AE 1414 - The Goss: Farm + Camping Culture in Australia
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What is the main focus of this podcast episode?
G'day you mob, Pete here, and this is another episode of Aussie English, the number one place for anyone and everyone wanting to learn Australian English. So, today I have a Goss episode for you, where I sit down with my old man, my father, Ian Smithson, and we talk about the week's news, whether locally down under here in Australia or non-locally overseas in other parts of the world, okay. And we sometimes also talk about whatever comes to mind, right? If we can think of something interesting to share with you guys related to us or Australia, we also talk about that in The Goss. So, these episodes are specifically designed to try and give you content about many different topics. where we're obviously speaking in English and there are multiple people having a natural and spontaneous conversation in English.
So, it is particularly good to improve your listening skills. In order to complement that, though, I really recommend that you join the podcast membership or the Academy membership at AussieEnglish.com.au, where you will get access to the full transcripts of these episodes, the PDFs, the downloads, and you can also use the online PDF reader to read and listen at the same time. Okay. So, if you really, really want to improve your listening skills fast, get the transcript, listen and read at the same time, keep practising and that is the quickest way to level up your English. Anyway, I've been rabbiting on a bit. I've been talking a bit. Let's just get into this episode, guys. Smack the bird and let's get into it.
How's it going, Dad? Good, Pete. How are you? Hang on. I didn't... We already opened the can. What are we thinking? It was open. We've been working on some other projects. We've been working on some other projects. So, we've already opened a can, but it's not beer. So, this conversation is likely to be either boring or sensible.
Yeah, that's it.
It's caffeinated.
Maybe it'll be... I'll have to slow it down later by 0.75 speed.
Just get your recording down to 0.8 and it'll be fine.
So, we went away for my birthday on the weekend to my grandparents... Happy birthday. Thank you. My grandparents' farm in Bendigo, which we've talked about on the podcast multiple times. But I thought it might be a good excuse to, I guess, talk about what we did there as just, you know, fun kind of family information. Stuff to do. And then maybe we can talk more broadly about camping culture or vacationing culture in Australia.
Vacation. It's not a word. Vacation. You've got to say that word in an American accent. Apologies to all my American friends and relatives. There's so many listening. There's so many listening to the podcast. All learning how to speak English in Australia.
Maybe we should make it mandatory for them.
Mandatory, yeah. All Ian's friends and relatives listen to him make a fool of himself. I know, exactly.
Yeah, so we went away. The farm is near Bendigo. Takes about, what, two and a half hours to get to?
Two and a half hours to get to from here, yeah.
It's kind of a nice drive. I enjoy it. Going through- What do we go through? Bacchus Marsh- That's one way.
Bacchus Marsh, Gisborne, Kyneton. Yep. Or you sort of skirt around Kyneton. You can choose to- Once they build the freeway, the old Calder Highway is now a freeway, so- 110 k's an hour, baby. Yeah, bang. So, it just- and it goes around all of the small towns. So, you can get off at Kyneton, but not have to go through Kyneton, which is a shame because, you know, some of those towns, I think, have lost a bit of their tourist stuff. I hadn't thought about that. Driving through it.
Yes. You have to go out of your way if you're on the Colton Highway.
Yeah, you've got to choose to go. You have to leave. We cut into that. We get to the highway out of Gisborne. Yeah. But Gisborne's not on that freeway anymore. The old highway goes straight through the main street of Gisborne, the main street of Woodend, the main street of Kyneton. Yeah. And no longer is that the case. But at the same time, they don't have to put up with all the shitty truck traffic at one o'clock in the morning.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main focus of this podcast episode?
0:13β6:31
2
How does camping culture differ in Australia?
6:31β14:30
3
What activities do families enjoy on farm visits?
14:30β15:19
4
What are the challenges of opening a farm gate?
15:19β19:05
5
How does the drive to the farm enhance the experience?
19:05β28:06
6
What is the significance of Wilson's Promontory for camping?
28:06β33:19
Speakers
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