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