I Was Completely Wrong About Moving to Australia.

Sam, I just want to say that you have genuinely inspired me. As someone who has lived in the US for most of my life (and lived in the UK at a very young age), I used to find myself feeling depressed and trapped. It felt like life was just about going through the motions instead of actually living. You just graduate, get a job, and work. For a while, I felt obligated to accept that life. And then everything changed when I met my Australian partner. I completely agree with you: Aussies are some of the most amazing, kind, and wonderfully silly people, and I absolutely adore that about them! Coming from two separate countries, I didn't know what Australia was really like because I was always told, "Oh, they have the world's most dangerous animals" or "They have the biggest spiders." That was all I heard up until I came across your channel. Watching your videos, I was so incredibly moved by how passionate and expressive you were about moving to Australia and rebuilding your life there with your wife, Maddie. Your journey gave me the courage I needed to do my own research on Australia and see it for more than just the stereotypes about bugs and dangerous wildlife. You helped me see the true gorgeousness of Australia and inspired me to be brave enough to give it a go! Thank you so much for that. I follow every single one of your new videos because no matter how many people cover this topic, your videos are so realistic about the struggles, the good and the bad, of living in Australia. I am completely here for it. Thank you for inspiring me to do my research and give Australia a try! ❤️

❤ every time I come back to Australia, I really notice how different the light is when you walk out of the airport. Gets me every time.

I find there are so many people overseas that say they'd love to visit Australia but the flight is just too long. Fun fact, almost every time Australians travel overseas we endure those long haul flights and we often do multiple trips to multiple places over multiple years. No point complaining to Australians about the long haul flight, they'll just tell you to toughen up princess. It's why we call NZ or Bali short haul flights (3-8 hrs is normal for us)

As an actor Sam, I will tell you that Sam Neill, a New Zealander ,that grew up in that country was taught in school that Australia was somewhere you fly over when you are going to somewhere important.He arrived in Sydney at 21 yo and discovered a thriving theatre and film community and found it to be a revelation {his own words}. He admitted his entire education in New Zealand regarding Australia had been false. Be our next Chris Hemsworth Sam, we will claim you as our own. RIP Sam Neill.

Jetlag is easy to deal with. Just consider what time of day it will be when you arrive at your destination and work backwards to figure out when you should be asleep or very chilled out. At worst, grab just an hour or two of sleep if you arrive during the day, but the most important thing is to go to bed about 9 or 10 pm so that you wake up at normal time.

Hey can I just say I love ur videos, most of the time when I watch videos about Australia they’re only talking about the animals (aka snakes and spider for the most part) and I wish more people talked about the good sides. As an Aussie It often brightens my day to see your videos, often it (pardon my language) pisses me off to see people going “the wildlife is so dangerous” when they sometimes have bears or wolfs and I’m like “I haven’t actually seen a snake in three years outside of a zoo” also snakes are more scared of you plus you can just kind of walk away carefully and slowly and you’ll be fine. Also quick story one time I didn’t put sunscreen under my chin, I went out swimming the sun reflection off the water burned the only part of my body I hadn’t sunscreened, since I am actually SUPER pale and most people assume aussies are all relatively tan most of the time it’s so interesting to see people go “oh! You have an accent” when I go to other countries. Also I think I’ve said this before no matter how bad my days going it brightens my day when a tourist asks me questions ❤

Queensland’s humid summer is the reason why my husband and my friend moved to Perth. Perth’s summer climate is very different from Queensland’s. It is unlikely to be humid like Queensland, because Perth experiences a dry heat rather than tropical humidity. Perth has a Mediterranean climate, which means: * Hot, dry summers with very low humidity * Clear skies and cooling sea breezes (the “Fremantle Doctor”) * Mild, wetter winters In contrast, Queensland—especially in the north—has a tropical or subtropical climate, where summers are typically hot and humid, often with heavy rainfall. In summary: Perth summers are dry and crisp, not sticky or humid like Queensland.

When I lived in Darwin and moved into a townhouse (1999) with my fiance, we had a ceiling fan above the shower in our ensuite...WTF, we never used it lol and it's the only house I've ever seen that. Jetlag - flew from Syd to LHR, landed at like 7am, mate picked me up, drove to Milton Keynes for a F1 Red Bull open day, met all the F1 team, raced go karts, finally got to his place, had a few beers, dinner. I went to bed at about 8pm and slept solid until about 7am the next day. Then I was fine but having military sleep deprivation as part of my life it didn't hit me too bad after that long sleep.

Hiya mate, I moved here when I was 24 😊 I'm 60 in December and living very happily on Magnetic Island Queensland ❤️

I agree the jet lag is alfull I found going to the uk was fine. Comeing back here ,oh wow i never been so sick in all my life

Melbourne Australia here. Re the flight times always make me smile. I've travelled all over the world and you lean how to manage it. My longest flight was 48 hours. Melbourne LA then off to Atlanta them to Miami. There wait times there as well. When I travel to Asia (many times) your can always pick the Aussies Brits and New Zealanders because they fighting over the shade and covering themselves in sun screen. The Europeans cover themselves in oil and turn occasionally like a roast chicken. The best thing about Immigrants is the food they bring with them. We left the meat and 3 veg behind a long time ago.

Brisbane humidity is awful 🥵

Old pommie git here, done the SYD-LHR (or SYD-MCR or SYD-LGW) and return gig many times. In my experience, the worst jet-lag I've ever had was the return leg to SYD, flying east is the absolute pits.

Love your content I would love to move to Brisbane/Sunshine Coast after college so like after 5 years ;). You inspired me to look deeper in Australia and now I'm glazing it so much. I hope the housing problem will ease.

Been in Brisbane for 64 years... It is NOTHING like it use to be.

The key to jetlag napping is to set yourself an alarm for 30 minutes. 10 minutes to fall asleep and 20 minutes to sleep. This ensures you get the energy boost you need while not spoiling your main sleep.

Hey Sam, as an Aussie I wanna say I really appreciate how easy going you are and happy to say you were wrong and 'misled' by rumours about Australia. Just generalising here but alot of Brits think we are just lower class colonials, crims, rough necks. Thankyou for trying to set things straight. I think anyone who hasn't actually been here is filled with misconceptions. Its the best country in the world!

The issue with the Brisbane heat is that it's combined with high humidity which makes it even more uncomfortable. So Brisbane is best enjoyed in the 4 months which aren't summer. Of course anywhere from Mackay north is something else again.

And the one thing people from other countries always think of australia to be like, EVERYTHING WANTS TO KILL YOU, which is technically true, but only in certain parts of the country

Yes Australia is amazing…first 😊