8 THINGS I WISH I KNEW BEFORE MOVING TO AUSTRALIA // Backpacking Australia 🇦🇺🤟🏼

Just to clarify after so many people got offended. I made this video to help other people before they come to Australia. A common search phrase is ‘things I wish I knew before coming to Oz’ that’s why I chose that title! I have been researching before I went to Australia so I kind of knew about the weather etc. but even if you look at a map you don’t realize how big the distances are. Same with the other things, I never knew you can do a ski season etc.

Australia is .. a continent .. And an island. And a country.

When you said "yeah nah" I knew your conversion to being Australian is almost complete... 😉

When the video started, I thought you were English. Then when you said you were from Germany I thought you speak good English but by the end of the video I swear I could hear the Australian accent starting to creep in.

Surely before moving to a new country you would research the weather.

Who else is watching this because they’re going to move to sydney with their friends?

Gets paid $24/hr picking vegetables and can’t understand why fresh food costs so much :)

Great video. I don't know why any Australian would be offended. Your observations are spot on and your English is excellent.

A note on "You can't come in. You're too drunk." I'm born and live in Sydney. One Friday after work I had a few drinks (Australian for- who's counting?) with an English friend of mine. We decided to go to another pub. As we entered the bouncer says, "Good evening." There were four guys behind us and the bouncer gave that you're too drunk line. So, two drunk thirty somethings in business suits are acceptable but four sober early twenties in casual clothes are not. In short, too drunk can be an excuse used when they mean, we think you are not the clients we are looking for.

Not sure where you are shopping but my vegetables and fruit purchases are the cheapest items on the list and I usually buy the best quality and in season items available. I find the frozen conveinience foods and cleaning products to be the most costly. I live in the southern suburbs of Perth and I know country areas are more expensive, you mentioned Broome, I have not been there for years but it was definitely be one of the most expensive places to shop in Western Australia when I was there. Good honest information, great accent you have. Travel safe.

I'm an Aussie and have travelled the world in my younger days, and found these things similar, so it's learning as you go along. I bought bananas yesterday for $3.00 a kg, which is the norm.

That was a lot of fun to watch. I hope you had a great time here in Australia

Depends on what part of Australia you are referring to, some parts are unbearably hot and humid all year round (northern Australia). Southern Australia has four seasons, but can be blazing hot in the summer months. Melbourne can get into the mid forties Celsius for a couple of days, then drop back to under twenty Celsius.

Super interesting to get your perspective because I have lived in Sydney my whole life. You're pretty accurate with these.

Ich war letztes Jahr auch für 6 Monate in Australien und ich kann dir nur in jedem einzelnen Punkt zustimmen. Super Video 😊

Funnel-web spiders are one thing you do need to watch for. Living in Sydney or generally warmer areas of Australia. They are known to be in backyards and they do still take lives as they are aggressive, so this is worth noting, redbacks in the garden are a thing too and they are tiny but even as an Aussie I take note.

Awesome video Lillie, and there was an advert on it! Woop woop grats on monification 😁 x

Great job. You are correct. I found out the same things. Out of your list, I found the language the most challenging.

That was very enjoyable, I'm glad you are enjoying Oz.

How did you get that English level , it sounds so natural, if don't tell you are from, I hadn't been able to notice it :)