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-   -   Is Australia to boring? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/australia-boring-627232/)

Amazulu Aug 24th 2009 5:09 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by The_Wookie (Post 7872727)
You have to compromise though, especially in relationships. My wife was desperate to return to Perth, I didn't particularly want to. In the end however, I compromised as my relationship deserved it.

So you have a situation where a couple are in a strong relationship, one is very happy where they are, the other not so. I can't just say 'right I'm off back to the UK, like it or lump it'.

Some people simply don't have a choice of where they live, and have to make do. Be it people in situations like me, or people who cannot move for financial reasons. I'm sure there's a fair few other scenarios too.
Fair enough.

Officer Dibble Aug 24th 2009 5:12 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
I find that Australia is the perfect backdrop and setting for a wonderful life. Unfortunately the props are secondhand and most of the cast are overseas getting on with their lives.

And as for only boring people getting bored, if you were truly boring, surely you would move here having no expectation of anything else.

the troubadour Aug 24th 2009 5:13 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by papilon (Post 7872665)
thanks for your views as a local
I did not mean this thread to be a slanging match on is it or isnt it boring but was just trying to show what many locals feel, i think many replying to this thread did not read the link, it was posted on an aussie site with comments by australians, and i was just trying to show that many locals especialy younger ones dont think that Australia is some kind of utopia on earth unlike many new migrants or people wanting to migrate.
I read the link and can only state that i consider it a healthy development that such comments are now being made, by what is stated to be young Australians,if indeed this is the case.
But it does read like an unusual bunch of educated,switched on and perhaps travelled Australians for reading other sources the majority read like ..never been anywhere else mate,but who'd want to when you come from the worlds best country.sort of thing.

ozzieeagle Aug 24th 2009 5:15 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Surely the main factor in this, is how you are able to spend your spare time.

IE: If I suddenly uprooted back to the UK now after 30 years here... I would be dead lucky to get a job even in a factory, hard pushed to find somewhere decent to live. I'd Probably end up way on the outskirts of Mkeynes (as thats where most of my present family is... though they are more central) or even worse Rhyl, near my parents.

Now compare that to an easyish lifestyle in a fully owned house in Inner Melbourne, with both of us in Long term jobs and it really is a no brainer.

We can go anywhere and do anything over here, as we both have plenty of longservice leave up our sleeves.... Sure Europe is far away but we can still go there almost at anytime if we so desired... or anywhere else around the planet I guess. Problem is our lives are still dictated by our kids lives and education.

Point i'm trying to make it's more circumstances that dictate whether your life is boring or not rather than country... especially if your only comparing Aus and the UK. Thats the way it is for us at least. As for everyday life... I honestly cannot believe that many places in the UK offer me as much choice and interest as I have in my present locale.

Lord_Farquar Aug 24th 2009 5:16 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by sr71 (Post 7872730)
How about a rewording of that for the UK.

Now it is just another over regulated,fairly ordinary country,still attempting to discover it's true position within Europe, far away from the new world which cares little about it apart from thinking it a little quaint.

I'm also seriously writing a best-selling book for potential migrants to Australia. It will cover the basics such as highlighting the distances faced, the population levels, costs of living, flight times to other countries and the associated fares. You know, the basic facts that so many people who emigrate seem so incapable of assessing, yet whinge about once they are actually here.

There is so much truth in the statement that only boring people get bored.

If you are happy why do you care what others think?

Burbage Aug 24th 2009 5:16 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by fish.01 (Post 7872685)
Perth and Brisbane have totally different geography, weather, government, location, history etc
I was talking about the cities, not the climate or the geography. In effect the people. Who are there today.Essentially, it you took all the epople from Perth and moved them to Brisbane, and all the people from Brisbane and moved them to Perth, would anyone notice?

Officer Dibble Aug 24th 2009 5:17 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 7872748)
I read the link and can only state that i consider it a healthy development that such comments are now being made, by what is stated to be young Australians,if indeed this is the case.
But it does read like an unusual bunch of educated,switched on and perhaps travelled Australians for reading other sources the majority read like ..never been anywhere else mate,but who'd want to when you come from the worlds best country.sort of thing.
I read a book a while back by an Australian who said that Australia is a cultural backwater and that him and his compatriots were less than impressed that they felt they had to move overseas in order to further their careers. Cant remember what it was called but it had a title with an expletive in it.

the troubadour Aug 24th 2009 5:22 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle (Post 7872751)
Surely the main factor in this, is how you are able to spend your spare time.

IE: If I suddenly uprooted back to the UK now after 30 years here... I would be dead lucky to get a job even in a factory, hard pushed to find somewhere decent to live. I'd Probably end up way on the outskirts of Mkeynes (as thats where most of my present family is... though they are more central) or even worse Rhyl, near my parents.

Now compare that to an easyish lifestyle in a fully owned house in Inner Melbourne, with both of us in Long term jobs and it really is a no brainer.

We can go anywhere and do anything over here, as we both have plenty of longservice leave up our sleeves.... Sure Europe is far away but we can still go there almost at anytime if we so desired... or anywhere else around the planet I guess. Problem is our lives are still dictated by our kids lives and education.

Point i'm trying to make it's more circumstances that dictate whether your life is boring or not rather than country... especially if your only comparing Aus and the UK. Thats the way it is for us at least. As for everyday life... I honestly cannot believe that many places in the UK offer me as much choice and interest as I have in my present locale.
Also i feel it depends at what point one finds oneself on the life cycle.
We tend to loose that care free attitude that where ever we go it'll work out.

the troubadour Aug 24th 2009 5:37 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by Officer Dibble (Post 7872757)
I read a book a while back by an Australian who said that Australia is a cultural backwater and that him and his compatriots were less than impressed that they felt they had to move overseas in order to further their careers. Cant remember what it was called but it had a title with an expletive in it.
The Australia is a cultural backwater theme was a big push factor in the 50s and 60s for countless young Aussies at the time.
One that springs to mind is Clive James,who has written a few books about his days days in London,i think he first lived in an overcrowded flatshare off the Earls Court Road(Roo Valley as it was known as)
But there were countless others.He was one that well and truely landed on his feet.
A number never returned to Australia either,at least to live.Interesting that people such as Rolf Harris,Clive James and the fellow who plays Dame Edna(lost his name for the moment) can all make a very comfortable living in the UK by playing up their Australianess.

Officer Dibble Aug 24th 2009 5:41 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 7872781)
The Australia is a cultural backwater theme was a big push factor in the 50s and 60s for countless young Aussies at the time.
One that springs to mind is Clive James,who has written a few books about his days days in London,i think he first lived in an overcrowded flatshare off the Earls Court Road(Roo Valley as it was known as)
But there were countless others.He was one that well and truely landed on his feet.
A number never returned to Australia either,at least to live.Interesting that people such as Rolf Harris,Clive James and the fellow who plays Dame Edna(lost his name for the moment) can all make a very comfortable living in the UK by playing up their Australianess.
Well it was Barry Humphries that said:
“To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.”

Straight from the horses mouth. Im not completely passionate about this subject but its better to consider both sides.

pompeyblonde Aug 24th 2009 5:45 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Well it was Barry Humphries that said:
“To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.”
That is brilliant! Sums up how I feel at times!

the troubadour Aug 24th 2009 5:46 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by Burbage (Post 7872755)
I was talking about the cities, not the climate or the geography. In effect the people. Who are there today.Essentially, it you took all the epople from Perth and moved them to Brisbane, and all the people from Brisbane and moved them to Perth, would anyone notice?
You are ofcourse completely correct.There is no real difference and the geography id often mentioned in it's place.
Part of the joy of travel for me at any rate is the regional difference and all that entails. Australia is one of the few nations where this uniformity,as far as i'm aware exists.
Does make it easier to settle in other regions without standing out.Something a number of Australians,one expects would well approve of.

the troubadour Aug 24th 2009 5:55 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by Officer Dibble (Post 7872788)
Well it was Barry Humphries that said:
“To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.”

Straight from the horses mouth. Im not completely passionate about this subject but its better to consider both sides.
Barry Humphries,ofcourse. A man with true insight into the Australian pysche.

Officer Dibble Aug 24th 2009 6:01 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 7872810)
Barry Humphries,ofcourse. A man with true insight into the Australian pysche.

Well yeah! :rofl:

An Aussie, playing a woman , popular in England or UK! What a combo.

ozzieeagle Aug 24th 2009 6:32 pm
Re: Is Australia to boring?
 
Originally Posted by pompeyblonde (Post 7872793)
That is brilliant! Sums up how I feel at times!
Got to admit, if I were single and didn't have the family responsbilities I have. I would choose a Urban part of the UK to live in. Even then if I'm talking about myself as a hypothetical single, I would consider job prospects very carefully. Which may mean I would choose to stay in Melbourne... No point moving to a place where I would struggle financially. Having said that, there are plenty of places I would rather do it hard in the UK than easy in Aus. Just that this part of Aus is probably the last place you would call boring.


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