Has australia lost it sparkle???
Jan 8th 2011, 2:46 am
#181
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Re: Has australia lost it sparkle???
Subtlety clearly not a distinguishing characteristic.
Jan 8th 2011, 9:48 am
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Jan 8th 2011, 10:24 am
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Jan 8th 2011, 10:48 am
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Jan 8th 2011, 11:46 am
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Jan 12th 2011, 11:24 pm
#190
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Re: Has australia lost it sparkle???
I don't actually think Oz had any sparkle for me, I moved here to experience live in another country. I really like living here - it's nice, safe and has good weather.
However, there are other places in the world that are great too! Which I hope to explore thoroughly before I die.
However, there are other places in the world that are great too! Which I hope to explore thoroughly before I die.
Jan 12th 2011, 11:54 pm
#191
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Re: Has australia lost it sparkle???
We have been here for 7 years and still love it. It is getting expensive to live here, we are 40 mins outside Melbourne. We are looking to move to a bit of land (only a 1/2 acre or so, and we are looking at $500K!) but wouldnt live anywhere else in Aus cos I love Mellie and havent found anywhere I like as much.
Jad, we just came back from the Goldie and commented how expensive fruit was ($7 a kilo for apples!!>??) and fuel couldnt be bought (while we were there) for under $1.29 a litre, I paid $1.14 here today....I also felt house prices were pretty much the same for a 4 bed with room to breathe.
Jad, we just came back from the Goldie and commented how expensive fruit was ($7 a kilo for apples!!>??) and fuel couldnt be bought (while we were there) for under $1.29 a litre, I paid $1.14 here today....I also felt house prices were pretty much the same for a 4 bed with room to breathe.
I paid about £1.35 yesterday in Lincoln. I realise with current exchange rates that will be same as $1.14 now
I did live in Aus for a couple of years 10 years ago due to my work, (and I enjoyed it very much) but I do worry that people think the grass is always greener somewhere else and that push/pull analogy is very apt - that current TV program about Brits wondering whether to move south is quite something sometimes! (saw it this morning, the wife on it was in bits at the prospect lol!)
Jan 13th 2011, 12:12 am
#192
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Re: Has australia lost it sparkle???
I paid about £1.35 yesterday in Lincoln. I realise with current exchange rates that will be same as $1.14 now
I did live in Aus for a couple of years 10 years ago due to my work, (and I enjoyed it very much) but I do worry that people think the grass is always greener somewhere else and that push/pull analogy is very apt - that current TV program about Brits wondering whether to move south is quite something sometimes! (saw it this morning, the wife on it was in bits at the prospect lol!)
I did live in Aus for a couple of years 10 years ago due to my work, (and I enjoyed it very much) but I do worry that people think the grass is always greener somewhere else and that push/pull analogy is very apt - that current TV program about Brits wondering whether to move south is quite something sometimes! (saw it this morning, the wife on it was in bits at the prospect lol!)
Jan 13th 2011, 5:33 am
#194
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Re: Has australia lost it sparkle???
In fact I often lie dozing in a hammock sipping fresh coconut milk and eating juicy juicy mangoes, under a shady palm tree, by a white sandy beach, looking out on a clear blue ocean.
........oops sorry, forgot the dolphins. You have to be able to watch dolphins frolicking!
Jan 13th 2011, 5:38 am
#195
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Re: Has australia lost it sparkle???
Right...it's about time people got over this dolphin fetish! I heard once that dolphins are the only creature other than man that sometimes kills for fun...saw a video of them murdering a porpoise (granted they were Scottish dolphins and therefore probably quite aggressive!). Cold blooded killers is what they are and people need to realise!