carolf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6972076.stm

I just found this, and thought it interesting that Australia was looking for more people from the UK to move to the country. Re-Colonisation?

Oakwood 2

Bloody oaf garolf does this mean thousands of socks and sandle
wealding loud people Moaning about the lack of rain will invade
Sydney)

Excuse the joke article just puts into perspective
the attraction of such a fantastic country to even more people
from uk

nessyp

Who the germans

Buzzy--Bee

Can't see why they would be invading Sydney moaning about the lack of rain when Sydney has more rainfall than most of the UK!

Buzzy

Bobcat

.........'kin Nora!

Not more bloody Poms coming over?

Merkin

I see from the article that they are giving 5 bonus points for speaking English.

Well if everyone speaks fluent English who is going to work in the call centres?

keithandsam

most of them are on pac pines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jad n rich

No most are on the sunshine coast, just selling up at our present location and over half the punters have been english new arrivals as in under 3 months, all tradesmen ( none seem to have found work, and more and more arriving ). Same at the schools, new kids being squeezed into already crammed classes each week.

Someone will have to do a Dubbo is fabulous thread Looking for the next little britain you read it here DUBBO

carolf

I would like to visit Australia one day, my hubby has family in NSW somewhere.