Should I stay or should I go?
Oct 28th 2013, 6:35 am
#17
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Oct 28th 2013, 7:15 am
#18
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
LOL the young emergency doctor that attended my mum yesterday was chatting about his 12 years in Melbourne and why he and his Aussie wife returned to UK - first reason he gave (and I'm sure tongue was in cheek) and then followed family, friends, countryside and career - was the beer!
Oct 28th 2013, 8:23 am
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
LOL the young emergency doctor that attended my mum yesterday was chatting about his 12 years in Melbourne and why he and his Aussie wife returned to UK - first reason he gave (and I'm sure tongue was in cheek) and then followed family, friends, countryside and career - was the beer!
Oct 28th 2013, 8:29 am
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
We tried NSW twice (we have family there). What I really didn't like was everyone continually going on about it being the best country in the world to live in! I found that very annoying!
The adoption of what seems like the American way of life and language e.g. -
Inundated - flooded, Power Outage - Power cut, Lip Synching - Miming, etc. wouldn't suit me. The TV channels are quite poor as well.
Outside the big cities you can't go out to a restaurant for a meal in the evening, as they all close early (everyone goes to the local bowls club to eat, drink and play the "One Armed Bandits". It's like going to a working mans' club).
These are just a few of the things that "got under my skin".
Then there is the unstable climate. With floods in Queensland and bush fires in NSW (it was 49 deg. in Sydney one day this year!). I saw many people on TV, sobbing their hearts out, because they had just finished rebuilding their homes, destroyed by floods two years ogo, paid for by the insurance companies (who then refused to insure them) and destroyed again in January this year (and the bush fires, as you know, have just happened in the beautiful Blue Mountains).
I also think that the mining industry is about to take a hit, as Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) have got together to exploit South Africas minerals!
Australia doesn't seem like the best country in the world to me, but that's just my take on it. It is a long way to go to find out that you have made a mistake!
The "Victoria Bitter" is OK though!!!!!!!!
The adoption of what seems like the American way of life and language e.g. -
Inundated - flooded, Power Outage - Power cut, Lip Synching - Miming, etc. wouldn't suit me. The TV channels are quite poor as well.
Outside the big cities you can't go out to a restaurant for a meal in the evening, as they all close early (everyone goes to the local bowls club to eat, drink and play the "One Armed Bandits". It's like going to a working mans' club).
These are just a few of the things that "got under my skin".
Then there is the unstable climate. With floods in Queensland and bush fires in NSW (it was 49 deg. in Sydney one day this year!). I saw many people on TV, sobbing their hearts out, because they had just finished rebuilding their homes, destroyed by floods two years ogo, paid for by the insurance companies (who then refused to insure them) and destroyed again in January this year (and the bush fires, as you know, have just happened in the beautiful Blue Mountains).
I also think that the mining industry is about to take a hit, as Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) have got together to exploit South Africas minerals!
Australia doesn't seem like the best country in the world to me, but that's just my take on it. It is a long way to go to find out that you have made a mistake!
The "Victoria Bitter" is OK though!!!!!!!!
Oct 28th 2013, 9:17 pm
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
Originally Posted by Saxy
I said OK, not good! It's better than that bloody Fosters that they keep trying to kid us is made down there!
Oct 28th 2013, 11:06 pm
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
Every time I go back to the UK I am amazed by the fact that just about every pub you walk into sells Fosters - I can't remember the last time I saw it being offered in an Aussie pub! Why Poms drink it when there are such a lot of good draught beers available is inexplicable.
Oct 29th 2013, 7:14 am
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Re: Should I stay or should I go?
Every time I go back to the UK I am amazed by the fact that just about every pub you walk into sells Fosters - I can't remember the last time I saw it being offered in an Aussie pub! Why Poms drink it when there are such a lot of good draught beers available is inexplicable.
