The biggest different going to school - in Australia, you do not need bulletproof backpacks.

In the old days before about thirty years ago, a service station (that's why they are called "servos"), was where you were *served*. You drove up, gave your keys to an attendant who filled up your tank, washed your windscreen, gave you your keys back, took your cash and then returned with your change. If you asked, they would also check your oil, water and tyre pressure. Then you drove off.

Probably the reason for paying after filling your tank is because the shop gets the opportunity to sell other things (impulse buy) before you get to the cashier at the far end on the shop.

I live in regional NSW and absentmindedly drove off without paying for my petrol. When I got home I realised and I sheepishly returned to pay. The attendant was very relaxed and said they just write down the number and the amount. Apparently it happens from time to time but the majority of people return to pay within a short time. I guess in the city would be different.

Short shorts in Australia were even shorter in the 1980s than they are now!😂

Im Australian but went to high school for 3 years in the US. The reason high schools start early in the U.S is so they can use the yellow school buses to drop the high school kids off, then use the same buses to drop off the junior high kids a little later, then the same buses to drop off the elementary school kids who start later after that. .

Part of the reason for paying inside is most servos don't make much money from fuel but from other in-store purchases

Kangaroos are a bit like deer in that it’s a lean, clean, healthy game meat. There’s also millions and millions of them - more of them since settlement as tree clearances have created more grassland on which they graze, and fences don’t contain them…they just jump over them.

I don't usually switch off the power when unplugging a device, but almost every device you own has a standby mode which uses lots of power even if the device is turned off, having a power switch on the socket allows you to stop wasting electricity by just switching it off at the wall without the hassle of unplugging it. I once heard if everyone in the UK used the switch to turn off devices using standby mode on the plug the country could stop using 3 entire power stations in the country, standby mode wasted that much electricity.

There are places in Australia where you can pay at the pump. It happens more frequently in rural areas so you may buy fuel out of business hours &/ or at unmanned servos

The kangaroo. A remarkable animal. There are 50 million of them in Australia, twice as many as people The doe can have 3 offspring going at the same time at different stages of gestation, one at the foot occasionally drinking milk by sticking it's head into the pouch, one connected to the teat and one inside. The one inside can be put into suspended growth if times are hard and continue when things get better. But the main point, the meat is low in fat and is delish.

How do you know what the exact amount is needed to fill up your tank? I always fill up my fuel tank so that’s it’s completely full so I never know what the exact cost will be.

4:30 the power switch can also prevent the spark from removing the plug too slowly from shorting out and killing the device. Don't forget that the power supply is double the US ie 240V not 110

I'm a Teacher. School is usually 9 to 3.30 or 8.45 to 3.15 (some schools are trialling late starts for teenagers 10 to 4.30 to combat high absence rates) Depending on the school there'll be a morning break for around half an hour plus an hour long lunch break.

Schools start at about 9 am and finish about 3 or 3.30 pm or within minutes of that

9:30am is too late to be starting school for the day. It actually starts at 8:45am and ends somewhere between 3 to 3:30am depending on where you are in Australia. When I was in school in the 80’s in the outer suburbs of Sydney NSW, my school day ended at 3:10pm.

In the USA with 110/120 volts domestic power the deaths or injury from electrocution is far less, in Australia, New Zealand and UK with 230/240 volts the risk is higher and the switch at the power outlet is very necessary to keep you alive. Many newer plugs have an insulated section on the pins so that power is not available to clumsy fingers and the plug doesn't connect until it is in past the insulated section (Well that's the theory anyway).

Petrol stations make nothing out of the petrol (loss leader) but they are very good business selling all manner of snacks comulsive buys etc

Yes, you can pay at the pump in Australia, but most people want human contact or couldn't be bothered paying at the pump and would rather walk to get the attendant to do it. Could we worried if everyone paid at the pump that would put the attendant out of a job.

Most of us here leave the outlet switch turned on. We mainly turn them off if we go on vacation or out for a long time.

here is 10 small tips to any US citizen that wants to come to Australia. 1. leave your attitude along with your guns at the departure lounge. 2. don't panic! it will be there waiting for you when you get back, we don't want it. 3. you cannot buy, nor carry a gun over here, this is not the wild west as it is in the USA. 4. enjoy the sites the food and the different cultures. 5. Australia has a culture, they have song, dance and food and we are proud of it. 6. The US has, Levi's jeans, McDonalds, mass shootings, guns and bombs and you are proud of it? 7. take lots of photo's, buy the occasional souvenir. 8. when you get back to the US "the home of the brave and the free," pick up your gun and your attitude, you will notice it is still there in tact as you left it. 9. Show your friends the photo's and tell them you had a nice time. 10. Oh and don't forget to tell your friends you experienced real freedom for the first time in your life not having to carry a gun!

The drink measurement is for helping people not drive drunk. In Australia the police can pull over any vehicle at anytime and make the driver take a breath test, if you use the 2 standard drinks in one hour places you at the maximum alcohol limit and every standard drink every hour keeps you at that limit it is easier to avoid being caught for drink driving and possibly being involved in an accident. You are the worst person to determine whether you are too drunk to drive. As for the petrol/gas payment, some pumps now have credit card machines built in so you can pre pay and the pump will automatically stop, or you can pay after without having to go inside.

Before anyone freaks out that we eat Kangaroos, there's 50 million of them in Australia ! Because there's so much more pastoral grassland for feeding in Australia now , kangaroo numbers have gone crazy. Also, sheep and cattle aren't native animals and damage farmland, kangaroos don't, so are actually a much more environmentally sustainable resource. Calves, Fawns & Lambs are cute too 😜

In Australia you can use pay id (phone number) to send money to friends and family instead of venmo

It doesn’t make sense to me to pay ahead when you don’t know how much you’ll be paying. If you define an amount and don’t reach it, is the difference refunded? Or does it just hold the card then charge when you’ve finished filling? You can pay at the pump at many servos after you fill, just most people are usually picking up something else in the shop anyway.

Hip Hip usually shouted out by whoever is the loudest extrovert at the party.

When I was going to Primary and High School, it was always 8 to 4; from year 3 High, we would finish at 3:30.

'Stubbie ' shorts are kind of a byproduct of Aussie Rules Football where the shorts are so short to permit kicking high.

The personal bank to bank transfers is facilitated by Osko, and as stated in the video is direct bank account to bank account and doesn't go through Osko. The transfer is virtually instantaneous.

If I remember correctly, when blood alcohol limits for driving were introduced we were told that consuming three 'standard drinks' in one hour would take an 'average' person's blood alcohol content to around the limit of 0.05 per cent - once there. just one more drink per hour would keep you at that level. I think for beer (4.9pc alcohol), a standard drink was 10 fluid ounces (285ml).

You can make bank payments with osko payments which is bank to bank but you only need to give your mobile number. We have a switch on the electrical outlets because plugged in appliances still draw power even when you have the appliance turned off. So using the outlet switch stops that additional power draw. Also helps when kids insert things into vacant sockets. Aussies don't eat roo, we leave it for all the new arrivals 😂

Talking about shorts: many male office workers wore shorts with long socks at work in warm weather back in the 1960s and 1970s.

For Celsius to Fahrenheit just add 15 then double it and gives you a ballpark temp within a few degrees subtract 3 degrees F if you want to be closer

True fact - *most* countries have consumer bank-to-bank transactions. Like not having the metric system is the other thing that the USA is out of step with the world.

HD CCTV and license detection cameras at Aussie servos, are great deterrents to stealing fuel 😃😃

Moving to the U.S. with young kids I was TERRIFIED of the power points with no off switch - still am a little!

Just so you’re aware, there are places in the US that you can pay for fuel in the same way as Australia (ie, fill the car then go in and pay at the counter). I fill up in Wisconsin like that all the time. It just depends if it’s an area where fuel theft is common or not.

At our local rural service station, they ask you to fill up, move your car away from the bowser (to let the next person fill up) and THEN go pay. Still don't have an issue with drive-offs.

High school in Sydney where I tutor -- start at 8:50am and end at 3:08pm. Years 7 to 12.

not only the power point (as we call them in australia) its to save power if you have an electric jug you turn it off at the wall.

A lot of people who know about the more exotic meats say Kangaroo is similar to deer. As to cuteness Americans eat Bambi. 😜

6:22 “Sleep deprived in High School” out having fun when should be sleeping. Yep I remember how it was.

The bank transfers is due to how our banking system is structured, and the role of our Reserve bank.

Most Servos (Petrol stations) these days you can pay at the bowser rather than going in store. The reason you pay after you fill, if are going to fill your tank to full you don't know how much it is going to take therefore don't know how much it will cost.

Get a Commonwealth account and app. The reason power points have switches(Particularly these days) is because of dangers of shorting out and appliances still use power whilst on standby.

The Reserve Bank made all the banks do things to make paying for stuff easier, without the need for cash. Tap and go payments, inter-bank transfers and the Pay Anyone phone apps were all part of that. It is still progressing so it will be interesting what comes in the future.

I’m not sure how it’s decided who’ll do the ‘hip, hip’ before the ‘hooray’, but I’m guessing it’s usually the least shy person. I haven’t done it for ages because my kid doesn’t like having Happy Birthday sung for her, but at other people’s parties, it’s often been me that does the ‘hip, hip’. 🤣

Plus some good banks for folks in our age group or first bank accounts are ING, WESTPAC, and I have some friends who love ANZ

Banking - you can also just pay to their mobile phone number (I do it all the time to my son), and it's instantaneous if you register your mobile with PayID through your bank.

Welcome back, great channel

Most people I know have what's called “PayID” which I don't think is owned by any one bank, but the accounts for it are maintained by the bank you're with, and you send the money/set it up from your bank's app/website; with paying people you just use their email or mobile number instead of having to get their BSB and Account Number, much easier!

We don't go to gas stations in Australia they're petrol stations and in more recent times servos but they're the larger ones.

Most still go inside but there's plenty of petrol stations here where you can pay at the pump, or via app.

The drinks have both measurements. Alcohol percentage as well as standard drinks

Some places in Australia you need to pre pay for petrol inside before filling up, other places you can pay at the Bowser if they are newer and have that option, other places you pay after filling...

Australians do like drinking. The difference is, on average we drink frequently, but not heavily. So binge drinking is only something people do when they're celebrating something.

School starts here between 8:30-9. Finishes between 2:45-3:30 depending on the school. A lot of private schools have longer days so then they have a few more weeks of holidays later

School zones slow traffic to 40 between 8am-9.30am and 2.30pm-4pm. So all schools must begin and finish within those times (unless they are on a permanent 40km rd. So most schools have kids come in 8.45-8.50 with classes beginning at 9am and finish between 2.30-3.30pm depending on how long the play breaks are.

Switches on outlets, from my understanding, is a legal thing because of the voltage. American outlets output like 120v whereas Australia outputs 240v. I could be wrong. But otherwise it's just safer anyway and you can bring your electricity bills way down by turning off electricity you don't use. If it's on all the time, it's just a waste.

Reason 1 for school hours is some bus runs in the bush are around 2 hours I used too get on my bus at 7am and school would start at 9am

With standard drinks it helps you to know when you are safe to drive. There was a massive advertising campaign years ago that said woman could drink 1 standard drink in the first hour and 1 standard drink per hour after to stay under .05 (the legal limit for drink driving). Men can have 2 in the first hour and 1 every hour after. That’s why all drinks and glasses are marked, so you can be safe to drive after having a few ‘bevies’ (beverages).

Traffic is a big part of how Australia operates. Blue collar jobs start at around 7am. White collar jobs start at about 8am and school starts around 9am. This keeps the roads free flowing. Can’t imagine all those roles starting at the same time. Traffic would be impossible

School starts roughly between 8.30 and 9am and finish between 3.15 and 3.45 with a break around 10.30, lunch around 12 and maybe another break around 2 pm

Kangaroos also aren't ruminants so don't produce methane gas during digestion so are kinder to the environment. Their large feet don't cause soil degradation and are usually more humanly killed and since they aren't intensively farmed, have a better life as well. In short, there are a lot of good reasons to eat roo meat.

You should ask Americans what language they speak in Australia - I have been asked many times!

You can try to steal petrol but there are cameras everywhere so basically you'll get caught and that's why, we're more trusting of everyone but definitely not gullible

The petrol ⛽️ bowser you can lock the 💰amount on the keypad before filling up.

Going inside a service station means customers will look at food / drinks & other consumables like magazines / newspapers, or even some groceries. All newer bowsers (pumps) have the option to pay with credit or debit cards. We used fleet payment cards so it was under a company account for fuel payments. Power Points are double the power of USA - also USA has light switches upside down to us. School times are from 0830 - 3.30 pm. so a few private schools that attend a bit longer.

You pay after filing up because you don't know how much petrol you need to fill up. Also, with direct bank transfers you can link your mobile phone number to your bank account. That way your bank app on your mobile phone can transfer money to someone without knowing the BSB or account number. Assuming they have linked their mobile number their bank accounts.,

Servo, not gas station. I once said gas absentmindedly, the response was: "what, LPG?" lol. So in the US, how can you fill the tank to the top? guess how much will fit in?😄

when paying for petrol you fill up your tank then you play not the other way around 😊

Forget to turn on the powerpoint? Do Americans walk in the room and forget to turn on the light too? Turning off the power at the socket lets you conserve power by not leaving tv's etc. on standby mode which still uses power. Also some small appliances like sandwich presses dont have on/off switches so a switch on the wall is easier than pulling the cord out all the time.

Visited my sister in Adelaide in late 80's and had kangaroo for the first time. It was mince and she made us a lasanga but the mince came from the pet food section of the supermarket and was marked fit for human consumption.

Honestly it depends on the school. My high school was a little unique as it was a "split shift" school. Senior school students (Years 10, 11 and 12) attended school from 7:30am-12:55pm. This allowed for senior students to have the entire school to themselves from 7.30am-9.55am each day, and we became a 'senior college'. Junior secondary students (Years 7, 8 and 9) attended school from 10:25am-4:05pm. As a senior you were old enough to have a job and finishing school before 1pm definitely helped with this but came with the cost of being super tired. I don't remember ever getting any work done during the first class of the day.

If you buy petrol in the US and pay first, what happens if you put more in, do you have to go back and pay the difference? I never know how much it's going to cost as I fill my car up and whatever it comes to, that's what I pay.

Well, as an Australian I never knew about the standard drinks label ... mainly because I don't drink alcohol (not since 1986)

Aboriginal people have hunted kangaroos for thousands of years. So it makes perfect sense to follow that custom. It’s delicious, healthy & sustainable. I have kangaroo meat once a week with potatoe mash or bake…or my favourite “Roo Burgers”❤

There was a little while about 15 years ago where servos made you pay first and then fill. It didn't last long, think petrol runners increased..

PayID is bank to bank in Oz. You can transfer funds from the bank app if you have someone’s mobile phone number. (You don’t need an account number).

Food portion size differences in restaurants etc.

Hi There! Most of the major petrol companies like Shell, Caltex, Ampol etc have pay at the pump facilities at their larger locations. I prefer independents and they don't have that facility...Cheers!

Drive aways are more common than you think (people who don't pay) and if you go to fill up between certain hours you may have to pay at the pump because the doors to the shop are locked.

Lambs are cute so sre calves and chickens but we still eat them

I lived in a rural town. Our school day was 9-3. But it was 60ish kms away and the bus would take over an hour to get there. And we had to go to the bus stop. So leaving home around 07:00ish. We would get home around 17:30ish

Well, the service station. Do you know the $ dollar amount you're gonna buy in fuel before you fill up???? What if you pay for $20 and your petrol intake doesn't make it to $ 20?? Meaning you're already full before reaching $20. What do you do?? So you're out of pocket of money. So fill 1st and pay. But after 10pm most service stations it is prepay for fuel. Either at pump or at the service window.

About eating Kangaroo, although it's quite healthy it needs to be very fresh, otherwise it stinks. Also, many people wouldn't eat it and consider it dog food. It just varies. I've had the sausages a few times and they were ok when they were fresh enough. Also I prefer paying after filling up the car, if I want to fill it all the way, how am I supposed to know exaclty how many liters it'll take ?

I assume you are already taking back some Tim Tams and some Vegemite. You should also get some Musk Sticks. These are perfume (musk) flavoured nougat sticks that are quite popular with younger children. You will either love or hate the taste, there is no middle ground. You can probably find bags of them in the lolly aisle of most supermarkets. Have fun!

Btw with the bank to bank transfer a lot of people have PayID these days so all you need is their mobile number

With the petrol thing, they get your info and the police send a text out basically from the registration of your car I bought loads of snacks once plus fuel and the guy forgot to charge for the fuel, plus I didn’t even check, so I got a call like an hour later and I paid over the phone 😂😂😂

Most Servo's have cameras directed at the pumps to catch the licence plate numbers of the cars, drive offs with no pay end up with a police visit. Having uniforms stops the drama of what to wear... and if I had a 7:30am start time in the country as I had a 45 - 55min bus ride to school, I would have been catching the bus at 6:15am.

Is this for American audience? EVERYWHERE in Australia including Melbourne where I live on the outskirts in the Yarra Valley every petrol station has the option to pre-pay at the pump!

It would be impossible to get kids to start school at 7:30 am. Sesame Street is just starting at that time.

Oregon used to be where you had to have some one fill up your tank. I don't know if that's the case. I believe NJ used to do that as well.

New Jersey has full service gas stations by law.

A standard drink is defined as 10 grams of ethanol.

kangaroo is the one of the leanest meats on the planet, they get around by plyometrics', basically an intense workout every time they move, emu, snake and croc are just as good.

If kids are off school at 2pm, what do working parents do with them? School hours here were built years ago, I suppose, to fit more with working hours.

If school started at 7:30am in Melbourne, in Winter it would still be pretty dark. It’s hard enough getting teenagers up 😂

Hey :) only new to your channel but have loved your videos so far. I have just come back from America after spending a month being a tourist in LA and surrounding areas and honestly it was a lot different than I thought. I really did not enjoy most of my time over there and I saw and experienced a lot. I have traveled a fair bit through in my life but I would say this was my most least enjoyable trip. I understand that I probably am coming off as very rude but please know that’s not my intentions but I am extremely grateful that I get to live in Australia. I’m sure there are amazing places in America as well but based off my one trip it’s not a place I would ever like to go back and explore again. Do you have a preference Australia or America? I was also so shocked by how severe the homelessness is over there. Very sad 😢 America definitely wasn’t all bad but I am grateful to live in Australia :)

I got trapped in Hawaii, I tried to put petrol in the rental car before paying and it took me a little bit to work out that you pay first then pump.