What has Australia ever done for you ?
Aug 27th 2011, 8:00 pm
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What has Australia ever done for you ?
Well
Aug 27th 2011, 9:56 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Australia has sky high property prices and a very strong economy. Which allowed me to transfer money to the UK over the last couple of years and then sell my house and make a mint on the exchange rate, and now I've moved back to the UK don't have to work. 
Aug 27th 2011, 10:10 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Given us a better life than could be imagined.
Aug 27th 2011, 10:20 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
sunburn
Aug 27th 2011, 10:22 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Given me the opportunity to meet some of the most genuine people I've ever known.
Given me the opportunity to get a university education without having to come up with thousands of $ upfront for fees.
Given me the opportunity to live in another country just because I wanted to.
Given me the opportunity to travel for relatively little money to places I could not have afforded to travel from North America.
Made me see who and what are important in my life. And alternately who I am important to.
What about you? What has Australia done for you? Or better question...What have you done for Australia?
Given me the opportunity to get a university education without having to come up with thousands of $ upfront for fees.
Given me the opportunity to live in another country just because I wanted to.
Given me the opportunity to travel for relatively little money to places I could not have afforded to travel from North America.
Made me see who and what are important in my life. And alternately who I am important to.
What about you? What has Australia done for you? Or better question...What have you done for Australia?
Aug 27th 2011, 10:26 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Given me 2 extra years of life expectancy. 
Aug 27th 2011, 10:28 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Kylie and Inxs
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Prisoners from cell block H
The first nuclear bomb set off by an individual, not a nation (Aum Shinrikyo)
Neighbours and Home & Away
Rupert Murdoch
Aug 27th 2011, 10:40 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Given me the opportunity to meet some of the most genuine people I've ever known.
Given me the opportunity to get a university education without having to come up with thousands of $ upfront for fees.
Given me the opportunity to live in another country just because I wanted to.
Given me the opportunity to travel for relatively little money to places I could not have afforded to travel from North America.
Made me see who and what are important in my life. And alternately who I am important to.
What about you? What has Australia done for you? Or better question...What have you done for Australia?
Given me the opportunity to get a university education without having to come up with thousands of $ upfront for fees.
Given me the opportunity to live in another country just because I wanted to.
Given me the opportunity to travel for relatively little money to places I could not have afforded to travel from North America.
Made me see who and what are important in my life. And alternately who I am important to.
What about you? What has Australia done for you? Or better question...What have you done for Australia?
Aug 27th 2011, 10:56 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Well because of fast rising house prices it has hopefully allowed us to move to the UK and live mortgage free (fingers crossed).
Aug 27th 2011, 11:43 pm
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Produced my soul mate and life partner
Given me 4 healthy university standard educated Children that I know would never get involved in rioting
Given me a secure financial future... Superannuation, House and other assets from a base of next to zero
Given me the real prospects of a exciting wealthy and healthy retirement with close to limitless horizons, I can probably go where I want.... all on blue collar jobs..
Made me extremely happy and contented.
Given me 4 healthy university standard educated Children that I know would never get involved in rioting
Given me a secure financial future... Superannuation, House and other assets from a base of next to zero
Given me the real prospects of a exciting wealthy and healthy retirement with close to limitless horizons, I can probably go where I want.... all on blue collar jobs..
Made me extremely happy and contented.
Last edited by ozzieeagle; Aug 27th 2011 at 11:45 pm.
Aug 28th 2011, 12:06 am
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Aug 28th 2011, 12:10 am
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
Given me a succession of chest, sinus and throat infections
Aug 28th 2011, 12:30 am
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Re: What has Australia ever done for you ?
That's actually a negative I'll admit too... Made my Asthma a hell of a lot worse. In fact I didn't even realise I had Hayfever induced Asthma in the UK... I did mildly if I recall the slightly annoying symptoms correctly.