15 Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving To Sydney Australia

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Published 2018-11-18
Hello everybody and welcome back to my channel.
I want to apologise because when I was editing the video, I noticed that the bed wasn’t centred and it’s so triggering!!
Here’s just a few things that I wish I knew before I moved to Australia. I hope you find it useful. If you have any other questions with regards to living or working in Australia, feel free to ask and I will try to help as much as I can :)

Here are some timestamps in case you want to skip sections that don't apply to you/you aren't interested in:
00:0000:09 - Intro
00:0901:38 - Homesickness
01:3802:51 - Cost of Living
02:5103:59 - Public Transport
03:5905:44 - Weather
05:4407:09 - Chocolate
07:0907:30 - Flies
07:3009:35 - Work
09:3510:49 - Renting
10:4912:01 - Snakes & Spiders
12:0113:02 - Aussie Slang
13:0213:40 - Houses
13:4014:01 - Internet
14:0115:04 - Fitness Freaks
15:0416:02 - Birds
16:0216:41 - It’s BIG!
16:4117:13 – Outro

These are the links for everything I referred to in the video –

Facebook groups:
Australia backpackers 2018
Poms wanting oz ® (original)
Poms wanting oz – free
Ping pong poms

Job sites:
Seek.com.au
Au.indeed.com
Backpackerjobboard.com.au

Rental sites:
Domain.com.au
Realestate.com.au

Train times app:
Tripviewlite (free version that I use)


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All Comments (21)
  • @jimmygrey6848
    A lot of the negatives here can just be solved by NOT living in Sydney.
  • @lucyfranklin.
    You can’t say “Australia” is expensive because it’s not, maybe Sydney is but Perth is cheap to live. Wages are way higher in Perth than anywhere else in Aus
  • @DP-tf7qb
    You have a really good energy about you... you come across as authentic and down-to-earth, which is what more Youtubers need!
  • @davorlovric3657
    Darling, I have been to Adelaide for 22 years and I wouldn't replace it with anything in the world. As someone who went through the war in Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, I appreciate everything in this country. Learning pattern, my dear. That's all what you need here. My workmates told me once: If you don't like, leave it. If I have to choose between spiders and war, I would rather go for spiders. Come to Adelaide. Houses are cheaper and look very nice. I do have nice trees not far away from my house, and the sound of birds in the morning is priceless. I have a nice view of neighbouring golf course, horse track goes through my street and the smell of beautiful, light breeze from the ocean in evenings. Priceless. Wouldn't trade it for anything. All the best from South Australia!👍 P.S. And, yes, internet is crap, I agree with that. Hope it will be better for the Champions League final. Go, The Reds!
  • @abigailk8349
    It’s never easy to leave home and move to different city or country but I hope you’ll be able to settle in better, meet good people and get to experience some amazing things. ❤️
  • @deee4494
    Very honest and the most down to earth video ever watched. It's almost sitting right next to you having a proper conversation with you about your experiences. Please do make more of these about Australia
  • @PhilipLeitch
    The symptoms were definately heat stroke (mild). Give it 1 year and you'll acclimatise. Look around for British grocery stores and you will find all the treats you like. And probably go to the most livable cities in Australia rather than the most expensive. Travel. See what you like. Hobart is similar weather too England. Cairns is pleasant all year round (once you get used to the humidity). And everyone likes their own City. If pick Brisbane, Gold Coast, or Melbourne but I haven't spent enough time in the other oners to really know them.
  • @jayncoclassic
    I'm in Australia and when I went over I found UK chocolate too sweet. I think aus chocolate has less sugar in it. You're pronouncing every place name perfectly. You're Amazing It's so true what you say about the houses in Australia, most people buy the worst house on the best street and then if you have money renovate.
  • Perth was ridiculously over priced during the mining boom, rent and buying wise but that ended 5 years ago and since then , prices have come down by twenty percent. You can get a nice 2 or 3 bedroom villa, house or duplex etc in the south east suburbs for around $230 a week, you just have to pick and choose where as there are some scungy bits like anywhere else. Perth is a very pretty city, climate is bearable and cost of living same as elsewhere.
  • London is way more expensive, except for food. Over all quality of life + income is far better in Australia
  • @ciarrav9173
    I was born in Perth I never realized how expensive things were, because I always relied on my parents.. and always thought Perth was so boring. It wasn’t till I moved to Canada in last year, made me realize how much I miss Perth. My friends, school, transportation, beaches and baldivis 😂 if ya know aha.
  • Married to an Aussie, living in Perth for the last 14 yrs. He’s caring and we have two children. I love the weather, people are quite friendly, I enjoy food shopping here, but miss India so much when comes to shopping for clothes, jewellery and shoes and road side food. I applied for 50 jobs finally got one. Takeaways are extremely expensive and the portions are small, cost of living is high. But it’s clean and good health care and welfare benefits.
  • @batwom12
    Great video, I really enjoyed it. Your honesty and down to earth facts is what I found really refreshing. I grew up in the shire (38 Years) and lived in Cronulla for 8 years just around the corner from Northies (the old Northies with the veranda, where I spent many a Sunday afternoon). I now live in the UK and have been for 18 years. I can relate to what you are saying and both countries have their positives and negatives. Like always try and enjoy the moment and see the positive things. All the best to you and your partner.
  • This video really helped me I've always wanted to move to Australia, so i started looking frew YT stuff about Australia im only 13 years old but when i turn 18 im for sure moving to australia and finishing my studies there😊
  • @seegee7728
    Redback spiders are the most common ones you will see . In garage corners, under the bin, literally have them on my front steps as i walk out the door.
  • Appreciate the honesty, but you have perpetuated the ‘whinging Pom’ stereotype. You need to appreciate that every country has its pros and cons. Australia has very diverse weather. Tasmania is similar to the UK ( with more Sun), and northern Queensland is pure tropics... Come to Melbourne. More cosmopolitan, and cheaper too!
  • @tpwonder99
    Oh and the birds you can hear at 1:36 are corellas, with possibly a cockatoo with them. The huge flock of birds in the shopping centre are often lorikeets though I have seen fig birds behave the same. They roost in the stands of trees in shopping centre car parks because they are safe from predators. Sometimes it can be deafening dawn and dusk. Yes the birds here are fantastic. When I went to the UK for 2 years I went through homesickness there and just the sound of an Aussie bird would flood emotions through me.
  • I agree regarding the public transport. It's miles ahead of anywhere in the US. The only thing I thought was odd were the groups of armed transit guards at every metropolitan station in Melbourne. For a safe city, it seemed a bit strange that dudes were decked out so heavily, even in the middle of suburbia.
  • @30laurence
    Hi I live here in adelaide its more quiet than sydney cheaper but transfortation is harder in the weekend only bus available train station is part in city and glenelg beach im 22 km away from the city the parking is cheap