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Forum: Australia
Sep 11th 2010, 5:14 am
Replies: 88
Views: 6,109
Posted By Coryate

Re: Solar Energy - Your Opinions

I'm pretty certain they have tried it in Oz, as well as the US, and they have some test furnaces in Spain now. The main problem seems to be dust on the mirrors. Even a small amount blown by the wind...
Forum: Australia
Sep 11th 2010, 4:53 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,667
Posted By Coryate

Re: Clubs to meet new friends/ other english expats in Brisbane

I've been buying toys and clothes on ebay in the UK to take with me for my 2 yr old in Australia. I think it's worth it, relative to the cost of buying it in Australia.
Forum: Australia
Sep 11th 2010, 4:47 am
Replies: 124
Views: 14,979
Posted By Coryate

Re: NZ versus Aus

I actually like the SA accent.

I lived in Auckland for 3 years, and found most of the people quite nice, some of the Maori have funny attitudes, but I never got being an Australian pushed in my...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2010, 1:18 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 6,005
Posted By Coryate

Re: Anyone flown with Royal Brunei?

I'm about to fly Lon - Bris on RB in September, I have an 10 hour stopover there and back in Brunei..really looking forward to that part :unsure:
Forum: Australia
Aug 7th 2010, 9:48 am
Replies: 189
Views: 18,731
Posted By Coryate

Re: racism? exaggeration??

You met Mel Gibson...wow!
Forum: Australia
Aug 7th 2010, 9:24 am
Replies: 194
Views: 12,761
Posted By Coryate

Re: The stupidity of drivers

About 10 years in Australia, 3 in NZ, now 10 in the UK. It does occur to me that when I was in Australia, I had a big van, while I have a much smaller Golf here.

One time in Oz my Kung Fu teacher...
Forum: Australia
Aug 1st 2010, 9:59 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 7,799
Posted By Coryate

Re: Aussie Bugs & creepy crawlies.

So where are the pictures of the BIG ones? ;)
Forum: Australia
Aug 1st 2010, 8:00 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,018
Posted By Coryate

Re: New house build

You might have a look at this magazine.

http://theownerbuilder.com.au/

It might be in the local Libaray
Forum: Australia
Aug 1st 2010, 7:47 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 9,301
Posted By Coryate

Re: What languages do Australian kids learn?

You might be better to ask these people

http://www.spainculturalprogram.com.au/

But they seem to think Spanish is on the way up.

Personally I will start Indonesian when I get back to...
Forum: Australia
Aug 1st 2010, 7:24 pm
Replies: 74
Views: 5,888
Posted By Coryate

Re: Gun Crime figures..

I worked in a gun store in Brisbane in the early 80s, and we calculated that we sold about 15,000 firearms, and about 5 had been used in some sort of crime.

Two suicides, One murder, and two bank...
Forum: Australia
Aug 1st 2010, 6:44 pm
Replies: 194
Views: 12,761
Posted By Coryate

Re: The stupidity of drivers

So basically it's just like in the UK ?
Forum: Australia
Aug 1st 2010, 6:32 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 7,799
Posted By Coryate

Re: Aussie Bugs & creepy crawlies.

I used to run pesticide around the window and door frames, and at the top and bottom of all the doors, inside and out. This would at least kill any that got in the house.
Make sure you have windows...
Forum: Australia
Jul 25th 2010, 3:53 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 5,023
Posted By Coryate

Re: UK Football on TV - Brisbane 15th August

UK Football? You mean Soccer ?
Forum: Australia
Jul 22nd 2010, 9:38 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,119
Posted By Coryate

Re: Present for Aussie relatives...

No just a bad speller from being hit by a car.:unsure:
Forum: Australia
Jul 21st 2010, 9:02 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,119
Posted By Coryate

Re: Present for Aussie relatives...

I have to agree with the Harrods idea, I find buscuits work well. They are also good for Xmas time
Forum: Australia
Jul 21st 2010, 8:59 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,995
Posted By Coryate

Re: Skype

Having done 6 yrs on an ISP helldesk, I used to get the same question about Skype or email suddenly not working 2-3 times a day.
It was usually the firewall, turn it off and turn it back on usually...
Forum: Australia
Jul 20th 2010, 9:11 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,995
Posted By Coryate

Re: Skype

What do you have as a Firewall on your Computer?
Do you have another Computer you could use in the house?
I'm guessing your using a PC?
Are you calling another PC user or a landline? If a landline...
Forum: Australia
Jul 20th 2010, 7:21 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,917
Posted By Coryate

Re: Brands & Shopping

Singapore is a major trading hub, it's got a huge port where the shipping companies do their trade. So any ship on it's way to the UK from China can pull in there offload and onload some freight, and...
Forum: Australia
Jul 19th 2010, 12:44 pm
Replies: 1,142
Views: 59,578
Posted By Coryate

Re: The Sensible Australian Election Thread

Well he certainly wants to add to the Education system

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/all-kids-must-read-the-bible-federal-opposition-leader-tony-abbott-says/story-e6freo8c-1225812010013
...
Forum: Australia
Jul 18th 2010, 9:19 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,912
Posted By Coryate

Re: Finding Jobs

Centrelink would be the place to start
Forum: Australia
Jul 18th 2010, 9:13 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,022
Posted By Coryate

Re: Can Sydney and Melbourne really become huge cities?

There is also the Climate change problem, no one can be sure how it will affect the rainfall, and probable rise in the sea level.
Forum: Australia
Jul 18th 2010, 9:00 am
Replies: 1,142
Views: 59,578
Posted By Coryate

Re: The Sensible Australian Election Thread

Abbotts history is not that great either, just recently he said his Catholic religion doesn't get in the way of policy. This is a complete lie as his record has Health minister shows that would...
Forum: Australia
Jul 16th 2010, 4:40 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,868
Posted By Coryate

Re: Simple question…to buy a new laptop in UK or Oz?

The only difference will be the plug on the end of the power supply, and the keyboard.
You can use a converter for the P/S and plug an Australian USB keyboard to talk to the locals when you get...
Forum: Australia
Jul 16th 2010, 1:52 pm
Replies: 247
Views: 27,894
Posted By Coryate

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

A friend of mine used to install them out in regional Victoria, well those reflector posts you find beside the roads.
But there was one time when they would come back Monday morning to find whole...
Forum: Australia
Jul 16th 2010, 1:46 pm
Replies: 247
Views: 27,894
Posted By Coryate

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

As a Brisbanite, and having lived in Melbourne and Sydney, now just outside London. I have to agree.
Melbourne can be a great place to live, but then I was lucky as I was living in Exhibition St.
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