What is most Alienating about Oz?
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What is most foreign-different about Oz?
for those that struggle to adapt to Oz-I am fascinated to know what is most alienating about the place. What feels the most foreign. Not the the things you miss back home but specifically the things in Oz?
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Re: What is most Alienating about Oz?
Originally Posted by Breezey
for those that struggle to adapt to Oz-I am fascinated to know what is most alienating about the place. What feels the most foreign. Not the the things you miss back home but specifically the things in Oz?
crap place to work. brill place to live
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Re: What is most Alienating about Oz?
Originally Posted by fugly
everything in aus is spot on except work laws/rules/conditions.
crap place to work. brill place to live
crap place to work. brill place to live
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Re: What is most foreign-different about Oz?
Originally Posted by Breezey
for those that struggle to adapt to Oz-I am fascinated to know what is most alienating about the place. What feels the most foreign. Not the the things you miss back home but specifically the things in Oz?
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Re: What is most foreign-different about Oz?
Originally Posted by ozzieeagle
Damn good question, only thing I can think of besides of course, it being so far away would be, which can weigh on peoples minds from time to time. It's not much fun working in 38 degrees plus heat.
the one thing that does strike me though-is how many people on this board talk of missing the family(ie siblings parents)
Aussies seem to be not very family-oriented
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Re: What is most foreign-different about Oz?
Originally Posted by Breezey
I myself can't see anything particularly alienating.
the one thing that does strike me though-is how many people on this board talk of missing the family(ie siblings parents)
Aussies seem to be not very family-oriented
the one thing that does strike me though-is how many people on this board talk of missing the family(ie siblings parents)
Aussies seem to be not very family-oriented
from wot ive seen, aussies in general r very family orientated.
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Re: What is most foreign-different about Oz?
Originally Posted by fugly
what makes ya think that?
from wot ive seen, aussies in general r very family orientated.
from wot ive seen, aussies in general r very family orientated.
In terms of their immediate family (kids spouse)-not parents, siblings-in my opinion.
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Re: What is most Alienating about Oz?
Originally Posted by Breezey
Didnt think work env. that different to the Uk
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Re: What is most foreign-different about Oz?
Originally Posted by Breezey
for those that struggle to adapt to Oz-I am fascinated to know what is most alienating about the place. What feels the most foreign. Not the the things you miss back home but specifically the things in Oz?
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Re: What is most foreign-different about Oz?
Originally Posted by arkon
For me the single bigest thing I find most alienating although I'm not sure thats the right word is:- Adults are treated by authority as children, its an incredibly nanny state and the Australians just bend over and take it with pleasure. I'm all for having laws and rules and regs but here they really do treat you like children.
What about the process of getting a mortgage?
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Re: What is most Alienating about Oz?
The lack of a decent alehouses ...
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Re: What is most Alienating about Oz?
It's very third world in terms of systems generally - especially compared to the UK. Banking, retail, skills recognition (but you all know that one!), price fixing (tell me why prawns are $29.95 a kilo whichever shop you go to...?)
If there's a way to do anything which will take a million more forms and a million more minutes to do something which the UK could do instantly, the Australian's will find it. I find this alienating - especially when I ask "Why can't you just do this....?" and I'm faced with blank looks.
And.....before anybody tells me to come back to the UK because I'm moaning, I've just had the most amazing day today in a park outside Perth, which makes me realise what a fabulous country I'm currently in.
BTW what was the holiday for today? Somebody mentioned the queen....
If there's a way to do anything which will take a million more forms and a million more minutes to do something which the UK could do instantly, the Australian's will find it. I find this alienating - especially when I ask "Why can't you just do this....?" and I'm faced with blank looks.
And.....before anybody tells me to come back to the UK because I'm moaning, I've just had the most amazing day today in a park outside Perth, which makes me realise what a fabulous country I'm currently in.
BTW what was the holiday for today? Somebody mentioned the queen....
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Re: What is most foreign-different about Oz?
Originally Posted by Breezey
I myself can't see anything particularly alienating.
the one thing that does strike me though-is how many people on this board talk of missing the family(ie siblings parents)
Aussies seem to be not very family-oriented
the one thing that does strike me though-is how many people on this board talk of missing the family(ie siblings parents)
Aussies seem to be not very family-oriented
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Re: What is most foreign-different about Oz?
Originally Posted by Breezey
Do you think that the RTA is beurocracy gone mad?
What about the process of getting a mortgage?
What about the process of getting a mortgage?
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Re: What is most Alienating about Oz?
Originally Posted by NKSK
It's very third world in terms of systems generally - especially compared to the UK. Banking, retail, skills recognition (but you all know that one!), price fixing (tell me why prawns are $29.95 a kilo whichever shop you go to...?)
If there's a way to do anything which will take a million more forms and a million more minutes to do something which the UK could do instantly, the Australian's will find it. I find this alienating - especially when I ask "Why can't you just do this....?" and I'm faced with blank looks.
And.....before anybody tells me to come back to the UK because I'm moaning, I've just had the most amazing day today in a park outside Perth, which makes me realise what a fabulous country I'm currently in.
BTW what was the holiday for today? Somebody mentioned the queen....
If there's a way to do anything which will take a million more forms and a million more minutes to do something which the UK could do instantly, the Australian's will find it. I find this alienating - especially when I ask "Why can't you just do this....?" and I'm faced with blank looks.
And.....before anybody tells me to come back to the UK because I'm moaning, I've just had the most amazing day today in a park outside Perth, which makes me realise what a fabulous country I'm currently in.
BTW what was the holiday for today? Somebody mentioned the queen....