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[@miniveedub]

A sausage on white bread, usually with either tomato or barbecue sauce and onions is an Aussie staple. It’s an easy and cheap way to feed a crowd, it’s also a common way to raise funds for charity or a junior sporting team. On election day when voting is usually set up in local school halls or community centres they are sold outside to raise money for the school or some local charity and are known as “democracy sausages”. There’s even a website to tell you which voting venues have them. Every Saturday they are sold outside Bunnings hardware stores with all the equipment supplied by Bunnings and the food supplied by whichever team or charity has booked a booth for that week. They’re called sausage sizzle, sausage sandwich or snag sanga, it’s all the same thing. The sausages are usually beef, the bread is usually a white slice (although some fancier ones use a long roll) and it is served up in a paper serviette (napkin).

[@mika72.-Bois]

In Western Australia the sausage is always put in a long bread roll. Can have tried onions too. And sauce.

[@miniveedub]

@@mika72.-Bois I lived in WA for fifteen years. You can get them in bread there as well as rolls. A snag sanga without onions or sauce just isn’t right, is it?

[@Lillyscompilations]

Yea instead of lollies we got sausages😂i mean i ain't complaining

[@allanmck]

Same in NZ, including outside Bunnings. Not for our elections tho. But we do also have V (I miss Black V 😕)

[@liammcintosh8466]

Snags and meat pies are our national foods. They're cheap but you can't deny you crave a snag or a pie at least once a week.

[@grandmothergoose]

You don't need to be 10 years younger to attend any Australian university, because they all accept mature age students - in fact mature age students are very common. When I was at uni the oldest person in my chemistry class was in her 90's and there because she could afford it and was simply wanting to do something to keep her mind active.

[@katzrantz]

Yep, I'm in my 40s and doing Uni through Open Universities Australia online from home. I probably should actually be doing something now instead of scrolling KZbin comments though. The procrastination thing is never grown out of it seems 😕

[@ianwalker5842]

'Wominjeka' means 'To come with purpose' or more commonly 'Welcome' in the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people. They are the traditional owners of the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley, covering much of the present location of Narrm (Melbourne), who continue to live in the area.

[@Raz.C]

"To come with purpose" So it's a sex joke, then?

[@jioden9665]

@@Raz.C welcome comes from Old English wilcuma ‘a person whose coming is pleasing’ 😂

[@LaraKim]

In Australia we will often have Aboriginal words on things. You can tell because when you look at the word, it looks and sounds like an Aboriginal word.

[@trooddles]

That ‘spikey corn’ is a Banksia, Australia not only has unique fauna but also unique flora, check it out.

[@gracevella880]

They are b-b-q sausages, also known as a 'sausage sizzle', an iconic Australian tradition!

[@caro.k2958]

Yes not hotdogs but beef sausages 😂❤

[@OzzieJayne]

AKA "Mystery bags" [vintage] as it was a mystery what was in them 😆

[@kynansecondname7993]

Also a big thing at bunnings, aka the bunnos snag

[@Pantimoto]

You mean a snag

[@shadowoneau]

And on election day, they are called democracy sausage!

[@Adelaide2286]

I live in a regional town. Our Macca's is open 24 hours. Coles and Woolworths supermarkets are open from 6am -10 pm. KMart (cheap goods) is open 24 hours. Pubs usually close 2am-3am. Petrol Servos we have 5 and 2 are open 24 hours. Even better, the large cities have many shops, pubs, entertainment venues, Servos are open 24 hours. The plant you described as corn is an Australian native, ground cover called Banksia.

[@amity6614]

you live in a town and have a macca's, Coles and Woolworths? Lucky mine dosent have any of that

[@oakfat5178]

I live in the Northern suburbs of Adelaide, and I still can't get beer delivered at 3am for an affordable price. "24/7 economy" pig's arse.

[@bek38241]

I'm sorry, what? You have a 24 hour Kmart? What magical place do you live in?!

[@gravyz2cute4u]

@@bek38241 I lived in a regional city and I've never seen a 24hr Kmart either!

[@patjayne5273]

I live in metro area and none of the many Kmarts around here opens 24/7, unless it’s several days b4 Christmas…

[@haydentaylor2428]

the big oval in the middle of the campus is a footy oval since you were wondering. there are no goals or painted lines on the oval at the minute since the video was shot through summer and cricket is played there. towards april they will repaint it and put post up for footy in the winter season.

[@Di_678]

Hey Ryan. I live in Melbourne and only the small shops close early. Big city, heaps of restaurants, large Dept stores etc are all open till 9pm. Supermarkets also have some 24hr stores. Servos are basically 24/7. Many are also convenience stores where you can buy the basics. 👍

[@lisa-gentlepaws5383]

Melbourne is huge Ryan and it has a lot of character for a big city. Melbourne Uni is a beautiful mix of old and new, buildings, gardens, art etc. and the educational standard is excellent. It was ranked 37 in the world last year. Both myself and my son did our Masters degrees at Melbourne Uni.

[@daveandrews55]

Yes, that was an Australian Rules/Cricket Field. We don't have college sports as you do in the USA. Our sport is based at a community club level and players progress through levels to reach state or national leagues. Melbourne University has a team that plays in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, but going back 110 years ago they had a team in the Victorian Football League (which became the Australian Football League) but they disbanded during World War One after many of their players went to fight (and died in WW1)

[@_e11e_78]

interesting, didn't know that :)

[@SirTwomo]

The AFL Draft players from a lot of regional country towns, so local footballers can turn into professional footballers if they're selected and make the draft :) it's pretty awesome to be honest.

[@Rick-da-scale]

Every suburb has an Aussie rules team, boys from about 15 years join “feeder” leagues and camps likes the Australian Institute of sport, NAB draft camp etc. boys in late teens are constantly under the eye of AFL talent scouts. Thousands of boys try out,but only about 80 of the very best make it to AFL draft selection night. By the time those 80 boys are ready to be drafted, they are already super fit athletes and highly skilled.

[@petethundabox5067]

Go Fitzroy FC!

[@Rick-da-scale]

@@petethundabox5067 bloody shame mate, ol Fitzroy. Refugee from the lake Oval here. 🦢🦢🦢 Used to be one of the best grounds in Melbourne. Cheers.

[@petethundabox5067]

@@Rick-da-scale I walked passed them training yesterday doing laps of Darlington Gardens on Hoddle St.

[@Rick-da-scale]

@@petethundabox5067 👍

[@peetabrown5813]

Australian Uni don’t have the same sports industry as USA colleges - sports people directly enter their sports not normally via University teams.

[@belindareid3059]

This is where I did my masters!! It’s an enormous uni, with every architectural style you can possibly imagine, and heaps of green space. I love it there.

[@nickhiscock8948]

The university of Melbourne is one of the oldest in Australia and one of the top ranked universities in Australia.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

It is also ranked in the top 50 universities in the world. The highest ranked Australian university.

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

Melbourne uni produces the wokest indoctrinated 🤡s in Australia

[@AsYouWishMama]

I think you’ll find ANU is Australia’s top ranked uni. ;) And about 30th internationally. Melbourne scrapes in at number 3 in Australia. ;)

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

@@AsYouWishMama That depends on the method of ranking. Some methods put a significant emphasis on research rather than academic standards and achievements. You can look at 3 different rankings and get 3 different results.

[@AsYouWishMama]

@@kennethdodemaide8678 well, Aristotle apparently said that educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. And I was kinda intending to be facetious anyway. ;)

[@gregmccallum3124]

There is a shop in California that will send you Aussie food to try like beef BBQ sausages. They will even send instructions on how to cook it.

[@johnpage7735]

Poor old yanks only need Vegemite instructions..

[@barnowl5774]

My nephew went to Melbourne University. The rest of the family went to Monash University, Deakin Uni and Swinburne Uni. A friend went to Latrobe Uni. There is also Victoria Uni and all are in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia but also have campuses in country areas. There are other Unis in the country areas, too.

[@debkendall]

College football is not a thing in Australia. Ovals - are the typical sports field in Aus. / Melb Uni is about 160 years old - thats why you get the Oxford vibe. Melbourne Uni was always the place to do Law

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

And Medicine

[@peterfromgw4615]

mate, not if you consider Monash Uni. Still the best uni in Melbourne. Grüße aus Australien.

[@njsmkmmsthatsit3518]

Oh the uni's do all have lots of different sports for the students and they compete against other uni's but nothing like the college football teams comps that the US has. We attend the pro teams games, so no need to watch anything else

[@rrocketman]

mate rectangular sports fields becoming more common in the northern states

[@samantha7309]

If you want to see the most Aussie university ever check out the video "Study Science at The university of Queensland's Gatton Campus." It's a real mix of farm Aussie and state of the art science haha. The video also shows you what the on-campus rooms look like. This was my home for 3yrs. I loved every second of it!

[@oakfat5178]

Au Contraire - what about Monty Python's "University of Wooloomooloo" sketch?

[@meganwilliams2962]

University of New England, Armidale (NSW) is a wonderful university to study at. I'm doing my 2nd undergrad there ATM (changing professional fields).

[@laurawilson5119]

I did my undergrad at Melbourne Uni and I never got over just how beautiful it was to be there. On sunny days studying and reading on south lawn between tutorials are some of my favourite memories of my time at uni. It wasn’t until I did my postgrad during COVID and never set foot on that university’s campus that I realised how lucky I was to have had those experiences just a couple of years beforehand at Melbourne. Most of my classes were in old arts and arts west (and from some bizarre reason as a history student I had a number in the science rooms) but you are right that there is an Oxford/Hogwarts vibe to some of the original and older buildings. (Fun fact, a part of the film Mad Max was filmed in the car park that sits underneath south lawn - it’s a really strange looking car park but awesome when you realise it’s so that the established trees can continue to grow). Melbourne Uni was established in the middle of Victoria’s gold rush so there was definitely a lot of money around at that time which is why the original buildings are so ornate. As a domestic student I was lucky in that my degree was a commonwealth supported place (so partly paid for by the government) and there are systems set up that let you loan what money you do need to pay until you start working and then small portions are taken out of your salary to pay it back based on how much you earn. However, Australian universities tend to make most of their money now through international students who don’t have access to those same systems and are required to pay full fee tuition costs which goes a long way to explaining why many of the new buildings are also jaw dropping. (And without going into the politics of it as it’s too complicated to explain here, bigger universities like Melbourne, Sydney and ANU have tended to receive greater funding from the government than some of the smaller unis and some of that inequity does show)

[@jaywan5553]

In Australia most people pay for university through a government scheme called HECS/HELP. Basically the government pays your fees directly to the University and once you earn $54k a year (something like that) you pay a percentage of you income to your debt. You can chose to pay lump sums and get a bonus (eg. if you pay a lump sum of $5000 then $5500 is deducted from your debt). The total amount of the debt will depend on your degree but most are about $40-50k. I’m doing a Masters degree at the moment. My bachelor degree cost me $45k and my masters will cost me $26k. So while we still pay for university education, it is much more affordable and paying it back is more manageable. Student HECS debts are not considered debts when applying for personal finance, but they also can’t be wiped in bankruptcy. If you die with an hecs debt, the debt is wiped.

[@megancooper859]

Do any other Aussies find them talking back? A lot of times Im just listening while doing other stuff and I find myself answering his questions and correcting the mistakes😂

[@divid3d]

constantly. then i'm frustrated because i want to make a comment to give him info, but there's way too much to address.

[@meghanvidler9147]

Yes and arguing because of the differences between states etc 🤣

[@amyfeldman5301]

Yep. Especially when he said college town. I was like it’s a capital city.

[@chich61]

All the time 😂😂😂

[@imogendunstan3603]

I think its a really brave thing to do...I'm so happy that this channel exists and that Ryan wants to explore other cultures and places

[@TGTB1234]

My city (AKA Melbourne!) Has some of the most successful candidates in university in Australia! And the city is full of art! From street art to buildings where ever you look art! I love my capital city!

[@dominiquemmaurice]

And the graffiti art is brilliant and worth seeing.

[@streaming5332]

Cannot stand graffiti.

[@jesamindee6783]

In Australia Sausage Sizzels are very popular, and often used for fundraising. Most weekends there will be a Sausage Sizzel out side Bunnings (Hardware chain store) with the money raised going to charity, if you go to Bunnings it is almost compulsory to have a sausage, and some go to Bunnings just to have a sausage! For many community events they are free. A Sausage Sizzel consists of a sausage (beef or pork) cooked on a BBQ and served on a slice of white bread and fired onion and sause of your choice, usually Tomato (ketchup) BBQ sause or sometimes mustard (not always available). They are loved by young and old and very popular!

[@mssuziquzi]

Melbourne is known for it's great coffee. You could probably accuse us of being coffee snobs. We don't drink American coffee here, we find it's too watered down, hence the bucket size cups. Sausage sizzles are very common here. Lots of companies have them regularly for the staff. Enjoying your reactions.😊

[@stephenbedford1395]

Hi mate, the 'spiky corn' is actually a Banksia bush; a very common plant here. The old aboriginal people used to chew on them for their sweet nectar.

[@leglessinoz]

There are 170 species of them.

[@mainlyfine]

Melbourne Uni is definitely what Americans would call 'Ivy league' Very prestigious.

[@ozzieabroad]

BIG difference - in the USA they have to pay a FORTUNE for tuition at their “Ivy League” universities.

[@kingston163]

Many go on to Harvard & Oxford etc ...

[@pamelabaars6896]

Ryan it’s the Aussie way sausage in white bread and sauce, it’s called sausage Sanger.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

I attended Melbourne University and it was the best 4 years of my life. It is Australia's top university. There are university sporting teams but they are not recruiting grounds for the AFL. Sports clubs recruit from junior and minor leagues and are spotted in high schools that specialize in sport. That circular road which encloses the cricket field is where student residential houses are located. The university has campuses around Australia and overseas.

[@no_triggerwarning9953]

Melbourne University played in the VFL 1908-1914 and were the 8th team to join, years before many of the current Victorian AFL teams. They had a strict amateur policy and were uncompetitive; winning only 27 of 126 games played and left the league.

[@CLAWCUZBRO]

They are not HotDogs they are SNAGS

[@juliekenny9169]

coffee - quality over quantity 😂

[@kencussen7275]

Indeed. I've spent considerable time in the U.S, and never found a drinkable coffee.

[@Richard-ug4el]

Those weird WiFi thingies out the front of the Maccas are phone booths. In Australia, calls from public phones are free. All the phone boxes also provide free Wifi. They're all owned by a company called Telstra which is Australia's biggest telecomms company. They made the change when people just basically stopped using the public phones, and rather than tearing them down, they made them useful.

[@lilspod]

They actually made them free initially cause it’s actually more expensive to have someone going around to collect all the coins, especially as every kid and his dog had a mobile phone these days 😂 And also it’s obviously more expensive to convert them all to taking PayPass

[@Legweak]

That was a phone booth at the start It has free WiFi and calls within Aus

[@maddogmorgan1]

Australian coffee doesn't need to be big, it's not like the horse piss Americans call coffee.

[@freelanceopportunist559]

In America, they have to serve "coffee" in massive sizes, because it's literally got nothing else going for it.

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

Sounds like they have improved the flavour of their coffee since I was last in the States!

[@chrisofmelbourne87]

100%! It is Quality vs quantity.

[@andrewsmall6834]

Their coffee is absolutely not horse piss! It's 90% sugar, 9% milk and 1% crappy coffee.

[@theimperfectscrapper5313]

USA - big coffee but poor quality Melbourne coffee - small but great quality

[@BassMatt1972]

I worked at Flinders University in Adelaide and Monash University in Melbourne.. Both are "Group of 8" Unis, the 8 leading actual RESEARCH Universities in Oz (they must do active research, not just teaching). All our Unis are in top 25 in the World, some top 10. I specialised in building and supporting hi-tech teaching/learning spaces (like the big fancy one you saw). Those students were also in like a "Common Room/Study Area", lots of that kind of stuff in Unis these days (Study pods with hi tech gear etc) Monash University is a $170mill a year Institution.. The wifi thing is where "Telstra" (Ex Govt phone provider) converted all the old "telephone boxes" to free wifi points. In major cities and towns, stuff IS open 24/7.. We even have 7/11 haha And he had a small coffee, and those are sausages for sausage sandwiches, not hot-dogs as such..

[@veronikataf5206]

I went to Melbourne University as did my husband and all of his friends. It looks quite different now to when I went back in the '70s. But the old law cloisters are there as are the old arts building. I love the newer buildings to. The circular road that you see is Cemetry cresent because the old Melbourne Cemetry is on the other side of the road and no AFL teams are not from the universities like in America. They have there own track and field teams and such that compete against other Unis but not football teams.

[@megsybond]

Umm... The University of Melbourne has had an Australian Rules Football team since 1859. It is actually one of the oldest Aussie Rules teams in the country. And they compete in the Victorian Amateur Football Association in the William Buck Premier Division (the Blues) against other universities, and have a second team (the Blacks) in the Premier B Division, that plays against other colleges and uni's. They used to play in the VFL, called 'University' back in the early 1900's. They even have a women's team now.

[@marleeni1970]

If we had our coffee same size America we'd be buzzin' for hours LOL. Coffee is stronger here in Oz due to the way its brewed - drip v percolated Love your videos 😁👍

[@jimr4354]

Totally buzzing! That was a medium size too but still way less than in the US

[@rogerramjet6429]

@@jimr4354 Starbucks failed in Australia, because our coffee is better from many other places.

[@peetabrown5813]

Honestly in Australia is mostly would be neither drip nor percolated - it would mostly be something based on an espresso shot; cappuccino espresso shot plus milk & foam; cafe latte espresso shot plus more milk less foam; long black espresso shot plus hot water etc

[@rogerramjet6429]

@@peetabrown5813 my friends have drip, and I have percolated. You can get machines that do both, depending on price.

[@KarynMP]

Most coffee shop coffees are espresso shots with hot milk. It’s rare to get percolated coffee at a cafe.

[@embo1984]

Some places in Australia do close early but we do have alot of 24 hours maccas and there is no shortage of convenience stores that are also 24 hours like 7-Eleven. In Melbourne most supermarkets are open till midnight. Also we do have bars and the casino for instance that are always open.

[@anthonypirera7598]

It's a cricket ground. And they did have a AFL team it was over hundred years ago called University Students and only played for around five seasons

[@grahamjeffries1058]

Unis of Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland and ANU (Australia National Uni in Canberra) are all recognised as world class institutions too. Many internationals pay high fees to study as a way to gain permanent residency in Australia. As a result, the institutions have the ability to build these facilities with the billions received. Bone of contention as many Australians consider it's unfair that many local students are unable to gain placements due to the competition and/or higher scores required to gain entry.

[@nutritionbykel]

Couldn't for the life of me get into UQ as an undergrad but had no problem getting in as a post grad lol

[@shaunhately1868]

The semi-circular area at the end of the video is where the 'colleges' are - the residential colleges. One big difference between Australian university and that in some other places is that most Australian university students do not live on campus - they tend to either stay at home with their parents until graduation, and commute in to university, or live in private rentals, share housing etc - but there are some who live on campus and at Melbourne, most of these live in that semi-circle. And yes, that open space is a sporting oval, which is used for cricket and AFL (when AFL began, it just used the available cricket grounds and so the sport developed to use the same shaped playing field - basically cricket in summer, football in winter on the same grounds - which is why the AFL Grand Final is nearly always at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

[@LuvHrtZ]

That AFL field is a cricket ground and that 'soccer' ground is a track and field facility.

[@streaming5332]

In Australia, colleges refer to the live in accomodation where students stay. A college is NOT a university. It is like the English system.

[@ricohact]

In some states College is year 11 and 12

[@streaming5332]

@@ricohact they have started calling some secondary schools colleges, it sounds better than high school. I think it's stupid. A name doesn't change what it is.

[@ricohact]

It’s not something that’s just starting it’s been going on for decades, many of our current universities used to called college’s as well.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Melbourne is probably viewed as Australia's culture capital. It's a less frenetic place than Sydney. There are great schools and universities around this place. My two oldest Aussie grandsons attend a great middle/senior school just outside the city, a school which emphasises a closeness to nature. So, in addition to the main school campus, there is a remote campus, 3 hrs away in the bush, called Timbertops. Here the kids are focussed on the school's priorities: adventure, service, initiative, compassion, and honesty. In many ways, I think these qualities encapsulate the spirit of Australia. Btw, as a boy, King Charles attended this school for a year. It's called Geelong School.

[@peterfromgw4615]

Isn’t it called Geelong Grammar school???? Grüße aus Australien.

[@ironbark88]

Adelaide is the cultural city, not Melbourne or Sydney.

[@kirk5152]

Melbourne is definately less frenetic and more chilled than Sydney. I moved to Sydney for Three years, And when I got back to Melbourne, I had to re-adjust to walking around the city at that slower cruiser pace again.

[@peterfromgw4615]

@@ironbark88 Mate, I’m hoping you are joking there. Adelaide has zero culture……. Darwin has more culture than that hamlet……. Grüße aus Australien.

[@user-jr1bl6tc3k]

Melbourne is wannabe capital full of sucks😂

[@tobo26]

Hey mate, it is not a hot dog it is a "snag in bread" usually found at a great Aussie event called a "sausage sizzle". Mostly served in sliced white bread and can come with fried onions and or grated cheese on top with tomato sauce (Ketchup). Basically the cheapest barbeque you can provide.

[@cgkennedy]

The oval is a cricket ground.

[@katto4586]

Glad you enjoyed our local university. The admission process is a little different. All high school students sit their statewide exams and their results determine which course they get into. You submit your preferences for all universities across the country and the specific course you want. If you get a good enough grade for your first preference you get into it... if not it's onto your second choice etc. Also students don't need to pay any fees upfront (Australian and New Zealand citizens). You can defer your fees until after you get a job and earn over a certain amount the government deducts it from your salary over quite a few years until you pay it all back. If you pay upfront you do get a discount (never met anyone that took that route). This means that we don't have student loans and parents don't need to save up for their kids education once they get a positive pregnancy test. Also we don't do any sport scholarship nor do we have any serious university sports teams - it's not a thing. There are local competitions between universities and local teams and nobody goes to watch in any case.

[@stenhard61.46.1]

The pink thing with the WiFi symbol is a payphone booth. Calls from payphones are free in Australia and most of the booths broadcast free local Wifi.

[@ozzieabroad]

We don’t have “College sport” the way they do in the USA - we especially don’t have “sports scholarships” to an academic university . The Universities do have (some) sporting teams, but most of the recruitment for adult sport is via community sport, not university sport.

[@novamorgan8549]

public phones in Aus are free and are all wifi hotspots. Spiky corn is a banksia flower. Universities usually have a rugby team, Rugby Union. most suburbs would have a junior football team with regional competitions and kids move up the age ranks until they are good enough to be selected for rep sides and adult leagues

[@citrinedragon1466]

Some states have 24hr takeaway in their bigger cities, others close at 930 or 10pm, and yet others at 9pm. The times depend on the surroundings: if there is a late night supermarket, the takeaways tend to stay open as long as the supermarket plus and hour... or if it is on a natural "pit stop" location, it might be open all hours.

[@johnjon5448]

There is a lot of stuff open. 24/7. Regular shops that sell clothes, electronic and say furniture close at 6PM ish. Supermarkets, restaurants and Cinemas about 11-12. Convenience stores, popular fast-food outlets and petrol stations in populated areas are 24/7. Club / Bars open to all hours as well.

[@gregorturner9421]

the wifi is testra was a massive wifi coverage around most capital cities that you can use for a small fee.

[@louiserawle8999]

Telstra lol

[@linac7163]

My daughter's uni, she is doing her Masters this year

[@theimperfectscrapper5313]

I worked at The Uni Melbourne for nearly 10 years, working with some of Australia’s leading researchers. The campus is spectacular. I now work at another Melbourne Uni. A few things - - They didn’t show the amazing garden behind the Botany Building - The Uni is considered one of Australia’s sandstone Unis (made of sandstone, one of the first and most elite in Australia). It’s like your Ivy League Unis - They are eating sausage in bread (iconic here) - it’s Australia’s No 1 Uni, and is ranked around 32 in the World - It’s connected to one of the best medical precincts in the World, next to the Doherty Institute (for infectious disease research), the Peter Mac Cancer Institute, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Royal Womens Hospital, and the Royal Childrens Hospital - I’ve had a bit of a cancer journey over the last 12 months, and I thank the Universe that I live in Melbourne around so many amazingly qualified medical and research professionals Have a good day 😁

[@imogendunstan3603]

hope your doing well xx

[@davidwood321]

In the video they showed one of the entrances to an old underground car park at Melbourne Uni that was used in the original Mad Max film. It is cool, as far as car parks go.

[@aliciamcfarlane1002]

omg i’m starting my course there in 2 weeks!!!

[@taniaPBear]

While sport is played in schools here, it's recreational and there may be some interschool competitions, it is not like in the US. Schools at all levels are for learning, league sports are played outside of school on your own time.

[@suetivey2889]

We don't have college towns in Australia. Melbourne is the 2nd largest city in Australia and the capital city of the State of Victoria. That coffee is a regular size. Actually tastes like coffee. Could have a double shot in that cup. Not hot dogs...we do a sausage in bread with BBQ onion and sauce.

[@katymcdonald5481]

Universities do have sports teams but students don’t go to uni for sport, it’s just an activity you can do socially. University sports facilities are also usually open to the public for a fee. We play sports for clubs in Australia and teenagers are recruited from clubs and also high schools, usually top players from clubs will be selected to play in regional or state leagues and scouts recruit from there also. My nephew was recruited to the junior league for a major NRL club because his coaches compiled video footage of his games and invited scouts to see him play. Most players go through the juniors at a major club from around 16-18 then they usually play a few years in the amateur level at a major club before getting selected for a professional team. During juniors and amateur league they do fairly intense training through that clubs system but still have time to study or work as well. Quite a lot of the players my nephew plays with in juniors are also doing a trade. So essentially professional teams here recruit from within their own clubs or players who’ve gone through a system at another club so to go pro you need to show talent in your teens to get recruited while you’re still in school.

[@dominiquemmaurice]

I work in a small suburban boutique in Sydney and we are surrounded by restaurants and bars that are open all hours 😊

[@eloise5060]

In the capital cities, boutiques, cafes, banks, post offices etc close at 5 pm. Supermarkets, Bunnings and Officeworks close at 8-9pm. Most fast food closes at 10pm. Most restaraunts close around 11pm (or whenever their last customers leave). Clubs etc close around 3am and many (maybe 50%) maccas, hungry jacks and petrol (service) stations are open 24 hrs (maccas and HJ's are drive-through only after 10pm or so). There are always a few supermarkets and pharmacies open 24hrs in each capital city, you can always find one, though you may have to take a 20-30 min drive to get there. But they are becoming more common.

[@shannoncurran4155]

Mcdonalds is 24/7 most places plus in the major cities like Melbourne most stays open late. The further you go out into the bush the earlier the shops shut

[@brianahern5239]

We don't bar b que hotdogs. We have sausages with fried onion on white bread with butter and tomatoe sauce. Unis don't waste money on football teams. There are clubs in almost every suburb and town that host junior kids games from about 7 yrs old right up to adults each weekend during the cooler months. That's where the pros are discovered. Depending on what state will depend on the code played. Rugby League is big in Queensland ,the ACT and NSW with AFL big in Vic, SA, WA , Northern Territory and Tasmania.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Happy ARVO! 😬👍 It's not as historical as Sydney University! 🤨 That's normal coffee size! 😄 That's a sausage sizzle, sausage, bread, onion & sauce! 😋 No study, just free food and new mates! 😉 Free this, free that! 👍 NO "college football", AFL and Rugby is local teams, city teams, state teams and contracts! 😄 Cricket, soccer, basketball, skating, cycling, running, badminton, tennis, surfing, swimming, drinking! A University usually has team sports groups for inter uni comps, netball, swimming, soccer, music, chess, debating, etc and other activities! 🤗 Happy Valentine's Day Ryan and Brittany! 👩‍❤️‍👨

[@dawnfire1]

the Mc donalds shown is the one near the Queen Vic Market.

[@cherielocke6333]

I went to Melbourne Uni Avery long time ago and it was a fabulous experience then also.

[@flossyhamo9901]

Sausage sangers just another Aussie thing mate 👍

[@dechux4903]

Ngl it's so satisfying when he pronounces the name Melbourne I find it very nice

[@johnallsopp6324]

It's really only the US that has College sports teams that then feed into the draft. In soccer, rugby, etc. you come up through a club set up and if you are good you will be picked up by a pro team. No links to university.

[@shaz464]

“Sausage sizzles” are very popular in Aust. BBQ sausage with tomato sauce and onion wrapped in white bread. YUM.

[@chrisofmelbourne87]

Oh this was my uni I studied at during 2021-2022 and juat graduated at the end of December. Wooo! A very nice campus indeed.

[@KaiiBlue]

"Spikey Corn" hahaha Thats the beautiful Banskia Plant. The phone booth offer free Wifi and Phone Charging. Food and supermarkets are usually open until late, more and more fast food outlets and servos are becoming 24 hour. Big cities will have soe other stores open 24 hours. I live rural and the only thing that is open after 5:30 is the Roadhouse for the truckies :D

[@kerrypapworth1526]

They are not Hot Dogs, they are beef sausages in white bread with tomato sauce (ketchup) and fried onions - soooo good. No we don’t have university football, each state has a feeder club for kids who have potential. The scouts recruit from these clubs.

[@petermcculloch4933]

AFL is the name of a national football league.The game is called Australian Rules.Two Melbourne University teams play in the Victorian Amateur Football League.We begin playing the game at school.We play at both primary and secondary level.Every town, suburb and city has at least one football club fielding junior and senior teams.If population density allows, you might start playing at under twelve grade and graduate up through under thirteen, under fourteen, under fifteen and so on, until you reach senior level.Most clubs have a first and second grade senior team, playing in different competitions.Leagues exist all over the country and the quality of competition varies from one to another.AFL players are usually drafted from a league consisting of elite junior players, not through a college system.Universities and colleges in Australia offer sporting and artistic options, however, they are essentially centres for learning.

[@Sisterfifi]

I used to work there. Underneath the South Lawn is a car park that was used for a battle scene for one of the Mad Max films.

[@danaus4411]

I work near by. I didn’t even know how nice it is there. I may enrol

[@rossburnell7048]

It's a cricket ground. I went to the high school straight across the road, Called University High School, we used to go over there for lunch, that's back in the early "70's

[@blueycarlton]

Melbourne University has two Australian Football teams, University Blues and University Blacks who play in the VAFA (Victorian Amateur Football Association). VAFA has 7 Divisions with 10 - 12 teams in each div. Then there are 100's of suburban and rural leagues, a lot semi pro. So if you can't make the grade at elite level you can continue playing the game into your 40s at different levels. There are veteran comps as well.

[@helixator3975]

Re the comments about “construction going on” I went to Melb Uni 35 years ago, as did my dad before that and relatives going back to the 1880s, so here’s the thing … there is ALWAYS construction going on, it’s a huge campus and they’re always restoring, updating or adding to it.

[@CaptnTrips]

OK, you need to investigate "sausage sizzle". Particularly, Bunnings Sausage sizzle..

[@Nitemage1]

Depending on where you are, most capitols have 24 hr maccas in certain areas, usually around the big transit interchanges. East coast most businesses close between 6-8 some at midnight , west coast everything is closed by 10 pm

[@greghillier5176]

melbourne supermarket close 10pm-midnight. nighclubs can shut anywhere from midnight to 7am.... public transport runs from 24 hours on weekends though limited services after midnight. Melbourne doesn't close down early..... sydney had a period when a conservative government effectively closed the adult district in the inner city(which is in the middle of being reversed) but aside from that the rumours that everything closes early in australia is mostly true of the smaller cities not the larger ones.

[@artistjoh]

you will love University of Sydney. This 8 minute video is great. "Welcome to University of Sydney - Campus Tour". USyd is commonly called the Oxford of the Southern Hemisphere. It regularly gets voted one of top five most beautiful universities in the world. Also a top five in terms of employability of graduates. My wife is doing her Masters in Environmental law there and she is blown away by the quality of the teachers.

[@jennybowd2962]

A lot of AFL Players come up through the ranks of country regional terms almost all Victorian country towns have multiple afl teams

[@Jessie20032]

I’m in regional parts of amazing Western Australia so yes have a lot of pubs , servos etc etc yes Maccas is 24hrs here but shops like Woolies and coles are closed about 9/10pm smaller ones closed at 5/6pm

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

One big difference I see between this uni and the one I attended in the UK is that it appears that fewer students at Melbourne live on campus. My set whilst an undergrad included a small bedroom, a study room, and access to a gyp room for cooking, shared with a few other students. A bedder made up sets each day, but the real power lay less with academic staff than with the college porter, with whom it was vital to have good raport if one wanted to survive as a fresher!!

[@RockinFootball_23]

Most uni students in australia don't live in dorms. They either commute from home or from an off-campus rental. The students who stay on-campus are generally country kids or exchange students. The dorms are also usually quite expensive which is why most students avoid it. I went to a far less fancy uni in melbourne and some of my classmates would commute from towns that were almost 2 hour drives away. They had to get up at like 5am to catch the regional train for a 11am class. Also unlike I assume in the US and the UK, most major city kids don't leave their hometowns to attend uni. They usually would choose one the of the many unis in their city. I am from melbourne and i can name at the top of my head 7 major unis that students could potentially attend in the city. With so many options, it's unnecessary for most kids to move away.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

@@RockinFootball_23 Australian uni students are most similar to German ones in this regard. Of course, most big cities across the world are home to several universities. There are 45 in Paris, for example, and 41 in London. In most western countries, however, the cultural norm is to encourage university and even more vocational/artisanal students to move away from home to pursue higher and further education. In my family's case, for example, five of our six kids attended univ overseas, as did both my wife and I, as did my dad. In France today, 78 percent of higher ed students live independently or on campus. The figure is 70 percent in England & Wales, 77 in Canada, and 69 in the US. Germany, however, is just 50 percent. The idea was always that one learned more from living outside the home and being forced into a new milieu than one actually learned in classes!

[@DeadlyDigger]

The pink phone box is exactly that a public pay phone that is not only FREE to use but is also a wifi hub. I think only free wifi for TELSTRA customers who is the company that owns them. ALSO not everything closes early, even in Canberra with a pop of 420k Kmart closes at 11pm, Coles and Woolworths close 11pm, Bunnings hardware close 7pm office works close 6pm and some maccas 24hrs

[@dianen8962]

University of Melbourne take the cream of the crop of students.They have a higher entrance level to get into. Many end up doctors, lawyers scientists. The field you saw was a multi-purpose oval. My brother played cricket there in the University side and I also played hockey on that field

[@troyamandajames1416]

In Australia our shops like maccas servos and other shops are open 24 hrs in city’s , in rural towns 24hr shops are rare.

[@OzGecko]

Uni Melb is one of "traditional" old Universities in Australia that are often collectively known as "The Sandstones" because of the preponderance of sandstone buildings. There are plenty of newer unis that have more modern looking campuses (like my Alma Mater, QUT). Also, in Australia, the word college is generally more used to refer to what might be classes as tech or trade schools rather than tertiary level institutions which are pretty much always referred to as Universities.

[@darneyoung537]

I have been away from Melbourne now for 27 years but I remember late night shopping supermarkets are open 24/7 that’s called a sausage sizzle

[@anushkawikramanayake5346]

Ryan, this isn't a college town...this in a major city. Also, Australian coffee is smaller because our coffee is stronger. American coffee is mostly flavouring/milk and weak drip coffee.

[@anushkawikramanayake5346]

We don't really have college towns either. And university is generally free - we pay it back when we start earning above a certain wage level. Though it's a tiny amount of your paycheck really. And they cancel it once you hit 65 I think.

[@janinelockwood862]

Australia has the best coffee in the world. We take our coffee seriously.

[@brosert]

The oval at the end is a cricket field (you can see pitches in the middle of it) - but since a cricket oval is what's typically used for footy (you might remember the game evolved to keep cricketers fit off-season) it's sort of same-same (although I don't know that Melbourne Uni has a team - or whether anyone else uses that field for footy).

[@georginaadair8438]

We use the word 'college' differently, as in there are TAFE colleges and then, there are universities. Both are for tertiary education after completing school at around 18 years of age. T.A.F.E. offers training such as if you're planning to be a chef or mechanic or haurdresser and is skills based, usually. It can offer a bridge between school and university and be a lot more academic than many would expect. Some students don't get the qualifying marks for their chosen university course but go to TAFE to do something related to the original plan. Eg., if you plan to be an electrical engineer, you'll need a score of 80 or 85 or 90 (depending on the course or the university) from your high school results but you end up with a score of 65, then you can get an apprenticeship, which includes going to a TAFE college as part of your training as an electrician. 4 years later, when you've become a qualified sparky, you can apply again to uni and you'll be given SOME credit for your prior studies. By then you'd be considered a mature aged student so the school entry requirements are no longer relevant. There's no 'going away to college' to attend TAFE. Its somewhere you just go for the classes. Night classes often run as well. A totally different concept altogether

[@anniej6191]

I graduated from a different institution but they had a partnership with Melbourne Uni, so I did all my anatomy labs there (dissection and stuff). It really is beautiful, and Melbourne is too. Travelled in every day by train and caught the tram up to the Uni, packed in like sardines, barely squeezing halfway through the doors. But it was worth it.

[@tlovasz1778]

Wominjeka! My stomping ground for 7 years. And yes, my degree was Free. The good old days ❤

[@andrewhall9175]

College sports is a big (huge) thing in the US, but it doesn’t really work like that here. Australian Rules and Rugby League clubs are kind of “grassroots” affairs. Talented players are usually identified at school and will join their local footy club from there. The local footy club may just be a tin shed with a field attached supplied by the local government and run like a non profit organisation by parents and other enthusiasts. From there, if a player is good enough, they’ll progress through the various grades of competition until they hit the big time. The bigger clubs are still not for profit but they have sometimes quite lavish premises with and great facilities for their members.

[@martinschalken7583]

I am a graduate from the University of Melbourne! I completed both a Bachelor and Masters of Science in Physics. I miss the campus - it is so beautiful with interesting architecture

[@pepperedsteak5115]

sorry kate, i was distracted by ryan being distracted by a bird lol