How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
Nov 27th 2009, 2:20 am
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
Australia is great and I have really enjoyed my time here, but I am 29 have no plans for kids (ever) and no desire to buy a house, get a mortgage etc. I feel like I am at a stage in my life where I want to do something different.
Nov 27th 2009, 2:30 am
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
I am actually thinking about applying for a job in Nairobi at the mo.
Australia is great and I have really enjoyed my time here, but I am 29 have no plans for kids (ever) and no desire to buy a house, get a mortgage etc. I feel like I am at a stage in my life where I want to do something different.
Australia is great and I have really enjoyed my time here, but I am 29 have no plans for kids (ever) and no desire to buy a house, get a mortgage etc. I feel like I am at a stage in my life where I want to do something different.
Nov 27th 2009, 2:52 am
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Nov 27th 2009, 2:54 am
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Nov 27th 2009, 3:08 am
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I sometimes think that my OH and I should have waited before starting our family and travelled a bit first. But I was 30 and my OH several years older so we thought it best to just allow nature to run it's course in case it took some time. Ten months after we were married our first son arrived on the scene
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Nov 27th 2009, 3:25 am
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It'll certainly be a great experience and even better with your wife by your side. Have you been to any other countries in Africa?
I sometimes think that my OH and I should have waited before starting our family and travelled a bit first. But I was 30 and my OH several years older so we thought it best to just allow nature to run it's course in case it took some time. Ten months after we were married our first son arrived on the scene.
I sometimes think that my OH and I should have waited before starting our family and travelled a bit first. But I was 30 and my OH several years older so we thought it best to just allow nature to run it's course in case it took some time. Ten months after we were married our first son arrived on the scene
.Have been to a few (mainly north and east Africa), but Kenya seems plausible given the number of NGOs there.
I suppose I am lucky in a way that my wife doesn't want kids either.
P.s. we seemed to have changed a thread about schoolies into one about Africa!
Nov 27th 2009, 3:30 am
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I just read up more about schoolies and it doesn't look so bad.
Nov 27th 2009, 3:40 am
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Nov 27th 2009, 3:50 am
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Wait till schoolies moves up to Hamilton Island in a few years....
That's where some of the 13 year olds are talking about wanting to go when they reach it. Somewhere quieter and not as stupid.... Problem is, what will it be like then ?
My daughter wants her schoolies to be in The Bahamas with a couple of friends when she reaches that age....
That's where some of the 13 year olds are talking about wanting to go when they reach it. Somewhere quieter and not as stupid.... Problem is, what will it be like then ?
My daughter wants her schoolies to be in The Bahamas with a couple of friends when she reaches that age....
Nov 27th 2009, 8:19 am
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
Wait till schoolies moves up to Hamilton Island in a few years....
That's where some of the 13 year olds are talking about wanting to go when they reach it. Somewhere quieter and not as stupid.... Problem is, what will it be like then ?
My daughter wants her schoolies to be in The Bahamas with a couple of friends when she reaches that age....
That's where some of the 13 year olds are talking about wanting to go when they reach it. Somewhere quieter and not as stupid.... Problem is, what will it be like then ?
My daughter wants her schoolies to be in The Bahamas with a couple of friends when she reaches that age....
Can't see them being allowed to use Hamilton but then I was quite surprised they were allowed to use Rottnest in WA.
Nov 27th 2009, 8:25 am
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
Wait till schoolies moves up to Hamilton Island in a few years....
That's where some of the 13 year olds are talking about wanting to go when they reach it. Somewhere quieter and not as stupid.... Problem is, what will it be like then ?
My daughter wants her schoolies to be in The Bahamas with a couple of friends when she reaches that age....
That's where some of the 13 year olds are talking about wanting to go when they reach it. Somewhere quieter and not as stupid.... Problem is, what will it be like then ?
My daughter wants her schoolies to be in The Bahamas with a couple of friends when she reaches that age....
I mean: well done you've finished school, go to a formal. Or a Prom.
Schoolies just reeks of pissed up school kids.
By the way, a prom or a formal lasts for one evening. Not a week long pissup. Why do Australian kids feel the right to have a week long pissup?
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Nov 27th 2009, 8:27 am
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
Why would you want to stop kids having fun. I notice they dont try and stop the celebrations after a major sports team wins a game or championship. These kids have the rest of their lives to take things seriously. Just remember when you where a young teenager. Did you go home for cocco and biscuits and get ready for bed (all before it got dark)
Leave them be and let them have a good time
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Leave them be and let them have a good time
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Nov 27th 2009, 8:37 am
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Re: How long till schoolies is stopped ?????
Does your idea of "fun"include kids throwing bottles at cars and properties,vomiting,peeing/defacating in peoples gardens,graffiti,drunken kids being found p***** as newts on ovals,the list goes on.I was no angel when I was growing up,but I would'nt of done any of the above!Yes by all means let the kids have a good time,but not at the expense of creating a nuisance and causing damage.Maybe a bush camp might be a better idea?
Obviously if you live in a place like Surfers, it isn't just during Schoolies week, but every week of the year but then, as I asked before, why would anyone want to live in Surfers? It's a holiday town, much like Blackpool but busy 52 weeks of the year rather than three months.
Let's not forget, it is only a small minority who cause the trouble and do the damage and giving the vast majority a bad name. As usual with everything, it's the few who ruin things for the many.