chatting to people we don't know. It was not an insult and in fact was more a compliment.to our friendliness. They are a great couple who obviously like being in Australia, so I cannot understand the "sternness of your response.

[@geckogo7328]

I think a video of language misunderstandings would be cute.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We are adding this to the list - so many are rude in either one country or the other though, and we try to keep this channel pretty clean and inoffensive 😬

[@artistjoh]

The oldest footwear in the world was developed in ancient Sumer and ancient Egypt. These have always been called thong sandals by archaeologists, because that, or similar words, is what ancient people called them. The thong refers to any of the various methods of using the big toe to hold the sandals on the feet. Calling the modern rubber footwear thongs is both logical and correct. Using the word thong for underwear is both strange and illogical and would have been very puzzling to ancient peoples.

[@louiserawle8999]

The only people Aussies don't like are people that move here and do nothing but bag Australia and Aussies..Don't try to change us we are almost perfect as we are.

[@tileux]

Youre in the east. The west is more British so you get less of the confusion. But we still speak differently to eastern staters here so if you get used to eastern staters and come over here you'll have to relearn a few things. re buying houses we use the Torrens title system. That started in the 1800s in most states,. Its harder to do that in europe because it would require a big changover to all their titles and the changeover would cost a fortune.

[@TechJayUK]

Great video as always both! I feel like i know you guys haha! Always looking forward to your videos

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you so much, that''s so lovely! 🥰

[@barnowl5774]

I think you are in Queensland or Northern NSW? Regarding settlement terms for buying a house, in Victoria, the seller and buyer may negotiate between themselves, or through the real estate agency, the period of time until the occupation of the property for sale. It can be usually any time from one month to three months.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Yes, we are in QLD. The sale process is so good here, compared to what we are used to!

[@darrylguise8493]

Hasn't the UK banned parking on the opposite side yet? Back in 1971 I nearly had a nasty accident late one night when the car ahead suddenly pulled over to the right to park. It would have been my fault, but the first thought is that the road is that the road is curving to the right. Different words, my young wife went into the stationers and asked for some Durex (sticky tape in Australia) and was told severely that she would be better off trying the chemist.

[@jocelynhunter2359]

"Are you alright" could also be very rude. Like, what the f are you doing? If someone is looking at your things, or just doing something weird or uncomfortable.

[@denisbryce8746]

In Australia to say G'day How Ya Goin' is more than fine to say to anybody.

[@chriswatson1698]

When I was growing up, we 'barracked' for a team. I still do a double take when I hear an American declare that she provides a whole team with adult services.

[@Final_Cut_FF]

In the 70's we'd ask how's it hanging? You'd answer long, loose and full of juice. lol.

[@activatedgaming3889]

Congrats on hitting 900 subscribers!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you! You spotted that before we did! 🥳

[@whymeeveryone]

Australia is home to termites. In North Territory there are large termites mounds

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We notice those when we drive north, we've never seen anything like it before! 😬

[@waynobots]

In Idaho people will chat with strangers, California will call the police if you say hello to a stranger.

[@Final_Cut_FF]

Love your perspective, some funny differences for sure.

[@lotsoflotty2703]

I didn’t know that about parking - oops 😬 I won’t do that now. lol the rooting thing - I got some funny looks at the school gates once.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

You sure can't control where those language bloopers happen 😆

[@coolhandluke1503]

@@TheBAMFamalam As an Aussie I use rooting around as a phrase for someone screwing around or wasting time doing something useless like looking for something they lost and have no chance of finding, so I guess the phrase is coming around full circle.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@coolhandluke1503 we learn something new every day 😁

[@leroyavila3088]

terminates = no ants 🐜 ! I don’t know if you have those critters there in Australia 🇦🇺! Wow my grandma was always asking if I was alright and the same for the Philippines 🇵🇭 mental health 😂 I’m a wait on myself type of guy” unless I’m lifting and turning red in color 🤣

[@davidm4677]

When you got black ants around your house it means it’s healthy.

[@osocool1too]

If you lived in Melbourne, the chances of termite damage in your house is much less than say QLD. Also, rooting for your footy team...errmm just lie back , get on with it and think of mother England ?,😎🥳

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Hahaha errrr 😂

[@georgesmith4509]

How big is the boot of your car ...If you can root around in it, most assies need a station wagon or camper van.

[@markgritt4876]

I've been here 57years....what took u so long to wake up?

[@1970GenXer]

We use rooting as "I was rooting for you" or "have a root around the boot for your lost thong", mostly teenagers will use rooting to describe sex.

[@roxee57]

We barrack for our footy teams, not root for them. Well, some people root for them 😉

[@TheBAMFamalam]

HAHAHAHA that made me lol 😆

[@SiilanPies]

In QLD we most just "go" for a footy team. I never heard the word "barrack" used like that until I moved to Melbourne. Well, aim sure some say barrack in QLD, but I never heard it growing up.

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

@@SiilanPies Use both here in Tassie.

[@cassandramcfadyen1988]

Isn't it Jandals?

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Yes 😊

[@jax6230]

I am from hungary and live in the UK and I never understood why people here greet each other with "you all right?" 🤣 it's just such a long way to say hi and you never know when they are just saying hello or actually asking if you are all right. It's just such a potential source of awkward greetings. 🤣 so even though i love the UK, if i move to Australia, that's something I won't really miss

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It's the same here, just a different saying, which is, 'How you going?' - we too weren't sure how to respond 😆

[@cbisme6414]

@@TheBAMFamalam you respond honestly.... Great, how are you? I'm feeling the cold, what about you? Looking forward to getting home, what about you? Truly it's just natural for us Aussies to talk to everyone, we genuinely like meeting people and getting to know someone, it doesn't have to be your life story, but who knows, you might just meet a new friend. If there's something you're not sure of, just ask. Say your new to Australia and wondering what etc.... You'll usually get a good laugh and lots of information and support, it's no hassle. I've been on the busses and trains in London and found the "blinked silence" oppressive. I smile and talk to anyone, that's the norm... I smiled at a little bub in her pram on the bus and was saying "hello" to her, my daughter who lives in London nudged me to stop! I innocently asked "Why?" only to be told sternly "Mum, shush!" I looked at the child's mother and she was glaring at me. My daughter later told me, you don't talk to anyone, that when she first arrived she was like me, and on two occasions had been hit, the second time knocked to the ground. The bus continued on, everyone sat silently while she was punched while down on the ground, and all because she looked at the lady. I had another terrifying experience, my 9week old grandson was short life expectancy and we were due for his first hospital appointment, he had two nasal gastric tubes connected to a pump and in a pram on the bus. The driver was braking hard and he wasn't looking good, it was too much for him, my daughter asked the driver if she could take it easy and what is the nearest street to the next stop so an ambulance could meet us there. With that the bus driver stopped the bus, came up into the middle of the bus and asked the passengers if she was "driving erratically because this lady thinks I am!" (not what my daughter said), she then sat down and continued driving while everyone screamed at us "whites" the three of us and one other girl were the only "whites" on the bus. I was so scared and crying and looked at one lady and said "for God's sake, he dying!" Next thing we're pulled up with another bus behind, passengers sent to the other bus, my daughter and I on the pavement attending my grandson, ambulance pulled up behind and ambulance station wagon in front, they take the pram back into the bus and work on my grandson... Then two Ambos carry him to the ambulance with my daughter and close the door leaving me in the sidewalk with another ambo. All during this the driver is pushing her way in between the Ambos telling them she had a schedule! They finally call me into the ambulance and tell me he had no pulse or heartbeat and they've revived him and we're going to the hospital. With sirens and lights on cars pulled out in front of us, it was nothing I've ever seen here in Australia. Turns out there was a protocol in place, one ambo was an emergency Medivac Dr who had just left the hospital. The Driver lost her job and the rule on public transport in London that a pram must exit if a wheelchair person gets on was changed so that sick babies in prams have the same priority. That was in June/July 2010 my grandson lived 6 months 6 days, he brought a big red London bus to a standstill and changed the Disability Rule on UK public transport to include sick babies in prams. Enjoy Australia, smile and say Hello, relax and enjoy everyday, I truly appreciate how very blessed I am to be an Aussie and live here where people really to care, I hope you'll be very happy here too. 🙏

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@cbisme6414 we're so sorry to hear of yours and your daughter's awful experience and loss. While it's not the done thing to interact with strangers in London, we're still shocked to hear of these reactions, it's certainly not the British way to be so inhumane. Thank you for sharing your story with us ❤️

[@barbaralivett19]

Are you happy living in this wonderful country? How about talking the fabulous things this country offer

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Thank you for watching. We absolutely love living where we do - you may enjoy our '8 Reasons Why Living In Australia is Amazing' video' 💕

[@stevenbalekic5683]

In Australia the word used to cheer someone or a team on is to 'barrack'. In example...what team to you barrack for?

[@TheBAMFamalam]

A few people have mentioned that - we had not heard that word until we posted this video! 😁

[@gbsailing9436]

We used to use the term 'rooting' for a long time. Then PC culture started to creep into everything and it was considered a little risqué. Damn PC culture. I used to love saying are you rooting for me (if I was in a competition, say) ...With a quiet chuckle to myself...

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@gbsailing9436 Haha we still hear it used plenty around here, not by us anymore though 😂

[@nevehartnett5759]

Very helpful, we move to Aus in 8 weeks :)

[@jakegargiulo5101]

Ohhh, Queensland though Wait, in England you don't have to part on the left? Why

[@TheBAMFamalam]

❤️ In England you just see a space and grab it before anyone else does 😆 it doesn't matter which way you're facing. Most of the roads are a lot narrower than here, and many roads only have room for 1 car to go through when people park on either side. The parking spaces are a lot smaller, and parallel parking in small spaces is a necessity.

[@newbris]

House sales are quick because no chains like UK.

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

Don’t be a wombat guys (and girls, don’t date a wombat)- a wombat eats roots, shoots and leaves.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Haha this made us laugh 😆

[@robertthomson1587]

If you go to NZ you'll find they've gone even further with the coinage: the 5 cent piece has been abolished and the lowest denomination is 10c.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

My purse would be so much lighter 😆

[@peterjames83]

How ya going? Good ta, you? Is the usual greeting/response

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We are learning 😆 We've certainly had a few funny/quirky convos since we've been here 😆

[@CharlotteT89]

Yes please do a video on misunderstandings 😂

[@TheBAMFamalam]

We are trying to think of enough that aren't too rude for our channel in either country haha 😂

[@juleneyoung5053]

What about the food differences ?? Fish and chips etc ! The next suburb over has a shop called the “Chippery “

[@TheBAMFamalam]

There are certainly lots of those! Ooohhh which suburb is that? 😁

[@juleneyoung5053]

Umm , Warner’s Bay New South Wales , just 1000 kilometres south of the border

[@juleneyoung5053]

If you’re a good driver you can make it in a day 😂😂

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@juleneyoung5053 if it's a good chippy, it's worth it haha

[@carmelhudson9811]

Rooting for someone( barracking for a team or someone)is more American then English isn't it? Years ago when I first went to America on a holiday, they would say "how are you doing" whereas we would say "how are you going", we were totally confused on how to answer, but both actually mean't the same thing.

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It's a very common thing to say in England, although we're not sure which country started using that phrase. 'Alright?' is the English version of 'how are you going', and it seems to confuse 😆 We love all these little differences, it is so funny realising them for the first time 😁

[@chriswatson1698]

The French also say 'Comment allez vous?" Which is literally 'How are you going?"

[@hawkesworth1712]

When someone asks you how you're going or how are you my standard reply is "so far so good". It makes people laugh and puts them at ease.

[@GavinSouthern]

Aussies don’t know that you call people “fit”. We will think they are physically fit!!! Haha

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh haha. we hadn't noticed that one 😂

[@GavinSouthern]

@@TheBAMFamalam PLEASE PLEASE TRY IT OUT!!!

[@TheBAMFamalam]

@@GavinSouthern Haha we will now that we know! That's hilarious 😂

[@billy4eyes512]

No termites here in Tasmania. Too cold for them…

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh gosh, so we are making the same lifestyle choices as termites here in QLD 😂

[@Cruelaid]

I broke the seat rooting in my car 😳

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Oh goodness haha! 🙊

[@craigderoche.filmclips4860]

g bangers, rooting... thats silly

[@TheBAMFamalam]

It certainly provides some entertainment for the Aussies before us poms find out the meaning 😂

[@micheledix2616]

Older Australians still do use the word root as you do as well. 😁

[@TheBAMFamalam]

Good to know 😁

[@chriswatson1698]

I am an older Australian and I have never heard anyone use the word 'root' to mean 'barrack'. Except on television, where the American influence is strongest. I watched a couple episodes of an Australian soap opera and I was disgusted by the number of Americanisms that the script writers had put into them.