When ever people say Australia is expensive the most common thing they mention is Alcohol and Cigarettes. These two examples aren't actually representative of the cost of living in Australia because both of these items have very high social taxes which increase their price a lot more than things without a social tax. (By social tax I mean a tax which is added to effect people's buying habits for these items and to help with the financial burden they have on the health system)

I was talking to an American in a Kuta Beach bar many years ago and when I finished he looked at me and said "Keep talking man, I can't understand a word you're saying but I love that accent."

Smokes in particular are like $40 a packet. That's to discourage people taking it up and encourages people to quit. And it goes up every year.

Aussies even frequently apologise in a restaurant for calling the wait staff over and asking for some water ! Excuse me? Sorry… can we please get some more water? Thanks. Sorry. 😂 😂 Also it “can” snow? Yeh we have ski fields here you know..

Interesting how people with accents don’t think they are hard to understand. ❤🇦🇺

My father used to take us on business trips sometimes, and he took my brother and I to NYC. I was 8yo, my brother 11yo. We were left in the hotel room by ourselves during the day, and one day decided to venture out.... Out on the street, people were staring at us, and multiple people came to see if we were ok, and to query why we weren't wearing any shoes. "Don't worry", my brother assured them, "we're Queenslanders, we can handle it"

We Australians even apologise even when we bump into doors or lamp posts. Starting school in the mid 50's, most of us boys went barefooted to primary school. Started wearing shoes at High School. Even going to the pictures in the city we were barefoot.

When I travelled to Germany, I found everyday goods are about the same price as here in Oz, but alcohol is cheap AF. Australia taxes "vices" like alcohol and cigarettes quite a lot.

These type of videos miss the regional differences in Oz. For example walking without shoes is far more common in Qld and Northern NSW than it is further south (doesn’t happen here in Melbourne). Also large spiders and pythons in your house/backyard is really only something that happens in the tropics (ie. QLD and NT). Salties (Saltwater Crocodiles) are only found in a coastal arc from Rockhampton to Broome in the far north. The apologising to someone for walking into you still happens in Sydney and Melbourne but not as routinely or as with as much enthusiasm as say Adelaide or Brisbane. Cold for a Queenslander is like 16 degrees celsius whereas that’s a typical winters day high temp in Victoria. It only routinely snows in the Mountains in NSW, Vic and Tas nowhere else. It never snows in big cities and even when it does in Hobart or Canberra it doesn’t stay on the ground. There are also a few regional language/word differences such as the bathers/swimmers/togs debate or potato cake vs potato scallop debate. …. Just a few thoughts for you. Thanks for sharing your reaction and keep up the great work on your channel!

Australia has more snow than the Swiss Alps. My family are currently enjoying a skiing holiday in the ski resort of Mount Buller. (Lots and lots of snow there at the moment). ⛄️⛄️⛄️⛄️⛄️ Also, going barefoot in summer is definitely a thing. e.g in shopping centres etc.

It does snow here in Australia during winter and yes it gets below zero in certain places even in Queensland. Yes there are snakes but if you live in city areas you rarely see any. I live about 30 minute drive from the centre of Brisbane out on acreage and have been here 4 yrs, in that time we have had 1 python ( which is non venomous) and 6 months ago a Red- bellied Black snake, which is venomous, but the snakes were out because of the flooding. I have lived in Australia for 54 yrs and the times I have encountered deadly creatures I could count on 1 hand, and I have been all over this beautiful country.

Don’t forget the wages are three times higher. And three times more snow falls on the Australian snow fields than falls in Switzerland, remembering our main snow field is larger than Switzerland. Our coldest recorded temp was -23 in 1983 at Charlotte Pass.

Crazy fact to blow your mind. Australia receives more snow in an area called the snowy mountains than Switzerland does

Lived in rural Australia for the first 18 years of my life, I hadn't seen an alive snake except one time working the farm. The bugger was about 10m away. I looked at him, he looked at me and we went our separate ways the other direction. Not going to lie if he was closer, would of bolted for the house. he was a big tiger. 👀

Our ski season stared early this year after a blizzard in our Alps dumped 2 metres of snow on the ski resorts. We always have snow in winter in the south eastern states. Our snakes are quite placid and will not bite unless you threaten them or step on them. They will move away from you if they see you coming. I have seen lots of snakes in the bush and even had a brown snake crawl over my arm when I was sunbathing in the back yard. We were eye to eye but all it did was slither away under the house. Brown snakes are the second most venomous in the world. If you don't bother them they won't bother you. So nothing to worry about. The hundreds of thousands of Americans who live here or visit aren't worried.

hardest thing with the Aussie language is like you have already discovered we like to shorten everything and we have our own words for things that are sort of universal around the country. When we use other words to describe things or people I can see it getting confusing for people not familiar with the local lingo.

As a young child, I always preferred to go around barefoot. Gravel was a bit hard to walk on but got use to it, definitely not on bitumen.

SPF 50 is the usual standard. Its a part of the morning routine, after shower, put moisturiser and sunscreen on. Often girls wear like a BB cream with moisturiser/sunscreen/foundation built in so covers all bases haha

I live in Hobart, Australia and it snowed in my suburb last night! It didn't settle on the ground but the mountain behind Hobart got a good dump of snow. There are a number of road closures around the state of Tasmania today because of low-level snow and ice. Any Tasmanians out there drive safely!

Ryan, Big W is not Wallmart, it's a large variety store, similar to Wallmart (possibly)... except it's mid-range clothing, electronics, sporting goods (not firearms, hunting knives, weapons), household goods - you can buy small electronics, not fridges, washers, dryers... but yes to TVs. The W is for Woolworths - which is not the UK? Brand, but merged with another brand in Australia called Safeway, they're also in New Zealand as Countdown - in the same corporate colours. That being said a Woolworths supermarket for groceries will be adjacent (or within the same complex.) Australia has regularly been popular for younger tourists, on working holiday or student visas, they mention "Farm Work" - this is simply working recorded hours, reported for taxation, outside of the major cities... this can be as farm labour during fruit and vegetable harvesting, customer service in a Cafe (bar, wait, kitchen hand, cleaning), childcare (with accreditation), housekeeping in hospitality.

Here are a couple of things about Australia I haven't heard mentioned in your videos (which I love, btw). 1) Although we are "laid back" about most things, Australians are (mostly) very polite and expect politeness. And because we like to think we are egalitarian (it has become more of a myth than reality) this extends to "menial" workers like check-out assistants and the kids who serve you at Maccas or a coffee shop. I was studying with a guy from the states (NYC, actually) and we went to the coffee shop. I ordered. "May I have a latte, please, and, umm, a capuchino for my friend. Sugar? Ah, no thanks." And a few more "Thanks" or "Ta" when I got the change, and again when I got the beverages. He nearly exploded. "What's with all this 'May I ?' and 'Please' and 'Thank you' stuff?" he asked. "They are paid to serve you, you don't have to thank them." He rolled his eyes when I said, "They're human beings as good as you and me, so we're just showing respect." "I just say, 'Gimme a capuchino, hold the sugar!" "Try that here," I said, "and you will be lucky if they don't throw it at you!" Now I know not all Americans are like that, and the southerners seem especially polite (people from Indiana too!), but this is just a heads-up to those who think like my colleague! 2) As an extension of that, shop assistants, even check-out assistants, will often start up a little conversation. "How's your day been?" etc. Understand they are not prying into your private life. Certainly don't reply with "What's it to you?" All they want to hear is, "Fine thanks, And yours?" It's just a polite formula, not an inquisition. 3) Complete strangers may well strike up a conversation with you on public transport or in similar situations, especially if they see you are a tourist. In this case they will love to hear what you think about Australia, its people, its sights etc. A friend of mine from Canada was shocked. "That would never happen back in Ottawa!" Again, it's just for the pleasure of the conversation. Just stroke our egos a bit by saying you love the place and you'll have a very pleasant trip. Unfortunately, the ubiquitous mobile phones and earpods make these encounters less frequent these days. 4) Someone may have mentioned it, but many Australians - especially young ones, but not only - are really terrible swearers, ie they throw in the worst of profanities frequently in conversations. Personally, I am not proud of that, and I find it rather offensive myself sometimes. Strangely, they can be a sign of affection and acceptance. "How are you, you old bastard?" is a very friendly greeting. About the only word I can think of that is never used in a friendly sense is "mongrel". If someone says so-and-so is a mongrel, he is really saying that he is the worst of the worst. Watch out for that one.

Australians also pay the third-highest liquor taxes in the world with about 57 per cent of the retail price on a bottle of spirit. In the case of beer, the product is taxed at different rates based on a portion of its alcohol content-that is, depending on whether it is low-strength, mid-strength or full-strength. Alcohol have an extra tax for 2 reasons, firstly to discourage alcoholism and public drunkenness - the primary justification for high alcohol taxes today. A 2006 report for the European Commission argued that using taxes to raise the price of alcohol 10 percent would save 9,000 lives per year.

With our snakes and spiders, it really depends on where you live. I grew up in the suburbs of western Sydney. In my 33 years, I’ve seen two snakes while bushwalking and one red bellied black snake in my back yard. Spiders, a lot more common, predominantly red back spiders, hunstman spiders and white tail spiders. Never seen a funnel web spider, but I’ve seen the funnels they build in the ground. Basically, the closer you are to the bush, the more you’ll see. Don’t let them deter you from visiting 😊

I live in Australia and it has been 20 years since i have seen a snake in the wild. It is very possible to live your life and never encounter a snake, if you live in a major city and never leave it. I spent my early life camping and living out in the country, so i have encountered them for the most part they will leave you alone it you give them a wide berth.

Cold here in OZ is 8-15C , it rarely snows in any city. Only in our snow fields and Alps we see snow

Australia is a continent, is has a range of climates. If you never want to be cold, move to the Northern Territory. If you want a temperate northern European climate, go to South Australia or Tasmania.

Ryan, we get plenty of snow. We have many ski resorts and huge tracts of cross country terrain. Check out the National Parks areas straddling Victoria and New South Wales. We have more skiable terrain than Switzerland. No bull. It is winter here at present. Canberra has many below zero mornings.

Here in Australia for sun protection, sunscreen is not enough. We have had a very long running campaign about sun protection, ever since i was a kid and im now in my 50's.....Its slip on a shirt, slop on the sun screen, slap on a hat and wrap on the sunglasses, "Slip, Slop, Slap, Wrap"........ :) ......If you have sensitive skin, if you burn easily, this is the recommended protection....not just the sunscreen.

America does use the metric system for the vast majority of things, all science and international business uses metric as standard, your military and various logistics departments use metric for all measurements, your chemicals and drugs are measured in metric, litres for soda… the list gos on. Neil Degrass Tyson did a video on it

For us it can be surprising what people find strange here. As in pergola 😄 Someone I knew who came here was amazed at how people in Sydney like “pavilions”. It seems that’s a bit unusual too. But very common here. We have the Bathers Pavilion,Bondi Pavilion, garden pavilions, park pavilions, surf pavilions, cricket pavilions etc etc. He kept saying his first week “what is it with you all and all these pavilions?! Everything’s a pavilion!”

We are taxed like 50% on alcohol and cigarettes. That’s why it’s so expensive.

With the accents and language it changes from state to state. So even alot of Victorians struggle to understand someone from Queensland or worse countey Queensland say. And the meaning of the same words can mean different things as well.

It’s not so much the Australian accent and there are not really a dialects per se. There is formal English and common English where we run our words together whilst dropping letters or making them silent. For example “ Have a good day” (formal English) commonly sounds like “ Avaguday” . That is what the gentleman meant by saying he speaks English but has to listen carefully and still ask an Australian to repeat what was said. That doesn’t include the local colloquialisms which are used widely, like “Maccas” is MacDonalds, “Arvo” which you use and know means “afternoon” or if someone asked you if you wanted “a cold one” they are offering you a beer, likewise a beer could be a “stubby” or a “tinny” but a “tinny” could also be an aluminium boat. Believe me, it is a version of the English language all on its own and like many languages, forever changing and strangely words like “selfie” for instance have been adopted internationally.

We use spf 30 and 50 with a preference for 50

Nimmitabel on the Monaro was 17 below freezing at night in November, nearly summertime. It was regularly minus 5 or 10 overnight any time of year.

It's a requirement of some "working holiday" backpacker visas, that you go work on a farm. Australian fruit farms have come to rely on foreign labour, who were often illegally underpaid.

During winter we get Antarctic wind patterns that can last for days on end & these added to the Roaring Forties from around the South African Cape can cause a wind chill factor up to 20 degrees lower. When this happens it's very cold & almost impossible to remain warm when outside. It still tends to be dry so minimal sleet or snow occurs unless in the mountains or Canberra & Tasmania.

A lot of people from the Northern Hemisphere have told me that winter is colder in Australia purely because our buildings are designed to keep the heat out, whereas in the Northern Hemisphere buildings are designed to keep the heat in.

I went to school in Australia in the early 70s - most kids didn't wear shoes - walking home through warm puddles was lovely...

Lol I don’t even remember the last time I saw a snake 😂… and I live in the bush

Don’t stop saying happy arvo! It makes me happy to hear you say it! Love your video’s! Hope you do make it down here one day and film your visit!! Lots of love from The Sunshine Coast QLD!

If you want to get an idea of Australian snow fields I recommend watching My Wild Home//The Australian Alps.

'Farm work' can also be grape picking in wine country at vintage time too. It can be very hot because it takes place in the height of summer but can be great fun.

i live in adelaide .south australia , i am 64 years old and have seen snow fall twice in my life and one of those times was in washington dc so that tells you how often we get snow here!!!

We have a dedicated ski season and ski fields . kosciuszko national park , my dad used to own a ski shop

SPF is highly regulated & tested in Australia before being able to be sold. SPF is not labelled above 50 even if so. SPF 30 & 50 being most popular. We have one of highest skin cancer rates in the world.

Cold temperature: Yesterday morning where I live it was -8.5 C at dawn. Mind you I live in the central highlands of NSW so I am a good distance from the sea and at a fair elevation (for Australia anyway). Snow: We have snow every year consistently on the tops of our taller mountains to the extent we have a thriving ski industry for the winter period. At sea level it rarely snow but I have seen it more than once in my 63 years. SO yes it can get very cold and it does snow regularly however the extent of time of the year this sort of thing occurs is not as long as a lot of other countries.

I live bare foot. I don't even own a pair of shoes at this point. Here in the north east tropics of Australia most people go bare foot.

Definitions of cold vary. In Brisbane or Darwin they probably start whining below 20C. In Adelaide and Perth below 15C. In Melbourne and Sydney below 10C. In Canberra and Hobart it's T-shirts even under 5C. Some regional areas will be colder again (especially around snowfields, of course). But in each city the Heat/Cold is different - Canberra will get down to -5C overnight in Winter, but it's often still and dry - it's probably more unpleasant in a Canberra Spring, when there is warmer temperatures but cold breezes (sometimes blowing off nearby mountains that might still have some snow on them). Similarly (and I think you mentioned it in terms of heat in another video) Adelaide has very high summer temperatures (not uncommon to have a few days above 40C), but it's a dry heat and maybe more bearable than lower temperatures in higher humidity in QLD (althoguh in Adelaide the real struggle is that Summer Nights sometimes remain in the high 20's and occasionally even into the 30s - with sea breezes (or in some parts gully winds) that only offer limited respite....

a lot of tourists come out for extended stays on a working visa. minimum wage is very good and takes the edge off the expenses, at the moment there is a massive(oops reedited out massage) worker shortage. Australia runs on backpacker power.

We say per-gola you say perg-ola. Chip & Joanna Gaines from the US renovation show called Fixer Upper say perg-ola. Pergola = lovely outdoor shelter to spend a sunny arvo in. PS we say ren-o for renovation (what a surprise!)

We have some absolutely amazing snow fields in Australia. Where I live it gets below freezing regularly in winter, which is now. I find it hilarious that some of these people are speaking about the accents!

The Australian alps get more snow each year than the Swiss alps do

I am surprised at the money comments. I just spent 5 weeks in Italy - and that was expensive! I think it may be the tourist thing - its always more expensive to be a tourist than a resident. The comment that a vodka cost $7 for a drink would be at a bar and if he can get a vodka in germany at a bar for 3-4 euros, I would be amazed. Big W is a large discount store. I've never been to Walmart so I can't compare.

Ryan, You have a great attitude towards all things Aussie. I hope you get to come visit. We will welcome you with open arms. Yes it is true, we are playful and funny and love to tease vistitors, by nature. That's part of the 'Spirit' here. I have met many people from around the world that find touch down a little confronting at first. Ten minutes in, and they rave to family back home of the experience. Thanks as always for a great post

Great video. Yes it does get cold here. It's -2 Celsius tonight

SBF50 at a minimum if you don’t want to get burnt

That's $40-$50 for a 750ml vodka bottle. Snakes: Depends on the time of year (they hibernate in winter) but 25min walk from Melbourne CBD, I had a 4foot Tiger Snake only 2foot from my bare feet in March this year. If you don't move suddenly, and you let them know you are there, they'll leave you alone. Winter will get cold at night in most places, generally around 4' C but colder in the Alp's and Tasmania. The farm work visa's are exactly that. "Working holidays" require you to do fruit picking etc in the jobs young Australian's no longer want to do. It's hard "yakka" (work), and some farms take advantage of travelers and provide substandard accommodations and rip off some workers. (PS. Arvo, can also be pronounced "arve" like your "R.V." in the USA.) Q: Have you learned "Sepo" (a term for Americans yet? A: its from Cockney rhyming slang. "Sepo-= Septic tank = Yank".

I live on the Central Coast NSW Australia, just north of Sydney, and in the summer it’s really really hot but winter it’s really cold talking about 12 degrees celsius, also another thing to note is the weather can change out of no where and it storms a lot especially in summer when a cold front comes in which is common along the east coast of Australia, also in Australian summers it can be a bit hazy especially when we have a bad fire season like we did In 2019, and just be sure to do research about where your going because the city is typically more expensive then outside the city

Yea man.... Aussie weather is crazy Melbourne today its cold and raining with a maximum of 50°F and tonight it's going to get down to 33.8°F or 1°C. But at the same time up in Darwin this week it's average of around 86°F all week with average night minimums of 64°F

Dude, it gets cold down south in Australia. The other morning here it was -8c (yes, MINUS 8!) Sure, not cold by Canadian or northern European standards but we do get well below freezing. Otherwise, how would we have a ski season every year? Inland in Victoria, it drops below zero commonly during the winter months. Don’t expect to come here and enjoy a mild winter, you’ll have to go up north (to Queensland) for that!

Yeah that video you watched about 10000 things that will kill you was narrated by an American voice over guy… That lady was Australian and explained it perfectly, if you don’t live in the bush, and you arnt out on a bush walk, it’s very unlikely you’ll encounter a snake in your time in australia, let alone a venomous one. There’s really only one dangerous one that’s found regularly in suburbia and sheds and what not… that’s the brown snake, and after 20 years living in the part of Queensland that sees the most of them… I’ve personally seen 3 in person. In my entire life. I’ve also never met anyone that’s been bitten by a venomous snake

We do have a whole area where it snows called the Snowy Mountains where the ski resorts are

We have snow seasons in the south eastern states each year with ski fields.

Our official language is Strine. 😂 You'll be living here within 18 months to 2 years. Dinkum mate.

We can walk barefoot, no problem because since childhood we have had our feet toughened up by millions of bindiis in the lawn. South Australians are even tougher having had to deal with Three-cornered Jacks and sometimes Calthrop. After that broken glass and half molten bitumen is not an issue. BTW bindis, Three-cornered Jacks and Calthrop are various weeds with spider seed cases that love to inhabit lawns in summer and torture kids while they think they are enjoying themselves.

Snakes are all over the place but you're a lot less likely to see them in the urban sprawl. They're great at hiding! I haven't seen a snake with my own eyes in years, but I'm nowhere near any grasslands or wetlands.

alice springs has had the coldest winter for 30 years. nights being below freezing. even here 100kms nth of sydney last saturday was 2c at 7am.but luckily no frost or snow. it rarely snows here. but some winters here are below freezing most nights.

After travelling around I found I never really needed strong sunscreen compared to New Zealand, when the Ozone layer was thinner you could actually feel the rays hit your skin, sort of a sting after a while. Also us NZers share a lot of these things with Aussies. I've found myself saying "sorry, you dropped your..." while handing it back

I think when old mate was talking about "different dialects", he may be referring to our very very slight differences between the states. They are usually very small things that don't really matter, but could possibly start a civil war if push comes to shove. For example, in NSW and QLD, the nickname for a Chicken Parmigiana is a "parmi", and in VIC (excluding Geelong) it's a "parma". If you asked people which is correct, what you're really asking is "which state did you grow up in?" And if you ask me, the correct term is "parmi" since that's how the full word is spelled (and because I grew up in NSW).

Let me explain something. You will find snakes in the city, suburbs, bush and beach. They hibernate in the winter but that only counts if you are in a place where it gets cold. You will without doubt come across a snake somewhere when you don’t expect it. You will also come across kangaroos in the same places. Even if the temperature is above zero it’s colder than zero. I live on the mid north coast of nsw, a warm coastal town. I have worn a full fur coat as a dressing gown. I use two doonas & a electric throw on my bed, wear winter Jamie’s & fleece socks. It does not snow where I LIVE.

It shows here every year, we have a good snow season! And they were talking about a bottle of vodka, you can get a cheep bottle but also expensive depends in the quality. Also most common SPF is 50+

It can get very cold (0 degrees Celsius or less) in Australia in the winter, especially in the southern regions (Melbourne etc and Tasmania of course). We also have some ski resorts too like Mt Bulla, Mt Buffalo, Thredbo and a few others. SPF 50 is the most common as we have a very high, maybe the highest, rates of skin cancer in the world. There are far more snakes in the suburban areas up north than down south, in my opinion anyway, although some may disagree. I've never see a snake in my suburban garden but I did see one or two while out in the bush.

I'm a 57yo Aussie & in suburbia have only ever seen one snake. A few in the bush, but that's expected. Snakes aren't everywhere. Spiders yeah, eg huntsmen find their way inside a few times each year,but they're harmless..unless you're an insect. Redbacks are in dark places outdoors,but you don't go sticking your fingers in those places lol Basically no guns here,so they're unlikely to kill you here 👍

As an Australian still living in Australia I have seen two snakes in my entire lifetime. I saw them both on the same day and I was camping in the outback. They aren't as common as people think/as videos/shows highlight, especially in suburban areas.

It doesn't get terribly cold in South Australia where I am, but I have studied with some people that grew up in Africa that complained a lot about the winters here. When the guy in this video talked about the cold winters, I wasn't surprised that he appears to be from Africa. Oh, and I think one of the problems with Australian accents is that we tend to slur our words a lot, and when we talk fast the words can run into each other. I talk to a few Americans regularly in Discord, and it seems that when we talk fast they have no idea what we're saying, lol.

We have some pretty high "sin taxes" for things like cigarettes and alcohol, especially premix with the "alcopop tax" which is justified somehow because they appeal to kids or something. These people are in my home town of Brisbane. I recognise everything in the background including the City Glider bus (the blue one) that I take to work. Here in Brisbane it doesn't get THAT cold, we don't get snow. Some parts of Southern Queensland can ocasionally though. Going down south to New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, that's where you'll see the real cold in Australia's East coast. not sure about the West though, we tend to forget about them for the most part. So saying Australia has a lot of snakes is like saying Florida has a lot of alligators or the US is full of bears that will try to kill you.

I think it's time you started speaking like an Aussie (ozzy, not orssy)... Get the capital cities down (Brisb'n, Melb'n, Canbra) and then focus on some different accent videos... There's a tonne out there, but pick videos created by Aussies, so you can hear how a native says it.

Yes our winters do get cold.... in some areas it gets lows of -4 .... we get snow every year in some areas and even have ski season and resorts. You need to realize that even the desert gets bitterly cold at night especially in winter months.

In regards to snow: there are some areas of certain states that pretty much always get a lot of snow in winter and that's about it. For example, Falls Creek in Victoria is a great place to ski or snowboard in winter

If you’re a “tourist “ and you’re in “tourist area”, you’re going to pay “tourist “ prices 🤷🏻‍♀️ But ,I don’t get it. The euro to Aussie $ is usually pretty good 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ryan love ya work. Can I suggest you consider doing a video on the 2022 State of Origin series this year as the series just ended. New South Wales played Queensland 3 times over the last 2 months in a yearly event which you should do one video for each game. It will be the perfect showcases to properly introduce you as an American the sport of "Rugby League" and know it's a seperate sport to "Rugby" and us "Rugby League" people think "Rugby" players are weak as piss compared and to scared step up to "League" whilst "League" players are constantly converting to "Rubgy" for the payrise and "easier" work while looking like champions in their easier sport. 🤣 I'm sure the 2022 NRL Series highlights prove this once and for all 🙂 Please give the real sport of "Rugby" some independence from our rivals 🤣 Keep on keepin on mate

It can get cold in Australia, even the desert country can get cold during the night in winter, but I had a friend from Norway, and he said Norway has 11 months of winter and 1 month of summer, while Australia has 11 months of summer, and one month of winter.

Farm work: he's talking about working holiday visas, which is an easy visa to get for qualifying countries for young people. It is a visa that allows you to work for one year, unless you do farm work for at least 88 days, which then qualifies you for a second year on that visa. I believe it is because there is a shortage of farm hands so it is a way to encourage travelers to help with harvests.

I have two comments: I live in Brisbane and I can’t stand snakes, yet, I live here quite happily because I virtually never see them. The snake/insect/spider thing is very overdone. The people interviewed who complained of the difficulty in understanding Australian english need to have a seriously hard look in the mirror. Their accents and English abilities were dreadful. We poor aussies have to deal with THEIR accents too!

We have a store called Woolworth and is split in two, Woolies is the supermarket while Big W is our version of Walmart. As for handling snakes, you can keeps some types of snakes as pets, I have a number of friends who have them.

I live in Rural NSW, but my grown children and most of my granchildren can all ski, when it snows they pack up and go for a skiing trip. Where i live and im 2 1/2hrs from Sydney it gets down to -2 or more somerimes in Winter.

We have the Australian Alps Ryan and they are currently under a few meters of snow because it's the middle of winter. We also have snow resorts in NSW and Victoria where people go skiing.

We have a product here called a Vergola which is a pergola/verandah combo. It can be made into a verandah with complete cover from rain etc.. The pergola panels open and close depending on what you need.

I grew up at the base of the Dandenong Ranges in outer eastern Melbourne, which was like the country in those days, beautiful, unmade roads, bush and creeks. We were barefoot a lot, and on unmade roads the soles of our feet were like leather. Didn’t feel a thing, except those rotten bindis.

Yep, it's 4 deg C where I live at the moment and it will go down to - 1 tonight. There was a dusting of snow in Hobart this morning. I think we are actually up there in the stats about snowfall or something.

Farmwork refers to seasonal work in orchards etc as a apart of their working Visa. We employ international backpackers to pick seasonal fruit and pack vegetables all over Australia. Some work in other areas of farming too and are paid for their work.

Australia has it's snow in part of New South Wales and Victoria at winter time but not likely anywhere else but there is the rare time SW Queensland has got little bit.

I’ve had eight skin cancers cut off, none malignant thank goodness. I use spf 50 and mostly avoid the sun

Looking forward to meeting you and your family downunder.

Our two major supermarket chains are Coles and Woolworths. Coles owns Kmart which is a lower priced department store. Woolworths owns Big W for the same reason.

“It can snow” lol bro we have an annual snow season up in the alpine ranges

Just putting it out there, it's 630am in regional Victoria in late August, and it's currently 2.2 degrees, with the feels like at -2.6 degrees. It definitely gets cold here, especially in winter. It does snow, but only occasionally, but frosts are fairly common in the south and more elevated areas.

For the Visa regional work normally means season where we are picking fruit picking vegetables but generally on a produce farm helps out the labour market

Cold. Well it depends. Today Melbourne had a max of 10C but the wind was chilly. It seldom gets to 0C or below in Melbourne. I remember when we brought the staff from the Chinese office to Melbourne during late December and we got a cold front come through. None of them brought jumpers.