Australia is such a diverse country...Wherever you go, the architecture and scenery changes, plus culturally we are also very diverse....We are very lucky to live in such a vast and diverse country....
There’s UK-style terrace houses in inner Sydney but even by the time Melbourne and Adelaide came along terrace houses were bigger, on bigger lots and more detached houses interspersed. By the end of the 19thC no new terrace houses were being built, only detached housing and apartment buildings in built up areas like Sydney’s eastern suburbs. In Queensland settlers went straight to building detached wooden houses suited to the tropics with features adopted from the British experience in India and Singapore/Malaya, like raised floors, enclosed verandas and careful ventilation to ensure a breeze through the house. Sadly with aircon these features are being lost.
The reason for the difference in sunrise and sunset times is the difference in latitude. If the Sunny Coast was in the northern hemisphere it would be about the same latitude as the Canary Islands or Palm Beach, Florida at around 26-27 degrees latitude. Manchester is much further north at about 53 degrees latitude so gets a greater affect of the parabolic line of sunrise and sunset. In the southern hemisphere, no one lives at 53 degrees as there is just the Southern Ocean, no land mass except for a bit at the very bottom of South America. The closer to the equator, the more even the day and night hours. In the northern winter, the sun is in the southern hemisphere so the north gets very little daylight but the opposite in summer. I noticed a big difference when I moved to Melbourne but even so, Melbourne would be around Alicante, Spain if it was in the northern hemisphere, still much closer to the equator and a more Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and cold wet winters. The Sunshine Coast will be hot, humid and wet in summer.
@@gregoryparnell2775 I'm originally from Qld but I love the twilight in Melb in summer with daylight saving. It means I can do plenty of things after work in daylight. Most Wednesdays I go sailing in the yacht races that start at 6pm. Every time I go back to Qld, it's like someone switches the lights out at 5:30pm.
@gregoryparnell2775 I moved to Melbourne from the south coast of England. The daylight hours are similar in the summer but longer in Melbourne in the winter. When I stayed with my brother in Northumberland through their winter to help care for a relative, I really struggled going from long summer daylight hours to pitch dark until 11am, struggling gloomy light for a couple of hours and then pitch dark again by 2pm. I couldn't live like that, even though I know summer is opposite ( but still freezing😂).
@@gregoryparnell2775 When we visited Melbourne in summer months we'd drive to Apollo Bay, Ballarat, Phillip Island, Walhalla, Portsea or Wilsons Prom and still be driving back to Melbourne in daylight. Much better than dealing with heavy traffic in the dark of night.
Re the history: We don’t have the castles and palaces that Europe and the UK does, but we do have the oldest living culture on the planet. There are First Nations cultural tours all over Aus, highly recommend learning about some of the local traditions in your area and in places you visit 😊
We did want to mention this but felt we didn’t have enough knowledge on the indigenous people, but we will be looking forward to learning more on the subject the longer we are here in the beautiful land of Australia ❤️🇦🇺
@@EatVentureVlog totally fair! There are a lot of people who have lived here their whole lives who aren’t interested in learning about what came before 1788. Really love your curiosity, wonder and enthusiasm for the new experiences around you, you’re a great reminder to us all to enjoy and love what we have here ❤️
@@Tomiskar we also have a great contemporary popular culture, many immigrants say that. culture isn't only history, it's our living society and its attitudes, values and lifestyle
Came here to same the same thing. I think what he was trying to say was 'built history'. Hopefully they educate themselves on the First Nations culture and history while they are here.
Blue and yellow helicopter is the RACQ Care Flight Rescue copter that transfers people to major hospitals when needed. RACQ = Royal Automobile Club of Queensland.
Maybe from Bundaberg or somewhere. They attend car accidents in the regions etc and transfer patients to the major hospitals as discussed above. RACQ is like your Royal Auto Club. Worth joining for break downs/flat batteries etc or if you need a tow. Current choppers are AW139 twin turbines to operate over water etc and pick up mariners or cruise ship customers every now and again and run them back to land with broken legs or for operations etc. The surf rescue chopper that does a couple of daily surf patrols a day seems to be glass bubble front type chopper now after a lot of years of Bells. It operates out of the Caloundra airport and sponsored by Westpac bank.
When I describe SEQ weather to outsiders I try and say what it makes enjoyable. The winter is perfect weather for hiking, cycling, eating a picnic in the park, walking the dog, fishing camping.... basically anything dry/land based. You'll also find when eat out the venue will almost always have more outdoor eating than indoor. This is not the case in Southern Australia + UK. Summer will present you with a very unique/different lifestyle to winter. The sun will still set at 6pm, but you will find its light at 4:45AM! Cafes will be busy at 6am, some even open 5am. When you've had an amazing day and its not even 9am you feel happy for the rest of the day and anything else is a bonus. I recommend you fully embrace this.
The older inner city suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne are dominated by terrace housing.The difference between them and U.K. terrace housing is the two story structures have street side balconies and all are enhanced with wrought iron work
When my parents emigrated from Cumberland to Brisbane many years ago when I was 12 years old, they also embraced the Aussie outdoor lifestyle and learnt how to play golf. As they got better they travelled to different golf courses and entered competitions and did really well. Dad eventually became the president of his golf club and they just loved the outdoor lifestyle and the Aussie laid back culture.
It’s important to note that Queensland does have a wet and dry season because of the tropical climate. More so northern Queensland but it can rain a lot from November to March in Southern Queensland as well.
If you are living near bush just take note on what the birds are doing coming into summer. many birds will flock and make a pretty loud fuss over a predator like a snake making its way through somewhere it shouldn't be. The butcher bird or Noisy miner is a great example of this. they will see snakes long before you do.
I took myself off to the UK in 2016 for my 55th birthday. I do have some UK heritage in the past but I have always felt a connection to the UK. I spent 6 weeks over there and am planning to spending around 18 months in the UK and Europe when I retire in a couple of years. When I was over there I was in London and found myself speaking to a Lady from Manchester - after talking for a while she politely told me that she had never met an Australian before lol.
Sunshine Coast gets an early sea breeze, so 40C is almost unheard of. 30-33C is more usual in summer, but 85% humidity will test you. 15 minutes is your (UK skin) limit in the sun here, and I am NOT JOKING! Full shade is your best friend, a hat with a brim, and sunscreen. A long sleeved cotton shirt is good. Slip, Slop, Slap is the rule. And if it rains, you won't get cold, all you will get is wet.
The Bug/Beetle is a Harlequin Beetle. Commonaly referred to as Stink Beetle becuse, when they are disturbed, touched, they emit an aroma that will have you gagging.
I go to a cafe near me in Sydney that's in a business park. Like so many they open at 6 - 6:30am and close the kitchen at 2:30pm and coffee around 3:30pm. It's so interesting watching the world go by so to speak, with the mix of tradies, people checking in or out of a hotel next door and business meetings, lunches, and many interviews.
It is a helicopter rescue in Queensland . Don’t worry about spiders and snakes . I live in Sydney and rarely seen them When bush walking wear long pants and hiking shoes . I saw a snake at Jervis Bay National Park NSW and it just slithered away . If you leave them alone , they won’t bother you . It was a type of Python that isn’t venomous. Lovely vlog thank you .
Terraced houses were often a feature of older suburbs in Australia. I suppose it was familiar to people emigrating from the UK and helped them feel more at home. And I wonder if it took a while for them to adjust their thinking to the larger land mass. The streets in those older suburbs are often quite narrow too. Unlike the houses in the UK, the terrace houses here are much more colonial in style (unsurprisingly) with lots of fancy wrought-iron balcony railings and other ornamentation. Many of them have been restored and are now highly sort after (read: expensive), especially as they are often in the re-born, trendy inner city suburbs.
Work to live, don't live to work. 👍🏻 Really interesting, thanks guys. Aboriginal culture has six seasons that relate directly to changes on country. Their culture is 65000 years old and ongoing. Check it out, it's really smart and interesting. Doggos love to roll in beach sand, let lil Picco go. Tip: once the sand dries you can brush it off his face really easily. ☮️
What do you mean "Sunny Coast" - it's the Sunshine Coast. ARE YOU SHORTENING WORDS? You'll never catch an aussie doing that, not at a barbie or the bottle-o or the servo. Tradies wouldn't do it, neither would Fireys in the arvo.
As an Australian who lived in Cornwall for a year, I worked as a flat roofer and I would start work at 6 and finish at 6 and it was always dark, drizzly rain all day, cold, and overall terrible working days. But when the weather was nice, it was very beautiful and fun place to live.
Sydney’s inner suburbs were filled with terrace houses. Value of convenience to amenities led to gentrification. I just checked buyers guide for gentrified terrace houses in Paddington : range from $3.5 million to $8 million. Location. Location. Location.
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I spent most of my early years wandering through the bush with my brothers & our mates & the worst thing that ever happened was my brother had a Tick embedded in his back & the odd leach latched onto your leg or foot while swimming in the Nuddie up at the creek . Make a bit of noise with your feet when walking & the snakes will get out of your way usually If they don't then you give way to them & walk around. Walking in the bush is nearly as safe as living in your house in Oz as the Critters love our houses as much as we do.
Very well presented! Well thought out disclaimers and comparisons! If you're up that way then you might enjoy 'Hot Air Balloon, Atherton Tablelands' or other recommendations in your area are a 1/2 day fishing charter, Golden Prospecting Tours around Glastonbury, Camping in a caravan or tent at a dog friendly camping ground.
We upload our videos with a day delay but with the upload time it works out to be two days as we post in the morning, so we did manage to go and watch the AFL final, it's our next video 😅😉
So interesting to listen too. Australia's lucky to have you here. Thanks for posting 😊 I'm married to a lovely guy from Mancester and we're both happy he made the move here. Happy days 😊 Love to visit the UK one day for the culture and gardens.
Believe this or not in Western Australia we have very old buildings that were built by British Colonists... Lot of our old buildings in a lot of states were.... We have massive British history here in Australia and I'm proud of the history.
Have you seen the the house lot outside of Brisbane where you can buy one of the old Queenslander style houses that had to be moved. They then put it on a truck and deliver it to your block of land.
Agree, you should do a video on these. There won't be many along the Sunny Coast coast line, the hinterland will have them and Brisbane has heaps. They're pre-war stunning timber homes built with 10ft internal ceilings, tin roof, full of character. Vaguely similar to Hampton style but also not really. You could also check out The Green Room in the imperial hotel eumundi. It's stunning.
Hey guys! Id recommend staying up at Rainbow Beach when it gets a little warmer. Its only a hour and forty minutes drive from were you are and the beaches are amazing. Great little town too.
Yeah its a beetle...I dont know the name of this particular variety, but the comment below seems to know that theyre talking about.....Harlequin jewel beetles...but that is in Qld....we have a variety here...We used to have a beautifully coloured beetle called the Christmas beetle, (or stink bug), but havent seen any of them in N.S.W. for a number of years, sadly...
as and Aussie it nice to get you perspective on living in Australia and the comparison of the different lifestyles in the two countries ....keep them coming enjoying your videos ...by the way I live on the Gold Coast and you should explore our city 🥰 talking bush walks I recommend you take a drive up to O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
One thing I noticed as well was the checkout staff at Aldi. In the UK in the south where I'm from, generally the staff will just ignore you and throw your food at you. In aus (Brisbane) they wanted to talk and have a conversation with me.
Aussies don't really live in a 'doughnut'. It's more of a crescent, from northern Qld to western SA, plus Tassie, southwest WA and Darwin. The rest of the coastal areas are fairly dry and barren, with very low poulation.
@@Keyrose-my3xr- they’re both the same when it comes to mass immigration. This coming census will show Australian Anglo-Celts go into the minority for the first time.
Great vid! Living in South of England, terrace houses are everywhere, and really costly too. Haven’t gone through your other vids just yet (so might be addressed there), but curious on how you got to Aus, what visas did you do, what work/jobs are you guys doing?
@@EatVentureVlogthat’s awesome! Curious which visa you went with and did it take long to get it processed? ( I’m in software development, so see there are options, but was told most visas are given to teachers and nurses as they in highest demand… so the wait could be several years)
RACQ LifeFlight is a rescue / aeromedical helicopter service. RACQ is the major sponsor and has had the naming rights with the RACQ colours for the service for the past 30 years.
Peregian Beach local here... just thought of a nice place you might like to take peeko for a walk. Lake Weyba just up the motorway from coolum. Go to Weyba downs by the lake there is an off leash for dogs to TY un and walk and its a nice walk through bushland by the lake. You will see many large lakes up this way and they are nice places to take the dogo for walks.
i'm old, we used to get a lot of U.K T.V programing here, My heritage is from South-West England, my grandmother traced our history back 700 years. Some of us Aussie now have thin skin, and get ''upset'' over stupid shit; Some of it is based on how we were treated during WW1 and WW2, and comments from U.K immigrants said and treated us, always like were all convicts and peasants (I comes from a Royal Marine Lieutenant and a Pastors daughter and that over in the second fleet, most of my family have been in the military, Grandfather was at Tobruk, later fought around PNG, transferred to the RAAF), by federation (1901) 167,000 were from convicts. [WW2] Of the total population of 7,000,000 Australians, nearly 500,000 were engaged in munitions, or building roads or airfields, and over 1,000,000 joined the armed services; Australia lost 34,000 service personnel during World War II. Total battle casualties were 72,814. [WW1] Australia's total population at the time was about 4 million, and the 416,809 who enlisted for service represent 38.7 per cent of the total male population aged between 18 and 44 (334,000 served overseas); over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner; At 64.8%, the Australian casualty rate (proportionate to total embarkations) was among the highest of the war.
Definitely have terrace houses in Sydney and parts of Melbourne. Mostly inner city suburbs like Redfern, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Paddington , Glebe and Newtown, Balmain, and others nearby... Most were also once working class homes for factory workers and such like. Some though are very palatial and luxurious in comparison, resembling West End London homes. Most have been gentrified by middle class professionals as workers shifted out to the outer suburbs with the industry which formerly was located in the inner city.
There are many species of beetles in Australia. You need to visit a library, take the photo or video to the clerk and ask where you can learn about Queensland’s beetles.
If you travel to any of the smaller, rural towns in Australia you'll find that most of them have a Chinese restaurant. Lots of Chinese people came to Australia during the gold rush of the 1800s. Many stayed and opened small general stores, established market gardens, or opened Chinese restaurants. Many towns in Australia also had either fish and chip shops or milkbars. Again, because of immigration, these were often run by expatriate Greeks, hence the number of cafes and milkbars called The Olympia or The Acropolis. Lastly, it was the Italian immigration in the 1950s that drove our, now very entrenched, coffee culture, even though, at home, most Australians were still tea drinkers.
I checked on a map comparing site a few years ago, the state of Victoria was just a tiny bit smaller than all of the UK... so England, Wales, and Scotland. Victoria is the 2nd smallest state here, so it just shows how gigantic Australia actually is.
Good morning, guys. I love my cup of tea and drink a brand called Yorkshire. Have you compared tea out here. Which is closest to the tea you used to drink?
In Melbourne it is overcast most days from late April until September and in Winter sun set is about 4.45 and last light about 5.30 on a rare clear day. Most people in Australia are within 50km of the sea however in the UK 100% of the population are within 130km of the sea. So a day at the beach in the UK can be had by anyone. I would be careful with the dog in the bush as there are Paralysis Ticks that can be fatal.
Don’t know about the Sunshine Coast but food scene has changed so much Melbourne/Victoria in the 50 years I have been here. Back in the day, every high st and country town had a Chinese joint. There is a historical link with Chinese goldfield workers in Victoria so it is kinda understandable. They were pretty good if a bit westernised but that was about as exotic as it got. With waves of different migrants though it has become so diverse that you can just about find anything. African is a bit limited but available, and there are some amazing places. If you get a chance try Lebanese or Afghani …yummm! and Vietnamese, Indian, Thai and Japanese have almost become as ubiquitous as the old Chinese joint….love it!
There are whole China Towns in most Australian capital cities. There are probably tens of thousands of Chinese restaurants here. Nearly every tiny town in rural Australia has or used to have a Chinese restaurant.
I lived in terraced houses in Sydney when I was younger. They were always good sized as well with really high ceilings. But then in the 1800's Melbourne was the wealthiest city in the world with the gold rushes. Maybe that is what has made the difference...
Just come across your video welcome to OZ your accent sounds like some English rugby league players who come here once again welcome and hope everything goes well for you
Id suggest heading down south for summer and north in winter if you're going to do any travelling. Im not going to tell you where to go it more fun when you discover it by yourselves, and remember every days a school day. And the great thing about technology is you can take a picture and ask Google
The beetle is a harlequin beetle a member of our jewel beetle family, the one you saw is commonly called a stink bug ( be warned ) but it's an Aussie experience most of us grew up with 😂. You'll have to try some Aussie Chinese restaurant and give us a comparison, same with the Indian
You can compare the UK to Victoria as they are the same size but Victoria only has 7 million people compared to 70 million in the UK. Australia has the largest average home size in the world. Our history and culture goes back more than 65,000 years. I hope you get to experience the First Nations culture soon.
We have a lot of Indian restaurants in Melbourne, as we have a very large Indian population. My parents live in Caloundra on the Sunshine coast and there are a few well known Indian restaurants in the area including one in Maroochydore and called Bombay Bliss.
I’m 77 and born in Sth Aust, my father came from England (midlands) in 1927. I so thankful he did. When I did my family history trip I found a church in Hertfordshire an ancestor was married in was built in 1192. Something we don’t have in Australia. Ten minutes from the beach is not true. There would be two million people at least in Sydney and the same in Melbourne who would be at least and hour or mores drive from a beach.
Good luck with the humidity which will have probably already started up there on the Sunshine Coast. People who've lived their lives in Melbourne generally can't take too much of the heat and humidity and they seem to enjoy hanging about in shopping malls on their Queensland holidays. I'm from Victoria's central highlands and our winters will give the UK northerners a run for their money, with consistent daytime temps well under 10c. As you haven't appeared to have travelled to the outback, evidence of our indigenous culture extends back around 60,000 years, the longest continuous civilisation on the planet. Good luck with your adventures. Happy people attract other happy people. 🙂
Guys you may want to get in touch with 2 British families who live in the Gold Coast, they are the BAM FAMALAM & THE JOHNSTON FAMILY. Both families are excellent to talk to.
I've always noticed that with the houses in the UK in every tv shows I've seen that in the UK there always like units i can't remember seeing a UK show that shows actual houses
We have so many different Asian cuisines in Australia because of our location, can I suggest Vietnamese food. My husband and I were in Noosa a few months ago and we went to Nguyen Brother Tewantin. Give it a try you won’t be disappointed
The restaurant is very classy, but still very chilled and friendly. Food is delicious but reasonably priced. Another recommendation is Doonans in the suburb of Doonan a 15 minutes drive from Noosa. There is a lovely outdoor area to sit so go on a sunny day and enjoy the wood fired pizza and gelato or order a meal, and there are a few bars around to order drinks. The ambience is just lovely to sit there and enjoy being in a garden setting. I’m from Melbourne we very fussy about our food & coffee
You'll find lots of terrace houses in the inner suburbs of all major cities in Australia. The UK has got loads of history. Australian history really is all about indigenous history.
Aussie who's spent time in the UK. You're right - the UK weather is quite depressing. There's a sense that everything's grey and colourless. Of course there are wonderful things about the UK, but the weather isn't one of them. ;-) And while it gets warm on the Sunshine Coast, what makes it nasty is the humidity. I've had some wonderful Indian food in the UK, but no decent Chinese (and I love Chinese food) - there are plenty of excellent Chinese restaurants in Australia. I don't think I've had a decent coffee in the UK, but it's all made up for by real ale, which it's almost impossible to get on Oz, but which you can get everywhere in the UK.
Historical sites are treated differently in Australia. If the site is free, then more than likely it will be vandalized or destroyed. Because of this most sites have the public paying admission. Sovereign hill - Pay Port Arthur - Pay Free to public - Captain Cook's cottage (Vandalized and graffitied every year) Tree of Knowledge (Queensland) Birthplace of the ALP (Labor party and site of 1890 shearers strike) poisoned and killed in 2006. Ancient and sacred Aboriginal rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia destroyed by Mining company even though they knew about them and where they were.
Umm sorry but there are lots of us Aussie go bush walking especially where I live surrounded by bush and huge national parks etc might not in major city but out here in the bush we do.. 🧐😊🤷🏼♀️🇦🇺
If you want to experience Australian culture stretching back, discover more about the indigenous cultures of our nation. Or even just about the culture of your immediate area. Much, much older than the cultures of Britain.
I can honestly say that in my 75 years as an Aussie, I have only ever seen a snake at a distance once in my life, and I have also lived in the country as well as the cities...As far as spiders go, apart from huntsman, which are harmless, Ive only ever been close to a dangerous spider, a funnel web, once, and that was in an old flat I lived in over 40 years ago, that had lots of greenery almost coming in the windows.....
I seem to have an unfortunate knack of coming across them on a regular basis. I grew up near the New Forest in the UK and saw adders frequently in the summer. In outer Eastern Melbourne I've seen Tigers, Eastern Browns, Red Bellied blacks ( including on Friday) near to the river and mostly when I'm out walking on my own ( probably not making enough noise I guess) After 35 years in Australia, I have yet to perfect the 'stand still and they won't bother you' technique. I go one way, they go the other, except once when I was standing on a Brown's hole, it sort of ' reared at me ' I did an olympic high jump and it shot down it. My fight/ flight gene is all geared to RUN AWAYYYYY! So far I've survived. I seem to be an unintentional snake charmer, because I've also come across them in Botswana, Borneo, Norway Cuba, Spain, Greece, Sumatra and Canada ( who knew Norway had snakes?!) Moral of the story, don't hike with me!
Australia is such a diverse country...Wherever you go, the architecture and scenery changes, plus culturally we are also very diverse....We are very lucky to live in such a vast and diverse country....
There’s UK-style terrace houses in inner Sydney but even by the time Melbourne and Adelaide came along terrace houses were bigger, on bigger lots and more detached houses interspersed. By the end of the 19thC no new terrace houses were being built, only detached housing and apartment buildings in built up areas like Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
In Queensland settlers went straight to building detached wooden houses suited to the tropics with features adopted from the British experience in India and Singapore/Malaya, like raised floors, enclosed verandas and careful ventilation to ensure a breeze through the house.
Sadly with aircon these features are being lost.
The reason for the difference in sunrise and sunset times is the difference in latitude. If the Sunny Coast was in the northern hemisphere it would be about the same latitude as the Canary Islands or Palm Beach, Florida at around 26-27 degrees latitude. Manchester is much further north at about 53 degrees latitude so gets a greater affect of the parabolic line of sunrise and sunset. In the southern hemisphere, no one lives at 53 degrees as there is just the Southern Ocean, no land mass except for a bit at the very bottom of South America. The closer to the equator, the more even the day and night hours. In the northern winter, the sun is in the southern hemisphere so the north gets very little daylight but the opposite in summer.
I noticed a big difference when I moved to Melbourne but even so, Melbourne would be around Alicante, Spain if it was in the northern hemisphere, still much closer to the equator and a more Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and cold wet winters. The Sunshine Coast will be hot, humid and wet in summer.
I lived in Melbourne for 7 years & found the Twilight hard to get used to ,People at St Kilda beach at 8.30-900pm at night.
@@gregoryparnell2775 In Manchester where this couple is from the midsummer twilight will extend to 10.30pm.
@@gregoryparnell2775 I'm originally from Qld but I love the twilight in Melb in summer with daylight saving. It means I can do plenty of things after work in daylight. Most Wednesdays I go sailing in the yacht races that start at 6pm. Every time I go back to Qld, it's like someone switches the lights out at 5:30pm.
@gregoryparnell2775 I moved to Melbourne from the south coast of England. The daylight hours are similar in the summer but longer in Melbourne in the winter.
When I stayed with my brother in Northumberland through their winter to help care for a relative, I really struggled going from long summer daylight hours to pitch dark until 11am, struggling gloomy light for a couple of hours and then pitch dark again by 2pm. I couldn't live like that, even though I know summer is opposite ( but still freezing😂).
@@gregoryparnell2775 When we visited Melbourne in summer months we'd drive to Apollo Bay, Ballarat, Phillip Island, Walhalla, Portsea or Wilsons Prom and still be driving back to Melbourne in daylight. Much better than dealing with heavy traffic in the dark of night.
Re the history: We don’t have the castles and palaces that Europe and the UK does, but we do have the oldest living culture on the planet. There are First Nations cultural tours all over Aus, highly recommend learning about some of the local traditions in your area and in places you visit 😊
We did want to mention this but felt we didn’t have enough knowledge on the indigenous people, but we will be looking forward to learning more on the subject the longer we are here in the beautiful land of Australia ❤️🇦🇺
@@EatVentureVlog totally fair! There are a lot of people who have lived here their whole lives who aren’t interested in learning about what came before 1788. Really love your curiosity, wonder and enthusiasm for the new experiences around you, you’re a great reminder to us all to enjoy and love what we have here ❤️
@@Tomiskar we also have a great contemporary popular culture, many immigrants say that. culture isn't only history, it's our living society and its attitudes, values and lifestyle
Came here to same the same thing. I think what he was trying to say was 'built history'. Hopefully they educate themselves on the First Nations culture and history while they are here.
Blue and yellow helicopter is the RACQ Care Flight Rescue copter that transfers people to major hospitals when needed. RACQ = Royal Automobile Club of Queensland.
Maybe from Bundaberg or somewhere. They attend car accidents in the regions etc and transfer patients to the major hospitals as discussed above. RACQ is like your Royal Auto Club. Worth joining for break downs/flat batteries etc or if you need a tow. Current choppers are AW139 twin turbines to operate over water etc and pick up mariners or cruise ship customers every now and again and run them back to land with broken legs or for operations etc. The surf rescue chopper that does a couple of daily surf patrols a day seems to be glass bubble front type chopper now after a lot of years of Bells. It operates out of the Caloundra airport and sponsored by Westpac bank.
Inner Sydney and Melbourne have terrace housing built in the late 1800's
When I describe SEQ weather to outsiders I try and say what it makes enjoyable. The winter is perfect weather for hiking, cycling, eating a picnic in the park, walking the dog, fishing camping.... basically anything dry/land based.
You'll also find when eat out the venue will almost always have more outdoor eating than indoor. This is not the case in Southern Australia + UK.
Summer will present you with a very unique/different lifestyle to winter. The sun will still set at 6pm, but you will find its light at 4:45AM! Cafes will be busy at 6am, some even open 5am. When you've had an amazing day and its not even 9am you feel happy for the rest of the day and anything else is a bonus. I recommend you fully embrace this.
The older inner city suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne are dominated by terrace housing.The difference between them and U.K. terrace housing is the two story structures have street side balconies and all are enhanced with wrought iron work
When my parents emigrated from Cumberland to Brisbane many years ago when I was 12 years old, they also embraced the Aussie outdoor lifestyle and learnt how to play golf. As they got better they travelled to different golf courses and entered competitions and did really well. Dad eventually became the president of his golf club and they just loved the outdoor lifestyle and the Aussie laid back culture.
It’s important to note that Queensland does have a wet and dry season because of the tropical climate. More so northern Queensland but it can rain a lot from November to March in Southern Queensland as well.
If you are living near bush just take note on what the birds are doing coming into summer. many birds will flock and make a pretty loud fuss over a predator like a snake making its way through somewhere it shouldn't be. The butcher bird or Noisy miner is a great example of this. they will see snakes long before you do.
A Thorny Devil. A absolutely magnificant creature.
I took myself off to the UK in 2016 for my 55th birthday. I do have some UK heritage in the past but I have always felt a connection to the UK. I spent 6 weeks over there and am planning to spending around 18 months in the UK and Europe when I retire in a couple of years. When I was over there I was in London and found myself speaking to a Lady from Manchester - after talking for a while she politely told me that she had never met an Australian before lol.
Sunshine Coast gets an early sea breeze, so 40C is almost unheard of. 30-33C is more usual in summer, but 85% humidity will test you. 15 minutes is your (UK skin) limit in the sun here, and I am NOT JOKING! Full shade is your best friend, a hat with a brim, and sunscreen. A long sleeved cotton shirt is good. Slip, Slop, Slap is the rule. And if it rains, you won't get cold, all you will get is wet.
The Bug/Beetle is a Harlequin Beetle. Commonaly referred to as Stink Beetle becuse, when they are disturbed, touched, they emit an aroma that will have you gagging.
I go to a cafe near me in Sydney that's in a business park. Like so many they open at 6 - 6:30am and close the kitchen at 2:30pm and coffee around 3:30pm. It's so interesting watching the world go by so to speak, with the mix of tradies, people checking in or out of a hotel next door and business meetings, lunches, and many interviews.
As a born and bread Sydneysider...... And still exactly that... Tassie is the Smallest, but most beautiful jewel in the crown....
It is a helicopter rescue in Queensland . Don’t worry about spiders and snakes . I live in Sydney and rarely seen them When bush walking wear long pants and hiking shoes . I saw a snake at Jervis Bay National Park NSW and it just slithered away . If you leave them alone , they won’t bother you . It was a type of Python that isn’t venomous. Lovely vlog thank you .
Terraced houses were often a feature of older suburbs in Australia. I suppose it was familiar to people emigrating from the UK and helped them feel more at home. And I wonder if it took a while for them to adjust their thinking to the larger land mass. The streets in those older suburbs are often quite narrow too. Unlike the houses in the UK, the terrace houses here are much more colonial in style (unsurprisingly) with lots of fancy wrought-iron balcony railings and other ornamentation. Many of them have been restored and are now highly sort after (read: expensive), especially as they are often in the re-born, trendy inner city suburbs.
Work to live, don't live to work. 👍🏻
Really interesting, thanks guys.
Aboriginal culture has six seasons that relate directly to changes on country. Their culture is 65000 years old and ongoing. Check it out, it's really smart and interesting.
Doggos love to roll in beach sand, let lil Picco go. Tip: once the sand dries you can brush it off his face really easily. ☮️
Thanks for sharing!
What do you mean "Sunny Coast" - it's the Sunshine Coast. ARE YOU SHORTENING WORDS?
You'll never catch an aussie doing that, not at a barbie or the bottle-o or the servo. Tradies wouldn't do it, neither would Fireys in the arvo.
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@@JohnHollands 😂😂😂😎
Whaddya doin this weekend ... Sunny or Goldy? 😎😎😎
Whilst eating a sanga, shooing away the blowies.
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A very balanced, informative and realistic video. Well done guys! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
As an Australian who lived in Cornwall for a year, I worked as a flat roofer and I would start work at 6 and finish at 6 and it was always dark, drizzly rain all day, cold, and overall terrible working days. But when the weather was nice, it was very beautiful and fun place to live.
Sadly the beautiful weather says are too rare to make it an enjoyable place to live. Most of the year is depressing.
@@ProcyonAlpha the beer is good though and the history
I know them as harlequin jewel beetles. Whether that's a common name or slang name for them, I'm not sure
Think this is it?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectocoris_diophthalmus
I love Christmas beetles too. Golden in the sun, emerald in the shade.
@@R0d_1984 Cheers for that mate. Yep, that's definitely it 😁
Sydney’s inner suburbs were filled with terrace houses. Value of convenience to amenities led to gentrification.
I just checked buyers guide for gentrified terrace houses in Paddington : range from $3.5 million to $8 million.
Location. Location. Location.
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I spent most of my early years wandering through the bush with my brothers & our mates & the worst thing that ever happened was my brother had a Tick embedded in his back & the odd leach latched onto your leg or foot while swimming in the Nuddie up at the creek . Make a bit of noise with your feet when walking & the snakes will get out of your way usually If they don't then you give way to them & walk around. Walking in the bush is nearly as safe as living in your house in Oz as the Critters love our houses as much as we do.
Very well presented! Well thought out disclaimers and comparisons! If you're up that way then you might enjoy 'Hot Air Balloon, Atherton Tablelands' or other recommendations in your area are a 1/2 day fishing charter, Golden Prospecting Tours around Glastonbury, Camping in a caravan or tent at a dog friendly camping ground.
Thanks for the tips!
Prepare yourselves for the summer storms in November December in southeast Queensland. They can be severe.😱
You might want to go and watch The Brisbane Lions next year. They did well to win the AFL Grand Final yesterday.
The AFL put out What is,AFL for those wanting to learn, woman now play it as well
We upload our videos with a day delay but with the upload time it works out to be two days as we post in the morning, so we did manage to go and watch the AFL final, it's our next video 😅😉
So interesting to listen too. Australia's lucky to have you here. Thanks for posting 😊
I'm married to a lovely guy from Mancester and we're both happy he made the move here. Happy days 😊
Love to visit the UK one day for the culture and gardens.
Thanks for sharing!😍❤️
Believe this or not in Western Australia we have very old buildings that were built by British Colonists... Lot of our old buildings in a lot of states were.... We have massive British history here in Australia and I'm proud of the history.
There's a great off leash dog beach at Coolum called Stumers Beach ... big still water tidal creek where the dogs that don't like the surf can swim.
The Thai 'Spirit House Restaurant' in northern Yandina is highly recommended.4.7/5 in reviews. Nice rainforest park setting too.
The humidity gonna destroy you!
We don’t doubt for a second it will 🤣😅
Was working out in the yard today and felt a scratch in my back...shook my t shirt and and a bloody huntsman flew out!...lol
@@robertashton8533 can you imagine if they really could fly? 🫣
@@triarb5790 it fkn flew outta my shirt!..lol
@@triarb5790 little buggers
Harlequin bug, often called a stink bug. Squash one and find out why. 40 degrees is extremely rare in SEQ but the summer humidity can be fierce.
Helicopter is for watching for Sharks.
Have you seen the the house lot outside of Brisbane where you can buy one of the old Queenslander style houses that had to be moved. They then put it on a truck and deliver it to your block of land.
Agree, you should do a video on these. There won't be many along the Sunny Coast coast line, the hinterland will have them and Brisbane has heaps.
They're pre-war stunning timber homes built with 10ft internal ceilings, tin roof, full of character. Vaguely similar to Hampton style but also not really.
You could also check out The Green Room in the imperial hotel eumundi. It's stunning.
You've got to watch the Billy Connolly video of him at the 'used house yard' on the Bruce Hwy at Burpengary. Hilarious.
Terrace houses at Surry Hills and Paddington in Sydney right near the SCG
Your bug looks like a type of jewel bug called a cotton harlequin bug (also known as hibiscus harlequin bug) or another member of that family
the chopper is the surf rescue supported by Westpac Bank
The Westpac chopper is red and yellow, the blue and yellow (in the video) is the RACQ Care Flight copters.
Hey guys! Id recommend staying up at Rainbow Beach when it gets a little warmer. Its only a hour and forty minutes drive from were you are and the beaches are amazing. Great little town too.
Thanks for the tip!
Yeah its a beetle...I dont know the name of this particular variety, but the comment below seems to know that theyre talking about.....Harlequin jewel beetles...but that is in Qld....we have a variety here...We used to have a beautifully coloured beetle called the Christmas beetle, (or stink bug), but havent seen any of them in N.S.W. for a number of years, sadly...
as and Aussie it nice to get you perspective on living in Australia and the comparison of the different lifestyles in the two countries ....keep them coming enjoying your videos ...by the way I live on the Gold Coast and you should explore our city
🥰 talking bush walks I recommend you take a drive up to O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
Thank you for the fantastic recommendation 🙏
One thing I noticed as well was the checkout staff at Aldi. In the UK in the south where I'm from, generally the staff will just ignore you and throw your food at you. In aus (Brisbane) they wanted to talk and have a conversation with me.
Yes it’s really sweet isn’t it! ❤️
Aussies don't really live in a 'doughnut'. It's more of a crescent, from northern Qld to western SA, plus Tassie, southwest WA and Darwin. The rest of the coastal areas are fairly dry and barren, with very low poulation.
Pretty sure Australia’s population for 2024 is now just over 27M.
Yep, I heard that just last week.
Absolutely Insane.
Albo is stripping Australian culture with mass immigration.
He needs to go!
Albo needs to go!
@@Keyrose-my3xr
Couldn’t agree more.
@@Keyrose-my3xr- they’re both the same when it comes to mass immigration. This coming census will show Australian Anglo-Celts go into the minority for the first time.
couple of weeks and see how you go, humidity is horrid for us let alone you guys, least ya have the pool there , 💗 love ya vids
Aww Piccos little chicken legs 😂
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Great vid! Living in South of England, terrace houses are everywhere, and really costly too.
Haven’t gone through your other vids just yet (so might be addressed there), but curious on how you got to Aus, what visas did you do, what work/jobs are you guys doing?
Thank you for watching! We work within the marketing sector which is on the skilled list ☺️
@@EatVentureVlogthat’s awesome! Curious which visa you went with and did it take long to get it processed?
( I’m in software development, so see there are options, but was told most visas are given to teachers and nurses as they in highest demand… so the wait could be several years)
Nicely done - the yard looks great as well.
Thanks 👍
RACQ LifeFlight is a rescue / aeromedical helicopter service. RACQ is the major sponsor and has had the naming rights with the RACQ colours for the service for the past 30 years.
Nice video guys...keep up the good work!
Hi from Jamberoo NSW. Every time I say Picco I say it in your accent. Piccooooor is so cute. ❤ lovin your vids.
😊 thank you, we’re glad your enjoying ❤️
Loving your content guys xx
Thank you for the feedback ❤️
Great rambling,love it❤
Your dog is adorable ❤ and your Gunna cook in summer as well as Queensland is very humid.
Peregian Beach local here... just thought of a nice place you might like to take peeko for a walk. Lake Weyba just up the motorway from coolum. Go to Weyba downs by the lake there is an off leash for dogs to TY un and walk and its a nice walk through bushland by the lake. You will see many large lakes up this way and they are nice places to take the dogo for walks.
i'm old, we used to get a lot of U.K T.V programing here, My heritage is from South-West England, my grandmother traced our history back 700 years.
Some of us Aussie now have thin skin, and get ''upset'' over stupid shit; Some of it is based on how we were treated during WW1 and WW2, and comments from U.K immigrants said and treated us, always like were all convicts and peasants (I comes from a Royal Marine Lieutenant and a Pastors daughter and that over in the second fleet, most of my family have been in the military, Grandfather was at Tobruk, later fought around PNG, transferred to the RAAF), by federation (1901) 167,000 were from convicts.
[WW2] Of the total population of 7,000,000 Australians, nearly 500,000 were engaged in munitions, or building roads or airfields, and over 1,000,000 joined the armed services; Australia lost 34,000 service personnel during World War II. Total battle casualties were 72,814.
[WW1] Australia's total population at the time was about 4 million, and the 416,809 who enlisted for service represent 38.7 per cent of the total male population aged between 18 and 44 (334,000 served overseas); over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner; At 64.8%, the Australian casualty rate (proportionate to total embarkations) was among the highest of the war.
Definitely have terrace houses in Sydney and parts of Melbourne. Mostly inner city suburbs like Redfern, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Paddington , Glebe and Newtown, Balmain, and others nearby... Most were also once working class homes for factory workers and such like. Some though are very palatial and luxurious in comparison, resembling West End London homes. Most have been gentrified by middle class professionals as workers shifted out to the outer suburbs with the industry which formerly was located in the inner city.
There are many species of beetles in Australia. You need to visit a library, take the photo or video to the clerk and ask where you can learn about Queensland’s beetles.
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Why go to a library when you can use the image with google image search.🤔
They have terrace houses in Melbourne in Sydney but they are about two and a half times as big with veranda.
I’d love to see those 😆
@@EatVentureVlogI can’t send you a photo on here do you have an email?
For an idea of the scale of Australia, Sydney to Perth is further than London to Moscow. And there's a whole lot of emptiness in between.
Always have a giggle at some of the beaches in Europe. No chance in hell I would bother going to a beach with rocks instead of sand.
Their truly awful ain’t they 😅
There are sand beach in Britain.
One pebbly beach does not a coastline make.
If you travel to any of the smaller, rural towns in Australia you'll find that most of them have a Chinese restaurant. Lots of Chinese people came to Australia during the gold rush of the 1800s. Many stayed and opened small general stores, established market gardens, or opened Chinese restaurants. Many towns in Australia also had either fish and chip shops or milkbars. Again, because of immigration, these were often run by expatriate Greeks, hence the number of cafes and milkbars called The Olympia or The Acropolis. Lastly, it was the Italian immigration in the 1950s that drove our, now very entrenched, coffee culture, even though, at home, most Australians were still tea drinkers.
I checked on a map comparing site a few years ago, the state of Victoria was just a tiny bit smaller than all of the UK... so England, Wales, and Scotland. Victoria is the 2nd smallest state here, so it just shows how gigantic Australia actually is.
You guys are very close to Montville, might remind you of home a little bit.
Good morning, guys. I love my cup of tea and drink a brand called Yorkshire.
Have you compared tea out here. Which is closest to the tea you used to drink?
In Melbourne it is overcast most days from late April until September and in Winter sun set is about 4.45 and last light about 5.30 on a rare clear day.
Most people in Australia are within 50km of the sea however in the UK 100% of the population are within 130km of the sea.
So a day at the beach in the UK can be had by anyone.
I would be careful with the dog in the bush as there are Paralysis Ticks that can be fatal.
Don’t know about the Sunshine Coast but food scene has changed so much Melbourne/Victoria in the 50 years I have been here. Back in the day, every high st and country town had a Chinese joint. There is a historical link with Chinese goldfield workers in Victoria so it is kinda understandable. They were pretty good if a bit westernised but that was about as exotic as it got. With waves of different migrants though it has become so diverse that you can just about find anything. African is a bit limited but available, and there are some amazing places. If you get a chance try Lebanese or Afghani …yummm! and Vietnamese, Indian, Thai and Japanese have almost become as ubiquitous as the old Chinese joint….love it!
Sorry forgot to mention amazing Italian and Greek has always been available in Melbourne but typically in pockets of the city.
There are whole China Towns in most Australian capital cities. There are probably tens of thousands of Chinese restaurants here. Nearly every tiny town in rural Australia has or used to have a Chinese restaurant.
Talking about wildlife.... I hope you check those chairs ever time you sit on them.
They are perfect for a spider to nest in.
I lived in terraced houses in Sydney when I was younger. They were always good sized as well with really high ceilings. But then in the 1800's Melbourne was the wealthiest city in the world with the gold rushes. Maybe that is what has made the difference...
There are a lot of terrace houses in The Rocks area of Sydney.
Just come across your video welcome to OZ your accent sounds like some English rugby league players who come here once again welcome and hope everything goes well for you
Thank you ❤️
love this sort of brit vs aus perspective...
We’re glad you’ve enjoyed the video 😊
I live 6km from a beach, but I would never swim there. It’s a 4wd trek to get there, and the undertow would take you directly to Antarctica 😂
Id suggest heading down south for summer and north in winter if you're going to do any travelling. Im not going to tell you where to go it more fun when you discover it by yourselves, and remember every days a school day. And the great thing about technology is you can take a picture and ask Google
The beetle is a harlequin beetle a member of our jewel beetle family, the one you saw is commonly called a stink bug ( be warned ) but it's an Aussie experience most of us grew up with 😂.
You'll have to try some Aussie Chinese restaurant and give us a comparison, same with the Indian
You can compare the UK to Victoria as they are the same size but Victoria only has 7 million people compared to 70 million in the UK. Australia has the largest average home size in the world. Our history and culture goes back more than 65,000 years. I hope you get to experience the First Nations culture soon.
Pyramids, castles, cathedrals... engineering marvels abound.
I walk through the bush all the time off the track no snakes in winter around Victoria. in summer l do be more careful.
We have a lot of Indian restaurants in Melbourne, as we have a very large Indian population. My parents live in Caloundra on the Sunshine coast and there are a few well known Indian restaurants in the area including one in Maroochydore and called Bombay Bliss.
unfortunately.
I’m 77 and born in Sth Aust, my father came from England (midlands) in 1927. I so thankful he did. When I did my family history trip I found a church in Hertfordshire an ancestor was married in was built in 1192. Something we don’t have in Australia.
Ten minutes from the beach is not true. There would be two million people at least in Sydney and the same in Melbourne who would be at least and hour or mores drive from a beach.
Thank you for sharing your story ❤️
Your little dog is soo beautiful. 🙂
You are so kind❤️
Good luck with the humidity which will have probably already started up there on the Sunshine Coast. People who've lived their lives in Melbourne generally can't take too much of the heat and humidity and they seem to enjoy hanging about in shopping malls on their Queensland holidays. I'm from Victoria's central highlands and our winters will give the UK northerners a run for their money, with consistent daytime temps well under 10c. As you haven't appeared to have travelled to the outback, evidence of our indigenous culture extends back around 60,000 years, the longest continuous civilisation on the planet. Good luck with your adventures. Happy people attract other happy people. 🙂
The best Thai food on the coast is Som Tam Thai on Aerodrome Rd.
Thank you, we’ll give this a try 🙌
27 million people
All the best here in Oz. Your dog is SO cute ❤
Thank you for your kind words ❤️
Guys you may want to get in touch with 2 British families who live in the Gold Coast, they are the BAM FAMALAM & THE JOHNSTON FAMILY. Both families are excellent to talk to.
Yes we have seen them both, great UA-cam channels!
Stink bug please do not squash it or handle it
I've always noticed that with the houses in the UK in every tv shows I've seen that in the UK there always like units i can't remember seeing a UK show that shows actual houses
I've seen them, usually further out of cities.
We have so many different Asian cuisines in Australia because of our location, can I suggest Vietnamese food. My husband and I were in Noosa a few months ago and we went to Nguyen Brother Tewantin. Give it a try you won’t be disappointed
Thank you, we’ll give this a try for sure 🙌
The restaurant is very classy, but still very chilled and friendly. Food is delicious but reasonably priced. Another recommendation is Doonans in the suburb of Doonan a 15 minutes drive from Noosa. There is a lovely outdoor area to sit so go on a sunny day and enjoy the wood fired pizza and gelato or order a meal, and there are a few bars around to order drinks. The ambience is just lovely to sit there and enjoy being in a garden setting. I’m from Melbourne we very fussy about our food & coffee
You'll find lots of terrace houses in the inner suburbs of all major cities in Australia. The UK has got loads of history. Australian history really is all about indigenous history.
Aussie who's spent time in the UK. You're right - the UK weather is quite depressing. There's a sense that everything's grey and colourless. Of course there are wonderful things about the UK, but the weather isn't one of them. ;-)
And while it gets warm on the Sunshine Coast, what makes it nasty is the humidity.
I've had some wonderful Indian food in the UK, but no decent Chinese (and I love Chinese food) - there are plenty of excellent Chinese restaurants in Australia. I don't think I've had a decent coffee in the UK, but it's all made up for by real ale, which it's almost impossible to get on Oz, but which you can get everywhere in the UK.
What are you doing to me? How is this happening to me? I love your dog.
@@wallywombat164
He’s a handsome boy, aint he. 😁
@@emgee65 HMMM handsome?, I don't know if I'd go that far.
Historical sites are treated differently in Australia. If the site is free, then more than likely it will be vandalized or destroyed. Because of this most sites have the public paying admission.
Sovereign hill - Pay
Port Arthur - Pay
Free to public - Captain Cook's cottage (Vandalized and graffitied every year)
Tree of Knowledge (Queensland) Birthplace of the ALP (Labor party and site of 1890 shearers strike) poisoned and killed in 2006.
Ancient and sacred Aboriginal rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in Western Australia destroyed by Mining company even though they knew about them and where they were.
Captain Cook's cottage looked immaculate when I was there and there was a fee to enter. Very well patronised. Gorgeous gardens right there too.
"Melbourne 14 degrees all the time" lol.
Umm sorry but there are lots of us Aussie go bush walking especially where I live surrounded by bush and huge national parks etc might not in major city but out here in the bush we do.. 🧐😊🤷🏼♀️🇦🇺
If you want to experience Australian culture stretching back, discover more about the indigenous cultures of our nation. Or even just about the culture of your immediate area. Much, much older than the cultures of Britain.
Agreed, most of the history of Australia is not European. That’s not the same thing as the usual trope of ‘Australia doesn’t have much history’
I can honestly say that in my 75 years as an Aussie, I have only ever seen a snake at a distance once in my life, and I have also lived in the country as well as the cities...As far as spiders go, apart from huntsman, which are harmless, Ive only ever been close to a dangerous spider, a funnel web, once, and that was in an old flat I lived in over 40 years ago, that had lots of greenery almost coming in the windows.....
I seem to have an unfortunate knack of coming across them on a regular basis. I grew up near the New Forest in the UK and saw adders frequently in the summer. In outer Eastern Melbourne I've seen Tigers, Eastern Browns, Red Bellied blacks ( including on Friday) near to the river and mostly when I'm out walking on my own ( probably not making enough noise I guess) After 35 years in Australia, I have yet to perfect the 'stand still and they won't bother you' technique. I go one way, they go the other, except once when I was standing on a Brown's hole, it sort of ' reared at me ' I did an olympic high jump and it shot down it. My fight/ flight gene is all geared to RUN AWAYYYYY! So far I've survived.
I seem to be an unintentional snake charmer, because I've also come across them in Botswana, Borneo, Norway Cuba, Spain, Greece, Sumatra and Canada ( who knew Norway had snakes?!)
Moral of the story, don't hike with me!