Australia better than Canada?
Apr 18th 2013, 6:57 am
#76
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
The trouble is though, that in Canada you don't usually get the vacation time to enjoy other places much. An oft repeated complaint on the canada forum is that immigrants often find that they are spending their two weeks vacation every year either returning to the UK for family events, or hosting family/friends.
If I were looking for a better work/life balance, then North America is the last place I'd choose.
If I were looking for a better work/life balance, then North America is the last place I'd choose.
Apr 18th 2013, 9:37 am
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
The trouble is though, that in Canada you don't usually get the vacation time to enjoy other places much. An oft repeated complaint on the canada forum is that immigrants often find that they are spending their two weeks vacation every year either returning to the UK for family events, or hosting family/friends.
If I were looking for a better work/life balance, then North America is the last place I'd choose.
If I were looking for a better work/life balance, then North America is the last place I'd choose.
Apr 18th 2013, 1:59 pm
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
I have yet to find a place as magical as Bali when it comes to paradise retreats. Of course there's also Fiji or French Polynesia, but off the top of my head I'm not sure whether you'd be closer to Bora Bora from say West Coast of NA or Perth. 
Europe is closer from Canada, but not to the point where you'd gladly fly there from Canada but say "it's too far away" when living in Perth. Now if you were to go to Bali or places like Singapore, Thailand or any of the numerous other fine places in SE Asia then from Canada you might just say "it's too far" because it would be a long trip.
What's left close-by is what, the US, South America? No thanks. Basically just a few places in the Caribbean left. That's the thing with NA, it's just sooooo out of the way. As a place to live I'd rather pick Europe or anything in the easterly direction, not the other way.
Europe is closer from Canada, but not to the point where you'd gladly fly there from Canada but say "it's too far away" when living in Perth. Now if you were to go to Bali or places like Singapore, Thailand or any of the numerous other fine places in SE Asia then from Canada you might just say "it's too far" because it would be a long trip.
What's left close-by is what, the US, South America? No thanks.
Basically just a few places in the Caribbean left. That's the thing with NA, it's just sooooo out of the way. As a place to live I'd rather pick Europe or anything in the easterly direction, not the other way.
Never been to Bali but it does sound magical. Does it differ much from the Thailand islands? I have been to some of those.
Apr 18th 2013, 2:04 pm
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
The trouble is though, that in Canada you don't usually get the vacation time to enjoy other places much. An oft repeated complaint on the canada forum is that immigrants often find that they are spending their two weeks vacation every year either returning to the UK for family events, or hosting family/friends.
If I were looking for a better work/life balance, then North America is the last place I'd choose.
If I were looking for a better work/life balance, then North America is the last place I'd choose.
Apr 18th 2013, 2:40 pm
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Apr 18th 2013, 2:48 pm
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
As Pollyana said, 4 weeks per year is the norm. We also get long service leave - the amount of years you have to be with the one employer to qualify varies between 7 - 15. Long service leave is 3 months of fully paid leave. The qualifying period for my employer is 10 years, I've worked with them for 15 so I've already had my first lot of 3 months (you can add your annual leave to make it 4 months if you want to). Bliss 
Apr 18th 2013, 2:55 pm
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
Personally don't think that's much of a selling point. But these people who move to out to OZ must have much stronger intestinal fortitude than me. The environment is one thing, but life's got to be too short to have to listen to that awful Australian twang for more than a minute. 
Apr 18th 2013, 2:55 pm
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
I'm trying to be socially responsible 
LSL is fantastic, in fact I'm wondering when it's going to be chopped. I wouldn't like to be the Prime Minister who did it though, nothing motivates us Aussies like a threat to our working conditions!
LSL is fantastic, in fact I'm wondering when it's going to be chopped. I wouldn't like to be the Prime Minister who did it though, nothing motivates us Aussies like a threat to our working conditions!
Apr 18th 2013, 3:04 pm
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
Originally Posted by Oink
Personally don't think that's much of a selling point. But these people who move to out to OZ must have much stronger intestinal fortitude than me. The environment is one thing, but life's got to be too short to have to listen to that awful Australian twang for more than a minute
We yams what we yams. And we don't mind listening to an Aussie accent at all. What nationality are you, Oink?
Personally don't think that's much of a selling point. But these people who move to out to OZ must have much stronger intestinal fortitude than me. The environment is one thing, but life's got to be too short to have to listen to that awful Australian twang for more than a minute
We yams what we yams. And we don't mind listening to an Aussie accent at all. What nationality are you, Oink?
Apr 18th 2013, 3:16 pm
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
Originally Posted by Oink
Personally don't think that's much of a selling point. But these people who move to out to OZ must have much stronger intestinal fortitude than me. The environment is one thing, but life's got to be too short to have to listen to that awful Australian twang for more than a minute
We yams what we yams. And we don't mind listening to an Aussie accent at all. What nationality are you, Oink?
Personally don't think that's much of a selling point. But these people who move to out to OZ must have much stronger intestinal fortitude than me. The environment is one thing, but life's got to be too short to have to listen to that awful Australian twang for more than a minute
We yams what we yams. And we don't mind listening to an Aussie accent at all. What nationality are you, Oink?
You're from............Oracularville
