Country Discussion : Australia

[Sinski]

Where's them two shock jocks hiding currently?

Probably Port Pirie.

 

[Sinski]

I must say though as I've gotten older I despise the cold of winter more and more and it's obviously a lot more mild here.

Just move further north. I did from Regional Vic up to Brisbane and its one of the best things I did.

 

[Andy is the King]

It's true, if I had my time over again I would have left here for good. I am eligible for an Irish passport but too late now to bother.

My wife & I considered staying in the UK when we were over there & before we had kids. I wanted to get back to my roots, all the family is around Merseyside & north Wales. But it didn't happen. Too late now

My mum regretted emigrating, she missed England a lot. My dad didn't like the cold & loved it here.

 

[WA Toffee]

My mate used to be the prison manager at Hobart gaol when Chopper was an inmate. Reckons he is a really good bloke (apart from the obvious) and in different circumstances would be a really good mate.

Martin Bryant was also in there, not so much a good bloke, and really struggled with his duty to keep him safe

 

[Rita_Poon]

My mate used to be the prison manager at Hobart gaol when Chopper was an inmate. Reckons he is a really good bloke (apart from the obvious) and in different circumstances would be a really good mate.

Martin Bryant was also in there, not so much a good bloke, and really struggled with his duty to keep him safe

Strewth, there's a 20 minute read I didn't need. How incredibly sad.

 

[Walken]

My mate used to be the prison manager at Hobart gaol when Chopper was an inmate. Reckons he is a really good bloke (apart from the obvious) and in different circumstances would be a really good mate.

Martin Bryant was also in there, not so much a good bloke, and really struggled with his duty to keep him safe

 

[Cool_Blue]

Waaaaaay too many deadly creatures roaming around for me to even consider visiting. Listening to Glenn McGrath on TMS on about catching and removing snakes that had got into his house lol

 

[Chewbacca]

Been meaning to ask you how you found Adelaide?

Tbh, if my daughter wasn’t already in Melbourne and we were emigrating I’d choose Adelaide. Lovely little city.

 

[DavidH]

I wasn't going to respond, then I was, then I wasn't. What the heck. Five minutes of my life I can't get back.

The accent - fair call, aspects of it annoy me. Regional Queensland is the worst. But is the Aussie accent any worse than Brummie?

The racism - this is where it gets interesting. Are you referring to the Cronulla riot; relations with the indigenous population? I raise you Notting Hill, Brixton, Southall, Toxteth, the National Front, British Movement, Britain First......Didn't the first black players on Merseyside get greeted with monkey noises - from their own supporters? What about the religious bigotry in Belfast, Glasgow & to a lesser extent Liverpool? There are issues in Australia like there is the world over. Relations with indigenous people has a complicated history, but don't believe everything you hear in the media. There is much good being done which gets little coverage. Aussie cities are very multicultural & for the most part everyone gets along fine.

The general pent up aggression everyone appears to have, always feels like it could kick off at the drop of a corked hat - oh my; where to begin & end. For all the tenacity in Aussie sport, fans have never been segregated, caged in the ground or escorted to & from the ground by cops. Why exactly was the term "English Disease" coined? Isn't London the stabbing capital of the world? Lads in Australia get p!ssed at the pub or a sporting event & a scrap breaks out like it does in Liverpool & everywhere else. Our towns & cities have all the problems associated with unemployment, crime, drugs, etc - jut like they do the UK. The vast majority of Aussies are laid back & easy going. I am in my mid-fifties & never had any problems throughout my life.

Behave yourself lad with your finger pointing of racism & aggression. You quite honestly have no idea what you are talking about, nor do you take into account your own backyard.

Wind your neck in, this is a discussion about Australia and nowhere else and I'm speaking from MY experience of it.

Show me where I've said this doesn't happen anywhere else? I've travelled around Australia and seen first hand the aggression of plenty and the chip on peoples shoulders that for me outweighs anywhere else I've been in the world. As for the racism I'm talking about far more than the indigenous people. I've again seen this first hand on a number of occasions, I've got friends who live there who've said it's got worse in recent years (same as it has over here). Bravo for trying to defend your country and if that's your experience of it into your 50's then well done you.

For the record, I hate Britain more than anywhere else I've ever been and I'm from and live here. But like I said, this isn't the thread for that.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Colonisation by British 'luckiest thing' to happen to Australia - John Howard

John Howard's remark comes ahead of a historic referendum on Indigenous recognition.

www.bbc.com

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Absolute lol

 

[Rita_Poon]

Yeah so, the Aus then, home & away - neighbours and that Kyle Mclaughlin singer, I wonder if deleting his musical back catalogue was the prize England would have won the ashes six nil. And the less said about Peter Andre the better. Had another thought about those aussie rules scruffs...

 

[Rita_Poon]

One of the worst incidents was in 1972. Jim O'dea king hit John Greening off the ball - no reason whatsoever. Greening suffered cerebral concussion & was in a coma for 14 days. When he left the pitch on a stretcher his teammates thought he might die. He experienced blurred vision & headaches for years. Didn't return to footy for two years after the incident. He was never the same player & retired soon after. Jim O'dea was a policeman.

Makes you wonder how he behaved when the cameras weren't rolling and he wasn't surrounded by a few thousand witnesses.... He'd be chief of police here.

 

[Chewbacca]

Lived in Brisbane for a year.

Being born in Canada I found Australia was a cross between north America and England. American style shops and retail etc but with British humour and mentality. Also with added temperature and every animal wants to kill you..

It was nice enough there but I'm not sure if I'm desperate to go back. It would be nice if we had stayed but hey ho!

I have explained Australia pretty much this way for years. California crossed with UK. Outdoor lifestyle plus the ability to queue and minus mass shootings.

 

[DavidH]

The John Butler Trio were decent.