8 years later - what I love and not love about living in Australia

This is a really fair and balanced view of Australia from my perspective (57yo Anglo, having lived here my entire life). I love your attitude and hope that you prosper in Australia. We all need to strengthen the strengths of Australia and work to reduce the negatives.

I've been here for 25+ years and I wouldn't have the insights you provided in my first 8 years myself. Good job with this presentation 👏 👏👏

I love how you touched on food culture here in Australia. I am part Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and we love to hunt and gather for our food and eat it fresh that day or the following day this includes a majority of native fauna(differs on which region and customs according to each season and group). I am from the Kimberly region of WA and also grew up on the Pilbara. I enjoy eating kangaroo, emu, goanna, bush turkey and an array of seafood including turtle, mud crab, molluscs, fish, crayfish and dugong. We also forage and eat native flora/fruits such as bloodwood apple/bush coconut, gardanggu(bush lolly), gubinge(kakadu plum) - these as well as other plants, seeds and herbs may have multiple uses in ceremonies, medicines, cooking and making other items of daily use such as fires, spears, soap, bags/weaving, herbal tea, chewing tobacco/ash - the list is endless. Some plants like the acacia wattle has multiple uses - the unripe seed pods are used as soap to wash your body/hands, these also produce a toxin that can be used to “stun” fish making them easy to catch, the leaves are used for smoking ceremonies and the ripe seeds can be ground up and used to make damper. These days I see a lot of high end chefs/restaurants now using more native ingredients on their menus which is awesome because they have many health benefits, are sustainable and bring unique flavours that can’t be found anywhere else in the world 🖤💛❤️

Amen sister, everything you spoke on is generally the case. I moved over from the UK to Perth 10 years ago and never looked back. It's not a cake walk, you're expected to contribute quickly as a migrant (work hard, paying taxes, etc) but oh boy does it give back in spades. Now a proud Aussie citizen.

With health insurance, it’s important to note that when you have a very serious condition/illness the hospitals/specialists have to take your case immediately even if you don’t have private care insurance. Both my parents are without private health insurance and they both have been saved in separate medical emergencies. My dad had a burst appendix which almost killed him and he was healed and got better due to excellent care by the hospital. My mum had a rare leukaemia, she also was healed and was taken care of, in fact her brother was flown from Mauritius to Melbourne as he was an excellent match for bone marrow transplant and it was done via money from donations. She also had three brain surgeries that saved her life all done without private health insurance. Australia has a duty of care policy in health so you are not always obliged to have private health insurance.

Australia is the best country in the world that’s all I can say after living there for almost 20 years. Now I live in America been here for 3 years but already feeling like moving back to Australia, I miss home Australia is truly a special place to be.

My father was born in America of Australian parents and came to Australia at age 19 He said Australia might not be the best country to do business in but it is the best country to live in

You have a beautiful gentle way and I could listen all day. Thank you for sharing.

Every family has that one person who will break the family financial struggle, I hope you become the one 😊

Thank you for mentioning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in this video and giving some brief info on how we are different from each other and have our own countries within this continient and surrounding islands. Just a few simple bits of info can inspire further learning of our culture in many people who don't know. Thank you :)

I'm quite impressed with this factual and balanced presentation of life in Australia. I've already subscribed and would like to see more of your presentations. Hoping to be in Australia in January.

Thanks for the review and I was very pleased and looking forward to visiting some day.

This was a wonderful briefing about Australia and you made it very clear and understandable,will wait for the next video.

Im from the states. Been here in Oz from 2005. I never had a problem here. One of the best countries around. Im set for retirement ❤❤❤ ✌️✌️✌️

You're so well spoken. As someone who's moving to Australia i found this extremely helpful

An excellent video and spoken beautifully Chioma. As a born and bred Aussie may I say we are very happy to have you here. I wish you all the best for your future.

You should head up north to Cairns or Post Douglas in April or May to avoid the winter and enjoy the 30 degree winters in the tropics. Come back down south in the September or October when it gets too humid up north, but the weather is warming up down south. Australia offers everyone who lives here a year long summer ❤

Great video and detailing what we do well and also, what we can do better. Always great to hear. Great to have you here and wish both you and your family all the best.

Thanks so much for the information as I am relocating there by next year so I am doing the foundation work setting me up for success in the transition. Your perspective is very helpful. I have subscribed.

Your points were beautifully discussed. Good weather and safety are just everything for me.