jc_hoops

So long as we get some sunny days........

ABCDiamond

Does this mean I am an Aussie now ? (But I still won't say "vegies")

Soi Oz

Agreed - two levels of goverment - local and federal. Having said that, I cringe at the thought of my local councillors having more power....
:scared:

janeyray

Badge you ALWAYS have something to say It was only a jokey sort of reply really.

No one can say that a certain nationality hates another, that would be silly. I have friends all over in different parts of the world and we all get on. It all boils down to the person, not where there from.


One thing I will say though is that the Scottish bloke we met whilst in OZ, hated everything about the Brits when it came to the football !!!! lol

janeyray

Good on yeh, we bought bikes whilst we were there so that was new for us too. Although tucked up in the garage now waiting for the Brisith summer.

Brisben

what all 3 and a half days of it ?

janeyray

The British weather suits me really. After living and working (with 20 billion flies) in Perth during their summer give me a British summer (3 days actually! lol) anyday with a holiday abroad thrown in.

bondipom

The other day was beautiful and if it was still like that I would have to have given you Mark Latham and Kim Beazley as well. A bit rainy now though.

Mercedes

Yup you picked the wrong State to live in. I've lived in most states in Australia and Perth really stands out to me that it was the only one that I think of Flies, I even swallowed a couple there LOL. You probably would have been better in NSW or Victoria.

kirsty&al

Was this some sort of self loathing thing

A.

aussie73

l agree if you prefer a cooler climate try NSW or VIC, TAS not Perth. Regarding flies if you are working outdoors during summer in a fly infested area, in my experience the thing that works best is one of these fly net hats which you can get at camping/ outdoors shops.

Simone

Actually, Janeyray chose the wrong suburb mostly, imo. Ellenbrook is inland. It is hotter than the coast(a bit), and there are more flys. We have only had a few days we were bothered by flys this summer, and never really around our house. (when we went to Whiteman Park we noticed them all of a sudden, and that is sort of near Ellenbrook).
Also, other things Janeyray had trouble with, like jobs, I would also associate with living so far out. I'm not sure if Janeyray applied for jobs in the city(which is where a large % of the jobs are), and is quite far away from Ellenbrook to commute. Also, there's less to do out there, which I guess can make it more isolated...
Anyway, just thinking out loud here.

ABCDiamond

I've been wondering about the comments about flies, especially as we get so few ourselves, in SE QLD, (but I saw one last week). Is it an inland thing, rather than near the coast ?

I suppose we do get them, but not in the way that I hear people saying that they fly around the face etc. I suppose that must be in the hot dry conditions, where they are after the only water around, which would be the sweat from the body.

NJJ

I live in rural VIC and there are many many flies about, year round but it is a lot worse in warmer weather. If you are in the bigger cities e.g. melbourne or geelong the fly situation may be less but definitely not out here in the country. we also have year round mozzies too. V. annoying, especially out on the golf course or race track.

NJJ

Ceri

I don't think it is just an inland thing. When I used to live in Newcastle, anyone down there will know "Blacksmiths breakwall" next to Swansea . Certain times of the year , you could walk along there and be covered in flies - on your back , around your face, in your ears, in your mouth, millions of the things - didn't happen very often, but it happened now and again. maybe it was the direction of the wind - hot winds coming from inland farming maybe.

One of my friends has an acerage up in Morayfield/caboolture way ( a bit of a farming, and "horsey" place), and lives next to a body of water ( a creek) - in the summer he's inundated with flies.

Could be down to farming one of the reasons - don't know.