We have been brought up being taught it’s wasteful to use a clothes dryer when the whether is nice out side 😊

#3 - it is NOT illegal to drive barefoot in *any* state of Australia, that said a Police Officer could fine you if he considers you are not in full control of a vehicle, and use your bare feet as that argument.

As far as a pedestrian crossing a road anywhere, it was drummed into us from kindergarten or earlier: Stop, Look and Listen. Stop, look to the right, look to the left and look to the right again. When it’s safe, cross the road. At 73 I’m still saying the jingle in my head. 😁

Clothes dryers are harsh on clothes & air/sun dried clothes have a clean fresh smell & sun also kills "germs".

If you travel to Central Australia to see the night sky, you will realise just how many millions of stars you can see compared to Melbourne.

Blue tack usually doesn't rip paint off the wall whereas sticky tape can.

The outdoor clothes drying rack is called a clothesline or rotary clothesline, which Australia invented. Having an electric clothes dryer isn't such a big thing in Australia because the weather is often fine and warm enough to dry things naturally. It's cheaper too 😊

driving barefoot isn't illegal in Australia, the rule is use appropriate footwear eg no 6" stilettos or clown shoes that would make it difficult to control the car. it does not prohibit you from driving barefoot.

For deliveries there is usually the option of stating that your goods should be left in a specific place if no one is home. This is usually done when you place your order.

FYI..the sound you hear at the Walk/Don’t Walk is for the Hearing Impaired …and it is an Australian Invention…the slow beep is to Get Ready or Hurry Up …the fast beep is when you can safely walk to the other side Hope u enjoy Australia

That blu tac entry just made me realise why Americans have a hard time believing how andy got the poster back up during his escape in the shawshank redemption. I just assumed he used a blu tac type substance.

Fun fact: Statistically, the roundabout is probably the safest type of intersection for motor vehicles. Based on a summary of crash rates for all crash types, intersections controlled by roundabouts have a significantly lower crash rate than intersections controlled by traffic signals. This is the main reason they are used wherever possible and practical in Australia and all over Europe, and I believe there's actually some strange history in why it's not adopted in the US.

It definitely isn't illegal to drive barefoot in Australia

Outdoor drying has several advantages. If hung out well there is little need for ironing. The UV in sunlight kills germs. It's low tech and low emission. They don't break down or cause fires and they smell sunny and outdoorsy. Driers also wear your clothes out faster. That were the lint in the filter comes from.

Pedestrian crossing touch pads sound to help sight-impaired pedestrians.....they also vibrate when they change for similar reasons.

Clothes lines are free to use, Australia historically has the most expensive power in the world so many use them instead of a powered drier. Blu tac is reusable and does less damage to the wall or paint. As for cars shares spaces have to give way to pedestrians though many don't, that's illegal.

Tipping in Australia is not expected. Instead, a service charge will normally be added to your bill. The service charge will usually be declared on the menu if you're in a cafe or restaurant, for example, and is paid directly to the company rather than to an individual member of staff.

I think the reason you could see more stars is that in the southern hemisphere, you can see more of the milky way. I think light pollution is more of a local thing.

You can't beat the fresh air and sunlight for drying clothes. They smell so fresh and clean.

I always hang my clothes on the line so they smell like sunshine when I bring them in...seriously, they smell so nice.

We do you use dryers. Usually we hang our clothes on the clothes line or rack over night then dry clothes that are still damp for 5 mins in the morning…in winter not summer…or if you live in the tropics where the humidity is so high everything is permanently wet. In Melbourne it’s cold 9 months of the year and you still will use the dryer when necessary. Cold or hot it’s mostly sunny…why heat up your house….the sun saves energy & it’s for free. Love your video…more please😻

It’s not actually illegal to drive barefoot in Australia, but the general view is that it’s not possible to put enough pressure on the brake pedal without shoes. It’s a safety thing.

The clarity of the stars has a lot to do with less air pollution . The big cities are not surrounded by more big cities. For that reason the stars are brighter so are better able to penetrate light pollution. Skies in Europe always appear grey to Australian eyes even when there is no cloud. Noticed that in LA and SF too.

Sometimes, when you say "Australia" you are really referring to "the State of Victoria". Especially road rules. NSW has different rules, as does Qld.

I visit the USA quite a lot for business and I never quite get used to the tipping culture. I once had a bad meal but was told I still had to "tip" the normal amount because it was the chef's fault, not the waitress's fault. Here you'd simply go to the manager and make a complaint. The other thing I never get used to is the marked price of everything being "plus plus" (sales tax, etc) which makes it almost impossible to pay for something by cash when you work out you have the exact money in your pocket. It's illegal in Australia to mark something as $19.99 when it really costs you $21-22 at the register. The total price must be always advertised to consumers.

Love the fact you mentioned that drivers expect a small wave or a nod of thanks from the pedestrian when they are crossing. The driver will usually give the pedestrian a nod or small wave back as well. You can bet when the driver doesn't get thanked they are complaining about how rude the pedestrian is, as you said lol. Hope you continue to enjoy your time in Australia, and don't forget to travel out of the city as well. The beautiful Mornington Peninsula is not far from the city, and it has beautiful beaches, as well as being one of the locations in Australia that you can see the Aurora Australis - the Southern Hemispheres version of The Northern Lights. There are websites which update when to expect them. It's usually after a large solar flare.

It may have once been illegal to drive barefoot. But now you can. And blue tack is designed not to ruin the wall. It won’t stain, tear wallpaper or damage paint. Much better than tape.

I think you're seeing patterns where there are none sometimes. Its not illegal to drive in bare feet. Pedestrians DO have right of way because you can't drive over a pedestrian, but its more just that the pedestrians are being polite to let the cars go by. A lot of things are just people having consideration for other people, not actual laws.

I think that “no tipping, no tax” restaurants in the US would actually be quite popular. As you correctly point out, it’s not that hard. You simply factor it into the menu price. It’s a point of differentiation to their competitors. And let’s face it, the prices between Restaurants vary anyway. Or do such places already exist?

I was an instructor at the police academy I can tell you it is NOT an offence to drive barefoot. Cars do NOT have right of way over pedestrians at uncontrolled intersection.

Clothes, towels, sheets etc smell much fresher when dried outside on the clothesline.

Electricity here is expensive and the sunshine 🌞 and the fresh air and wind makes our laundry smell fresher, also we don't have HOA's , so each home can be however the owner wants it to look and we don't have to hide our clean wet laundry, an outside line we dry laundry on is called a clothesline or if it's the one that swivels its a Hills' Hoist 😊

It's good for the environment but it's also good for you to dry clothes in the sun and air them, kills the bugs. Smells clean as well. You see more stars because we are closer to the centre of the Galaxy.

Regarding tipping, if you cannot give your workers enough in salary for them to live on you have no right to run a business! Your guests should NOT be expected to pitch in to have your employees to come up to a liveable salary! That is just so greedy it is unthinkable in any other country but the USA. Tipping in other countries (including Australia) is when you feel that you have received something beyond your expectations, not to support a slave owner that is to greedy to pay a salary that your staff can live on!

We have a clothes dryer and we have used it twice in nearly 7 years. My Mana taught me that I get Vitamin D from the sun and nothing smells better than sheets dried in the sun on the Clothesline or Hills Hoist if you prefer. I have been to America a lot and it isn’t hard to drive in either Country. If you just remember no matter which way you are going the drivers seat is closest to the middle of the road. It isn’t rocket Science.

If you go to a nice fine dining type of restaurant you ARE expected to tip in Australia. And electricity is like 2 or 3 times more expensive here and many homes and apartments are not vented for a tumble dryer which then leads to moisture and mold issues inside the home.

The outside drying rack is called a clothesline. People dry their clothes outside because they dry quickly and it costs nothing to dry them.

People forget to knead Blu Tack before using it so for them it doesn't work too well. On the other hand if you work it too much then it gets really sticky.

Hills hoist, clothes horse and the weather means it's always sunny in WA.

I always acknowledge the driver w a thank you nod when they let me go if they don't have to.

Enjoyed your vid. Not confrontational and just acknowledging differences both ways without being critical. I live in Melb and you were right about pretty much everything, except perhaps the no shoes driving as pointed out by a lot of ppl. Hope you are enjoying living in Melb.

Really good points re the difference. Rather then the usual stuff. Useful information Indeed.

My swim teammate sold her house in quit Cole Valley to move to Adelaide. I was surprised as that’s a great neighborhood in San Francisco. She said swim community is so much better in Adelaide. I’d worry about intense sun with thinner ozone layer there, but they’ve got covers 9:57 to limit solar radiation exposure.

Haha yes I've noticed some US Americans do say like, a LOT, normally where a micro pause might be. Where as Australians tend to say say "um" or "ah" in those micro pauses. I get packages left at my door all the time from both Australia post and courier companies. When you order something next time check the tracking or courier updates link as there's usually an option to tick to leave it in a safe place if you're not home. I have this option set up to leave items. Pedestrians are supposed have right of way here too, at least in the states I've lived in. Maybe it's just a Melbourne city thing with impatient drivers lol. Everywhere I've gone in Queensland majority of drivers stop or slow down automatically even if it's not at a pedestrian crossing. I also lived in Sydney for 12 years til 2021 though big cities can be a more hectic traffic wise so you do need to be alert. Parts of Sydney will probably remind you of your Bay area home. And other parts of Sydney may give New York vibes. The thank you or acknowledgement re cars etc is just part of manners here. It's ingrained in us to say thank you for absolutely everything. (And also not to litter). Not sure about Victoria but certainly living in Sydney and Queensland, when using buses for example most people will say "thank you driver. " Or nod and say thanks upon exiting. Same with please and thank you at cafes etc when ordering and receiving a coffee or whatever. That was a huge difference I notice in LA. People would just kind of blurt out their their order with no please. And no thank you at the end. Where as here it's more "I'll have a flat white please". And a thank you/thanks at the end. It's considered rude to not to. Like you are treating people as though they are servants and beneath you. And often there's a "hi, how are you" or how is your day exchange with you and the barista at the start lol. People can be very chatty! Tipping culture is unfair on everyone. The US needs a federally mandated minimum wage like we have. It's $21.38 AUD here currently. Though most people in hospitality earn about 26-33 an hour. Plus penalty rates for Sundays and public holidays which are usually double the hourly rate. You're entitled to pay for working over time too.

Blu tak is reusable and doesn't take paint off the walls. Occasionally it'll leave like a grease spot on the wall instead, but better than having to repaint.

In Sth. Aust. if you are within 100 meters, (I think), of a crossing you have to use the crossing. Hanging your clothes on the Hills/washing line not only saves you money on power use and helps the environment but it also helps eliminate (some) odours and sunlight has a disinfectant effect as well.

Pedestrians have right of way on footpaths across driveways, and on side-streets at intersections (although, you do put your life on the line)

You must have tremendous hearing to be able to hear crossing beeps across multiple lanes of traffic. It is for the blind so they can know when it is safe to cross.

No round-a-bouts increase flow and decrease accidents as well around 11-30% depending on the type.

It is not illegal to drive barefoot in Australia ... that is an urban myth. Stop signs - you have come to a complete stop and give way to the traffic, most people do not come to a complete stop. Give way Signs - you don't have to come to a complete stop, but still have to Give way. . It is called a 'Clothes Line' and the most popular Clothes line in Australia is the Australian invented rotary 'Hill's Hoist' - Clothes dryers do not reach the minimum Temps required to kill bacteria, where direct UV Sunlight does that (despite the Temp). Not only do you save money - your clothes are cleaner and smell fresher. Also, you do not have to iron clothes from a clothes line.

Drying clothes on a clothesline or washing line helps your clothes in heaps of ways. There are chemicals in your washing powder that when you add sunlight, it makes things whiter or makes the stains disappear. Your clothes are not as tangled, and dry flatter needing less if any ironing. The sunlight is also a natural steriliser - the UV light kills many bacteria and moulds which a clothes dryer doesn't. It is also much gentler on the fibres so your clothes last longer. There is nothing that smells as good as towels or sheets fresh off the line! I do have a dryer but I only use it in the depths of winter when we can go for weeks without a day without rain or if I need something dried urgently.

The roundabout rule is you give way to the right and anything that’s already in the roundabout.

FYI ** safety** always check the right and give way to a car entering a roundabout from your right. I have been honked at for giving way at a roundabout, but that guy behind me is just being impatient and no one does it at Five Ways in Mooroolbark because the Police Station sits right on the intersection where the five roads intersect in three interconnected roundabouts. Have you done a hook turn in the CBD yet? That is a weird and there a few intersections that you do a hook turn to turn right (from the far left hand lane as you stop and straddle the intersection) but only when the light tells you to go (saves you from having a tram collision). Oh, and my husband does tip when we have been given really good service.

9:40 It's called a cloths line. City folk may have a "Hills Hoist" the great Australia backyard kids swing.

There is no law itself stating that you must wear appropriate footwear (ie no law forbidding driving with bare feet), but you can still get into trouble if you wear footwear that is not suitable to drive in.

Tape can take off paint if on for a while And unless the blue tac is there for literally years it won’t

If you can see stars in the middle of the city, how could it be an issue of light pollution? The bay area is shrouded in smog. It's the pollution shielding the stars

Lights at roundabouts must be a Melbourne thing. We don’t have that in Sydney, just give way to your right rule. Tipping here is optional and depends on the service given. Thank goodness that we have decent wages in Australia. Why would you use a clothes dryer on a sunny day? Why pay electricity when we have lots of sunshine? Love the Aussie accent and slang. Sparky-electrician, brollie-umbrella, mozzie-mosquito. I love our language!

It's not really accurate to say that the US has more big cities than Australia, it's more accurate to say the US has way more medium size cities. Both Sydney & Melbourne have a little less than 5M people and the only US city larger than that is New York. Australians refer to Adelaide as being nothing but a big country town, even though it has 1.4M people making it larger than Dallas or San Diego.

Also instead of a 4-way stop, if it's not a round-a-bout it's often 2 stops signs opposite and 2 give-way (yield) signs opposite or only 2 give-way signs. The larger or main road will have preference (nothing or give-way) to keep the flow going.

The clothes drying rack is a Hills Hoist.

We call drying racks clothes horses.

Interesting to hear that Californians regularly stop for pedestrians at cross walks, the rules here are that you must stop for a pedestrian on a pedestrian crossing and if you cause the pedestrian to nails or deviate you can be booked. Another thing I noticed about driving in the US (many years ago) was the courtesy in merging lanes.

No Australian states and territories have outlawed driving barefoot or wearing inappropriate footwear while driving.

There may be signs that say that cars have right of way, but if even if you're j-walking, and you get hit by a car, the car driver is at fault. Drivers may scream abuse at you, but pedesrtians have right of way on all roads everywhere.

Cars are supposed to give way to pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles sowing from the right...just need to point that out. Also whether you use a clothes line or dryer, it's up to you., and blu-tak or tapes is also up to you, but blu-tak is super easy to use. 🤪👍🥳

It's called a clothesline. It's considered lazy to use your dryer when the weather's fine.

Tipping culture exists because business owners in for example restaurants that rely on wait staff for their business to function seem to believe they don't need to pay them a living wage. The reason Australia doesn't like tipping for example when we travel is that we see it as begging. Before you go off at me just imagine if Mr. business owner told you when you went to pay the item is $20 but there's an additional $2 fee you need to pay to cover my electricity. That sounds ridiculous doesn't it? Well it's no different to wait staff.

"The downside of roundabouts is you really have to be paying attention" Newsflash: you are driving a 2 ton death machine we would like you to always be paying attention

Traffic lights Hook turns are fantastic 😁

Don't know who told you Pedestrians don't have right of way in Oz, they DO!

When driving you must always give way to the right. Even at a round about. Pedestrians do have the right of way. Technically a car has to wait until the pedestrian has completely crosses the pedestrian crossing before you can drive forward . A clothes hoist is used for drying clothes outside because we have plenty of fine weather. Additionally the suns UV kills bacteria and Viruses on the clothes as they dry. So you r clothes are pretty much sterilized. Australia has Parcel Lockers. These are lockers you can have you parcel delivered to. These are usually located in areas with 24/7 access. So you can go collect your parcel at 2am if that is the only time you can get there. You receive and SMS and email with a pin code that will allow you to open your parcel locker. You do not own the parcel locker it is randomly allocated to you each time you have parcels delivered to it. Minimum wage is $21 AUD. but you may also get additional entitlements on top of that.

Pedestrians actually always have right of way, even when they're in the wrong.

Employees in usa should be getting a decent living wage. The fact that employers pay such a low wage then expect the customers to pay the majority of their wage is so wrong. Thank god we dont have a tipping culture here. It sucks.

It's not that cars have right of way over pedestrians, it's more of a cultural thing that people tend to use marked crossings because it usually takes minimal effort and works better for everyone. (Australians are generally pretty conscious of "the rules" and if it seems like it will help and it doesn't take much time or effort we just go along.) Drivers don't stop when somebody goes to cross the road at some random point because they're not expecting it.

it’s not illegal to drive barefoot. fully a myth

So I’m doing the opposite and travelling to the U.S a bit and the main difference on the road I noticed was “right on red” which in Australia we have traffic signs that show if the road is without signals it’s a “give way” or “yield” indicator. I found it odd that American traffic signals are on really high overpass bars or on wires.

You do know that the southern hemisphere faces more of the Milky Way than the northern hemisphere? There are more stars in our sky, it's not city lights 😁

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!

it called clothes line

I spent ten years driving barefoot .. your dad was having you on!

Light pollution takes me by surprise - I would have thought the Australias 5 biggest cities (Syd, Mel, Per, Bne, Adl) wouldn't see much stars because of it. It's not illegal to drive barefoot (but in some states I think you can't drive in thongs or loose footwear that can get stuck in the pedals). Australia doesn't really have a concept of right of way, but cars are generally obligated to give way to pedestrians (not that they do) I *think* the sounded crossing were invented in Aus (might be wrong) Roundabouts (in relatively small traffic areas) are very effective - paying attention is needed (but when you're driving you should be paying attention). I think it's rare in Aus to have intersections with stop signs for every direction. Amen to the Post Office line BluTack is (theoretically) reusable In Aus you tip if service is good (and sometimes a small tip rounding off to food delivery - it might be 10c or $1 - it's not much, but as you say they don't rely on tips to live) OMG dryers - it's sort of a luxury in Aus, we dry in the sun (because we have a lot of it), and the dryer is only for when either there's fould weather or when you're too lazy. We invented a clothesline called "Hills Hoist" that were iconic in backyards through the mid-20th century (now backyards are often a lot smaller)

Don't forget blue tack is also reusable

Blutac doesn't take the paint off the wall like tape can.

I drove down to the servo , got out barefoot and these cops just looked at me. Gave them a nod they gave me one and I just kept walking. Adelaide .SA

I'm in UK 🇬🇧 I love pegging washing out when it's sunny - I just put it on the clothes horse inside when it's too wet outside 😮

We call where we hang the clothes outside a Clothesline

It’s the regular pollution too. Not just the light.

America is for the individual Australia is for the good of all Australians🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲🦘🦘

Bare foot, news to me, and, pedestrians have right of way in Australia, we are not allowed to run them over!!

Great video, So many positives. We try.

the security at brisbane airport wouldnt let me onto the tarmac in barefeet, so sadly i had to buy some shoes as my last pare disentegrated from lack of use.

Not quite right on packages, unless it's super valuable and needs a signature, I just specify on delivery info that's its ok to leave package if no-one home.

Since Australia is now getting rid of the mining industry building roundabouts is their number 1 economy booster, up from 500% in the 90s to 100.000% current day. It’s like china building ghost cities we are building roundabouts

Hill hoist is a clothes line

A roundabout with traffic lights 🚦 isn’t a roundabout it’s called a traffic circle. A roundabout doesn’t have traffic lights

The full road rule about pedestrians in Oz is: As a driver, you must give way to pedestrians in shared zones, at pedestrian and children’s crossings, when turning at intersections, when doing a U-turn, and when entering or leaving a driveway.

The whole "like" thing, I'm a born and bred Aussie, and I also say "like" a lot!! So, don't feel bad!! Noiyce one! xx

The rule for driving is you must have sufficient control over the vehicle. Driving barefoot or with thongs could possibly hinder you. Doubtful though

Pedestrian always have right of way in Australia