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I've never read anything so bizarre in my life. (Or this week at least)

Most of the Australians I know do work in the public sector - which might be because most of the people I know I've met through work, but still.

School parents and other casual aquaintances seem to feature a high incidence of public sector, education and higher education positions - all on the public teat. Every Aussie I know in the private sector is a trady. Nowt wrong with that - they earn more than I do for now - but get a little jealous of my leave package and their joints are on the way to being knackered. Swings and rondabouts. Just shows that personal experience isn't the best indicator in any case.

I've got Aussie family and friends scattered cheerfuly between newbuild McMansions in the legoland red brick deserts out east as well as in artfully quaint crumbling federation terraces in Fitzroy - horses for courses really.

Looking down on McMansion dwellers is more of a class thing than a nationality issue. As is taking a view on employment sectors.

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My cousins were my bin men when I got my first house, they were great, they always came and got my bin from my yard because I was always too hung over to remember bin day. That was in the days garbos actually ran beside the truck and threw the rubbish into it and they used it as training for the baseball careers. Unfortunately one of their brothers-in-law got wedged between the garbage truck and a car that ran into it, had to have his leg amputated at the scene, he was about 21. I think that was the end of the garbo career for them. Dad always left beer out at Christmas for the garbos. They're useless these days, can't even leave your bin standing upright when they leave.

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That's what confused me! A clash of paradigms!

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That is so easily solved, just remain stationary for another 10 seconds. It ain't hard. You can always tell when the garbo guy was in a desperate hurry to get somewhere :lol:

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Nasty ... Ours are OK here actually, when the kid wasn't at school she used to wave at them and they always tooted their horn or did something amusing.

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There's something about men in trucks and small children - a mutual love affair.......my son still loves to go to mining expos and look at the graders.

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Ah, real machinery ... I'm hoping to foster a love of engineering in our kid, then she can do the mowing ;)

There was an activity park back in the UK where you could ride JCBs and stuff, a fine idea, even for adults ...

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Diggerland! Surprised they don't have one here but I guess diggers aren't diggers here, they're diggers. ;):lol:

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Sounds like fun - the kids in my family just used to go up the mine and jump in the cab with one of my brothers, dad or grandfather.........can't get away with it these days - these safety inspectors are such killjoys.

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Diggerland. Great concept. Wondered about starting one here. :D

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:thumbup:

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Only thing I'll take you up on in your post is, I reckon Aus will only have to double it's population, which is definitely on the cards, especially with the outlook for the UK. The World will always need resources and China isn't the only buyer.... Hello India :thumbup:

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Indeed, a Gallipoli branch wouldn't market well.

From the amount of heavy machinery tooling around here I'd imagine the kids are well acquainted with it anyway ... but dirtbikes are so much more fun ...

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Bob the Builder, my local WA outback spruiker, reckons a hell of a lot of that Machinery, may make it's way to dredge Lake Eyre one day, so as to keep it a deeper cooler and permanently full.

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I agree. The centre of the world is shifting away from the Atlantic to Asia-Pacific. Australia is well placed to benefit from this shift. What future does the UK have? As it stands, not much. They need to start making stuff - high tech stuff, and lots if it. Will it happen as it won't be easy? The education system is not ready and the financial system is broken. It will take a government with a will to want to make it happen and I don't see it over there at the moment.

On the other hand, Australian governments are not very forward thinking either. We also need to develop a non-resources segment of our economy and it ain't happening despite all the talk.