Originally Posted by Professional Princess

Piss off - no really piss off.

Lets remove all the rules and regulations so we can do what we like, when we like, adapt the laws to suit ourselves and then cry 'Its gone to the dogs' when things go wrong.

You would be the first to moan if you were affected in a bad way by a lapse in security/customs/quarantine.

Originally Posted by willamos

I find a number of things annoying about Australia, but nothing more so than the Aussie tendency to be pathologically unable to accept ANY criticism of the place whatsoever.

People I know who've lived in a number of countries report that Australia is just about the only place where they've experienced that.

They act like you've just called their mum a dirty whore.

It's especially annoying when Brits who have moved here do it - in fact, they seem to do it even more passionately, perhaps because accepting criticism of Australia makes their decision to move seem less clear cut in their minds.

Originally Posted by Professional Princess

Piss off - no really piss off.

Lets remove all the rules and regulations so we can do what we like, when we like, adapt the laws to suit ourselves and then cry 'Its gone to the dogs' when things go wrong.

You would be the first to moan if you were affected in a bad way by a lapse in security/customs/quarantine.

Originally Posted by Professional Princess

Piss off - no really piss off.

Lets remove all the rules and regulations so we can do what we like, when we like, adapt the laws to suit ourselves and then cry 'Its gone to the dogs' when things go wrong.

You would be the first to moan if you were affected in a bad way by a lapse in security/customs/quarantine.

Originally Posted by canadaeh

While I understand the Quarantine laws with regards to food, plants etc. Fair enough.

What does annoy me, as other people have said, is the fact that as an Australian Citizen I still have to fill in a card when leaving the country and when arriving, I need to give them details about where I am going, how long for, what the purpose of the trip is for, my occupation, my address, and then when arriving back I have to do the same again.

Sorry but it is none of their business where I go outside of Australia, and what I do once I leave, it is none of their business weather I am going overseas for work or pleasure, none of their business how long for or where I intend to spend most of my time, and my occupation is irrelevant.

Originally Posted by dave99

-I cannot pack my own shopping at stores
-People walk around the city in bare feet, its disgusting
-Its to damn hot and sunny for most of the year, at least rain never gave u skin cancer
-The outdoor lifestyle that people talk about in australia relies on getting a day where its not to hot, not to many flies around and I still have to wear suncream that messes up my skin, no thanks,
-Theres a million shops but they have bugger all choice of products and things like fruit and veg are poor quality
-The tv and radio are packed with to many adverts so as to become unwatchable/listenable, especially odd ones like viagra type ads in the middle of the day
-In perth especially theres very poor lighting on streets at night
-Everywhere looks a bit crappy and run down, even if its a busy area, people just dont seem to take pride in keeping things looking nice, they cannot be bothered
-Everything is way to expensive, from rentals, cars, to shopping


I could add about another 20 thing sbut am out of time

Originally Posted by willamos

From a purely aesthetic viewpoint, more rain = more green which I'd rather be surrounded by than the ugly, scrubby, dusty, brown landscape I see all around me in Australia.

Originally Posted by willamos

Move to Victor Harbour, reminded me a lot of the Pennines

Originally Posted by papilon

of the disgusting small minded way they treat asylum seekers, trying to force a developing country Indonesia to take care of them when they claim to be one of the richest countries in the world, the numbers arriving by boat are tiny, Australia should thank its lucky stars that Indonesians and there are over 250 million of them, many dirt poor dont try and enter illegaly, then Australia really would have something to worry about.

Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar

Calm down, that response is uncalled for. I never said whether I agreed or disagreed with the rules and regulations, so no need for your vitriol.

p.s. my comment was meant in jest, but you do seem to have confirmed my point.

Originally Posted by papilon

of the disgusting small minded way they treat asylum seekers, trying to force a developing country Indonesia to take care of them when they claim to be one of the richest countries in the world, the numbers arriving by boat are tiny, Australia should thank its lucky stars that Indonesians and there are over 250 million of them, many dirt poor dont try and enter illegaly, then Australia really would have something to worry about.

Originally Posted by saveme

Australia might be a big country but 90 per cent of it is unhabitable - why not send all the reffos there.

Originally Posted by WillBlack

They couldn't take it. Went mad. Climbed the security fence and swan dived face down on the razor wire below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera...cessing_Centre

http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpi...at_woomera.jpg