AUSTRALIAN FISH and CHIPS in the PORT of FREMANTLE - How do they COMPARE to a BRITISH CHIPPY?

[@dCarey906]

What a beautyfull place and wonderful video lee thank you for sharing and taking us along

[@AussieTVMusic]

Fremantle was rocking during the America's Cup in 1986/7 . One giant party

[@timusher5458]

I’m English but live in NZ Fremantle is great, been there a couple of times, but then Australia is a good place to visit, beach’s unbelievably good clean too

[@GwynnOak1]

Quite enjoyable! I'm too old and poor to travel like that myself, so living vicariously, very enjoyable sharing your adventure!

[@martinwalker3372]

Fremantle looked lovely Lee. Another great video.

[@matthewetheridge4535]

I hear that sarah love lee!

[@Breetai_SDF-1]

Australian pubs includes the word “hotel” because until the 1980s, pubs were required to provide rooms for rent in order to have a liquor license.

[@dougie60892]

Looks lovely there, and hot. The fish and chips looked ok, i liked the serving dish, very original. Great video Lee, keep up the good work.

[@rudolfecker7691]

In England during WW2, and for a considerable number of years after, the 'Fish' in fish and chips was longline caught small shark (mostly blue or porbeagle) and mostly from Scotland. The reason? The trawlers couldn't go to sea and it was safer to fish using longlines on hawsers mounted on the beach. Shark is sweet tasting, white and very chunky and I loved it as a kid. It was not until the end of the 50's that the more expensive Cod and Haddock became fish and chips again (and even that has now become mostly cardboard Pollock). In NZ in the 1970's cheap fish and chips was mostly 'Lemon Fish' - absolutely delicious - and turned out to be small shark! Not a lot of people know that.

[@CarolandDave]

Loved the video. Thanks for the tour. What a stunning area x

[@rudolfecker7691]

Hake is a catchall name for yet another member of the Cod family and is considered to be milder tasting than our North Atlantic Cod. Not a lot of people know that.

[@bruceburns1672]

So Michael Cain wouldn't know that either then ????

[@rudolfecker7691]

@@bruceburns1672 He may well not!

[@Elsie-uy2kl]

What a great place Fremantle looks. You're so lucky to be there Lee. Enjoy every minute of it. The sky is beautiful - we need some of that here in the UK. 😀

[@davidnm21]

Loving your Australia trip vlogs Lee and Fremantle looks absolutely stunning and amazing. What beautiful weather too☀️G’day to ya looking forward to more 👍

[@mark120964]

Hi lee, loving your Australian trip, such a refreshing change, and a real boost to your channel, Mark

[@clairemorrallee5625]

What a lovely place Freemantle looks. Thanks for showing us. Blue skies and sea. Loving the Australian vlogs, looking forward to the next one 😀

[@serenepeacefulrelaxingmusi3874]

Fremantle.

[@karenchambers8825]

I love freemantle,ive been a few times,im glad you enjoyed it

[@serenepeacefulrelaxingmusi3874]

Fremantle.

[@sheilachadwick5163]

Lee it looks fantastic where you are and that blue sky is making me depressed X❤

[@caskur1]

Actually you are ALL wrong. I come from a professional crayfishing fishing family (rock lobsters) and grew up on lobsters out of the Indian Ocean, crabs and prawns out of the Swan River, whiting and herring off the harbour moles and dhufish and snapper and cobbler and gummy shark.. real food... the fish and chip shops have imported crap fish that have very little taste. All our good fish gets exported... because our WA waters are pristine and our fish are prized. The only way to get great fish is to catch it yourself... as for the chips they are frozen rubbish. When I was 17 I worked part time in a fish and chip shop. I made the chips from real potatoes and believe me there is nothing better than home made potato chips... people travel miles to get potato's made into chips without a freezer in-between.

[@lindamcgregor4080]

Great to see someone wanting to do a video in Western Australia for a change. Most go over East. I love Fremantle, live in Rockingham, also on the coast.

[@rob7675]

Fremantle the sunshine the buildings the beach WOW 🤠🏖️😎

[@hamshackleton]

Notice nobody in the water, it is full of big bitey things, and little stingy things like the bluebottle jelly, the blue-ring octopus, and all kinds of sharks and rays.

[@eileenmclean1274]

Wow! Wow! What a great place Fremantle looks. You must go back (if you have time) and see some more. The place looks absolutely stunning. Thanks Lee ❤❤❤

[@Raylufc]

What a fantastic setting to eat fish&chips great filming Lee

[@Finglesham]

The' h' is silent in Chimera. so 'Cimera' with a hard c of course.. Looks a fantastic place Fremantle I must say. Really tidy and smart and looked-after. Not the run-down state of the UK towns. ( i.e. Leicester) Loved the dish you F&C were served in. Really 1940s. You shoot seagulls they are a blasted vermin, like rats and grey squirrels. I watched it all really good. I shan't get there now at 76 with my wife 77 and poor mobility but nice to see. Do it while you can.

[@philipmowbray8810]

Perth looks fabulous were with you all the way my friend 😊😊😊

[@AUmarcus]

It was Fremantle.

[@queendevonia]

I'm absolutely loving these vlogs lee :D!

[@michaeltb1358]

Much of Fremantle was preserved as it became run down towards the end of the 20th Century, with little development. Then the Americas cup was held there, and the city was revived. By then it was realised that the Victorian heritage was worth saving. The introduction interested me as I stayed at the Esplanade hotel, which was in the background, for several weeks over 20 years ago. There are a lot of Italians in the area so one street was known as the Cappuccino strip. The Market and the Prison are great places to visit. When in season swordfish was on all the menus. Loved it. Perth is OK but for me the best place was the Park overlooking the city.

[@ianwhite8115]

Oh & by the way, public transport in Perth metro ((Transperth) is fully integrated, your day ticket is good on bus, train & ferry. Also all bus travel within city limits is free. There are also dedicated CAT buses which are frequent and free. Glad you're enjoying your time in our great city & state.

[@858493]

A Hotel is a Pub, and a Pub is a Hotel, And we also have Private Hotels, which have accommodation and a bar for those who are staying and are only open generally to them and not the public. some have accommodation and some these days do not, we also have Inn,s in some towns and clubs.Interestingly, during Covid with the lock-downs and closure of all Hotels, you could drink in a Bar here in Victoria if you were staying in rooms, hence a lot of Hotels had a room for rent out the back and we continued to drink and if some official said are you staying here, yep im in a room out the back....enjoying your trip here regards Doc

[@MaureenLane-bh8wj]

You are showing the Fremantle I love so much. I am born and bred plus worked most of my working life in Fremantle. I am happy you enjoy it so much .

[@moggie8plus8]

Hi Lee... please don't make the place too attractive, we don't want anymore convicts to be shipped in.....l migrated some 40 years ago. Don't forget no infrastructure in the deportation days, just the heat and flies. Today, Aussie descendants are proud of a villain in the family. Glad you took some of our advice about Kalais.....very quite on your travels at that day and time. BELLA was stolen a few years back but found and returned to her rightful bench seat.. (Indian ocean) Hot enough for you.....our record day was 23rd Feb 1991 at 46.2C 115F It's great to see the place with your perspective....keep on trucking

[@nam666-n8k]

Lee the video gives a great insight into life in Fremantle and by the looks of it your enjoying yourself there. Thanks for sharing another great video, but watch out for the Seagulls as they like a fish or two. The outtakes were really funny. Cheers

[@mikebudd9301]

Couple of other places to try, Hillary’s just up the coast. Mandurah just down the coast. Both can be reached by train. And every man and his dog go out to Rottnest Island. Kaillis were always the best.

[@lillianjohnston490]

I've been these places, too. My daughter lives 10 mins from Freo..😊

[@waynelevett3632]

Fremantle is pumping on the weekends, especially the markets. They have some great food inside the markets. You'll be impressed.

[@joandsarah77]

Yes there is a reason the pubs are called hotels. On the older ones at least, you will find its a hotel because until the 1980s, pubs were required to provide rooms for rent in order to have a liquor license.

[@tonydunn3559]

Loved Fremantle, great place ,fish & chips nice down near the bon Scott statue ,love the beach there ,best fish and chips Rockingham, wrapped in paper to eat outside ,still prefer our 4 hour flight to Tenerife though.Enjoy Lee.

[@RobB-vz2vo]

Australian's old rules on liquor licences hold the answer to hotels vs pubs. Before the 1980s, if you wanted to open a pub-style bar that sold alcohol, you had to also be a hotel. You could not get a booze licence if you did not offer rooms for people to stay to sleep off the grog if they had too much of the amber fluid . Hotels and bars were the same thing, then. In reality, they were all hotels. Over time, businesses became more specialised. For example, some places made most of their money from being pub bars, but they still had to offer the service to get the licence. In these places, the accommodations were pretty simple, and people were actively told not to use them. After a while, the rules were loosened, and now you could get a licence to run a bar without having to make accommodations. There are some new places with licences that are only bars. The ones that have been around longer and used to have a hotel licence are still called hotels, even though they don't have rooms, and pubs, because that's what people called them.

[@TheMacMaster]

Thanks Rob.

[@mr-wx3lv]

Just look at that weather 😮

[@Dan23_7]

What an interesting place Lee, it reminded me of an old country and western film with saloons, those shops with ornate canopies 👌🏼 Hake is a lovely fish, we sometimes buy it from Tesco, it’s miles cheaper than cod and just as tasty. Definitely 8/10 for the food and 10/10 for Fremantle. I thought that young lad said “freo” then there was that ❤️FREO sign.

[@lillianjohnston490]

My daughter lives in Perth. I watched your video on Kings Park last night. My daughter lives near Freemantle. It's amazing there. So casual and laid back.. I've been to all the stops you've videod there..😊😊

[@bentullett6068]

Interesting that the town high streets in Australia haven't gone the same way as the UK. Many shops and businesses present it seems, whereas in the UK most towns are absolute sh*t holes now with zero businesses and empty shops.

[@jobs1962]

Oh Lee, watch out as Tourism WA will be recruiting you as an Ambassador for people to visit this wonderful place that I am so proud to call home ❤️ Honestly, you are doing such a good job promoting WA, love it❤❤ I totally agree with you, Freo is a brilliant place, it has the feel of holiday vibes, it is a lovely place to visit, more than once 👍❤️ One thing you need to do while you are here, apart from going to Rotto, is an organised Swan Valley tour to our local wineries, absolutely brilliant!!! Love watching your vlogs, you are so down to earth and honest ❤️😘😘

[@jontownsend8090]

We will be booking our flights as soon as we're able to. I stayed in Sydney and Melbourne last year, so Perth and Fremantle are definitely on our agenda. You need to invest in autocue. It will ease the stress

[@jobs1962]

Lee, if you have time, please do the Fremantle Prison tour, my Dad worked there back in the day when it was a prison, (his first job when we emigrated here way back in 1972) , then he became a tour guide there once it became a museum, sadly he is no longer with us, but the guides there now have extensive knowledge, if not actual knowledge of what it was like back in the day to work there 🥰

[@johnnunn8688]

The ‘vinegar’ we get in most UK chip shops, is not vinegar but a ‘non-brewed condiment’.

[@benbrist]

Bro watches Tom Scott

[@raeleneparker9351]

Well done Lee. Giving a fair unbiased view of what you see with fresh eyes. As much as I love my family in the UK I can’t go back. One life, live it! Just off for a dip in my backyard pool now 30c in Adelaide today 😅

[@tironibusmaximus6100]

Many pubs in Oz have accomodation upstairs. Hence Hotel.

[@mikewest2428]

Hi Lee loving your Australian adventures it's an amazing country so much to see and do great videos😂

[@dawntudor4280]

Thanks Lee 😊 stunning skies and sun, and that beautiful beach 🏖 really enjoying these vlogs. Take care my friend x

[@AUmarcus]

That was a pretty average Aussie beach, we have many many better ones.

[@shug3481]

My parents and me emigrated to Australia in 1949 we lived in Balarat just outside Melbourne.where my sister was born.Now living just outside Doncaster.😂❤

[@Dan23_7]

Do you still have your local accent or is it Australian now ? Or do you mean you live here now ?

[@sonofdat]

Fish n chips 8/10 - Fremantle 10/10 - Lee's Video's 12/10! brilliant!

[@alastairhinksman6436]

Hi Lee looks a beautiful place to visit enjoying your video's of Perth so far great nice one

[@wearetomorrowspast.5617]

Came for the chips, didn't expect the Bon Scott statue. Very cool. The out-takes are worth watching.

[@michaelboyce7079]

In 1977, I moved from Perth to Brisbane. Back then, Fremantle was like any port city anywhere in the world. It was dirty and dingy and at night, it was dark and dangerous. I was away for 23 years and when I came back, the America's Cup yachting races had been held there and, as a result, the city had been completely transformed. I was working FI-FO and everytime I was home on R&R, I went down to Freo as often as I could. I was seriously thinking of moving there, but I had found a house ten minutes from the airport, so that wasn't an option anymore.

[@SuperLittleTyke]

32:40 Fish and chips: it's not just the dratted gulls threatening to dive bomb your supper, it's the risk that they deposit an unwelcome gift. I think I'd eat indoors, preferably. Now, it's no good saying constantly "not as good as UK" without explaining what is inferior. Is it the batter? The hake, not cod or haddock? The chips? The portion size? It surely can't be the price, because 17 dollars Australian is only £8.78.

[@raydesfor8217]

$17 is very expensive for fish and chips ,, normally around $12 here in Freo and Perth

[@katv1195]

Australian traditional Hotels (pubs) are comparable to British Inns or Hostelleries. Back in the 1800s they'd have stables (and often horses to rent), food and drink, the only overnight (or longer) casual accommodation in town, and bands playing regularly. Now they don't have the stables but they still have most of the other things. One of the bigger hotels/pubs you highlighted appeared to have 3 or 4 floors of overnight accommodation upstairs.

[@Chris_the_Muso]

Yeah, the hotel thing. It's an Australian thing, not just "freo". Think back to the day when the population of Australia was barely a couple of million for the whole continent. It didn't pay to specialise too much, and hotels were pretty small. While the Hotels were small they had a bar, and in a small town that bar became central to the life of the town, especially on cutout on Friday nights. That's why they are usually two or even three story - bar and dining room downstairs, rooms upstairs. You can spot them easily. Over about a hundred years the bar remained about the same, but the hotel part started to become less important until many stopped offering rooms at all and they fell into disrepair. A lot of country town "hotels" still offer rooms, but the upkeep is usually really poor and the furnishings haven't been changed since about 1952. I'm talking iron bedsteads and the toilet is down the hall. You should probably try spending a night in one, I'm sure it would be a memorable experience. It's usually very cheap so is popular with working travellers, students, and anyone else looking for the cheapest option. Hotels usually have a working dining room but will always offer "counter meals", a dinner or lunch that you eat in the bar. The dining room and counter lunches are normally offered even if accommodation is no longer available. Pub meals used to be cheap but pretty good honest food, but in the last few decades they've become trendy and expensive manufactured crap for the most part. We have modern 5 star hotel chains of course and you are probably staying in one, but we call them by their corporate name - Sheraton, 4 Seasons, Radisson etc. plus many smaller 4 star properties in every resort town but if you say "hotel' in Australia people will know you are staying at the pub. If you go into a hotel, you'll notice there's a main bar, and a lounge. The lounge is the bar for the ladies or those of more delicate sensibilities. Pretty well anything goes in the main bar as long as it's legal and you don't mind noisy patrons who swear a lot and maybe stopped off on their way home from driving a sewerage pumper all day. Some will also have a "garden bar" which is an extension of the dining room where you can bring the wife and kids on a saturday arvo. Yes, it's quite a bit different from the UK, but if you don't experience it, it would be a bit like me going all the way to the UK and not spending some time in a real pub.

[@shepthedoguk]

Fantastic videos. You’re doing a great advertisement for Australia. Looking forward to more down under videos.

[@haroldclarke3267]

Certainly makes you jealous Lee,all that sun over there never stopped raining here it's damp, cold and miserable, my sons best mate Steve moved to Perth about 10 years ago from Loughborough Leicestershire, he is now settled down with a lovely wife and daughter know wonder he's happy, great video's mate .cheers

[@kerrydoutch5104]

Aussie here. Glad you enjoyed them. Ive eaten Fish n chips in England and here. Had really woeful and really good fish n chips in both places. Depends on the ingredients and the cook. I call even stevens.

[@henryjohnsmitt8573]

Look how clean the streets are not like ours at least that have pride great video hjs

[@dentray]

Before stand alone Hotels travellers stayed in Pubs, thats why a Pub in Australia is a Hotel, Calling a Hotel a pub is a relatively new thing in the scale of things, Most city Hotels(pubs) dont have rooms anymore but in the country towns they do. Same reason some Pubs in blighty are called Inns

[@rachelshonahague5718]

I love the feel about the place, has a nice nice vibe.❤

[@WildBoreWoodWind]

Lee, I stayed at the Esplanade Hotel last weekend, ate at the Norfolk Hotel, went to the Freo markets and walked around Freo - sadly, I didn't see you. I grew up in Freo and went to School there. Freo certainly has more charm than Perth but it has changed a lot, since I was a boy - the Americas Cup was probably responsible for that. Believe it or not, Freo, used to be sleepier. 😁 Lee are you going to take a trip to Rotto (Rottnest Island), well worth a trip, the ferry is from Freo. I'm glad to see you're having a great time - I hope you have as much fun, for the rest of your stay. All the best. 👍👍

[@SuperLittleTyke]

20:21 I'm beginning to see why people want to emigrate to Australia. That beach with the waves coming in really looks most relaxing.

[@ACDZ123]

There's better beaches than that lol

[@Swy2023]

The South West has the best beaches in the world. @@ACDZ123

[@Jeni10]

I ate at Cicerello’s twenty years ago and the portion sizes were very generous! I recall having five battered fish and enough chips to feed three people! Everything was fresh and delicious. And yes, it’s the Indian Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is on our east coast where I live.

[@actualfacts1055]

Some Australians think that EV's are a status symbol, me give me an old Holden.

[@rallycrosscraig]

The fish and chips in Fremantle are superb any time I’ve visit Perth always try to visit that place good food and a nice view guaranteed sunshine !

[@garystrahan4601]

The reason most Australian pubs include the word “hotel” in their name is because until the 1980s, pubs were required to provide accommodation rooms for rent in order to have their liquor license.

[@Jeni10]

Thanks! I never knew that!

[@blueycarlton]

I think you mean 1880. Here in Victoria pubs have had to provide accommodation because in the old days hotels as such were not so common as pubs That requirement changed in the 1970s.

[@Tidybitz]

To those who say you should have gone to the east, I say I'm glad you went west to Perth, most stuff is about the eastern side, which is also lovely, but it makes a change to see the west. Freemantle looks gorgeous with so many lovely buildings etc. The fish and chips looked ok, though the hake didn't do it for me when you broke it up, though I wouldn't mind trying it, you can't really beat a meaty cod can you. The chips and peas were ok and obviously the seagulls thought they looked good too, the price you pay for sitting outside on the coast eating I suppose. Lovely video.

[@angelakenyon7490]

Hello Lee Thanks for the tour around The town reminded me of a modern 'wild west' town you get in the US 😊 Fish was very fresh you could hear the fresh light crunch of the batter mmm the chips did look 'oven bought' chips too perfect shape the true chips here in uk are hand cut proper potatoes😊 I gave it 8 to 8.5 Beautiful and very bright almost white light sun set big sun too in these special times 😊 Yes Indian Ocean (looked it up) Look forward to the comparison fish and chips 👍Lee 🇬🇧 Oh and quite a comedy all those seagulls stalking your fish and chips - that's why not many folk sitting outside? Hope you digested OK being "on guard" 😊

[@Jeni10]

I hope you’re planning on visiting the east coast as well! If you don’t want to visit the big cities, you can always do a coastal drive and visit a lot of the small coastal towns along the way! I live in Sydney but not in the CBD, I only ever went there when I had to work in the CBD. Sydney has a massive suburban sprawl with amazing restaurants dotted around every suburb. We also have our favourite local cafes with our personal baristas looking after us!

[@Johndeplume.]

You can tell they take their food seriously when they provide malt vinegar - in my experience, most chippies in Oz use white vinegar. Lee: You didn't take my advice, yet, and try some dim sims. Also chicko roll, marathon spring roll, and a burger/steak sandwich with the lot. Just for something different than you're used to. I fast-forwarded past the walking around Fremantle, as I haven't been myself, and would like it to be a surprise when I do go. Hope you enjoy yourself in Western Australia.

[@jlphtc]

Hey Lee while in Freo do yourself a favour and stop in have a Beer and Meal at Little Creatures Brewery. You'll find them down Mews Rd . One of my favourite dinner stops everytime I am over that direction.

[@kevinbegley5881]

Its amazing how little traffic there is, looks a perfect blend of modern demand and traditional life without the over indulgence of technology. Thats how the place appears to me, great video, never knew places like that existed anymore and hope i get to see it someday 👍

[@Wicked_R]

Nobody really drives around fremantle because there's not much there anymore but just outside the town into the Perth outback suburbs it's very busy.

[@davidlindburg1921]

Hi Lee. Fremantle is a lovely place to visit. A pub serves drinks, hotels have accomodation and drinks.There are heaps of Royal Hotels throughout Australia. If time permits, thoroughly recommend grabbing a rental car, check out Busselton, Margaret River, Cape Naturaliste, Denmark and Albany - a hugely rewarding road trip. The Gloucester tree im Pemberton and the Dave Evans Bicentennial tree in Yeagerup are great tree climbs. Broome and north-west Cape are visually stunning. The Gibb River road underscores the vastness of this land. Visit Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour Tasmania and see what prison hardship and isolation was like back then. Eat indoors is only way to avoid the seagulls.

[@caskur1]

COVID absolutely buggered up Fisherman's Harbour and Joe's Fishing Shack was a casualty. JOE'S Fishing Shack was yummy. KALIS, WHEN it was owned by Kalis was second to none. CICERELLOS doesn't compare although your friends fish mornay looked fantastic. I might go try that, tonight actually. Your videos make me hungry.

[@apropercuppa8612]

We used to love Top Catch at Hillarys back in the day. Johnny's in Como is great as it isn't swimming in grease. Now my go to is Mr. Chippy in Iluka. Absolutely gorgeous it is.

[@nolajoy7759]

When my (now ex) husband first visited W.A., he loved Fremantle best. It is nice..good vibes, nice buildings.

[@soullessnight6539]

I have watched four different British tourist videos saying that Aussie fish n chips is way better than the UK😂

[@bikerjk1205]

It is. I lived in the UK and the fish and chips were poor. Much better in Australia.

[@flamestergirl]

I agree and so do all the Brit expats that I know that Aussie fish and chips are way better than the U.K.

[@stevep2430]

I think he fears being lynched when he goes back home if he said any different.🤣

[@joannesmart6021]

I prefer the fish in Australia but the chips taste like frozen chips to me. I’d trade the crappy Cotswolds for The Great Ocean Road ANY DAY!

[@Jeni10]

Yes, including Josh and Olly (JOLLY) who tried ours first hand and were amazed! Fun video too!

[@GhostRider247]

aww man Lee !!! holiday of a lifetime that for me like , loving every minute of this like !!!!!

[@timhicks2154]

It looks wonderful there.

[@stevenbalekic5683]

All old pubs in Australia are called hotels simply because they have accommodation in the upper floors where travellers could stay in the old days (pubs/hotels were usually the first and only buildings around offering accommodation before development of our cities and suburbs)... These days some have blocked off or used those areas for storage, if the hotel is in an area of interst they still have rooms to rent and some have permanent residents living in cheap rooms. It all depends on how well the pub/hotel is doing and if they diversified or not.

[@arthurdunga345]

blue skys been snowing here yesterday MM your in the right place

[@philaitch8586]

Mate, having lived in Oz for over 20 years, the best fish an chips i had over here was in Bondi Beach, served in newspaper, proper vinegar and mushy peas and Cod. But those were bettered by almost all the chippies I visited in the UK. If you try Heston's pub in Bray, you'll find the best fish and chips in Britain. Nice to see you in Oz tho, hope you had a good time.

[@TravelMaster69]

Beautiful Freemantle reminds me of New Orleans

[@serenepeacefulrelaxingmusi3874]

Fremantle.

[@BarryGarber-ln2oy]

I love freo. Fabulous place full of unusual shops and restaurants. Great architecture. Worth a visit to the maritime museum and the prison. The market is a must do open Friday and Saturdays. Cicerrelos is great for fish and chips. Went there 3 times on our last visit to WA. 2 fillets are the standard portion so you have to be hungry. As others have said chicken salt on the chips is the way to go! If you fancy a beer Little Creatures brewery almost next door to Cicerrelos is great or up a side street 5 minutes away is Calamity Roo bar which we really enjoyed. Really enjoying your vlogs Lee. Keep 'em coming.

[@louthompson2108]

I went back to the UK to visit relatives in South Yorkshire a few years ago. First night there they ordered fish and chips, and as I looked at the monster piece of greasy battered fish oozing oil, I was horrified. Couldn't wait to have a feed of Aussie fish and chips when I came home.

[@mrfrisky6501]

Isn't that more the chip shop you chose? - rather than the country. The UK has some amazing chip shops - just like Australia

[@leftin74]

Was over in Yorkshire last October. Visited friends , they brought f&c home , cost a fortune and they couldn’t afford to put the heating on. Winged about the cost of living and the rates all night. Glad to be home here in Victoria

[@mrfrisky6501]

@leftin74 love Melbourne and stayed with friends in Hume a few years ago - they haven't got the best jobs for such an expensive place to live and complained that they couldn't afford health care - they even had to pay to see a GP - which when your from the UK is amazing to try and understand. Think people struggle where ever they are - but in different ways.

[@leftin74]

@@mrfrisky6501 hi mrfrisky . How many years ago was it? If you have a practise that bulk bills you don’t have to pay anything. Your not stuck to the same panel you can shop around and get the earliest appointment. We are 44 KLM’s out of Melbourne are family Doctor is 20 minutes away.if we carn’t get an appointment with him ( he is semiretired) we can get an appointment with another of the practice the same day. 5 minutes up to the road in the local small town, there are at least 8 medical centres that you can always get an appointment . You are not tied to the same Doctor. Was not always like that.That is why I asked when it was that you visited your friends.only about 1/2 the population have health insurance the rest like us rely on the government Medicare and the public hospital. If I need anything especially, I had my cataracts done last year privately for which I paid cash but still got a part rebate from Medicare. It’s not bad when you get use to it. And after 50 years here we are well and truly used to life in Oz. Keep well

[@belindaclarke7803]

Fish is now cooked in horrible oil I understand now lard in the old days was a better healthier way animal fat breaks down easier in the human body I was told I now have bread crumbed fish not so greasy not so fatty then there is the issue bread crumbs for some people we all have our different idea of how food should taste I don't enjoy Aussie fish it isn't strong in flavour the waters are to warm just my taste that is enough from me a I could keep going .

[@davidparris7167]

Outstanding post. Photography, editing top notch & commentary witty and enthusiastic. Keep up the good work.

[@TheMacMaster]

Thank You David.

[@gavlosmedia6323]

We have hotels that are pubs in England In Pudsey you've got the Royal Hotel for starters.....its a pub

[@JAJL667]

To think Lee, after the WW 2 you could travel to Australia as a "£10 Pom" and your kids went for free! Not sure how long the scheme lasted, maybe into the 70's? Fremantle looks fantastic, sort of 1900's look about it and no shops boarded up, no litter, no graffiti, no beer monsters. Loving it.

[@leftin74]

The wife and I came out in 1974 as £ 10 poms . By that time we had to pay $75 as Whitlam had just put the cost up. 50 years this year!! Looking back I realise it was the best day of my life as I got on that boat in Southampton. Beats the day I got married and the birth of our children hands down.

[@Charizarzar]

@@leftin74Poor wife and kids…

[@danhayes3546]

Film which way the water goes down the plug hole just to settle a debate please

[@JohnBloggs-m8l]

It's long been proven to be a myth that water in the sink goes around opposite down here, that only works in oceans, in a bathroom sink or toilet it makes no difference.

[@FlattardsArePathetic]

On a large scale it does indeed prove Coriolis

[@JohnBloggs-m8l]

@@FlattardsArePathetic on a large scale is not what people are talking about, the myth is that it goes opposite down sinks and toilets which has been debunked many times because the coriolis effect is about massive air currents on oceans that have no bearing on water going down a drain in someone's house. So the belief has been disproven.

[@ianjames8794]

Lee, Originally Australian English of 1910s, "referring to the former occupation of watching over cornfields and stoning crows that attempt to plunder the crop."

[@EvilSie]

Didn't look too bad mate. The setting was fantastic, great to eat them outside in the sun. Slightly Hitchcockian with all those birds around though 😁

[@RichardWilkinson-cw1lx]

Loved the video! The issue with Freo is the parking! Too little of it and what there is , is bloody expensive!

[@transformationinternationa6164]

Hotel is accomodation. Motel is accommodation, but usually has car parking. pubs often have hotel on upper floor

[@Ian.eastwood5457]

GREAT VIDEO Lee, what a lovely place Fremantle is , i'm already starting to plan my once in a lifetime trip to Australia, Love your work mate

[@TheMacMaster]

Thank you Ian.

[@jackwatsonepic626]

When I went to Brighton in the UK 🇬🇧 a couple of years ago, the seagulls pinched my fish-and-chips. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Wicked_R]

You should see the seagulls in Fremantle then ..bloody awful

[@paulmorley9910]

In your face my friend! So tough when you can't get the lines out! 😆 I honestly didn't think I'd enjoy your Aussie videos Lee, as it's not somewhere I've ever really thought about going, flight times and a lack of local airports flying out put me off I suppose. These are actually making me consider it though, you should be getting supported by the local tourist board. Great outtakes too btw!

[@TheMacMaster]

LOL :0) Thanks. There were other outtakes but were not fit to air. :)

[@bobbryan669]

At least all the shops are not boarded up like in Mansfield and Arnold.

[@lyndylou752]

In Australia pubs have and never have had any accommodation. Hotels, on the other hand, are generally older, and downstairs is the pub upstairs or outback is the accommodation

[@carolmurray5569]

loving these vlogs from australia Lee, would love to visit this town, looks so lovely, saw an australia hoodie in one of the shops so i probably would buy one😋 fish and chips looked yummy and yes was a beautiful sunset. Looking forward to more videos from australia😋😋

[@AlfPane]

Wonderful sunset on the beach