Is Australia an oversold country?
Jun 25th 2009, 8:15 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
Most people seek out the familar..human nature i guess.That is something like we considered the difference between a traveller(way before the so named backpackers of today) and a tourist,arrogantly so i must admit,in that real that travellers sought out difference emmersed themselves in alien cultures etc,etc,. In the end do what feels right for you.Oz is a fine usually safe place and hassle free to holiday,travel in and the like...all true but this goes only so far.
Jun 25th 2009, 8:19 am
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Jun 25th 2009, 8:20 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
Jun 25th 2009, 8:26 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
That must be why he came down-under to take a look recently.
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Jun 25th 2009, 8:27 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
Plenty of Asian countries certainly fit the bill for a holiday but also plenty of folk go to these lands and discover the rythem and don't come back.
Jun 25th 2009, 8:30 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
Unless you live in Darwin then Asia as a destination from Australia is still an awful long way for a holiday (and I am guessing no one reading this would be adventurous enough to live in Darwin).
Sydney to Singapore is what 8 or 9 hours? From the UK you could get to every continent in the world within the same time.
Australia is not somewhere you go if you want to explore different countries and cultures.
If you want a sterile country where to Govt nanny you and you don't mind the increased risk of skin damage from the sun then go for it!
There is one thing to live in a country and another to visit for your job.
Sydney to Singapore is what 8 or 9 hours? From the UK you could get to every continent in the world within the same time.
Australia is not somewhere you go if you want to explore different countries and cultures.
If you want a sterile country where to Govt nanny you and you don't mind the increased risk of skin damage from the sun then go for it!
To quote a Top Gear presenter...
"Australia is where you go when you’ve made a mess of everything. That’s why the 1.3m Brits who live there are known as whingeing Poms. Because they’re all failures."
That must be why he came down-under to take a look recently.
"Australia is where you go when you’ve made a mess of everything. That’s why the 1.3m Brits who live there are known as whingeing Poms. Because they’re all failures."
That must be why he came down-under to take a look recently.
Jun 25th 2009, 8:39 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
Expect so just like the rest of us no hopers...spare a thought for us complete and utter failures lured under false pretences of UK tv and far too bewildered and traumatised to be remotely capable of correcting this great injustice bestowed on us while living in this hell on earth, far from the pillars of civilisation and people.
Take heed all folks in fairer lands ........
Take heed all folks in fairer lands ........
Jun 25th 2009, 8:56 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
Unless you live in Darwin then Asia as a destination from Australia is still an awful long way for a holiday (and I am guessing no one reading this would be adventurous enough to live in Darwin).
Sydney to Singapore is what 8 or 9 hours? From the UK you could get to every continent in the world within the same time.
Australia is not somewhere you go if you want to explore different countries and cultures.
If you want a sterile country where to Govt nanny you and you don't mind the increased risk of skin damage from the sun then go for it!
There is one thing to live in a country and another to visit for your job.
Sydney to Singapore is what 8 or 9 hours? From the UK you could get to every continent in the world within the same time.
Australia is not somewhere you go if you want to explore different countries and cultures.
If you want a sterile country where to Govt nanny you and you don't mind the increased risk of skin damage from the sun then go for it!
There is one thing to live in a country and another to visit for your job.
Jun 25th 2009, 8:58 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
If I was going to live there I would rather live in Papua New Guinea. Great flying!
Jun 25th 2009, 9:10 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
Jun 25th 2009, 9:25 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
You may be surprised... 5% of the Darwin population is British born, same as Brisbane, and more than Sydney which is only 4% British born...
Jun 25th 2009, 9:54 am
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Re: Is Australia an oversold country?
Unless you live in Darwin then Asia as a destination from Australia is still an awful long way for a holiday (and I am guessing no one reading this would be adventurous enough to live in Darwin).
Sydney to Singapore is what 8 or 9 hours? From the UK you could get to every continent in the world within the same time.
Australia is not somewhere you go if you want to explore different countries and cultures.
If you want a sterile country where to Govt nanny you and you don't mind the increased risk of skin damage from the sun then go for it!
There is one thing to live in a country and another to visit for your job.
Sydney to Singapore is what 8 or 9 hours? From the UK you could get to every continent in the world within the same time.
Australia is not somewhere you go if you want to explore different countries and cultures.
If you want a sterile country where to Govt nanny you and you don't mind the increased risk of skin damage from the sun then go for it!
There is one thing to live in a country and another to visit for your job.
Australia is god damn bloody continent!
I have spent 4 years of annual leave exploring Australia and I still have not been to the Kimberleys, Lake Eyre or Cape York among many other places.
Whats the point in migrating to Australia to go on holidays in Yorup??