Australia's Pacific Highway from Brisbane through Sydney, Melbourne to Adelaide is now a 4-lane divided highway, all the way. The constraints China placed on Australia affected China itself more than it did Australia. Which is why China is now removing its restrictions on Australia. Meanwhile, Australia has found new markets for most of the large exports Australia was selling to China.
@FromTheGong
Ай бұрын
I used to drive the old winding single lane Pacific Hwy plenty of times from Sydney to Cabarita. It kept you on your toes, especially driving an old Kingswood wagon with drum brakes and no power steering. Only overtaking lanes were when you were going up a mountain and you had to scream past 4 or 5 trucks within 200 metres. Down side was every trip would guarantee seeing mangled cars or trucks run off the road, specially on the Baringbah Ranges, always trucks off the side there.
@siryogiwan
Ай бұрын
@@FromTheGong yeah I used to go from Coffs Harbour to Sydney, the old highway was crazy, took an ex along it heading north from Sydney, back in late 90s and couldn't believe we had trucks hooking along it bitd lol
@allisongrattidge4154
Ай бұрын
Yeah, in my advertising class at a university in Brisbane, we had to pitch an ad for kookaburra beer, no one but myself knew what a kookaburra was, and I'm half Australian, so technically there was half an Australian in that room. We had so many international students in that particular course - that is not a complaint by the way. Mind you, it's also how Universities make money. International students are required to pay huge amounts more to study here, you will be surprised how much per international student. Australian citizens get help from the government and don't need to pay fees until earning a certain amount after gainful employment, hence this capital from overseas is def a way to fund campuses.
@michaelmayo9048
Ай бұрын
USA imported 536 billion goods from China in 2022 and China imported 156 billion from USA🇺🇸 Australia imported 77 billion from China in 2023. China imported 153 billion of Australian goods...looks like we are all doing trading.😊
@kevo6190
Ай бұрын
Did that bloke say "iregardless" at the end🤨
@michaelmayo9048
Ай бұрын
Dtn Australia 15,000 towns USA 19,000 towns .
@Aquarium-Downunder
Ай бұрын
Australia working with China dates back to 1972.
@HenriHattar
Ай бұрын
Another correction that I MUST make Neal, is the desert, it is saline - salty - and therefore cannot sustain agriculture - also the low mountain range in the west is not conducive to rain cloud formation in the desert region. These things can BE changed now with the technology available. It would take at leats 5 years to make the interior of Australia fertile with a constant flushing of fresh water to eliminate the salt in the earth and create top soil ( Australia has no top soil) Building a new moutain range in the west, desalinating the interior, providing a salt water canal fro Newcastle (on the east coast) to Karartha on the west coast, with de salination plants along the way and bringing the Ord River scheme down to Adelaide wouls permanantly solve this. With other events , within 10 years of that Australia could have a population of about 100 million with a a 13 trillion US$ economy . So the information is not QUITE true, if the political will existed this could happen. As it is, Neal, it already exceeds the US in many matrix and you really should read the YEARLY report on "Wealth of Nations" put out by an UNBIASED Credit Suisee...every year...very comprehensive.
@michaelmayo9048
Ай бұрын
DTN Bendigo 🇦🇺 was the richest city in the world $$$$$$ in 1880 Bendigo is in Victoria 153klms from Melbourne and inland.
@siryogiwan
Ай бұрын
Ozzies love reminding Americans they also were a penal colony lol
@every1665
Ай бұрын
Yes, while proud to be an Aussie I am worried about our reliance on China so much for economic success. But while China certainly has influence over our media like the government funded ABC, that media has lost a lot of influence in recent years anyway. Also I think while USA went to war with Britain to establish its independence and made a completely fresh start, Australia simply gained it through agreement (from 1901) and maintained many British ways of thinking. This may have held us back for several decades as we always considered ourselves not quite as good as Brits, Europeans or Americans. This was termed the 'cultural cringe'. Lately I think we've become a bit brash to be honest.
@HenriHattar
Ай бұрын
The US and Australia were certainly NOT dealt the same cards at all, Austrlia was a 9 month sea voyage, a bit like going to Mars, the USA was more like going half way to the moon, going west in the US saw them cross the ranges with fertile plains spread before them, finally getting over the eastern ranges in Australia found them facing deserts, the US had significant river systems, The Australian river system primarily flowed from the sea to the inland, giving SALT water rivers, there was NO land abutting Australia, like Canada and Mexico did to the USA, I could go on and on, but it is extremely incorrect to say they have been dealt the same hand BUT INTERESTINGLY when adjusted for population EVEN GDP is about the same and THAT is amazing and not usually considered OR noted.
@Aquarium-Downunder
Ай бұрын
This an old video and way out of date, Australia had a traid war with China in 2020 and China lost, we just sold our stuff to others. kzitem.info/news/bejne/0Y6tp6ucsJhzfn4
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