10 Things Australians Do Better Than Americans

[staxquad]

What do you think Australians do best?

[German_EE]

Chocolate. American chocolate is horrible but Australians have the Tim Tam which is enough for me to consider moving there.

[Dave]

I did find it rather surprising that Aussies outlive Americans, considering that just about every single animal species down there can kill you.

[G0HZU]

Australians are better at cricket and rugby.

However, both are terrible at making a decent beer

[skipjackrc4]

However, both are terrible at making a decent beer

Not at all true.  It's just the large national brewers that can't brew a decent beer.

[HackedFridgeMagnet]

Possibly geography.

[vk6zgo]

Australians are better at cricket and rugby.

However, both are terrible at making a decent beer

I have a dissenting view,having tried English beer.
Honourable mention though,for Newcastle Brown.

Of course,my experience was back in the days of "Watney's Red" & "Tankard"---well  before the rise of the "Real Ale" movement.

At least major breweries in Australia,the USA,& Canada make drinkable beer!

[HackedFridgeMagnet]

We're worlds best at Aussie Rules Football too.

If only someone else would play with us.

[calexanian]

Chocolate. American chocolate is horrible but Australians have the Tim Tam which is enough for me to consider moving there.

We very much so have Tim Tams!!! Peperidge Farms distributes them October, through March, and year round the farther north you go. Also Cost Plus World mart carries them..

Living in economically depressed central California makes Australia look awesome! Here its nothing but unemployment, homeless, and the government trying to either tax you more, or have the police ticket you for anything they can. Also bureaucracy, lethargy, and ignorance of the public is so apparent that we really are not a functional society. We are just kinda stumbling along with no real plan.

[miguelvp]

We sent our daughter around the world for a gap year to experience what is like in other countries, I guess we are not your average Muricans

But the surprising thing was that she told us that she met a lot of US youth backpacking around the world just like her.

[calexanian]

We sent our daughter around the world for a gap year to experience what is like in other countries, I guess we are not your average Muricans

But the surprising thing was that she told us that she met a lot of US youth backpacking around the world just like her.

When i asked if I could travel around a bit after highschool he pointed at my bench and said I will let you know when its time to go to a trade show, otherwise get back to work! Family electronics business..   Doing assembly work since i was about 7. We were still electromechanical back then!

[Kjelt]

You also got a lot in common, same country of origin although the prisoners went to the east, the explorers/concurrers to the west.
Both love guns and you both have wild fires almost burning your cities down, a party is ok but dangerous fires.... 
But then us has Mr T, aussie has Leo Wanker.

[Melt-O-Tronic]

I would looooooove to spend a year and a half in Australia!  This Texan has very high respect for the nation of Australia.

Then it's off to New Zealand for a visit . . .

[P90]

BBQ !!!   

[HackedFridgeMagnet]

Looks like Leo Wanker has been outwanked. I can imagine what the old Hoges would've thought of him.


http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/sydney-man-called-australias-biggest-wanker-by-reddit-20140911-10fmfp.html

[Yago]

Looks like Leo Wanker has been outwanked. I can imagine what the old Hoges would've thought of him.


http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/sydney-man-called-australias-biggest-wanker-by-reddit-20140911-10fmfp.html

Jeez, doesn't the guy even see the beard in the mirror (not daring to approach the "between his legs" ) ?!

[dannyf]

10 Things Australians Do Better Than Americans

They are much better at surviving the wild.

[staxquad]

Looks like Leo Wanker has been outwanked. I can imagine what the old Hoges would've thought of him.


http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/sydney-man-called-australias-biggest-wanker-by-reddit-20140911-10fmfp.html

Canada's semi resident wanker (he mostly wanks in the US now)
 

there's no accounting for taste





and nobody outwanks the Wankers in Chief: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbomination and US President Barack Obamination.

[free_electron]

other things the ozzies have
- the most poisonous critters in the world. it's full of stuff that will bite you, sting youe, pinch yuo or otherwise give you the heebeejeebees
- barbies ( as in barbeques ) sunsets and beer.

ozzie panic levels :

-No worries”
-She’ll be alright, Mate.
-Crikey!
-I think we’ll need to cancel the Barbie this weekend.
-The Barbie is cancelled.

in all of recorded history, “The Barbie is canceled” has never been reached.

[SeanB]

All we have is the big 5 and the most dangerous animal in the world, the Mozzie.



Though Chevrolet no longer exists here in a recognisable form any more, now GM.

[Alexei.Polkhanov]

Chocolate. American chocolate is horrible but Australians have the Tim Tam which is enough for me to consider moving there.

Says man who live next to Switzeland 

[Yago]

... and nobody outwanks the Wankers in Chief: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbomination and US President Barack Obamination.

Not quite so fast there!!!!

[staxquad]

... and nobody outwanks the Wankers in Chief: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbomination and US President Barack Obamination.

Not quite so fast there!!!!

Harper is twice the wanker Cameron is.

[JoeN]

Number 7. Ocean pools. Hanging out at the beach can be great, but the water itself could harbor any number of dangerous species. Australians have solved the problem by putting saltwater pools in several locales where the sand meets the sea.

I wouldn't brag about this.  In the USA we solve this problem by not having the problem in the first place (generally).

[vk6zgo]

All we have is the big 5 and the most dangerous animal in the world, the Mozzie.



Though Chevrolet no longer exists here in a recognisable form any more, now GM.

"Badge engineered" Holden Premier!
GMH in Oz actually had a reasonably good export business going for a few years.
The big Holdens were popular in the Middle East,too!

[calexanian]

All we have is the big 5 and the most dangerous animal in the world, the Mozzie.



Though Chevrolet no longer exists here in a recognisable form any more, now GM.

"Badge engineered" Holden Premier!
GMH in Oz actually had a reasonably good export business going for a few years.
The big Holdens were popular in the Middle East,too!

all of the popular chevys in the us are designed by holden for the most part.

[EEVblog]

ozzie panic levels :
-No worries”
-She’ll be alright, Mate.
-Crikey!
-I think we’ll need to cancel the Barbie this weekend.
-The Barbie is cancelled.
in all of recorded history, “The Barbie is canceled” has never been reached.

Don't forget our fire danger levels which start at Low To Moderate and go all the way to Catastrophic!

Yes, no joke, that seriously our official bush fire danger signs you get to the entry to national parks etc.

[tautech]

Aussies:
Chevy Camaro
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/D5E9ADA1D40D42DDCA257C1C00082F26

USA
Yachting

[EEVblog]

USA
Yachting

Umm, you forgot this:

[Stonent]

I hear the Mexican food is better in the US, but only having had it in the US and Mexico, I have no personal experience with that.

[EEVblog]

Oh, and speaking of Hawkey in the previous video, we had a Prime Minister who held the world yard glass beer sculling record:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hawke

[EEVblog]

Oh, and we had a Prime Minister simply vanish in the surf, never found, and, well, we didn't really give a toss, and no official federal government inquiry was conducted, we just elected another one...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt

[JoeN]

Oh, and we had a Prime Minister simply vanish in the surf, never found, and, well, we didn't really give a toss, and no official federal government inquiry was conducted, we just elected another one...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt

If that happened to the President, the Secret Service would drain the entire sea to find him.  Just sayin'...

[GeoffS]

We never found the missing prime minister  but we did name a swim centre in his honour.
More respect than we show most of our politicians

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt_Memorial_Swimming_Centre.

[SL4P]

We're worlds best at Aussie Rules Football too.
If only someone else would play with us.

True that, we're very good at playing with ourselves.

[Tac Eht Xilef]

We never found the missing prime minister  but we did name a swim centre in his honour.
More respect than we show most of our politicians

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt_Memorial_Swimming_Centre.

Better than that - we named an underwater communications station after him too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Communication_Station_Harold_E._Holt

[staxquad]

road trains


boomerang and spear throwing

[EEVblog]

If that happened to the President, the Secret Service would drain the entire sea to find him.  Just sayin'...

Although it did take the US government 441 days to launch an investigation into 9/11, but I suspect that's not because they didn't care

[EEVblog]

We never found the missing prime minister  but we did name a swim centre in his honour.
More respect than we show most of our politicians

Holt didn't get many compared to some:
http://john.curtin.edu.au/resources/memory.html

[zapta]

My second favorite Australian is called Gary and he has  a popular blog on youtube where he documents his life.   Here is an episode where he visits a local pub

[vk6zgo]

We never found the missing prime minister  but we did name a swim centre in his honour.
More respect than we show most of our politicians

Holt didn't get many compared to some:
http://john.curtin.edu.au/resources/memory.html

Holtie was a nice bloke,but John Curtin was a Great Man!

He was arguably the best Prime Minister of his,or any other era,on a level as a Statesman with Winston Churchill & Franklin D Roosevelt.

[Corporate666]

Isn't there some kind of highly poisonous snake or spider that pretty much only lives in the Sydney and surrounding area? 

I seem to recall that.

Always seemed so bizarre that a highly venemous creature essentially lived just in the Sydney area.

Dave, how do venemous bugs affect your daily life, or do they?  I used to date a girl in Arizona and they would have to shake their boots out each morning (after leaving them on the deck outside) in case scorpions got inside.  Also knew a few people who lost a dog or cat to a rattlesnake.  Just not stuff we deal with in the North East.

[lowimpedance]

Isn't there some kind of highly poisonous snake or spider that pretty much only lives in the Sydney and surrounding area? 

I seem to recall that.

Always seemed so bizarre that a highly venemous creature essentially lived just in the Sydney area.

That would be the Funnel web spider, a nasty little bugger when pissed off but nothing a shoe cannot handle.
Snakes, we do get red belly blacks around work, (Around the Northern suburbs of Sydney), which are venomous but not as grumpy as browns and the odd tiger which can be rather aggressive.
 And of course they are all given a wide birth when encountered.

Edit: When growing up the funnel web was very common around my suburb (Lane Cove), but curiously though I have not seen any in recent years!. Plenty of other types which are no problem.

[Uup]

Dave, how do venemous bugs affect your daily life, or do they?  I used to date a girl in Arizona and they would have to shake their boots out each morning (after leaving them on the deck outside) in case scorpions got inside.  Also knew a few people who lost a dog or cat to a rattlesnake.  Just not stuff we deal with in the North East.

I live minutes away from Dave and my experience is that I don't even give it a second thought. I never worry about any snakes or poisonous bugs. Never check inside my shoes if they were left outside over night either. Not because I am crazy or stupid, because I rarely encounter any dangerous critters. Yes, see plenty of spiders but they're not usually nasty ones, and the nasty ones are usually not a problem unless you provoke them.

However, if you go bush then that's a different situation but still nothing to really be afraid of, so long as you have common sense and don't panic. I regularly go bush walking/exploring to West Head (Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park), to the Blue Mountains and down south to the Royal National Park (less frequently). Rarely see anything really dangerous. More likely to see a wallabie or a kangaroo than have to fend off an attacking snake or spider. Although, there are a lot of goannas (lizards) at West Head. I often have to fend off several 1 to 2 meter long goannas when we stop for lunch. A couple of weeks ago, we were having lunch and my wife started screaming. I ran over to find a goanna head deep in our lunch. Had to pull it away by its tail. It wasn't long before there were 5 of them and a turkey came to join them as well! But it was fun and we never felt like we were in danger.

The last time we went to the Blue Mountains (Bridal Veil Falls) and went down the Jungle track, we encountered a couple of large snakes coiled around two bushes (keeping themselves warm in the sunlight), which were in our path. After not being able to see where their heads were, we quietly and quickly shuffled past them. I haven't been bitten by a snake yet but have by a spider. The spider died. 

 

[Kjelt]

That would be the Funnel web spider, a nasty little bugger when pissed off but nothing a shoe cannot handle.
curiously though I have not seen any in recent years!.

Would you not move somewhere else if you see people die around you every day squished by some giants shoe? 

[zapta]

Is it true that Australians set their bike brakes opposite than Americans?  Here it is left = front.

[Fred27]

In the UK it's right = front. Motorcycles too worldwide, with right foot = rear.

[zapta]

In the UK it's right = front. Motorcycles too worldwide, with right foot = rear.

We have British bikes that we purchased in the US (Brompton and Moulton) and they arrived adapted to the US convention.

[Corporate666]

Is it true that Australians set their bike brakes opposite than Americans?  Here it is left = front.

Really? 

I've been mountain biking for years and I've always had the front brake on the right.  Then again, I've been riding motorcycles for years too, so front being on the right seems natural.  Is it really on the left usually? 

[n45048]

COFFEE!

[zapta]

Is it true that Australians set their bike brakes opposite than Americans?  Here it is left = front.

Really? 

I've been mountain biking for years and I've always had the front brake on the right.  Then again, I've been riding motorcycles for years too, so front being on the right seems natural.  Is it really on the left usually?

Yes, it is . Just found this explanation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_signals#Conflict_with_brake_operation

And from Sheldon himself (the Knuth of bicycling):

"There are also observable national trends:
In countries where vehicles drive on the right, it is common to set the brakes up so that the front brake is operated by the left lever.
In countries where vehicles drive on the left, it is common to set the brakes up so that the front brake is operated by the right lever. The European Union has adopted this as a standard, even though only the United Kingdom and Ireland are left-side driving countries. The standard is not universally observed; a reader has written in to say that the left lever usually controls the front brake in Denmark."

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html#whichside

[tautech]

Is it true that Australians set their bike brakes opposite than Americans?  Here it is left = front.

That's a bit dumb.....especially for a young person migrating to a motorbike where worldwide the clutch lever is LH side. 

[peter.mitchell]

The aussies in this thread have to watch this channels videos, my god they're funny!
https://www.youtube.com/user/HowToTalkAustralians

[David_AVD]

Classic! 

[Circlotron]

Burnouts.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=australian+vs+american+burnout

[Circlotron]

All we have is the big 5 and the most dangerous animal in the world, the Mozzie.



Though Chevrolet no longer exists here in a recognisable form any more, now GM.

As was already mentioned, they came from us in Aus -> https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=810&q=hq+premier&oq=HQ+prem&gs_l=img.3.0.0l8j0i5l2.3699.6084.0.8051.7.7.0.0.0.0.321.1138.2-3j1.4.0....0...1ac.1.53.img..3.4.1133.cSqRw7nMi04

[zapta]

The aussies in this thread have to watch this channels videos, my god they're funny!
https://www.youtube.com/user/HowToTalkAustralians

It's hilarious. What is it? Who made it?

[atunguyd]

Isn't there some kind of highly poisonous snake or spider that pretty much only lives in the Sydney and surrounding area? 

I seem to recall that.

Always seemed so bizarre that a highly venemous creature essentially lived just in the Sydney area.

Dave, how do venemous bugs affect your daily life, or do they?  I used to date a girl in Arizona and they would have to shake their boots out each morning (after leaving them on the deck outside) in case scorpions got inside.  Also knew a few people who lost a dog or cat to a rattlesnake.  Just not stuff we deal with in the North East.

Yes that would be the Sydney Funnelweb spider - it is a little known fact that the entire species are elitists and only stay in Sydney due to the overvalued home prices there.
It is even rumored that there is a arachnid movement that is pushing for the funnelweb to leave the western and southern suburbs completely and move into the eastern suburbs and lower north shore with the less fortunate occupying the upper north shore. Of course even if they do this they will still exclude St Ives as being associated with the South Africans is something even the Funnelweb  would prefer to avoid.

[SeanB]

All we have is the big 5 and the most dangerous animal in the world, the Mozzie.



Though Chevrolet no longer exists here in a recognisable form any more, now GM.

As was already mentioned, they came from us in Aus -> https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=810&q=hq+premier&oq=HQ+prem&gs_l=img.3.0.0l8j0i5l2.3699.6084.0.8051.7.7.0.0.0.0.321.1138.2-3j1.4.0....0...1ac.1.53.img..3.4.1133.cSqRw7nMi04

Not any more......... At least from next year, they all will be made in PE, South Africa or in Korea. Might even be some that are made in the USA ( Mexico) as well.

Now, if you buy a Toyota pick up it will be assembled here in Durban South Africa, and driven onto a car carrier ship to go to Australia. That is one big parking lot for the factory output, Toyota took over a massive mall and turned it into the parking lot for around 5k vehicles.