American reacts to 7 Interesting Facts about Western Australia

[@JamieJoseph88]

I'm born and bred Western Australian and I have never heard anyone refer to a meat pie as a 'maggot bag', whilst peanut paste used to be the most common term basically everyone nowadays calls it peanut butter

[@roslynjonsson2383]

King's Park on a hot summers night, with a blanket and a picnic, sitting above the beautiful lights of Perth, is breathtaking. We truly do have a very pretty city at night

[@samantha-lee7294]

And then a romantic climb up the DNA tower ! 👍

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@samantha-lee7294 BOL, and of course the romantic rolly polly on the hills in front of the fountain naked lady pond, in the dim romantic glow. I wonder how many Sandgropers were conceived up there hahaha

[@anitachopping]

One of my favourite places

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@anitachopping Same, especially when my kids were little.

[@LAhobo]

Do u guys also have spider trouble like the rest of Australia?

[@crystalclear8358]

53 year Old West Aussie here. I definitely grew up calling it peanut paste and we still say cool drink in our family. I think those who are denying this are young people.

[@Coooeee]

Same. I also call it fizzy drink.

[@FionaEm]

I grew up in Qld and called it peanut paste too.

[@Teagirl009]

@@FionaEm I grew up in Qld and it was peanut butter 🤷‍♀️. I looked into it and it's was only "paste" in two states from the 50s to 1970s when the labelling rulings that dariy farmers imposed in the 50s were removed. Every other state already called it peanut butter from the early days and WA eventually followed suit.

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

Peanut paste 💯Cool drink 💯

[@numpty94]

Peanut paste? Cool drink? Western Australia really is it own country lmao

[@crystalrudy7089]

As someone who grew up and lives in Perth, I now have a new appreciation for Kings Park. Never knew it was the largest city park in the world which is sad as it has been an exciting consistency in every child's life in Perth because every primary school goes at least once. By god can it be beautiful, it would be safe to say at least everyone has or will during their dating life have a cute date there as well

[@nevillewran4083]

It never was the largest city park in the world. It comes in at about 9, 10 or 11th depending on the criteria.

[@crystalrudy7089]

@@nevillewran4083 hey would love to know where you get your information because even after some quick research Kings Park in mentioned being one of the if not the biggest inner city park, no where near 10th place. I understand other cities may have larger parks situated within them however not in their more inner city center

[@rogerramjet6429]

@@crystalrudy7089 the ex boyfriend or one of my ex gfs, was the firebug that burnt Kings Park in the early 80s. Following that, a new orchid was discovered.

[@rogerramjet6429]

@@nevillewran4083 don't know whether you're just uninformed or got some sort of agenda, but you've got inaccurate information in a bunch of comment threads.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@rogerramjet6429 I sure hope someone dragged his arse behind the back shed, and gave him what for - that fire was just plain awful - I was living in Herne Hill in the Swan Valley, and we were sitting on our horse stable roof watching it. How anyone can be that callous and deliberately destructive is mind boggling, especially to Kings Park, a place that represents the core of who we are, and is loved by all, is sickening

[@kimpalmer713]

I'm a West Aussie and yes have seen the Super Pit at Kalgoorlie. They do mine tours and blasting. WA also has the best beaches in the world but we seem to never get mentions from other Australians. Lucky Bay, Twilight Beach, Little Beach, Hamelin Bay, Shark Bay just to name a few!

[@nanatotwo]

Hammond Beach and Drummond's Cove are also gorgeous

[@amygone2pot]

Surely Scarborough beach should get a mention.

[@kimpalmer713]

@Angela Youens whilst it's nice, not world class IMO.

[@utha2665]

I found out very recently why WA is so sandy. About 5000-6000 years ago the whole coast was hit by a mega-tsunami of around 180m high from a comet hit in the western Indian Ocean. Millions of tonnes of sea floor was deposited along the WA coast, western Victoria and Tasmania. It certainly explains our crappy soil and magnificent beaches. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJCrZ4poh51rkJI

[@roslynjonsson2383]

Cheynes Beach Albany Wiley Bay / Hellfire Bay/ West Beach / 11 mile beach / Cable Beach / Cottesloe / Monkey Mia / Shell Beach / Exmouth Coral Bay beaches / We're sort of spoilt for choice lol

[@moonboy5851]

G’day from Western Australia! Yes sir, born and bred. Been up and down this state all over.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

58yr old born West Aussie - in our house it was Cool drink and if we were being smart alec after watching "Happy Day's" and said soda, Dad would clip us round the ears lmao Meat Pie Peanut Paste (because it was Kraft Peanut Paste / smoothy or crunchy on the jar ) and it was called peanut paste on our primary school tuck shop order list lol Polony. Both Slingshot and ging

[@stevecam724]

Yep ☝☝☝☝

[@hailskatean]

Polony cracks me up such a great thing to take the yank word and turn it on its head. Reminds me of how we call sheilas birds just because the American word was chicks hahahah a meat pie could have meant a footy try on the East although that term has died off.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@hailskatean No different than Devon cracks me up - it sounds so Pommie/Scottish lol....I have Hungarian / Czech heritage, so cured meats were a big thing in our family. Polony and tomato sauce sandwiches was my sisters lunch every single day of our school lives (not much adventure in my sis, more a schedule sorta person lol )

[@katehack1677]

My Mum's side is from WA. They're an unusual bunch - it is almost like its own separate country that has little to do with the East. Best beaches, and the sun sets over the sea :)

[@frenchys_prospecting]

My uncle moved their 35 years ago and now he’s also a strange one.

[@thatfelladownunder9396]

I know the “sun sets over the sea” is a common distinction for WAnians, but it also applies to Adelaide. Although it’s technically Gulf waters, it still sets over water. So you know.

[@katehack1677]

@@frenchys_prospecting few return from the west 😂 but it works both ways

[@hinterkress]

@@thatfelladownunder9396 Yes to a Perthy that sunset over the ocean (in Adelaide) is like home 🙂

[@happylala33]

To this day I don't understand how you cope with the sun NOT setting over the sea. Like... that's what makes all the amazing views? It seems such a shame! Also apparently this is why we don't need daylight savings to get a lot of daylight in summer but the east coast does? Fascinating. It seems so natural to me for the sun to set over the water!

[@kristycameron9113]

All of Australia has there beautiful charms to them. The bush, forest, beaches, culture, cities. You can go for a drive and find the most beautiful greenery waterfalls or beautiful spots.

[@Coooeee]

At Kings Park, there is an outdoor movie theatre called Moonlight Cinema. People take mattresses, doonas, bean bags, picnics. I love it on a warm summer night, it's magic.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

There is a "myth /theory / belief" that the original Dutch guys that were sent to the mainland, actually may have survived, with the proof being in a tribe of blonde haired indigenous people, from around that area ( The Murchison River area ) that we have here in West Aus, that's found nowhere else in Australia.

[@linmonash1244]

I read somewhere that there was some DNA testing that confirmed it.

[@graemejohnson9025]

Dirt Hartog, was the Dutch that Smashed into WA, and yes there is theory, that they breed with the locals..

[@mika72.-Bois]

There are blond Indigenious people in Central Australia. The genes for their blond hair are different from the genes for blond hair in Europeans. Some people in Papua New Guinea also have blond hair too.

[@michellewestlake6766]

those you refer to (batavia/abrolhos criminals) were cast ashore near wittecarra creek (kalbarri) ... oral tradition records their history in combination with survivors of other nearby Dutch shipwrecks of the 1600s

[@ian-f5f]

Its incorrect, DNA testing does not show any European influence.

[@oneshot4826]

If you ever come to Australia, spend 5 minutes in Sydney and Melbourne, then get on a plane and have your mind blown by how magnificent Western Australia is.

[@Revenkin]

Owch.... Me and the bin chicken that wakes me up at 3am are offended

[@gmans777]

Or come to Queensland!

[@MalevolentProphecies]

Spoken like a true Westralian who has never ventured more than 2 hours from Perth

[@oneshot4826]

@@MalevolentProphecies How wrong you're, but, if it were true I would still be happy exploring this magnificent state that leaves the rest of the country in the third world category.

[@AUmarcus]

@@MalevolentProphecies Facts. He has no idea.

[@sophxuns]

As soon as I saw my state on the thumbnail you know I clicked straight away 😂

[@daveamies5031]

If he just wanted views he would have done NSW, luckily he's better than that 👍🏼(I'm in QLD)

[@nanatotwo]

Hi from WA 👋 Here in WA we also have north of the (Swan) river and south of the river and the differences are real. I moved sor 7 years ago and it's taken me years to get used to it. My son married a southie so I moved too to be close to him and his family. Love your show 😊

[@JustinWatson23]

Yes i'm always amazed though that West Australians think its a Perth thing... The people of Brisbane and Canberra have something to tell you 🙂

[@bass3966]

Northside represent

[@trig1900]

LOL! Similarly, both my sons married "Southerners"; have to take a packed lunch just to visit. My daughter sensibly married a 'Northerner', although even she and her husband strayed south for a few years due to employment opportunities. North and East is 'hilly', although hills is a somewhat exaggerated term when talking about any hills in WA. Needless to say, these type of comments are very 'tongue-in-cheek'.... Some of my best friends are southerners...... XD

[@matthewgleeson2121]

SOR is best! Go Dockers!

[@glam4663]

I've always lived SOR and yes, the differences are staggering

[@michaelfink64]

Dog's eye (pie) is rhyming slang, which was originally Cockney, but was imported to Australia and then modified over time. My Dad was fascinated as a kid by his uncle who regularly spoke like this and Dad did same for the rest of his life. Other examples: high stepper (pepper), dead halt (salt), dead horse ([tomato] sauce), Noah's ark (shark), Joe Blake (snake), Captain Cook (look).

[@hailskatean]

I just love that dogs eye can mean meat pie and meat pie could mean a rugby league try hahaha

[@EmbraceThePing]

Reg Grundies (undies), Brad Pitts (shits: "Oi! You're givin' me the Brad Pitts!"), Oliver Twist (pissed/drunk), Pat Malone (you're on your own), Barry Crocker (shocker), Billy Hunt (silly *unt), sky rocket (pocket).

[@kristalcornwell]

Find it kind of sad that rhyming slang has all but died out. still understand a lot of it but have never used it and only hear it refered to in things like this. a generation from now browning slam will be just history

[@bethaniej]

Kings park (Not king park lol) is gorgeous. I actually had my wedding ceremony there. :) Lots of playgrounds, lakes, walking trails, native plants, grasses areas, Picnic areas, as well as some cafes and tourist shops. We also have the state war memorial there.

[@nanatotwo]

Nice. You must have some gorgeous wedding pics 📸

[@roslynjonsson2383]

A meat pie is called "A Maggot Bag" in the mining and trucking industries here in West Aus - have heard it in both the mines, and at truck stops (The Billabong / BP Muchea roadhouse / especially at Gingers Bullsbrook where they unhitch their B trains off before the Perth CBD starts) - it's not a term I've heard in Perth suburbs

[@liammcintosh8466]

Australia was part of the British empire until our Federation was founded in 1901. The former 6 Australian colonies became the states and territories today

[@SiilanPies]

We're self-governing, but we're still technically under British rule due to being part of the Commonwealth.

[@liammcintosh8466]

@@SiilanPies true. I gave the wrong impression

[@overworlder]

@@SiilanPies - We’re not under British rule. The Commonwealth is just an association. Search the Statute of Westminster 1931, and the Australia Act 1986 (“. . . the Commonwealth of Australia as a sovereign, independent and federal nation”).

[@JustinWatson23]

@@SiilanPies Nah we aren't under british rule, its a poorly misunderstood thing. Our Head of state is the British Monarch and they have quite limited powers in the UK let alone the commonwealth. Majority of the commonwealth are republics now anyway.

[@liammcintosh8466]

@@overworlder I think my comment may have come across as an oversimplification. Australia has a rich history of human occupation going back over 40,000 years (probably much longer). Anything you say about this great place is going to be oversimplified.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

We have open cut and pit mines all over the country so yeah. Most of us have seen big mines lol

[@jack27273]

I live in Kalgoorlie, and I can tell you every day we have giant dust clouds roll out of the superpit

[@ianmorris7485]

Kalgoorlie is a fascinating place. I remember the place back when there were a multitude of individual underground gold mines (even watched a gold pour at North Kalgurli Mines). When they started running out of easily recoverable gold ore the mines morphed eventually into the Super Pit using more modern techniques to extract the small amounts of gold per tonne. It is a very impressive site.

[@nanatotwo]

I've been to the huge pit at Lawlers and watched a gold pour there. They were dredging over old mining ground. Got to drive around the pit and stay at the mining grounds as my mother and her hubby were living and working there. They'd also lived in Kalgoorlie so visited there several times over the years.

[@SH-qs7ee]

I'm living in Kal at the moment; honestly no other place like it. The super pit is a stones throw away from the city itself, and I have long since gotten used to the explosions rattling my home, to the point where I didn't even get out of bed during that major earthquake we had here a few years back. It's a small city that never really sleeps, with many mines and associated industries working shifts around the clock, has been described as the richest square mile in the world having produced over 60 million ounces of gold, and even after 125 years is still being mined.

[@DaveWhoa]

Western Australian here: NO we dont call it "cool drink", we call it "soft drink". NO we don't call it "maggot bag", we call it what it is - a meat pie. (Who the hell came up with this, and what's up with his disturbed group of friends?) NO we don't call it peanut paste, we call it peanut butter - everyone in the country does. (It says "Peanut Butter" on ALL the labels of all the different brands, case closed) YES we call it polony. YES a slingshot is sometimes called a ging.

[@unvl7682]

Yes finally 👏. I’m from the East Coast but Istg there is so much bs online about Australia.

[@DeeDee-xr9ml]

I've heard many people here particularly of the older generation call it 'cool drink'. I've also heard it commonly called peanut paste too. I'm a 90s kid too and everyone in primary school called it peanut paste.

[@dogwithhat-v4z]

I grew up saying cool drink and peanut paste in the 80s. Never heard maggot bag.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

Peanut paste and cool drink in this house mate sorry lol

[@sophxuns]

I live in Perth, everything here is true but I actually call it peanut paste lol

[@westaussiebrumby5425]

11:40 I have worked in most mines in WA, you are truly small when you can be driving for over an hour and still be inside the same mine.

[@andrewhall9175]

Argyle Diamond mine produces the largest volume of diamonds and has the highest yield rate of 5 carats (1 gram) per tonne. A fair bit of the diamonds from Argyle are just industrial diamonds, although there are certainly gem quality diamonds there including almost all of the pink diamonds in the world. The cost of pinks is astronomical and as a manufacturing jeweller, I absolutely feel the pressure when working with them. I’ve not yet broken a pink diamond fortunately.

[@raelenevinciullo7416]

Mine is closed now.

[@andrewhall9175]

@@raelenevinciullo7416 No more pink diamonds. I’d better not start breaking them

[@nevillewran4083]

@@andrewhall9175 Someone I know was one of the tour guides showing the original investors around the area. It was a friendly camp, and one of the investors (geologist I think??) told the guides they were looking for diamonds and if they wanted, the guides could get in on the ground floor and buy into the first batch of shares. The guides laughed their arses off at the thought of diamonds ever being found in such a landscape and declined. Of course, everyone buying early shares became very rich.

[@ashlynhendricks5642]

The Argyle diamond mine sadly closed. It produced 90 per cent of the world’s coloured diamonds of which the Argyle pink diamond is the most rare. Those of us who had the foresight of buying a couple of pink diamonds in the previous decade are now seeing the cost of those soar 50 - -100%

[@neredaarmstrong796]

Lovely to see you focussing on my home city. Out west is a different world to the east coast, but I do love living in Perth. Wouldn't be anywhere else. Your interest in such a variety of knowledge about my country is wonderful to see, and I thank you.

[@kristalcornwell]

West Aussie, West Aussie West Aussie....... love this city love this state.

[@Ribbie101]

im from WA and personally its the best state

[@Majorwindy]

0:44 literally never heard any of that slang in WA, not once

[@bronwyn6415]

Here in SA we call Polony, fritz and we used to call peanut butter, peanut paste which I still do but for some reason the name changed. It's funny how we are so protective of our own state but every state has something special to offer. Just love the country that we're lucky to live in.

[@paulwhillas6494]

Beat me to it. Fritz, peanut paste ( personally I still think of, and call, it peanut paste). Cool drink/ soft drink both common.

[@Zephyr497]

As a West Aussie, I disagree with most of slang in that document. Those words may be used by country Australians with lots of Australian heritage but not by people in and around Perth. In Western Australia, we call soda: softie(s) (soft drink) meat pie: pie, beef/meat pie peanut butter: peanut butter (not really popular in Australia, Nutella is the way to go) Baloney: Paloney (correct). I’m not sure what they call a slingshot but I hope the rest of these helped. Perth is such a nice city to live in and I think it would be amazing if you traveled there for a video, considering Australia is the theme of most of your videos.

[@GreenDistantStar]

I moved from the east coast to WA years ago. It's still a bit of a secret, which local don't mind, they don't want it spoiled. Some of the jargon in the clip is bogus, as others have mentioned.

[@MarkB-uu5we]

I agree with a couple of the West Aussie comments below, this is not overly accurate. I mentioned in my comments on another post that in Australia we do have different words and accents around australia. South Australia (SA) calls school - "sk-oo-l" whereas QLD (Queensland) - "sk-eww-ll". So Soft Drink (soda) is used universally throughout Australia, if we say a cool drink, we mean anything from cordial to soft drink that is ice cold. Meat Pie, think that is universally known in Australia as a Meat Pie. It is often called a "Balfours" in SA, Vic (Victoria) and NSW (New South Wales) because that is a brand in those states (originally SA) that makes pies. Devon, I am assuming they mean a thick baloney sausage, that is known as Fritz in most eastern states - Devon is just a brand name. So it is known as Devon Fritz in NSW and Vic, in SA it is just called Fritz - Bung fritz as someone else said in your comments is not quite correct, the "Bung" refers to the type of skin and that it comes from a butcher (although it is now sold in Supermarkets). In Qld it is known as Devon ham. Peanut Butter is known as Peanut Paste for the whole of Australia, not just WA - although you still hear Peanut Butter said in all states, including WA. I am not a WA person, and where I am from we have our rivals with WA, but in spite of that, I have been there and the West Aussie people who have responded are absolutely right, it is a magnificent state of Australia. Because it takes up one third of the whole continent, WA has a bit of everything, the tropics up north (which would like the south in USA), the mid sections (like the kansas type of regions in USA) and the gorgeous south west (like the northern areas of western US). I do think if you do come over to Oz, you won't need to spend a cent on accommodation - looking at the comments below, and me included outside WA, you have a place to stay just about everywhere!!

[@raelenevinciullo7416]

Haha, bet he doesn’t know what cordial is. Sadly under used these day.

[@christ8349]

after leaving UK and living in Sydney for a year have lived in Perth for 50yearsand have never regretted it. Wonderful place to live

[@ConfidencePT]

I've seen these mines. We went to a couple of them here in WA when I was a kid.

[@gregmccallum3124]

Check out a pic of the superpit, there are house's just across the road.

[@Jessie20032]

Yes the best state 🎉tonnes of country and bush sadly most people forget about WA and head straight to the cities when there is so much to see in this huge state that’s so beautiful 😁no haven’t seen mines as such in person but yes we have many 0:01

[@vinsgraphics]

The video mentions Kalgoorlie and the Super Pit, but that's just one of literally hundreds of gold mines scattered about the state. About 250km north of Kalgoorlie is Leonora-Gwalia (where I grew up in the 1970s). The Sons of Gwalia mine there opened in 1898, was managed for a short time by Herbert Hoover, a 20-something mining engineer from the US working for a British mining company. His house is still there, now as a the Hoover House museum and B&B. The Gwalia mine operated up until 1963. When it closed, the town of Gwalia emptied out almost overnight, leaving a ghost town to decay in the sun and dust. Some folks remained, since it's only 2 miles south of Leonora (the main pastoral town in the area, and Shire seat). We moved into an abandoned house in 1971, with no electricity or running water. We fixed it up, including adding a septic tank (as required, since the outhouse service was shut down). We left in 1979, partly because I needed to start high school and there wasn't one there at the time. If you want to know someone who's lived (and played) around mines like this, that'd be me. Riding my banana-seat bike up to the edge of these open mines with my little brother on the back. Wandering across slime dumps (tailings from the mine), scouring through old abandoned houses and relics. Somehow I survived... and today we're afraid if our kids leave the house for ten minutes. The mine was reopened in the 1980s. Much of the original infrastructure was scrapped, except for the head frame and winder building, which were relocated up next to the Hoover House. The old workings of the mine were opened up significantly. In fact, the Hoover House sits at the very edge of the expanded open cut mine, like looking down into the Grand Canyon. The entrance to the mine is actually at the bottom of the pit, and extends another 1.5 km down into the earth. It's Australia's deepest gold mine, and one of the deepest of its kind in the world. Full-size 60-ton trucks drive all the way to the bottom and back up, a 2-hour round trip. Unlike most mines, the Gwalia mine descends at a near 45° angle, following the main ore body. The mine is expected to continue well into the 2030s, reaching at least 2 km vertically underground. I live in the US now. For a while I worked at Disneyland in CA. I had "Gwalia" on my name tag as hometown (technically I was born in Perth but never lived there for any length of time). I actually ran into a visitor from Australia who worked on the mine as an electrician.

[@crazymusicchick]

Yep seen that mine in person lol I'm from Western Australia n went to Kalgoorlie when I was 12 I saw it with my grandparents as they took me to Kalgoorlie

[@garrysalis4312]

Ryan I have just travelled from Shellharbour on the East coast to Esperance WA, you have got to check it out. The video I have suggested for you for a year is Dawn adventures Lucky Bay.🤔 Now's time mate , spectacular beaches and coast line.

[@julzhunt7790]

Best beach😊

[@ConfidencePT]

I live in Perth, Western Australia.

[@MrLutzkrieg]

I live in Kalgoorlie. There is an observation area open to the publicfor the superpit which can also be seen from space.

[@miniveedub]

I like the way you stop and Google to get more information. Kings Park has a spectacular wildflower display every year. WA has 12,000 unique wildflower species and people come from around the world during wildflower season, which is July to September, and tour the state to see them. Kings Park also has trees planted along some of its roadways, each with a named plaque in front of it, they were planted in memory of those lot to war…hundreds of them.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

If you're a West Aussie, and you haven't been to Kalgoorlie to see the super pit, you're in a West Aus minority I think. Geez, the amount of tourist buses that head to the lookout can get a bit much at times lol. Ryan, most West Aussies travel our state regularly, we have a lot to see here. There aren't many families that I know, that haven't been to at least a few of our destinations, that's a big part of life here, exploring and giving it a go.

[@nanatotwo]

I love this state the best. So much to see from the white beaches down South, especially Esperance to the red sands of the Pilbara and Kimberleys. So much to see and explore.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@nanatotwo Born in The Swan Valley, moved to Derby, then moved to Esperance and now I'm in Mandurah. We're spoilt in so many ways here, and I'm the same as you, I love this state also (obviously lol ) we live in the best place on this planet in my opinion ( I also lived in Greece, Singapore the USA and travelled to 26 other countries, but WA is home always)

[@vampiric4real]

why would we want to see destruction?

[@-sandman4605]

Alot of people forget or just don't bother visiting Western Australia, why i don't know as it has alot to offer and we are beautiful, because of the size of Western Australia it does take longer to see everything but its more than worth it when you see what we truly do have here from the south to the far north is spectacular and breathtaking beaches let's knot forget that ⛱ ❤ .

[@kerryedgell8951]

Hi Ryan have you watched 'Straya' on youtube. Really worth a look. Loved the WA video, Perth is my home. 💟☯️🇭🇲WA

[@WaveDaSeaWing]

0:12 As a person who lives in WA the only one i do use from that list is Peanut Paste and i still sometimes use Peanut Butter

[@bonnielee78]

Here in SA we call Bologne 'Fritz'. Slang in Oz can be hugely different in each town, city or state.

[@gingerdad127]

WA beaches are so aqua compared to the east coast. Also, WA wine is better than New South Wales wine. I'm from New South Wales and WA is a truly spectacular place 🙌

[@julianstephens5361]

I lived in WA for 12 months. It's beautiful. Great people. I have to say that everyone over there thinks the east coasters are plotting their demise. Even going into a shop the fruit and veggies say "Imported, no!", "Australian, no!", "West Australian, YES!!!" hahaha.

[@philinator71]

There is nothing wrong with local produce.

[@Lucas-fx2ej]

Hahaha I saw something like that today and thought it was so funny. I kinda agree I see myself as a West Australian rather than an Australian haha

[@nevillewran4083]

West Aussies still have a chip on their shoulders...

[@narnyrarny4175]

As a child that has lived in every Aussie state wa is definitely the cleanest and prettiest

[@narnyrarny4175]

I’ve also never heard anyone say any of those words, it’s still peanut butter and all that, at least I haven’t heard anyone say otherwise

[@Graynomad16]

Originally from South Australia, I love WA but it definitely lives up to its name of Wait Awhile 🤭

[@brosert]

Baloney (shown in the opening shots with differences between East and West) is different in every state (and even in different regions within different states). Devon is mainly NSW. In Victoria some people call it Strassburg or Straz (not to be confused with actual Strassburg sausage). In South Australia they call it Fritz (and have a 'gourmet' version 'Bung Fritz' often from the Barossa). I think somewhere it's called 'Luncheon Hamper', 'Windsor Meat' and 'Belgium' in some regions. In Mildura (which sits on the Murray - bordering Vic and NSW, and commonly traversed by travellers from elsewhere) there used to be a supermarket that had different coloured labels and names on what (presumably) was the same sausage underneath....

[@trig1900]

Some facts about the Western Australia (WA) secession vote: 1] Prior to Federation, all the original colonies had their own constitution. In order for Federation to occur, each colony had to agree to the proposed Federal Constitution. It was entirely within it's rights for Western Australia to vote to secede from the Federation [or Commonwealth] of Australia. 2] At the time of Federation, the Commonwealth of Australia was a part of the British Empire with the King / Queen being it's Head of State. Any decision to secede had to be approved by the British Privy Council. 3] The reason that the Secession vote percentage [66%] was so LOW, was that, prior to the vote, the mining camps were stuffed with miners from the eastern states who voted NOT to secede. The vote still passed. 4] After the vote, a new Labor party government in WA was pro-federation and only reluctantly forwarded the secession papers to Britain and did not demand action on them. 5] The British Government [wrongly] sat on the petition [not passing it to the Privy Council for approval] and did nothing until the start of the Second World War overtook events, after the end of which everything was 'conveniently forgotten'. In effect, the secession vote is still valid. WA has approx. 10% of the Australian Population, which is more than South Australia [1.77 million]. The issues surrounding the secession vote echo through to this very day. Which is primarily the reason why it still comes up as an issue. 6] WA is the powerhouse when it comes to generating wealth for the whole country. Other states claim to have higher GSP but it's mining which provides most of the wealth. However, when it comes to cutting up the revenue cake, Western Australia is at the back of the queue. 7] The Goods and Services Tax [GST] is a good example. Out of every dollar paid by WA it gets back 70 cents. This is a HUGE increase on the previous 32 cents in the dollar it was getting. No other state comes anywhere close to this disparity. The other states still say it gets too much... go figure. 8] The state has to provide infrastructure [roads, rail, ports, airports, schools, hospitals, emergency services, power utilities, communication utilities, potable water etc etc for over a third of the country's landmass] yet it gets less to do it with. 9] When it comes to providing facilities such as museums, galleries, opera houses etc again WA is found to be forever holding out to the federal government a rarely filled begging bowl. 10] When it comes to defence, again, boots on the ground are scarce, even though WA has traditionally provided more volunteers to the armed services on a per capita basis than other states and is, arguably, vital to Australia's future. It is only thanks to the bicameral parliamentary system where every state gets equal representation in the Senate that WA gets as much as it does.

[@eggy4152]

Well here in Perth Australia the sun doesn't go down until 8pm in the warmer months, we have specky sunsets over the ocean, we don't have toll gates anywhere, and the eastern states have beg 4 money from us because we have all the big mines here. They have more natural disasters than us. At least we don't have daylight savings here on the west coast. 💕from Perth Australia.

[@mandyjessamine227]

Another interesting fact about Western Australia is our FIFO (fly in fly out) workers. My husband has flown to work fot 25 years in the mining industry. He is away for two weeks then home for a week. He works 14 days straight and long hours but we like the fact that he gets a week off to spend with the family. Its not for everyone though.

[@lindasweeney969]

Just for the record. I have only ever heard a meat pie called a meat pie. And I'm in my late 60's and have always lived in N.S.W. East Coast.

[@jeremy1969]

Greetings from Perth :)

[@WaveDaSeaWing]

2:59 Pretty much we even had are own Wild West too 😂

[@hailskatean]

As a Sydneysider I encourage any Western fans of pub punk rock music to listen to the song WAXIT by Dennis Cometti Here are some of the fucking hilarious lyrics in it: "Dont want your schooners, dont want your pots Federation was a joke, we gotta turn back the clock" "We get blotto on rotto, watch WAFL on the telly Moondyne Joe could bash Ned Kelly"

[@levlylove]

Peanut paste and cool drink?! Damn it, Western Australia, why do we let you hang out with us?!

[@RyanGFC]

We don't call it that. You eastern folk make that up because you're jealous of our far superior land and affordable living.

[@stephanielane1821]

Born and raised in Western Australia, and have never heard of the meat pie referred to as the maggot bag

[@timeless712]

34 degrees Celsius in Perth rn and I should know I’m sitting in it

[@Benwut]

Been to the Kalgoorlie superpit before (I live in Perth), and fuckin' hell, it's HUGE. Like, my little brother threw a rock as far as he could, and it took like I think more than like 5 seconds for us to hear it hit a ledge a FIFTH of the way down

[@tacitdionysus3220]

The Australian states were originally the British colonies in Australia. They federated in 1901 to form the Commonwealth of Australia. That was done by the UK government making an Act of the British Parliament (The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act) to enable Australia and its constitution to be formed (essentially it said "yeah, go for it" and "do it like you said"). That Act was negotiated with the British by the Australian 'founding fathers'. The Australian Constitution is a mix of British (responsible government, constitutional monarchy), American (House of Reps and Senate), Swiss (use of referendums, but only to change the constitution) and (arguably) a bit of sneaked in Vatican influence (Commonwealth powers of arbitration and conciliation) from Rerum Novarum (the Rights and Duties of Capital and Labour). The Australian Constitution does not allow states to secede, but in the 1930s Western Australia thought they could get around that by asking the British to change or remove tThe Consmmonwealth of Australia Act they used to enable Australia to federate. Meanwhile the British had gradually been letting go of their former major "dominions' such as Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. One part of this was the (British) Statute of Westminster promulgated in 1931, which gave up residual powers the British still had over the government of those dominions. This included the power to make or alter any legislation concerning them. That's why they refused to provide Western Australia with the means to secede - they simply no longer had the power to do so. Oddly, Australia didn't ratify the Statute of Westminster until 1942. But it still meant that Western Australia had no legal means of seceding. Another comment here says it's because they could appeal to the British Privy Council, but were rebuffed. That's partly true, but is not the reason why they couldn't legally secede (it's all to do with the Statute of Westminster). Appeals to the Privy Council (a sort of place of last resort on matters of law) could be made in Australia up to 1986, when it was removed by the Australia Act. Such appeals are dealt with now the High Court of Australia, which is equivalent to the Supreme Court in the USA and (like in the USA) is part of the Judiciary. Some Americans like to claim Australia was not 'independent' until this happened, but Australians would say that happened in 1901 and everything since has just been sorting out a couple of loose ends.

[@Coooeee]

Australia's 6 British colonies became one nation on 1st January, 1901. Our constitution was passed by the British Parliament and the Queens approval in July 1900. The King of England is Australia's head of state today.

[@AUmarcus]

Never heard of soda being called that in Australia....it's called soft drink. Then again, they're a bit weird over there in the west, must be the isolation. 🤣

[@nevillewran4083]

I liked the old WA. Your cattle dog was allowed to vote, but women weren't.

[@thevannmann]

Most people in WA call it a soft drink or fizzy drink if you want to specify "sodas".

[@oakfat5178]

Happy Arvo, Ryan. Thanks for this - I learned some new things about WA In South Australia, Devon/Polony, baloney is called fritz, or more formally, bung fritz. It tastes disgusting.

[@marklivingstone3710]

In 1901 when the Federation was declared, in the preamble of the declaration it says the people of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia and its Northern Territory and, if her Majesty so pleases, the people of Western Australia. The Declaration was enacted on 1 January 1901, Western Australia was admitted to the Commonwealth a few months later. The dissent in Western Australia (and the Northern Territory is because, they are largely ignored by the Federal Government. The amount of tax paid in Royalties to the Federal Government from those two states (yes, I know NT is a Territory), compared to the amount of money given to them each year when the budget is announced is dramatically disproportionate because it is based on population, not how much is contributed. I have friends who live there, with the time difference between the east and west coasts, the distance to get there and so on, you almost feel like you’re in another country.

[@overworlder]

Search the Statute of Westminster 1931 for how the British dominions became independent.

[@Coooeee]

Trust me, people in Western Australia are fine with the Eastern States being in the spotlight. Their fires and floods are scary and their populations too large. WA is forgotten about thankfully, but it is actually the countries best kept secret.

[@nevillewran4083]

The Kimberley flood is the worst in WA's white history, and the destruction of the Fitzroy Crossing bridge a disaster. There's no main road link north now. No direct route to Darwin. There are back roads but speedy safe transport has been halted. It's like cutting all of Perth's freeways. This is _big._ Transporting food or machinery for mines means trucks have to go thru South Australia in a very roundabout way, adding 2 thousand K or more to their journey. Last year I was one of the people evacuated from a fire threatened south west town. WA has bad fires & floods too.

[@gemmanunn]

​@@nevillewran4083 Hello, I also live in WA. I'm replying to your comment as a way for you to see how far we've come. Late last year the Fitzroy Crossing Bridge was restored! Although we do still have all of the issues mentioned above I thin it's great that that hurdle has been crossed. Us West Aussies are a strong breed and no matter what nature throws our way we can always recover.

[@nevillewran4083]

@@gemmanunn I give the government credit for replacing the bridge in so short a time. I wish WA paid more attention to news stories in the east and vice versa. There's a little too much ignorance on both sides. I think all Aussies are pretty resilient, altho to me, Covid brought out the worst in some; selfishness and irresponsibility. If we faced conflict along the lines of WW2, we might be in deep shit.

[@the-flatulator]

I'm West Australian (in Mandurah south of Perth) and I've never heard the term peanut paste.

[@thevannmann]

The list is wrong/outdated. Most WA residents call them meat pies, peanut butter and soft drinks. We do have our own terms for certain things though like home opens instead of open houses and deli(catessen)s instead of corner shops/milk bars.

[@sandgroperbrewing2399]

On the slang that is the older Western Australian generation 50 years+ Peanut paste was because of the Western Australian dairy board would not aloud a food peanut product have the name butter in it, changed in the 90's to peanut butter when the Eastern States brand flooded the market. Yes to Cool drink, same influence from the Eastern States the younger people under 50 years how say soft drink. Yes to polony still to this day. Yes if you over 50 years the slang for meat pie is maggot bag and dead horse. Yes it was called a ging. And Yes Western Australia can still technically succeed from Australia and so we should.

[@nevillewran4083]

"secede". Mining royalties will quickly evaporate when we have to buy all commonwealth property. Most ports, owned by the commonwealth. Most airports. Rail lines, highways. Defense. Every military base is owned by Canberra. We'd have to buy them and why would they sell? Pastoral leases, federal. Communications relays, federal. Buy every federal building in the state. Invent our own currency, but where would we make it? Perth Mint is tiny. Own stamps? Which famous face would we put on them? Rolf Harris? Passport & immigration stations at every border crossing. Including dirt tracks in the outback. Quarantine. Reserve bank. How will we build required reserves? Reserves of money on hand when called on? Nations take decades to build that up. Our own embassies in every large country. Who will we appoint as ambassador to our largest customer, China? Zac Kirkup?

[@cheryla7480]

Don’t forget Australia gained it’s independence from Britain in 1901, but did not become fully autonomous until the passage of the statute of Westminster in October 1942. Also like New Zealand and Canada are Commonwealth countries. Are you telling me you never noticed the similarities. Aussies are definitely their own people, but there is a shared back history with Britain. Sports: Cricket, rugby, football. Driving on the left. Evan though Australia had it’s own unique cuisine a lot of Brit favourites were an influence. A good meat pie, hits the spot to be sure. Language: petrol same as UK car bonnet ( hood ), car boot ( trunk ) same as UK. Even though Vegemite and Marmite have slight differences they are both a salty savoury spread. Oh yeah, in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada “ Z “ is pronounced Zed not Zee…..lol

[@angelotyro2867]

WA are also known as the sand gropers because there is alot if desert till you reach Perth. Trust me, soda is soft drink and peanut butter is just called that...

[@nevillewran4083]

Sandgropers are actually insects. You can find them digging in sand, even in Perth. They're a primitive family that look like elongated termites, altho they're more related to grasshoppers. Long & pale with 2 pairs of legs close together, then a distance to the front limbs which have become paddle-like for digging.

[@westaussieeggs8867]

@@nevillewran4083 yes, I know and they eat plant roots, not my favourite insect.

[@nevillewran4083]

@@westaussieeggs8867 I think a now replaced form of the Dairy Industry Council, or even perhaps the NFF complained about the use of the word 'butter' on jars of peanut butter. So for a while (decades??) it was called paste. Now back to butter.

[@Ex-it]

WA language can be very different than the east states. The east has had a longer exposure to influences like New Zealand, America when it comes to our language and pronouncing and development of slang. Growing up a sandgroper ,(West Australian Nick name) hearing someone call bathers togs. Straight away you knew they weren't from west Aussie. It's used more now due to immigration from east Aussie. The influences from other countries hit the east of Australia and 20years later WA catches up to it. We always seem to be one adult generation behind the rest of Australia. Not that I mind, that's why we are viewed as a state but like a quiet country town state. Double layed back. I like being far away from the fast lane.

[@zwieseler]

There’s a lot of money in Perth. Just check out the yacht clubs along the Swan River….

[@dunkodownunder]

I use to work in Kalgoorlie where the super pit is. Its massive... Kalgoorlie is like the old wild west. Place to work but not a place to live as alcohol and drugs is a major issue there.

[@Bambi_Sapphic]

11:38 I've literally been inside the super pit

[@Coooeee]

It is true that Perth has more self-made millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the world. The East often mock Perth, but like I said before, it's the best kept secret.

[@nevillewran4083]

The east never had the same plethora of super-rich spivs falling from grace like the cashed-up west did in the 80s. The east had more responsible laws to diminish investors being fleeced. They even had a name for it- The West Australian Disease. Laurie Connell, Alan Bond, Laurie Potter, Bell Resources, Teacher's Credit Union, etc. Cowboy rules attract cowboys grifters & the mum & dad investors lose their retirement security.

[@Coooeee]

@neville wran That was decades and decades ago!

[@nevillewran4083]

@@Coooeee 3 decades. It's not how much money, it's how you treat people while making it. WA's still got nouveau riche disease, their wealthy haven't learned much class yet. Compare any millionaire's row in Perth to any in Melbourne or Sydney. The east has it in good taste & style, every time.

[@Coooeee]

@@nevillewran4083 what a load of bs

[@nevillewran4083]

@@Coooeee You've never driven either, have you?

[@murraygangell5852]

Awesome, thank you✌🏼

[@stevetarrant3898]

In Perth right now and if I drive north for 2,000 miles I would get to Kunnunara. Which is still in WA.

[@amygone2pot]

Random fact - my MIL’s house as a girl was in the middle of what is now the Superpit at Kal. Now it would be a mile up in the air 🤷🏻‍♀️.

[@TheSirTomo]

I've never ever heard of "Maggot Bag" "Peanut Paste" as a West Aussie born and and still living in Kalgoorlie next to the famous Super Pit.. We use the following.. Soft Drink Meat Pie Peanut Butter Polony Slingshot mostly... (Ging of Shanghai depends on who you speak too)

[@darrenhunt9049]

Never heard of Dogs Eye ever before nor polony but Devon yes in NSW, Strasbourg in Victoria and Fritz in South Australia.

[@l1lyxx]

I'm from WA so yay

[@Teagirl009]

Wow. Some of that slang I've never heard of. Dogs eye? Maggot? What😆. We just called it a pie or a meat pie lol🤷‍♀️. I grew up in North Brisbane and greater Sydney. Never heard of cool drink. Always softdrink. Peanut butter always. It's literally called that on the labels. Ryan a lot of Australia including chunks of WA are outback. We live around the coastlines for a reason. Also all the people that always say this state is the best or my state is the best, ignore them😜. Because honestly the whole continent is so diverse, unique and beautiful. And every state has a lot of offer. And all have their good and bad points.

[@locohombreau]

I'm from Western Australia and I've NEVER heard or used the term "maggot bag". "Meat pie" or just "pie".

[@denisemangan1413]

Baloney-Devon- in Adelaide it’s Fritz maybe from the German emigrant influence.

[@aussieagenda_podcast]

two WTFs 'Maggot pie' 'Cane Berra'? 'king park'? WTF?

[@mrfrancyofficial]

Another Ryan Vid? 2 in 1 day? Happy Arvo for us all! 😊

[@playlisttarmac]

Another terminology difference large gum nuts in WA are called honky nuts. You do not usually hear this over east.

[@jessicarobertson3453]

I live in Kalgoorlie and the Super Pit is bigger than the town!

[@RedWazzies]

“Texas of Australia!” 😂😂😂

[@andrewsmall6834]

Also the home of Australia's entire submarine fleet and the entirety of the SASR.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

Happy arvo Ryan. FYI you need to find a copy right screen to put on your videos and they won’t be taken down all the time mate!

[@AWF1000]

i never been to western Australia.. i like to go one day, but being from the east, i would probably say "what drink?" if they said cool drink. or be massively confused with peanut paste. haha

[@trig1900]

​ @neville wran , There are more than 1,500 patches of monsoon rain forest, totalling 7,000 hectares, scattered across 170,000 square km of the tropical Kimberley region of Western Australia. WA is one of the oldest landmasses not subsumed by continental drift; the mountains which did exist have been worn down by wind and rain, exposing structures and formations which are breathtaking and can only be seen here. I have used beaches on the east coast and here in the west - yes, beaches over there are nice; however, the sand is more coarse and only a few in Queensland are as white. Only the truly spectacular beaches in the West get named, otherwise we'd be forever just thinking up names for the rest. To my knowledge there are only two uprisings of note, The Eureka stockade where miners objected to the mining tax [licence] being levied and was bloodily put down by the government of the day. And, the Castle Hill uprising of 1804, which was really just an extension of the Troubles Britain was experiencing in Ireland. A bunch of Irish Convicts were attempting to return to Ireland to continue the fight there. It also ended in bloody ruin for the insurrectionists. I agree it is sad that a lot of historic buildings have been lost to greedy developers, but to deny the existence and preservation of those which still exist is truly tragic. It's interesting that you have to draw comparisons from 4 states in the east [Qld, NSW, Vic and Tas] to try and equate to what can be found in just WA.

[@jenpayne-pin5622]

And the best weather !!

[@mitchbelectronics]

Ryan, if you are going to move to Australia you are going to want to live here in Perth! Best city out there!

[@arjovenzia]

I would say that a 'slingshot' would be a commercially made item, where as a ging is the sort of thing a 10 yo lad would fashion out of a stick and rubber band (think the Bart Simpson weapon of choice). A Shanghai has a brace that extends from the base of the handle and up your forearm, meaning you can fit substantially more rubber on, as the load is taken by your whole arm, not limited by your wrist. at least, thats my understanding, IANAL