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[@ComaDave]

"I don't see a snake, dude." Oh, you will love it here. 😂 I saw an elderly American chap get well thwocked in the nads by a fair-sized Eastern Grey at Zumsteins in The Grampians back in the mid-Nineties. That'll serve him right for feeding them and wondering why the roos got impatient when he and his wife started packing up their picnic while shoving the roos away. I yelled to warn them but they didn't listen (fancy that), so I just sat on one of the picnic tables to watch the inevitable show.

[@ballajurassic9601]

🤣

[@greghenderson6782]

@ComaDave Used to live in Western Victoria not far from Zumstein's and each weekend that we visited the Tourists would entertain us as they had a "round or two" with 'roos as they packed up their picnic and made to take the food away. Lol, lol. They wouldn't listen to the locals! Don't feed them guys!! Pack up surreptitiously and quickly load all (babies, small kids, food first) leave required doors ajar, with keys in ignition, then all others back away to car, jump in and leave. You can adjust the car's load when you are a bit away from the picnic area. They're just inquisitive, looking for easy food and a bit pushy.The bucks stand tall and aggressively just to scare you a bit. Just be organised and know you'll be okey dokey.

[@ComaDave]

@@greghenderson6782 I remember there were signs saying not to feed them, as they're only supposed to eat native grasses. Human food causes "Lumpy Jaw" apparently. The poor Park Ranger was running around non-stop telling people not to feed them.

[@purryellis]

Ryan, I lived near Shorncliffe Pier for around 15 years. No camera filter necessary. I saw both sunrises and sunsets like this on numerous occasions.

[@aarons6935]

I live 10 minutes from Shorncliffe pier right now haha. okay, maybe its 20 minutes, i lied.

[@jyoungtricks]

Especially during fores, that amber glow is intense

[@wafwotam-lr9pv]

That's a super nice spot. Wasn't in my day, couldn't bought a house, even on the Ocean there for 20 grand back in the 80's as it wasn't cool then. Retrospectively, is a terrible thing 😢

[@robinsutherland3691]

I was in Maui recently and a 1.8 metre shark came within 2 metres of the shore. Everyone screamed and evacuated the water but it swam away and it wasn’t that big so we went back in. People kept asking “are you from Australia” as we were the only people in the water

[@JB-zs1oq]

I laughed when the shark came up to the shore. Yes I'm an Aussie and yes I have had to leave the surf when the shark siren warns of another shark in the vicinity.

[@bobbyhunt100]

Cigarettes ARE over $60 for 25. Having a smoker's cough is like a status symbol these days! The guy toying with the Red Kangaroo was legendary bushman Malcolm Douglas who was a noted documentary maker and conservationist. He died after being crushed between his 4wd vehicle and a tree in a bizarre accident back in 2010. He was 69 years of age. G'day from the Sunshine Coast, Qld.

[@justinfitzgerald717]

Omg! That's so high... here in spain it's less than 5 euros for 20 rothmans! ..

[@almostyummymummy]

Here in NZ, B&H Classic Red 20s: $46.00 25s: $58. Rothmans 25s: $61. So glad I never started smoking.

[@gregoryparnell2775]

@@almostyummymummy Glad I gave up at $12 a pkt.

[@bobbyhunt100]

@@justinfitzgerald717 Yeah, it's all government excise.

[@Leo-hv9mm]

My son spends a fortune on tobacco. His leukaemia specialist asked to read the fine print - it clearly states that smoking can and does cause leukaemia. He has tried to quit a few times. Not nice to hear a doctor say "I'll give you five years" .. quit now folks.

[@necianicholas2878]

The Edge of Australia photo is calked 'The Great Australian Bight'. The cliff edges are known as 'The Bunda Cliffs' and cover the area from Ceduna in Sth Aust all the way to Eucla in Western Australia. Excellent areas for Humpback Whale spotting.

[@karenlittle8041]

Also Southern Right Ehales

[@katearmiger8535]

There’s an aboriginal story from when the waters started to rise about 8 to 10 thousand years ago in this area .When the waters rose and more and more people joined them on the high ground the swallows created the cliffs to save everyone from drowning

[@aussiemilitant4486]

@@katearmiger8535 probably from the Younger Dryas period, rise of sea levels and big changes globally.

[@gregorturner4753]

and the mystery of what ate a 2m great white shark.

[@Jeni10]

The guy defending against the big red, is Malcolm Douglas, the predecessor to Steve Irwin.

[@competitionglen]

Thank you, new the character but couldn't remember Malcom. The Leyland Brothers were also good. Couldn't stand that wanker Alby mangles.

[@aarons6935]

not even a big red, they get far taller than that.

[@Jeni10]

@ I never said he was fully grown.

[@commentfreely5443]

america has bears, wolves, mountain lions, snakes. dangerous. australia only has salt crocodiles up north. no deaths by spider since 1979. a few snakes prob less than 10 deaths a year. safe.

[@aarons6935]

@Jeni10 Didn't say you did

[@dianeoriander8276]

The croc is being released it’s eyes are covered as they don’t thrash around when they can’t see, I was in Normanton QLD and is a statue of the biggest croc caught my head and shoulders fitted in its mouth with room to spare, it was 8.64 metres or 28.3 feet long.

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

I remember going on remote camping trips in the Outback in the 1970s, and having to take with me lots of spare vehicle parts, 3 spare tyres, food, water, a full first aid kit, fuel for the vehicle, which was an old school Toyota Land Cruiser. We would check in at the last police station we would see perfore launching into the vast empty, and register our travel plans, and nominate a return date and place. The police officer would then check to ensure we had enough fuel and food and water before we set off. And we never travelled alone. But the memories were worth the effort.

[@SueNicholls-95]

I did the same, for 5 and a half years all on my own. Travelled all tracks but the Canning Stock Route. Worked on a statio in the Gulf and a cattle station in the Kimberley's I loved every minute of it ❤ In my trusty 95 GQ Nissan Patrol, never gave me a single problem ❤

[@rustygrigg]

I have photos when I was camping and a group of Roos were going past, one stopped looked at me then hopped straight up to me and gave me a gentle hug for about a minute then just hopped off and rejoined his group, was pretty amazing. Roos want normally attack you unless your near them in mating season.

[@BioHazard_Dragon]

The upsidedown statue of La Trobe is found my uni ( La Trobe University). It's supposed to symbolise turning ideas on its head...challenging the way we think about things.

[@_alifeallmine_]

There’s a lot of Roos (and Eastern Browns) where I used to live in Canberra, backing onto the Reserve Land, and in my 25 years there I did many 1,000s of kms of Bushwalking. I regularly walked through mobs of them, often left with no choice but to go straight down the middle. I only got fronted up by two, rather large, Males over that time, and I’d just talk to them in muted tones and slowly take a wide berth. It seemed to work. Honestly I must’ve sounded like a crazy person, as I’d talk to the Roos and Magpies all the time, as I passed by, in a friendly and relaxed way. Miss these walks, so many incredible ones.

[@patelk3648]

Mainly roos generally become aggressive if theres joeys on the ground.

[@kerryneeds5688]

The rain bursts really happen like that. During the wet season in the tropical part of Australia, it rains heavily and drops water from the clouds very quickly.

[@arigato22]

There was a guy paddling on a board in croc infested waters recently in northern Qld. People tried to warn him and he basically said The signs are not real! I would never underestimate a salt water croc. They do hang around beaches and various areas and they're fast! There was even one spotted eons ago in the Great barrier reef This is nesting time for the crocs and I'd rather not face them if I can...!

[@Commadore65]

The clip you referenced, he's wearing a stinger suit ironically. Natural attrition isn't always a bad thing. :)

[@ImagineMySurprise510]

Hanging the legs outside the carriage of the Puffing Billy is one of the main attractions/traditions for the kids on the train ride. Some people tried to make a rule against doing it in recent years but it was defeated in a popular outcry.

[@PJRayment]

The rail regulator considered it unsafe. They didn't back down _per se,_ but the railway made some safety-related changes to convince them to again allow it.

[@examinatorant4522]

Please don't go down the MAGA cesspit slide of believing that YOUR or the freedoms are at risk at every trivial restriction. On a previous stay in Australia, our children went on PB, and they had a terrific time. The attraction was the RIDE on the steam train, not sticking their feet out the side. Worrying about that misses the point. Today THEY remember the ride and the time in the forest and hearing the lyre birds and hand feeding the wild parrots and the goanna.

[@LonelyPandora]

The hanging leg was tempopary ban beacuse a minibus crashed into one of the carriage at a level corssing. Luckily no one was on that carraige when the bus hit but it was what prompted ban so they could review safety measures and upgrade the train which took longer due to the Covid.

[@PJRayment]

@@examinatorant4522 "Please don't go down the MAGA cesspit slide of believing that YOUR or the freedoms are at risk at every trivial restriction." Every slippery slide starts with something trivial. That's the point. And no, this was not a trivial restriction. "... our children went on PB, and they had a terrific time. The attraction was the RIDE on the steam train, not sticking their feet out the side." So your anecdotal evidence is supposed to be accepted as the final word? In fact Puffing Billy had done surveys which showed that being able to hang your legs out the side was one of the top three things that people liked about the ride. Ergo, the restriction was a serious one for the railway.

[@KayCarmody-u4f]

Ryan the Wave Rock is definitely real have been there and saw it in person it in Western Australia 🇦🇺 🥰🥰

[@Backpfeifengesicht789]

good spot, but many better spots in WA.

[@LesleyBeswick]

It's 700k round trip from Perth.

[@Eilleentatton]

It certainly is astonishing

[@Backpfeifengesicht789]

@ meh

[@aaronpatton814]

I wouldn't expect you to remember it Ryan, but you've mentioned my hometown of Port Macquarie before in another video. At a local park only 300m from my house growing up (regional NSW mid north coast), we had a kangaroo that was terrorising the park, attacking 3 locals within a week, all unprovoked and one being a teenager just cutting through the park on his bike who was put in hospital. Unfortunately, it had to be destroyed. But, yeah, it's rare, but certainly can happen where, even in a small township, a kangaroo will turn and attack a human. Who knows, the roo may have been a young male during mating season or something who was moved on by a bigger male and felt the park was his, don't remember the time of year it happened, but since I was little, it wasn't unusual for roo's to be at the park coexisting fine. I also work with Port Jackson sharks at one of my jobs at a shark and ray rescue centre while I study my marine/bio degree. Awesome little guys.

[@erinnfitzgerald6257]

My home town is Port Macquarie too, for 42 years! Unfortunately it's too peopley now (I & others call it Port Sydney) & the beautiful, good old days of/in Port are over 😔

[@Backpfeifengesicht789]

@@erinnfitzgerald6257 yep, sucks.

[@mikeyhau]

The Wrecks is an artificial reef at Tangalooma near Brisbane. You can dive and snorkel there, but beware of strong currents unless you are a good swimmer. You can go there on a day trip from Brisbane.

[@DianeFrey-e7f]

Crocs are protected so the one in the photo would have been moved to the safety of a croc farm to live out the rest of his days.

[@janehall7737]

The only time I was threatened by a kangaroo was when I got in its space. I wish people would stop antagonising the poor things

[@leandabee]

Yes agreed. I detest the ones when they have their dogs trying to get at it and then wonder why the Kanga becomes aggressive 😠🤦🏼‍♀️🥺, but, It was good to see what to do if one was to be stood up too a bigun 😊

[@Oracle550]

yeah,people antagonise animals to get video's and put on you tube/social media to get views,seen people go for the phones first when some people are in distress/trouble etc...really sad

[@tinayoung6920]

@@Oracle550 I didn't want to say this in my post, but we were at a Zoo when my daughter nearly had her inside ripped out! Maybe we shouldn't even keep them in Zoo's. And this was just an average Grey.

[@tinayoung6920]

@@leandabee The dogs are bore hunting and naturally come across them in the same territory. They are not after the Kangaroo's. They are fearful of them. I mean, trying to drown dogs who are simply walking with owners near water just on the outer suburbs of Melbourne for instances. Which the Kangaroo's enter the gated Retirement Villages for instances where over 55's are walking there, dogs, it happens. They can be a pest to farmers also. There's no easy answer except for cohabitate the best possible way. But I don't agree with locking them up. They love to travel klms, not mtrs.

[@erinnfitzgerald6257]

​@@leandabee really? People don't get their dogs to attack roos, people love their dogs & don't want them killed nor injured by a roo!! Roos attack dogs, if there's water nearby they lure dogs into the water then attempt to drown them. You're either not an Aussie or a city dwelling Aussie who has no idea about this

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

Big crocs like that one are not let go loose, a protected scecies, not killed either. Taken to a croc farm to keep breeding and impress visitors with their sheer size. That one eating cattle was costing the farmers a mint. Hartleys, north of cairns is a croc education destination. How can you tell he's there in the wild, how can you protect yourself? He's useful, retired.

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

The Puffing Billy Train is the ducks guts, it leaves Belgrave & goes through Sherbrooke forest to lakeside, most kids sit out the glasseless Windows, but be careful of the soot from the engine stack, it hurts like hell if you get it in your eye's, oh Merry Christmas mate 👍🇦🇺

[@MrMambott]

I thought it was Kuranda at the top of the ranges above Cairns

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

@MrMambott nope its in the Dandenong Ranges Melbourne Victoria, I used to live there until I was 30, Merry Christmas mate, respect from Adelaide👍🇦🇺

[@edwinakastner8806]

The Puffing Billy trainline was opened December 1900 to assist people living on the Dandenong Ranges These days it runs from Belgrave to Gembrook. Maintained by volunteers. I rode on it several times some 65 years ago😁 Ive never heard of any injuries happening. Children love it.

[@Wyz369]

​@@MrMambottthe train in Kuranda is a fabulous journey.

[@peterconnolly76]

The Puffin Billy train is very safe and goes pretty slow but its beautiful to go on

[@louiserawle8999]

I loved Puffing Billy❤

[@chucky6367]

​@@louiserawle8999When l was a kid we'd all sit on the windowsills with arms and legs hanging out. We'd come home covered in soot 😂

[@matt5754]

Honestly, the reason most foreigners think Australia is so dangerous is because thats what we want them to think, reality is that we are more so trying to keep this paradise from being overrun.

[@sonyawenham590]

Oh, definitely. I love my land of OZ.

[@bradleyedwards9244]

Oh well ,you just fucked that up mate. Good on ya

[@2B34ever]

Especially from Yanks that lack testosterone like this fella. Where the hell did masculinity go too? At 7 I had bigger balls than this fella.

[@chucky6367]

It's dangerous because the foreigners that come here don't know how to drive lol

[@denverblu]

Just on the ciggies thing, a 20 pack of Bond Street Blue: Classics is currently $42 AUD or $26.6 US. That photo looks like a 30 pack of ciggies. They cost minimum $60, so you’re bang on with your estimate.

[@alexaar4951]

$42? Dang, that's cheaper than I thought. I guess that's one of the cheaper ones. And yep, usually around $60. As a cashier, I've sold so many in just a 4 hour shift it's hard to count, and it always pains me to see the price of their purchase go up so high...

[@Backpfeifengesicht789]

@alexaar4951 Most dangerous gig in aus now is convenience store owner. 60 bombings this year. All related to gangs over illegal (cheap) tobacco. And, this is in a country with greatest ROI on cocaine in the world.

[@RayneOfSalt]

with how colesworth are ripping us off, that food would cost a lot more than $60 these days though.

[@missymakesdomeredith8072]

I quit smoking in the mid 80s, I said "as soon as a pack of 20 gets above $2, that's too expensive I'll quit", glad I did, I loved money more than slowly killing myself.

[@LisavonAustralis]

Wave Rock is really beautiful in real life and looks different at different times of day.

[@carolynnestasse7417]

Wave rock is 100% real. I worked there for 4 months and depending on the time of the day it can look quite surreal.

[@judithstrachan9399]

Sounds like a dream job, if you’re fine with the isolation.

[@Michelle-s4z]

Wave Rock is beautiful.

[@WNightOwl]

I have visited hells gate. I had to stay the night as the fuel hadn't arrived there yet. We have also driven through the Simpson dessert. My partner has done the gun barrel track.

[@kylieh3329]

I grew up with a pet kangaroo who was orphaned. He was just like having a dog. He was so dexterous with his lovely little hands. I used to play dress ups with him. We grew up together.

[@shelleynet]

We had pet kangaroo's when I was a kid (many moons ago) One in particular would follow us to school every day, we had to take turns bringing him home again. They were always free to go when they wanted. Had one who left and came knocking every evening at the front door for a piece of bread and a pet. When we left town, he would go to our neighbours place nightly for the same.

[@doubledee9675]

Ryan, I don't know if you did Latin at school or not. Nullarbor is an anglicism of the Latin for no tree - a pretty good description of the Plain.

[@KieferBradshaw]

Everything here in Australia isn't that dangerous, just be careful in the ocean, rivers, the bush, forests and your backyard. You only have to watch out for snakes, spiders, sharks, jellyfish, magpies (sometimes) dingos and big red kangaroos. Other than having most of the deadliest creatures on earth here, we love it!! Oh, and we have awesome beer and coffee too 🙂😳

[@MatthewHawkins-hx6cu]

And in city we have junkies.😂

[@Backpfeifengesicht789]

Mericuns have more dangerous animals, but mainly the ones with guns.

[@Rex_the-witch]

@@Backpfeifengesicht789why don’t you fight all of Australia’s animals then? WE LITERALLY HAVE SATANS PETS! 😅😅😅😅😂😂

[@RobertRobert-d2r]

That food/cigarette price shot is real. $70 a packet! Or drive your family car 500 km.

[@davidl707]

Yep, bought a pack of 30 for $73 yesterday

[@WyattOShea]

Damn they've really shot up in price since I was a kid then. I remember my dad going through a pack a day sometimes and back then they were only about $20 or so.

[@Aurochhunter]

@@WyattOShea Good incentive to quit by making them more expensive.

[@WyattOShea]

@@Aurochhunter That's true. Luckily I've never been into them anyway.

[@ryanreaction]

no way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JCpie821]

Yeah @ RyanWas the guy with the Kangaroo like another commentor mentioned is Malcolm Douglas, he was one of Australia's Iconic Great teachers of Bush Survival , no doubt Steve Irwin would of watched him as a kid. You should maybe watch some of his stuff one day?

[@AussiePaulie]

I actually walked into a big kangaroo by mistake.Walking back from the shower in the pitch black at a camping site ,the electric had a fit and turned off as l got out of the shower.So feeling my way back l walked right into a rather large kangaroo ,he even put his arms around me l screamed he turned and hopped off and l took off running.Trouble was we were on our honeymoon and my husband didn’t even hear me screaming,so he wasn’t very popular.😂😂

[@bluetung1]

Please look up Newcastle. It’s 2 hrs north of Sydney. It’s the 2 oldest city in Australia. Newcastle was established in 1804 by Lieutenant Charles Menzies as a penal station for convicts who mined coal. It was named after the English coal harbor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I think you would enjoy the history aspect as well as the spectacular views of our harbour

[@Clarky253]

Fellow newy local here , spot on I reckon he’d be stoked with what we have

[@Backpfeifengesicht789]

yeh, please 'merican, like my dirty city. Give me the warmth of capitalist social media idiocracy.

[@Backpfeifengesicht789]

Also, Tas settlements around that time. Dutch visited in 16XX. China in 14XX. Indigenous relations between PNG and the like earlier. Why would anyone care about new-oldcastle?

[@majorlaff8682]

After the Roman settlement of Novocastrum in 2 A.D. Later, Emperor Hadrian built a wall from "New Castle' to the west coast to keep out the savage Scots. They were stealing all the women and raping all the sheep.

[@teamyahweh.sandgroperstudi2305]

Wave Rock is a long stone's throw from me. It is real and exactly like that. ❤.

[@LesleyBeswick]

"A long stone's throw"? I'm in Ballarat, Victoria.

[@teamyahweh.sandgroperstudi2305]

@LesleyBeswick not that long. That's a rocket launch. 😆 🤣. Let's say Pemberton to wave Rock. Is a long stone's throw.

[@tralee2006]

Don't think you can sail around the wrecks at Moreton Island but they do take you for helicopter flights over it as part of a shore tour on cruises.

[@dnoordink]

I've done a chartered snorkeling trip from Redcliffe to the wrecks, was out for about 6 hours and had lunch on Moreton.

[@tonym7012]

Those cliffs extend for hundreds of miles on the south coast.

[@Michelle-s4z]

Yep. On the edge of the Bight.

[@Thromash]

5:00 hands up if you noticed the snake straight away. They're sneaky buggers but he found it eventually lol Also fun fact 9:15 you can legally have a PET Port Jackson Shark in a home aquarium. However they are wild animals used to the Ocean so a home aquarium isn't really good for them.

[@chookinathunderstorm3446]

Yeah people standing around outdoors chatting will often feel like having a bit of a lean on a tree with one arm, but give the the trunk a quick safety glance before committing to it. I did NOT see that snake even though knowing it was somewhere there. While holidaying in Cairns as a newbie, I was caught out not noticing the tiny vicious Green Tree Ants in Cairns, even though I gave the trunk a serious look, already having been dealt a few tropic shocks. I screamed in pain and panic like a 10 year old little girl. Because I was one.

[@erinnfitzgerald6257]

I did because I've seen them, they're called bandy bandys. 2 years ago there was one at my back door, it was beautiful! I caught it, drove it down the road & released it. I did that because I didn't want my dogs to hurt it nor it hurt my dogs!! I've also moved a red belly black snake & a couple if pythons because they were in my chook pen, lol

[@lynndally9160]

Winfield cigarettes $48.99/pkt 25s, $66.00/ pkt 30s

[@MissFost]

From the supermarket. Much cheaper at the tobacconist, but still a rip off compared to America, Asia and Europe!

[@purryellis]

A pack of 40 cigarettes can cost between $70 - $100 depending on the brand, so could definitely buy the groceries shown.

[@djvillan]

Only $9-$12 for a pack of 20 from a chop shop

[@Aaron_Hanson]

@@djvillan Double Happiness 😂

[@chookinathunderstorm3446]

No more people starting smoking at 13 in high school, or even ever after high school. Also the thought of not being able to smoke in the car with passengers out of consideration and not around pregnant women or kids, because you're not a monster. People now even think that would be monstrous of themselves. Pre 80's some men would've thought a women to be a modern day KAREN if she asked, '' Put the cigarette out around the kids please?'' Also they don't want to have to go through quitting when they have their own kids. Exorbitant cigarette prices get rid of ALL those problems and keep the hospital queues down.

[@PJRayment]

Puffing Billy is the world's second-oldest preserved railway, and one of the busiest in the world. It's in the Dandenong Ranges about 30 miles east of Melbourne's CBD. I started volunteering there over 50 years ago. It was saved from abandonment by volunteers, who ran it successfully for many decades, but the state government has now taken control of it (although still uses volunteers).

[@Aussie_Troop]

mate i was at a camp a year or to ago when I see an idiot from my cabin or room (whatever you want to call it) throwing rocks at a mother roo and the kid. I pulled him back inside then one of my mates slapped him across the back of the head (we were abt 15-16 so the moron knew what he was doing) but when i opend the door 6-7 mins later the roo (same one) is standing there at the door staring at me after 5 seconds it walked away. so to answer your question yes you may have to defend your self against a kangaroo if there is an idiot near by (and if your in Australia there will always be one near by).

[@josevieira5698]

The wave rock has not been enhanced in this post. Actually, even that sunset is real. I have seen many of them.

[@bradleyedwards9244]

Just.......Wave Rock😊

[@DarrylGraney]

Ryan, please on KZbin search for Malcolm Douglas. He's the bloke pole dancing with the roo. He has some really good videos showing Australia in all its harsh uncompromising beauty. His TV series ran for years and was very popular. We lost Malcolm in 2010.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

There's also Ben Cropp and Albie Mangels! 👍

[@Jeni10]

Port Jackson sharks are considered harmless to humans, but like any big fish, it can bite and its fins can be sharp, so care should be taken when handling them.

[@The_Capt]

Love 'em. I would see them (in Spencer Gulf S.A.) when spearfishing occassionally. Placid, and minding their own business. Never interested in handling one though.

[@stuartspencer2161]

That salty was taped up for safety, and also to pacify it. They're protected here, so it would be on it's way to being relocated somewhere safer. As for the shark, pretty sure it's a tiger shark, and as can be seen here, they can take you even if you're just knee deep in water. they also have a habit of eating just about anything.

[@adriancampbell6924]

Tiger sharks are quite happy to leap into your boat for a meal and a chat.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Yes, one swam right at me to reach a struggling catfish I had walked over to check on! It was right near the shoreline at a isolated beach! I gave up the idea of dipping my feet in the crystal clear water pretty quickly! 😰

[@loopylou2584]

If you look closely on the train there are 2 sets of bars to stop you from falling out. The trains in Sri Lanka don’t have the bars and the via ducts are much higher. It’s an awesome ride an adrenalin rush.

[@SH4UN3]

Omg that guy fighting the kangaroo at the start was Malcom Douglas. He was my idol growing up wow so cool. Those micro bursts looked friggin insane. I could watch that all day long 🤙😎🇦🇺

[@songofjoy164]

I will be riding on Puffing Billy the day after Christmas. Riding with your legs out the windows, on some carriages, is a rite of passage for kids in Victoria. It travels through beautiful forested mountain areas.

[@Primaate]

Before mobiles it was often tourists died in cars breaking down while outback during summer. Still happens.

[@Aearonjer]

The frill necked lizard was on our 2 cent coin, which are now out of rotation.

[@joelalexandermay]

And they climb you.

[@35manning]

That's the historic Puffing Billy train ride, you are encouraged to stick your legs out. I did it as a kid. They also have other trains come and visit, including Thomas The Tank Engine. They also have a famous race where runners take a shorter route from one train station to the other, trying to beat the train which has to follow the windy route where it tracks were originally placed.

[@lozinozz7567]

We’ve been hanging legs out for at least 50 or more years. I’ve never heard of a problem 😊

[@judithstrachan9399]

The edges are kept clear & of course, the driver keeps an eye out for fallen branches etc.

[@PJRayment]

@@lozinozz7567 "I’ve never heard of a problem" A tourist bus driver failed to stop at a level crossing and hit the train. If it had hit where people were dangling their legs out, there would have been injuries, so the rail safety regulator stepped in and banned it. However, it was one of the most popular aspects of riding the train, so the railway worked with the regulator to make changes that would satisfy them to again allow it.

[@lozinozz7567]

@ thanks for that

[@gravel-eu8sj]

8:15 the cane toads are scarier than the snake

[@daina12000]

Hi Ryan, I'm in Adelaide Aus, and Yes, smokes Are Min $50 - $70 a pack of 40 - 50 cigarettes.

[@silentsniper28]

0:56 they are going to let it go they are just moving it so it stops eating the farmers cattle.

[@Beach_Kat]

I live in a regional coastal area where kangaroos are in peoples gardens in many pockets. The kangaroos certainly can get feisty from time to time, with each other and sometimes residents. Especially where housing estates were built on their pastures.

[@Preview43]

The Puffing Billy locomotive ride is a lot of fun but the real danger is not dangling your legs out the carriages - it's the damned charcoal specks coming from the engine and hitting you in the eyes. That shit hurts!

[@maxsmum3561]

Hi Ryan…I live about two mins away from puffing Billy up in the hills in a little village called Gembrook…it is a great little ride…

[@chrisnore5169]

I loved Puffing Billy as a kid. I grew up in Emerald. Domiciled in the West now. Always watch Ryan - nice bloke with an open and friendly attitude.

[@johnwhite7331]

None of these photos are AI. We do get sunsets and sunrises with those intense colours and wave rock looks just like the picture shown. Been there many times, beautiful area.

[@desmondsequerah9760]

Wave Rock is not AI. I have been there a few times and it is exactly like in the video clip. I used to live an hour and a half from the Rock. Cheers 👍😁

[@tanyadolan7560]

It looks like these continents could well have been joined at these spots, but it's unlikely. The continent now known as Australia is the result of at least four splinted landmasses, that collided during the shifting of plates as the supercontinent as it separated. Recent research suggests that in a much earlier supercontinent named 'Nuna' which existed 1.7billion years ago (a much earlier supercontinent to Gondwana, Pangaea and Laurasia, which existed 500m and 300million years ago) suggested that Georgetown regions in Nth Queensland was once connected to Canada. The suggestion came about when researchers analysed sediment, sandstone and rocks that had a matching signature to that of modern-day Canada. The samples found in this region were not found anywhere else in Australia. This landmass then broke off from both the supercontinent 'Nuna' and then Canada, 1.6 billion years ago, only to collide with the landmass is part of the Mt Isa region, nth Queensland around 100 million years later. The more familiarised continent that is modern day Australia broke away from Gondwana 180 million years ago. Studies are on going.

[@stevegraham3817]

The reason we have wonderful beaches is because we try and stop the flotsam from washing out into the ocean. Well they do tow a cleaning scoop up and down the beaches if anything does wash up there, but the more we can prevent, the better..

[@Rubie27]

5:48 every Aussie kid nostalgia when you went to Bunnings with your parents and then on your way out you would get a sausage sizzle and a drink

[@robe461]

Haha...you're excused Ryan...I'm of the age where I still refer to distances in terms of miles and yards...we only changed to the metric system in the mid 60's and my parents only ever knew mph, miles, yards, inches, feet....In fact, when refering to a person's height many people still think in terms of feet and inches...

[@LinMonash]

I can't work it out from that picture, but I did read a news snippet of a Geology report from the University of Tasmania that said the geological record confirms that - at one point - Tasmania and part of North America were joined. I passed on this fact to a visiting US student, who got stuck over here during the pandemic lockdown and had told me he was homesick. Not sure how helpful that was - given this was several millenia ago - when he could have just hiked across to home! Or... was it several hundred million years? Can't recall now. That Croc! From time to time we do hear of someone up North who's gone fishing, alone, and in a tinnie and never came back... Given the size of these boogers, and how they stalk & jump, AND how numerous tour operators TEACH Crocs to leap up next to / associate boats and humans with food... ... ... That SHARK! We were always told as kids, it was OK to go out to 'upper thigh depth' at the beach. Clearly NOT! And I did hear of someone snatched off a beach by a Grey Nurse shark, whilst wading at dusk. But still - pretty rare I think. 😅

[@robman2095]

That guy in the picture is paid by the cattle farmers to capture the crocodile and relocate it to a more remote location where it can’t eat his cattle

[@fredflintstone4594]

Dolphins beach themselves with speed too, to clean their skin of parasites and such, then wriggle their way back into the water. I saw it personally on Fraser Island many years ago.

[@paulsandford3345]

I lived near Mortern Island and used to go fishing and camping there, it's fantastic and yes you go snorkelling around the wreck, it is a man made reaf! 😊

[@melzarob]

Pretty much if you have a Kangaroo do that, just lay on the ground as they cannot claw or kick you. If you see a Goanna running towards you, lay on the ground fast. They climb trees and have pretty gnarly claws. you dont wanna be mistaken for a tree.

[@Michelle-s4z]

Yeah, being run up by a goanna would not be a fun experience.

[@lisaas4477]

You can swim out to the wrecks near Moreton Island. I have a sxar from rescuing someone near them at low tide as I cut myself swimming over one to get to them

[@-nellie-m3711]

That snake with the toads on its back creeps me out, two animals I don’t like living in Australia 🇦🇺, although a good spray bottle filled with Dettol soon kills those rotten toads, as for the snake, I’ve only ever seen one where we live and I turned around and walked the other way Lol 😂, I do get sick of hearing about people talking about the WILD ANIMALS here in Australia, I think there’s plenty more WILD AND DEADLY ANIMALS In Other Countries, including America and Canada, when we were in Canada we had to be on the lookout for Bears and other wild animals.

[@cbjones2212]

That upsidedown staue is at LaTrobe Uni in Melbourne. The artist, sculptor Charles Robb, says it embodies the notion that universities should turn ideas on their heads

[@aussiejos4453]

The one with the croc the guy standing there is matt wright he is a professional croc catcher. he even had his own show here in Australia. He is very well liked.

[@MaryParker-p2q]

Puffing Billy is a train in the Forrest down me. Most of the kids sit like that ...hanging out the windows. It's a fore gone conclusion.

[@LM-ed1op]

Those ain’t frogs 🐸 … they’re Cane Toads (poisonous) 😂

[@trig1900]

To answer your question about roos facing up to you... a few years back I was on a working trip in Canberra, staying at a motel. A recent bushfire had meant that the local fauna [including roos] were coming in close to suburbs to eat whatever greenery was available. There was always a few mobs of eastern grey roos hanging around the motel area for the grass lawns. Returning late one night to my room, as I was walking along a path one of the big bucks was grazing near the path. As I approached he decided to stand up and contest my right of way. Believe me, this guy was bigger than the one in the video. I declared no contest and went back and around the motel to get to my room from a different direction.

[@warrenturner397]

Signs need to be updated to say "NEVER trust Google Maps"

[@lap8329]

That train was Puffing Billy. Riding along kicking your legs out is a major childhood memory for many thousands of children, none of whom were ever even the tiniest bit injured.

[@overworlder]

Benson and Hedges 25s are $70, I just checked the Coles site. I smoked B&H Sterlings until 20 years ago when I gave up, but I don't recognise the B&H brands now. Or maybe the rules mean they can't refer to branding. Maybe 'greys' are Sterling.

[@jayembee7067]

A male kangaroo shaped up to my husband once in an open air zoo. It was mating season and since hubby ignored (no eye contact) and moved away, the kangaroo did not continue. The fellow facing up was taunting the roo IMO. ❤️from Australia 🇦🇺.

[@joandsarah77]

13:20 The Tangalooma Wrecks, yes you can. My daughter went snorkleing there a few weekend ago!

[@SueNicholls-95]

The ship graveyards become reefs for the marine life ❤

[@pshehan1]

That inverted statue is on the campus of La Trobe University Bundoora, a suburb of Melbourne.

[@56music64]

I am Australian and Wow Wow Wow 😮👍

[@jennifercampbell7698]

In the first photo the crocodile is taped and tied ready for removal to another site or even a crocodile farm. Crocodiles are a protected species in Australia. The man in the photo is Matt Wright who presented the TV series ‘The Outback Wrangler’.

[@tinayoung6920]

The snakes can change the colour of their skin so you can't see them. Yes, Cigarettes are $60 to prevent smoking. Bunnings is the store for most items now. Yes, especially do not stand near the edge of the beach at dusk or dawn when they are feeding, especially in Far North Queensland near Port Douglas and Cooktown.

[@ak22gml85]

Really great seeing Australia through your eyes. Reminds me of how awesome my country is! 😄

[@Whiskers74]

That first photo is why we think your gators are cute. This thicc boy is wrapped up like that so he doesn't hurt himself, cause covering their eyes calms them down. He's off to be relocated somewhere that he hopefully can't take a farmers cattle any more. Yep, we even let the dinosaurs live. We just move them on if they're bothering us.

[@someone_weird-_-]

8:03 I saw this awhile ago in a KZbin shorts. It said that their breaks failed and doing that was their only option. They're so lucky they didn't crash

[@criddaobrien9208]

The croc at the start taped up like that makes them more comfortable cover there face and they calm down. Can hold there jaws closed quite easy.dont try hold them open but u won't win

[@missymakesdomeredith8072]

That cloud burst of rain in Perth was real, I was standing outside my front door, about 2 metres away and heard a roaring sound, then the wind that came just before the rain actually, literally blew me backwards against the front door and pinned me there. To see what it looked like on the news from higher up was amazing

[@TRod1072]

Ryan, please start a go fund me page, let's raise the funds to bring you & your little family out for a holiday, would truly love to have you guys over ❤

[@tinayoung6920]

They do that to the Crocodiles who are be relocated away from inland farms after flood season brings them inland and they eat the cattle. The wrapping around the face is to keep them calm so they don't hurt themselves. Yes, Kangaroo's do attack you as my 2 year old daughter found out decades ago. Nearly ripped her stomach apart.

[@GregDunne-zf2ep]

We are so used to the buety of Australia we don't notice it very often

[@davebrowning5370]

Its not as bad as alot of people think, this is coming from a KIWI thats been living here in North Queensland for 25 yrs. Its fun.

[@kevkoala]

Wasn't expecting the Puffing Billy video. Yes, you can hang your legs out of the carriages but they stopped it for a while due to some clown running into the train a few years ago. And yes, I was a volunteer member there....beautiful scenery. The bridge shown in the video was the Monbulk Trestle bridge not far out of Belgrave

[@stephaniebell4272]

I dangled my legs over Puffing Billy in 1960 . 😂

[@AshleeAlyce89]

Aussie vet nurse and wildlife expert carer here 😊We tape croc jaws and eyes(usually with a towel under the tape to protect the eyes. This is because when the croc can't see, it helps to calm them so we can safely move them without injury to the people and most importantly to make it as stress free as possible for the animal. It looks a bit crazy, but it is not in ANY way shape or form, harming the animal. Kangaroos usually stay clear of people, but males can be aggressive and females will defend their young. Though they are predominantly peaceful animals. Much better to watch from a safe distance, unless at a sanctuary or other facility that have roos that have been bred in captivity and are used to human contact, petting, feeding ECT. Sharks only really need about an adult's knee depth of water to swim. So when life guards at our beaches tell you to get out of the water, they mean COMPLETELY out!! Those "frogs" having a ride on the snake, aren't frogs they are Australia's biggest problem pests, cane toads and they aren't having a ride they are killing the snake with the poison they secrete. They are non native and cause havoc especially in Queensland and the tropics. Port Jackson sharks don't look like that unless you shine a light directly on it. It reflects similar to the scales on a snake does. Frilled neck lizards are one of my favourite animals! They have some of the funniest personalities Aussie reptiles have to offer. Thought hey can bite and will be aggressive if they feel threatened. If you see one in the wild, again, look, but don't attempt to touch or you may just loose a finger 😉😅 I guess the point here is that respecting our native animals and being as well informed as possible in regards to them is the most important thing. Our animals don't go out of their way to harm humans, unless humans go out of their way to cause it. If you respect them and leave them well alone, it's highly likely you will be completely safe. Just be smart and use common sense. Hope this helps answer some questions!!

[@suechandler8162]

My friends dog was ripped open by a kangaroo while they were walking on the RailTrail . The fence on either side made it hard ti get away. $2,000 later at the Vet for stitches.😢😢

[@andicolt1908]

The pier at Shorncliffe (where my husband grew up) looks out to coastal islands. That shot would be a sunrise. Sometimes incredible colours depending on whats happening in the atmosphere.

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

Some of the male roos will fiercely defend their females. Ive never seen one of those banded snakes before, plenty of others ive seen. The worst one i saw was in the toilet late of a night, i turned the lights on when it snuggled up to my foot to keep warm, i wasnt sure who was shocked more, i reckon we both looked at each other and agreed not to speak about it again lol