So would I actually, my first ex went to public school in Blackpool so we used to go back there often, he knew all the haunts, good bars etc, lots of good memories......in fact thats the only place I ever went topless - in a pub, not on the beach!!

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Wondered who'd spot that one first!!! His mates reckoned I looked like a "quiet well-behaved sort of girl" so I set out to disprove the myth Oh to be 19 again!!!!

The whole series is on UKNova if you are into this kind of thing.

I have previously demonstrated I am not

So, it focusses on Surfers and the surrounds does it? Not an armed robbery to be seen I'll wager.

the grass is certainly no green on the Gold Coast ,no Jobs or very poor payed ,and its not what you know its who

I feel so sorry for your brother, it must be horrible having to live somewhere like that

The standards of grammar and spelling in the CVs are also shocking.

it was poms in poo the episode showing the guy helping with the flood cleanups ...

whole thing is giving a lot of poms here in the uk a very lop sided view of aus - the narrator kept banging on about how low the unemployment rate is, and how tradies can get work no worries ... yeah right!

load of tosh, and just perpetuating the myth that its easy/cheap to buy a huge/waterfront/landed property with only £50 in your pocket.


eyup vim

Absolutely awful.... hates every microsecond. Cannot wait to join the long lines of fellow endlessly suffering Poms, Refugees, boat people and poor hapless Kiwis. In striving for the Utopian life that that we are so grateful for. We being the lucky ones that are so eternally grateful that somehow we've made it to this place....This place being Australia and its Utopian lifestyle, that shines like a Gold Red tinged, albeit slightly dusty beacon for the rest of Mankind.

Wonder how many will go back this year

Oh my your kidding me is that what they are saying what a joke even in todays papers here the tradies are going to Brisbane to look for jobs as there is none on the coast !! what are alot of lies they are telling you all there

The gold coast is a great place but if you want a normal life forget it it has no soul.
Opera Plays Theatre books art galleries dont look for them on the gold coast.[/QUOTE]

This is BS. The coast has all of the cultural things you quote if you look. Activities of all kinds by all kinds of people going on every where.

lived here 5 years and don't see a tourist from one month to the next. Never go to the theme parks, why the hell would you and Surfers is somewhere you go once in a blue moon and even Mac Donalds don't force you through the door, you are free to use one of the many excellent restaurants and I imagine there are Gold Coast locals who have not been near the "glitter strip" in years. Just get on with their normal lives in a beautiful part of the world.

Having seen some Sydney suburbs even Nerang seems OK

As for the paradise bit, if your working class on an acre of land in the hinterland, with privacy, space, a pool surrounded by palm trees etc kids and dog splashing about on a Sunday afternoon the word is not that inaccurate.

This is BS. The coast has all of the cultural things you quote if you look. Activities of all kinds by all kinds of people going on every where.

lived here 5 years and don't see a tourist from one month to the next. Never go to the theme parks, why the hell would you and Surfers is somewhere you go once in a blue moon and even Mac Donalds don't force you through the door, you are free to use one of the many excellent restaurants and I imagine there are Gold Coast locals who have not been near the "glitter strip" in years. Just get on with their normal lives in a beautiful part of the world.

Having seen some Sydney suburbs even Nerang seems OK

As for the paradise bit, if your working class on an acre of land in the hinterland, with privacy, space, a pool surrounded by palm trees etc kids and dog splashing about on a Sunday afternoon the word is not that inaccurate.[/QUOTE]

the last bit minus the dog sounds familiar

Hi Steve,

any chance you can burn a couple of episodes of the show for me? Another poster is right I think in that it is a kind of porn. We used to watch all those kind of shows endlessly before we came out.

I'll bring the dog round, might forget to take it home though! a fair exchange in my book!

Neil

PM`d you

regards steve

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I can tell from your liberal use of expletives that you are an Opera buff
Dont get me wrong, the GC has its fair share of problems (high unemployment, stagnant economy / housing market) the most worrying being the crime wave which seems to be ever spiralling upwards. The is a large underclass but whether a higher % than a lot of other areas is doubtful.
We have lived here 5 years and it suits us fine - lots to do, good restaurants, so many different types of beach for walks or swimming, great weather, etc.
Each family has its own requirements and other areas may suit but for us at our stage of life it seems OK..