American reacts to Lies American's are told about Australia

[@dutchroll]

Not everything is trying to kill you. Everything *could* kill you, but it usually can't be bothered.

[@Wyz369]

Except for that teeny, weeny blue ringed octopus..... Nasty little thing.

[@digitalsparky]

to be fair, the most dangerous thing in Australia is this thing called a Human...

[@CraigMcArthur-ph5ux]

Perfect! They're Aussies too and just as lazy as the rest of us!

[@Morris_dun]

@@digitalsparky bro we lost a war to emu's what are you talking about

[@digitalsparky]

@@Morris_dun that's only coz emu's are awesome and they were defending themselves just as we would, in their own ways.

[@WakeUpMate19]

She lives in Sydney... The only deadly animal still left there is us.

[@paulsullivan9697]

Never let the facts get in the way .

[@dibrentley7915]

nah politicians i reckon

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

And the funnel webs

[@SirFluffy100]

@@dibrentley7915 beat me to it. Reaction to FriendlyJordies next?

[@j.f.christ8421]

Hey, not all of us, just the bogans.

[@lesflynn4455]

My dad was bitten by a redback spider in front of me when I was 12, on his thumb. I didn't know. He said, "tell mum I've driven myself to the hospital, I've been bitten by a bloody redback." Mum was very cranky that he drove himself. Not half as cranky as dad was when he got home. He was unapproachable for another week. He was like a bear with a sore head. I was just glad he got the anti venom.

[@victoriafelix5932]

Last time I was bitten by a redback the bludger racked before I could get it to cough up the tenner it owed me....

[@meateaw]

Dad got bitten by a red back maybe 10 years ago, mum drove him to the hospital at 2am going through red lights. They tried to get out of the tickets saying it was an emergency, their response was get an ambulance if it's an emergency 😂. (He was fine)

[@CMLCML]

In Australia we kind of view wildlife as: if you leave it alone it will probably leave you alone. The wildlife isn’t out there hunting you down like a serial killer. If you see something deadly, you just don’t touch it 🤷‍♀️. It’s pretty simple.

[@naughtscrossstitches]

And you don't go places where you put yourself in danger. So If you are up North then you watch the water because crocs. If you're dumb enough to go where the wildlife is then be wary but not silly.

[@nathnathn]

At the most basic follow “far too uncommon” common sense. Out of all the wild life the only real worry here is certain snakes in mating season when they get aggressive. Though I honestly cant get the tradies who walk right through walls of redback spiders. Walking by them is one thing but walking through their webs while their visibly there in large numbers is another.

[@Rose-jz6ix]

​@@nathnathnthat spider is the only spider I kill. Red back's are one I like

[@StormMackenzie]

Yeah I am way more scared of wildlife in America… imagine bears and coyotes and wolves and cougars and wolverines and squirrels. And then there’s rabies 😅 So just small mammal bites could be deadly, no cure, at least there’s anti venom for most our venomous things (yes I know rabies is a virus not a venom but still).

[@GirtonOramsay]

As a Floridian where we have similar "deadly" wildlife, it's the same story. We build parks and bike trails along lakes where you can walk right near sunbathing gators. It's your problem to not be a prick and agitate them, as we don't try to restrict the wildlife and respect them by keeping our distance.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

So you have brown bears, black bears, wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, gila monsters, rattlesnakes and scorpions, so nothing dangerous there

[@johnelove4714]

Even the cute squirrels in the park can have rabies in America !!!

[@FUNGUSLORD]

Rattlesnakes and scorpions don't matter cause all our venomess creatures are more dangerous in Australia

[@lindamcgregor4080]

Exactly 💯

[@WyattOShea]

America is so much scarier than Australia to me (I'm Aussie btw).

[@FUNGUSLORD]

@WyattOShea Ye imagine getting your face ripped off by a bear and mauled to death ye I would take a box jellyfish sting 100 time before I would do that

[@Ardella]

I'm an Aussie whose mum and brothers moved to Colorado. I am FAR more scared by the frequent messages to schools about mountain lions in the area than by any snakes or spiders we have here. Snakes and spiders are usually more scared of you than you are of them. In the unfortunate and unlikely event that you do get bitten, a trip to the emergency room (covered by our universal healthcare) will fix you right up. Get into a fight with a mountain lion or a bear? Far less easy to fix.

[@glenmerylsorensen9061]

From a born and bred rural Australian some of this is very urban. We see kangaroos very very often to the point of sheer nuisance value. Especially when driving in the evening or early morning. Koalas in the wild are not so routine but I have definitely seen more then I can count over the years. There are many many towns in the outback and many people living well out there running cattle etc. We visit outback townships and stations in the running of our business. Most urban Australians have not experienced true outback travel, as the true outback doesn’t begin until you are at least five hours inland.

[@petaandrews6424]

No 1 hour out of Melbourne

[@LisaJPStuff]

Yep, ​@@petaandrews6424all of Victoria outside that 1 hour radius is a Roo zone. You just gotta know where to K & when they're most active.

[@debster1073]

@@petaandrews6424 Same with Sydney. Probably depends on which way from Sydney. We have Roos all around us. The odd koalas and emus

[@grahambeech4636]

What about the mobile speed humps (Wombats). I have had a number of friends write off their cars hitting them in the dark.

[@eamonmccarthy93]

I live in a country town NSW and we're on the very edge of town, and we get them all the time.

[@danmac579]

If there’s a a pub, that’s considered a town. In Australia anyway.

[@digitalsparky]

we have a *lot* of towns in Australia ;).... i mean pubs....

[@danmac579]

@@digitalsparky if there’s more than 2 pubs, you’ve got yourself a city…..in the outback 🤫

[@ryujin9568]

@@danmac579 My town has 5 pubs. Either it's a megacity, or several smaller towns connected overtime lol

[@danmac579]

@@ryujin9568 well now, look at you big city dweller hahaha are they all in the same corner?

[@ryujin9568]

@@danmac579 2 of them are on opposite ends of a single block, and another 2 are 2 blocks away from each other. The town is Kurri Kurri, about a 40 minute drive west of Newcastle. It has 3 pubs, and the town of Weston separated by a railway line has 2. Completely unnecessary, but maybe the different coal mines in the past had rivalries with each other and couldn't drink together? Not to mention the multiple Workers/Bowling clubs, life here must've been terribly boring before the telly became widespread.

[@Skippy54]

Forget Drop Bears… Vampire Possums are the real threat!!!

[@Brianboru-k8y]

I've seen a yowie at a billabong, holey Mollie it looked dangerous.

[@jackbarrie6007]

The safer tooth bandicoot is the one to be worried about when camping not very big and often seen because they are shy and nocturnal

[@LindenEdwards]

I'll take my residential actual possums over US opossums.

[@lm_totallyHuman]

@@jackbarrie6007 But it's safer tooth must make it harmless, otherwise it wouldn't be safer

[@MrCros1970]

Another difference is voting and most Australians don't judge you on who you vote for, we really don't give a rats a345 what political party you support. As long as you're a good person, that's what counts.

[@bruceo4973]

Also voting is compulsory.

[@Crow23346]

@@bruceo4973not if i can help it, those fuckers still tryna force me, YOU WONT!!! I WILL NEVER VOTE AAA

[@4phmaufan35]

I’m only 11 so I asked my mum who the government currently is and she said that she doesn’t know😂😂😂😂

[@SoggyToast506]

@@bruceo4973yes and no, yes you get charged for not voting, but you can put in a dummy vote and get your name marked off if you don’t want to vote.

[@nathnathn]

@@4phmaufan35 well the question is if the worst or slight less bad party is in power. We defacto have a 2 party system, and you are not being a PM unless you to join one of those parties and toe the party line on being corrupt.

[@julie-annwhittaker7902]

For the record, guns are not banned in Australia. We simply need to demonstrate that we are of sound mind and have the training and facilities to safely store and use them.

[@sarahstyles6859]

Assault guns are banned though.

[@julie-annwhittaker7902]

@@sarahstyles6859 and?

[@stephanieemerik]

​@@sarahstyles6859i mean yes and no. You need to have a valid reason to have one. Realistically wtf does a normal civie need one?

[@YeahNo]

@@sarahstyles6859 When’s the last time you needed an assault rifle? Unless you’re planning something despicable - never.

[@hresvelgr7193]

@@sarahstyles6859 No, they aren't. They just require you to hold a Catagory D firearms licence, which while difficult to get is not impossible

[@chriskramer814]

As for Medical Costs, I had pancreatic cancer, had operation, spent 5 wks in hospital.. how much did I have to pay? Nothing!

[@sharonmcloughlin]

Yes I had open heart surgery 2003. Paid nothing

[@kevinknight1924]

I had a cardiac arrest the night before cancer treatment 5 years ago Defibrillator implant after one week coma 9 weeks of radiation every day chemotherapy 2 days a week . Didn’t pay one cent. EDIT obviously I’m from Australia and loving my second chance at life. I’m 55 now and know what’s most important than ever before. Family and friends. LIFE IS TOO SHORT EVERYONE

[@infin8ee]

I had a cardiac arrest too and spent 3wks in hospital after being rushed there by ambulance . Cost - nothing. Like you, I'm so grateful to be here and life really is way too short . Stay well.

[@rebeccanyheim3038]

I went through 18 months of cancer treatment, total cost just under $300 and that was mostly due to seeing my surgeon privately initially, before switching to her clinic at a public hospital. Even my parking was covered by the hospital. I love the fact that if I'm sick or injured I don't have to go into debt to be treated, and my care will be decided by doctor not an insurance company looking to make a profit.

[@infin8ee]

@@rebeccanyheim3038 anyone who thinks we don't have it better has never been really ill and needed intensive treatment . I've heard some Americans call us "socialists" and worse but I'd rather our system of health than having to decide between medication/ healthcare and food and basic necessities . Feeling free and lucky. Hope you're doing well. L

[@terencemccarthy8615]

@@infin8ee l’m wondering what State you live in….here in VIC it’s not free…l pay a yearly subscription(which isn’t a huge amount tbh as l’m a pensioner)..but l have used the public hospital system a few times in the last year or so for a few procedures(nothing as serious as yours)..all free and the staff were fantastic…

[@infin8ee]

@@terencemccarthy8615 I'm in NSW. I had to pay for my first post hospital visit to my cardiologist but was able to claim some back. I was really happy with my treatment in hospital and even the food was fine(although you're not in hospital for a foodie experience) and as much as you wanted. Staff was topnotch . I guess the proof is that I'm still here thankfully, so I'm not going to complain .

[@NeilHarvey-z8d]

We don't say "Fall". Instead, we refer to it as Autumn.

[@DanoshTech]

Fr

[@its_Today_]

Yep. Except for daylight savings changeover times, then it’s you ‘Spring Forward and Fall Back’ Well, Spring = 1 hour Forward and Fall/Autumn = one hour backward 😅 Thank god we don’t have to worry about changing clocks these days, showing my age ik! 😂

[@DanoshTech]

See this is why Queensland is the best

[@namewithheldbygoogleforsec673]

@@its_Today_ i have one clock that needs to be changed for daylight savings, but i usually leave it at the one hour ahead time all year. I just remind myself that in Winter when it reads 7 pm, it is really 6 pm. 😊

[@its_Today_]

@@namewithheldbygoogleforsec673 Thought I was the only one who still had one and who did that, love it 👍 Cheers

[@audreythomas4307]

I lived in Sydney & we regularly had funnel Web spiders coming into the house. My mother used to flatten them with a shovel

[@Jaydaydesign]

She obviously doesn’t go for walks in the outer suburbs at dusk… Roos are fairly easy to find in green belt areas

[@joannedickie7863]

We live in a rural area. There used to be plenty of kangaroos when we moved here but now its mainly feral deer. Three thousand were recently culled in our area & we still have large herds grazing in our paddocks.

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

I have never seen one in Sydney or surrounds

[@debster1073]

@@Fiona-zc6oz come to Sydney’s west. We still get kangaroos bouncing up the street. I seen them most mornings while walking and there plenty between Blacktown and Penrith’s. Went to go to a Christmas shop at Penrith and had a Red Belly flying up the towards me. I let out a squeal because I wasn’t expecting it and it changed direction into the Christmas shop. I had to warn them as the shop is purposely dark so they can show off their lights and they didn’t know it went in.

[@dstrctd]

I live fairly close to the Perth CBD and once had a Roo growl at me while I was riding my bike to work (the only time I’ve seen one in that particular patch of bush). I see them all the time now I’ve started playing golf.

[@Jaydaydesign]

@@joannedickie7863 I have a friends son who is a park ranger, very busy man

[@kacorri]

I’m an American living in Australia, I’ve seen this woman’s videos and she just reviews life from the perspective of someone living in very urban Sydney. I live in Canberra and had a poisonous spider on my patio and a red belly slithered across the road in front of me while driving, and can’t tell you how many walks I’ve had to turn around on or detour due to a brown snake on the path. But also she literally has no idea what’s happening around Australia outside of Sydney. There are somethings that are great, some that aren’t. It’s just a different country with a different culture. It feels like she’s trying to hard to get Aussie’s to like her.

[@sooz1999]

All I can say is you are very unlucky. I'm an Australian who has lived in Australia for over 50 years, in rural Australia and have never encountered a deadly snake. I have seen one or two slither across the road but that's it.

[@1yoshitomo]

I've lived in Canberra, wa and now living melbourne. Every wheres safe if you not an idiot. If you leave em alone they'll leave you alone

[@seikanhunter9474]

@@sooz1999 I have lived in rural Queensland in Australia for about 55 years, and I have seen many copperheads and other snakes on my property, usually in the chicken pen, or the sheep pen, or the house. It is a common occurance for one of our barn cats to bring a snake onto the patio or in the sunroom to play with. I had one cat that woke me on three occassions with a snake on my bed. It is also common to see a snake on the road and have to avoid it with the car. We have had roos attack our dogs and goannas attack our chooks. And we have a lot of spiders in and around the house. Some venomous, some not.

[@nathnathn]

@@sooz1999 i live in a city in central queensland “you can probably guess where by that alone” and we get wild life all the time. Literally the other side of the road is the CBD suburb. snakes redback spiders occasionally turtles the invasive deer are around too though not a concern in my property. had a echidna once years ago. As long as you follow basic safety snakes are mainly a concern in their mating season because some of them get aggressive “i.e chase you on sight across the yard at worst” “apart from when they get in the house then you need animal control” Though biggest danger iv ever been in would of been a escaped bull that chased me down a hill and into my house “thank everything I didn’t trip as that hill isn’t easy to walk down little-own run down”.

[@sooz1999]

@@seikanhunter9474 I agree if you live on a farm you are more likely to encounter snake. My parents owned a farm and one day my Mum walked out of her back door and there were 3 brown snakes curled up out there. I live in a rural town, but this person says that they see one everytime they go for a walk. Pretty ridiculous!

[@carrie5490]

Being in fear, by definition, impacts your freedom. Living without fear is inherently free.

[@kaycook4874]

Freedom is not the right to carry guns. Freedom is not needing to carry a gun.

[@terryjackson8773]

Love that and so true.

[@Erizedd]

😘👌

[@juliewoodman2439]

I'm going to remember that!

[@petersharplin4118]

Correction from an Aussie. Freedom is having a gun, but NEVER needing it. Lets be real and not zionist about it please.

[@spankyjeffro5320]

Incorrect. There will always be a need to defend yourself. Not everyone respects the law, not everyone is going to respect you, not everyone is going to defend you. You need to be able to defend yourself, especially against your own government who has historically not had your best interest in mind. So, yes. Freedom IS the right to bear arms.

[@belinda3684]

Australian private health insurance is so much better here. Here, your doctor decides what tests and treatment you need, not the health insurance provider.

[@Flirkann]

Yeah, it supports/complements the Public system, rather than competing with it

[@SatieSatie]

Same in Austria. Plus, even with social health insurance (which is the standard here because it's so good and covers almost everything you need), you can choose to go to private doctors (generalists and specialist) any time you want and just pay out of your pocket, which is still a lot more affordable than what you pay for in the US _with_ insurance. I would never ever EVER want to live somewhere without these kinds of healthcare services, just thinking about living in America stresses me the fuck out.

[@ChowdiusPupperMemusII]

As Gabriel iglesias has said, he once ordered a fosters in Australia to try and fit in and the bartender said “oh, so you like the taste of piss do ya?”

[@sharonmcloughlin]

Yes. Saw his show this year in Melbourne. He loves australia

[@OzGecko]

Australian toilets flush in an entirely different way to American toilets anyway. American toilets start out almost full of water and then have a siphon action to drain, making the contents swirl on the way down. Australian toilets (in common with s lot of the world) have a much lower water level and then actually "flush" in the true sense of the word, meaning they release enough water into the bowl to flush the contents away. Hence, there's no swirling drain action to have any noticeable rotation. This difference is also why all of the American complaints about blocked toilets sound weird to Australians because that just doesn't happen here unless you deliberately try to clog it.

[@juliewoodman2439]

Thanks for the explanation, I wondered why you need so much water. Water is a precious commodity in a hot dry country.

[@RiverGirl.]

Yes water is a precious commodity which is why we have water saving toilets that mainly come with 2 different flushes depending upon what you’re doing. When buying a toilet here they come with a water saving rating making it easier to pick one that’s better on water usage as excess water use, can cost a lot of money depending on where you live. We are very pro active in Australia when it comes to saving the environment.

[@MargaretLangley]

American toilets are disgusting.

[@BiggestSanemi_Simp]

No…in NSW and depending on my diet I clog the toilet easy

[@WyattOShea]

Actually I've clogged a few toilets in my almost 30 years of being alive 😂. Sometimes you're really backed up...

[@wendymacilree3228]

Freedom to live in a safe environment where you do not need guns to protect yourself. For your children to attend school without fearing mass shootings.

[@Wyz369]

Relatively easy access to mental health services also helps 😉

[@paulsullivan9697]

100% guns kill people & knives don't ? People accept idiot's driving cars in a stupid way , but it's alright ? Dosen't how you kill anybody they are dead ! I think you find it accepible for somebody to die but not buy a gun ! I would ask you when has a gun ever shot down people , or a car or a knife? It's the people that's using them . Shit I forgot anybody that has a gun is a socopath & are going to commit a crime . To put it nicely , you don't have a fucken clue .

[@firebrand2619]

Statement from Ariel Bombara I'd like to start by saying how truly, deeply sorry I am to Lies Petelczyc for the losses of her beautiful mother, Jenny, and sister, Gretl; losses she has suffered at the hands of my father's violence. My mother and I fled our family home on March 28 in fear of our lives and to remove ourselves from an abusive situation. Between March 30h and April 2d, I spoke with police on three separate occasions to raise the alarm about my father. On each occasion I alerted officers to my father's guns, and told them my mother and I felt there was a real and imminent threat to our lives. I specifically mentioned that there was a Glock handgun which was unaccounted for. My understanding is this ultimately would be one of the weapons my father used take the lives of two innocent women. I also asked the police if we would be able to take out a 72 hour temporary protective order. We were told no, and that there was nothing police could do about the situation at that time. On April 2'%, my mother and I were given a police escort to our home to collect some belongings. This was the third occasion we warned police about my father's guns. One officer said, "oh don't worry, we know all about the guns", and when he called for backup, he warned his fellow officers to wear bullet proof vests. We were ignored by five different male officers across three occasions of reporting. By that point we felt completely helpless and I had to focus on getting mum to safety. I did everything I could to protect my mother, and when my father couldn't find us he murdered her best friend and her best friend's daughter. The gun reforms being discussed currently are an important step, but it is my unwavering belief that even without his guns, my father would have committed a horrific act of violence which likely would have claimed lives. What my father did was an act of domestic violence. My mother and I made clear that lives were at risk, and we were repeatedly ignored. Repeatedly failed. Those failures have cost the lives of two incredible women. My father should always be considered accountable for his actions. They were his and his alone; however, there are authorities who should have helped us to stop him, and they failed. I wanted answers

[@grahvis]

In world rankings for freedom, Australia ranks much higher than the US. The USA's much vaunted freedom is the result of constant propaganda, it doesn't actually exist.

[@firebrand2619]

Statement from Ariel Bombara I'd like to start by saying how truly, deeply sorry I am to Lies Petelczyc for the losses of her beautiful mother, Jenny, and sister, Gretl; losses she has suffered at the hands of my father's violence. My mother and I fled our family home on March 28 in fear of our lives and to remove ourselves from an abusive situation. Between March 30h and April 2d, I spoke with police on three separate occasions to raise the alarm about my father. On each occasion I alerted officers to my father's guns, and told them my mother and I felt there was a real and imminent threat to our lives. I specifically mentioned that there was a Glock handgun which was unaccounted for. My understanding is this ultimately would be one of the weapons my father used take the lives of two innocent women. I also asked the police if we would be able to take out a 72 hour temporary protective order. We were told no, and that there was nothing police could do about the situation at that time. On April 2'%, my mother and I were given a police escort to our home to collect some belongings. This was the third occasion we warned police about my father's guns. One officer said, "oh don't worry, we know all about the guns", and when he called for backup, he warned his fellow officers to wear bullet proof vests. We were ignored by five different male officers across three occasions of reporting. By that point we felt completely helpless and I had to focus on getting mum to safety. I did everything I could to protect my mother, and when my father couldn't find us he murdered her best friend and her best friend's daughter. The gun reforms being discussed currently are an important step, but it is my unwavering belief that even without his guns, my father would have committed a horrific act of violence which likely would have claimed lives. What my father did was an act of domestic violence. My mother and I made clear that lives were at risk, and we were repeatedly ignored. Repeatedly failed. Those failures have cost the lives of two incredible women. My father should always be considered accountable for his actions. They were his and his alone; however, there are authorities who should have helped us to stop him, and they failed. I

[@ProCoder2040]

1:07 BRO DROPBEARS ARE REAL seriously tho as an Aussie I can confirm they are dangerous af but luckily kinda rare if you live in certain areas so I’m lucky that I’ve only seen a few

[@AdmiringEarth-lm5fh]

Very true. I know of a mate who's been attacked. You should see his scars. I've only seen one before so I just pissed off outta the area before it lined me up.

[@Angelofmanyfandoms_99]

I know someone who's father was killed by a drop bear, they're extremely dangerous and not to be messed with.

[@andrewchaplin3458]

We get paid pretty well. No tipping required.

[@johnlaine2654]

Most restaurant staff are casuals and yes they do get paid well compared to the US. I will leave a small tip for a Dinner service if they have been polite and provided a good service.

[@tomorrowkiddo]

I was offered Fosters at a pub in England and I was very offended. He laughed and said he was playing, and that they only had it on tap for American tourists 😂

[@trevorcook3129]

It’s a different brew in England anyway I believe

[@tomorrowkiddo]

@@trevorcook3129 oh yeah, I had heard that… forgot. Still wouldn’t tempt me.

[@trevorcook3129]

@@tomorrowkiddo I tried it when I was there last but I wasn’t exactly in a state to really remember it

[@Machast]

The only one I've ever had or even seen on offer was on a flight to London.

[@christinesavage4837]

No Aussie wants Foster's.

[@caitlincassandra]

Aussie here, lived in the suburbs of Melbourne my whole life. Everything trying to kill you references the regional areas and particularly, the outback in central Australia, the Northern Territory etc. And yes, if you're in the Northern areas, do not swim anywhere (or even chill at the waters edge) without checking that there is definitely no crocs in that area. I do believe it is probably cheaper to live here. My parents have had major, constant health issues and have had to pay almost nothing out of pocket for their healthcare. It's pretty much just a subsidised cost for medication, a subsidised cost for mental healthcare (which we as a country do still need to improve access to) and the dentist that we have to pay for. Recently most community doctors clinics are starting to charge a small fee for appointments on top of what Medicare covers, but not all do. Eshays are not that common and those that are around are in the dodgy areas. I've never even heard of Fosters! I don't drink beer but all the people I know that do, they are not drinking that. Meat pies, pavlova, rum balls and fairy bread speak to my soul! I may be a sook but I HATE winter here in Melbourne. It's cold, wet, windy, cloudy and miserable and at least if there were snow there'd be something fun about it. But, Australia is huge. Winter in the North is probably WAY warmer than it is here in Melbourne (the far South). Regarding the "nanny state" topic, yes, we had a lot of mixed opinions on COVID regulations here, but I was personally very happy with the regulations as it kept my family safe. None of us got COVID until well after we had all had multiple vaccines and my immune compromised parents are probably alive because of that. Had anything happened to them, my little sister who was only around 10 at the time would have lost her parents too. It wasn't just the elderly at risk. Also, I have never in my life felt less free because of our gun laws. I'm very grateful for how safe I feel knowing there are very few people with guns just walking around. The gun laws were tightened here after the Port Phillip massacre which happened in 1996, months before I was born and we never looked back. It was an obvious good decision considering how little we care about the lack of guns. I never see Koalas either but we, as with everywhere in the world really, have destroyed a huge part of their habitat (gum trees and bushland). Kangaroos however, you will find in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, along the edges of a suburb where there is trees, streams and vacant land nearby. You will also see them as roadkill along the freeways, starting around the outer suburbs and inner regional areas (so an half hour or an hour or an hour out of Melbourne, depending on the direction. Kangaroos can just hop right in front of your car, although it hasn't happened to me yet thankfully. If you live or travel in rural areas though, you'd see plenty of living kangaroos on a daily basis and would see Koala's every now and then too.

[@judepower4425]

Just for your information and other people for whom it may be relevant, it's not true that dental treatment has to be paid for in all cases. Many community health centres have dental clinics and the big dental hospital in Melbourne has existed for many many decades. Anyone on a low income, obviously including government benefits, can access these services for little or no cost.

[@demonbarratt6782]

I seen a koala walking around caravan Park climb a tree never seen one since unless zoo keeper was holding one i seen

[@Donotconsent-q2w]

I bet you're embarrassed in 2024 now the rona truth has come out. I've been in healthcare 20 year's and never heard anything so ridiculous since March 2020. Never had rona once either.

[@caitlincassandra]

@@Donotconsent-q2w no, I'm not embarrassed at all as I have had COVID and it's definitely different to any other illness I had. You may be "in healthcare" but I grew up visiting my Mum in the respiratory ward of a major hospital so I'm no idiot. Depending on what area of "healthcare" you are in, I may know more than you do about a lot of health stuff. My parents would have been in big trouble if they got COVID before the vaccines came out as even the flu, RSV, etc. has landed my Mum in hospital many times. So yeah, say what you like but it's water on a ducks back to me. There's nothing embarrassing about caring about your family.

[@gabbyireland215]

Queenslander born and raised here living in South Australia currently. I definitely agree with the regional areas 'everything trying to kill you' however in regional Queensland there are a ton of red belly blacks and king brown snakes which are extremely deadly. I've seen so many in my lifetime that I'm frankly desensitised. I've had a snake slither across my feet while having a conservation with a mate once as well. Also in Queensland, like the Brissy river, there are tons of bull sharks and other sharks so you cannot swim in areas like this. Eshays are typically more common, at least where I'm from. Also Bogans... many, many bogans. I have also never heard of Fosters before. I would consider XXXX and Pure Blonde beer to be more common as the kind of beer that people where I'm from drink. As for koalas and kangaroos and wallabies. I have seen many kangaroos, too many to count and I have also seen a bunch of wallabies. I have seen quite a few koalas in the wild. On our acreage in Queensland, there were a group of koalas that lived in the gum trees adjacent to our front gates. They would often wake us up at early hours of the morning because they make grunting noises. I wouldn't see kangaroos daily but I would occasionally see them as I lived about an hour north of Toowoomba in QLD, however, they were much more common in places like Toogoolawah. And yes agreed, a lot of the kangaroos and wallabies are roadkill, which is extremely sad but like you said, they do just hop out in front of cars.

[@CashWill_Trading]

Not only do Australian not drink Fosters, it's almost impossible to find... It's not even in the top 100 beers consumed in Australia

[@aerialswan]

Only time I've ever heard about Foster's is on KZbin or from Americans. Didn't even know it existed... (I'm australian)

[@MarLin.-]

Chemist Warehouse has a Fosters Eau De Toilette.

[@YeahNo]

@@aerialswan I think they had ads on TV in the 80s…

[@judyrubino2671]

There was a song about it in the 60s… “Foster’s lager, Foster’s lager, comes in bottles, cans and drums, it’s the health food of the nation, stick your ice cream up your…Foster’s lager… “ sung in response to a particular icecream being the health food of the nation. Fortunately there is now truly decent beer made here.

[@Bucknucle_Aussie]

I'm not proud of the beers in Australia! you basically have to stick to drinking craft beer to get decent beer here! Australia is the only Western country that allows its all standard beer brewers to use chemical clearing agent of which gives many of us migraines and servere hangovers, and let companies like carton and tooheys miss label lager calling it bitter, draught and ale.

[@TheValkyrieOfHell]

the reason most of our roos are dead on the road is because the stupid thing jumps onto the road infront of your car as you drive past

[@melindamullen6335]

Saw a lot of dead foxes last weekend on our trip to Inverell

[@lynefrances726]

Most things run the opposite way when they hear a noise. Roos run towards it

[@politics102]

Once I stopped in time, the roo jump up, hit the car fell over, got up and jump way.

[@alishabarlow5931]

9/10 your car will lose the fight with a roo. Most of the ones you’ll see on highways have been hit by trucks. They are pretty solid animals. I live about an hour or so from the city in SA and we lots of roos, foxes etc. not so much koalas though.

[@TheValkyrieOfHell]

@@alishabarlow5931 this is true

[@Exer_Dragon]

The wildlife varies based on where you live. I'm in Adelaide hills, and koala sightings range from weekly to monthly. Roos are a lot more common over here too, especially since we have a lot of protected bushlands around. Also, no animal in their right mind would fight a human unless they felt threatened, and even then, they'd usually try to run away first. We're taught as kids that if you're walking through a place where there might be snakes, stomp. And if you actually see a snake, freeze and let it go about its day. I have seen maybe three venomous spiders, and all of them were whitetips that my mama does not allow in the house and killed. Technically, daddy long legs are insanely venomous, but they can't bite through our skin so... Not a lie, per se, but something I find cool is how Auzzies display respect by being casual. If you're formal with someone, it can show mistrust, distance, and disrespect. Obviously there are people you have to be formal with, but it's rare. I met with a minister and used casual language, as did she. Honestly, the only times I've used formal language is to be a b*tch to people lol. Also, most Auzzies will make stuff up just to mess with americans. One time I told my cousin that we catch and eat spiders on a regular basis. Saute them up with a little bit of sauce and yum!

[@jombieinoz451]

I’m an American living in rural NSW for 7 years from Texas. The cost of things here really are higher but the offset is higher wages yes. I had to sign a declaration when I applied for my permanent resident visa that I understood that Australia was an expensive place to live and I understood. It’s definitely not always hot. It’s winter now. Gets down close to 0°C. But here’s the thing, a lot of houses aren’t insulated. So it feels freezing because of the lack of insulation. New homes are starting to use insulation. But especially when you aren’t coastal it gets so cold because the water doesn’t keep the temperature balanced. Yes we have to pay dual taxes over a certain income amount. So I have to pay to the USA and Australia and have to at minimum declare my income regardless of income. We see live kangaroos near my house often but we live near hills so they come down for water in summer. Yea they are on the road a lot so inevitably get hit. But they are often chilling about 100 metres from my house where the local pool is looking for water. They are the little ones tho. Not the ones on steroids 😅. Nah the toilets just woosh violently 😂. They aren’t as slow as USA toilets and generally have far less water in the bowl!

[@AndyK8623]

I don't understand your insulation assumption. I have never lived in a place without insulation.

[@pinayladyoz8044]

I applied PR and never ever signed an immigration documents stating or discuss Australian cost of living. All I have to do was submit my evidence sthat I have a job (pay slips and docs from my manager), my foreign passport, university docs, medical test results, Federal police clearance and my previous country police clearance too.

[@louisetitterton507]

@@AndyK8623 There is a lot of older houses in QLD that are not insulated.

[@dedclownsRfunny]

@@AndyK8623it’s pretty well known that Australian homes in general are under-insulated. Not zero insulation, just inadequate

[@stick0035]

If a wild Koala can see you, you are unlikely see it, They very good at hiding.

[@MarLin.-]

My son hit a Koala in his first year of driving - in the suburbs. Koala was okay called the number on the wildlife signs in the area. Koala was checked out and later returned to the area.

[@shannencharter2873]

Australian here, can confirm have never even seen a Fosters in a bottle shop or pub in my life

[@philipsnettleton]

That tax thing is true. When I was living in Thailand I had American friends that were living there that were still expected pay American tax on their income. The USA is one of only three counties that do this, and Australia is not one of those. At the time it blew my mind!

[@larainecurry4566]

I knew an American that had been living here 25 years had 2 Australian kids and still paid tax in America

[@perthon]

As an aside, I am currently living in Thailand. I recently spoke to an American living here who told me he is here to escape a medical dept of US 350k. He had a heart attack in the foyer of a hospital. And as soon as he was fit to travel, he was out of there....

[@j.f.christ8421]

Wasn't there some sort of kerfuffle about "taxation without representation" a while back?

[@mariangrimsdell1112]

@@larainecurry4566that’s downright creepy to be honest, so happy I never went to live in the US, had about five opportunities but I choose Australia thank goodness

[@mariangrimsdell1112]

The lady is correct, it really depends on the lifestyle you live. Most Australians are living an urban lifestyle so not much opportunity to meet a taipan. If you go camping in the outback or visit a National Park or relatives in remote bush that’s a different story 😂 , I will say that even in an urban area you can meet strange critters in the sea, or on the beach, and you will meet sharks in Sydney Harbour if you swim at dawn or dusk. Most people are smart and do not do that?

[@Wolty-s9n]

Australians really don't drink Fosters. 😂😂

[@silentvoice4970]

Correct. It's absolute filth.

[@marccaillotdechadbannes6249]

I have done, but not since I was 14-15

[@WakeUpMate19]

Fosters is the shit half of Carlton crowns. Brewed in the same container, 1 half is crown lager the other half is fosters and sent overseas

[@Nuggettfaz]

Fosters? That's not beer mate.

[@chaholland8541]

This. No Americans, you don't need to try Fosters. The only time I've drunk it was at a college event where someone clearly decided it was a way to provide a lot of jugs cheaply. No one was happy about it.

[@joshuawhere]

Haha, someone convinced this guy that drop bears aren't real.

[@KerrieKruegner]

It’s easy ! He’s American!

[@judedawe1518]

Shhhh! ...... somethings must not be spoken of! 😂😂😂

[@NeilHarvey-z8d]

I have never known anyone in Australia to drink Fosters...and that is 75 years!

[@marccaillotdechadbannes6249]

I tried it once, about 25yrs ago! 😂

[@allisalie101]

That's surprising. I grew up in a pub in Abbotsford in the 70's and back then everyone drank Fosters, and of course Crownies if you were at a shindig. I till remember having to stock the fridges for my dad with the favourites, being Carlton Draught, Fosters, Vic Bitter, Melbourne Bitter and bloody Abbotsford Stout.

[@feckdrinkgirls]

Plenty drink crown larger though, which is what they put in the bottles and cans of fosters that gets exported. Fosters sold domestically in Australia is not what they export. If you've ever had a few crownies in Australia, you've had the export version of Fosters without knowing it.

[@Creakybits_]

I did & I liked the low alcohol fosters but I don’t drink anymore so mute point lol

[@dolfyn73]

I remember when I was a kid that my grandfather's favourite beer was Fosters. But yeah, no Aussies drink it anymore.

[@mignon.canard]

I live in Hobart, we have smaller types of kangaroos called wallaby’s. Wallaby’s are more active in the night and come and graze in our front yard. The suburb I live in does get snow settle on the ground occasionally as well during winter.

[@sharonmcloughlin]

I'm from melbourne. Growing up lived on 4 acres and had snakes and wallabies and spiders. Only 10 minutes from Mornington Peninsula.

[@reneerussell9625]

In the list of the world's freest countries America doesn't even make the top 10

[@johnblackhawk2951]

Number 17 !

[@daniellehohenhaus3680]

I don’t think she has been here long enough to do this video. She obviously has only experienced city life. A lot of people live outside capital cities. Queensland is full of deadly stuff. Get out of the CBD and experience our country.

[@libbypeace68]

We are a nanny state in a lot of ways and now that I see the alternative, I like living in a nanny state.

[@TheAussieguy2009]

Fun fact, back when dinosaurs roamed large possums evidently did drop on their prey... none around these days though hey.

[@tomatoesauce1232]

AS AN AUSTRALIAN I beg to differ with many of her opinions

[@Duchess_of_Cadishead]

Me too.

[@vitalishus]

Me too.

[@HumanGamer69]

Me too

[@johnlaine2654]

I really think that she’s trying to tell Americans that Australia is okay to visit but doesn’t really understand that what happens in Sydney ( she lives in Western Sydney),isn’t the same all over the Country.in time she will learn and she is basically polite so I’m willing to give her a chance. At least she married an Aussie who can help in her education of OZ.

[@katherinerosevear783]

Same 😂

[@lexsaunders1742]

I’m 76 years old and during my life time not one person has been disemboweled by a Kangaroo.

[@TheZodiacz]

People have certainly been hurt by them. In 1936 a 38 year old NSW man named William Cruickshank died in hospital after being attacked by a roo. His jaw was broken and he received head injuries.

[@melissamcgrath68]

@@TheZodiaczbut he wasn’t disemboweled

[@YeahNo]

Damn ‘roos are so good at hiding the evidence. Cagey buggers.

[@addmandgaming7858]

@@melissamcgrath68he was it was just a cover up by the government

[@DCVerThe3rd]

Back at school one of the kids mum had a roo come through the front window of the car as she hit it and it ripped her to shreads killing her b4 she could get seatbelt off, not roos fault obviously it was scared. But still shit way to go

[@ChowdiusPupperMemusII]

No one in Australia drinks fosters beer, and we hate that people associate it with us lmao

[@timrozitis961]

Snakes in the ceiling is mainly in QLD - but you're sort of right that a lot of these animals are dangerous in part because you don't see them. Part of the misconception with "expensive" is that people look at cost but ignore wages (as you allude to) - although I could believe that the costs themselves are cheaper. Nope, she's wrong about the blokes - we're all surfie stunners. I think on of the 80s/90s sketch shows had a thing (I forget what ad they were sending up) "We believe that Australia brews the best beer in the world.....which is why we send Fosters overseas". NB I also heard (not sure if it's true) that Crown Lager is actually Fosters. Beer is quite regional - a Vic will probably drink Carlton, someone from NSW might drink Tooheys, a South Aussie might drink Coopers or West End, a QLDer might drink XXXX (because they can't spell beer), a West Australian might drink Swan or Little Creatures and a Taswegian might drink Cascade or James Boag. Some of these brands (and a few others) might be more popular more broadly, but there is a strong connection between region and beer. Aussie Cuisine is surprisingly multicultural, I guess because our population is. We love steak and pies and all that, but we also enjoy Chinese food, or a Turkish or Greek Kebab, or an Indian Curry.....and you're probably more likely to find a fast food shop selling those foods As well as living on the coast, I think very major city has a fairly major river or lake (close to the CBD). I think Australia is theoretically hotter than US on average, but there is a lot of variety - the major cities are probably in at lease 3 different climate zones (Tropical, Sub-tropical, Temperate), and inland there's others again Australia actually has a Government that seems closer to the people than others (like the US). It still has issues, but even a lot of seemingly controversial decisions have broad public support. Maybe this is a stereotype in the opposite direction, but it feels like a peaceful protest is more possible in Australia wtihout escalating into a riot. Kangaroos and Koalas depend where you live. I regularly see kangaroos (And am scared of hitting one on the way to work early in the morning). You definitely do see a lot of kangaroo road kill even in some cities. Koalas are quite common not far from most cities - but they're hard to see because you have to stare into gum trees to see them (which is difficult to do when you're driving through at 100km/h).

[@j.f.christ8421]

You can't protest in Australia, especially in a way that might inconvenience our politicians. Gaol time & fines ahoy!

[@AussieBeautyMaven1987]

And ACT drink XPA 😂😂

[@rolla5731]

I'm really uncomfortable with an American commenting on our gun laws and also about nanny state, she's talking about times when we didn't know that much about covid, and also most ppl in vic were happy with decisions made by Dan, the ring of steel saved my mother's life

[@Moneybags8989]

Dan Andrews is a criminal and should be in prison.

[@Ben-ep1de]

Drop bears being mislabelled as a "joke" is our greatest trick 😉

[@AngiefromOZ]

This comment deserves more likes

[@Justinevittoria]

Ryan you really need to watch Australian KZbinrs who travel our country fulltime. They actually show you reality of our vast country. Some of them have never seen a croc in the wild even though they are purposely trying to find one. I travel myself & go in the bush regularly along with going up Nth QLD every year. I have never seen anything in my life other than a redback spider. We don't have lions or bears which actually can hunt you on land. My father who was born in Nth QLD used to walk bare foot as a boy around his farm. Brown snakes who were resting at the bottom of his verandah used to run away as soon as they felt vibrations. Kangaroos also keep to themselves. The boxing Kangaroos you see are not in highly populated & only fools will approach one of those animals. Yes, we have these animals, but we enjoy the outdoors & learn to live harmoniously with them.

[@sharlenewiese9406]

I mostly agree with what you’re saying, but I grew up living on a farm in a regional town and I think it would’ve been a really stupid idea to walk barefoot through areas where you can’t see the ground properly (such as long grass). Yes, snakes are scared of humans and usually slither away & hide if they feel the vibrations or hear loud noises, but it’s not foolproof. I’ve stumbled upon a few big live & active brown snakes, realising just before stepping on them! I was also standing in a shed one day, wearing only thongs on my feet, and I stepped on a baby brown. Thankfully I stepped on its head and not its tail, because the only reason I realised I’d stepped on it, was its tail started flipping around and hitting my ankle! I looked down, saw it, jumped up like I had just jumped out of my skin, and saw the snake slithering away. I’ve also ridden over the top of a brown snake while riding my bike on a bitumen road, quickly lifting up my legs when I saw it. My dad was recently walking up the steep bank of the dam on his property, and didn’t notice a brown snake until he almost stepped on it. When the snake noticed him, it lunged forward to attack, but luckily dad was practising for a hike and had a hiking stick in his hand, so he used that to try and keep the snake away. It attacked and bit the stick several times before leaving. My uncle was cutting up fallen tree limbs for firewood and one turned out to be hollow, he chainsawed through it, accidentally cutting a brown snake in half, that was inside the log. My dad also had a brown snake crawl up his trouser pants leg once! 😱 The problem with brown snakes is they are so quiet and well camouflaged in their environment. It’s very easy to accidentally stumble upon one and startle it by mistake. They won’t just take off straight away if they’re busy shedding their skin, resting, hibernating etc. The good thing about brown snakes for people who don’t know, is they are fantastic for pest control, especially on farms. They keep the mouse & rat populations down significantly. So, farmers are happy to have them around. They are scared of humans and prefer to stay away, rather than to fight or attack. They will only bite if they really have to, if they truly feel threatened or unsafe. They prefer to save that venom for their prey, otherwise they may have to wait a while for their next meal.

[@Justinevittoria]

I agree it was stupid but he was young the 60's/70's & it was the norm to walk barefoot for him. I wouldn't do it. My comment was made cause people focus on negative parts but every country has a negative. Snakes will leave u alone if you don't step on them or corner them. Really appreciate your imput love hearing stories about this special land we live in. Glad no one got seriously hurt. ​@@sharlenewiese9406

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@sharlenewiese9406 I am not sure when it will get to KZbin but there is an interesting show on TV now called "The Lap" where two guys are going around Australia in an electric car. They investigate the scenery as well.

[@katherinerosevear783]

I have had the opposite experience. I've seen every deadly snake and spider under the sun REGULARLY, just in day to day life. I have seen many crocs and sharks when travelling and niether have kept to themselves. Also my grandad was mauled by a kangaroo that followed him into his shed. While I agree that most of these animals will avoid humans where possible, and being hunted is extremely rare for most Aussies. I have to agree with the "Australia is full of deadly animals" statement.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@katherinerosevear783 Well horses are involved in plenty of deaths too so its not just the natives.

[@21gioni]

In Victoria you’re going to see more Kangaroos, Koalas, Echidnas and Wombats.

[@Mercadian]

And lyrebirds! Went hiking in the You Yangs and it was amazing. Saw a very lucky platypus sighting at Hopetoun Falls in the Otways. Saw penguins, as well as seals, wallabies, and black swans at Phillip Island. Closer to the city side, little penguins and rakali water rats in St Kilda, kangaroos and a couple of brown snakes in Darebin park in Alphington. And of course, you can see possums in many of the parks in Melbourne CBD itself. When I still lived in NSW (before moving to *ugh* Sydney, and then later moving to Melbourne), I lived near an estuary, so we could often see dolphins in the river near the sea, and near the lighthouse, you could see whales during migration season. It's really not hard to find wildlife anywhere here if you look hard enough. Unless of course, you live in inner city Sydney. The most you get that's "exotic" are ibises.

[@glenw03]

American thinking that all animals are deadly and everywhere. What about America whereby more people kill each other randomly just because you have "the right to bare arms or guns". So is it OK for another human to kill someone over an animal who is provoked or using standard protection actions.

[@theguineapuggies]

realllll

[@foofighter66625]

I'm 38. I've been a bartender for 15 years. I've never seen a fosters ever.

[@MrTripcore]

You must have been living under a log during the 80"s

[@gemnfert]

@@MrTripcoreat 38, he would have been born around 1986, so unlikely to have been working in the bars at that stage ;)

[@MrTripcore]

@@gemnfert Foster's advertising was everywhere to see

[@sharlenewiese9406]

@@MrTripcoreYou expect them to have noticed Fosters at the age of 4 years old or younger? PMSL 😂

[@Vendy-Iam]

@@MrTripcore Not under a log just not born.

[@GabriellaPapantoniou]

24:41 / 28:42 Stop - why as an Australian did I laugh so hard at this. I started nodding my head in complete agreement and then I looked up and the look on his face made me legit die. 🤣

[@moonsharn]

I have 7 resident koalas in the bush at my house. If you want to see a koala, come over for a barbie at my farm and I’ll point them out.

[@gailstevens6831]

Yes Ryan, it is true, any American living overseas has to pay taxes to America and the country they live in. They have to revoke their American citizenship to stop paying taxes.

[@HomeIsPerth]

This is incorrect. If you pay more taxes to the country you live in than what you would have to pay as an expat, you pay nothing to the US. If you don't pay enough taxes to the country your living in and your tax would be HIGHER in the states, you then have to pay the difference in US tax to make up the shortage. Plus you also have income credits that come into it. You never have to pay more than what the highest tax situation is. The US government is greedy, but not looking to make your life a living hell.

[@jennymaihall]

That is crazy! So you have to tip the American government for the privilege to have American Citizenship. 🤬

[@BLSFL_HAZE]

Wow! That is ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS to me! Like, how the fuck DARE they?!

[@petaandrews6424]

😮

[@kacorri]

You only pay taxes if your income is above a specific threshold. But yes, to retain an American passport and citizenship. You can also demonstrate that you pay taxes into the country you live in and get the tax rebate for that. You have to be making money in the U.S. to honestly get stuck with paying taxes.

[@lm_totallyHuman]

I'm sorry, but as an Australian who lives in the actual bush, Sydney is basically just city and pollution. She's lucky to even see a redback, and I've never seen a kangaroo in Sydney like the dozens I do on a daily basis here in Crystal Waters

[@stephaniebell4272]

In regional Victoria we have very active living mobs of kangaroos.

[@phoebec2020]

Same in NSW. This video is crazy and just as rubbish as the one that is being reviewed.

[@TheSmileyGuy_YT]

Same on kangaroo island

[@pauldobson2529]

Tropical places like Darwin and Cairns don't have 4 seasons...they have two...the Wet and the Dry.

[@chrisflesser2171]

.. I lived in Darwin. We also had "the build up".

[@Duchess_of_Cadishead]

And generally don’t get much above 35°C, which during the wet can feel hotter because of the humidity.

[@lynefrances726]

I'm in Victoria's west. We get 4 seasons in a day

[@soulfuljuiciness]

In Perth we have six... we should really go according to the original indigenous weather seasons

[@mySoupDied]

2:34 there have been snakes, incredibly aggressive rats, snakes, roaches & spiders, or rats living in almost all of the roofs or walls of everyone I’ve met. 3:50 4 times have I found snakes in the current school I’m at. I’ve been here since around February of this year.

[@YeahNo]

4:01 In 50 years never had to deal with anything worse than a red back. The snakes in the ceiling/veranda - not dangerous. Spiders in the wellies- not dangerous. I live in the sticks. I worked on a neighbouring farm, by neighbouring I mean we share the same road not that we are in visual range. My nearest neighbours are a rowdy bunch who go moo. We holiday by going bush - camping in remote areas without facilities. 8:05 WTF is an eshay? Apparently derros in labeled sportswear from western Sydney. 8:49 Ffs that’s like comparing a Northern Territorian to a Sydneysider. The difference would be bloody obvious. Aussies are not all the same. We also have different dialects of English and Auslan from state to state. Australia is larger than the continental US. You have to add little old Hawaii and Alaska to become bigger. 23:27 Oh hell no. We have more than 2 major parties for one. Even the major parties need the support of minor parties and independent elected persons without a party. We don’t have filibusters or government shutdowns. The very idea is abhorrent. We don’t vote for a Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister doesn’t have the support of their party they do not remain Prime Minister. The PM also does not have absolute power, nor is it implied by the job title.

[@petersinclair3997]

Think the difference in size, to which is bigger, between Oz and the continental, contiguous US, depends on whether or not, the Great Lakes are included?

[@paulgdunsford7469]

True story I went out to dinner at an Outback Steakhouse in Florida a few years back when I was in the US on an military exchange program, and the bar tender asked if I was Australia, I said yes and his response was “your not going to like it here”

[@KawaMarky297]

Firstly, thank you for being objective rather than subjective while reviewing this lady's video. Its a touchy subject when it comes to expats commenting on their native country but on the other side of the coin to her predicament, I married an american lass about two years ago and she has pretty much the same views as this lady. The sheer improvement in character, attitude, confidence and understanding that my wife has shown since moving to Australia has been just short of awe inspiring. I could only imagine what it would take for someone to move half way around the world and in my case it wasnt just for love. Dont get me wrong, I know my wife loves me, but she gained so much more than a loving man when she moved here. The term freedom is just as open to interpretation as it is instilled automatically in some environments. As an Australian, I am free to walk the streets knowing there is a very significant chance that I will not be accidentally shot by someone having a bad day or a worse break up. Freedom to you as an American might mean you have the right to protect yourself if you are in that situation but if you do the math, if theres 99% less chance of someone in your environment having a gun, theres.. and this is just a hunch, theres a pretty good chance youre not eating someones pent up rage in the form of a lead sandwich. My wife grew up playing the game, 'Fireworks or gunshots'. She grew up having to ask herself where should I hide in school and College rather than what subjects should I pursue. She moved here and had to be seen to by a doctor pretty soon after she arrived and was chaged less than $1000 and while healing, did the math, it would have cost her over $40,000 dollars had she had that happen in the states. Ive been to the US. It is beautiful. In so many ways. But what this lady is saying in the video is exactly everything my wife has said.. Yeah, im a little biased, but if you were to get to know her, you'd back her play too. Great videos mate. Thanks for the reccomendation. Going to sub to her channel.. if I havent already. 😉😆🇭🇲🇺🇲 Oh and if you ever get the chance to visit, do a video before you leave. You my good man have just earned a new subscriber.

[@markdrennan5723]

69 years old live in Sydney, only seen one snake North of Brisbane but they don't carry AK 47's.

[@xymonau2468]

Exactly!

[@tbounds4812]

i've seen shitloads of snakes in vic i had one swim at me in a river and i once almost ran over a tiger snake on my bike when i was a kid i've seen plenty of brown snakes my cousin even got bitten by one

[@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138]

I moved to Cairns. We met six snakes over 10 weeks. 1 Taipan, 1 Death Adder, and some tree snakes.

[@gregoryparnell2775]

30 Mins from the centre of Brisbane & the Koalas & Roos are fairly common.

[@dibrentley7915]

same here but i live on acreage. Funny how you think its quiet and you might do a video and in the background you can hear all the birds! Went out side one night about 3am, donkey way baying, foxes were screaming curlews were going off and I thought damn its a blood bath out there.

[@StellasScrappyCrafts]

I work at Wacol. Roos everywhere

[@katygurney8246]

Yup, we even have echidnas. And the venomous snakes that she thinks aren’t in the cities…

[@MarLin.-]

@@dibrentley7915I moved from the sticks into town and the quiet really threw me. Just the missing roar of the cicadas was weird.

[@sandrabaulch]

You can find the most deadly animals everywhere in Australia. Human and mosquitoes! LOL

[@cuddlykoala5992]

Wow born and raised here for the past 59 years and have never heard the term “eshay”

[@petersinclair3997]

Summer Hill, a suburb of Sydney, has a Bogan Street.

[@samanthastewart7634]

It's relevantly new...

[@debbarber8765]

It’s a fairly new term but yes, Eshays are everywhere. They’re basically wannabe gangsters 😂

[@sydhardie9339]

🇦🇺Even a Dog has the potential to Kill you !....and They're everywhere !....Just remember that If you are looking for Death, It will probably find you ! I'm a 74 year old Aussie and only ever been bitten by 2 different dogs and a heap of mozzies !...In other words...I don't go LOOKING for trouble ! Regards from Australia 🦘🇦🇺👍

[@treadingtheboards2875]

Hi from Melbourne Australia. I live in an outer suburb of Melbourne, you could almost call it a country town. Every summer signs go up warning of snakes, I see them all the time when I go for my bike ride, we even have a warning sign on our side fence which borders on a laneway between me and my next door neighbor. And in late spring (Sept - Oct), it is magpie mating season, this year while out on my bicycle, I was attacked by a magpie and it drew blood from my left ear. That said though, if you feed them, they are your friends for life and may even protect you from other swooping magpies. Australian Magpies are a different species to the British and American species, they are not Corvids.

[@johnlaine2654]

Sorry mate, our kangaroos and koalas haven’t read the road rule books. Yes, they get hit by cars and trucks regularly as they attempt to cross roads at dusk or dawn. They at times sit on the bitumen roads to keep warm and a lot of times they won’t move, or then jump in the wrong distraction and get hit by oncoming vehicles. I’m in South west Sydney and we have road signs asking drivers to look out for koalas that may be crossing the roads.

[@dorisday137]

Ryan, John is right about the koalas. They get so stoned they have no conception of how to cross the road. However, kangaroos are a different proposition. These mongrels are totally suicidal. Don't worry about them being road kill. That is their deliberate decision. They see a car, boong let's destroy the front of the car as we exit this world. If we survive that initial trauma then lets boong into the path of a semi with a decent bull/roo bar. Mr Was, no need to show sympathy for this road kill. They are natural born suiciders. Right, here is another road kill you may see. Wombats accompanied by the upturned vehicle that drove over it. Kangaroos just destoy the front of vehicles. Wombats, when run over, don't go squish. Its like running over a concrete ramp and the vehicle will usually be flipped over. And you thought snakes, crocs et al were nasty. There is danger lurking everywhere here. We are doomed.

[@debster1073]

Not just south west. West too we have emu, kangaroos, koalas, foxes etc Running across the roads or hanging in yards. I love my morning walks where I see a group of kangas in the mist. You don’t bother them they don’t bother you.

[@lindamcgregor4080]

No koalas in Western Australia mate.

[@darrellsharrock3859]

The kangaroos are worse when it rains, the water pools by the road and the grass is nice and green. Then is when you need a roo bar.

[@debster1073]

@@lindamcgregor4080 western Sydney

[@lexsaunders1742]

I was working in USA and told co-workers, that in Australia fjust on dusk walking home from the railway station kangaroos sneaked up behind you out of people’s gardens and nipped you on the Achilles tendon just above your heel. They believed me.

[@MarLin.-]

You could have added you were too focused on watching for drop bears.

[@lunalous7085]

The thing about Kangaroo’s and roadkill isn’t true, in my entire life I have only seen like 1 roadkill kangaroo and like a countless amount of kangaroo’s ALIVE. So don’t worry.

[@Danceofmasks]

As far as I know, only two countries tax their citizens if they're living permanently abroad. The USA, and China.

[@AussieTVMusic]

She's not looking too hard for Roos as they are friggin everywhere. And Roos are protected and not pests.

[@cowboydaniel6238]

Not true, they are pests in some areas of Australia.

[@AussieTVMusic]

@@cowboydaniel6238 on occasions yes

[@arroncusimano9169]

@@AussieTVMusic you know 'Roo shooter is a legitimate profession right ? Not rare either.

[@lynefrances726]

They cull Roos every year. I see them every day on my way to work. I'm rural so they're a pain in the ass to me

[@surreal_custom_cars]

Big reds are protected grey roos are pests

[@aymonc]

Dude, no Australians drink Fosters. Tourists drink Fosters, if you drink Fosters in Australia people will assume you're an American or perhaps you have bumped your head!

[@AussiePaulie]

The snakes in the ceilings is usually in more tropic areas and the python is the most usual snake who seem to like ceilings.They are scared of you.

[@logic.and.reasoning]

I was going to say that. Rural or semi rural, they reckon a python in every 5th roof space.

[@elle3919]

I fail to see a python in the roof as a bad thing. It's not like they're venemous and you definitely won't have mice

[@logic.and.reasoning]

No one here said it was a bad thing. They are great at controlling pests.

[@LisaJPStuff]

I would be giving my python a name & then making a house sign saying "We have an earth dragon in our roof, please DND!"

[@alandoherty1332]

Remember she's "stuck " in Sydney predominately

[@jenniferharrison8915]

And mainly the Western suburbs as well, she hasn't travelled very far!

[@cypherglitch]

Most of the americans he listens to when talking about australia, only live in one area and judge the whole country based on that small area, and it is mainly the burbs of sydney.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@cypherglitch Definitely! Like the girl in Tasmania who hasn't travelled Australia or anywhere else! 👍

[@katzrantz]

​@@jenniferharrison8915Fair amount of Australians haven't travelled Australia or anywhere else either though.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@katzrantz But we know how to do research, and how to talk to locals! My brother in law is on his fourth trip this year right now, my neighbours and my family are multicultural!

[@tracysage2565]

koalas live in eucalyptus trees , they only eat eucalyptus leaves , they are permanently stoned 😂

[@digitalsparky]

(and the eucalyptus doesn't give them much energy, hence why they're so incredibly lethargic....)

[@trixmania]

Also they are fussy about the type of tree, so u have to look for certain trees....

[@logic.and.reasoning]

They don't really drink water either. They get moisture from the leaves.

[@j.f.christ8421]

They'll eat other stuff if raised on it, but they get hooked on gum leaves pretty quick.

[@trixmania]

@j.f.christ8421 considering the mother feeds the baby the 💩 to get them hooked

[@nutsi3]

Aussie here, I personally used to see kangaroos all the time, like a few times I was at primary school and they were chilling on the far side of the oval (a quite large flat oval area to just run around in at play time if you don’t wanna go to the regular playground), obviously that part of the oval was out of bounds whenever there were kangaroos there because if it wasn’t a dumb kid would probably try to pick a fight with one, but yeah roos are pretty common in some situations

[@AnnQlder]

Absolutely no one drinks fosters. I don’t even remember seeing an ad for it, let alone someone actually drinking it

[@mikejosef2470]

I remember the ads... the jingle was "Foster's Lager, it's got the flavour, that's taken it all 'round the world." That's from 40 years ago.😂

[@AngiefromOZ]

I remember the ads also, but that was a looong time ago, I'm in my 60's now

[@sharonmcloughlin]

​@AngiefromOZ I'm 59. Remember the adds and my friends in the 80s drank it

[@tezza3733]

Ryan, the reason you will mainly see roo's as road kill is that they are mainly NOCTURNAL, they spend most of the day resting in the shade of trees, then is late afternoon they start getting active on the search for fresh growth, at night their GREAT eyesight lets them down, as when they cross a road or take fright they move FAST towards openings(clearings) and head in the direction they can see better(further, couple that with car and truck brights lighting up the road. they bound off in the most open direction. STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE HEADLIGHT BEAM away from the vehicle. roo doing 30-40mph car doing 70-100MPH road kill. there are more cars damaged by livestock collisions, roo's,wombat's, cattle,camels,sheep,goats,alpacas than most citys.have fender benders. have seen HUNDREDS of roos at night on main highways between citys. the Roo's like the fresh grass on the verges of the road.

[@AUmarcus]

Australia is closer to the equator than the USA so yes it's summers are longer and winters shorter and warmer than the USA. Summer highs.....not much difference. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on the planet BUT we do get rain and it tends to all come at once. So it floods as well.

[@carolynrose9522]

Depends on what state you live in

[@natk9438]

The kangaroo statement is not quite accurate. In the cities and big towns you won't see them much at all but rural areas and in the bush they're everywhere. I live an hour out of Perth and am looking at two of the buggers trying to get at my fruit trees right now. Thank goodness for fencing 😂.

[@shaynemerchant5013]

That's it. You can see plenty of them only 10minutes out of Geelong even. There are plenty of roos around, they just need the space.

[@larainecurry4566]

Not only regional outer suburbs of Melbourne particularly in the Eastern suburbs do have Kangaroos

[@trixmania]

Yes, fencing... they would be a much bigger problem if they had not figured that out to keep out those emus 🤣

[@natk9438]

@@trixmania 😂😂😂 we tried it with the rabbit proof fence too, but maybe we're cursed to fail.

[@trixmania]

@@natk9438 u know what they say about the third time...

[@silentvoice4970]

I had a scorpion crawl across my bare foot while watching TV in my garage. Lol😅😂

[@roadie3124]

I had a scorpion in my shoe - in Pakistan. 😁

[@franceskrahe6261]

My son put a scorpion in his mouth when he was a crawling baby. Spat it out and was squeezing it in his hand. Panicked, rang a ranger who said they aren't poisonous in Australia.

[@lynettemarszal5923]

My son had a huge millipede crawl up his pants' leg out bush. We had to flip him upside down and rip his pants off to get it out. It didn't traumatise him too much.

[@CLAWCUZBRO]

9 inch centerpede on me lol

[@jodiehovenden315]

I had a hole in our wall from the toilet paper holder coming off. I'm sitting on the loo, and a scorpion fell in my knickers! I live in Central Vic.

[@nevyn_karres]

Fosters is not even sold in Australia anymore. Where I often go for a walk is through koala country, the most I have seen on one walk was 15 during baby season, 5 of those were babies sitting on their mum's backs - yes I am fortunate :)

[@ProCoder2040]

2:00 correction: everything in Australia is TRYING to kill you, but most things CANT kill you.

[@constanceattard1384]

I am impressed by how much random Australian life knowledge Ryan has picked up.

[@nigill7081]

G'day Ryan, Ive just driven from Sydney to Darwin, Sydney to Port Augusta in south Australia then up through central Australia, started the drive wearing 2 pairs of socks,long john under wear, jeans,2 t shirts, hoody, morning temp 5c.I'm in Darwin after 4 days driving, now wearing thongs flip flops,boardies and a t shirt, temp right now 29c over night low 16c, road kill, Roos heaps lost count,cattle 40+,camels 4, emus 10+,wombats 10+ and a lot of other mangled creatures. The outback is mind boggling vast and flat, this is the third time I've done this drive and I'm still amazed at this country 😲😲😲😲😲🐪🦔🐨🐃🐂🦘🦘

[@theguineapuggies]

the most aussie sounding person award goes to…..

[@SSG_RenAstray]

I'll tell you a fact about Aussie summers: If there's a heatwave, expect affected areas to readily approach or exceed 40C (104F), even if it is by the coast. Sydney once had a heatwave where temperatures peaked over 40. Tasmania is usually the only state that gets spared, and talk about Tasmania, it's not the coldest place in winter. It's Canberra in the ACT

[@AndrewBellsWorld]

I was surprised to find out recently that Outback Steakhouse actually exists in Australia now. It's probably just catering for the US tourists and serves the sames menu items as in USA.

[@MrTaylor1964]

We had more but they went broke just like Starbucks

[@smalltime0]

Apparently they have a tim tam dessert here that isn't in the states. But, despite there being one in Perth, I haven't been.

[@perryschafer5996]

There’s one in Tennessee that has a large mural on the wall of a kangaroo fighting with a man. It’s up on its tail and kicking out.

[@lindaj258]

​@@perryschafer5996 that is accurate, they do actually do that

[@perryschafer5996]

@@lindaj258 thanks Linda. I’m an Aussie. I’ve seen them doing it, although I haven’t seen one taking on a person yet.

[@steveteece8889]

I am an Aussie living in rural northern NSW. In the last 25 years, my car has broken down more times than I've seen a "deadly animal"...

[@oldbloke204]

You must have a mechanically challenged vehicle then as we live in SA not far from the city and we see Brown Snakes and Red Back Spiders fairly regularly.

[@steveteece8889]

@@oldbloke204 until recently I drove a 25 year old car!

[@oldbloke204]

@@steveteece8889 Cheers.

[@infin8ee]

I grew up in northern NSW and regularly chased roos on my horse, saw lots of koalas and wombats, sharks etc. The most dangerous thing was some hippies in a tree shooting at us! Moved to Sydney (near Skippy Park) and had 100s of funnel web spiders around the stables. Even with that have never been hurt by any native animal . Been stung by some plants and insects though.😂

[@steveteece8889]

@@infin8ee was the same for me as a kid in the '70s and '80s... Not so much any more... Not in my town anyway ... 5km away is a different story

[@sandrabaulch]

Plenty of koalas in the grampians (Victoria).

[@illawarriorhill70]

Many things in Australia cost more, especially housing and motor vehicle expenses, but yes wages in Oz are higher, and healthcare and education costs are WAY lower.

[@michellekelly5806]

"GIVE ME SOME FAIRY BREAD"... I died. You sound like my 5 yr old at a kids bday party 🤣 Hi from Bunbury Western Australia, we just had a tornado that i thought you would have mentioned on "this week in australia".

[@CarolynKalisch]

Ryan you are such a dag. I laugh the whole video. I especially love your welcome and pronunciations of the Aussie words you are unfamiliar with. Keep up the good work the world needs more laughs

[@redsonja8626]

Fosters is actually terrible beer. We do not drink fosters. And I’ve never seen a snake anywhere near my house, and no they aren’t hiding in the roof 😂I do get huntsmans in the house, but they aren’t dangerous and I let them stay where they are. I give them a name and let them be

[@ozzybloke-craig3690]

Snakes can definitely hide in your roof. I grew up on a farm, had many snakes by the house at different times. You have just been lucky or live in the city, which is not where all Aussies live, so your experience is not the same as all of us. But hey, no disrespect, not trying to be rude, just clarifying and correcting what I know is wrong.

[@karma3963]

Depends where you live, if you live in the city and the suburbs then probably not but I walk down the road where I live and I see brown snakes xd

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I quite like it but it is so hard to buy these days.

[@AnnQlder]

Bet there’s a drop bear in your backyard though, they’re everywhere 😂

[@DaveOz-mx5oh]

we export that piss for a reason

[@stephaniebell4272]

There are MANY really great little rural regional towns. They are not even well known by Aussies. Only retirees like us can afford the months away from jobs to investigate the country properly.

[@jslasher1]

Millthorpe is a lovely rural town in NSW between Blayney and Orange. The Central West XPT passenger service will stop there "on request". A couple of superb restaurants there.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Mount Gambier has changed from a tourist town to one that Aussies retire to. And now with additional estates building new homes for young families. Safe and clean town which is catching on

[@stephaniebell4272]

@@c8Lorraine1 Mount Gambier is beautiful. I am just out of Ballarat. The housing here is booming. My only concern is infrastructure. It may not be enough.

[@lachlancook6718]

You don't have to try Foster's. And if you're here you'll struggle to find it at any pub. In 28 years I've never seen anyone drinking it in real life

[@johnstanton6442]

It will be the same for budlight now. hahaha

[@TanyaDolan]

I live in the bush, country NSW. I have come across, Kangaroos, Koalas, snakes and huntsman spiders regularly (minus the deadly funnel web spider, which occupies the coastal areas). The city might be different! There are different regions in Australia; city, suburban, coastal, regional (the bush) and then arid to dry areas (the outback)

[@c8Lorraine1]

Medicare for all,

[@timwhelan4347]

koalas yes are hard to spot in the wild, because they sleep most of time and are up in very tall trees. kangaroos.. yes easy to see in the wild, if you know where to go. (which is away from the cities)

[@Achilles2696]

Unless your in the tropics, the common brown snake is the only one im scared of. The brown snake is also one very easy to miss they can be inches from you and you wouldn't detect it. The health and medical is good. If you dont have a cent to your name, you will be treated, and that includes the highest of expensive procedures. You wont be charged if you cant afford it. Yeah ,fosters aint good. Its also a blast from the distant past! Coopers sparkling is my fave. Yep, the vast majority live within 50 km of shoreline. Every city over 1,000,000 and every state capital is on the coast. There is a mountain range called the "great dividing range and it basically goes all the way up the east coat and very close to the sea. It locks wet weather in on that strip. West of the great range is very dry to extremely hot desert, all the way to the west coast ( about 4000 km). There is an opal mining town in the desert called Coober Pedy where the majority of the town live underground because of climate. Kangaroos are a serious road risk! They are a big, heavy animal and they dont hop in the right detection when they see your vehicle, they just run! Shes spent too much time in Sydney!