What's Australia like?

[pip07]

I think I should visit some day.

[Mot]

You should go. It's the shit!

[pip07]

The whole live and let live attitude is definatley me

[wanton wench]

i wanna go too!
*yes i said this in a whinny voice*

[jabumbo]

next summer i am hoping to be at the university of new south whales for about a month for a program they run there. that would be my ideal semester.

[paul jones]

australia is fucking great. I've been 5 times

go and discover it (y)

[wanton wench]

any recommendations ?

[enree erzweglle]

Tomorrow morning, all the aussies will have logged on and can give more info.

University of New South Wales is great. It's a nice campus--huge, though. I visited it last year and took photos of medals and awards that my friend's dad (now deceased) had been awarded at one of the schools of technology. My friend got all misty over that.

While I was there, I met up with the most wonderful people...the same is true for all of Sydney, really. Very friendly people. Laid back, easy going.

The area is gorgeous--especially if you can get outside of the city and into the suburbs (where it sometimes felt to me that I was stepping back in time because the beaches were so undeveloped). Gorgeous, unpopulated beaches for miles at a time.

I climbed the Harbour bridge. My friends took photos from below--I'm about as tall as an ant against the size of that bridge.

It's expensive to get there and the flight from the east coast to Sydney takes maybe 24 hours, but it's worth it.

[tracky]

It's alright i guess. Adelaide's a bit ... plain, and i havn't really travelled to any other cities lately to tell you what i think cause i don't really do the tourist thing

[TurdBerglar]

i've always wanted to live in australia. the people seem great and laidback

[tracky]

who says we'd let you in turd? :rolleyes:

j/k, i reckon you'd fit right in down here

[TurdBerglar]

im just as crazy as you fuckers

[Tzar]

australia urinates on a lot of other countries. our weather is perfect. people ARE laid back and don't care about much. syd, mel and brissy are the hot spots. perth and adelaide are for people who wanna just chill on a porch with a beer.

want beaches? come to perth or brissy.
want nightlife? go to mel/syd
want booze? come to australia

want sluts? come to australia (y)

[zorra_chiflada]

generally, australia is like america and the UK, except smaller, more laid back, and just more australian.
every part is different. there's really metropolitan areas like melbourne and sydney. there's really hot beach-y places like queensland.
and tasmania is cold, very rainforesty and green (i've heard it being compared to ireland)
and yeah, it's good because we all speak english (of sorts) and are a friendly nation.
my mother came down to australia for a visit, 20 years ago, and she ended up living here and having a kid (me!)
come on down, bitches!

oh, and our money is colourful!

[Lindsey_1535]

we have colour money too!!

[zorra_chiflada]

we have colour money too!!

$5 = pinky purple
$10= blue
$20 = orange
$50 = yellow
$100 = green

[kweller]

australias ok...it's just coz i live here that i find it boring...but it is a pretty laid back country...come and visit!!

[Mot]

$5 = pinky purple
$10= blue
$20 = orange
$50 = yellow
$100 = green

I dig the one and two dollar coins.

[enree erzweglle]

Australians shorten words and then add an "ie" or a "y" to the end.

University becomes Uni.
Lipstick becomes lippy.
Television becomes telly.
[...]

That's about THE only thing about that entire place that I can think of that bugs me.

One other thing I've noticed is that the people there are thinner and seem more healthy all around. I don't think I ever saw an obese person whenever I've been there. I don't even remember seeing overweight people. Maybe it's because they can keep active all year round because of the weather and because there isn't fast food on every corner.

[icy manipulator]

Australians shorten words and then add an "ie" or a "y" to the end.

University becomes Uni.
Lipstick becomes lippy.
Television becomes telly.
[...]

That's about THE only thing about that entire place that I can think of that bugs me.

One other thing I've noticed is that the people there are thinner and seem more healthy all around. I don't think I ever saw an obese person whenever I've been there. I don't even remember seeing overweight people. Maybe it's because they can keep active all year round because of the weather and because there isn't fast food on every corner.

there's still a lot of fat fucks here tho.

well i live in brisbane, and it's pretty mad, not really a touristy place but there's awesome weather and there's miles and miles of beaches less than an hour away.
i think it's better than sydney and melbourne just because it's not too big but still a fairly large place with a decent nightlife

and if anyone comes to brissy let us know and we'll go egg the head of states' house (y)

[scotty]

If you want the truly aussie experience, get out to the rural and regional areas. The cities are pretty much like any other city anywhere, not that they're bad, they're just cities.

North-east New South Wales, where I live, is pretty neat. The beaches of Byron are just over the hill and theres some pretty neat World Heritage rainforest in the hills in the other direction. Nimbin's about 20 mins to the north if you're into that kind of thing. The people are a diverse lot, from hippies to farmers, and are quite friendly. There's good surfin', cheap organic vegies and nice weather to boot.

[icy manipulator]

Nimbin


(y)

[enree erzweglle]

If you want the truly aussie experience, get out to the rural and regional areas. The cities are pretty much like any other city anywhere, not that they're bad, they're just cities.

North-east New South Wales, where I live, is pretty neat. The beaches of Byron are just over the hill and theres some pretty neat World Heritage rainforest in the hills in the other direction. Nimbin's about 20 mins to the north if you're into that kind of thing. The people are a diverse lot, from hippies to farmers, and are quite friendly. There's good surfin', cheap organic vegies and nice weather to boot.

That was my experience as well. I kept thinking to myself that I didn't think places like that were left on this earth.

We drove to Fingal Bay and Newcastle; we saw the most gorgeous beaches along the way. This is where my one friend wants me to move within the next few years.

I'm used to the long, flat beaches of the east coast of the U.S. so the beach terrain in Australia stopped me cold. Those jutty, rugged coastlines set against the grey, shifting skies. I nearly wanted the rainy days more so than the sunny ones just to get those moods and see the way they changed the whole landscape and texture of the beaches and skies. Gorgeous.

[wanton wench]

perth and adelaide are for people who wanna just chill on a porch with a beer.(y)

this is so me! :)

[wanton wench]

kay i wanna hear more. i have vacation time comming up in a few months and i was trying to plan a trip to scottland but i'm almost convinced on Australia!

[miss soul fire]

Australia is the new fever in Brazil.

In the 80's everyone wanted to go to the United States. (every girl who turned 15 got to have a trip to Disneyland:D Not me though.:()
Then we all got crazy about Canada.
Then Europe.
Now Australia.


I wonder what's next. I guess it's New Zealand.

[b i o n i c]

i was gonna start this thread but i found this instead..

i wonder if anyone would update... how's the living in australia? jobs?

i read that australia is in close economic association with china at the moment so the economic outlook is good there for now.. is this true or is it just media blah blah?

i've always been curious about it there and i have a pair of friends who are married and giving serious thought to moving there.. are they crazy?

[Kid Presentable]

Government jobs.

[b i o n i c]

getting work is hard then?

almost everyone i've talked to loves it there. and that the people are really great.. not as bullshitty as america in terms of class and whatever. i wonder about work for americans there, i suppose there are already skilled people there already.

[Drederick Tatum]

the place is a death-trap.

[Kid Presentable]

death trap

^Only if you don't know how to play the game. Yes foreigners get murdered, but whose fault is it, really?

Bionic, the job market has never been more competitive.

[Gareth]

i've been to aussie more than a dozen times and have probably seen no more than five aboriginal people
but anyway...i like australia
the climate is good

[Kid Presentable]

Some aboriginal people called my mum a white slut. We used to have to shut the pub early when they started knife fighting each other outside.

[Drederick Tatum]

what's with Australians suddenly being proud of their country being founded by criminals?

[Kid Presentable]

what's with Australians suddenly being proud of their country being founded by criminals?

Where?

[mikizee]

getting work is hard then?

almost everyone i've talked to loves it there. and that the people are really great.. not as bullshitty as america in terms of class and whatever. i wonder about work for americans there, i suppose there are already skilled people there already.

Well our healthcare system is much much better than the US, and better than Europe too... work conditions are reasonably good as well, and if you score a full time job, 4 weeks paid annual leave is the minimum (I get 5!)

Even if you get a shitty bar job you still will get paid minimum $23 or so bucks an hour, (about 18.40 USD) although nobody tips here really, well no one is ever compelled to like in the US.

[Schmeltz]

i've been to aussie more than a dozen times and have probably seen no more than five aboriginal people

Really? I went to McDonald's one night in Mount Isa and I was one of the only white people in the joint.

I'm almost nine months into my one-year visa and I love it here. I've never had any trouble finding work although I haven't exactly gone the conventional route doing so. Right now I'm making quite a nice wage cooking on a cattle station in central Queensland. The people are tops, not just the Aussies either, I've met people from around the world doing the backpacker thing. And it really is a beautiful country, both the coast and the countryside are a real delight.

Yeah, so top-notch country. Highly recommended. (y)

[Tzar]

i've been to aussie more than a dozen times and have probably seen no more than five aboriginal people

HA HAAAA! dude, you never been to perth. i feel sorry for the foreigners in the CBD who get approached by the trashy aboriginals, asking for a smoke or change, politely say no... "FUCK OFF WHITE CUNT! lying white dawg!"

i'm very open and all for multiculturalism but the city-bound aboriginals in perth are pretty fuckin' annoying.



bionic, come to perth... it rocks

[b i o n i c]

wow.. thanks dudes(y)
much much appreciated(y)(y)

so perth sounds cool, and i've heard a couple of you guys say that before on here... and theres melbourne and sydney.

is sydney more of like "new york" than melbourne? its larger, i know..


as you probably know, new york is more of a business and media town

la/california is hollywood oriented.. then we've got these small cities like boston which is more of an academic/technology/intellectually oriented


obviously these are huge generalizations.. but generalize australia for me if you will.. what are the different areas all about? i think sydney is more of the hollywood over there, right?

[na§tee]

melbourne has much more of an arts and entertainment culture than sydney. it's not that sydney isn't 'cultured' (scoff) but melbourne is definitely the more 'european' (er, not that that automatically means that you are cultured, but you know what i mean) - it has a coffee culture, great galleries and theatres and amazing restaurants and cafes, a great music scene, it seems more friendly. sydney is accused of being much more superficial but all these opinions are subjective, of course. i think sydney gets a lot of stick purely for being the main city that everyone thinks about when they hear about australia - it's like british people will generally dismiss london given half the chance and recommend another smaller, more intimate city.

tasmania is a whole different kettle of fish.

it's a fucking huge country, of course areas are going to be widely different. melbourne is great though. i'd move there in a flash but it's not easy to get visas so don't let your friends assume they'd just be able to waltz in. no more ten pound poms, mate.

[Drederick Tatum]

...still a death trap.

[b i o n i c]

nastee, are you austrialian and you left? or did you visit. thanks for that description... you work in media, would you go to melbourne for that? i know you live in the uk, but im not sure if you said you lived in australia or went on a long trip. would you live there if bristol wasnt cutting it?

dred, whatchu mean? x2

[hpdrifter]

I have two friends going to Oz in September for 20 days. They're going to visit Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Carins. Anyone care to meet them up and take them out?

[Echewta]

Its like a cool water sandwich and a sunday-go-to-meetin bun.

[b i o n i c]

the flight there is 33 hours from nyc?!?! 33 fucking hours?!?!?!?

thats almost three full days in the air round trip, ouch!

[Gareth]

melbourne is great though. i'd move there in a flash.

i would too
melbourne rules

[Kid Presentable]

I'd move there, too. Or NYC. Perth is pretty much the home of suburban mediocrity. It's alright though, cause I'm mediocre as all fucking get out