Hi, hi, hi! I'm an Australian (with Italian parents) who lived in the U.S. for nine years (N.C. and S.C.) before returning, and as you can imagine, I have MANY stories. You might be discovering by now that Australia is more than the sum of its parts. Come visit so you can feel it! In the meantime, I suggest you deep dive into the awesome Australian music scene. Some Australian bands you may have heard of are INXS, Little River Band, Bee Gees, Jet, ACDC, Air Supply, Veronicas, Keith Urban, and 5 Seconds of Summer. To name a few. Cold Chisel is a classic Rock band that should have had global success. P.S. How many Americans currently living in America watch your channel?
I know - can't stop laughing. Bris-bayyne? nope. it should sound like = Brisben or Brisbun. Fline-duhs Street Station? (shivers) nope. it should sound like = Flinn-ders Street Station. There is no 'e' in Flin . Please someone from Australia do a tour of Australia video using the local lingo pronunciation. Then it won't just be entertaining for our foreign friends but helpful too.
Wild camels were introduced to Australia when people were exploring the outback. Now there are so many domestic and wild camels Australia actually ships them to Saudi Arabia and other Arib countries.
The early camels were primarily used to transport goods from the various ports to inland towns and areas as they could handle the dry conditions better than horses and bullocks. The introduction of camels required persons used to handling them so in the late 1800s to the early 1900s approx 3000 cameleers were brought into Australia from India, Bombay and the Afghanistan areas. The construction of the railway line from Port Augusta to Alice Springs relied very much on the camel trains bringing the materials and the cameleers were referred to as Ghans. No doubt a derogatory term 100 years ago but now the name of the Adelaide to Darwin train service "The Ghan." The camels being no longer required many were let loose and they have bred like rabbits and as pointed out are disease free and exported to Saudi Arabia as they are some of the most purest bred. Pity we can't export the rabbits and foxes.
And the comment of them being over 1000 years old, is not too far from the truth, but more likely to be hundreds... and the family of trees are what's called Gondwanian - so are also found in Southern Africa and South America... in arid areas.
C'mon guys, I think Ryan is doing an amazing job even featuring us and this beautiful land of ours. Pretty sure we'd mess up some American pronunciations! Thanks Ryan for the content, and love that you're interested in this big island.
@@gusdrivinginaustralia6168 I'm totally cringing at this. Did they not do their friggin homework to get the information right before making a tourist video? omfg.
8:20 I grew up in the Blue Mountains. This place is called Hanging Rock. I have stood right out on the tip of it were it is only a foot wide. It was quite scary with nothing but a huge drop on all sides.
Brisbane in Oz is Brisbun. Melbourne in Oz is Melbun. The great barrier reef is the largest living organism in the world. The horse encased in the museum is Phar Lap. Good to see you Ryan, love your reactions 😊
Phar Lap is a bone of contention and controversy. He was born and bred in Nieu Zeelund, was one of the most successful race horses in Australia, to the point where the handicapper was almost having to add a second set of saddlebags for weights.... then came the trip to race in America, and he somehow died not long after leaving quarantine? Mob hit? Now the skin is in Melbourne, the Skullitun is in Wullingtun, and the heart is in Canberra.
Ryan, I agree, the narrator was a major disappointment, and the video was riddled with glaring errors. Anyway, while I'm here, for future reference can I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the phonetic vowel sound known as 'schwa': ə (yes, it looks like an upside down, back to front 'e'). It's a bit like a shortened, unstressed "uh" sound. The 'a' in 'again' or 'away' is a schwa: i.e. 'əgen', 'əway'. Schwa is the sound used to correctly pronounce the second syllable of Melbourne or Brisbane, i.e. 'Melbən', 'Brisbən'. This is so much more accurate than saying it's like "Melbin" or "Melbun", which can result in the wrong sounds entirely. Schwa is definitely your friend when trying to get these and many other Aussie pronunciations right.
The castle in Tasmania is part of the Port Arthur penal settlement. A very harsh prison . Also on the Tasman Peninsular. The nearest thing we have to a castle is Government house in Hobart, (The governor's residence)
13:45 The Baobab. Or 'Bottle Tree'. The trunk is a natural trait of the tree. There are photographic records of these trees being used as makeshift 'lockups', or jails for one...or sometimes more.
Camels were imported from Afghanistan in the 1800's. they were used to ship goods around the outback, they were more able to survive the conditions than horses. We have a passenger train that travels from Adelaide to Darwin (2900 kilometres) It is the world's longest passenger train sometimes reaching a kilometre in length (42 passenger coaches long) When the train arrived the camels were let loose to roam the outback, apparently we have more camels than the middle east.
That highway you remarked "I just want to drive on" is the Seacliff Bridge. It's popular in car commercials and the first time I saw it I had the same reaction. South of Sydney, towards Wollongong, I make a point to drive across it any time I'm in that area.
Forgot South Australia home to the amazing blue lake, Naracoorte caves, opal mining at Cooper Pedy and staying in unground motels, Kangaroo Island, Great Ocean Road, winery regions
The Blue Mountains are in just one of our National Parks and there are many of them. The Royal National Park, surrounding Sydney's south, became the world's second NP after USA's Yellowstone Park. Like the US we have many beautiful scenic NP's.
In the opening sequence the 'figure of eight pools' feature and they are located walking distance starting from Heathcote one of Sydneys most southern suburbs and if there are big swells can be pretty dangerous but spectacular on a nice day.
Australia has one of the largest feral Camel populations in the world. Get this, we sell Camels to Saudi Arabia, no joke. They were brought here by Afghan traders and explorers in the 19th century and when train lines were built, the Camels were just set free, Camels are sort of in their element in the Outback, so they proliferated. There's no rock climbing on Uluru or Kata-Tjuta, they are sacred sights to the Indigenous people of the area. So, over recent years, more respect is given to this idea.
The reason the coast along Perth is called the sunset coast is because for a majority of Australians from the East who travel there see, for the first time, the sun set into the sea, For a majority of the population the sun rising from the sea is the norm, I remember the first time I saw it I was fascinated so I remained to see it disappear below the horizon of the sea,
I've always lived in Perth, and seen the sum set over the sea many times. But when I had my only trip over east as an adult (I went with my mum when I was 4) I went to see the sun rise over the sea only to see a heap of clouds. The sun eventually came up, but it was a little disappointing lol
Lol...funny you should say that. I live in Perth and yes it's gorgeous to go to the beach to watch the sunset...particularly on a hot summer night. Saying that, I've seen it so often it's just what is BUT, when I went to visit a friend in Qld I told her I'm making a coffee and going to sit on the beach and watch the sun rise over the water, one morning before I go back to Perth🤣 She thought I was mad, I set my alarm, got up and made a coffee and headed off (she only lived a short walk from Grasstree Beach), walk through her backyard, cut through the neighbours backyard behind her, then right across the road....I sat there in silence thinking 'how beautiful, a new day dawning'. In Perth it's the end of the day. My friend, who thought I was mad, joined me about 30 minutes later😂😂 AWESOME!! Even took photos👍👍❤️❤️😊
And it left out ALL of the following: The Flinders ranges, Granite Island, Victor Harbor (where baby whales are often born in autumn) and Kangaroo Island. The Mount Lofty ranges, Hahndorf. the Adelaide hills, and in the Clare valley and in the Fleurieu Peninsula = all great destinations to visit the many separate quality wineries and cellar doors in those areas. Then explore Murray bridge and the Monarto Safari Park which is the largest open-range safari experience outside of Africa and is home to more than 50 species of exotic and native animals. Then Port Lincoln where many fishing enterprises successfully breed and harvest big tuna. Then there is The Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region is about 142,500 hectares in size and has a diverse range of freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats. The native plants and animals are unique, not just within the Murray-Darling Basin, but worldwide. Many internationally migratory birds can also be found. The Coorong is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. And let us not forget picturesque Robe and Naracoorte and Mount Gambier - where you will find the blue lake that changes naturally each year to a blue colour - it was once an active volcano - now it is a very deep lake. I bet he has never done any real research otherwise he might have discovered so much more on South Australia. The River Murray terminates in South Australia at the Southern Ocean, having passed through Lake Alexandrina, the Murray estuary and finally the Murray Mouth. Lake Albert is a terminal lake connected to Lake Alexandrina by a narrow channel. The Coorong is a long, shallow, brackish to hypersaline lagoon of more than 100 kilometres long. It is separated from the ocean by a narrow sand dune peninsula. Flying over the Coorong really brings it to ones attention just how very long and very important is the Coorong. The capital city of South Australia is Adelaide. It still has many charming period homes kept in good condition in the city itself and in North Adelaide. Carrick Hill estate at the top of Fullarton Road is set in a huge garden and is worth a visit - take the guided tour re inside the house - it is lovely. Similarly you can visit the Beerenberg Strawberry farm in the hills and not far from that is "the Cedars" - where you can visit the home where Hans Heysen created his magnificent paintings. A visit to the Botanic gardens in the city is free. The gardens also include a magnificent building that is curvilinear in shape - 100 metres long, 47 metres wide and 27 metres high. This elegant steel superstructure supports the 2,434 metres2 of toughened glass, which forms the roof, walls and doors. Its glistening and distinctive shape is a landmark, particularly for visitors flying in to Adelaide. It is filled with a huge range of exotic plants growing in harmony and thriving in the moist inside of this enormous glass structure. I've only covered a few things in the state of South Australia - BUT the guy who made the video left out all those things because he ever so VERY ARROGANTLY failed to do any proper research and thus failed to say anything about the state of South Australia. Just imagine how an American person living in Texas discovered that a video had been done on USA talking about what every USA state has to offer in USA but then ARROGANTLY chose to say NOTHING about the state of Texas and NOTHING about the state of Louisiana - as if those two states do not exist - the people in those two states would be disgusted at the omission.
Horses were brought out just after the first fleet arrived as entertainment - horse racing (sport of kings) was one of the first sports to take place in Australia and was used as recreation for the people of Sydney...
The walkway with purple flowers is what was redeveloped after Brisbane hosted the 1988 world expo called South Bank. It holds outdoor shows, the Brisbane wheel, a free man made lagoon for cooling down on hot days, cafes and markets just to name a few.
Cottesloe beach is also very popular with Great White Sharks! The green labelled beer with three letters which you're trying to think of is "VB". I can't believe that this guy can pronounce Kuta-Juta but massacres "Brisbane" and "Melbourne" which we pronounce Brisbn and Melbn". G'day from the Sunshine Coast Qld, just north of Brisbn!!
Hi Ryan. Michael from Australia, here. Many years ago you could climb "Ayers rock". My parents are in there 70's and 80's and did so. Trekking on the Rock was stopped to ensure that the site was not damaged any further.
Camels were brought toAustralia to carry supplies on the North to South Railway from Darwin to Aelaide known as the Ghan after Afghan. Australia has the most camels of any country in the world as they are feral in Central Australia. They are even exported to the Arabian countries as race animals.
First mistake right at the start. Not Bay Bridge. “Sydney Harbour Bridge.” No 2. “Not Fly,nders st station, like other words with the letter i in it (E.g.Linda) it’s pronounced, “Flinders, (like “in”) street. No 3. Not Melbourne Bay. “Port Philip Bay. And it’s not Melboooouuurne, it’s Melbn. No 5. Not Bris bane, “Brisbn.” The beer is VB, Victoria Bitter. QLD has XXXX. Cottesloe beach. Australia supplies a large number of camels to the Middle East. Thankfully he never said, eemoo, when it’s eemYOU.
Yes, Yes yes. Ricky is spot on! I think the American guy who put the video together just slapped it together with AI, not having ever been here.....Also, where are the pink lakes to swim in while he is talking about Melbourne? and what is the line, 'go for swim, at the beaches of Melbourne Bay' WTF, who says that? No one who has lived here or even just visited. Ryan, loving your work btw.
A couple of the photos on the website for Tangalooma resort are photos of mine, easy spot is the statue image in the section for the Chinese restaurant on the resort
This dude pronounced nearly every single word wrong and there were a lot of factual errors as well. I don’t think the creator of that video has ever been to Australia. Love your videos though👍🏻
The Seacliff bridge over the ocean (a bit of water anyway) is in northern Illawarra, south of Sydney just down the road. Was built after the original coast road (Lawrence Hargreaves Drive) was wiped out after a landslide. Excellent jewie/mulloway fishing under it.
@@Merrid67play Was just giving the Name of the road the bridge is now on. I grew up in Thirroul and remember having to take the long way if we played Helensburgh up there after it.
That castle looking feature in Tasmania is really Port Arthur. Once famous for being where the convicts were in prison. But now it has the added bonus of mass shoting in the 1996. As for beer there are alot like 300 brands to choose from. Just like wine and other forms of alcohol
You should be worried about natural bridges collapsing. Look up the natural arch on the a Great Ocean Road known as London Bridge, it did collapse and left 2 people stranded.
That bridge at the start where you said you wanted to drive on is sea cliff bridge near where I live, there was a naming competition held with all the local schools and a young local girl named it sea cliff bridge. Also I think I saw the figure 8 pools also not far from me they’re south of Sydney
Great reaction video Ryan. They could have been more specific and included probably a 1000 places, that would make a great series of videos. We used to have a few documentary makes that would go all over the Australia visiting various places, two that come to mind is Malcom Douglas and the Leyland Brothers. There seems to be a gap there now.
Have A Vic beer, ol matey. If you think those water falls and mountain ranges are great, In the to nth oz there are many hidden places with pristine swimmingholes and waterfalls , Hidden all throughout Its the best. Broome Is the most beautiful place, I walked along cable beach for hours and not another soul, Its amazing the colour changes of the rocks and reflections from our iron red dirt. Wominjenka from Wurundjeri country Australia. If you come you must visit the top end and plan to stay awhile as there Is more to see than even an aussie ever will. The Kimberly has the best opals In the world, Bugger It come over and I will be your tour guide. You must see traditional Aboriginal dance and have a welcome to country.
Way back in the 1800s when the Telegraph was conducted to Darwin via Indonesia. Afghan camelliears were used to transport supplies between Adelaide & Darwin while the overland telegraph set up to contact the rest of Australia to the rest of the world,. When the job was done the camel's were let loose, & for the last 50 years or so we have been exporting camel's to the middle east. So yea Australia has camel's domesticated & Ferrell
The rocks over the seas photo you have highlighted is The Blowhole in Southern Tasmania - you can go on a short boat trip to view it "very" closely - no walking required! 🤗
I'm watching you now from the Gold Coast which is about 20mins out of Brisbane , you crack me up laughing with some of your expression's and sayings, I will continue to watch your videos,ps I am a retired 65yr and if ever you and your family are ever in Australia you would be welcome at my place
E-scooters are free to use in my city, Ballarat. You just find them on the roadside, log into the app on your phone and take off. Then you just leave it wherever you finish.
This makes me wanna travel Australia again. so big so beautiful. Every state changes sometimes it really feels like you are a different county, I might be bias but it's truly Gods country.
We don't really do the "God's country" thing here. It's narcissistic to claim that God favours a country over all others, and also as a nation we don't really care about religion.
We avoid Sydney, Melbourne and most of the eastern states, unless you want busy people and traffic. Tasmania is brilliant. Beautiful people and amazing sights. South Australia wasn't mentioned, it's a lot slower pace with many hidden gems that don't get advertised. SA is the place to explore. Western Australia is also fantastic, don't bypass the west if you come to Australia. The Northern Territory wasn't mentioned much. The NT is the wild west of OZ. Also many things to experience in the north.
New Blue Mountains attraction just for you, Ryan: they have a cable car that runs across the whole thing and NOW, you can even climb up on the roof of it!
To find more about The Great Barrier Reef try looking up Cairns (pronounced cans) or Port Douglas. We have that island (Green island) and big fish from this video here 👍 3:30
@@Danger_Mouse_00 yes sir I remember that The western Sydney suburb of Penrith was the hottest place on Earth on Saturday, reaching a high of 48.9 degrees Celsius that's 120 degrees Fahrenheit the highest-ever temperature for the area, recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology just after 3pm, smashed a record that had stood for 80 years. showed Penrith was the hottest place in the world. Peace out.
It's a little funny that walking over the land bridges worries you coz around 20 or so years ago one of the 12 apostles the one called London Bridge did collapse with tourists being stranded I dont remember the exact numbers but I think it was around 20 people Edit. It was 33 years ago and 2 people were stranded bloody hell I'm gettin old lol
A very good tourism ad with exclusions like the world Heritage Kakadu National Park and Katherine Gorge in NT. Adelaide too with it's Art and Music festivals (WOMAD) on now. Good laugh but if you're not a local, it's not FLYN-DERS station, it's Flin-ders Station in Melbern (that's the pronunciation for Melbourne!) Showed the 12 Apostles which is on The Great Ocean road many hours from Melbourne. Tasmania really isn't too distant. Has plenty of wilderness areas but the capital Hobart is just over an hour's flight from Melbourne. Alice Springs is miles from anywhere more to the point (at least in capital city terms). The flowers in the fields were lavender which is harvested for oil and beauty products. That's a pink bouganvillea flowering over the archway across the Brisbane river on South Bank where there's a large man made swimming lagoon/beach. Great for lunch time walks across the Victoria Bridge from the CBD. All Botanic Gardens and large parks like King's Park in Perth are free.
Hey Ryan, another great reaction. to give you some info on the camels in Oz, they were bought over to Oz over a hundred years ago, and some were let loose in the outback. They thrived, and now we export most of the middle eastern camel herds. Please do this as a reaction to WA. It's my home and one of the sunniest places in the world. We are far from most of the world but have a great state and its supper layer back. Keep up the good work. 😊
Always the Great Barrier Reef but on the other side of the country is Ningaloo Reef, also a World Heritage Site, famous for its Whale Sharks and as a nesting site for 3 species of sea turtles. Easier to get to than the Great Barrier Reef and just as fascinating.
Ryan: WHALE SHARKS?!? I thought whales and sharks were different things... what happened, a whale got with a shark somewhere? Whale sharks... who would've thought?
Ok...that bridge....is the Sea Cliff Bridge...and it is over an hour south of Sydney...don't know why they included it with Sydney....I live in Wollongong and go over that bridge quite often....Happy to show you the sights of the south coast if you ever visit :)
the great barrier reef is not a single organism however the coral reef itself is the largest built structure by an organism as the coral pullups actually build it.
I'm the same Ryan , I would not be that close to the edge of the cliff . The rail with the purple flowers ( Bougainvillea ), is at Soutbank in Brisbane. It was the place where Expo 1988 was held .A nice place to visit , for drinks and dinner , and a swim in the manmade beach.
Australia has the world’s largest number of camels being approx 1 million. Middle eastern countries actually import their camels from us. Strange heh. Love your videos Ryan. ❤
Regards the narrator...its the Sydney Harbour Bridge...bay bridge? And tonnes of other things that make you go mmmm? Flynders? Brizbayn? But at least he tried, bless his heart...
The scooters in Brisbane are free. :) Listening to this guy slaughter the pronunciation of just about every place in Australia is excruciating!
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Yeah it is, but it is what it is, but why don't they do more research????
@@vtbn53 Errors drive engagement, which impresses The Algorithm.
@@brettevill9055 excellent point!
Mate, just bypass Sydney….started off as a home for criminals and bugger all has changed since. Grüße aus Australien.
Dear god I knew we were in for some bad pronunciation, but didn’t expect Flinders Street to be one of them 😂
😂😂
I know, right!!
😂🤣🙃me neither! lol
haha, yep. The most basic name.
Flinders keepers
Australia is more than its city. So many places. I can drive around my area an hour each way and film the most beautiful sites.
Hi, hi, hi! I'm an Australian (with Italian parents) who lived in the U.S. for nine years (N.C. and S.C.) before returning, and as you can imagine, I have MANY stories.
You might be discovering by now that Australia is more than the sum of its parts. Come visit so you can feel it!
In the meantime, I suggest you deep dive into the awesome Australian music scene. Some Australian bands you may have heard of are INXS, Little River Band, Bee Gees, Jet, ACDC, Air Supply, Veronicas, Keith Urban, and 5 Seconds of Summer. To name a few.
Cold Chisel is a classic Rock band that should have had global success.
P.S. How many Americans currently living in America watch your channel?
I knew we were in trouble, when the narrator was not Australian. I wasn't wrong 🤣🤣🤣
The pronunciations for nearly everything was just cringe.
I’ve gotten used to the mispronunciation & mistakes but the way he pronounced Flinders St triggered me 😆
I know - can't stop laughing. Bris-bayyne? nope. it should sound like = Brisben or Brisbun.
Fline-duhs Street Station? (shivers) nope. it should sound like = Flinn-ders Street Station.
There is no 'e' in Flin . Please someone from Australia do a tour of Australia video using the local lingo pronunciation. Then it won't just be entertaining for our foreign friends but helpful too.
@@crystalemeralddiamond9571 i dont know about you but for me its either briz-bin or briz-b*schwa*n
Agreed. Those sights around Sydney. Quite a few of them weren’t Sydney. And the comment about the bay bridge 🤯🤯🤯🤯😵💫😵💫😵💫
I was ready for the butchered pronunciation of some words (like Melbourne). It the way that guy said Flinders Street Station has got me reeling… 🤣
Wild camels were introduced to Australia when people were exploring the outback. Now there are so many domestic and wild camels Australia actually ships them to Saudi Arabia and other Arib countries.
Yep Australia is the largest exporter for Camels.
over 1 million feral camels apparently
And disease free.
Yep Australia has the largest number of Arabian Camels in the world
The early camels were primarily used to transport goods from the various ports to inland towns and areas as they could handle the dry conditions better than horses and bullocks.
The introduction of camels required persons used to handling them so in the late 1800s to the early 1900s approx 3000 cameleers were brought into Australia from India, Bombay and the Afghanistan areas.
The construction of the railway line from Port Augusta to Alice Springs relied very much on the camel trains bringing the materials and the cameleers were referred to as Ghans.
No doubt a derogatory term 100 years ago but now the name of the Adelaide to Darwin train service "The Ghan."
The camels being no longer required many were let loose and they have bred like rabbits and as pointed out are disease free and exported to Saudi Arabia as they are some of the most purest bred.
Pity we can't export the rabbits and foxes.
Ryan the tree is called a Boab tree, and the huge trunk stores water and is faound in arid parts of Australia
Except for the less tropical areas.
@@rogerramjet6429 thats what arid means!
They were also used as prison cells.
And the comment of them being over 1000 years old, is not too far from the truth, but more likely to be hundreds... and the family of trees are what's called Gondwanian - so are also found in Southern Africa and South America... in arid areas.
It’s about time every fan donates $1 each for Ryan to come holiday with his small family 🤙🏼
I did mention starting a GoFundMe at one stage. Should try again. 👍
@Karina Horan I've sent him 60 so far and it's worth every cent.
Only if he goes to Tasmania! 🧐(😀)
Agree people like Ryan who post such positive commentary about Oz is such good PR for Australia,
C'mon guys, I think Ryan is doing an amazing job even featuring us and this beautiful land of ours. Pretty sure we'd mess up some American pronunciations! Thanks Ryan for the content, and love that you're interested in this big island.
Love the authentic responses.
Ryan, our parks, for the most part, are free. Just for everyone’s enjoyment.
11:45 'Cottesloe' beach. But when I lived in Perth (up near Sorrento) in the 70s, all the cool kids surfed at Trigg beach and surrounds.
Sydney has the 'Bay Bridge'. Who knew?
I caught that too 🤷♀️😄
I saw a different video the other day with a guy calling it the Bay Bridge. It was doing my head in 😂
Melbourne Bay too. Somebody changed its name and I missed it.
I was dozing off and thought I’d misheard 😂
@@gusdrivinginaustralia6168 I'm totally cringing at this. Did they not do their friggin homework to get the information right before making a tourist video? omfg.
8:20 I grew up in the Blue Mountains. This place is called Hanging Rock. I have stood right out on the tip of it were it is only a foot wide. It was quite scary with nothing but a huge drop on all sides.
The “castle “ was a church in the Port Arthur penal colony
Scarborough Beach is pretty darn popular out in Perth as well.
7:20. That corridor is quite stunning when the Bouganvillia is in full flower.
Not me laughing when Ryan said "Australia has a castle?!". It's the old convict prison. 😂
There's always Kryal Castle lol!
In 1788, the main mode of transport was by horse! Horses obviously were brought by ship, as were the camels, a few years later.
Brisbane in Oz is Brisbun. Melbourne in Oz is Melbun. The great barrier reef is the largest living organism in the world. The horse encased in the museum is Phar Lap. Good to see you Ryan, love your reactions 😊
I'm from Melbourne and we would normally pronounce them like 'Bris-bn' and "Mel-bn'
I have lived here for 68 of my 74 years except for 6 years in Melbourne & I reckon most Qlder's pronounce it Bris -Bin
@@gregoryparnell2775 mostly because of the kiwi presence
Phar Lap is a bone of contention and controversy. He was born and bred in Nieu Zeelund, was one of the most successful race horses in Australia, to the point where the handicapper was almost having to add a second set of saddlebags for weights.... then came the trip to race in America, and he somehow died not long after leaving quarantine? Mob hit?
Now the skin is in Melbourne, the Skullitun is in Wullingtun, and the heart is in Canberra.
I've never hear it pronounced 'Melbun' and I live here?! Or even 'Brisbun'....
Yes, at St Kilda beach they drive tractors or something along the sand to keep it clean and tidy... I cracked up at the way he pronounced Flinders! 😆
They clean up St Kilda and Elwood beaches to get get rid of used needles and broken bottles of booze. :)
Ryan, I agree, the narrator was a major disappointment, and the video was riddled with glaring errors. Anyway, while I'm here, for future reference can I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the phonetic vowel sound known as 'schwa': ə (yes, it looks like an upside down, back to front 'e'). It's a bit like a shortened, unstressed "uh" sound. The 'a' in 'again' or 'away' is a schwa: i.e. 'əgen', 'əway'. Schwa is the sound used to correctly pronounce the second syllable of Melbourne or Brisbane, i.e. 'Melbən', 'Brisbən'. This is so much more accurate than saying it's like "Melbin" or "Melbun", which can result in the wrong sounds entirely. Schwa is definitely your friend when trying to get these and many other Aussie pronunciations right.
The castle in Tasmania is part of the Port Arthur penal settlement. A very harsh prison . Also on the Tasman Peninsular. The nearest thing we have to a castle is Government house in Hobart, (The governor's residence)
13:45 The Baobab. Or 'Bottle Tree'. The trunk is a natural trait of the tree. There are photographic records of these trees being used as makeshift 'lockups', or jails for one...or sometimes more.
Camels were imported from Afghanistan in the 1800's. they were used to ship goods around the outback, they were more able to survive the conditions than horses. We have a passenger train that travels from Adelaide to Darwin (2900 kilometres) It is the world's longest passenger train sometimes reaching a kilometre in length (42 passenger coaches long) When the train arrived the camels were let loose to roam the outback, apparently we have more camels than the middle east.
That highway you remarked "I just want to drive on" is the Seacliff Bridge. It's popular in car commercials and the first time I saw it I had the same reaction. South of Sydney, towards Wollongong, I make a point to drive across it any time I'm in that area.
The road crossing the bridge is part of Lawrence Hargrave Drive, so named after the great inventor who flew box kites near Stanwell Park.
Forgot South Australia home to the amazing blue lake, Naracoorte caves, opal mining at Cooper Pedy and staying in unground motels, Kangaroo Island, Great Ocean Road, winery regions
“Flinders St” pronunciation was hilarious!
The Blue Mountains are in just one of our National Parks and there are many of them. The Royal National Park, surrounding Sydney's south, became the world's second NP after USA's Yellowstone Park. Like the US we have many beautiful scenic NP's.
In the opening sequence the 'figure of eight pools' feature and they are located walking distance starting from Heathcote one of Sydneys most southern suburbs and if there are big swells can be pretty dangerous but spectacular on a nice day.
Sorry Ryan, I'm bailing out... if I hear him try to pronounce Brisbane one more time I will have a violent reaction!
Yeah I get that. the voiceover is shocking... Brisbaine..... unreal
Yeah, I started melting down at 'Bay Bridge'. 🤯
@@janemcdonald5372 Flynders St. Got me!!!!!
I felt like I was being slapped in the face every time he said bris bain
I bailed at flinders street’s butchering 🤣
Australia has one of the largest feral Camel populations in the world. Get this, we sell Camels to Saudi Arabia, no joke. They were brought here by Afghan traders and explorers in the 19th century and when train lines were built, the Camels were just set free, Camels are sort of in their element in the Outback, so they proliferated.
There's no rock climbing on Uluru or Kata-Tjuta, they are sacred sights to the Indigenous people of the area. So, over recent years, more respect is given to this idea.
The reason the coast along Perth is called the sunset coast is because for a majority of Australians from the East who travel there see, for the first time, the sun set into the sea, For a majority of the population the sun rising from the sea is the norm, I remember the first time I saw it I was fascinated so I remained to see it disappear below the horizon of the sea,
I've always lived in Perth, and seen the sum set over the sea many times. But when I had my only trip over east as an adult (I went with my mum when I was 4) I went to see the sun rise over the sea only to see a heap of clouds. The sun eventually came up, but it was a little disappointing lol
Lol...funny you should say that. I live in Perth and yes it's gorgeous to go to the beach to watch the sunset...particularly on a hot summer night. Saying that, I've seen it so often it's just what is BUT, when I went to visit a friend in Qld I told her I'm making a coffee and going to sit on the beach and watch the sun rise over the water, one morning before I go back to Perth🤣
She thought I was mad, I set my alarm, got up and made a coffee and headed off (she only lived a short walk from Grasstree Beach), walk through her backyard, cut through the neighbours backyard behind her, then right across the road....I sat there in silence thinking 'how beautiful, a new day dawning'. In Perth it's the end of the day.
My friend, who thought I was mad, joined me about 30 minutes later😂😂 AWESOME!! Even took photos👍👍❤️❤️😊
@@yvonnecaldwell6088 I'm from Perth too, WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS WHEN I WAS IN SYDNEY
And it left out ALL of the following:
The Flinders ranges, Granite Island, Victor Harbor (where baby whales are often born in autumn) and Kangaroo Island.
The Mount Lofty ranges, Hahndorf. the Adelaide hills, and in the Clare valley and in the Fleurieu Peninsula = all great destinations to visit the many separate quality wineries and cellar doors in those areas.
Then explore Murray bridge and the Monarto Safari Park which is the largest open-range safari experience outside of Africa and is home to more than 50 species of exotic and native animals.
Then Port Lincoln where many fishing enterprises successfully breed and harvest big tuna.
Then there is The Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region is about 142,500 hectares in size and has a diverse range of freshwater, estuarine and marine habitats. The native plants and animals are unique, not just within the Murray-Darling Basin, but worldwide. Many internationally migratory birds can also be found. The Coorong is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.
And let us not forget picturesque Robe and Naracoorte and Mount Gambier - where you will find the blue lake that changes naturally each year to a blue colour - it was once an active volcano - now it is a very deep lake.
I bet he has never done any real research otherwise he might have discovered so much more on South Australia. The River Murray terminates in South Australia at the Southern Ocean, having passed through Lake Alexandrina, the Murray estuary and finally the Murray Mouth. Lake Albert is a terminal lake connected to Lake Alexandrina by a narrow channel.
The Coorong is a long, shallow, brackish to hypersaline lagoon of more than 100 kilometres long. It is separated from the ocean by a narrow sand dune peninsula. Flying over the Coorong really brings it to ones attention just how very long and very important is the Coorong.
The capital city of South Australia is Adelaide. It still has many charming period homes kept in good condition in the city itself and in North Adelaide. Carrick Hill estate at the top of Fullarton Road is set in a huge garden and is worth a visit - take the guided tour re inside the house - it is lovely.
Similarly you can visit the Beerenberg Strawberry farm in the hills and not far from that is "the Cedars" - where you can visit the home where Hans Heysen created his magnificent paintings.
A visit to the Botanic gardens in the city is free. The gardens also include a magnificent building that is curvilinear in shape - 100 metres long, 47 metres wide and 27 metres high. This elegant steel superstructure supports the 2,434 metres2 of toughened glass, which forms the roof, walls and doors. Its glistening and distinctive shape is a landmark, particularly for visitors flying in to Adelaide. It is filled with a huge range of exotic plants growing in harmony and thriving in the moist inside of this enormous glass structure.
I've only covered a few things in the state of South Australia - BUT the guy who made the video left out all those things because he ever so VERY ARROGANTLY failed to do any proper research and thus failed to say anything about the state of South Australia.
Just imagine how an American person living in Texas discovered that a video had been done on USA talking about what every USA state has to offer in USA but then ARROGANTLY chose to say NOTHING about the state of Texas and NOTHING about the state of Louisiana - as if those two states do not exist - the people in those two states would be disgusted at the omission.
Watch David Attenboroughs doco on Barrier Reef... magic
Horses were brought out just after the first fleet arrived as entertainment - horse racing (sport of kings) was one of the first sports to take place in Australia and was used as recreation for the people of Sydney...
More likely as transport
The walkway with purple flowers is what was redeveloped after Brisbane hosted the 1988 world expo called South Bank. It holds outdoor shows, the Brisbane wheel, a free man made lagoon for cooling down on hot days, cafes and markets just to name a few.
The walkway with the beautiful Bougainvillea is called the South Bank Grand Arbour. I worked for the architects from Melbourne who designed it.
Cottesloe beach is also very popular with Great White Sharks! The green labelled beer with three letters which you're trying to think of is "VB". I can't believe that this guy can pronounce Kuta-Juta but massacres "Brisbane" and "Melbourne" which we pronounce Brisbn and Melbn". G'day from the Sunshine Coast Qld, just north of Brisbn!!
Hi Ryan. Michael from Australia, here. Many years ago you could climb "Ayers rock". My parents are in there 70's and 80's and did so. Trekking on the Rock was stopped to ensure that the site was not damaged any further.
Camels were brought toAustralia to carry supplies on the North to South Railway from Darwin to Aelaide known as the Ghan after Afghan. Australia has the most camels of any country in the world as they are feral in Central Australia. They are even exported to the Arabian countries as race animals.
Another must see in Perth is a ferry ride to Rottnest Island. It is the home of the quokka.
Take your own water.
Entry to kings park in Perth is free as are all or most in Australia, it’s also bigger than Central Park.
First mistake right at the start. Not Bay Bridge. “Sydney Harbour Bridge.”
No 2. “Not Fly,nders st station, like other words with the letter i in it (E.g.Linda) it’s pronounced, “Flinders, (like “in”) street.
No 3. Not Melbourne Bay. “Port Philip Bay. And it’s not Melboooouuurne, it’s Melbn.
No 5. Not Bris bane, “Brisbn.”
The beer is VB, Victoria Bitter. QLD has XXXX.
Cottesloe beach.
Australia supplies a large number of camels to the Middle East.
Thankfully he never said, eemoo, when it’s eemYOU.
Carlton Draft is the most consumed beer in Australia with XXXX a very close second
@@stevepitt1414 He asked which is the beer with a couple of letters, Carlton draught has more than a couple of letters.
Thank you!!!
@@stevepitt1414 but let's be real, we have a craft beer culture now, much like our coffee culture. Let's take a moment to be grateful. :)
Yes, Yes yes. Ricky is spot on! I think the American guy who put the video together just slapped it together with AI, not having ever been here.....Also, where are the pink lakes to swim in while he is talking about Melbourne? and what is the line, 'go for swim, at the beaches of Melbourne Bay' WTF, who says that? No one who has lived here or even just visited. Ryan, loving your work btw.
7:00 I live just across Moreton bay from those wrecks on Moreton Island
They were purposely sunk off the coast of Tangalooma resort to create a wave break for mooring private and resort owned boats
A couple of the photos on the website for Tangalooma resort are photos of mine, easy spot is the statue image in the section for the Chinese restaurant on the resort
lol if you come to Australia Ryan you'll have so many local guides
I nearly spat my coffee and the pronunciation of the Flinders street rail station. Your right only an Australian to explain our country lol
The voice over said Melbourne has a fascination with soccer. It doesn't. I think they mean Australian Rules Football.
Football😂 translates to soccer.
@MsPoppsie not in this context. It means Australian Rules Football, an entirely different game.
What about Cricket....duuuude
It’s a two hour drive from Cervantes (where The Pinnacles are) to Perth.
This dude pronounced nearly every single word wrong and there were a lot of factual errors as well. I don’t think the creator of that video has ever been to Australia. Love your videos though👍🏻
I lost it at Fly-nders Street Station in Mel-burn. 🤣
that’s what really gets me about these kinds of videos, nothing is ever pronounced properly and they could look it up to make sure, sounds so bad
@@levlylove I lost it at 'Bay Bridge' 🤯
Shockingly inaccurate video in most aspects, not to mention the fact out of the 4 top things, 3 of them were cities🤦♀️
"Fascination with soccer" gtfo mate
The tree is called a Boab tree and stores water.
I protest! South Australia was completely overlooked, as it often is in tourist videos. 😡
The electric scooters are definitely NOT free
I've been all over Oz. The Eyre Peninsula and Riverland are some of the best places you'll see
I’m stunned tasmania was mentioned lol
@@theresacalvert3763 Tassie is world class. Franklin River, Freycinet N.P. Cradle Mountain, Bay of Fires.
@@Manuka_888 dont forget the "limestone" coast the crater lakes in mount gambier as well as the umpherstone sinkhole are amazing as well.
Must see amazing places in Australia, Melbourne hahahahaha the pronuciation of the flinders street station was amazing.
The Seacliff bridge over the ocean (a bit of water anyway) is in northern Illawarra, south of Sydney just down the road. Was built after the original coast road (Lawrence Hargreaves Drive) was wiped out after a landslide. Excellent jewie/mulloway fishing under it.
Lawrence Hargrave Drive is still there. SeaCliff Bridge is one section.
@@Merrid67play Was just giving the Name of the road the bridge is now on. I grew up in Thirroul and remember having to take the long way if we played Helensburgh up there after it.
@@Merrid67play They both form part of the Grand Pacific Drive.
That castle looking feature in Tasmania is really Port Arthur.
Once famous for being where the convicts were in prison. But now it has the added bonus of mass shoting in the 1996.
As for beer there are alot like 300 brands to choose from. Just like wine and other forms of alcohol
You should be worried about natural bridges collapsing. Look up the natural arch on the a Great Ocean Road known as London Bridge, it did collapse and left 2 people stranded.
That bridge at the start where you said you wanted to drive on is sea cliff bridge near where I live, there was a naming competition held with all the local schools and a young local girl named it sea cliff bridge. Also I think I saw the figure 8 pools also not far from me they’re south of Sydney
Great reaction video Ryan. They could have been more specific and included probably a 1000 places, that would make a great series of videos. We used to have a few documentary makes that would go all over the Australia visiting various places, two that come to mind is Malcom Douglas and the Leyland Brothers. There seems to be a gap there now.
There is Russell coits all Aussie adventures
@@humpy125 Yeah but that's a comic parody on the Aussie outback explorer. Bloody great show though.
Alby Mangels ftw
I was literally thinking of the Leyland Brothers when I saw your comment!
Love how you love our beautiful country mate
If you ever come to Perth, it will be my pleasure to show you around ...
Yes Perth is great! Western Australian person here 😊
6:22 yes they do drive over it each morning, mainly to clean the beach from the previous day's visitors
Have A Vic beer, ol matey. If you think those water falls and mountain ranges are great, In the to nth oz there are many hidden places with pristine swimmingholes and waterfalls , Hidden all throughout Its the best. Broome Is the most beautiful place, I walked along cable beach for hours and not another soul, Its amazing the colour changes of the rocks and reflections from our iron red dirt. Wominjenka from Wurundjeri country Australia. If you come you must visit the top end and plan to stay awhile as there Is more to see than even an aussie ever will. The Kimberly has the best opals In the world, Bugger It come over and I will be your tour guide. You must see traditional Aboriginal dance and have a welcome to country.
the tide does that, its a sheltered bay so it doesnt often get hit with rough seas
Way back in the 1800s when the Telegraph was conducted to Darwin via Indonesia. Afghan camelliears were used to transport supplies between Adelaide & Darwin while the overland telegraph set up to contact the rest of Australia to the rest of the world,. When the job was done the camel's were let loose, & for the last 50 years or so we have been exporting camel's to the middle east.
So yea Australia has camel's domesticated & Ferrell
The rocks over the seas photo you have highlighted is The Blowhole in Southern Tasmania - you can go on a short boat trip to view it "very" closely - no walking required! 🤗
Love the fact that lutruwita/Tasmania got great coverage. That wasn't a castle it was a church.
I'm watching you now from the Gold Coast which is about 20mins out of Brisbane , you crack me up laughing with some of your expression's and sayings, I will continue to watch your videos,ps I am a retired 65yr and if ever you and your family are ever in Australia you would be welcome at my place
Australia is now the _only_ country that has wild camels! They were introduced for transport in the 19th century.
We export them to the Middle East. You couldn’t make it up!
E-scooters are free to use in my city, Ballarat. You just find them on the roadside, log into the app on your phone and take off. Then you just leave it wherever you finish.
I think you have to give them your card number, and they start charging you if you have the scooter for more than half an hour.
I’m watching this from Broome-lived here for 15 years
Yes Broome is amazing 🤩
The beer in the green can you were not sure of is called VB (Victoria Bitter).
This makes me wanna travel Australia again. so big so beautiful. Every state changes sometimes it really feels like you are a different county, I might be bias but it's truly Gods country.
@Cactus Dill-Dos sure is! Amazing 🤩
Watch out for our drop bears🤣🤣
@@lyndylou752 😂😂😂😂 love it!
We don't really do the "God's country" thing here. It's narcissistic to claim that God favours a country over all others, and also as a nation we don't really care about religion.
Sea Cliff Bridge out of Wollongong at 2:02, used to be my morning commute to work!
We avoid Sydney, Melbourne and most of the eastern states, unless you want busy people and traffic. Tasmania is brilliant. Beautiful people and amazing sights.
South Australia wasn't mentioned, it's a lot slower pace with many hidden gems that don't get advertised. SA is the place to explore.
Western Australia is also fantastic, don't bypass the west if you come to Australia. The Northern Territory wasn't mentioned much. The NT is the wild west of OZ. Also many things to experience in the north.
Cheers groover for acknowledging the friendly Taswegians x
I nearly choked to death with my Shin Ramen when the guy said Melbourrrrrne as a new Aussie.
HEY Ryan. you make every Aussie feel proud. Thanks mate.
started watching your channel while i was still in the philippines, now im at melbourne and still enjoying your vids!
New Blue Mountains attraction just for you, Ryan: they have a cable car that runs across the whole thing and NOW, you can even climb up on the roof of it!
To find more about The Great Barrier Reef try looking up Cairns (pronounced cans) or Port Douglas. We have that island (Green island) and big fish from this video here 👍 3:30
Port Douglas is amazing
In Penrith Australia its Tuesday 5.23 pm and the start of autumn and its 35 Celsius that's 95 Fahrenheit have a great day. Peace out.
Fun fact a few yrs ago Penrith was the hottest place on earth that day. 😜
@@Danger_Mouse_00 yes sir I remember that The western Sydney suburb of Penrith was the hottest place on Earth on Saturday, reaching a high of 48.9 degrees Celsius that's 120 degrees Fahrenheit the highest-ever temperature for the area, recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology just after 3pm, smashed a record that had stood for 80 years. showed Penrith was the hottest place in the world. Peace out.
Love watching your videos. I am from Melbourne, come on over with your family and I will be your tour guide around the state of Victoria . Cheers
Like snow grooming, there are machines to groom/clean beaches.
They clean up St Kilda and Elwood beaches to get get rid of used needles and broken bottles of booze. :)
kite surfing. They use a Tractor with a sieve towed behind it to keep the beaches clean.
It's a little funny that walking over the land bridges worries you coz around 20 or so years ago one of the 12 apostles the one called London Bridge did collapse with tourists being stranded I dont remember the exact numbers but I think it was around 20 people
Edit. It was 33 years ago and 2 people were stranded bloody hell I'm gettin old lol
There's only 8 of them still standing.
@@leglessinoz You mean The Apostles, not the people. 🙂
A very good tourism ad with exclusions like the world Heritage Kakadu National Park and Katherine Gorge in NT. Adelaide too with it's Art and Music festivals (WOMAD) on now. Good laugh but if you're not a local, it's not FLYN-DERS station, it's Flin-ders Station in Melbern (that's the pronunciation for Melbourne!) Showed the 12 Apostles which is on The Great Ocean road many hours from Melbourne. Tasmania really isn't too distant. Has plenty of wilderness areas but the capital Hobart is just over an hour's flight from Melbourne. Alice Springs is miles from anywhere more to the point (at least in capital city terms). The flowers in the fields were lavender which is harvested for oil and beauty products. That's a pink bouganvillea flowering over the archway across the Brisbane river on South Bank where there's a large man made swimming lagoon/beach. Great for lunch time walks across the Victoria Bridge from the CBD.
All Botanic Gardens and large parks like King's Park in Perth are free.
Katherine gorge is Nitmiluk.
Hey Ryan, another great reaction. to give you some info on the camels in Oz, they were bought over to Oz over a hundred years ago, and some were let loose in the outback. They thrived, and now we export most of the middle eastern camel herds. Please do this as a reaction to WA. It's my home and one of the sunniest places in the world. We are far from most of the world but have a great state and its supper layer back. Keep up the good work. 😊
The reason the camels are exported to the Middle East is because they aren't full of disease.
@@cgkennedy and there is that as well
"Sydney, the Opera House and the"bay bridge" hahaha
You’ll have sooooo many tour guides when you come to visit 😊
Always the Great Barrier Reef but on the other side of the country is Ningaloo Reef, also a World Heritage Site, famous for its Whale Sharks and as a nesting site for 3 species of sea turtles. Easier to get to than the Great Barrier Reef and just as fascinating.
Ryan: WHALE SHARKS?!? I thought whales and sharks were different things... what happened, a whale got with a shark somewhere? Whale sharks... who would've thought?
Your accent is changing ever so slightly. The Arvos are rolling off the tongue brother…🙏
I never know what you will say next, but your comments bring smiles every time. I love your poetry - Australia's five'o'clock shadow. 😊Thank you!
I live in the blue mountains, not far from The Three Sisters. It gets bitterly cold in winter 🥶 though it is a beautiful place and not far from Sydney
Yes thats for sure! Been there and I absolutely froze!
@@Jessie20032 yeah the wind chill makes the “feels like” temp down to -10C at times…. I need to move north😂
Ok...that bridge....is the Sea Cliff Bridge...and it is over an hour south of Sydney...don't know why they included it with Sydney....I live in Wollongong and go over that bridge quite often....Happy to show you the sights of the south coast if you ever visit :)
the great barrier reef is not a single organism however the coral reef itself is the largest built structure by an organism as the coral pullups actually build it.
The reef is actually considered an organism. ;)
@@julie-annwhittaker7902 each coral polyp is a separate organism, the coral itself is limestone
@@spacejesus4541 ok Jesus. 👍
Tasmania is great in the Summer. Not too hot. We motor homed the state for 4 months and still haven’t seen it all
Melbourne is pronounced “melbun” and Brisbane is pronounced “brisbun”
I would have said Brisben and Melben lol 😂
@@mandythevampireslayer1979 brizben
Mate you a Kiwi?
Us Queenslanders are lazy it's Briz-bin or Brizzy. Melbourne is Melbs or place of shit craft beer lol.
Melbn, Brizbn
I'm the same Ryan , I would not be that close to the edge of the cliff . The rail with the purple flowers ( Bougainvillea ), is at Soutbank in Brisbane. It was the place where Expo 1988 was held .A nice place to visit , for drinks and dinner , and a swim in the manmade beach.
It's not melbourne bay, he said it earlier its port philip bay
Hearing him say flinders street station gave me an aneurysm
Australia has the world’s largest number of camels being approx 1 million. Middle eastern countries actually import their camels from us. Strange heh. Love your videos Ryan. ❤
Regards the narrator...its the Sydney Harbour Bridge...bay bridge? And tonnes of other things that make you go mmmm? Flynders? Brizbayn? But at least he tried, bless his heart...