Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to Australia's 20 Best Beaches" video.

  1. It is impossible to breakdown to so few. Bondi as you suspect is too crowded by Sydney users and tourists. Also many of the much promoted beaches get too crowded, I prefer more isolated beaches. Of course the more popular beaches have surf lifesaver patrols, that especially for inexperienced people including very many tourists can be critical. Surf beaches can have numerous hazards without life savers, marking safe areas avoiding strong undertow, rips as called, that can sweep people far out into ocean amd cause drowings. Also unfamiliar locations can have dangers. Our family often went to a isolated surf beach that had fishermen using large surf rods. Years later mum was told by a work colleague that the beach is Victoria's most popular surf SHARK fishing spot! I also 4WD touring on Fraser Island, in Queensland came to a west side beach near outer end of the island, nice clear blue water, and spent nearly 2hrs swimming there, no one else in sight. Two weeks later, returning from far north Queensland, took a whale watching tour, that happenef to end up alung the same section adjacent to Fraser Island, where I had been swimming. Those waters are one of several Humpback whale birthing areas, so a good whale viewing place. During 4 hrs we saw six whales and three baby whales. During the narrative of the tour it was indicated, while the waters look very inviting, clear blue waters, it was really not advisable to swim there as there were many hungry sharks, looking to feed on new born whales, and "after birth remains" of these new born whales, that also attract many other fish that are also shark prey. Well it certainly highlighted a risk I had been unaware of while swimming there. Many far north beaches are having hazards and some not usable for many parts of the year with dangerous yellyfish, also saltwater crocodiles make northern beaches too dangerous. Sharks can be an issue all round Australia, with some places especially bad. Other hazards seen in other of these videos also exist, e.g. blue ring octopus (which I have close experience of), stingray , stonefish, cone shell and more. But with over 27000km of coastline there are immense range of choices, from over developed, Surfers Paradise, Gold coast, to totally secluded to the point of solitary place at end of several days travel. MOOLOOLABA = moo..loo..lah..bah Many beaches presented are around Port Philip Bay at Melbourne, St Kilda Elwood, Altona, and more, etc. Also part of the bay, Mornington Peninsula with a long series of bay side beaches, the one shown with those colourful Beach Boxes is also at southern end of that bay. Also on other side of the peninsula, a series of ocean beaches with surf. Similar beach boxes exist at several beaches. Privately owned, costing in some areas as much or more, as a full size family home, and even selling for millions for some, so rather exclusive. They are under pressure to be eliminated, but politically hard issue as property rights are solid, and only government forced acquisition could remove/cancel that. Politically suicide! Australia have so many fantastic beaches, just spoiled for choices and sadly presently robbed of using them by lockdowns for COVID-19.
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