Culture tips - Australia Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
So the culture there is, it's pretty similar to the United States. I think Adelaide is a very big melting pot, so you will meet people from all over the world, from all different countries, and it's amazing. And as you get out more in the outback, like Alice Springs and Darwin, you meet more aboriginals who were the indigenous people of Australia, and they are some of the kindest people. The people there are just amazing, and I love the culture there. It's really fun to learn about the history of Australia, about the aboriginals, and also be able to learn about other cultures, like Indian culture or Chinese culture. There are just a lot of different cultures there, so it's very fun to learn about that.
Video 2 Transcript
Their sense of humor is very different, their slang is very different, as well as you meet a ton of people from other countries. Africa, Asia, I mean you name it you are gonna meet them and I would say the opportunity to learn about every culture truly in the world will be probably the thing that you experience the most, that's most different from the United States. I also will say about the food, their portions are much smaller than ours, which is probably a good thing but it was definitely a hard adjustment, you know, people feed you less, you end up eating less.
Video 3 Transcript
Please be respectful. Eat everything off your plate. Some cultures very take that seriously, like Polynesian cultures, but as well, there's other cultures there that just are trying to adjust to a first world country such as Australia. There are, Australia is surrounded, if you haven't noticed, by overpopulating Asian countries. So a lot of, you'll see a lot of Asian cultures. Maybe you'll come across a lot of Chinese speakers. Very multicultural. Just be respectful of everyone that you meet.
Video 4 Transcript
So just a little background of the Australian people, when you run into them, they are very chill people. They're so laid back and they just love to do their own thing. And they're also not afraid to tell you how it is. They're very honest people. And so that's a little bit different than the culture in America, where we don't at first tell people, I guess, straightforward things. But in Australia, they just tell you straightforward and they don't get offended very easily. And so don't get offended if they tell you maybe that they don't want you to talk to them. Or don't be offended if they just tell you exactly how they're feeling. That's just their culture. And that's how they grew up. And so we need to adjust to that. And it's actually, I love it. I love that they're so straightforward with you.
Video 5 Transcript
Learn how to do a Haka because Haka is a very spiritual experience for the Kiwi and New Zealanders and I think experiencing and being part of Haka is one of the unique experiences you can have.
Video 6 Transcript
Australia is so diverse, especially in some, in the more metropolitan areas in Australia, such as like Sydney city, in Melbourne city as well, Brisbane, they're all very multicultural and diverse, so there are a lot of different cultures, but the everyday Aussie is very relaxed, very chill, and swearing is not an offensive thing to them, they curse all the time, as every second word is a curse word, and it's not that they're trying to be offensive, it's just that they're so laid back that that's, that's actually how they speak, that's how they converse, so don't be offended when someone speaks to you in that, in that manner, um, also don't join in and, um, and reply to them with the same speech, but yeah, don't be offended.
