Kath & Graham

yeh and all this crap about getting on the mines, my hubbie did his trade down the mines in South Africa and was there for quite a few years.....here he couldnt get one bit of interest from any of the employers!!!, its who you know not what you know, and to be honest half the people we met here we dont wanna know LOL (not Rach and Tracey tho )

jad n rich

Sorry to hear that, the gap between the 'dream' and the reality is as great as the flippin grand canyon. Not always that great here either a lot of tradies dont find work, but end up doing cleaning/shelf stacking work. It would save people a lot of hearthache (and cash) if people were given more a more realistic piccy. Good luck whatever you decide.

sandrainaus

Ok see you all next friday at 12,

Looking forward to it..

Had my first encounter with a pommie basher yesterday at Kingsway Woolworths,
My youngest has a cold and as we were waiting to be served at the Deli counter he sneezed, (he was sitting in his buggy) A man standing near me gave me a funny look, me being polite said sorry he woke this morning with
h a stinky cold, with that the guy said Bloody Poms grabbed his stuff and walked off leaving me shocked, stunned, and speechless

After composing myself I walked around the bloody shop looking for him to give him a piece of my mind but could not find him Bah

Bloody nice ay

St.Georges Girl

That's horrible! Was he a grumpy old man do you think or just having a bad day?

sandrainaus

He just looked like a miserable old man,

Even the girl behind the counter looked shocked.

Silly old man..

St.Georges Girl

He should still no better though and that is racist no matter what way you look at it.

Beryl the Peril

To make up for their lack of brains?!!

Beryl the Peril

Your partner was right! 6 weeks is about long enough to see the sights, before you start to see them again, and again, and again!!!

blowfly

He should bite his bum! I swear if the sodding Aussie bus driver doesn't stop having a go at my son I will have him My poor son as an English accent .

blowfly

This is sooo true. Is it the you need Aussie experience thing?

Beryl the Peril

My son had all this nonsense when he first started school 2 years ago. Now he has cultivated a convincing Aussie twang, the problems have slightly gone away - but kids at school are the most ruthless when it comes to Pommie bashing. Mind you. I've had my fair share too!

blowfly

To be honest it normally doesn't bother me. I don't really mind the word pom, but my son is a good kid and it really P****d me off to day because he really gave it is all about how he felt about here. so I am a tad out of sorts tonight.

Beryl the Peril

I do understand how you feel. My boy really struggled with it to begin with, which of course upset me too. Things have settled down a lot for him now, largely I think because he managed to rise above it and ignore it as best he could. How old is your son? Mine is nearly 16. He was just 14 when we came out.

Nomore

Sandra..how will you know who we are? i will PM you my mobile so when you get there you can text me and i will let you know where we are.

sandrainaus

Ok

I will be the one with the 2 little boys in tow and the youngest has WHITE hair

you can't miss us they will let you know were here