contemplating Australia
Jul 5th 2005, 4:09 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by renth
You've obviously not been to many places then. Ever been to Spain? My black pal keeps going on about how, even on a packed metro, there would be 2 empty seats either side of him. He couldn't wait to get back to the UK.
Jul 5th 2005, 4:11 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by arkon
I think the underlying point I was trying to make is that most people when they come here on holiday and then do their exploritory pre emmigration trips, start to think and be misled that everything is cheaper our here and when people ask will $50k per year be enough, they need to be informed that all is not a bed of roses and the fee's although relatively small soon mount up.
Posts that do this can badly inform others.
Posts that accurately identify problems with the country are very informative, and can lead to people getting correct information which is very useful to them.
Posts that exaggerate and do not contain the truth, can end up being disbelieved, and any really useful parts can get then get ignored.
Jul 5th 2005, 4:12 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by Badge
So the buyer pays, just as you did! Or am I confused as you?
On the subject of transfer fees and the like, I have never owned, or had the prospect of owning, a boat or trailer in the UK so don't know the situation there - however I would expect to pay a fee over a boat as it is a sizeable hunk of a structure - ownership of which should require fees/courses and the like - even a dingy has safety issues. I'd expect any government to levy a fee even if it stops a young teenager from buying a hunk of scrap just because he could, and then to recoup administrative costs.
You're not buying a bag of apples, you're buying a sizeable bit of kit whether or not it is a car or a boat. I don't mind paying a fee to own something that can kill, maim or block my driveway, cause an eyesore, cause an accident on the road..lol
that's the way I look at it cars and boats, like houses are serious business and attract serious prices and fees. lol.
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On the subject of transfer fees and the like, I have never owned, or had the prospect of owning, a boat or trailer in the UK so don't know the situation there - however I would expect to pay a fee over a boat as it is a sizeable hunk of a structure - ownership of which should require fees/courses and the like - even a dingy has safety issues. I'd expect any government to levy a fee even if it stops a young teenager from buying a hunk of scrap just because he could, and then to recoup administrative costs.
You're not buying a bag of apples, you're buying a sizeable bit of kit whether or not it is a car or a boat. I don't mind paying a fee to own something that can kill, maim or block my driveway, cause an eyesore, cause an accident on the road..lol
that's the way I look at it cars and boats, like houses are serious business and attract serious prices and fees. lol.
Badge
Oh no! what if I want 50kg of apples and need to tow them home, Sh*t back to the RTA to find out if theres a bulk apple towing fee.
Jul 5th 2005, 4:25 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
The problem with your original post is that some of it is exaggerated and some of it is just wrong.
Posts that do this can badly inform others.
Posts that accurately identify problems with the country are very informative, and can lead to people getting correct information which is very useful to them.
Posts that exaggerate and do not contain the truth, can end up being disbelieved, and any really useful parts can get then get ignored.
Posts that do this can badly inform others.
Posts that accurately identify problems with the country are very informative, and can lead to people getting correct information which is very useful to them.
Posts that exaggerate and do not contain the truth, can end up being disbelieved, and any really useful parts can get then get ignored.
I was also only trying to say, why not think about moving maybe somewhere else in the uk 1st. I wish I had.
Jul 5th 2005, 4:28 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
A lot of people on this forum will have done that. One of the reasons that such people will be more able to get on with living somewhere else - even a different country.
Originally Posted by arkon
<snip> I was also only trying to say, why not think about moving maybe somewhere else in the uk 1st. I wish I had.
Jul 5th 2005, 5:32 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by Geordie George
A lot of people on this forum will have done that. One of the reasons that such people will be more able to get on with living somewhere else - even a different country.
Jul 5th 2005, 5:33 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
What, you mean your bit of Sydney aint paved with gold? 
Originally Posted by Stu.E
And as has been said on this forum countless times, not everyone expects a perfect 'promised land'.
Jul 5th 2005, 5:35 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by Geordie George
What, you mean your bit of Sydney aint paved with gold?
My bit of Bendigo is....actually, most of Bendigo is as it was built on Gold!!!
Jul 5th 2005, 5:40 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by Geordie George
What, you mean your bit of Sydney aint paved with gold?
Unfortunately not. I expected uninterrupted sunshine, Roos and Koalas in my yard, crime free streets, an honest government and endless opportunities for all...................I'm very disappointed you know.
Jul 5th 2005, 5:46 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
Interesting figures from your link:
"In the last five years there have been 8,100 British deaths from malignant melanoma compared to 4,900 in Australia. "
"In the last five years there have been 8,100 British deaths from malignant melanoma compared to 4,900 in Australia. "
Jul 5th 2005, 5:59 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by arkon
you've given me DOUBLE demerit points on my licence because I commited a driving offence at xmas, easter and any other public holiday
you complain about the driving, doesn't sound like you are any great shakes, either. Anyway, these are probably high accident seasons, it's good sense to meYou recommended to Blurred that he should try a different part of the Uk, have you considered your own advice and tried a different part of Australia?
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Jul 5th 2005, 5:59 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by arkon
I agree, lets do a scientific experiment then, you sit out in it naked for 30 minutes a day during summer and lets see what happens after a few years Did I mention the woman here all look at least 10-20 years older than what they actually are, The sun seems to age you much faster. Besides comparing UK cancer rates to Australia is like comparing apples and pears, too many other factors to be scientific.
Did I mention the woman here all look at least 10-20 years older than what they actually are, The sun seems to age you much faster. Besides comparing UK cancer rates to Australia is like comparing apples and pears, too many other factors to be scientific.Someone commented you cant get cancer from just a few minutes in the sun, thats not true, obvioulsy the more time outside the higher your overall chance, but you can get the cell damage needed to start the cancer in just a few minutes.
Its a dead argument when these threads turn into UK V OZ on the sun, the australian government acknowledges it has one of the most dangerous climates in the world, when exactly does the UV index in the UK read just 9 minutes in the sun, very high danger, thats a common reading here.
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Jul 5th 2005, 6:05 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
I think this just about sums up arkons post ........ 
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. ). I was thinking just the same thing...Surely, though, the point is this: whether you move 12000 miles or 1200 miles to a different country, it is bound to be DIFFERENT from home. It will be good in some ways, and bad in others, and this change does not suit everyone. For some, like Arkon, it ends up being one long spell of torture. For others, myself included, it's one big roller-coaster ride of an adventure! Each to his/her own.
Anya.
Jul 5th 2005, 6:07 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by arkon
Good question! I'm now stuck here, we brought our dogs over and can't put them through the ordeal of the flight and quarentine again, To all you people without dogs you won't understand, but we just cant put them through it again, so I estimate staying for about another 12-14 years untill they are both passed away then its look out blighty here I come back!!
I feel as though I've settled for second best.
Don't let yourself get stuck here forever!!!!!!
Jul 5th 2005, 6:10 am
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Re: contemplating Australia
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
It's not all that bad Where exactly are you ?Anya.