South Africa to Australia - 15 Things to Know

[@Dobuan75]

Sydney also has a driverless Metro (subway), and you can use any debit card - so you often see people tapping on and off with their smart watches. Melbourne is the coffee, sports watching, and cultural capital of Australia. Home of Italian and Greek food. Sydney is the outdoors activities city and home of the best Asian food in the country. Yes, that's East, South and Middle Eastern Asia. It's also the seafood city with the largest fish markets in the Southern Hemisphere. Brisbane is just an awesomely fun, chilled city. Adelaide is dignified, friendly, and next to the best wine region in the country. Hobart is historic and a sweet large country town with a completely unique climate and environment Darwin is chilled, relaxed and tropical in the dry season; damp, sodden and muddy in the wet season; and Dante's 7th circle of hell in the build-up. Canberra is asleep. Please don't wake it. Perth is South African. It's where the Springboks enjoy a home crowd advantage, much like the All Blacks do in Sydney

[@RyanLye1975]

What about LFP. MANY SOUTH AFRICANS GO TO PERTH. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. IT'S CLOSEST. IT HAS LOTS OF South Africans. It has the best ( Mediterranean) climate. Though expensive, far less expensive that Brisbane, even bit more less expensive that Melbourne and HALF THE PRICE OF SYDNEY. NOT AS LARGE, OR CHAOTIC. Besides being the best large city in the Souther. Hemisphere ( ..uh .. that means Australia too).

[@mrd4785]

AFL is a game that evolved from Gaelic football with a rugby sized ball on a cricket oval. I guess people made do with what they had in the 1800s and invented their own game.

[@Sthuont]

It's actually Australian (Aussie) Rules Football, it's not Rugby and has nothing to do with Rugby... nor does it have anything to do with what most of the world calls Football, but most Australians call Soccer. It's its own unique game with its own independent genesis. Be careful, Melburnians may murder you for calling it Rugby haha

[@doubledee9675]

If you have time for only one beach in Sydney, give Bondi a miss. Instead, go to Manly. Bondi is a train or bus trip, but you can do that anywhere in the world. Manly will give you a ferry trip across the Harbour, something special to Sydney. Views into a lot of bays and suburbs as well as crossing the Heads - none of this can be done by bus.

[@samjensen9795]

@@doubledee9675 Agreed. We actually went to Manly Beach. It was indeed very scenic.

[@doubledee9675]

@@samjensen9795 Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Sthuont]

To add to that; when visiting Manly make sure to walk over to Shelly Beach, one of the prettiest little beaches in Sydney framed by native cabbage tree palms and with a - rare for Sydney - western aspect (although there are a plethora of hidden little beach gems like it in Sydney, both on the harbour and the other 3 main waterway systems, or the open ocean).

[@jasonwright9405]

Correct. Manly is better than Bondi. Less crowd.

[@RyanLye1975]

Beaches. Go to PERTH. DUH !!!

[@lynmcgrow9246]

Best beaches are in the Gold Coast about an hour south of Brisbane. But the super beaches are north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast - about an hour depending on traffic.

[@MrDredd1966]

Visited perth a few years ago, l swear every second person walking pass me talking had a south Africa accent!!

[@graeme011]

Visiting Frankston was such a bad mistake. I am glad you were okay afterwards!

[@slh950]

stupid thing to say. its perfectly fine down there.

[@Funfare454]

Yeah mate it's not the 1980's anymore

[@leightonadams355]

making the big move from Cape Town to Queensland in a few weeks hopefully for good🤞

[@samjensen9795]

@@leightonadams355Where in Queensland? Very ambitious move. Hope everything works out.

[@peterpaulissen2690]

I lived in Aus (Queensland) for two years but came back to South Africa for good. I now say if you have a six-pack of cold beers (Coldies) you have Aussie friends, if it is finished, you have none. I only made South African and European friends there and hate the Island mentality, you always stay an outsider in Aus if you are not from there.😎

[@leightonadams355]

A town called Prosperpine by the whitsundays

[@leightonadams355]

@@peterpaulissen2690 i hardly drink beers so il probably have none, lol then again im not going over to make friends but the first few months might be a little bit of a challenge as im going alone and hopefully my 482 visa will be granted asap so wifey can come soon

[@afourie4625]

@@leightonadams355 Other comment is correct, locals very cold towards foreigners. This is my second year in the Gold Coast Queensland, love it so much but the people here will never match South Africans! The culture shock is real!

[@no_triggerwarning9953]

I have found truss tomatoes are unusually cheaper than others. Truss tomatoes are grown in a green house on wires some what like grapes. Australian Rules football is most popular in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Rugby League is most popular in New South Wales and Queensland. Rugby Union is a private school thing and has less mainstream following than soccer. Frankston isn't great however there are worse places in Melbourne.

[@FionaEm]

Melbourne is fabulous for the culture, food, night life etc 😊 but you definitely don't come here for the weather or beaches. The best beaches are 1.5-2hrs away down the Great Ocean Road.

[@lynmcgrow9246]

The best beaches are in Queensland!! ❤

[@FezekaRayi]

Morning, everything of the best, from South africa

[@samjensen9795]

Thanks Fezeka! You're the official first comment of the new video. Hope you're doing well. Regards, Sam.

[@Davo-i1s]

Truss Tomatoes vary in price sometimes they are cheaper sometimes they are dearer depending on market availability they will range between $3/kg (R33) $10/kg (R110). We lived in South Africa and Mozambique for more than 3 years for me Sydney is nothing like Joburg its like Capetown a city focused around its waterfront and harbour. I dont think Melbourne or Brisbane equates to any city in South Africa, Pretoria would be more like Canberra, The Durban beach front is defintely like the Gold Coast or maybe Perth but its nowhere near as developed or nor as glitzy and its only comparable along the beachfont area. I would add uMhslanga north of Durban gave very much the Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane vibes. When we lived in Maputo and Richards Bay I had more encounters with snakes while there than I have had here in over 60 years and they were nasties like black mambas and Spitting Cobras. Kwa Zulu and Mozambique are pretty tropical so snakes were prevalent in that area but so are the beautiful golden sand surfing beaches just like the coast of eastern Australia. The beef in Australia is grass fed and is sort after by restaurants around the globe Australia is the second biggest exporter of beef in the world. Show the rail stations in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth especially the newly opened lines then give your opinion about whose stations have the best facilities. You think NZ is better no problem you should stay there and help them replace all the kiwis that are moving over here.. AFL is not rugby nor is it a form of Rugby it is a game that is unique to Australia and has been played since the 1850s.

[@samjensen9795]

@@Davo-i1s Glad we agree on Durban being like Gold Coast!

[@Davo-i1s]

@@samjensen9795 Yeah but only along the waterfront uMslhanga is definately like the Sunshine Coast though and has become a really nice area. Durban was nice in the mid 90s when we were there the first time but it seems that people have now migrated further up the coast. Durban itself seems to be a bit run more down than it was. We used to frequent places like the Victoria Market I wasnt confident to even go into that area on my last stint there in 2019.

[@Ramu-ev4zu]

16 things include rugby union is not as strong in Australia they prefer rugby league.

[@lynmcgrow9246]

South Africa is very beautiful. Why would you leave?

[@RyanLye1975]

@lynmcgrow9246 Good that it has a politically stable, honest good government and no poverty & violence and other crime then, hey?

[@grasslipper8856]

Don’t forget to stay in NZ

[@grasslipper8856]

Don’t forget to stay in NZ.

[@barnowl.]

It is quire apparent that you really do not know the cities that you have discussed. You are giving 'information' from a tourist's short stay perspective.

[@samjensen9795]

@barnowl. Was a rather short stay, yes. Wish I could have stayed longer. Thanks for your honest comment.

[@RyanLye1975]

I prefer you to Nu Ziland than Australia too.

[@peterpaulissen2690]

I lived in Aus for two years but came back to South Africa for good. I now say if you have a six-pack of cold beers (Coldies) you have Aussie friends, if it is finished, you have none. I only made South African and European friends there and hate the Island mentality, you always stay an outsider in Aus if you are not from there.😎

[@samjensen9795]

It's sometimes a challenge to integrate.

[@quarkcypher]

Seems like you may have been the problem. If a person is friendly he or she will make friends. Not all people in Australia imbibe the iniquitous amber fluid, I don't. Anyway, you're entitled to a whinge even though you are wrong. Good riddance.

[@samjensen9795]

@@quarkcypher Pretty good English writing.

[@glenod]

seems thats a you problem more than an us problem.

[@jasonwright9405]

True. Hard to make friends here. Superficial

[@leosapphire3125]

I understand that Melbourne resembles to a European type of a city.

[@samjensen9795]

@@leosapphire3125 I guess it does