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Sep 11th 2006 | 12:40 pm

#31

Grah

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by geordie-gill

Hi
Just joined today, so am new to this. My husband and I have decided to move to either Australia or Canada, but cannot decide which. Can anyone tell us the pros and cons of either country. It would be a great help. cheers

Not your fault as it appears lots of people do it.

Think the place some else lives in is going to bring them happiness.

You have to know what you WANT from a place first.

Everywhere people living in the world you'll find happy and unhappy people so what will make you like a place?

Cities, towns back of beyond you tell us.

Sep 11th 2006 | 2:50 pm

#32

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Anyway, my two cents.

Good post mate.

Sep 11th 2006 | 2:53 pm

#33

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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But that's location specific, what we have here is mainly smog. There are a couple of days a year when the pollution clears and one can see blue but mostly we're looking at a grey/brown haze.

Just in case there are one or two people on this board who still take dbd33 seriously, he is, of course, grossly exagerating.

Sep 11th 2006 | 10:17 pm

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Also, I was reading with interest the thread about manners and general friendliness in Canada verses the UK. That is another reason I left Australia--I found that the most common reaction from a stranger was hostility. People didn't seem warm and welcoming, but cold and aggressive. My neighbours, for example, ignored me--if I and a neighbour were getting into our cars at the same time the neighbour would pretend s/he didn't see me so s/he wouldn't have to say hi. Crazy. No neighbour introduced themselves in the five years we lived there. And forget friendly work relations!! Meetings were hostile encounters that I grew to dread. I could go on. But a friendly country it was not, in my experience.

Canada wins hands down in terms of general overall choices for what I want out of life: much easier travel, better cost of living, great weather (can't wait for the snow to fly so I can get out my cross country skies); beautiful scenery (Australia is flat flat flat--nice in itself but try driving for three days across very flat desert country--it gets old fast); much friendlier people etc etc. Anyway, my two cents.

Wow - good post. We have friends moving to Oz later next year - wonder if I should show them this!??...

Glad we chose Canada (Oz was never really on the cards for us though - Canada won hands down...)

Sep 11th 2006 | 10:25 pm

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Hi
Can I ask why you chose Canada and why oz was never in the running. cheers

Sep 11th 2006 | 10:45 pm

#36

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Can I ask why you chose Canada and why oz was never in the running. cheers

Sure! It's too hot!

I know that may sound silly - but we really love the four full seasons that Canada has to offer. And we're used to rain - we live in Manchester! Combine that with the skiing, the mountains etc and it's a whole package deal!

Also: we fell in love with Vancouver when we visited. Don't get me wrong - Australia is beautiful and the cities and people fantastic. We didn't get that "Sweet momma, I'm home!" feeling that Vancouver gave us though...

Sep 11th 2006 | 11:03 pm

#37

Estelle

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by hudd

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We also lived in rural Ontario for 6 years and remember having to cut the lawn or gardening wearing bug nets and bathing in Woods Off. Black flys are the worst as they get in your ear and rip pieces of skin off. Must admit I laughed a quite abit when my father in law visited seeing him running up and down the lawn trying to escape the bugs.

eww.. really hated insects in the evenings when we've visited jamaica/egypt. they seem to love me, and because of the heat they swelled up and got really itchy.

we're planning on living in kitchener/waterloo, ontario (currently nr london uk) . there are a few lakes round there which seemed a nice place to live on the edge of the city, but now I'm a little less keen on the idea.

I had planned on making sure we had aircon though.

I like crisp snow scenes, but hate slush. I also get the seasonal disorder - ie. more depressed in winter with shorter days.

Do you have any suggestions on that? That could be a very big factor in our decision to move.

Thanks

Sep 11th 2006 | 11:17 pm

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Keg and Mash

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Whats a Skeeter vac?

Sep 11th 2006 | 11:19 pm

#39

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Estelle

Do you have any suggestions on that? That could be a very big factor in our decision to move.

Depending on where you live depends on the day light times.

I.E. i read that Regina gets 4hrs of daylight per day but cant remember if this was an average through the year, or just winter (I would presume winter).

Not trying to put you off because i am sure there are parts of canada where you get a lot of sunlight.

once again It is a big place and it is hard to answer this sort of question without a province name.

Sep 11th 2006 | 11:43 pm

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Just in case there are one or two people on this board who still take dbd33 seriously, he is, of course, grossly exagerating.

Are there, or are there not, days on which the government advises people not to exercise, to stay indoors as much as possible, ideally not to breathe?

Sep 11th 2006 | 11:47 pm

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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once again It is a big place and it is hard to answer this sort of question without a province name.

Kitchener is in southern Ontario. It'll be about the same as Toronto. In winter it's dark when I get to work and it's dark when I leave, the sun is up from about 8 until 4.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...ear=2006&day=1

Sep 12th 2006 | 12:02 am

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/phys08a.htm

i'm still trying to find the list of daylight conditions.

They have recently changed stats canada lol. i'm lost.

thats a good site db

Sep 12th 2006 | 12:09 am

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Fancy mosquito lure/trap

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Sep 12th 2006 | 12:12 am

#44

iaink

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Lees147

http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/phys08a.htm

i'm still trying to find the list of daylight conditions.

They have recently changed stats canada lol. i'm lost.

thats a good site db

As the heavily habitated bit of Ontario is at about the same latitude as the South of France, S.A.D. should be less of an issue here than in the UK where its further north and days are shorter. Also skies are generally clearer here in the winter.

Sep 12th 2006 | 3:01 am

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R2D2

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Re: Need some HELLLLLLP!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Estelle

I like crisp snow scenes, but hate slush. I also get the seasonal disorder - ie. more depressed in winter with shorter days.

Do you have any suggestions on that? That could be a very big factor in our decision to move.

Thanks

Lat winter I used to compare the times it got light and dark with my Mum back in Cheshire. And we always had about 15-30 mins more daylight than they did. Which was very surprising to me.

When Mum would say its dark at 4.30pm, it was 4.50pm here before that happened, and that was the pattern pretty much throughout the winter.

Also, as there are less overcast, dull days here in AB, the winter felt light and bright.

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