Reaction To 12 Things I Learned Living in Australia (as an American)

Reaction To 12 Things I Learned Living in Australia (as an American)
This is my reaction to 12 Things I Learned Living in Australia (as an American)
In this video I react to someone from the USA talking about culture shocks and things they learned living in Australia. These topics include movies, Australian music, tap water, Australian birds and driving in Australia.
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[@justasnorlax7541]

‘Obnoxiously loud’ that’s how I feel the American accent cuts through the crowd.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

If you ever need to find the American in a crowd, just shut your eyes and follow the loudest voice.

[@BaxterThewall]

Must agree !

[@23heltar]

I agree but bro have you heard our birds (especially lorikeets and curlews ) they are the most obnoxious things ever

[@justasnorlax7541]

@@23heltar haha got me there mate

[@mal1760]

Never heard anyone describe the birds in Australia as “obnoxiously loud”: they sound as beautiful as they look!

[@davexenos9196]

Noisy Fryer Bird, tell me that is a beautiful sound. And let us not forget the Channel - billed Cuckoo. You have never lived anywhere near those two birds have you.

[@Bellas1717]

@@davexenos9196 Oh no, I love both the Noisy Friarbird and the Channel-billed Cuckoo. They take me back to my childhood on the farm.

[@heatherfruin5050]

​@@Bellas1717Lyrebird not Friarbird. Their tail feathers resemble the shape of the lyre musical instrument.

[@heatherfruin5050]

There's too much American media, music, movies and TV shows in Australia. I prefer Australian and English shows. She's commenting on only a small part of Australia, it's not all the same. We have free buses in inner city Perth and Adelaide. Older generations are more likely to say bless you when someone sneezes. The engaged tone is shorter and quick. I have kangaroos near me in Perth but it's a state park only 17 kms approx from Perth surrounded by suburbs. I get annoyed with UTubers who make broad statements about Australia when they have only been here a short time and hardly seen any of the country.😊

[@paule6752]

From the description, I think she might be talking about Rainbow Lorikeets. If you've ever been under a tree full of them near sunset, they can be very loud.

[@TheCaptainbeefylog]

Mate, we grew up drinking from the garden hose let alone from the tap. Single use plastic utensils have been banned for a few years now and the utensils are made from bamboo. The standard takeaway container is recyclable and often made from recycled material to start with. The switched outlet isn't to save energy. It's to help prevent people hurting themselves with live appliances. How many deer did she see in downtown LA? Of course wild kangaroos aren't in the middle of a major city.

[@DogmenHardcastle]

Garden hose seems to somehow actually filter tap water and make it better, lol. I don't drink from the tap, like tap water into a cup? Yuck.

[@richardmiller3839]

I love waking up just before dawn, hearing Kookaburras and Magpies and Parrots. My day starts great. I love Australia 😊

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

I have them here also.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@geofftottenperthcoys9944I get woken up by a tribe of magpies every morning and I love it.

[@robertprior94]

Yeh.. Australia is cool..🇦🇺

[@kisharadanndando9063]

The dawn chorus 🐦🐦🐦

[@smkh2890]

Can't stand the crows, though! MAggies are just SO melodious !

[@archie1299]

My best friend moved from Melbourne to Florida (about 10 years ago) for a 6 months Disney program thing. For the first 2 weeks, she was deathly ill, couldn't get out of bed, couldn't eat, weak, grey. They were about to end the trip and send her back home when someone noticed she's been doing nothing else but drinking a lot of tap water the entire time. Got her a filtered bottle and she perked back up, 2nd life 😂 At the time, turns out it was ranked one of the most polluted and contaminated water sources in the country 😬 Australians take clean tap water for granted! We forget a lot of places you can't or shouldn't do that!

[@naomipask1809]

The sockets have an on/off switch because we run on 240V and the US runs on 120V. It is a safety mechanism. For your sockets to be constantly live is an accident waiting to happen.

[@gregnagy7569]

Voltage has nothing to do with it dummy .....

[@andrew_koala2974]

NO - The world voltage standards were altered almost 30 years ago You simply do not know as you are not in the electrical trades / profession The Standard is 230 / 115 Voltage will vary by 10v depending on the load placed on the Grid. The changes to Standard voltage was made to streamline and reduce production costs of domestic appliances - reducing four standards to TWO. NOW YOU HAVE BEEN EDUCATED MAKE SURE YOU KEEP LEARNING AND IMPROVING YOURSELF BY READING

[@galactica1980]

We can have switches because it is economical enough to do so, generally our outlets are rated to 10Amps at 230Volts, 110~120V outlets need to provide double the current to provide the same power. Therefore, the switch would have to be larger too. Power= Voltage x Current.

[@louiscypher4186]

It is a safety mechanism but not the one you're thinking of. Back in the day power outlets/plugs were not required to be insulated. This meant that if you removed a cheap plug from the wall there was a chance that electricity could arc and cause a shock. At the time the original version our power plugs were designed there was no universal safety standards for power outlets. So there were multiple companies working on various designs, Plugs with fuses in them, baseplates with fuses in them etc, etc. Two companies (one which would later become Clipsal) worked together on designing the simplest and cheapest solution they could think of in order to dominate the market. They ended up taking a US plug and pairing it with the on/off switch with a few important changes (like grounding). The product hit the market in the late 1920's and was such a success that by time the government released the first safety standards in the 1930's the design was incorporated into the regulations.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@galactica1980 You just reminded me, I had a few power points here in Aus I didn’t use, had young children, yes power point turned off, nothing plugged into them, but could turn them on and could stick something in the socket. I remember children safety plugs, not connected to anything and you’d put in the socket but difficult for children to pull out so they couldn’t electrocute themselves. Great safety idea.

[@jackeagles1637]

I have lived or visited every state of Australia and everywhere I have been I can drink the tap water with confidence that it will be OK.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Adelaide's used to be funky in the 90's

[@rationalbacon5872]

Eew I wouldn't drink QLDwater

[@nicholashall7999]

@@rationalbacon5872 QLD water is great, drink it everyday.

[@Flirkann]

Yeah, you get the odd Boil Water alert, but for the most part those who use home filtering are doing it for peace of mind rather than necessity

[@lindarackstraw7711]

Unless you are in Coober Pedy

[@judyradford783]

I live in suburban Adelaide and I often see Koalas in trees. It really depends on where you live.

[@MON-ud7sw]

I think it’s really weird that in a first world country you can’t drink the tap water.

[@andrew_koala2974]

Now you have discovered that Retardant is really a third world country that is impersonating a leading first world country - and most people fall for this BS propagated by U.S. MEDIA MAGGOTS

[@TheOne23_]

That’s the thing, the USA isn’t a first world country anymore, USA has so many people on poverty it is disingenuous to call them 1st world

[@TheAngeltinks]

@@TheOne23_check out americas infant mortality rate……. They are not a first world country 😳

[@SW-lw6mt]

The problem is the infrastructure is much older than oz, there are still places with lead pipes. So yeah you shouldn't drink that.

[@TheOne23_]

@@SW-lw6mt that’s the problem, why are there still lead pipes lol

[@contonium365]

Anywhere in australia that you cant drink tapwater is usually labelled with signs, and are usually in the middle of no-where

[@caltravels9454]

If you look into packaging, a lot looks like plastic, but it is actually made from bamboo or sugar cane husk.

[@taniaPBear]

I mean, we have a lot of parrots, they are a bit squawky sometimes, but other than that, most birds are lovely singers, especially magpies, heavenly.

[@user-ou5et3fo3z]

Not where i live screaming cockatoos will drive you nuts

[@reezy6677]

We call it cockatoo o'clock

[@denisegolding9100]

Love the sound of a butcher bird. They may be brutal, but they sound beautiful. Similar to a magpie, but I think a bit of an improvement. And then there are the lyre birds - now THERE’S a complete repertoire.

[@loumac]

I am watching this at 6.13 am and the cockatoos are my background music 😊

[@taniaPBear]

@@denisegolding9100 It's such a shame butcher birds got stuck with that name. They do what nature designed them to do, there's always a purpose and magpies, currawongs, crows and ravens, all do exactly the same, but poor old butcher birds get the hate.

[@Bellas1717]

Funnily enough, a lot of Americans think that all the singers and actors they see in America are American. They don't realise how many Aussies are performing there. As kids, we learn to sing a jingle (this one is abbreviated) that helps. "Look to the right, look to the left, look to the right again. Walk straight across the road, don't run." My brother has kangaroos every day in his backyard in Nelson Bay, we have koalas in trees in our backyard in Sydney, 15 mins from the CBD.

[@foolishlyfoolhardy6004]

You just unlocked a memory. And "stop, look, listen, think"

[@Bellas1717]

@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 You just did the same for me!

[@foolishlyfoolhardy6004]

@Bellas1717 I kinda miss them. I don't miss the worksafe a psa's though- the graphic ones y'know? They always came on at bedtime and it was a race to turn the TV off before we saw a nail in someone's eye, or a missing finger. And then the drink driver psa's that used to be done by film students as part of a competition - there's some that still stick with me 😌

[@Bellas1717]

@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 Yes, not a very restful sleep after those!

[@megan2878]

I love how she said that Aussies drive on the wrong side of the road. We drive on the opposite side to the US, but I haven't seen anything written in stone as to right or wrong😂😂

[@just_passing_through]

You know a country is broken at its very core when you can’t drink the tap water. Many, many years ago (like the 1950s?) cruise ships would not take on drinking water in Adelaide, but that was the exception, and that van sanded when they brought their water filtration and processing up to standard, but it’s disgraceful that you can’t drink tap water in some places in the US in 2024.

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Yep there are roundabouts in every city and a lot of towns in Australia

[@Ausecko1]

No traffic lights at all in our town of about 20000 pop

[@paulsandford3345]

We have switches, so you don't get electrocuted if you have a faulty appliance!

[@foolishlyfoolhardy6004]

Some newer houses in Qld are getting the switch-less style. Horrible.

[@paulsandford3345]

@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004, haven't seen that yet?

[@foolishlyfoolhardy6004]

@paulsandford3345 the house I'm in has them - even the bathroom next to the sink. Can't stand it.

[@paulsandford3345]

@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 bugger that!

​@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 it's not as necessary as it used to be because we have insulated pins these days. All power boards have switch less sockets except Kambrook because they have the patent.

[@paulsandford3345]

I live in rural Queensland and we catch rain water from the roof for drinking water, not purified no chlorine just rain water!

[@FirmNo]

People in the city do the same thing these days

[@paulsandford3345]

@@FirmNo, yes my sister live in Brisbane and has rain tanks, but they mainly use it for the garden. Where as we have no other source of drinking water!

[@stevenbalekic5683]

Nothing like the goodness of bird poo, rat, mouse, possum and insect droppings and urine, mosquito larvae, mould, slime, lead, settled dust, chemicals and pollutants (from cars, industry & farming), zinc and rust from the tank or the roof metals...but otherwise...bon appétit

[@paulsandford3345]

@@stevenbalekic5683, nothing like dead cows and sheep, then the leaking oil, fuel and exhaust from outboard motors! Oh and let's not forget those carcinogenic agents like chlorine and fluorine and if you live in Sydney and Melbourne, recycled shit?

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@@stevenbalekic5683lmao

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I live in Melbourne and for a while I worked for a German company in a Northern suburb of Melbourne. We had a new visiting engineer and he asked me whether he would see a kangaroo. I told him it was unlikely but not impossible. An hour later I called him over to the window so he could watch one bound down the street. It was the only one i saw when i worked there.

[@lauragriffin3368]

What beautiful synchronicity! Thanks for sharing!

[@stevenbalekic5683]

Australia has plenty artists and celebrities...they just tend to go to the US or UK and saturate those markets instead of staying home. So watching US and UK media is kinda like watching our own artists...just speaking a different accent.

[@user-ou5et3fo3z]

She’ll love the Screaming cockatoos and possums

[@BigGen222]

Or Tasmanian devils

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Or wallabies having a wobbly.

[@greybirdo]

@@junedalley7658, came here to say exactly that. When you’re camping in the middle of nowhere and a male koala starts up, you feel like you’re an extra in Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[@MichaelAngeles-dn9ne]

Curlews are a bit unsettling when you first hear them

[@annettegeorge209]

Yes you can drink tap water in Australia. I'm from Australia

[@mikeyhau]

Tap water in some areas comes from underground (artesian water) and often smells of sulphur or rotten eggs. It may be safe to drink, but the smell/taste is horrible. 😆

[@annettegeorge209]

@@mikeyhau the water taste ok here in Australia after you put it in bottles and put it in the fridge

[@SnowyRVulpix]

Not everywhere. Some parts of Australia have disgusting water. I used to live in a city that thought it was a good idea to use chlorine to treat the water. I started drinking bottled water.

[@annettegeorge209]

@@SnowyRVulpix we use bottle water too

[@annanz0118]

@@SnowyRVulpix Chlorine is used to treat the water everywhere in Australia, just in very small amounts. Thats what makes it drinkable in the first place otherwise you'd end up very unwell.

[@genderfluiddruid7718]

I’m in Canberra and travel to work via e-scooter with only a 15-20 minute trip into the middle of town and still regularly see roos on my way, so the kangaroo density is pretty dependent on where and also when you are out and about

[@Fanta....]

WA has heaps. you will see them on the outskirts of the suburbs where the density starts to blend with the bush. Theresusually always pockets of them that hang out in certain areas around new estates too. pretty cool.

[@JustJokes-bw4fs]

Perth city and Joondalup have free buses called CAT's (Central Area Transit services). They are different colours for different routes. There are 5 colours for Perth and 3 colours for Joondalup. On Sunday's, travel is free on all Transperth bus, train and ferry trips from first service until last service.

[@JustJokes-bw4fs]

From Google...in the US, the standard voltage for residential properties is 120 volts at a frequency of 60Hz. Australia operates at a higher voltage of 240 volts at a frequency of 50Hz. The increased voltage can pose a greater risk of electric shock. Hence, the safety switches. One of the main reasons why the US retained 120V as its standard power supply was due to the power grid already being largely established, making it too costly to switch over. The main benefits of 120V power are quite limited.

[@briancampbell179]

TL;DR : American households actually have 240V power. The US houses that have 120V power points are actually supplied with 240V. The way they do their supply is completely different to ours. They get their supply via a centre tapped transformer. These provide 120V from each outer terminal and the centre tap. The centre tap forms the neutral and the outer terminals are phase shifted 180° from each other. Think of it as -120V, 0V, and +120V. Confused? Probably. What this means in practice is that lights and power run on 120V but high power devices can connect between the outer connectors and get the full 240V. For those familiar with 3 phase power, do not confuse that with this. What I described is what they do with a single phase.

[@gregnagy7569]

Pose a greater risk of shock ?....lay off the drugs.

[@andrew_koala2974]

THE STANDARD WORLD DOMESTIC VOLTAGE IS 115v and 230v It was changed some 30 years ago The two standard domestic voltages are 230 / 115 Both of which are used in North America Her only the voltage is mentioned and not the Frequency

[@painta76]

80's had an info ad that had a jingle, look left, look right, look left again, then walk right across the road, Don't run ,walk right across the road! This is something that has been automatically taught to our children

[@Bellas1717]

Today they are taught to look to the right first, because that's the direction of the car closest to you as you are crossing: right, left, right.

[@RadioSnivins]

Hector the Cat

[@painta76]

Just looked up hector the cat , it's look right look left, look right again! I've been doing it wrong all these years, I blame my dislexia

[@Preema24]

@@painta76 I honestly have never really thought about which way to look first, so long as I've cleared both directions, I won't start walking? Hasn't done me wrong so far at 37!

[@RadioSnivins]

@@painta76 Just cross the road backwards. Problem solved.

[@Flirkann]

Our sockets are generally individually switched to isolate the Active side of our mains phase, the one you really don't want to be touching by accident (hence why it's the one that gets the fuses/breakers/RCDs) Eliminating residual/standby draw is just a bonus

[@utha2665]

The phone tone she played was the ring tone here in Australia, an engaged signal is a series of longer tones of about 1/2 second. The dial tone is a constant tone. In perth, we have free buses in the CBD and there is a dedicated loop service called CAT buses that is free too, there are 4 or 5 different loops to different parts of the city. Switches on power points aren't primarily to save power, they are for safety. I was always taught, turn the switch off before unplugging or plugging in.

[@tomsakurai3620]

She's saying our ring tone sounds like their busy tone.

[@utha2665]

@@tomsakurai3620 Yes, I know. I was just explaining what our tones were and what they meant.

[@Fanta....]

@@utha2665 i think everything in zone 1 is a free transit zone or something liek that. FTZ

[@clareholgate8718]

Shes spot on with the birds. When I travelled last year in europe for 4 months the one thing i missed was the soound of the birds whilst in bed waking up and coming home from work. Especially from nq where I grew up. lorikeets, cockatoos, kookaburras and flying fox bats. I however don't miss the sound of one particular bird, n thats the curlew late at night. Shudder, that one is death curdling. Haven't heard that one much since been in seq.

[@dianelogan20]

Also in Qld…. the Koel or “brain fever bird”. Its repetitive call all night in season drives me crazy.

[@Fanta....]

Im from Wa visiting Cairns. The curlews were certainly a surprise. But my god the lush tropical bush and epic beautiful mountain ranges are something else.

[@davidwynne3289]

I worked for the Gold Coast water board as an engineer for many years. Australia prides itself on providing first class drinking water. Very high compliance standards apply. 👌

[@ianharkin2691]

I don't understand the tap water thing. It's just weird to me that people overseas don't drink it. What's the use of having water come out of the tap if people can't or won't drink it???

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

Have you ever tasted tap water over seas?

[@cheekyftoro8962]

I really hope your a kid. The use of having running water even if you can't drink it is to wash in you know shower bath wash your hands. To flush your toilet. To have water to clean your cloths wash your dishes clean your house with. Imagine if every time you needed to wash you had to carry water from a well or a town water supply. And you can drink it you just have to boil it or filter it 1st to make it safe. Easier to have the water come directly into your house out of a tap that you have to purify to drink than have to carry all the water you need to your house. Think about it.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@cheekyftoro8962 It is NOT! my fault 4th world countries are run by criminals.

[@Ausecko1]

​@@cheekyftoro8962the point is that if you're going to all the trouble of providing water to your population like that, why avoid the obvious step of making that water potable

[@cheekyftoro8962]

@@Ausecko1 seriously because we live in reality. You know where finances are limited making tap water drinkable has a cost a goverment may be able to afford running water but not the facilities and ongoing cost to make it drinkable. Because we can't do something perfectly should we not do the best we can. They aren't avoiding the step they may not have the resources to provide it. It may be a work on progress they took the 1st step running water the next step is to make it fit for consumption. Honestly is KZbin just full of children or do you people have no concept of how the real world works.

[@mariapenlington3443]

Tap water in QLD as well :) New Zealand’s tap water is even better 😊 I love the obnoxiously loud birds around where I live, I call it my friendly wild life 😊 it would be sad without them😊

[@monika.71]

NZ water is incredible!! At a cafe I ask the waiter what water they gave us. He looked a bit perplexed and said Tap! My kids were mortified!!! Hahaha

[@JBofBrisbane]

The power points have on/off switches because there's 240 volts going through those suckers, not 110.

[@sianprice7210]

Yeah, I’m from Wollongong (known as The Gong). My kids went to Wollongong Uni too. It’s in a beautiful spot and a great Uni. We drive on the other side of the road, NOT the wrong side of the road. The power point and switch is also a safety feature, especially for toddlers. Of course you’re not going to see Koalas and Kangaroos in the city. The Gong Uni is at the base of Mt Ousley, travel up there of a night on your way to Sydney and you have a chance of seeing them. My daughter hit a deer along that stretch of freeway, thank God she was alright but her car was a write-off. I LOVE, LOVE LOVE North Gong Beach 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@lordflashheart5984]

During the 1930s all over Australia they built houses called the "California bungalow " so it makes sense that Australia looks like California

[@caltravels9454]

I think it is worth mentioning, Australia wide, Telstra and the government came together and made all payphones, public street phones whatever you wanna call them, FREE OF CHARGE, main reasons is for domestic abuse victims, homeless, emergencies of any nature that don't require 000, 000 being our 911 or 999.

[@markb3146]

yeah-nah, it actually cost too much to collect the coins.

[@Fanta....]

@@markb3146 ^^^Bingo. Nobody uses coins in phones anymore, and the government mandates that public phones be available, so Telstra are just making things easier for themselves and stressing less about having their phones damaged for a few stolen coins. Its a win win

[@Frogstomp_actual]

Wollongong is a very pretty beach city, glad you decided to study there

[@DanaMac1977]

You asked about new Australian tv shows. Boy Swallowed Universe has done really well on Netflix this year and has some big Australian name actors in it. It’s based on a book and based in Queensland in the 80’s if I’m remembering correctly! Cheers from a new subscriber! Will have to watch some more of your reaction stuff. Love Australian rock music especially from the 80’s and 90’s so will definitely look up your reaction stuff on that 😊🇦🇺

[@claireatkinson9041]

I live in Coffs Harbour and we see plenty of kangaroos (obviously not in the city) but just drive 10 mins out and there are heaps… also we see Koalas … they are nocturnal so you don’t see them wandering around much through the day… but my friend had one sitting on her back porch one morning. Just beautiful… anyway, my point is that we don’t have to go to zoos to see them. 😊

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

In America, the water out of the tap is very...hard to drink. Very hard to drink!

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

In some parts of the outback the water smells like rotten egg gas because it’s smelly bore water but it’s perfectly drinkable if you leave the container open for a day until the smell dissipates lol the inland bore water also has calcium sediment in it but won’t hurt you lol

[@julianstephens5361]

Australia has had a very solid homegrown music scene going back decades. Aus rock, rocks!

[@andrewguthrie8979]

I have lived in Sydney my whole life and I travelled to San Fran last year and I did the exact same thing with the road! It took my entire trip to figure out which way to look before crossing the road

[@katechiconi]

Australian here. You can drink tap water anywhere you're on reticulated (mains) water. Other rural or remote places are on tank, well or bore water. Bore water can be a bit mineral-tasting to a lesser or greater extent. Tank water is rainwater collected from roofs and generally tastes really good. Well water might need processing. I think a lot of Americans don't realise how many movie and music artist are actually Australian. There has been quite a lot of YT content that covers this.

[@alittlecreepywhenyou]

The Americans rely primarily on "Bore water" which isn't considered potable (suitable for human consumption) here in Australia. I've met some 3rd world tourists, and now it's apparent that it's also Americans, who are very surprised to hear that tap water is perfectly drinkable (almost...especially not west of Warwick in QL ;)p ) but everywhere else in Australia. Tap water is great. At least two litres a day is my advice on hydration.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

The reason that American TV is dominating is that some of the networks are US owned.

[@cd9359]

The drinking water is so good here along the east coast of Australia because most catchments are naturally filtered by thick vegetation cover and then filtered with UV or chlorine before exiting the tap (there's a bit more to it of course). These catchments are generally closed to public to ensure no toxins enter the water system, South Australia, Central Australia and parts of Western Australia have not so nice drinking water. Depends on where you live to the location of Kangaroos and Koalas. I have Koalas at home and swamp wallabies, but no Kangaroos. However if I travel 500 meters up the road I will see Kangaroos, but no Koalas. You can see Kangaroos very close to Melbourne, especially around the suburbs.

[@FionaEm]

Our popular culture used to have a lot of British influence, but this has changed over the years, especially since the internet and social media. Aussie drama and comedy are expensive to make, and networks often find it easier and cheaper buy in shows from overseas. That said, see if you can find clips from these recent series: Colin From Accounts (comedy), Fisk (comedy), Mr InBetween (underworld crime drama). Lots of clever piss-taking Aussie humour) 😊

[@lauragriffin3368]

I live in Canberra - the capital city. We actually DO have kangaroos EVERYWHERE, even right in the city. You have to watch out for them at dusk or you may hit one with your car.

[@chapmansbg]

You can drink tap water everywhere in Australia and it is really high quality water.

[@BillSaltbush]

The water catchment in Melbourne is one of only six water catchments in the world where the activities of humankind are totally fenced off from that catchment. It makes the water as purely natural and unpolluted as you would find. Can absolutely drink from the tap. Some small and remote communities in Australia may have to filter and/or boil water before consumption.

[@SilverMe2004]

as someone from Victoria the whole koalas are endangered feels weird. locally there are areas that koalas have to be moved from due to overpopulation

[@_alifeallmine_]

I lived in Canberra for 25 years, and would walk in the various reserve lands just behind the Suburbs, I’d see Kangaroos nearly every day. It just depends on the place you live.

[@brettevill9055]

Bastard things used to come down off Mount Ainslie and eat my roses.

[@DanielBatt]

Yeah, me, too. I remember climbing Mount Taylor, dodging the sheep and looking south to Tharwa where there was in-between. This was the late '60s.

[@DanielBatt]

Nothing between Mt Taylor and Tharwa.

[@_alifeallmine_]

@@DanielBatt I spent so much time walking up and around Mt Taylor, almost daily, lots of great tracks.

[@margiegurner2694]

I think everything is more global since internet...we get a lot of UK television also 🤔

[@stopbunsen]

Cockatoos are definitely loud. They screech. The water in most places is safe to drink, especially the big cities. Tasmania has really good water, as well as Melbourne. It often depends on the catchments and how much they have to treat it. But, you get used to the water in your city too and can become biased to it.

[@naomipask1809]

1: we have roundabouts all over Australia because we don’t have the hazards the Americans call 4-way stop signs. 4: our birds are definitely squeaky and obnoxious 5: we have a lot of US TV shows and music as well as news but I wouldn’t say it has a huge influence over our culture. 6: Perth has a very similar climate to LA. 7: most cities have a free bus that tootle around the inner city areas.

[@datwistyman]

What? Four way stop signs 😬🤔 yeah nah. F that, that would be a nightmare, especially since they drive on the right as well. I'd just leave the car and call a cab lol

[@wayneperry7413]

I’d say British film and TV have just as much influence

[@kimvenning2801]

I'd say this lass has been seeing and hearing mostly parrots; probably lorikeets. We have some of the most glorious songbirds anywhere but many of those are black and white. Lots of people still say Bless you however we are, by and large, a non-religious nation. Hopefully we are also learning to be more tolerant of those who are religious. Roundabouts are pretty much everywhere. Most places have potable tap water... but not all. The ring signal is pretty similar to a lot of others. Bit confused there.

[@andrew_koala2974]

You mean Secular You just do not have a substantial vocabulary. You can educate yourself to a higher degree by undertaking an extensive reading program

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

​@@andrew_koala2974Stop patronising people, such overbearing statement's through out this video towards other people's opinion, i suggest you be kinder as you only get back what you put out

[@Fanta....]

@@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb chill babs. chill

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

@@Fanta.... 🤣haven't been called babs since my father died 40 years ago

[@paulrichardson5892]

tap water here is usually perfect to drink. we get our water from large dams . i believe usa water is from wells and underground sourced. the water in south oz is not as good and water across the nullabor is well sourced and heavy in minerals but you can still drink it.

[@redwarpy]

Outback Bore Water, ugh never drink it. Our Plastic to Go Food Containers ARE recyclable and it is usually bamboo utensils. As for the Bird Sounds being obnoxious obviously in urban areas of the US they seem to have very little wildlife unlike here. Entertainment is Global in Australia, you watch the main TV Channels and yes a lot of US shows, as stated below the internet gives you a better coverage of shows and films from overseas. No Wrong or Right side of the road, basically the driver is always in the middle of the road either way. Wollongong is surrounded by National Parks, how has she not gone there.

[@TheNakedWombat]

Australia's entertainment is international but it was decimated by governments and businesses for they don't support Australian industries, but invest in from overseas because it's "cheap", then wonder why we can't provide anything for ourselves when the time comes.

[@chapmansbg]

She said they drive on the wrong side of the road, that is funny that is what we say about them.

[@blacksorrento4719]

It’s not wrong for us. Just for them. 😂

[@flowerpower8722]

Roundabouts everywhere. They're built to get rid of a lot of the old stop sign crossroads where space and funding is available. It reduces the amount of accidents of people asleep at the wheel running their stop sign, I assume it's cheaper than doing up an intersection for traffic lights, not as obnoxious as lights and they keep the traffic flowing, provided people know how to use them. You can drink tap water anywhere around the coastal regions. Out west it's all bore water, and when I lived out there many years ago, it was strange. Bore water is very high in mineral, and there are places you can't drink it unless its treated with soda to soften it. Larger towns had treatment plants to make it potable. It stinks, but tastes okay, which is weird. When I was there, it came out of the tap boiling hot, and you couldn't have a shower, only a bath, which you had to run several hours before you got in to allow it to cool. Nobody bothered with hair conditioner because with the softener, it was really good for your hair. And of course nobody bothered with hot water systems.

[@nolasyeila6261]

In Perth we have the CAT buses which are free. There are maps of the routes at the stops, and you can hit a button under the map and it will give the time of the arrival of the next bus.

[@maryanntodman7105]

Love listening to her observations.

[@brettevill9055]

The isolation switches on power sockets don't save power. They do give you a save way to turn off a faulty appliance that might not be safe to touch. But mostly I think they just got written into the standards at a time when not all table lamps or floor lamps had switches on them.

[@dystar112]

I love Cockatoo chatter and Curlews

[@competitionglen]

Free tram in Melbourne still going strong through the CBD. It was started years ago with clasical refurbished trams just going on a loop around CBD. City circle. All trams in CBD area now free.

[@retrozmachine1189]

Some small inland communities do have periodic water issues. It usually stems from high manganese content. The water will be discoloured, brown and can have a strong smell. The council responsible for water in the area does take steps to address it when it happens. I know of instances where bottled water has been supplied and tankers driven in until the water treatment can be corrected.

[@keithwhitehead4897]

US TV studios dont just let you "buy" one show, they bundle them with less popular shows so the local station tends to play them because they have paid for them anyway.

[@mikegord]

Even from colonial times the water from streams, rivers was drinkable. One NSW Colony Premier died when he travelled to England to get his knighthood.Died within a week from drinking the local water. 60 plus years in the Colony. All city / town water is treated and drinkable.

[@retrozmachine1189]

The switch on the wall sockets is like a tap. Imagine if you left the electricity on and the cable to the TV burst. Your lounge room would be flooded with electrons. You'd have to call in a hazmat team to clean it up, then replace all the damaged carpets, walls, furniture. Very expensive. Far far better to turn off the electricity at the socket and prevent all that nastiness.

[@Fanta....]

It would be like trying to pick up static shocks.

[@lindarackstraw7711]

Bless you comes from people believing your soul comes out when you sneeze. If they say bless you it was to keep your soul in. It’s from long ago

[@mikeyhau]

Brisbane has a couple of free bus routes in the middle of the city and some of the inner ferry routes on the river (small catamarans known as "Kitty Cats") are also free.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

I always carry a small thermal drink bottle in my handbag, I like my water cold, jug in fridge straight from tap and into my bottle. There was a filter in the jug, I threw it out lol, no need for it and wondered what was in the filter in the jug lol

[@priceprice_baby]

I live in fairly central Brisbane (10km from the CBD, inner suburbs) and there is a park walking distance from my house where there's a decent number of wild koalas. To the point where you have to watch out for them occasionally when driving. But before I moved here it was rare to see koalas in the wild, other people are surprised when I tell them

[@JustJokes-bw4fs]

We use wooden disposable knives and forks instead of plastic ones for environmental reasons. You have to start somewhere. Just like in recent years plastic straws have been phased out. I don't know about the rest of Australia (can someone let me know), but WA has phased out shopping bags. You have to bring your own durable, reusable shopping bags or purchase paper bags at the checkout. Plastic bags have been phased out from all businesses in WA. It all helps the environment and the animals. I'm sure that plastic food containers will be phased out eventually. It's all a process, society will be working on forever I suspect. I don't know why she was confused by that.

[@leannewith3]

Most of Australian states have phased out plastic bags now. Not sure if NSW have yet but QLD, Victoria and Tasmania definitely have.

[@bellabana]

Aussies don’t say ‘bless you’ as we aren’t a religious country, according to the latest census the fast growing belief in Australia is ‘no religion’ whereas in comparison Americans are very very religious. I don’t think the girl realizes ‘bless you’ is to do with religion.

[@Alex-dz2et]

Last time I was in Sydney I couldn’t get over how many happy clappy churches there were. Yikes 😮

[@foolishlyfoolhardy6004]

In Victoria we do, not particularly religious down here - just kind of standard practice 🤷

[@briancampbell179]

We realise that when you sneeze, your soul is not going to be blasted out of your nasal cavity, so saying "bless you" to keep it inside is unnecessary.

[@bellabana]

@@Alex-dz2et They’re cults but they con people into attending with music & a theatre type of atmosphere yet in reality it has a sinister undertone. They actually believe in the rapture & are against Gay people yet the public attending don’t realize, it’s scary.

[@karenandstevencornish2295]

Well Bellabana I am Australian who lives in Victoria all my life and” bless you” is still widely said here, so don’t label ALL of Australia with the same brush. You don’t have to be religious to use that phase

[@danielgilliland48]

"bird that sounded like a screaming child." Probably a Bush stone-curlew, beautiful eyes

[@rais1953]

In most of Australia you can drink tap water safely. There are some small localities farther from the cities where you can't.

[@SnowyRVulpix]

The tap water thing depends on where you are in Australia. I have lived in some places where the water is bad.

[@BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb]

Adelaide in the 90s was terrible when I moved here from Melbourne

[@wildeturkey2006]

She's talking about Rainbow lorikeet birds, and yes, they are loud.

[@mattp6089]

She just needs to watch Hector the Cat's road safety song on TV and she'll know how to cross the road. One of those pieces of Australian media she hasn't seen, clearly!

[@cbabdb1]

Painted on the ground at crossings it tells you which direction to look for traffic.

[@batchampa]

Australia invests heavily in local art and triple J is an ABC Radio channel focused on youth that heavily promotes Australian bands through their Unearthed programme

[@miker6516]

We don't drive on the 'wrong' side of the road. We drive on the left, otherwise known as the 'correct' side

[@adamparker9765]

You can drink the water out of just about every tap other than dam water in the country / outback areas . It could also be bore water , but every major city processes its water so its safe to drink. Some are tastier than others but you get that.

[@annanz0118]

Yeah taps with Bore water are usually labelled with large 'Do Not Drink' signs and are mainly used for watering the garden etc. Places with bore water usually also have regular taps inside that you can drink.

[@sniper10666]

Roundabouts are all over Australia depending on the area, not to many in the country areas but within the cities they are

[@kimscott1241]

My MIL has a koala that hangs out in a tree outside her house in Brisbane. Brisbane also has 3 free bus services for the more inner city areas (City, Spring Hill, and South Brisbane Loops).

[@YFIOFtho]

I live in Adelaide and our drinking water is ok, but it does depend how close and which water source you're pulling from. I never realised the A & C were for clockwise and anticlockwise on the bus routes - we have free city/CBD transport in the city free bus & the tram but you pay outside the city. And people dont say 'bless you' as much because we have a much higher number of non religious people or diverse religious backgrounds so its just not polite to assume somebody wants to hear 'bless you'. And as for kangaroos and Koalas - we have heaps of those in various suburban parts of Adelaide but we are a fairly sleepy city! my folks are from Scotland (Glasgow) and I always love to hear your reactions to aussie content. Thanks for sharing :)

[@andrew_koala2974]

10:36 There are Power outlets in the U.S. that have a ON OFF switch though they are not in common usage. The voltage in the U.S. IS ALSO 230 / 115 SPLIT SYSTEM as some appliances as cooking appliances and A/C OPERATE AT 230V World voltage standards were made uniform some 30 years ago 240 was reduced to 230v 220 was increased to 230 In North America it is 230 / 115 This was done to reduce cost of production of domestic appliances Four voltage STANDARDS WERE REDUCED TO TWO 115 & 230

[@stephaniebell4272]

We have a big mob which lives over the road in a vacant bit of acreage. The come into my yard. yay! Street party!

[@chapmansbg]

Best birds in the world, magpies, cockatoos, kookaburras and so on.

[@thatpoemguy2083]

Should be noted, the "seeing the stars in the city" thing is not because we're more envirnmentally conscious (I mean we are afaik, but not by enough to matter), it's just because our cities are smaller. Sydney's only got a population of about 5 1/2 million, and Wollongong is barely even a city, honestly, with only about 300k people. Of course the stars are going to be comparatively clear.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

My house water doesn’t smell but it does have sediment. I’ve just bought a rainwater tank and am eating for the first flush attachment to arrive so that I can set it up for drinking water.

[@fibienn250]

I live in outback Australia. Our town water is taken from the Darling river. Generally, it’s perfectly drinkable but has a distinct chlorine taste which I personally don’t enjoy. However, during the last drought, our water was affected by a blue green algae outbreak. The river also experienced a massive fish kill due to poor quality water. Literally hundreds of thousands of fish died. The water had to be so heavily treated that it was undrinkable. I have also lived in a different town that had no access to ground water. No rivers, lakes or dams. Our water came from an artesian bore. It was drinkable but had a noticeable scent and taste. It didn’t seem to bother most people but it always made me feel a little nauseous.

[@LaDyFaCe180]

Koalas are endangered but you do see them every now and then depending on where you are. More in suburbia and bushland areas then in the city.

[@kewl2152]

Yeah, transportation is free within the Perth CBD ie trains and buses as well as the CAT (free buses that service the cbd and important parts of adjacent suburbs to the cbd). The CAT service also runs within the city of Joondalup situated about 30 km north of Perth. The Transperth ferry across the Swan River connecting the CBD and South Perth however is not free. Also, on Sundays all public transportation servicing the greater metropolitan area, including the Transperth ferry, is free. Parking at train station car parks is also free on weekends/public holidays and $2 for the day on weekdays.

[@leannewith3]

We have wooden utensils because Australia is phasing out single use plastics, especially if they can’t be recycled. Plastic take away containers are often either reused or recycled, so they haven’t been targeted yet.

[@johnrap7203]

The phone tone that was played is the ring tone you hear when the destination phone is ringing.

[@sirphilipe]

The law was changed a few years back to ban plastic single use items, including eating utensils, straws and now dental floss and ear/cotton buds. Now have to be made from biodegradable items, many use wood for things like spoons, forks etc and use paper for straws and stuff. Sometimes it is annoying when eating but I totally understand why they do it.

[@xxillicitxx]

Australia has its own movies and shows but it's cheaper for stations to license something else than produce content. The Australian music scene is massive even though we still listen to American and other foreign stuff too. Australia also shares a lot of culture with California through surfing, Aussies adopted surfing very early and surfers travel.

[@pharmajoe990]

A lot of rural Australia will use tank water for drinking. Perfectly fine out of the tap for most cases, it’s just collected rainwater. If you can’t drink the tap water in some of the US, does that mean you have to buy water to drink from a shop? Also for cooking?