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Good afternoon. It was so hot today here
in Sydney, Australia. So, I've been
hiding in air con the entire [music]
day. It's almost 6:00 p.m. So, let's
learn some English and go for a walk.
I'm just relaxing, enjoying some music.
A lot of kids have these electric bikes
nowadays. Maybe slightly purple, more
pink. I didn't need to rush for this
train. Starting my walk off with a walk
around this sports oval. Really nice
green grass. It's currently fenced off,
so we can't go through and walk on the
grass, unfortunately. But this is where
a lot of people come to play sports. I'm
currently in a suburb called Chhatzwood,
and this has been under construction, I
guess, or repair for quite a few months
now. But it's still really nice to walk
around here. It's very scenic. The sun
is nice. It's still really hot. Uh, but
a nice place to start to walk. I've got
my earbuds in.
I'm just relaxing, enjoying some music,
and having a peaceful afternoon. But
like I said, it's still so hot, so I'm
hoping it cools down a little bit soon.
I mean, it's summer, so I guess what do
you expect?
So much nicer in the shade finally on
this side of the field. Oh god, there's
the sun again. Uh but about 5 minutes in
the sun and I'm already sweating. So I'm
going to try to find uh more shadier
areas to walk. I think we're going to go
for a little walk through the suburbs
here so I can show you kind of a typical
Australian suburb where people live,
just normal streets. We'll end in the
next suburb over called Artman. And from
there I'll get the train back to
Chhatzwood. So I'll show you how to
catch a train as well. All right, just
walking through this tunnel to a walking
path. A little scary at night this spot,
but in the day it's really peaceful at
nice. Look at that beautiful sun coming
through.
This path is really nice to walk on. But
you may have noticed I forgot my hat.
So, we still have a bit of sun. It's
going to go down soon in about an hour.
But there's a nice breeze in the air.
So, it's starting to feel like it's
cooling down a lot. I do need to be
careful where I walk though because this
path is for both bikes and pedestrians.
Get a few people running up and down
along here.
I've been thinking about starting
running. I go to the gym, but I mostly
just do weights.
But I'd love to start running. It's kind
of something you can do anywhere.
anywhere in the world, anywhere you want
to explore. Just like areas like this,
it's very easy to come out and go for a
run whenever you want.
All right. Signs like this that tell you
this is for both bikes and pedestrians.
So, if you're on a path like this, make
sure you stay to the left. Stay all the
way to the left. So, if a bike comes up
behind you, especially when you can't
hear them because you have earbuds in,
then you're going to be safe because
they will have enough room to go around.
Usually, people riding bikes or cyclists
will ring their bell on the bike to warn
you. So, you'll be pretty safe, but just
keep to the left. Don't be all over the
path. Path's coming to an end. Just up
over here,
we've got this giant tower, which is a
good landmark.
I don't know what that tower's for,
but it's massive. So, if you ever get
lost, you can find the tower
and hopefully find your way back. Press
the button to cross the road and then we
wait for the little green man.
There we go.
Isn't that a cool bike?
A lot of kids have these electric bikes
nowadays.
It's really easy to get upset at people
riding those electric bikes, but maybe
I'm just jealous because when I was a
kid, I didn't have that. And I would
have loved to have an electric bike when
I was a kid. I'd love to have one now,
to be honest. This is a pretty typical
Sydney suburban street. This one's still
on quite a busy road, so there's a lot
of traffic. But
this is still fairly typical. There's a
lot of units,
kind of like apartments, but smaller
density. They're not as tall as
apartments, but people have their own
units, cars parked along the side, and a
lot of trees on the walking tracks
or the footpath. Maybe this isn't quite
typical. It's a very busy road. So, I
think we're almost at Amen. We'll have a
little look around the town and then
I'll walk through some back streets to
show you, you know, what it looks like
where people actually live in houses and
apartments and units and flats. Probably
mostly houses around here. We'll see. I
do have to say it's much nicer now. The
weather, it's cooling down rapidly. It's
rapidly cooling down, especially in the
shade. It's actually really quiet for a
Saturday. I expected a few more people
to be around. I guess it is dinner time
or maybe a lot of people are still
hiding from the heat. But there's a few
restaurants along here that are open. A
lot of shops will close early in Sydney
around
5 to 6:00 p.m. even on weekends, but
restaurants would be open. So, it's a
lovely quiet afternoon. I like it.
There's the train station over there.
There's a train now taking off. We'll go
over there later and catch a train. But
for now, we're going to go down this way
and have a look around the town.
All right, let's go through this tunnel
here at Artaman Station and down the
stairs. This is what a lot of people
call like a little Tokyo because there's
a few Japanese stores,
but not too many. So, it's an it's an
interesting name. I think some of them
close down.
It's actually not that busy tonight. I'm
I'm shocked there's just not many people
around. Usually on a Saturday there's a
lot more people. It's actually really
nice down here. That tree, that pink
tree, maybe slightly purple, more pink,
is in full bloom in summer. Look at all
the petals on the ground. Very scenic.
This one too.
So, the reason they call this Little
Japan is there's a Japanese supermarket
right here. And then just over here used
to be a Japanese noodle restaurant, but
sadly it closed down recently. Uh but
just over there there's a little izakaya
or a yaki tori restaurant where you can
get kind of skewers and different
grilled Japanese food with some drinks
and a sushi place on the end. I don't
want to go too close because people are
eating and I don't want to disturb them
and put the camera in their face. But
one more thing to show you is one of my
favorite cafes
is this cafe right here. Obviously it's
closed right now, but it's called Only
Coffee Project. They do some delicious
cappuccinos, delicious cold brew,
delicious iced long black. Whatever
coffee you want, you can get it right
here. It's really good. Japanese
supermarket's still open. I'm actually
going to go in and get a drink because
I'm sweating. It's closes in 10 minutes.
So, I'll see if uh I'll see if she lets
me in.
Hello.
Find the drinks. I think she's filling
them up. Here we go. All Japanese
drinks. I don't want any tea.
>> Um because it'll keep me up at night.
So, I think
I think I'm going to get this. It's just
water with flavor in it. Seems nice.
>> Yeah, I'm going to go for this.
>> Hello. Um just that, please. Yeah.
Thank you. Just on.
>> Thank you very much. Bye.
>> Right. Beverage acquired. It It wasn't
cheap. It was $4 plus a 50 cent sir
charge, which is a shame, but you know,
it's a small business, so I don't mind
supporting them. The search charge means
that if you pay by card,
they charge you an extra fee on top,
which in this case, if you spend under
$10, then they charge you an extra050,
which is seems like robbery. It is
robbery,
but I'll give it an exception. I went in
late. She's closing up. got a drink and
I'm gonna relax for a little bit, enjoy
it, and then we'll go walk around the
streets a little bit and see what it
looks like to live in a typical suburb
in Sydney, Australia. I'm actually
impressed with uh how peaceful it is
tonight. Like I said, I thought it would
be really busy, it smells delicious from
all the food, but I think because it's a
hot, sunny day, and it doesn't get dark
until after 8:00 p.m., I think people
are coming out slightly later tonight,
perhaps. Get this bottle open.
Little screw top cap. Let's try it out.
That's delicious.
It's definitely not just water. It's a
step up. It's got grape juice, lemon
juice, fructose, which I think is like a
is a fruit sugar. I think
sugar, salt, lemon extract, citrus fruit
extract, mandarin extract, gives you
citrus peel, dried tomato extract.
There's tomato in this or tomato in
this. Tomato tomato
flavor and some random chemicals.
But it's nice. That should hydrate me.
That was a nice little break.
That drink was really nice. But let's
walk around a bit more. As promised,
let's walk around a few of the streets
here in the suburb so you can see what
it's like. This is somewhat typical
again in Sydney. It depends where you
are in Australia. Things can look very
different. This is also a pretty nice
area. I certainly can't afford to buy a
house in this kind of area. Uh but
nevertheless, this is uh an insight or a
look at what it's like to live in a
suburb here in Sydney. You'll notice a
lot of trees, a lot of green grass along
the side of the road. A lot of nature
integrated directly into the suburb. A
lot of my friends from overseas tell me
that when they first came to Australia,
one of the things that impressed them
the most was
the amount of big trees.
just in our suburbs. You'll see around
here there's a lot of just houses,
family houses,
very decent size. A lot of houses here
aren't multi-story. A lot of them aren't
twostory. They're only one story. So,
there's only one level. But some houses,
like that one over there, is a twostory
house. So, they have two levels in their
house.
It's very rare for houses here to have
basements.
Wow, look at this little community book
swap.
I think if you live in the area, you can
put a book in there and take one for
yourself. So, it's like a mini library
run by the community. Wonder if there's
any good books in there. Let me know if
you've read any of those books
in English or in another language. I
won't walk too far. Honestly, a lot of
it looks the same. A lot of the houses
around here are extremely similar. But
I'll try to do a little loop, go back to
the train station, and then we'll take
the train back to Chhatzwood
and maybe find some dinner. Some
beautiful houses around this suburb.
It's a bit of a mix between old houses
and new houses.
We're not far from Sydney City here. So,
it means a lot of houses were built over
a hundred years ago, maybe more,
but at the same time, there's a lot of
houses that have replaced the old ones
and the new.
So, you see a mix of different houses.
It's quite nice. There's a bit of
history still. I love this mailbox.
That's a really cool blue mailbox.
That's a lovely house. That is a lovely
house. Oh no, someone lost their pet
birds. I'm going to blur out the phone
number, but I hope Luna and Baby are
found safely.
This area is lovely. It's quiet,
peaceful.
The houses are absolutely stunning.
I did say a lot of houses here weren't
two stories, but there's a lot of
twostory houses around here. It's a lot
of uh wealthy people live here. I'm
envious. I am envious for sure. This is
a nice area. Oh, I think there's a
little stream or something over here.
You need to get off your bike if you're
going here.
Um
yeah, I don't really think this goes
anywhere. It looks like it just goes to
a fence there. And then the train tracks
are just above. But
down here, I said stream. I think this
is more of a drain, a storm water drain.
It looks kind of natural over there, but
down here it's uh it's a drain for storm
water.
Oh, there's a little staircase here that
goes up.
And there's a bin.
Oh, wow. just this lovely little grassy
area here, a small park with some
benches that you can sit on. There is a
trail that goes there. Maybe you can
walk along the train tracks,
but uh I'm going to start heading back
to the station now. It's getting a
little bit later, so I'm going to get
hungry soon
and definitely need some dinner. Here's
another tunnel
to Hampton Road. Let's
head this [music] way. Back to the
station. To the right. It's back to the
station. So, let's go.
[music]
All right. Remember this tunnel? Well,
this is actually also the entrance to
the train station,
to the station platform. Straight up
these steps and we'll be on the
platform.
Oh, I hear a train. The train's here.
I've got to go quick. All right,
got my phone ready.
Tapped on. Sorry, bad footage, but I
need to get on this train.
>> The next time would have been 8 minutes
anyway, but whatever.
the gap when getting on or off the
train.
>> Doors closing. Please stand clear.
>> I didn't need to rush for this train. I
could have waited 8 minutes, but I
rushed. All you have to do is tap on
with your credit card or a debit card,
and that's your ticket. You can also buy
something called an Opal card. We don't
use physical tickets. We just use the
cards.
>> This train will stop at Chhatzwood.
Change at Chadzwood for Metro services.
This station is
All right, let's throw this bottle away
into the recycling bin. Boom.
Get my phone ready to tap off.
I've taken a a back alley here. So,
it's not very pretty,
but I wanted to get away from the crowd
for a little bit. And in just a moment,
you will see why there are so many
people here. I mean, Chutzwood's a very
diverse area. There's a lot of
restaurants
uh of various cultures, primarily Asian,
Chinese
in particular.
But every weekend they have night
markets. A lot of these markets are a
little pricey. Usually street food's
supposed to be cheaper than kind of
normal restaurant food, but
for some reason in Australia it's more
expensive and people love it. I guess
it's more for the vibes and the good
times.
Chhatzwood is much more crowded with
people. It's a beautiful evening.
Everyone's out and about trying to get
some food from all the restaurants
around here, the markets,
or even in the shopping mall.
All right, I think tonight I'm having
some Japanese food. I feel like noodles.
This is one of my favorite restaurants
around here. Doing a bura.
It's a little glimpse of the menu. It is
so loud in here. So, I won't be able to
commentate too much. But I'm getting the
original Abura.
And after that long walk on a beautiful
evening, I'm going to get a small beer.
Just a small beer. Um, but I'm very
excited for these noodles. And I also,
this sounds weird, but I don't want
people to think that I'm a food
reviewer. I don't know why. I just don't
want people to think I'm reviewing food
because I'm not. I don't know why I
care. Look how delicious that looks. Oh,
on a hot day, nothing looks better than
this.
>> Oh, sorry. Cheers. Looks so good. Color
is down here in the drawer. So, let's
get some chopsticks.
Napkin.
All right. First step is
to mix the noodles, which is very
difficult with one hand, but I will do
my best. You know what? When you stop
caring,
everything's so much easier.
>> That's so good. It tastes so delicious.
Look at the beer.
Absolutely perfect.
So, you may be wondering, why am I
eating Japanese food? You're in
Australia. Show Australian food. Well,
Australia is very diverse. It's a
multicultural country. We don't really
have local cuisine. People often eat
Japanese food, Thai food, Chinese food,
Italian food, Indian food. Food from all
different cultures is very typical in
Australia. And it's all you can get.
There isn't much that's just Aussie.
Delicious.
All done. Time to go.
>> That was an incredible dinner. I enjoyed
having the beer as well. Even if it was
just a small one, that's all I need for
tonight. I'm very full now. A little bit
bloated from the beer, but it feels
good.
Okay, the wind is picking up now, so I
think it's time to head home. Thank you
so much for watching the video all the
way through. I hope you learned some new
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