American Reacts to Photos Proving that Australia is Not Like Any Other Continent..

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[@winterspell3416]

We actually have a pretty big banana industry here in australia and most of the bananas we buy are locally grown. Buying local to try and support farmers is a pretty big thing here. We take care of our own. Also, in some places in australia, if you have chickens and they lay an egg on a really hot day, you actually have to revive them in a bucket of cold water because they pass out.

[@DarkMatter1992]

And we have "The Big Banana" to prove it.

[@debkendall]

why queenslander's are called banana benders

[@Movingallthewhile]

All bananas sold in Australia are grown in Australia. That is due to pest and diseases that could affect our farms.

[@stormraven77]

I get the chicken thing..our chooks are our life

[@mehere8038]

ALL bananas in Australia are Australian grown. For disease control reasons, they're a prohibited import

[@ianwalker5842]

Golden Gaytime ice creams were first released in Australia in 1959, before the word gay came to mean something other than "lighthearted and carefree", its original meaning. Golden Gaytimes are fabulously delicious but you'll probably have to wait till you come here to find out. I'm sure Will and your other mates would enjoy a Gaytime too. The ice cream I mean, LOL. 🤣

[@malcolmross1356]

Used to be able to get a gay time crusher from KFC. It was like a caramel thickshake with bits of biscuit in it. Not sure if they're still available as my local doesn't have them anymore.

[@personsomeone5855]

The other day my brother and I bought a box (they were gone before we got on the bus) and I hadn't had one in ages and I fell in love all over again. I love them so much. whenever I go to my local general store or a servo, I grab one to eat on the go.

[@simonjones2645]

Can't have a gaytime on your own"

[@carriebizz]

Exactly and they are delicious

[@vaxeal2257]

@@malcolmross1356 Man I miss krushers

[@Maroonbiscuit]

Zebra rocks are really rare and found only in 2 -3 places world wide. They are so old there is no sign of life, bacteria and such found in them. When I got my piece, a few years ago now, scientists then were not sure how they formed. They are amazing.

[@aaronf1078]

Referring to your question about whether we import bananas, Since Our country is so large it sits between three different climates, Tropical, sub-tropics and Mediterranean. So we can produce 90% of all fruits, bananas being on the list, nice reaction mate

[@optimusmaximus9646]

There are six distinct climate groups in Australia: Equitorial, Tropical, Sub-tropical, Desert, Grassland and Temperate.

[@paulybarr]

@@bella95 It's a description of a certain type of climate, used around the world by climatologists, not an error in geographical knowledge.

[@monique8641]

@@paulybarr Well I wouldn't call Tasmania Mediterranean (like Perth) - more like Temperate.

[@missjane1403]

Magpies are birds which are widely known to 'swoop' you during mating season. They will chase you and peck your face or head if you are too near their nest (passing under or near it etc). However, they also have beautiful vocalisations and can be quite friendly, and befriend people. Out of mating season theyre beautiful birds.

[@LL-ex1pj]

Ye

[@megasquals]

They can recognise people by their face and some will even develop a prejudice against certain people if they don't like the look of them (they will attack them). Magpies will often know all the people that live or pass through their territory frequently. They're ridiculously smart.

[@omaopa6923]

Yes I love waking up to the sound of Magpies

[@WafflesX3XD]

they chill out in our yard and help keep the myna + miner birds away :-) they have one of my favourite bird calls~

[@pageup213]

It's worth noting that not all Magpies swoop during their mating season, which is basically the entirity of Spring but can extend into early Summer. Depending on how Spring actually kicks off, they may mate early or later on (can depend on where you are in the country) which may lead to some birds having a second set of chicks later on in the year if they had their initial round early on and the weather remains right in early Summer (November/December). The whole period is pretty lengthy, usually the common period is August to October, but it can extend into December - you really just need to be aware where you live or are travelling, there's good websites and peopel tend to talk about it anyway, so you'll know when the swooping starts to subside and all is well with the world again. Also, and most importantly, only a % of Magpies even swoop anyway so it's not like if you see a Magpie during the season you're doomed to be swooped. More often than not, so long as you're acting calm and give them some space, they'll leave you alone as well.

[@Dan_Ben_Michael]

I’m from Sydney and I just assumed everywhere had double decker trains. Also not only do we grow bananas, we export them and Coffs Harbour NSW is home to the big banana. As someone who lived through them (like most Australians) the bushfires were insane, we had a firestorm rip through my town and it was like Hell on Earth. The sky was black with smoke and the horizon for as far as the eye could see was a glowing amber. I could hear trees exploding from the heat with a hiss of bubbling sap, and it was quite scary to watch the fire front gobbling up kilometres of bushland in seconds. At one stage the “fires near me” App icons denoting where a bushfire was happening at the time was basically covering the entire eastern seaboard and the majority of NSW and VIC. It’s not a time Aussies will forget in a hurry.

[@personsomeone5855]

I'm from Melbourne and I didn't know double decker trains existed. my mum just told me that we used to have them. im 18 soon and this is my first time hearing about them.

[@patteeetopatatoe1905]

@@personsomeone5855 the government is building/upgrading train lines from Queensland down to Vic for cargo containers. Double stacked shipping container trains

[@Dan_Ben_Michael]

@Michael Rogers I was unaware they weren’t in every state and territory. All the trains on the Sydney network are double deckers and I assumed the rest of Australia was the same… but I learnt something new in the comments when old mate said they don’t have them in Melbourne.

[@stuartrowley1981]

You see double decker trains in Europe there not just in oz

[@doubledee9675]

@@stuartrowley1981 Those in Europe are on longer distance trains, as are those in the US. Not in the regular suburban usage they have in Sydney.

[@fathom6424]

Melbourne is very uncharacteristically cold this summer! Yesterday I was using the heater to ward off the the cold. This is very strange weather. Melbourne is usually fairly cool/cold throughout the year but then summer can be very hot - for a brief period of time. Not this time around though. We're still having relatively cold days - it's crazy.

[@sunisbest1234]

Crazy is right. Today was beautiful, if not very warm. By next week, we are back to cool and rain. 😭 I had heard somewhere, this weather event will ease. IN FEBRUARY!!! Just in time for Autumn. Forget summer this year, damn it!!!

[@86_beans]

Is it La Niña? I can’t work out the weather at all. My garden is loving it though. I keep dragging my winter coat back out of the cupboard and it’s December! I’ve heard it’s going yo be a scorching Jan-Mar but I can’t believe it yet. It’s still too cold.

[@Neppy22]

And apparently it snowed in the Dandys this week... I'm so mad that I'm still wearing coats in DECEMBER!!

[@durv13]

the poles have shifted from the tongan earthquake last year . the whole planet has shifted . but besides that . regardless of the theory of global warming . were actually head to another ice age . its only the system telling us its warming up , n blaming us for it . but this same thing happened before the last ice age . noone believes me . but id put money on it .

[@sunisbest1234]

@@86_beans yes, I think it is. Wore my puffer jacket this week down to the Peninsular. 🤷‍♀️

[@HaylaSanguina]

That odd rock is actually really odd. Normally rocks are found with horizontal layers, Zebra rocks have vertical layers. I got some when travelling to the north of Aus.

[@keithkearns93]

We export bananas.

[@listey]

Yep he couldn't have been further from the truth.

[@carcii5855]

Have you been to the Big Banana....I go just for the frozen choc covered bananas.

[@dolebludger]

@@carcii5855 Every time I drive through from Brisbane to Port Macquarie

[@Bellas1717]

And pineapples

[@Oitrees]

Strong fact 💪

[@Bellas1717]

Our police are welcomed by most people. The mounted police are often in the major parks and some regions of central Sydney, as well as a few suburbs. They work in pairs. They stopped me in my car one time, my brother had left his Learner plates on my car after I had given him a driving lesson. The officer told me other people might think I was a learner unsupervised in the car, so he dismounted, took the L-plates off and handed them to me through the window.

[@RedtailFox1]

i find that how much of a dick the cop you have to deal with is seems to be linked to what they are driving/riding. Mounted cops seem to be the best and Motorbike cops the worst.

[@Autoskip]

As an Australian, currently my area can't figure out if we should be having summer or winter - I went from enjoying the local outdoor swimming pool to wearing a jumper in the past week (and back again). Also, I'm quite disappointed that they didn't show one of the fire danger signs we have - they've got a arm that gets adjusted manually based on the weather (I assume the fire brigade does it, but I've never checked) to represent how high the risk of a bushfire is (that's Australian for wildfire), and the second lowest option is "high" - so it's probably not surprising that it doesn't stop at "extreme".

[@TheGeeMan]

As an American (Ex-NY'er) with Aussie citizenship, living in Sydney for the past 23 years, I love that Sydney has double-decker trains, they're pretty cool. I wish NY could do something like that. You might actually manage to get a seat for once. That being said, even during morning/afternoon peak hour commutes, one still can't get a seat hahahaha

[@tbirdparis]

"Imagine if there was a law against throwing chewing gum in the street in Australia..." *Singapore has entered the chat

[@jennysmith38]

Singapore has been doing it for a very long time, my dad went there in the 50's all the sailors were told, before they got off the ships, to not eat chewing gum while they were there

[@coot1925]

The weirdest Christmas I had was sitting outside in shorts during my 7 week visit to Perth WA. Australia is an amazing country full of great people. ✌️♥️🇬🇧

[@coot1925]

@@redhammer9910 bloody oath I had a beer mate. Previous to my visit I was guzzling Guinness in fairly large quantities. So when I was warned by my brother to go easy on the grog I had to laugh. Swan lager had no affect on me whatsoever, but cold beer in a frosted glass is ripper and not a thing in the UK and God it was refreshing. The best 7 weeks of my life. ✌️♥️🇬🇧

[@louiserawle8999]

Thank you,I am biased as I am an Aussie but Aussies are unique in the best way.

[@OberonOZ]

In Singapore they banned chewing gum, so having a gum patrol at the Opera House is a relatively mild reaction hehe. That big rock in the very first frame that looks like a wave, is in fact called (with incredible imagination) Wave Rock and is in my state, Western Australia. Its huge too. Its 15metres high and 100 metres long. WA is huge. Its about a third of the size of the US (outside Alaska and Hawaii etc) but there is only 2.5 million people state-wide. Over 2 million people just in the Perth greater metropolitan area. You should come visit. Its an amazing place!

[@louiserawle8999]

I agree,I'm an Aussie but lived in WA,it 's a really beautiful state.

[@vanessagoddess1]

yeah, with so many tourists, the amount of gum around the Opera House was huge (compared to elsewhere). Australians don't tend to chew a lot of gum and, when we do, we don't spit it out on the ground

[@PerthSoftware]

If WA were its own country, it would be the 9th biggest country in the World!

[@joshualavelle8523]

As someone from Newcastle, that burger place is brilliant 👏, definitely give it a try! I believe they tried to cancel the gaytime, but the company basically told them to piss off

[@egdiryellam68]

Gaytime is a product from a time before the queers hijacked the name.

[@mehere8038]

actually it was the opposite, the company DID rebrand it, but the rainbow community & general Aussie community boycotted the new product & demanded the original name be restored, so it was & they camped up the ads for it too. There's some hysterical ads from that era as a result of that

[@warwickofnorwich]

You’ll have to react to Ozzy man reviews magpies to truly understand a magpie.

[@triarb5790]

When there was a cyclone in Queensland one year, bananas sky-rocketed in price to $15 per kilo. But people preferred to buy 1 banana grown in Athan the imported ones to support our own farmers.

[@peachstars219]

Fun fact about those two-storey trains (they’re in Sydney): I recently spoke to a train engineer who explained that in terms of time, these double-deckers are relatively inefficient compared to other train systems in. Not because of their travel speed between stations, but because the greatest loss in efficiency in train schedules is during onboarding and offboarding. As you can imagine, it takes longer for people to enter or exit the train’s different floors. Overall the time this adds might be a few seconds per station, but those seconds accumulate over a train’s journey. Having said all that, I don’t find Sydney’s train system particularly ineffective, but it’s an interesting tidbit.

[@PiersDJackson]

The basic crux is comparing Sydney and Melbourne suburban trains - it's 8 car double deck with 2 doors per car per side versus 6 car single deck with 3 doors per car per side. So 1200 passengers through 16 doors versus 900 passengers through 18 doors. Also hub and spoke versus disjointed overlapping terminus networking.

[@mehere8038]

That's the government's excuse for single deck train tunnels only on the north west line. They claim it's not about saving a fortune in tunnel boring size

[@Melladebt]

I thought other countries had them as well

[@PiersDJackson]

The term that transport people use is Dwell Time, so train M is capable of 6m/s² and average 80kph, and train S is 9m/s² and 105kph respectively.... however M is a minimum of 3km and average 10km between serviced stations and 90 second dwell, S is 1km minimum, 8km average and 210 second dwell.

[@Sgt.chickens]

I think it would only make a notable difference at very high capacity. most trains have to stop for a certain ammount of time and i dont recall the sydney trains ive been on stopping any longer than the perth ones.

[@stevetarrant3898]

Just a couple of things. Bananas is one of Australia's main crops, grown mainly in Queensland. Slang for a queenslander is Banana Bender. Chewing gum is actually illegal in Singapore. I grew up in Darwin, Box Jellyfish, otherwise known as seawasps, can kill you in under 3 minutes. They say if you're still alive after 30 minutes you'll probably survive. Although the pain will make you wish you died, and you will probably end up with some pretty impressive scars. Golden Gaytime are an awesome icecream. Have been around since at least late 70s, early 80s. Perth is the best city in Australia. Just thought i would put that out there.

[@kitwatson6035]

Nice reaction mate. Not going to lie, I don't think that was the pics I'd choose to show off Australia's uniqueness, they were a little dull, but there was a few cool ones in there. As others have said we grow most fruits. We're big exporters of Bananas. So far it's been a fairly mild summer. We've had the wettest year on record for large parts of Australia, and it's been a cool year generally. On the plus side hopefully we don't get too many bushfires this year.

[@sunisbest1234]

Regarding the Magpies. They aggressively guard their nests in spring. Lots of videos out there of them swooping passerby's. The trick with them is befriending them. They won't try and attack you, and even teach their young you are a friend.

[@doubledee9675]

Yes, they are extremely intelligent birds.

[@BurneyBurnerson]

The Australian magpie is a black and white bird that viciously defend their nests while their eggs are waiting to hatch. They often set up shop near CBDs so you’ll always see people getting swooped on their way to work.

[@sharkplay1261]

They can also be trained like Crows so you can befriend them so they don't swoop you which is what I have been doing took me three years to accomplish though

[@cottawalla]

The parents drive out any potential threats from their territory because their young actually leave the nest a couple of weeks before they can fly, during which time they have to survive on the ground until their tail feathers develop enough for them to control their flight. During that time the parents will continue to guard and feed them if necessary. The parents can distinguish between those they trust and others and it's a privilege to earn that trust.

[@megsybond]

Melbourne can get very hot in summer. I've cracked an egg in a foil tray, put it in the backyard and cooked it in the sun. It's not a constant high temperature - we can get a variety of temperatures which makes it more bearable. Over the past few years it's been getting more humid though, whereas previously it was a dry heat. Last week we had the coldest summer day in 10 years, that had hail and was only 15C/59F. Tomorrow is forecast to be 24C/75F. Who know what it will be next week for Christmas?! That's Melbourne - always leaves you guessing! :)

[@johnaquillo3397]

Yes, as the others have said previously all bananas in Australia are grown here (in Queensland). Queensland is basically tropical and so all tropical fruit can and are grown there, like bananas, sugar cane, avocados, pineapples, mangoes and so forth. Australia is a huge exporter of food (meat, wheat, fruit, fish and seafood etc) and we import very little compared to most countries. We also have a big wine and beer industry.

[@mehere8038]

We do import quite a bit, so as to get cheap stuff but yeh, we produce enough food to feed 100 million people, with a population of 25 million, so we certainly don't "need" to import any food & certainly export FAR more calories & food value than we import!

[@Merrid67play]

They most definitely do not ALL grow in Queensland. The industry was established in NE NSW, there are vast tracts of them around Coffs Harbour, and even the Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. The ripening seasons are slightly different, that's all.

[@johnaquillo3397]

@@Merrid67play I bow humbly to your greater knowledge on the matter!

[@johnaquillo3397]

@@jeffwagner8576 Just in case you are talking about me then YES I've heard of and seen the Big Banana. Maybe I was too zoned out to notice what State I was in at the time!! 😄😁😂🤣

[@cocoidiea8643]

I still remember the slogan "it's hard to have a gaytime on your own." I don't think those icecreams will ever change their names; though other snack foods have. Such as "redskins" became "red rippers", "chicos" "cheekies" and "fags" became "fads" and lost the design that made them look like cigarettes.

[@purplesvet]

Don't get me started on "Coon" cheese... it was the founder's surname!

[@Enders-Game]

I know it’s like they are brands that have existed for ages and I have grown up knowing redskins and coon cheese and chicos, I can’t be the only one that still says redskins right

[@turquoisebubbles2042]

I believe they were pressured to change their name and announced that it will remain . Thankfully as a golden gaytime is not malicious but delicious 😝

[@brendanh8193]

As mentioned, magpies are known for swooping and gouging the backs of heads of people who venture too close to their nests. What hasn't been mentioned is that, after leaving the care of their parents, adolescent male magpies join in gangs of about 15-20 for the first 3-4 years of their lives before finding partners. And I say gangs, because they are territorial (towards other gangs, not humans) - their beautiful singing is actually how they make claims on their territory.

[@listey]

Would be fun to see your reaction to some of the Air New Zealand safety videos. They're absolutely epic.

[@DarkMatter1992]

The "Golden Gaytime" has been around for a long time, when the word "gay" meant happy. The ice-cream still carries that original definition.

[@FionaEm]

Traditionally, it can get up to 46° Celsius in Melbourne during summer (well over 110°F) but for the last decade or so, summers have been cooler and more humid. I had the heater on earlier this week, even though it's almost the summer solstice 😅 Yep, Australia grows bananas, in north-eastern NSW and coastal Qld. A magpie is a bird that protects its nest very aggressively in spring - including swooping down on passers-by and scaring the crap out of them 😅

[@Raven.flight]

Oi, leave me out of your comments bud... or I'll swoop ya.

[@RedtailFox1]

Magpies also run a protection and extortion racket...... if you feed them regularly they will not swoop you come swooping season..... it has become a year-round extortion racket XD

[@listey]

When you say "traditionally" how far back are you talking? I can't find any evidence that hitting 46°C is normal. 2019, 2009 and 1939 are the only years I can find where 46°C or higher was reached in the last 150+ years.

[@dianafarmer5445]

Some Magpies will swoop, not all of them. I think it's some of the Males.

[@omaopa6923]

@@RedtailFox1 😂

[@kimlaudadio5400]

I live in north Queensland and it is one of the largest Banana growing regions. Plus Australia EXPORTS Bananas

[@doubledee9675]

All suburban electric trains in Sydney are double-deck and have been for many years. When first introduced 50 or more years ago, only trailer cars were double-deck, but from about 1980 motorised cars have been. There are some diesel trains inland from Newcastle, south from Kiama and on the Southern Highlands which are single deck, but that's all.

[@mehere8038]

the North West line is single deck, the tunnels were only built wide enough to take single deck, so that line is permanently locked into single deck only & any line extensions of it will be too

[@doubledee9675]

@@mehere8038I'd call that line an extended tramway, rather than a train. My memory is that the loading gauge is smaller than the old single deck trainlines.

[@CheekyCherry]

The word 'gay' in Australia just meant happy up until about 40-50 years ago, and Golden Gaytime ice-cream has been around for decades. Gaytimes are delicious and they're a nostalgic favourite with most people, regardless of sexuality. Nowadays you can get Gaytime flavoured popcorn, candies and even beer.

[@adalheidis8503]

The fires can be scary and quite sad for those living in dangerous areas, but the smoke helps germinate seeds.

[@psychokitty9325]

Our native plants are made for regular burnings, the problems come when its been too long between and so become massive wildfires that cause so much damage 😢

[@Merrid67play]

Smoke only germinates some seeds. There were vast areas burnt in the 2019 bushfires that hadn't been touched thousands of years prior. Rainforests, in particular, aren't evolved for that burning pattern.

[@laurencewilkins3413]

hi the Magpie is a bird that in mating season swoops people passing near their nest they can be quite dangerous i have heard rarely of people having their eye poked out from the birds but mostly they just swoop people passing by they are found across australia

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Mate isn't exclusively used in Australia, though it may be used more than in other Commonwealth countries. We use this term in East & Southern Africa too. My daughter & her family have three varieties of banana plants in the back half. The country is great for growing tropical fruits, incl. pineapple, mango, banana, dragon fruit, papaya, etc and is among the world's biggest fruit exporters, incl. macadamias, of course. Btw, there is a strictly enforced No Chewing Gum law in Singapore. Nobody in their right mind flies into Stanstead. Heathrow, Gatwick & City airports carry 96 percent of scheduled international flights into London.

[@Bellas1717]

On the spot $1000 fine when we lived there. Inflation may have changed that.

[@Dr_KAP]

Yes but no other country uses the word mate like we do 😂

[@Bellas1717]

Our police are welcomed by most people. The mounted police are often in the major parks in Sydney. One stopped me in my car one time, my brother had left his Learner plates on my car after I had given him a driving lesson. The officer told me other people might get the wrong idea thinking me a learner unsupervised in the car, so he dismounted, took the L-plates off and handed them to me through the window.

[@Bellas1717]

@@Dr_KAP Very true, (but we don't say G'day mate!)

[@cytuber]

I've got a mini banana plantation in my yard (12 trees). They grow really well here (northern NSW) but you have to bag them to stop all the creatures from eating them. I love bananas more then Tim Tams :)

[@monty8322]

A magpie is a black and white bird that tends to swoop people during their mating season which is from September or late august to early November

[@brodiefanning5089]

You should do a video on magpie swooping! It’s quite an iconic and special moment in our lives growing up haha

[@joandsarah77]

It's been a cool wet summer. If you want to research El Niño and La Niña this affects the weather here from 1-8 years. Right now we are in La Niña which causes more rain and cooler temperatures, also causes flooding. Back when we had those major bush fires shown across the world we were in El Niño. It's to do with trade winds and changing ocean surface currents.

[@86_beans]

Melbourne gets very hot. In 2009 Melbourne reached consecutively 43, 44 and 45 in late Jan. I remember sitting in my living room in the dark, mid 30s at midnight, with the lamp off as it produced too much heat, and a useless pedestal fan. It was just so hot. Our infrastructure buckled. Literally train lines warped. Then a week later it was 46. Black Saturday and the bushfires that killed 173 people and destroyed countless hectares of bush. I remember flying back from Sydney a week or two after and descending over Marysville and looking out west towards Kinglake. It was a sea of black and brown. The whole plane was dead quiet and just staring out the windows. We’ve had hotter since - it got to 48 at Avalon Airport since then - but those two weeks have been the most horrible that I’ve experirnced.

[@ajitalia888]

IN THE PEAK OF SUMMER- BUT HALF OF AUSTRALIA IS STILL RAINING & FLOODING! 😤 #WeatherManipulation #Straya #iMissIt 🇦🇺✊

[@Nina-rj4nu]

I have lived all over this country (not Tassie yet) and everywhere I have lived has reached over 40 in Summer. It is the cold weather that seems to differ. The further south I lived, the colder the winters. Up north, though cold to the locals, is relatively mild. Also, BANANAS, big industry in Oz.

[@bennybooboo6789]

40+ down here in tassie is horrendous. We had a 3 day stretch back in 2009 where it went 39, 41, 42.2 degrees. UV was about maxed out too so it was just disgusting. Literally felt like you were in a microwave.

[@chilli1115]

They say that Melbourne experiences all the seasons in one day- it’s not as hot or dry as the rest of the country or further up the east coast. It gets freezing in Melbourne. So if that speed bump was melting there u can only imagine how brutal it is further north

[@johnfisher9816]

That was fun Joel. Great comments from everyone!!

[@anthonypirera7598]

We grow bananas here and pineapples too and it's been freezing here in Melbourne the last week and broken all records for the coldest December ever with snow in some Victorian hills in summer

[@rebelrob9637]

Where I'm from in Australia some summers it can hit upward of 120°F. Also Australia is a huge grower of banana's.

[@YukiAndZeroFTW]

It's the beginning of summer in Melbourne and there's been days that were 30 degrees boiling hot, and days with thunder storms and hail 😭

[@rookere1604]

great vid mate love your channel

[@leandabee]

We have a huge banana growing industry here, especially in QLD, because of its heat/humidity. Golden Gaytime icecream have been around for like 50 years, long before people took to using the word to describe themselves. Have a listen to the Flinstones theme song from the 60s, they are 'going to have a gay old time', which it's actual meaning is having fun and being happy 🤷🏼‍♀️😊

[@mehere8038]

"kookaburra sits in the old gum tree" is another example of that word's original use. The ice cream makers have now embraced the word's new use though, after trying to rebrand & being rejected by Aussies for doing so

[@gemnfert]

@@mehere8038I’m glad they’ve kept the original name, and I’m somewhat aggravated that Coon cheese changed theirs.

[@whatthe3131]

@@gemnfert yep. Never bought that cheese since they changed the name from the name of the family that started the company.

[@mehere8038]

@@gemnfert I agreed re Coon until hearing that it was apparently always a racist joke & there's no evidence at all to support the other claims of where that name came from. If I'm being conned, please share the details showing it wasn't originally a racist joke (possible I am being conned) "cheer" is a really stupid replacement name though imo! If they were going to change it, they should have done much better than that! Something more related to the original name origin claims

[@Falcon65456]

Watch a video on magpies and swooping. It would be very interesting to see a non Australian react to it

[@cassyjensen3156]

It got so hot in Melbourne a few years ago that some of the roads melted. But our summer this year has been pretty cold so far.

[@alankohn6709]

Magpies are a black and white bird about the size of a crow they are fairly common and in mating season they get very territorial and will swoop humans, animals and even other birds and wont stop till you clear the area having said that they are very smart and if you feed them they will remember you and will leave you alone so befriend your local magpies. As far as checking the weather its been unseasonably cold of late. Golden Gaytime Ice cream is a toffee, Vanilla Ice cream dipped in chocolate and dipped in biscuit crumbs and has been around for over 60 years

[@BrokenWishesx3]

You say aussies so funny! It’s pronounced more like “ozzies.” Can’t wait for the day you do a vlog/video IN Australia!

[@martinkuliza]

i can't wait for the day that he takes a trip here, it'll be a whole new experience for him

[@kingkayleb]

Its been raining almost every day in Melbourne lol, no good summer days yet

[@queenslanddiva]

We have a great banana industry in Australia, mostly in Qld but also in northern NSW. We even have The Big Banana at Coffs Harbour (check it out). Delicious too. Don't know about the gum patrol, but I imagine they pick up chewing gum that horrible people spit out, so that it doesn't get caught on patrons' shoes. They also have a dog patrol there. The dogs chase the seagulls away so that diners can eat in peace. Magpies are large black and white birds that we love, however, for about 6 weeks every spring SOME can become pretty aggressive in protecting their young, and they will swoop people. There have been some nasty incidents because they have incredibly sharp beaks. But it's for a very short space of time.

[@leiahooper1841]

its surprisingly cold in melbourne rn, like, where's the christmas heatwave we've grown to know and love? its not the same without it

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Australia is all about the strange rocks. There’s Uluru and the Wave Rock.

[@MsEdgely]

And the US has the Grand Canyon....

[@Merrid67play]

@@MsEdgely That's not a rock, it's a river bed!

[@MsEdgely]

@@Merrid67play Still impressive

[@doctorcrusher2918]

@@MsEdgely it’s a monolith! Which means it’s a single giant pebble or stone mountain. It’s partly buried in the ground.

[@The_Calm_Chaos]

Golden Gaytimes are an iconic Australian ice-cream which has been around for decades and they're absolutely delicious (although I've never seen the Unicorn version). If anyone tried to have them banned or cancelled here they'd be laughed out of the country.

[@doubledee9675]

They were on the market here well before gay acquired its present meaning.

[@petertrezise4545]

Yes. I remember them in early 60’s I think. Just means happy time.

[@suesmith7946]

I'm in Geraldton (aka Gero 😂🤣) , Western Australia - ambient temperature at 2.30pm today was 37°C - we can get to 45°+ here. There has just been a huge fire between here and Perth, threatening homes and I believe there is one now south of Perth.

[@emshahn5079]

Loving your vids! Hi from Western Australia👋

[@judileeming1589]

Some years ago the cyclone season practically wiped out our massive banana crops (we export them) and the supermarkets were charging $7 for one banana … it was crazy! Edited to add that we actually grow just about everything somewhere in Australia at any time of the year in Australia except maybe cherries which are seasonal, but I would be interested in knowing if there were other crops I am unaware of.

[@marypridham3823]

We have cherry orchards in South Australia (not me personally)

[@judileeming1589]

@@marypridham3823 also in Victoria, but they are seasonal here and usually see imports from USA when they are out of season.

[@rhiannon.de.rohan-thomas]

It was in 2006. I remember, because that year I was friends with someone who, while his parents were away, spent most of his grocery money on bananas, instead of stuff for his lunches, just so that he could rub it in other people's faces that they couldn't afford bananas. 🤦

[@louiserawle8999]

YOUNG NSW...Grows massive amount of Cherries as does Wandin in Victoria.

[@Merrid67play]

There's a huge cherry industry in Young in NSW. Young is famous for it - they have a cherry blossom festival and later, in the fruiting season, a whole festival of activities. Also cherries in most of the cool climate districts including Tasmania.

[@cryptomonkey6142]

Our hottest months are January and February, the temperatures are not too bad yet. Lol.

[@rumpelstiltskin6150]

Peak of summer we may be, but the weather is all over the place and I was just enjoying some fresh snow yesterday.

[@blackvixen1537]

A magpie is basically a medium sized black and white bird related to crows and ravens and they have a very pretty voice you should listen to a clip of them.

[@doubledee9675]

More beautiful than pretty

[@myopinion69420]

'Its hard to have a Gaytime on your own' is actually a slogan they use.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

6:52 It’s a bird usually attributed with being attracted to shiny things and there’s a superstition that bases its result on the number of magpies from 1-7.

[@daveg2104]

It's the European Magpie that is attracted to shiny things, although that seems to be disputed. The Australian Magpie, apart from being a black and white bird (why it was given it's name by the early settlers), isn't closely related to overseas Magpies. Australian Magpies are quite intelligent though, and may "steal" or play with objects they find.

[@ianwalker5842]

Hi Pokhraj. You may not realise that the Australian "magpie" is not actually related to the British/European magpie. I live in Australia but was born in England and know that those smaller magpies are indeed attracted to shiny and colourful things. The superstition about them rings a faint bell too. Anyway, now you know that Australian Magpies are not the same - a different species, much bigger for a start. They were only named magpies because their black and white markings reminded the early colonists of the real magpies back home. Ours are closely related to the Butcher Bird. They're only dangerous in mating season. Very friendly and intelligent otherwise, and will always remember your face if you feed or are kind to them. Warm greetings from Melbourne.

[@the_person_in_the_photo]

We are actually in a cooling down period from last bush fire season so summer here is kinda chill for now

[@TheMichaelStott]

The Magpies in my suburb in Sydney are pretty chill. When I was a kid in Adelaide a Magpie stole my Beanie I was devo (devastated) for weeks.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

Sorry but yeah you're wrong lol....Carnarvon and the ord river in far north WA and North QLD are huge banana producers lol

[@hart-of-gold]

Because of winds over the deserts, Adelaide and Melbourne are often much hotter than Sydney and Brisbane.

[@OnyxANZ]

we may be in the peak of summer, but in Victoria at least, it's barely gotten warm. There are days where I turn the heater on

[@leisabrady5384]

Hi Joel love your take on Australia and the vibe chatting about us Aussies. Just subscribed and bingeing catching up on a few. Just wanted to ask is there anyway when you are reacting to videos to make the screen in bottom left a little larger. I just had eye removed and not much sight in other eye and couldn’t read captions of photos. Had to stop enlarge and try to read it. Or if not can you explain a little more. I’m old enough to be your mum and probably not iPhone savvy but just a query. Again thanks for the awesome videos. Loads of love Leisa Western Australia xxxx

[@caleb1637]

normally some whining adult child would cancel golden gay time. but its such a good icecream omfg i feel sorry for those who cant try it, its just to good of a treat. and the yellow box beside is the original the rainbow ones are a new flavour

[@louiserawle8999]

Americans DON'T GET OUR HUMOUR,BUT NZ AND THE UK AND CANADA DO..

[@jennysmith38]

You should have a look at "silo art" it's absolutely amazing, they even have silo art trails in different states

[@solreaver83]

january to end of feb are the hottest parts, winter can linger a while some times. yes we grow all our tropical fruits as we have large tropical zones in the noth east

[@seanNZ91]

No but really it’s because it’s full of spiders. This video should just have been spiders. And the gay time ice creams predates gay in its modern meaning. It meant “happy time”.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

Magpies are black n white birds, who during spring start 'swooping' at people walking 'too close to their nest' (in the birds opinion). They are extremely territorial during their nesting season, and some worse than others - The ones in my local park know us who live close by, and see us every day, and they don't bother with us, but gawd help you if you're new around here, you best be walking around wearing a bike helmet until the chicks leave lol

[@DD-wd7ku]

You need a bike helmet with white plastic electric tie cables sticking out all over to put the Maggie off striking at you.

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@DD-wd7ku It's not me who needs a helmet, it's visitors to our area who do lol. The maggies here are totally fine with us local adults (not fine with kids or kids on bikes/scooters).

[@DD-wd7ku]

@@roslynjonsson2383 I was talking in general Roslyn. It's quite common around Melbourne to see people with bicycle helmets adapted in that way 😉

[@roslynjonsson2383]

@@DD-wd7ku Fair enough - I apologise for misunderstanding you m8

[@__SummerRose]

Perth is expected to be around 32 on Christmas Day ~ in late January and early February we generally get 40+ 🥵

[@neenekinskins6241]

18th December, Central West NSW midday and I have a blanket over me as I sit on the lounge drinking a hot cup of tea. The weather is just crazy atm.

[@danb.9700]

If think Tim Tams are good, you should try a Golden Gaytime. Incredible

[@1toshi32]

Australia does in fact grow their own bananas. There is a place called Coffs Harbour in NSW where they grow bananas and out the front is THE BIG BANANA. A huge banana right at the entrance and a Big Banana Fun park. But the majority of the bananas are grown in Queensland. The Gaytime ice cream has been around in Australia for a lot of years. Long before anyone used the term "Gay" for gays. There is a thing right now though which I find really pathetic. There is a cheese in Australia that was named after the founder or the producer of the cheese and it named "Coon" which of course is not a good word for a black person. They are having to rename the cheese even though it's been around since Adam was a boy. I despair of all this political correctness. People should stop being so sensitive about stupid things. Some of these things shown are pretty cool but there are things that you would find elsewhere as well as you said. Summer has been pathetic up till now. Very cool. Today it was 14 degrees Celcius a week out from Christmas. The fault of La Nina I'm guessing.

[@1toshi32]

@@redhammer9910 Oh ok. Thanks for clearing that up. I actually thought the excessive rainfall was due to the negative Indian Ocean Di Pole in conjunction with the La Nina. I've never seen rain like it.

[@osocool1too]

Bananas are grown in Northern New South Wales and Queensland...Coffs Harbour for instance. Magpies sometimes swoop to protect their young , and Gaytime ice creams and popcorn were given a seal of approval by the gay community.

[@TheCappaQueen]

Yes there were some fairly ordinary things on there! There probably are more unique things that could have been included. It can get very hot in summer in Melbourne, over 40 degrees, but right at the moment it's not so hot. We've had much colder and wetter weather this year than is usual, although it's supposed to be hot tomorrow.

[@sharkplay1261]

Oh that's because Australia has two additional seasons called la Nina and el nino which indicates if it is wet or dry for the year pretty much

[@PhillipLWilcher]

I can't stop looking at the wave rock in Western Australia! So beautiful! Joel, I have been swooped upon and had my head pecked at twice by a magpie. Two different occasions, two different birds. Not the most fun of experiences. That was a long time ago now and it happened while playing a game of golf. But magpies have a satisfying whistle, at least for me as a musician. It sounds a little like a flute and it is carolling. But ever since I was swooped upon, whenever I see a magpie I recoil a little. Fun fact though, as far as superstitions go, apparently if you see two magpies together, it means good luck. Bananas! They're the best. A personal conception of my own to tempt the taste buds. Wrap a hot buttered crumpet around a banana and go for it! I call it the Crumpana! Naturally!

[@christineyates2618]

Back in the sixties the news programs used to anounce the start of summer by frying an egg on the foorpath/sidewalk.

[@neilfleming2787]

I'm in WA and we do get days of 40C or more, usually end december january or even february. BUT WA coastal (where I am) is not the hottest. 50C+ is know from the deep outback. In fact hottest temps I have lived in were in Qatar during high summer (july/August), we hit 54C on one day, but that's why the work day starts usually before the sun comes up and ends very early afternoon

[@zero6eleven]

We're having a very mild summer this year, so Melbourne is actually pretty cold at the moment. But, other years, Melbourne often gets runs of days in the mid to high 40s (Celsius). I live 2 hours north of Melbourne and, in January 2020, my car was showing the outside temperature as being 48 degrees Celsius. Also, we produce a lot of bananas in Queensland and, I think, the northern Territory

[@anthonypirera7598]

I think NSW too the Big Banana is in NSW

[@zero6eleven]

@@anthonypirera7598 true!

[@louisetyrrell2701]

The man’s face in the Melbourne building (barak building) is William Barak, he was an aboriginal man who was the know as the “last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe” of the wurundjeri people, Barak was an activist, an artist, a cultural ambassador and an educator. In the years following white settlement, Barak played a major role in advocating for Aboriginal rights and protecting his people's culture. you can also see the building perfectly parallel from the shrine of remembrance steps

[@tracesofnut]

I remember the temperature getting over 46C (114.8F) more than a few times in Adelaide, South Australia. That was back when air conditioners were not so common. Car seats were also vinyl and getting in to the car after a day at the beach was sometimes painful. I am on such a nostalgia trip at the moment...

[@benstephens5279]

I love you’re vids mate. Amazing content. I’m from Newcastle Australia, if ever in need of a question answered or so on please feel free to ask. It would be my pleasure. I just want to add, you found it amusing about the gum police, I think they should be everywhere. Are you aware gum is illegal in Singapore? With great outcomes btw. Anyway love work bro.

[@JTFM66]

In WA there is a small town that has like 5 farms of banana run by different familys

[@marniash5831]

Hi New to your channel , I'm enjoying watching your videos makes me more prouder to be a Aussie :)

[@p_3ater160]

1. You should definitely try a Tim Tam Slam, it's where you bite off both ends of the Tim Tam, then put one end in a hot drink of your choice and use the Tim Tam as a straw. You suck up as much as you can, the gobble down the Tim Tam before it ends up in your cup 2. Melbourne can get very towards the end of summer and at the Australian Open, you can easily get to 50C on the courts with 40C outside.

[@PhoenixFire32]

Magpies are a very cool bird we have here. They sing beautiful songs and they swoop during early spring. This is still my favourite video of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJXJgWiVn81lbJo

[@michaelmayo9048]

Jps look up Coffs harbour the big bannana ...lots of bannana plantations at this town in ..new south whale's...and Queensland has heaps of bannanas plantations if a cyclone doesn't flaten them..but they don't grow in Victoria.

[@petehodges7711]

The first 2 weeks of summer where I work was 40°C - 45°C each day (that's 104°F - 113°F) every day so yeah, it gets hot here.

[@Tired-Shota]

i see so many melted speedbumps around here honestly nobody is gonna bother to replace them if they finna keep melting

[@kangygaming]

Check out the Big Banana at Coffs Harbour, it is one of our big banana plantations here. We do grow a lot of them Joel lol.

[@casadimilano7048]

Adelaide, South Australia is experiencing a cold summer compared to before. It used to get so hot here that you could get a sun tan just by driving your car and your clothes would be dry within half an hour on the washing line.