BEST THINGS ABOUT AUSTRALIA | 10 THINGS WE MISS ABOUT AUSTRALIA

It's been a few months since we returned to the UK and the nostalgia is starting to kick in. Don't get us wrong, we loved the UK and are delighted to be back - but there are a lot of things Australia has that the UK doesn't.
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[@tossed_about]

I had a friend emigrated from Ireland to Australia. The first time they went to a pool in Australia it was like 20 cents to get in. They asked how long that was for (eg 1hr, morning session ?), the attendant couldn't understand what they were talking about, every pool in Australia you can stay as long as you want once you get in. Hard for Australians to believe there are timed sessions for pools overseas.

[@eddiel8708]

U even pay to use a public toilet in the UK

[@brontewcat]

@@eddiel8708Did you know you used to pay in Sydney? Spend a penny was readily understood when I was little even after it changed to decimal currency.

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherSH]

You can tell you love each other the way you look into each other’s eyes.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

And?

[@blacksorrento4719]

My son did a gap year in Surrey, he landed early January, after leaving 33deg the day before. Literally froze his freckle off. He had deferred his uni studies by a year. Had the opportunity of doing his 4yr undergrad double degree at Oxford, all he had to do was press the button. He deliberated, then asked himself one question, could he put up with four English winters, knowing what life was like back in Oz, no he couldn’t. What you never have you never miss, but if you know what you can have, then you definitely miss the sunshine, wide open blue skies, beaches, laid back lifestyle and the space. Sorry, I was born in England, my family can be traced back in the one village to 800, however, I give thanks every day that my father had the foresight to emigrate. Love 🇦🇺

[@frankdingle9920]

Totally agree with you, especially with mangoes and coffee. I had my 50th over in the U.K. in 2004. I tried the coffee and wondered what was wrong, After the third time I went to tea. Mangoes? I only ate one and thought I'd have no more until I got home :) Although I did have a coffee in a small place around Perthshire and it was quite good. Found out the wife was an Aussie, hmmmm. It must be how we make it here. I lived in Townsville for a bit and used to love the summer downpours, we'd go out with soap and stand under a downpipe in our undies and have a blast. Wishing you both the very best.

[@sprig5173]

Just back from a week on our local tropical island. 🏖️🦘 ❤ Australia.

[@sylviagerritsen7975]

I’m in Western Australia. It’s 7:30pm, daylight and I’m wearing t-shirt and shorts…. Perfect.

[@samxamy]

So jealous! I'm sat in England (still here) looking out at a grey day. I still love England but I'm missing the sun for sure!

[@peterschmidt1453]

The thing about Australia's weather is the place is so big you can find the climate you like, especially for winter the North is warm or be cold, even freezing, in the South if that's what you want.

[@nevmcc3884]

Hi I'm sitting at a coffee shop overlooking the beach at Surfers Paradise drinking a cappacino and tucking in to bacon and eggs, toast with smashed avocado topping. It's sunny, 29 degrees and I'll skip over the road for a quick surf before going to my part time job at the market. Have a nice time in the old country, hope your making heeps of money so you can afford a single bedroom flat in London. 😅😅

[@Jeni10]

If you don’t like scorching summers, move to Tassie! A little England shaped like an apple.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

And the brain of.... lol

[@eddiel8708]

Mention Mangos, when I lived in NQ, our horses loved eating Mangos. They would eat the skin and flesh, then spit the seed out.

[@adriank9234]

Cows also love mangos.

[@Ben-ji1se]

Man, this guy loves his girl! The way he is looking at her...

[@soniasurija8880]

Enjoyed your video, I’m from Sydney & totally agree with everything you had on your list, I think sometimes we take our country Australia for granted until we get feedback from international travellers who can’t believe how laid back we are, our clean air etc etc. PS: you forgot to include No 11 which is vegemite & Tim Tams 😂

[@linux49er]

Can't stand Vegemite, yuck! And I'm a born & bred Aussie.

[@MrLocomitive]

Love the reaction between you two!

[@kayelle8005]

Such an interesting list. Also love your earrings.

[@aaronslade868]

great vid!

[@mollycochrane1576]

oh I miss it!! esp the sun, beaches and early mornings!!

[@samxamy]

Molly Cochrane we’re with you! How amazing was our time in Sydney!

[@conniep3164]

They are talking about FNQ not Australia. Australia is a vast & diverse country.

[@bonza6451]

Australia uses expresso coffee, like Italy. Infact Italy purchases the most expresso barista machines in the world and Australia is second biggest purchaser. Other countries like their filtered coffee, which is a lot weaker and i personally think it tastes like burnt piss

[@samxamy]

agreed! haha

[@alexstiles173]

Oh, I live next door to Newy beach. Nice to hear it get a shout out!

[@fridaytax]

I live up the road from King's Beach, also great to see it acknowledged! I prefer Moffat, but that's me 😊

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

In Australia, people do a Barista course to learn how to make all types of coffee perfectly.

[@osocool1too]

Next time you come back to Australia, try coffee in Melbourne....you will love it.

[@Ozvideo1959]

@Rodney Sexual Fuck off, crime state my arse. I've lived Melbourne all my life and never had any problem. Just from your comment I can tell you are right wing, sky news viewer.

[@cbisme6414]

That's one very expensive coffee 😄

[@conniep3164]

Best coffee in the world

[@judileeming1589]

I have been drinking coffee since I was a child. Back then (1950’s) it was easy to heat up some milk and give the saucepan a great dollop of Turkish chicory coffee before heading off to school. Absolutely detest instant coffee and allergic to the tannin in tea. I luckily raised another two generations who just have to have their own Italian style coffee machines. There is nothing like a fresh latte for breakfast or a coffee when someone drops in.

[@brettbloodyhell2707]

im freezing my ass of in melbourne atm i miss the summer heat

[@diggerrob6356]

Not only coffee but I couldn’t get a decent milkshake in Britain either!

[@glennoc8585]

Adelaide beaches are nice in summer, not surf beaches but good for swimming. Cornish beaches are not bar but water is cool. Summer days in the UK are very long it's light at 5am and dark at 10pm but winter days are very short.

[@kristinmartin2899]

All the things I love about living here 😍😍😍😍😍 except I’m genuinely surprised about the coffee thing? England has the perfect temperature for hot drinks. Ps Any were you referring to the Yarrawonga markets?

[@Ken.Howard]

It's a pity that they make everyone think it is far too hot here. Growing up in Sydney and now living in Melbourne, yeh it's hot in summer but nothing like North Queensland. Remember, Australia is the size of Europe.

[@angiemc8593]

Agree, nothing warm about winter here in Victoria, generally doesn’t go above 12 degrees and morning can go down to -2 degrees 🥶

[@Kayenne54]

I recall 42 deg (Celsius) for about six days in a row in Melbourne. Couldn't turn my computer on, but could have used the casing to fry eggs. Of course, on the seventh day, it practically snowed. In summer. Melbourne is a whole different story. They also get up later in Melbourne. I'm used to Queensland, seeing the highways already busy by 5am. But in Melbourne, you can be out eating dinner at 11 pm at night, kids and all. In Queensland, everyone's gone to bed (or restaurants are closed) by 9pm. Also there's hardly any twilight in most of Qld. Victoria, it is still light at 10 pm at night. Just totally different based on latitude.

[@Ken.Howard]

@@Kayenne54 Yes when it’s hot here it’s hot. It’s now just turned autumn here but this summer I think we had the aircon on in the house only 5 or 6 days this summer!

[@conniep3164]

This is why people have so many misconceptions about Australia

[@tintooki]

The average block size in Australia these days, particularly in cities, is about 450 m² and that's also creeping into rural areas - property developers are becoming increasing greedy! Makes me sad.

[@robforsyth1654]

If you still interested in finding great coffee , must try Baristocracy Coffee Tynemouth , Newcastle. Australian roaster

[@newmageo9179]

I'm glad your favourite beaches are along the coast. Where else did you think to find them?

[@brontewcat]

She meant the south east coast. They interrupted each other and went off on a tangent before she completed the sentence.

[@jodhia]

Hello from Newy Aus

[@Mav_F]

Australians don't respect coffee, it took a long time for Aussies to like coffee. They have had coffee since the very beginning, but tea still rule for a century. It was the Italians who brought coffee and their quality and their style to Australia. I remember Australians didn't like their coffee/cafes in the beginning, then all of a sudden bang, Aussies went mad over it. Some say Greek coffee is the same but it's not the same, theirs is like Turkish coffee like mud. However, they were big drinkers of coffee. Americans introduced coffee to Aussie Diggers, I think it was WWI as they were still drinking tea and even during WWII tea drinkers. I have to say Aussies think they invented the Flat White, I was making that for my Italian parents (my dad was born here and he liked milk in his coffee) for over a decade before the Aussies made a claim to it.

[@monidavis6625]

Haha smuggling raisins. Defs never heard that before

[@samxamy]

Moni Davis so it’s not just me haha!

[@kayelle8005]

Just look for Australian baristas. I had to do that when travelling in the USA. Their coffee was more undrinkable than anything I had in the UK.

[@kayburnett9492]

Whose coffee was undrinkable--the Aussie baristas or American ?

[@MsTtilly]

Surely OP meant "Drinkable" when referring to Australia.... Well known both for Coffee and skilled Barista? 🤔🫶😋

[@Lee.Freeman]

Bestand most pristine beaches are in Southern NSW .. from Sydney to the Victorian border, also the best climate in Aust. rarely hot and always cool at night .. the wilderness coast, snowy mountains several hours east.

[@Lee.Freeman]

PS: Great vid. Thank you ☕️🦘

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

@@Lee.Freeman I agree. Also East Gippsland in Victoria.

[@bluedog1052]

The Pom has creeped into you calling our towns villages haha.....we certainly don't have villages here in Australia.

[@stevenlowe3026]

Actually, yes we do. Just out of Ballarat is Cardigan Village, and Wallendbeen just out of Cootamundra is locally known as a village.

[@shaungibson2033]

Yes we do. Plenty of villages in regional NSW.

[@judileeming1589]

There are places in the Mt Dandenong Ranges that are called villages … Belgrave, Cockatoo, Emerald, Gembrook …

[@brontewcat]

We may not refer to our small towns as villages- but that’s what they are. I come from one, but there are tiny settlements in our district that we definitely call villages.

[@suemoore984]

I was born and raised in Australia. I've been living in a village for a few decades now. Our youngest child also lives in a village about 20 kms from us.

[@annavanwyk9349]

😂 smuggling raisins. No, I haven’t heard that one either. 😂

[@potaka79]

The coffee thing is real, I've had the pleasure of visiting a few countries now and it doesn't matter which country you go to when you leave Australia...... It just goes downhill from there for a good coffee. Except New Zealand & maybe Italy (haven't been there yet)

[@samxamy]

Tell me about it! I went for a coffee yesterday (still in England) and when I asked how many shots where in the large cap the girl sheepishly said ... one. I knew she had no idea and my coffee would be shit so I asked for an extra shot and hoped for the best. It wasn't awful but maybe that's because my standards are slowly declining without me realising :((((

[@annabelmayo450]

Curious to know why you would leave Australia for the UK? the summers aren’t so bad down south.

[@conniep3164]

Crazy idea. Who wants to live in the UK?

[@teestees1115]

your favourite beaches are along the coast really?

[@hugh_mungus0184]

there are 1000's of beaches in bay's as well.... really

[@Jeni10]

Buy Lavazza Coffee beans in the gold bag.

[@paulrichardson5892]

there was a coffee shop at southfield near wimbledon.where i ordered a strong flat white. the girls looked at each other then turned around to another girl and asked ,can you make a flat white. she said yes .i will make it. i then asked her how come you do flat whites . she said we had an aussie working here for a few months and she taught us..... loverly...

[@pinayladyoz8044]

If you like an Australian Mango, oh wait until you try the Mango from the Philippines. Mango from the Philippines from the island of Guimaras and Island of Davao are the best!!!

[@heathertownley9667]

i know i am 3yyrs late, when sam spoke about smuggling raisins (no i have never heard that) i thought he was talking about his testicles (sorry we have budgie smugglers so.....) 🤔😂❤

[@user-bf8ud9vt5b]

Checking whether you've got a spider in your shoe is an adventure in Australia...

[@eddiel8708]

I found a gree tree frog in my work boots once. Never left boots outside again, lol.

[@Kayenne54]

@@eddiel8708 You know how to live dangerously! Leave your boots outside? My "gumboots" needed cleaning out, I left them outside for about a week to dry out; threw them away after all that, because ... red backs found a home in one of them. Within days of leaving them outside. Never again. Nothing is sacred.

[@Adam-Builds-It]

My girlfriend is from Cairns and I am from Hertfordshire, we split our time 50 50 between Cairns and Letchworth Hertfordshire. I love Cairns and the outdoor life, we have a house here now, an hour from the table lands. I know what you mean about the summer, you just constantly sweat! Also love the Coffee , it's an art form here.

[@chriswatson1698]

Americans always rave about Australian coffee too. I don't like it. I drink tea.

[@tomwareham7944]

So when are you coming home to gods country . I have been to pomgolia and I have to say that I couldn't wait to get on a plane out of there .

[@glennoc8585]

They must like it they moved back there

[@jtrenoweth]

10 things Australia misses about you, can we do that next 🇦🇺

[@samxamy]

You make the list, I'll make the video pal!

[@hollydavid69]

Daylight savings totally sucks.

[@jojet1980]

Why would u go back to England?

[@TK-wp3iw]

Are snakes and spiders everywhere in Australia like can you find them in your house

[@kayelle8005]

Depends which part of Australia. The odd spider you’ll get in your house everywhere but some places like QLD you’ll get more. There are only two poisonous types of spiders and I’ve only ever seen one of those in 50 years. Snakes I’ve seen on walks in summer but never in my house, but that does happen in some places. I think they’re more common in tropical or coastal areas. I don’t know anyone who’s had a snake in their house in the area I live.

[@triarb5790]

Yes to spiders. Yes there are snakes. never seen one in a house.

[@TK-wp3iw]

Okkay... thanks... also what's your opinion on Perth and Adelaide about jobs, lifestyle and other similar things

[@kayelle8005]

@@TK-wp3iw Perth is much more remote than Adelaide, and also IMO more beautiful. It’s a really lovely city with a relaxed vibe, beautiful weather and great beaches and parks. Work shouldn’t be too hard to find. Adelaide is nice and not as far away. Has more of a cultural scene than Perth.

[@TK-wp3iw]

@@kayelle8005 thanks

[@0Zolrender0]

Number 7...700 to 800 sqr meters is the average size of a country urban plot size. Quite large to most countries. Its obvious neither of you have experienced anything outside of North QLD or Mid coast NSW. 80% of Australia is desert or arid. Come to where I live in Outback NT. You will see no rivers. No coffee shops and no surf. You will however see many other natural wonders. You just need a good 4WD, a ton of water and food and not minding getting dirty.

[@julesmarwell8023]

next time you visit.. Don't go back, we need nice people..,, to make us nicer.