This song is close to 40 years old now, but is still timeless for us Aussies.
@DarthAwar Жыл бұрын
It's as Timeless as the Seekers we are Australian or Peter Allen I still call Australia home
@craigcolduck207710 ай бұрын
You had to remind me that the '80s were forty years ago, didn't you? Bastard!
@peonypink91499 ай бұрын
100% Love Icehouse and love this version that Tourism Australia put together - we are so lucky to live here 🦘🐨🇦🇺♥️
@Waitomo648 ай бұрын
I remember hearing Icehouse before 1980.. I've seen them twice. Once in the Opera House in 1984 playing Boxes. And another place..
@craigedwards29402 күн бұрын
@@DarthAwar I'm glad you didn't say I Go To Rio. :-)
@matthewrandom45232 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful, interesting, impressive country / continent / land I'ver ever been in my entire life! And btw I met the nicest, kindest, most friendly people ever in down under! Definitve worth a visit, 100%! Sydney ist the most beautiful and interesting city on this planet. Kisses from Germany
@chrisraines77322 жыл бұрын
Come back any time, you’re always welcome .. 😊
@matthewrandom45232 жыл бұрын
@@chrisraines7732 Thanks so much for your kind words! I hope I will ever have the chance again to be a guest in your homeland 😍
@DaveWhoa2 жыл бұрын
Sydney is the Instagram city i guess, but there's soooo many other places to visit (we're 97% the size of the USA if you exclude Alaska) ... like Chris said, come back any time mate, you're always welcome, and we'll shout the drinks :)
@aidanm55782 жыл бұрын
Glad we had you here mate. Come visit Perth some time.
@matthewrandom45232 жыл бұрын
@@aidanm5578 I hope I'll have the chance to do so any day. Btw Sam Perry comes from Perth - another reason for a visit :-)
@rockercovers71392 жыл бұрын
I am so lucky and proud to be born on the greatest island on earth. Enjoy Australia Day everyone 🦘🍻
@kilgh2 жыл бұрын
Um...pretty sure I am the one living on the greatest island on Earth. lol.
@rockercovers71392 жыл бұрын
@@kilgh We are both lucky then haha
@kilgh2 жыл бұрын
@@rockercovers7139 We are indeed!
@RolandDeschain12 жыл бұрын
I'm celebrating it by getting drunk and watching KZbin reaction videos.
@RolandDeschain12 жыл бұрын
@@TGBurgerGaming I know, I'm letting the side down.
@ravensblood67682 жыл бұрын
We love our country ❤️ Australia is heaven on earth
@barbaraives5751 Жыл бұрын
NOT for the poor
@The_Resistance_1961 Жыл бұрын
This is a shitholer communist dictatorship and as soon as I get my hands on my deceased mother's money I'm getting the f*ck out of this Marxist sh*thole.
@kyato24806 ай бұрын
@@barbaraives5751 You can do surprisingly a lot of things that does not cost a lot of money. I come from an average six person family (2 boys and 2 girls - product of the sixties). When I was younger we travelled along the eastern coast fruit picking. Citrus fruits, rock melons and watermelons in rural Queensland in a place called Mundubberra, Pear, Apples and stone fruits in Mildura (near Shepparton) in Victoria. While touring we also fossicked for Sapphires, Emeralds, Gold and other precious rocks, Prawn fishing in Tathra while seeing a lot of the sights. Also had a lot of pets growing up crows, penny turtles, possums, galahs, cockatoo, baby hares as well as your typical cats, dogs and Budgies. With kangaroos they are not commonly seen in city areas (it can happen more near bush areas), it is not uncommon in more rural areas for them to be grazing in your backyard, along with other native flora. Where I work there is often Kookaburras, a possum nesting in the fork of the tree, water dragons, the occasional python and various other birds, while some roads travelling to work there may be a Koala in the tree or walking across the road.
@DeathBird5 ай бұрын
caught you :S HAH!! nice new image
@oztiger56632 жыл бұрын
My Country I love a sunburnt country A land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons .... I love her jewelled seas.... Her beauty and her terror. The wide brown land for me. Dorothea McKellar.
@veronicaloudon7973 Жыл бұрын
💞
@kerrydwyer187920 күн бұрын
It has 6 verses.Look them up. They are so picturesque. Beautiful
@garym23722 жыл бұрын
From a homesick Kiwi - I so miss Australia! I spent 2 1/2 years in Queensland and regret leaving in 2010 to this day. Hands down the best time of my life. Go Aussies, you guys rock!
@matthewcullen12982 жыл бұрын
You're always welcome to come back mate. Best wishes from Brisbane 😃
@thomaspaterson22512 жыл бұрын
I soooooo love a hangi I gotta a hole dug, meat's in the fridge as well as a box of Coopers in the chilly bin, get your arse back over here so we can have a feed. It's gonna take seven hours cookin' plus your travel time direct to Brisbane airport is say... that's about... four hours minimum. I want to eat sometime today so can ya hurry up will ya!!!
@AndyFNQ84 Жыл бұрын
Plenty of work in far north Qld bro :) Huge Cook Island community too
@scottlawson6904 Жыл бұрын
I agree mate. Kiwi here. I love OZ. Done the lap and going back for more. Will continue to travel around Australia for the rest of my days.
@matthewcullen1298 Жыл бұрын
@@scottlawson6904 as an Aussie I wish I could buy you a beer mate. The kiwis who like Australia are always welcome. Unfortunately I've run into too many who have nothing nice to say about here but still choose to live her.
@uknowispeaksense70562 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: The Australian Alps receives more snow per year than Switzerland.
@PaulMurrayCanberra2 жыл бұрын
An Austrian dude I knew years ago told me that while this might be true, the mountains are what they call "idiot slopes" back in Europe. Australia is flat. Even the mountains are flat.
@uknowispeaksense70562 жыл бұрын
@@PaulMurrayCanberra Cool. You knew an arrogant Austrian dude.
@davidclancey23312 жыл бұрын
tRUE
@cottawalla2 жыл бұрын
@@PaulMurrayCanberra that's when you jump on a plane to New Zealand 3 hours.
@ryantischenko6772 жыл бұрын
To be fair that fact is true by techncality. Aussie slopes only get more snow because its over a much larger geographic area, in reality indvidual mountian ranges in Europe get much more snow then in Australia.
@Jen.V8432 жыл бұрын
Do we do these things, you ask? Yeah! Come to Australia! I live in inner city Brisbane in Queensland. Here's what's in a 1 hour radius from me (if I drive): South: beaches, whale watching. North: more beaches, the Glasshouse Mountains. West: country plains and yes, there's a camel farm. East: snorkelling, 4WDing on a sand island, swimming with dolphins. South-west and north-west hinterlands: rainforests and waterfalls that you can swim under, mountain townships and wineries.
@kayelle80052 жыл бұрын
My four favourite songs when I’m feeling homesick: Great southern land - Icehouse Sounds of then - Gangajang I still call Australia home - Peter Allen I am Australian
@AussieGirl2352 жыл бұрын
Same
@rossbrumby19572 жыл бұрын
How about that Aussie anthem Reckless? Best of the best, mate!
@robhamilton43732 жыл бұрын
and 'My Island Home' (Christine Anu version)
@radman32062 жыл бұрын
Wide Open Road, The Triffids
@nipponsuxs Жыл бұрын
Land down under, men at work
@RodNesser2 жыл бұрын
Watching you guys bob your heads to this track just fills my heart, this song means a lot to Aussies. Australia is not perfect by any means but this place rocks... hands down... Australia is a big joint and most of the places you see in this vid are not necessarily around the corner but definitely worth the trip. Don't be strangers, pop over to Oz, I'm sure I can speak for everyone watching your channel that you're welcome to borrow a couch, Aussies look after their mates. I'm glad you enjoyed seeing a bit of our Down Under on this vid. Cheers
@bmrt10002 жыл бұрын
Spot on bloke!!!!
@chrisraines77322 жыл бұрын
Well said..!!
@BWNSPTV2 жыл бұрын
Too right
@dolphindeb562 жыл бұрын
Totlly agree! with all you said! hey! Proud Aussie here!
@BWNSPTV2 жыл бұрын
Ken Oath
@zenleto2 жыл бұрын
The best tourist ad ever made, probably, that didn’t come from some official tourism board. Or better than. Still love this song after all these years. Happy Oz Day all.
@Donna-C2 жыл бұрын
Good work Icehouse!! 👌🏻 👍🏼
@spazbog1232 жыл бұрын
Scotty from marketing should have taken notes instead of coming up with "where the bloody hell are you" flop which he got fired for but somehow he weaseled his way into prime minister.
@zenleto2 жыл бұрын
@@spazbog123 not wrong. It was Slowmo's face I was imagining while typing. And Lara Bingle...
@joannemurdock78992 жыл бұрын
@@spazbog123 oh I totally agree ! Well said! U saved me writing the same comment! This song with the video scenes is so good!
@mattp58432 жыл бұрын
We take a lot for granted, and most people travel overseas, when we have such a great backyard. I have done three states and still haven't seen anything. Such a great country
@grizzjohnson41832 жыл бұрын
Ive been travelling since I was 17 which was 37yrs ago and still havent seen half of what Australia has to offer. Havent even been to Tassie yet. Mate keep travelling in this great country of ours youll live a great life and have great stories and meet some great people.
@jspettifer2 жыл бұрын
We definitely do. I live in Melbourne (Australia’s second largest city) and sometimes after work we go to the beach for the evening and have pizza or fish for dinner
@perthfalcon2 жыл бұрын
I've done the lap, incl tas and it's just the start.
@jennysmith3814 күн бұрын
My parents travelled through parts of NSW, SA, NT, then WA, for over 8 months in a caravan, when they got to Fremantle, they stayed at a friend's house, and mum got homesick, so they travelled back over a couple of weeks. That was back in 91, by 1995 my dad had Alzheimer's, at the age of 58. I'm so glad they did the trip when they did. They had been to QLD and TAS many many times way before their trip, so left them off on that trip, to see places they hadn't seen together (dad was in the Navy when they met, so he'd been to some places that mum hadn't been too), sadly he passed away at 69.
@michaelbentick80292 жыл бұрын
Great reaction guys. Yes the band Icehouse were amazing. 90 percent of the population of Australia live near the coast. Beyond that Australia is a huge desert. There are many things to do in Australia, however you will be doing a lot of travelling to see all Australia has to offer. I truly believe we are blessed in Australia. One of the best continents in the world. I truly hope you guys can come sometime.
@robynmurray74212 жыл бұрын
Strange. I'm sitting at home more than three hours from the coast. It's raining. In winter, sometimes it snows here. No desert to be seen. Don't believe people who tell you there's nothing to see more than an hour from the coast.
@BodyWellnessHub2 жыл бұрын
You obviously have never travelled within your own country.
@tonyyoung2509 Жыл бұрын
"I can't believe how beautiful Australia is", you have no idea. 🙂
@leandabee2 жыл бұрын
Always been my favourite top 10 Australian songs. The heavy drums, the lyrics/tune, the eerie echoy sound, and the fact that it's the great Icehouse🤷🏼♀️🌟🌟🌟🌟
@kathdavies12202 жыл бұрын
This song has always represented Australia to me. Big, mysterious and wondrous. This is why we are called the lucky country👍❤🇦🇺
@graysonmcmillan86902 жыл бұрын
Bloody oath mate, but Scomo is trying to fuck everything up
@charki402 жыл бұрын
Yep, I rode a camel both in Alice Springs and on the beach at Broome in the Kimberly. Ive travelled most of Australia for work. Drove across most of this big beautiful country island. Been to every state including Tasmania which is beautiful. Come over for a visit as you will not regret it. Loved your reaction. Cheers from an Aboriginal Australian.
@andrewbartlett2692 жыл бұрын
This makes me want to go to Australia also, hang on I already live here
@joannemurdock78992 жыл бұрын
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@erichoberg35022 жыл бұрын
It makes me homesick. I remember this grown up as a teen.
@bradwilliams20812 жыл бұрын
Every year, usually around September, (Spring time), in Alice Springs, they have the Henley-on-Todd Regatta. What makes this different from any other boat race is the Todd River is dry. The "boats" are just a metal frame with some advertising banners around the outside. The occupants run through the dry river bed carrying their "boat". It was actually cancelled one year because the river flooded. People travel from far and wide to attend. It's quite the carnival atmosphere...to say the least.
@micko111542 жыл бұрын
You gotta love those crazy centre-dwellers!
@terryjackson45382 жыл бұрын
I was there in 2000 when it was cancelled. The only boat race in the world that can be cancelled because there is water! Gotta love being an Aussie and even a short term Centralian!
@unoriginalsyn2 жыл бұрын
They also have camel races there 🤣
@RolandDeschain12 жыл бұрын
Icehouse's Iva Davies is a genius at creating evocative soundscapes within commercial pop songs. My all-time favourite Icehouse song is 'Heartbreak Kid'.
@graememedley25062 жыл бұрын
I’m a very proud Aussie and am considerably lucky to live on a beach in the best country in the World. You can just about visit anywhere in Australia to witness spectacular natural scenery. Also I have seen Icehouse perform live in concert and was absolute amazing sound and talented group of musicians. 👍🍺
@francesblabey30557 ай бұрын
Feb 2024 love this song. I love all Aussie songs. Happy Australia 🇦🇺 day 26th of January. Beautiful land of timeless scenery. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@helenmckeetaylor940910 ай бұрын
First ~ the song, it's from an Iconic 80's Aussie Rock Band "Icehouse". This video is only a recent addition. We hold this song very very dear! 🇦🇺
@Dr_KAP2 жыл бұрын
Watching your reaction to this gave me goosebumps I’m proud to be Australian today!! Also if you come over I promise to take you camel racing and swim under water falls !!
@bradmenpes809 Жыл бұрын
When I close my eyes and think of home, this is the song that fills my head. The space, the isolation, the vastness, and the beauty ... this song makes you feel what it is like to be Australian.
@carolinelane9599 Жыл бұрын
Here here Brad.
@Them_G2 жыл бұрын
Happy Australia Day to all fellow aussies on this channel. Seeing the variety and the beauty of our country represented like that gave me chills.
@steveblair42699 ай бұрын
Being an Aussie and living in the U.K. for 12.5 years love this song and love my country ❤
@karenglenn67072 жыл бұрын
Saw Icehouse do this song last week at a sold out concert in Bendigo, Australia. First time seeing them live since I was 23 in 1984 in Melbourne Brilliant show, loved every second of it and want to see them again. Has a blast!! Iva Davies is a legend!!
@paulockenden42782 жыл бұрын
Icehouse such an awesome band so many great great tracks for you guys to discover from them
@brettbridger3622 жыл бұрын
The camels were introduced in the 1800's to help with the exploration and settlement of the center of Australia and ended up running wild. They are now harvested for meat and we also now export racing camels to the middle east. The kangaroo is a grazing animal, so you will only find them really where there is either grasslands or enough native cover to support them or in locations next to National parks, etc. There are big species (Eastern Grey, Red Kangaroo), medium size ones (wallabies) and small ones (Marsupial mouse, rat, etc). I have seen them wandering through suburban areas. We have a huge range of bird-life, reptiles, amphibians, sea life and most of the world's venomous things. They are all wild, not domesticated, so while most won't go out of their way to attack you, don't expect to be able to go up to them for a selfie. The boxing kangaroos are just trainers taking advantage of the way that 'roos fight, as they tend to grapple with their arms when the males are having dominance fights. Adding boxing gloves makes it look like they are boxing.
@JOVONO2 жыл бұрын
Definitely listen to more Icehouse if you haven’t already (they were originally called Flowers however they had to change their name due to a band having already called themselves The Flowers so they changed their name to their album name ‘Icehouse’ Their albums ‘Primitive Man’ and ‘Man of Colours’ are both amazing and are worth checking out Individual songs to check out - We Can Get Together - Can’t Help Myself - Street Cafe - Hey Little Girl - Glam - Uniform - Taking the Town - Crazy - Electric Blue - My Obsession - The Kingdom - Nothing Too Serious - No Promises And many more… obviously
@karenglenn67072 жыл бұрын
Saw them in concert last week in Bendigo. Sold out show and they were still brilliant! It was such a buzz.
@PaulMurrayCanberra2 жыл бұрын
So *that* whre the name comes fro! Icehouse, rather than hothouse. For the flowers.
@karenglenn67072 жыл бұрын
@@PaulMurrayCanberra They were originally The Flowers in about 78 I think.
@shmick60792 жыл бұрын
Walls.
@terryjackson45382 жыл бұрын
@@PaulMurrayCanberra First album was called Icehouse by the band Flowers. When they found they couldn't use Flowers because of another band they just switched it around. Life Inside the Icehouse is an awesome song too!
@michaelroberts8927 Жыл бұрын
Love my country Australia Perth and WA excellent
@carolinelane9599 Жыл бұрын
Same Michael from a fellow Perthite.
@deanwinchester26132 жыл бұрын
I only just got back from the beach over the road and got on you tube to see this. I get wallabies, bandicoots and penguins in my yard in Tasmania. Enjoy your day off fellow Aussies.
@wesleygalvin99832 жыл бұрын
So much of this is possible just two hours north of Sydney. Port Stephens has stunning beaches, fishing, surfing, ocean diving, camels, kangaroos, not to mention whale and dolphin cruises. BTW I teared up when I saw the First Australians dancing, so proud to be an Aussie. Peace and love to our sisters and brothers in Ukraine.
@bradwilliams20812 жыл бұрын
i can remember many years ago, my father and his partner at the time had a couple from Paris staying with them. Part of their itinerary included driving from here in Melbourne to Darwin in 2 days.😂 They had absolutely no idea how vast Australia is.
@jspettifer2 жыл бұрын
It’s only 39 hours so is theoretically possible
@bradwilliams20812 жыл бұрын
@@jspettifer What's only 39 hours? That's just over a day and a half.
@SH-qs7ee2 жыл бұрын
I used to live in the Pilbara, and there was a German guy working the mines there. He hated it. where he used to live, a 3 hour drive would put him in another country, up there a 3 hour dive might not get you to the next town. There are very, very few places in the world that have the same kind of isolation we have here
@louisaklimentos7583 Жыл бұрын
@@SH-qs7eeThat is in WA but ion the East Coast it is more built up. Anyway most Germans love the natural beauty of Australia and that it is different .
@seonaelizabethcoster8465 Жыл бұрын
I had to explain to a number of German students staying with us over the years that, no, we can't go on a weekend drive to Perth, from Melbourne. That even Sydney was a bit too far to go, because we had to get to school early on Monday to go to the beach, I think? Maybe Ballarat? Don't remember, it's been 20+ years...
@RichardFrost2 жыл бұрын
So proud to be an Australian watching your reaction. Our country is so beautiful
@bigoz19772 жыл бұрын
Australia is about the same size as the contiguous United States. So it can be a bit of a distance between things lol but we do have some of the best beaches in the world, and it you went to a new one every day, it would take 30 years to see them all 👍🏻 and you guys are always welcome. 😊 kangaroos are everywhere and it’s not uncommon to see them in the suburbs( not a daily occurrence by any stretch) they can be big units standing over 6 feet tall and yeah they do box and kick. There is a flag here called the boxing kangaroo lol happy Australia Day 🇦🇺
@TheWolfHunterZ2 жыл бұрын
Wooowww 30 years??!?
@bigoz19772 жыл бұрын
@@TGBurgerGaming 🤣🤣🤣🤣🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@kyzan71132 жыл бұрын
@@TGBurgerGaming nothing like a peaceful resolution ay 😂
@NeonGenesisPlatinum2 жыл бұрын
@@TGBurgerGaming Get off their technology and go live in the bush then you goose you want it both ways. Even your name, no more burgers for you mate, go and get some bush tucka
@jimmybill19632 жыл бұрын
@@TGBurgerGaming my burger tastes bitter!!
@janemitchell36732 жыл бұрын
This should be our ( Australia’s) national anthem 👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️
@brendanjeffreys70562 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Australia ... And our Iconic band Icehouse 💜 Thanku for promoting our beautiful country you will be welcomed by us all when u visit 🇦🇺👍🍻🍻🍻🙏
@dystar1122 жыл бұрын
Happy Australia Day all my fellow Aussies ! It's raining here in Cairns, North Queensland 😃❣💯
@danmurphy41002 жыл бұрын
Raining in Newcastle, Cheers
@graysonmcmillan86902 жыл бұрын
Thunderstorm in Tassie, drink y'all!
@dystar1122 жыл бұрын
Love it !!!
@Reneesillycar742 жыл бұрын
Some of these activities, depending on where you live, can be done for a weekend away or for a vacation. Personally, my family goes beach & mountain 4x4 driving, camping, bushwalking, swimming (of all kinds), horse riding & camel riding on weekends. It’s a good life & we love this big, beautiful country. Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺
@rodpope7838 Жыл бұрын
A lot of it you do on holidays. Camping is big for families. Everything you see is real and easily done. Biggest problem is the time you would need to spend here to see a lot of it.
@azzmcmahon7483 Жыл бұрын
This song is off the album "Primitive Man" and written by Icehouse lead singer/guitarist Iva Davies and he pretty much performed all the instrumentation on his own for the recording of this track. Icehouse started off as the Flowers here in Australia but changed their name for the title of their debut album (Icehouse), due to a band called the Flowers already active in Scotland. Icehouse was huge down here in the 80s - especially in 1987 with their album "Man of Colours". If you get to Australia one day, I hope apart from the beaches and deserts, you will get to see the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. A lot of beautiful scenery of the Australian bush there - and seeing rainbows at the Three Sisters is awe inspiring.
@johnnyhock2 жыл бұрын
You can sunbathe on the beach in the morning and be snow skiing in the afternoon in Victoria certain times of the year, it’s amazing
@Darryl_Frost2 жыл бұрын
Some of those things Aussies do all the time, like going to the beach for an early morning swim or surf before work. Most those other things will be a weekend trip or an extended trip. Some are thing that most Aussies will probably never do (like riding a camel) :)
@joshuatranterhtd4life677Күн бұрын
Suzee as an Australian seeing how much you love Australia makes me smile I have tears you're so adorable and sweet I want to give you a hugI love you so much stay safe🤗 💙
@gregorymiller78638 ай бұрын
The guy in the video said he could hear a wood block being used in the song. I'm pretty sure that it is Aboriginal clap sticks. Gotta love the clap sticks. They are used in some Australian/aboriginal themed music.
@originalpottsy2 жыл бұрын
Done a lot of that. Went on a one year trip around Australia and saw and did most of what you see in the video. It's a great place to live.
@jemxs2 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion Dei! The camel races are at Birdsville in the extreme outback! The kangaroos are everywhere, even in the cities (outer suburbs).
@TheWolfHunterZ2 жыл бұрын
Crazy!!
@arconeagain2 жыл бұрын
And sometimes Koalas walk into shops. True.
@flamestergirl2 жыл бұрын
@@TheWolfHunterZ When my son would leave really early for work ( 5am ) he would see kangaroo's down the main street, granted we live in the outer suburbs, 10 mins down the road and you are in the bush.
@terryjackson45382 жыл бұрын
Camel races in the Alice... Camel Cup. Birdsville has one the most isolated horse races in the world. People flock there from all over. We export camels to the Saudis as ours are the healthiest in the world. Bloody things are feral and fence f#@&Erskine.
@arconeagain2 жыл бұрын
@@terryjackson4538 it's about the gene pool.
@TimberwolfC142 жыл бұрын
This was a song from the group Icehouse released mid 82 a great song for a great country. Yeah, there are many, many things you can do on a week-end but as Australians get 4 weeks of vacation leave that's when a lot of them travel far and wide.
@iankearns7742 жыл бұрын
Great Southern land was released by a band called Icehouse in 1982 right in the middle of the synthesizer popularity. I live in Melbourne and have seen one kangaroo in the suburbs about 14 km north of the CBD where I live. No one believed me until it was reported on the news as it had escaped from a wildlife sanctuary. You dont often see them in the cities but there are plenty roaming in the outer suburbs and obviously out bush, so about 30 km outside the cbd you will see them. Another time I went to a music gig at the St Andrews pub which is about 50 km from the city and when going home came face to face with a 6 ft roo on the other side of the low carpark fence 2 metres from my car. He stared me down for a few minutes then turned around and took off. Wish I had a camera.
@jimlofts54332 жыл бұрын
drop bears have made the kangaroo extinct in some regions
@iankearns7742 жыл бұрын
@@jimlofts5433 LMAO, Also the Emu armies keep them in their place.
@teresakym26722 жыл бұрын
Australia. Best country in the world 🇦🇺❤
@bonoroo53132 жыл бұрын
So glad you got to hear Icehouse, and see our great country. We have Roos, Echidnas, Quolls etc. wandering around our yard, so lucky.
@zoeherriot Жыл бұрын
Australia is massive - so yeah, things are really far apart from each other. But I did use to live in a small town in the southern part of Australia and much of the landscape was like this. Clear blue water, white sand. But massive sharks. So you know... gotta take the good with the bad. ;)
@zwieseler2 жыл бұрын
Round it off with Sounds of Then and Under The Milky Way… perfect!
@janemitchell3673 Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favourite songs, they are vacation spots a lot of them but people live there as their ever day lives, we are blessed to live in this incredible country ❤️
@paulgould49152 жыл бұрын
Do we ride camels on the beach and swim under waterfalls? Yes we do! Just got to travel a long way to do it is all. Love this sunburnt country! Thanks for your cool reactions to this song. Oh yeah, kangaroos in suburbia are common in the outer areas. Just like in the US with white tail dear I've seen around Minneapolis I guess. Like all wild animals, its best to just leave them to themselves.
@bigs15462 жыл бұрын
Love, love. love Iva Davies [lead singer] and you should do more Icehouse [was Flowers but had to change the band name]. This is an Aussie anthem!
@JudeAussie2 жыл бұрын
The group who sings this is ‘Icehouse’ 👍🇦🇺
@frederickcaroca5448 Жыл бұрын
I haven't been home in over 5yrs and I miss the beauty of our country ❤ when people ask me about Australia. I show them this song! 😍☺😊
@pacowl2 жыл бұрын
In Canberra, the National Capital, it's pretty easy to spot kangaroos in the nature parks between the suburbs ie. on a daily walk. On some commutes, they are a hazard on the road.
@RolandDeschain12 жыл бұрын
Where I live kangaroos are a danger. Especially early hours of the morning. I hit one once, and the bastard got up and hopped away. I had to get a panel beater to fix the dent in my fender.
@AndyViant2 жыл бұрын
In Canberra it's not the Kangaroos but the Galahs that are the biggest problem.
@PaulMurrayCanberra2 жыл бұрын
@@TGBurgerGaming Ok, but only if we can dig up all the roads, electricity, water supply and sewerage infrastructure before we go. Forty thousand years, didn't invent the wheel.
@matthewburgess14062 жыл бұрын
@@TGBurgerGaming f#@k off troll! Your not even one of us and here you are bitching about the white man... historical fact we black fellas killed each other more than the whites ever did. It's people like you that give us a bad name, most of us don't give a shit what happened 200yrs ago. So stop being a lonely insecure dick trolling on KZbin for attention because your a sad person with no friends or family you pathetic loser.
@BobarissGish2 жыл бұрын
@@TGBurgerGaming white people also didn't invent slavery or racial genocide.
@seedsofchange71622 жыл бұрын
Love my country and this song ❤️
@BWNSPTV2 жыл бұрын
We all do despite the fact it's constantly trying to burn us alive, drown us, freeze us to death or slow-roast us week long + heat waves 40 degrees and over... Yet we still love it. It says a lot about how Great Southern Land but I think it speak to you in more about the kind of we are, where we are headed and who we want to be... I love my fellow Aussie mates, they're mad(unts... Nowhere on earth I'd rather be or people I want to be there with...
@trobrow2 жыл бұрын
Australia a great place to grow up and live. Great music and lifestyle. We have kangaroos in the block next to us that my sons feed. 👍👍👍
@joannemurdock78992 жыл бұрын
How nice! To b able to do that! 💕💜💙❣🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
@mlml7966 Жыл бұрын
When I hear Great Southern land it names me proud to be an Aussie. In the city we do not have kangaroos. But the outer far out maybe 40 minutes drive those newer suburbs are encroaching on the wildlife and there habitat you will see them early morning late evening sunset occasionally . Not the friendliest creatures if cornered, they are spooked quickly the big males are known to come at you . I am Australian I haven't been to nearly none of these places lol. I'm on south east coast Melbourne. Camel walks on the beach are in Broome up north Western Australia. My sister lives there . Wish you could see Australia for yourselves .
@mattshoo51302 жыл бұрын
I am proud to be Australian. We live in a country full of so much history, our indigenous people are the longest continual culture in the world. It is truly a beautiful place. P.s. Kangaroos are actually potentially dangerous animals but Australia is a place full of hazardous landscapes that will eat you alive if you are not careful. So much distance, so much to see. You are welcome here, peace
@francesmarinapatarangawhik47027 ай бұрын
Hi, adorable, Australia is beautiful. Activites are plentiful, the animals are abundant. History is interesting and the Australians are down to earth. The song is timeless. I'm from NZ...Peace🤙☝️😌
@petehouston36512 жыл бұрын
depends where you are in Australia will depend on how many roo's you see, city area's and surrounding suburbs you see a few every now an then, where i am ( Maryborough, Queensland ) i see them every day either in my front yard or backyard in the paddock, what you see in that video is what we would call an interesting weekend, with only 23m people in a land thats the same size as the US we dont suffer from the same over crowding of tourist spots as the US does thankfully so you can see a few of those places in one day easily, just be mindful of the drop bears....
@nycot1079 ай бұрын
Most people associate Australia with only "Beaches" and "Desert" or "Outback", but the fact is we have ALL kinds of environments here: Desert, tundra, alpine, coastal, woodlands, wetlands, forests (bushland), grasslands, and rainforests. Speaking of Rainforests, Australia actually has the oldest rainforest on earth: the Daintree.
@mnewm212 жыл бұрын
I do these things! we have amazing beaches where I live that are empty of any people! I live on Cape York Peninsula in some of the most remote wilderness. We have pretty well every amazing type of country here (except snow) The town I live in has 4500 people and the next place of any size is over 800km by road away or "620km as the crow flies" We also have every type of deadly creature here as well and yet we rarely have bad interactions. We race everything from camels to cane toads to cockroaches 🤣
@Tully_23_3210 ай бұрын
There's nothing more proud than being an Aussie when this song is played. It gives u tingles, a tear or two & the feeling of pride. This song is played at every venue across the country that the Aussie cricket team play at against whichever country or countries that's touring each year... This year being the 23/24 season, since our summer crosses from one year to another) i think the West Indies & Pakistan will be here to play against us. This song is the song that the Aussie team comes out on to the field to, whether batting or bowling. Sitting in the crowd on a scorching hot 40°C day, sitting in sweat, getting burnt alive no matter how much sunscreen u put on & how many times during the day u apply it as well drinking hot beer is what cricket is about for us Aussie's. Then when u hear this song blaring across the stadium over the loud speakers is when the goosebumps start & a tear is in ya eye. It makes u so proud to be an Aussie & that is how it effects us in the packed out crowd, i could only imagine what it must feel like for our cricketers walking out on to the field to this song, spine tingling 🇦🇺
@craigcolduck20772 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, Thanks for giving Oz some love. This song came out in the early 80s, I think, and was really different to a lot of other stuff that was around at the time, so it stood out. That video looked like a tourism video. Australia is roughly the same size as the whole US, but there's only about 25.7 million of us, so we're spread out a bit, and mostly around the edges on the east coast. If you live in the areas close to some of those attractions / features, then you obviously do some of those activities all of the time, but a lot of those things are thousands of kilometres apart. For example, people who live on the Gold Coast, just south of Brisbane (30-40min), but work in Brisbane (capital city of the state of Queensland), will surf in the morning, drive to Brisbane for work, drive home and surf again in the evening. The same is true on the beaches around Sydney (NSW), Melbourne (Victoria) and Perth (West Australia). The coral reefs are in the NE corner, off northern Queensland, so over 5000 km away from Perth. We have over 10 000 beaches around the coastline, but many of them are so remote, it's probably only the aboriginal / indigenous people who ever go to them.. The alps are in the SE corner and further inland from the coast (We actually have more snowfields than Switzerland, but only for a few months in winter). The deserts are in the middle and out to the west. The jungles are mostly in the far north. If you live further inland, in the country ('the bush'), you're probably living in farmlands, or in a mining town, so the populations are small, towns are small, and you are closer to the deserts or in very sparse countryside. Horse-riding, camels and all of the hunting, four-wheel-driving and camping activities are more common out there. With respect to kangaroos, I have seen the odd kangaroo stray into Brisbane city, when they get stuck on a major road and scared by the traffic, but it's pretty rare and makes the news when it happens. They are mostly out in more rural areas because they eat grass and live in large groups / mobs. The males 'box' - more like kick-boxing - they hang onto each other in a 'clinch' and try to kick each other in the stomach to work out the social hierarchy, because only the alpha male kangaroo in a mob will breed with the females. The young males are taught how to box by their mothers, but the females generally don't box each other. A kangaroo can cause severe internal damage if they kick you, and they can tear you open with their toe claws, so you have to be a bit careful around wild kangaroos and you don't make them feel threatened. In country areas, they will just come into your yard to eat your lawn because the grass is usually better. Pretty much every part of the country has something amazing in it, because it's only been colonised by Europeans for just over 200 years, so we haven't had time to screw everything up yet, Some of us are working hard on that, much to everyone else's displeasure. The aboriginal peoples had a fairly balanced relationship with the land for 70-120 000 years (Australian aboriginal cultures are apparently the oldest surviving cultures in the world), but even their stone-age culture did change the land and vegetation patterns, since they used fire to manage their hunting grounds, by deliberately starting bush-fires (forest fires) to clear out undergrowth.
@organicmechanic5150 Жыл бұрын
Australian Crawl are another great Aussie pub band that have released some outstanding tracks about Australian life.
@jeremywicks91172 жыл бұрын
Best Australian song . Listen closely the song tells a beatiful story of our country and some of its history..
@craigedwards29402 жыл бұрын
Best Australian song? I think that's a bit of a stretch. :-)
@user-lt5tx1ef3x9 ай бұрын
Over 30,000 beaches, mountains that have more snow in winter than Switzerland! And great Beer and wine!
@60sol2 жыл бұрын
Yes they race camels 🐫 out in the desert..but you can ride them on the beach on the east coast..kangaroos are everywhere in the bush / forests not in the cities alot get killed on the roads ..most of the scenery you go for holidays or weekends away but they are spread a long way apart..there is alot to see that's for sure cheers from downunder..
@PhotonJon Жыл бұрын
If you guys ever make it over here, PLEASE hit me up if you're exploring Brisbane. I can introduce you to the sights but also the local music scene.
@richardmiller38392 жыл бұрын
Iam blessed to be an Australian since I was 4yrs old. Best country on Earth. I actually live 3 miles from one of the best beaches in the world.
@jamesandrew2606 Жыл бұрын
I am proud to be Australian born and breed. Came to my home state western Australia .
@kilgh2 жыл бұрын
Such a good song. Icehouse had some great songs. If you are doing an Aussie Day. It is only fair you do a NZ Day. Australia has the world's largest camel population.
@AndyViant2 жыл бұрын
True. We actually export camels to the middle east.
@mazaik22 жыл бұрын
I've been away for over 7 years and nearly 4 spent here in Morocco. Now I just can't wait to get home. These sounds and images make me sooooo homesick.
@pmR32red2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for playing this guys, thanks Dei and all the Aussie out there have a great Australia day!
@thomaspaterson22512 жыл бұрын
Imagine you guys doin' some of these songs in your style. That...I gotta hear...
@ericlevi57292 жыл бұрын
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME ITS NIVE TI LEARN FROM YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT BEING ANNOYED SURING THE BEST PARTS !!! Great Channel
@tellkemp68692 ай бұрын
I am a born and bred Gen X Australian!! I grew up on this music… I STILL play our Aussie Rock LOUD on a daily basis…. Timeless ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@petersaxby93022 жыл бұрын
Kangaroos are really all over aus. I'm on the east coast about a third of the way up that coast and there's wallabies around here but roos a further 20 miles inland. And yes you don't fuck with roos they can get very aggressive
@DaveWhoa2 жыл бұрын
just to add to that, roos dont go out of their way to attack you either, so just admire them from a distance and leave them alone and theyll leave you alone, very simple
@robc17692 жыл бұрын
Every time I get homesick, I whack this tune on and crank it and then I feel more homesick but I still love it.
@notanotherenigma77592 жыл бұрын
Every state has its own attractions, its own charms. I think I read somewhere we have around 12000 beaches, and 60,000km of coast! The wild life is unique, the people are generally laid back and welcoming. I live in Brisbane, to the south, the Gold Coast, to the north, the Sunshine Coast. Tourists love the Gold Coast, but I prefer the more relaxed atmosphere of the Sunshine Coast, and further north, you have the Noosa area, beautiful, but a bit pricey.
@philmoncrieff8128 Жыл бұрын
New years eve year 2000...A super extended version of this played throughout Sydney while the fireworks went off...forever. it was magical...perfect choice
@Stormyday-zg7iz2 жыл бұрын
Love Icehouse, this is one of my favourite songs, check out ' no promises' and 'Hey little girl'. As for Australia, all what you saw was just a taste of this vast country. Yes kangaroos are everywhere, I live in kangaroo flat, seen them out the front and they are just around the corner nightly, mobs of them, families, we call them townies. Hope you can get here someday 👍 cheers. 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
@PaulMurrayCanberra2 жыл бұрын
The 80's has some of the best music. Didn't appreciate it at the time, but like all old music - we have mostly had time to forget the bad stuff. Remember that this was shot before drones were a thing. These images are amazing.
@greypossum12 жыл бұрын
As an Australian I have to confess that many of us choose to visit places overseas in preference to exploring our own countryside. This trend is slowly changing though.
@sunisbest12342 жыл бұрын
Many years ago, I met an Aussie couple, parents of a friend. They were extolling the USA, had vacations there every year. Then, hammered Aust for, well, everything. I asked how much of our land had they seen. Turns out had not even been to the border of our state. 🤦♀️🤷♀️ To this day, I can't believe people could be so close minded about their own beautiful country.
@adamparker97652 жыл бұрын
The " wood blocks " are actually traditional aboriginal music instruments . A lot of these activities you could quite easily do on the weekend if you wanted to, some would be holiday activities tough.
@jgsheehan88102 жыл бұрын
If a Roo stands up straight and puffs his chest out… watch out. 😄 otherwise they are fine, no issues. I’m on the edge of Sydney and yeah you can see them but not hopping down the street etc. there are more Kangaroos than people in Australia though.,
@sharenedrennan16022 жыл бұрын
The camel racing is a great outback sport !! Great fun.
@erinraecowin2 жыл бұрын
Loving this Aussie binge! Could we get Solid Rock by Goanna??
@marionbray6774 Жыл бұрын
Yes, we do all those things. The more I travel around the world, the more I appreciate living in Australia. Rainforests, red desert, beach cliffs, the great barrier reef, snow - everything! Plus an awesome music scene. You're welcome to visit anytime.
@paulbloomfield64142 жыл бұрын
You would both love a holiday to Australia. It's a great Nation. I noticed that your reactions to clips, always positive about Australia. Enjoy your clips and comments.
@jadeowenhamblyn44052 жыл бұрын
"Anyone will tell you it's a prisoner island". More true now than ever.
@julzhunt77902 жыл бұрын
Don’t talk rubbish. We’re a lot better off than some other countries.
@jonathanward64834 күн бұрын
Short answer yes, I raced a camel in 1982! in Cobar a mining town. All these places are over the continent which is roughly the size of the US.
@michaeljohnconnolly84494 ай бұрын
Yes, most Aussies have grown up enjoying this great land. The music you are groovin' out to is by a group called Icehouse, arguably one of the defining influences of Oz music in the 80's and beyond. Iva Davies was their lead singer and his voice is imbedded in the hearts and minds of anyone who grew up in the 80's and 90's in Australia. There are so many songs that embody the Australian spirit and give a peek into the Australian way of life. Solid rock by Goanna tells a story, Midnight Oil were a social justice band long before it became trendy, Paul Kelly is a souful songwriter and story teller who has the ability to create tunes that give the listener an insight into average Australia, there is a wealth of iconic tunes and visual treats for you to enjoy with Aussie music from the 80's and 90's. Thank you for helping me revisit these moments in our pop culture history, watching you get excited and enthusiastic about my homeland brings back all the feelings I felt when they were first released.