Is it because Australia's an unreconstructed backwater?

Oops - did I say that out loud?

The entire image built around Australia in UK is perhaps over glamourised and all too many fall for the spin.

It would be more honest not to say productive to give more rounded accounts which includes also more of the negative aspects. In turn this would allow folk to be more of a position to arrive at a decision based on a more realistic marketing of the country.

That's not Australia......that's far north queensland.......remember to not judge the rest of the country on your little corner of it.

If people based their immigration based on Glamorous lifestyles based on TV programs wouldnt we all be in Dallas?

Most countries do that, you don't promote tourism by showing kids smoking outside your local IGA in the burbs sitting on the bonnet of their suped up commodore.

I remember watching documentaries and the tourism hype on the UAE before I left here and had I not known a little about it from friends who lived there and my husband's trips there before we moved, I would have thought it was Utopia.

Almost a scream. Was that frustration or in pain? Aspects of The Great South Land does make you wonder at times though.

I take your point although would never have thought the UAE would be in any shape or form Utopia unless referring to the wild expat parties and all the goings on in the expat enclaves that it was known for.

Of course the marketing of tourism is a little different from the enticement of folk who perhaps have only been abroad on holiday and perhaps prone to be influenced by a host of tv shows glamourising Australia. Then with the rather clever marketing involved to attract immigrants as well, some folk behave with a little too much haste in believing it too be some sort of wonder land and coming down even to the point at times of burning their bridges or making it darn hard for themselves if they don't find it all too be what it's cracked up to be.

You might not be aware of it, but one of the nicknames for Perth is "Dallas on the Swan".

You're having a bubble!

You're not a pom. Maybe if you were you might 'get it'......

I don't know what that means, so I've looked it up and found these suggestions:

Are you having a bubble?
As in "Are you having a bubble bath?"
From "Are you having a laugh?" in Cockney.

bubble Verb. To inform. From the rhyming slang bubble and squeak meaning speak. E.g."If you bubble me to the boss, I'll lose my job."

bubble Noun. A person from Greece. From bubble and squeak, cockney rhyming slang on Greek.

bubble (bath) Noun. A laugh. Rhyming slang. E.g."You're having a bubble James, if you think I'm going to give you twenty notes."

bubble butt Noun. A well rounded, sexually attractive bottom. Also bubblebutt.

bubbled Adj. Found out, discovered. E.g."I can't get any more of those cheap Reebok trainers, I was bubbled hiding ten pairs in my car so lost my job."

bubblehead Noun. An empty headed and stupid person. [Orig. U.S.]

Which one applies?

this explains a lot....

Its our culture and heritage to whinge... Why do you think the whole of the civilized world (australia, you can forget anywhere else as being classed as civilised) call us WHINGING POMMS

Oh ffs, I didnt realize I was arguing with a foreigner...

I. W o u l d. H a v e. S p o k e n. L o u d e r. A n d m o r e s l o w l y s o Y o u w o u l d u n d e r s t a n d if I had known

Here's one now

True. At least you've got a sense of humour about it.

'Real bitter' could be used to describe a beer or person on BE