Originally Posted by ShozInOz

A lot of truth in this post. Culturally, the British are and have long been very self critical. This is best displayed in British humour. Australia is culturally quite the reverse. Comedy is developing to buck this trend, e.g. Kath and Kim, Australian of the Year award. But for Average Joe, the insularity and parochialism remains in epic proportions. There are two types of pride, and for me, too often, Australia's pride dips into the deadly sin variety, i.e. utterly self-centred. This leads to the huge blind spot and attribution error to which you refer, which prevents Australians from seeing Australia as it really is, and attributing its problems to "non-Australian" sources.

The exposition of Australia in the media is simply a joke. I remember an article on BBC website that would have been utterly hillarious if it were any more ludicrous. Before you set off to work in your $400 glass bottomed boat via the great barrier reef and under the harbour bridge, oh and via Uluru somehow, drinking a 25cent bottle of wine and a 50cent lobster for breakfast, have a laugh at this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4160570.stm. The Australian Tourism Protection Board must have caughed up a pretty penny, I mean cent, for this one.

Originally Posted by LouiseD

And when we moan, people say we aren't promised anything? I honestly can't believe how they get away with reporting such utter nonsense. Am completely baffled, very cross and at a loss for words now. Shame on the BBC

Originally Posted by FPM

Sounds like the BBC have joined forces with the Daily Mail. There's a scary thought :scared:

Originally Posted by northernbird

My life is far from perfect but I am happy here. Life is full of compromise, nowhere and nobody is perfect.

Originally Posted by toandfro

just call me nobody

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

Yeah and I am nowhere.

Originally Posted by northernbird

Who do you two think you are, Canon and Ball???

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

You didn't find it funny then?

Originally Posted by northernbird

I live in Australia now, think I left that at passport control.

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

Gave me good gigggle!

Originally Posted by paulrachel

Rosie ..can i ask you a quick question..what do you think of the Gold Coast??
we are thinking of moving there

Originally Posted by Mercedes

Place full of beautiful people with ugly personalities. It also gets boring. Nice scenery though, with beaches and mountains, and Byron Bay up the road if you're into hippy stuff.

Originally Posted by paulrachel

yes i have heard this before, about unfriendly people in Brisbane/gold coast.
But i guess it's something i have to check out for myself. Some friends of ours live in Brisbane and hate the place. They are moving to Perth!!!
Oh well..lifes too short

Originally Posted by paulrachel

yes i have heard this before, about unfriendly people in Brisbane/gold coast.
But i guess it's something i have to check out for myself. Some friends of ours live in Brisbane and hate the place. They are moving to Perth!!!
Oh well..lifes too short

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

Yeah and I am nowhere.