Originally Posted by copa (Post 8487855)

I have also lived in SE ASia ... certain expat groups are appalling. There are, however, 1000s of other expats, including aussies, that live great settled normal lives out amongst the masses speaking the local language. I was one of them.

Originally Posted by copa (Post 8487904)

you should be grateful you lived in the best nation on earth for 9 years.

Originally Posted by sadieb (Post 8487910)

You've not travelled much

Originally Posted by copa (Post 8487915)

traveled enough to know I now live in god's own country. The best placed a human can live. THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH.

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 8487919)

In your opinion.

Originally Posted by sadieb (Post 8487908)

I went out for some drinks with my friends in Australia.
I will set the scene
I am British I was with my husband who is British and our 4 friends.
The friends
1. Greek Cypriot born in Australia
2. Maltese born in Australia
3. Indian (British passport holder) married to Australian
4. indonesian born in Germany (father in forces) Australian

I ordered some drinks at the bar and asked what choices of juice they had, was being totally ignored by barman, who was on his mobile, I asked if they were still serving 2pm in the day.
The barman got all annoyed and started telling me to wait he was talking to his friend, I then said well I am trying to buy my friends a drink !!

he then yelled of you don't like it get back to your own country !!!
I said where is your manager, she came over I explained what had just been said and she said " He can say what he likes he was on the phone to his friend"

Can I just say this
The barman was Italian with a VERY strong italian accent
The manager was Asian

I had to laugh when I told my friends that I was with what just happened especially when one of them told me the following.
Both the people in the bar were on working and student visas.

Whilst I am an Australian passport holder

Funny how I was asked to leave my own country when they were just borrowing it !!!

I think there is a lot of racism in Australia and that is by all races.

I worked with people from all over the world in the hospitals in Australia and got on better with any of them that I did with any of the UK staff in the UK hospitals I worked in.
On saying that the Aussies were the worst of all the people I worked with, very suspicious and very racist towards Asians and Europeans,
They do LOVE to use the word WOG and that was by staff in their 20's
so not a 70's thing.
The funny thing was all my European (born in Australia) friends called the Aussies Anglos !!!

I was also asked by many Aussies why I would want to live in their shit country when I had Europe and so many countries on my doorstep..

Originally Posted by aussietobe (Post 8487931)

You might be onto something here.