American Couple Reacts: Top Culture Shocks of AUSTRALIA! FIRST TIME REACTION!!
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- American Couple Reacts: Top Culture Shocks of AUSTRALIA! FIRST TIME REACTION!! We should have done this video sooner! But better late than never and certainly not our ONLY video on cultural differences! There are 8 different things mentioned in this episode. We were really curious just how different Australia is from us here in the USA. Watch with us and see if you agree with this list. This was a lot of fun and some surprises along the way. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support! More Links below...
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We should have done this video sooner! But better late than never and certainly not our ONLY video on cultural differences! There are 8 different things mentioned in this episode. We were really curious just how different Australia is from us here in the USA. Watch with us and see if you agree with this list. This was a lot of fun and some surprises along the way. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
Natasha, there are mountains near Sydney that have snow. You could always have Christmas there. X
The C word is usually between the guys
Yes, we know thongs are underwear in America. And I would never use the C word. And most people would not use that word. Pretty much only the Bogans....
Australia is what Britain used to be like. That goes for the people as well. This man and his family are to young to understand that. That's why some things are unusual to them.
You girls are crazy, thankfully you are Aussie type of crazy
As an Aussie, it seems bizarre to me that putting a sausage on a piece of bread would be considered strange 😂
Sausage sandwiches are a rite of passage that they need to try when they visit.
That one confused me, as an English person I didn’t find it strange at all. I would use a hot dog sausage in the traditional hot dog roll but if it’s a normal sausage I would use sliced bread, the same as for a bacon sandwich.
Asking for a Dog Roll (a sausage in a bread roll, hopefully a crusty one) in a 'greasy spoon' is normal here.
@@tonys1636 REALLY ????
I’ve never heard anyone call a snag in a stale bread roll a Dog Roll...... and I have lived here for 69 years.
Why would you want a stale bread roll, anyway?
@@Rassskle Where did I mention stale, I said crusty as opposed to a soft bap. Maybe a London centric term.
Hi guys. The tree is painted blue. The Blue Tree Project was initiated to raise awareness of mental health. People are encouraged to find a dead tree and give it a “blue lease of life” by painting it blue in memory of someone who has passed as a result of mental illness. It started with this tree in Western Australia painted in memory of Jayden White who committed suicide in 2018.
Literally just came to the comments to make sure someone pointed this out. I love this about our country
Some of the trees at my daughters school r painted blue
I didnot know that. I passed a blue dead gumtree near Kenilworth qld. I was perplexed now i understand. Thanyou..
Fun fact , the term we use for “flip flops “ , ie ; thong was used in Australia long before the underwear was invented in 1974 !
We used that term (thongs) as well in the U.S. throughout the 50s and 60s. I still call them that sometimes!
I'm a "barefoot islander" (Aussie term) and the feeling of scorching heat outside, then walking on a cold supermarket floor is pure heaven ! 😂
Now forced to live in England , where it is really frowned upon 😢
I still do whenever I can, I didn't really wear shoes until I had to start school.. my feet are perfect, no defects, no weird issues..
@@vtbn53 😁🤣
@@robertknight2556 Bullied as a child, (life). Boredom, (studio apartment), and too much time on his hands, (unemployed), with no constructive outlet, (low IQ).
I am proud to be seen as "weird" by those who don't understand the wonders of being barefoot 🤷🏽♀️ I don't make anyone else do it, I am not the only "weird" one, so hey ! No dramas
@@rebeccat94 Ahh.. long story, but life circumstances.. came here when I was 9 because of a civil war.. tried to get out when I got older but now having children keeps me here..
Forced is probably not the word, obligated is a better term
Your feet will be healthier for all your bear foot years. I am 34 and still go barefoot as much as possible, unfortunately my work requires shoes😢 I used to walk around barefoot with thongs in my bag in case of bindis or glass on the path. I miss that
We actually do this thing called Christmas in July, so if you want to do Christmas in the cold you can, we do both! Christmas comes twice a year in Aus
😂 although I’m not sure our 64 degrees Fahrenheit winter would qualify as cold for them 😂
@@Dr_KAP We have ours alternately between the Blue Mountains (6C/43F) or Perisher (0C /32F). Still not reaching New York where we were for New Year's one year, or Wales for Christmas, but respectably cool. 🙃
@@Bellas1717 yes I guess it depends where you are! That would qualify as bloody cold enough for me 😂 🥶
@@Dr_KAP 😂
@@AndyViant I'm Australian. I measure temperature in degrees C. I ski. I think you’re talking to the wrong person in the thread. Cheers.
I moved to Oz from the US 20 years ago. The work culture was my biggest shock, but in an amazing way. Yeah, here in the city there are thousands of those "work is life" wankers in suits who spend all day at the office, send emails on the weekend and are basically soulless dickheads. For the rest of us, a standard week is about 35 hours (full time), and you won't get a second more out of me. I have time for the gym each day, I go on hiking trips, spend time with friends or on hobbies, and my wife and I do at least one overseas trip each year. 4-6 weeks vacation is standard, and if you tried to limit people here to two weeks of vacation per year, you'd see politicians getting dragged through the streets.
Wow... if you hadn't said you were from the US, I wouldn't have known.
So true, You even have the vernacular down to perfection!
Hey ladies, the bare feet thing is real. I’ve done it. Just when it’s hot and I can’t be bothered putting shoes on and I’m just grabbing something from the supermarket. Australia is very clean so not an issue here. Swearing is something we do, but curb our language with different friend groups, family and in the workplace. Speaking of the workplace, we get higher wages and either co contribute to our superannuation or it’s employer paid superannuation. So we don’t have to work long hours to earn a living wage. Most people only work one job. We get 4 weeks paid annual leave and get 3 months long service leave after 10 years. We also get paid sick leave. I also get 1 Rostered day off per month. I only work Monday to Friday. We also have unions and EBAs that we negotiate for better pay and conditions. These are done about every 3 years. With pay rises built in annually. Even our MacDonalds workers get paid about $19.00 per hour. We also pay for our Medicare in our taxes. So no one has to declare bankruptcy for going to the hospital. We can move jobs as we don’t rely on employers providing medical cover. We work to live and don’t live to work. All the best from Melbourne Australia.
Great explanations
Really well said, plus "...or work long hours to be secure in retirement."
Unless your employer is very generous, most employees only get 3 months of long service leave after 15 years. I know I did.
@@petertimbrell1964 I’m a government employee, but most companies I know of are 10 years…. Though I can’t speak for all Australian companies and industries.
@@shanedorival3177 My 15 weeks of LSL was definitely after 15 years. Goes to show the differences between employers.
Aussies don't wear shoes , that's why we are so down to earth
Don’t spout bullshit! Americans are gullible enough without being fed this nonsense. WE DON’T ALL WALK AROUND BAREFOOT.
This is bullshit, I'm an Aussie and I wear shoes.
I remember putting some on 2 or 3 weeks ago.
@@bonolio you must live down south. Shoes are optional where I live. ❤️from Australia 🇦🇺.
Do other countries wear shoes? Weird.
Mainly a coastal thing away from the coast you would burn your feet on roads sitting in 100 F temps
I grew up the Australian way in the UK as my mum is an Aussie & my dad lived there for many years. All my neighbours think I’m weird as I’ll cross the road to see a friend barefooted, even if there’s snow on the ground! I’m nearly 50 & I still hate wearing shoes & wont if I can get a way with it.
I'm like you, Ma'am. I loathe wearing shoes. When I do have wear my only pair, I never wear socks. I've lived in Australia all but two years after emigrating from Wales in 1965. Rubber clogs are my footwear of choice.
I'm 76, live in NZ, and I agree. And snow isn't that cold if you don't linger.
@@cr10001 We don't linger on hot roads either, after the sun has melted the tar. 😃
@@channelsixtyeight068_ my mum told me stories of her popping tar bubbles with her toes & having to peel the tar off her feet before going inside. If that happened now child protection would be called. Kids these days are missing out on so much fun.
@@amandaholt5791 🤣
When it comes to swearing in Australia you have to pay attention to context, tone of voice and nuance. To older people here it carries the same connotations it does for you.....and most people over the age of 70ish wont use it unless they really mean it, and there is no mistaking the anger it will be delivered with......but......when a group of young people get together and refer to one another with the c word, there is also no mistaking their friendly intent. It doesnt mean the same to young people.
Great explanation, I'm 51 and I think our generation got loose with it as an endearing term. Tone, intent and context for sure. I'm a believer that this actually depowers the offensiveness of words and negative attachments that some folk absorb. C U Next Tuesday Heather. P.s my actual name is the same as yours minus the last two letters
The same can be said of mate. A long drawn out maaaaatttte - that's fighting words and someone's going to be asked to hold a beer while the shit goes down
Very good point new age young ones now have abused everything to the point nothing really means anything now. I look up to the older generation way more than the clueless seeming youth.
@@katrinawong8273 i respect that comment so valid and structured! Society is full of degenerates now.
Yes I agree I’m in my 50s and would never say the C word I dont really know anyone who talks as he has described maybe it’s a Qld thing.
Hi Ladies. April 25th is ANZAC Day here in Australia and New Zealand. It is a day to honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice or even just served for our countries. ANZAC stands for Australian &New Zealand Army Corps. There is a song called The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Waltzing Matilda is a traditional Australian folk song, a "Matilda" refers to the sack carried by those who travelled looking for work, or just to travel) by Eric Bogle. I recommend doing a video watching this song on Anzac Day.
Just avoid the videos featuring Rolf Harris sing Waltzing Matilda. He was the most popular Australian entertainer in the UK in my youth, but was convicted of sexual assault in 2014.
Australia brought in the 8 hour day. 8 hours work, 8 hours sleep, 8 hours leisure.
@@cgkennedy And Australia invented the Black Box Flight Recorder on planes & the inflatable escape slides on planes (Qantas employee)… the cask (box) wine AND… amongst other things, we invented the Secret Ballot for voting.
sorry for all those that complied and got jabbed you do not respect our diggers. They died for your compliance.
@@heathertownley9667 , those who rolled up their sleeves and did the right thing showed the spirit of the ANZACs, not like the mealy mouthed UA-cam educated dunces who stubbornly resisted, the Karen's (sorry to the nice Karen's out there) who thought their right to be ignorant was more important than everybody else's right to be healthy.
My thoughts on work ethic is that it's all very well working loads of hours to save up for ones retirement but when you do retire you realise that the things you always wanted to do you are no longer capable of doing. Live your life when you're young and fit. You can't do it when you're old and knackered. ✌❤🇬🇧
Sausage sizzles are big in Australia, our mayor hardware store (bunnings) have sausage sizzles bbq's outside the front of the warehouses. This use to be a big thing pre 2020. Also it was quite common to see these bbq's outside of voting polls during elections times and school fetes etc.
I'm from the US, been in Aus 10 yrs and the shops closing early was definitely the biggest culture shock for me. It took some getting used to. There is often one night in the week that is the late trade night, so shops are open later than the other nights. The other thing that still gets to me is the stores will stock holiday stuff really early (like beginning of October for Christmas stuff!) but they won't restock so usually by the week before the holiday there's basically nothing left. Do not last minute holiday shop!
Late Night Shopping is usually Thursday night… because Thursday was the day most people were paid, in the days when people were paid in cash.
His reference to the "C" word being used, is mainly among work mates and close friends and generally men, you may get a woman saying it but she would be very angry at the person she has directed that word at, but the boys will use it on each other in either anger or as a friendly gesture if they know each other well, and the men will rarley say it amongst women as women in Australia mostly don't like the word either.
Agree. I hate the word and would never use it and the majority of women I know would never say it. Unfortunately it is common among some Australian men. Definitely not all. I’ve heard my brothers say it to their mates. I agree they tend not to say it in front of women as much, in fact the few times I’ve been with men and it’s slipped out by one of them it’s always been quickly followed by an apology to me and any other women there.
Yep, agree. I'd really have to despise someone to call them a c___. It's just really crass.
I find it really depends on the women. Most of the women I know (between ages 25 and 45 (and no, not lower socio-economic individuals either)) use it all the time.
It's mostly used in a friendly context, or just some crude colour to speech. But you'll definitely be able to tell if someone is actually angry. And when they are, that's when the words becomes more uncomfortable. 😊
Watch Aussie Dashcams on UA-cam. The comments made by female drivers who have just been subjected to near misses are funny. Most use the "C" word.
I hear it more from women than men..
Going barefoot is a lot more common in Queensland than other places, but it still happens.
Personally, I like to say, "you won't find a spider in a shoe you don't wear."
Even so, I usually wear sandals. Even in meetings with executives in multinational companies - Australians really don't care about formalities at work. One of the managing directors (they rotate every few years) from Japan asked me why I dressed so casual ... I said I have to crawl under tables or over the servers to get at the patch racks to mess with cables and stuff, it is much easier to throw off my sandals and climb. Told him straight that unlike Japan where people would sleep after hours at their desk to appear like they're working hard, I just get my job done efficiently so I can go to the next job. Or knock off early and get a drink. And since you're paying by the hour, I'm not here to waste your time or money.
I knew a guy who didn't wear shoes at all for about a decade, including going to university. Probably got sick of shoes 'cos of the terrible shoes in the school uniform and just threw out all the shoes he owned after. Might be a bit different if his degree had involved metal shop or something else that require safe footwear, though. He was so used to it he didn't even think twice about walking over shattered glass at a pub.
Christmas: Early mornings with kids playing outside riding bikes and scooters, roast lunch with baked veggies and pavlova for dessert, afternoon backyard cricket, seafood salad for dinner, adults sitting outside chatting, laughing, drinking until late as the kids jump on the trampoline, splash in the pool. Beach the next day. (We haven't had a very hot Christmas Day in Sydney for quite some time...nice gentle summer weather.)
The siesta isn't a thing. There are plenty of shops open after 5.00pm each day - Kmart, Coles and Woolworths supermarkets, service stations for the cravings for munchies, plus DoorDash, Menulog, Uber Eats etc. just not boutique chains and shops. NSW stores have late night shopping one night a week where most shops are open until 9.00pm. Shops don't have the volume traffic to make late opening profitable - people relaxing with family and friends, playing indoor or outdoor sport, which we can do all year mostly. Our shopping centres are generally all-service, with grocery stores (often Coles or Woolworths or both) in the same complex as the department and boutique stores.
Thongs were called thongs in many areas of the world before the designer Rudi Gernreich presented the thong underwear to the world in 1974. At that point some countries decided to call them by different names. If you listen to the 1964 Beach Boys song All Summer Long, the lyrics are "T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs, We've been having fun all summer long."
Swearing is dependent on location and age. It isn't as ubiquitous as videos make out.
Australia has a very different formula of tomato sauce, it's not just a naming thing. Paying for sauce is when you buy items that don't have it on - so not charged for burgers, charged for meat pies and sausage rolls because it's a user pays system.
Yes, I walk barefoot as much as practical/socially acceptable - including to the corner shop, as do about half the population of our area - and I'm a grandmother.
I had a huge shock in New York going to pay for an item in Nordstrom's that ended up costing me more than $20 over the ticket price for taxes and a visitor's surcharge.
Yeah I don't think he explained the 'closing early' thing very well, pretty sure he mentioned the siesta as an analogy, and ended up confusing the comparison. We don't close 'for a nap', we just close most stores earlier than some are used to.
I can confirm that it's not just around beaches that we go barefoot, it's pretty much everywhere except maybe the big cities like Melbourne and Sydney.
Not everywhere. Not that many people go out without shoes on if it's hot day walk on concrete or road you won't . It be stupid if they did. Same if it's cold day people won't except the dumb ones. Then they wonder why the end up with a flu. I haven't seen many people go out without shoes on unless they at the beach.. very few at the shops
Definitely not common in Sydney. We are all fully shod here.
It’s common in Sydney in more costal suburbs
@@mdheartsuju Maybe outside the inner Sydney area…? Never seen it myself and I live on the water.
Hi there I'm a Kiwi and in Auckland NZ we do the whole Barefoot thing to. Shoes come off soon as I get home from work. At 58 I go barefoot supermarket, gas station, beach, but not all the time. Love your content.
We need to convince them to focus more on NZ and Kiwis, we're far more interesting and nicer than those Aussies! 😅
@@nightowlnzab but they do far better coffee than us.
And they make my beloved Bundaberg.
Yes we do....😉
@@davidjohnpaul7558 parts of NZ are slowly catching up. But as a whole, yeah. Aussie do it better.
@@nightowlnzab Showing how much nicer you are by putting others down. Hmmm😅
Aussie here! fan of the show, amazing content! I really really wish we had christmas in winter. I've never seen snow either. As a kid and now almost a 40 year old man with 5 kids. i always marveled over a white christmas, the sweaters, the hot chocolate, the beautiful snow you see falling outside the window next to the christmas tree. everyone is all snuggly and warm instead of the hot sweaty heat which can shorten ones temper lol. We love our christmas in this family as most do. We are the kind that decorate November 1st, because if I'm going through the effort, i want it up longer than 30 days! also as you get older, those days pass quicker and quicker!
The shops don't close that early, you can still can takeaway around 10pm, the shops close that early in the rural county towns
Work hard to retire sooner has 2 main problems, one is you might not make old age and 2 if you do retire early you still can’t do the things you could when you were younger, every year after 40ish you find things a little tougher.
Part of the Aussie ethos was to live for today because tomorrow might not come, so many young Aussies back pack around Europe and the UK before putting down roots and doing the career thing, it is a tradition going back to the start of the jet age, and many Europeans and Brits do a similar thing in OZ.
I don’t think it is a thing in American culture to backpack, you have to start work ASAP to pay back student loans.
Such an interesting video. Being a kiwi we have lots in common with our Aussie neighbours. Interesting to hear that the walking barefoot is a thing in Australia, especially with all the bitey and stingy creatures over there! I have noticed a number of Kiwis doing the barefoot thing here. I have done the Christmas on the beach, which is awesome, however one day I would love to experience a cold Christmas 😊
I've lived in both country and city NSW for many decades, barefoot when possible, and never seen/had a problem with a bitey or stingy thing, other than a mosquito or a bee. Most trouble was a leech on my leg from swimming in the gorge on the farm.
Totally agree with the Cold Christmas thing, seven years back I went to the UK for Christmas and New Years. I was hoping to experience a white Christmas, Not. That year they had the warmest winter. Very upsetting. Apart from that I had a great time.
Honestly the worst thing about being barefoot in Aus is walking on concrete or over sharp, spikey bindi grass in the summer. The rest of the year it's pretty easy, if not safer than risking one's shoes where spiders might have decided to nest in (I kid, slightly, but having to check my shoes each time just in case is at least a factor in why putting on shoes is usually optional rather than the go to choice -the other factors being shoes too warm/sweaty and how nice it feels to walk barefoot most of the time~ XD).
Glad to hear barefootness is spreading to you guys too XD
Going barefoot is more the east coast area. In South Australia we may go barefoot around home but not normally in public like the supermarket etc.
@@jennyblake9177It’s not an East coast thing either. It may be in Queensland or the NT, but it is definitely not much of a thing in Sydney or any country area I have been to.
In Australia we have compulsory Superannuation that was introduced back in the 1990's making the employer pay what was then 9.5 % of your salary into. Fund for your retirement. We do not have to work hard to save up for retirement. Also our minimum wage is around $21 an hour. The superannuation payment is not deducted from your pay it is 9.5 percentage on top of your salary.
Also, he is 100% incorrect about fast food joints being closed at 9pm in the burbs. Maccas is open 24 hrs almost everywhere
The blue trees are painted and part of a support program for Mental Health called Beyond Blue
I don’t believe the Blue Tree Project is affiliated with Beyond Blue?
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Thanks for the reaction guys. Really appreciate it
Thank YOU! A helpful and fun video!
Christmas in Australia is commonly around 110°F so keeping cool is a must.
The shoe thing is real and has nothing to do with the beach...although it is more common near a beach.
Dress codes are pretty relaxed in Australia (they used to de strict) but you can almost wear thongs (flip-flops) anywhere but casinos and posh restaurants...even pubs (bars) can be pretty lax (not bare foot but close)
@@myeuphonyzone3958
Adelaide has many times had hot summers
The 'shoe thing' mainly applies to the northern cities of Australia where temperatures are warm/hot most of the time.
@@davidhuett3579
I've travelled all around Australia (except Tassie) and noticed barefoot people in shops in every state...not much of Australia is cold during the summer usually.
Maybe in nth qld or nt..try that down south and you will get stuck out front on the footpath
People DEFINITELY walk bare foot in public. EVERYWHERE. Often shirtless. Sometimes in bikinis, every now and then in a g-string (thong). In shops. But where I live is right beside the beach and a sub-tropical climate. It's just a normal, everyday thing.
Supermarkets (in the country) generally open 7-8am til 9pm (most people have time before or after work to go, or on their days off)
The no shoes thing is definitely a lot more common on the northern areas of Australia but can be seen everywhere.
Yes, the 'C' word is used a lot! I personally use it a lot (majority of the time used as a positive word, like greeting friends) when it comes to swearing in Aus, you need to pay attention to context and tone of voice etc to know if it's meant as a good thing or bad thing.
Anywho, another great video ladies! Looking forward to the next one!
I have freinds from overseas that have taken quite a while to grasp the many different contexts in which we can use the simple phrases "Oi C*nt".
Similarly "Funny c*nt" can mean anything from "Your a dickhead" to "you are a comedic genius"
I have had shoes on all day. Most Aussies wear shoes. Except at home and the beach when its hot .Things (flip flops) are pretty common when its hot .Some odd people dress them up with socks if it cool off.
😂 I remember having to bring socks with me into the cinema because it felt so cold with the Aircon .. I'm a barefoot islander, live in England now 😩
Never has a word with so many hard consonants been used to describe something so beautiful.
There are currently six Australian MLB players. These include pitchers Liam Hendriks and Joe Kelly, as well as position players David Warner, Mitch Moreland, Luke Maile, and Peter Moylan. All six of these players have made significant contributions to their respective teams and have helped put Australia on the map as a baseball powerhouse. Peace out.
Hi ladies, another great video. Im a Brit that moved to Brisbane Australia about 8 years ago. Everything the guy said in that vid is 100% accurate especially the C BOMB. They use that word to greet a mate and a person they dislike. After 8 years the 1 thing I still not got used to is xmas in the summer. I love the cold weather but its hot nearly all year round here in Queensland but a small price to pay for living in such a spectacular place.
We work just as hard as the next bloke the difference is we know when to stop . Americans work long hrs but you seem to be expected to do so without benefit , Ross is a high school teacher and I guarantee he works hrs at home preparing lessons or marking assignments without extra pay , the offset to that is he is in a respected occupation and is paid very well indeed and he enjoys no weekend work and 12 weeks paid holiday a year . The shops are open on average between 50 and 60 hrs a week and supermarkets are open up to85 hrs a week so if you can't arrange to buy your needs in that time ,you didn't need it bad enough ,remember shop assistants have a life also . Barefoot shopping is a thing but its mostly in our ocean side cities and towns . The minimum wage here is $22 37 per hr and employers have to contribute to their employees retirement fund so Aussie's have a built in nest egg to look forward to which allows us to enjoy down time, and travel ,now instead of waiting ,and yes we do swear a lot and we do use the c bomb but we use it sparingly and usually not in front of women and children , condiments are free in the fast food outlets and restaurants it's the extra portions you have to pay for , you get them free in America because the companies are paying their employees so little they can afford to give stuff away .
Great response with solid explanations. Just one thing, t's a pervasive misunderstanding that teachers get 12 weeks paid holiday, they only get 4 as per national awards. Decades ago, in award negotiations, teachers were given the option for their 48 weeks outside the 4 weeks holiday. Their choices were having their yearly salary spread across the 41 (students do 40) school term weeks and be unpaid for the other 7 weeks, or be paid consistently across the 48 weeks, receiving less each pay. They chose the latter.
@@Bellas1717 you are of course correct but I was referring to the fact that teachers have 12 weeks holiday and whether they are spreading their salary across the rest of the year is immaterial they are still getting paid very well indeed . But I think the most rewarding aspect of their work transcends money they are respected far more than their American counterparts, my late wife was a head teacher and the kids loved her as did their parents
@@tomwareham7944 All fine, most of my family are teachers, including parents, brother, daughter, and granddaughter currently studying to be one. Please don't further publicise the 12 weeks *paid* holiday. Adding the "paid" makes it completely incorrect and not at all immaterial. One of the biggest battles we face is that the general public believe the nonsense of us only working 9-3 and having 12 weeks paid holiday. That makes it very hard and attracts scorn and vitriol when we fight for better conditions in a profession in crisis. We are not well paid, and I could give you breakdowns of figures on why that is, but that would be very dry reading for you. Yes, we do the work because we love working with children, but at the end of the day it is a job and should be paid commensurate with the training, expertise and time required for the role. Cheers.
I never do this, have burnt my feet on hot ground before. Only go barefoot in my own yard.
Christmas in summer comes with its own tradtions honestly. For my mom's side of the family it was prawn cocktails (basically salad with cooked prawns served with thousand island dressing and lemon, served in a cup), pan fried fish/shark stake, kebabs, various BBQ stuffs, pavola with kiwi fruit, strawberries, passionfruit, rock and honeydew melon, and finally all our fav drinks kept at nice freezing temperatures to help deal with the heat, while half the family would bask outside in the garden while all the sports obsessed types could do their sport watching in the house~
For my dad's it was roasts, whatever new fancy cuisine Grampa had recently mastered cooking wise on proud display, always a platter of sliced deli meats alongside various cheeses, fruits and for some odd reason homemade mayo (family game was daring each other to put mayo on weirder and weirder options to eat. IDK why but it was oddly fun and occasionally tasty XD), and then homemade cordials and tea
You could go out 1000 times and never see anyone with bare feet in 99% of Australia. That said, beachside areas can be the exception in summer.
Not true for my area - northern suburb of Sydney, kms from any beach. Many of the people in our area visit the local store barefoot.
Totally depends on where in Australia you live. Things change over time and it’s probably getting less common in areas it used to be.
Not true about the swearing. I rarely hear the C word and if I did I would verbally object. I have never heard Australians swear in public as much as young USAyans when travelling. But I am older so maybe young Aussies have respect not to swear in front of me. Certainly my grandchildren never do. Perhaps they are just well brought up!
If you think Baseball is slow, try cricket. The bloke in the video sounds as though he's from the south east of England originally, therefore he isn't used to the level of sociability in the rest of the UK. My wife once spoke to two men sat at the table next to us in a London pub, so they got up and moved away.
Australian sauce dispensing plastic things are a work of pure genius!
In my experience, Australians will tell you straight. They do swear a lot, but in general they are such good natured people that you would need to be a supreme prude to be offended.
Absolutely will go bare foot anywhere I can, I’ll only put shoes on if I have to, and I live 2 hours away from a beach haha
So to answer your question about the shopping and such , I live in Adelaide South Australia , Mon - Friday our Grocery stores shut at 9pm , Most clothing , Entertainment, Cafes and all other general stores etc etc shut at 5:30pm, Restraunts close around 9 pm ish depends on the Restraunt . However alot of your big fast food chains such as McDonalds / Hungry jacks *burger king* have 24/7 stores, aswell as all the general stores as i mentioned before like Entertainment stores , Clothing shops , Hardware stores etc will have late night shopping hours one day a week usually on a Thursday or a Friday where they will close at 9pm instead of 5:30 , All stores on the weekends shut at 5:30 this includes Grocery stores on the weekend , aswell as they open later on a Sunday at 11am normally compared to 7:30am . Hope this clears some things up, Would love to answer more questions if ya'll had any
Used to be the same in U.K. Gosh, I remember late night shopping on Thursday in the city centre.
Still very similar in large retail parks where most close at 8pm. So much has changed since huge supermarkets, some are 24 hours, joined our world.
@M C yup it's still very exaggerated of our closing times like 9pm Monday to Friday for groceries is the most important
Growing up in Australia- I had no idea that Christmas was ‘meant’ to be cold as a child. knew it was cold in the Northern Hemisphere but Xmas is the beginning of summer here which I love. Sure if it snowed it looked pretty, but it was something in other countries.
I now know it actually doesn’t snow at Christmas for the majority of the world at Christmas (just in the very northern parts) so I am very happy to have summery Christmases. I always feel cheated if Christmas Day is not a beautiful day.
C*nt is genuinely a compliment in Aus and means youre viewed as a friend
I am from the UK but I grew up in Queensland, Australia. Sorry but I disagree with a lot of this video. Yes going barefoot is a thing. However my parents had to work very hard. My father works in heavy engineering and he was paid well but he had to work hard often in the heat. He had to take salt tablets so he wouldn't collapse. Mum was a secretary and she said her work load was always more than she was used to in the UK. We grew up in a lovely house with a swimming pool and enjoyed wonderful weekends visiting the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. My parents both had a car which was very unusual back then in the UK. It is a beautiful country but don't believe you won't have to work hard. All immigrants need to work very hard to establish themselves in a new country.
It's only thoughs who inherited money or homes. Or won the lottery in Australia usually gets an easier life. But most Aussies I know have to work hard to get anywhere too. What freaks Aussies out that someone who comes into Australia from a 3rd world nation and in a few years they established a business. Where they get the money from? Many Australians have work hard and couldn't get a loan to start up a business because banks would ask for collateral.Theirs some loophole some migrants seems to be getting the cash from. I seen the other day a refugee driving around in a 450k Lamborghini SUV. Must be something I'm missing
@@AndyViant The more jobs you have the more tax you got to pay anyway. Unless you work for cash in hand..you're better off with overtime or work half of another shift for the same company than taking entire different job with another company. But if your not earning enough from the first shift. You should take a another job who pays better hourly rate to suit your living expenses needs.
You don't _have_ to work hard. Your parents each having a car back then and having a nice house and swimming pool was because they worked hard. We played in the sprinklers because there was no way we could afford a pool. In the USA you're expected to work until you collapse and many people often _have_ to just to get by. Whereas in Aus you can choose to work hard to get ahead or you can live a decent life by being a little frugal.
We have compulsory superannuation, which is a retirement fund that is payed into by our employer. We are paid a minimum of 9.5 percent of our wage on top of our normal wage. We also have a minimum wage of $21/ hour.
I moved from the UK to Australia 18 years ago and I agree with this guy 99% ( think a couple of his observations are a little different here in Western Australia).
The no shoes.... well I live 50 minutes to the nearest beach and I see people bare foot all day every day. It's just not a big deal. People do tend to wear thongs...😂😂😂 in the summer because you absolutely don't want to burn your feet.
The swearing.......well that took I lot of getting used to. But people do actually use swearing as a form of affection and greeting 😮. It's hard to explain I think it's all about tone of voice and delivery. But it still after 18 years makes me smile.
Living in Australia is very very different to the UK. as long as you can accept the changes it's an amazing place to live.
By the way, there are 70 thousand Americans who are now living in Australia. Plus the coffee is better. The health care system is slightly less stressful and the transport is really good. Ferries/river cats, metro, busses, light rail and trains are good to ride on and not have to pay a huge freeway toll. This is the seventh year of living in Australia as an American and while there are things I miss, I like the smaller size of the stores and the abundance of indie bookstores.
Barefoot is great!…and I miss sausage sizzles! Live in Scotland now
We work less hours, and have government mandated days off and we still get paid more in Australia. So not many people will want to have anything to do with works after the mandated work hours have passed...work is work but after the work hours it's time to interact with family, friends and do things you want to do. It's very rare to bring your work home with you (unless you work from home).
Paying for sauce is usually only for take away meals, and its not everywhere. A restaurant is not gonna charge you extra for sauce with your side of hot chips or wedges for example, but a fish & chip shop might.
Common pub sign:
Men: No Shirt, No Service.
Women: No Shirt, Free Beer.
Australian has a superannuation Your employer must pay a percentage of your earnings into your super account, and your super fund invests the money until you retire it's currently 10.5% of weekly earnings
Australia seems to have the perfect work/life balance.
I think he def has rose coloured glasses on 😊...bless him.
But I think we are better than some countries. I am def lucky these days, I work part time by choice and my boss/company is v supportive. But I (and friends, etc) have worked in some poorly lead businesses/teams where it leads to poorly run teams, high expectations and a w/l balance that really suffers.
@@jaci_mac23 The rose coloured glasses could be partly because he's a teacher so working for the QLD Government, but from watching a few of his videos he seems very happy avout moving to Oz
@@vtbn53 Pretty much anywhere!
We work set hours, get paid well if we decide to work after hours, we have PAID sick leave, PAID annual leave, Superannuation for retirement, a Universal Healthcare system so we can afford to see a doctor or visit the ER without the risk of becoming medically bankrupt, we have great weather most of the time, great beaches, great fishing, pretty stable governments, a high level of personal freedom and a pretty safe country where large numbers of the population don't want to kill you or storm the Parliament.
We're certainly not perfect .. but our standard of living and way of life is the envy of many.
In regard to the shops closing early this is normally independent cafes, restaurants and shops all the franchise places like McDonald’s, KFC are open late and so are the service stations where you can still get snacks and convenience items like milk and bread etc
I am crying my eyes off with your entrance hahahhhahahah
The blue tree is for raising awareness of mental health.
It started here after a young fella here ended his life 😥
Barefoot whenever possible for me 👍 👣
One thing he said isn't true, certainly here in the Perth suburbs anyway, is that takeaways & home delivery is available till at least 9pm & Many chains like Macca's & Hungry Jacks 👑 (burger king) are 24hr.
Australian here. Christmas Day at our place is always incredibly laidback. Lashings of seafood and salads, cold ham and a couple of roast chickens. Beer, wine, prosecco, soft drinks for the kids are drunk. We'll sit down at around 12:30pm and 'graze' all afternoon through several courses. Dessert could be served early evening. It's quite acceptable to find a quiet corner in the house for a mid afternoon nap. Boxing Day is my favourite day. Christmas left overs, a few beers, a quiet room with a TV and the Boxing Day Test. It doesn't get any better.
Re Barefeet. I'm an Aussie, just did a 14 day cruise from Brisbane to Fremantle, over the top. Every day this family ate in the Horizon court. BAREFEET. Mum, Dad and 2 kids. They were from Chicago!. No one on the ship complained, (most pax. were Ausies), About a week into the cruise a Pommie asked them if had foot ware. (they were seated at the next table from us,) The dad replied. "This is Australia mate, and the pool's just out side," Great reply from someone used to freezing February's. We met a fantastic couple on that trip. They are from SFO. Still keep in touch.
Loved it, the work life balance is very appealing. Happy Wednesday Natasha and Debbie 😊
Australia made the quarter finals in the recent world baseball classic and we have a few players that play in the MLB. Our professional league is considered quite high calibre and we get many MLB prospects coming over to pay here as its in the American of season.
You can always get a coffee or take-away somewhere at night, unless you live out woop woop!
It's important to note if we say Thong it's the underwear, thongs specifically with the S it's footwear.
Also with the C word the key is if the t at the end gets emphasis. If it does it's an insult, if it's barely there it's usually friendly or joking.
I'm Australian and I go barefoot whenever I can
Same! I hate shoes
@@danielkelly8870 Yeah when I lived in Oxford the local kids thought I was crazy going barefoot in the snow... After a while I realised they were right!
What about the spiders though? And the snakes? 😳
@@vtbn53 ooh wait! He's Australian, not in Australia! Gotcha! That's even worse though! Barefoot in the UK? What about the dog poo and fag ends? 🤢
@@CW1971 In many decades in Australia, I've never seen a snake outside a zoo/wildlife park, only spiders I've seen have been harmless hunstman spiders indoors.
I ived in Western Australia as a child from the age of 7 to 13. I hardly ever wore shoes, and to this day get into sandals in the UK as soon as I can. We used to go to school with our sandals slung over our shoulders as we had to wear them in school. We also lived near the beach, and the tarmac path going down there was veryhot in summer, but it had a wooden kerb so we would walk on that to avoid burning our feet in the summer heat, then run across the very hot sand to get into the water quickly. It was quite normal there and I still don’t like having my feet enclosed….at 89…and have very presentable feet still, straight and with no bunions and callouses.!
Baseball from Australia rarely gets shown on TV. I'm not sure about the hot dogs. AFL we have small meat pies. It did snow on Christmas Day once during a cold snap. We do have 24 hour supermarkets but a lot of shops ended up stopping because hardly anyone was shopping. We do have food delivery after 9pm. We call g strings bum floss.
9:48 it’s somewhat amusing to be singing Christmas winter songs in Australia…..
Also the shoe thing isn't so common, at least in my area in Victoria, I can see it on coast lines where beaches are.
I live in Victoria and I’m still waiting to see all these barefoot people lol
@@bernadettelanders7306 too cold there, come to Sydney or Brisbane.
@@Bellas1717 not always - as you know we have variety here, 4 seasons in one day lol
@@bernadettelanders7306 yes, I loved Melbourne after my first visit. Walking along a street had to buy a hat it was so hot. Further along, clouds came out and I bought a coat. Then had to duck into another shop and get an umbrella. Now I know to go prepared with a pocket brolly in my coat. To be fair, the same happens in Sydney, so I was the fool.
@@Bellas1717 lol oh Sydney is similar is it? I’ve been a few times, only for short visits.
So how come Melbourne only gets the name 4 seasons in one day lol. And yes my fold up brolly lives in my handbag lol
Ross I love watching his stuff. He funny and has some great content. Should watch more of his videos.👍
Takeaway is available in the burbs. I think he means small towns when he says takeout on a Friday night.
My nanna makes the best potato bake-
Also, hot Christmas is the best! You can grab a beer on the beach, wear Santa suits on the beach and more.
Often in Dungog and towns further out, from 12-2 they’re often closed, and later than 5, stores that aren’t big chains aren’t open unless you’re in the city.
If you’re far enough out, it’d be inconvenient to hop in the car and drive 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back.
I love the work culture in my country, too. I work on the farm 4 days of the week, and the other 2 I work 5-11 in a local cafe because I know the owner’s kids and I babysit them. I started on the farm at 13 (it’s family owned), and started at the cafe at 15.
It’s not even working half the time-
ok. Also, if you’re going outside in summer on asphalt, you are going to want to wear shoes. no question. But if you’re just going on cooler ground, then it’s all good. Just be careful about the temperature of the ground.
I live 12 hours out from the beach, sometimes I don’t wear shoes.
Swearing is something that’s not as common in cities, but further from the coast it’s far more common. They’re basically terms of endearment. If someone hasn’t sworn at you, it’s either because they know you’re a foreigner and don’t wanna offend you, because they’re in a work environment, or they respect you.
Also sausage sandwiches are superior. Bunnings Sunday barbies especially!
There are shops open 24 hours. 7 11's, some supermarkets, Maccas, petrol stations etc People have to wear shoes in clubs, pubs etc. It's really only in the north of Aussie that people shop in bare feet. I have only heard the c word used by young drunk men, it's not acceptable
Funnily enough, I found out about the shirt rule in Dayton Ohio years ago. A security guard stopped me at the door of a mall and had me put on my shirt. Every time I hear an Australian talking about wearing thongs I immediately think of underwear.
In some parts of Australia you can find pubs with a sign saying "No Shirt, No Shoes, No worries."
Baseball is very common in Australia. There are Australians playing in the major leagues in the US. We also have Christmas in July for those who want to celebrate in the snow. Minimum wage in Australia is $23 an hour. Decent wages allow people to save for retirement. Employers have to contribute another 10% to your retirement fund as well. We also get 4 weeks paid annual holidays as well as sick leave. Swearing is better than shooting. There is no sales tax on food in Australia.
I think with you guys having to work so hard so you can have a retirement, the difference is that we have compulsory superannuation that your employer has to pay into that you can also contribute to so you will have retirement funds when you are old.
People paint the trees blue to highlight suicide. Very sad.
Oh wow. Thank you for letting us know... 🙏🏻
I am really enjoying your videos. A BIG hello from Melbourne Australia.
Thank you naffad.
I don't know where this "no shoes" thing came from. In Melbourne it is very rare to see a person in a shop without shoes.
Australian here. I detest the C word and no-one in my circle uses it.
Love you girls. Best wishes from Sydney.
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I live in a small town in Victoria and our restaurants and take out places generally shut around 8-9pm and the take out places can shut around 10pm on Friday. :)
I don't wear shoes except for when I work outdoors. It's winter now, so I usually put socks on when it gets really cold.
same in australia don't say the c word in public or most places reallyl. i know i dislike it. i have never had anybody use it to me. i guess if someone is very angry. oh and the there is a difference between tomato sauce and ketchup. tomato has to be 99.9% tomatoes and ketchup can have lots of other things in it. that is why we call it tomato sauce because it is.
Think about a sophisticated city like Melbourne with business people going about in their suits and ask yourself if they are likely to have no shoes on. You can probably find people in the beachside areas going barefoot, but it’s definitely not the norm in our cities.
You see it occasionally here in Perth city, but I guess it is Perth after all.
@@jessbellis9510 Having visited Perth, it’s bloody hot. I couldn’t see me walking barefoot on a redhot footpath. Curious as to why people would do that?
Its funny how during summer (which is Christmas holidays) it's totally appropriate to be barefoot. Any other time of the year it's a bit weird but when I lived on the Sunshine Coast it felt totally normal in summer! Recently my mate and I had a laugh about when we were teenagers spending summers on North Stradbroke Island with the families we'd compete to turn off street lights, newly installed. So, if you hit the service panel hard with a cricket bat they turn off (it's a thing in case they fall over the power stops). The challange was to knock them all out before the first ones timer comes back on. This was late 2000s! Once the police showed up and said "that's enough" and off we went haha
Most Australians do swear a lot but I don't know anyone who greets me with "Hi c**t". You might hear the occasional guy greet a friend that way out in public (which I hate) but it's just not true that all or even most Aussies do this.
Hi Ladies. In South Africa we also obviously have Christmas in summer. Our supermarkets close between 7pm and 8pm, unless it's a special time like last-minute Xmas shopping or something, which will be well advertised for weeks in advance. We have 24 hour petrol stations which inevitably have a small shop attached, and for 'emergencies' they probably have you covered. You pay more for your items there though, and choice is limited. And, walking around barefoot is quite normal. Kids basically wear shoes to school and church and that's it! BTW I live over 400Km from any beach, lol. Natasha, I'm with you guys on the swearing thing. Sales tax is annoying to those who aren't used to paying more than the advertised price for something. Surely it makes budgeting awkward when you have to calculate tax in the store to check if you have enough money? Here we pay the shown shelf price which includes VAT (Value added tax).
The sales tax isn't something you have to calculate as it's done for you on the screen as anything is you pay for.
@The Natasha & Debbie Show Aah, OK. Modern technology, lol. I'm still thinking about ticking items off the shopping list, counting in my head as I go. . . But then, I am over 70, so can be forgiven. 🥰
@@sharonmartin4036 we understand that it can be confusing in theory if you don't live here. But honestly, you wouldn't even notice!
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Sorry, and i understand you don’t have sales tax in your area but, if you have a low income and a fixed budget you really do have to know how much you need before you reach the check out.
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Except that it is if you want to know the price of what you are buying before you hit the till. For a traveller, add in the conversion to AUD and it adds time and stress to the shopping experience (and I have mathematics as a minor in my degree).
Personally, I never liked the C word either, but I'm of that generation that didn't swear every second word of a sentence. My mum was always on to it, saying that it shows a lack of intelligence and a lack of vocabulary.
I always loved playing sports of all sorts, but watching it bores me to tears, unless I'm at a live game supporting friends. I played tennis, squash, badminton, baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball and cricket, but eventually settled on roller skating, because I could do it in my own time, my own way and didn't have to join a team. I know, very unAustralian..... Apparently. But I just hate how nasty people get in sports.
I grew up in the tropics and was always barefoot, except when going to school (where I took them off anyway) or walking around town, because I didn't like the idea of stepping in someone else's spit, piss or chewing gum. However, when I lived in Adelaide, it was almost impossible to get around without shoes. The heat is more intense and dry as a dead dingo's donger! 🤣
Btw, we never used to have to pay for any condiments, made me furious when they started capitalizing on them. But some businesses still let you have them free, so I always find out first and avoid giving my business to those bloody scabs. 🙄😡😤
Ketchup is not the same as tomato sauce.
Aussies totally understand your reservations about summer Christmas, its great, we have a lot of fun, but we'd be lying if we were to say we don't envy your cold Christmas
Wasn’t until I traveled overseas that I realised how much I swear, we really do swear a LOT!!
Been enjoying your videos ladies, pretty F’ing awesome :)
Going barefoot is also a thing in NZ - adults included
loved the video girls i want to see more on this country and the history on it very stunning place is down under
Re. ANZAC day 25th April. The History Guy did a great episode on Sir John Monash who was involved with ANZAC day from landing on the beach at Gallipoli to kicking Germany’s backside and setting up ANZAC day in Melbourne. He also worked with US Army in WWI and got up Pershing’s nose 😮
i live in australias 6th biggest city and you see people bare foot everywhere , i have worn shoes twice in the last 9 years , i go barefoot in winter as well.
Whats its name Boganville
@@user-bi8wp6wy3l it's called any city australia , have you not seen this in the centre of sydney or melbourne ?
I know u lying lol😂
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We eat meat pies instead of hot dogs at sports games
Ok, that's just bizarre to us!! Hotdogs are a MUST at Baseball games! 🌭 🌭
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Also - while baseball is played here it is not at all big. My uncle played for Queensland and he certainly was not any sort of celebrity! In fact outside of baseball nobody would know who he is! Cricket is the summer game of choice here.
@Dean Maynard Baseball isn't what it used to be here either. Still popular but our Football and Basketball, more so.
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Oh I didn't know that! of the 3 main American Sports the biggest here is basketball. It got quite popular in the 90s but has faded back quite a bit though. In Australia Cricket rules summer and in Winter, Rugby League (NRL) is king in the Eastern States and Aussie Rules (AFL) is dominant in the Southern states.
Yes I agree spending Christmas in Florida is weird, a day at the beach or getting a tan in December. But as a UK resident I have done it in the past and got envious stares at my tan when I went back to work in January. Lets just say it makes a nice change from the UK where it gets dark by 3pm and not light again til 9am and you have to wear so many layers of clothes just to keep warm outdoors.
The sauce thing is like the other American expectations - free refills, all you can eat buffet.... no you get what is listed on the menu, at that price. So a meat pie (which can include beef, pork, lamb, venison, chicken) is $3.50, but you want "ketchup", add 15c. You want extra cheese on your burger, add 20c or 90c for an extra patty.
The ubiquitous fish'n'chip shop will have a "minimum chips", add the pieces of battered fish, and tartare sauce - they'll have a fixed price bundle for sharing, but you add ketchup for 15c for one pack, 25c for two, or 50c for six.
Aussie here and I’ve never said the C word and never heard any of my friends or adult children say it. I only hear it on UA-cam