joel, don't be staying in hotels mate. I reckon if u put your hand up, nearly every Aussie watching will offer u a place to stay at there house. That way u will meet some true locals. And the same goes for kiwis too
Well maybe but I wouldn’t suggest to anyone to land in a foreign country and stay with some random stranger who says on UA-cam they’re a nice person 🙄 hotel or air bnb would be the way to go.
Joel don't stay in one place for too long. Try to see as much of the country as you can. We are also more than just the capital cities. Some of the regional cities also have a lot to offer. You are by far the best reactor I have seen from the US. I really love your work. You will have no problem making yourself understood here. Your accent is minimal. Keep up the great work.
pine point in south australia also a great place to visit nice beaches not to big and it has places around it one of my favourites. The moonta mines (not operating anymore but there is a small tourist train that runs around the site)
I was naturalized Australian at the age of 3, however the first time I put my feet down on the land of Down Under was in 1978 when I was 18. I have traveled pretty much all around the world. I tell you now, people who have never been or lived abroad in lesser developed countries have no idea how lucky they are living in this country. I lived in the UK for almost a decade and I thought their medical system was second to none, but here in Australia it's at another level. Sometimes i just shake my head when I hear people complaining about a service their getting for FREE. In most other countries you don't even get the chance to complain. Look at America, you would think such a leading country would have a much better medical system, instead many people struggle to get the medical cover they need. Sad isn't it seeing politicians fighting among each other over a simple thing like medicare.
@@lekWehb I absolutely agree! I moved to Australia 20+ years ago after living in the US and UK. I became a citizen a few years later and have never considered living anywhere else. I’m so grateful I get to raise my kids here. This is truly the lucky country.
@@pholliez You should have seen what it was like back in the 70s and 80s. You could greet strangers walking past you down the street, how gratifying is that? I remember how back then the employment section of the Age newspaper was so thick it was like a newspaper within a newspaper. You can just sift through the pages until you almost always find the job that appeals to you most. Talk about the land of opportunity. Yes, a truly lucky country that should never be taken for granted.
@@lekWehb For the most part Medicare isn't free, it is paid via taxes. And what i mean by that is, we are taxed a percentage of our wage for the service. In general low to middle income earners pay a tax but will not get bulk billed when we got the service. But if you are unemployed or on benefits ( disabled or medically unfit or other special reasons ) its entirely free. But for the middle to higher income earners they are not eligible for medicare and have to pay for private health care and will be bulk billed. So yea nah, we pay for it either way 🤓
If you are considering hotel prices etc. just remember that , although it's expensive (it's expensive for us even and we get paid to live here) the prices are all inclusive ( there's no tipping in Australia ) and all prices are inclusive of sales tax.
So true, if his American brain is thinking sales tax and tipping on top, no wonder he's scared of the $$$. Everything in Oz is price as marked, the same as many other countries, the way it should be everywhere really.
That 22 years of schooling you were looking at on that chart was referring to expected total schooling, which includes tertiary education, obtaining university degrees and trade certificates. The 12.7 years to the right of that was the average time a person will be in schooling.
G'day Joel, when you are making the arrangements for your trip, as well as Air BnB, don't forget to check out some other accommodation options like Caravan and Camping Parks (you'd know that as a trailer park). Each state has a motoring association, NRMA in NSW; RACV in Victoria; RACQ in Queensland; RACWA in Western Australia; AANT in Northern Territory; RACT in Tassie, these would be similar to the US's AAA. They can help with accommodation guides for the parks within each state. It might be well worth letting your fingers do the walking, as the old saying goes, to find the best options for your budget. There's also the option to hire a camper van or RV as you know it... Often some of the pubs in country towns will have rooms for rent,,,spent many a night in pub/hotel accommodation when I would travel with my father when I was a youngster. 😃 🙃🐨🇦🇺
NB Joel, in Australia, caravan parks (what you'd call trailer parks) are for tourists, there's no social stigma attached to them here. Sure, some have some longer-term residents, but they're highly likely to be a teacher or nurse that's not ready to settle down, or a fly-in fly-out contract worker for a mining company earning a six figures salary that doesn't want to spend it all on living in an expensive hotel when working away from home.
9:06 - 1.6M is an average price range which generally in Sydney's East being the most expensive area a house can cost up to 60M and in Sydney's Greater West being much cheaper you can buy a house for around $500K - Just depends on what you want and what you can afford 👍🏽
Hey bro you can get cheaper accommodation in the suburbs & use public transprtation to get nearly anywhere especially tourist areas as we transport near any tourist destinations. Right near the opera house ther is a ferry service that will take you close to some of the best surfing spots in the world, there is a bus servicice that will take you to bondi beach which is mainly a tourist beach.
I bought a 4 bedroom brick house on an 828m2 block for $59kau in 2002, 1.2km from the shoreline in a town whose population imo is a very perfect 40k. Not to big not too small, all first world modern necessities & conveniences catered for, excellent education & health care facilities & I am blessed with seeing the sun set over the ocean every single day of the year if I so desire. The weather is always perfect, summers aren't too hot & the average max temp in winter a glorious 23⁰c. Best place on earth for unbeatable house prices. It truly is the luckiest country on earth. In my humble opinion.
The big city housing prices sure look familiar. Same thing here, especially in Vancouver and Toronto. Very informative statistics, giving context and perspective on Australia's many successes. Good choice Joel. John in Canada
Australia was directly attacked by the Japanese during WW2 . Darwin was heavily bombed and Townsville, Brisbane and Sydney had intrusions and attacks by Japanese submarines. (Refering to 6:30)
I commented with a bunch of info suggestions on that yesterday too.(both Sydney and Darwin). Maybe he'll look into those for future videos. It didn't sit right that the UK narrator quipped about no one air raiding Australia in regards to wars in the last 100 years. 100+ air raids over 20 months and the lives lost would suggest otherwise. 🙃 Also him calling Uluru - Ayers Rock was pretty ignorant.
When you come to Aus, look at backpacker hostels. They are generally really good. You can get a private room with or without a private bathroom or stay in a dorm and it’s a lot cheaper. They are clean and safe too. It’s also a great way to meet other people amd make friends or join tours. Also, in regional areas, caravan parks are really fun. You can get a little cabin / donga and there is usually friendly wildlife that will come up and say hello. I never stay in hotels, after all you will be out doing stuff and only really sleep there. I moved here from the US years ago and since I have lived here, I really like staying in those places best.
Yes I said similar re hostels and also staying away from areas like the Harbour and Bondi. Even hostels there can be expensive. Base yourself away from those a bit. There's plenty of transport to get you around the cities and suburbs. I've also noticed capsule hotels popping up in Sydney. Another option. A lot of young people are renting Vans they and travelling around camp sites with facilities etc. For content creators like Joel it provides great vlog content hashtag van life lol. And with that comes sponsor opportunities with local tour operators.
Sydney doesn't have as much available land space for building homes as is available all around Melbourne, so that drives the Sydney housing prices through the roof.
I am quite lucky to own houses in Sydney and Melbourne. Not going to sell for sure, quite content to have my own lands in two most desirable cities in the world.
Plus Sydney is just absolutely stunning with its hilly suburbs that have views over little valleys, open ocean beaches and inlets, harbour with bushland dispersed throughout and of course weather...surrounding national parks and landscapes and iconic landmarks. Melbourne may be better to live in and have more "culture" but many people have said it is like a bigger version of Adelaide. It doesn't have the stunning vistas (even Adelaide has sweeping views from the hills), no famous landmarks, it's really flat and samey...the surrounding countryside attractions are further away then Sydneys are and many Melbourne skyscrapers are kinda boring or ugly.
@Michael Rogers Dandenongs aren't that close but I suppose if you want a good view of smog haze over a big flat featureless city then I suppose it's fine
G'day Mate! Until 2021 I had lived in Sydney for ages, now retired to the Central Coast 90 minutes from Sydney Centre. The centre of Sydney is ridiculously expensive but there are hundreds of small hotels & motels away from the centre which are far more reasonably priced. I am sure if you reach out to your Aussie fans they would be happy to point you in the right direction...Cheers!
Coming from USA, I suggest you arrive in Brisbane to sleep off your jetlag and find your feet. It is cheaper and less hectic! Then travel to wherever else you want, and eventually make your way back to Sydney or Melbourne for your return flight. Avoid inner city, name-brand hotels to save USD, and make use of public transport if you can. Oz is expensive, but there are things you can do to stretch your USD. Do not try to see everything! You can't, and if you try, all you will see is the inside of aircraft and hotel rooms.. Select an area you want to visit, and confine yourself to that.
There are great places to visit outside of Sydney - Melbourne - Brisbane, for the most part some of the best places to visit in Australia aren't in the cities. And that is only if they have the time to travel and they def wont be stuck in an aircraft or hotel rooms. Flights are generally short like Sydney to Melbourne or Sydney to Brisbane is only 1 hour 30 mins... There are plenty of train - bus - boat tours outside the cities and they are quality, there are so many places to visit. And yea it's expensive but the US$ makes up the difference 😅
Australian tv shows would be great, it's a divide though lol. Many people don't tend to get Aussie humour, I hope you do though! Kath and Kim is a good place to start, The Castle (movie though...).
Minimum schooling (in NSW at least) is 11 years, kindy to year 10 (only if they have a full time job, study at tafe or apprenticeship). Most people do 13, to get their HSC (Higher School Certificate)
Go to Tasmania. It's beautiful. Book in hikes. There is a hike called the overland track. Our nature unique and should not me missed. Cities are the same the world over. It's the natural wonders that make Australia a great destination.
Little tip when making reservations, ring the Motel/Caravan Park or B&B direct and get price - it's usually cheaper by $5-$10/night at least. Also you might be able to negotiate a little on top if it is quieter season (don't go in school holidays if you can help it). It may not sound a huge saving but if you are staying a week or longer, that's a decent saving. Also if in bigger cities, make use of public transport and hire car for longer trips, possibly look at camper van so you don't need Motels and possibly even get some free camp sites al9ng the way!
Brisbin as it's pronounced is mainly due to the weather always warm and sunny whereas Melbourne or melbin closer to me get cold alot compared to the rest of Australia apart from Tasmania which is more like the UK. The weather has alot to do with the proximity to the equator alot like the us
honestly, stuff a hotel, get a nice airbnb near the beach instead, even without a massive view, you get to comfortably do what you want whenever in a nice little house/unit. That is you should be near public transport though, unless you rent a car.
That was interesting, thanks. There’s an awesome hostel in The Rocks, right next to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, that is a really reasonable price and walking distance to the Opera House, Darling Harbour and more. (No mass shootings since 1996. Edited to correct date thanks to Fiona) Don’t forget, Melbn, Brisbn.
It may be a typo, but the last mass shooting was in 1996 - Port Arthur. Still a good thing though that our gun laws changed drastically after this horrific event.
@@fionabouwman2843 thanks for the assist, not a typo, a mind doing two things at once and mixing them both up. My message to my daughter made no sense to her either. Cheers. I’ll edit now with gratitude for saving me looking stupid.
Joel, we have smaller hotels in the suburbs less that 5km from the city where you can get a room for around 80 dollars per night, that's about 60 dollars American
If you are just looking for a bed, backpackers (which are cheap accomodation, usually a few bunk beds all in one room. So you don’t always get your own room. But do get your own bed) can be much cheaper than your standard hotel. And if you plan on traveling to a few places while in aus. I would try to utilise backpackers and maybe go one or two nice hotels here or there so you still get a taste of the good stuff.
This video makes me appreciate the fact that I live in "the lucky country" as it's been dubbed Yes things r pricey here but we earn good money too With rona and since it has become a little harder but all in all were not doing too bad (Edit) not that I didn't appreciate living here b4. ✌️🇭🇲✌️
The origin of the phrase “ the lucky country’ was a book of that name written by Donald Horne in the 1960s. Calling Australia “the lucky country” was an indictment of the country and definitely *not* meant positively.
Yeah the original meaning and context has been almost totally lost and Donald Horne remained very pissed off about this until he died. Thanks for your nice reply!
If your coming here dont come during School Holidays ( look up that states school terms) . Prices are jacked up for school Holidaymakers. Check out accommodation in Adelaide and you wont need to be in the city as travel is easy to get around. you can be around the $170/night AUD
It's not as expensive as you might think as an example, the house prices you have seen is for houses within 10 Km from Sydney and Melbourne's CBD. If you are willing to live 45 minutes or an hour's drive from the CBD, you can buy a house for between $500.000 to $750.000 for a 3 or 4 bedroom house on a 1/8th acre block of land. And if you live in curtain suburbs, you can build 2 houses on that 1 block of land, and because we do have some of the highest wages in the world a couple could buy and own a house within 8 to 10 years. Prices will start to settle again in 2 or 3 years time once the world get's Covid under control. You are still quite young and have plenty of time to plan your life's course, just be smart with your time and money and have plan's along the way to help you achieve your life's dreams
You wouldn't find a house within hours of Sydney CBD for $500k anymore. Units are that price 1 hour from Sydney. Even Western Sydney is around $1 million now.
It sounds like a Norfolk accent to me, plus International travel! There has been a large inflation of property prices due to recent Asian demand for our houses, and high competition! There are good quality b&bs and youth hostels everywhere, farm stays, family stays, hotels are good for business travellers! Sydney is a great starter, but there are also Wollongong and Newcastle, and the Blue Mountains and country areas! Adelaide is a friendly and reasonable cost alternative to other big cities, and has more space and variety! Sydney and Melbourne are very busy, Perth very far, the Gold Coast very touristy, Tasmania a must see for nature, etc! A working holiday Visa is not complicated for someone your age, and it's a great way to see everything with new friends and experiences along with fair wages! Interstate travel is safe! Cooking instead of eating out in the city is a huge saving! Come on down! 🤗👍
If you're looking at hotels in major cities, get away from the city centres and look for accommodation out in the suburbs, it'll be a lot more affordable. As for the offers to stay at people's houses, 99.9% of the time that would be totally safe to do, it's Australia after all. Just make sure to take some simple precautions like: 1. Always let someone else you trust know where you are going (complete with address of where you're staying), who with, and for how long. 2. Meet people first in a public place, that way if you get a bad vibe from them you can go to your plan B. 3. Always have a plan B. If you get to your planned accommodation to find it overrun with cockroaches or something else is seriously wrong, you can bail out and have somewhere else to go so long as you have a plan B.
I haven't really done the research, but try not to stay in one place too long, probably settle for the cheaper motels/hotelles and save your money for experiences and travel. I love nature and bushland around Sydney and highly suggest going for a hike/camp. try joining some online spaces that will keep you updated on events. as far as I have found, Australia is a very friendly place.
Joel all is correct includind the rediculous price of housing in Melbourne and Sydney. Yes $ 1.6 m is correct for trash housing. I live in Adelaide where you can get luxury for those prices, Perth, also is the same.
Hello Joel. Your statement at the end made me wonder if you had seen any of the videos I get suggested on UA-cam about the idea of CANZUK? I reckon I get them suggested as I always liked Australia since I had to give a talk on it at school, my dad having been there and I have been to Canada and have family there.
GDP per capita makes the 1% rich. Not every day people. We have all the same issues as the US economically with the tyranny of distance thrown in. We have poverty, homelessness, droughts, floods and fires. Listening to people from overseas is rarely a clear picture of who we are. Our health system is way better than US so probably explains the life expectancy.
Absolutely love your videos Joel! If I were you I would rather get an Airbnb than a hotel. Also visit Perth in Western Australia instead of Sydney. Yes Sydney is a great place but it’s too expensive. Perth has everything that Sydney has but hotter and cheaper that are just as good but for half the price!
Adelaide used to be so cheap before the pandemic, now HALF of Melbourne has flocked here hence the annual growth, when you can sell your $1million+ apartment and buy a 4+ bedroom house in adelaide, work from home and jump on a 2 hour flight to Melbourne for any work meetings its easy to see why it's happened too.
Go the the gold coast, best area in Australia and not as expensive as the cities but close enough to Brisbane to drive there and back in one day. Takes just over an hour to get to Brisbane from Tweed Heads.
Don't stay in Sydney. In Oz we have great public transport. So many tourist just stay in Sydney or other cities. Stay at a backpackers, if you stay in city. You don't need a great hotel as all the places to stay are OK. You only need somewhere to shower and sleep. Since you will be out and about all day. Sydney and the rest of Oz is so safe.
Yeah I cringed when he said that. it hasn't been called Ayers Rock since the 80s I believe. But then again this guy narrating quipped that Sydney had never been air raided/attacked when referring to wars in the last hundred years. I mean there was only over 100 air raids in Australia during WWII🙃. I've already added a comment to and give some info about the Darwin bombings etc. Unfortunately the majority of British people still have no clue about the attacks on Australia in WWII.
Hey Joel, plenty of reviews etc on best hostels...just get a private room if you want your privacy and hotel feel.(probably at a10th of the price to some hotels!!) But hostels aren't what they used to be.. much nicer! Backpackers also talk about the eastcoast greyhound tour. Where you could get a deal and travel all along the east coast on the bus/coach. Plenty of videos on best backpackers experience in Aus... But as others have said... Plenty of Aussies would happily accommodate you for a night or 2 and proudly show you around...
Australia is expensive because the best costs. And also, don't just do the main cities when you come here. Hire a car and drive as much as you can, a drive from Sydney to Melbourne is only about 9 hours and you get to see some awesome sites, Goulburn, Gundegai, Holbrook Albury/Wodonga and the stay at Seymour motel for arguments sake is cheap and well kept/clean and only and hour or so from Melbourne then off to say Adelaide and so on, take the chance and do what most don't.
Sydney is surrounded by very rocky mountains to the West, South and North totally unsuitable for housing. To the East is the Pacific Ocean. Melbourne has low mountain ranges to the East where people can still build houses, but plenty of land to expand to the South, North and West. This largely explains the differences in house prices between them.
@@Ainzleeriddellthe south coast of Sydney down towards the Shoalhaven is beautiful but very mountainous and you see a lot of cliffs. Literally the only direction from Sydney that isn't blocked by mountains and big bodies of water is the south west past Campbelltown heading towards Mona Vale and Goulburn
Don't just look at 5 star hotels! There's lots of other options and looking at accommodation just outside the city can be a good option as it will be cheaper. Hiring a campervan would be the cheapest way to travel as there's lots of free-camping sites as well as caravan parks. Just leave the fancy hotels to the beginning and end of your trip. There's caravan parks in all the major cities. You pay a daily rate for the vehicle plus petrol plus camping fees and road tolls. With hotel prices it will usually include the room plus breakfast but not always. And because we pay our staff better than in the US, we only usually tip in a restaurant if we've liked the service or we round the bill up a bit. Tipping is not obligatory. Remember when planning a trip to Oz that we're a similar size to the 48 states. That means lots of driving or time between destinations. Eg, it's about 10 hours from Sydney to Melbourne and a bit over 10 hours from Sydney to Brisbane without including stops along the way as both are around 1,000 km away. Flights are about 1 hour from Sydney to each. But if you want to fly to Perth it's around 5 hours. By road it's almost 4,000 km and takes days!! To Alice Springs it's around 2800 km and takes 29 hours to drive to without stops. Then Uluru is a further 400km away from there by road. There's so much to see and you really can't fit it all in in one visit. It's best to plan to do an area, eg, Sydney and Melbourne and come back again to go elsewhere next time. While you're here you will be eating mostly Aussie grown food as was mentioned. And you can try out some specifically Aussie ingredients too. Did you know Granny Smith apples were first grown in Sydney? Or that the macadamia tree is native to northern NSW and southern Queensland? Enjoy you research! Our country is so big that even coming for a couple of months won't allow you to see everything. And those house prices are in AUD. And yes they are very expensive for us!!
Visit the biggest non-coastal city Toowoomba (west of Brisbane). Hardly ever mentioned by these videos, yet has a bigger population and area than several of the coastal cities. Has an international airport, 3 university campuaes.
While we do have an international airport, I wouldn't rely on it. I'd much rather just make the trip to Brisbane and fly from there. Also, the biggest regional city (in terms of population) is actually Canberra. Toowoomba is the second largest.
Don’t look at hotels, as a American and your age you can get a working holiday visa. Dont look into hotels. And back pack which you can’t do in the UK that you visited. Australia is the only country Americans between the age of 18 and 30 can get a working holiday visa. And when you travel at your age in Australia you don’t stay in hotels you stay in backpacker accommodation. You’ll have the time of your life. Look at the visas and your options. Why would you want to stay in a hotel, your not old yet. Time to party . Get hold of the Australian government website and research. Good luck 👍🏼
Melbourne is above Brisbane and Adelaide on that list in terms of price ($1.1m compared to $792k and 731k), Brisbane and Adelaide just had faster growth in that more recent year, mostly because housing is getting so expensive that the cheaper cities are "catching up".
In terms of prices, there is virtually no tipping and all prices are totally inclusive of taxes ie your told a price and then told there's an extra x% for state or federal taxes.
i think Melbourne fell a bit due to a extremely strict lock-down during covid in 2020-2021. It had many people move to the country or other states for more freedom.
I live in rural city of Port Lincoln, SA population: 14,880 (fishing industry). Just recently we were mentioned as being #3 tourist spot in Australia! In tourism - just sayin
You'll find to 2 cheapest states will be Adelaide ans Western Australia so look at those for accommodation Also look up bed and breakfast places even caravan pks most have cabins on them even a lot of pubs or hotels have accommodation in them as well all these will be the cheapest otherwise backpackers lodges here in Adelaide you can rent cabin in caravan Pk on beach front but don't have a view because sand dunes block but less the 2 Min walk I don't know how much but people book in holidays for weeks so must be reasonable priced Also if come near off holiday season will be cheaper as well less demand Cheers mate hope you get a chance to get here and enjoy the experience 🦘🇦🇺👍
When you come to Australia don't pay expensive accommodation in Sydney, instead stay somewhere an hour north of Sydney on the NSW Central Coast, where the beaches are better for a start. It's a easy travel from the Central Coast to Sydney, so you not only get to see Sydney but also a beautiful part of the East coast, where there's lakes, plenty of hiking and big long beautiful beaches, and it's cheaper than Sydney.
Just move straight past Sydney head to Melb , Brisbane or Perth ( if you prefer something a bit more laid back ) that way I reckon you'd get the best of what we have to offer I'll let you in on a little secret the rest of Australia doesn't really care for Sydney yeah it's got a couple of tourist hot spots but to get a proper feel for the place I'd say visit Melb and Brissie / Perth
I live a West suberb ..taylors Lakes Melbourne ..north and west and south are quite flat and easy to build roads and new suberbs plenty of room without removing forests ...they removed forests l think in the 1950s.(.l could be wrong on the year) .. for sheep and cattle grazing...many new suberbs under construction ...Melbourne is probably cheaper becouse much more land and new housing ...its about 100 klms from my suberb to other side of Melbourne ... if you don't use freeways it can take up to 2 hours ..if busy traffic..33rd biggest city in the world...
Hi from Australia... I suggest you try and hire a combi and travel up the east coast of Australia if you can.. You get to see more of the "real" Australia and not just the tourist cities of Melbourne and Sydney. Have a look at Airlie Beach in Queensland, Cairns, the Great Barrier Reef, head to Birdsville for the annual races out there for a real outback experience.... there is a lot more to our country then Sydney NSW and Melbourne Vic! Cheers from North Queensland Australia 🙂
You wouldn't book a hotel on 5th Ave, so when staying in Sydney go west 1/2 hour by train. There are Bed and Breakfast for $100 a night that are great. Look forward to seeing you soon.....
I like to think that if a nation and its people are rich in spirit, other forms of riches will follow. But I am at that age now where I find downsizing to be liberating. The question is one of enriching the world. Joel, that said, the spirit of Love you exude to your followers makes you what I would consider to a wealthy person. Your passion resonates volumes, but for the spiders, I know! Blessings!
Nearly; that's not a Yorkshire accent. That sounds like Cleveland and Weardale to me, where Middlesbrough is, currently part of County Durham. It lies between Newcastle and Sunderland, and North Yorkshire.
I've met people who've travelled to Australia and only ever saw Syd, got on the train to Melbourne, came back and complained about how boring it was. Yep, I can see that a city is a city right? This place is big with lots to see but it's not easy with the distance and costs of travel and accommodation. If you can't afford to get out there and travel to the best most interesting places, why bother? Save for a few more years and make it worth it!
Imagine, if Australia did something with this raw materials. We are renowned for exporting raw material and then importing goods which these raw materials were used.
Darwin was bombed by Japanese during WW2, more dead than Pearly Harbour IIRC! Midget subs got into Sydney harbour and sunk ships, so we not unscathed. The Japanese got pretty close, but our diggers kept them at bay long enough for the help to arrive ;)
My mum just turned 83 & now I’m like 😬. My house has 3 pensioners: Mum gets an senior citizen pension as well as dad’s superannuation, I’m on a disability pension & my sister is on sickness benefits. We live together so we can afford a much nicer lifestyle than we could alone & we take care of each other when someone’s medical issues flair up. My American friends said that people like us are barely above the poverty line in the states. The leading cause of homelessness in the USA is medical debt because you don’t have universal healthcare 😢. Edit: most of the nurses in Canberra’s hospitals are from overseas because Australian trained nurses are highly valued overseas & are able to make 3 times what we can afford to pay them at home. Our hospitals are ALWAYS understaffed unless it’s a private hospital who can afford to pay for the best care. (Yes, we still have private healthcare because you can have a lot of medical needs that aren’t covered by the public system of Medicare)
Don't get confused thinking that the country being wealthy means the people are wealthy. We have big issues of billionaires hoarding money who are then able to control all politicians to grow their wealth more at the extreme detriment to average citizens. Obviously we are nowhere near "bad" but as someone who has to attempt to live on Centrelink (welfare) it is tough and the government also makes getting anything at all from Centrelink as hard as possible. Corruption is fairly rampart here, both major political parties are in the pockets of someone, be it a church or a mining company. Housing is a big issue at the moment, in Perth it is basically impossible to get an affordable rental property and any that do get listed will often go for 10-30% more than the asking price. Regarding what the video said about international students at Universities; Universities basically thrive on international students because of the ridiculous prices they can charge them. In highly competitive courses this can mean that they turn down local students in order to make more money and then the vast majority of sinternational students return to their home country, not contributing to the local economy at all and even robbing it of potential skilled workers. There is a pretty big skilled worker shortage at the moment.
joel, don't be staying in hotels mate. I reckon if u put your hand up, nearly every Aussie watching will offer u a place to stay at there house. That way u will meet some true locals. And the same goes for kiwis too
Even airbnb will offer more, especially if you plan to stay longer.
Totally! Spare bed here in Sydney.
I’ll offer him a room for free! Spare bed in Melbourne mate
I was about to say the same thing. I'm sure a lot of Aussies would like to have Joel stay over and show him around.
Well maybe but I wouldn’t suggest to anyone to land in a foreign country and stay with some random stranger who says on UA-cam they’re a nice person 🙄 hotel or air bnb would be the way to go.
Joel don't stay in one place for too long. Try to see as much of the country as you can. We are also more than just the capital cities. Some of the regional cities also have a lot to offer.
You are by far the best reactor I have seen from the US. I really love your work. You will have no problem making yourself understood here. Your accent is minimal.
Keep up the great work.
The Bathurst area is good to visit
pine point in south australia also a great place to visit nice beaches not to big and it has places around it one of my favourites. The moonta mines (not operating anymore but there is a small tourist train that runs around the site)
We are born to live our best life and to be born and bred in Australia is truly a blessing that very few get to experience
Amen to that...I call it Australian privilege
I was naturalized Australian at the age of 3, however the first time I put my feet down on the land of Down Under was in 1978 when I was 18. I have traveled pretty much all around the world. I tell you now, people who have never been or lived abroad in lesser developed countries have no idea how lucky they are living in this country. I lived in the UK for almost a decade and I thought their medical system was second to none, but here in Australia it's at another level. Sometimes i just shake my head when I hear people complaining about a service their getting for FREE. In most other countries you don't even get the chance to complain. Look at America, you would think such a leading country would have a much better medical system, instead many people struggle to get the medical cover they need. Sad isn't it seeing politicians fighting among each other over a simple thing like medicare.
@@lekWehb I absolutely agree! I moved to Australia 20+ years ago after living in the US and UK. I became a citizen a few years later and have never considered living anywhere else. I’m so grateful I get to raise my kids here. This is truly the lucky country.
@@pholliez You should have seen what it was like back in the 70s and 80s. You could greet strangers walking past you down the street, how gratifying is that? I remember how back then the employment section of the Age newspaper was so thick it was like a newspaper within a newspaper. You can just sift through the pages until you almost always find the job that appeals to you most. Talk about the land of opportunity. Yes, a truly lucky country that should never be taken for granted.
@@lekWehb For the most part Medicare isn't free, it is paid via taxes. And what i mean by that is, we are taxed a percentage of our wage for the service. In general low to middle income earners pay a tax but will not get bulk billed when we got the service. But if you are unemployed or on benefits ( disabled or medically unfit or other special reasons ) its entirely free. But for the middle to higher income earners they are not eligible for medicare and have to pay for private health care and will be bulk billed. So yea nah, we pay for it either way 🤓
Joel, you should look for sponsorship to come to Australia. You are becoming a bit of a celebrity here!!
If you are considering hotel prices etc. just remember that , although it's expensive (it's expensive for us even and we get paid to live here) the prices are all inclusive ( there's no tipping in Australia ) and all prices are inclusive of sales tax.
So true, if his American brain is thinking sales tax and tipping on top, no wonder he's scared of the $$$. Everything in Oz is price as marked, the same as many other countries, the way it should be everywhere really.
That 22 years of schooling you were looking at on that chart was referring to expected total schooling, which includes tertiary education, obtaining university degrees and trade certificates. The 12.7 years to the right of that was the average time a person will be in schooling.
G'day Joel, when you are making the arrangements for your trip, as well as Air BnB, don't forget to check out some other accommodation options like Caravan and Camping Parks (you'd know that as a trailer park). Each state has a motoring association, NRMA in NSW; RACV in Victoria; RACQ in Queensland; RACWA in Western Australia; AANT in Northern Territory; RACT in Tassie, these would be similar to the US's AAA. They can help with accommodation guides for the parks within each state. It might be well worth letting your fingers do the walking, as the old saying goes, to find the best options for your budget.
There's also the option to hire a camper van or RV as you know it...
Often some of the pubs in country towns will have rooms for rent,,,spent many a night in pub/hotel accommodation when I would travel with my father when I was a youngster. 😃
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Pubs are an overlooked option for accommodation.
I think you have the best options for travelling Australia but time would be a problem as Australia is vast.
NB Joel, in Australia, caravan parks (what you'd call trailer parks) are for tourists, there's no social stigma attached to them here. Sure, some have some longer-term residents, but they're highly likely to be a teacher or nurse that's not ready to settle down, or a fly-in fly-out contract worker for a mining company earning a six figures salary that doesn't want to spend it all on living in an expensive hotel when working away from home.
@Grandmother Goose You have made a really great point and I agree with you 👍
9:06 - 1.6M is an average price range which generally in Sydney's East being the most expensive area a house can cost up to 60M and in Sydney's Greater West being much cheaper you can buy a house for around $500K - Just depends on what you want and what you can afford 👍🏽
Hey bro you can get cheaper accommodation in the suburbs & use public transprtation to get nearly anywhere especially tourist areas as we transport near any tourist destinations. Right near the opera house ther is a ferry service that will take you close to some of the best surfing spots in the world, there is a bus servicice that will take you to bondi beach which is mainly a tourist beach.
Nice to know how loyal Joel is to Australia based content. Although I would like it if we had more detours now and then.
Enjoying your reactiosn, JP, especially the Aussie content (as I am Aussie) but I've also been enjoying your German series. Keep up the great work.
Yes… me too. I’m Aussie, but I have lived in Germany (Munich) for 2 years back in the 80’s.
I bought a 4 bedroom brick house on an 828m2 block for $59kau in 2002, 1.2km from the shoreline in a town whose population imo is a very perfect 40k. Not to big not too small, all first world modern necessities & conveniences catered for, excellent education & health care facilities & I am blessed with seeing the sun set over the ocean every single day of the year if I so desire. The weather is always perfect, summers aren't too hot & the average max temp in winter a glorious 23⁰c. Best place on earth for unbeatable house prices. It truly is the luckiest country on earth. In my humble opinion.
The big city housing prices sure look familiar. Same thing here, especially in Vancouver and Toronto. Very informative statistics, giving context and perspective on Australia's many successes. Good choice Joel. John in Canada
Australia was directly attacked by the Japanese during WW2 . Darwin was heavily bombed and Townsville, Brisbane and Sydney had intrusions and attacks by Japanese submarines. (Refering to 6:30)
I commented with a bunch of info suggestions on that yesterday too.(both Sydney and Darwin). Maybe he'll look into those for future videos.
It didn't sit right that the UK narrator quipped about no one air raiding Australia in regards to wars in the last 100 years. 100+ air raids over 20 months and the lives lost would suggest otherwise. 🙃
Also him calling Uluru - Ayers Rock was pretty ignorant.
@@Teagirl009 Yes indeed .
When you come to Aus, look at backpacker hostels. They are generally really good. You can get a private room with or without a private bathroom or stay in a dorm and it’s a lot cheaper. They are clean and safe too. It’s also a great way to meet other people amd make friends or join tours. Also, in regional areas, caravan parks are really fun. You can get a little cabin / donga and there is usually friendly wildlife that will come up and say hello. I never stay in hotels, after all you will be out doing stuff and only really sleep there. I moved here from the US years ago and since I have lived here, I really like staying in those places best.
Good advise… I was going to suggest the same.
Yes I said similar re hostels and also staying away from areas like the Harbour and Bondi. Even hostels there can be expensive. Base yourself away from those a bit. There's plenty of transport to get you around the cities and suburbs.
I've also noticed capsule hotels popping up in Sydney. Another option.
A lot of young people are renting Vans they and travelling around camp sites with facilities etc. For content creators like Joel it provides great vlog content hashtag van life lol. And with that comes sponsor opportunities with local tour operators.
Yes I was going to suggest the same thing as I do this for all my travels 😊
Thanks for that video. It was really interesting. It's always good to learn Stats for your own country. 🇦🇺
Sydney doesn't have as much available land space for building homes as is available all around Melbourne, so that drives the Sydney housing prices through the roof.
Really? It's been a very long since you have changed out what is going on in Melbourne
I am quite lucky to own houses in Sydney and Melbourne. Not going to sell for sure, quite content to have my own lands in two most desirable cities in the world.
@@k.vn.k well done it nice to be able to own your own home
Plus Sydney is just absolutely stunning with its hilly suburbs that have views over little valleys, open ocean beaches and inlets, harbour with bushland dispersed throughout and of course weather...surrounding national parks and landscapes and iconic landmarks.
Melbourne may be better to live in and have more "culture" but many people have said it is like a bigger version of Adelaide.
It doesn't have the stunning vistas (even Adelaide has sweeping views from the hills), no famous landmarks, it's really flat and samey...the surrounding countryside attractions are further away then Sydneys are and many Melbourne skyscrapers are kinda boring or ugly.
@Michael Rogers
Dandenongs aren't that close but I suppose if you want a good view of smog haze over a big flat featureless city then I suppose it's fine
G'day Mate! Until 2021 I had lived in Sydney for ages, now retired to the Central Coast 90 minutes from Sydney Centre. The centre of Sydney is ridiculously expensive but there are hundreds of small hotels & motels away from the centre which are far more reasonably priced. I am sure if you reach out to your Aussie fans they would be happy to point you in the right direction...Cheers!
Hey Joel I’m in Perth. More than happy to host you here if you want to visit! No accommodation required!
I appreciate that you can appreciate Australia. I love this place.
Coming from USA, I suggest you arrive in Brisbane to sleep off your jetlag and find your feet. It is cheaper and less hectic! Then travel to wherever else you want, and eventually make your way back to Sydney or Melbourne for your return flight. Avoid inner city, name-brand hotels to save USD, and make use of public transport if you can. Oz is expensive, but there are things you can do to stretch your USD. Do not try to see everything! You can't, and if you try, all you will see is the inside of aircraft and hotel rooms.. Select an area you want to visit, and confine yourself to that.
There are great places to visit outside of Sydney - Melbourne - Brisbane, for the most part some of the best places to visit in Australia aren't in the cities. And that is only if they have the time to travel and they def wont be stuck in an aircraft or hotel rooms. Flights are generally short like Sydney to Melbourne or Sydney to Brisbane is only 1 hour 30 mins... There are plenty of train - bus - boat tours outside the cities and they are quality, there are so many places to visit. And yea it's expensive but the US$ makes up the difference 😅
If he flys out of and back to LA, Brisbane is is the shortest flight too.
@@Kustom2170 Accepted. I was offering advice on entry and exit ports, rather than risk retracing steps..
Australian tv shows would be great, it's a divide though lol. Many people don't tend to get Aussie humour, I hope you do though! Kath and Kim is a good place to start, The Castle (movie though...).
urgh.. I haaate kath and kim....
@@tukicat1399 what!? No!!! Best parody of everything lol. Well, at the time it was made...
@@kayebrown3628 its just cringe
Minimum schooling (in NSW at least) is 11 years, kindy to year 10 (only if they have a full time job, study at tafe or apprenticeship). Most people do 13, to get their HSC (Higher School Certificate)
Go to Tasmania. It's beautiful. Book in hikes. There is a hike called the overland track. Our nature unique and should not me missed. Cities are the same the world over. It's the natural wonders that make Australia a great destination.
Hey there You have awesome attitude I love the finish of each clip with your finger snap n peace We need more people like you on Earth
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Narrator “…thousands of kilometres away from any other major civilisation “
New Zealand: 😞
Australia: 🇦🇺 ❤️ 🇳🇿
Yep, I noticed that one & said so what’s NZ then?! 🤦🏼♀️😂
I think the word major could refer to population and NZ only has about 5 million
Little tip when making reservations, ring the Motel/Caravan Park or B&B direct and get price - it's usually cheaper by $5-$10/night at least. Also you might be able to negotiate a little on top if it is quieter season (don't go in school holidays if you can help it). It may not sound a huge saving but if you are staying a week or longer, that's a decent saving. Also if in bigger cities, make use of public transport and hire car for longer trips, possibly look at camper van so you don't need Motels and possibly even get some free camp sites al9ng the way!
He wants to experience a summer christmas, so he will have come during the busy season
@@babyboomerinc that's why costs will be through the roof...plus have to book early. Some book 12 months in advance at some places.
Brisbin as it's pronounced is mainly due to the weather always warm and sunny whereas Melbourne or melbin closer to me get cold alot compared to the rest of Australia apart from Tasmania which is more like the UK.
The weather has alot to do with the proximity to the equator alot like the us
Now if only our government would make the mining companies actually pay proper taxes….we’d be even richer
I love the way Joel smuggly steps in and says what accent the guy has 😂💖
Shout out from Australia 👍 take care care n peace ✌️
honestly, stuff a hotel, get a nice airbnb near the beach instead, even without a massive view, you get to comfortably do what you want whenever in a nice little house/unit. That is you should be near public transport though, unless you rent a car.
That was interesting, thanks. There’s an awesome hostel in The Rocks, right next to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, that is a really reasonable price and walking distance to the Opera House, Darling Harbour and more. (No mass shootings since 1996. Edited to correct date thanks to Fiona) Don’t forget, Melbn, Brisbn.
It may be a typo, but the last mass shooting was in 1996 - Port Arthur. Still a good thing though that our gun laws changed drastically after this horrific event.
@@fionabouwman2843 thanks for the assist, not a typo, a mind doing two things at once and mixing them both up. My message to my daughter made no sense to her either. Cheers. I’ll edit now with gratitude for saving me looking stupid.
@@Bellas1717 Not stupid at all. We’re all human. If I had a dollar for every time I did something similar, I’d be as rich as the Australian economy. 😁
Joel, we have smaller hotels in the suburbs less that 5km from the city where you can get a room for around 80 dollars per night, that's about 60 dollars American
If you are just looking for a bed, backpackers (which are cheap accomodation, usually a few bunk beds all in one room. So you don’t always get your own room. But do get your own bed) can be much cheaper than your standard hotel. And if you plan on traveling to a few places while in aus. I would try to utilise backpackers and maybe go one or two nice hotels here or there so you still get a taste of the good stuff.
This video makes me appreciate the fact that I live in "the lucky country" as it's been dubbed
Yes things r pricey here but we earn good money too
With rona and since it has become a little harder but all in all were not doing too bad
(Edit) not that I didn't appreciate living here b4. ✌️🇭🇲✌️
The origin of the phrase “ the lucky country’ was a book of that name written by Donald Horne in the 1960s. Calling Australia “the lucky country” was an indictment of the country and definitely *not* meant positively.
@@Dani-Ami oh that's something I didn't know, U learn something new everyday
Thanks 🙏
Yeah the original meaning and context has been almost totally lost and Donald Horne remained very pissed off about this until he died. Thanks for your nice reply!
If your coming here dont come during School Holidays ( look up that states school terms) . Prices are jacked up for school Holidaymakers. Check out accommodation in Adelaide and you wont need to be in the city as travel is easy to get around. you can be around the $170/night AUD
It's not as expensive as you might think as an example, the house prices you have seen is for houses within 10 Km from Sydney and Melbourne's CBD. If you are willing to live 45 minutes or an hour's drive from the CBD, you can buy a house for between $500.000 to $750.000 for a 3 or 4 bedroom house on a 1/8th acre block of land. And if you live in curtain suburbs, you can build 2 houses on that 1 block of land, and because we do have some of the highest wages in the world a couple could buy and own a house within 8 to 10 years. Prices will start to settle again in 2 or 3 years time once the world get's Covid under control. You are still quite young and have plenty of time to plan your life's course, just be smart with your time and money and have plan's along the way to help you achieve your life's dreams
You wouldn't find a house within hours of Sydney CBD for $500k anymore. Units are that price 1 hour from Sydney. Even Western Sydney is around $1 million now.
It sounds like a Norfolk accent to me, plus International travel! There has been a large inflation of property prices due to recent Asian demand for our houses, and high competition! There are good quality b&bs and youth hostels everywhere, farm stays, family stays, hotels are good for business travellers! Sydney is a great starter, but there are also Wollongong and Newcastle, and the Blue Mountains and country areas! Adelaide is a friendly and reasonable cost alternative to other big cities, and has more space and variety! Sydney and Melbourne are very busy, Perth very far, the Gold Coast very touristy, Tasmania a must see for nature, etc! A working holiday Visa is not complicated for someone your age, and it's a great way to see everything with new friends and experiences along with fair wages! Interstate travel is safe! Cooking instead of eating out in the city is a huge saving! Come on down! 🤗👍
Nah it was a northern accent for sure.
@@listey Too cultured for Yorkshire, by gum, maybe a trained voice!?! 🤔
@@jenniferharrison8915 yeah further north than Yorkshire
@@listey What, The Orkneys!? 😁
Wherever he's from it sounds like his mum is Welsh.
Don’t take any notice of people being petty, I like seeing and learning about other countries as well.
Your smile is so….. friendly and calmly. Ha, Smile more !!!😊
If you're looking at hotels in major cities, get away from the city centres and look for accommodation out in the suburbs, it'll be a lot more affordable. As for the offers to stay at people's houses, 99.9% of the time that would be totally safe to do, it's Australia after all. Just make sure to take some simple precautions like: 1. Always let someone else you trust know where you are going (complete with address of where you're staying), who with, and for how long. 2. Meet people first in a public place, that way if you get a bad vibe from them you can go to your plan B. 3. Always have a plan B. If you get to your planned accommodation to find it overrun with cockroaches or something else is seriously wrong, you can bail out and have somewhere else to go so long as you have a plan B.
Don’t forget about backpacker accomodation, like hostels, saving a night or two at a hotel as a treat! It can save you significantly.
I haven't really done the research, but try not to stay in one place too long, probably settle for the cheaper motels/hotelles and save your money for experiences and travel. I love nature and bushland around Sydney and highly suggest going for a hike/camp. try joining some online spaces that will keep you updated on events.
as far as I have found, Australia is a very friendly place.
it can be expensive, but if you’re going to travel all that distance for a visit, I suggest you save a bit longer. spend more and do it in style! 😊
Joel all is correct includind the rediculous price of housing in Melbourne and Sydney. Yes $ 1.6 m is correct for trash housing. I live in Adelaide where you can get luxury for those prices, Perth, also is the same.
Hello Joel. Your statement at the end made me wonder if you had seen any of the videos I get suggested on UA-cam about the idea of CANZUK? I reckon I get them suggested as I always liked Australia since I had to give a talk on it at school, my dad having been there and I have been to Canada and have family there.
G'day mate,it would be good to see you down here when you can make it, i was borne here in sydney 68 yrs ago and love my country very much ! 😃
GDP per capita makes the 1% rich. Not every day people. We have all the same issues as the US economically with the tyranny of distance thrown in. We have poverty, homelessness, droughts, floods and fires. Listening to people from overseas is rarely a clear picture of who we are. Our health system is way better than US so probably explains the life expectancy.
Absolutely love your videos Joel! If I were you I would rather get an Airbnb than a hotel. Also visit Perth in Western Australia instead of Sydney. Yes Sydney is a great place but it’s too expensive. Perth has everything that Sydney has but hotter and cheaper that are just as good but for half the price!
Pretty sure that Perth doesnt have the opera house or Harbour Bridge 🤣
Melbourne (Mel-bin)
To instantly feel like a Melbourne resident, rather than a visitor, pronounce the name as the locals do: Mel-bin.
Come to batemans bay and see how well we doing after the fire.
We have beautiful beaches and Bush and so so many things to do
Adelaide used to be so cheap before the pandemic, now HALF of Melbourne has flocked here hence the annual growth, when you can sell your $1million+ apartment and buy a 4+ bedroom house in adelaide, work from home and jump on a 2 hour flight to Melbourne for any work meetings its easy to see why it's happened too.
Go the the gold coast, best area in Australia and not as expensive as the cities but close enough to Brisbane to drive there and back in one day. Takes just over an hour to get to Brisbane from Tweed Heads.
Don't stay in Sydney. In Oz we have great public transport. So many tourist just stay in Sydney or other cities. Stay at a backpackers, if you stay in city. You don't need a great hotel as all the places to stay are OK. You only need somewhere to shower and sleep. Since you will be out and about all day. Sydney and the rest of Oz is so safe.
7:59 It’s ‘Uluru’.
Yes.
Yeah I cringed when he said that. it hasn't been called Ayers Rock since the 80s I believe. But then again this guy narrating quipped that Sydney had never been air raided/attacked when referring to wars in the last hundred years. I mean there was only over 100 air raids in Australia during WWII🙃. I've already added a comment to and give some info about the Darwin bombings etc.
Unfortunately the majority of British people still have no clue about the attacks on Australia in WWII.
Hey Joel, plenty of reviews etc on best hostels...just get a private room if you want your privacy and hotel feel.(probably at a10th of the price to some hotels!!) But hostels aren't what they used to be.. much nicer! Backpackers also talk about the eastcoast greyhound tour. Where you could get a deal and travel all along the east coast on the bus/coach. Plenty of videos on best backpackers experience in Aus... But as others have said... Plenty of Aussies would happily accommodate you for a night or 2 and proudly show you around...
I love how you were grooving along to the background music 😅. Seriously though, you have to come to Australia!
Australia is a lifestyle superpower.
Australia is expensive because the best costs. And also, don't just do the main cities when you come here. Hire a car and drive as much as you can, a drive from Sydney to Melbourne is only about 9 hours and you get to see some awesome sites, Goulburn, Gundegai, Holbrook Albury/Wodonga and the stay at Seymour motel for arguments sake is cheap and well kept/clean and only and hour or so from Melbourne then off to say Adelaide and so on, take the chance and do what most don't.
Sydney is surrounded by very rocky mountains to the West, South and North totally unsuitable for housing. To the East is the Pacific Ocean. Melbourne has low mountain ranges to the East where people can still build houses, but plenty of land to expand to the South, North and West. This largely explains the differences in house prices between them.
Huh? To the south it’s gorgeous coast! As far as The Vic border!
Constitutional monarchies are the stable countries. Food for thought!
@@Ainzleeriddellthe south coast of Sydney down towards the Shoalhaven is beautiful but very mountainous and you see a lot of cliffs. Literally the only direction from Sydney that isn't blocked by mountains and big bodies of water is the south west past Campbelltown heading towards Mona Vale and Goulburn
Don't just look at 5 star hotels! There's lots of other options and looking at accommodation just outside the city can be a good option as it will be cheaper. Hiring a campervan would be the cheapest way to travel as there's lots of free-camping sites as well as caravan parks. Just leave the fancy hotels to the beginning and end of your trip. There's caravan parks in all the major cities. You pay a daily rate for the vehicle plus petrol plus camping fees and road tolls. With hotel prices it will usually include the room plus breakfast but not always. And because we pay our staff better than in the US, we only usually tip in a restaurant if we've liked the service or we round the bill up a bit. Tipping is not obligatory.
Remember when planning a trip to Oz that we're a similar size to the 48 states. That means lots of driving or time between destinations. Eg, it's about 10 hours from Sydney to Melbourne and a bit over 10 hours from Sydney to Brisbane without including stops along the way as both are around 1,000 km away. Flights are about 1 hour from Sydney to each. But if you want to fly to Perth it's around 5 hours. By road it's almost 4,000 km and takes days!! To Alice Springs it's around 2800 km and takes 29 hours to drive to without stops. Then Uluru is a further 400km away from there by road.
There's so much to see and you really can't fit it all in in one visit. It's best to plan to do an area, eg, Sydney and Melbourne and come back again to go elsewhere next time.
While you're here you will be eating mostly Aussie grown food as was mentioned. And you can try out some specifically Aussie ingredients too. Did you know Granny Smith apples were first grown in Sydney? Or that the macadamia tree is native to northern NSW and southern Queensland?
Enjoy you research! Our country is so big that even coming for a couple of months won't allow you to see everything.
And those house prices are in AUD. And yes they are very expensive for us!!
Visit the biggest non-coastal city Toowoomba (west of Brisbane). Hardly ever mentioned by these videos, yet has a bigger population and area than several of the coastal cities. Has an international airport, 3 university campuaes.
While we do have an international airport, I wouldn't rely on it. I'd much rather just make the trip to Brisbane and fly from there. Also, the biggest regional city (in terms of population) is actually Canberra. Toowoomba is the second largest.
@@SiilanPies I live in toowoomba
Joel, State of Origin highlights is good to view. Also, Brisbane's Riverfire held each September.
lol, the schooling thing is because kids rarely leave home until way after they have finished any schooling due to the house/rental costs
Don’t look at hotels, as a American and your age you can get a working holiday visa. Dont look into hotels. And back pack which you can’t do in the UK that you visited. Australia is the only country Americans between the age of 18 and 30 can get a working holiday visa. And when you travel at your age in Australia you don’t stay in hotels you stay in backpacker accommodation. You’ll have the time of your life. Look at the visas and your options. Why would you want to stay in a hotel, your not old yet. Time to party . Get hold of the Australian government website and research. Good luck 👍🏼
Melbourne is above Brisbane and Adelaide on that list in terms of price ($1.1m compared to $792k and 731k), Brisbane and Adelaide just had faster growth in that more recent year, mostly because housing is getting so expensive that the cheaper cities are "catching up".
In terms of prices, there is virtually no tipping and all prices are totally inclusive of taxes ie your told a price and then told there's an extra x% for state or federal taxes.
I'm 6th generation Australian (WA), I've travelled overseas and all over this country but never had any intension to visit Sydney.
We are so incredibly lucky 🍀 and blessed.
I'm going to Adelaide (South Australia) next week and single room in hotel CBD is $80 per night
i think Melbourne fell a bit due to a extremely strict lock-down during covid in 2020-2021. It had many people move to the country or other states for more freedom.
I live in rural city of Port Lincoln, SA population: 14,880 (fishing industry). Just recently we were mentioned as being #3 tourist spot in Australia! In tourism - just sayin
I think it's also fair to say that the Ballarat Gold Rush in 1851 has made a significant impact on the wealth of the country
You'll find to 2 cheapest states will be Adelaide ans Western Australia so look at those for accommodation
Also look up bed and breakfast places even caravan pks most have cabins on them even a lot of pubs or hotels have accommodation in them as well all these will be the cheapest otherwise backpackers lodges here in Adelaide you can rent cabin in caravan Pk on beach front but don't have a view because sand dunes block but less the 2 Min walk I don't know how much but people book in holidays for weeks so must be reasonable priced Also if come near off holiday season will be cheaper as well less demand
Cheers mate hope you get a chance to get here and enjoy the experience 🦘🇦🇺👍
If you come to Australia you don't stay in motels you go backpacking. It's cheaper and you meet heaps of people.
A ton of people moved from Melbourne to Queensland during Covid, because Melbourne had the world's worst lockdowns and Queensland had relatively few.
I'm on the Gold Coast. In the past 3 years, my home value has gone from $650k to $1.2m. It's crazy. I'm not complaining though.
The other thing that makes australia rich is our retirement system. Superannuation. It’s pretty unique.
When you come to Australia don't pay expensive accommodation in Sydney, instead stay somewhere an hour north of Sydney on the NSW Central Coast, where the beaches are better for a start. It's a easy travel from the Central Coast to Sydney, so you not only get to see Sydney but also a beautiful part of the East coast, where there's lakes, plenty of hiking and big long beautiful beaches, and it's cheaper than Sydney.
You will definitely have free bed and board here in Cairns, far northern Queensland.
Just move straight past Sydney head to Melb , Brisbane or Perth ( if you prefer something a bit more laid back ) that way I reckon you'd get the best of what we have to offer I'll let you in on a little secret the rest of Australia doesn't really care for Sydney yeah it's got a couple of tourist hot spots but to get a proper feel for the place I'd say visit Melb and Brissie / Perth
I live a West suberb ..taylors Lakes Melbourne ..north and west and south are quite flat and easy to build roads and new suberbs plenty of room without removing forests ...they removed forests l think in the 1950s.(.l could be wrong on the year) .. for sheep and cattle grazing...many new suberbs under construction ...Melbourne is probably cheaper becouse much more land and new housing ...its about 100 klms from my suberb to other side of Melbourne ... if you don't use freeways it can take up to 2 hours ..if busy traffic..33rd biggest city in the world...
Hi from Australia... I suggest you try and hire a combi and travel up the east coast of Australia if you can.. You get to see more of the "real" Australia and not just the tourist cities of Melbourne and Sydney. Have a look at Airlie Beach in Queensland, Cairns, the Great Barrier Reef, head to Birdsville for the annual races out there for a real outback experience.... there is a lot more to our country then Sydney NSW and Melbourne Vic!
Cheers from North Queensland Australia 🙂
You wouldn't book a hotel on 5th Ave, so when staying in Sydney go west 1/2 hour by train. There are Bed and Breakfast for $100 a night that are great. Look forward to seeing you soon.....
at 7.51the waterway and headland is the Town of 1770. Thats where Captain Cook made his second landfall in Australia
I like to think that if a nation and its people are rich in spirit, other forms of riches will follow. But I am at that age now where I find downsizing to be liberating. The question is one of enriching the world. Joel, that said, the spirit of Love you exude to your followers makes you what I would consider to a wealthy person. Your passion resonates volumes, but for the spiders, I know! Blessings!
Nearly; that's not a Yorkshire accent. That sounds like Cleveland and Weardale to me, where Middlesbrough is, currently part of County Durham. It lies between Newcastle and Sunderland, and North Yorkshire.
I've met people who've travelled to Australia and only ever saw Syd, got on the train to Melbourne, came back and complained about how boring it was. Yep, I can see that a city is a city right? This place is big with lots to see but it's not easy with the distance and costs of travel and accommodation. If you can't afford to get out there and travel to the best most interesting places, why bother? Save for a few more years and make it worth it!
I'm happy to put you up mate or most back packers stay in Back Packer Hostels which are really cheap. The one in Port Douglas is amazing.
Some of the backpacker hostels I've seen are real flea pits, not fit for human habitation
Imagine, if Australia did something with this raw materials. We are renowned for exporting raw material and then importing goods which these raw materials were used.
so you reckon the speaker is a Yorkie. a yorkey is when the ball is batted between the bat and the wicket.; in cricket term.
Darwin was bombed by Japanese during WW2, more dead than Pearly Harbour IIRC! Midget subs got into Sydney harbour and sunk ships, so we not unscathed. The Japanese got pretty close, but our diggers kept them at bay long enough for the help to arrive ;)
My mum just turned 83 & now I’m like 😬. My house has 3 pensioners: Mum gets an senior citizen pension as well as dad’s superannuation, I’m on a disability pension & my sister is on sickness benefits. We live together so we can afford a much nicer lifestyle than we could alone & we take care of each other when someone’s medical issues flair up. My American friends said that people like us are barely above the poverty line in the states. The leading cause of homelessness in the USA is medical debt because you don’t have universal healthcare 😢. Edit: most of the nurses in Canberra’s hospitals are from overseas because Australian trained nurses are highly valued overseas & are able to make 3 times what we can afford to pay them at home. Our hospitals are ALWAYS understaffed unless it’s a private hospital who can afford to pay for the best care. (Yes, we still have private healthcare because you can have a lot of medical needs that aren’t covered by the public system of Medicare)
Go Backpacking mate you will have a lot more fun if on your own or a small group
Mate if you need a plane to stay in Melbourne, come and stay with us for free. We love ya!
I'm in Brisbane it's beautiful and not too expensive to stay here
Don't get confused thinking that the country being wealthy means the people are wealthy. We have big issues of billionaires hoarding money who are then able to control all politicians to grow their wealth more at the extreme detriment to average citizens. Obviously we are nowhere near "bad" but as someone who has to attempt to live on Centrelink (welfare) it is tough and the government also makes getting anything at all from Centrelink as hard as possible. Corruption is fairly rampart here, both major political parties are in the pockets of someone, be it a church or a mining company.
Housing is a big issue at the moment, in Perth it is basically impossible to get an affordable rental property and any that do get listed will often go for 10-30% more than the asking price. Regarding what the video said about international students at Universities; Universities basically thrive on international students because of the ridiculous prices they can charge them. In highly competitive courses this can mean that they turn down local students in order to make more money and then the vast majority of sinternational students return to their home country, not contributing to the local economy at all and even robbing it of potential skilled workers. There is a pretty big skilled worker shortage at the moment.
Definitely not a Yorkshire accent. Slightly further north I'd say although it's a fairly subtle accent for that part of the world.
Watch a couple of TV shows Called "Hard Quiz " . You wont get over this competition show and is typical Aussie humour