In the old days before about thirty years ago, a service station (that's why they are called "servos"), was where you were *served*. You drove up, gave your keys to an attendant who filled up your tank, washed your windscreen, gave you your keys back, took your cash and then returned with your change. If you asked, they would also check your oil, water and tyre pressure. Then you drove off.
Ah yes, I remember those times well, some of the kids I went to school with, their first job was a driveway attendant at a servo. Also trying to find a servo on roster after hours when your about to run out of fuel, those were the days!
That’s complete nonsense!…The USA a free country where citizens (not subjects) can own guns unlike convictland which is a monarchy!… Besides, the world’s best and the brightest go to the USA (not kangarooland) and American degrees are worth way more than Australian ones which are handed out to anyone and everyone from anywhere in the world as long as they can overpay and add to Australia’s exports! Oi oi Aussie! 😂
Im Australian but went to high school for 3 years in the US. The reason high schools start early in the U.S is so they can use the yellow school buses to drop the high school kids off, then use the same buses to drop off the junior high kids a little later, then the same buses to drop off the elementary school kids who start later after that. .
I live in regional NSW and absentmindedly drove off without paying for my petrol. When I got home I realised and I sheepishly returned to pay. The attendant was very relaxed and said they just write down the number and the amount. Apparently it happens from time to time but the majority of people return to pay within a short time. I guess in the city would be different.
I did the same thing and I live on the Goldy. Got half way home, realised I hadn’t paid and turned around and went back to pay! I was so embarrassed but the attendant says it happens from time to time. They have cameras which record number plates so they will catch up with you for payment.
The one and only time in my life that I went to a servo and filled up, without taking my wallet with me, was so embarrassing. I only lived about 2 minutes drive from the servo and I could have left the car there and walked home to get my effing wallet. The guy smiled, pointed at my gold watch and said I could leave that with him and drive home instead of walking.
Some years ago, when everyone still used cash, I went to pay for my petrol and realised I didn't have enough money (poor student at the time). The lovely lady behind the counter understood. I told her I'll leave my watch, which was worth a bit and come back, collect my watch and pay for my petrol, She was cool with that.
@@matthewbrown6163 Some servos you CAN pay at the pump because of this. They have pre-set $$ amounts, too. So you swipe, select the amount you want to pay, and the pump will cut off at that amount.
How do you know what the exact amount is needed to fill up your tank? I always fill up my fuel tank so that’s it’s completely full so I never know what the exact cost will be.
@@richardthomson4693 I have come across the same system here in Australia - only at Costco, which is of course an American company. You basically have to guess how much you need beforehand, type in that amount (say $80), and *your card is immediately charged $80*. Then start filling. Once your tank is full (at say $65), the pump stops and you drive away. A FEW DAYS LATER, you notice the $80 charge on your app has been amended to $65. It's very odd, but I am used to it, as it's the only place I buy petrol these days. You basically have to juggle amounts in your head as you approach the bowser: is my tank nearly empty? A quarter full? Three-quarters full but I am going to start an interstate drive? It's nuts.
I have another comment about this as well, but for me when I fuel up in California i swipe my card first (that way the station can see if i have money to pay for the petrol - if i only had $20 in my account it would only let me fill up $20), i fill up to whatever my car needs say $65 and then it updates in my bank account from $0.00 when i first swiped and then goes to $65 after i finalize the transaction and put the pump back into it's little holder. I've never typed in a dollar amount before unless paying with cash.
I've seen this at heaps of servos where you can pay at the bowser. Probably why no one bothers if you have to keep N eye on them adjusting it. Also how would you get your iced coffee.
Probably the reason for paying after filling your tank is because the shop gets the opportunity to sell other things (impulse buy) before you get to the cashier at the far end on the shop.
Bit of a mindset too. Filling up your tank could be of any price and guessing an amount is, well, just annoying. Any servo doing it will lose customers. But you never know into the future. Also all servos have recorded images at the pump. It's not that hard to trace anyone who takes off.
It has been that way since long before they became rip off merchants, I don't think that is the reason. In NSW I can remember pre-pay being introduced, but it didn't last long.
As a parent of school aged children I shudder at the thought of kids not wearing uniforms. This makes it very hard for parents to accommodate and creates a less level playing field within the school where kids try to differentiate themselves by what they wear. This leads to poorer kids being discriminated against as well as more cliques and exclusion.
Hangon, uniforms are not required to be worn in the US public school system. Most parents sending kids to US public schools would be usually in the same economic income bracket. So there is no inequality so to speak. Also remember clothing quality is generally far better in the US at cheaper prices. Private schools in the US like Australia have uniforms with same standards.
There are places in Australia where you can pay at the pump. It happens more frequently in rural areas so you may buy fuel out of business hours &/ or at unmanned servos
4:30 the power switch can also prevent the spark from removing the plug too slowly from shorting out and killing the device. Don't forget that the power supply is double the US ie 240V not 110
i knew that the power supply was different but i didn't realize it was a whole 2 times the amount! years ago i brought a US hair dryer to australia and was wondering why it broke LOL
@@elliemajellyOnly the U.S. and Canada use 110V (which dates from Edison and his 110V DC distribution system). Pretty much everyone else (except the Japanese (who use 100 to 240V depending on what city you are in) used between 220 to 260V (Western Australia used to be 260V) but recently (2000) agreed to standardise global supply voltages on 230V. Doubling the voltage means you need half the current for the same wattage and therefore smaller wires to the houses…
I don't usually switch off the power when unplugging a device, but almost every device you own has a standby mode which uses lots of power even if the device is turned off, having a power switch on the socket allows you to stop wasting electricity by just switching it off at the wall without the hassle of unplugging it. I once heard if everyone in the UK used the switch to turn off devices using standby mode on the plug the country could stop using 3 entire power stations in the country, standby mode wasted that much electricity.
It's a safety thing too. On/off switches in devices are usually electronic, not manual. They are more likely to malfunction and possibly burst into flames than the entirely manual wall switches. Devices are getting better and we tend not to turn off the wall switches unless we're going to be out of the house for a while. If we're going to be gone for a week or so, we also pull the plugs from the wall sockets. I used to be an electrical engineer, so I'm probably a bit paranoid.😄
Average school times in australia are 8:30 to 3:30 .kids get 15 minutes for the early break we call little lunch. And half an hour for big lunch or main break
It doesn’t make sense to me to pay ahead when you don’t know how much you’ll be paying. If you define an amount and don’t reach it, is the difference refunded? Or does it just hold the card then charge when you’ve finished filling? You can pay at the pump at many servos after you fill, just most people are usually picking up something else in the shop anyway.
so to give some more information on it, you put in your card and it'll immediately get sent to your bank to make sure you have enough money in the account to pay (if you have $12 in your account you can only put in $12 worth of petrol). It'll originally show up as $00.00 in your bank account until you put in the petrol and finalize the transaction - then it updated in your bank account to say how much you spent so it's no longer $0 but the price of what you bought.
@@elliemajelly Thank you so much for clarifying. It seems a bit like giving a credit card when you register for hotel room stay. We used the fuel system on a U.S. visit and found it strange that they wanted us to put in an amount. We were travelling and wanted to fill the tank, but had only a vague idea of the volume it would take, and therefore a similarly vague idea of the cost to enter. We also didn't know what would happen if we put in too high an amount. We ended up cautiously doing three entries and still not knowing if the tank was full.
Yes, this. It makes more sense to pay after you fill up so you know how much you need to pay. The US system seems not only untrusting but also unwieldy, especially if you are using cash.
@@Taojas How on earth is swiping your card at the pump, filling up, and driving away "unwieldy"? It obviously isn't, and you don't have to ascribe negative descriptors to everything that's different from what you're used to.
Kangaroos are a bit like deer in that it’s a lean, clean, healthy game meat. There’s also millions and millions of them - more of them since settlement as tree clearances have created more grassland on which they graze, and fences don’t contain them…they just jump over them.
Also about alcohol standard drinks it is mainly used for people who drive after a couple of drinks. You can have 2x standard drinks in the first hour and then 1x standard drink every hour after that and you will be below the limit to drive.
The personal bank to bank transfers is facilitated by Osko, and as stated in the video is direct bank account to bank account and doesn't go through Osko. The transfer is virtually instantaneous.
9:30am is too late to be starting school for the day. It actually starts at 8:45am and ends somewhere between 3 to 3:30am depending on where you are in Australia. When I was in school in the 80’s in the outer suburbs of Sydney NSW, my school day ended at 3:10pm.
I'm a Teacher. School is usually 9 to 3.30 or 8.45 to 3.15 (some schools are trialling late starts for teenagers 10 to 4.30 to combat high absence rates) Depending on the school there'll be a morning break for around half an hour plus an hour long lunch break.
We pay after filling up because we fill the whole tank and don’t know how much it’s going to cost. Also there aren’t a lot of people that drive off because all servos (service stations) have cameras everywhere reading your rego plates which are registered to you in a data base
The kangaroo. A remarkable animal. There are 50 million of them in Australia, twice as many as people The doe can have 3 offspring going at the same time at different stages of gestation, one at the foot occasionally drinking milk by sticking it's head into the pouch, one connected to the teat and one inside. The one inside can be put into suspended growth if times are hard and continue when things get better. But the main point, the meat is low in fat and is delish.
At our local rural service station, they ask you to fill up, move your car away from the bowser (to let the next person fill up) and THEN go pay. Still don't have an issue with drive-offs.
Yes, you can pay at the pump in Australia, but most people want human contact or couldn't be bothered paying at the pump and would rather walk to get the attendant to do it. Could we worried if everyone paid at the pump that would put the attendant out of a job.
Hi Elly. 1. For the "hip hip," no-one's specifically designated. However, usually someone would be prepared, like the father of the person, or the owner of the house, or the boss of the work gathering. Also, the "hip hip" may not necessarily happen if someone's not bold enough to do it, or they're not familiar enough with it. 2. Filling up at the service ("gas" for US persons) station first, has one advantage. The main one is that the person can completely fill up the fuel (gas) tank of the vehicle, and not instead put in a pre-determined amount. Also, people usually don't drive away without paying because the service stations have camera recordings going the whole time. The police are called when "a runner" happens. Registration numbers and personal descriptions are gathered from the cameras. People don't like having criminal records. It can prevent them from getting employment 🤷. 3. The on-off electrical switch is a non-issue if you were brought up in Australia. That's because you know you need to do it and it has become second nature. It's probably also a safer method to use electricity. Keep up the great work 😊
Some places in Australia you need to pre pay for petrol inside before filling up, other places you can pay at the Bowser if they are newer and have that option, other places you pay after filling...
What about pay id? All you do is connect your mobile number to your bank account and you just give someone your number and they can transfer the money to your account. School hours here in Western Australia is from about 8.30-9am to 3-3.30pm
Yep! You might do a quick eye flick to check, but basically who ever gets in first leads the cheer. And if no one starts, then someone will give it a go so as not to leave the birthday person hanging.
If I remember correctly, when blood alcohol limits for driving were introduced we were told that consuming three 'standard drinks' in one hour would take an 'average' person's blood alcohol content to around the limit of 0.05 per cent - once there. just one more drink per hour would keep you at that level. I think for beer (4.9pc alcohol), a standard drink was 10 fluid ounces (285ml).
Women generally one and one. It has to do with normal fat percentage of male and female bodies. It was more when first introduced because the initial bca men and women was 0.08.
yeap, in general a midi/pot/(or SA Schooner) 285mL of full strength (4.5-4.9%) is about 1 standard drink. A can (375mL) of mid-strength (~3.5%) is also 1 standard drink.
Three standard drinks came later. When .05 first became a "thing", it was recommended that 5 standard drinks could be consumed safely in the first hour. If you go searching for it, you'll find an early advertisement featuring Peter Brock with a "pot" (285ml./10 ounce) glass in his hand soliciting the five standard drink rule. Classic.
About eating Kangaroo, although it's quite healthy it needs to be very fresh, otherwise it stinks. Also, many people wouldn't eat it and consider it dog food. It just varies. I've had the sausages a few times and they were ok when they were fresh enough. Also I prefer paying after filling up the car, if I want to fill it all the way, how am I supposed to know exaclty how many liters it'll take ?
School starts here between 8:30-9. Finishes between 2:45-3:30 depending on the school. A lot of private schools have longer days so then they have a few more weeks of holidays later
In the USA with 110/120 volts domestic power the deaths or injury from electrocution is far less, in Australia, New Zealand and UK with 230/240 volts the risk is higher and the switch at the power outlet is very necessary to keep you alive. Many newer plugs have an insulated section on the pins so that power is not available to clumsy fingers and the plug doesn't connect until it is in past the insulated section (Well that's the theory anyway).
You can get electrocuted with 110V. It's like falling out of a window on the 5th floor vs the 10th. Neither is good. Like many countries, Australian plugs have partially insulated pins so it is virtually impossible to touch metal with the plug partially inserted. Switches do have advantages. They allow you to turn off even standby power without unplugging. Also, if you pull out a plug with the power connected slowly, it is possible for the air in between to become ionised causing a spark leading to a little scorching and electrical resistance in the contacts. Being AC does reduce that as the voltage drops to zero 100 times a second, but it remains a bit of an issue. Electrical switches are spring loaded so when switched off, the contacts rapidly spread to a point where the air can't ionise and conduct. Some switches do wear and you can see the occasional flash due to the effect I described.
Australia (and New Zealand (same joint standard) requires all outlets (and lighting circuits) be limited to 30 milliamps to ground by earth leakage circuit breakers. (10 mA where children are likely to have access, most recently). Electrocution requires 20mA to flow through the heart muscle… This protection has been legally required to be fitted since 2000 with any modification to wiring. That also means that fuses are getting very rare in houses in Australia. In a modern Australian house, electrocution would require a connection between the active and neutral (not ground).
To power the same device with lower voltage requires higher current (amps). Seeing as it is the current that causes the damage in electrocution, it may be safer to have a higher voltage and a lower current.
I lived in a rural town. Our school day was 9-3. But it was 60ish kms away and the bus would take over an hour to get there. And we had to go to the bus stop. So leaving home around 07:00ish. We would get home around 17:30ish
I genuinely forgot to pay once… things on my mind. I was very embarrassed when I received a call from the police 😂. I just had to go back and pay. Talk about embarrassing
If you think the shorts are tiny now, check out AFL footballers back in the 70s & 80s. I reckon Warwick Capper must gave borrowed his shorts from his little sister.
Hi Ellie, great video. Another thing about birthdays, some people sing "for he's (or she's) and jolly good fellow and say so all of us" followed by "hip hip hooray." Having switches on outlets can also save on power bills. When I was at school, we used to start at 9.00am and end at 3.30pm with a ten minute recess break and an hour lunch break. Just to let you know, I am a bit of a rarity, I don't drink any alcoholic beverages and I don't eat kangaroo. In many situations, kangaroo meat is used for pet food. Personally, I prefer just the normal standard food. Anyway, wishing you the best. Rob in Melbourne Australia.
You can make bank payments with osko payments which is bank to bank but you only need to give your mobile number. We have a switch on the electrical outlets because plugged in appliances still draw power even when you have the appliance turned off. So using the outlet switch stops that additional power draw. Also helps when kids insert things into vacant sockets. Aussies don't eat roo, we leave it for all the new arrivals 😂
Going inside a service station means customers will look at food / drinks & other consumables like magazines / newspapers, or even some groceries. All newer bowsers (pumps) have the option to pay with credit or debit cards. We used fleet payment cards so it was under a company account for fuel payments. Power Points are double the power of USA - also USA has light switches upside down to us. School times are from 0830 - 3.30 pm. so a few private schools that attend a bit longer.
You CAN pre-pay at the petrol bowser in Australia! If you only want exactly $50 worth of fuel and using a credit card. Otherwise you go inside, scan the loyalty card and pay by eftpos. Basically we’re an honest society.
With the petrol thing, they get your info and the police send a text out basically from the registration of your car I bought loads of snacks once plus fuel and the guy forgot to charge for the fuel, plus I didn’t even check, so I got a call like an hour later and I paid over the phone 😂😂😂
The drink measurement is for helping people not drive drunk. In Australia the police can pull over any vehicle at anytime and make the driver take a breath test, if you use the 2 standard drinks in one hour places you at the maximum alcohol limit and every standard drink every hour keeps you at that limit it is easier to avoid being caught for drink driving and possibly being involved in an accident. You are the worst person to determine whether you are too drunk to drive. As for the petrol/gas payment, some pumps now have credit card machines built in so you can pre pay and the pump will automatically stop, or you can pay after without having to go inside.
School zones slow traffic to 40 between 8am-9.30am and 2.30pm-4pm. So all schools must begin and finish within those times (unless they are on a permanent 40km rd. So most schools have kids come in 8.45-8.50 with classes beginning at 9am and finish between 2.30-3.30pm depending on how long the play breaks are.
With standard drinks it helps you to know when you are safe to drive. There was a massive advertising campaign years ago that said woman could drink 1 standard drink in the first hour and 1 standard drink per hour after to stay under .05 (the legal limit for drink driving). Men can have 2 in the first hour and 1 every hour after. That’s why all drinks and glasses are marked, so you can be safe to drive after having a few ‘bevies’ (beverages).
This will give you a laugh. When .05 laws were first introduced, the advisory was 5 standard drinks in the first hour with no differentiation between genders. Later, that was revised to 3 for men and 2 for women.
On the petrol pay system in the US, how do you fill the tank without knowing knowing how much is needed? I fill mine and then drive and fill again to work out petrol consumption.
Australia has a national banking system that owns a lot of the technology that connects banks to each other. From a computing standpoint its much MUCH easier in Australia, NZ, UK and many other countries to have banks automaitcally transfer monoey from one bank to another. In the USA there are quite severe restrictions on banks connecting in these ways (or at least there were 15 years ago when i last got to see how they work there) j Or exmple in Illinois it was against the law for banks to have branch offices Each branch had to be a separate corporation. That limited the legal situation of money passing from one bank to another. I never really understood why the US banking system was so damned antiquated, but it's also the reason why Americans still write cheques (checks).. But that explains why in the USA he money transfers from your account to a third party (Venmo) and from them to the othe rbank (Incurring fees at each step)
Eating kangaroo? In Tasmania people eat wallabies and sharks as well. Shark is called ‘Flake’ here, it’s really delicious. Actually wallaby is delicious as well. I feel terrible now 😩
I’m not sure how it’s decided who’ll do the ‘hip, hip’ before the ‘hooray’, but I’m guessing it’s usually the least shy person. I haven’t done it for ages because my kid doesn’t like having Happy Birthday sung for her, but at other people’s parties, it’s often been me that does the ‘hip, hip’. 🤣
Hey :) only new to your channel but have loved your videos so far. I have just come back from America after spending a month being a tourist in LA and surrounding areas and honestly it was a lot different than I thought. I really did not enjoy most of my time over there and I saw and experienced a lot. I have traveled a fair bit through in my life but I would say this was my most least enjoyable trip. I understand that I probably am coming off as very rude but please know that’s not my intentions but I am extremely grateful that I get to live in Australia. I’m sure there are amazing places in America as well but based off my one trip it’s not a place I would ever like to go back and explore again. Do you have a preference Australia or America? I was also so shocked by how severe the homelessness is over there. Very sad 😢 America definitely wasn’t all bad but I am grateful to live in Australia :)
honestly i agree with you! america has some amazing nature and other great features but overall i feel like i’d have a preference to liking australia more. i still love parts of california and america - its great for other people and their situations but just not for me. also thank you so much for watching my videos! it means so much :)
@@elliemajelly ohhh the nature is very pretty indeed and all the animals are so cute. I’m loved seeing little squirrels in the parks etc. I live on the mid north coast in NSW so if your ever this way send me a message and I can show you some cool places :)
Most people I know have what's called “PayID” which I don't think is owned by any one bank, but the accounts for it are maintained by the bank you're with, and you send the money/set it up from your bank's app/website; with paying people you just use their email or mobile number instead of having to get their BSB and Account Number, much easier!
Just so you’re aware, there are places in the US that you can pay for fuel in the same way as Australia (ie, fill the car then go in and pay at the counter). I fill up in Wisconsin like that all the time. It just depends if it’s an area where fuel theft is common or not.
Visited my sister in Adelaide in late 80's and had kangaroo for the first time. It was mince and she made us a lasanga but the mince came from the pet food section of the supermarket and was marked fit for human consumption.
Things have changed since then. Kangaroo meat is available for human consumption. You have to be careful how you cook it so it doesn't toughen up. Marinade first before grilling or stew it. Most Australians won't eat it though.
One evening I had my heart set on eating sushi but went to the freezer only to find limited meat choices. That was the night that I invented teriyaki kangaroo sushi. Yum!!
School starts roughly between 8.30 and 9am and finish between 3.15 and 3.45 with a break around 10.30, lunch around 12 and maybe another break around 2 pm
If kids are off school at 2pm, what do working parents do with them? School hours here were built years ago, I suppose, to fit more with working hours.
Australians pay after they fill their tank because we usually fill the entire tank and we don’t know the exact amount of petrol we’ll be putting in the tank and we usually fill the tank when petrol is cheapest.
Interesting that you experienced Melbourne. Growing up there, I found San Fran felt much more like home than LA, although I loved Long Beach. Weather perhaps?
Flipping that power switch also turns of the standby power. It's handy for cutting power bills. Do Americans pull the plug if they're going away for a while? Australians eating kangaroois like Americans eating deer.
Honestly it depends on the school. My high school was a little unique as it was a "split shift" school. Senior school students (Years 10, 11 and 12) attended school from 7:30am-12:55pm. This allowed for senior students to have the entire school to themselves from 7.30am-9.55am each day, and we became a 'senior college'. Junior secondary students (Years 7, 8 and 9) attended school from 10:25am-4:05pm. As a senior you were old enough to have a job and finishing school before 1pm definitely helped with this but came with the cost of being super tired. I don't remember ever getting any work done during the first class of the day.
Most Servos (Petrol stations) these days you can pay at the bowser rather than going in store. The reason you pay after you fill, if are going to fill your tank to full you don't know how much it is going to take therefore don't know how much it will cost.
Banking - you can also just pay to their mobile phone number (I do it all the time to my son), and it's instantaneous if you register your mobile with PayID through your bank.
Servo, not gas station. I once said gas absentmindedly, the response was: "what, LPG?" lol. So in the US, how can you fill the tank to the top? guess how much will fit in?😄
Hi There! Most of the major petrol companies like Shell, Caltex, Ampol etc have pay at the pump facilities at their larger locations. I prefer independents and they don't have that facility...Cheers!
I assume you are already taking back some Tim Tams and some Vegemite. You should also get some Musk Sticks. These are perfume (musk) flavoured nougat sticks that are quite popular with younger children. You will either love or hate the taste, there is no middle ground. You can probably find bags of them in the lolly aisle of most supermarkets. Have fun!
Paying for for petrol before filling, that's crazy, how do you know how much petrol you need to fill and what happens if you filled your tank and the amount used was less than you paid.
In the old days before about thirty years ago, a service station (that's why they are called "servos"), was where you were *served*. You drove up, gave your keys to an attendant who filled up your tank, washed your windscreen, gave you your keys back, took your cash and then returned with your change. If you asked, they would also check your oil, water and tyre pressure. Then you drove off.
woah that's so cool! i had no idea
@@elliemajelly Yep it was pretty convenient. I suspect we paid for it in other ways though!
There are some servos where you get driveway service though, they are rare.
@@keithhaycraft3765 true, but I don't think there are any left here in Canberra.
Ah yes, I remember those times well, some of the kids I went to school with, their first job was a driveway attendant at a servo. Also trying to find a servo on roster after hours when your about to run out of fuel, those were the days!
The biggest different going to school - in Australia, you do not need bulletproof backpacks.
That’s complete nonsense!…The USA a free country where citizens (not subjects) can own guns unlike convictland which is a monarchy!… Besides, the world’s best and the brightest go to the USA (not kangarooland) and American degrees are worth way more than Australian ones which are handed out to anyone and everyone from anywhere in the world as long as they can overpay and add to Australia’s exports! Oi oi Aussie! 😂
@aheat3036 yes, guns have more rights in America than school children..
More American children die from guns than from anything else..
And they do math in Australian schools.
@@aheat3036 Why is it known as Retardastan then.
@@rolandnelson6722 no we do mathS not math
Im Australian but went to high school for 3 years in the US. The reason high schools start early in the U.S is so they can use the yellow school buses to drop the high school kids off, then use the same buses to drop off the junior high kids a little later, then the same buses to drop off the elementary school kids who start later after that.
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Part of the reason for paying inside is most servos don't make much money from fuel but from other in-store purchases
I live in regional NSW and absentmindedly drove off without paying for my petrol. When I got home I realised and I sheepishly returned to pay. The attendant was very relaxed and said they just write down the number and the amount. Apparently it happens from time to time but the majority of people return to pay within a short time. I guess in the city would be different.
Some servos demand up front payment after 6 at night.
I did the same thing and I live on the Goldy. Got half way home, realised I hadn’t paid and turned around and went back to pay! I was so embarrassed but the attendant says it happens from time to time. They have cameras which record number plates so they will catch up with you for payment.
The one and only time in my life that I went to a servo and filled up, without taking my wallet with me, was so embarrassing. I only lived about 2 minutes drive from the servo and I could have left the car there and walked home to get my effing wallet. The guy smiled, pointed at my gold watch and said I could leave that with him and drive home instead of walking.
Some years ago, when everyone still used cash, I went to pay for my petrol and realised I didn't have enough money (poor student at the time). The lovely lady behind the counter understood. I told her I'll leave my watch, which was worth a bit and come back, collect my watch and pay for my petrol, She was cool with that.
@@matthewbrown6163 Some servos you CAN pay at the pump because of this. They have pre-set $$ amounts, too. So you swipe, select the amount you want to pay, and the pump will cut off at that amount.
How do you know what the exact amount is needed to fill up your tank? I always fill up my fuel tank so that’s it’s completely full so I never know what the exact cost will be.
you pay a certain amount, fill your car then go back in and get the difference refunded. yes its annoying
@@richardthomson4693 I have come across the same system here in Australia - only at Costco, which is of course an American company. You basically have to guess how much you need beforehand, type in that amount (say $80), and *your card is immediately charged $80*. Then start filling. Once your tank is full (at say $65), the pump stops and you drive away.
A FEW DAYS LATER, you notice the $80 charge on your app has been amended to $65. It's very odd, but I am used to it, as it's the only place I buy petrol these days.
You basically have to juggle amounts in your head as you approach the bowser: is my tank nearly empty? A quarter full? Three-quarters full but I am going to start an interstate drive?
It's nuts.
I have another comment about this as well, but for me when I fuel up in California i swipe my card first (that way the station can see if i have money to pay for the petrol - if i only had $20 in my account it would only let me fill up $20), i fill up to whatever my car needs say $65 and then it updates in my bank account from $0.00 when i first swiped and then goes to $65 after i finalize the transaction and put the pump back into it's little holder. I've never typed in a dollar amount before unless paying with cash.
I've seen this at heaps of servos where you can pay at the bowser. Probably why no one bothers if you have to keep N eye on them adjusting it. Also how would you get your iced coffee.
@@richardthomson4693we will be there one day soon enough, too many people driving off without paying!
Probably the reason for paying after filling your tank is because the shop gets the opportunity to sell other things (impulse buy) before you get to the cashier at the far end on the shop.
oooh that makes so much sense! good business ideas
Bit of a mindset too. Filling up your tank could be of any price and guessing an amount is, well, just annoying. Any servo doing it will lose customers. But you never know into the future.
Also all servos have recorded images at the pump. It's not that hard to trace anyone who takes off.
Yep. Never can go to into Servo without coming out with a packet of Snakes😊
Probably more that you only pay after you take the product.
It has been that way since long before they became rip off merchants, I don't think that is the reason. In NSW I can remember pre-pay being introduced, but it didn't last long.
As a parent of school aged children I shudder at the thought of kids not wearing uniforms. This makes it very hard for parents to accommodate and creates a less level playing field within the school where kids try to differentiate themselves by what they wear. This leads to poorer kids being discriminated against as well as more cliques and exclusion.
Hangon, uniforms are not required to be worn in the US public school system. Most parents sending kids to US public schools would be usually in the same economic income bracket. So there is no inequality so to speak. Also remember clothing quality is generally far better in the US at cheaper prices. Private schools in the US like Australia have uniforms with same standards.
There are places in Australia where you can pay at the pump. It happens more frequently in rural areas so you may buy fuel out of business hours &/ or at unmanned servos
Short shorts in Australia were even shorter in the 1980s than they are now!😂
With long socks and dress shoes.
4:30 the power switch can also prevent the spark from removing the plug too slowly from shorting out and killing the device. Don't forget that the power supply is double the US ie 240V not 110
i knew that the power supply was different but i didn't realize it was a whole 2 times the amount! years ago i brought a US hair dryer to australia and was wondering why it broke LOL
@@elliemajelly 🔌🤯
@@elliemajellyOnly the U.S. and Canada use 110V (which dates from Edison and his 110V DC distribution system).
Pretty much everyone else (except the Japanese (who use 100 to 240V depending on what city you are in) used between 220 to 260V (Western Australia used to be 260V) but recently (2000) agreed to standardise global supply voltages on 230V.
Doubling the voltage means you need half the current for the same wattage and therefore smaller wires to the houses…
I don't usually switch off the power when unplugging a device, but almost every device you own has a standby mode which uses lots of power even if the device is turned off, having a power switch on the socket allows you to stop wasting electricity by just switching it off at the wall without the hassle of unplugging it. I once heard if everyone in the UK used the switch to turn off devices using standby mode on the plug the country could stop using 3 entire power stations in the country, standby mode wasted that much electricity.
wait that's actually inside 3 entire power stations! i wonder how much the US wastes then
It's a safety thing too. On/off switches in devices are usually electronic, not manual. They are more likely to malfunction and possibly burst into flames than the entirely manual wall switches. Devices are getting better and we tend not to turn off the wall switches unless we're going to be out of the house for a while. If we're going to be gone for a week or so, we also pull the plugs from the wall sockets. I used to be an electrical engineer, so I'm probably a bit paranoid.😄
@@elliemajellythe main reason we have a switch is because it’s 240 volts instead of 110, and can easily kill you. So it’s a safety thing.
@@Steve21945 not sure that is really the case as US runs a higher current to deliver a similar power output from a circuit. Could be wrong though?
@@mnewm21 I don’t know.
Average school times in australia are 8:30 to 3:30 .kids get 15 minutes for the early break we call little lunch. And half an hour for big lunch or main break
When I was going to Primary and High School, it was always 8 to 4; from year 3 High, we would finish at 3:30.
It doesn’t make sense to me to pay ahead when you don’t know how much you’ll be paying. If you define an amount and don’t reach it, is the difference refunded? Or does it just hold the card then charge when you’ve finished filling? You can pay at the pump at many servos after you fill, just most people are usually picking up something else in the shop anyway.
so to give some more information on it, you put in your card and it'll immediately get sent to your bank to make sure you have enough money in the account to pay (if you have $12 in your account you can only put in $12 worth of petrol). It'll originally show up as $00.00 in your bank account until you put in the petrol and finalize the transaction - then it updated in your bank account to say how much you spent so it's no longer $0 but the price of what you bought.
@@elliemajelly Thank you so much for clarifying. It seems a bit like giving a credit card when you register for hotel room stay. We used the fuel system on a U.S. visit and found it strange that they wanted us to put in an amount. We were travelling and wanted to fill the tank, but had only a vague idea of the volume it would take, and therefore a similarly vague idea of the cost to enter. We also didn't know what would happen if we put in too high an amount. We ended up cautiously doing three entries and still not knowing if the tank was full.
Yes, this. It makes more sense to pay after you fill up so you know how much you need to pay. The US system seems not only untrusting but also unwieldy, especially if you are using cash.
@@Taojas How on earth is swiping your card at the pump, filling up, and driving away "unwieldy"? It obviously isn't, and you don't have to ascribe negative descriptors to everything that's different from what you're used to.
Schools start at about 9 am and finish about 3 or 3.30 pm or within minutes of that
Adolescents and teens don't operate well in the mornings so I don't understand why they have kids turn up at the crack of dawn in the US.
9am makes so much more sense than 7:30!
Kangaroos are a bit like deer in that it’s a lean, clean, healthy game meat.
There’s also millions and millions of them - more of them since settlement as tree clearances have created more grassland on which they graze, and fences don’t contain them…they just jump over them.
yeah its too gamey for my personal tastes, but it makes for a super healthy dog food!
You must also remember that a great number of Americans ate their native animals such as Bison as well as many others animals!
Also about alcohol standard drinks it is mainly used for people who drive after a couple of drinks.
You can have 2x standard drinks in the first hour and then 1x standard drink every hour after that and you will be below the limit to drive.
In Australia you can use pay id (phone number) to send money to friends and family instead of venmo
Pay ID works on Email addresses also
The personal bank to bank transfers is facilitated by Osko, and as stated in the video is direct bank account to bank account and doesn't go through Osko. The transfer is virtually instantaneous.
Love osko
9:30am is too late to be starting school for the day. It actually starts at 8:45am and ends somewhere between 3 to 3:30am depending on where you are in Australia. When I was in school in the 80’s in the outer suburbs of Sydney NSW, my school day ended at 3:10pm.
I'm a Teacher. School is usually 9 to 3.30 or 8.45 to 3.15 (some schools are trialling late starts for teenagers 10 to 4.30 to combat high absence rates) Depending on the school there'll be a morning break for around half an hour plus an hour long lunch break.
Research also indicates that teenagers are more teachable after 10am…
We pay after filling up because we fill the whole tank and don’t know how much it’s going to cost.
Also there aren’t a lot of people that drive off because all servos (service stations) have cameras everywhere reading your rego plates which are registered to you in a data base
The kangaroo. A remarkable animal. There are 50 million of them in Australia, twice as many as people The doe can have 3 offspring going at the same time at different stages of gestation, one at the foot occasionally drinking milk by sticking it's head into the pouch, one connected to the teat and one inside. The one inside can be put into suspended growth if times are hard and continue when things get better. But the main point, the meat is low in fat and is delish.
At our local rural service station, they ask you to fill up, move your car away from the bowser (to let the next person fill up) and THEN go pay. Still don't have an issue with drive-offs.
Our local Woolworths petrol used to be super busy and most people did that too.
Yes, you can pay at the pump in Australia, but most people want human contact or couldn't be bothered paying at the pump and would rather walk to get the attendant to do it. Could we worried if everyone paid at the pump that would put the attendant out of a job.
Great clip Ellie - will watch your others. Keep up good work.
Hi Elly. 1. For the "hip hip," no-one's specifically designated. However, usually someone would be prepared, like the father of the person, or the owner of the house, or the boss of the work gathering. Also, the "hip hip" may not necessarily happen if someone's not bold enough to do it, or they're not familiar enough with it. 2. Filling up at the service ("gas" for US persons) station first, has one advantage. The main one is that the person can completely fill up the fuel (gas) tank of the vehicle, and not instead put in a pre-determined amount. Also, people usually don't drive away without paying because the service stations have camera recordings going the whole time. The police are called when "a runner" happens. Registration numbers and personal descriptions are gathered from the cameras. People don't like having criminal records. It can prevent them from getting employment 🤷. 3. The on-off electrical switch is a non-issue if you were brought up in Australia. That's because you know you need to do it and it has become second nature. It's probably also a safer method to use electricity. Keep up the great work 😊
Great video ...your explanation was totally defineful and amazing ...very useful information ....thank you .....
thank you!
You can still pay at the pump using your credit card without going inside. You select how much you want to spend, swipe and fill up.
Petrol stations make nothing out of the petrol (loss leader) but they are very good business selling all manner of snacks comulsive buys etc
Some places in Australia you need to pre pay for petrol inside before filling up, other places you can pay at the Bowser if they are newer and have that option, other places you pay after filling...
oooh i didn't know they had both!
What about pay id? All you do is connect your mobile number to your bank account and you just give someone your number and they can transfer the money to your account. School hours here in Western Australia is from about 8.30-9am to 3-3.30pm
For Celsius to Fahrenheit just add 15 then double it and gives you a ballpark temp within a few degrees subtract 3 degrees F if you want to be closer
The power switg is also to save power instead of just unplugging. Even devices turned off consume power as the circuit is open
Hip Hip usually shouted out by whoever is the loudest extrovert at the party.
Yep! You might do a quick eye flick to check, but basically who ever gets in first leads the cheer.
And if no one starts, then someone will give it a go so as not to leave the birthday person hanging.
I thought it was usually the head of the family.
Wholesome as hell. Love it!
If I remember correctly, when blood alcohol limits for driving were introduced we were told that consuming three 'standard drinks' in one hour would take an 'average' person's blood alcohol content to around the limit of 0.05 per cent - once there. just one more drink per hour would keep you at that level. I think for beer (4.9pc alcohol), a standard drink was 10 fluid ounces (285ml).
Yeah it was different rates for men and women as well, taking our metabolic function in to account
Women generally one and one. It has to do with normal fat percentage of male and female bodies. It was more when first introduced because the initial bca men and women was 0.08.
yeap, in general a midi/pot/(or SA Schooner) 285mL of full strength (4.5-4.9%) is about 1 standard drink. A can (375mL) of mid-strength (~3.5%) is also 1 standard drink.
@@abekane7038 Yeah, the old add campaign - Four men & women Two - back when the limit was 0.08
Three standard drinks came later. When .05 first became a "thing", it was recommended that 5 standard drinks could be consumed safely in the first hour.
If you go searching for it, you'll find an early advertisement featuring Peter Brock with a "pot" (285ml./10 ounce) glass in his hand soliciting the five standard drink rule.
Classic.
About eating Kangaroo, although it's quite healthy it needs to be very fresh, otherwise it stinks. Also, many people wouldn't eat it and consider it dog food. It just varies. I've had the sausages a few times and they were ok when they were fresh enough. Also I prefer paying after filling up the car, if I want to fill it all the way, how am I supposed to know exaclty how many liters it'll take ?
School starts here between 8:30-9. Finishes between 2:45-3:30 depending on the school. A lot of private schools have longer days so then they have a few more weeks of holidays later
In the USA with 110/120 volts domestic power the deaths or injury from electrocution is far less, in Australia, New Zealand and UK with 230/240 volts the risk is higher and the switch at the power outlet is very necessary to keep you alive. Many newer plugs have an insulated section on the pins so that power is not available to clumsy fingers and the plug doesn't connect until it is in past the insulated section (Well that's the theory anyway).
You can get electrocuted with 110V. It's like falling out of a window on the 5th floor vs the 10th. Neither is good.
Like many countries, Australian plugs have partially insulated pins so it is virtually impossible to touch metal with the plug partially inserted.
Switches do have advantages. They allow you to turn off even standby power without unplugging. Also, if you pull out a plug with the power connected slowly, it is possible for the air in between to become ionised causing a spark leading to a little scorching and electrical resistance in the contacts. Being AC does reduce that as the voltage drops to zero 100 times a second, but it remains a bit of an issue. Electrical switches are spring loaded so when switched off, the contacts rapidly spread to a point where the air can't ionise and conduct. Some switches do wear and you can see the occasional flash due to the effect I described.
Australia (and New Zealand (same joint standard) requires all outlets (and lighting circuits) be limited to 30 milliamps to ground by earth leakage circuit breakers. (10 mA where children are likely to have access, most recently).
Electrocution requires 20mA to flow through the heart muscle…
This protection has been legally required to be fitted since 2000 with any modification to wiring.
That also means that fuses are getting very rare in houses in Australia.
In a modern Australian house, electrocution would require a connection between the active and neutral (not ground).
To power the same device with lower voltage requires higher current (amps). Seeing as it is the current that causes the damage in electrocution, it may be safer to have a higher voltage and a lower current.
Talking about shorts: many male office workers wore shorts with long socks at work in warm weather back in the 1960s and 1970s.
Bring this back.
Bus drivers did too
And now shorts are banned in most heavy industries on health and safety grounds (ditto skirts and dresses for women by the way).
even the early 80s for say public servants in the country.
If you didn't have a bank account - where does your pay/wages from work go. Most places pay directly into your bank account.
I lived in a rural town. Our school day was 9-3. But it was 60ish kms away and the bus would take over an hour to get there. And we had to go to the bus stop. So leaving home around 07:00ish. We would get home around 17:30ish
yeah i can see why they would change it for rural areas because you have so much distance to cover to get to school
HD CCTV and license detection cameras at Aussie servos, are great deterrents to stealing fuel 😃😃
LOL good point
I genuinely forgot to pay once… things on my mind. I was very embarrassed when I received a call from the police 😂. I just had to go back and pay. Talk about embarrassing
They can't detect your licence which is in you purse or wallet but they can record the car registration number.
@ license PLATE was what I was referring to
If you think the shorts are tiny now, check out AFL footballers back in the 70s & 80s. I reckon Warwick Capper must gave borrowed his shorts from his little sister.
Yeah all shorts were shorter back then! Not just for footballers.
Plus some good banks for folks in our age group or first bank accounts are ING, WESTPAC, and I have some friends who love ANZ
Hi Ellie, great video. Another thing about birthdays, some people sing "for he's (or she's) and jolly good fellow and say so all of us" followed by "hip hip hooray." Having switches on outlets can also save on power bills. When I was at school, we used to start at 9.00am and end at 3.30pm with a ten minute recess break and an hour lunch break. Just to let you know, I am a bit of a rarity, I don't drink any alcoholic beverages and I don't eat kangaroo. In many situations, kangaroo meat is used for pet food. Personally, I prefer just the normal standard food. Anyway, wishing you the best. Rob in Melbourne Australia.
You can make bank payments with osko payments which is bank to bank but you only need to give your mobile number. We have a switch on the electrical outlets because plugged in appliances still draw power even when you have the appliance turned off. So using the outlet switch stops that additional power draw. Also helps when kids insert things into vacant sockets. Aussies don't eat roo, we leave it for all the new arrivals 😂
Yes called payid
Voltage is higher in Aus than US (240v VS 110v) so chance of electrocution is higher.
Going inside a service station means customers will look at food / drinks & other consumables like magazines / newspapers, or even some groceries. All newer bowsers (pumps) have the option to pay with credit or debit cards. We used fleet payment cards so it was under a company account for fuel payments. Power Points are double the power of USA - also USA has light switches upside down to us. School times are from 0830 - 3.30 pm. so a few private schools that attend a bit longer.
This chick and her comments are so cool. OMG how different are we. Had a big smile on my dial the whole time time
The petrol ⛽️ bowser you can lock the 💰amount on the keypad before filling up.
And pay at the pump in many cases.
You CAN pre-pay at the petrol bowser in Australia! If you only want exactly $50 worth of fuel and using a credit card. Otherwise you go inside, scan the loyalty card and pay by eftpos. Basically we’re an honest society.
Moving to the U.S. with young kids I was TERRIFIED of the power points with no off switch - still am a little!
and so you should be because 110 volts will still more than kill you.
Lol who dafuq moves to the USA from Australia 😂😂😂
With the petrol thing, they get your info and the police send a text out basically from the registration of your car
I bought loads of snacks once plus fuel and the guy forgot to charge for the fuel, plus I didn’t even check, so I got a call like an hour later and I paid over the phone 😂😂😂
The drink measurement is for helping people not drive drunk. In Australia the police can pull over any vehicle at anytime and make the driver take a breath test, if you use the 2 standard drinks in one hour places you at the maximum alcohol limit and every standard drink every hour keeps you at that limit it is easier to avoid being caught for drink driving and possibly being involved in an accident. You are the worst person to determine whether you are too drunk to drive. As for the petrol/gas payment, some pumps now have credit card machines built in so you can pre pay and the pump will automatically stop, or you can pay after without having to go inside.
Welcome back, great channel
Most still go inside but there's plenty of petrol stations here where you can pay at the pump, or via app.
School zones slow traffic to 40 between 8am-9.30am and 2.30pm-4pm. So all schools must begin and finish within those times (unless they are on a permanent 40km rd. So most schools have kids come in 8.45-8.50 with classes beginning at 9am and finish between 2.30-3.30pm depending on how long the play breaks are.
Here primary and high school start at 9. High school finishes at 3 and primary at 3:30
'Stubbie ' shorts are kind of a byproduct of Aussie Rules Football where the shorts are so short to permit kicking high.
that makes sense!
Oregon used to be where you had to have some one fill up your tank. I don't know if that's the case. I believe NJ used to do that as well.
There was a little while about 15 years ago where servos made you pay first and then fill. It didn't last long, think petrol runners increased..
6:22 “Sleep deprived in High School” out having fun when should be sleeping.
Yep I remember how it was.
With standard drinks it helps you to know when you are safe to drive. There was a massive advertising campaign years ago that said woman could drink 1 standard drink in the first hour and 1 standard drink per hour after to stay under .05 (the legal limit for drink driving). Men can have 2 in the first hour and 1 every hour after.
That’s why all drinks and glasses are marked, so you can be safe to drive after having a few ‘bevies’ (beverages).
This will give you a laugh. When .05 laws were first introduced, the advisory was 5 standard drinks in the first hour with no differentiation between genders.
Later, that was revised to 3 for men and 2 for women.
On the petrol pay system in the US, how do you fill the tank without knowing knowing how much is needed? I fill mine and then drive and fill again to work out petrol consumption.
Australia has a national banking system that owns a lot of the technology that connects banks to each other. From a computing standpoint its much MUCH easier in Australia, NZ, UK and many other countries to have banks automaitcally transfer monoey from one bank to another. In the USA there are quite severe restrictions on banks connecting in these ways (or at least there were 15 years ago when i last got to see how they work there) j Or exmple in Illinois it was against the law for banks to have branch offices Each branch had to be a separate corporation. That limited the legal situation of money passing from one bank to another. I never really understood why the US banking system was so damned antiquated, but it's also the reason why Americans still write cheques (checks).. But that explains why in the USA he money transfers from your account to a third party (Venmo) and from them to the othe rbank (Incurring fees at each step)
Eating kangaroo? In Tasmania people eat wallabies and sharks as well. Shark is called ‘Flake’ here, it’s really delicious. Actually wallaby is delicious as well. I feel terrible now 😩
I’m not sure how it’s decided who’ll do the ‘hip, hip’ before the ‘hooray’, but I’m guessing it’s usually the least shy person.
I haven’t done it for ages because my kid doesn’t like having Happy Birthday sung for her, but at other people’s parties, it’s often been me that does the ‘hip, hip’. 🤣
LOL i love that!!! 💗
Only some people use "gas" in their cars, we mostly use diesel or petrol 😅
We don't go to gas stations in Australia they're petrol stations and in more recent times servos but they're the larger ones.
Hey :) only new to your channel but have loved your videos so far. I have just come back from America after spending a month being a tourist in LA and surrounding areas and honestly it was a lot different than I thought. I really did not enjoy most of my time over there and I saw and experienced a lot. I have traveled a fair bit through in my life but I would say this was my most least enjoyable trip. I understand that I probably am coming off as very rude but please know that’s not my intentions but I am extremely grateful that I get to live in Australia. I’m sure there are amazing places in America as well but based off my one trip it’s not a place I would ever like to go back and explore again. Do you have a preference Australia or America? I was also so shocked by how severe the homelessness is over there. Very sad 😢 America definitely wasn’t all bad but I am grateful to live in Australia :)
honestly i agree with you! america has some amazing nature and other great features but overall i feel like i’d have a preference to liking australia more. i still love parts of california and america - its great for other people and their situations but just not for me. also thank you so much for watching my videos! it means so much :)
@@elliemajelly ohhh the nature is very pretty indeed and all the animals are so cute. I’m loved seeing little squirrels in the parks etc. I live on the mid north coast in NSW so if your ever this way send me a message and I can show you some cool places :)
that would be amazing thank you 🥰
Most people I know have what's called “PayID” which I don't think is owned by any one bank, but the accounts for it are maintained by the bank you're with, and you send the money/set it up from your bank's app/website; with paying people you just use their email or mobile number instead of having to get their BSB and Account Number, much easier!
Just so you’re aware, there are places in the US that you can pay for fuel in the same way as Australia (ie, fill the car then go in and pay at the counter). I fill up in Wisconsin like that all the time. It just depends if it’s an area where fuel theft is common or not.
no way i had no idea! never been to wisconsin so i never knew anyone did it differently - thanks for letting me know
Visited my sister in Adelaide in late 80's and had kangaroo for the first time. It was mince and she made us a lasanga but the mince came from the pet food section of the supermarket and was marked fit for human consumption.
Things have changed since then. Kangaroo meat is available for human consumption. You have to be careful how you cook it so it doesn't toughen up. Marinade first before grilling or stew it. Most Australians won't eat it though.
Yes! Readily available now, mostly processed in Sth Oz to. I eat it regularly, and have for years. Emu an goanna is good to
One evening I had my heart set on eating sushi but went to the freezer only to find limited meat choices. That was the night that I invented teriyaki kangaroo sushi. Yum!!
NO ... schools start usually between 8:30 & 9am ... finishe times are between 3:15 and 3:30pm ... I should know ... I'm a teacher !!
not only the power point (as we call them in australia) its to save power if you have an electric jug you turn it off at the wall.
Reason 1 for school hours is some bus runs in the bush are around 2 hours I used too get on my bus at 7am and school would start at 9am
School starts roughly between 8.30 and 9am and finish between 3.15 and 3.45 with a break around 10.30, lunch around 12 and maybe another break around 2 pm
If kids are off school at 2pm, what do working parents do with them? School hours here were built years ago, I suppose, to fit more with working hours.
Australians pay after they fill their tank because we usually fill the entire tank and we don’t know the exact amount of petrol we’ll be putting in the tank and we usually fill the tank when petrol is cheapest.
Have you been to the MCG to watch a game of AFL yet? It's a great experience .
not yet! cant wait to go, planning for a game there when i come back from the US in june :) (taking a quick trip back home for may)
Interesting that you experienced Melbourne. Growing up there, I found San Fran felt much more like home than LA, although I loved Long Beach. Weather perhaps?
Flipping that power switch also turns of the standby power. It's handy for cutting power bills. Do Americans pull the plug if they're going away for a while? Australians eating kangaroois like Americans eating deer.
PayID is bank to bank in Oz.
You can transfer funds from the bank app if you have someone’s mobile phone number. (You don’t need an account number).
Honestly it depends on the school. My high school was a little unique as it was a "split shift" school. Senior school students (Years 10, 11 and 12) attended school from 7:30am-12:55pm. This allowed for senior students to have the entire school to themselves from 7.30am-9.55am each day, and we became a 'senior college'. Junior secondary students (Years 7, 8 and 9) attended school from 10:25am-4:05pm. As a senior you were old enough to have a job and finishing school before 1pm definitely helped with this but came with the cost of being super tired. I don't remember ever getting any work done during the first class of the day.
My kids High school offered the earlier start, but so few kids did it they went back to the regular 8:45.
High school in Sydney where I tutor -- start at 8:50am and end at 3:08pm. Years 7 to 12.
Most Servos (Petrol stations) these days you can pay at the bowser rather than going in store. The reason you pay after you fill, if are going to fill your tank to full you don't know how much it is going to take therefore don't know how much it will cost.
Banking - you can also just pay to their mobile phone number (I do it all the time to my son), and it's instantaneous if you register your mobile with PayID through your bank.
I thought everyone did hip hip hooray on birthday song
Btw with the bank to bank transfer a lot of people have PayID these days so all you need is their mobile number
Servo, not gas station. I once said gas absentmindedly, the response was: "what, LPG?" lol. So in the US, how can you fill the tank to the top? guess how much will fit in?😄
How about a video or two about the similarities between the US and Australia?
Hi There! Most of the major petrol companies like Shell, Caltex, Ampol etc have pay at the pump facilities at their larger locations. I prefer independents and they don't have that facility...Cheers!
Food portion size differences in restaurants etc.
The drinks have both measurements. Alcohol percentage as well as standard drinks
I assume you are already taking back some Tim Tams and some Vegemite. You should also get some Musk Sticks. These are perfume (musk) flavoured nougat sticks that are quite popular with younger children. You will either love or hate the taste, there is no middle ground. You can probably find bags of them in the lolly aisle of most supermarkets. Have fun!
I do believe that she moved to Australia, I don't think she is going back to the U.S. any time soon.
omg great idea! i'm actually heading back in 2 weeks for the month of may so that'll be perfect!
Paying for for petrol before filling, that's crazy, how do you know how much petrol you need to fill and what happens if you filled your tank and the amount used was less than you paid.
You should go to a Nordic birthday party, they do something similar to the Hip Hip thing BUT totally different