Americans React to Ten Australian Culture Shocks..

[@azzureone78]

Americans: I could never live in Australia, I'm scared of all the spiders. Australians: I could never live in America, I'm scared of all the mass shootings.

[@marylooby2635]

I’d rather take my chances with a spider than a gun.

[@bethmetcalf3447]

Don’t forget the bears 😳 and yet they’re scared if little itty bitty spiders 😂😂

[@RickyisSwan]

@@bethmetcalf3447 yeah, but don't forget we have drop bears.

[@bethmetcalf3447]

@@RickyisSwan Scary fuckers those drop bears 😒😂😂

[@RickyisSwan]

@@bethmetcalf3447 Especially when drunk on Bundaberg Rum. 😎

[@FredPilcher]

Starbucks failed in Australia because their coffee is shite - and there was always a cafe a few doors away selling good coffee. Starbucks was a place that you went to once and never again. The nature strip isn't the front yard - it's the grassy strip between your property and the road.

[@bari2883]

Starbucks is crud not sure how it took off in America. My local garage sells better coffee.

[@LumiMoonCh]

7 11 sells better coffee for a couple of dollars. They had no chance.

[@hw7029]

Starbucks does well in the tourist areas in Australia (foreigners buy it, but locals tend to seek out better coffee elsewhere)

[@SilentHotdog28]

@@hw7029 There's a Starbucks somewhat near me, still haven't tried it yet because it seems to be drivethrough only and it's in a bad spot. I don't drink much coffee anyway, so if I do drink it, it needs to be good and I've heard Starbucks is crap.

[@SilentHotdog28]

@@bari2883 Mate Maccas is better haha and it isn't even their specialty.

[@sarahmcarthur2956]

Growing up, we had clean up Australia Day once a year where we would literally hit the streets with our class and an empty sack each to fill with rubbish. Each class would get a designated stretch of road or beach to clean up rubbish. It was drilled into us pretty thoroughly. We also have a regional “Tidy Town” award. It’s a bit of local pride to get that label for your town, and it’s a $400 fine if you’re caught littering.

[@archiebald4717]

Wonderful!

[@Karinda-Krinny]

Yes . I remember clean up Australia Day. But not so common now

[@seungcheolswife]

we do the same thing in ireland

[@lizbrown2686]

$800 for dropping a ciggie butt on the ground

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

​@@Karinda-Krinnymy kids do it every year at school and McDonalds sends crew members out to pick up rubbish for the day too.

[@damianhuddy6680]

Hey mate, as an Aussie just want to clarify that we do call the front yard a “front yard”. The nature strip is the stip of grass or plants in front off your personal front yard. 🙂

[@phoeberose7163]

Or it’s called the council strip because the grass area from your fence to the road gutter is actually council property 🤙🏼 We typically put rubbish out the front like that for a council pickup where they come collect the rubbish but people tend to go through it and see what treasures they can find😆

[@concernedaussie1330]

Wow getting technical here ! It’s always been the footpath, out the front , or front yard .

[@bradleyphillips2735]

​@@phoeberose7163council cleanups are the best

[@redherring6154]

@@concernedaussie1330nah mate, from the letterbox forward is council responsibility…..like the shit in the bin.

[@concernedaussie1330]

@@redherring6154 correct! However opening up the vocabulary handbook, for a tiny strip of grass ie . 1stly unaustrailian , 2 way to much effort & 3 borderline gay 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 .

[@MTG776]

I saw a guy get pushed into Sydney harbour after he littered (he threw his ice cream wrapper on the ground after the opened it) A local guy told him to pick it up and he refused, the local grabbed him by the throat and ushered him in to Darling Harbour near the Ferry wharf... Everyone cheered and applauded...

[@AussiePom]

I saw a bunch of Asian guys in a car throwing their rubbish on the ground and I told them to pick it up and put it in the bin in front of their car. They decided being a group they could get out and intimidate me calling me a racist and many other names too. But a local cop drove up and issued them with a fine for littering and a defect notice for the car too as the tyres didn't have enough tread left on them. So they got a double whammy in fines. They didn't call the cop a racist. As soon as the cop drove up I thought "Hmm here comes your Karma boys.

[@Rastusmishka12]

Nature strip is different to the front yard. The nature strip is the grassed area between the front yard and the street and will usually have a footpath in the middle of the nature strip. The council owns the nature strip.

[@lynnhamps7052]

Ditto in U.K...😃✌🇬🇧

[@Mav_F]

I was going to say that. lol

[@79BlackRose]

@@lynnhamps7052 We don't call it a nature strip. Here it is called the grass verge.

[@BomberFletch31]

Also, the term used differs from state to state. In Western Australia, it's the verge.

[@zalired8925]

My dad used to send a bill to the council everytime he mowed the nature strip. Wasn't because he was a stinge, just wanted to be a smartasse.

[@cocoidiea8643]

This is a dude who knows martial arts. As a woman, I would never walk around North Melbourne alone at night.

[@janetshade4659]

I assume he is quite tall. I'm a 5 foot nothing tall women, I would never walk the streets at night.

[@gnack420]

Yeah I've seen the video before and that part never sat right with me, it's misleading.

[@MICHELLE-gu2qc]

I'm 52 woman, I have walked many times at night in Melbourne. I have worked a range of different shifts starts at 5.30am, 7am over night etc. As long as you are careful, use common sense, be aware of your surroundings it is pretty safe compared to other countries. It is extremely rare for people to be attacked or murdered by a stranger. If you know someone is following you dont be walking in a park, near factories etc.

[@Razorgirl]

Melbourne is the only city I’ve lived in* that I know I should not walk around in at night. * Others I’ve live in are Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, and Sydney. Yes, I walked around Sydney at night on my own. I will not do that in Melbourne.

[@ellefitzpatrick6339]

@@Razorgirlyou have to look at this in context. Most of Melbourne is ok to walk around at night, however I would steer clear of King Street, Birrung Marr and any public city garden at night.

[@davetooes6179]

I had returned to my birthplace in the UK after 50 years I'm and Aussie, I was waiting for my wife and her mum to do some crazy thing. I was outside just waiting. A young man came and tossed his empty drink bottle over the side onto the beach. I confronted him and said aren't you proud of your country. Go and get it and while you're down there pick up 4 more things. The shopkeep was absolutely blown away that I would confront the youth. He said its just become the norm to just chuck stuff onto the street. He did say I was crazy as I could have just as easily gotten attacked. The youth came back with his 5 pieces of rubbish and put it in the bin. His 3 mates just looked stunned.

[@VanillaTea87]

we Aussie's are very protective as well as respectful towards our environment because we see the easy damage and we know where the littering ends up. People in other countries, as much as they may be taught it's wrong, the society they grow up with will also tell them otherwise, as you'd stated, "He said its just become the norm to just chuck stuff onto the street." they have different value's and different norms for these types of things but what you did was of course, still the right thing to do. No matter the case. Littering is wrong. I would have made the young man do the exact same thing and I'm only 16.

[@cagxplays9602]

W, fuck yeah STRAYA

[@lizxu322]

Haha a few years ago I was walking with my friend when we crossed an intersection, another young lady tossed her blunt on the ground and I demanded her to pick it up. She did. I was surprised by my own assertiveness. My friend and I still joke about it

[@7thlittleleopard7]

It's not that common for kids to litter - sure, you get a bad egg now and then, but please don't make it sound like they all do. I know a fair few who pick up trash that they find around when they go for walks and bin it appropriately. There's a lot of the younger gen doing right by the environment. Usually, I find, it's the 40-50+ crowd that just dumps stuff since they grew up in a time where that was allowed and not policed.

[@megandunell399]

@@7thlittleleopard7 It is usually the lazy of any age who think it is someone else's job to pick up after them. Keep Australia beautiful and Tidy Towns were in the 40-50 age group era, where people prided themselves on disposing of trash because items were becoming disposable. Lazy people of all ages, are the same people who won't use a toilet brush in their own homes, work or schools, because their parents or the cleaner will do it, the same ones who don't pick up their towels, make their beds or clean their rooms or put dishes in the dishwasher over the age of 10. Also the younger generation - that care about the environment so much - they have electric scooters with batteries that are not environmentally friendly, over bikes or walking.

[@iRobertRS]

Guy in white tank is really getting my appreciation as a Aussie, such love for our country and I really respect that. Good video guys.

[@infin8ee]

Much respect to hear intelligent comments from this young man. This is so nice to see

[@serenewhite4408]

He's posted a few videos about Australia he seems to favour us over the U.S

[@jojopartridge2814]

He even supported the nationally recognised wife beater attire just for the occasion 😂😂😂

[@966Mako]

I watch a lot of uncensored videos from around the world & I’m grateful every day I live in Australia. Shit can be expensive, but the quality of life is worth it. Travelling to South East Asia, has given me a new appreciation for the saying “there’s no place like Home”

[@leeshybaby9541]

Unfortunately slowly, our quality of life will get harder with cost of living going up.

[@ladylarry75]

Me, an Australian lady, listening to an aussie MAN go on and on about how safe it is to walk around at night. my guy, it is not safe for everyone.

[@Scarlett.R]

Precisely! Jill Meagher and Eurydice Dixon are no longer with us because it’s not safe for women to walk home at night :(

[@leelou1981]

His perspective was very one sided, especially living in a safe coastal area. There are so many cities and suburbs in Australia that are not safe, especially for women and the elderly. I’ve been living back I Australia since 1989 and we’ve always locked our doors and cars.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

Aussie dude, I ain't gonna walk around alone at night myself. just isn't going to happen.

[@TheMrDavidCurran]

He is repeating words from his Brazilian wife. I am 1000% sure we are all safer here in Aus than a lady walking home at night in Brazil.

[@dubbbs]

100%. I came here to comment on how much this isn't really an accurate representation of AUSTRALIA, but more just of a sleepy coastal town in Australia. If you lived anywhere near the cbd or metropolitan or suburban area, you definitely lock your doors, too. I did find it rather unsettling seeing a shaved head white man talk about how safe it is to walk at night.

[@Allannah_Of_Rome]

All this Australian culture shock is nothing compared to how much they swear, like seriously, bosses swear at their workers and vice versa, sweet lil grannies will tell you where to go as quick as they look at you and as for teenagers, it's like a right of passage to swear or some shit. It's never ending.... 😂

[@jenny-x4n]

🤭so true

[@mollymuch2808]

Unfortunately true

[@brianglendenning1632]

Words starting with f and c can have so many applications, depending on the circumstances. Calling my mates a c is a term of affection, but someone pushing in to a line not.

[@nolenedasilva6413]

So true, Australian culture do not have the same values because the Christian culture is not as strong as in America. I do envy America for their faith in God and for this reason I would love to live in some of America”s conservative states. Must be so awesome to be surrounded by people who love Jesus ✝️

[@jacquelinenoel149]

Fkn 😂oath mate😅

[@cLaudSy]

I live in Australia and in a pretty safe area but my family never leaves anything unlocked, especially my dad. He is a tradie (tradesman)and has a ute that's got all sorts of equipment. His car has been broken into 5 times and 4/5 of them have been in the last 2 years. The first time it happened it got broken into and rolled down a hill. Tradies are usually more likely to get things stolen and robbed from because of their tools and equipment in Australia.

[@kcc-karenschroniccorner9432]

I think it depends on where you live. Definitely in capital cities and larger, more populated areas, we lock our doors and cars. Country is different.

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

​@@kcc-karenschroniccorner9432yep. I grew up near Sydney, you never left anything unlocked if you wanted to keep it. I've lived in the country for 13 years now and can't remember when I locked my house last and my husband quite often leaves the car running when he goes into a shop, to be honest that one drives me nuts though.

[@SOUTHEASTALLDAY]

Yeah most of the ice junkies target tools in utes

[@NicolaMartin40]

I lived until recently in a major built up area of Sydney - and for years never locked my house or car. So liberating not to carry keys. Sometimes I would get home and find front door wide open (kids forgot to close it when they went out). Neighbours told me they thought someone was always home at our house because the front door was always open. So it is not just in the country that you don’t lock your house in Australia. It sucks that your Dad gets his equipment stolen. So makes sense for him to lock his car/ute.

[@paulsoutbackgardenaustrali7674]

Whereabouts?

[@LucyClover]

Beautiful, intelligent, respectful young men. You're all a lovely example for your generation. Love from Australia ❤

[@mikejosef2470]

"Never met an unfriendly Australian"... Guys, that's a nice thing to say and very nice to hear! I promise you, there are unfriendly Aussies, but I like to think I'm not one. Americans sometimes get a bad rap but you three seem like you'd be good ambassadors for your country if you ever visit here.🙂

[@beefernandez6202]

I've met so many unfriendly Americans they just look at u as in wat u lookin at? Ahahah aussies gday!! Friendly aussies

[@larissahorne9991]

Talking about how safe it is in Australia, I just got home from using the laundromat in a country town in Queensland. I walked off across the street at night, leaving my clean washing and detergent etc. behind. I'm a lady and yet I had no fear at all. Of course I took my purse with me, but I knew my belongings would still be where I left them. Earlier today I did some grocery shopping. An old lady was getting something out of the freezer section, whilst trying to keep the door open. She was pleasantly surprised when I held it open for her. One of my main reasons that I'm happy to be an Aussie is the way we look out for other people. In general if an Aussie can help someone, they'll do it. After all we all need help at some stage.

[@bethmetcalf3447]

I hurt my back in 1997 and live with constant pain. I limp now because nearly every time I take a step I get a very nasty sharp pain down my leg from my lower back. I’ve had people on occasion ask me if I needed help with my grocery trolly (on the way back to my car) because they could see that I was struggling. I always thank them and say no, while I’m able to still do it then I will, even if it takes me ages to get back to my car. Knowing there are strangers out there that see someone struggling and decide to help fills my heart with so much joy. I’m very thankful that I’m Australian 🥰🇦🇺

[@nevyn_karres]

Yeah I do not think someone can call themselves "Australian" if they do not help someone they see having issues.

[@joshallegedly2137]

This good nature was the fuel to the Beta propaganda compliance we endured during COVID. Ausies are nice & genuine to one another, but unfortunately not much of those good qualities transfer to critical thinking of Gov. Australia is a brainwashed nation.

[@jimmyalderman543]

Yeah oath same. I live about an hour away from the city and I leave my keys in the ignition and the door unlocked all the time, recently started to see a Sheila from the city, she was horrified when I said that I did that and started making me take the keys out just in case 😭

[@larissahorne9991]

@jimmyalderman543 I'm originally from Brissie, I've lived in The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland, since the early 90s. People still have a bit of a laugh at me when I visit someone's farm and automatically lock the car.

[@SaskiaChristine]

as an aussie, thank you for being so respectful of our culture and would love to welcome you here one day

[@julianpearce6869]

​@wigwam1747clown

[@tstarajayi]

@wigwam1747lmao

[@mallorieryan9573]

@wigwam1747 Culture is the way we do shit compared to the shit they do in other countries. Pretty basic stuff mate!

[@personofearth5076]

Do you know how many say "as an Aussie"? Well as an Aussie I can tell you it's constant. We don't need to constantly point it out.

[@SupermanForever1979]

​@wigwam1747there are free online dictionaries if you don't understand the definition of such basic words.

[@moonstreak9185]

How safe you are in australia can depend on where you live too, I live in Far North Queensland, and basically we can't leave our cars unlocked even for a second, if you have your keys in there and you just quickly run inside to grab something, boom, your car is gone. We never leave anything unlocked here and over the past year I think over 800 cars had been stolen just in Cairns alone. Its nice to hear this is different in other areas though.

[@itsjustmaddisen]

I’m from Sydney (west Sydney) and moved to Queensland. I would never in either places leave anything unlocked and some of my neighbours had been robbbed-a few even assaulted. It can be very scary.

[@lizxu322]

One of my friends even had their cat stolen. Their cat. Who goes around and steals adult cats? Apparently her kittens were just on the ground right next to her. They didn't even take anything else

[@itsjustmaddisen]

@@lizxu322 in my area it’s dogs so that they can resell them. It’s disgusting.

[@lizxu322]

@@itsjustmaddisen it's weird cos they didn't take the kittens which is technically more sellable

[@awesome0621]

In rural vic, which is basically where the guy in the original video is from, it’s just like he described. Incredibly safe to have everything unlocked, walk around at night with the exception of a few towns (Mildura especially), and rarely any litter anywhere. It’s great

[@Jacqueline_S]

I love how much this young boy knows about Australia though! And super quick math… loved his mates question too - “do they use Euros in Australia?” 😂❤ you guys are great and genuinely funny to watch!

[@rebekahcurtain9912]

Australia had a advertisement many years ago called Do the right thing. It was about not littering and it must had resonated with community at large.

[@felicitybywater8012]

It did.

[@marissakeyte4674]

I remember the jingle 😂

[@peepeetrain8755]

and the bushfire awareness about ciggie buts when driving. Many times have deadly bushfires happened because of pople chucking durries out in the bush.

[@adro894]

I visited relatives in America and they spent 5 minutes going through how to activate the home alarm system when I go out. I told them in Australia I never used my homes security system they were amazed

[@beefernandez6202]

Australian are safe

[@jennyspagnolo3032]

As a woman living in Melbourne I would not be walking around at night alone, and I lock everything at home.

[@RoseAllDayyy]

Immediately thought of Eurydice Dixon 😢

[@SwayDarling]

I used to walk home from work from St Kilda to Coburg anywhere from 1am-5am & never had a problem. City is beautiful at night

[@SwayDarling]

Yeah, that was such a shock. @@RoseAllDayyy Absolutely heartbreaking

[@Patty-vo4nz]

⁠@@SwayDarlingif you can walk home from stkilda to Coburg at night you can walk anywhere at night

[@TGPDrunknHick]

as a dude I'm much the same. it doesn't take much. even if you're on high alert and frankly unless it's incredibly important to be somewhere then it isn't worth it.

[@barrybevis7028]

The hysteria over our snakes and spiders is over the top. I came to Australia as a child in 1964 and in all of that time I have only ever seen one snake in the wild as it slithered in front of my car in the country and that was only about five years ago and the same goes for spiders. I live in inner Melbourne and I would never leave my car or house unlocked even though it would probably be OK, we still have our share of crooks. I was walking home late one night and was accosted by some drug fueled nutter and I was close enough to my car to escape this guy who through something at my car. I reckon Australia is much safer than most countries but don't get too carried away .

[@XxGamer42069xX]

To be fair I also live in Melbourne and around wetland areas snakes can be really prevalent on a trail walk, specifically brown snakes and tiger snakes. I’ve definitely have seen over 20 snakes in my 20 years but it’s gotta be perfect conditions for them. I live in the western suburbs but locations like Altona are ripe with them

[@stephaniefairey8633]

Nah its not over the top. I've seen things that came straight from the 12th circle of hell crawling across the floor...and drop bears....don't forget them.

[@taramay8174]

I've seen a lot and I live in Australia 😂. And I'm on the coast

[@7thlittleleopard7]

:currently eyeing a spider in the corner of my too tall room: Yeah, snakes you only have to worry about during summer and only if you're in bushier and rural areas (and even living bushside I've seen make 3 in my life). Spiders though. Bitches are everywhere. This asshole is the third one I've seen this week and it's not even full summer yet! I now live in a pretty new house, so that's not the problem. Found one on mum's bed two nights ago (whitetail, the fucker). Some areas are pretty prone to them, nothing a can of mortein won't fix, though.

[@awesome0621]

Cities are garbage in general, I’d never catch myself ever living in Melbourne. Rural western vic has a lot of snakes, I nearly rode over one on my bike just last week, and spiders are everywhere but rarely any sort of dangerous ones. And in these small rural towns you can leave everything unlocked and be perfectly safe, walk around in the dead of night and be perfectly safe, and littering is very rare. Small rural towns are what australia really is, they fit the stereotypes perfectly. I’d hate living in the city.

[@melldanielsen9213]

As an Australian, I love watching your reactions and hearing your comments. My only concern, you're watching/commenting on one person's opinion...I live in the outer suburbs of a Capital City and work in Central (remote) Queensland with both having a level of crime, I would never leave my doors unlocked in either location. Just saying. Anyhoo, love what you're doing and look forward to seeing more :) Stay safe

[@AndreValenzuelaMarin]

fun fact. In Australia we have front lawns of the houses but mostly everywhere there is a sidewalk. So the side of the lawn closest to the road is called a nature strip because it's run by the councils, so they come and cut the grass when it grows too long and plants trees if they need to.

[@anthonyburke5656]

We (Australians) often visit extended family in the US and they visit us here. The things that stand out are: our US family live way out of town on acreage, but they lock up and set alarms and CCTV when they go out, we walk ou the door, leave the door open with only a screen door to keep out bugs. The US people are amazed at the variety in our Fruit and Vegetable shops, stuff they have never seen or tasted. We are amazed at how cheap clothes and footwear is in the US. Of course there is the firearm thing.

[@Topadwnundah]

Aussie's love their coffee so much they had their own Barista at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 💕☕

[@chadgiga8809]

And i think three baristas at Paris

[@SilentHotdog28]

Leaving things unlocked is more of a rural thing, I mean some people might leave things unlocked in the city, but generally there is more theft in the cities. In country towns, people are fairly chill. I still locked things out of habit when I lived in rural areas, but my family and friends always wondered why I was so worried haha.

[@curiousemu6462]

Can confirm. Rarely lock my doors never lock my car. Unless I'm in a big town or a city, but in my small outback town I rarely bother unless I'll be gone for a while

[@pookungfu]

We hate littering, its something i really love about this country. Clean Up Australia Day is on the first Sunday of March every year

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Glad you enjoyed the video, guys :D

[@jodystephens752]

In regard to locking up your house, my grandparents house DIDN'T even have locks on the doors. Quite often would go to visit them and they weren't home, i.e. they were down the street or of over in the next town, and my girlfriend and I would just walk in, make a cuppa, chat to the neighbours over the fence ect and wait for them to turn up. They even left the house like that for a couple of weeks a year when the hitched up their caravan and went touring. That's just the way it was.

[@tillyconboy]

That my grandpa he also like a little bit deaf and he doesn’t lock his door when he going to golf

[@sharonwebb945]

It’s definitely like that in the country towns…

[@TimesThreeMystics]

Yeah maybe in the country gees very lucky then, as the suburbs & city is full of crime.

[@bellarose-au]

​@@TimesThreeMystics I happen to know my neighbours (in a Sydney suburb) don't lock their house at all. Me, I'm not really in the habit of religiously locking the house - I like to have windows open at night, and I grew up rural on property. Husband on the other hand is ex-police, from a police family. He's fastidious about locking everything even when we're home.

[@peepeetrain8755]

i'm sharing housing in the city. I am from the country. Thank god my housemate is from a city because she always reminds me to check the locks, shes always on the ball of house safety. Not just lock the handle, but deadlock it too. I didnt even know people but sticks in windows to stop it from being opened.

[@itsmochicakes]

The Aussie guy in this video, lives up the road from me hahaha I really liked how respectful and interested you and your friends seemed in Australian stuff 😅 Also a nature strip is the grass between the road and the footpath (pavement) Great content!

[@TimesThreeMystics]

Is your neighbourhood really that safe you leave stuff unlocked? Your neighbours telling every aussie crim online putting a target on your area & telling foreigners our country is super safe 👍 super clever and accurate bloke SMH 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@itsmochicakes]

@@TimesThreeMystics yeah mate cause "aussie crims" really have the ability to travel to far away coastal towns just to rob them. We've had nearly no crime in my area or the surrounds in the last 20 years. But I mean sure thing princess. Just say you're mad you live in a shit hole >.

[@leeshybaby9541]

Can you please tell him that alot of not most of what he is saying is not completely accurate and he is really exaggerating and generalising hard.

[@MomoSimone22]

​@@leeshybaby9541what things? Is it exaggerated compared to Brazil? Which is what I think he was basically doing.

[@superstorby]

The "nature strip" isn't part of your official front yard even though you are responsible for its upkeep, it's the strip of grass just out the front of the front yard between the start of the front yard and the road. The nature strip is owned by the local city council or shire council.

[@TheAllthegoodstuff]

"Does Australia use EUROs?" 🤣 bloody loooong way from Europe

[@bellarose-au]

I'm seeing a lot of comments here about "Clean Up Australia Day", but before that came into existence, we had the "Keep Australia Beautiful" and "Do The Right Thing, Chuck It In The Bin" campaigns. They ran for decades. TV, radio and print media all had multiple advertisements. We even had stickers with these slogans everywhere - not to mention we had public rubbish bins on almost every corner, in every park, sporting field and car park, bins inside and outside shopping centres and near takeaway shops. At the end of every school event (sports carnival, swimming carnival, camping trip, field trip, etc) we would always have an "emu picket" where we'd walk the area we'd been using in a tightly spaced line, picking up any bit of rubbish we saw. Now, it's almost impossible to find a public rubbish bin anywhere - thanks, in no small part, to dumpers and people who complained about homeless people going through them for food.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Nice to know Arturo and Stefan are now officially on the Australia train. I can’t wait to see their reaction to Aussies being goofy.

[@popfoot7965]

Wait till they experience how stupid Australians are.

[@acatnamedtaz2167]

We have one Starbucks in Perth as a novelty, if you want coffee that tastes good, go anywhere else . He wont talk about Western Australia very often bc the eastern states forget we exist . :)

[@marypevitt174]

Yeah , try Seymour Vic , it hardly ever gets a mention, all the cities and states gets a mention how cold it is and yet Seymour is much colder than Melbourne and much hotter than Melbourne in summer , but they always go on about effing Melbourne 😅

[@acatnamedtaz2167]

@@marypevitt174 I'm Western Australian, so I don't really know what cold is, we only think it's cold

[@justlinsu]

Just on the topic of not throwing our rubbish etc...We also have a 'Clean Up Australia Day' where communities, sporting clubs, charities etc will come together and clean up rubbish in their local areas, they may be in local streams or bush tracks and even people on boats and beaches picking up any rubbish. Our cities are fairly safe but most people do lock their cars and doors and most would never go walking, running etc at night alone. Great job guys. love your channel. Hi from Australia. ps Yes we are an island but also an Island Continent. Most of us live near the oceans as our their are deserts in the centre of Australia and very hot conditions.

[@Joseph-ck7lt]

I was part of the project connecting the whole national internet network for Starbucks here in Australia. Within 2 years, I was also part of disconnecting many of the sites 😅

[@JeremyParker072]

Thanks for being a great ambassador for Australia Joel! It is relatively safe in Australia and there have been times I have walked home at 1am with no concern. We do tend to lock doors in the city. I think one of the biggest cultural shocks is our friendliness and relaxed nature but hey when you live in our beautiful country it’s hard not to be! It’s great to see your friends with you. Here is a great video of the some of the beautiful places in Australia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIbVnn6MqrCZpNEsi=o8xukQzVVEjRpilB

[@carokat1111]

I've just had some visitors staying with me from New Zealand. They couldn't believe how clean the city was. I just take it for granted.

[@dancing_qu33n]

Im from Auckland and Sydney is extremely dirty and dusty compared to Auckland

[@carokat1111]

@@dancing_qu33n I don't live in Sydney

[@dancing_qu33n]

@@carokat1111 That was me assuming and yeah, I'm an ass lol

[@jonagreen7323]

​@@dancing_qu33nmaybe it was some visitors from Christchurch just after the earthquakes.

[@musicdpc007]

@@dancing_qu33nSydney isn’t dirty! I’ve been to Auckland, there are cleaner cities than that one too!

[@StandAsYouAre]

I’ve walked into many a Aussie spiderweb that was constructed overnight. And the minute I feel that sensation of web touching skin, in my head I can hear that reversing sound that cars make and I back up. You know what… spiders may be annoying, yet they are telling you that you have a bug problem if they want to constantly set up shop in your house or car port… they are trawling for their catch, and you are messing up their nets.

[@alexbare7181]

A yard is a yard, the nature strip is the part in front of your yard that usually has a footpath. Here we don't usually fence that area off and treat it like public land to allow for pedestrians and to allow council and emergency services access to things like water mains/fire hydrants etc

[@MrDoobieJam]

I grew up in the town he currently lives in. Extremely safe and friendly town. We would only ever lock our doors overnight, sometimes not even then. If I went out drinking with the boys and wasn't sure if I'd be coming home or not, the doors would be unlocked all night. Very, very rarely every brought house keys out with me

[@dytattersall8982]

I grew up in Ocean Grove too and can't remember mum ever locking the back door

[@karlenemacdonald6549]

@@dytattersall8982 A door is all people could afford now with the house prices in Ocean Grove into the millions...!!

[@TruckingAU]

If you get a photo of someone littering in Australia, you can send it in to the government and they can fine the person in the mail. The fine is $200

[@mariokrings]

16:19 As a german who gets around a lot in this world, it became one of the things I most value a learned to appreciate here in western europe. Just imagine what it means to your life quality, if you're able to do that. Going outside, having a walk in a park, listening to a podcast or music, enjoying the fresh air and don't have to worry about your headphones or other valuables or even your life. It's total freedom to decide to have a walk spontanously at 2 am to get some fresh air. And to be sincere: I did that in Atlanta too (without headphones). I had a good walk and nothing bad happend. So, I had a good experience when I went to Georgia. Even though I saw the amount of strange people, you wouldn't meet in europe in an entire year. As a european, you don't worry about doing those walks, because you never had to and you're not used to steady danger. And neither to the fact, that there might be guns around you. I got robed in Cali (Colombia) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) though. And it's not, that I'm not aware of the circumstances of different places. I don't wear expensive stuff or carry much money with me when I'm there, which in germany i totaly could do if I wanted to. But if you go out in america (maybe not canada), sooner or later, you'll make this experience. And it's not just because I'm a tourist: I have a lot of local friends and they get robbed too. In Caracas (Venezuela) I got told to take a taxi to go to a club which was literally just one block down the street. Thats sick! So I'm happy for Australiens, New Zealanders, Canadians and all those who live their lifes in those places which are safe, just as the place I spend my life. Because I would never accept to lock myself up for safety reasons.

[@lc9572]

I'm in Sydney, I'm not leaving my house or car unlocked. Putting items on the nature strip is done when we've organised with our local council to pick it up, we don't just put it outside at any time haha.

[@lindaclifton2460]

Same in NZ.

[@Nahbuts]

Our "nature strip" isn't the front yard, it's the footpath. Cheers boys. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

In Perth we call the nature strip the ‘verge’. I grew up in Melbourne and it took me a long time to get used to people saying they were ‘on the verge’ 😂

[@SauronsEye]

Aussie from Sydney here. 16:50 walking at night. I think you'll find that most cities are safe to walk at night. People have just been conditioned to thinking it's unsafe. Just walk normally and you'll have no dramas. Walking with your head on a swivel all the time shows you're afraid...signals that you're an easy target...that you'll be compliant. Also, mugging people these days is a waste of time. Most people don't carry cash anymore and having your credit/debit cards/phone stolen it's only a call to each provider to block them and make them useless, which would be mere minutes.

[@MICHELLE-gu2qc]

Melbourne woman here I totally agree with you. In general It is safe to walk at night. You just need common sense and be aware of your surroundings and who's around. Any problems you seek help or walk in a shop. I never had a problem. Stranger on Stranger murders attacks are extremely rare. Places in Alice Springs are another story, I was there 2 years ago cops advised dont go too far from hotel but they have major problems.

[@anthonypolkinghorne]

100%

[@darthbog2125]

i can confirm that i have yelled at someone for littering out of their car window and on to the road. i have also seen people that are very angry at someone who they saw were littering. we won't live in filth

[@sdg6801]

As an Aussie living in Sydney, a nature strip is different to a front yard. We still call our front yards "front yards" but usually there will be another strip of grass and trees in between the footpath (sidewalk) and the road. This is the nature strip. They're meant to add another layer of separation from the footpath and the road, keeping pedestrians a little safer, and adds a nice bit of greenery to otherwise suburban areas :)

[@Sammy-il1qf]

I'm a female in Australia, I run alone at night and always leave my doors unlocked at home 😆

[@muntedmonk3884]

Interesting video guys. Being an Australian and lived here in Melbourne most of my 53 years, I was surprised at this guy's observations, especially about toilet paper. Why the hell would you not flush used toilet paper away ? Yuk, I guess it's one of the things we take for granted is our sewage system. Sounds like you guys need to come out here one day and experience our awesome country including the wonderful beaches, the brilliant food and coffee culture, the friendly people, the amazing sport scene, the laid back way of life and yes, our beautiful fresh tap water. I love the tap water here. Anyhow, keep up the great content 👍🇦🇺😎

[@gnack420]

Their toilet paper isn't used for cleaning so much as it's used for drying, they use water guns for cleaning, so the toilet paper actually ends up almost entirely clean. It's not as gross as it sounds.

[@karlenemacdonald6549]

Pretty much all of Sth & Central America do not flush their toilet paper down the toilet. Instead they put in a small rubbish bin next to the toilet. It then gets picked up an any day that you put the rubbish bags outside your house. (They usually have rubbish trucks picking up rubbish everyday, instead of once a week like in Oz). This form of not flushing toilet paper is because their sewage systems simply cannot handle anything other than 'liquids' being flushed down it. I've just come back from Peru, where places like Machu Picchu still have the sewage and water systems that were made by the Incas!! Thousands of years old! Unfortunately, all that toilet paper must just go into landfill, which is an environmental nightmare, especially knowing the sheer amounts of people in these countries....that's a shit ton, {no pun intended), of paper, going into the ground god knows where.

[@3rdEyeWide]

@@karlenemacdonald6549 Paper and human excrement is bio-degradable, it's not something like a plastic. It will breakdown fairly quickly.

[@kerryginnane9409]

Not locking your house and car is not true,it was true 50 years ago but not now

[@RushiAnton]

The Nature Strip isn't the front lawn of your property it's the strip of lawn between the road and footpath "sidewalk," we call our front lawn the front yard where your lawn is located if you have a lawn! So it's road, curb, nature strip, footpath, your property line and front yard/lawn!

[@LouisaWatt]

I feel like I should explain the free stuff on the lawn: there’s a distinction in Australia between our front yards and the “nature strip”. One area is privately owned and the other is owned by the council, usually with a footpath through it. Council’s have annual rubbish collections for large items like furniture and when that happens we all put our unwanted stuff on the council land out the front of our houses, usually a day in advance so that others can salvage whatever they think is useful. If nobody wants the stuff, it gets picked up and disposed of by the council.

[@stephaniefairey8633]

thats not how adelaide does it - it happens year round, week in, week out. not once a year.

[@TGPDrunknHick]

@@stephaniefairey8633 from the melbourne area we call up hard rubbish and they send someone out to pick stuff up.

[@UNIMPEEDED]

I’ve been away for holiday on several occasions and left door unlocked for a week or more. Plus it’s an Aussie custom to know & be friends with your neighbours regardless of race, religion or status. Australia is the lucky country.

[@SimplyMagic210]

As an Aussie, yes there are bugs and spiders. But it’s not too bad if you avoid them. (Btw this is someone who will burn the house if they see a fly)

[@allpowerfulmaster]

As a small woman i have never had an issue walking by myself at night. I am in the outer suburbs of Melbourne and walk almost every night after dark, headphones on. I have also been swimming in the rivers that flow in to our water catchments for Victoria, it is the most beautiful clear water i have ever seen in my life

[@trytea]

I definitely had an argument with someone overseas about walking around at night. A lot of people can't even fathom that majority of Australia is safe around at night, even in the "rough" neighbourhoods. Unless if you walk around in known drug addict areas, most people will leave you alone. There is a growing concern that it's dangerous at night, because of the TikTok US influence on Australia. But the majority of the time, it's very baseless.

[@XxGamer42069xX]

Cities like Melbourne and Sydney can get pretty bad in the later hours

[@felicitybywater8012]

Straight men are usually safe walking at night in Australia. Women and gays not so much.

[@goddessravenlovelife7452]

Americans have poisonous snakes,bears,coyotes,moose,mountain lions,sharks,wolves, alligators,scorpions,bison, humans with guns. I think we are a lot safer with only crocodiles, poisonous spiders and snakes and sharks that’s it .We have strict gun laws which has worked well over the years so if you compare we are relatively safer

[@craigmaguire7817]

I’m from the outback in oz pleased to see u taking an interest in this beautiful country (island) 👍

[@tinyGRWMs]

as an aussie- i have NEVER heard someone call their frontyard a nature-strip lol

[@tinyGRWMs]

walking around at night- it's probably safer than more places, but definitely not the wisest to walk around with headphones in, maybe because he knows jiu-jitsu he feels safer? lol littering- also not horrible, but in cities its horrible

[@wilhelmredhood7296]

It still blows my mind that Americans are so bothered by the idea of snakes and spiders that are small creatures that will go out of their way to avoid humans. You guys are aware you have wolves and bears and cougars etc… that will actually hunt a human?

[@triocha233]

They don’t hunt humans But if they see you You’re food

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

You can drink the tap water from anywhere in Australia, but it doesn’t taste the same! Growing up in Melbourne, we drank water straight from the tap all the time. It’s some of the best tap water in the world, as Melbourne has a lot of volcanic rock so the water has gone through a lot of natural filtration. In Perth however, the tap water is revolting! First time I drank it I thought I’d taken in a mouthful of swimming pool water! I’m used to it now, but nothing beats Melbourne tap water.

[@Sbock86]

Tasmanian water is elite also.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

@@Sbock86 it probably is!

[@sharonwebb945]

Yes Melbourne water has reputation of being the best and Adelaide the worst. I hadn’t heard about Perth. We use water filters or buy boxed water. I can believe Tasmania would be beautiful water as everything I’ve ever heard about Tasmania has been wonderful. I must go there one day.

[@Sbock86]

@@sharonwebb945 I can vouch for this. Growing up in Tasmania, we visited Adelaide and was shocked at how bad the water was.

[@NataliePowellAGreytLife]

@@Sbock86 I haven’t tried the water in Adelaide. Couldn’t be worse than Perth water 😂 We have desalinated water now as well. Yuck 🤮

[@paulpuppy9203]

You 3 gentlemen are really awesome. You are all honest and respectful. Thank you from Melbourne Australia. Please keep up your videos. A+++

[@lindagatti7796]

In Australia, we don't have bears, mountain lions, moose or coyotes. If we go for a long walk, maybe snakes might make an appearance, but if you stomp on the ground, mostly in the summer, the snakes will scoot.

[@katrinabentley9035]

As a South Australian woman, I have & do walk at night. Never had any issues at all. So glad I live in a place that's a hell of a lot safer than other places.

[@lynndally9160]

I haven't locked my house for over 30 years, i don't even know where my house keys are, its been years since I've seen them

[@peteypumpkin8926]

When you guys said that it must be an old video because cars aren't that cheap 😅 yep here in Australia they are

[@robertmurray8763]

I bought a 20 years old Toyota Camery for A$1,100 roadworthy two years ago I've had no trouble with the car.

[@darbyl3872]

Some places in rural U.S. are safe enough to leave doors unlocked. If the houses are spaced out, with some land between, nobody is creeping around. Our parks are closed at night, or in town, so those are pretty safe, but small town folks don't go to a city park after dark.

[@jimmyy9273]

How do you close a park?

[@darbyl3872]

@@jimmyy9273 Gates, and signs saying "Closed after dark / 9 p.m."

[@triocha233]

Dude there’s just no way I can believe that after all the stories I’ve heard from Mr.Nightmare … ESPECIALLY IN AMERICA

[@triocha233]

Always lock your doors !! What’s the point of leaving it unlocked

[@darbyl3872]

@@triocha233 Sure thing, champ. I'll lock up all my gold bars and diamonds, and pretend us country folks won't bury a mothereffer in the front yard if they try to hurt us.

[@MaliGirlRox]

Omg the tap water. I grew up in a rural area and we have the two cold water taps. One for the rain water and one for the town water lol

[@frangipanilime]

The swooping magpies are way more scary than the spiders…

[@suekennedy1595]

I have a Brazilian carer for my disabled son and we went for a walk with my son and the dog over the road to the primary school my kids went too she was amazed that you could just walki in to a school on the weekend and use the oval to exercise the dog.

[@bronsiee]

I live in the suburbs in Sydney and have always felt safe walking alone at night. As a female though I would not be walking with headphones on listening to something. Definitely still be aware of your surroundings.

[@AdelaideLovesAnimals]

I’m shocked at their shock. I live in a lovely safe costal town as well and would hate to live in fear where I had to lock my doors and windows. I’m female and get home from work just before 1 am in the morning. I eat, relax for an hour or so and then go for my daily walk usually between around 3 and 4 am before I go to bed. I didn’t realise what a privilege that is. Also many people in my neighbourhood leave bags of excess fruit and veg they grow hanging on their front fence or trees with a price on it. Usually $1. We take what we want and put the money in their unlocked letterbox 👏👏👏

[@SauronsEye]

Have a Vietnamese girlfriend, (yes, she lives in Bankstown) and I was pleasantly surprised that she and her friends have a thing where they bring around fruit for each other. I haven't worked out if it's an excuse for the drop in or not. Regardless, it's a nice gesture.

[@AdelaideLovesAnimals]

@@SauronsEye that’s great and any excuse for a catch up 😊

[@Tessienz]

In my immediate Perth neighbourhood we have a FB page where neighbours post that they have fruit or plant cuttings or whatever at their gate; that suspicious cars seen; dogs escaped, foxes seen (so watch out for your chickens) or snakes seen. Advice and help asked for and offered. Love living in such a caring place.

[@AdelaideLovesAnimals]

@@Tessienz that is so lovely. What a blessing to live in such a community spirit

[@MrBluedude33]

honestly you 3 guys would enjoy australia, seemed to react very positive to what this guys was saying. Melbourne is an awesome place. very multi cultural and access to some amazing natural place to visit. and yes very safe too :)

[@Madz5181]

As an Aussie most places are actually safe to keep things unlocked but never leave anything unlocked or anything valuable insite when your in Queensland morayfield or generally Queensland unless you're in outback because there is a lot of crime happening in 2024 and Queensland has been named the “crime capital”

[@suesmith7946]

It does depend on the area you ate in on how safe you are walking alone at night. Also as far as locking csrs and houses. Smaller communities are usually the safest.

[@Sbock86]

Townsville you have to lock everything.

[@funcool32]

It really depends on where you live in Australia for most of the things he mentioned. For instance, in my city, everyone has purification filters under their kitchen sinks to purify the water, because we don't trust mains water. Another thing, we could leave our doors unlocked 20yrs ago, but not now. My in laws have had their house robbed, my father in law's van with all his tools, my sister had her house robbed. I've got double locks & security doors everywhere, as well as cameras and an alarm, and my city is pretty low crime. I agree with many things though... there are BBQs everywhere, at parks & beaches. It's great. And people rarely litter, that's 100% true.

[@bronsiee]

I have lived in Sydney my whole life and dont really see people leaving junk outside that often. Usually people have organised a scheduled council kerbside pickup and the junk is therefore gone the next day, not just sitting there for random people to go over

[@tomorrow4eva]

I’m in north Brisbane. Most people only put stuff out at council pickup time, but there is the occasional special person that does it other times.

[@MoriacMumma7]

Loved seeing/hearing your reaction to some of my culture guys. We aren't angry or aggressive, we are passionate. The nature strip is the piece of land between your yard & the street. We don't throw clothing or furniture out. We donate items to charity that they then sell in their "Op Shop" (Opportunity shop). The money they make helps fund those charities. Great place to get some great deals & help a charity at the same time. Spiders & snakes can be annoying, its the mozzies & march flies that drive me batty. Australia is a great place to live. Oh, our health care system is pretty great too.

[@jockmcque3018]

Australia is home to 11,761 recorded beaches, spread over an ever-changing 50,000+ kilometres of coastline. That's so many beaches that it would take you roughly 226 years to see them all if you visited one per week.

[@geraldine9116]

I am British & living in Melbourne for 18 years . I feel pretty safe , but it’s getting bad where I live these days ( St Kilda ) due to drugs . Ice ( meth) is changing the whole country sadly . The harsh lockdowns have also had an impact & left things feeling quite flat compared to the vibrancy beforehand. It is a beautiful country & multiculturalism works . Aussies are friendly , funny people & I can’t remember the last time I saw a spider ! 😁😍

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Joel and pals. There are farms the size of countries down under to produce all that meat. I was surprised that a name from my ancestry that people said was unusual became famous through Nicole Kidman, then surprised again that her family owned huge chunks of Australia. All that from her ancestor being a cattle drover. My grandad did that at times in UK, without picking up big parts of the planet as reward.

[@Megaloathyou]

‘It’s hard to import stuff” 🤣 Bruh….that’s all we do

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

Yeah for a ridiculous amount of money

[@PaganTaylor]

It feels heavy with Male bias in regards to walking at night alone. It's rare that in a city that any female will feel safe or comfortable walking through a park at night alone. Well lit CBD maybe. But not a dark night in the park. Small town, city or suburb. That's just a rare thing for a female to feel comfortable with. In my twenties after a night out clubbing I was pulled into public toilets in a park early in the morning by a speed addict with a switch blade. I wasn't far from the main road and I had only just dropped off a friend. Yea, so No. The locked door thing does happen. But I think that it's relative to how big the town or city is, where it is and your proximity to the City Centre. I grew up in a small town. We leave our doors unlocked and open at night. When I lived in a city. Nope, it's locked. And no matter where I lived the car was always locked. The coffee culture is real. We do have the best coffee in the world says every Aussie ever lol I moved to Scotland and I still lament. Sometimes our Baristas are trained on the job, but it's usual for them to undergo specialist training or a Hospitality qualification. We take coffee seriously lol Best coffee culture in the world The furniture thing does happen but it's not always allowed. Some councils don't allow the dumping of furniture in nature strips or on the sidewalks. but still It does happen and it's popular.

[@SauronsEye]

Lol, male bias. Any country you care to mention will show that it's males who have the most violent crimes visited on them. I was in Brisbane on June 8 2023 to see Baby Metal at the Fortitude. Walking back to my motel on Constance St. It was pretty close to midnight and there was a late 20s, early 30s female walking in the opposite direction on her own. No one was bothering her and no one was going to bother her and she didn't seem to be bothered, walking so late at night. She wasn't drunk. She looked like she was going home from a job at a local pub, so had probably made the same journey many many times with zero drama. No speed addict pulled you into a toilet and held a, "switch blade", to you. No: 1. We have never called them, "switch blades", in Australia. They've always been flick knives. No: 2. You cannot get flick knives in Australia. The closest you'll ever see is the novelty flick knife combs. The most that junkie ever did was beg you for some money. They don't have the strength to commit a violent crime.

[@guidlines]

In Australia, a lot of people leave their rubbish behind when camping in the bush or even when just bushwalking. The bush is also a dumping ground for household items that aren't good enough to leave on the "nature strip".

[@p3anutbutt3rtoast11]

The reason there seems to be less harassment of women and stuff in Australia is because tradies stop cat-calling as soon as you’re not wearing a school uniform anymore lmao. Harassment and misogyny is realllyyy bad here if you know where to look Most of our problems come from within the home though, so it’s more abusive partners and less weirdos on the street I guess

[@Bucketcity126]

Im 33 and have lived in Australian cities my whole life. Since i was 18 I've basically been a night owl and stay up/work all night, sleep during the day so I'm outdoors at night quite a bit. I have never encountered any trouble or unsafe walking around at all hours of the night, and yes our streets are extremely clean. I do however lock my doors, you just never know

[@BeatWittwer-x8p]

We don't have Komodo's but we do have their smaller relatives ...we call them Goanna's ( a.k.a monitor lizards) Pronounced ... GO-ANN-A

[@robertmurray8763]

komodo Dragons are found just to the north of Australia 🇦🇺 in Indonesia 🇮🇩.

[@johnduncombe2985]

Euros? Does Arturo think that Australia is in Europe?! 😂

[@runnynose8341]

I went on holiday to the Philippines a few years ago, and I was in such a rush to get in the taxi, I left the front door open, 1 month later I got home, and I thought I had been robbed, but everything was still there , just dusty and leaves and stuff in the house, so my front door was open for a month and no-one went in, I was actually a bit annoyed no-one noticed it and didn't shut it for me lol

[@XRPotential]

lol mate, we just assumed you were airing the place out.

[@aussiebornandbred]

I've done the same, not for a month, but a week😂😂😂 all was good

[@NicolaMartin40]

That happened to me - but it was for a long weekend only. It was weird getting home to find it open.

[@janforshaw7744]

I’m 67 and only ever saw I snake when I was walking in the bush, spiders don’t bother you, what we don’t have is people shooting each other or gangs looting shops or such divisions with people.

[@Johannah18]

Aussie gal here. The nature strip is not our front lawn. The nature strip is the strip of grass between the footpath (sidewalk) and the gutter of the road. The nature strip is council owned but usually the house owner will mow the part that is in front of their house

[@markdrennan5723]

Yes Australia is an Island also a continent and a country. Its about the same size as the USA excluding Alaska.

[@Bellas1717]

Sadly, no. The name is the same, but Australia the country is not a continent. Australia the continent contains the country and many other islands, New Guinea being one.

[@brianglendenning1632]

There is debate about that. The more accepted view is that “Australia” is one name for the continent that includes mainland Australia; the island of Tasmania; the island of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea); the Aru, Ashmore, Cartier and (most of) the Coral Sea Islands; and number of other nearby islands. Australia is also the name of the country, which includes the island state of Tasmania. Both the country and continent are part of the Oceania region.

[@Bellas1717]

@@brianglendenning1632 There's no debate; you are quite correct that they are different geological/geographical entities with the same name.

[@Chapps1941]

​​@@Bellas1717Australia is a continent geographically speaking. This means Tasmania is not part of the Australian Continent but it is on the Australian Continental Shelf. Same for PNG / Irian Jaya. Australia is also a Political Entity as well. Tasmania is part of Australia Politically Speaking as it is a fully-fledged state of Australia

[@Bellas1717]

@@Chapps1941 Oceania is a geographical entity, a region, not a continent. Australia the country, which includes Tasmania of course, is not the same entity as Australia the continent. Australia the country is the largest land mass on Australia the continent, and Australia the geological tectonic plate, along with six other countries/entities including New Guinea, Fiji, Marshall Islands. Australia the continent is now often referred to geologically as Sahul (the name of the continental shelf on which the seven major land masses of Australia the continent are found) to distinguish it from Australia the country and avoid the misapprehension that Australia the country is a continent. If you use Google answers, you will find many conflicting pieces of information, and many of those are errors. Go to a geology text for accuracy.

[@presufis917]

As an Aussie im honestly shocked about some of this. Most of it's true but especially keeping things unlocked is crazy. Live in the southern parts of Western Australia and the house besides me had their caravan stolen. Also we don't get too many people putting stuff on the verge side. We have 2nd hand shops and we also have this at our waste facilities so we can minimise what goes to land fill.

[@natashakcarson]

Def can't leave things unlocked in WA, used to be able to in the 80's and 90's but def not anymore!

[@julzhunt7790]

We just had a huge verge pick up in my area.😊 just south of Perth. I used to live up in the hills and never used to lock up but that was in the 2000s

[@mgreen1206]

Lol.. I go to the shops regularly and leave house open. I live one hr out of Sydney but even when I was living in the middle of Sydney I left doors open as well. Plus I regularly walked home from arvo shift thru city I just took precautions

[@danielflenady8305]

FYI. A Nature's Strip is from the letter box which is the boundary of the property to the kerb on the side of the road. It is classed as public property and is always up kept by the council as in most cases has the pedestrian walkway in it. A lot of property in Australia consists of acreage so in some cases the front yard could be an area of several acres.

[@RebeccaGogovcev]

Leaving stuff on the nature strip is usually a hadd refuse collection, where the local council picks up unwanted rubbish. We certainly do take things from them and my council recycle items too.