1. It’s too effing hot.
Didn’t slip, slop and slap the moment you left the safety of your bed? Zing! You’re pinker than a very embarrassed lobster. We all like sunshine, but this stuff hurts. So “nice and sunny” you just want to stay indoors all the time. And it goes on for days and days and days…
2. It’s too effing dangerous
If skin cancer doesn’t get you, then it’s only a matter of time before a shark, snake, spider, crocodile, cassowary, dingo, jellyfish, stingray or angry camel does. This is one dangerous place. Stay inside.
3. Telly is a pile of pants
This is the only country in the world where Rove could win awards. Gold ones. There’s nothing to do inside.
4. They speak all wrong-o
Anyone who’s had to do an English test for a visa will know the profound irony of having examiners who can’t speak it themselves. Strayan is a reprehensible bastardisation of the great English language. Grab a word; chop in half; add “o” or “ie”; easy as. It’s annoying. Stop it, you oiks.
5. It’s a bit racist
“I love Australia. It has Kylie, barbies and barely-concealed racism”. Not our words. The words of Steve Coogan’s Tony Ferrino (from his Sydney show last week). We’re unsure who’d win the World Cup of race relations, but Australia wouldn’t even qualify for the tournament (yes, even if they suddenly pretended to be part of Asia).
6. Backpacking here is too easy
Many backpackers come here, but they don’t have adventures. Everything’s too easy. The hostel books your tours and transport, the next hostel sends a minibus to get you from the bus station. You barely have to carry your luggage. Do you even need a backpack? A suitcase will do fine. The industry’s too well oiled, too well organised. Australia’s too safe and predictable nowadays. Boring really.
7. Their music’s abysmal
Most Australian’s favourite band? AC/DC. Get with the programme guys. Jeez.
8. The beer is rubbish
Ever noticed how the first coldie tastes refreshing, then second okayish, the third… ugh! Cold numbs your taste buds. The beer is second-hand mouthwash. They keep it cold so you can’t tell. They have so much to learn about lager.
9. They’re all so bloody cheerful, mate
I’m not your mate, we only just met and you don’t know anything about me. Don’t pretend you like me. I already don’t like you.
10. It’s full of whingeing Poms
Now, we like Poms. We are Poms. We may well be whingeing Poms. But we don’t go on holiday to meet lots of people from the place we’re trying to escape from.
all very true… and yet we remain in this country. sums up just how important the sunshine is. fair dinkum.
By: TTF on May 6, 2009
at 10:22 am
Hey, very good summary…I laughed a lot when I read it. Racism is quite a sad part about Australia, I think “Racially Aware” is a better word. I mean, I travelled a lot around the world, only in Australia, they keep asking where you came from even if you were born here, then they said “What about your parents”, why do you care?
The 2 things I really hate about Australia are:
1) Freaking expensive place to live, everything is 3 to 5 times more expensive than North America. (Stop bringing up medical insurance..our medical system is a shame..look at the waiting list, so many Australians now travel overseas for treatments).
2) Successful people not getting recognized; if you are a successful woman, they said you sleep with the boss. If you a successful man, they call you a poofter. I don’t understand why this is happening, Aussies say “Because we support underdogs”, so, you support underdogs by calling others gays?
Last year, according to ABS, 81,000 people left Australia permanently which was a record number, of which, approx. 40,000 are “True Aussies”…and 70% of them highly educated…this tells u something.
By: TS on March 10, 2010
at 7:05 pm
chippies, lollies, tinnies, uggies, sunnies, trackies… it seems like all words related to clothing or food have been adapted to suit the vocabulary of a 5 year old.
By: Leanna on May 6, 2009
at 3:14 pm
This is retarded, are you english? if so, thats why you think its hot, your used to constant rain and snow. And most of the dangerous things you speak of are only found in deserts snake, spider, crocodile, cassowary, dingo, jellyfish, stingray or angry camels
so i assume you went into the desert to find things you could complain about (which is why you think its hot?) And I dont know that many people here who actually say “mate” usually you hear that in the desert… Did you go to Northern Territory? Look no offence but it seems like you either went to Northern Territory, or Western Australia. Go to Queensland, New South Wales or Victoria, its waaay better in those states, or maybe you can just never come back? sounds good to me
By: Raman on June 8, 2009
at 4:46 pm
You are definitely Australian – so many spelling errors. Anyway, it’s funny you actually write off half your country yourself.
By: CS on January 22, 2010
at 8:13 am
Thanks for your thoughts Raman.
We did indeed find a lot of jelly fish and stingrays in the desert. And they all called us “mate”. Which was nice.
You clearly didn’t read out 10 Reasons Why We Love Australia either.
http://tumbrella.com.au/2009/05/06/comment-10-reasons-why-we-love-australia/
Cheers cobber
dumbrella
By: dumbrella on June 9, 2009
at 10:45 am
aussies are the world’s worst losers but spend their lives accusing others of being whingers!
By: josh on June 30, 2009
at 2:48 pm
I’ve found many Australians to possess rather loud mouth personalities. Everyone I know seems to project their voice at a volume you could hear in Iceland, never mind just inches away. Another thing I’ve picked up on is how cut off Australia is from the rest of the world. I go to a top Australian university and I was brought to the floor today when I found out that most of my fellow students had no idea what currency is used in the United Kingdom!! “Queen Elizabeth Dollar” and would you believe, “British Euros” were what they perceived. And this is coming from Honours degree students (who have never left the Southern Hemisphere).
There are so many people who have made assumptions that it is always cold, snowing and raining in Britain. I’m just going to say, get your facts right. New Zealand and Australia have higher rainfall per annum than the United Kingdom so don’t make assumptions based on British expats coming over for your seemingly “great weather” And for the record, that’s another con, your weather is shite, way too hot to put up with when you have a busy working life to be getting on with!
Another phrase I’ve heard amongst all those “true blue aussies”, is that “Australia”, or in the local dialect “‘StraLya”, is “the best country in the world”. Well you are entitled to your opinion but all I can say to that is cut out the patriotic pride and consider that there are many places that put your country to shame! (ie. the Scottish and English School Systems and the NHS)
OZZY OZZY OZZY
Get over yourself!
Britain has it’s problems,
and let me assure you,
you have more than a few sand grains on your shoulders!
And let me conclude by saying this, for anyone who thinks “if I don’t like it than I can always go back”, I’d like them to just fuck off! You may want to consider the complications involved for an migrant to just “fuck off” and go home. Just you remember before you act all superior, that we were allowed in here to make up for something YOUR government couldn’t get from Australians! We’re entitled to nothing but the sun, and for most migrants on 457′s, we pay taxes and get nothing out of it!
Just consider that before making nationalized remarks in future…it isn’t always easy to just go home!
By: AshleyNorman on July 29, 2009
at 10:27 pm
So… um… you don’t like it, piss off then ‘mate’.
Go back home and whinge about [racist word removed] eh?
Ya’ know what ah mean yeah?
By: Phil on October 12, 2009
at 12:14 am
haha settle guys im a 16 year old Australian and i find this funny haha and tbh the whole dangerous animals part is pretty funny because anything close to a shark attack, snake bite etc has a percentage close to none not to mention ive only come close to a snake like twice in my life… haha but anywayz pretty funny 10 reasons why to hate Australia
By: Aaron on August 4, 2009
at 10:23 pm
5 isnt true
6 just contradicts everything else
7 isnt true
8 is a matter of opinion, but i can assure you that australia is not the only countery that likes cold beer. and no one drinks fosters.
9 is why most people love australia
10 is true but where also full of eastern asians, western asians, africans, south africans, americans etc etc so get used to it because we are one of the most multicultural countries in the world and proud.
Aus 4 Lyfe.
By: alex on August 24, 2009
at 10:38 pm
Hey number 9 isn’t true!
Sorry if australians are too freakin friendly unlike you freakin poms.
Stop trying to bag Australians if their to nice, and also you need to go to another “Adventures” like CLIMB A FREAKIN MOUNTAIN!
And also where do all the asians go ohhh our country! Unlike England!
By: Josh on September 4, 2009
at 9:47 pm
And also if you think its to hot here i think you should go have a cry! Poms think freakin night lamps are to hot!
By: Josh on September 4, 2009
at 9:50 pm
Absolutely right. Especially about the whinging poms bit. Do ya’self a favour and get out of Bondi / the city for a while. Visit the country, try not to look down your nose at them – they’ve got more important things to worry about than fashion, like that funnel web crawling up your neck.
But they’re genuinely salt of the earth, nice people, and not the wankers (generally poms) that you meet in Sydney.
By: Phil on October 12, 2009
at 12:07 am
Uh, yeah. Alright. There’s a guy at my work who moved here to Sydney from New Zealand and the only time the guy ever opens his mouth is to say how much he hates it here.
How about this? Go back to your own country. You’ve been here nine years.
I have nothing against New Zealanders. It’s supposed to be a friendly rivalry, no need to be so serious about it.
By: Cass on October 18, 2009
at 1:46 pm
i am from america, i have to say that australia is a nice place to live. But saying that, i do have to agree with many of you. I myself am going home in a couple of months with no intentions on ever coming back. This is a very racist country, everyday someone calls me a “Yank”, why should i endure that everyday. But thanks for the memories, I am going home finally in a couple of days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: Darren Roberson on October 18, 2009
at 4:05 pm
the only 3 things i hate about australia are: free to air tv(get Foxtel before you even think of turning on your tv) if you turn on channel 9 or channel 7 god help you,
the RTA(i think motor registrys are universally hated though) and
people who act too australian, using mate once in a while i can except, but if you’ve got a thick accent and talk like an idiot saying fair dinkum and just generally being a complete stereotype i hate you and you’re overweight or wearing a blue collar uniform i’ll be wishing death upon you.
By: hugh hugher on October 19, 2009
at 8:38 pm
few more for the list…
stupid traffic lights that give you about 3 seconds to cross the road, impossible to read from the train station names, unfurnished rental apartments and american-style patriotism.
other than that australia, love your work. love it.
By: crazy john on October 23, 2009
at 4:17 pm
Australia is first of all dirty…very expensive…racist and have a superior attitude..very poorly maintianed places..poor roads..too many junkies… everybody is poor ….and a house to rent and buy is very expensive…a labourer earns more than a professor…..very morose peoplle …all the things he project about a lazu ausie is bullshit they work hard and long hours in private sector…and dont give jobs if you are not from their own country easily
By: kumar bahdavadekar on November 10, 2009
at 10:17 pm
it is a country where the govt is rich but the people are poor….most people drive second or third hand cars…and cant even afford a coke….let alone cinema, proper clothes..or anything else…thoroughy disappointed …too much paperwork…good only if you have nothing not if you are educated….etc
By: kumar bahdavadekar on November 10, 2009
at 10:19 pm
also they keep 90% of the country locked up for development but complain when just 70 guys turn up for asylum and can you believe it they complain they are overpopulated ….if you go from sydney to melbourne by train /road you would be lucky to see as single soul…they just have no heart …..
By: kumar bahdavadekar on November 10, 2009
at 10:22 pm
hahahhahhaha! Are you for real? Wow, you are definately not educated.
hahahahhahahahaha! I can’t stop laughing at your stupidity!
By: Aussie on January 5, 2010
at 6:10 pm
Australia is too expensive thats for sure, and why? its nothing but a chunk of turd that came from the piece of shite england
By: aussie lad on November 28, 2009
at 2:40 pm
first of all you say “It’s too effing dangerous” then you say “Australia’s too safe” make up your mind!.
and whats wrong with our language? our chippies, lollies, tinniest are surly the equivalent of Americas redneck and urban slang. i hate the climate but i love the friendliness. i can’t believe your complaining about Aussies being too friendly
By: ME on December 4, 2009
at 4:16 pm
Australia is what you make of it and your mind set.
By: lucy on December 8, 2009
at 1:17 pm
She dopesnt mean TOO FRIENDLY. She means “dumb” friendly. Friendliness is about GETTING TO KNOW A PERSON, which Australian generally won’t or can’t do. That IS NOT TEH SAME as acting ‘chirpy’ in an elevator!
By: Fremantle on December 11, 2009
at 3:13 am
OK I’m australian and I just want to say, not EVERYONE IS RACIST! Half of my friend’s are from other countries, even half of our school are made up of peoplefrom other countries.
This is the same as every countries. There are some nice, and some not so nice.
Also with the whole Junkies and poor people and such, that is not true. I live near the city and have for 10 years. Sure, there are the homeless, but I have yet to see a junkie. Even then it is the same as every country. (see above)
I completely agree with Lucy. If you spend your whole time complaining about “WAH ITS TOO HOT” or if you look at is as “Hm its different to what Im used to. Doesnt mean its bad” you’ll have a much better time.
By: Charlotte34989 on December 13, 2009
at 6:34 pm
1. It’s too effing hot.
Didn’t slip, slop and slap the moment you left the safety of your bed? Zing! You’re pinker than a very embarrassed lobster. We all like sunshine, but this stuff hurts. So “nice and sunny” you just want to stay indoors all the time. And it goes on for days and days and days…
No.. it’s not
2. It’s too effing dangerous
If skin cancer doesn’t get you, then it’s only a matter of time before a shark, snake, spider, crocodile, cassowary, dingo, jellyfish, stingray or angry camel does. This is one dangerous place. Stay inside.
I never been attacked by those animals, or even seen them.
3. Telly is a pile of pants
This is the only country in the world where Rove could win awards. Gold ones. There’s nothing to do inside.
Normal TV is shit and boring, Foxtel is alright though than are times when there is nothing to watch
4. They speak all wrong-o
Anyone who’s had to do an English test for a visa will know the profound irony of having examiners who can’t speak it themselves. Strayan is a reprehensible bastardisation of the great English language. Grab a word; chop in half; add “o” or “ie”; easy as. It’s annoying. Stop it, you oiks.
So who gives a shit.
5. It’s a bit racist
“I love Australia. It has Kylie, barbies and barely-concealed racism”. Not our words. The words of Steve Coogan’s Tony Ferrino (from his Sydney show last week). We’re unsure who’d win the World Cup of race relations, but Australia wouldn’t even qualify for the tournament (yes, even if they suddenly pretended to be part of Asia).
We may seem a little racist but were really not, your just a bunch of pussies
6. Backpacking here is too easy
Many backpackers come here, but they don’t have adventures. Everything’s too easy. The hostel books your tours and transport, the next hostel sends a minibus to get you from the bus station. You barely have to carry your luggage. Do you even need a backpack? A suitcase will do fine. The industry’s too well oiled, too well organised. Australia’s too safe and predictable nowadays. Boring really.
…k that’s a great reason to hate australia
7. Their music’s abysmal
Most Australian’s favourite band? AC/DC. Get with the programme guys. Jeez.
No actually it’s not, alot of people do, but I certainly don’t. Besides we’re not the only people in the world to like them.
8. The beer is rubbish
Ever noticed how the first coldie tastes refreshing, then second okayish, the third… ugh! Cold numbs your taste buds. The beer is second-hand mouthwash. They keep it cold so you can’t tell. They have so much to learn about lager.
That’s just stupid. It’s beer.. just fucking drink it you wanker.
9. They’re all so bloody cheerful, mate
I’m not your mate, we only just met and you don’t know anything about me. Don’t pretend you like me. I already don’t like you.
Not everyone says mate, and even if they do, who gives a shit.
10. It’s full of whingeing Poms
Now, we like Poms. We are Poms. We may well be whingeing Poms. But we don’t go on holiday to meet lots of people from the place we’re trying to escape from.
I don’t get what this is supposed to mean. Your trying to escape your own country because it’s full of what you yourself are.
By: Person on December 24, 2009
at 5:36 pm
hell yeah! thank you!
By: urmum on February 2, 2010
at 2:18 pm
‘Person’ above
lol, it’s obvious you completely missed the humour and irony of this post…
By: El on December 28, 2009
at 8:44 pm
Ok I can see the humor in it, but I just see it as a stereotype.
One thing that pisses me off though, is being called racist. We’re not racist were just not as politically correct
Also to people that call us “Convicts”, you are an idiot.
By: Person on January 3, 2010
at 4:25 am
ha! Obviously you are the idiot. We have being taught Australian history in school, so I think most Australians have a good knowledge of the First Fleet. As for all of us descending from ‘convicts’, you are so ignorant it’s unbelievable. As for the ‘whole country being behind Pauline Hansen’, that is incorrect. She was NEVER elected prime minister, nor was she ever elected premier of a state in Australia. She exercised her democratic right, as an Australian, to form a political party & run for office. If you research the statistics you will discover her political opinions represented a minority group within Austrailia – not the whole country as is your ill informed statement. As an Australian I find the top 10 reasons hilarious! Racist?? The Bristish think being called a ‘bastard’ is offensive! Aussies say it in gest, nobody is uses it in the literal meaning of the word. Before anybody starts spouting off about relations with the aboriginal people perhaps all of you British ex pats should watch “East is East’, which is one of the first programs I was shown when I was in England and the british found it hilarious. As for only Australians telling immigrants to fuck off – you bunch of British hypocrites! The whole time I was in England I was constantly congratulated for John Howard’s strict immigration laws & how they wish Gordon Brown would employ the same tactics to ‘keep the asians out’. I was constantly exposed British citizens’ racist views migrants & the ‘problems’ they have caused Britian.
Before you ignorantly call me a ‘convict wanker’, my mother migrated from Ireland & my great grandparents migrated from Scotland. My grandparents had an arranged marriage. I do not have any ancestors that came here on the First Fleet. I was born in Australian & I consider myself Australian. Don’t point the finger at us being ‘feral’ – go educate yourself a little. Watch ‘The Wind that Shakes the Barley’ & you can see the barbaric attrocities your ancestors commited against the Irish. You will then realise why it was banned from being shown in cinemas in England yet won awards at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It was YOUR ancestors that murdered & tortured the indigenous Australians NOT mine. Convicts didn’t conquer the land – the British army sent here on the First Fleet did. Point the finger at yourself hypocrite.
By: Aussie on January 5, 2010
at 6:06 pm
you’re still missing the humor… they also wrote a post called ’10 reasons we love australia’. did you read that one? it was also very funny.
the whole post was written ‘tongue-in-cheek’ but it’s also funny because there’s just a bit of truth in each ‘reason’.
australians are so defensive in response to ANY criticism. I am an immigrant to australia and there is definately racism here. I have experienced it. but if you try to bring it up to an australian you just get shouted down and told to f@*k off. if more australians would just listen to the experiences of visitors and immigrants maybe there wouldnt be the perception out there of australians being a bunch of ferals. it really is a shame because there is alot to love about australia. but in my experience I have never really felt welcome to be a full part of it even after living here for 12 years. there has been racism directed at me as well as my australian-born husband who just happens to have parents born in italy. he has lived here his whole life and I have been shocked at the number of times he has been referred to as a wog. I have a sense of humor and I know sometimes that word is tossed around good-naturedly but it has been used as an insult a disturbing number times.
so there you go… just another point of view from another foriegn-born aussie resident… happy australia day!
By: deb on January 10, 2010
at 8:52 am
Listen here you urksome, incarcerated colonials from the god forsaken colonies, Famously Cultured UK Rules OK! its just spiffing – what! The pride British have Her Magesty The Queen & The Royle Family, the best bands & singers in the world – Beatles, Stones, The WRolling Who, Wham, Elton John, Stink, Bozo, Cold Play, Amy Whinehice, you know. all those trail blazing originals, & the cuisine – delicious pork pies, jellied eeeeels, bacon butties, hung pheasant & did I mention those smashing seaside holiday camps..Hidee Hi, Stalag, Auschwitz..”Oh I do love to be beside the sea side beside the open sewer outfall” Any how, have to go, musn’t miss the Ediburgh Tattoo on the BEEEEB tonight – you know that show where the SKOTCH soldiers march up & dine the paride grind for 240 hours…. tooodleoooh pip pip
By: john hynds on January 12, 2010
at 12:14 am
AUSTRALIA RULES! WOOT
By: quootar on January 13, 2010
at 1:05 am
im an Aussie and i love my foreign brothers
By: quootar on January 15, 2010
at 12:35 am
my uncle is Maltese, my cousin in law is Maltese and my sister in law is Vietnamese and they have never had any racism from anybody in Australia its just those minor few that give Australia a bad name those people don’t deserve to be called Australian
By: quootar on January 15, 2010
at 12:46 am
sorry for my grammar in my message before
By: quootar on January 15, 2010
at 11:44 am
Australia is not in asia?? go to bbc and look at asia pacific. It’s including australia in asia pacific. Your english grand grand father smart people already dead, brain wash our asian people, make fool with eastern european, middle east, africa. trust me my asian friends the young people won’t be that sharp anymore! Look at that stupid twat, mr bush and mr blair, who will get the benefits?
By: jacky chang on January 15, 2010
at 7:45 pm
Australia is its own continent it is not part of the Asian continent
By: quootar on January 16, 2010
at 4:50 pm
Institutionalised racism is rife in Australia. Education system is shocking too. The latter is probably responsible, in part, for the former.
By: CS on January 22, 2010
at 8:20 am
Australia is the best country in the world hands down!
By: Adam on January 25, 2010
at 8:37 pm
>To all above<
I understand that the fast majority of comments posted here are written by children, but even so I think most of you should be ashamed of your language and behaviour on this blog. It is obvious to me that you have never travelled or experienced any of the wonders our planet has to offer nor interacted with any of its inhabitants outside of your small confined world. You simply would not harbour such views otherwise.
This blog is aimed at people who love to travel Australia and New Zealand. If you cannot keep your comments insightful, free of vulgar language and racial hatred then find somewhere else to spout your verbal diarrhea.
As a side note, you could also learn how to spell properly and use correct grammar, however I can't expect too much from children.
By: El on February 2, 2010
at 6:52 pm
You’ve not been around asstralia much have you. The way we’re talking to them is just simply foreplay to them.
By: up yours australia on February 3, 2010
at 3:18 pm
lol i can not take this blog seriously
By: quootar on February 8, 2010
at 12:39 am
my ancestors were part of English royalty and to be honest i wish they were convicts
By: proud to be aussie on February 9, 2010
at 10:34 pm
1st you tell me its too dangerous, then you say its safe and predictable? contradicting yourself arn’t you?
By: Alexander on February 17, 2010
at 7:37 am
try South Africa for your next SH holiday – far more exciting, beautiful and pumping + they’re much nicer people!
By: Brianthapom on February 20, 2010
at 5:26 pm
ok so firstly you say its too dangerous right? oh and then later on you go to say its too safe and not enough adventure – hypocritical much?
i completely agree that tv here is pish compared to the uk though!
so what if we speak the way we do, you can’t tell me that a jordie or a scouser speak “the great english language” yet you don’t find me goin around sayin they don’t speak english properly!
as for mate – obviously you haven’t really been able to grasp a lot about australia. when we say mate it doesn’t mean we’re friends – it’s just something we use, just like the scots so aye!
sorry about the whingeing poms but if you don’t want thrm on your holiday don’t come to oz cause they’re guaranteed to be here!
By: aussiechick on February 22, 2010
at 3:58 am
oh and sorry for dickheads like “urmum” posting stupid comments.
yes australia can be racist but tell me somewhere in the world that isn’t? and hello has he been living under a rock? we have a huge feral camel problem in australia!
By: aussiechick on February 22, 2010
at 4:01 am
One big difference with racism in the vast majority of civilized countries – they’re trying to stamp it out. Australians on the other hand try very hard to play it down or make excuses for it… “Oh where so much better than the US…” Actually Australia is far worse than the US, in pretty much every way. Americans admit to and face up to their problems and make the effort to change wrongs. They don’t make excuses like australia. Looking at australia from the perspective of an outsider I don’t understand what you all are so proud of. It’s a very misguided pride fueled by bogan defiance. I know I wouldn’t be proud of having a rapist or murderer as an ancestor, but then again I’m not australian…
By: bla bla bla on March 2, 2010
at 12:26 am
Ah, the well reasoned and deep response of the intellectual austrailian. A pleasure as always to enter into debate with such educated ‘human’ beings.
By: anon on February 25, 2010
at 8:18 am
How come we can’t all just get along together?
I’m Australian and personally I love Brits and i’ve visited England twice, both times enduring taunts about coming from the land of convicts.
I’ve also been to the USA and they’re probably among the friendliest people in the world, always there to lend a hand where they can etc…
If a British person tells me i’m a convict and to go to hell because of the way my accent sounds, or hates me because they’ve met some bad Australians, then I must say that really does hurt a lot. I love you guys, I always tell my friends of what a lovely country England is and how friendly the people are there. I am also fully aware that England has it’s bad sorts (where doesn’t?) but despite those facts I still love it. I’m not some hippie or love-all type person, I just believe that nowadays more than ever we should appreciate one another and tolerate one anothers differences. The world has been through two world wars and what was the main outcome? World leaders thought “Well that wasn’t such a good idea, what has it given us?”. I seriously wish people could be happy with one another despite differences.
By: Thisted7 on March 2, 2010
at 12:02 pm
All I can say is that many Australians appear loud and unintelligent.
I would like to move to the UK, as my great grandmothers moved here, and perhaps they made a mistake.
I only wish I could somehow be granted an ancestry visa, but that only applies for people with english grandparents.
Well, I’ll go to Sydney University and steer clear of the lot of them. And hold my tongue.
First thing I saw when i returned to australia from sweden ”australia: love it or fuck off”
something invented by people that clearly had not obtained any higher education – or perhaps something invented by the immigrants who seem to have claimed ownership.
I don’t really care, they can have the country.
By: LD on March 3, 2010
at 3:26 am
And speaking as an unfortunate Australian (though I really am starting to seem ungrateful)..
I must say that the Australian’s that say ”go home” or ”why did you come here” are rather foolish.
People with a valid passport can travel to Australia and stay however long they like.
Australians have the right to voice their opinion on their own country, and so too do the people that visit the country.
If you love everything about Australia and cannot see any faults with it, then maybe you have a problem.
The same goes for any country. They all have their problems.
But you cannot tell people that they cannot voice their opinions. If they visited Australia, then they have every right to say what they like.
And there’s nothing any small minded ”bogan” can say to stop that.
By: LD on March 3, 2010
at 3:31 am
All those reasons are not real reasons to hate Australia, they are just bored horny backppacker reasons.
I will tell you why im frustrated with Australia. I am a teen who is born and raised here. I find it kind of strange that there is no teen rebellion/angst amoung us, nothing! I am surrounded by flag worshipping boring robots. To me this is obeying the government, not speaking out, accepting the awful changes happening to this once amazing country. Is it only happening here?
By: nomorezombies on March 7, 2010
at 1:16 am
I am a Jewish person from Canada who has lived all over the world and got sort of stuck for the time being in Australia and I can say without a doubt that Australia has to be the most racist nation on earth. I have a university education and I could barely find a job here in fields I am well qualified in. I even had a chap who was interviewing me once tell me that they were looking for someone a little more local. Which is odd considering I have lived in the town for well over three years. Then there are the people who I constantly run into who think it would be funny to tell me a holocaust joke because obviously me being Jewish I need to hear the same sick jokes from multiple people a month. So I would absolutely agree that Australia is a nation worth hating.
By: Seth on March 8, 2010
at 6:17 am
i just wanted to say that I was born here and I reccon that the racist stuff is kinda true but is partly due to the fact that we had a racist government for a few years
By: birin on March 8, 2010
at 9:55 pm
I HATE IT, AUSTRALIA IS DA WORST, U.K IS THE BEST
By: AUSTRALIA IS A BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD COUNTRY on March 13, 2010
at 9:29 pm
OUCH, THAT HURTS
By: AUSTRALIA IS A BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD COUNTRY on March 15, 2010
at 8:56 pm
All I can say is this convict outpost is suffering badly from a third world way of thinking. It has all the trappings of technology and such provided by the developed world but has the most backward thinking. It just can’t shake that convict past I guess. I know you all are very proud of your nation but you really need to get out more and see how the developed world has evolved and works. You are at least 30 years behind in thinking. Trust me that’s nothing to be proud of. Or having the lowest of the low for a ancestor. Can’t understand why that’s something to boast about. But then again I’m, thankfully, not australian
By: Can't stand this place on March 16, 2010
at 11:54 am
If i hated australia so much, i probably wouldnt even bother writing a huge comment on some web-site about how much i hate it. BUT seeing as i think its a great place…im gonna add a lil sumthin sumthin.
1. Australia is expensive but good on em for paying their workers good money.
2. Australia may be easy for backpacking…if you think so, DONT TAKE THE TOUR and go alone and do it cheap. no one is forcing you to pay money…duuuuuuuh
3. Yada yada convicts…Got the Brits to blame for that, shoulda squeezed them all on your own land instead of dragging them across the world.
4. sure australia may be racist…name a place that isnt?
5. yeah the UK sure does rule..the establishers of greed, colonialism, drug trade, slaves…need i go on. And doing it in the name of what..GOD? money? wow (Lets just draw a line through there, half for you, half for us–forget about locals)
Thanks England, the whole wrold just LOOOOOOOOOOVES what youve done.
Ahem ahem…Aussies know how to try and work with what they’ve got. Good on em.
GREAT at sport, small country…kicks butt in olympics.
Im proud to be Aussie but plz plz plz
if you dont like it…dont waste your money on our economy and go backpacking in south america or somethin’
Cheers
By: Sasha on March 16, 2010
at 12:40 pm
australia is a country for losers, UNITED KINGDOM RULES.
By: bahahaha on March 16, 2010
at 6:24 pm
Howdy readers
Apologies, but just letting you know that we’ve closed the comments thread on this story because deleting racist comments (from all sides) seemed to have become our full-time job.
For the record, we love Australia, that’s why we’re here. For those that didn’t quite get it, this was written with tongue firmly in cheek (although we’d argue all the points have some basis in fact)… Indeed it was published the same day as our “10 Things We Love About Australia” story – http://tumbrella.com.au/2009/05/06/comment-10-reasons-why-we-love-australia/)
Cheers and happy travels!
Tumbrella
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