1. They’re all so bloody cheerful, mate.
It’s a fact that people are happier here. Certainly more so than Britain anyway. And France. They’re miserable in France too.
2. There’s so much space
Isn’t it wonderful? Hardly any traffic jams (outside Sydney). Miles and miles of empty roads, enchanting deserts, steamy rainforests, dewy mountain ranges, ancient canyons, glowing orange dust… What a deeply beautiful place. And so much of it!
3. The beer may be bad but it’s always cold
That first one does taste refreshing.
4. Telly’s bad, so you go outside
People from countries with better telly get out of the (bad) habit of watching a lot of telly. And spend more time outside. Doing healthy things.
5. The wildlife is weird and wonderful
Animals with little front pockets that hop. Tigers (Tasmanian) that are dogs. Half ducks and half beavers that are mammals but they lay eggs. Wombats in general. The wildlife down here really is amazing.
6. Goon
How good’s goon. We like goon. We’re the Goonies! (And Goonies never say die)
7. Social class
They may be a bit racist, but at least there’s no class divide. If you go to the races of ski slopes it doesn’t mean you’re called Rupert or Rufus. We genuinely love that about Australia.
8. Not having to get dressed properly
You don’t even have to get dressed properly most days. Boardies? Check. Singlet? Check. Thongs? We wore them in bed anyway. All done. Easy.
9. The government gives us money
No really. They do. Just last week they gave us $900. For nothing! We like this government. It’s very wise.
10. It’s full of whingeing Poms
Brilliant. Instead of befriending Aussies who talk all silly, we can hang around with fellow whingeing Poms and whinge. About Australia.
I was there for 15 Months. I collected all information , how to find work and accommodation. You can find it on : http://travel-pacific-islands.com/Australia/Australia_Find_work_job.php
Vinko
By: Vinko Rajic on May 10, 2009
at 11:29 pm
Thats More Like It!
By: Josh on September 4, 2009
at 9:56 pm
Tigers that look like dogs – where the heck did you find those!? You could become a millionaire.
In regards to beer, definitely agree with new / vb / carlton, coopers pale is ok, but try the redoak beers (go to the redoak cafe on clarence st), try the james squires golden ale, the boutiques are actually flipping awesome compared to carlsberg / newcastle brown / whatever else u drink there.
My favourite local (readily available) beers would be fat yak or coopers pale, failing that all the becks / asahi’s brewed here anyway.
By: Phil on October 12, 2009
at 12:20 am
what about those little sauce things you get with pub meals that just squirt out. oh and the beepy things thta tell you your meal is ready. Why does the whole world not use them?
Genius.
By: crazy john on October 23, 2009
at 4:23 pm
…love the australian meat…the BBQ …yummy
I can also remember the beepy thing that tells you your meal is ready…thought I had seen it in UK too !?
By: Michela on October 28, 2009
at 11:29 pm
I have been there a couple of times and spent a few months travelling on my own, backpacking around Australia. It was a great experience…met nice people and loved above all the feeling of natural freedom which reigns everywhere…this is the place where I wished I could stay for a longer time than just a holiday or a time out…hope one day this dream will turn into reality
By: Michela on October 28, 2009
at 11:23 pm
what I don’t understand is this whole “whinging pom” thing.
I’ve lived in Australia for nearly 3 years now and I’ve never heard it said once.
I’m more and more beginning to think this is something we apply to ourselves more often than they ever apply to us…
By: michael on January 8, 2010
at 1:29 am
Nothing wrong with australia beeing exotic with all the animals and heat. Im not australian, i think the australian goverment is crap. They are shutting themselves out from the world, by enforcing silly laws and banning most of the internet, that contains FREE and inportant information that should be available for all australians. That said, i am confident australia will be te most “retarded” country in the world in years to come, with that i mean un educated, since most information that you have is just old and can’t keep up to date due the goverment beeing a pain in the ass all the time.
I am not sure what the goverment is afraid of, or are they just plainly stupid. Or then so un educated that they don’t understand or know better.
So cmon aussies, vote someone with higher iq to your goverment please, my heart is bleeding when i read aussie news..
By: Crazy-Fin on January 10, 2010
at 4:36 am
banning the internet? you’re an idiot mate – NBN is rolling out as we speak. The Australian government is decent, and we’re riding out the GFC a whole lot better than you lot. (True, we have got the mining, but the mining boom is a pretty clear indicator that Aus is NOT shutting itself off from the world; in fact a little more protectionism wouldn’t be the worst thing, since we don’t artificially protect our currency like China we are losing manufacturing jobs left right and centre.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-22/bluescope-jobs-to-go/2849388
By: haroldo ex on October 23, 2011
at 9:55 pm
Australian Government is terrible. Julia Gillard AND Kevin Rudd are D*ck heads and are running this country into the ground. while our internet is definitely not the worst, it is still no where near a good standard. i really don’t know how we can fix this, because all government party leaders at the moment are not too bright.
By: dan on October 29, 2011
at 2:24 pm
The answer is simple…if you don’t love it leave…I’ve been around the world twice over…I had a wild rhino chase me in Zambia where a wild lion also sniffed my foot in a roofless truck, I shared a cup of water with a child suffering from malaria and god knows what else in Zimbabwe..I’ve been harrassed by beggars and feared for my kidneys in China and pickpocketed in France…I was held up in Rio and mugged in New York and London…I loved every minute of my trips…laughed about the crazy things and marvelled at the wonders of each and every country I ventured to…I miss them all…I will continue to travel all my life and will go back again and again and again…however…when I land home in Sydney…and I see that beautiful bright blue sky and sparkling harbour there is a feeling deep within my bones…I LOVE this luck country of ours and all the beauty that it holds…it doesn’t deserve the disrespect that whinging tourists give it because it ‘ain’t like home’…it’s not meant to be the whole reason we travel is to experience the different land, cultures and beauty that each travelled to countries hold…not to sit an whinge…oh and just so you know…I’ve lived here all of my almost 30 years as did my father his father his father and his father before that…Us Aussies are as friendly, as loyal (remember our ANZACS died not just for our country…) and as respectful as you’re going to find on this planet…as for our creatures…I’ve lived in the outback, in the bush, on the coast and in the city and to date i’ve never been bitten by a snake, deadly spider or shark…as for the sun…its called sunscreen you twit…
By: CQ on April 30, 2010
at 11:48 pm
I love Australia. There’s so many things to see and explore! Plus the food is yummy
Really different to most countries I’ve been to but always missing my home in Sydney.
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By: lindsay lohan sex tape now on July 1, 2010
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I’m Tasmanian, I firmly think that even though it is considered a State of Australia, I can call myself that rather then Australian. It’s these kinds of decisions that distinguish how you want to view the mainland.
When I first arrived from Tasmania, I landed in Brisbane, aesthetically Brisbane is a sprawling landscape of suburban development with few cultural refinements – that was the beginning of my issues with Australia.
Australia has a smaller population then many other parts of globe, parts that first come to mind – so the proportion of interesting progressively minded folk to the proportion of conservative dull and narrow minded folk is smaller. This really stands out. I have now fifteen years experience to back up my observations.
There is an offensive sticker that the odd 4-Wheeled driver sticks on their bumper bar “Australia, love it or leave it”. I would re-write that to “Australia, change it or leave it”. However, leaving Australia is more of a task then is realised. You can’t just pack your bags and pop on the nearest flight to another destination because Australia still has a bureaucracy that thinks it a convict state, that is, they’ll make it very near impossible to consider alternative places of residence.
Urban myths like “Australians” are very friendly are fought for by patriots to the point of aggression, to the point where the contrary becomes the case. Replace “friendly” with “obstructive” and you get closer to reality.
“Sand and surf”, another urban myth, most Australians don’t live near beaches, most live in ugly suburban houses around offensively commercial shopping districts.
“Laid back”, this is a false notion, apathetic and subservient is the actual personality, this has been mistaken for “laid back”, if I was going to be stereotypically, I would call the Portuguese and Spanish laid back not the Australians.
But that’s the urban myths, the more prominent features that stand out as problematic in Australian society is its conservative censorship attitude, its cultural ineffectiveness, its bleak and uninspiring local landscape, it’s Nanny and Police State ethics, it’s dominance and pride of anti-intellectualism, its dislike of education, its over-simplified domestic processes, its bigotry, its overall obsession with Sport, its terrible Public Transport system, its appalling lack of diversity, its arduous social ideals, its fear and paranoia of anything unusual or strange, its remedial sense of humor, its Tall Poppy syndrome, its narrow scope of worldly ideas, and its stubborn refusal to really seriously sit down and consider these problems.
Those who live every day here, know the issues because they have a critical faculty that wants to bring about change, those with an overtly National spirit who are too arrogant to want to peer into their collective soul simply too stupid to see past their cro magnum forehead and should be carefully approached with discussions beyond their level of thinking or gently stroked until they settle down for nap time.
It’s alright to dislike your country, that’s how it improves. Having said all that, I have my own personal reasons for not particularly liking what Australia is, socially, geographically and culturally. Some of my opinions can be argued against because they are personal, others however are experienced and observed by a larger proportion of the population then a mere handful of disgruntled residents.
So, I am fine to leave the country at some stage and those who think I should “Love it or leave it” should put their money where their mouth is and hand over the necessary funds for me to do so, and also fill in the paper work and go through the arduous administrative process for me as well, otherwise I’ll be here whinging for a lot longer whilst I go through the hoops of personal change.
By: Rups on August 11, 2010
at 1:27 pm
your from tasmainia that explains it
By: megan on November 6, 2010
at 9:46 pm
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By: James on December 6, 2010
at 11:31 am
Perhaps the only intelligent, well-articulated post in this whole thread and the best anyone can say is “your (nice grammar) from tasmainia (nice spelling) that explains it”. And someone follows it up with “OWNED”. Embarrassing really. I am Australian and I have to admit that I have to agree with most of what Rups has said here. Aussies need to wise up, have an enormous serving of humble pie, and show some respect to others. Once they do this, perhaps foreigners will have more positive things to say about us.
By: Jim on February 22, 2011
at 2:54 am
I carnt sit here and not say anything…. I was born in Australia and moved to England when I was 26…Ive been here in England for 9 years now…So Ive experienced living in both Countries…AUSTRALIA is a far BETTER place to be than ENGLAND hands down…. With out a doubt… First of all to all those MORRONS who say Australia is a dangerous place to live….The Yobs and English behaviorism in this country you call England is insane, Stabbings shootings murders, for such a small country its crime is threw the roof…Why do people in England pay so much Tax, Tax on Everything..to all the idiots that are going to reply and say it helps run the country- TV tax whats that all about…To the person who said AUSTRALIAN tv is crap…Corry street ,East Enders seriously why are you even inside the house watching tv with such perfect weather outside…The English will not help fellow people-or help out a friend…in the nine years Ive been here Ive noticed that English wont help you out unless being payied or theres something init for themself..AUSTRALIANS help each others out….The Public Transport in ENGLAND is so expensive but so terrible…unreliable…Why does it take a English bus an hour to get some where it would take 15min in a car ..if it snows alittle bit…ALLLL the public transport goes to pot…………THE WEATHER….How incredibly shit is the weather here in ENGLAND……85% of the year is sheer pure hardcore shit….And I mean cold wet grey dark no sun weather….Everyone in ENGLAND is so unhappy and miserable …..So why am I still in England you may be asking…I married a ENGLISH girl
By: Tray Develin on January 27, 2011
at 8:21 am
ENGLAND Vs AUSTRALIA
ENGLAND- has so many taxs you pay a tax to even watch tv….
ENGLAND- has the Highest Crime in the WORLD per size of country….
ENGLAND- Only receives around 5 weeks of summer weather ayear, and thats if youre lucky
ENGLAND- in 1995 minimum Pay in ENGLAND was aslittle a£1.50..today in 2011
16years later its only risin as little as the £5
ENGLAND- Receives rain 85% of the year
ENGLAND- Has No National Dish, its National song is called Jerusalem and its
Royal Family are of German Descendants. and no National Day of celebration..but has had thousands of years to do so or come up with and be proud of.
ENGLAND- in England most old age Pensioners still have to work at the age of 70 due to the low income ENGLISH pension provides
ENGLAND- Life expectancy is lower in ENGLAND..scientist believe this may be due to light and sun deficiency……..dont believe me check it out on google.
ENGLAND- it gets dark as early as 3.30 and 4 in the afternoon in ENGLAND…while in AUSTRALIA we enjoy another 2 hours of sun aday..
ENGLAND- in ENGLAND it cost you £10 to call AUSTRALIA for 1hour…Same phone call if youre in AUSTRALIA it will only cost you £2 to call ENGLAND for the same hour..
ENGLAND- it has the highest Teenage Pregnancy in the world.
ENGLAND- it has the highest youth crime in the world.
ENGLAND- Everyone in ENGLAND things they are either a Cage Fighter or a DJ…or really really HARD……idiots….
ENGLAND- the ENGLISH government spends more Tax payers money and resources on finding out who is not paying the correct tax, or who is living with who and not declaring it than on real crime.
ENGLAND- You are more likely to receive a jail sentence for not paying youre tv license than for committing a crime—Apperantly in ENGLAND they have a van that drives around with a radar detecting who is watching tv with out a license, while at the same time some one is being stabbed next to the van…but its to buisy to do anything…idiots..
ENGLAND- They carnt make a £100 note due to the Huge Counterfeit crime that is in ENGLAND.
ENGLAND- SPOTTED DICK……seriously realy
ENGLAND- why is everyone so unhappy…smile alittle
ENGLAND- they dont know what Barbecue sauce is….
ENGLAND- You carnt get real ice-cream there…
ENGLAND- You get ripped of every where you go.
ENGLAND- Their beaches are seriously shamefull…brown water with pebbles.
ENGLAND- what you pay for a normal very small three bed house in ENGLAND you would get a five bedroom large house with pool carport with a beach in walking distance for the same price..
ENGLAND- theres no space…youre all on top of each other its so small..
ENGLAND- when it comes to the internet They pay so much for the internet but its left in the Dark ages in proformance and speed..and in some places you can not even get the internet at all…seriously the country is the size of a golf ball.
ENGLAND- Minimim wage Maximum tax and you get nothing in return.
ENGLAND- They dont know what Sizzlers is…..
ENGLAND- Abysmal Service everywhere you go…
ENGLAND- petrol prices…why so high
ENGLAND- All its celebrates are famous for no reason and have no talent.
ENGLAND- They are rubbish at their national sport.
ENGLAND- Price Charles
ENGLAND- They pay a tv tax so not to get television Commercial…But still get rammbed with Television Commercial and still pay a tax..why has no one reported this?
ENGLAND-
Is the only country in the world that if you receive Inheritance from a family member, You pay a tax to the ENGLISH Government upon receiving the Inheritance..why because you have already payied tax while working to save that Inheritance..so its like paying tax but twice..
By: Tray Develin on January 27, 2011
at 10:18 am
bahahahahaha!!!! that cracked me up! Nicely said!
- Aussie chick
By: Jo on September 18, 2011
at 9:42 pm
If you lived on an Island that has maybe 20 sunny days total, with people who had never visited a dentist, have to wait up to 3 months for a doctor appointment, have to use your hard earned tax money to pay for a Royal Family to act as your version of Mickey Mouse to attract monied American and Asian tourists, and who’s country had gone from being a World super power to having an economy smaller than that of California in the span of less than 100 years…well, you’d have a bad attitude too.
Envy is an ugly thing my dear…
By: AlexJones on March 17, 2011
at 3:29 pm
australias great if your a english / irish backpacker space head who snobs all the locals. Gets four hundred quid send over from rich mummy and daddy with a quick phone call as you spend your last 10 dollars on a pint and a cheese burger but ramble on to your mates back in the hostel and back home claimin to be a working holiday free spirit type. but your really a alcholic smelly wannabe hippy who hangs out with other alcholic smelly wannabe’s drinking goon 24/7 and talking shit 24/7
By: tim on September 19, 2011
at 5:25 am
When I was taking my master degree in UTS Sydney, the lecturer asked whether or not Australian people is racist, unsurprisingly all the Australian students in the class said that they are racist…this is true
I’ve seen some white kids pushed two asian ladies (around 40-50 years old) ,who were chatting on the pedestrian road, until they fell down and they were yelling “go the the sideways you fuckin’ Asian!”
That just to name one to many things I saw in Australia, the country was beautiful…but not the people…even my american friend who worked part time with me in a hotel said “this is the first time I feel discriminated in a work environment as if I couldn’t speak english at all”
Why can’t oz be less racist? And to be honest most of the oz I knew are proud with their racist attitude (talking about stupidity)….
By: suchashame on September 22, 2011
at 5:34 am
This is in regards to the other thread about bad things in Australia (sorry, i had to post it
):
“I see that most of the Aussie posts here have minor spelling mistakes, which the other side has pointed out and sad “Pfft, illiterate therefore Australian!”.
I see no reason for this. Why is it you bag us out for the way we spell and talk? If you want to talk about Butchering the English language, have a look at America! We have stuck far more true to the proper English language than they have.
Australian spelling: colour
British spelling: colour
American spelling: color
Australian spelling: Pyjamas
British spelling: Pyjamas
American spelling: Pajamas
By the way, i am perfectly aware there are probably mistakes in this post, I’m just too tired, hungry and bored to go find them. “
By: dan on October 29, 2011
at 2:15 pm
i was born 2 ausssie parents
and adopeted to americans raised there
now i am stuck here.
thanks to mom not wanting me to give up my aussie papers
why im not shure ??? she spent most of the time on valiums and drunk to cope with the comtinus social pressure being placed on her by the aussie men for sex, i actually belived that my mother was raped repeatedly while in aus, and that the drinking was her way to cope with it.
as soon as she left aus she never drank again.
i myself had had aussie blokes try to rape me,and i an a man.
the excuse is “the are 6 races in the world and we ausssie have inpreagnated 5 of them now we cant get our hand on a yank shelia, so were going to use you for relief and when you find a yank shelia you(yankkee boy) will stand over her(force her to pay protection)
and then matbe we’ll (good old ausssies boys top blokes all) stop useing you for relief(relief = male ejactulation)
the most standard comment here is “a good yank is a dead yank”
is all in fun ha ha ha but its not funny if you look into there eyes and see the dark burning desires of a defeated race of people.
ive even had my aushole (not a spellling errror) mates punch eatch other out over who gets to KEEP the yank. who keeeps the yank gets to fix it then fix it permently. fix, relief ,fix permently, smash bash. all aus words about violence and rape. that are a part of every day life. nothing wrong with useing them .notice that the aushole dont carry on about the aborigionals in this mannner. at least not when an aborigional can hear them. they will get there heads smashed most rightously.
By: never be aussie on November 16, 2011
at 9:27 pm
Wow, I’m so very sorry you went through all of that. I’m not quite sure where you were, but I don’t know anyone like that myself. I do know that I myself (I’m Australian, background being German and Aboriginal, but verry german looking), have had many tourist be more then abusive and racist to me, if I’m not called a filthy convict ( being German and Aboriginal I do not come from convict ancestors) then I’m being hated for being partly Aboriginal (for which I am proud). My own partner is English, his family and him have been here for 6 years, and his family has to be the most racist people I’ve ever met, who are more then rude to me all the time and force me to be like them. As for the language, none of his family use correct English, like what the he’ll is a council Tap, and a os is NOT a horse.
I personally am not racist as all my friends have migrated from all over the world, but my father is extremely racist, even to his own kind. Those people you met were filthy scumbags, people like that need to be put out of our misery, they give all the wonderful people such bad names!!!
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