Culture shocks I had while in Australia

I'm back from Australia and sharing all the unexpected culture shocks! 🌞 From epic public BBQs to sunscreen obsession and fearless food-stealing birds, it was a wild first impression of life Down Under!

0:00 - Intro: Visiting Australia for the First Time
0:40 - The Ozone Layer and Sunscreen Culture
1:13 - First Impressions of an Australian City
2:32 - Free Public Spaces and BBQs
3:42 - Australia’s Wildlife: Expectation vs. Reality
5:05 - Fly Invasion and Cockroach Encounters
6:08 - Kangaroos, Koalas, and Other Animals
7:07 - Birds Everywhere: The Bold Australian Ibis
8:21 - Familiar Plants and Asian Supermarkets
9:28 - Eating Outdoors: Beware of Food-Stealing Birds
10:48 - Public Gardens and Fresh Produce
12:05 - Politeness and Well-Behaved Kids in Public
13:10 - School System and Uniforms
13:48 - University Costs and Education System
14:57 - Outro: Thoughts on Australia and Future Plans

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Hi, I'm Uyen Ninh but please just call me Uyen!
Originally from Vietnam, I now explore life in Germany, sharing my unique perspective through my videos on my way to be your favorite Ausländer! 😁

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[Natalicha]

I’ve just realized that Uyen might be one of very very few bloggers that are this popular who do not have sponsors in the videos! I love it! She doesn’t try to push you to buy some crap you don’t need, it’s just her and her amazing personality

[pllifner-rdet]

The ozone hole is actually mostly ok nowadays (which is because humans in the past somehow managed to come to an international agreement to limit the expulsion of atmospheric gases, unthinkable today). The main reason for why skin cancer rates are elevated in Australia is because it's a majority very pasty population in a place that gets a lot of sun.
In addition to that, the Earth circles the Sun in an elliptical orbit, and Australia experiences more intense UV radiation during the Southern Hemisphere summer because that's when the Earth is closest to the Sun (at perihelion, which occurs in early January). This astronomical alignment, combined with the fact that the ozone layer is naturally thinner over the poles and Antarctica, contributes to higher UV exposure in Australia.

[hehwowyes]

As an Australian, thanks for visiting our country and it’s good to hear you enjoyed it!

[arianamiidolls]

While we don’t have older buildings like Europe and while our country seems young to foreigners, Australia has one of the oldest and longest standing cultures on earth! Our Indigenous population has been here for 50, 000 years and there are cultural sites and artifacts from that time still, the people still stand strong today, I hope you can learn about them more next time you visit. I am glad you enjoyed it here, we're very lucky to be able to live in a place that's so diverse and beautiful

[MrsLadyCath]

In Australia we call the Ibis "Bin Chicken" as a nick name for it as they like to raid any uncovered rubbish bins for food.

[nicetomeetuimacryptid]

We call those “purple beautiful giant trees” jacarandas! At this time of year if you look out from any high spot you’ll see them all dotted around the streets and it’s really prety

[hannahalexia]

It's so nice that you enjoyed Australia so much but it's also so nice and refreshing to have someone say that we are expensive here and it takes a lot to live here.

[jessicakorte]

As an Aussie, my first thought was "I wonder if I can guess what city you're in based on the footage."
0:21 turns out the answer was very much yes, you're in my city, Brisbane.

1:46 Thank you! There are also character differences between each of our cities, especially our state capital cities. They each feel different.

3:07 Yeah that's fair

3:28 Oh we do!

6:20 Those ones are acclimatised to people. Definitely keep your distance from wild ones.

6:46 If you go to the right areas you can definitely find koalas just hanging on trees.

8:47 We call them jacarandas. I love them.

10:00 I have fond memories of a kookaburra stealing the meat out of my teacher's sandwich, while she was holding it, on a school excursion.

Glad you enjoyed your time here :)

[ianluong]

It is sweet that Uyen spent most of her time with family rather than spending more time as tourists. What a pleasure to see our country through the eyes of such a wonderful couple. It makes you appreciate your country a lot more. Do please come back and visit the rest of our beautiful and diverse country although i can see many other people are extending the same invitation to their own amazing part of the world. In saying this, I just realised that Uyen and German boyfriend would have a fantastic career as travel vloggers. There is just something different about Uyen and the very cool German boyfriend.

[zuckerarm]

thank you for making Brisbane, our city, look so fantastic ! sometimes when you live here you take things for granted, but this really made me appreciate how lucky i am. and also ! if you ever come back and want another insider tour or anything, let me know Uyen !

[Diogenes]

3:21 Australians love cooking on a bbq (barbie) so that most have their own personal bbq . It's free because it's so popular. It's an Australian commodity, like free ice and water in America
Edit: spelling

[oippsrq]

Thank you for being so refreshingly authentic, warm and just your natural self, a pleasure to watch your videos and your calm energies.

[Essalon]

You were there during the 2 weeks of the year the purple jacaranda trees bloom!! I'm from Grafton where they have a jacaranda festival every year, the whole town has huge ones everywhere! Glad you'll be back!

[JH-rvvu]

My wife and our son ( both Vietnamese ) are finally coming from Vietnam to live here in Melbourne with me ( Caucasian ) in 19 days time . We are all so so happy that their immigration visas were accepted .
Thank you for your wonderful video and I hope you come back soon and enjoy more places in Australia

[ConClasher]

Interesting seeing how people from overseas view Australia when they visit. I will say, for Australians uni is only 25% of the price you mentioned as the government pays 75% of the fee, as such at most you only pay 16k AUD or so every year (still expensive but through HECs it isn't too bad and honestly hard to complain when you see the US system)

[meg..meg.]

12:21 Hills Hoist washing line - a great Australian invention

[TheSarahlou]

I live in the UK and we went to Australia for a 4 week honeymoon (so I could also visit my great auntie and cousins) we started up in Melbourne the we went to the gold Coast and then Sidney and took our child to Australia zoo (and lot of other places) we decided to hire a car and travelled from Australia zoo back to Melbourne the amount we seen was beautiful. The country is beautiful the animals are gorgeous and the people are friendly and so welcoming. When it was time to go I really didn't want to leave xx

[wilf]

As to spiders, "No deaths caused by spider bites in Australia have been substantiated by a coronial inquest since 1979" I am glad you enjoyed my country.

[techno_fox_paradox]

It's super cool that you and the German husband to be enjoyed Australia! Please do come again and visit other states if you can as each state is quite unique and beautiful in it's own way.
The ibis bird you saw, by the way, we call them "Bin Chickens" here :D

[Venn]

Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip to Australia!

Next time you're in Brisbane I def recommend taking the city cat to the Orleigh Street stop with the family, there's an amazing quiet playground there for kids to enjoy and a community bbq with a very peaceful view of the river for everyone else