Yeah very true. Job wise not being an Aussie can be a big hindrance

Luckily I was sitting down when I read this - probably the first balanced post you have ever written!

I'm impressed.

You've never worked in project engineering here, where the offices are like the UN general assembly.

i was told by 3rd generation immigrant who works for a european based company with it's 5 top level staff in australia being non australian , that australia could easily get along fine without any immigration whatsoever.

that sort of sums up the australian attitude towards immigration for me.

The day I feel the desire to impress you will be the signal for an immediate and permanent sectioning

Well you did - better make the call.........

Actually I'm in Perth next week visiting a friend. We could have a punch up.

I'm not a Pom so would never hit a woman

Have come across some.... On occassions...

Was called a "stinking pom" in a not nice way by a clinical nurse who now thinks the sun shines out of my arse... four years ago... It took 3 years for her to even speak to me... Saving her skin once on a night shift helped a little....

About a week after I got here there was a comment made on radio that really got to me... A phone in quiz where the presenter asked for a caller "without a Bloody Pommie accent please...." But then I was fragile at the time....

Mostly people are able to make some connection... They or their forefathers immigrated at some point, or they have relatives in the uk, or they met a nice pom once....

I have the hide of an elephant when it comes to being a POM nowadays...

I don't even know what a troll is but since everyone else seems to refer to them I thought I would too lol

A troll is a nasty little creature, usually with bad breath, who lives under bridges in certain european countries with high mountains and meadows that jumps out and attacks billy goats gruff on their way to greener grass across rickety bridges... Trip trap trip trap....

Same goes for IT. My last BI project I was the only Australian citizen on the team. The rest were Brits, Indians, South Africans, Russians, an Israeli, 2 Brazilians and a Thai. They were a great bunch.

As long as you come with a good attitude and don't answer every suggestion with the words 'well we don't do it like that at home', you'll be fine. You'll meet some ****wits who think making smart arsed comments is clever but contrary to the beliefs of some on here, everyone is human and so can't all be perfect all the time.

They don't like being told Brisbane is the city version of tomato soup, nothing much to like or dislike, it's just sort of alright. Tell them that or that shock horror you plan to go back to the UK at the end of your Visa and you may get a reaction

TBH most Australians couldnt give a toss whether you are a Pom or not. As long as you dont keep on with the "back home we" or "we used to do it this way ..." you will be just fine. Of course there is racism and it isnt far from the surface - the waves of migration have made different ethnic groups the pariahs at some stage or another but with white skins and speaking English, the Poms dont come in for a share of the baiting beyond the "whingeing Pom" these days. There are other groups now which have taken the place of the Poms, Wogs and Slopes (not meaning to be racially offensive here but Aussies do have words for waves of migrants!) in the target zone