jskogsta

Over the last year or so I've spent some time reading through some books or using them as references. Some of them are here ..

Living and Working in Australia: A Survival Handbook (Living and Working Guides):

In a Sunburned Country:

Culture Shock Australia Edition (Culture Shock! Australia):

(Hope the links work!)

.. but I would love to have other tips on "stuff" about Oz that can help us keep the spirits up in the last few months or so...

Anyone have some other pointers??

/Jørgen

HUP

Page 5 of Bill Brysons Down Under :scared:

steandleigh

PAGE 5 -

"Down Under " - Bill Bryson :-

To David, Felicity, Catherine and sam


Are you always scared off by dedications, HUP??? (!!!)

HUP

Yeah it was that song by Roy Castle that did it for me.


Is it page 9 then, cant find my copy

steandleigh

Now then...DEDICATION...thats what ya need....

can feel a forum mantra comin' on....

( BTW pg 9 is a map.... and I did read the whole of the book... and throughly enjoyed it...am such a "Chav"!!!

And am currently trying to plough me way through " A Short History Of Nearly Everything "...

Shame old Bill didn't take into account me UNFEASIBLY LARGE WRISTS...could have altered time altogether......

HUP

Which page does he list all the things that can kill you.

I fear none of them of course because of my Disco Nips

Bordy

Yeah we saw your Nips on that Pic with Badge.

HUP

What pic with Badge?

steandleigh

Although am a fan of Bill..can't quote page for page....

Do you think Ii'm really that much of a nerd????

But I do like this bit.....

" The Taipan is the one to watch out for. It is the most poisonous snake on earth, with a lunge so swift and a venom so potent that your last mortal utterance is likely to be: ' I say, is that a sn-'

Pnar, Pnar.... in Taipan country and none of the suckers have dared to get me yet....too frightened of me wrists ya see.....

HUP

Step away from the quote HUP, theres too much to say there

When you said the dedication and map I thought you had a copy there.

steandleigh

Anyway...am off now..."for the swim that requires no towel...."

Don't think anyone'll remember my name either...!!!

Brissiegirl

Fishing in Styx, by Ruth Park; A Town Called Alice, by Neville Shute; Picnic at Hanging Rock (It's a book first before Peter Weir made the film)....

Fiction is nice... also look at travelogue books..

Athena

I was reading "Down Under - In A Sunburned Country", too, and was enjoying it to bits... until I lost it while I was getting on the underground train, some time ago, that is

I was reading it in Italian, but I'm planning to buy it again in English as I was dying laughing! And this time, I won't lose my grip on it... they'll have to tear it from my cold dead hands!

cadman

I found the "200 kms Around ............" by Gregorys to be good.

Split into sections around the city lots of info on places to visit, getting around, leisure activities, suggetsed tour routes of the surrounding areas etc. etc.

We have 200k's around Melbourne which we found v.useful when visiting my cus there, and we now also have 200 k's around Brisbane cos we might be going there to live.
Can't find one for our other "potential places to live" though - Perth and Cairns.

Cadman

tracey.d

I found Living and working in Australia by David Hampshire to be rather good.
It has loads of information relevant to relocating. I for one shall be taking it to Oz with me when I go.