Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to GIANT Things in Australia" video.

  1. While both are very large, one aspect differing USA to Australia, is the distances between towns let alone larger cities. Here in Australia the distances between population centres is huge in many places. Even if a map might show names for towns along many highways in the most populated eastern state's countryside. The majority may be as little as a small store, or few buildings of a community of 20 or 30 people of the farming area. Many times no significant services available. Plenty of inland or across Australia highways can have hundreds of km with nothing but country, fuel stops and associated food store, and possibly camping ground the only available resources. Quite common are 300 to 400km between fuel stops, many with limited store and takeaway food, as needed for most cars, but the larger truck stops with most complete services on hand, restaurant, showers, even overnight or rest rooms to hire, are far further apart as most trucks do over 1000km between stops. Some main highways even have over 1000km between fuel stops, so cars with less range, as most, need to carry extra fuel in for example several jerry cans. My own diesel 4WD can manage up to 1400km on its dual fuel tank (Standard on Toyota Landcruiser), 145L fuel. Cost of fuel in these very remote places can be cloae to double city prices, having to be specially trucked into the location, so delivery needs upwards of 2000km round trip for a truck to deliver there among other supplies, originating at other central Australian towns like Alice Springs. Everything becomes premium priced. Yes USA will have long stretches in Arizona, or similar and even of remote Alaska. But on the whole I am convinced far more significant towns, cities, service stops on highways due to greater population and higher traffic density. Keeping in mind over 80% of Australians reside in the 50km of eastern coastal land. So little is left spread over what would be most area. We once had a young couple from Europe stay with us on arrival while buying some bicycles to tour. First complaint was the high cost of good quality touring equipped bikes, compared to what they had in Europe. Problem being few Australians do bike touring. We tried to comvice them to be cautious as travel under sun and heat will be difficult, and towns were not as known from Europe. They were used to riding around Europe, where after 10 or 20 km you next can stop and refresh at a town. They insisted they were experienced and not a worry even 50 km was ok. They accepted to carry more drinks and foods, but proceeded. Travelling Melbourne to Adelaide via Mildura, then Adelaide to Melbourne via Mt Gambier and Great Ocean Road, they arrived back, very run down, saddle sore, badly sun burnt and deciding no more bicycle travel. They reported in the heat, up to 47 °C on open road, and needing over 100km often into hot northerly headwind, without any suitable rest stops, they found getting refreshment and food was difficult, as too many small country towns had no open services. Often they had to camp by the roadside as no hotels or motels existed in these little places. While they did at times manage to buy cool drink or some takeaway food as they passed through, also many places, while a small petrol station was open they had nothing as far as shops or other things. By Adelaide they were nearing end, but felt the return via more coastal path would be better, they found distances were now longer and temperatures still reached mid 30 °C, and Great Ocean Road while pleasant and very interesting posed similar distance issues with more up and down travel. Queensland, NSW and Central Australia were all on bus, train and plane. Finally flew to New Zealand with their bikes. There the distances and climate were better, and finally sold their now used bikes for more than original purchase cost after 2 months around both north and south islands.
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  2. The Chrome Knome was originally beside the Peninsula Freeway heading south from Melbourne and was replaced as part of changing roadside features, and got relocated to nearby Frankston
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  3. Here they tend to call all these prawns. In normal definition shrimps are the smaller species, of mere cm sizes thus the trend to refer to any under sized "XYZ" things as shrimps or shrimpy. Prawns are the larger, say over several cm long types, without getting too much into details.
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