You'll Lose These Habits When You Move To Australia

If you're looking to emigrate to Australia, you'll lose these habits when you move to Australia. If you want to move to Australia with family or you're thinking you want to move to Australia from UK, this video will tell you why. Emigrating to Australia from UK can be hard. We wish we knew how to move to Australia from UK and how to move to Australia permanently before we moved. If you want to migrate to Australia from UK, then make sure you migrate to Australia 2023!
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[@glennbarret-jy5ut]

You’re 100% right about Australian TV, it’s absolutely terrible. I’m Aussie born, and will admit that English TV is superior in every way. Long live Carl Pilkington

[@AnotherDoug]

Except for Mr Inbetween

[@AWF1000]

Part of the reason the majority of Australians find entertainment on KZbin, Netflix, binge, STAN.. Nothing is ever on tv unless footy is on or in my case the front bar. Lol

[@sunisbest1234]

I stopped watching tv most of the time when reality ( unreality ) shows took over. So obviously set up and manipulated. I'd rather read a book.😊 ( And I agree, Mint Jelly, 🤮 )

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

I don't even have a television mates.

[@DrUltralux]

Used to be ok. Has been crap for over 20 years now.

[@angelavinen2881]

In relation to people who don't make eye contact when walking, please don't put them all in the 'rude' group. You could have many reasons why someone doesn't look you in the eye or greet you that day. These include Anxiety / Depression Autism or even Grief. If you still are smiling when they don't make eye contact, your smile still might brighten their day a little

[@trekkie-cat]

Exactly!! We don't owe strangers a smile!

[@brynn7322]

even just not wanting to interact with strangers without a particular reason is valid, i don't think most people care or think you're rude if you dont meet their gaze or smile at them here. coming from a lifelong aussie

[@thinkingallowed7042]

I don't know where this dude lives but most Australians do not make eye contact or say good morning etc when you pass them along a footpath.

[@mebeme007]

A LOT of talking up Australia in his videos that seems far too much like selling migration to the country, rather than a simple family doing simple vlogs on a YT channel about moving to Australia. For example, banging on about how great the weather is here. When NOWHERE in Australia is gloriously sunny, every single day of the entire year, not even in "sunny" QLD. Talking up the lifestyle, as if it's all so perfectly chilled to work and live in Australia 24/7, 365. No matter what your profession, you'll apparently have a fantastic work/life balance. Which is far from true. And then there's the claims he's a basic teacher. Yet, has a grand house in QLD on a mere teacher's salary, talking up how much he allegedly makes on this basic teachers salary. (This was in another video he has made) The guy has advertised that TrueBlue Migration services on a few of his videos, I've noticed now. So it all seems like a bunch of videos trying desperately to spruik Australia to foreigners.

[@vintageprue8728]

@@mebeme007 very well said!

[@davidhynd4435]

I'm a sixty year old Aussie. I have now had all of the common skin cancers, melanoma, BCC, and SCC. When I was young we would spend all day at the beach. No hats, no rash shirt, no sunscreen. Occasionally mum would smear some zinc cream on our beak, but that was as good as sun protection got back then. Sunday roasts were still a thing in Australia when I was young. We always came home from church ('cause that's what people did back then) to the smell of a leg of lamb roasting. It might have been 42 degrees in the shade, but we still sat down to roast lamb and vegies swimming in home made mint sauce. Not something we do any more. I have found that people from the UK and Australians have a very similar sense of humour. I grew up watching Benny Hill, The Two Ronnies, Dave Allen and so on. I'm surprised that you've found some people who are thrown by a "dry" approach to humour. I would have said that it was very much a part of our humour style here, but it depends on who you're speaking to, I suppose. However, when it comes to Americans...I mean, they still think that "pie in the face" is funny and they don't understand irony. It says it all that when they tried to do a remake of Fawlty Towers they wanted to remove the "Basil Fawlty" character!

[@gozza7199]

@davidhynd4435 I'm the same age as you. Grew up watching British comedy & agree that Aust. & Brits have a similar sense of humour. That is changing due to the access to bad American sitcoms & KZbin vids. Younger folk like the obvious slap in the face humour Americans offer rather than the more intelligent wordplay/clever use of language that Brit comics like the Two Ronnies or even Benny Hill amongst others offered.

[@rivertam7827]

I'm 39 and all of this still applied to us growing up. Sunday roast was an extended family affair, and we watched Monty Python, Dads Army and Fawlty Towers growing up. I'm actually pretty shocked he said we don't get dry and deadpan humour, it's only a very rare minority that don't get it. Or maybe those banana benders have let the sun get to their heads 🤷‍♀️🤣

[@wickedlee]

I'm 54 and I love dry humour and wittiness, especially if has intelligence behind it. I think it's the younger generations that are more likely to assume offense rather than an actual joke. Dave Allen was an amazing comedian. I often watch his videos when I'm having a bad day. You can see how immature the yanks humour is just by their most popular KZbinrs. I do miss the Sunday roast, but the mere thought of that god-awful mint jelly still makes my stomach quiver, and not in a good way 😂

[@fyshwick6032]

As an American living in Australia, I don't think the sense of humor difference is that drastic. It may be a generational thing, because I'm here for study abroad and all the Aussies I've met have been in their early twenties, but if anything I would describe the sense of humor as a bit looser and more casual, whereas I tend to think of British humor as being a bit more "precise." Fawlty Towers is great. So is Monty Python. But it was a much bigger hit in the U.S. than in the U.K.! Part of that comes down to time slot differences around when it aired, but the fact of the matter is that Americans loved it. Americans can appreciate British humor (my all-time favorite comedian is Peter Cook), but I think part of the criticism we get about American humor, that it's too obvious, ignores the large role charisma and personality play in our comedy. Although there's plenty of dreck around, too. Probably one of the most beloved American comedians today is Conan O'Brien, who is very quick-witted but also has a strongly defined personal brand of comedy that really isn't subtle. But he builds on the absurdity and is very good at bringing whoever he is speaking with into the joke. He's charismatic; you want to listen to what he says next. Or Dean Martin, who is more famous as a singer but who had a nine season long variety show in the '60s and '70s that he rehearsed on his own, away from the rest of that week's performers, so that he was just prepared enough but could still be surprised when the show was taped. He was quick-witted too, and a real performer. Whether he was singing or joking, he was good at holding people's attention. It isn't that comedians from other countries don't bring their personality into their comedy. A good recent British example is probably David Mitchell, who plays up his more pedantic side to great effect. But American comedy promotes likability. Which is, ironically, a less obvious trait and has a more "lightning in a bottle" quality that can be hard to replicate. I personally don't find Michael Scott in The Office that funny or likable, but that was the intention and that change is often talked about when comparing British and American senses of humor. That the American audience wanted to laugh with a character, rather than at them. There's also more of a star culture here. So the emphasis is on who is telling the jokes and how their personality comes through as they do it, not as specifically on the jokes themselves and the overall style of delivery. Again, this isn't exclusive to the U.S. (Hamish and Andy come to mind) but I think it is a consistent fact of our good comedy and something our worse comedy strives for. But also America has 13x the population of Australia and entertainment aimed at the lowest common denominator simply reaches more people. This comment really turned into an essay, but maybe it's as simple as that. Or maybe you should give American comedy a chance, even just the stuff from the time period you mentioned, because I think you'll find there's a lot more to offer than just "pie in the face" comedy.

[@mebeme007]

@davidhynd4435 I'm about 10 yrs younger than you, and we still have a regular Sunday roast in my household. Then again, it rarely gets to 40 degrees in the shade down here in Melbourne, so having a nice warm Sunday tea (or dinner as we're all now being forced to call it) isn't a problem when the weather is a cooler for 7-9 months of the year.

[@catherineburow2813]

You know, I'm Australian, but I empathise with many of these videos so much - I've had British friends, teachers and my aunt even married a brit, so I'm about 90% sure that my British genes just got activated back during puberty and I'm just permanently British. The other 10% is that I watched too many episodes of the Goodies, the two Ronnies, Open All Hours, Ripping Yarns, Black Adder, Monty Python, Mr Bean....... 🧐🧐🧐

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Basically British

[@rjswas]

Australian and also totally agree with this.

[@leviroch]

THE GOODIES! GOODY GOODY YUM YUM!!!

[@catherineburow2813]

@@leviroch I'm so glad I'm not the only one who remembers that XD

[@leviroch]

@@catherineburow2813 I have the ecky thump episode permanently etched in my skull. . . I'm fairly sure it's the only reason I love black pudding lol :D

[@OilBaron100]

You get what you pay for and in Australia you don’t pay for TV access.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

😆 🤣

[@teagueman100]

Except it used to be good and we didn't pay for it then either.

[@mebeme007]

No, in Australia today, you get greedy tv magnates who rake in sh*tloads from advertisers, whilst making cheap and inferior quality tv through reality show after reality show.

[@tonygrey3340]

Hi Ross, as a fellow QLD'er, I love how you take the piss out of us Aussies & our aussie wierd habits........thanks for the laugh.

[@christopherwebber3804]

It does get cold in southern Australia, but Australians think it's cold when the sun goes behind a cloud. Winter in Sydney is like summer in England and it's no surprise to see English people walking around in shorts and T-shirts while the Australians shiver.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Agreed

[@tasmanmcmillan1777]

I mean last week where I live, it was 5 degrees at night, 25 during the day. Today it was 35 during the day & 20 at night. Summer is finally here

[@martinthompson2584]

Try Perth. The puffer jackets come out when it drops below 20 degrees.

[@lujayn3]

​@martinthompson2584 Qld is similar

[@tjlaak]

I lived 5 years in London and I've now lived for 2 years in Australia. I've had a few Sunday roasts here and all of them have tasted so much better than anything I've ever had in the UK!

[@wandpj]

Whilst some Australians might not get dry humour, I think the same could be said for some English. And most Americans seem to be oblivious to dry sarcasm

[@queenslanddiva]

Agree - most Aussies have a dry sense of humour.

[@zeropoint546]

Some poms (not all) take banter WAY too seriously.

[@lutontown5923]

@@zeropoint546 probably a slight on your patter than theirs.

[@gibsonduvall]

Wandpj: I don't know which part of the UK you're in but irony is used in pretty much every sentence everywhere I've been? I'm sure we invented it along with dry humour.

[@wandpj]

@@gibsonduvall I'm in Australia. Have you been there so than you can make a valid comparison?

[@helza]

It's only work connected to the sewers or drinking water that you can't do yourself, so shower, dishwasher, laundry taps all ok to have a go. And the mild, sunny weather all year round isn't the case for huge parts of the country. Definitely gets very wintery in many places

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

I know you probably got that from the australian plumbing code (it's the first thing that comes up when you google it) that's not really true to say there is plumbing in the house you could do. all internal plumbing should be done by a licensed plumber, in your example showers/dishwasher/laundry are all connected to mains waters or tanks (which is your drinking water if you're only on the tank) as well as sewers for the waste from those things. Of course people are always a little bit dodgy and will do their own things if they can sometimes, especially if you're the off the grid type, BUT if you do any of your own work and things go wrong, your insurance on your house will be void, even if your work had nothing to do with the issue that had you getting onto your insurer. You can get away with doing external stuff like taps from your tanks, or irrigation in the garden etc, but really nothing inside your house is going to qualify for not needing a plumber.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Thanks for the tips

[@jackfrost2146]

A licence is definitely needed to do electrical work in Australia.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

5:38 A few years ago. You put small screws into pvc pipes to test before you glue. I was lined up with a small screw in the battery drill and just as I went for it the dog ran through and licked me in the face. I punched that screw right through my hand. I thought I am not going to the hospital again. I grabbed it with vice grips and I think it was 2 full turns before the skin let go and I thought no stopping now. Job done. Hurt like hell.

[@RolandjHearn]

It is fair to say you have now reached the status of being a legend: legend mate.

[@MelodyMan69]

Leg End.

[@JeremyPaulStiles]

I find that in Australia, we thank people for thanking us, and even then sometimes the other person thanks us back for doing that.

[@ethanbeverley1943]

Facts, I often have conversations that end with 'Thanks mate' followed by 'No problem mate' with a head nod from the other person on the way out.

[@1337flite]

At the moment a walk in m,y local park with the dog is a delicious experience - there is jasmine in the air and it is gorgeous. It's just warming up after a cold winter so it is lovel;y to get out in shorts and a T-shirt just after dark, walk the dog and smell the jasmine. Sweet AF.

[@margaretburn713]

Thank you for saying nice things about Australia. I agree Aussie TV is crap, I haven`t watched it for years. My grandparents came from the UK about 1924. I was brought up on Sunday roasts, especially roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. I`m 81 now and still like my roasts, even if it is 90 degrees plus. Gran came from Liverpool and Grandad came from the Isle of Man.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

You're braver than me Margaret for having a roast in that heat

[@sharielane]

Sunday roasts, or roasts in general, are still eaten quite often in Australia. I cooked one just yesterday. It's mainly in the summer when roast meals taper off and get replaced by barbecues. I bet roast wasn't cooked very often during the heat waves Britain had this last summer either.

[@mebeme007]

Spot on. This guy goes on about the weather being sunny and perfect all year round, but it's not always that perfect, not even in "sunny" QLD. Several parts of Australia don't have heat all year round either, and therefore can enjoy a regular Sunday roast for most of the year. Places like Tasmania and Victoria in particular.

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

We don't tend to queue at counters. We look and see who was already standing around in front of the counter waiting to get served when we walk in, then we work it out among ourselves with a few 'nah, you go mate's , or 'you're up mate's, and we usually don't get too fussed about it. If you see an actual queue, people in a line, you'll probably give it a miss and check later.

[@AussieTVMusic]

As a kid in the 70s I was the only one of my mates who wore a Hat, shirt and sunglasses at the beach. My mates took the piss out of me. But guess what? They've all have skin cancers and I haven't.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

You're living proof

[@wesleygalvin9983]

I agree 100% about Aussie TV, it is crap! Wanna be celebrities on rubbish so called reality shows. I really love your take on Aussie culture, it's great to see your funny spin on it LOL

[@LynetteMcGrath]

I haven't even bothered to get a TV antenna at my house because free to air TV is garbage. Streaming services and the internet are all I need.

[@AnotherDoug]

@@LynetteMcGrath (and you can stream all the free-to-air stations, anyway!!)

[@LynetteMcGrath]

@@AnotherDoug That is true, but I'm not into sport or reality tv, so I rarely look for those channels.

[@AnotherDoug]

@@LynetteMcGrath I don't watch sport either but I do watch the topical comedies: Have You Been Paying Attention, The Cheap Seats, Thank God You are Here.

[@MarkJessop-hq2uo]

Really love a roast dinner don't care if it's summer time or not best thing about a roast dinner is drinking red wine nothing better. Loves Guinness

[@dalane5196]

One of the things I do miss is the Sunday Roast, mum always insisted the whole family be present and sit down for Sunday Lunch, table was always set, cups saucers the lot. Roast lamb or beef, on special occasions like birthdays roast chicken or pork, because they were to expensive, how times have changed. Now days your lucky if you get everyone sitting at the same table at the same time, once or twice a year.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@chrisanderson7820]

I've never laughed for 9:20 straight during a travel advice video until now. Gold quality.👍👍

[@christopherwebber3804]

When I first went to school in Australia, I would join the queues at the tuckshop and never get to the front of the line before recess was over, because Australians always ignored the queue or pushed in front of me... I soon learnt not to queue in Australia! In England they now have queue signs on the motorways, something for which the M25 is particularly notorious. Never seen one in Australia (yet). Tried to go back to the UK to live there, but realised I didn't fit, I would never be English, I kept expecting things to be done the Australian way - that is, any way it can be done, it will be done, not the English way, which is that it can only be done one way or it worn't be done at all.

[@rivertam7827]

I don't know where you went to school, but most schools in Australia queue jumping will get you a flogging, and doing it as an adult will get you knocked back to the end of the queue quick smart. Queue jumpers have always been considered scum in Australia.

[@jayblaire2075]

​@@rivertam7827 I am from Australia and people frequently jump the line, maybe it depends on the school and your region culture

[@mebeme007]

@@rivertam7827 I'm with you. I lived in a lower socio-economic area when I was growing up in the 80's and early 90's. Never had an issue with cue jumpers at the canteen (as we called it then), because you would get hounded and abused for pushing in and then literally pushed back to the back of the queue. No-one was gonna stand for that in my Primary school and High school.

[@shmick6079]

Sunday roast is an Australian tradition as well.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

2:30 I found that if I go to the city I do a lot more walking. In my rural area if I walk to town I stop and talk to everyone on the way. It isn't a bad thing but I just don't have the time so the car is a time machine. My old motorcycle was a bad one. It was fast but then when you stop old blokes come up and start talking.... I haven't seen one of these in years .... Still got the old bike. All metal and will survive an apocalypse.

[@glenemma1]

A pretty true video. However, many Aussies still have the traditional roast for Sunday lunch. But I live in NSW not the warmer state of QLD.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Should add that to the next census

[@trekkie-cat]

I've never had a traditional Sunday roast! Not all Aussie families do.

[@JoshAnderson-fn5yp]

So true about the humour, some Auusies do get it and some don't 😂

[@TreborN-u7l]

I'm NSW born (not bred) and I still have moments when deadpan jokes catch me out, I thought it would be the UK lot that can't take our jokes lol

[@snakeeplayz1010]

Dont mind me im just an American watching a video of moving to Australia as if i were living in the UK even though im not 👍

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Americans are always welcome here mate.👍

[@maciejgronowski]

We only watch netflix and disney+ in England anyway. I also say sorry all the time - and I'm Polish - not even English 🤔. My habits became too English after living here for 15 years 😂 As for other habits - you develop habits as you are emerged in any culture, as I said I'm Polish, but live in the UK since I was 17 (now 33), went to college and uni here, got married and worked only in the UK - never worked a day of my life in another country, I'm more comfortable moaning and complaining in English than any other language (and I speak 4). Some things that tou mentioned as strange to you in Australia (like not parking on the opposite side of the road, not crossing the road except for green light, etc) make sense to people from other European countries, the UK is stranger than you think 🤣

[@littlecatfeet9064]

You forgot something important about walking; going barefoot at every opportunity, especially in Queensland. You just have to have thongs handy for bindis and scorching footpaths/sand.

[@indigocheetah4172]

I walked to the letterbox in bare feet and didn't get far. A couple walking past asked if I was ok as I was trying to avoid the bindis.

[@bluewren65]

When he said "you'll walk differently" I immediately thought he meant that hoppy, weird walk when you hit that super hot concrete or a patch of bindis.

[@bluewren65]

@@indigocheetah4172 Bindis are evil.

[@indigocheetah4172]

@@bluewren65 , they are evil. The beach on a hot day when you are half way to the surf. My friend burnt the soles of her feet.

[@skylarkeighley2369]

I've never had that issue

[@sandramariegray7894]

Another great video. I did notice you have obviously been enjoying the sun. You now have more freckles and a bit of a tan. Well done. Now get that factor 50 on!!

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Or just I was so pale in the UK with no sun

[@TheWanderingWayfarer]

Haha! Who doesn't like a good Guinness? Good to see you again my old friend! (Dad TV) Glad everything is going good for you down under. I missed your face.

[@edithwarria4794]

Hello The Johnston family good to see you again. Please pass my hello to your beautiful family as well 👍🌺🦋🌈💖❤️😊😘🙏🏻from Edith in cairns Far North Queensland.

[@user-pb8vc8vp8w]

As an English migrant in '62 I learnt quickly if an Aussie insults you with a smile they don't mean it & expect a comeback,which is where the Pommie,sorry,English dry humour is appreciated. Having said that I'm now 74 & take delight in using my straight face & Pythonesque deadpan repartee to insult an objectionable bogan to the degree he takes 15 minutes to realise he's been insulted.By that time either I've gone or he's so far behind the conversation there's no comeback.A number of friends enjoy watching the verbal joust giving alcohol as my reward. 🥴

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

I find the same if you can hold your face, confuses many

[@trinity1181]

As an aussie living in the UK, always said sorry in Australia, also walked for transportation while in Sydney and now in the UK I drive to places . Fair to say this is accurate to where you live as opposed to Australia as a whole

[@suekennedy1595]

Second generation Pom here we have roasts every week pork lamb beef chicken but not for lunch on Sunday.

[@The_Stoic_PhilosopherAU]

British Tv is way better than Oz Tv.

[@gloryglory5688]

Both shit

[@lr5450]

Have you seen New Zealand television? 😂

[@littlecatfeet9064]

@@lr5450 I haven’t. Is it much worse than Oz TV?

[@lr5450]

@@littlecatfeet9064 It is!

[@thrusta100]

No sh$t Sherlock! So it should be with tv licences and nothing else to do in Blighty due to crap weather he already said that!!!

[@lilyandrose8557]

I love a Guinness with fish curry or fish and chips in winter, it’s my Friday night thing.

[@ya33a]

I love the question on immigration checklist that asks if you have any criminal convictions....writing 'I wasn't aware it was still a prerequisite' next to the question won't make them laugh.....

[@morganunraveled]

thank you for this info!! learning about the skin cancer rates was something I haven’t heard of in preparing to move to Aus. I’m definitely gunna be picking up sunscreen and lathering it on!

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

It's important

[@charlesemerson6763]

You forgot Christmas in July and Toohey's Old, walking barefoot into K mart.

[@krelldor]

Some of us born and breed Aussies still do a Sunday roast, hell even on Tuesday if you got a day off lol.

[@Whykickamoocow]

Hey, Pommy. Welcome to Queensland. Lol. Great video

[@krisbest6405]

Funny but l,m glad you are adventurous to come here. I want to visit England for your forests.

[@kristiemclennan]

Maybe the not saying sorry has something to do with people like me… I’m from Melbourne and often when I say excuse me to get past someone whilst in a shop the person will say sorry. Me bring me where I like to process out loud and speak my thoughts, I say that sorry is for doing something wrong like bumping into someone, it admits fault. We just need to acknowledge that we e heard the request by making space and responding with something like no worries, sure thing, or just a smile. Sometimes I go into a philosophical rant. It’s amazing to see how many people appreciate the observation of not needing to say sorry.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

So deep Kristie

[@markeden767]

Love this guy From Wollongong

[@gerrym75]

You live in QLD yeah? We still have a Sunday roast (dinner) in Melbourne as we get 4 seasons down here and have a cold winter (was -1 a few weeks back). I lived in QLD before and agree that its not the place for hot meals and multiple layers of clothes. Very laid back as all you feel like doing is swimming or drinking a cold lager beer.

[@theadventuresofzoomandbettie]

all these kinds of videos are by people who move to qld and they present it as if the whole of australia is like that. I wish it was, but no..... us victorians freeze.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

You're right, you could probably eat loads of warm stuff in Melbourne

[@Malaka-r9p]

Yeah Aus did have tv 📺 licence long long ago. I watch tv 📺 for the 20 commercials per break 😎

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Or get a box to record it then fast forward

[@Mrflymess]

"See ya later" was a pretty good Aussie accent.

[@matthewbrown6163]

We love a Sunday Roast Dinner in all weather with the leftovers being taken to school or work on the Monday for lunch. Nothing better than a cold roast sanger on fresh bread on a Monday for lunch with a Smear of Tomato Sauce over the leftover roast meat. Nothing better if you have it on FRESH BREAD too :)

[@kramrollin69]

Perhaps you should remind our English cousins, that Victoria, the Smallest mainland state on the Continent, is TWICE as big as England!! Our Smallest State!!. It takes a while to get anywhere here.

[@peterfromgw4615]

Twice as big?? That’s a bit over the odds. Grüße aus Australien. Tschüss.

[@kramrollin69]

Amazing isn't it. England total size is 130,279 sq Kms, Victoria is 237,657 sq Kms, so roughly twice as big as England. Are you an Aussie then? You should know this. 😉👍 @@peterfromgw4615

[@christopherwebber3804]

It takes just as long to get anywhere in England, because of the traffic and the roadworks, if you are in a car at any rate. By train is much better in England (though more expensive).

[@coover65]

@@peterfromgw4615 Almost twice as big anyway. Victoria is 1.8 times larger than England. The whole of the UK is only marginaly larger than Vic. Sind Sie aus Deutschland? Ich komme aus Hessen.

[@peterfromgw4615]

@@coover65 Ich habe in Australien geboren. Mein Urgroßvater hat in neunzehnten Hundertjahre aus Deutschland (Paderborn) nach Australien gekommt. Ich lebe derzeir in Melbourne.

[@timrichmond1161]

Great vid mate

[@rivertam7827]

We still have Sunday roast and DIY electrical and plumbing, you just need to get it signed off by a sparky or plumber before selling the house. Also, those of us who do DIY those things tend to really know what we're doing, not just blundering into it half arsed. Also, dry and deadpan humour is pretty common here, there's just some dropkicks who don't get it.

[@deb4908]

I agree about the quality of TV in Australia…and don’t get me started on the amount of ads on the commercial channels. However, I do think you should let people know that it’s not hot all year round everywhere. If you live in Canberra, as I do, it’s cold in winter…..REALLY cold. However, it is very sunny even in winter so don’t forget the sunscreen.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Our latest video isn't that hot

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

Hey Deb, I agree. I’m in Evatt so I know exactly what you mean. I don’t care where you live -6 or -7 is cold. I’ve given up on commercial tv and watch KZbin ect.

[@noelecain]

My daughter lives in Canberra. Place only fit for federal politicians! Cold as a frog on an Eskimos nose. Canberra is in the Australian Capital Territory. The ACT is within the boundaries of the State of New South Wales. The only reason for the existence of New South Wales is to keep Victoria away from Queensland!

[@aaronwynn8114]

Elliot Goblet was great at that deadpan humour

[@lujayn3]

Im from rural Qld and i dont look at people when i walk, I look at the ground to avoid stepping on potentially dangerous animals and cute little lizards or those quails that scare the absolute shit out of you when they take off out of the grass

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

8:39 I think it was about 1995 I first went to Brisbane with a few mates and I would look people in the eye and say g'day. One of my mates said to me you better stop that or you will get in a fight. I was just being normal and friendly. Mind you I was getting worn out with the G'days I had to say.

[@zeropoint546]

That mate was a dick. Never yet got angry because someone said g'day in Brisbane.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

Yeah all good up in Cairns a bloke was getting smart so I just dropped him and it looked like I was dancing. I was in Brisbane with my Father in 1984 and we stopped for directions and no one would talk to us. Brisbane is lot less friendly. The night life. I was in a nightclub and a lady grabbed me and kissed me. I don't know why maybe because I have a few teeth knocked out she threw her friend at me and she kissed me. In that way they are friendly. @@zeropoint546

[@Daniel31216]

@@zeropoint546 Me neither. I say g'day to everyone on my way to school, and they always say it back. It feels weird not to great people while walking by.

[@littlecatfeet9064]

@@Daniel31216 yeah, going for a bushwalk at Mt Tambourine or Mt Nebo we say g’day to everyone on the trail and they say g’day to us. A bit annoying on a packed Easter Weekend but otherwise a nice custom.

[@kyls73]

My Dad was from Bolton and we had the same type of humour. Very dry. I currently work with a guy who's humour is so deadpan even I don't always pick it up.

[@LittleOne1111]

Sorry not sorry.. lol that's a smart ass American saying I heard a few years ago . Well Johnstons thank you so much!! 😇 I'm still trying to figure out if I'll get a first time passport to come to Australia. I've met a wonderful person and we are nearly 💯% certain that we are going to be married! So I don't know what type of visa to obtain! Well your videos are awesome!! Ty so much for posting!! 😊

[@victorwilks88]

Thanks for the info Ross 👍

[@sammnew]

The lowest parts of Australia get cold in the winter🥶

[@Tova-gayeHanley-qs3hb]

Glad to have here.

[@annabanana7071]

Hey Ross, great video. I noticed you used a pic of the crowd at the Ekka. Did you get a chance to go to the Ekka?

[@mjsobczyk6949]

This is awesome. Welcome aboard mate 👍

[@solreaver83]

I'm an aussie and my humour can be very dry. It has lead to a lot of misunderstandings in my time

[@RaetacRages]

You could always go for a good local ale. Coopers is my beer of choice, any weather is a good time.

[@kerrydoutch5104]

Gotta agree our free to air tv is totally crap. And I dont have pay tv. So I cherry pick ABC and SBS and gotta admit some commercial crap. And I could walk to the local shop. Easy walk. Nice weather mostly. But im too lazy 😁 And I dunno who those Aussies who dont get British humour are but its no one I know. If I met one Id have to go in harder

[@suekennedy1595]

Thanks why Netflix was invented

[@rosaliewestphalen8121]

Hmmm. This is a bit QLD centric. In SA the average beer is an Ale. Coopers ale quite commonly. Stout, pale ale etc. We drink it all year. Lager is seen here as 'fizzy water'. QLD is closer to the equator, so more tropical. Here in the south, its definitely cold during winter. Apart fro that, everything else I'd say was still relevant.

[@Becoming0ne]

I’ve lived in Australia for 20 years now and sometimes I laugh at myself and those around me, when in the middle of winter we start complaining how freezing it is because we needed to put on some long pants and a jumper.

[@mebeme007]

That sounds like something that someone would say if they were from the northern parts of Australia. Down south, especially in Tasmania, Victoria and even southern parts of South Aust, Western Aust and NSW, you NEED more than long pants and a jumper in winter, or you'll freeze your butt off. Heck, if you're the type that really feels the cold easily, you'll need a coat, scarf, gloves and beanie in Vic and Tassie during winter. Thankfully that's only for about 3 months or so, though. By the time summer rolls around, it's time to pull out the shorts, dresses and so on. And then sit around complaining half the time about how bloody hot it is. 😂

[@Becoming0ne]

@@mebeme007 haha, you’re right, we lived in Perth for five years and the rest in Brisbane. Never in Victoria etc.

[@sylvia7867]

It’s true British tv is better than ours - Aussie tv is unbelievable crap

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

So true

[@joanneruth1168]

Perhaps an uncommon response: I am one Australian who does care about jokes of what I consider to be a ‘disrespectful nature’. I won’t see much of you anymore if you make jokes in my ear shot of this category. If I do have to see you I will keep my communications short & to the point & will not enjoy your joke attempt. Just a bit of a warning here. It’s therefore not true that we all don’t care & that everything will be ok regardless of a perhaps ‘dry’ joke made. I am one who feels strongly about this & am happy I do, it makes me more my ‘authentic self’ to be this way which makes me happier. So there you go! By the way I find it offensive to hear or be told ‘she’ll be right’ & would prefer a more politically correct phrase such as ‘it will be right’. Of course this is related to the pronoun used and the lack of respect it communicates which is as I said before not to my liking. But I must say I do watch Ross’s videos now and then as they are interesting. One point, I do understand humour of all kinds, just not a fan. I do love some humour - Kath & Kim for example. Cheers

[@Rodger_Phillips]

hay fair go, we do not all live in Queensland mate, no sunny warm winters in Victoria, so still able to have a Sunday Roast and not think twice, and my Dad loved a Guinness in the Winter. but we do not do Warm Beers, maybe in a themed English Pub, but I never looked. I am from country Victoria and lived a while in Brisbane, so I can compare well, but do be fair to Brits that want to come here, Melbourne and whole state around it are great in the warm seasons, but we get Antarctic cold snaps in the winter, with Snowfall on certain areas. love the video all the same, you nailed well mate. and you made me home sick for Brisbane. (my wife and kids are all from there)

[@isabutchers5591]

i was always told spf 50 is the minimum. never knew why spf 15 existed until i saw the uk weather

[@karenley7356]

Brilliant 👏

[@VOTENO-f2l]

G'day Ross...just noticed in another video we live near each other

[@johnpro2847]

3:20 i gets lots of sorry responses in the supermarket when someone thinks they have blocked my trolley.On the road you will get road rage, the horn or up finger for the same infraction..really weird.

[@ferret3423]

You moved to Brisbane. Brisbane is in Queensland. Queensland is called the Sunshine State. Of course you'll need bloody Sunscreen.

[@D1s1nf0rmat10n]

You know Australia is massive don’t you and the weather is vastly different from state to state. We didn’t all move to Brissie!

[@karlaluhrs6039]

Umm. Please queue. Australians are very much about queueing. DO NOT try to step in front of an Australian queueing up for something. It’s very much in our culture to take turns.

[@craigjay769]

Great video, nice work

[@navs485]

You missed the number one reason for a bloke from the UK to move to Aus. White Aussie (anglo) girls love the british accent. A gross UK 4 is transformed into an 8 by moving here on the strength of the accent alone.

[@pgdog6611]

I dont say sorry if im asking for help, more like excuse me, or pardon me, and in Australia we can have a roast any time of the week, not just sunday, so i apologise in advance 😉

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

😆 🤣

[@louiselunardon7097]

😂 true about Aus tv!

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

It's the first thing I noticed when I was stuck in hotel quarantine

[@jayjames5839]

Very entertaining 😊

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Glad you think so!

[@rickkinsman7400]

Good piece, bloke. Nothing pisses us Aussies off more than some drongo from the other side of the planet constantly saying , "Back home we...." If things are so good there, why are you here? Anyway, it's your shout. (See if you can figure what that means.)

[@bellabana]

It’s true about tv in Australia except for the ABC or SBS which has quality Australian made shows and programs from other countries, especially on SBS. Whereas Channels like 7, 9 & 10 only have low quality fake TV reality shows that only Bogans/Chavs watch. Instead the majority of Aussies only watch Netflix, Prime, Apple, Stan etc etc.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

True

[@drizz78]

1 habit I lost since I move (back) to Australia from UK: Trying to figure out if the randoms is going to mug or stab you. They still mug or stab you - but they just not subtle about it.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Stay away from train stations at night

[@morganunraveled]

in the U.S., we have cable TV available, much like the TV License. but really only the older generations still use it because you have no choice over what is playing at what time. younger generations like myself tend to subscribe to a few TV streaming services. Netflix, Prime Video, etc. where you can binge watch whatever shows and movies are available at any time. can you do this instead of getting the Aus “TV License?”

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

There isn't an Aussie TV licence. That's a UK thing

[@jasmint1196]

Uk tv is full of Aussie programs lol. Worked in the tv industry on both sides of the world. It’s shit everywhere.

[@Jesse-B]

It used to be dry humour, but due to internet "influencers", the younger generation get deeply offended by the slightest misgendered nod or wink. Sunday roast leg o'lamb is still very much a thing.

[@theflyingdropbear2009]

one of the things about our humor, is that if the situation is complete dog shit, we will always find a way to have a laugh about it, for example, a poor Scottish reporter was tricked into holding a dangerous dropbear while broadcasting her report.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Saw that. She deserved it

[@samurai3206]

Been her for 17 years now, very on point! What we can bring to this country though is the polite wave and thanks when someone lets you out at a junction! Grrrrrr I still rotate my drinks seasonally though, White Rabbit ale in the winter and Little Creatures pale in the summer or red wine in the winter and white in the summer. Who the hell wants to drink Shiraz on a 40deg day? Swear more! F bombs go unnoticed and the occasional C bomb just helps you settle in, as though you were living in Glasgow

[@vegometer]

If you come down south to Melbourne winters are plenty cold enough for Sunday roasts and an ale! 🍺 Otherwise 👍

[@nickphillips3799]

Don’t wear a cap. Wear a hat with a broad brim. Otherwise you will eventually lose the tops of your ears from skin cancers like my dad.

[@aussieragdoll4840]

I keep telling Americans that. Baseball caps are useless. They don’t protect your ears or the back of your neck.

[@paulsz6194]

There is also no Rachel Riley on Aussie tv, LoL 😜..

[@piarateking8094]

isnt countdown on sbs?

[@FredRose2001]

Hi as an ex pommy bastard I would have to agree Aussie tv is crap, 45years ago it was so good, know it’s not even wasting one second on it

[@Bodkin_Ye_Pointy]

Dude, saying sorry in th e UK comes down to population density. There are more people per square mile in the UK meaning that keeping the peace is more important. In Australia it is more like the number of square miles per person. Cities not withstanding of course, but even there the streets are wider and so are the footpaths. So there are less chances of bumping anyone else.

[@tamrymer4153]

We still have Sunday roasts

[@secretgoldfish]

You'll also gain a whole lot of "She'll be right mate" apathy, which is funny, endearing and a bit sad too.....AND all at the same time!

[@ElizabethEllenCarter]

Nope, you didn't electrocute yourself, otherwise you wouldn't be here ;) Electrocution is always fatal. The most you received is an electric shock. But I'm glad you're enjoying Australia. My husband emigrated here when he was 18 and never looked back.

[@ThatJohnstonLife]

Thanks for the technical advice