Thinking of a life down under
Feb 7th 2013 | 9:33 am
#16
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
Maybe find a way to watch a few hours of Australian commercial TV online from there, then see if you still want to come. because it will give you a very good idea of what is considered culture and entertainment here and I'm pretty sure you will be astounded. It's like being stuck in a badly written and poorly acted high school play, and that's just the news.
Oh and if you do come for a holiday, don't stay in a 4 star hotel in sydney and do all the tourist things, go book a motel in dubbo or cowra or grafton or gympie or winton or geraldton or somewhere like that. That will give you an idea of what life will be like here once you've seen the opera house and the beach at surfers paradise, (well maybe a week at surfers would be an idea too, it's a shit hole).
And the person above hit the nail on the head with the "It's the best (fill in blank) in the world" comments all the time, Australians who have never been to another country will continualy boast that everything here is the best in the world, constantly, after the first 30 mins it starts to grate on you, after 25 years one almost becomes suicidal every time one hears it.
And if you don't like sport and halfwit commentators who scream at an excited fever pitch at everything including lawn bowls (I'm not kidding)..... OK I'll stop, but if you are an educated couple with any kind of appreciation for intelligence at all you probably won't like it here.
Oh and if you do come for a holiday, don't stay in a 4 star hotel in sydney and do all the tourist things, go book a motel in dubbo or cowra or grafton or gympie or winton or geraldton or somewhere like that. That will give you an idea of what life will be like here once you've seen the opera house and the beach at surfers paradise, (well maybe a week at surfers would be an idea too, it's a shit hole).
And the person above hit the nail on the head with the "It's the best (fill in blank) in the world" comments all the time, Australians who have never been to another country will continualy boast that everything here is the best in the world, constantly, after the first 30 mins it starts to grate on you, after 25 years one almost becomes suicidal every time one hears it.
And if you don't like sport and halfwit commentators who scream at an excited fever pitch at everything including lawn bowls (I'm not kidding)..... OK I'll stop, but if you are an educated couple with any kind of appreciation for intelligence at all you probably won't like it here.
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Feb 7th 2013 | 9:41 am
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
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And if you don't like sport and halfwit commentators who scream at an excited fever pitch at everything including lawn bowls (I'm not kidding)..... OK I'll stop, but if you are an educated couple with any kind of appreciation for intelligence at all you probably won't like it here.[/QUOT
OMG this comment has made me laugh so hard. Since coming to Australia my husband has taken up lawn bowls and is OBSESSED with it. Its driving me round the fleckin twist
The only positive is there is quite a bit of money in lawn bowls here. However i wonder when they will be drug tested and investigated for game fixing.........
And if you don't like sport and halfwit commentators who scream at an excited fever pitch at everything including lawn bowls (I'm not kidding)..... OK I'll stop, but if you are an educated couple with any kind of appreciation for intelligence at all you probably won't like it here.[/QUOT
OMG this comment has made me laugh so hard. Since coming to Australia my husband has taken up lawn bowls and is OBSESSED with it. Its driving me round the fleckin twist The only positive is there is quite a bit of money in lawn bowls here. However i wonder when they will be drug tested and investigated for game fixing.........
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Feb 7th 2013 | 9:49 am
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Feb 7th 2013 | 10:39 am
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
LOL - I live in rural NSW after living in canberra - the south coast, sydney, melbourne, northen nsw, from some of the best locations to some of the worse, I've travelled all over the eastern coast and inland for almost 30 years, what I said applies to the whole place mate, nowhere escapes.
Feb 7th 2013 | 10:40 am
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From: Melbourne, by the beach, living the dream.
Re: Thinking of a life down under
LOL - I live in rural NSW after living in canberra - the south coast, sydney, melbourne, northen nsw, from some of the best locations to some of the worse, I've travelled all over the eastern coast and inland for almost 30 years, what I said applies to the whole place mate, nowhere escapes.
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Feb 7th 2013 | 10:47 am
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
Having said all that, Tasmania was lovely, but you may as well just stay in the scottish highlands, And the people there are very strange, I met people in Tassie that could have been their own dad.
Feb 7th 2013 | 12:10 pm
#24
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
I don't see why you would retire to the back of beyond - by choice if there was no previous experience and without a lot of research.
OMG this comment has made me laugh so hard. Since coming to Australia my husband has taken up lawn bowls and is OBSESSED with it. Its driving me round the fleckin twist The only positive is there is quite a bit of money in lawn bowls here. However i wonder when they will be drug tested and investigated for game fixing.........
Has he seen the movie Crackerjack - one of the locations in the movie is either near Frankston or Carrum - I forget now.LOL - I live in rural NSW after living in canberra - the south coast, sydney, melbourne, northen nsw, from some of the best locations to some of the worse, I've travelled all over the eastern coast and inland for almost 30 years, what I said applies to the whole place mate, nowhere escapes.
(Just kidding!)
Feb 7th 2013 | 12:11 pm
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Feb 7th 2013 | 1:27 pm
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
Maybe find a way to watch a few hours of Australian commercial TV online from there, then see if you still want to come. because it will give you a very good idea of what is considered culture and entertainment here and I'm pretty sure you will be astounded. It's like being stuck in a badly written and poorly acted high school play, and that's just the news.
Oh and if you do come for a holiday, don't stay in a 4 star hotel in sydney and do all the tourist things, go book a motel in dubbo or cowra or grafton or gympie or winton or geraldton or somewhere like that. That will give you an idea of what life will be like here once you've seen the opera house and the beach at surfers paradise, (well maybe a week at surfers would be an idea too, it's a shit hole).
And the person above hit the nail on the head with the "It's the best (fill in blank) in the world" comments all the time, Australians who have never been to another country will continualy boast that everything here is the best in the world, constantly, after the first 30 mins it starts to grate on you, after 25 years one almost becomes suicidal every time one hears it.
And if you don't like sport and halfwit commentators who scream at an excited fever pitch at everything including lawn bowls (I'm not kidding)..... OK I'll stop, but if you are an educated couple with any kind of appreciation for intelligence at all you probably won't like it here.
Oh and if you do come for a holiday, don't stay in a 4 star hotel in sydney and do all the tourist things, go book a motel in dubbo or cowra or grafton or gympie or winton or geraldton or somewhere like that. That will give you an idea of what life will be like here once you've seen the opera house and the beach at surfers paradise, (well maybe a week at surfers would be an idea too, it's a shit hole).
And the person above hit the nail on the head with the "It's the best (fill in blank) in the world" comments all the time, Australians who have never been to another country will continualy boast that everything here is the best in the world, constantly, after the first 30 mins it starts to grate on you, after 25 years one almost becomes suicidal every time one hears it.
And if you don't like sport and halfwit commentators who scream at an excited fever pitch at everything including lawn bowls (I'm not kidding)..... OK I'll stop, but if you are an educated couple with any kind of appreciation for intelligence at all you probably won't like it here.
I didn't know my kiwi husband had an alter ego ! His piss taking impersonation of an Aussie is to just repeat loudly in an Aussie accent, 'best bloody country in the world mate.'
Feb 7th 2013 | 2:08 pm
#28
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
This will always run, mate!
Feb 7th 2013 | 8:44 pm
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
May I ask pomikev if you hate everything about oz why you're still there? (Sorry if you're not and back in UK and just dipping into the forum, it doesn't state on your profile where you are). If you're so unhappy in Oz wouldn't it be the best thing to leave and go to where you're happy to be?
Feb 7th 2013 | 9:00 pm
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Re: Thinking of a life down under
May I ask pomikev if you hate everything about oz why you're still there? (Sorry if you're not and back in UK and just dipping into the forum, it doesn't state on your profile where you are). If you're so unhappy in Oz wouldn't it be the best thing to leave and go to where you're happy to be?
And i never said anything about hate, I have just pointed out the inconsistencies between the spin and the reality, and their sausages are shit.
