colonies man
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Thanks son.The old girls calling tonight.
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Thanks son.The old girls calling tonight.
colonies man
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I'm afraid so,never watched it.We get our soap fix watching Coro about 2 months behind uk and Eastenders,sad really but whats a poor boy to do except play in a rock and roll band.
Seagull on the wing
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Was in OZ in 1959..enjoyed it but found life in NZ better...
BadFish
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I'm glad I'm not the only person to have spent time down under and come back not full of the typical back-packer "I wanna emigrate, it's the best place on earth" blah blah. Vast amounts of Oz is just Bexley by sea. Boring, boring, BORING suburbia! There's a reason why there's so many Aussies here: it can be incredibly dull place to live and isn't exactly cheap either. Fine for a visit IMO, but the grass ain't always greener. Just more grass. Infact, it's always burnt after one of the frequent bush fires that ravage the coastal belts. And the most incredibly sexist racist place. And we think we've got problems here. Nope, quite happy in our crowded rundown island. It's got it's warts, but I know where they all are
You can always live in some of the bits that aren't!
Love it myself.
Still it is hard to write of an entire continent in one paragraph so well done for trying.
LeicestershireGull
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Hey,believe me,I have had my share of dodgy moments.Walking through Northbridge at 23:30 with NOBO in plain sight on the front of my shirt was a stirling experience.
colonies man
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Yeah but then replacing it with SKINT wasn't much of a chick magnet.
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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I tell you the bit I really loved: Northern Territory. So so different to anywhere I've been before, including Croydon. The solitude etc, easy to see why peter falconeo disappeared! But yes there are some amazing parts, but then there are in most countries.
BadFish
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True enough and yes there are some very very boring bits too.i live near the Great Ocean Road which is spectacular.
Peacehaven is near the South Downs, which are spectacular.
I cycled from Melbourne up to the Grampians, down to Port Fairy, along the Great Ocean road to Geelong and then down to the ferry at the mouth of the bay and back up to St Kilda. Not a bad 500 mile jaunt. Then the Boxing Day Test at MCG to see England lose in 3 days and go 4-0 down in the Ashes. Great fun indeed. I have walked the Wilderness trek in Tasmania, the Cradle mountain trek in Victoria, campervanned for 6 months in outback, sha**ed nurses whilst working at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney in the early 80's, drank myself stupid for years, swam in Olympic size oudoor pools, rock pools, surfing. Been arrested for noise pollution, sat on the Sydney Hill at SCG.........
Your right it is better than Peacehaven BUT I want and like to live here in Brighton. If everything went tits up I could put up with Australia..............
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Time to repost the old Aussie joke methinks...
Q. How do you tell when the British Airways flight has touched down ay Sydney airport?
A. The engines are switched off but the whining noise continues
Q. How do you tell when the British Airways flight has touched down ay Sydney airport?
A. The engines are switched off but the whining noise continues
bn1&bn3 Albion
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Cottesloe beach is horrible, always went to Scarborough..
LeicestershireGull
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Hire yourself a pushbike at rottie island,it always reminded me of Hayling.
Kiwis use that one too. I like to counter it with 'I don't know any jokes about your country because no-one's f*ck*ng heard of it back home'.
They don't like that.
Norman Potting
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I believe there is also "...please reset your watches for 1980" as well.