Newfoundlander Takes Australia Quizz

[@penelopelombardo593]

That video is wrong and you were right … our international dialling code is +61

[@perthon]

Correct +81 is Japan...

[@RobNMelbourne]

Yeah, I caught that one too. Big mistake by whoever put the quiz together.

[@crackers562]

I think you got 23 correct.... +61 is the international dial code. Also we say Can'bra and it is the capital in much the same way as Washington DC is the US capital. They couldn't agree between Melbourne and Sydney so they created a city half way between. You DID WELL!!! Good on'ya!

[@brucelamberton8819]

When Australia became a federation Sydney and Melbourne argued as to which should be the capital and as a compromise Canberra was built "halfway" (it's actually much closer to Sydney) between the two. But the first sitting of Parliament took place in Melbourne while Canberra and federal Parliament House were built.

[@sachospunn3809]

You did really well! I couldn't believe the international dialing code answer: +81 is for Japan. It reminded me of an answer in the original version of "Trivial Pursuit". The question was "How many grooves does a standard LP have?" and the answer was 1. I guess they forget that an LP is 2-sided. I got into a big argument with my cousin over that because I had a piece of pie riding on the answer!

[@paullees5705]

I think you did really well for someone who is only just learning about this fantastic country

[@miniveedub]

There is a train trip called the Indian Pacific. It’s a great train journey that goes between Sydney and Perth. It takes 4 days and 3 nights. There’s only a handful of stops along the 4,362 km journey. It’s one of those bucket list trips and I was lucky enough to do it in 2011. Loved it.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Always brings a smile to my old face seeing people say they are surprised and happy they discovered actual Australia and not TV Australia.

[@triarb5790]

Another fun fact. We make Canada's polymer currency notes.

[@stevenbalekic5683]

The dialling code is +61 not +81 for Australia.

[@hamishericson2050]

+81 is Japan

[@d.robertdigman1293]

As a proud Melburnian I must correct a little piece of information that as of last year is now out of date: as of April 2023, Melbourne's population outgrew Sydney's, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is a technicality as the ABS revised how they measure the boundaries of the cities and so the area surrounding Melton was added to Melbourne's population, but the populations of Australian cities as they are officially recognised are from the ABS.

[@schmuelking1535]

also Sydney still include Central Coast for some reason, despite it now being considered part of regional NSW and no longer in Greater Sydney. By that logic, Melbourne should include Geelong.

[@d.robertdigman1293]

@@schmuelking1535 I'm not so sure of that. Melton is 47 km from Melbourne's CBD. Geelong is 75 km from the CBD. Further, Melton is a suburb of Melbourne whereas Geelong is a separate city.

[@schmuelking1535]

@@d.robertdigman1293 Central Coast is 95km from Sydney CBD.

[@d.robertdigman1293]

@@schmuelking1535 The distance is not the only factor. In terms of Melbourne, Melton is considered a suburb, Geelong a separate city. Thus Gellong cannot be counted as part of Melbourne's population. The situation regarding Sydney's relationship with Central Coast is beside the point here.

[@schmuelking1535]

@@d.robertdigman1293 I'm not actually saying that Geelong should be considered part of Melbourne. I was just making a note that Central coast shouldn't be considered part of Sydney, and that Sydney has historically included an area that is a really long distance away, which should never been included in its population numbers. Thus saying that for some time Sydney has been over reporting its numbers, and for some it has actually been the smaller city.

[@jayweb51]

Due to the infighting between Sydney and Melbourne over being the National Capital, it was decided to select a location near equal between both cities; eventually a sheep paddock in rural New South Wales was selected, this was sectioned off as the Australian Capital Territory with the city being called Canberra. The name Canberra was derived from the local indigenous people, and means 'meeting place'.

[@warrenturner397]

And it's still a waste of a damn good sheep station!

[@elizabeth10392]

Sydney is the capital of the State of New South Wales, Melbourne is the capital of Victoria, Adelaide is the capital of South Australia, Perth is the capital of Western Australia, Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory, Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, Hobart is the capital of Tasmania and Canberra is the capital of the whole Country However, you did really, really well. I was impressed 😁👍

[@Sharyn-x8e]

The train that travels to and from the east and west coast of Australia is called the Indian Pacific after the oceans.

[@lynndally9160]

With regards to the oceans, we actually have a train which travels from Perth to Sydney and back. It's called the Indian Pacific (for obvious reasons). There are a few videos on KZbin of people doing the trip

[@Jeni10]

Bondi Beach is world famous largely because of the TV documentary series “Bondi Rescue”, which features our lifeguards and the thousands of rescues they perform every year. It’s mostly tourists who wind up in trouble because they ignore the signs, the flags and the lifeguards, and just swim wherever they want to, which results in them getting caught in a rip and being unable to swim because they’ve never swum in the ocean before and the currents will carry them far from shore. Swim between the flags! That’s why they’re on the beach! Many episodes are on KZbin but you can’t react to them, just watch them and realise what a fantastic job our lifeguards are doing.

[@daveg2104]

It was quite famous before the TV show. Mainly because it is the closest surf beach to the CBD. It is actually a pretty decent beach, although not necessarily the safest - the backpackers express (rip) at the southern end has caught many a tourist out.

[@djgrant8761]

You’re not a dumb idiot. You’re learning.

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

Poor old Canberra in the ACT...Aust Capital Territory. There are some great videos about Canberra and Aust Parliament House...old and new

[@peterandebbiemcguire9039]

Well done Canadian brother. Great score. A typical American would have got half that score. Wonder how Ryan would go.

[@shayneramsay1388]

The Summer Olympics were Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000, in 2032 it will be Brisbane's turn

[@TheAussieLeo]

Yeah, I'm going to live with my brother in Tas when the games come to Brissie >.

[@Bellas1717]

@@TheAussieLeooh what a shame. It was wonderful being in Sydney for the 2000 Games.

[@R0d_1984]

We wont have the money...

[@Jeni10]

Geelong yes!

[@WickedestKar]

My Home Town Geelong you pronounced it perfectly ....not even I got them all right and i have lived here 63 yrs...lol well done

[@JennyMillikan]

You did great Kevin 👏 I spent 2 months travelling across Canada i wouldn't have got high score. Love your videos Adelaide South Australia 🌏🌏🦘

[@perryschafer5996]

Interesting fact about Mount Kosciuszko is that it was named by a Polish explorer (Paweł Strzelecki) after A Polish freedom fighter because it reminded him of a mountain in Poland.

[@murraysaunder9210]

I thought he might’ve taken the lazy path and pronounced it “option A”

[@megbond]

And there are the Strzelecki Ranges in Victoria too.

[@perryschafer5996]

@@megbond and the Strezlecki track in SA.

[@gregoryparnell2775]

Not to shabby for a Newbie. And think about it the Atlantic is on the East coast of America.

[@punkmetalbabe]

Easier, is to remember that Atlantic is Northern Hemisphere

[@grahamejohn6847]

"Don't be a baby" Kev lol vegemite is lovelyYou did pretty damn good mate and as for Canada ask Aussies what your capital is I bet most won't know.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

My wife is hilarious! 😂🤣

[@rhodes1948]

Thanks for that mate ,thoroughly enjoyed your reactions

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!

[@bline5891]

You did well mate, much better than I would do on a Canadian one

[@Jeni10]

Heard Island is 4,098km from Perth, out in the middle of the Indian Ocean. I had never heard of it till just now.

[@triarb5790]

Fun fact, Australia has over 1200 islands. I learnt that from the travel doco series with Martin Clunes (actor who plays Doc Martin).

[@Mrdangerousbeans769]

You did very well with your answers. I have lived here for 50 years and did not all correct. Especially those related to the Eastern states as I live in WA the best state in the country

[@GayleS28]

I'm sad as I live in Canberra and WE EXIST!!

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@GayleS28 yes you do! I'll never forget that moving forward!

[@triarb5790]

I go to Canberra every year with our Grade 6ers ( from Melbourne). I really like Canberra. It is much maligned and not at all explored by fellow Aussies just because of the association with Federal Parliament. People are very silly. They don't stop visiting London just because Westminster is there. Derp.

[@R0d_1984]

No you don't you're not apart of Australia, it's where we send all the traitors and criminals...

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

Bondi is pronounced Bondeye. Also Bondi Rescue is a great show to react to

[@stephenogier7499]

Q 13: Sydney has never been the capital of Australia, though it is the capital of the state of New South Wales. When Australia became Australia on 1 January 1901, Melbourne was the capital, but Sydney complained thinking that it should be the capital, so in the 1920s a new capital was built from scratch, so an area of land was carved out of New South Wales to become the Australian Capital Territory (not a state) and Canberra was built in the middle of it. The name Canberra is believed to have come from the local Aboriginal language and means 'meeting place'. Don't worry about thinking the capital was Sydney, most non-Australians think that, so we're used to it. It's kind of like most Aussies think the capital of Canada is Toronto, not Ottawa, which we've never heard of. To be honest, half the Australians I've met think Sydney is the capital, but they were all from Sydney. 😁 Q 22: Socceroos are the Australian Football/Soccer team. Q 25: We used the (Australian) pound up until 14 February 1966 when we changed to the Aussie dollar with 2 dollars = to the pound. Q 26: Our highest mountain was named by a Polish explorer after a famous Pole. In Australia we pronounce it Kozzie-‘os-koh with the stress on the second part. I doubt that any Pole would recognise the name however as it would be pronounced Kosh-oosh-koh in Polish. I think Mount Wellington is in New Zealand. So your pronunciation was pretty good in an Aussie sort of way. Geelong - perfect! You nailed it! I think you must be becoming a true blue Aussie mate. Good on ya! Q 27: You were right. It's +61. +81 is Japan and +44 is the UK. Q 30: If you ever want to invade Australia, and we have a great fear of being invaded, Melbourne Cup Day would be the time to do it. The whole country comes to a standstill during the running of the race. Q 31: All those early Dutch explorers! Q 35: Actually July is in winter, not summer. December is in summer, which is why we all go surfing on Christmas Day. 😅 You did well. Possibly better than many Australians would have done. I feel proud to call you an honorary Aussie. Goodonya mate!

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

I'll keep Q 30 in mind 😁😂🤣😜

[@Ducatirati]

​@discoveringnlwithkevin it's Q 30 in Housebreaking 101 too . R

[@schmuelking1535]

@@discoveringnlwithkevin the people that watch the race (and organise the race) like to think the country comes to a standstill. It is less and less of an event each year.

[@schmuelking1535]

great Canberra synopsis. Its a really nice place to visit, particularly if you like museums, galleries, science based things etc.

[@schmuelking1535]

Mt Wellington (also known as Kunanyi) is the beautiful big mountain that overlooks Hobart in Tasmania. Its got a really stunning rock face known as the organ pipes... although apparently there is a suburb of Auckland called Mount Wellington.

[@kerrylynch449]

Dam Kevin, you did awsome. Alot of us would not score that high. Well done.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

Thank you kindly.

[@R0d_1984]

Alot of us....hmmmm

[@kerrylynch449]

Canberra is a small territory set aside just for the politicians. It should have a big fence erected around it.🤣

[@Bellas1717]

It’s a small city in the Australian Capital Territory. Cheers.

[@chadjcrase]

@@Bellas1717 The rest is national park isn't it?

[@Bellas1717]

@@chadjcrase A lot is, but there’s also a few towns and some farms. I’ve been to the very small town of Williamsdale to collect dacite and crystal tuff, it’s an ancient volcanic site.

[@sonyan2902]

Australia's dialling code is +61

[@top40researcher31]

Our island continent borders three mighty oceans - the Pacific, the Indian, and the Southern - and includes the world's third-largest marine territory. Australia's oceans are among the most diverse in the world and many marine habitats still remain unexplored.

[@dhiquobgnaloo]

As for the ocean question our train that goes from one side of OZ to the other is called the Indian Pacific.

[@julesmarwell8023]

it was minus seven degrees c in canberra last night

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

Mount Kosciuszko you almost got. Mount kozzi - osko.

[@Merrid67play]

Although it should probably be more like kosh-oos-ko.

[@JoTheSnoop]

​@@Merrid67playI pronounce it something similar, as I have a bit of trouble trying to pronounce Polish words and names.

[@marmalade6681]

@@Merrid67play Yeah.. i was a kozzi osco pronouncer ;) BUT.. apparently Its supposed to be the way you said it. 'officially' that is...

[@optimusmaximus9646]

Pronounced "koshchooshko", actually. But we just say "koziosko".

[@JoTheSnoop]

@@optimusmaximus9646 I often forget the 'ch' part!

[@Reefsider-fq4sk]

Well done! Yes you said Geelong correctly. Mt Kosciuszko is pronounced Mt Kozziosko. Good on you for knowing our international dialling code is +61.

[@JoTheSnoop]

We pronounce it incorrectly. I know that as I have Polish mates.

[@top40researcher31]

Did you know Highway 1 of Australia is with a length of 14,500 km (9,000 mi), the longest national highway in the world. It can be considered a giant "ring road" as it, except for a few shortcuts, follows the entire coastline of mainland Australia. Part of the road also traverses Tasmania.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

Wow! In Canada we have the TCH (Trans Canada Highway) which is 7,821km, but it's not a loop, it goes from coast to coast, Newfoundland to British Columbia.

[@sonyan2902]

"Some 100 Australian snakes are venomous, although only 12 are likely to inflict a wound that could kill you." This is from the government website.

[@schmuelking1535]

and most australians will never even encounter any of them :)

[@joandsarah77]

The international Australian dial code is 61. I went to check and see who is 81, and it's Japan! IDK where he got his information from but you are not dialing here with 81. So you got 23.

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

Did well and probably better than many Aussies

[@krpurple2678]

Lord Howe Island is a part of NSW off the coast of Port Macquarie, with the same postcode

[@mjb7015]

It would be great to see a collab video where you go head to head against Ryan Was, IWrocker, and Tash&Debbie for Australian knowledge

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

I think the only person I know they're is Ryan Was, but hey, that sounds fun!

[@elizabethpilarski1076]

IWrocker would win!!!

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@elizabethpilarski1076 sounds like a challenge!

[@elizabethpilarski1076]

​​@@discoveringnlwithkevinI think IWrocker would win on facts but culture would be close with Ryan 🤷‍♀️

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@elizabethpilarski1076 so what you're saying is I have lots of studying to do to keep up? 😁

[@Bellas1717]

Lol, sorry, laughing at the capital question. We Sydneysiders think we are anyway. Bit of trivia. Three of Sydney's major bridges were opened 32 years apart: 1932, 1964, 1996. You did so well with the mountain pronunciation. Just one vowel. Koz-ee-us-co, some people say the u closer to an o as well. Bon-die, not Bon-dee. In general, Australians shorten the first vowel of a word, and emphasise and lengthen the second vowel, generally the opposite of American speech. Bondi is a great example to see the difference. The reason is that we often run words into each other in a sentence to speed up speech. People think we shorten the length of words with our slang, but really we shorten how long it takes to say them. Most of the time that also shortens the number of letters, but not all the time. Sheep outnumber us 3:1. Wow, great job! Loving your videos.

[@JudyOwen-i1b]

Great job on the quiz & add another point for the IDC +061 you were right. BTW I loved your reaction to Bathurst. Have a look at our legendary cricket leg spinner Shane Warne top10.

[@JK-tq5oe]

The two questions you are thinking that were the same (the first and another one later), while they had the same answer were actually completely different.. First question was the number of states = 6.. The later question was the number of stars on the flag = also 6 (5 for the Southern Cross plus the Federation Star)..

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

Yes, it was because I confused my line of thinking with the questions lol

[@kenjohnston2032]

The stars on the flag are the southern cross and the large star which has 7 points is the commonwealth star and the points represents the 6 states and 1 territory (northern territory.).

[@schmuelking1535]

the seventh point on the Commonwealth Star represents all the collective territories. ACT, NT, Jervis Bay on mainland Aus, and the seven external territories. I forget all their names though :)

[@JudyOwen-i1b]

I love your posts thankyou & well done on the quiz. Your reaction to Bathurst was epic. You have done well experiencing our different sports. Have a look at our legendary cricket leg spinner - Shane Warnes top 10. You will be amazed.

[@kevo6190]

Pretty impressive Mate! Respect from Straya 😀

[@jayweb51]

We changed from Pounds and Pence to Dollars and Cents on 14 February 1966.

[@susangrant7544]

@@jayweb51 and as an ‘old fart” I can still to this day sing the jingle they had on the TV! LOL

[@miniveedub]

@@susangrant7544🎶In come the dollars and in come the cents🎶 they had us all singing it by the time February rolled around.

[@triarb5790]

It was in fact pounds shillings and pence at the time. The UK updated its own currency to decimal in 1971. I remember it!

[@joandsarah77]

We have the Pacific on the east and the Indian on the west. Remember we are close to Asia here.

[@top40researcher31]

i live on the murray river

[@mjb7015]

I enjoy watching these kinds of videos, it's fun to see what people outside of Australia know about it. Would you consider reacting to some videos about Australian Indigenous languages or culture?

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@mjb7015 absolutely! Got any suggestions?

[@mjb7015]

@@discoveringnlwithkevin the channel "Big hART" has some fantastic 3-4 minute videos teaching words in Pitjantjatjara, a language from the red centre of the country, near Uluru.

[@mjb7015]

​@@discoveringnlwithkevin the channel Big hART has some great videos about Pitjantjatjara words. It's probably best to do a search rather than scrolling through their uploads, as it was from a while ago.

[@Dr_KAP]

Oh damn I got excited thinking you did my quizzes- I posted them on Discord and there’s two- beginner and advanced- quizzes written by me, a real Aussie 😂 PS you did very well. The Indian Ocean borders the west coast. Everyone always thinks Sydney is the capital 😂

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

I totally missed them! I'll do them next, I promise!

[@Dr_KAP]

@@discoveringnlwithkevin oh it’s ok Kevin I’m not precious hehe I don’t think I actually posted the links I just mentioned that they existed and you should do them. 👍

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@Dr_KAP I just added them to my playlist

[@stephenkendell1533]

Well done mate, better than many living here , Spot on with Geelong my home town

[@colgrindley8454]

Awesome job mate

[@simbob26]

The dialing code in the answer was wrong. It is +61… you were correct

[@michaelfink64]

Well done. I would not do as well as this on a Canada quiz (tried to find one on the KZbin channel of the source video bit could not find one). I got 34/35 (forgot about the Dutch landing in Australia in 1606), not counting the "incorrect" answer to 27. The number of stars on the flag is not representative of the number of states; it is just the number of stars in the Southern Cross + the federation star. The federation star has seven points, one for each state + 1 for the territories. Don't worry about not being able to pronounce Kosciuszko; Aussies can't pronounce it either (we say "Koziosko", which is very different from the original, Polish pronunciation). By the way, Canberra is pronounced "Canbra". Yep, your pronunciation of Geelong is spot on. #27: the "correct" answer is incorrect; it is 61, so don't beat yourself up. #34 is pretty silly, because it all depends on how you define "near".

[@pattomuso]

Canberra was created capital from scratch due to rivalry between Melbourne & Sydney. Melbourne recently regained 'largest city' status over Sydney and hosted the first southern hemisphere Olympics in 1956.

[@Wolty-s9n]

Really well done!!!!

[@top40researcher31]

Yes Canberra is the captial city of Australia Sydney is the first capital city to be explored by the british and its the oldest in australia

[@Jeni10]

Australia has six states and two territories: Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, with the two territories being Australian Capital Territory (Canberra is Australia’s Capital) and Northern Territory. Sydney is the capital of NSW, Melbourne, Vic., Brisbane, Qld., Hobart, Tas., Adelaide, SA., and Perth, WA, Darwin, NT.

[@rossalynsmith5253]

There is another Territory down the south coast of NSW. I think it's Batemans Bay bc of the Naval ships.

[@Jeni10]

@@rossalynsmith5253 Jervis Bay but it’s rarely counted.

[@jayweb51]

The South Atlantic lies between South America and Africa. The Indian Ocean is on Australia's West Coast and the Pacific on the East Coast.

[@schmuelking1535]

Don't worry, almost all Australians arguably pronounce Kosciuszko wrong. The original polish pronunciation is kuh-SHUS-ko or kuh-SHOO-sko, but like all things we have all anglocised it to kah-see-aw-sko.... If you want to sound like a smug wanker, order a Kosciuszko beer at a bar and say "can I have a kuh-SHOOS-ko please" and watch the bartender stare blankly or miscorrect you :) Overall though, go order a Kosciuszko beer because they are really tasty.

[@chadjcrase]

Yes! It is a wonderful beer. It comes down to the everpresent question of pronunication once something has entered English language. Personally, I belive when the word is someone's name, we do have an oblgiation to pronounce it correctly. Yet even I am not pretentious enough to ask for a 'kuh-Choos-ko Pale Ale please'. 🙂

[@schmuelking1535]

@@chadjcrase I agree, but what about when someone else takes the name and they themselves say it differently? :) Maybe it just becomes about poking the bear

[@chadjcrase]

@@schmuelking1535 No...if anyone takes a name from a monument to a named figure's name, that monumental name is still primary. We get away with it because there aren't that many Poles here.

[@RachelHaskins]

Fun video

[@gregkelly7685]

I'd fact check a few of this guy's answers.

[@grasslipper8856]

Like your style Kev , yes we are the aussies mate.🇦🇺👍

[@deskynaston1527]

Hey, Canberran here... Don't feel bad, everyone says Sydney is the capital.

[@wendyhicks4814]

Most of them live in New South Wales. Melbourne may not be the capital but it was for the first 20+ years of federation. Things haven’t changed the rivalry between Victoria and NSW.

[@triarb5790]

Mind you, most people think Montreal or Toronto are the capital of Canada. So same same.

[@glenndot6965]

So glad Sydney is not our Capital. It's over-populated, expensive and now too much crime. I live in WA and love Canberra such a great place and I have travelled to all of our States and both Territories.

[@wnood]

Back in the day NSW(Sydney) and Victoria(Melbourne) argued they should each have the capital of Australia. There is still constant arguing b/n each today over which state is better (P.S Vic is the best) To resolve this, a new territory called ACT (Australian Captial Territory) was created and the capital of the ACT is Canberra. Hence Canberra is the capital of Australia. Also, the real question about The Don should have been - what was his batting average when he retired? If you know that figure then we can adopt you as an honorary Aussie

[@shaneb4612]

Not too bloody shabby, mate. For only a couple of months of deep diving into Aussie's & Aussie culture. Your pronunciations are getting better. Mount Kosciuszko is said Cossie-os-ko, you were pretty close. Bondi beach is pronounced Bon- Die not bondee. The Melbourne Cup, is the horse race that stops a nation. It's a worthwhile deep dive into. Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) are a sub-Antarctic island group. They are located in the Southern Ocean, about 4,000 km south west of Australia. In the middle of bum F no-where. It's a designated environmental conservation area. It's uninhabited by humans, except the odd research expedition. It has a lot of Seals & other cold weather animals.

[@Raven-fh2yy]

Africa is between Australia and the Atlantic... then the Indian ocean to our direct west and the rest is the Pacific.

[@stevegibbs7211]

Australia’s had 2 capital cities the other one being Melbourne while the old Parliament House was being built Melbourne was also the first city to host the Olympic Games

[@susangrant7544]

You ‘dun’ not too bad , mate!

[@zalired8925]

Dun good aye.

[@stephenogier7499]

The first question was how many states does Australia have, which you said you remembered from the stars on the flag. The 5 stars on the right hand side of the flag is the Southern Cross (which was the answer to another question). The sixth star (under the Union Jack) has seven points, one for each of the six states and the seventh point for all the territories combined.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

Yes, I realized that after I rewatched it, which is why I added the GIF's...lol

[@nerdyfellow7740]

Don’t worry Kev, Aussies can’t pronounce Kosciusko either, kinda. We say it as Kozzie-osko, but that would be unintelligible to a Polish speaker, who say that name more like Kos-tsyoosh-ko

[@elizabethpilarski1076]

Bond...eye is the correct pronunciation 😉 You did well for not knowing much a couple of months ago! As you like our sports you really should check out Donald Bradman and Shane Warne. I don't know the best clips so maybe someone else could recommend some. Even Aussies that aren't huge cricket fans should know that they are up there with the best Aussie sportsmen. Have a good one!!! 😊

[@joeyrobertson9523]

Melbourne is now the biggest city.

[@Bellas1717]

Yes and no. There are two measures that the Bureau of Statistics uses. Sydney is still ahead in the main measure, the media attention came about when Melbourne went ahead in the less frequently used measure, the result of an outlying suburb reaching the required population density and contiguity to be included. As is often the case, the media didn’t give the full story.

[@paullees5705]

Canberra is where all of the politicians hang out in Palament house.

[@JK-tq5oe]

And when you fly over it, there is always turbulence - from all their hot air raising :)

[@petermarkowiak4729]

23 correct +61 is the international code

[@garrycislowski3960]

The Atlantic stops at West coast of Africa. The Indian Ocean is between Australia and East Coast of Africa

[@stephenogier7499]

The Atlantic is between the Americas and Europe and Africa. Australia is on the other side of Africa and is separated from it by the Indian Ocean and then to the east we are separated from the Americas by the Pacific Ocean, so no, our shores are not washed by the Atlantic Ocean. If we want some cold water to swim in, we go south to the Southern Ocea (also called the Antarctic Ocean).

[@stephenogier7499]

Sorry, Southern Ocean...

[@aussiebattler7789]

Not a bad effort good to hear you got Geelong right , now for Canberra , just drop the e and the u in Kosciusko is pronounced as an o

[@robholden2544]

There was intense rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne over which city would become the capital of Australia, they couldn’t come to any agreement so it was decided to build a whole new city half-way between them - and so Canberra was born.

[@SimonEnglish-ec2fo]

We are a nation of sports junkies. Check out the Melbourne Cup and Boxing Day Tests

[@penrite01]

hehehhe Poms = 'Prisoner Of the Monarchy"

[@penelopelombardo593]

Horror … gasp … Sydney is not the capital. They originally couldn’t decide between Sydney or Melbourne so they built a planned city roughly half way between the 2 … hence the capital Canberra

[@simbob26]

… and Melbourne was the temporary capital from 1901 until 1927 while the city was being chosen, planned and built. Sydney has always been the capital of New South Wales, but has never been the capital of Australia.

[@kevkoala]

By that reasoning, the capital city SHOULD be Tarcutta!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Sharyn-x8e]

Pronounced Mount Cozi osco

[@Robert-v5h]

Well done check out the Emu wars yes we went to war with the Emu

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@Robert-v5h I did a reaction video on that already 😁

[@brucelamberton8819]

Who won? 😉

[@top40researcher31]

on the east coast of Australia its the pacific on the west coast its the indian

[@Jeni10]

Hehehe! We can’t pronounce it either! We’ve been saying it wrongly for more than a century! “Mount Kosciuszko was named by Polish explorer Paul Strzelecki in 1840 after Polish cultural and political hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko. It is part of the Kosciuszko National Park, which includes other peaks in the Australian Alps mountain range.” We all say “kozi-osko” but the Polish visitors and migrants know the correct way. Here’s a giggle including a clip from an Aussie girl, but from a Polish website: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWW6qXWspc18r8ksi=-xtADZ0SlJTlLETb

[@BookHermit_au]

Thanks for the link, that was interesting

[@jayweb51]

The reason Aussies call people from the UK "Poms", is because they get sunburn and appear the colour of a Pomegranate.

[@WickedestKar]

who told you that rubbish...It comes from the Acronym POME standing for Prisoner Of Mother England

[@triarb5790]

Prisoner of Mother England, Prisoner of the Monarch Persons of Migration. Prks Obsessively Moaning. Take your pick.

[@TheAussieLeo]

In Australia there was a big debate as to where the Capital would be placed, so a little like the US, we created an area then purpose built a City to be the Capital. The ACT (or Australian Capital Territory) was purpose placed and Canberra (Can-bih-rah, you barely say the bih almost Canbra) was built so that the Capital neither favoured Brisbane, Melbourne nor Sydney, despite being VERY close to Sydney. [EDIT:] The Mountain is pronounced, koh-zee(or see)-os(or oz)-ko by most people. Nice work with Geelong. To be honest, you're still doing Melbourne wrong, but all North Americans do. It's closer to Mull-bin, we do not emphasise the R at all. You did really good mate, nice work. The dialling code was wrong, it's +61

[@trevorkrause7220]

Your pronunciation of Mount Kosciuszko was probably closer to what is the modern official pronunciation than how most Australians would pronounce it. The word is originally Polish as the European Explorer who first climbed to its peak was Polish and named it Kosciuszko after the name of a famous folk hero in Poland who was also somehow involved in American history. Originally the spelling and pronunciation was highly Anglicised but recently the official spelling and pronunciation has reverted back to more closely resemble the Polish forms. So your pronunciation of Kosciuszko is probably closer to being officially correct than how most Australian adults would pronounce it. Few Australians could probably spell it correctly without a spell checker or dictionary. Wikipedia does have quite an informative article on the naming of Mount Kosciuszko. Many Australians just refer to it as "Kossy". Canberra in Australia is bit like Shangri-La in that many from other nations seem to think that Canberra is a mythical or made up city in a mythical or made up land. But Canberra is where all the houses of the Federal Parliament sit, where most of the head offices of the departments of the Public Service are located, where the head office of the Dept of Defence, ASIO, Customs, Immigration, Federal Police, and other Federal Security Organisations are located, where the Military Officer Training University is along with other elite University campuses, and where some of the most prestigious Australian museums are, all in a very picturesque setting that relatively few tourists seem to visit. Mind the weather can be quite abominable at times with hot dry summers and strong arid winds, and cold miserable winters where snow sometimes falls and gathers on the tops of nearby hills and the winds carrying the most chilled air right down along the wide streets of Canberra. It can get cold but not cold enough to be considered pleasant like you might get in Canada in the middle of Winter.

[@jennyreilly1151]

Glad people are quick on the uptake to Q 27... Aust international dialling is +61... Huge error for ABC quizzes allowing this oversight

[@peterbath5424]

Australia in latin means "Southern", not "Southern Land". terra australis incognita = Land Southern Unknown

[@joeblow9467]

Your doin good mate .

[@schmuelking1535]

The Sydney/Melbourne size thing is debatable, it depends how you cut it, and whether you include Melbourne's satelite suburbs and the Central Coast as part of Sydney. Overall they are about the same size, but Sydney still includes the Central Coast in its population figures despite the Central Coast being declared not part of Greater Sydney and part of Regional NSW. By that logic, Melbourne should include Geelong in its population figures. Anyway, its all about how you determine what is included, but with the way Melbourne is growing at the moment, pretty soon Melbourne will be bigger regardless of how you cut it.