Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to 11 Things NOT to do in Australia - MUST SEE BEFORE YOU GO!" video.

  1. Definite Sydney bias there. As far as traveller under estimating size, we had a young couple from Germany, planning to buy bicycles, and then ride , covering VIC, SA,, NSW and finally up Queensland to Cairns. Firstly was complaint of cost of new bicycles. The first trip planned was Melbourne, to Mildura at top right, north-west on Murray River. Then down to Adelaide, and back to Melbourne via coastal area, including Great Ocean road in Victoria. They were used to cycling Europe, even Spain to Poland, but there cycling there are basically towns and villages rarely more than 10 to 20 km apart, so rest and refreshment readily available in easy cycle distances. Weather even in Spain mostly relatively mild, wind rarely an issue. Here they faced up to 80 km or more with nothing long straight stretches with strong headwind, and temperature inland up to 40 °C. Even the few towns were small fam communities, and mostly no real shop, restaurant or rest facilities. By the time they got back to Melbourne they had saddle sores, sun burn, dehydration and very sore muscles. As a result, cycling was shelved and Bus or train was used for further trips. But being less flexible many places were not really included in the travel, now reduced to major places of interest only as all the smaller, and side trips were just bypassed, zooming along in bus or train. They finally continued to New Zealand, with bikes carried as sports accessories as luggage on the flight. Around New Zealand they cucled, all being smaller scale, with shorter distances, very much cooler milder weather all went well on both North and South islands. Finally they were amazed, they sold their second hand bikes, with thousands of km, with worn patched tyres and various worn_scraped paint work, for about 15% HIGHER value than they paid in Australia new. Now they realised that bike prices in Europe were not just abnormally low but compared to Australia, New Zealand was far more costly. They definitely learned to judge distances, in sparely populated places as critical, and Australia is far bigger than brief map reading might suggest. Take the Japaese tourists, that asked the girl at airport car higher, for directions to Ayres Rock ( Central Australia), as they wanted to visit that before heading to their hotel in Melbourne, and how long the drive would take. Note: that is over 2000km and for most city drivers about 4 days each way, while I have done soin 3 1/2days and even once in 2 days of 14 hrs driving each day, including time for rest, fuel, food stops. TheJapanese, based on experience of test engineers on hot test work trips would definitely need 4 days or more each way, plus actual time at Ayres Rock and Olga's nearby.. Tourists without any idea of size, in Japan on their freeway/tollway, you would in a day get to drive the full length of the main island.
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  2.  @timjohnun4297  I must agree, several test cars were destroyed by Japanese drivers, and some of my electronic test equipment damaged after a Japanese driver tried passing a car and trailer on a long left bend, almost having a head on crash with Telstra repair van, the Japanese driver panicked, spun 720 degrees, and went backwards of the road embankment on opposite road side taking down wo white roadside markers and ripping one rear tyre off its rim. The Nissan company banned their Japanese visitors driving any test cars and most company fleet cars, due to repeated write-off accidents. The Japanese do not cope with long distance driving, totally loosing concentration over extended distance and time driving. Another interesting observation also for Korean and Chinese is that to hold constant speed they seem incapable of holding the gas pedal at needed state to go at desired speed. Rather they appear to modulate the pedal on/off, that on more powerful engines generates a gentle to bad surging and rocking. That on more than one trip gave passengers travel sickness, more than one ended up vomiting and refusing to ride in any car driven by the asian driver. Not so bad on under powered Auto transmission, but on larger 6 cyl or worse V8 cars no difference mA ual or auto gears.
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  3. Would seem weird to Americans, that the bill total is the listed prices in the menu or displayed by the ship in general. PRICES DISPLAYED MUST BE FULLY INCLUSIVE. It is illegal to not include tax like GST (goods and services tax of 10%) What is permitted is statement of x% surcharge on for example public holidays or Sunday, as the staff wages are loaded by 50% or 100%, "time and a half" or " double time". Notice the USA where you see the price of items, get your money ready, and find at the register you must pay more as taxes are added to displayed price, and that tax(s) seems to depend where you are, not the same everywhere. WHY NOT DISPLAY WHAT YOU MUST PAY, FAR EASIER TO KNOW IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT.. you get your loose change to see if you can afford that drink or snack, try to buy it and end up short unable to pay.
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  4. By the way, I am not aware how the US supports migrants allowed in. If they have employment issues, do they get the same unemployment money as other citizens, what about if the migrant and family have medical needs, are they entitled to same free public treatment and subsidised medications as other citizens. I AM RATHER SURE THEY DO NOTGET BEFENITS ANTHING LIKE WE PROVIDE. It is not unusual for official migrants, to endup needing social support, but especially for "boat people" that are allowed to stay to remain for years on unemployment benefits and definitely deoend on the universal health care. Can illegal border crossing people get public funding support in USA?.
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