American Reacts to 'Here's What No One Tells You About Australia'

[@scottbanks4906]

When ever people say Australia is expensive the most common thing they mention is Alcohol and Cigarettes. These two examples aren't actually representative of the cost of living in Australia because both of these items have very high social taxes which increase their price a lot more than things without a social tax. (By social tax I mean a tax which is added to effect people's buying habits for these items and to help with the financial burden they have on the health system)

[@jesamindee6783]

Things (food and clothes, white goods, tvs etc) might be more expencive in Australia, but our wages are higher as well. The minimum wage in the US is $7.25 per hour, while in Australia minimum wage is $21.38 per hour and $812.44 per week. So in comparisan our buying power is much higher!

[@pauljarvis446]

I don't buy alcohol or cigarettes.

[@jesamindee6783]

@@pauljarvis446 Same here!

[@chrish4469]

Yeah, Sin tax

[@pensiveboogie]

Yes, cigarettes, alcohol and fuel attract a federal government excise (tax) but locally produced wine can be cheap.

[@fasteddie9201]

I was talking to an American in a Kuta Beach bar many years ago and when I finished he looked at me and said "Keep talking man, I can't understand a word you're saying but I love that accent."

[@Reneesillycar74]

😂

[@mikevale3620]

No offence but if you're at Kuta Beach you're probably a bogan...again, no offence and with a strong Aussie accent.

[@fasteddie9201]

@@mikevale3620 This was in 1991 before bogans discovered the place. Back then the only reason you went to Bali was to surf Ulu's or to start your trip to Gland. Haven't been back since then, back then a bogan was some kind of a moth, forget what we were, I mean they were called back then.

[@mikevale3620]

@@fasteddie9201 Bogong.

[@fasteddie9201]

@@mikevale3620 I know that, I just meant it as the closest thing there was to the word bogan back in the days us old codgers where young whippasnappa's.

[@kazwilson425]

Smokes in particular are like $40 a packet. That's to discourage people taking it up and encourages people to quit. And it goes up every year.

[@grandy2875]

When I quit smoking, about 16 months ago, the last packet I bought was about $65 for a pack of 40s. I was spending around $340 - $350 per fortnight...

[@RenateWest-j3d]

Increases 4 times a year.Tax wine and gambling

[@Dr_KAP]

Aussies even frequently apologise in a restaurant for calling the wait staff over and asking for some water ! Excuse me? Sorry… can we please get some more water? Thanks. Sorry. 😂 😂 Also it “can” snow? Yeh we have ski fields here you know..

[@CQuinnLady]

We have more snow than Switzerland

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

We have a fuck tonne more land so makes sense.

[@CQuinnLady]

@@julesmasseffectmusic nothing to do with land size.

[@Supersonicdragonfire]

So true!

[@MrKaxid]

OMG, this is me.... Shame, lol

[@freelanceopportunist559]

My father used to take us on business trips sometimes, and he took my brother and I to NYC. I was 8yo, my brother 11yo. We were left in the hotel room by ourselves during the day, and one day decided to venture out.... Out on the street, people were staring at us, and multiple people came to see if we were ok, and to query why we weren't wearing any shoes. "Don't worry", my brother assured them, "we're Queenslanders, we can handle it"

[@neilwilliams929]

It was good to see a lot of New Yorkers concern a about the well fare of kids .Because you hear New Yorker cold callous sons of bitches .see sometime things are not what they seem

[@eclecticapoetica]

😂😂😂

[@kellynuisance]

It's a different kind of comfort 🤙

[@judithermer7969]

Interesting how people with accents don’t think they are hard to understand. ❤🇦🇺

[@patrickjohnson1309]

Lol

[@tynanwaring3292]

every person has an accent

[@maryvonneadams9378]

Ha ha

[@smeagle_thebeagle8797]

Exactly

[@crypticutopia7228]

everyone's hard to understand for me because my hearing isn't always the greatest🤣

[@tiaelina1090]

It does snow here in Australia during winter and yes it gets below zero in certain places even in Queensland. Yes there are snakes but if you live in city areas you rarely see any. I live about 30 minute drive from the centre of Brisbane out on acreage and have been here 4 yrs, in that time we have had 1 python ( which is non venomous) and 6 months ago a Red- bellied Black snake, which is venomous, but the snakes were out because of the flooding. I have lived in Australia for 54 yrs and the times I have encountered deadly creatures I could count on 1 hand, and I have been all over this beautiful country.

[@alexandlynnward6651]

I’m in Melbourne. It’s mid-winter and the predicted low for most days this week is 0°C (I.e. freezing) so pack a jumper if you’re travelling here.

[@michellebamford2965]

I'm in Adelaide and we get at least 5 brown snakes in our garden every summer. I've had to fish them out of the pool on a number of occasions. We also get the odd red belly black snake. I guess it just depends where you live.

[@janined5784]

@@michellebamford2965 I live in Tasmania and I often hear "thumps in the night" outside. Freaked me out at first but it's just possums or occasionally Tasmanian devils having a fisty-cuff over some food they're devouring. I just leave them to it. They have enough "bite power" to take your fingers off!

[@b3nnefits]

Im also around there! Maybe 30-40 minute drive to Brisbane, dunno bout the centre. We live on a property that’s apparently had a lot of brown snakes, but since we moved in at the beginning of winter we haven’t seen any yet.

[@silenttitan416]

You seeing them and them being there are 2 different things. Brown's just look like a stick with a glancing look or from a distance. But there's a LOT of bluetongue lizards in Brissy area and they keep eastern Brown's away mostly. pets and noise do a good job of keeping them away

[@shaz464]

Australia has more snow than the Swiss Alps. My family are currently enjoying a skiing holiday in the ski resort of Mount Buller. (Lots and lots of snow there at the moment). ⛄️⛄️⛄️⛄️⛄️ Also, going barefoot in summer is definitely a thing. e.g in shopping centres etc.

[@biggyziggy5777]

Hi Sharyn … l live close to Mt Buller and it was snowing this morning ! … l am so happy that this season is going well after the last couple of years 😊❄️

[@shaz464]

@@biggyziggy5777 I have family members at Merrijig. My daughter and family have been staying with them, but are now up at Mount Buller. From the pics I’ve seen, the snow is good at the moment. (You live in a beautiful part of Australia).

[@sunisbest1234]

@@biggyziggy5777 I'm not surprised it's been a cold winter so far. (I'm in Melbourne.)

[@kenchristie9214]

We Australians even apologise even when we bump into doors or lamp posts. Starting school in the mid 50's, most of us boys went barefooted to primary school. Started wearing shoes at High School. Even going to the pictures in the city we were barefoot.

[@oscillatewildly6553]

I bumped into my bathroom door once not long ago and I said "oh sorry" I'm glad no one was around

[@carbine5378]

Really?

[@Scruffiannat]

first time i went to the movies mum made us wear shoes, i was 5, i couldnt understand it, we werent bush walking, why the shoes?, i genuinely hated it. i decided id wear them until we were seated and took em off. end of mvie walked back to the car shoes in hand. i can only imagine what mum was thinking.

[@andrewburns743]

These type of videos miss the regional differences in Oz. For example walking without shoes is far more common in Qld and Northern NSW than it is further south (doesn’t happen here in Melbourne). Also large spiders and pythons in your house/backyard is really only something that happens in the tropics (ie. QLD and NT). Salties (Saltwater Crocodiles) are only found in a coastal arc from Rockhampton to Broome in the far north. The apologising to someone for walking into you still happens in Sydney and Melbourne but not as routinely or as with as much enthusiasm as say Adelaide or Brisbane. Cold for a Queenslander is like 16 degrees celsius whereas that’s a typical winters day high temp in Victoria. It only routinely snows in the Mountains in NSW, Vic and Tas nowhere else. It never snows in big cities and even when it does in Hobart or Canberra it doesn’t stay on the ground. There are also a few regional language/word differences such as the bathers/swimmers/togs debate or potato cake vs potato scallop debate. …. Just a few thoughts for you. Thanks for sharing your reaction and keep up the great work on your channel!

[@jonathansturm4163]

In 2004 I undertook a degree at UTas and one of the courses was geology. One of my fellow students called Galen almost never wore shoes, or anything other than shorts and a tank top even in the depths of winter. A few years later he came into the Mines Dept library wearing a suit and I initially failed to recognise him!

[@RexAlfieLee]

Actually Andrew the large spiders are everywhere. In fact Tasmania has its own funnelweb. Mostly non-venomous huntsmen abound in houses but they're a scary looking bug remover so many people keep them. Then there's large trapdoors & they're scary too but deservedly bcos they bite. I don't understand the redback focus bcos they aren't big & mostly just cause a little pain.

[@cathryn5304]

Yep there's definitely differences in the vernacular between states, and social groups; and in accent to some degree. And have you been made aware about many Aussies tending to put a rising inflection at the ends of statements?? It can sound kinda like almost everything we say we're uncertain about, or that we're asking a question??? 🙂🙃🙂

[@TazzyCee78]

I'm a qlder and I hardly ever see people without shoes on and I personally never go out without footwear

[@xymonau2468]

You've generalised about Qld as well. It's 10 degrees right now and the cold is just starting to have an effect. 16 degrees is just a one jumper temp and not cold at all to anyone who isn't from the tropics.

[@ABC060491]

When I travelled to Germany, I found everyday goods are about the same price as here in Oz, but alcohol is cheap AF. Australia taxes "vices" like alcohol and cigarettes quite a lot.

[@SvendBosanvovski]

Yeah, but those taxes are put to good use with a relatively free public health system absent in many other countries

[@PiersDJackson]

Ryan, Big W is not Wallmart, it's a large variety store, similar to Wallmart (possibly)... except it's mid-range clothing, electronics, sporting goods (not firearms, hunting knives, weapons), household goods - you can buy small electronics, not fridges, washers, dryers... but yes to TVs. The W is for Woolworths - which is not the UK? Brand, but merged with another brand in Australia called Safeway, they're also in New Zealand as Countdown - in the same corporate colours. That being said a Woolworths supermarket for groceries will be adjacent (or within the same complex.) Australia has regularly been popular for younger tourists, on working holiday or student visas, they mention "Farm Work" - this is simply working recorded hours, reported for taxation, outside of the major cities... this can be as farm labour during fruit and vegetable harvesting, customer service in a Cafe (bar, wait, kitchen hand, cleaning), childcare (with accreditation), housekeeping in hospitality.

[@Bobbyjonesyrrr]

Woolies is basically Safeway. That's the best way to describe it for Americans.

[@lonnie224]

And people don’t wear their pyjamas to Big W like they do in Walmart.

[@PiersDJackson]

@@lonnie224 you haven't been there after dark.... where do Yoga Pants, tanktops and mu-mu's fit?

[@lonnie224]

@@PiersDJackson lol ok, yeah I only shop there during the day time. 🤷‍♀️

[@peffd0g]

I live in Hobart, Australia and it snowed in my suburb last night! It didn't settle on the ground but the mountain behind Hobart got a good dump of snow. There are a number of road closures around the state of Tasmania today because of low-level snow and ice. Any Tasmanians out there drive safely!

[@zombiemeg]

Fellow Tassie here! I can see the mountain from my house (Eastern Shore) and the ice and snow on it. Looks like we’re in for another cold night ❄️

[@waynethurston6157]

@@zombiemeg And cold days also, suns out everything ok.

[@treadingtheboards2875]

I took my kids on a holiday in Tassie about 20 years ago, down south near Hobart, the kids played in the snow, the same day after driving to Devonport, the kids went swimming as it was hot. Tassie's a great place.

[@three29designstas]

8 degrees up here in the Derwent Valley with decent snow at National Park… still in a t shirt though 😂

[@jonathansturm4163]

Looks like 0° will be tonight’s minimum in Huonville. Currently 2.5° at 4 am.

[@chrismoore8813]

Crazy fact to blow your mind. Australia receives more snow in an area called the snowy mountains than Switzerland does

[@debbiejefford5187]

such stupidity...its called seasons...its called weather...

[@zeppy2732]

Don’t forget the wages are three times higher. And three times more snow falls on the Australian snow fields than falls in Switzerland, remembering our main snow field is larger than Switzerland. Our coldest recorded temp was -23 in 1983 at Charlotte Pass.

[@RenateWest-j3d]

Not everyone is a high earner.

[@suechandler8162]

Nimmitabel on the Monaro was 17 below freezing at night in November, nearly summertime. It was regularly minus 5 or 10 overnight any time of year.

[@macnuggets2974]

hardest thing with the Aussie language is like you have already discovered we like to shorten everything and we have our own words for things that are sort of universal around the country. When we use other words to describe things or people I can see it getting confusing for people not familiar with the local lingo.

[@madmissemily7090]

SPF 50 is the usual standard. Its a part of the morning routine, after shower, put moisturiser and sunscreen on. Often girls wear like a BB cream with moisturiser/sunscreen/foundation built in so covers all bases haha

[@_BangDroid_]

Yep and unlike what the video says, don't pack sunscreen coming to Aus, buy it here. We have much higher standards. That's why some products with the exact same formula are labeled SPF 15 in Aus while they are labeled much higher in markets like the US. Anything over 15 is subject to very strict TGA testing. It's always best to use a sunscreen formulated for the climate you're in.

[@audreydoyle5268]

@@_BangDroid_ very sage advice considering our skin cancer rate

[@zoeherriot]

Also worth noting that SPF isn't a linear scale. SPF 30 isn't twice as effective as SPF 15. At SPF 2, you are already blocking 50% of the UV radiation. The difference between SPF 15 and SPF 30 is only about 5-10% percent additional UV protection.

[@jogould1045]

I live in Australia and it has been 20 years since i have seen a snake in the wild. It is very possible to live your life and never encounter a snake, if you live in a major city and never leave it. I spent my early life camping and living out in the country, so i have encountered them for the most part they will leave you alone it you give them a wide berth.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

Our ski season stared early this year after a blizzard in our Alps dumped 2 metres of snow on the ski resorts. We always have snow in winter in the south eastern states. Our snakes are quite placid and will not bite unless you threaten them or step on them. They will move away from you if they see you coming. I have seen lots of snakes in the bush and even had a brown snake crawl over my arm when I was sunbathing in the back yard. We were eye to eye but all it did was slither away under the house. Brown snakes are the second most venomous in the world. If you don't bother them they won't bother you. So nothing to worry about. The hundreds of thousands of Americans who live here or visit aren't worried.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

King browns will stand up and chase you for around 30 m I learnt to not hit my golf balls into the rough lol

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

@@lillibitjohnson7293 Fortunately they are not as common as the eastern brown.

[@jonathansturm4163]

I lived on a small farm in SE Tasmania for over 40 years and saw less than one snake per year in all that time. They are by nature very shy creatures albeit venomous. Not as shy as platypus though. Even though they lived in the dam overlooked by the house I built, I only saw one once for a few seconds though the ripples on the water surface revealed their presence below pretty much every day.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@@jonathansturm4163 I lived in port Stephens NSW for 25 years and saw king brown snakes there at least 10 times per year playing golf or even in the yard I was visiting a gf one morning and another woman came to show us her brand new baby She put the capsule with the sleeping baby on the floor inside the house We sat at the bar with our backs to the baby drinking tea I turned and saw a king brown snake, that had already slithered half way cross the baby in the capsule Had to hold my breath and hope to Christ the baby didn’t wake up until it slid off to grab the baby and put it on top of the bar The king brown went under a door under the stair well I’ve also had king browns have their babies at my laundry door downstairs Had to teach my kids never to play with earthworms in the garden because king browns have live babies that look a lot like worms …… They can kill you from birth …..

[@janined5784]

I lived in Sth Africa for a while and a close friend got drafted to do his national service military training. Part of it was a stint in Angola where they were sleeping out in the open. He said one morning he woke up and there was a snake curled up asleep on his chest, inside his sleeping bag! He just had to stay very still and wait for the sun to warm things up so the snake got too hot and slithered out. He was then able to get out of the sleeping bag. Yikes!! 🐍

[@mort8143]

Ryan, we get plenty of snow. We have many ski resorts and huge tracts of cross country terrain. Check out the National Parks areas straddling Victoria and New South Wales. We have more skiable terrain than Switzerland. No bull. It is winter here at present. Canberra has many below zero mornings.

[@zombiemeg]

I’m nearly 50 and live in Tasmania but I still remember bitterly cold Canberra mornings as a young kid. They’re no joke!

[@JM-wt4bf]

Lived in rural Australia for the first 18 years of my life, I hadn't seen an alive snake except one time working the farm. The bugger was about 10m away. I looked at him, he looked at me and we went our separate ways the other direction. Not going to lie if he was closer, would of bolted for the house. he was a big tiger. 👀

[@travelsolo2677]

Cold here in OZ is 8-15C , it rarely snows in any city. Only in our snow fields and Alps we see snow

[@sunisbest1234]

It can hover around 0° or lower at night here in Melbourne over winter. Wind chill factor, ( up from the Antarctic), can make it lower.

[@raccoonproductions7578]

snow isn t really snow compared to other countries. Real icy snow it is

[@jesamindee6783]

Australians also pay the third-highest liquor taxes in the world with about 57 per cent of the retail price on a bottle of spirit. In the case of beer, the product is taxed at different rates based on a portion of its alcohol content-that is, depending on whether it is low-strength, mid-strength or full-strength. Alcohol have an extra tax for 2 reasons, firstly to discourage alcoholism and public drunkenness - the primary justification for high alcohol taxes today. A 2006 report for the European Commission argued that using taxes to raise the price of alcohol 10 percent would save 9,000 lives per year.

[@joekerr4047]

Yep it's cheaper to get an 18 yo girl in Australia than an 18 yo bottle of scotch

[@audreydoyle5268]

@@joekerr4047 smooth of you to say 18

[@jayweb51]

As a young child, I always preferred to go around barefoot. Gravel was a bit hard to walk on but got use to it, definitely not on bitumen.

[@joekerr4047]

Bitumen is okay, just not in summer

[@dragonmcea]

@@joekerr4047 me too!

[@janined5784]

In summer it's too hot to walk bare-footed on bitumen, or even on sand at the ⛱️ beach. Burns your feet. I saw a guy frying eggs on the footpath (sidewalk for the yanks) one time, he was making a point that it really could be done. I don't think he ate them though

[@martinwallace5734]

Too many bindie-eyes in the footpath outside my place when i was a kid.

[@RenateWest-j3d]

We don't go bare foot in Victoria

[@PixTax]

Australia is a continent, is has a range of climates. If you never want to be cold, move to the Northern Territory. If you want a temperate northern European climate, go to South Australia or Tasmania.

[@jennifergawne3002]

Winter mornings in the desert often get very cold indeed

[@M1SS_VK]

@@jennifergawne3002 yeh true. When we lived in wa we lived in Kalgoorlie and then up north near Kununurra and it would be warm during the day and then freeeezing at night. Kalgoorlie would be chilly in the morning and then warm up by mid morning. It was bizzare too cos when you leave the area for example going on a. Trip to Esperance, it’s like you leave a warm pocket and youre hit with cold areas and then another warm pocket of just warm dry air and then cold again. Even between Kalgoorlie and Norseman, mornings were so so cold.

[@sarahbourne1872]

SA is more mediterranean and semi-arid. Very south parts near Vic may be temperate, but Victoria would have larger parts of the state that are temperate than SA. Still more chilly than Darwin.

[@cgkennedy]

And Victoria.

[@1337flite]

South Australia is not temperatre. Most of it is arid sandy/rocky/scrubby desert. In around the Adelaide regin their's a "mediteranean" micro climate. Maybe way down in the south east near the Voc border itr might be somewhat temperate. But not most of the state nor where most of the people live.

[@tegan7327]

Don’t stop saying happy arvo! It makes me happy to hear you say it! Love your video’s! Hope you do make it down here one day and film your visit!! Lots of love from The Sunshine Coast QLD!

[@LegendsOfTomaz]

With our snakes and spiders, it really depends on where you live. I grew up in the suburbs of western Sydney. In my 33 years, I’ve seen two snakes while bushwalking and one red bellied black snake in my back yard. Spiders, a lot more common, predominantly red back spiders, hunstman spiders and white tail spiders. Never seen a funnel web spider, but I’ve seen the funnels they build in the ground. Basically, the closer you are to the bush, the more you’ll see. Don’t let them deter you from visiting 😊

[@toby9999]

I live in Melbourne and right behind my back fence is a nature reserve. Kangaroos, birds of all types. Could be anything in there but still haven't seen any snakes.

[@katrinah4922]

We live in Northern NSW and during spring and summer we have different kinds of snakes on our property everyday. We have many harmless ones and also many of the dangerous ones. We also have heaps of wallabies, koalas, echidnas , goannas and we have even had a dingo on our top driveway…

[@M1SS_VK]

@@toby9999 it’s like, go to werribee and they have snakes all the time even point cook cos of the wetlands and river but then go to regions of geelong and I live near the back hills and paddocks, my end doesn’t get snakes or I never see them even though the reserve has signs but the opposite end which is maybe 1km has them all the time. People always see them on their walks or in the parks. Again areas with river and paddocks.

[@xymonau2468]

When I lived in North Sydney years ago, I was in a house that backed onto a cut out cliff of dirt. There was a street about ten feet above the top of the house. In that dirt wall, there were literally thousands of funnel web spiders. Creepy as.

[@martinwallace5734]

Here are a couple of things about Australia I haven't heard mentioned in your videos (which I love, btw). 1) Although we are "laid back" about most things, Australians are (mostly) very polite and expect politeness. And because we like to think we are egalitarian (it has become more of a myth than reality) this extends to "menial" workers like check-out assistants and the kids who serve you at Maccas or a coffee shop. I was studying with a guy from the states (NYC, actually) and we went to the coffee shop. I ordered. "May I have a latte, please, and, umm, a capuchino for my friend. Sugar? Ah, no thanks." And a few more "Thanks" or "Ta" when I got the change, and again when I got the beverages. He nearly exploded. "What's with all this 'May I ?' and 'Please' and 'Thank you' stuff?" he asked. "They are paid to serve you, you don't have to thank them." He rolled his eyes when I said, "They're human beings as good as you and me, so we're just showing respect." "I just say, 'Gimme a capuchino, hold the sugar!" "Try that here," I said, "and you will be lucky if they don't throw it at you!" Now I know not all Americans are like that, and the southerners seem especially polite (people from Indiana too!), but this is just a heads-up to those who think like my colleague! 2) As an extension of that, shop assistants, even check-out assistants, will often start up a little conversation. "How's your day been?" etc. Understand they are not prying into your private life. Certainly don't reply with "What's it to you?" All they want to hear is, "Fine thanks, And yours?" It's just a polite formula, not an inquisition. 3) Complete strangers may well strike up a conversation with you on public transport or in similar situations, especially if they see you are a tourist. In this case they will love to hear what you think about Australia, its people, its sights etc. A friend of mine from Canada was shocked. "That would never happen back in Ottawa!" Again, it's just for the pleasure of the conversation. Just stroke our egos a bit by saying you love the place and you'll have a very pleasant trip. Unfortunately, the ubiquitous mobile phones and earpods make these encounters less frequent these days. 4) Someone may have mentioned it, but many Australians - especially young ones, but not only - are really terrible swearers, ie they throw in the worst of profanities frequently in conversations. Personally, I am not proud of that, and I find it rather offensive myself sometimes. Strangely, they can be a sign of affection and acceptance. "How are you, you old bastard?" is a very friendly greeting. About the only word I can think of that is never used in a friendly sense is "mongrel". If someone says so-and-so is a mongrel, he is really saying that he is the worst of the worst. Watch out for that one.

[@cloudy9537]

.. ok first thing i loved reading this but man who has the pashence to type this? And look at me reading it all😢

[@martinwallace5734]

@@cloudy9537 Yeah, can't believe I wrote it. It must have been a slow day, lol.

[@annparker657]

Good onya Martin!

[@capatheist]

America does use the metric system for the vast majority of things, all science and international business uses metric as standard, your military and various logistics departments use metric for all measurements, your chemicals and drugs are measured in metric, litres for soda… the list gos on. Neil Degrass Tyson did a video on it

[@shaunmckenzie5509]

Australia is metric for everything, including day to day stuff

[@janined5784]

I thought most Americans use the Imperial measurement system, yards, feet, inches etc, and the Fahrenheit temperature system. I didn't know that the military uses the same systems as we do here. Interesting. 🇦🇺

[@RexAlfieLee]

During winter we get Antarctic wind patterns that can last for days on end & these added to the Roaring Forties from around the South African Cape can cause a wind chill factor up to 20 degrees lower. When this happens it's very cold & almost impossible to remain warm when outside. It still tends to be dry so minimal sleet or snow occurs unless in the mountains or Canberra & Tasmania.

[@sunisbest1234]

Oh god! That Antarctic wind!! Cuts right through you. As is happening now in Melbourne. Told my hubs the other day I want to buy a floor length coat for winter.

[@Jaydaydesign]

Antarctic southerlies and freezing northerly from the snowfields….. welcome to winter in Melbourne! That northerly turns into dry oven hot winds in summer

[@janined5784]

Yep, Tasmania is pretty cold right now too and snow in places. It's a bit early this year.

[@RexAlfieLee]

@@sunisbest1234 with attachable heavy duty crotch height socks

[@starlightshimmery]

For us it can be surprising what people find strange here. As in pergola 😄 Someone I knew who came here was amazed at how people in Sydney like “pavilions”. It seems that’s a bit unusual too. But very common here. We have the Bathers Pavilion,Bondi Pavilion, garden pavilions, park pavilions, surf pavilions, cricket pavilions etc etc. He kept saying his first week “what is it with you all and all these pavilions?! Everything’s a pavilion!”

[@seratonin7004]

I never noticed that before! 😆

[@starlightshimmery]

@@seratonin7004 me either til he pointed it out 😂

[@pronumeral1446]

It's a requirement of some "working holiday" backpacker visas, that you go work on a farm. Australian fruit farms have come to rely on foreign labour, who were often illegally underpaid.

[@chrisdef15]

It’s got nothing to do with farms. It’s the area. Technically the Gold Coast is a regional area and people can work here for second year visas. But only a few lucky ones will get bosses who will sign the papers for that. Farms are desperate because bogan Aussies on centrelink don’t want to do the work. So they are happy for hard working foreigners.

[@pronumeral1446]

@@chrisdef15 Yeah how dare those bogans not want to do backbreaking physical labour in the hot sun, 500km or 1000km away from where they live, and sleep in a run down farm shed with no aircon, for less than minimum wage. If people prefer the dole ($350/week) to working for you, then either you're not paying enough (minimum wage is $810/week), or you're unbearable to work for.

[@jonathansturm4163]

For ~15 years (1980s/90s) I picked apples for three months every autumn and made more than half my annual income doing so. My income was $AU1-200/day. Not many locals were willing to pick fruit. Picking on wages wasn’t worth the effort ($AU/5/hr).

[@judileeming1589]

It’s not so much the Australian accent and there are not really a dialects per se. There is formal English and common English where we run our words together whilst dropping letters or making them silent. For example “ Have a good day” (formal English) commonly sounds like “ Avaguday” . That is what the gentleman meant by saying he speaks English but has to listen carefully and still ask an Australian to repeat what was said. That doesn’t include the local colloquialisms which are used widely, like “Maccas” is MacDonalds, “Arvo” which you use and know means “afternoon” or if someone asked you if you wanted “a cold one” they are offering you a beer, likewise a beer could be a “stubby” or a “tinny” but a “tinny” could also be an aluminium boat. Believe me, it is a version of the English language all on its own and like many languages, forever changing and strangely words like “selfie” for instance have been adopted internationally.

[@martinwallace5734]

Yes, and to be tinny is to be lucky ... but that is pretty old-fashioned now. "Did you hear that Bill won over $1,000 in the lottery again? That's his third big win." "Ah, he's tinny, that bloke!"😂

[@waz..2068]

With the accents and language it changes from state to state. So even alot of Victorians struggle to understand someone from Queensland or worse countey Queensland say. And the meaning of the same words can mean different things as well.

[@itsjustmaddisen]

I’m originally from NSW and had to learn some of the slang used in QLD when I moved. I had no idea what a “tuckshop” or “togs” were until I moved to Brisbane lol.

[@bluejhaygrl]

Here in Australia for sun protection, sunscreen is not enough. We have had a very long running campaign about sun protection, ever since i was a kid and im now in my 50's.....Its slip on a shirt, slop on the sun screen, slap on a hat and wrap on the sunglasses, "Slip, Slop, Slap, Wrap"........ :) ......If you have sensitive skin, if you burn easily, this is the recommended protection....not just the sunscreen.

[@jonathansturm4163]

Thus inducing rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults again as reported by the Menzies Research Centre in Tasmania!

[@janined5784]

SPF 50 is about the best I think. The Cancer Council put out one that is great as it doesn't stay gooey and sticky on your skin, it's a cream but your skin feels dry after you put it on. Available in supermarkets.

[@Markstubation01]

A lot of people from the Northern Hemisphere have told me that winter is colder in Australia purely because our buildings are designed to keep the heat out, whereas in the Northern Hemisphere buildings are designed to keep the heat in.

[@TheLyds01]

We are taxed like 50% on alcohol and cigarettes. That’s why it’s so expensive.

[@needaman66]

38%

[@njkauto2394]

TAX$$$$ That is supposed to go to the massive amount of damages and diseases caused by these 2 poisonous but legal substances.

[@brosert]

Definitions of cold vary. In Brisbane or Darwin they probably start whining below 20C. In Adelaide and Perth below 15C. In Melbourne and Sydney below 10C. In Canberra and Hobart it's T-shirts even under 5C. Some regional areas will be colder again (especially around snowfields, of course). But in each city the Heat/Cold is different - Canberra will get down to -5C overnight in Winter, but it's often still and dry - it's probably more unpleasant in a Canberra Spring, when there is warmer temperatures but cold breezes (sometimes blowing off nearby mountains that might still have some snow on them). Similarly (and I think you mentioned it in terms of heat in another video) Adelaide has very high summer temperatures (not uncommon to have a few days above 40C), but it's a dry heat and maybe more bearable than lower temperatures in higher humidity in QLD (althoguh in Adelaide the real struggle is that Summer Nights sometimes remain in the high 20's and occasionally even into the 30s - with sea breezes (or in some parts gully winds) that only offer limited respite....

[@zombiemeg]

Yes. Lived in Brisbane for a couple of years. Loved the city but couldn’t handle the humidity. Now live in Hobart. When I flew in it was 11pm and about 8 degrees and I was wearing a singlet top. I fit right in 😂

[@Reneesillycar74]

@Princess Daisy I agree & I’m from Sydney 😁

[@madenabyss6981]

I'm from Perth I love the cold I hate the heat and when it gets very hot I whinge like a pom I am part English

[@bena8121]

You made that up, Sydney doesn't get that cold.

[@bena8121]

South East Qld is mixed. Brisbane, Gold and Sunshine Coast have mild winters while Toowoomba gets -2 with -7 windchill factor in winter.

[@judithhobson5868]

i live in adelaide .south australia , i am 64 years old and have seen snow fall twice in my life and one of those times was in washington dc so that tells you how often we get snow here!!!

[@Raven-fh2yy]

Cold temperature: Yesterday morning where I live it was -8.5 C at dawn. Mind you I live in the central highlands of NSW so I am a good distance from the sea and at a fair elevation (for Australia anyway). Snow: We have snow every year consistently on the tops of our taller mountains to the extent we have a thriving ski industry for the winter period. At sea level it rarely snow but I have seen it more than once in my 63 years. SO yes it can get very cold and it does snow regularly however the extent of time of the year this sort of thing occurs is not as long as a lot of other countries.

[@sillybollox2244]

I went to school in Australia in the early 70s - most kids didn't wear shoes - walking home through warm puddles was lovely...

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

If you want to get an idea of Australian snow fields I recommend watching My Wild Home//The Australian Alps.

[@greghillier5176]

a lot of tourists come out for extended stays on a working visa. minimum wage is very good and takes the edge off the expenses, at the moment there is a massive(oops reedited out massage) worker shortage. Australia runs on backpacker power.

[@njkauto2394]

I just want to clarify something Greg, Is it.... A MASSAGE WORKERS SHORTAGE...........OR A MASSIVE WORKERS SHORTAGE ..........? . . . . If it is MASSAGE WORKERS SHORTAGE how tall does Australia want them to be? . . LOL 😆

[@greghillier5176]

@@njkauto2394 I dd mean massive, however in most states(except Tasmania,SA,WA) the sex industry has be legalized and regulated. size is up to personal taste.

[@speak2haze]

We have a dedicated ski season and ski fields . kosciuszko national park , my dad used to own a ski shop

[@antheabrouwer3258]

Vodka comes in different prices. Different brands, different prices. You can go to Aldi, and get much cheaper alcohol.

[@TheLyds01]

We use spf 30 and 50 with a preference for 50

[@myopinion69420]

I honestly can't remember the last time I saw spf30. it used to be the go to when I was a kid (not sure if there was a higher one at the time), but never see it any more. I think some of those spray on ones are spf30?

[@dingodancer]

I live bare foot. I don't even own a pair of shoes at this point. Here in the north east tropics of Australia most people go bare foot.

[@petethundabox5067]

That's $40-$50 for a 750ml vodka bottle. Snakes: Depends on the time of year (they hibernate in winter) but 25min walk from Melbourne CBD, I had a 4foot Tiger Snake only 2foot from my bare feet in March this year. If you don't move suddenly, and you let them know you are there, they'll leave you alone. Winter will get cold at night in most places, generally around 4' C but colder in the Alp's and Tasmania. The farm work visa's are exactly that. "Working holidays" require you to do fruit picking etc in the jobs young Australian's no longer want to do. It's hard "yakka" (work), and some farms take advantage of travelers and provide substandard accommodations and rip off some workers. (PS. Arvo, can also be pronounced "arve" like your "R.V." in the USA.) Q: Have you learned "Sepo" (a term for Americans yet? A: its from Cockney rhyming slang. "Sepo-= Septic tank = Yank".

[@grease94819481]

750ml, I thought they all changed to 700ml back in the 90's

[@petethundabox5067]

@@grease94819481 You could be right. I don't buy spirits that often. I'll look at a flatmate's in the morning.

[@grease94819481]

@@petethundabox5067 I don't drink now but remember it all sneakerly happening, as usual the size went down but the price went up

[@queenslanddiva]

We have some absolutely amazing snow fields in Australia. Where I live it gets below freezing regularly in winter, which is now. I find it hilarious that some of these people are speaking about the accents!

[@anthonywatts2033]

I am surprised at the money comments. I just spent 5 weeks in Italy - and that was expensive! I think it may be the tourist thing - its always more expensive to be a tourist than a resident. The comment that a vodka cost $7 for a drink would be at a bar and if he can get a vodka in germany at a bar for 3-4 euros, I would be amazed. Big W is a large discount store. I've never been to Walmart so I can't compare.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

I reckon he would have been talking about a bottle of vodka, like a 700ml Smirnoff from the bottle-o. Alcohol in Australia is taxed at a really high rate compared to other countries.

[@pipbyrne7707]

'Farm work' can also be grape picking in wine country at vintage time too. It can be very hot because it takes place in the height of summer but can be great fun.

[@crowe286]

SPF is highly regulated & tested in Australia before being able to be sold. SPF is not labelled above 50 even if so. SPF 30 & 50 being most popular. We have one of highest skin cancer rates in the world.

[@crowe286]

@TheMoreYouKnQw We'll have to agree to disagree. While your skin maybe doing well reality is very different for many & those are facts in Australia not thoughts. Many sunscreens that are non toxic can be used safely.

[@TCM215]

We have snow seasons in the south eastern states each year with ski fields.

[@BrickNewton]

After travelling around I found I never really needed strong sunscreen compared to New Zealand, when the Ozone layer was thinner you could actually feel the rays hit your skin, sort of a sting after a while. Also us NZers share a lot of these things with Aussies. I've found myself saying "sorry, you dropped your..." while handing it back

[@jonathansturm4163]

Apologising for all and sundry is a British thing really… OTOH Australians have turned it into an art form. One famous British actor recalled walking though Sydney airport many years ago when the only other person there walked into him and said: “Sorry mate!”

[@iandownie9848]

Bottled wine can be cheaper than water but bar prices are very different. Quality wine in Oz is a different mater. The best can be world price levels.

[@tomorrowkiddo]

Looking forward to meeting you and your family downunder.

[@smokeandquills]

Dude, it gets cold down south in Australia. The other morning here it was -8c (yes, MINUS 8!) Sure, not cold by Canadian or northern European standards but we do get well below freezing. Otherwise, how would we have a ski season every year? Inland in Victoria, it drops below zero commonly during the winter months. Don’t expect to come here and enjoy a mild winter, you’ll have to go up north (to Queensland) for that!

[@atticusgrebe]

Great video. Yes it does get cold here. It's -2 Celsius tonight

[@capatheist]

Yeah that video you watched about 10000 things that will kill you was narrated by an American voice over guy… That lady was Australian and explained it perfectly, if you don’t live in the bush, and you arnt out on a bush walk, it’s very unlikely you’ll encounter a snake in your time in australia, let alone a venomous one. There’s really only one dangerous one that’s found regularly in suburbia and sheds and what not… that’s the brown snake, and after 20 years living in the part of Queensland that sees the most of them… I’ve personally seen 3 in person. In my entire life. I’ve also never met anyone that’s been bitten by a venomous snake

[@itsjustmaddisen]

Exactly. I’ve seen a brown snake once and that was because the grass got way too high in the backyard. That’s it lol.

[@sorcy79au]

Hmmm we get dugites in the backyards in WA in the metro area.

[@jonathansturm4163]

All of Tasmania’s snakes are venomous and Tiger snakes in particular are quite common. It’s just that they’re very shy creatures so you don’t see them very often. I’ve not come across anyone bitten by a snake, but I have lost pets and livestock to snake-bite.

[@scattysafari7742]

Big W is the variety store branch of Woolworths. Growing up on the seventies,the grocery and variety store were all in one. In the 80s it split in two: Woolworths is the food store,Big W is the Kmart-style budget variety store.

[@davejensen7922]

The Australian alps get more snow each year than the Swiss alps do

[@laniey381]

Farmwork refers to seasonal work in orchards etc as a apart of their working Visa. We employ international backpackers to pick seasonal fruit and pack vegetables all over Australia. Some work in other areas of farming too and are paid for their work.

[@Goethite_A]

We can walk barefoot, no problem because since childhood we have had our feet toughened up by millions of bindiis in the lawn. South Australians are even tougher having had to deal with Three-cornered Jacks and sometimes Calthrop. After that broken glass and half molten bitumen is not an issue. BTW bindis, Three-cornered Jacks and Calthrop are various weeds with spider seed cases that love to inhabit lawns in summer and torture kids while they think they are enjoying themselves.

[@markharris4421]

Mate, caltrop and cat heads (three cornered jacks) are not exclusive to south Australia. The bastards are everywhere.

[@Goethite_A]

@@markharris4421 I have not com we across them in WA, Queensland, NSW or Victoria where Iived. Guess I was lucky but growing up in Adelaide they were constant companions.

[@markharris4421]

@@Goethite_A I live in northwest NSW. The buggers are a constant companion here. Do you get tiger pear down south? It makes cat heads look amateur.

[@Goethite_A]

@@markharris4421 Im sure the three plants i named are not the worst. I dont know about Tiger Pear specifically, but we in Vic and SA do have issues with several members of the Opuntia genus being invasive in agricultural areas, and native forest, particularly drier areas. Fortunately they are rarely seen in people's lawns. If they have taken over someone's back yard that family have other more serious issues. They are a big problem however for farmers and graziers as they are non-native, have few pests, are very hard to kill, spread easily and crowd out useful plants. I believe they have been known to kill animals due to the the spines piercing the animals flesh and leading to infection. But you know all that. Good luck with the Tiger pear. Does Cactoblastis work against that species or is the environment not suitable?

[@markharris4421]

@@Goethite_A it's pretty rare in backyards but it shows up in easements and other council neglected areas. I've never seen cactoblastis go near the stuff. The spines are best removed with pliers, not a pleasant experience. We get two types of cat head here. Ones pretty small with sturdy spines and the other is a similar sized burr but the spines longer, sharper and readily break off in your foot. Horrible little things

[@brettbridger362]

Please remember, Aus stretches from near the equator to down near the South Pole. There are places where the only thing between you and the South Pole is the odd penguin. There are places with over 300 rainy days a year and other places that can go years between a drop of rain.

[@angelavinen2881]

Where has over 300 rainy days a year? I live in Tasmania, and we certainly don't have that much rain.

[@brettbridger362]

@@angelavinen2881 I was going off an advertising campaign from the 1990's, where they were selling bottled rainwater from the south-west region. I think it was called 'roaring forties?' A quick look highlighted Stathgordon who's already up to over 70 rainy days so far this year and has an annual rainfall of over 2.5m. But, yes, the rest of Tasmania is dry, it's only that west coast from what I understand.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

I'm a 57yo Aussie & in suburbia have only ever seen one snake. A few in the bush, but that's expected. Snakes aren't everywhere. Spiders yeah, eg huntsmen find their way inside a few times each year,but they're harmless..unless you're an insect. Redbacks are in dark places outdoors,but you don't go sticking your fingers in those places lol Basically no guns here,so they're unlikely to kill you here 👍

[@njkauto2394]

I was unlucky to have been in the way of both a snake and a huntsman spider before the age of 5. LOL the spider got me when I was playing in an old car that had been abandoned for about 10 years, just prior to it happening my Father said, "you kids keep away from those old cars" The snake got me on the way to the chook shed. Just prior my Mother said "don't go outside any more the sun is going down and you've got no shoes on, it's hot and there's snakes out" LOL .....I'm sure my parents thought wtf is wrong with this kid.

[@sandgroperwookiee65]

@@njkauto2394 should have listened to your folks hey lol. Just unlucky

[@nathanpeterson9976]

I live on the Central Coast NSW Australia, just north of Sydney, and in the summer it’s really really hot but winter it’s really cold talking about 12 degrees celsius, also another thing to note is the weather can change out of no where and it storms a lot especially in summer when a cold front comes in which is common along the east coast of Australia, also in Australian summers it can be a bit hazy especially when we have a bad fire season like we did In 2019, and just be sure to do research about where your going because the city is typically more expensive then outside the city

[@SchottGunPhotography]

I think when old mate was talking about "different dialects", he may be referring to our very very slight differences between the states. They are usually very small things that don't really matter, but could possibly start a civil war if push comes to shove. For example, in NSW and QLD, the nickname for a Chicken Parmigiana is a "parmi", and in VIC (excluding Geelong) it's a "parma". If you asked people which is correct, what you're really asking is "which state did you grow up in?" And if you ask me, the correct term is "parmi" since that's how the full word is spelled (and because I grew up in NSW).

[@krissyyssirk2643]

Farm work: he's talking about working holiday visas, which is an easy visa to get for qualifying countries for young people. It is a visa that allows you to work for one year, unless you do farm work for at least 88 days, which then qualifies you for a second year on that visa. I believe it is because there is a shortage of farm hands so it is a way to encourage travelers to help with harvests.

[@elizabethscott7660]

Our official language is Strine. 😂 You'll be living here within 18 months to 2 years. Dinkum mate.

[@toby9999]

I grew up in NZ where lots of people walk around bare foot everywhere. Not so much in Australia from what I can see. I don't drink or smoke so none of that matters to me. I had no idea of the prices. As for being cold... no, it's not. It's mid winter here in Melbourne (coldest month right now) and it's typically 14C max and 6C min. This winter has been cooler and wetter than normal. Never been below zero where I live though. Cold is Canada, Norway, Finland etc.

[@travelsolo2677]

SBF50 at a minimum if you don’t want to get burnt

[@treadingtheboards2875]

We have a store called Woolworth and is split in two, Woolies is the supermarket while Big W is our version of Walmart. As for handling snakes, you can keeps some types of snakes as pets, I have a number of friends who have them.

[@johnaquillo3397]

It can get very cold (0 degrees Celsius or less) in Australia in the winter, especially in the southern regions (Melbourne etc and Tasmania of course). We also have some ski resorts too like Mt Bulla, Mt Buffalo, Thredbo and a few others. SPF 50 is the most common as we have a very high, maybe the highest, rates of skin cancer in the world. There are far more snakes in the suburban areas up north than down south, in my opinion anyway, although some may disagree. I've never see a snake in my suburban garden but I did see one or two while out in the bush.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

As for cold. I have lived in Sydney my entire life and in all these years have only seen snow once - and that was a light coat of snow.... in Canberra, not in Sydney. There is some light snow just beyond Sydney in the Blue Mountains and much heavier snow in the appropriately named Snowy Mountains

[@TheProteanGeek]

We have some pretty high "sin taxes" for things like cigarettes and alcohol, especially premix with the "alcopop tax" which is justified somehow because they appeal to kids or something. These people are in my home town of Brisbane. I recognise everything in the background including the City Glider bus (the blue one) that I take to work. Here in Brisbane it doesn't get THAT cold, we don't get snow. Some parts of Southern Queensland can ocasionally though. Going down south to New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, that's where you'll see the real cold in Australia's East coast. not sure about the West though, we tend to forget about them for the most part. So saying Australia has a lot of snakes is like saying Florida has a lot of alligators or the US is full of bears that will try to kill you.

[@sorcy79au]

The only place that regularly gets snow in WA is down south towards Albany at Bluff Knoll. We get frosty grass on cold mornings in the metro area but not much else. Also, don't appreciate being forgotten...😒😤😅

[@TheProteanGeek]

@@sorcy79au it's the truth that the east coast kinda forgets that anything outside of the east coast exists sadly. You guys have a bunch of people who want to secede to become your own country too. Something like 25% of the state.

[@sarahanderson3897]

Not sure why they super taxed the lolly water premixed drinks to stop the kids getting too drunk. We always bought a bottle of spirits and a bottle of mixer and made our own. Got waaaay more drunk that way! And cheaper too!

[@johngordon6817]

Ryan, You have a great attitude towards all things Aussie. I hope you get to come visit. We will welcome you with open arms. Yes it is true, we are playful and funny and love to tease vistitors, by nature. That's part of the 'Spirit' here. I have met many people from around the world that find touch down a little confronting at first. Ten minutes in, and they rave to family back home of the experience. Thanks as always for a great post

[@snoopy13946]

I have two comments: I live in Brisbane and I can’t stand snakes, yet, I live here quite happily because I virtually never see them. The snake/insect/spider thing is very overdone. The people interviewed who complained of the difficulty in understanding Australian english need to have a seriously hard look in the mirror. Their accents and English abilities were dreadful. We poor aussies have to deal with THEIR accents too!

[@wodrummer91]

I think the reason why ESL people find the Aussie accent difficult is because they would usually learn the language via American English, or secondarily, British English. And so those accent would be far more familiar to them. Every accent is hard to understand until you're familiar with it, even the American accents. It's just the most English speakers are familiar with the American and British accents from a young age.

[@janined5784]

I have a really hard time with strong accents. My brain just doesn't compute, especially broad Scotish accents. They're impossible to understand. It's like, I can see your mouth moving, I can hear your voice but I have no idea what you just said! Most frustrating.

[@animallover4955]

Let me explain something. You will find snakes in the city, suburbs, bush and beach. They hibernate in the winter but that only counts if you are in a place where it gets cold. You will without doubt come across a snake somewhere when you don’t expect it. You will also come across kangaroos in the same places. Even if the temperature is above zero it’s colder than zero. I live on the mid north coast of nsw, a warm coastal town. I have worn a full fur coat as a dressing gown. I use two doonas & a electric throw on my bed, wear winter Jamie’s & fleece socks. It does not snow where I LIVE.

[@LozzfrmOz]

If you’re a “tourist “ and you’re in “tourist area”, you’re going to pay “tourist “ prices 🤷🏻‍♀️ But ,I don’t get it. The euro to Aussie $ is usually pretty good 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@robman2095]

We do have a whole area where it snows called the Snowy Mountains where the ski resorts are

[@ufctrailz3073]

Ryan love ya work. Can I suggest you consider doing a video on the 2022 State of Origin series this year as the series just ended. New South Wales played Queensland 3 times over the last 2 months in a yearly event which you should do one video for each game. It will be the perfect showcases to properly introduce you as an American the sport of "Rugby League" and know it's a seperate sport to "Rugby" and us "Rugby League" people think "Rugby" players are weak as piss compared and to scared step up to "League" whilst "League" players are constantly converting to "Rubgy" for the payrise and "easier" work while looking like champions in their easier sport. 🤣 I'm sure the 2022 NRL Series highlights prove this once and for all 🙂 Please give the real sport of "Rugby" some independence from our rivals 🤣 Keep on keepin on mate

[@waynebuckland7879]

We have a product here called a Vergola which is a pergola/verandah combo. It can be made into a verandah with complete cover from rain etc.. The pergola panels open and close depending on what you need.

[@hoodyboody]

I think it's time you started speaking like an Aussie (ozzy, not orssy)... Get the capital cities down (Brisb'n, Melb'n, Canbra) and then focus on some different accent videos... There's a tonne out there, but pick videos created by Aussies, so you can hear how a native says it.

[@stephenhoward4191]

alice springs has had the coldest winter for 30 years. nights being below freezing. even here 100kms nth of sydney last saturday was 2c at 7am.but luckily no frost or snow. it rarely snows here. but some winters here are below freezing most nights.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

It snows mostly in the snowy mountains , between Canberra and Melbourne , but can snow in other places occasionally

[@jasminesouz3761]

It shows here every year, we have a good snow season! And they were talking about a bottle of vodka, you can get a cheep bottle but also expensive depends in the quality. Also most common SPF is 50+

[@crypticutopia7228]

In regards to snow: there are some areas of certain states that pretty much always get a lot of snow in winter and that's about it. For example, Falls Creek in Victoria is a great place to ski or snowboard in winter

[@madmissemily7090]

Vodka as one standard drink is usually a shot glass of vodka mixed with another non-alcoholic drink, ie. juice or soft drink. We rarely sell hard liquor neat in nightclubs, usually has to be mixed.

[@mikevale3620]

We have the Australian Alps Ryan and they are currently under a few meters of snow because it's the middle of winter. We also have snow resorts in NSW and Victoria where people go skiing.

[@skywatcher8045]

Ryan, Cigarettes are heavily taxed as a deterrent so they are expensive. Countries that are part of the EEC have regulated prices so the cost of food and commodities does not change very much from one country to another. Bare feet , yes, odd unless you are in Queensland or some parts of Sydney.

[@Joe-v5l]

Finally a video about Australia made by a Australian

[@TomandSpace]

Fun fact: There is more snow cover here in an Australian winter than in the whole of Switzerland.

[@Jeni10]

Our two major supermarket chains are Coles and Woolworths. Coles owns Kmart which is a lower priced department store. Woolworths owns Big W for the same reason.

[@bcoo111]

It can get cold in Australia, even the desert country can get cold during the night in winter, but I had a friend from Norway, and he said Norway has 11 months of winter and 1 month of summer, while Australia has 11 months of summer, and one month of winter.

[@aliquinn2474]

I live in one of the coldest towns I'm Australia. Was 17.8 Fahrenheit during the night this week. Wind chill factor top near the coast can surprise people who think they are used to cold weather overseas

[@heyjuderiding7171]

Yep. It snows here. I grew up in the snowy mountains.

[@kaysamuels1995]

I live in Rural NSW, but my grown children and most of my granchildren can all ski, when it snows they pack up and go for a skiing trip. Where i live and im 2 1/2hrs from Sydney it gets down to -2 or more somerimes in Winter.

[@kirk5152]

Yea man.... Aussie weather is crazy Melbourne today its cold and raining with a maximum of 50°F and tonight it's going to get down to 33.8°F or 1°C. But at the same time up in Darwin this week it's average of around 86°F all week with average night minimums of 64°F

[@murraya82]

The snowy mountains area is larger than the Swiss alps and receives more snow. The majority of the country does not experience snow though. It does get a dusting in Stanthorpe in Queensland and south on mountains into New South Wales but this is not every winter nor for many days.

[@meghanvidler9147]

Our weather and temperature is quite varied because of the size of the country. It can be snowing in one part of the country, raining and icy cold in another with fires and high temperatures in a third part and not be an unusual day.