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Ok so this isn't going to win me many friends on here but..... let me just say this isn't aimed at any individuals and isn't meant as criticism just observation.

I have been using this forum for a couple of weeks now as I am just starting out trying to get a Visa (I may already have a job lined up!!!!). I am amazed at the negative vibes in many of the threads. People seem to keep judging the place by British standards they are used to. Newsflash folk - you ain't in Britain - so you can't get fu**ing mcvities biscuitsd or Iron Brew and Yes it is ****ing hot - etc etc etc - That is because it is Australia not Kent or Essex or any other county - Get used to it - Put up or shut up!!!

Is it any surprise the Australians refer to us as "whinging pommes"?

Right thats the end of my ... er... whinge I suppose!!!!!

Bazza.

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Ahh, you obviously haven't been doing your job properly, you can get Iron Brew here if you know where to look :D

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hi there i hope you have a good hard hat and flame proof undies as your going to get scorched mate

line em up

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on behalf of everbody who posts here
sorry love weng xx

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...and Macvities biscuits :confused:

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yes you are correct :D

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saying that, I personally prefer Arnotts anyway

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[QUOTE=steve`o]hi there i hope you have a good hard hat and flame proof undies as your going to get scorched mate

Yeah I thought so - Still it gives them something else to focus there negative energies on (oh fu** I just done it again!!!!!).

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TRAITER :D

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I know what you mean, we love it hear, it does not bother me in the slightest that we dont have the same food and everything taste different ,you get used to it.
And as for M&S and next and other stores it does not bother me either, i am happy with the shops here.
I remember talking to somebody who came back from Brisbane to UK, she did not like the heat, for gods sake they know it gets hot so why do they come here,some people are never happy, go for it , enjoy it, thats what i say, Denise from the beautiful south west.

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Come on.....digestives are no match for tim tams

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Me too. Love it. Brilliant. Fantastic. Nothing like whingies make out.













(Snakes are a bit iffy - could do without those b'srds)

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Don't even go there mate, are you looking for a fight or something :D :D

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:D [QUOTE=BazzaMatthews]
PMSL mate and i should be working :D

trouble is ( my hat and undies now firmley on ) your mostley right :eek:
some of the twaddle that gets discussed would bore
the biggest bore in the middle of boredom week

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what about milo? that was an unexpected bonus it`s gorgeous :)

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I'll arm wrestle you :eek:

Loser gets the digestives :D

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Ok that's a deal, yum yum :D

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You'll need a decent cup of tea then....try Nerada teabags :cool:

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Nerada ?, what the hell are they ?, are you being a traiter again ? :D , you are supposed to say i need a nice cup of PG tips or Tetley :D

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Which, of course, you can get :) OK. you can have a nice cup of English Breakfast with your biccies :)


I'll have me timtams, and a long Black :D

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Have you tried the chocolate chilli TimTams?

They've got a hot kick..ummmmmm

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Not yet :o


I've been left with a packet of butternut cookies :(

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Bleedin butternut cookies? Butternut cookies?

And I thought Caroline was a compassionate wooooman:cool:

I hope she brings you back one helluva present:D

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Duty free Vodka I hope:beer:

Mine's running out :beer:

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The Aussies can whinge with the best of us. I've worked with Aussies in otrher countries - "Not as good as Tim Tams" "Where's the vegemite?" Can't believe you can't get Aussie rules on the TV"

I have a theory about the 'Whinging Pom' soubriquet. The Aussies don't like to rock the boat about anything - look at the quality of the media and the lack of outcry about most things in Australia.

The Brits have a history of rocking the boat in their own country - that's why the country has been so successful over the last 300 years - people stand up and say - 'Hey, what about trying it this way' (e.g. "what about introducing some competition to the supermarket cartel?")

The Aussies can't cope with 'boat-rockers' it threatens the perceived stability and status quo. So boat rockers are.....'whinging poms'.

Now you watch my arse get flamed!!!

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You can get Hobnobs, you know :)

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Is that legal over here then:confused:

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Oh, perfectly legal...I've hobnobbed with a few Aussies :D

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Ahhhh but were they covered in chocolate:confused:

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The Aussies???? I've not been to one of those clubs yet :D

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Ah well.....we've got it all in Brissy:D

Humidity's a buggar though:rolleyes: :D

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Melting chocky, on hot steaming bodies.....ahem.....brb :D

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Noooooot a good look I can tell ya:eek:

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Interesting theory - you may have point. I am sure there must be similar conversations being had on Italian and Greek (and other) forums devoted to migration. I guess home is always where people grow up and you can't help missing certain aspects of it - Really it is the negativaty of the posts that bothers me - Some seem so like "why did I bother" and "moving to Oz was the worst thing I have ever done". I am an eternal optimist and so I guess I am a bit sensitive to other peoples whinging and whining. There is a famous saying I try to live by "Always regret the things you did and not the things you failed to do" Moving to Oz is something I will always pervieve as something I failed to do if I didn't go - despite snakes, spiders, TRA knobheads, an embarrassingly good cricket and rugby side, probably no cider in Oz, etc etc etc - But I hope I am realistic in knowing all these things before I set out on this little adventure and so will acept all the new things I find with an open mind and a welcome heart. (F**k I sound patronising - time to shut up).

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You've tried it :eek:

See you in January :D

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I'm with you - it used to drive me mad when I was in the UK - reading really negative posts.

There is a difference though - I've moaned about every country I've lived in - including the UK. It doesn't mean that the move was a mistake or that I don't on the whole enjoy the country. It's just good to get if off your chest once in a while. And with certain things - such as the supermarket cartel here, I'm more mad with the Australian people and government for not doing something about it.

Real moaning occurred when I used to live in a country where you couldn't buy alcohol, the mosques woke me up at 4 in the morning, corruption was blatant and a frequent sight on the way to work was a dead dog that had been left in the heat for 3 or 4 days on the roadside - all bloated and oozing.

(But I still enjoyed the place!!)

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You are a very sick puppy:o
















See you in January then!!:D

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Australia
In Australia, 'cider' can be either an alcoholic drink as described above, or a sparkling non-alcoholic beverage made from apples. The most popular brands of alcoholic cider in Australia are Strongbow, and Mercury Cider made at the Cascade Brewery in Hobart, Tasmania. Cascade's 'Apple Isle' Sparkling Apple Juice is the most popular selling brand of non-alcoholic cider in Australia. Alcoholic cider is sold in bottleshops, while the non-alcoholic version is stocked in the soft-drink aisles of supermarkets

;)

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I'll do some fireeating (if there isn't a fire ban)....burn Wayne's place down :D

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Excellent...another alkie on the thread :beer: