American reacts to Photos that prove Australia is Unique

[@misstrace909]

I’m an Aussie and I love your channel. I was cringing when you were talking about the doll as I knew what type of doll she was!

[@DavidCalvert-mh9sy]

I worked in a polling station one federal election. Yes, people come in to vote very casually dressed. The most memorable for me was a young lady who presented at my desk for a ballot, wearing a grass skirt, and a top consisting of some straps, and two half coconut shells. I was temporarily lost for words.

[@heatherhoward2513]

Did you find any words at all? LOL

[@petebeatminister]

She probably did dress up for voting... :)

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Yes I've done quite a few elections and it is sometimes difficult to keep eye contact and take them seriously, and ask the "required" questions! 🥴

[@AB-zoom]

Aussie here, watching an American on KZbin and learning about Australia! Lol crazy. Love your vids!

[@riiidiculoso8697]

Crazy, alright.

[@aflaz171]

You never admit to ignorance!

[@jackvos8047]

4:58 from my many decades of experience with native Australian plants , I can confidently say that from the colour of the leaf it is in fact new growth of around 2 - 3 weeks old. New growth on many Australian plants starts off red before transitioning to the colour of the leaf held by the quokka. It then darkens until it reaches mature colour. IMHO the most beautiful thing to see is the Australian bush in the height of Spring. Trees and bushes highlighted with red and light greens. Fluffy White, Red and Yellow flowers everywhere . It hard to put into words without writing a 5000 page essay the sights sounds and smells of the springtime bush.

[@speedhump231]

"The crocs do not attack a boat unless they are bigger than it" GET A BIGGER BOAT!

[@Sharyn-x8e]

This week we had what is known as “double day”. Every donation made to the Flying Doctor on the day was doubled by a number of very generous companies. It was very successful.

[@lynndally9160]

My friend has a Down Syndrome child and he loves his Down Syndrome doll

[@6226superhurricane]

it was a family at the polling station looking over each others ballots husband, wife and kids. you wouldn't be looking at a strangers ballot that would be weird like looking at the guy next to you at the urinal.

[@raymondhardy8468]

Dosnt matter if family etc photo is fake. Illegal to converse while voting

[@robertcarveth8722]

Normally they check who has the rudest picture on their ballot paper!

[@cuspsoftheoverworld]

Cig prices are entirely designed to drive people off cigarettes. Apart from revenue of course. Cig packs are also covered in warnings and gruesome imagery of cancers and can't use branding - they are brown with text and cancer pics. Last survey found a smoking rate of 11%. In the 1970s about half of Australians smoke - three-quarters of Australian men and one quarter of women.

[@susangrant7544]

Nope , no decoration. I have one that big living on my ceiling at the moment. Ergo no flies and insects in the house either! LOL

[@35manning]

That is a compact fluorescent light globe to the left and below the Huntsman, for size reference.

[@anneloving8405]

I always keep Daddy long legs around to keep the Redbacks away.works.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

True a good sized Huntsman

[@debbrown1541]

We always make friends with the maggies just a give them occassionally a tiny bit of mince.. they remember your ok.. and come back through breeding season with the young magpies because you have a safe area.... i have never ever been swooped either

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

My neighbour is constantly getting swooped....... last year he got hit and fell off his bicycle...... yeah they can remember face's, crazy isn't it!

[@Ajoh]

May I recommend grated cheese instead of mince? Both are bad, but mince can actively make them sick.

[@juliewoodman2439]

​@@Ajoh I agree. Cheese is better than mince as it contains calcium.

[@mithrasrevisited4873]

The cardboard drone made it hard to detect as it would not be picked up by radar and they are very cheap for a big bang.

[@wtftpc]

We had a problem with magpies swooping us in our yard. So we started feeding them pieces of bread and now they’re friendly. I can even get them to eat from my hand. 😂

[@Blue-Dog]

Don't give them too much. It's not good for them. Love that u care about them. They're full of personality.😊

[@benmcwhirter4566]

For us it was cat biscuits. They'd eat a bit, grab one for the younglings, and fly off back to the nest.

[@JB-zs1oq]

Apparently they do like a bit of mince

[@staples4335]

Magpies always come chill with my dog and eat his leftover food lol. So never had an issue with them.

[@neomortalgirl]

Our magpies love it when I cook a lamb leg roast cause they get the bone to pick. Haha they are like having pet dogs. I feed them all our scraps like they are chooks but more the meat scraps.

[@wayne8469]

Yes the drones are true. They are provided as a flat pack. Cheap and very effective with very sophisticated electronics . Australia has provided thousands of them.

[@Hardcore-Productions]

If you notice the doll was made by Anko, that company makes virtually everything and most of what Kmart sells here in Australia is made by them.

[@neomortalgirl]

And it is the worst brand ever that is entirely pointless to buy

[@crayzeape2230]

Anko is not a company, it's Kmart's own branding and stands for "A New Kind Of". The actual products are still made by a myriad of separate Chinese companies.

[@Hardcore-Productions]

@@crayzeape2230 Ah, that makes sense.

[@tomorrowkiddo]

That's actually a doll with Down Syndrome. It's made so children with DS can have a doll that looks like them, and it's been very positive by all accounts.

[@jaimes350]

i thought it was a doll depicting Greta Thunberg 😂😂

[@robperrim4981]

It’s not only the Magpie we have to watch out for in Australia. We also have the plover (Masked Lapwing) which I consider to be a more aggressive bird than the Magpie. At least if you feed the Magpie it remembers you and won’t swoop you. The Plover has its nest on the ground and anyone who comes within about 25 metres will get attacked. You might like to check them out, I know there are film on KZbin about them.

[@chadjcrase]

I don't have too much trouble with plovers, but magpies are definitely more intelligent birds.

[@cuspsoftheoverworld]

Yeah I wouldn't be ignoring that croc. I would be at the other end of the boat. Although tours like that feed the crocs (see the pole) which is probably what it's after. It's probably conditioned to expect food delivered right into its gullet. And being biggest croc in the neighborhood, it gets first (probs only) place.

[@michaelfink64]

Yes, an Australian company makes relatively cheap cardboard drones that can be used for surveillance or be weaponised and sold/donated? (I think donated) them to Ukraine for the war. Australia has also given Ukraine Howitzers, ammunition and Australian-made armoured personnel carriers (Bushmasters).

[@neomortalgirl]

And our PM is being charged for participating in a genocide at The Hague as he should be.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

And ambulances, strong cars, built temporary housing, volunteer medical assistance & equipment, vets, mine detectors, shipped their grain, food, medicines, bedding, farm help, etc .. And a shipload of coal!

[@neomortalgirl]

We have about 25 magpies that we feed. Got to keep them onside so they nest somewhere else 😂

[@piglos]

I'm a postie (mailman) on a pushie (pushbike, although we cheat with an electric motor to assist), and the 3 months or so of Magpie Season is a pain in the arse. But Butcher Birds can be way more aggressive

[@carolthorson7854]

Huntsmen spiders are huge and they love getting in your house and car. Many, many stories of them popping out while driving.

[@pamelacarboon7976]

Maggie’s are shockers, especially in the burbs. If you’re a parent you need to keep your ice cream containers, draw eyes on the back, put one on your head and Wallah, you’ll live to face another day. Yeah, that’s an ordinary Huntsman spider.

[@juliewoodman2439]

' Viola', not 'wallah'.

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

I got woken up last night by the Mrs, telling me to look at something, still half asleep, to be greeted by something around that size above the bedroom door. (Mr Huntsman Spider at 2 Minutes). Knocked it down to the floor, the cat appeared out of nowhere and grabbed it, then ran off. I never saw it again, I suspect the cat ate it.

[@nolajoy7759]

Did you see the cat again? 😮

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

@@nolajoy7759 Hahahaha not until morning, its sleeping on the bed now :) (The cat, not the Spider).

[@neomortalgirl]

I just filmed a vid of me flicking water on one trapped in my kitchen sink.. geez they move quick when you wet them 😂

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

@@neomortalgirl Dont need to wet them, feed them a Cockroach. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn3Mcn-grseWgKM

[@gregoryjohn4]

Context about the guns. The government offered $600 per gun in a buy back scheme. Most of the guns turned in were old and/or unregistered. Many gun owners saw it as an opportunity to deal with that problem old gun. Maybe in the shed left by Pop, or simply old, in need of maintenance and untrustworthy. They then used that money to replace the old unregistered guns with new ones and hold them as legally registered. It didn't end gun ownership in Australia. In fact, it is now estimated that there are more guns in Australia than there were then. The crims and gangs didn't turn in their unregistered guns. So, the gun buy back didn't do much to disarm the Australian public, but it did clear out a lot of the old problem guns that people were clinging on to. All on the taxpayer coin.

[@chadjcrase]

It was probably that most Australian thing of all, in the end then; taking an opportunity to scam the government.

[@robertcarveth8722]

Had some friends visit from Norway and they were a bit on edge with my pet spider in my Kitchen, in the morning their son crept out to see if it had gone...Alas it was still there, I heard from them recently (16 years later) and the youngster (now 21) still recalls the spider!

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Yeah, similar when my nephews visited from Ireland.......my late son would catch spider's and put them 2 at a time into a goldfish bowl to have "spider battle's", I didn't like him catching trapdoors and mouse spiders

[@ianmontgomery7534]

We vote on Saturdays so dress is more casual than if it was on a workday for most people.

[@MrMuzzball]

the drone is disposable. They can be successfully reused, they have the ability for many different kinds of payloads, its light so it can be carried and its flight time is increase due to the light weight and ability to fly on thermals.

[@lynneclarke6265]

I remember PT Arthur massacre. During the buy-back, there were a lot of odd weapons handed in to the police - including a WW2 German grenade (a live one).

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

I remember that day so well, it was my birthday and I had a friend who was there at the cafe when it happened, luckily he was physically unharmed but mentally was another story

[@chookinathunderstorm3446]

I remember one description by a witness, and I think it is what outraged absolutely everyone the most on that day of the port Arthur Massacre. I remember the general description but might have some details wrong. The shooter was chasing a mother and her two little girls down the road. He shot the mother and her 4yr old daughter then chased the little 6 yr old girl around and around a big trunk of a tall tree like he was a big brother laughing and teasing her as she screamed,. Then he just shot her dead and ran off to kill more people.

[@greggiles7309]

We have Magpies in New Zealand. A couple nest on the way to my work, in Auckland City, I say hello to them, but they pretty much ignore me.

[@raymondhardy8468]

Exactly same here Magpies are highly intelligent they recognise faces, if you friendly with them in your yard etc , Every year swooping season I can freely walk outside onto the street no problems. 5 minutes later someone walks past nesting tree they get swooped

[@daveg2104]

The Magpies in New Zealand were introduced from Australia in the 1860s to control insect pests. There have been control programs in some areas. Less of a problem than possums, from what I understand.

[@Jon-cb3xy]

They might not speak Kiwi

[@greggiles7309]

@@Jon-cb3xy funny,

[@daveg2104]

@@Jon-cb3xy But at least they can fly.

[@Hochspitz]

🇦🇺💙💛✌ 🇺🇦 Yeah, nah, spread out, the spider on the wall would not cover an average adult hand. I just had one such large huntsman trying to come in through the sliding glass back door which was closed as summer has decided to finally kick in in autumn in my neck of the woods in Victoria and it is hot. I was debating whether or not to let him into the relative cool of 26degC indoors when the geriatric cat-from-hell who had taken off before dawn, also turned up at the door. She immediately spotted the spider, did the "cat spooked" thing bouncing four paws in the air backwards and into pounce mode. I really like these big guys. They don't build webs, they don't make much of a mess on your walls but I just don't like one hanging on the wall right above where I lay my head to rest at night. I wasn't going to let cat kill spider, so I caught him easily enough and returned him to the backyard.

[@joandsarah77]

That doll does not look to have Down Syndrome to me and my nephew has DS. Never even occurred to me that it was trying to represent DS so I don't blame you. Not a he lol. Hate to break it to you Ryan but only female marsupials have a pouch. Cigs at $50: Got to fund Medicare somehow. Now its soda water that's in short supply. Americans "18 wheelers!" Aussies "We raise you a 80 wheeler" 😂

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I think it was designed to not look like any particular race.

[@jessjenkins5474]

Agreed, my sister has Down Syndrome and when I saw the doll in Kmart my reaction was the same as Ryan's...then I read the box and thought no wtf

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

The drones were made from waterproof cardboard , cheap and successful in their task.

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

So why not just plastic. Don't tell me it's to be eco friendly.

[@davidberriman5903]

@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755it is more expensive and unnecessarily so. Cardboard can be "flat packed" to simplify shipping.

[@stuartgarfatth1448]

Limited as they were. The Australian media made such a 'beat up' of these very low level, limited ability drones, that it was completely untruthful, the Australian Media LIED!. The drones were at best, severely limited to a Tactical envelope, and, in a very limited way, endurance, range, ability, and most importantly, 'hitting Power. The Australian Drones had virtually NO hitting power, they were merely Recon Drones.

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@stuartgarfatth1448 Surprise surprise, cardboard aircraft turn out not to be very good.

[@deantrower7164]

@@stuartgarfatth1448 Yeah, but nobody is claiming they were the best drones... just the cheapest. And for what they *can* be used for, they're incredibly cost-effective.

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

We take an umbrella with us when walking during Magpie breeding season. Better safe than sorry.

[@patsmith2151]

The photos of voting is not right! The Electoral Office is very strict on privacy on voting. As I once worked in the Electoral Office, I would be shocked if I found these voters are real( not the attire) but looking over each others shoulder! We take our compulsory voting seriously.

[@juliewoodman2439]

I think they are a family

[@patsmith2151]

Family are not even allowed to do this unless they get permission from the “Assistant Returning Officer”, at the polling booth e.g., the voter has eyesight problems or has physical limitations and needs assistance to fill in the ballot paper!

[@thecleanercurtis4370]

Its absolutely true about the cigarette prices here....the gov. Because of this Now have a huge problem with illegal tobacco and deadly turf wars over it. Tobacconists are burning each others stores down.......

[@AussieFossil]

It's a bit more complicated than that, in Melbourne anyway. Criminal gangs have been pressuring tobacconists to sell illegally imported cigarettes and also vapes under the counter. Failure to do so will get them a firebombed overnight and so far that has only happened in certain areas where rival gangs are competing for the business. The gangs are using teenagers to do the fire bombings.

[@peterg219]

Love your stuff... P.S. No one I know has ever used this greeting in my 70 years as an Aussie, regardless happy arvo Ryan! Cheers mate from Sydney, AU.

[@cuspsoftheoverworld]

The cardboard drones are true. They are waxed and weather-resistant. Sypac is the company, in Melbourne.

[@martinschalken7583]

Kmart (not related in any way to Kmart in USA) is extremely inclusive. In addition to dolls with DS, Kmart also has dolls in wheelchairs and other disabilities, realistic figure dolls, dolls of all color skin tones, and family doll sets with kids with two dads/mums, and kids with grandparents, etc.

[@SuzanneCooke-s5n]

I know that Ryan meant no disrespect in regards to the doll. It's probably the first one he has seen and wasn't aware that it was a fantastic special doll for fantastic special kids. Ryan is sweet and kind, so try and gloss over this. We xan all be surprised when we see something new, without knowing the context.

[@juliewoodman2439]

Poor Ryan was so embarrassed Not his fault if he didn't know about them. Ryan, you are forgiven.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Ryan with an average American response not engaging the brain before opening the mouth about the doll .

[@MaddiKathleen]

​@@juliewoodman2439 if he was that embarrassed he wouldn't have posted it

[@Micharus]

That spider is probably what they call a "Huntsman Spider", they seriously do get that big, think dinner plate sized and the buggers have no right to move as fast as they do for something with that many legs. As far as the price of cigarettes goes, hard core smokers are moving to vapes or just plain quiting because they are so expensive. Third edit XD The Flying Doctors will come for *anyone* who needs them, it doesn't matter if they are a tourist or an Aussie Citizen.

[@doubledee9675]

I'd not say it's probably a Huntsman - it almost certainly is. Any self-respecting funnel-web would be running round biting everyone in sight (only joking, it probably would stop after a half-dozen).

[@partymanau]

Have seen them with a body the size of a mouse. Harmless but the bite can sting like a wasp. They hunt cockroaches and stuff in houses. Often found behind curtains as in the bush they hide under lose bark on trees.

[@tonyabrown7796]

​@@doubledee9675I've never seen a funnel web that big. We don't get very many around here. They are super aggressive though.

[@doubledee9675]

@@tonyabrown7796 A reply I'd started vanished. They're endemic to this area and disguise themselves in the leaf mould which is everywhere.. They like swimming and you have to be careful emptying pool cleaners and the skimmer box. We take those we catch to Hornsby Hospital and from there they go to works just off the Newcastle expressway. They're milked for their venom, which becomes the anti-venene*. My memory is that since the anti-venene was devised, there have been no deaths from the bite. Hospitals around here would have a small stock of it. They are at least the super aggressive you suggest, probably more so. *I'm not going to swear to it, but my memory is that several milkings are possible.

[@doubledee9675]

@@tonyabrown7796 Funnel webs are large, but not as large as this fellow. They are certainly super aggressive. We catch a few each summer and take them to Hornsby Hospital. They go from there to be milked for their venom and that becomes the anti-venene. My memory is that there have been no deaths since the anti-venene was devised.

[@missrocks]

My favourite 12-year old almost lost an eye to a Magpie back when she went to preschool. Wound about 1/2 cm from her eye. She still remembers the event. But the thing to remember about magpies, is they remember faces, so if they don't like you, they will pick you out of a crowd. If they do like you, they might introduce you to their offspring.

[@raltog8654]

I love your fascination with our country. Keep the videos coming 🦘🍿🇦🇺

[@brettevill9055]

When I got a trip to Sydney in an air ambulance the cost was thousands of dollars - covered by my insurance. A lot of people seem to confidently assume that stuff is free or covered by Medicare that actually isn't.

[@AussieFossil]

That would have been a State Government Ambulance Service, wouldn't it? Hope everything worked out ok!

[@AussieFossil]

@@anthonyj7989 Yes, I knew that, I only made my previous comment to infer that the two services are completely different. Thank you for making it more specific.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

My last ambulance trip in Adelaide had a call out fee and was charged by the kilometre......$900+ for 6 Km. I've since gotten the insurance (I'm on a disability card)

[@lynneclarke6265]

Yes but this is the State Govt choppers which is different to the Flying Doctor service which is for remote areas

[@karenlittle8041]

Road trains are so much fun to pass. They are limited to 100 kph, the speed limit is usually 110kph. But the roads are usually good, flat and straight.

[@sniper10666]

When that decoration moves you know it’s real, huntsman spider it is

[@peterharbison9820]

As a young 6-7 year old a magpie swooped and pecked some of my hair. I ran all the way home to my mother. Former British PM lived in Australia for a while and remembers swooping magpies. I I once saw a large dominant magpie being territorial and pecking a smaller magpie almost to death.

[@adrianmclean9195]

I currently have a Huntsman spider in my kitchen - will see how it pans out - it rushed at me, a moment ago, like an angry cougar, because I went to the FoGo bin.

[@juliewoodman2439]

You had better explain to non-Aussies what a FOGO bin is. They are a great idea. Would be a good talking point for this site.

[@adrianmclean9195]

A FoGo bin - names vary from Council - County - to Council - is a local government initiative to help reduce waste and landfill. All green material that can be composted, goes into a provided kitchen small plastic bin with matching provided compostable, bio degradable, organic liners. These are then emptied into large green bins for kerbside collection. They go to farms and other areas to be used as compost etc. They come with stickers that tell you what can and cannot go in. So basically three large/small bins in Australia. Red for landfill. Yellow for recycling and Green for organics. Red bins can be smaller.

[@patsmith2151]

A young boy coming to or from school was terrorised by a magpie.He rode his bike onto the road to get away from it and sadly was killed by a car! Magpie’s are dangerous in the mating season!

[@tonyabrown7796]

We had a lady fall with her new born last year. The baby died.

[@MrChannel2010]

1:53 Not only big, but fast as well. I knew an old professor a long time ago, who used to pick these arachnids up and dangle them by one leg. They just used to hang there, all other legs extended, like bizarre stars.

[@leandabee]

The doll is aimed at people who have Down Syndrome, someone who looks like them. I think it's brilliant and about time. All other members of society have dolls that resemble them, so it's a good thing 😍👌

[@JamesKuffner-cg2pv]

Fing hilarious, great description of a d's kid. I know you meant well. Cheers Aussie James

[@petebeatminister]

Man, that crocodile must be nearly 20ft long!

[@darrenbond4280]

The funny thing is I mentioned recently to my family that some people you talk to (overseas) will not come to Australia because of the snakes and spiders, but little do they know about The Magpies during nesting season😳. It becomes like a scene from a Hitchcock Movie🐨🦘🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

[@magicimaginations]

I got the shivers when saw the pic of the huntsman spider!! that is actually huge LOL! Kmart over here is like Primark in the UK, full of cheap clothes and junk!! hahaha voting in Aus, we wear next to nothing because it's HOT AS FCK!! and those ballot papers are meters wide too they're probably asking for help haha! Oh wow that pack of beef mince for $6 4 years ago is now $9 today and beef started tasting weird so stopped buying it, btw cigarettes are already $50 for a 20 pack, so glad i quit when they were $13, although the old woman behind me smokes and it goes right into my bedroom wtf do i do. Remember the toilet paper hoarders? I was living in a country town and a bus from sydney full of asians, came in and bought up all the toilet paper. And as a kid used to ride my bike in the streets with a gum tree branch in my hand just to try to keep the magpies from swooping me!! GREAT VID!

[@partymanau]

A pack of rollies is about a ton, (100$) now.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Buy your meat's from the butcher's 👍

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

​@@partymanauWhite Ox and Champion Ruby is $147/50gram!!!.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Those "Huntsmen" are famous for "Hunting Tourist's", they like the paler ones especially, Scot's and Irish 😂

[@granthogden4732]

You can't imagine a hot Christmas and new years. My Christmas and new years are always hot. I am not trying to imagine a cold snowing Christmas and new years. Voting pic: probably a family with the parents teaching kids about Voting.

[@theearthbutterfly]

In Adelaide the most recent Christmas was pretty cold. Very surreal to watch the Boxing Day Test with the fire going 😅

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Yeah, like the previous Melbourne Cup, mad hailstorm in Glandore, smashed all my hundreds of Olive seedlings

[@wilsonperez2668]

Yeah the cardboard drones are real! 😮 Hard to detect.

[@staples4335]

Yup and were sent over to send supplies to the troops. But the Ukrainians have strapped explossives to them to attack instead.

[@Chris-yp1fe]

Yea most things that have significant negative health impacts are taxed quite high both as a deterrent, and the tax dollars are meant to go into the health system to pay for all these people ending up with lung cancer. They are effectively prepaying their future hospital bills. So that everyone else doesn't have to.

[@stevenbeck5746]

The health minister at the time during the Rudd government thought that it was her job to micro manage Australian's habits and thought that tripling taxes on ciggies was a soft target. Pity about the black market which I knew from history was going to thrive on this initiative. Government people are not particularly bright.

[@Chris-yp1fe]

​@@stevenbeck5746 the health minister i imagine thought it was her job to micro manage the health budget, and a sensible decision to make when needing more budget to cover increasing costs of self inflicted diseases, would be to tax those people that are increasing the costs through poor choice. smoking hasnt been 'cool' since the 50's anyway - stop it addicts are not particularly bright..

[@MadCatt3r420]

Theres a fluorescent globe in the box next to the spider, its a biggen but not that big

[@gordocampbell9254]

Where the magpie sign is, is where someone died due to a magpie swooping… true story

[@tharsthat]

7:19 I have heard complaints that people steal the ash trays from in front of houses for the stubs. They must break them down and re roll them. I don't know but it is how it is.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Yeah, here in Adelaide people go about emptying those silver butt bin's that you see on Poles......I buy hand rolling tobacco, $80+ for a small pouch (25g) now, it's mostly government tax

[@cuspsoftheoverworld]

There's a lightbulb by the spider. Gives you the scale. A few inches. Not your head.

[@Aurochhunter]

1:15 Is that Sweetheart? For the non-Aussies here: Sweetheart was a crocodile nortorious for boat attacks in the Northern Territory in the 1970's

[@lynneclarke6265]

We have loads of voting places…this is obviously close to a beach. Why not - vote then hit the beach. BTW Quokkas (the marsupial) - is a girl - it has a Joey in her pouch.

[@DeepThought9999]

No pouches for the boys. They wear bum bags instead. Bum bags is Oz for what are called “fanny packs” or something in US of A, I believe.

[@peterharbison9820]

The spider is a Huntsman spider. I used to get them on the wall on my bedroom. I used to spray insect spray on them so much that it concealed into a mass on its back - with no effect. The way to kill it was to squish it with the spray can or something else. I remember one occasion I was driving on a major highway in the southern part of Adelaide when one crawled out of the sun visor towards me. I totally freaked out and almost ran into a historical stone monument.

[@peterharbison9820]

Should read congealed.

[@jamesgovett3225]

The trouble is when the Government introduces seriously high taxes on still legal products like cigarettes the other major problem it causes is high end crime ( remember the prohibition on alcohol in the USA early last century) because at the moment as we speak there is the criminal underworld here in Melbourne in Victoria state breaking into and setting on fire tobacco and vape shops by crime gangs just about every night it seems as they want to control the illegal out of control black market on cigarettes as the retail price is so high that it spawns the sale of smuggling in to Australia literally millions upon millions of cigarettes for the black market and the Victoria and Federal Police are like a dogs chasing their tails, they don’t know where to start as the crime syndicates use under age youths to do a lot of their initial dirty work also as they generally are too young to be charged or they get off on bail multiple times with just a slap on the wrist with a wet tram ticket, so unfortunately raiding the taxes to try and stop people smoking really just doesn’t work like a lot of other things in this world, if people stupidly want to slowly kill themselves smoking I reckon let them do it as the massive crime at the moment both in Melbourne and rural towns to businesses at the moment is the byproduct of these governmental decisions which clearly is not working, obviously there is big money to be made by the underworld to diversify into tobacco as well as their drugs

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

I know of an alcoholic who spends $600 a fortnight on cigarettes, $300 on booze a fortnight, $50 a fortnight on food and the rest of his money is rent and utilities

[@davidbarry994]

Got woken up by a kookaburra this morning. They must be returning to the suburbs now that autumn is here.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Excellent, an elderly neighbour had a hand raised Kookaburra, "Sargent Major" and he was..... HUGE, like a Bull Terrier with Wing's and was 50+!. He would guard her cottage from up on the roof, he was like 3 foot tall!.

[@trishgrigg8315]

One year at a poling both I decided to number every box(there were a lot of boxes) my husband decided I was taking too long to do this so took my ballot and put one number in and said now lets go.

[@MichaelRyan-s8f]

Hi Ryan.I smoked for 26years then in1992 they bought my home state of Queensland in line with pricing in southern states. I used to smoke 2.5 packs of HORIZON 50's at$4.60 a pack.Then they increased them to $6.20 a packs that's why I gave up.Those same 50's packs when I Last checked were $99.90.Do your sums as that is about $600 a year to nearly $13000 now.

[@grannyof12kids]

The drones are manufactured by Australian company SYPAQ and cost around US$3,500 ($5,300). Australia has been supplying Ukraine with 100 of the drones per month from March this year, according to the Australian Army Defence Innovation Hub.6 Sept 2023 How Australian-made cardboard drones can shape Ukraine war

[@Thromash]

"It looks like a criminal" Proceeds to read description 💀

[@neomortalgirl]

Better than what I thought.. a meth baby

[@MaryRaine929]

And he could have cut that part out so easily! But he admits in front of thousands of viewers that he put his foot in his mouth. That takes courage and shows social competence. Respect!👏

[@susanrogers2761]

Ryan is such a nice guy..I really look forward to his videos

[@SlowmovingGiant]

Any other Aussies look at that stack of Woolies groceries and see things they buy regularly?

[@amandacoyne1663]

Yep and it cost me $85.00 dollars to buy those groceries yesterday and $20 bucks for my pack of 20 smokes.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

​​@@amandacoyne1663$20?......do you have a time machine?. I remember when I first came to Oz 20 Stuyvesant was $1.30! (A Schooner of beer was 90c!) '89!

[@MrMuzzball]

Its funny about the cigarettes, it has been mildly effective at stopping smoking but it has created a booming black market that is accessible to all pretty much.

[@partymanau]

When I lived in Qld about half the people were smoking chopchop.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Australia is the only jurisdiction where it is illegal to grow tobacco for personal use.......my uncle in Ireland grew tobacco in a greenhouse 👍

[@CallieG333]

Spider is a giant huntsman, the size of a dinner plate but harmless.

[@hipixstudio]

basically his reaction to the first four dayummmm, DAAYUMMM, DAYYUUMMMMM!!!!!!!, DDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAYYYUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNN!!!!!!!!

[@krisbaird5080]

That spider is no decoration. Some people call them a wall puppy. It's a huntsman spider. More scared of you than you are of it

[@vannessa2173]

The cardboard Corvo drone takes an hour to assemble with glue and rubber-bands. The "Precision Payload Delivery System" is backed with sophisticated software and has been donated to Ukraine by the Australian government

[@paulstewart1557]

Research on smoking said that NEW smokers (especially children) were price sensitive. Hence, Australia has been pricing cigarettes out of the range of new smokers on lower incomes

[@partymanau]

It isnt till u go overseas to see how well the anti smoking thing has worked here.

[@lynneperry7454]

In Magpie season you see people riding their bikes with one hand, looking back and forward At The Same Time, hunching their head down into their shoulders and waving one arm in the air as they ride. Then you see the Maggie 🦅 swooping them again and again till the hapless bike rider is out of their territory.

[@TheKanguru]

Magpies are always aggressive in the towns because usually kids mess with them. i have never had a bad experience with them out of town, in fact they form super trusting friendships and remember faces and are fun to watch and interact with.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Sydney bonfire! Yep, lit bridge! Crococlock! Huntsman handfull! Chucky's Baby! 🤐 That's Mrs Quokka! Don't drop that! Yes we designed and donated them paper drones, light and lethal, and Bushmasters, etc, anything in the cause of safety! Check out Aussie trucks and road trains! Magpies made that sign! 😁

[@lynneclarke6265]

That load of food probably costs $100 now!!

[@peterkavanagh498]

I am Australian but was swooped by a bird walking along the riverbank in Milwauke.

[@bblake5116]

That first photo is pointing towards east. Perth is to the west. East coast gets the best ocean sunrises and the west coast (Perth) gets the best sunsets.

[@barbarae.2925]

Pasture raises minced meat costs $20-22 per kg here in oz. I saw recently organic filet steak for sale at $99 a kilo. Our aussie dollar in the 60s was valued at 30% more than the US$, today the situation has been reversed. Thanks to privatisation we've been selling Ausralia off to the highest bidder at cutthroat prices for decades. Happy days.

[@minkeytalk]

In Australia we don’t have a hunting for sport thing going on unless you mean rabbits. We don’t have large animals to hunt even kangaroos ( the biggest) you need a license to cull. Even crocodiles are usually caught live not hunted. So no need for guns for hunting. Many farmers use guns to shoot injured cattle and sheep but the average person does not usually have access to guns. Road trains are spectacular to see but to get past one takes forever. The magpies are a real problem because they swoop without notice, ( hence the sign) they go for your eyes and head very scary and persistent , can go on for 100 metres with no escape from them. Good on the people who feed them etc… and make friends with them but the sign is for people who don’t live in their area and are unaware that they can be violent.

[@35manning]

Yep, camel shooting totally isn't a thing in Australia... Or wait, it is. Along with scrub bull, boar, a range of deer, goat, fox, rabbit and duck. Also wild dogs (not dingos) and cats. There is commercial shooting of course, but the vast majority of gun licences are "recreational hunting" and a good number of those do it for sport. As an "average person", I only have access to the dozen firearms in my safe, unless I go buy more of course. And it's not that hard to get your licence. Do a couple hour safety course, have a "genuine reason", a police check and some paperwork. Oh, and a genuine reason is easy to obtain, the Victorian government even sells "expression of interest to hunt pest species on crown land". A piece of paper that ONLY exists to prove that you intend to hunt so that you can get a gun licence. Oh, before I injured my elbow, I also used to compete in handgun shooting. Unfortunately the hard and fast reloading of my pistol magazines causes too much pain and I had to give that up.

[@smalltime0]

ITT People not knowing how the shooting licenses work. Sport shooters are a thing, they even have their own party... There are culling licenses, as there are hunting licenses.

[@smalltime0]

@@35manning People not involved in shooting don't know how the licensing system works - but will feel free to "inform" you about how they think it does. What you said is broadly speaking accurate, but there are a few caveats... it is not a federal system - it is state based - but you can move imported guns between borders. I think a lot of the gun discussion for Australia needs to be better informed as to the nature of the licenses and how states and the federal government interact.

[@35manning]

@@smalltime0 correct, and don't you love how our federal government threatened to withhold federal funding to the states unless the states implemented gun laws along the lines of the draft that John Howard had conveniently already had prepared. I'm not saying Port Arthur was a conspiracy, rather that Johnny boy was waiting for any event to happen so he could ban the "scary things that he doesn't understand".

[@paulsullivan9697]

​@35manning I just wonder how someone can make a comment about something that he knows nothing about & the population believes this as a fact . Reminds of the old story of the emperors new clothes .

[@amishgirl1000]

It’s a huntsman spider and they grow HUGE

[@ianmontgomery7534]

magpies can be dangerous but I have around 30 living close to me. At least 10 of them regularly use my birdbaths in the back yard. There are probably five I can walk within a metre of without them flying off but some of this years fledglings are not used to me yet.

[@bradbrisbane]

As someone that lives with a brother with disabilities and for our whole life have had friends with down syndrome i would say don't feel bad about that doll. I didn't pick it up either and it's not a great representation. Although any representation i am happy with.

[@gamingtonight1526]

$40 for a pack of cigarettes, 12 beers for $5 - more drink-driving in Australia than anywhere in Europe!

[@optimusmaximus9646]

It may be the last time you ever see fireworks over the Sydney Harbour bridge and other famous landmarks as there is a serious move to drone shows.

[@Thisismeeeeee]

My dad drove some of the trucks that transported all those guns. Needless to say the police escort, even riding with him in the cabin was insane

[@wedgism]

That road train has three engines in all trailers with fuel tanks

[@kerrydwyer1879]

That spider is a huntsman.not poisonous and eats our mosquitoes. flies and cockroaches for us..They often come inskide when bad weather is coming.Ive had them that size inside many times..😊

[@veddyveddygood]

Family members of mine get those chinese branded packs of ciggy for like $20 - who knows what they put in those cigarettes.

[@AussieFossil]

I'm pretty sure that they would be smuggled cigs. Penalties for buying illicit tobacco products include: criminal penalty - this is a criminal conviction with a prison sentence of up to 5 years or a fine between $55,000 and $275,000, or both.

[@TitanSummers]

Yes the cardboard drone is true. They were sent over as flat pack can't detect on radar, quiet, cheap.

[@bramba1953]

Google "cardboard drones for Ukraine" and you will see how cool they are, made here in Melbourne they are "Origami of death" and like ikea are flat packed.

[@loredanarosimodesti4799]

Huntsman spiders are friendly and very helpful in the house especially if you have pets..... fleas disappear that spider is verry good with all kind of annoying insects. I had one in my house for a very long time.

[@timpodporin185]

Ryan, Dont worry about it buddy boy you didn't bugger up. I did not get the downy baby either. I have worked with these people and they are absolutely kind and beautiful, Aussie Jim

[@anniesmith1693]

Sadly a few years back a mother was walking in a park up the road with her baby with a front baby harness, when a magpie started swooping, she panic, in her attempt to get away from the bird she fell over and crushed her baby to death 😢