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

Humidity's a buggar though

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

Noooooot a good look I can tell ya

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).

You've tried it

See you in January

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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See you in January then!!

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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

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

Excellent...another alkie on the thread

I'll bring the marshmellows then

Wont they stick to yer lips though

Errr and dont burn Waynes place doon....theres nowhere else to rent over here

I'm going to build a house next door to cascades, and have a pipe running into the house.

YEAH WELL SAID.i have been on holiday and heard brits moan about being too hot.this was in zante in high season 35degrees.enough said!!
dont care about marks and spencers , next or tesco.did someone moan about they couldnt get decent knickers?? knickers are knickers biccies are blooming biccies.dont moan enjoy,there are people who would love to be in oz.think about the long process it takes to move over seas,be happy peeps.

My lips look more like liquorice after a show