Comments by "Teagirl009" (@Teagirl009) on "American Reacts to 10 Reasons NOT to Move to Australia" video.

Aussies are not feeling "sad and lonely and isolated from the world "😂. LOL This guy's reaching a bit with this list. Do we love having to do long haul flights to go anywhere beyond Indonesia, New Zealand or the Pacific Islands? Not really. But we're used to it. Whatever you grow up with IS your normal. So it's not a huge deal. I flew to Sydney Honolulu years ago. Direct flight. About 9-10 hours. I watched a couple of movies. Ate, napped. I flew to Europe via Asia. You just do a stop over. You can either transit for a couple hours or stay over night or for a few days to break it up. In my case I went via Singapore. 8 hours to Singapore. And then I stayed in Singapore overnight. Explored for the day and stretched my legs. Then flew Singapore to Amsterdam. About 13 hours. (That was the toughest part probably lol) Again. Sleep watch movies, eat, get up and walk. Think of it as a long ass road trip...in the air.😆 It's pretty easy to travel between capital cities here. Because most people don't drive between capitals. We most often fly. It's much quicker and pretty cheap if you're not booking last minute. A quick one hour flight between Sydney and Brisbane for example can cost as little at $65-75. Same with Sydney to Melbourne. Why spend 9 hours in a car plus petrol and food etc. Once you get to your nominated capital city then you can rent a car and start exploring the state. Shopping centres or malls as you call them are open on weekends usually until 6pm. With specific supermarkets and stores having extended hours. Through the week stores like K-Mart or Target will stay open til 10pm in many places. Most of the large supermarket chains in suburbs are open daily from 6am until at least 10pm. With most in and around the capital cities, open til 12am. There's are some open 24hours. There's also Coles express which is a mini mart version of Coles attached to the Shell service staions. They are open 24 hours. But overall we don't have the same amount of 24 hour shopping that you do. Mental health is an issue in every country. He made sweeping statements about a very complex issue. It's something that needs improving and more education on and more resources in probably every country. Australia is no exception there. More GPs are becoming educated these days in mental health and post natal depression etc and can also refer you to services, facilities. There are some free counseling services and of course hotlines. But again more public resources are needed. I think his idea of people not talking about mental health etc is a bit outdated. Maybe 15 or so years ago with the older generation Australians it was less common for them to talk openly about it. That being said mens mental health especially and youth is still definitely an issue that needs more education and understanding around it. The sun is hot here, at certain times of the year in certain places, yes. And the UV index is higher here in summer. But that's ok. You educate yourself on being sun smart. And taking extra precautions (slip slop slap) when the UV index is high. We have free skin cancer clinics all accross the country where you can get checked. It's recommended once a year to havea full body check.
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