Kitten24

I think family and friends are an obvious answer, so this is more to do with foods, places etc.

So what do you miss about South Africa?

Kitten24

Anyone??

Well I miss...
Wimpy Burgers and a Wimpy Coffee
A Calamari and Prawn skillet from Ocean Basket
The mid-afternoon Summer Rain Showers
New Years Eve in Hatfield Square (Pretoria)
The spectacular Highveld Storms
Waffles from the Waffle House in Ramsgate
Meat that tastes like proper meat
The beautiful sandy beaches
Shopping at Menlyn Mall
Smiling at strangers and having them smile back
Adelpracht Wine
Watching Noot vir Noot or Isidingo
YOU Magazine

These are just the things I can't buy from the SA shop in Roehampton, the rest I can pretty much have when I please.

sa2oz

Yuk hated Wimpy, love Steers burgers, steak rolls & Mugg & Bean coffee
Seafood in Aus is great
The mid-afternoon Summer Rain Showers
The spectacular Highveld Storms.... this I liked
Meat is OK, a ew months to get used to a slightly different taste. Had a great grain fed 400g or more Rump on the barbie
Beaches are better here, but no waves makes the sea not fun to swim in
Smiling at strangers and having them smile back. Not sure about this. Always got the feeling they wanted something. people are happy here too
Wines here are first class
Isidingo, yes. The soaps here are not great
YOU Magazine ...Nope similar stuff here
Being able to buy droewors and biltong anywhere
Dry air from JHB. 80%RH here and 21 deg on a cold day in Mackay
Some friends and family, familiarity of where to get things, but these are fading with time

Kitten24

Oooh, you've got me convinced. We are at this very moment debating whether to move to Oz or not. You've just added a few pro's to my list!

Mizz Teapot

I miss:

SCHOOL UNIFORMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
coffee from the Mugg & Bean
Wimpy's milkshakes
Sandton City
Ruby's restaurant in the Fourways mall
Nanados'
Ocean Basket
The Kruger Park
Tshipise holiday resort
Nice beaches
Our cleaning lady (I wish I could fit her in my luggage)
Woolworhts
decent butcheries

bruce67

Mrs balls chutney
Cream soda
A proper thunderstorm
The fresh smell of the ground after the rain(London just makes the dog poo smell stronger!)
Durbans finest "Bunney chow"
Koek sisters!

And endless supply of cheap castle lager.

Bruce

Kitten24

We get Mrs Balls Chutney at our local Tesco
We buy Cream Soda for my daughter at the SA shop
I make Koek susters and Milk tart when we are getting visitors
We buy Castle at Asda and Makro, but it's quite expensive sadly

TouristTrap

Nothing excepting family and friends (I read Nando's is opening up here in the US later this year, so I can strike that one off my list .

Have some of the most gorgeous scenery a short plane ride away.
Our beaches are world famous.
Can get basically any food stuff I want, and that which I can't get, I either make or I've lost the taste for.

Peace and safety - priceless

Tegwyn

Gem squash, granadilla, guavas and lychees. I could feed them into my face indefinitely for years.

TouristTrap

Oh dear, you have to have me send you some sometime. Publix sells them all (xcepting gemmies but you can grow your own ).

Tegwyn

You're on lady. Last time I had fresh lychees was in Hawaii. Bit of a haul to satisfy the craving. Never seen fresh guavas since being here. Most wouldn't know what they are anyway. Where do I get gem seeds and how would they do in a colder climate? Surely our winters would kill them off? I'll even buy a green house if I have to.

TouristTrap

Speak to the harem keeper. He's the expert on them *wink*

Campbells

The most missed on my list so far is the rain. Plenty of it here but it is not quite the same

My family and friends of course.

Need to think more about this ....

sa2oz

Springbok Satooz in Queensland stock lots of SA stuff. The funny ones are tinned pilchards in Chilli sauce. Mielie meel (there is now an Aussie equivilent).
Black balls (those sweets I used call a different name as a kid, but can't any more.
Beers. i dont miss any apart from Windhoek as they have stopped keeping it at the Dan Murphy in Mackay. There are so many Aussie beers anyway
Nandos is here in Melbourne Brisbane Airlie Beach, but not yet in Mackay.
Funny there is Appletizer Mrs Balls and Beacons licorice in most shops, and even Fizz bars.
Oh well I must go and check my biltong in the dryer

Kitten24

Lol @ checking your biltong drier. My Brother-in-law makes his own too, but you can still taste the difference in the meat.

We have Nando's here too and Spur for when we have a craving.

We also have Appletizer, Beacons liquorice, Granadillas (passion fruit), lychees and Gem squash in our local asda. The only thing we seem to be missing is Guava's. I can buy the tinned ones in the SA shop though.