Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Feb 6th 2008, 10:41 am
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Feb 6th 2008, 10:41 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Alliecat and her man seem overly sensitive IMO. She must be from Melbourne. They're always a bit weird. Must be the lack of sun and decent footy.
Feb 6th 2008, 10:43 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Feb 6th 2008, 10:44 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Being Aussie in the UK I am getting sick of people questioning why I am here. If one more person says "why on earth did you come here.........the weather must be so much better there" I will scream. It is enough to make me want to move back.
Having said that I have been here for a few years but from what I remember of Sydney it rained more there then it does here.
Having said that I have been here for a few years but from what I remember of Sydney it rained more there then it does here.
Feb 6th 2008, 10:45 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Being Aussie in the UK I am getting sick of people questioning why I am here. If one more person says "why on earth did you come here.........the weather must be so much better there" I will scream. It is enough to make me want to move back.
Having said that I have been here for a few years but from what I remember of Sydney it rained more there then it does here.
Having said that I have been here for a few years but from what I remember of Sydney it rained more there then it does here.
Average annual rainfall in Selby is 454.66mm.
Not that less rainfall is a good thing in this day and age ...
Feb 6th 2008, 10:49 am
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Feb 6th 2008, 10:49 am
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Feb 6th 2008, 10:50 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
Keep going!
Feb 6th 2008, 10:51 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
I am a little bit.........my husband and I are actually talking about going back (But not because of what i posted before) he was just granted a 5 year extention on his spouse permamnet Visa thingy. I am a permanent resident here so it is easy for us to live in either country (I know we are one of the lucky ones). But I think my husband wants to go back more then me (he was born here)
Feb 6th 2008, 10:52 am
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Feb 6th 2008, 10:53 am
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Feb 6th 2008, 10:56 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
I'm no fan of the rain or cold, but this really can't be a good thing.
Feb 6th 2008, 10:58 am
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Re: Are immigrants disliked in Australia??
I know but it gets tired after years of having to do it. My husband by nature is the one in the crowd who will play around and take the p*** out of himself to encourage a fun friendly experience but there is a difference between doing that in all good fun which is what British people tend to do and the sort of nastiness that often underlies the reaction in Australia. I would pretend to be a dimwitted 'female' amongst my friends in the UK because my experience has been that the men I socialise with here don't actually think women are stupid. Having grown up with Australian males I would never do it there because alot of them truly think women are stupid and inferior. I think it is a case of choose your audience. Which is why I would never advise an immigrant to Australia to just call themselves a 'Pommy b***d as it would 'break the ice'.
Feb 6th 2008, 11:00 am
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I know but it gets tired after years of having to do it. My husband by nature is the one in the crowd who will play around and take the p*** out of himself to encourage a fun friendly experience but there is a difference between doing that in all good fun which is what British people tend to do and the sort of nastiness that often underlies the reaction in Australia. I would pretend to be a dimwitted 'female' amongst my friends in the UK because my experience has been that the men I socialise with here don't actually think women are stupid. Having grown up with Australian males I would never do it there because alot of them truly think women are stupid and inferior. I think it is a case of choose your audience. Which is why I would never advise an immigrant to Australia to just call themselves a 'Pommy b***d as it would 'break the ice'.