![]() ![]() But no matter what I say and indeed have said about Australia there are things over there that will NEVER be able to replace what I have in the UK, never. If you come here expecting a tropical utopia, you may be bitterly disappointedĪgain, find myself agreeing with you mate.įortunately Dom, I love fishing, so I'm OK. ![]() If you come here to be with family, or your partner then you can make it work for you, with a bit of compromise. In short, if you like surfing and/or fishing, it's great Micro regulation of pretty much every facet of life is largely accepted.Īussies are not the rebellious larrikns that they like to portray themselves to the worldĪustralia is a fairly conservative country, largely accepting of authority Personal freedom is not rated highly (apart from the ability to drive to the milk bar) That's fine so long as you don't watch TV, listen to radio or read papers. The media put out a product grossly devalued by incessant prurient advertising I'd say overall more expensive than the UK (taking into account the exchange rate, high interest rates, stamp duty on car/house purchases etc, falling house prices in UK, overinflated house prices in Aus)Ĭonsumers are treated with contempt by large corporations To concede finally on both sides the incontrovertable facts about migrating to Australia, thereby putting an end to meaningless Aus vs UK arguments. The intention from the thread title was to declare peace throughout the villages and towns of PIO. I realise the thread isn't controversial enough, that's because I got my attorney to go over it first Maybe the day girls and kev could do better? I have to say I'm disappointed at the response from my night shift chums-I bigged you up last week. As for the police attitude, I've found Britain to be just as bad-but, let's be honest, I hope most of us in PIO don't have much to do with the police so our opinions are made up with a small sample.įinally, anybody worried about inarticulate fans, I hope you never travel with the typical UK skinhead football thugs! On over-regulation, I haven't seen much of this-but maybe I've been luck. I hope those still in the UK will fight tooth and nail against the coalition government plans to castrate the BBC and emulate the USA. What worries me is that the American model is popular with a lot of politicians. However, in this area the UK is the "lucky country" to have the BBC and the regulations controlling other broadcasters and advertising-Australia is fairly typical and not nearly as excessive as the USA. I dislike the advertising and "product placement" as seen down here. ![]() The advertising thing I totally agree on. However, the "expense" is mainly because the UK economy is somewhere down in the toilet, not because Australia has it wrong. ![]() Anyone spending pounds here in Australia is going to find it expensive-and that includes me because I live on a pension paid in sterling. These 'facts' weren't news to me but sometimes it takes an outsider to point out the elephant in the room.įirst, try converting Australian prices at $2.40 to the pound instead of $1.65ish. So then, have chris 955, aldo and even earlswood have been right all this time?Īustralia is an over priced, over regulated, under-stimulating environment? how inarticulate the Aussie fans were (:wink:).the pathetic over regulation of stupid little things, coupled with an oppressive police presence.the invasiveness of advertising for pretty much ANY excuse, which devalues the product, the game, the program, whatever.how 'kin expensive it now is in the 'lucky country'.To a man they ALL complained bitterly (:wink:) about: They were here on hols, mostly for the second or third time in Aus. Now these weren't people living in a state of perma-denial. I was part of a group of eight fine upstanding men, of whom only one other lives in Aus (Brisbane). I had a reality check a few days ago, courtesy of some fellow Pommie bastards at the cricket. ![]()
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