whats the worse thing about living in australia
Feb 23rd 2009, 10:36 pm
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Re: whats the worse thing about living in australia
Without a doubt the bugs / spiders /insects. They are so large they look like they have been contaminated with radiation
Feb 23rd 2009, 10:46 pm
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Feb 23rd 2009, 10:55 pm
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Feb 23rd 2009, 10:56 pm
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Re: whats the worse thing about living in australia
Don`t worry about laura us norn iron folks get the same what part of scotland r u from the ask so i then put on a scottish accent just to correct them lmao. Also we were told that australia people r so friendly (not all of them) thats def wrong (watch the posts i get for this lol)
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Feb 23rd 2009, 11:13 pm
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Re: whats the worse thing about living in australia
moaning poms 
Feb 23rd 2009, 11:41 pm
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Re: whats the worse thing about living in australia
Im sick of the 'we're the best' attitude. They are very insular. If I hear them harping on about the 'true blue' aussie spirit any more I'M GOING TO SCREAM! anyone would think that they are the only society to rally round in times of trouble
Feb 23rd 2009, 11:45 pm
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being asked what part of scotland im from , you would think with the amount of irish in the place they would be able to tell the difference by now
Feb 23rd 2009, 11:53 pm
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Re: whats the worse thing about living in australia
Galaxy chocolate tastes different.
Feb 23rd 2009, 11:57 pm
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Feb 24th 2009, 12:05 am
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Re: whats the worse thing about living in australia
Seeing everyone stare at you as soon as you open your mouth to talk (in the beginning I hardly spoke in shops, now I just don't care!)
Crap clothes shops (shoes too)
Really awful dress sense (fair isle knitted tank tops and shell suits)
Ridiculous prices of somethings (although it has stopped the choccie addiction)
Crap TV
Crap radio
Country and Western music
Isolation from the rest of the world
Not being able to nip over to one of the many wonderful European cities
Blimey, I was only going up a couple of things, I could go on........
But then I chose to come here, nobody made me, so I guess it's my problem
Sam
Crap clothes shops (shoes too)
Really awful dress sense (fair isle knitted tank tops and shell suits)
Ridiculous prices of somethings (although it has stopped the choccie addiction)
Crap TV
Crap radio
Country and Western music
Isolation from the rest of the world
Not being able to nip over to one of the many wonderful European cities
Blimey, I was only going up a couple of things, I could go on........
But then I chose to come here, nobody made me, so I guess it's my problem
Sam
Feb 24th 2009, 12:10 am
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Feb 24th 2009, 12:15 am
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Feb 24th 2009, 12:24 am
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Re: whats the worse thing about living in australia
The three things that I was disappointed with when I came to Sydney were:
1 - The poor public transport system
2 - The inability of drivers to handle having cyclists on the same road
3 - The complex and ultimately poor health system
1 - The poor public transport system
2 - The inability of drivers to handle having cyclists on the same road
3 - The complex and ultimately poor health system
Feb 24th 2009, 12:28 am
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