Originally posted by pommiesheila:
Sorry guys, you should let Pommie Bastard tell his side of the story. I've now been in Australia for just 4 months, and unfortunately a lot of what Pommie Bastard says is very true. I love Australia for the following reasons:-

1. The Weather
2. The beaches
3. The fact that I can afford a huge house on 1.5 acres
with a lovely swimming pool
4. The children are happy in a good school
5. The Weather
6. Feeling "safer" - less crime where we live, anyway
7. The more relaxed way of life

HOWEVER, I HATE Australia for the following reasons:

1. The "couldn't give a XXXX about anyone else" Aussie
attitude which I have unfortunately come across all
too often in my short time here.

2. The "Americanisation" of the place ( too many
instances to list here)

3. The "anti-Pom" feelings - yes they DO exist - I went
for a job interview which was SO racist I could hardly
believe they were saying some of the things (e.g. Well I suppose we can just about forgive your accent was the mildest and only comment I would want to post here)

4. The way people say they'll a) do something b) be somewhere etc. and then never do it or turn up (god this is so frustrating when you're trying to start up your own business here)

So anyway, that's my 5 cents worth - I am not giving up yet, but unfortunately there are a lot more bad things than I had imagined - I didn't come over with rose-tinted specs, but I am definitely having more trouble with adjusting than I thought. (And no, I'm not homesick for the UK, just a bit cheesed off with the Aussie attitudes).

Pommie Sheila
5. The form-filling, petty minded bureacracy of everything
I wouldn't have believed anywhere could be worse than the UK but believe me, IT IS.