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[@Blanchy10]

I;m 64 Australian and I never knew that Vic and Tas shared a land border.

[@davidbarlow6860]

The bridge counts as contact.

[@Eskay1206]

Im 60 and live in Melbourne and I didnt know that either

[@brad9529]

48 no idea, crazy. Also shocked Perth being further north than Sydney.

[@zwieseler]

Same, 68….

[@stephensmith4831]

Same age and first time hearing that as well . Bet you could win a trivia night with that fact .

[@allisongrattidge4154]

Really appreciate your reactions like this. I'm from Rabaul, East New Britain. Papua New Guinea. We have a strong relationship with Australia as we were colonised by Aussies, or more correctly the Commonwealth. During WW2 a trail called Kokoda was a track through the mountains for Aussies to quickly move from one side of the mainland to the other through the jungle (due to no roads). The New Guineans also carried wounded Aussies and supplies up and down this gruelling terrain by the infamous Fuzzy Wuzzies. Now many Aussies walk this trail to commemorate their fallen or take high schoolers and fitness enthusiasts for a history lesson or fitness trek. Would love for you to react to a video on this, it's a part of Australian/ PNG history.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

Great suggestion . We owe the new Guineans a lot for the help they gave our soldiers in ww2

[@Duchess_of_Cadishead]

I used to have a book about the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels but it got mislaid and I have been trying for years to get another copy. So far I have had no success☹️☹️

[@optimusmaximus9646]

Nice comment. Australia and PNG definitely have a very close association. My family lived there when my father was in the air force back in the late 1950s. Regarding the Fuzzy Wuzzies, I would definitely not refer to them as "infamous". As you are no doubt aware they were actually referred to as Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, and for good reason. They carried stretchers, stores and wounded diggers (soldiers) directly on their shoulders over some of the toughest terrain in the world. Without them the Kokoda campaign would have been a hell of a lot more difficult. Two of my uncles fought in New Guinea in WWII and were always quick to praise them for what they did for them. In 2009 the Australian government began awarding the 'Fuzzy Wuzzy Commemorative Medallion' to living Papua New Guineans who helped the Australian war effort. It is generally acknowledged by Australian veterans that the recognition was too little and too late. Nevertheless we will always be in their debt.

[@MowMowMowDiittyMow]

I dont know if you saw the life expectancy map but PNG was lit red. I would question the links to Australia is as cordial as some might think. A lot has happened with China's entrenchment within the PNG economy, infrastructure since the World Bank/IMF tried to gain softpower and debt trap Pacific Nations. Now the Bank of China is the largest donor to PNG. and most of the Pacific. They even sent Carrol Keneddy to no avail.

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@@MowMowMowDiittyMow there’s a difference between political machinations and how we the people think of each other. PNG politicians have a lot of high level corruption happening but we don’t blame the PNG people for anything

[@carolw1624]

I have always felt blessed to live in Australia. I left school in yr10, married at 19yr, child at 21y, single mum at 23yr. Now in my 50's (still single) I own my home outright, have a $100k car, $30k caravan, holidays overseas twice a year and debt free with No Credit Card debt all from giving it a go. When my husband left my son was 1yr. The Government had a free service for single mums to learn computers etc. I gave it a go and life took off. Very appreciative of the opportunities I was given. Apart from being financially stress free, I live in a city with many waterways with daily visits from dolphins. I expect to enjoy life for a long time to come.

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

One thing that we have in Australia is superannuation. A compulsory system where a percentage of your wage goes into a super scheme. The employer also has to contribute to it. As far as longevity is concerned you might have some of the best medical aid there, but it's not accessible to everyone because you don't have universal health care. We do, so basically no one get's left behind.

[@MrGutfeeling]

Compulsory super is a nice idea in theory, maybe, but it's a scam and pretty horrendous not having access to the money YOU EARNED.

[@katymcdonald5481]

Super is not really helpful to the majority of people. Most workers would be better off having that money in their wages to live on. It is mostly a tax dodge for the wealthy and a wage suppression tool.

[@dianacasey6002]

@@MrGutfeelingSorry you feel that way I know that in retirement without super I would be well and truly ft.

[@olgahein4384]

@@MrGutfeeling Yeah, that's bs. In Germany we have something like that too: "Social insurance" which is retirement ensurance, health insurance (insurance company of your choice, unless you opt for private insurance which is similar to the US system) and unemployment insurance. Those are paid more than 50% percent by the employer actually and it covers everything. It is deducted from your earnings before you receive it, followed by taxes which are also deducted from your income beforehand. You get it all listed every month and it's taken care of by the financial departement of the employer. What you receive in the end is all yours then. We don't have to put money aside for all that, cause it's all taken care of already. The money we get is ours to spend however we want, be it rent, mortgage for a house, car, additional insurances (some are mandatory like car insurance). We don't have to take care of taxes when we are employed. It's different when you are self employed of course, and i was for many years and let me tell you: Doing my taxes and insurances myself took SO MUCH TIME of my life, even having an insurance agency and a tax advisor technically doing it for me. It also took so much of my nerves. Not to mention, the knowledge that all the money i earned is NOT all mine to spend as i please or as i need or reinvest in my business, that sucked so much. Now i'm employed again, and the amount of free time and leisure i have now is still amazing to me. And the fact that, if i get seriously ill i just give my employer a call, go see the next doctor and can stay at home without having to worry for my income or finances makes it so much easier to recover (cause in Germany, health insurances actually do what they're paid for no matter which one, they cover all your medical costs and when you stay at home due to sickness or injury, you still get fully paid. So, what's the horrendous scam here?).

[@bondradman7353]

@@dianacasey6002 Yes. Very few people (especially low to middle income earners) would have the capacity or self discipline to save a large sum for retirement. Super makes a comfortable retirement for many people a reality.

[@kickn5k]

Fun fact even in Victoria(the smallest mainland state) its a 12ish hour drive across it. You can drive 24hrs in Western Australia and Queensland and not leave the state. I've lived in Victoria my whole 45yrs on this planet and have visited every state, all of them are beautiful places but Tassie seriously takes stunning to a different level.

[@MrGutfeeling]

It's not a 12 hour drive across Victoria...

[@KristoferOlsson]

Another fun fact Western Austrailia is 50% larger in area compared to Alaska.

[@ehpunka]

im from qld, been to every state except nt, thought tassie was the coolest, then went back and re -explored QLD , hands down the NO.1 place in the world

[@theFatLadyOutfit]

Yeah sorry I gotta agree with MrGut here... 24hours if you travel at 40kms an hour or something! I'm Adelaide and Sydney is like 15-18 hours depending on stops....

[@theFatLadyOutfit]

@@MrGutfeeling gang gang bra

[@PeteV.53]

I live in Canberra. My wife and I recently completed a road trip to Western Australia and back. By the time we got home we had travelled a shade under 15,000 kms. That state is huge. The longest drive we had was 800 kms in a day. The shortest was about 500 kms. Despite the ground we covered, we still missed out on the the Kimberley region in the northwest.

[@endxofxeternity]

When I tell people Australia is the best country, people just don't believe me, but it's so true, just look at every measure. We're just so lucky and it's honestly an amazing place to live it. Also we have great beaches and good coffee :)

[@helensimonsen7707]

I am 75, an Aussie and have travelled the world and also travelled around Australia. We are so lucky here and our standard of living is high compared to a lot of countries.

[@cranegantry868]

It's not "luck" mate, it is a function of what we and our forebears BUILT.

[@johnstimpson6834]

​@@cranegantry868Yes, it seems that whoever is running the shop has intentionally burnt it down as core upton & law lesnass has skyrock etd over past 3weeks(as an observation) & yis bein allowd to take over noticable change 6-10yrs ago Some say money laund ring is driving up house prices & prices in general. imag8tn is prob bringn in bad washin . it was always gunna hapin -the players have been installed the fuse was lit yrs ago powdrkeig has xplodid.. i apologise if this makes no sense at all its been made impossible to speak

[@jt1559]

It's great unless you are young and want to buy a place to live, then it isn't so great. I'm happy to live in Australia, but we really need to solve this problem ASAP.

[@PeteV.53]

Let’s not get too carried away with the rose coloured glasses. We have problems and issues just like any other country.

[@helendunn9905]

Most shocking is the lack of distribution of wealth globally! They call Australia egalitarian and it doesn't feel like that to live here, but I guess it is true, when compared to other countries. Sad for everyone, and so grateful and blessed to be Australian. 💖

[@virginiaviola5097]

It’s not nearly as egalitarian as it used to be unfortunately. I’ve seen huge changes in the joint in my 60 years on earth, and not changes for the better…but, that being said, there’s absolutely no other place on earth I’d rather be. It’s a fantastic country compared to some other first world countries, that’s for sure.

[@catey62]

@@virginiaviola5097 I wouldnt live anywhere else either.

[@gjmob]

I lived in the Northern Territory for most of my life and until the mid 80', after which it was subdivided, there was a cattle station called Victoria River Downs that was bigger than the state of Texas.

[@butseebuts9686]

That's only 1 ranch that's crazy in size ... Australia has the best beef IMO 💯❤️🇦🇺🤙

[@handicoutback]

My great uncle purchased river downs in mid 80's after packer was refused by NT government to purchase than holmes a court took over by the end 80's

[@leemasters3592]

My Mum's first job at 17 was as a governess on VRD.

[@triarb5790]

​@@leemasters3592How interesting!

[@rais1953]

Well bigger than Texas? I mean Texas is a cute little state but big it's not.

[@colinpryor6590]

Our health care is quite expensive here in Australia but as a society we all chip in with our tax dollars to help to make it affordable for everyone. I for one wouldn't want to live in a society that it depends on your monitory wealth if you live or die depending on how much you earn.

[@michaelboyce7079]

No, now living or dying in Australia depends on whether or not you have had the clot shot! So caring - so merciful!

[@xymonau2468]

Actually, our health care WITH free medical care costs Australia less per capita per year than the US health care. Not expensive at all.

[@xymonau2468]

@@michaelboyce7079 Oh, go take your crazies somewhere else.

[@Cheeched]

Lucky we gave full immunity to the pharma companies and not the people taking it@@xymonau2468

[@FionaEm]

I live in Victoria & had no idea about Boundary Island or the messed up borders 😅 The reason a lot of Aussies have more than $100K USD in wealth is because they have equity in their home, and/or money in their superannuation account. 'Super' is a retirement account. Employers are required to pay a certain % of each employee's salary into their super account. The money is invested in various asset classes and is supposed to grow over time to help fund the person's retirement. Employees can also put a % of their salary into super to help it grow faster.

[@coopsnz1]

American have more wealth middle class

[@banta-pd8zj]

American niddle class is shrinking as is the case world wide, mainly due to neo con and neo libs policies, who also want to eliminate super. Which on average by your mid 60's will give you about a quarter of a mill on retirement in Aussie dollars.

[@coopsnz1]

@@banta-pd8zj middle class has only shrunk 10% since the 70s , which is better than northern Europen & Australia middle class decline

[@banta-pd8zj]

Thanks coopsnz, trouble is that a decline in the middle class does not equal a decline in the underclass, exactly the opposite, that's where most of those exiting the middle class end up going. It's not good.

[@coopsnz1]

@@banta-pd8zj that what socalism policy creates, you need more capitalism policy for middle class to grow thom hartmen full of shit

[@RobNMelbourne]

When I moved from Queensland to Victoria years ago, I had to explain to people that the whole of the state of Victoria fitted into Cape York Peninsula where hardly anyone lives. Also, as a kid I was in boarding school in Brisbane and when I flew home for holidays to Mount Isa in NW Queensland, I flew the same direction and distance as Naples, Italy to London, England except ... not only did I not cross international borders, cultures and language groups, I didn't ever leave the state of Queensland. You can measure it on Google Earth.

[@dazzabrah3208]

Cape York where nobody lives yet there's a corruption issue there. How does a Cape York lawyer.. Noel Pearson gather in excess off 120m $$

[@raymondsmit344]

Did a road trip across Queensland. It was brutal. Thats when I discovered they have signs with riddles along the road as you get closer to Brisbane with the answers 10km down the road on another sign. All in an amusing attempt to keep people alive.

[@JohnFromAccounting]

Brisbane is closer to Melbourne than it is to Cairns.

[@RobNMelbourne]

@@JohnFromAccounting Correct. That’s another fact I used to point out to Victorian friends when I arrived in Melbourne.

[@AJ-kv1po]

Mt Isa has its own special language 😅

[@hellkat71]

The US has some of the best health care in the world, BUT it's not accessible to everyone, and thats why there's such a discrepancy. I've been really unwell with asthma (in Australia) this past week, and not once has the cost of getting medical assistance been a concern, yet I'm very aware that it would be to many Americans in the same boat.

[@MortifiedU]

lol, that is pure western thought pattern right there. imagine your car, nah wont change the oil, will drive it hard, skids, burnouts, just rip it up mate.. mechanic will sort it, "car will last forever" - yeah nah US government subsidised the corn industry, corn fructose was the result, from food to fuel Americans eat sugar and this is why they are mind fkd (erratic) and unhealthy. example their bread is not bread, it is cake with 6 times the sugar of an Australian loaf.

[@lilgnomey]

I love your unending curiosity about the world, Ian. It’s so great and people could really learn a lot from your example 😍 A small point of interest: ‘Kiribati’ is said like ‘Kiribus’. It spans the international date line as well as the equator.

[@Gordon_L]

You beat me to it 🙂

[@bondradman7353]

Australia is generally a country where you get well rewarded for "Having a go." None of my friends or family have a University education, most not even year 11 and 12, and yet they almost all own their homes and live quite well. Gotta love Australia!

[@playlisttarmac]

I would say that having a university education can be detrimental in terms of pay / earning power in Australia. My perspective I have gone all the way with education to a PhD, that is at least 7-8 years of no pay while getting there. While I was doing my PhD others doing it with me sat down and we worked out that doing an apprenticeship would have been financially better as you get paid for those 7-8 years. I have now been working for 20 years. My own daughter who never finished university (she started 1 year but did not like it) has just got a traineeship with a mining company in WA. In 3 years, her wage will be higher than mine!!!

[@youbigtubership]

If you have a go at the right thing.

[@bondradman7353]

@@playlisttarmac I believe it's often a balance between job satisfaction and earning a large wage. Some people may be very happy to work in their chosen field for $80 000p.a., while others may earn twice that in a role they don't enjoy. Some are fortunate enough to earn big money and enjoy their job! Best wishes for the future.

[@youbigtubership]

@@11235but In one of our worst depressions, footballers used to hunt rabbits and sell them for enough money to feed their families. One of our teams is named after their sales call. Point is, if you're young and healthy, try any role (legal) and give it everything for a period. Sweat it. Every day manage your attitude. Read or watch motivational material. Play to your strengths, not your fantasies.

[@bondradman7353]

@@11235but Near the end of my working life. What I probably didn't make clear is, I believe in Australia it is easier to do well in life without being a highly educated professional than in the U.S. and other countries. Although it is getting harder. Cheers.

[@davidgreen-iy8cu]

Kudos to you young man for showing an interest to the world outside of the USA

[@kitkat3501]

Great video. Australian here and I learnt a few things as well. Just wanted to point out Australia has large savings because of our compulsory superannuation which was introduced back in the 80s. There's trillions of dollars in savings held by the companies and quite often is invested back into infrastructure etc.

[@susannah1066]

It's on the stock-market-so when that goes down people lose money.

[@KirstyM100]

40 years of life as an Aussie and I didn't know Vic and Tassie shared a land boarder

[@whatthe3131]

Lol.

[@virginiaviola5097]

You just have to swim to reach it. More like, a very small piece of land got in the way of their water border. The who owns which part of Bass Strait.

[@Bellas1717]

The land mass was contiguous until the ice age ended, the ice melted, the sea level rose and the two were separated.

[@sit674]

It was a surveying mistake. The border is there !

[@stuarthancock571]

Jervis Bay is ACT's Kaliningrad. Because Canberrans need a beach to be happy.

[@majorlaff8682]

NOTHING would make Canberrans happy. Not even the best Queensland beach. Or even a second-rate NSW beach.

[@jkassdopnm]

Western Australia is insanely massive, to put it into perspective. Perth to Albany(bottom of WA) is 6 hours driving by car. if you were to drive to the most northern part, Kununarra, from Perth. You're looking at a 32 hour drive. Yet if you were to drive from Perth to Sydney youre looking at 42 hours.

[@MrNevin86]

that's non stop with out sleeping for the people about to say that's not far

[@loverlyme]

I recently just looked at doing a trip from Sydney to Broome. Google maps told me it would take 56 hours without stops. I know there are flights there but even they take 5.5 hours and cost over $1000 return. Then I looked at activities. I'd need to budget more than $300 per day with most 'excursions' costing from $90-400, and that's for only one person and doesn't yet include meals or accommodation. I changed my mind, very quickly.

[@joshuareynolds5111]

I'm about to do Brisbane to Perth in a truck. Super keen

[@irenefraser5635]

Sydney to Perth drive 3 days with nothing to see except desert and stops over night.

[@virginiaviola5097]

Melbourne to Sydney is @ 11-12 hours straight through. Australia is only marginally and I mean marginally, barely perceptibly smaller than the USA. So a coastal run from the Canadian border to either the Mexican border or the tip of mainland Florida and everything in between…..except Australia is an island, we don’t share a border with any other country and for the most part the country is very, very scarcely populated. Inland from the coastal areas is almost entirely desert.

[@karenelliott481]

CANBERRA was made roughly half way between Melbourne in victoria and Sydney In nsw to stop the arguments about who would have the capital of Australia

[@BradGryphonn]

Some trivia about Queensland. When you're not looking at a map, it's easy to think that Queensland's coastal towns and cities are in a line running North/South. However, even though both Cooktown and Brisbane are on the coast, Cooktown is as far West as Cunnamulla, in Far West outback Queensland. I got my first realisation of the difference when I was in Bloomfield/Cooktown, talking to a friend on the phone who was in Brisbane. The sun had already set, and it was dark in Brisbane, but the sun was only just setting up where I was. It was still daylight.

[@lundi44]

That's because of Cape York Peninsula and the overall shape of Queensland as a state. This means that there's a part of Queensland coastline that technically is 'west' rather than 'east'. So Cooktown is on the western coastline of Cape York Peninsula, as opposed to the eastern coastline.

[@BradGryphonn]

Tell me you're stating the obvious by stating the obvious...@@lundi44

[@kevo6190]

I got given a big map of New York from 1985 with all the train lines and roads on it! As an Aussie, whenever I hear 'The Bronx' or 'Down town' I run to my map to try and understand the geography. I love it! Good on ya Ian. Interesting stuff mate👍

[@jasondilworth2767]

56 year old and lived in Tassie all my life and never heard about the border with Victoria, never even heard of that island but have been to some nearby islands

[@daggydiva4589]

Same 56 yo Tasmanian. Never heard but technically just a pile of rocks.

[@davidthorne7712]

As a New Zealander who follows many Educational YT channels, I was unaware of the Vic/Tas land border as well as the not so straight junctions within the main continent. Here’s another related fact. If you travel from the centre of Mt Taranaki (North Island, NZ) westward along the same latitude- the next piece of land you strike is Argentina (the long way around the planet)

[@leelastarsky]

WOW! How interesting!!

[@paulfri1569]

Here's another one. NZ is a poor man's Canada..

[@hamishaustin5538]

You're such a genuine dude. I'm Australian and have lived in Texas for 3 years. I've learnt something new! I appreciate that and appreciate you. Just subbed!

[@SeanBradford89]

I've lived in Melbourne, Australia for 33+ years and I was today years old when I found out that Vic and Tas shared a land border! WOW!!! 😮

[@user-ih2th6hk5v]

The smaller Islands off of Qld are where a lot of the cruise ships go to. Noumea, Villa, and Lifou are very popular cruise ship destinations from here in Oz. That was a really interesting video. Great find.

[@Lordscotia3]

I grew up in the USA,I have been in Australia for over 50 yrs. No Doubt,Australia is a far better place to live.

[@Mattb81]

Both are good places compared to most of the world 👍

[@Lordscotia3]

Unfortunatley,the US keeps slipping lower and lower,whereas most west most democracies around the globe have seen the flaws in the US system and have looked after their people better than the US government has treated their populace.@@Mattb81

[@paulfri1569]

NZ is a poor man's Canada and that's why they have massive chips on the shoulders..

[@thebusinessfirm9862]

Hi mate, I’m glad you’re still making these fabulous Aussie videos. Haven’t visited your channel for a while and am very impressed by how much you know about our continent. All the best, from Adelaide,

[@Dr_KAP]

Keep in mind that those life expectancies are mean scores not medians- so the reason it’s so low in the African nations is because so many children die of disease and starvation, not so much because people are dying at age 55. High infant mortality affects life expectancy in other words.

[@brontewcat]

Yes. It is really important to understand that. Once you survive childhood - your life expectancy is gong to be very similar to many more developed countries.

[@nancinyols8015]

Thanks for clarity on that important point.

[@majorlaff8682]

Maybe they should keep their children in good health and feed them. Simple.

[@Dr_KAP]

@@majorlaff8682 lol yea very simple given they are living in third world poverty and have no money for food

[@captaingalaxy5265]

Pretty sure that's why in the middle ages we think the average life was like 30-40 years but it's just all young kids and infants dying from diseases and what not

[@jameswitt605]

And Detroit, Mich. is north of Windsor, Canada. Good video, actually learned a few quirky facts about my now nation that I did not know before. Health care in USA is top notch, if you got the money to pay for it, and those wealth distribution maps are the reasons for the disparity in life expectancy. Australia's medical system is a combination of social and commercial with top notch care and a far more equitable wealth distribution at the moment.

[@nedkelly9688]

I live in Queensland and have travelled all over Australia. but yea takes awhile to travel from south Qld Brisbane to the top end of Qld to Cairns. I watch American youtubers or shows and find it funny you can cross several states in 1 day.

[@MowMowMowDiittyMow]

The concept of distance is usually aprefixed with the word "Tyrrany' . There are many Queenslanders who will do a roadtrip from wherever they may be to watch a game of footy. I guess like getting your passport stamped in Europe , more than 3 times or passing through half a dozen of the United States. 4870 Always was and always will be.

[@Fwdking]

What the US calls a state we might say is a Shire or council region

[@Gordon_L]

Conversely , multiple U.S. states could house several European countries ...

[@nedkelly9688]

@@Gordon_L Still tiny Australia has cattle farms that can house several European countries in them. Just cattle farms.

[@aussiedonaldduck2854]

I met an English couple at Brunch in Sydney years ago who told me they were going to drive to Melbourne for Lunch till I explained its a 13 hour drive, No concept of the distances,

[@HaylaSanguina]

I just got a job in age care, a 90+ woman joyously told me she was still able to do the basics she just needs help sometimes Edit: I’m Australian

[@chardibinx]

My 80 year old aunt runs a cattle farm. She moves like a 40 year old. Active work keeps you young

[@aussiedonaldduck2854]

My father in law lived to 105 and was fit as a fiddle till 99. He fell out of a tree once at 97, picked himself up grabbed his chainsaw again and climbed back up the ladder into the tree and went back to work.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

I visited my grandparents as a kid, an elderly relative was visiting. I said hi aunty dot. Mum said hi aunty dot My grand dad said hi aunty dot. Aunty dot was sad, her friend slipped in the bathroom and broke her hip and dot he shouldnt be body surfing anymore.

[@celesteklose4903]

You ought to check out the map that shows the Indigenous Countries of Australia. It is quite a contrast to the colonial boundaries. AIATSIS Indigenous Map of Australia.

[@rosered3919]

Over 500 language groups.

[@dog4mike]

I'm an immigrant from the US who's been in Oz for 19 years. I love it when visitors from the US misunderstand the size of the place. A few years ago a friend came out to visit me in Sydney. He only had two weeks. I suggested he visit some other cities, like Melbourne. He said he planned on renting a motorcycle and riding to Melbourne. I said "That's a great ride, I've done it. Make sure you set aside at least four days just for the ride alone". He said "I don't want to spend that much time there. I'll just do it as a day trip." When I tried to explain the distance, he said "It's just one state over, I didn't think it'd take that long."

[@chrispekel5709]

I rode my motorbike from sydney to Melbourne in one day. Not fun to do as a tourist but it's not that far

[@dog4mike]

@@chrispekel5709 It's far enough so you're not going there and back in a day. I've done the route, it's at least 9 hours if you only stop for fuel. But if you want to visit Melbourne, you'll want a couple days at least to spend there, and then another day to ride back. This guy thought he was going to swing down there after breakfast and be back in time for dinner. It ain't like a day trip to Chicago from Milwaukee.

[@chrispekel5709]

@@dog4mike Haha oh yeah! I thought he meant a day travel each way plus the time down there, not a single day all up! LOL

[@dog4mike]

@@chrispekel5709 i exaggerated a little when I said four days for the ride alone. Obviously you can iron-butt your way in a day there and day back if you want. But it’s a hard days ride. Once you get past Canberra it’s just two-lane winding road for most of it. My preferred way to get there is take a winding route either down the coast or inland across New South Wales and down. It’s such a great country for road trips, it’s best to take your time if you can.

[@chrispekel5709]

@@dog4mike No, it was my fault for not reading your original comment properly. The Hume is a crap road, but the long way is super nice. Done it a few times on my Chinese motorbike

[@leelastarsky]

This was a great and interesting video! As an Aussie I learned stuff I did not know! Thanks!!😍

[@rohanevergreen]

Banging video. I live in Western Australia and I can, in fact, confirm that it is absolutely gigantic. It's also sparsely populated with 79% of us living in Perth (our capital city) Edit: That means only 21% live out across the state, mostly on huge stations and small remote towns

[@ray73864]

Regional cities get the most division of the remaining percent, then regional towns and rural towns, then remote towns and stations.

[@darrenmoore1305]

Ian, you do have some of the best health care in the world, but it is all reactive. They fix things after they are broken. In Australia and other countries with free national health it is preventative. It means our health stays better for far longer and issues are identified well before they become a problem for the majority of the population.

[@christosavos2721]

you have a problem here in Australia? Like I just fell over, recently stuffed my left knee left elbow straight in x-rays MRI to see that everything still good. Go back Two days later and see the doctor to see the result

[@loumac]

And we have things like free cancer screening. I found out I had breast cancer with the very first free mammogram I had after hitting 50. Caught it really early and didn’t have to have chemo, just surgery and radiation therapy. Would have killed me if it wasn’t for our preventative screening.

[@ZosiaDabrowski]

Also there's not much point in having some of the best healthcare in the world if it is financially inaccessible or decimating for the vast majority of the population

[@aussiebattler7789]

the number of school children that are victims of mass shootings certaintly would not help the life expetency figure

[@coffeebuzzz]

@@ZosiaDabrowski The US have some of the best medical technology, they have the worst health "care" in the western world.

[@nickbrown6457]

Regarding healthcare, a friend of mine from the UK moved to the US many years ago. He got cancer, but didn't know it was cancer, as he never went to see a doctor, because of the cost. He died of his cancer, aged about 55. If he had remained in the UK, he would almost certainly have seen a doctor, for free, and been treated, for free, and maybe survived. This is why the US healthcare system is so inferior to that of every other advanced western nation. And also why your life expectancy stats are the same as countries like Libya, Morocco, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. You have really good healthcare provision available, but people end up dying because they're afraid of the cost to visit the doctor, even when they know something may be seriously wrong. USA, you need to change this to save lives, like the life of my friend.

[@frednerk3477]

The atomic reactor, together with its small industrial complex and a motel, which has been located in the southern suburb of Lucas Heights in Sydney since 1956 is also gazetted as part of the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra).

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

That's interesting. Is this the same as how airports are regarded as federal land? (At least in Perth it is...)

[@givejamesacall]

As always a great video ian!!! Mate just a recommendation, watch the 1973 movie STONE. Its celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and had alot of actors who then went onto be part of the mad max movies that came after STONE. my mother was part of the movie and sandy harbutt who played 'undertaker' and also wrote the movie was like an uncle to us when we were growing up.. cheers again mate!

[@TheGladeGirl]

I’m 66 and Tasmanian, I was taught in school that Tasmania was originally named Van Diemen’s Land. Also that it was joined to Victoria but later the land sunk under water - thus separating the 2 states.

[@indetailcarcaresolutions3770]

Loved your video. You brought back many memories of primary school and having to draw maps of Australia and label the states We were taught that there were offsets of borders with NSW and VIC and WA, NT and SA, but never why or the measurements. I lover that you have what looks like a model of a Holden Dealer Team L34 Torana in the background. Being 15 as a number it was probably the #2 or #3 car in the team because Peter Brock the team lead driver always drove 05. This was because the pushed to get the blood alcohol limit dropped to this from 0.08 in the 1970s in VIC. Lloyd

[@RobNMelbourne]

The Vic-Tas land border is a great pub trivia quiz question. As a former navy reserve navigator and yachting navigator it is fact we learn. Funny about it happening by accident when the surveyor miscalculated the border by a few fractions of a degree and accidently put the border through Boundary Islet.

[@geministargazer9830]

It’s not just diet and healthcare that brings your life expectancy down. It’s also infant mortality, gun deaths, suicides, etc.

[@jeremyconway5793]

I watch Oz geographics his channel is very informative & doesn't disappoint.I have learnt so much about my country. Greetings from sth Australia 🇦🇺 👍

[@sykomotha7893]

Oz Geographics rocks!!

[@conwaychowie]

G'day mate. I'm a Sydneysiders watching an American praising our beautiful country, which I sometimes take for granted. Thank you so much for your video. I think there is still hope for the future of humanity if the world had more kind and wonderful people like you,. And perhaps we should start a movement of KZbinrs outlining the positive side of other countries from opposite sides of the world. Then we may finally realise that we are all one, striving for the betterment of society in this tiny planet within our universe.

[@cjam145]

I knew that both Victoria and Tasmania had separable islands belonging to both states but I didnt realise they shared an island.. Thank-you for that information.. 🙂

[@dianafarmer5445]

Yep me too.

[@jayr4857]

Top video mate. Is that A9X model new? Looks awesome. 👍🇭🇲

[@Dasyurid]

The wealth map might favour Australia because it includes assets and property, and Australian property is really high value. Or crazy overpriced, probably depends who you ask. So a couple with shared interest in a modest home in one of the capitals and working 3 jobs each to service the mortgage could both be over that US$100k threshold despite struggling to get by. That map is going to lump them in with the CEOs with mansions in the most desirable suburbs in Sydney and Melbourne.

[@RobNMelbourne]

It's net assets and most like due to compulsory employer paid superannuation (like a 401k in the USA). It adds to the individual's net wealth but you can't touch it until you retire usually.

[@emceeboogieboots1608]

@@RobNMelbourne Dead right. It is percentage of people with over 100k USD. Even people without owning a home can likely beat this number after a lifetime of super contributions

[@Sticks31]

Average life expectancy is reduced dramatically by deaths at an early age. In America 43% of deaths in males to age 19 are by suicide or homicide and 23% of deaths between 20-40. This is the cost of the gun culture. I spent 10 hours in Guam once. Travelling to Tokyo from Melbourne and there were violent storms off the coast of Japan so we had to turn back. Landed at the Air Force base on Guam but passengers were not permitted to leave the aircraft (being a military facility). It's BLOODY hot in Guam and they couldn't leave the plane's engines running so they opened up the doors to the plane. As if that made a difference! Sweltered on the tarmac for 10 hours before the weather cleared up in Japan and we were able to depart.

[@Shado_wolf]

I find it funny that as a West Aussie I knew about the oddity of the SA/NSW/Vic border but didn't know about the WA/NT/SA one 😂 I also didn't know about the Vic/Tas one.... will save those factoids for pub quizzes 😂 Also you want to know something horrifying I learnt the other day and i think needs more awareness, the average life expectancy for autistic people in Sweden is something like 52 or 54, for Australia it's 35! I think it comes down to how we prioritise mental heath, but interesting that average between Sweden and Australia wasnt that different for everyone but sooo different for autism. I guess our indigenous with autism would be even lower. As someone with autism I thought more people should know this.

[@xymonau2468]

It would require a large study to define the causes. Maybe we have more people more profoundly affected. How does suicide factor in, and in what areas? We would definitely have fewer services simply because of the cost and distance involved. Sweden is compact so one service would serve a much larger number of people than here.

[@Shado_wolf]

@@xymonau2468 I suspect it has a lot to do with suicide and feeling like there is no out. I know I've been on that edge and it's a scary place to be. Going to emergency isn't always the solution because they often don't know how to help or have the resources. I imagine isn't not just with autistic people but all with mental health issues, especially if our system is not as robust as maybe Swedens is, though I can't speak for people other there and how satisfied they are with the mental health programs, but I know here so so SO many here cannot even afford the get a mental healthcare plan in place to access cheaper psychologist appointments because bulk billing is almost null and void now. Those that do bulk bill are not taking new patients, psychologists are not taking new patients. I know the US is going through something similar so I can't be sure Sweden isn't, was just a horrifying static I heard recently.

[@RobNMelbourne]

The most common cause of death amongst people with Autism is drowning. When they get into difficulty, they panic making their predicament worse. Also, Autism is a bio-neurological disorder and has many other co-morbidity diseases associated with it. Finally, the LE differs across the spectrum and it is believed that the higher suicide rate may be caused by Autistic people's inability to deal with an increasingly divisive, competitive, aggressive society leading to acute clinical depression.

[@majorlaff8682]

Autism? Does that mean you don't have to change gears when driving your car?

[@Shado_wolf]

@@RobNMelbourne there you go, I didn't realise it was drowning, I was filling expecting it to be suicide. Yes, it is definitely hard to deal with those things in society but I fully believe that a better mental health care program, as well as earlier diagnosis, and easier to access social programs could help so many of us with a) that horrible feeling that there is something wrong with us, especially those yet to be diagnosed, and b) would help with the feeling is lonely that so many feel, which is often due to feeling like aliens.

[@julesmarwell8023]

Another fluff up is the Flinders Street station. it was meant for Delhi (India). but some smart ass in London made a mistake. so Delhi got the station which was intended for Flinders Street. That's the poms for you.

[@Reneesillycar74]

Ha! That’s really interesting.

[@FlyxPat]

The $100k thing is probably because of super, the mandatory retirement savings account for employees. The median super balance at 40 years of age is about $100k, so that’s probably it. In fact a report this week said the cost of the public pension would decline as a %/GDP in future years because super would start picking up more of people’s retirement incomes.

[@FlyxPat]

The total super pool is currently more than Australia’s yearly GDP and in 10 years will be more than twice.

[@debradollisson9551]

At 70 years of age I didn't know this. I have just travelled from Toowoomba QLD to Victor Harbour SA over 2000 KMs in 2 days. Great trip, crossed 4 states in 2 days.❤

[@Kustom2170]

14:23 One main contributor to Australians having such high wealth is because of the governments regulation in the home ownership sector, considering all the legislation and policies they have implemented over the decades it definitely provides substantial support for first home buyers. In turn over 65% of the people own a property and with that over 20% of them also have an investment property, also superannuation can be used for buying a third investment property even before they retire. Which all those investments create a reliable income and contribute to their over all wealth and in many situations that wealth is redistributed into entrepreneurship creating small to medium businesses that support local communities with high returns, that in it self is a key indicator for other world governments and they should adhere. With due diligence of course 😉

[@FairladyS130]

You need to talk with new home wannabe buyers to see what they say before making elaborate claims about the ease of ownership..

[@xymonau2468]

Do a show on Pitcairn Island. It's fascinating.

[@utha2665]

I always thought Perth and Sydney were on the same latitude, it turns out that Perth is about 218km north of Sydney which equates to about Margaret River in WA being on the same latitude as Sydney or Harrington on the same latitude to Perth. As to the size of WA, it is the 2nd largest land division in the world, 2nd only to Sakha province in Russia. There are some really interesting theories about our little island state of Tasmania being part of the USA some 1.5 billion years ago, with what is now know as Arizona. A really fascinating look at he geology of Tasmania and worth a look. ABC Australia - kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZfCeZavm9toqLc - 9 mins OzGeographics - kzbin.info/www/bejne/emOQY2Vtl9l5obs - 6 mins

[@RobNMelbourne]

Tasmania wasn't part of the USA, the USA was part of Tasmania when it was all Gondwana. 😁

[@FlyxPat]

The billionaires map showed Germany is far and away the home of inherited wealth and lots of it. And Britain not so much, which is not what I expected. Fascinating.

[@Chapps1941]

Germany has a lot of wealth. My brother inherited a 154 cutlery set where all was in heavy, luxurious gold plated except for the knife blades. Everything else covered in gold. He had never met the relative. (We had different fathers)

[@nigelhickman2274]

Why do Australians have so much money??? In US terms - Compulsory Employer paid 401k's set by government at a minimum 11% of gross employee earnings, returning compounded interest and inaccessible until retirement.

[@JosephCowen-ru7up]

It's not only returning interest , your superannuation is not in a bank , it gets invested in Australia in things like new mines , farms, roads and you are like a share holder , your super preforms at well above 18 percent return , if the company you invest in makes more money so do you !

[@dibrentley7915]

I was raised in Darwin, our closest town was 200 miles away. Darwin was the wild west back then. Interesting fact, its quicker to fly to bali from darwin then to fly to a capital city in australia.

[@paulhoughton654]

im a tasmaian and i didnt know.

[@RobNMelbourne]

The ACT (Australian Capital Territory) serves the same purpose and was modelled on the District of Columbia in the USA, ie to serve as the home of the national capital (Canberra and Washington respectively) and be governed by the federal parliament.

[@andytaus1939]

Sorry to be a bit pedantic Ian, but "Kirabati" is pronounced by the locals as "KIRA BASS". 🙂

[@Kustom2170]

15:09 I live 35km " 22 miles " from Sydney CBD and the average 400 square meter block of land " 4,300 feet " with a house usually sells for over 1M AUD " 640,000k USD " so yes many Australians in general are doing well financially but ultimately it comes down to the government 😉

[@paulrodsted3905]

Housing affordability and value is way overblown.... we are paying alot more of the % of the average wage for mortgage repayments than ever before.... as a country we used to be able to afford to buy a house and live with one wage in a household.... since the globalisation and creative accounting governments call economies nowdays everything is expensive....

[@Kustom2170]

@@paulrodsted3905 that can be related to the government's foreign investment policies and that is common these days, unfortunately it costs us more than what it once did but in comparison we are doing quite good. Especially when we factor wants over needs, we have more than we need an purchase products because we want them because we can afford it. Hence the inflation 😎

[@skwervin1]

My parents sold a house in Blackburn Victoria, 770 sqm, 3 bedrooms back in 1979 for just over 30,000 bucks. That house is today worth 1.4 Million. I told dad not to sell the house back then but he didn't listen to me....... I loved that house!

[@wendydunn5611]

Living 2 hours from Canberra and the same from the Vic border we on the NSW south coast have a great climate with great beaches and just 2 hours to the snow with very laid back lifestyles and happy, happy people who enjoy this beautiful Island and just being Aussies!! Thank you for your interest in our country, money doesn’t make people happy, but our Inner Peace speaks volumes👏🏻💚🇦🇺 💛👏🏻

[@pintificate]

There's something about the 141st parallel. Not only is it the border between South Australia and New South Wales, it's also the border between Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. The border between Alaska and Canada is 141 degrees (west) as well. The straight border between the US and Canada is 49 degrees (north), not 50. Western Australia's border with South Australia is 129 degrees (east), not 130. My guess is that it has something to do with avoiding confusion that might result from using the zero. For example 140.00 degrees might be misunderstood as 14.00, and so forth. But I really don't know.

[@aussiedonaldduck2854]

The 141st is the opposite point on the globe to the line made by the Pope ( Treaty of Tordesillas) to divide the world (1494) between the Spanish and Portuguese (Spain got new world but Portugal got Brazil + East Timor for eg). When Cook claimed the east coast of Australia (1770) it was not known (Till Flinders circumnavigation) if it was 1 continent or 2 islands divided at the Gulf of Carpentaria and Spencer Gulf. So the claim was to the 141st with the East side called New South Wales and the western side New Holland. It's more complicated than this and Spain claimed the Philippine's after Magellan sailed through the Straight named after him.

[@janined5784]

I lived in Western Australia for 25 years. A great place to live and yes, it IS huge. Texas will fit into just the State of Western Australia a huge 13 TIMES.

[@Chapps1941]

Texas: 700,000 sq kms WA: 2,650,000 sq kms That's only about 3.7 times

[@FredPilcher]

I've lived here all my life but I didn't know about that border. :D These days I live in the ACT so I'd love to see you doing more exploration about it.

[@katehobbs2008]

I did not know that. Australian here. But how is ACT different to Washington? Both just special territories for federal government.

[@G-force_Motorsport]

You do need to come down here! I'd gladly show you around southern NSW and the ACT, we have some amazing areas you'll never see otherwise!

[@andrewlerdard-dickson5201]

Once upon a time Victoria and Tasmania used to be connected and shaped like a tail......but mother nature eventually put an end to that ! Disconnecting them

[@blackdogRexy]

Have a look at Australian mineral reserves. We are top five, and often have the highest reserves, of iron ore, lithium, bauxite, zinc, uranium and many others. These reserves are in unpopulated areas are comparatively easy to access and of course Australia is a safe place to invest unlike many third world countries with rich deposits.

[@hsheuw]

I am a Jakartan who has lived in Melbourne, Vic for a decade or so. Your video here does nothing but makes me so grateful that Australia is this close to me. 😊 I have a neighbour here who sent their kids to study in UIUC, which is of course very close to you. I frankly can’t stand to living in such a rural environment. I for one WON’T even entertain living for long term in cities smaller than Melbourne. There are just too many undesirable compromises when living in such cities 😊.

[@jomac2046]

In April, drove to Exmouth and back for the Solar Eclipse. Total 3500k's, about $900 of fuel for a 60 second eclipse, batsh*t crazy but fun times.

[@user-Auscat]

I'm an Aussie and learned a lot from this video. Thanks :) Very interesting.

[@Steve_P_B]

The thing about Australia is that the vast majority of the continent is uninhabitable. It's mostly desert. That's why more than 85% of the population lives within 50 km of the coastline.

[@timkin4190]

I live in Victoria... have all my life (>50 years) and I was NEVER taught about Boundary Islet at school, nor learned it subsequently until today. Thanks for giving me the greatest bit of pub trivia I currently know!!!

[@leosheppard8517]

12:40 our neighbours care for each other, our Australian society and the community cares for each other. Our Medicare system for healthcare is universal for all Aussies! Just proves the aussie government cares about its residents and we live longer.

[@loverlyme]

@17.59 In the white area, that lower portion off to the right of Australia is pretty much where you expect to go if you hop on a cruise from the east coast. Some cruises go around Australia or just up to the Whitsundays; some go to NZ; but most go to Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia (French territory). Some do go to PNG but not as often as the 'island' hopping cruises. Of course there are offerings where you need to fly somewhere far away and you can go on any cruise from other parts of the world but if you don't want to take the extra time and expense to do that, the areas in this map is basically the offering from Australia.

[@libbypeace68]

Some great info there. I have learned so many things about my own country from watching reaction videos 😁

[@bungeyedsniper1391]

I live in Perth, WA and can confirm our state is huge. I used to live in a town town called Newman, way north of Perth and most our family holidays were in Perth. A 12 hour drive (roughly 1200kms away) in an old Landcrusier with no air con 😂 good times. Awesome facts man thanks for the video!

[@scottd8108]

We used to do it in 10, and I know one WRX that did the trip in 8hrs 15. It's a long day in the saddle🍻🍻

[@kadachiman7234]

Good to see your Australia paraphilia on the wall. Peter Brocks 05 Holden Torana (Marlboro) and Dick Johnsons 17 Ford (Palmer Tube Mills)

[@deantsar6246]

They are lying. I am 64 and have lived in Melbourne all my life. I should have left a long time ago. It is a communist run backwards place. The people are rude, the traffic is horrendous, the weather is absolutely shocking. And not to mention that it is cheaper to buy property in the main cities of Europe than here in Melbourne. It feels very isolated and depressing at the moment. 😢

[@muddymaker3721]

You're right Ian, America is one of the richest countries on Earth, all 0.5% of your population. The wealth gap is quite disgusting really.

[@gearspider]

I'm a Kiwi living in Queensland. I grew up in a unitary country, so learning about federated states is interesting.. This "land border" between Tasmania and Victoria seems as silly as the land border between Canada and America at Point Roberts, South of Vancouver. I mean seriously...

[@paulfri1569]

Fun fact. NZ is a poor man's Canada..

[@burney7418]

Some friends of mine are taking 4 wheel drives to to the "Corner" which is SA, WA, NT to celebrate New Years eve in different time zones. They are travelling from WA and have to get permits to drive through Aboriginal land. It will take 5 days return and their last fuel will be in Laverton WA, so they have to carry extra to make it back.

[@Justitius92]

I'd be interested to know whether those wealth statistics include superannuation (similar to a 401K, but compulsory) - there's a lot of wealth tied up in superannuation, it's just that most of us can't touch it yet

[@gerardbryant1445]

Another Australian who definitely did not know about the Victorian/Tasmanian land border. Canberra, the national capital, is where it is because neither NSW, nor Victoria, wanted the national capital within 100 miles of the capital of the other state or colony as they were in the 1800s. In those days, the different colonies fought like cats and dogs over borders and taxes and just about anything else involving inter-colony trade and other problems.

[@lee_mouat]

Vic and Tassie's little known land border is described in the Wilson Promontory Lighthouse museum. The surveyors that originally mapped the Bass Strait islands got them wrong and later, after the arbitrary line of latitude was defined as the border, it was found that the border actually transects one of the islands.

[@TheCasualAthlete]

What camera are you using? Picture quality is crazy good

[@russianbott1]

I am an Aussie and 70% of Australia is desert. So many people just think that we are huge, and we have loads of room, feel free to live in the desert. We are only 250 years old and don’t have the infrastructure to support more people in a speedy way.

[@boonjabby]

Thank you for the positive spotlight on Australia. Good kick in the ass to show we have it pretty good (as an average across our society) conpared to other nations.

[@mythals]

One of the driving factors of 'wealth' is the ridiculous housing prices these days. As an example of a basic 3 bedroom home without anything special within a suburb that was considered 'low socioeconomic' within Victoria (and is still significantly cheaper than MANY other places, it's still seen as 'affordable'): 1983: $43,500 1989: $84,500 1995: $58,000 2000: $102,000 2007: $221,000 2015: $318,000 2023: Estimated $640,000-$700,000 So whilst the wages have effectively gone backwards, the housing prices have exploded, so people who own a property look well off. Similarly, you can have someone living hand to mouth yet they have funds in their superannuation account that can't be touched until retirement (*with a few dire exceptions).

[@rolandbriefrel3125]

For me, the most shocking part of the life expectancy and wealth maps, was just how badly off things are in Africa. That is where the real disparities are.

[@JustinJ.]

1:05... love how you say South Australia and accidentally sound Australian 😂

[@keithwilson1554]

I was in the Navy at the base at Jervis Bay. Further along on the peninsula is a big squarish block of land which was cut out for a Nuclear reactor to power our ships. But either Commonsense or Big Cost prevailed so it's just a vacant lot. Another thing they would do in War is carpet bomb then Grade a Wide road between Canberra and Jervis Bay and they claimed it would take about a week.

[@rais1953]

My relatives in the Cocos Keeling Islands might not appreciate being missed out when you mentioned Christmas Island's electoral connection with the NT. Christmas and Cocos Islands constitute the Indian Ocean Territories under an Administration based in Christmas Island. Cocos has its own local self government though as the Shire of Cocos Keeling Islands.

[@Moochie007]

You would probably find that Australians generally know more about the U.S. than Americans know about Australia, even if only by dint of the fact that so much of our entertainment comes from the U.S. I've always had a desire to visit the U.S., but it would take several lifetimes to experience all it has to offer. But with a few, rare exceptions, there's no place like home, wherever that happens to be.