American Reacts to Photos Showing Australia is like NO other place...

[@jameslittleton4131]

Common joke in Darwin when people asked was it safe to swim in the ocean "perferctly fine, no sharks to worry about, crocs ate them all".

[@judithstrachan9399]

They ate them when they were little.

[@alyn927]

My family always used to say that but I always thought it was a joke …..NOT!!!

[@triffinaunderwood1236]

👍🏼🤣🤣🤣

[@zoeherriot]

I had a girlfriend that was living in Darwin, she thought she had a flat tire - turned out it was a croc under her car hissing.

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

I used to respond: Yeah mate, the crocs are perfectly safe!

[@gerardbryant1445]

Back in the 70s, men would drink standing up, at the main bar. Women would drink in an area called either the "Ladies Lounge" or maybe the "Saloon bar". These areas had small tables and chairs for women to sit at. It was also considered rude to swear in front of women

[@deadmanschest4322]

Incidentally, this is a legacy of British pubs. It should also be mentioned that not all pubs had such a Ladies' Lounge, to which children accompanied by their parents also had access, so that families with children could eat in the pub

[@101steel4]

​@@deadmanschest4322definitely, I grew up in mitcham (aussie cricket fans will know the name). The pub opposite the ground, the cricketers, was my dad's local. He would go there on his own, but in the Sumner the family were allowed😂 My dad would take me into the pub, but my mum and sisters were left in the beer garden. If it rained they were allowed into the "other" bar, not the side the new were in. This was back in the 70s/80s btw. Sadly the pub is no longer, but you can get a drink in the cricket pavilion

[@Leercore]

Too right. Proper piss take from this bird. Keep in mind at this point in Australian history women were mostly housekeepers; Men would go out and work a hard days labour and head to the local for a few pints with the boys.

[@101steel4]

@@Leercore lucky she didn't get a backhanded 🤣🤣

[@thelibraryismyhappyplace1618]

The unintended consequence of allowing women in the main bar was a loss of a 'third space' where men could get advice from their peers, on everything from handling a problematic boss or co-worker, marriage issues, coping with grief or health issues, etc. Essentially, an informal support group. This has had to be re-invented in the form of Men's Sheds (the organisation)

[@Reneesillycar74]

On behalf of the older generations in my family, I have to say that not swearing in front of women was definitely a thing. You were looked upon very badly if you did. My grandfather treated my grandmother as the most precious lady ever born, even if she enjoyed a beer & drove around the paddocks like a rally driver 🤣🤣✌🏼

[@tonyhicks635]

Yes it is part of chivalry - which has all but disappeared today. Men had a space to be men so not to offend the ladies. Of course there was a saloon bar (women only - mmm isny that what they want nowadays) or the beer garden - kids allowed.

[@resourcedragon]

@@tonyhicks635: I'm pretty sure the saloon bars were not women only, men were also allowed. I'll believe chivalry was a thing when I see some credible statistics that show that men in that period didn't beat or kill their wives.

[@mikldude9376]

Well lets be clear , not all men beat and killed their wives bud , and i`d say that would be a minority , however all the around the world in some instances it does happen and in australia too no doubt , fortunately the majority of us in oz are gentleman , and im old enough to remember the days when it was frowned upon to swear in front of the ladys , and if you did it in front of your parents it was likely you`d get a swift back hander . These days if you walk down the street , and theres a bunch of youngies chatting loudly including girls , on occasion they swear so good drunken sailors could learn some new vocabulary . As an old ex trucky that would have on occasion been in a transport office with about 30 other truckys all waiting for paperwork talking shit , these younger generations put us to shame when it comes to swearing . @@resourcedragon

[@tonyhicks635]

@resourcedragon I was a kid at the time (mid 1979s) - and a small country town so may of been a little different. And maybe you can show me the statistics where women in turn did not abuse their husbands

[@heatherhoward2513]

When I was a kid in the late 40s , early 50s, the women hardly ever even went into the pub, they had drinks brought out to them in the car. Mostly shandy or lemonade!

[@gwenniemay2304]

I live and work in remote outback Australia with my dog. Tiny community of 200 Aboriginal people and about 10 non Aboriginal people. I have to drive over red dirt roads through several flood plains and rivers and single lane bitumen where you have to get off for the road trains (huge trucks with four trailers). It takes me five hours to get to the supermarket in Alice Springs - and I might only see one or two cars before I hit the main hwy- I do this every three weeks and every time it’s an adventure and I feel so freaking alive. The night sky is something else and the solitude fills my heart with gratitude. It’s not for everyone and it won’t be my forever but right now I’m living the dream.

[@jeancaust9762]

We have a lot of huge crocodile in northern Australia and some people have been taken by them.I lved in Darwin in the north years ago the animal life is something else.

[@yzskick]

Damn bro you live way out in whoop whoop, cant say ive ever been that far out not even close, furthest ive been inland was Wilcannia which to be honest isnt really that far inland but far enough the dirt is mostly orange/red. But biggest shock is how everything becomes FLAT!!! it was so weird when all mountains and hills just vanish. Glad you enjoy life so far into the outback, personally i couldnt do it too darn hot, but seeing the night sky from pretty much the middle of oz would be captivating as it would be without the light pollution you get in cities damn that must be one hell of a view.

[@gwenniemay2304]

@@yzskick it is flat that’s for sure. I feel really lucky to be doing it though. Thanks for your comment and where ever you are I hope you’re living your dream 🦋

[@PeterThompson-qj2lm]

Sometimes I feel sorry for our city slicker cousins. They miss out on the sheer beauty of Oz and I bet there is some of them that will never see a truly starry night.

[@allenwheatley1900]

Nyirripi?

[@ruffraff1059]

7.11 country town in Victoria, Mirboo North and surrounds, copped one of these on 13th Feb '24. Utter devastation. Thousands of trees down, houses, cars and other property damaged. No power for a week, roads closed for a few days, no water for around 5 days. Emergency services giving out bottled water. Thankyou everyone of your big hearts for coming to help clear the fallen trees and debris to get us back to normal as soon as you could. Love all of you.

[@devonbradley4372]

Voting in Australia is a very casual affair. You can wear anything you like. Often we have 'sausage sizzles' and these stalls are set up to help out charities. Kangaroos on golfing courses is common in many areas. The bird sign was related to Magpies. During breeding season, they tend to swoop on people to protect their territory and their young. If you feed Magpies that visit your backyard, they will never swoop you. They remember you and they bring their young to you in the hope that you will give them some food.

[@YvettefromAus]

My friend in Nanango is cultivating her army of Magpies as I write this, I said to her that she would be able to walk around any Magpies in any town and she would not have a problem, somehow they tell their magpie friends that she is a good friend of the Magpies 😂😂😂😂😂

[@devonbradley4372]

@@YvettefromAus Yes, Yvette, I believe they do tell their friends. I have owned parrots for many years. They are very intelligent and loving creatures. I liked your comment. xx

[@some_random_wallaby]

Ooph. I wasn't aware they ran protection rackets!

[@michellesmith6558]

I’m from Baltimore, Maryland and I live in Australia 🇦🇺 now for 14 years. All of these are the truth! It’s a beautiful country. The swooping birds are for the Magpies. They swoop in the spring and they can be dangerous. It’s no joke.

[@quackyduck1499]

They only swoop strangers, or people that haven't been nice to them. They're very smart and can recognize faces. If they make friends with you your life becomes hilarious. They're very cheeky and have a great sense of humor

[@nexus3180]

@@quackyduck1499 Love Maggies, I have a family of Maggies visit every day for a little snack.

[@juliewoodman2439]

I live in the hills 40k from Perth - lots of tall trees with nesting magpies. I have never read of anyone being swooped on, and put it down to the fact that many people round here feed them. They can become quite friendly.

[@joeyk5]

There’s a few other birds that swoop too

[@devonbradley4372]

It is so heart-warming to hear of an American living and enjoying life in Australia. Unless you've lived here, you can't possibly imagine just how unique Australia (and its people) are.

[@nolajoy7759]

Something people don't mention a lot is the lack of light pollution in outback areas and so the night sky is amaaaaazing...!! 🌟🌟🌟

[@algrigg9039]

You got that right!!

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Absolutely!

[@gravyz2cute4u]

I do wish to see the night sky in the outback one day!

[@YeahNo]

We get Japanese exchange students, and we take them out and set up the telescope. Their reactions are funny. Love living in the sticks.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

Even comparing an outback town of some size, to a much less populated area, there's _still_ a *stunning* contrast; I lived in & outside of Warwick for a bit, back a couple of years ago - the sky was **so** filled with stars in the country there, that it reminded me of my childhood, Out West. As a kid, I lived on a station- & the unimpeded vistas from our house were incredible; from horizon to horizon- we would see sunrises & sunsets like you wouldn't believe- & the night sky was black velvet studded with diamonds- so vast, that it filled you with an endless wonder- so beautiful, that it could make you cry -- but it was always the lightning storms, for me- especially at night; you'd see a bolt from somewhere up in the black of the sky, zig-zag- swift as a rocket, down to the ground & light up the sky for miles around- & if thunder came with it? It was better than a fireworks display... All you could do was sit out on the verandah & enjoy the show. 'This is Australia', indeed!

[@Avandel111]

The cloud in sydney is true, I live here and witnessed it myself. That storm was scary

[@triarb5790]

We had one last year in Melbourne ( not as big but equally weird) very apocalyptic.

[@MargotHypnos]

The guy at the bar saying the lady wont give a 'shout' means, a person at the bars buys drinks for everyone. Shout everyone to a beer!

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

I can remember when I travelled in remote areas of Australia by vehicle in the 1970s having to register my travel plans at an outback police station. This included where I was traveling, the routes I was taking, and the time my journey was going to take. The police would do a quick check to make sure I was adequately prepared. On one trip on the Strezlecki Track in South Australia, I went through 3 tires. Not repairable flats, but completely ruined tires. If I didn't return or arrive at my recorded destination after 24 hours of the time I registered, then a 2-way radio call would go out for any outback locals to keep an eye out for me. After 48 hours missing, a search would begin following the travel plan I had registered. Times have changed, but outback travellers still occasionaly perish on remote Outback tracks. And for these souls, it's either running out of fuel, or a breakdown. What kills them is wandering away from their vehicle. The middle of Australia is HUGE, empty and very unforgiving.

[@gregorturner9421]

i lived in the blue mountains for a while. in a little place called woodford. many people go bushwalkiing there and go missing. So the local council now has free epirbs that walkers can sign out so if they do get into trouble rescuers can be dispatch quickly.

[@arjovenzia]

@@gregorturner9421 Thats pretty cool. I used to work at a radio shop, and we would rent out satellite phones and epirbs and personal trackers (used a very low bandwidth satellite link that relayed your GPS location a few times a day so folks at home could track your progress or see if you got lost). They were pretty popular, quite expensive items, makes sense if you only need it for your 2 week trek. That they give them out for free is fantastic, Im sure its cheaper than sending choppers and search party's out tho. We also sold HF radios, which can have a range of 1000's of Km. They need to be licenced, either as a amateur radio operator, but mostly sold with a VKS-737 licence, which gave you a handful of specific frequencies, so all the 4x4 people were on the same channels, several monitoring stations across the country so there is always someone listening on the emergency channel, and do phone patches, so they would connect you to the regular phone network via the radio. a pretty neat service.

[@RealHooksy]

We did that in 1979 when we drove up the birdsville track in our kingswood. Resister at maree and check in at birdsville when we got there

[@grantodaniel7053]

​@@RealHooksyBirdsville Track in a Kingswood!! 😂😂 They were the days! My sister and her family drove Adelaide - Perth in their Kombi back in the '70s, before the road across the Nullarbor was fully sealed... that was an adventure too! 👍🇦🇺

[@RealHooksy]

@@grantodaniel7053 yep, HQ wagon which was loaded up with gear so the back end was dragging on the ground when we went through the sandy parts. Dad made us kids get out and walk in front looking for hidden rocks. By the time we got to our destination ( cattle station out of Bedouri) the petrol tank was dented in so much it only held 3/4 after that, and all of the U bolts holding the exhaust together were gone. We passed another HQ on the way and his exhaust was wrapped around the rear axle. It got us there though, and back. Good times 😎

[@MrLeifBeaver]

Kangaroos at golfcourses are quite common. They are not really dangerous, unless you aggravate them. The funny thing is, if you try to 'shoo' them away, they'll stand their ground and not move. So gotta leave em alone

[@rasta77-x7o]

Some idiot here in North QLD got bitten by a croc on a golf course because he thought it was fake and kicked it.

[@MrLeifBeaver]

@@rasta77-x7o That's pretty funny

[@JayMills-zk1kq]

@@rasta77-x7owhat a nitwit!

[@acheronus1998]

We live in suburban Melbourne...20 min walk from a national park....we see kangaroos almost every day...😁

[@Latchkei1]

I live in Canberra, the kangaroos are everywhere and shockingly urbanised. I found one sleeping on a shaded park bench outside my house, and one time had the bizzare experience of watching one hop along the side of the road to a pedestrian crossing and use it to safely cross. I would love to see a study on how the have changed their behaviors living in such an urban environment.

[@brianmorris8045]

It's like no other place, and that's the way we Aussies love it.

[@WendyPerrins]

I’m glad you wrote this as I feel the same way. Unfortunately it seems to be sliding away from us every day. Australia 🇦🇺

[@Janna773]

@@WendyPerrins Don’t give up 💙🇦🇺

[@AussieLana]

👋👍✌

[@Susan.Burns63]

And not just Aussie's 👍me and my parent's immigrated when I was 6 from nth Ireland. I went back to UK in 84 for extended holiday, lasted 3 week's cos I missed " home" too much 😅. I'm proud to be Australian, had my 4 kid's here and I never need to leave again 👍best place in the world ( even if I am in Adelaide 😅)

[@petermoller8337]

Australia is a mythical place please don’t come down under 😊

[@rustygrigg]

My wife and I were camping out in the bush and about 6pm as we were cooking on our Barbie a bunch of Roos came hopping past one stopped looked at me and hopped along and stopped in front of me and then gave me a hug then hopped off, it was one of the strangest but nice thing to happen to me.

[@vickigreen9545]

The red rocks glow at sunrise and sunset too, extremely beautiful

[@PS-Straya_M8]

Travelling Outback in Australia is literally like being on another planet where normal rules don't apply Always read warnings!! this is not a suburban park you are travelling in!

[@Whatiwantedwastaken]

Normal rules do apply, there’s just some extra ones. I work in remote areas and come across people sitting on roof racks filming for Insta and silliness like this.

[@CeasefireNow2024]

It is serious. The heat is insane I just saw the other day a place reached 50 degrees thats over 122 Fahrenheit. If your vehicle breaks down and you walk away from it you can dehydrate and die quicker. Being in the remote outback you can't afford to be injured because hospitals can be hours or days away.

[@grantodaniel7053]

And I still don't reckon tourists have any real idea of the distances involved, where it can be hundreds of kilometres between towns, or even neighbouring station homesteads! 😳👍🇦🇺

[@secretwatcher9922]

As someone who was born & raised in the Queensland outback, yes it hot but we have air conditioning & there are beautiful hidden Jem's everywhere. If I had my way I would live at least 50 miles from my nearest neighbour & only go to town when I need supplies, BLISS

[@deborahcurtis1385]

@@grantodaniel7053 Yes they should superimpose the map of Australia on the map of the USA (minus Alaska and Hawaii) to get a true sense of the size of Australia. It's a comparable land mass.

[@nelsondawson9706]

with the do not leave the vehicle it's because vehicles are easier to see from the air than a tiny human

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Plus at least you are in shade. There is some protection from the elements. you can lie under the car in the shade and it protects you. This is the difference between life and death. but when people get dehydrated they can start to lose their judgement. This is why you always bring a lot of water. A jerry can or two.

[@GarthClarkson]

@@deborahcurtis1385 Nah. You never sleep on the bare ground in central Australia or the ants, scorpions, etc. will irritate you big time if they don't just eat you. You would have a screen sealed, vinyl floored tent or sleep IN your car at night. Car for shade? Better to go with tent and fly or car/4wd awning. And make sure you have STEEL pegs. The plastic ones break on the concrete-like ground.

[@UncleDarthChristo]

I LOVE the parts of Australia where you can stand in ABSOLUTE silence. Not a single sound...it's amazing. Then a night, the RIVER of stars overhead is just stunning. You need to get you butt over here and have a look around If you need a guide...I'm available.

[@steveredacted1394]

Not a sound, except for the bush canaries (flies)

[@PeterThompson-qj2lm]

Sadly, there are a lot of city people here also that will never experience it

[@chanelfallon5248]

I live 2hrs west of sydney on a 52 acre farm and there is a place under a big eucalypt tree where you can't even hear a pin drop. I have never heard such silence. May as well be in the outback but it is in my backyard.

[@Avetho]

The river of stars? You talking about seeing the disc of the Milky Way? True that, its a beautiful sight that takes your breath away, to see just how grand creation is.

[@patrickaussieMilartry]

I had a good mate she left Perth Western Australia and was heading to a town called Kununurra in the Kimberly in the top end of Western Australia near the border of the Northern Territory. He decided to take a quicker inland route. It was meant to take him 4 days travel after a week he was reported missing. 4 weeks later after searching desperately he was found sadly deceased. He was only 1 days drive from Perth. He got bogged in the middle of summer. He had enough food for a couple days and 5 litres of water. He been deceased for almost 23 days. You can’t take the bush for granted no matter how good you are. You could see he tried everything to get his 4x4 out of a big. But with constant 110 /115 degrees F you have no hope unless you are spotted. The wild life had eaten half of his face and the cavity of his ado-min had been eaten lean. He had no heart. No lungs no liver nothing. He had his buttocks eaten. Just a real mess and probably one of the most horrible ways to die. So 100 % people from America if you plan on travelling through Australia have a plan tell a couple people of your intentions it could save you life. Such a good man he was taken by Mother Nature. Rest in peace my mate,❤

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

That's so sad

[@patrickaussieMilartry]

@@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb ❤️❤️ Yeah I hink about him every single day. The frustration and hopelessness must of been tormenting. Thank you for reading my sad story. Take care x

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

@@patrickaussieMilartry you to take care from Adelaide 😊👋

[@patrickaussieMilartry]

@@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb likewise mate Bridgetown WA

[@LianaGalati80]

Just read your story @patrickaussie6809 , I’m so sorry to hear about your friends horrific death, us as Aussies should help those who are totally clueless of our vast country and how dangerous and beautiful it is. Take care mate from Sydney

[@nicoletteralfe733]

Magpies or ‘maggies’ are beautiful and have the loveliest call💕 They can become very tame and even come into the kitchen with their older babies looking for handouts. But beware of them in springtime! They’re very protective of their nests😬

[@catherinemcdade9518]

I had a wild Maggi visit my home over a couple of years. It used to sit in the tree and mimic dog's barking, sirens and people talking. Absolutely true. Couldn't believe it.

[@justinblake7355]

Don't worry about a mob of roos. It is those damn Drop Bears you need to worry about!

[@robyntrouptsidis5906]

😂

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Not clever that drop bears urban myth. Because what we are saying about leave the kangaroos alone is true. They may look cute but they are potentially lethal. Just have some respect.

[@PatriciaMonaghan-h6q]

Drop bears can be dangerous!!!

[@Eilen62]

​​@@deborahcurtis1385 Exactly!! Don't piss the roos off and they'll leave YOU alone!! 🫡👍👍👍

[@deborahcurtis1385]

When you perpetuate myths like 'drop' bears you shred the credibility of Australians' advice generally, which means that foreigners who realise they've been had with that myth, might not take other advice on real and serious threats to their lives. Keep at it if you want to be partly responsible for such tragedies....OR. find other ways of having a laugh.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

When my daughter moved to Queensland, then married and has a family of six boys, she was well prepared for semi-rural living. She'd been brought up on our home farm in the East African highlands. 4x4 driving, bull bars, winches, having 2 or 3 spare tyres, mud tyres all yr round, spare fuel and water on the insulated roof rack, shovels, sand mats, et al, were already things engrained in her mind. My Aussie grandsons are never caught unprepared today!!

[@adrianmclean9195]

And FRENCH cars. 😂

[@batubop651]

Thad’s why we love importing you guys over here on visas specially for outback farms, like second nature to you.

[@xymonau2468]

Actually, the not swearing in front of women is extremely true. That was the social norm. "Made in Australia" does NOT mean the product is Australian. It means it was packed or put together in Australia but the content may be completely foreign. "Product of Australia" means it is made and manufactured in Australia from Australian goods and is genuinely a truly Australian item. Sometimes a small amount of goods from elsewhere are used and there must be a mention of that on the packaging. Victoria has the giant Australian earthworms.

[@themoviehobbit355]

I don't swear in front of my mother. I apologise if I do Just as my dad did last night

[@carolthorson7854]

I thought it was the reverse, made in Australis means actuay made in Australia, product of Australia can mean simply packaged in Australia. I better check this out.

[@Darkd0c100]

@@carolthorson7854 You are correct. Products means it was packaged in Australia but the goods were imported. Made means it was made and packaged in Australia.

[@1763-o3f]

My old workplace was the same, Whenever a female came on site the boss would say "Duck on the pond" no swear or being rude.

[@mutualbeard]

Robertson NSW also has big earthworms. I've seen them almost a metre long.

[@YvettefromAus]

As a former Sydney resident, born and bred, “GO THE BLUES” 😂 when ever we had hot summer days it would always end with a Southerly wind blowing in with clouds and rain and we’d open all the windows to cool off the house, I now live in Queensland, yes, you are right, a lot of weird stuff up here 😅, but those clouds were so different, very unusual and awe inspiring too.

[@BioHazard_Dragon]

That floating platform on the Sydney building is a set of mirrors which tracks the sun to reflect the natural sunlight into the central open area, for plants and people. At night it can be used to reflect an led light show. I think all the plants used are natives as well. It is to maximise health and wellbeing and connection to nature when living in the city.

[@meredithbond9859]

Back in the early 90's I drove solo as a single female in a little Holden Astra from Alice to Darwin after getting off the Ghan from Adelaide - I notified the cops of my leaving day and travel plans at both ends, had a lovely local tune in my CB radio and then had truckies checking on me the whole way. I also made a point of stopping at each roadhouse just to take a break from looking at the road. All that road sign information is common sense when you think about it for long distance, remote driving.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Wow! You go girl! So sensible yet you had the experience!

[@bert23337]

Amazing - the Stuart Highway I take it

[@meredithbond9859]

@@bert23337 - yes, where the curves in the road are (or appear) straight!

[@ricklorimer9984]

I rode a motorcycle from Darwin to Alice In the 70's to go to a party. Stayed 12 months then rode to Perth.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

@@ricklorimer9984 That's the way! LOL!

[@nemesisgaming8360]

the beetle is called the hibiscus harlequin bug, mostly found in coastal regions, they look amazing, the indigenous Australians used them them at one point as pigments in paints

[@susie9893]

Interesting. I just thought they were stink beetles. Looked it up and all part of same genus. My cousin was telling me that her cat used to eat stink beetles and then had the worst farts imaginable 😂😂😂😂😂 Talk about chemical warfare 🤣

[@peterfairhall1784]

The storm clouds in Sydney are 100% legitimate.

[@TheRealMarxz]

Was there yes it's real, saw it from another angle - there was a water spout just out side The Rocks too

[@DeepThought9999]

Shelf cloud, a sign of a Southerly Buster. The Southerly Buster is a common weather phenomenon in coastal NSW. It occurs typically on extremely hot days in summer when a cold front coming up the coast from Victoria will push under the prevailing hot north-westerly winds (temperatures in the high 30s or into the 40s). The hot and strong 30+ degrees Celsius wind will be blowing from the north west but as the front comes through the wind will suddenly swing around to the south with great ferocity and within 30 minutes the temperature will have fallen by more than 15 degrees. Sometimes we will go from a day in the high 30s or well into the 40s one day to the next day being less than 20 degrees. If there is humidity (often the case off the coast, as in this case), the cool dense air coming up from the Southern Ocean south of Australia will slide under the hot air, pushing it up and as it does so, the air will be cooled and these spectacular clouds will be formed, often accompanied by a severe thunderstorm. It is known as a Southerly Buster due to the damage often caused by the extremely strong winds, sometimes lightning and often very heavy rain.

[@Hellhaunter66]

can confirm from Sydney that it was real, multiple occasions too. Not as scary as the 2019 bush fire smoke though

[@kroo07]

Yep I remember one just like that in the late 80's in Sydney.

[@Smokey7186]

Since the 60s its all fake weather. Fools

[@Laineys-Journey]

I love the Quokka (the ‘O’ in Quokka is pronounced like it is in clock), never seen one with a baby in it’s pouch before, so cute.

[@Davebart1961]

Australian products now show a percentage of how much is actually Australian. This is a great idea. We look for items with high a percentage of Australian made!

[@davidcruse6589]

We had one here in south Australia 🇦🇺 only a couple months ago Died in outback broke down left vechile as they found him dead Klms from vechile and i think its law when travelling in these area's You have to notify police where and how long your route Then when get to next town you notify them you've made the trip They then notify the other police station If they don't hear from you a day or two after exspected time they try ringing you Then go out looking for you if not able to contact as some have forgotten to notify police they've made it Why signs says tell family where your going as they contact them to see if you've made it to any of them Very dangerous if you don't know what your doing and even for experienced have died Its a bit like Canadian ice truckers they freeze to death and here you die dehydration heat stoke both opposite extreme's Cheers mate 🦘🇦🇺👍

[@arjovenzia]

I dont think its a written Law, just considered very very stupid not to. If your preparing to head out beyond the black stump, a quick phone call seems like a very prudent thing to do.

[@glenmcinnes4824]

Back in the day the Pub had multiple Bars, the Main/Public Bar, the Private Bar and the Ladies bar (and others), unless working, collecting for charity or by special arrangement Ladies could not enter the main bar, they were welcome in the Private Bar and men could not enter the ladies bar without cause unless invited.

[@infin8ee]

I was a little kid in the country and the saloon bar was for women (and kids). They would usually have a piano and often sing-along would be the entertainment. Men tried to not swear in front of the "ladies " just as a matter of respect but barmaids were ok. This trend was in place long after whenever women were allowed to enter the public bar.

[@tonyhicks635]

I grew up in a small town - in the 1976 population was 260. The local pub had the main bar (men), ladies bar (saloon bar) and the beer garden (kids).

[@glenmale1748]

Usually called the Front bar (blokes) and the Back bar (sheilas). The kids ran around outside (usually barefoot) and drank out of a tap on the outside of the pub. It was so unbelievably sexist by todays standards, but we just accepted it.

[@glenmcinnes4824]

The Public Bar was a free for all for men, the Private Bar was for "Gentlemen" and ladies and had a stricter dress code and code of conduct than the Public Bar, this was where you found the Premium Beers, Best Sprits and could order a wine without rising an eyebrow. so it could be a bit classiest.

[@mardyroux8136]

@@glenmcinnes4824 Men had to have shoes and button-up shirt for the private bar.

[@adrianmclean9195]

Harry Seidler ( side - ler ), is probably Australia's most well known and prolific Architect - particularly for homes. Most preserved. Yes its real and advanced. Many designs. Designs used to this day.

[@algrigg9039]

That's a classic building, that one.

[@jennifercampbell7698]

And his wife was a great designer as well.

[@Islas_Canarias]

On 30th July 1997 we had the Thredbo landslide tragedy. I've never forgotten it because I was in hospital at the time, seriously injured after being hit by a truck while riding my bicycle on the road on a beautifully sunny Sunday 27th July. I was 27 years old. My parents brought in a 14 inch television so I could be distracted since I was in traction on my back, unable to move, not even get a wrinkle from the bedsheet out from under me if I was uncomfortable, and on four hourly morphine injections. I was a captive audience when the tragedy hit the news desk and I know the story intimately. Stuart Diver, also 27 years old, was the sole survivor, his wife Sally died from drowning, pinned to their bed by the twisted bed head when the landslide tore through the mountainside and demolished their units. He remarried. The search and rescue effort was phenomenal for the time. Stuart knew that the rescue team had special equipment that could detect faint sound in the rubble. So, as he lay trapped in his bed, the water level rising and falling around him, he had the wherewithal to scratch at one of the pipes with his fingernail. During one night (night/day he couldn't tell the difference) he dreamt he was lost in a shoebox somewhere in China and no one could ever find him. But, find him they did, on the 3rd day. There is a memorable photo of him being pulled out of the rubble, with his first glimpse of sunlight in 3 days, his face smeared with dirt. The rescue team paused at that very moment because they had promised him that he would see daylight again. So, they honoured the moment and of course, the news crew snapped a photo. 60 Minutes Australia: The Survivor, part one (2017)

[@benjigray8690]

Stuart was a ski instructor, and very fit, and he had tremendous mental strength also. He became known as the "Ultimate Survivor" He was one tough cookie.

[@greybirdo]

Few Aussies actually go into the really remote parts of the country. I've been in a few - places where the sky at night is luminescent, where the nearest town is 500 km away, where the landscape can go from desert to raging torrent literally overnight, where great inland lakes that only fill once every 50 years or so draw flocks of pelicans in the millions. It's awe inspiring, it really is.

[@annemarsh157]

Wow this takes me back . I was born in 1965. When my dad went to the pub my mum and us kids had to sit in the car ! Dad would bring us a pkt of Smith's chips and a raspberry pi drink in a proper glass! We were not allowed in the bar, even my mother! Even if us kids weren't there!

[@Fiery_WA]

I was born in 1965 as well, I can remember many a hot summer day (WA) Mum and my brother and I would sit in the car, Dad used to bring us a lemon squash. Touching on the no bad language, my Dad was born in 1924, and lookout if used a cuss word. I was the first born and a female, I don't recall my Dad ever swearing in front of me, and I can still remember to this day I was 25 and married for 5 years when I let the word sh*t slip out, I waited with absolute terror for my Dad to go and get the cake of Velvet soap to wash my mouth out lol

[@annemarsh157]

@@Fiery_WA lol same. I think I was about 25 when I heard my dad use the f word. I cried, I was shocked. My dad passed in 2012 & he never heard me use that word. As a result I don't swear , even now. I'm SHOCKED when I go out in public and hear the language used these days! Lack of respect not only for other people but also themselves. There's no such thing as manners anymore.

[@WellOfEchoes]

We still laugh about it. My husband and his brother would sit in the car with a packet of Smiths chips and drink while their dad had a few beers at the pub. 😂

[@PeterThompson-qj2lm]

Same vintage. A pkt of chips and the same drink, called a Fire Engine. Had to sit in the car or if lucky got 20 cents to go up the road and play the "Pinnies".

[@peterwundersitz3715]

I was born in 45, same thing in adelaide in the 50's

[@clabood]

My favourite part is the 70's report still using Received Pronunciation. She sound so British.

[@Plethorality]

That was normal for us. I used to speak beautifully, til i moved to a different country town and got bullied, so i changed my accent. It stuck and now i sound like shit.

[@pbhrbb]

It was a report on the ABC, which used to have standards for how its reporters and presenters spoke - modern TrippleJ presenters need not apply. I'm not sure if they still have the department, but they also used to have a department that defined how words were to be pronounced. I wouldn't be surprised if they still do, I did some work for a government department last year, which still has a document styling guide describing amongst other things how words were to be used.

[@paulperry7091]

I'm 76, and despite being born and raised in Queensland Australia accidentally developed this accent by listening exclusively to the ABC,and I still speak it - and I write copperplate - but not many young can do either. When I was young this accent opened doors - but today people just think you are a wanker.

[@GL-ii5dn]

I could be wrong but I remember reading somewhere when the the Australian Broadcasting Commission was formed back at the beginning of radio news presenters had to speak with a Cambridge accent. That carried over to the TV service early on.

[@YvettefromAus]

I thought at the beginning that I heard a little bit of Kiwi in her😂

[@utha2665]

IN addition to not leaving your vehicle when broken down in the outback, these days a SAT phone and/or an EPIRB would be recommended. If you are extremely remote, you might not see anyone for weeks. It's also, as part of your itinerary, to advise not only of your destination but also when you're due to arrive at your destination and to advise of any changes. The outback is not a place to mess with or take chances. People die out there and can die quickly.

[@valhipkiss4011]

Agree , & dying of thirst is NOT a nice thing .

[@ChuckyMcNubbin72]

The croc and shark thing... that's when you must make sure to chew your food BEFORE it chews you...😂🤣😂

[@BingoBongo-or5ni]

Worked on a cattle station at the edge of the desert in WA. No trees, no main roads, no flight paths for planes. The silence was my best memory of the place, you don't realise how much noise we deal with everyday until you go somewhere like that.

[@katehack1677]

1974 pubs open to ladies. I remember pub lunches as a kid in 1977, it was a big deal. I love small town pubs - one of the best things about Australia.

[@peterwundersitz3715]

74 on the way to mt isa. stopped for lunch. I'll have a steak.....want anything with it? it was over the sides of the large plate.

[@PeteV.53]

I have undertaken remote area motorcycle riding in Australia. You HAVE to be well prepared; you HAVE to know what you are getting yourself into; MUST let people know where you are and where you are going; you MUST not go alone (although people do, and they survive ok).That said, it is worth it! The vastness, grandeur and colours of the of the landscape; the blueness of the sky; the peace you feel when you think that you and your traveling companions(s) are the only people on earth, is overwhelming. It is a spiritual experience. I am a white fella but when I started to get into Outback travel, I truly began to understand the connection the Aboriginal people have with this land. And, the night sky with zero light pollution, is something to behold. You could not possibly imagine there were that many stars in the sky. Just writing this makes me want to head to the Outback tomorrow!

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Me too! Glad someone finally mentioned the sky, because of the angle Australia is on, we can see much of the Milky Way unlike the northern hemisphere. This experience is awesome and inspiring on a deeply spiritual level. I am surprised so many come to Australia and never really have an experience of being under the stars in near total silence. They are always under artificial light and don't leave the cities for long and even then don't realise the stars are out there to be experienced. There are people studying astrophysics in Perth, when I lived there would catch the bus and find myself chatting to several. Australia is a vast and ancient continent and we need to enter that reality, the Aboriginal people have lived here in the longest continual civilisation on earth. Appreciate your post.

[@PeteV.53]

@@deborahcurtis1385 I’m heading back to the Red Centre in August. C’nardly wait 😁

[@deborahcurtis1385]

@@PeteV.53 I'm fixing a 12ft Franklin caravan 1976 model. Going to get raised chassis and a 4wd. Should be good. there are a lot of women who are doing the camping thing it's excellent with internet groups.

[@PeteV.53]

@@deborahcurtis1385 lots of solo woman motorcycle riders out there too. We all have taken the Nike tag line to heart … Just Do It ✅ Safe and fulfilling travels . As the Irish travel blessing goes: >

[@deborahcurtis1385]

@@PeteV.53 Thanks! Went around Australia when I was 19-20 dropped out of law school. Now I'm going to do it again but at my own pace!

[@odetowags]

Even as an adult woman my uncles always apologised for swearing infront of me. Its an old school rule that you don't swear infront of females.

[@aussieragdoll4840]

At HMAS Platypus naval base in Sydney (near Mosman), there was a red light in the Ward Room. If women were in the room, the light was turned on to tell the men to watch their language.

[@seonagthomas]

Haha I can hear that apology “ ‘scuse the French love”

[@batubop651]

What generation? I’m nearing 50 and I swear (pun intended), we swear just as much?

[@odetowags]

@@batubop651 my parents generation are boomers

[@karenhaynes8797]

Most women are worse than men when it comes to swearing these days.

[@simonpallister842]

Love that you say "Australia" with a more Aussie accent than most Australians!

[@valsyaranamual6853]

Australia gets more snow than Switzerland! Our snowfields are bigger than Switzerland!

[@francis6888]

5:16 Look up the Hibiscus Harlequin Bug. You won't regret it

[@robertherriot7887]

And Christmas beetles are beautiful also .

[@algrigg9039]

That's what I thought, but I am happy to be corrected.

[@the_person_in_the_photo]

I thought they were Christmas beetles seeing them

[@glennhumphries9444]

My father was born in the 1930's and I never heard him swear in front of my mother, and God help me if I did. The belt would come off. It was an unwritten rule in those days.

[@clairechristy977]

Born in the 80's I would still to this day get a right punch in arm if I swore in front my Mum... from my Mum!

[@bushranger51]

I can empathise with that, My dad, bless his soul, never swore in front of any woman, and taught me the hard way with his belt if I did. Things were completely different back in the '50's and '60's, women never were seen in the main bar of a hotel, only in the Ladies Saloon, or Parlour Saloon or what ever it was called in each pub, and they certainly didn't swear at all. Things were a little bit more civilised back then.

[@resourcedragon]

So belting kids is more civilised than dropping the odd swear word? I beg to differ. Swear words are literally random sounds that have been deemed taboo by influential elements of a society. Words that are considered rude in one language are not rude in another. In some cases, words that are considered rude in one dialect may be acceptable in another. Words evolve over time, todays forbidden words may have been acceptable 50 or 100 or 500 years ago. Words that were taboo in those eras are often perfectly acceptable these days.

[@vinsgraphics]

@@resourcedragon Belt, schmelt. My old man was handy with anything he could find.

[@Reneesillycar74]

@@resourcedragon Now I’m not one who has taken the belt to my kids but looking at social issues today, I reckon there may be some benefit lol

[@roughapproach5723]

I can confirm that the storm cloud photo is real. I remember watching that particular storm roll in. I was working as a high rise window cleaner at the time, hanging on a rope. I have some amazing photos of it that I stopped to take from the roof of the high rise that I was working on as I hurriedly pulled up my ropes and packed up my gear to get out of its way. 2016 if I'm not mistaken. It was an epic storm.

[@gsx7r]

I think you’re right, I was a tower crane operator in the city at the time too. Can’t believe that was 8 years ago!

[@Anthology_of_Holly]

The greenery incorporated into the outside of the building in Sydney is something you seen a lot in modern city design here in Australia. There is a big focus on keeping green spaces in cities

[@jimmyloughnan9656]

You got some sick Aussie car paraphernalia there mate. Love the Marlboro Torana hatchback and Calais flag. Awesome content keep it up 👍🏻 🇦🇺🇺🇸

[@seamripper0000]

My son is planning on moving to Australia in the next 6 months. We're super excited for him, seems like a great place.

[@sheriashley7692]

Great for him. He should know we shorten a lot of words. Examples: brekky = breakfast Maccas = McDonalds Bottle o = liquor store Breatho = roadside breath test for alcohol Chuck a Uuey = do a U turn in the car

[@judithstrachan9399]

And many, MANY more……

[@judithstrachan9399]

Can’t take an Esky full of tinnies to the footie any more….

[@cynthianoordink709]

Hope he can afford to buy and not rent as its s to hard for Australians to find rentals atm so many living in cars because they can't afford or find accommodation 😢😢

[@suave-rider]

@@sheriashley7692 pull the other one, you're coming the raw prawn.

[@willleggett2581]

Another only in Australia thing in victoria on the same day (feb 13th) we had really bad bushfires (the pomonal bushfires (local to me)) and we had crazy storms that knocked down power lines and ripped off roofs all at the same time and only a 100k ish away from each other.

[@AndrewFishman]

In January 2020, Lake Conjola still had houses burning on the hills surrounding the lake as those on the low areas were flooding from torrential rains.

[@gregorturner9421]

also know how to deflate tyres in sandy conditions. a few years ago two backpackers took a van out into the bush on a trail, got bogged, ignored all that advice and were found dead a couple of days later. the real tragedy was that the cop that went to pick up the vehicle, let the tyres down to half pressure and drove the vehicle out.

[@algrigg9039]

Yep. I remember that. Tyre pressure is critical.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

@@algrigg9039 The main thing is to seek local advice, where ever you are. And listen to it. The locals always know best. And obviously check the internet for the official advice like Bureau of Meteorology, and local sites and those that advise on camping and travelling and specify the region. But often people are living in some fantasy and refuse to take in new information. This is a tragedy as demonstrated in this example. Just ask.

[@deldridg]

There was also a case where 2 young foreign travellers bogged their hired 4wd near Lake Eyre, left it and perished. The police arrived, put it in 4WD and backed it out. Tragic.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

@@deldridg So the car was All Wheel Drive AWD and the drivers hadn't put it in 4WD mode. This is so incomprehensible and sad. The hire firm is partly responsible for their safety, should have shown them and also given them instructions on safety.

[@deldridg]

@@deborahcurtis1385 Hi Deborah - yes, very sad. A bit of semantics here - they probably assumed it was an AWD, where the vehicle is either permanently in 4wd mode or switches to it automatically, not knowing that a 4WD needs a manual action to go into 4WD. I fully agree with you - the hire firm certainly has some duty of care responsibility for anyone using their cars, on the assumption that they will be used for off-road driving, especially in such a remote area. I don't know the details, but 2 young lives were lost as a result and being a father and an an experienced 4WD guy, it feels so much worse given that it could have been so easily avoided. Cheers from Sydney - Dave

[@HelenLeach-q9v]

A lot of high rise buildings in the big cities are incorporating “living” plant walls and roofs. It is to cool down the buildings by cutting down concrete and glass in 40 degree (110-115 degrees Fahrenheit) heat. Regular temperatures in summer. It also attracts birds and butterflies to high rise apartments that would not normally get them. More calming atmosphere.

[@susie9893]

Yes I was surprised he was surprised by this. In Mexico City they are far more progressive about creating a green urban jungle - I thought every had seen those photos by now (if you haven't - they are AWESOME)

[@chromedog68]

at 14:50 or so, that set of buildings in Sydney is known as "Central Park" - The land it was on used to be a brewery, and was redeveloped. It's about a 5 minute walk from the main rail hub station for Sydney (you can get a train to pretty much anywhere in Sydney OR outside of it - intercapital, intercity included).

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

Remote driving means NO phone service. You can’t just call for help. You have to have enough with you to live for at least 2 weeks and to have told someone where you’re going and when you think you’ll get there

[@Dragonfly_64795]

Asking a genuine question , would a satellite phone or 2 way radio work in the out back if you were stranded ?

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@@Dragonfly_64795 both yes, but a two way only has a limited range and needs someone else to be near enough to hear it. Satellite phones work.

[@macca777]

@@Dragonfly_64795 you also have to have reasonable weather. Big rainy clouds = no satellite phone. If you're in amongst tall trees = dodgy or no satellite phone. I was an ambo up in the Kimberley and had no phone when it rained. They are not the end all and be all but they're better than none at all. In good weather they're fine. Not sure about the 2 way radio. We used them closer to town to narrow down our eta.

[@frythechip7930]

@@Dragonfly_64795 You should watch Russel Coight. he has really good tips on surviving the outback

[@algrigg9039]

@@Dragonfly_64795 Yes, Satellite phones work, of course. We always take one with us on our remote trips. EPIRBS (emergency beacons) are also good, but... if you do activate one, EVERYBODY COMES!!!! . UHF radio not so much because of low range. HF radio better, but somebody needs to know your call sign.

[@warrenturner397]

A very important warning missing from the Remote Area travel advice is NEVER rely on Google maps!

[@Azaelris]

fr, they sell maps at most petrol stations so make sure youre prepared and bring more supplies than for the time you expect to be there. Let your friends/family know where you are going

[@1tcus]

I think that's good advice for anyone, no matter where in the world you are😂

[@care4animals114]

Am loving your videos of mind blowing Australia!!!! Man you've uncovered heaps! So grateful for this great Southern Island ❤

[@TTTTTT-ix6tu]

Surrounded by Kroo’s yes. Resort in North QLD, which has a golf course, they come out especially early mornings and would just be grazing on the lawns covered in morning dew, usually mothers with joeys bouncing about, they’re not aggressive usually. You don’t see the big male Kroo’s in the pack, they’re usually the ones to stay away from.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

Women in bars was new to a lot of people. Many years later there was a really bad storm and a woman was sheltering in the doorway of the pub. I got her to come in to the bar and arranged a cup of tea for her. She was surprised at how civilised it was.

[@_Simnesia_]

Quokka has the same "o" sound as in rocker. 😉👍

[@susie9893]

"Quoker" 🙄🤭

[@amandajb2024]

I live near One Central Park. The panel that sticks out is a big solar panel, it moves according to the position of the sun 🌞

[@jessovenden]

Wow I love it. Must be nearly time for a road trip. A lot has changed since I last was up that way.

[@unsocialbutterfly5760]

I’m Australian and I had never seen snow until I went to NYC. I just never went to the snow areas because they are very expensive to stay at, and there are only certain parts where it snows, which is nowhere near where I live. I loved the snow when I lived in America for almost ten years. I’m back home now and I can truly say I miss the snow.

[@aircastles1013]

No offence but if you can afford to go to America and back you can pop over to the Snowy Mountains for a day or two, even Mt Donna Buang close to Melbourne has snow. Day trip, don’t even need to stay at an overpriced resort!

[@jibsoz]

In the central highlands of Tasmania, it snows and has been known to snow around Christmas - summer. We were there in February camping, and the temp got to 2 degrees C overnight. A week later, near Hobart, it was 40 degrees C, a very rare temp for there.

[@susie9893]

I agree. I've never been to the snow in Australia (the only times I've seen snow are in Canada, and I think the point the other comments are missing here, is that there is a very real difference between spending money to go out of your way to see snow, vs seeing snow just bcos it was snowing where you were visiting/living) and I know so many people in Sydney who say it's cheaper for them to fly to NZ to ski, including renting all the gear, than go to any of the snow fields in Oz

[@TUPPERWAVE]

Those beetles are called 'Cotton Harlequin Bugs' and you'll often see them in trees in little clusters. Very pretty to look at! The females often being orange and males a metallic blue/red.

[@wallywombat164]

Surrounded by Roos? Yes. Scared? Never mate.

[@vexile1239]

Just cough if they square up to ya, apparently they view it as being submissive behaviour

[@johannahoneyman697]

I’m Australian and I don’t trust kangaroos as far as I can throw them!!

[@emeraldheart415]

​@@vexile1239 Great advice - I had never heard of this before. Good to know if ever needed!

[@vexile1239]

@@emeraldheart415 I was visiting my half-brother down at wacol and one came up to me and squared up to me just as I broke out into a coughing fit (silent acid reflux is a beach) and it hopped away

[@mylesdobinson1534]

The big buck Kangas can be a problem and potentially dangerous especially if he thinks he has to defend his harem.

[@doubledee9675]

That Harry Seidler (pronounced Sideler by the way) house started a whole new style of home building here in suburban Sydney. I Many, many houses took the design cues you can see here, some being almost copies, but the main benefit was to show that a house which looked so very different to the vast norm could actually work. Seidler went on to be a major contributor to Australian life generally.

[@lynne831]

The Second Hand Store is in Alice Springs, NT. The South Aussie Logo was done by the same guys that did the CU in the NT

[@akwyld2545]

Voting is easy as ur automatically registered as soon as ur 18 (legal citizenship or born), u just show up..might pickup a sausage sizzle (a piece of sandwich bread with a cooked sausage)…then u bugger off to do whatever. Every person does it, n it’s easy so we have not right to complain as we all voted

[@robynmc3873]

I love your affection for our country ❤

[@geniej2378]

The futuristic green "apocalyptic" building has hundreds of motorized mirrors suspended to direct sunlight onto parts of the building so all the vertical gardens get enough sunlight to grow. The mirrors adjust their angles throughout the day to capture the most natural light. The building is a sustainability project, it's quite cool!

[@PhascolarctosVU]

It uses a heliostat to track the sun and get solar energy for the building.

[@PhascolarctosVU]

There are vertical gardens on tall buildings in many cities - in London, Paris, Madrid etc etc. They cool the building, purify the air, and connect people with nature.

[@markleon411]

Tasmania is there in that space on the girl. You just can't see the map of Tasmania because she has pants on.

[@grahamprice3998]

I was looking for this comment. Love from Tas

[@dilligaf8349]

Kevin bloody Willson. Kiss kiss Pepe lapew

[@cariaus3758]

😂😂 Didn't even cross my mind, too funny 😂

[@julierice100]

👌🤪😜

[@elroyfudbucker6806]

She might have been completely deforested. With some women, it's more like a map of India.

[@michaelseal9714]

Everything is real. Cheers mate, Mick from Bundy.

[@Ober1kenobi]

13:22 I don’t care about swooping birds, they don’t bother me The problem is people are surprised by it Learn to spot them, and once you learn their patterns, and you can almost hear them coming too, I just track them so they don’t surprise me, I don’t react and after a couple of swoops they leave me alone

[@gacoby3291]

5:27 these are harlequin bugs and are quite common at least where I live

[@treadingtheboards2875]

That sign is mainly for Magpies during mating / nesting season, Sept - Nov. If you can make friends with them before hand, you are usually ignored if you walk past. The also goes for the Magpie Lark, a smaller bird of similar coloring but is not a Magpie, I have seen some people being attacked by a Magpie lark where a Magpie protected the person by attacking the lark. The Aussie Raven will also get cranky, but will only swoop, not attack,

[@fridaytax]

I've been swooped by a sulphur crested cockatoo but I think he was just taking the p*ss

[@theirishviking9278]

hell sometimes the magpies will just adopt a person happened to me while walking a dog when younger they would see me fly down an just hop along near me no idea why they started doing this

[@treadingtheboards2875]

@@theirishviking9278 My son and I had this happen to us, a young one sat on our shoulders and walked up and down our arms. Sadly this got attacked by other maggies after we walked away. Back in the 80's during the severe droughts, while picnicing, magpies along with other birds, would sit on our shoulders and table looking for food.

[@algrigg9039]

Yep, we have a family of magpies living out the front. I talk to them every day I see them, and we have never ever been swooped. But the Noisy Miners - bloody hell!

[@oldchev2850]

Been swooped so many times when I was a kid riding home from school by maggies. They're just protecting their chicks so best to ride a different way. Poor posties can't do that though. Been swooped many times also by crows nesting on draglines Seems you have to get a bit closer to their nests before they attack you though

[@liammcintosh8466]

I come from the bush capital Canberra. I see Roos every day. I love south side where we have rivers and hills. Lots of wombats and black cockatoos also

[@gregorturner9421]

i lived in Kambah for a while, kambah pool is still special to me for a quick drive, a short walk down hill and a beautiful cool swim in the river with everyone else.

[@TheOriginalFoxtrotCharlie]

I'm in Canberra too ❤

[@eclecticapoetica]

It snows in - wait for it! The Snowy Mountains! This is a region off the Great Dividing range that straddles The border regions of Victoria and New South Wales. Our alpine resorts are incredible, usually the snow season is only a few months, but some of the resorts are open for the summer with all kinds of music festivals, writer’s conferences etc. plus great outdoor pursuits, hiking and fishing for trout in the mountain lakes.

[@mardyroux8136]

By area Australia has more snowfields than Europe.

[@ElizabethEaton-q8p]

The mountains here are not like mountains overseas they are more like big hills

[@joasiaredestowicz194]

that pic of central park must be old/a planning picture. its all green now. the floating panel reflects light onto surrounding areas so that the buildings don't cause large areas of shadow on the ground.

[@lmaree200886]

That picture was taken just a year after it was completed in 2014, hence why not as much greenery. I've been there many times when I used to live in Sydney. Cannot believe there's a bloke in these comments saying it doesn't exist. They're clearly too lazy to even Google it!🤦‍♀️😂

[@Ryan-lz3qh]

4:59 it’s interesting to hear about this, my Grandma was complaining about how men have “potty mouths” now, since men are always swearing around women these days. She doesn’t realise men use to cherish women and wouldn’t want them to hear them to hear their foul/bad language

[@claudiamorganvlogs8952]

Thank you for loving Australia and all the videos. I was born here and you take me on holidays without leaving my loungeroom.

[@daveg2104]

The One Central Park building looks like that, except more "green" if anything. The bit's hanging off the side are a cantilevered heliostat, a motorised mirror system that tracks the Sun and reflects sunlight onto 220 fixed reflecting panels which bounce the light down into the retail atrium below.

[@jpdrsn33]

Pretty sure they have had rat infestation in the planter boxes too.

[@maurie-xw7nn]

I've seen plenty of rats around the area. Probably they were the old Carlton Brewery tenants@@jpdrsn33

[@daveg2104]

@@jpdrsn33 One of them fell off. A bit sad for a specially designed fixture.

[@CL-xg6hc]

The mirrors help reflect light onto parts of the building that, at certain times of the year, may not get enough sunlight for the plants to grow properly. My sister's friend was on the team that helped design the Heliostat at One Central Park when it was being built. Interestingly, there are watering systems built in to the building and when it first opened, one entire side of the vertical gardens on the building died because the watering system had a fault and it wasn't until they saw the 'dead plants en masse' that they investigated to find the fault.

[@CallsignEskimo-l3o]

Quokkas are so cute they make Koalas look they are on meth.

[@sharisme8190]

and in case you read all these comments ~ Quokka sounds like Qwoker (as in rocker) and they are known as the happiest animal on earth because they also look like they are smiling.

[@heatherlewis3713]

Quokkas are cute, but I think Koalas are cuter. Especially baby ones.

[@algrigg9039]

Koalas ARE on meth.....

[@rb-pk8ds]

​@@sharisme8190 and if you are an American reading this, qwoker and rocker are both pronounced without the ending R ... you will receive much friendly mockeery if you R. :-)

[@susie9893]

Nothing could make a koala look like it was on meth. Possibly you mean marijuana? Only time a koala moves anywhere near as fast as a quoka is when it's on the ground

[@philipsnettleton]

Kangaroos are harmless unless you piss them off. Then they can be deadly. They are typically placid and very cute, but they are still wild animals. BTW, those 'tsunami' clouds are real. I'm from Sydney.

[@robbie1984L]

its quite hard to migrate to the USA from Australia. There are less avenues and lower caps and more limitations.

[@Blanchy10]

Victoria has giant earthworms I think up to two metres long. I was fishing in the Snowy Mountains once and it got pretty cold at night. We had a fire going and the Roos surrounded us getting about 2 mtr away to get warm.

[@AnoJanJan]

A French guy we met overseas came & stayed with us in Australia. He wanted to hitchhike across the dessert 😱We also happen to live in a beachside suburb, so voting is at the surf club & most people vote either before or after a swim.

[@barnowl.]

Desert- otherwise he would have ruined the dessert you were to eat !

[@juliewoodman2439]

I sort of assumed that pic of people voting was taken in a coastal suburb.

[@evaadams8298]

@@juliewoodman2439yes so many beach suburbs where we just vote after beach…

[@austenmoore9782]

Australia gets more snow than the Swiss alps

[@themoviehobbit355]

Melts pretty quick tho 😂

[@barnowl.]

No it does not. Australia gets snow over a BIGGER AREA than the Swiss Alps BUT it is not as deep, therefore in reality Switzerland's Alps get more snow.

[@Coooeee]

@@barnowl. From Google... Across the mountainous tops of the Great Dividing Range, winter brings heavy snowfalls. This snowfall is so heavy that Australian Alps, located near the capital city of Canberra, receives more snow than the Swiss Alps in the winter months!

[@adrianblackberry9327]

​@barnowl. Hello, you are correct

[@judithstrachan9399]

I heard “more skiable snow”.

[@Kayne86z]

12:32 so many times and depends on the situation.... If you are walking in the bush and you come across a mob of bush grey roos that stands about 6+ foot ummm just walk back the way you came nice and slowly.... But these type of Grey's, just relax and enjoy nature

[@bigred8438]

A tourist from Germany posted a comment that stated that he would not travel more than two hours from home, and if he did he would stay the night at the end of that journey rather than travel the two hours home. Once in Australia he had to get used to driving vast distances to get from one place to another. He said in Germany he could drive three hours to get a Pizza in Italy.

[@SH-qs7ee]

In the 80's I lived in the Pilbara region (Northern WA), where there was a German who was pretty similar; He'd talk about that back home, he could drive 4 hours and visit amazing cultural sites and amazing restaurants. Up there you could drive four hours and where would you be? Middle of F**king nowhere. (His exact words)

[@Merly3333]

The storm front was absolutely real. That was a spectacularly clear and dramatic front, but we do get some very angry skies as a common thing. I lived in the snowy region and while the snow season was often pretty short, we could get a lot of snow!

[@mardyroux8136]

I was on a flight coming into Sydney just prior to that storm. We weren't allowed to land for more than an hour as the main front crossed over the airport. It was amazing.

[@johnpage7735]

Completely stuck outback, sunrise and sunset burn a tyre. Someone will eventually investigate the black smoke out in woop woop.

[@35manning]

That assumes that somebody will be close enough to see the black smoke before the tire burns out completely. Given that some large PILES of tires burning are visible as far away as 75-165km, a SINGLE tire isn't going to be that spectacular. In fact as a firefighter responding to tractor fires where the large tires are burning, the visibility can be as low as a few kilometres at most. And given that some areas may not have anyone else in them for multiple hundreds of kilometres, good luck if that's your plan. I personally think a satellite phone is a smarter idea.

[@johnpage7735]

@35manning All true but not everyone is going to invest in a sat phone for a one off trip. Also most people are dills . They'd be lucky to have 2 days water...

[@35manning]

@@johnpage7735 rental satphones are a thing. You can also get handheld GPS devices that support satellite based text messaging.

[@devon7008]

@@johnpage7735 The Elon Musk Starlink satellite network, will soon be able to connect to any regular cell phone, anywhere on earth...

[@algrigg9039]

@@johnpage7735 You can rent Sat phones, just for the trip.

[@CQuinnLady]

It was unheard of to swear in front of a woman. The colourful bugs, if I remember correctly, are stink bugs. Roos are everywhere, especially golf courses. I used to walk my dogs on the local golf courses at night and its alot of fun seeing all the wildlife come out.

[@winstonsmith7801]

What are you talking about .The women swear the most.

[@AndrewFishman]

But men did not act uncouth in front of women. It was not done to swear, be vulgar or otherwise offend a woman's "delicate" sensibilities. If I was to swear in front of either of my grandmothers, there was all hell to pay. @@winstonsmith7801 I never heard either of them utter a curse word. My mother, I could count how often I have heard heard swear beyond the occasional "bloody" or "bugger". It has changed in recent generations, but it held true back when I was growing up in the 70s.

[@grandy2875]

We used to call those colourful beetles “Christmas Beetles” because they usually appeared at the end of November/beginning of December. It’s been a while since we’ve seen them in our area, it’s interesting, my son and grandson were just talking about them a week or so ago…🤔 🙃🐨🇦🇺

[@AndrewFishman]

These are not Christmas Beetles which are large, brown and have a colourful sheen on the surface, not coloured in the shell. These are harlequins. @@grandy2875 Christmas Beetles also have a log trailing rear leg.

[@tomthebadasscat]

@@winstonsmith7801 You missed the word "was". Now, is different to 50 years ago.

[@geraldineheath3989]

Women had a place in the pub, it was called the lounge bar. Yes it is accurate for that time. It was very much a time where polite social courtesy was ever present.

[@wolfoffroad]

@iwrocker - Yep, been surrounded by roos. At a picnic with my wife and 3 yr old daughter in the blue mountains outside of Sydney, sitting on a rug and a mob of 30 odd roos came through slowly grazing. Males on the outside of a ring with the females and joey's in the middle. They calmly grazed right past us over 15 or 20 mins. We sat there, said hi, enjoyed being so close as they were right next to the rug, no stress at all. They barely noticed us. Unfortunately 4 american tourists then tried to pat them - they were very loud, moved quickly and kept reaching out. We told them to just sit still and be quiet and they'll come right past them, but they kept walking pu to them, tried to offer them choclate (I told them not to) to get them to come nearer. The males reared up and formed a line while the females and joeys all skipped away, followed by the males. Also Ive hit 5 roos in the last 20 years with various utes. Does that count?

[@ianmontgomery7534]

That worm is a toy one. We also have the Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis) which average a metre in length and can grow to 3 metres. They are found in Victoria

[@davidmc105]

A roo can do serious harm so best to keep your distance. As a youngster, if my mum wanted to get a message to my dad while he was in the bar, I had to go in to let dad know, no way would mum go in there. The Yoga girl has the map of Tasmania but it's black so not noticeable, I won't elaborate. As a cyclist, I expect to get swooped by magpies and perhaps butcherbirds each spring. It's true that you can get friendly with them and they won't swoop you but most of us are not on first name terms with every magpie in the country. They say you should avoid their territory (it is definitely THEIR territory, not yours) but then they remind you that magpies are everywhere so the only way to avoid them is to stay home for 3 months.

[@felicitybywater8012]

Before the forest of zipties sticking out of your helmet fended the maggies off, we didn't wear helmets but we did wear an empty icecream container on our heads.

[@georginaadair8438]

Kangaroos are wild animals and the pack leader/dominant male will get very defensive if he perceives you as a threat. They're more 'flight' than 'fight' so if there's an escape route for them, they'll take off in that direction I have been surrounded by them while walking my dog at dusk. The footpath I was on runs between two soccer paddocks and 12-15 kangaroos were on both fields (each side) with me and my dog in the middle. The dog was firmly on the lead, but i had only just put her on as i was crossing a bridge on a tree lined creek. The area i was coming from was a dog lead free area that ended at the bridge. I didn't see the roos until they were all around me. The old man kangaroo (term for dominant male) started to shape up when he saw the dog. It was really scary as I had inadvertently got between him and at least 12 of the rest of the group. Thankfully a cyclist overtook me and they scattered. We were in a severe drought at the time and roos tend not to come into town unless they're looking for water. This was the case at the time i just described.

[@ahdoodeclair]

The cloud you were asking about is a shelf cloud and part of a cumulonimbus cloud that would be producing a severe thunderstorm. Shelf clouds are not uncommon, you would get them in the USA as well, but this is a particularly fine example - and scary as hell!

[@digitalsparky]

The roos at 12:20 were like 'What's goin' on here lads?'

[@allanhindmarch7323]

It's going to be 44 degrees in Perth tomorrow. Damn I hope summer ends soon!