British expat shares six issues that stunned her about transferring to Australia

A British expat has listed six tradition shocks which have stunned him essentially the most since transferring to Australia.

Charlie moved from London to Sydney in November and posted a TikTok on Wednesday detailing what she was not ready for.

The 25-year-old stated she felt foolish whereas driving as a result of visitors lights and automobile indicators are completely different from the UK, and he or she thought ‘how are you going?’ Means ‘the place are you going?’

“When you’re pondering of transferring to Australia, listed below are some stuff you undoubtedly must know,” she stated.

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Expat Charlie (pictured) moved from London to Sydney in November and shares the six issues that stunned him most about dwelling in Australia. The 25-year-old stated she felt foolish whereas driving as a result of visitors lights and automobile indicators are completely different from the UK, and he or she thought ‘how are you going?’ Means ‘the place are you going?’

At first, Charlie admitted that she did not fairly perceive some frequent phrases utilized in on a regular basis language.

‘Once I first got here right here in November and folks have been asking me how I used to be going, I informed them I used to be going to the grocery store. They checked out me like I am a loopy individual,’ she stated within the clip.

‘Now I perceive what it means – it means “How are you doing?”‘

Subsequent, Charlie states that in the first place he has hassle opening the doorways due to the kind of locks utilized in Australia.

‘Within the UK, most doorways are latched,’ she stated.

‘Now I am not a locksmith, nevertheless, I can let you know in each nation I’ve ever been to if you wish to open the door, you flip the important thing in direction of the middle of the door and the latch lifts up.

‘Please do not do that on this nation. You seem like an fool and that is the fallacious method.’

Charlie understood that the underside of most doorways required the important thing to be turned outward from the door, not inward.

Charlie was additionally caught out when driving, as in Australia the indicator is often situated on the suitable whereas within the UK and most of Europe it’s on the left – nevertheless it will depend on the model.

‘Once I go to sign I flip my wipers off like loopy,’ she stated.

‘It is a kind of issues that also throws me [off] And I’ve been driving right here for 10 days.’

Charlie additionally mentions how ‘mad’ Australians will be in peak-hour visitors to get into their ‘flip flops and singlet’ on their method residence after work.

Charlie was caught whereas driving, as in Australia the indicator is on the suitable whereas within the UK and most of Europe it’s on the left. He additionally talked about how Australians can go ‘loopy’ in peak hour visitors on their method residence after work (inventory picture)

Charlie stated that when the sunshine turned inexperienced he was beeped by the Aussies for going too sluggish at intersections.

“Normally within the UK, it (the sunshine) turns crimson and amber on the identical time, so you recognize it should be inexperienced,” she stated.

‘It would not try this on this nation – it shoots straight from crimson to inexperienced.

Charlie stated that this may offer you no probability to vary the track as you may miss when the sunshine is inexperienced.

For the final two cultural shocks, Charlie states that dairy milk tastes like ‘off Halloween chocolate’ and the way many individuals have mullets.

The video has been considered over 250,000 instances in a single day and has left tons of of individuals in stitches.

‘I’ve had an excellent chuckle at this. I fully forgot about some issues,’ wrote one lady.

One other stated: ‘I nonetheless do not know methods to reply when a British individual says ‘are you okay?’ so he’s.’

Others identified which aspect of the automobile the indications are on will depend on the make of the automobile.