THIS WEEK IN AUSTRALIA [81]

[@jenniferthomas4804]

I was an American born and raised, husband and I moved our family to Australia 27 years ago. We became Australian citizens and were dual US/AUS for years, this year my husband and I officially renounced our USA citizenship, it was a pricey process, but the benefits for us was worth it. Our children (32,30,27&20) are still dual, but may want to renounce when it becomes beneficial to them. Best decision we ever made was moving to Australia, so proud to call Australia home.

[@janetotoole9863]

With you 100%. Been here 32 years from US and grateful every day that this is home!

[@vernonwright8886]

Southern hemisphere gets a better view of the Milky Way.

[@cherylween4973]

@@janetotoole9863 I'm glad you appreciate it. Much less chance of being shot in Australia and better social benefits.

[@NoAssociation8585]

Exactly who we want to want to be here🤙

[@marklane58]

Voting isn't compulsory in Australia, ATTENDANCE is. Once you have your name crossed off the list you can do what you like as it's a "secret ballot". But, hey, while you're there you might as well.

[@17witchie]

Exactly!

[@judithstrachan9399]

PLEASE don’t just throw away your voting slip. Or, worse still, take it away. The workers have to account for every single one. Unissued plus ballot box contents have to equal delivered. I’ve been held up for hours while bins are searched.

[@17witchie]

@@judithstrachan9399 didn't suggest throwing it away. I've voted every time I could. I was just agreeing voting isn't compulsory being ticked off is the requirement. I've worked on poling booths.

[@Butters-dg5tu]

I just cop the fine 😂

[@marklane58]

@@judithstrachan9399 I don't throw mine away. I always vote as there's usually a candidate I definitely don't want elected. I also recall there's someone at the box watching you put your ballot in as you leave. Thanks for doing that difficult work.

[@bramba1953]

You haven't seen stars till you are in the middle of Oz. Clear skies and no light pollution for a thousand miles.

[@juliaspoonie3627]

I hope one day I‘ll be able to experience those night skies 😍

[@intheshitter]

I can only imagine how it looks that far out. Ive driven 3 hours away from the city and was in shock at how gorgeous the night sky looked. I could see the milky way and everything.

[@SueNicholls-95]

100%. It's spectacular in the outback seeing the beautiful silver sky ❤❤

[@sandrabaulch]

90 mile beach WA was my favourite place to feel tiny in the universe with a sky full of stars. I literally just lay there and sang the galaxy song to myself for an hour.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

The centre of the Milky Way passes pretty much directly overhead in Australia. You Americans are missing out.

[@jamesaustralian9829]

Pretty sure they've got the luxury of going to Alaska and watching the northern lights while saying "hold my guns and beer you defenseless wombats"

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

@@jamesaustralian9829 We have the option of going to our Antarctic territory and seeing the Southern Lights.

[@heatherrowles9930]

@@RandomStuff-he7lu you dont need to go to the Antarctic to see aurora Australis. It has been visible from the Perth metro a few times this year.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

@@heatherrowles9930 You also don't need to go to Alaska to see the Northern Lights.

[@Flash-sr8hm]

​@@jamesaustralian9829guns n beer sound like a pretty dumb combo. It explains alot, actually.

[@KT-ki2nv]

The outback view of the sky is so crystal clear and visually beautiful it is a real eye opener to all that see it.

[@magpiesfan]

I went on a Scout camp to central Australia in 1969. I remember camping and sleeping under the stars in Port Augusta. Being so far from civilization, the sky at night was just a carpet of stars. I felt I could reach up and grab a handful, that's how close they seemed. A glorious experience.

[@JosephineArmstrong-l1u]

I have experienced this too! It is amazing 😊 I was sleeping under the stars in a swag that had a clear window. My dog was with me. Thanks for bringing back good memories. I lived in Port Augusta for a couple of years and loved it ❤

[@chich61]

I live and work in Port Augusta. Rarely do you hear anyone mention Port Augusta on KZbin. 😅 it's also known as the crossroads of Australia.

[@steveredacted1394]

TMC stands for Tailor Made Cigarettes and RYO stands for Roll Your Own tobacco

[@laurawallis7093]

Gravy fiend here. Its always brown. Anything else is a sauce.

[@alisondawson5116]

Yep, true dat !

[@ryanreaction]

I tend to agree but that's because I didn't move to the Midwest until I was an adult

[@CarolGration]

People vote because so many care and a fine works too. 😁

[@felitawilliams3126]

Australian Olympic team brought their own barista to make sure their athletes stays caffeinated

[@JBLegal09]

From Melbourne I hope ☕️

[@jillheidke9197]

Melbourne does NOT have a stranglehold on fantastic baristas.

[@brontepetropoulos4755]

.Melbourne is woke as hell

[@jayr4857]

​@jillheidke9197 maybe not, but it is the gold standard. He rest of the country is bronze standard at best.

[@jayr4857]

​@@brontepetropoulos4755 were do you live?

[@garryellis3085]

Compulsory voting gives you a much more representative sample of the general population hopes and desires. If your going to show up at a polling station, you should ensure that your vote is legitimate. Its the democratic right of any free citizen. If you treat voting as a joke, don't ever complain about the Government, because you threw away your rights to have your say as part of a free democracy. Many global citizens have no democratic voting rights and live under dictatorships, with no hope of change. Be careful, voting apathy is a slippery slope.

[@Bellas1717]

What a reasoned, intelligent summary. Well said.

[@fionamcwilliam8703]

I work on election days and I love getting first time voters! I especially love seeing a new female Muslim citizen voting because in many Muslim countries she wouldn't be able to! Also a pleasure to help those who come from communist countries too cos they've also never voted before. And I love to tell folks how free and fair our elections are!! We all get a say and whoever turns up as being the government is the government the majority has chosen. Then we get another say a few years later. So fair!!

[@sandrabaulch]

Pronunciation: - Port Macquarie: Port Mack-worrey - Uluru: ŌŌL-oo-roo (emphasis on the first syllabul) - Gravox: Gray-vox (like gravy) We call white gravy "white sauce" and its made with milk and conflour with salt and pepper. And we put this on cauliflour and spuds or corned silveraide. Brown gravy goes on lamb and beef and pork (we normally do pork with applesauce though) You CAN get chicken gravy tho which is white-ish. People show up to vote, but "donkey votes" are common. And the fine for not showing up is like only $50. Suprised nobody called cigarettes "durries" Tax on smokes in Australia is horrendous. Wasnt til I worked for home affairs that I realized how massive the tobacco black market is to avoid paying a weeks wage per packet.

[@karenlyall6915]

No that is not photo shopped at all. We have the most amazing dark sky reserves ❤

[@mika72.-Bois]

There use to be dark chocolate royal biscuits with white marshmellows. Sadly they were discontinued. They were the best Chocolate Royals.

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

In Cadbury's chocolate factory workers were allowed to eat as much chocolate as they wanted. In the desert the skies are brilliant at night. Country of origin is compulsory on all products. Vape products are targeting children to get them addicted to nicotine.

[@jackbarrie6007]

They let you eat as much as you like because you get sick of eating the products very quickly it's the same with other food processors

[@smalltime0]

@@jackbarrie6007 I imagine that if the workers snuck-ate it it would add up to more being eaten over time.

[@helenbartoszek243]

@@smalltime0 I think the novelty would wear off after awhile.

[@helenbartoszek243]

@@kennethdodemaide8678 In South Australia (don't know about the other states) on July 1st selling vaping products is now illegal. The shops have had to close. I'm sure under the counter stuff goes on in shops that sell other products besides vaping stuff. I'm not sure if our government compensated these shops, but I would imagine that they would have had to.

[@kellythomas1933]

Cadburys in Tasmania gifted my daughter 100 mint patties for her wedding reception in England, we were so prepared to pay for as many as they could scrounge up for us but the managing director insisted it was a gift because they were so proud that she was so determined to have the Tasmanian element in her wedding

[@ImagineMySurprise510]

About those two Gravox products: one is intended to mix with some cold water to dissolve the powder which can then be mixed into hot water or meat juices, the other is a powder to be mixed with boiling water in a cup or bowl to make instant gravy.

[@vaughan7835]

After a 3 month work contract in Alice Springs, in 2007 ish, I went on a organised tour of "Uluru", Formerly known as Ayers rock.Some people climbed to the top but the local aboriginal tribe stopped that! Sunrise & different sunset lookouts. Blew my mind!!! I could've walked the 9km around it but cos I had a hangover, I took the shortcut. Kings Canyon (in flood) & "Katajuta", formerly known as the Olgas, after a 3 month work contract. Specific lookout spots at sunrise & sunset. Blew my mind! I lived in Port Macquarie in 91 - 93. Played Local rugby League. Fishing was good & the Pubs. Tourists everywhere, in summer.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

I used to visit Port Macquarie, loved the place, they had oyster farms then! 😋

[@westaussie965]

Fcuk that, is the rock fenced off? It’s a rock ffs. When I go to Ayers Rock, I want to climb it😡

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@westaussie965 Exactly, the new name translates to Rock and it was only a shelter for people travelling through! When is truth going to be real truth again in Australia? 🧐

[@letsseeif]

One sport that I've never been good at, is underwater basket weaving. In Australia, if you're feeling sexy, your feeling 'RANDY'. Every 27th person in America is called Randy, and maybe one or two women are also so named. p.s. I once climber Uluru when it was called Ayer's Rock. I signed the visitor's book in August 1960. p.p.s. In Summer in Melbourne, we've had 50 Celsius (126.7F) 5 times this century.

[@judymiller975]

I remember travelling to Sydney on the train for work and smelling Arnott's biscuit factory on the way. It was devine.

[@no_triggerwarning9953]

I live near the site of the old Brockhoff biscuit factory (closed 2002) in Melbourne and can still remember the smell. There was one biscuit that must of been made every few weeks as it had such a distictive smell. Brockhoff was taken over by Arnotts in the 1960's. The closed factory site was turned into a housing estate and the main road in the estate was named Brockhoff Drive in respect of the former factory that operated there from 1953-2002.

[@michaelfink64]

Hi Ryan, Australia's time zones are actually kind of crazy and might be worth their own video. Right now we have three main time zones: Australian Eastern Standard time (AEST) in QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC and TAS = GMT+10, Australian Central Standard time (ACST) in SA and NT = GMT +9:30 (yes, 1/2 hour difference) and Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) in WA = GMT+8. It becomes pretty confusing in summer: Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) in NSW, ACT, VIC and TAS = GMT+11, Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) in SA = GMT+10:30, AEST in QLD = GMT+10, ACST in NT = GMT+9:30 and AWST in WA = GMT+8. There are also quite a few oddities, including: Broken Hill, a town in western NSW that runs on SA time, Australian Central Western Standard Time (ACWST), which is an unofficial time zone which covers a smallish (at least in comparison to the size of WA) patch of the southwestern corner of WA and a roadhouse in far western SA = GMT+8:45, Lord Howe Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean which is owned by NSW and observes Lord Howe Standard Time (LHST) = GMT+10:30, so 30 mins ahead of its parent state, but the equivalent daylight savings time (Lord Howe Daylight Time, LHDT) is the same as that in NSW (GMT+11), and the Australian external dependencies of Norfolk (another small island in the Pacific Ocean) Time (NFT) = GMT+11, Christmas Island (an island in the Indian Ocean) Time (CXT) = GMT+7 and Cocos Islands (a small chain of islands in the Indian Ocean) Time (CCT) = GMT+6:30.

[@jackbarrie6007]

Where you drive from s.a to w.a there is another time zone about half way

[@smalltime0]

"which is an unofficial time zone which covers a smallish (at least in comparison to the size of WA) patch of the southwestern corner of WA" *South Eastern corner of Western Australia m8.

[@scallyann_]

Wow thats amazing I had no idea there was so much diversity in our Aussie time zones.

[@michaelfink64]

@@smalltime0 Correct, thanks

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

“You guys play hockey?” Yes mate. Australia is one of the most successful hockey nations in the world. But we are not talking about ice hockey - this is the olympics not the Winter Olympics. You might call it field hockey.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Our gold Kookaburras and our Hockeyroos! 🙋👍

[@mrd4785]

HAHA - do we play hockey? Quite often we are the best in the world at it. Field hockey that is. If you look into it, I think field hockey is actually played by more people than ice hockey worldwide. It also pre-dates the advent of ice hockey, which is another version of the sport. That is why in the rest of the world it is simly referred to as "Hockey". Ice hockey would only be played at the winter games.

[@sandramariegray7894]

Lots of people use umbrellas to avoid getting "beaked" by the bird.

[@davidsage124]

Central Australia at night is an absolute must see! Tobacco is headed into the underworld! Always enjoy your reactions!

[@RHINO2310]

Just paid $300 for 100g of Tobacco.

[@davidsage124]

@@RHINO2310 Yet if you go outside the law you can get that for $25

[@jayr4857]

​@@RHINO2310 you got bent over by the government. I can go to 10 places within a 1km radius and pay $25 for 100g. I can't tell the difference. Plus they sell vapes and other natural products.😉 Do yourself a favour. 👍

[@louise7552]

Thats because, little kids were vaping in schools. Vaps were being sold to resemble fluro high lighter pens. Bright pink, orange, green etc. All aimed at Primary school kids, and small in size.😊

[@krystalryan9174]

Mandatory Voting in Australia is a Social Contract. If you register to vote the Government has to ensure you get a ballot, you need to turn up to get a ballot (or return the ballot if by mail) to let them know you got the ballot. Whether you fill it out, write in Mickey Mouse or leave it blank is totally up to the person.

[@kerrydwyer1879]

There are places in Sydney where you are completely unsafe to go for a walk at night.Company is needed.Pretend you're talking on your phone..That puts people off.A man 6ft 2inches suggested that to me because of where Im living now.

[@raggbear9536]

Yes we have compulsory voting. All you have to do is get your name ticked off the electoral role on voting day so you don’t get fined but you don’t have to actually vote for anyone. Also in Australia it is one person one vote and every persons vote counts - unlike America.

[@katl6426]

And because it's compulsory, it's run by a non-partisan government body who's job is to make voting as accessible as possible to every citizen, even remote settlements. Early voting, postal voting & polling booths all over the place on election day which is always a Saturday

[@jenniferharrison8915]

If you don't vote you get Albo! 🧐

[@helenbartoszek243]

Gravox is fake gravy. The best gravy is the one you make yourself from the meat juices in the pan.

[@Reneesillycar74]

I just add those juices to my Gravox, lazy I know 😂

[@infin8ee]

​@@Reneesillycar74me too😅 Who can be bothered with all the hassle?

[@noelrossbridge2514]

Hell yeah it is.

[@AnnaAnnaTT]

@helenbartoszek243 is correct - yes she speaks the truth re how proper gravy is created. However if you really are pushed for time = Gravox Supreme is far better than ordinary Gravox. There is no "white gravy" When I eat grilled fish I like to add Tartare sauce which is white and is a savoury sort of mayonaise AND that is NOT a form of gravy Further to there is no "white gravy" BUT there is something else and when I reveal my utter distaste for this other so called "culinary delight" MANY may disagree with me. They can disagree, does not bother me. So here it is, below, a horrible product and it is an item that I totally detest what is called a "white sauce" - It is like that horrible thing made of flour and water before better glues were invented. And as I DETEST white sauce it also means I can also avoid that other VILE "food treat"????? . . . . .. drum roll, . . . it's a culinary delight that looks like white vomit with a few bit of peas an sweetcorn swirling around in the gutter . Yes, you have probably guessed it . . . . yes open a can of tuna, add some tinned peas and some tinned sweetcorn swirling around in a white sauce with a handful of grated cheese to give it "flavour" Many will be familiar with name of this horrible creation called a "tuna mornay" Yes many foolish people have told me "Ah! but you haven't tasted "MY mournay" They need not bother . No matter how you "dress up" tuna mornay to me - it will always look like vomit to me. And "white sauce" anything " will always get a "No thanks" from me. It always still looks like VOMIT to me

[@Dr_KAP]

It’s good to use when you make meat pies. Gravox and Worcestershire sauce 😋

[@leelastarsky]

Swooping magpies are seasonal here; usually early Spring - August/September. When they have babies in the nest to protect. Easiest way to avoid being swooped is to befriend the maggies! Dry catfood is the safest way to buy their affection. 😝 And not harmful to the birds. 🥰

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

If 90% of Americans voted you would get a president that’s more representative of the mainstream opinions of the country

[@dee-smart]

WRONG. Read what I wrote above - explains a lot about America and Australia. We are all in a global biblical and galactic war. Wakey wakey.

[@IntrospectorGeneral]

​@@dee-smartSo glad you put us right on that by using all caps.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@@dee-smart lmao, the Russian bots are now so far outside reality it’s astounding to read lmao. The crap they make up lmfao

[@RaginKavu]

Wrong. If every person would be equal to one vote to a candidate, instead of voting for a college, only then whomever got elected would truly represent the mainstream opinion.

[@drewb3490]

@@dee-smart nutter

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

Yes those labels are required

[@alphgeek]

Putting fake eyes on the back of the head was tested as a bird repellent. Not sure, but I don't think it worked. The best way to make birds not swoop, especially magpies, is to build trust by talking to them whenever you see them. Works best on your local groups of birds obviously.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

Brown gravy, white sauce

[@vtbn53]

I was going to say the same thing, well done, I'm a beaten man LOL

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@@vtbn53 hahaha

[@Sir_Richard_Stewart]

Its Bloody Cold here at the moment

[@robyngrieve5495]

That image of Uluru and the Milky Way is just epic! I want to buy a copy... Yes Cadbury's used to let workers eat as much as they wanted. The thinking was that workers would eat till they were sick of it, and then ease up. No sneakiness and no stealing. Cadbury's was owned by Quakers, who are pretty pacifist, and don't like confrontation. Don't know if it still is.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

I remember going to Cadbury's Factory and all the free chocolates, it's was great fun but eventually the smell put me off eating too many of them!

[@robyngrieve5495]

@@jenniferharrison8915 😀 most people know when they've had enough...

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@robyngrieve5495 Not schoolkids, anyway, I took some home to share with my family that was fun too! They don't allow visitors now, health & safety risks!

[@DarinAllan0]

The Royals with the Jam, are the best, I can eat a pack in one sitting!

[@aaronpatton814]

Port Macquarie is my hometown Ryan! The town had another wildlife 'encounter' this past week involving a shark..

[@jenniferharrison8915]

I have great memories of there! 🤗

[@privatenexus5764]

16:11 I saw this episode. He was very well liked by the audience and the presenter. I think they wanted him to go on, and possibly win the big bucks. Him and his g'freind were really nice and down to earth. They also had a very sweet old lady on once, and they offered hye big bucks to take the deal, because they didn't want her to risk losing it. 17:20 Its inside with the sun, so its a greenhouse with the glass (ie oven). And illegal to lock pets or children in unattended vehicles.

[@scottcarr3264]

At 10:15 The Gravox can versus box, you ask if they Have to put the amount of ingredients sourced in Australia, the Answer is YES. This is Very common on our Packaging. Even the Fruits and Vegetables, the Price cards Have to say where the Products come from which other country, like Table Grapes are marked whether they come from Australia or America, but the American grapes are normally 3 times the price of our own.

[@helenredmond2742]

Last christmas my daughter took her 3 teenagers.(boy 17,girls 16 and 14 ) to Paris for Christmas and apert from the cold she never felt safe at all in Paris and finally went to over the border to Germany..nice villages...She has been travelling overseas for 30+ yrs and will never recommend Paris to anyone any longer.

[@bethmetcalf3447]

I don’t watch tv but I’m really surprised that the Australian Olympic Team is still there?! They should send them all home & boycott the whole thing. That’s just my opinion anyway as I’m shocked they’re still there 😒

[@SatieSatie]

I visited Paris in early 2016, not long after the devastating November 2015 attacks, but I loved it there and felt pretty safe throughout my trip. I don't know how much has changed since then, though.

[@bradbrisbane]

Brown gravy all the way. White gravy here is just white sauce with stuff added.

[@FionaEm]

Mainland Australia has 3 time zones for half the year, and 5 for the other half, when some states go onto daylight savings and some don't. Tasmania keeps the same time zone as Vic and NSW. Our external territories have different time zones again. It's all a bit confusing 😅 As for the Milky Way and Uluru pic, it's probably genuine because we get better views of the Milky Way in the southern hemisphere, and the outback sky is incredibly bright 😍

[@jacquimott386]

11:22 I’m convinced that compulsory voting is what helps keeps most of our politicians relatively moderate

[@SadieWatchman]

My stepfather worked at Arnotts and we used to be able to buy Tim Tams by the bag for like 50c and then $1. Probably why I don't eat them now but it was great at the time. They were considered to be offline so not sellable :)

[@andytaus1939]

This brand (Gravox) makes a big deal of its "Aussieness". Both gravy's should be the same as they're branded as such. BUT. The LHS one is 90% Australian ingredients whilst the RHS one is only 10% Australian ingredients (ie 90% imported ingredients). Shonky labelling. Deliberately misleading?

[@infin8ee]

I just buy the Woolies "meat" gravy and add the pan juices. Half thee price and tastes better than the grayvox one, imo.

[@stanleywiggins5047]

Gravox has many different varieties, Traditional, Roast Meat, Chicken, Lamb & Rosemary... The ones I normally use just put (freshly) boiled water in a mug & a few teaspoons of the gravy powder in & stir streat away, let rest for a minute, & stir before serving. But others like the BEST Roast Chicken (in a box) only works in cold water in a saucepan & stirring constantly until bubbling (I don't use that one much, cause I rarely do a roast chicken in my oven, more often than it's either roast lamb or pork.) 🤤🤤

[@MaryParker-p2q]

White sauce is made from corn flour for Silverside (pickled meat) redgum. Nickname. Boiled meat

[@ellefitzpatrick6339]

Real white sauce is made from a roux, which is melted butter, mix in flour, and cook a little then gradually add milk. It will thicken while heating. I’ve made it at least once a week for 35 years as a base for many white sauce based dishes.

[@oodles_of_noodles.]

It's bloody cold here right now Ryno.

[@Bohemiahotrodandcustom]

Not in the Northern part of Australia, it's blue skies and hot.

[@grandy2875]

Yeah, we went up to Barrington Tops, Gloucester last Sunday (21/07/24) and it was 3° on top of the mountain,,, we missed the snow by that much, it snowed on the Tuesday but had melted off by the time we got there... but it was still a great day out boogieing all over the national park 😊 🙃🐨🇦🇺

[@jackbarrie6007]

Kangaroos are more fury in cold climates

[@kellythomas1933]

@@oodles_of_noodles. Are you by chance in Tassie? If you aren't don't talk about cold lol

[@kyliesmiley2750]

Yep it freezing in Perth too 19😂

[@ofelia7077]

Warwick is in the country so those prices are wowsers! Apart from what you mentioned re nicotine (specially in young brains), vapes can cause EVALI resulting in permanent lung injury or death, there are also concerns about what other toxic chemicals are in the product specifically since many come from overseas and are unmonitored and if you vape and smoke your risks increase greatly :) I am over being a second hand smoker!

[@nicolepalachicky8033]

I was pregnant whilst working Security at Arnott's and they kept the control room fridge full of Tim Tams for me. As long as your oncsite, you can eat as many biscuits as you want.

[@JosephineArmstrong-l1u]

My Dad worked there for a long time and would bring the failed biscuits home 😂

[@vtbn53]

Whilst it is called "Compulsory Voting" you only have to rock up to the ballot place and get your name checked off, you don't have to fill out a ballot. That is called an "Informal Vote" (as is an incorrectly filled in ballot)

[@cherylween4973]

Yeah. Waste of time.

[@DavidWren-u3k]

or just walk out with the ballot paper without even placing pencil to paper

[@judithstrachan9399]

@@DavidWren-u3kNonononono! That makes incredible extra work for the electoral officers: they have to account for the papers they received. Be considerate, please

[@yvonnereed167]

Field hockey Australia has been in the top 3 in the world in both men and women for many decades. Australian women’s hockey team from around ten years ago was the most successful national team in Australian sport in all history

[@jorobinson6640]

Hello from Port Macquarie, New South Wales (NSW)! Nice to know our town is famous ha ha! No, we’re not all rich here … but it is a beautiful large beach town on the East Coast of Australia (the region is called the Mid North Coast). Kangaroos and koalas are quite common here - there’s an amazing local koala hospital and a zoo located here as well. We also see Redback spiders and Funnelweb spiders upon occasion. Several species of sharks are common, but you won’t see a croc in our local waters. It’s a great place to visit! 😀

[@privatenexus5764]

6:50 Port Macquarie is Australia's answer to Florida. Itgs a retirement area. 7:40 Long exposure and tracking of rotation of earth to avoid star trails.

[@LillyMay3621]

My mum used to work for on its on the line packing the biscuits at Brockhoff’s/Arnott’s Biscuits and she say they were allowed to eat as much as they wanted all day but they were not allowed to take any home unless they purchased them at the store, that included the broken or damaged one’s that they would pull off the line. Brockhoff’s was the name of the factory from my understanding of it.

[@jogrant3851]

Hey that's the Milky Way (over Ayers Rock) and not photoshopped. Took some photos of it just last night when the aurora was visible in Tasmania. it looks just like that at times.

[@BeverleyPrice-ty7xr]

Of course Australia is beautiful. Of course we have nasties but but the beauty overcomes the bad. Beautiful climate, scenery, and we are a very great lot.

[@brianlove8413]

Nice ad placement on the Sunrise clip!

[@debbrown1541]

Bikkies is short for biscuts what you call cookies, they really cover all styles .... all Bikkies

[@louise7552]

Yes Ryan, food has to have origin of ingredients and health ratings on it, see where it had only 2 rating, 5 is the best , the healthiest for heart health.

[@stevegraham3817]

My mum's school friend got a job in a lolly and chocolate shop, and was told that they could eat as much as they wanted. 3 days later they were sick of sugary goodness. The same would apply on the biscuit line, after a week of scoffing biscuits like the cookie monster you would end up sick of them. TMC - tailor made cigarettes... RYO - roll your own - loose leaf tobacco. The colours and descriptions aren't about the level of harm it's about the harshness of the smoke which can range from smooth or mild up to vicious lung scratching strengths..

[@coolhandluke1503]

When I did Tafe at Warwick 20 years ago the rooms at the pubs where easy the cheapest, I remember making bank from the rebate scheme that gave me like $22 a night and the rooms were like less then $15, which was fair because I was one of the few that had to pay for my own coarse and it's not cheap living away from home as an apprentice. Couldn't do it now.

[@Tt-qm2xg]

The photo of the milky way and Uluru isn't photoshopped. There's no artificial light out there. With no cloud cover and the right camera, it's an easy shot to get. Most rural/regional towns you only need to drive a little out of town to see the Milky Way.

[@kevinrobb5233]

The tobacco laws, especially the tax with has raised the price of 20 cigarettes to $65. This has resulted a huge illegal trade with criminal actions similar to Chicago in the prohibition period.

[@perryschafer5996]

My father and my brother in law both worked at Arnott’s. Every Christmas they received a large tin of mixed biscuits. This continued past their retirement for years.

[@JosephineArmstrong-l1u]

My Dad worked there too! His name was Robert ❤

[@perryschafer5996]

@@JosephineArmstrong-l1u My father’s name was Harry. My brother in law was Frank.

[@amishgirl1000]

If there’s a sign for swooping birds, we put on our hat made out of an old icecream tub to protect our head. 😜

[@roderickdunn3464]

You should check out Anna Mears, the speaker in the first clip. She was a champion cyclist , and is extremely tough.

[@mariannekresse4957]

Your crack me up 😂 I totally enjoy watching your videos! Love from Hervey Bay QLD Australia! ❤

[@Bug_boy62]

Best way to avoid swooping birds is to wear sunglasses on the back of your head, so yes Ryan eyes in the back of your head

[@Hudpower]

I have been in some of the most remote places. You can just make out that the spiral arm (black line) of the milky way. You can see it from anywhere with no light pollution, though its position might change slightly depending on the time of year ect. These pictures are sort of photoshopped, not cut and paste, they are real photographs, but they are processed. And the light is amplified by long exposure. This is not what you would see with your eye, but if your'e good at photos, and taking still shots for 30+ seconds, and good at image processing you can make a photo like this. Thats why youll see most peoples milky way photos have different colours.

[@flo7124]

So damn proud of you working out the slang for biscuit 😊

[@namewithheldbygoogleforsec673]

I remember when Chocolate Royals had white (vanilla) marshmallow filling. I preferred them to the raspberry Chocolate Royals

[@mattbaker337]

Have friends who live near Port Macquarie, who's young school aged kids complain that they are not allowed on the play ground at lunch time if the "Big Grey" is around (Kangaroo)

[@belindaweber7999]

I have mixed feelings about compulsory voting. It opens up people who are disengaged to just guess, and it also means people who don't dig deep on what the polical parties each are bringing to the table, will be swayed by bias portrayal through the media - media in Australia is often heavily influenced by the like of the Packers and Murdochs etc, money and wealth etc...

[@cherylween4973]

I don't like compulsory voting. How is it a democracy when you get fined for not voting?

[@siryogiwan]

@@cherylween4973 yeah that's my only argument, it's not truly democratic if you are forced, there's been years nobody felt worthy of my vote

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

Its only a true Democracy if everybody votes. Our ancestors fought for the right to vote and now idiots complain about it. No pleasing some people.

[@marilyngoldie5946]

@@cherylween4973 all you have to do is get your name marked off the voter’s roll. After that you are free to not to fill in the ballot and waste your privileges to vote. Why you would not vote is a mystery to me. Why would you not want to be part of the community and take some responsibility for the benefits received through government.

[@marilyngoldie5946]

@@siryogiwan You are not forced to vote, you are encouraged, You will get fined if you do not bother to get your name marked off the roll.

[@trinanortham131]

Yes Gravox pronounced grayvox. All products have to be labeled if claiming to be australian made etc. and list ingredients starting with the largest amount of individual ingredients. Eg: Pepsi Cola would be carbonated water , sugar or sugar equivalent. As they would be the two main ingredients and then all the other crazy stuff they put in it - on all products.

[@DaineArmstrong]

Uluṟu pic probably not photoshopped but definitely using a lens filter for different light spectrums. It still looks spectacular without filters though.

[@TheRebelGypsy]

Australian cigarettes, TMC = Tailor Made Cigarettes. RYO = Roll Your Own, tobacco.

[@ElizabethPerry-y4s]

Arnold's and Darrell Lea chocolate factories used to let employees eat as much as they liked while working, but couldn't take home. This stopped theiving and usually people got over the treats after working there for a while.

[@nessuno1984]

Voting is compulsory in Australia but you have a choice. The government will threaten to fine you if you don't vote but I know several Aussies who chose to stop voting and all that happened is they have been removed from the electoral roll, so if they decide to vote at some point, they need to re-enroll. Americans go on about how democratic the US is but then half of them don't vote and they are not legally required to, which seems hypocritical.

[@gamortie]

4:28 ‘Bikky’ Is just a Australian shorthand for biscuit

[@anna.l7000]

It's pronounced Port "Mcworry" and since we're on the subject, I'd love to hear you try saying happy arvo the Aussie way by dropping the r sound and saying "ahvo" instead 😊

[@Aurochhunter]

The penalty for not voting is a fine which varies depending on which state you live in, unless you can provide a good reason for not voting. Failure to do either can result in legal action.

[@JackieYoung-q6t]

My mother in law worked at a jam factory in Victoria Australia she was allowed to eat as much frozen fruit as she wanted.

[@grandmothergoose]

Aussies are so used to being able to walk around our cities safely at all times of day and night, habits are hard to break and it's easy to forget how relative personal safety is. Paris is a generally safe city, it's just not quite as safe as most areas of most Aussie cities. Tell an Aussie a city is safe, and we may attempt to do things that locals would consider insanely dangerous.

[@systemsrenegade9888]

Having a set of eyes on the back of your hat can and does deter some birds from swooping , they think you're watching them. Tailor made cigarettes (TMC) versus roll-your-own (RYO) tobacco.

[@vtbn53]

Thanks, as a non-smoker I was not familiar with those TLAs

[@WyldOz]

TLA means Three Letter Abbreviation(/Acronym) for those wondering.

[@judymiller975]

One weird thing when I was waiting to be served at a deli, I had the time to read all the labels on the different ham and other meats. There were many that said, made from at least 70% Australian pork or beef. What's the rest of that ham or beef made from?

[@shanegooding4839]

Probably the same meat. The percentage is just to show it meets the minimum Aussie Standards.

[@judymiller975]

@shanegooding4839 Yeah, maybe, but I've seen videos where they 'glue' meat bits together.

[@belindaclarke7803]

gravox is pronounced Grayvox

[@FredPilcher]

"Pretty screwed up". Yes indeed. 😞 But no tiddleywinks? Maybe next time. When I was a kid I went on a tour of the Cadbury's chocolate factory - same thing - they were allowed to eat as much as they wanted. They said that after a few days, no-one ate any. ;-) I suspect that's a real time exposure photo. Most northern hemispherians can't believe what the Milky Way looks like from the southern hemisphere. And no white gravy. Yes - they have to put the local content on the pack. Great news about better smoking restrictions. We now have one of the lowest smoking rates in the world - about 11%.

[@heatherrowles9930]

Bahahahahahahahahaha.....no one buys their tobacco through legal means these days. The government have shot themselves in the foot again.

[@lynnmoses3563]

Like has been mentioned before, we only have to register and put a ballot in the box...what we do on the ballot paper is a personal choice, but it really pays to vote...We are the only ones losing out if we dont...And yes, its compulsory in Australia to have country of origin printed on packaging....We have a number of time zones here, about as crazy as yours.....Its because too many kids were getting hold of vapes, Ryan...You need to look again at the weather, while it may seem coolish, the humidity is still very high, like 88/90%

[@alphgeek]

You can get weed mailed out from pharmacies these days. Primo stuff too.

[@gavanhill5132]

I can attest to the night sky at Uluru. It's worth the trip by itself. We were given a tour of the night sky and it was unforgettable

[@56music64]

Not sure if u r aware, but due to an idea touted by a DJ and a very large petition, Bunnings have agreed to a rave in one of their store's car parks. You can nominate a store. A band called Peking Duck and local DJ's will perform Apparently Bunnings snags will be on offer.

[@davidl707]

Hey Ryan, when checking the weather(temp) I hope you notice that it is during the night here in Aus, so will be chilly. The graph during your vid showed a high of 66Fin Perth for example

[@garrygraham]

Port Macquarie is a nice town, lots of retirees. I live up the road at Nambucca Heads, not as wealthy, but beautiful.

[@mariomicallef8266]

Good vid. I hope you keep that perspective when reacting to all vids. . A 50/50 screen size is perfect.

[@NoAssociation8585]

We have white sauce (gravy) and all other variants like roast,garlic rosemary,brown onion ect. Gravox is widely available but pretty less than impressive,in my house we stick to thick3ning our drippings for the real stuff👍

[@trinanortham131]

It is winter, i went to work yesterday morning (tenterfield, northern nsw) and it was -3degs.

[@Prsboy78]

I live just north of Port Macquarie. Port Macquarie is half way between Sydney and Brisbane.

[@nevilleapple629]

We have White gravy for corned beef or cauliflower or broccoli……delicious.