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Today is my first full day in Sydney, Australia.

And in this video, we are going to leave the famous city center and explore a completely different site of Sydney.

Apparently, once you leave the city center, the city starts to feel very different.

So today, I want to take the ferry across the harbor, explore some of Sydney's beachside neighborhoods,

try some local food, and see what the city is like away from all the famous tourist spots.

This is a site of Sydney that most tourists never see.

But Sydney is huge, and i have never been here before

and i have no idea how easy it's going to be

to explore these parts of the city on my own

or what to expect there oh man i don't know where i ended up here

so what is sydney really like beyond the famous city center

and how different will it feel join me and let's find out okay

and we are starting our day here in the famous city center of sydney

which we are going to leave now i'm currently in a park here

and there's a very interesting looking bird here i think i've

never seen this type of bird before looks quite funny with the long mouth

and i don't know why

but for some reason i was also not expecting to see palm trees in the middle of sydney

and yeah in order to leave this city center now i want to take the ferry

so we have to get to the ferry terminal first

which is right next to the opera house

and i think we can take the metro to get there

so let's see how easy it is to use the metro

here as a foreign tourist okay i'm currently in the area

which i explored already in my previous video when i arrived here

and i see a big m over there i think

that is a metro station although i'm not sure

if i can just take any metro from any station to

get to the opera house maybe we have a map here

oh what's going on here looks like somebody is living here

but i just want to have a look at the map here see

if i can figure this out i don't even know where

i am at the moment i think somewhere here martin place maybe

and circular gray that's where i want to go you are here park street huh

it also smells pretty bad here let's see

if there's somebody i can actually talk to that's maybe easier

but i don't see any staff around here i actually think

that from here i can't get to circular crane

because in order to get there like the lines are thinner

than the thick lines okay i think i can't take the metro from this station

but i think there's another metro station like one

or two blocks away from here okay to be honest i am a bit confused now

because i see plenty of metro lines here on google maps exactly where i'm standing now

but i don't see any entrance to a metro station i

am confused maybe there's an entrance in this building right here

let's have a look i was in this building already yesterday in my arrival video

but i actually don't remember

if there was a metro downstairs lower ground town hall station i think

that could be a metro station the sign would match at

least oh it smells extremely delicious here like apple pie

or something similar huh i don't see a metro station here

either maybe i have to go one more down no

that looks like a like a supermarket down there where's the

metro station this is where the nice smell is coming from lüneburger german bakery oh

that is interesting oh

that looks like a like a proper german bakery i am very surprised to see

that ah german britian german bread rolls german bread i really miss

that but yeah i'm not here today to eat german bread we're gonna have australian food later on

but first i need to find the metro station now all right i found it town hall

that looks like the entrance of a huge metro station actually

and yeah do i need to buy a ticket um at

the airport train station i could just tap my card

so i would assume i could do the same here let me figure out

which line i need to take first

because i think there are plenty of lines here

so i need to go to here that's where we want to go circular cray

or key i'm not sure how to pronounce it

so l2 the red one okay let's see

if i can just use my card again oh

that works okay by the way i used this card also in the previous video for the airport train

and until now there was no charge on my credit card

so i actually still don't know how much i paid oh

man this is confusing what did i say l2 red how

do i know where is l2 red ah i see some lines right here

but not l2 red so where's l2 red i have to say it always surprises me

that in every western country the lack of service staff around like

if you're traveling in asia and basically every asian country there's always

so much stuff around to ask but here i don't see anyone working here

so traveling in western country requires a bit more being proactive

yourself you know same over there i don't see l2 red

okay now i'm confused i walked through the whole station now

and i haven't seen a single sign with the red l2

line oh it's actually not even on the on the signs

here anymore ah here we go again ken abroad getting lost

in metro stations nothing new on this channel right excuse me

do you work here yes I'm trying to get to the

opera house with platform six on the right two stops circular key but from six on the right

okay sounds easy thank you okay not from six on the right side

but that is not the line I had a mind

but okay let's trust this guy and see

if we end up at the right place oh yes yes the station as well circular train 48 works as well, it seems like.

Alright, and here is the train already.

Literally a minute later, I would say it looks identical to the train I took from the airport to get here.

Maybe these are just the regular metro trains here in the city.

Alright, let's get onto the train.

So we have two floors here even.

The upper and the lower floor.

Oh, and check it out.

We have like single seats here almost.

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Two seats facing each other.

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And the guy said, I think two stations, right?

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And literally five minutes later and we have arrived.

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And by the way, the voice says circular key

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so i think i was pronouncing it wrong the whole time actually all right

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and here we are and yeah i'm not sure

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if every metro train in sydney looks like this this looks more

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and feels more like a proper train but very nice very clean comfortable

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and yeah now just tap in the card again

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and now i'm out

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but still have no idea how much i paid for it

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right now there's only one charge on my credit card of one australian dollar

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but i'm pretty sure that can't be the cost of the ride so

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if you're from sydney please let me know in the comments

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how much you have to pay to use the metro

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and i'm still wondering

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if i can still see a charge at some point in

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the next hours on my credit card anyway we are at the wharf area now

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so i think there are different stations basically wharf 4 wharf 3

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and so on

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and yeah i want to take the ferry now to a completely different part of sydney

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which is called manly and

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that part has been recommended to me by sydney locals actually by several locals

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so i think it is a popular spot

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or it is a known spot for the locals

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but yeah most of the tourists who are coming to sydney

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they stay in this area the city center we have the

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opera house right behind here i'm curious to see a more

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local side of the city oh that's actually a signboard here

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which wharf um oh i don't see oh there's manly traveling to manly at wharf number three

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which wharf is this is this number three ah it is number three okay

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so how do i get a ticket then maybe i can

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ask for help here excuse me hello yes i'm trying to

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get to manly yeah next to me the man in black the man in black yeah okay

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so this is the right uh yeah yeah okay thank you

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all right he said meet the man in black right do

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i just need to tap here again hi i'm trying to get to manly yep this is the right spot

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so i just need to tap the ticket yep

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and how much is it so

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if you tap your credit card it will be only 9 .65 all day round two

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and if i want to get back it's the same ferry back to here yeah you can stay on board

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or you can jump oh yeah i wanna i wanna leave in manly yeah

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so i can leave there yeah yeah every half an hour okay

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so the next one is in seven minutes how many minutes

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does it take to manly 25 25 minutes okay all right

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then let's tap the card again actually a very easy system

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if you just can tap your credit card everywhere you don't

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need to buy like physical paper tickets you know all right

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and we're boarding the ferry and yes i'm really on the right one let's see

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if we can maybe sit outside i think

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that would be even better maybe in the end even we can go upstairs i think

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that is great it's a very sunny and cool day

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so why not sit outside maybe i'm just going to sit right here

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and then we're gonna have a beautiful view to this area once we depart the harbour

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and yeah why i want to leave the city center

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so i watched a few youtube videos about sydney before i

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came here i skipped through a few of the videos

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that were made here and all of the videos

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that i saw all showed the same area the area around

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the opera house here the city center i'm always curious to

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also look behind the famous city centers see a more local side of the city

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so today i'm trying to find out how is sydney in the local areas beyond the famous city center

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and that's why i'm so curious to explore manly today

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so yeah now you can see the city center behind us

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and we also have a huge cruise ship on the right

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side i actually have never been on a cruise before

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and i thought about going on one to film a video about it

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but i'm not sure if will be interesting content for you

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so maybe let me know in the comments

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and yeah this view is now quite symbolic for this video

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because we are literally leaving the famous area of sydney behind us now and we're heading to another area around there

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okay and to show you the journey on the map

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so the opera house right here

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and then we are cruising through the bay basically to manly up here so

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that is the journey on the map on this side here i think over there we have the open ocean

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so if you sail out of the bay here then yeah the whole world is in front of you basically

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and it's actually pretty windy up here

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and a bit shaky to walk around all right

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and i think we have arrived i think the pier is over there

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and yeah this is the manly area we also have quite a few small boats parking here in the bay

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and i do think

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that sydney has quite a few of smaller base similar like this spread around the whole area so

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if you have a look at sydney on google maps for

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example you can see a little base like this all around basically

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and yeah that was a lovely 20 minute ferry ride to get here okay

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and here we are back on land okay

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so no tap off needed on this service i understand that as i I don't have to tap my credit card again.

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So yeah, for total, what did he say? think nine dollar you get a 20 25 minute ferry ride

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that was actually quite enjoyable with a nice breeze in my face nice views okay

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and here we are now in manly

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and yeah i have two specific places in mind now

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that i would like to see the first one is the manly beach

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which i think is on the other side

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so i have to walk a few blocks to get there

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and then the second place is a nice viewpoint from where i think we can even see the city center

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and the skyline

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and along the way i also like to try some food oh yeah here we have a map actually

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so you are here

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and then the manly beach is right here i think the viewpoint is somewhere up here

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and i think there's like a pedestrian walking street

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that we can walk along now

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and yeah i also want to explore around the residential areas

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a bit to get a feeling for what it must be

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like to live in this area look at this bird right here

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that looks like a almost like a chicken like a large chicken

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so funny in australia you just have random large birds walking around similar to the one

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that we saw at the beginning of the video you know what would be cool

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but i think quite impossible to see a kangaroo i mean probably the most famous animal from australia

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but i doubt that you can see them just hopping around sydney okay

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so this is what the walking street here is looking like very beautiful with the trees

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and i can see a glimpse of the ocean already in the background

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and yeah it's definitely not a quiet area

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but as far as i can judge

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that i don't hear like many foreign tourists around here like

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in city center you hear all these languages from all around the world you don't hear

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that here so i think this is an area

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which is popular for locals but not necessarily for foreign tourists who are visiting sydney

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and there's actually a frozen yogurt shop here called yochi

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and i have been told this is a very famous

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and popular frozen yogurt store here in australia the owners are also from australia

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so let's check it out i'm curious to give it a try okay

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so this is what it's looking light very old here oh there's a long line here

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and i think it's like a self -service store

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so i think you can choose your own toppings here as far as i can judge

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that insert hands below for magic powers are basically sanitizing the hands okay

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and then yeah i think you have to choose your flavor you basically put it in the cup yourself

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and then you can top it off with whatever makes you happy

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and then weigh and pay okay we have eight different flavors vanilla Strawberry, Acai, Mango, Chokie, Coconut, Raspberry, Signature Tart, and Salted Fattah Scotch.

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I'm difficult to choose.

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I think I'm gonna take the Strawberry, Raspberry one, maybe also the Signature Tart, I think you can mix them.

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Do you want to try any flavors?

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Alright, it's my first time here, I have no idea about the flavors.

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You can either bring a bowl or a cone, and then put any of the flavors on, and then you can...

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And I can mix, right?

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Yep, you can mix any of them, and then put toppings on.

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It's all from waist by waist, so every 100 grams is $4.

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Okay, cool.

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Alright, so I think I'm choosing the cup here.

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I can try first.

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The coconut and the signature.

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So you can get a small cup to try first.

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Okay, thank you.

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This one is the coconut.

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The signature part is not really my taste.

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Very buttery.

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The coconut rest of the one is very nice.

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I'm gonna take this one.

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Ah, look at this.

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Alright.

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So I think what you wanna do is you wanna leave some space

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because look at all the toppings here I think the toppings

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are a major part of the experience here oh yes different nuts here oh we have cookie dough

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that sounds delicious that is the first one I must try

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and we have some fresh fruits as well let's also get some strawberries

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and then we have candies we have M &M's we have Oreos coconut flakes chocolate chips

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and i definitely also want to get sprinkles reminds me of my childhood

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and here buttery mix of oats and cinnamon i love cinnamon i also love oats

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and then we have different types of sauce here

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and i see a brownie as well

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and the dubai trend is also here in australia i don't want any of the sauce in this one

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okay thank you okay so this is the bowl i'm having here we have the base

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and then loads of toppings on top of it let me try the brownie actually first oh

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and what a nice view with the palm tree behind us

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the blue sky let's give it a bite the brownie is still warm

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and super soft and such a nice flavor

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and you know maybe let me get a big bite with

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a lot of different flavors a lot of different toppings here we go the base

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that i have the coconut raspberry is already very delicious just on its own

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and then including all the the toppings

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that i have the m &ms the sprinkles the the cinnamon oat crumble very nice

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and now let me try the cookie dough

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when i was younger my mom and me always enjoyed ben

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and jerry's cookie dough ice cream maybe some of you know

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that one that was our favorite ice cream when i was a child so cookie dough is always very nice

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oh yeah you know what it reminds me of

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when i was younger as well my mom

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and me we used to do like baking like christmas cookies you know

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and then i always like to eat the dough before we made the cookies you know

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and just eating the cookie dough here reminds me really of childhood memories baking cookies with my mom

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and then just eating the dough already oh very very nice i think i can understand why this is

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so loved here by the locals and yeah it is a chain locally owned

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so this is very delicious and was worth the money okay so

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that was a great little sweet treatment i need to be

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careful not to accidentally step into these mini water fountains here

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but i'm also gonna have a proper meal later on

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and i have to say i really love how colorful everything

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is here like every building basically has a different color

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and then the whole time all these beautiful palm trees around here

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and overall i can also say it's a nice vibe here so far

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so i'm having good first impressions yeah as you could see

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Okay, but before we're having more food, let's actually have a look at the beach and check this out.

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Hotel Steyn, 1859.

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1859 this must be a very historic old hotel or can you imagine people already staying here in

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1859 that is incredible i wonder what the area was like back then all right

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and here we have the beach something

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that australia is very famous for its beaches

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and this is quite a nice one it's very large actually much longer than i would have expected

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so quite a long beachfront right here

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and i also see people over there playing volleyball there are several volleyball fields

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and over there i also see people surfing

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that is probably a very australian thing to see people surfing

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i mean australia is very known for surfing i think they

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have plenty of great surfing spots all around the country

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but wow i could not imagine going into

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that water right now it is on the edge of being

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too cold to walk around here with a t -shirt i would guess the water is definitely too cold

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but i can see

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that all of the surfers are wearing like uh wetsuits for good reasons i think

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but yeah i think

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when you grow up in sydney you you are growing up

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being surrounded by beaches like said earlier there are plenty of beaches basically all around the city

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so no matter where in sydney you live the beach probably is never far away

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and if you are from sydney please let me know in the comments

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if that's right is it like a very normal every weekend

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activity like going to the beach going surfing hanging out by the beach

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because i could imagine

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if you're growing up here it is okay i found this sign here top 10 things to do in manly

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and yeah as you can see there are lots of things

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to do in this area here seems like you can even

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go snorkeling at shelley beach i think some of the beaches

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all around australia also are really known for snorkeling you can see a plenty of beautiful fish

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and also like huge ones like sharks in some areas in australia

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so that is actually something that the country is known for

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but to be honest i was not expecting

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that you can go snorkeling also like right in sydney

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but there's actually something that i noticed which this beach doesn't have

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which many beaches or i would say every beach in asia for example has and

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that is street vendors like people walking around the beaches oh

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all these birds here people walking around the beach like selling drinks selling fresh fruits

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or little snacks you know and that would be actually something very nice here

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but i don't see street vendors or street food cards at all here

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so maybe that just isn't a thing here in australia so

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if you want to have a snack

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or drink something you always have to go back to the shops here okay

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so i am a few blocks away from the beach now

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and i think this is like it typical residential neighborhood very

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beautiful houses here though there's also a church here australia is a predominantly christian country

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so you have churches like this actually a lot i saw

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plenty of them already at different locations in the city

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and yeah i could imagine that living here is very quiet peaceful

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and beautiful i mean the beach is just a few blocks away

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but i think no matter where in sydney you live the beach is always

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or a beach is always not far away

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and maybe this a weird comparison

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but in some ways the area around here reminds me of

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the area around the miami beach maybe you saw my video from there

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and then maybe you remember

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when i was walking towards the famous miami beach the area

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around there was also a residential area very posh residential area though

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but similar vibes like here i would say

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and yeah this is also a very cool area now

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so i think these are all condo buildings here so residential buildings

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and then if you have your apartment on this side

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or the balcony you are straight looking to the beach

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and the ocean over there very nice i would be curious what the prices in this area are like

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if anyone of you watching knows about

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that i would like to know how much is the rent

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per month in one of these apartments here i would guess

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it's probably on the pricier side of rents in sydney

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but i could be also wrong i don't really know

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and also here look at these birds over there looks like like exotic parrots it's

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so funny what type of birds you see in sydney like this is the type of bird

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that in my country germany you could only see in the zoo like exotic birds in a zoo

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and here they are just chilling by the beach so funny oh

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so beautiful birds as well

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and they don't seem to be shy of humans at all

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like look how close i can get to them have a look at that hello hello

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i wonder what they're searching for maybe some some ducks

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that they're trying to dig out

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and then eat maybe something is falling off the tree

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that they can eat okay now let's get a proper meal here

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so there's manly ocean foods right across the beach

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and yeah i want to try fish and chips

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which i heard is very popular here in sydney so let's give it a try fresh and cooked seafood since

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1959 so sounds like a place that has been around for a

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while okay so it's literally only fishy of course

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and also calamari i see here salmon octopus we even have a burger with fish maybe popcorn fish

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and chips that sounds like a small snack or the classical one fish

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and chips hi hello i would like the classical fish

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and chips the better one yeah no no sauce no okay okay

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and then you're gonna call the number yeah okay thank you all right

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so 19 australian dollar for fish and chips i don't know

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if that is expensive or not i could imagine the price is a bit higher here

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because we are literally right in front of the beach all

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right i picked up the food let me find a spot

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now to sit down i think i can right over there all right

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so this looks like a lovely place i think i have to be careful though of the seagulls here

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because they will be very curious i think to steal my

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french fries no yeah i actually just met some locals

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and they told me that this shop is actually very famous

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and well known all right and this is what it's looking like

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and it actually looks like a huge portion

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so we have two pieces of fish right here

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and then a lot of rice underneath

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and i think the first thing i need to do is squeeze the lemon over it

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so right here and look at the view in front of me

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that looks beautiful right the beach right over there the palm trees what a nice place to enjoy fish

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and chips okay to be honest though i would usually associate fish

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and chips more with the uk however

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when i googled about the must try foods here in sydney this was on basically every list

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so let me start with the french fries look they're actually

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very thick i like thick fries like this much more than the small

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and thin ones and they are very good also a lot of salt around it

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but yeah now the main thing the fish

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so this is the small piece right here let's try

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that one first to be honest

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if you know my videos you know i don't eat seafood often i'm not a huge seafood lover

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but battered fish like this is actually quite delicious i think

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out of all the seafoods this is one of my favorites

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and yeah it tastes very light not heavy at all the

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flavor of the fish itself is very good it also doesn't taste oily sometimes

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when you eat like deep fried fish like this it tastes very oily

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but that's not the case here

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so i think this is a great meal especially with this view with this location

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so let me finish this meal

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and then we are also heading to this viewpoint from where

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we can have a beautiful view over the city okay before

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we're heading to the viewpoint i actually also want to find this one a finger bun

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which several locals already now have recommended to me

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and i have heard that basically every bakery sells these

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so let's see if we can find a bakery

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and give it a try okay i'm inside a side alley now

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and there's the bakehouse here that should be a bakery right do i see it already

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this looks similar as far as i can judge it

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but not exactly the same i think oh they also extremely

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good -looking cookies right here cookie boxes what is this me

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ring i never heard this word before i don't know what it is

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and lots and lots of cookies here

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but i don't see any finger buns here hi do you have finger buns now this one is finger bun

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but you don't sell them in single pieces i think this it is

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but uh four pieces it's too much hi i'm ken yeah

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that's me right can we get a photo nice to meet

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you hello i'm just trying to eat a finger bun i

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heard it's very popular do you want one are you sure yeah

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because it's four pieces

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and i only need one do you want one okay then

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i get all four how much is it okay yeah then

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we can share one finger bun for for everyone just tap

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here yeah all right thank you very much are you from sydney yes yeah

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so this is something that i have to try i was told is that right yeah i never tried it before

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Not yet.

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No. It's so funny.

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Everyone asked me about my haircuts.

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So, um, are these always looking like this or do they come with different toppings or flavors?

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You can also get like sprinkles.

473

But this one's the most popular.

474

So it's basically just like a milk bun and then with sweet toppings.

475

Yeah.

476

Okay.

477

You're free.

478

Go ahead.

479

Okay.

480

I'll just get a bun.

481

I'll get the last one then.

482

So I guess it's gonna be very sweet.

483

Yeah.

484

Alright, so the famous Australian finger bun.

485

Okay, cheers guys.

486

What are your names?

487

Jonathan.

488

Jonathan or Max.

489

I'm Jamie.

490

Jamie.

491

Okay, nice to meet you.

492

Let's give it a try.

493

It's very sweet, yeah.

494

Very sweet.

495

And this cream, I can't really identify the flavor.

496

What do you think is the flavor?

497

It's got coconut on top.

498

Yeah, there's coconut on top as well.

499

Maybe strawberry, strawberry coconut.

500

But the bun itself is also already sweet, right?

501

But I would say it.

502

I can imagine, oh, I can see why this is so popular here.

503

It's a great snack, especially for children, I think.

504

But also as an adult, I can enjoy this.

505

And yeah, we do have a bus station here.

506

And I have been told that i can take the bus to this viewpoint

507

and i just spoke with some locals again and they told me

508

if i have a look on google maps i can actually

509

see the bus numbers bus 161 leaves in six minutes

510

and they told me it's leaving from the bus station right there

511

so that is actually good to know that

512

if i choose my destination on google maps google maps tells me even the bus number to take

513

so that makes it a pretty easy to use then

514

because yeah that viewpoint is a bit far to walk it would be like a 45 minute walk

515

so i think the bus should leave from here then let

516

me just uh oh i don't know how to uh read

517

this timetable to be honest i don't really know 161 42

518

but on google maps it says 40 but it also says though

519

that i have to still walk 15 minutes

520

so i think it doesn't i add the bus will drop me off here

521

and then we have to walk the rest

522

but i think that's okay okay the buses are running late

523

and i just heard that the bus is actually quite unreliable

524

so it happens often that the bus doesn't uh arrive on time they should be the last but it's like 7 42. so

525

if there's something to like wait for the next one that's

526

nice maybe there's another one coming in like what did you say 16 minutes

527

or so yeah yeah it should be okay

528

yeah she also just said

529

that she's worried it's going to rain we do have some dark looking clouds around us

530

that would ruin the the plans of seeing the the viewpoint

531

to be honest okay according to google maps the next one is coming at six

532

that would be in 13 minutes by now all right there's

533

161 coming a bit delayed though hi i would like to go to north hatch the viewpoint

534

no but according to the locals this is the right bus the wrong timing where are you going then

535

halfway yeah okay i will still take the bus

536

and then i see do i pay with my card just tap here

537

yeah yeah yeah so what is your last stop

538

station okay and then I figure out from there he said not not all the way

539

but I have to leave earlier okay that's okay all right

540

so seems like same in Germany the buses are not really punctual

541

or maybe I'm just having bad luck now

542

but yeah let's see where this bus stops

543

and then how I can get from there to the actual viewpoint maybe i will switch to an uber then

544

but yeah overall i have to say the bus looks

545

and feels very similar to the buses i'm used to in my own country germany

546

so there's probably not a huge difference

547

and yeah i think we have missed the sunset already

548

but maybe we can see a beautiful night view of the skyline then from the lookout

549

and yet to show you the journey on the map

550

so we are here now in manly

551

and i want to get to the viewpoint right here

552

so according to google maps the last station is right here

553

and then here i have to walk the rest of the

554

way yeah we are cruising through the residential areas now

555

and i'm a bit surprised how hilly it is here

556

so the area around manly seems to be quite hilly

557

and we have many of little roads here

558

and there with a lot of beautiful looking houses as well

559

the road goes through a lot of bush yeah it was

560

nice to meet you yeah okay do you need help to

561

get out here i help you i get this out let me get out first

562

and then i'll help you get out okay thank you

563

here we go okay thank you okay have a good trip

564

home yeah okay thank you bye -bye she was actually a

565

lovely old lady she talked to me the whole time i was sitting at the bus station

566

and she actually reminded me a lot of my own grandma

567

not too far 15 15 okay maybe 20 yeah okay let's see okay thank very much all right

568

so i feel like we are now in the middle of nowhere i'm not sure

569

if it was such a good idea to take the bus instead of an uber

570

which i think can actually take me all the way to

571

the viewpoint yeah most is a good idea i don't know

572

and in case you're wondering why i didn't just take an

573

uber you know i often like to try out local transportation

574

and see how it is to travel around the city like

575

a local that's why i often like to take metros

576

or buses ferries but yeah let's find out

577

if it was a good idea to still come to this viewpoint i hope though

578

so i don't know if you can see it

579

but in the distance i can still see a glimpse of the sun of sunlight

580

so maybe that will give us like a nice after sunset view

581

and i'm hoping to see like a nice skyline view in the night now

582

but which way do i have to go q station this way

583

or this road by the way i just realized it looks

584

way brighter on the camera than it does in reality like this camera has like a night mode

585

so it looks brighter than it actually is right here oh no i think i have to take

586

that right here

587

so yeah according to my google maps it's a 12 minute

588

walk now oh man this is literally a dark road now

589

huh okay it's six o 'clock it's not like in the middle of the night now

590

but it does feel a bit sketchy to walk here now

591

to be honest it's literally a dark road in front of me what am i doing here

592

so i really hope this viewpoint is worth it

593

and it's also getting quite uh chilly here now i should have brought a jacket to be honest oh man

594

and i definitely have some animals here in the bushes do they have dangerous animals here like bears

595

or something like that

596

but there's somebody coming with a flashlight maybe i can ask

597

them how long it is still to walk excuse me hi

598

i'm looking i'm trying to find the viewpoint right at the

599

end you're quite far away is it worth it at this

600

time uh probably not i'm not gonna lie i can see

601

the city the skyline okay it's not a dangerous area

602

or something like

603

that just be careful of the cars of the cars okay 10 minutes okay okay thanks a lot all right

604

so at least i didn't say anything about dangerous animals i

605

think i'm going to start walking a bit faster now

606

because i'm literally getting really cold now

607

and it's crazy how fast the sunlight disappears here like literally half an hour ago it was still very bright

608

and now i feel like i'm watching through the pitch dark night

609

and i really really hope

610

that i will be able to get an uber from there back to the city it's very quiet here now

611

and very cold now actually it calms me down to keep

612

talking to you feels like i'm here with somebody you know

613

i'm not being completely on my own in the middle of nowhere

614

but yeah to be honest i should have taken an uber

615

the bus was not a good idea oh man look at

616

the moon this is one of the brightest moons i have ever seen

617

and it seems to be full moon as well

618

that is actually super cool okay i'm using my light from the phone now

619

because without the light it's literally pitch pitch black

620

but the moon looks like almost the sun right but

621

that is actually the moon yeah i really really hope

622

that this viewpoint is worth it i'm actually also quite curious now to see it

623

and according to google maps it's another four minutes come on look at

624

that there's another bus stop here and it says number 169

625

so why didn't the bus drop me off here then

626

but i think that's what he meant

627

when i got into the bus right he said something about he's not going there anymore

628

but i think i do see some civilization again i think

629

there's a house here let's have a look at the sign here lookout toilets car park fairfax walk

630

so i think we're gonna go to look out 700 more meters sydney harbor national park all right okay

631

and i made it to the viewpoint

632

and yes i can see the skyline from here it looks pretty nice but was

633

that worth walking here in the cold i feel very cold

634

now to be honest i am not really sure about

635

that to be honest i could imagine though

636

that you actually can see a beautiful sunset from here

637

so i should have came here like an hour earlier i think

638

but that's how it goes sometimes not everything goes as planned on these travel days never let

639

that ruin your mood not everything has to go as planned

640

and it was a very enjoyable day i'm really happy

641

that i came to this side of sydney i mean

642

when you arrive here as a tourist you also have to see the famous city center the opera house etc

643

so i'm also happy that i did see that yesterday

644

when i arrived here which i showed you in the previous video

645

but now i'm also happy

646

that i saw this less touristy side of the city anyway i really hope

647

that i will be able to get an uber here now

648

and then in the next episode we're actually traveling to another

649

country it's gonna be a very very cool one it has

650

been on my bucket list for many many years already

651

so stay tuned for the next episode feel free to subscribe to the channel

652

if you haven't yet to follow the journey and

653

if you haven't seen my previous video arriving here in sydney getting my very first impressions

654

and feel free to check out the video right here go see the world yourself take care

655

and until next time all right and yes i am able to get an uber here yes right

656

it's pretty chilly out here

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 656 sentences and 7476 words to shadow. The speech runs for 35:01. The speaker talks fast, about 213 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

metro /ˈmɛtɹoʊ/ (noun) — A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.
manly /ˈmænli/ (adjective) — Having the characteristics of a man.
viewpoint /ˈvjuː.pɔɪnt/ (noun) — The position from which something is observed or considered
cookie /ˈkʊki/ (noun) — A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
flavor /ˈfleɪvə/ (noun) — The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
coconut /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ (noun) — A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
topping /ˈtɑpɪŋ/ (noun) — Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.
currency /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/ (noun) — Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
chip /t͡ʃɪp/ (noun) — A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
ferry /ˈfɛɹi/ (noun) — A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (noun) — A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ (adjective) — Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
opera /ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/ (noun) — A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
uber /ˈuːbəɹ/ (adjective) — Super; high-level; high-ranking.
dough /doʊ/ (noun) — A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
walk around (verb) — To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
do in (verb) — To kill or end; to defeat.
find out (verb) — To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get out (verb) — To leave or escape.
come with (verb) — To join and come along.
go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
grow up (verb) — To mature and become an adult.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 139 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, thin /ˈθɪn/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, conversion /kənˈvɝʒən/
Long words — get the stress right: residential /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like metro, manly, viewpoint.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have never been · haven't seen · have arrived
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is called · has been recommended · were made
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was also not expecting · was pronouncing · was not expecting
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should leave · should be · should have

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