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Forum: The Barbie
Jan 13th 2011, 10:31 am
Replies: 129
Views: 10,905
Posted By SNH

Re: Observations of life in Australia

What, you haven't heard all the jokes about Victorian drivers?

I get a lot of mileage out of them, having a father from Victoria.




Yep, they're great on the odd occasion they work! Every...
Forum: Australia
Jan 13th 2011, 10:25 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,843
Posted By SNH

Re: Second Thoughts

The ACT is often hotter than Melbourne, with similar summer averages but more consistent temperatures, and average winter temperatures are only a degree or two colder. We also have mostly sunny...
Forum: Australia
Aug 10th 2010, 3:31 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,938
Posted By SNH

Re: Belconnen commute to CBD

The most beautiful thing about Canberra is the mountains.

You can't see them from Belconnen or anywhere on the north side!

Anywhere in Canberra is close, and people who have lived here too long...
Forum: Australia
Aug 10th 2010, 3:22 pm
Replies: 189
Views: 18,731
Posted By SNH

Re: racism? exaggeration??

Having lived in quite a few countries, I am simply astounded by the way people overseas talk about racism in Australia. I have seen dreadful racism in Korea – discrimination against people from...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 11th 2010, 2:21 pm
Replies: 71
Views: 4,467
Posted By SNH

Re: Bag searches

What pissed me off about bag searches was being twenty-six and being informed at the supermarket that ‘all schoolkids get their bags searched’. Even after producing my ID to prove my age I was the...
Forum: Australia
Apr 11th 2010, 2:14 pm
Replies: 90
Views: 37,950
Posted By SNH

Re: Whats Darwin like?

Darwin is backpacker central, with an endless stream of young working holidaymakers jetting in for the 'authentic' Australian experience. Even the police in the Northern Territory dress like...
Forum: The Update Forum
Mar 29th 2010, 1:11 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,644
Posted By SNH

Re: Hervey Bay - 1 year on

For the books - BOOK DEPOSITORY!! They sometimes only take four days to get to me from the UK. Order a book online from an Australian bookshop and it will take just as long. Book Depository charges...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 29th 2010, 12:58 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,732
Posted By SNH

Re: Ladies - favourite clothes stores?

My favourite clothing stores are all overseas. My shopping trips take a long time and are very expensive.:D

Sorry, that’s no help. The quality of clothing in Australia is generally quite poor. As...
Forum: Australia
Mar 29th 2010, 12:52 pm
Replies: 76
Views: 30,381
Posted By SNH

Re: Sydney, bit boring, had its day?

What you’ve said is what people from other parts of Australia say about Sydney all the time.

I know a lot of people from overseas who have been underwhelmed by Sydney. I don’t think it’s the...
Forum: Australia
Mar 29th 2010, 12:43 pm
Replies: 462
Views: 40,814
Posted By SNH

Re: Don't Come to Australia

I think it’s pretty much been covered in all these pages, but I’m trying to figure out why all these minor points listed in the original post are justification enough to give up on a country.

By...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 10th 2010, 12:16 pm
Replies: 236
Views: 11,711
Posted By SNH

Re: Supermarket bag packing!

England is the only country I've lived in (and I've lived in a few) where somebody DOESN'T pack your bags for you. So, living there, I hated NOT having my bags packed. They even get chairs to sit on....
Forum: Australia
Mar 10th 2010, 12:09 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 455
Posted By SNH

Re: Online Jewellery Shops

The only jewellery I have bought online was from Diva (just type it into Google).

It's not exactly high-end jewellery, and the website is a bit pink (A LOT pink!), but it's got some okay stuff. A...
Forum: Australia
Dec 17th 2009, 10:11 am
Replies: 6
Views: 922
Posted By SNH

Re: NSW South Coast

Okay, this is seriously a bad time to ask me, because we’ve had a dinner thing, and combined with wine and 38 degrees in Canberra, I’m not thinking so well.

I’ve been visiting that area since I...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 17th 2009, 9:54 am
Replies: 137
Views: 5,104
Posted By SNH

Re: Does anyone else find . . .

Oh I love it.:D

So much, in fact, that I've gone and double-posted. Or maybe that was because of our bushfire/thunderstorm situation we currently have, combined with our FANTASTICALLY slow...
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 17th 2009, 9:48 am
Replies: 137
Views: 5,104
Posted By SNH

Re: Does anyone else find . . .

Damn this thread.:curse::curse:

I keep seeing the heading and forgetting what it is about, and then opening it and realising I have nothing to contribute.
Forum: The Barbie
Dec 17th 2009, 9:45 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,766
Posted By SNH

Re: nullarbor plain

I always want to know why people do this. There's nothing there!

My father spent many years inspecting Centrelink offices throughout the country, and participating in car rallies in his spare...
Forum: Australia
Dec 17th 2009, 9:37 am
Replies: 81
Views: 6,054
Posted By SNH

Re: Australia - or should that be Tradieland?!

Can't say I know or socialise with any tradies, and I've lived in Australia on and off for decades...

All countries need people in all the professions. I don't see how it could be claimed...
Forum: Australia
Dec 17th 2009, 9:35 am
Replies: 420
Views: 30,304
Posted By SNH

Re: Escape from Oz

You know, the most common complaint from Australians living in England is that the English look down on them.

It has nothing much to do with history – a great many Australians are either not...
Forum: Australia
Nov 28th 2009, 3:20 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 3,886
Posted By SNH

Re: What's the silliest things that packers packed?

Our packers in India literally packed every single thing in our apartment. We didn't realise any of it was in there and customs in Australia didn't even check any of our stuff (which worries me -...
Forum: Australia
Nov 28th 2009, 3:14 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,912
Posted By SNH

Re: Mosquitos - help!

I wish I knew. I've lived in Australia longer than any other country, and I am allergic to just about everything. Candles, repellent, nothing works for me. That, and when I get bitten the bites are...
Forum: Australia
Nov 28th 2009, 3:01 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 731
Posted By SNH

Re: GRANTED

Congratulations!

You must be so relieved and excited.:):)
Forum: Australia
Nov 28th 2009, 2:45 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,165
Posted By SNH

Re: OMG I can't believe it......... :O)

How exciting! Congratulations!





So the Sydneysiders will say...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 21st 2009, 1:03 am
Replies: 90
Views: 4,750
Posted By SNH

Re: Is there something wrong with me??

This is Australia everywhere now.

Something happened in the last few years, and all women born in the late Seventies and early Eighties turned into Stepford Wives. Sorry, they're 'Domestic...
Forum: Australia
Oct 21st 2009, 12:47 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,955
Posted By SNH

Re: WHICH AIRLINES DO YOU USE?

I've made that particular trip on:

Malaysia Airlines - generally pretty good, but the layover in Kuala Lumpur always seems to be very, very long. Their international flights are far better than...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 20th 2009, 12:44 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 493
Posted By SNH

Re: Fancy dress Sydney?

Whenever I've been in a country that requires Halloween costumes, I've gone as a gypsy. A long skirt, some big earrings, a bit of makeup and hair out and I can still walk home without being too...
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