Why Australia
 

Im starting this thread and even I cant give an answer to my own question WHY australia ?

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Why Australia what?

What is your question?

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why choose oz to all other countries why not canada newzealand america etc

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Canada too long to get a visa too close to USA.

New Zealand - would consider it if didn't want to remain in Aus, as have young family need support of family thus Aus is destination.

Europe - too bloody lazy to be bothered to learn a new language :p

Australia - Want to experience what it has to offer on a daily basis rather than a few weeks every decade or so. Have close family links so is the most viable option. They kinda speak English :thumbsup:

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Canada - Too cold in winter
America - Too weird
New Zealand - Too expensive
Greece - did consider it but there wasn't any work for my OH, I can't speak Greek (well none of us can :D ).
Turkey - Just didn't like it
France - Too many french people
Spain - Too many English people


They are the ones that were on our list along with Australia.

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because other halfs family and friends are there, and then again why not?

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Good job you came to oz then:rofl:

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just what i was thinking! lol :rofl:

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;)

We need a toungue in cheek smilie :D

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I prefered the shape of Australia - it's highly reminiscent of a complex hydrogen molecule.

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yes i agree:rofl:

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Same could be said for Australia.... :lol: I went to see a house the other day and I saw the neighbour was out so went to ask him about gas supply on the street. What a nice bloke! Broad Yorkshire, so we had a chat about the footy, and I have to say, he was slipping... we'd been there a full two minutes before we got offered a cup of tea. :rofl:
Nice neighbours. :)

Um, why Australia? It was the furthest point away from my parents. :thumbsup:

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I know ;)

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Perth's about the same :rofl:

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"cos I couldn't think of anything else at the time when OH mentioned it:blink:

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Cos I have lived in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong & Germany and my family all came to visit.

So we went further afield to get some peace and quiet :rofl: (Definately need a tongue in cheek smiley here!)

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USA - Like California but can't get in.
Canada - Like it but shit winters
NZ - Nice but don't want to live in a 3rd World Country.
France - Nice but no jobs. Same for the rest of Europe.
Belgium - Nearly moved there and was going to commute through the tunnel. Came here instead.
South Africa - Fantastic if you are single. Not the place to raise a family though.
Western Australia - Western, 1st World, great economy, great jobs with high salaries, prosperous, secure, modern, beautiful, great weather, materialistic, great infrastructure, fantastic opportunities.

WA got the vote.

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Don't you live in Perth? :huh:

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Tried the US, hated it.
Applied for PR in Canada, ridiculously long waiting time
Got offered a job here and figured it was a better place to wait for our Canadian PR than our crappy life in England.
Here we are, Canadians now ready to process our application?? Dilemmas????

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Why not?

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Can open, worms everywhere;)

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Yes. Must be thinking of Brisbane if you want 3rd world.

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Because that's where the job was located :)

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wendy,did you live in turkey,or toy with the idea of living there?

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Come on mate, Perth is the arsehole of Australia. If it were not for the mines in would be a ghost town scraping by off a few tourist dollars.

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Dream on Jack. If it was not for retirees, SE Queensland would be f**ked. Fact is Jackson, the mines are there, carrying the rest of Australia at the same time giving people like me huge salaries. Cha-ching!

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OOOOOOOOOOOooohhh that's gonna hurt some:eek:

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I suppose it all depends in what you want out of life and where you have come from and are going....

With South Afreeka as a backround I suppose Perth would seem like a dream. Enjoy the mines and when you are not working 12 hour shifts in the middle of nowhere you can.......Live in the arse end of Australia. :thumbup:

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I don't work on a mine Pomster. 9 hour day in central Perth, $170k a year. Again, Cha-ching! I don't even work that hard and live in the best place in Australia. It's all f**king good.
Being a Saffa at least I won't ever be confused with that most detested of creatures, a Pom. Now that would be a bitch.

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the answer is simple turn on you TV and see how much advrtising Oz does ,GMTV ,ADS ,holiday shows ,retirment shows ,moving abroad shows .
Australia a depolys an insidious method of brain washing ,hate all else OZ is great .that is why aussies don't complain it is unaustralian that is why Aussies will pay a fortune for poor quality fruit and veg because it is grown in aust .the government paints a picture of utopia and like lambs to the slaughter the gullable poms flock not knowing they are in for a reeming ,having to pay for public school $11,000per child ,extra for a medical system they're not allowed to use , higher tax rates than ozzies for the same income the insidious racism steming from the oz is great brain washing it's great here where the bloody hell are you ?????

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A - I am not a pom

B - I would not get out of bed for $170k a year

C - We agree, poms are horrible creatures.

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My MIL owns an appartment there. I went for a holiday with her before she bought it to have a look around but didn't really like it all that much. I was comparing to Greece though so that's probably the main reason.

The idea was that when she retired next year she would open a bar there and me and hubby would run it for her.

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i only asked as i was thinking of going there,i owned a place there but it wasn't for me either...

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Nice for holidays, but not to live there I think :)

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agreed,,i am thinking of perth?

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Begs the question - why do either of you surround yourself with them on these forums? I'm sure there's a site for you out there - try fat_and_ignorant.com

:rolleyes:

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hutch ,for once I have to agree,

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This is BRITISH expats and not English expats :huh:

I do hate the English and always have, most people do.

I used to be fat but now I am not so.........maybe slimandloaded.com would be more apt. :p

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maybe slimandlabotomisedmoron.com would be better for you. by your distinction of british over english you have to be of scottish or welsh extract either way congrats to mum and dad taught you hatred without reason and you swallow it they must be proud to the max .glad you're able to speak for the 7billion people of the world did they vote you spokesman or did you elect yourself?

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