Comments by "Teagirl009" (@Teagirl009) on "IWrocker" channel.

  1. Lord Howe Island is beautiful. It's regarded as part of mainland NSW though and not as an external territory. The video was focusing on external territories.
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  2. I'd say Australians are not as car centric as the US. We are not europe or parts of Aisa but we definitely use more public transport here in our day to day lives and work commutes than the US. We have great, safe, affordable and frequent public transport in our capital cities and the surrounds. Not just in Melbourne. I lived in Sydney suburbs for 13 yrs until 2021 and never owned or needed a car there. You'd have to be crazy to drive around sydney city or surrounding suburbs. Parking can be hard to find and expensive. People travel to work on public transport a lot. You can Jump on a train to the blue mountains for a day trip from the city, 90 mins or so and you're there. With busess, ferries trains lightrail airport train and metro... Sydney's transport is probably the best in Australia imo. Melbourne definitely a good second. Brisbane is pretty good these days too. And right now I'd rate it pretty high, just because the Qld Gov reduced all public transport in qld to a flate rate of 50cents to help with cost of living and reduce cars usage. Where as the other states have been increasing the costs. There's also free city loop buses and a free ferry loop service in Brisbane. Melbourne has free city loop Trams as well. You may notice that most of our stadiums don't have the massive sprawling car parks the US has. Thats because majority of events people use public transport. It's designed that way with buses and train stations at or very near the stadiums. Tickets always include gree transport to and from the venues. Each city will have free and increased train services to events and free special marked buses to these events. You can move a lot more people that way and reduce some rd congestion in and out. Of course those who live in rural areas, small regional towns and outback are definitely car centric. Small regional towns wont have rhe same frequency of public transport. Majority of Aus population live in and around capital cities around the coastlines. We do love a good road trip though, whether for a day trip or a weekend away. I think we have that in common with the US. 🙂
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  3. Congrats Ian! 👏🎉 A nice way to start of 2023. You earned it! And heartwarming to see how emotional, enthusiastic, supportive Daniela is. ♥️. You're a lucky man.
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  4. I know you get a million ideas for videos. But I'll throw out another one! There's a cool connection between Hawaii and Australia you may not know about. 🏄‍♂️ There's a tonne of articles and videos on this but just to give you a basic history: Duke Kahanamoku (the surfing king who there is a statue of in Waikiki) came to Australia in 1914. There's a statue of the Duke overlooking Freshwater beach in Sydneys northern suburbs. He was here for a surfing carnival in December 1914, I believe. He was said to have helped popularise and expand surfing in Australia, due to his charm and popularity and the press that went with him. And of course his talent! He gave a second surfing demonstration 10 January 1915. He constructed a solid board from sugar pine and with it famously performed Hawaiian-Style surf shooting. The original board that Duke created, and rode has been kept on display at the Freshwater SLSC since 1952. (He donated it then ona subsequent visit to Sydney, I believe). Having lived in Sydney for many years until about a year ago, and having been to Hawaii years ago, I have been fortunate to see both statues up close! On the 10th of January 2015, they did a re-enactment to celebrate the 100 year anniversary. They invited Hawaiian surfer Duane DeSoto over to ride a replica of the Dukes heavy board. They called it Dukes Day. They've had several Dukes Days since 2011, I believe. People come from all over and many surf on those old style boards. I'm not a surfer but I love history, I love Sydney, I love Hawaii and I love finding these kinds of cool historical connections 😊🏄‍♂️🤙
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  5.  @markb3146  exactly. Sick of hearing "Queensland is always hot year round". Just ignorant. Brisbane and south east Queensland are NOT tropical north Queensland where it's warm year round and only two season. It's a totally different climate down south east. And people also don't factor in the wind chill factor in Australia makes it feel colder than the actual temperature. Not to mention the absolute lack of proper insulation in most Australian homes and definitely all Queensland homes. I lived in Sydney for 13 years and moved back to South East Queensland a couple of years ago. I feel colder in my Qld home than I did in Sydney. In winter I have to layer the clothes and blankets inside especially at night..and still not warm. It's often colder inside than outside.
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  6. A lot came to Australia too. We have the Third largest Irish population (outside of Ireland) . United States has the second largest.
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  7. With the pandemic, many more movies and streaming shows were relocated to Australia, incentives like government funding and tax cuts. Off top of my head. Streaming ones like 9 perfect strangers, Wolf like me, The Tourist, Gold and many many more. The new Elvis movie, Thor Ragnarok and the new one, Shang Chi, Ron howards "13 lives" about the Thailand cave rescues. The new Julia Roberts and George Clooney movie "ticket to paradise", and her recent one with sean Penn "Gaslit", Joe Exotic, Backlight with Liam Neeson, The young Rock Dwayne Johnson, currently shooting the prequel to Mad max - furiosa. Etc etc
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  8. The borders are all open. (Aside from WA)
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  9. People arguing over the tired old Melbourne vs Sydney crap in the comments lol💤. Being the biggest or most populated city is nothing to be proud of. It's driving people out of both cities because the housing market (both buying and renting) is absolutely ridiculous. As Melbourne increases its population they'll be as bad as Sydney there. They aren't far off already.
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  10. Fraser looks amazing🙂. Really enjoyed that video. One of the places I went to growing up was Moreton Island. (3rd largest sand island.) We would go 4x wheel driving or off roading and camping. Though sometimes we'd stay at the Tangalooma resort instead for a couple nights. I remember going tobogganing down the sand dunes. There's some shipwrecks there too. Theres a tonne of 4x4 /off road video on Moreton. But here's one I just found, to give you a tatse if you're interested 🙂. https://youtu.be/H6kx_MT4lNs
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  11. Legend. Thank you for thinking of us, for well wishes and for covering this topic/event🙏 . We ❤️ you all too.
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  12. 🤣 I love how you know so much about us now that you get all the references! 😊
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  13. Funnily enough that song wasn't written about mainland Australia. It's not about Australia being an "island". Kind of the opposite. It was written about an Indigenous man who moved to Alice springs from his Island home of Elchos island of the coast of Arnhem land. It was covered in the 90s by Christine Anu who related it to her own experience of being from the Torres strait islands. Australia is firstly a continent which why geography world disqualifies it from island or largest island status.
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  14. Totally agree! I bet they wouldn't go to America and start saying everything with their accent or pronounciation. Most times pronounciation doesn't matter. I saw people correcting how Ian says "Aldi"...to saying it our way. Why? It's not even an Australian supermarket chain, it's German. Who cares. I did laugh at Ian dubbing over QUEENSLAND In his last mail time to cover up the Queenslnd (which he says without the A). Bless him but not necessary imo.
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  15.  @lonnie224  exactly. I've lived in both Qld and NSW and never known anyone not to keep their eggs in the fridge.
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  16. Loved this. Glad you got to try a flat white and sausage roll. I had heard there were a few Aussie cafés/restaurants in Nashville and a lot of Aussies in general there.
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  17. Aww really? I'm Australian and I call them crackers as does everyone I know🤷‍♀️. Biscuits to me are sweet things (like cookies). Not little crunchy savoury things, that's a cracker dammit lol.
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  18. Yeah I had the same issue. I tried several times last week, I had a few really good video suggestions. In the end I have up and just posted in the comments on videos...which of course no one saw or responded to 🤷‍♀️😆.
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  19. Woah I literally just watched that video myself yesterday. It came up recommended. And I learned something. I'd never heard of it or the zoo before! And I agree with your definition of a ghost town. There's a bunch of abandoned towns or ghost towns in Oz. As I'm sure there are in the US. One that springs to mind is Silverton, near Broken Hill, NSW. Only because a bunch of movies have filmed in and around there. Mission Impossible, Mad Max 2, Priscilla Queen of the desert, Australia etc. About 50 people live there(2016 census), mainly tourist related businesses.
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  20. I am aussie and I think it's disgusting. I don't know anyone who has done or would do one. 🤷‍♀️
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  21. Looking forward to an Aussie cooking show episode ? lol 😜. Pavlova, Sausage sizzle?, Anzac biscuits? Lamingtons?
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  22. Haha I was gonna comment that's definitely a strong western Sydney accent.
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  23.  @lmaree200886  😂😂Fair point re swearing. I actually thought he sounded kiwi at first but then I started hearing western Sydney. Maybe a hybrid!.
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  24. Lived in Australia all my life, never seen a snake that large! Actually only seen maybe 5 snakes in my life(outside of zoos). Guess it depends on where you live.
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  25.  @midnightkitchen8379  Thank you. I remember someone had an issue with their package a while back, so I just wanted to make sure. :)
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  26.  @blairchristie910  I just say the police when referring to them collectively. And if it's a police officer, I'd usually say officer for short or police officer. But cops is definitely something that you'll hear people say here. It's not uncommon.
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  27. Tropical north Queensland is always warm. Brisbane and surrounding suburbs are not. I've been back here the last 18 months from Sydney, and winter was quite cold. Especially indoors it's was freezing at night, most homes up here not built with good insulation or central heating.
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  28. Same. I still have the dislike option.
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  29. Our "no stopping" signs - some are written ones like yours or a circle with an S in it and a single cross line through it. Our "narrow rd" signs are the same as the EU/world ones in the video. We do have image signs and then some of our other signs are similar to the US. A mix. We also have some of our uniquely Australian signs that you won't see anywhere else, particularly with our wildlife lol. Maybe look up Aussie road signs and compare.
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  30. Oh interesting. I've never know it to be any different, I was taught North and South were separate continents, as part of the 7 continent model. My mum was taught the same in early to mid 70s. I just googled and it says the 7 continent model, which included north and south America as two and added Antarctica, was established in the 50s. 🤷‍♀️
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  31. With one difference, we use proper cane sugar and they use that nasty high fructose corn syrup. That makes things taste sweeter and tricks your brain into thinking you're still hungry (and bad for your liver). That's why they use it in everything there from foods to softdrinks, so people keep eating/consuming. That and it's cheaper since they don't mass produce cane sugar like we do.
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  32. Wow...the whole Mel/Syd rivalry never stops for some 😴 . Yes Melbourne is great when it comes to the Arts. But other states (not just NSW) have plenty to offer as well. And i've been to both light festivals and sorry but absolutely nothing compares to Vivid Sydney. Not only for sheer size (it's the largest in the world, facts) but for the setting and the backdrop.
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  33. Agreed. There's tonnes of people reacting to Aussie artists and that's their whole thing and that's great. But I actually like that Ian's channel is not that. It's more broad on Ausie topics and reflects his genuine interest in cars and racing. Even if I am not a big car person I still watch because I like Ian and I appreciate his passion for it.
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  34. It depends on the weight of the box or parcel. Standard shipping with tracking takes about 5-10 days just depending on whether it gets on a flight straight away and how quick it clears customs. Under 1kg about $40, 1.5kg about $52, 2kg $64, 2.5kg $72 etc You can send by sea for a bit cheaper (if it's a pretty large heavy package but that can take 2-3 months) .
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  35. Check Westall 66. Kinda an Aussie Roswell. Hundreds of witnesses in Westall, Victoria that say they saw UFOs and lots of talk of cover ups and witnesses being threatened over the years. Really interesting. They even have park with a UFO there as tourist attraction to mark the spot witnesses say it landed. There's a tonne of videos out there with interviews with witnesses. But here's a short one. https://youtu.be/yePuBSftyhQ
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  36. Nice. This made me miss my former home town a little(lived there for about 13 years til 2021). Never drive in Sydney though mate(as in the city and surrounds). Waste of time and money and sanity. Public transport is easier and frequent. Plus there's so many great walks around the harbour too. All the cities in Australia are nice imo. They're clean and pretty easy to get around as a tourist. And they all have lots of parks and open spaces and smell a bit fresher compared to some other cities. I will say Sydney is beautiful in terms of the stunning contrasts with the harbour and skyline etc. And there is absolutely nothing like the views over the harbour you get flying into Sydney. It's stunning especially on a beautiful clear day, no matter how many times I've done it, it always stops me on my tracks for a few seconds. Just to point out we also say pharmacy in Australia. It's the Brits who say chemist exclusively. We probably say pharmacy as much or even more so than chemist these days. Many pharmacies have the word pharmacy in the name including a particular large chain lol And the people that work there are definitely pharmacists.
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  37. Wow, I've never heard of this show in my life! I remember Agros cartoon connection though. Though that was the 90s I guess. Speaking of ..Mulligrubs .....😑 Shudder that annoying creepy voice and those lips.
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  38. Happy Birthday Ian! 🥳.
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  39. That dish looks delicious. 🤤 Love seeing Pedro cook. 😊 With the chilli, that's a native Mexican variety right? Would it be similar in taste to a green capsicum? (Or bell pepper as you call them). Or does it have bit more of a kick? They look similar but I think slightly skinnier and darker.
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  40. True, over 500 died in Vietnam alone. He'd answered both but then the actual answer shown at the end was Austria. I think he just misread that and thought it was saying that both was the correct answer. To be fair, he's operating on little to no sleep at the moment! No disrespect would have been intended.
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  41. I totally agree with you re the glass bottle! We have coke sold in glass bottles too. It's a bit more expensive though. Lol even with the plastic bottles, I will pour it into a glass, if I'm home.
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  42. Lol I love how all these "American things the world doesn't get/have" is always just about Europe. Geez there are other continents guys 😱. The last one was like that too (and inaccurate because Australia had half the things they said no where else has LOL). We have the property owners association of Australia (POAA) which is similar to home owners in America, I believe. Don't know how common it is though. But obviously we have taxes to pay for upkeep. State government and local councils etc . It amazes me there's no mandatory paid leave in the US. We get 4 weeks mandatory (some get more depending on employer) plus leave loading, Plus 10 days sick leave, personal leave, public holidays, (long service leave at 10 years) and superannuation. Plus 18 weeks paid parental leave (you can take up to 12 months unpaid too you choose to) . Yeah the sugar in bread thing is weird. Our bread is not sweet or sugary at all. It's not meant to be. Bread is for savoury side of things.
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  43.  @jessbellis9510  I got my information from the last census. There's over a hundred languages in India. Did you mean Hindi? Punjabi?
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  44. Wow, must have changed a lot since I was in school. We learned both Australian and World - geography and history.
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  45.  @Dahvood  yeah definitely sounds like someone trying to do an Aussie accent. And it comes out as some fake sounding kiwi/south African hybrid.
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  46. Thank you 😊. Tried to pack a variety in! Had to remove a couple of things that didn't fit...but we'll eat those! 😋
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  47. I think Julian should've titled it "why Melbourne doesn't have a town square". Rather than all of Australia because he only talked about Melbourne😆. And Adelaide for a moment, which has the oldest ones I believe. Brisbane has King George square(since 1970) and beautiful Anzac square. In Sydney Martin Place is often used for events and gatherings like the lighting of the Christmas tree and other social or calendar events. And Hyde park also. Perth has Yagan Square now. And of course Fed square now in Melbourne. So yeah we do have some lol🤷‍♀️
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  48.  @nelsondawson9706  Exactly. And I prefer it that way. If I'm JUST going grocery shopping I don't want to deal with all those extra people and navigating a giant big ass store. Bigger isn't always better.
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  49. Tassie has some beautiful scenery and places to visit. Definitely worth a visit. The weather can be very cold though, so time your visit right. (Avoid winter, autumn and early spring). They are a missing some convenience things that the rest of the country has but for some that may not be an issue and if you grew up there it's probably not a big deal. I do find the whole 'mainland" thing a bit silly. My friends and I were collectively referred to on more than one occasion as "mainlanders" when asking for directions or chatting to people. It didn't feel like a charming term lol. How about just tourists or visitors? We don't call Tasmanians 'islanders' for example. But yeah if you're in Australia for a good length of time, add Tassie to your list. Along with Far North Queensland, the N.T/central Australia and W.A I see so many people that come do a few days in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast and think they've "seen Australia".
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  50. We're pretty similar in terms of fashion. We tend to dress casually and comfortably to run errands etc. We wear shorts and t shirts, casual summery dresses, sneakers/tennis shoes and hats a lot here. And of course thongs and sandals. Especially in summer and spring. It's too hot and humid to be dressing up unless you're going to a nice dinner or a special event or occasion. Plus we have a pretty outdoorsy lifestyle. We walk a lot everywhere. Be it coastal walks, hiking trails, walks in the park or around the local area. So sneakers or comfy walking shoes are common sense.
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