23-07-2015, 03:11 PM
Feel free to ask me anything you would like to know about life in Australia. Whether you want to move here or just general interest and I'll try and help you out.
(23-07-2015, 03:14 PM)silverzx Wrote: [ -> ]Have you ever worked on a fruit/veg picking farm?
(23-07-2015, 03:15 PM)Iceman299 Wrote: [ -> ]Did you ever meet Steve Irwin?
(23-07-2015, 03:18 PM)Eeyore Wrote: [ -> ]Whats it like down under? Ive never been.
How often do you meet Marty and Moog?
(23-07-2015, 03:24 PM)silverzx Wrote: [ -> ]How many deaths (on average) a year happen due to shark attacks?
(23-07-2015, 03:26 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: [ -> ]How many times a day on average do you say 'mate'?
Do you ever just wait for a mate?
(23-07-2015, 03:38 PM)Iceman299 Wrote: [ -> ]What do you have planned this arvo? Watching Neighbours or Home and Away?
(23-07-2015, 03:40 PM)bashbarnard Wrote: [ -> ]Apparently you dont say "put another shrimp on the barbie" is this true?
(23-07-2015, 03:52 PM)ginge191 Wrote: [ -> ]Do your Australian teens want to move the the UK as much as our teens want to move to Australia?
(23-07-2015, 04:01 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: [ -> ]Is the Ozzy life really what it's cracked up to be? A few people at my work have left and moved over, picking bananas all day.
I see TV programs where couples have packed up and moved to Australia or NZ for this amazing new life, guaranteed jobs and less debt.
Always wondered if the grass is actually greener over there. What are the negatives of coming to live there? It can't be as good as it's made out to be, surely?
(23-07-2015, 04:19 PM)ozpug Wrote: [ -> ](23-07-2015, 04:01 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: [ -> ]Is the Ozzy life really what it's cracked up to be? A few people at my work have left and moved over, picking bananas all day.
I see TV programs where couples have packed up and moved to Australia or NZ for this amazing new life, guaranteed jobs and less debt.
Always wondered if the grass is actually greener over there. What are the negatives of coming to live there? It can't be as good as it's made out to be, surely?
I've probably eaten some of those bananas. They are mostly grown just north from where I live. Were $1 a kilo the other day.
Where I live there is actually no work for me at the moment which is a bit f*cked. But my city also has one of the higher rates of unemployment. In a capital city there's much more opportunity. You really need to have a trade or degree to go somewhere.
Its a bit late so my brain is goo, so I can't say to much. One major thing I know Brits enjoy is the weather here. Its sunny probably 320 days in the year. Everything costs more here.
(23-07-2015, 04:26 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: [ -> ]Nice.
Just asked about & apparently they live(d) in Cairns then Walkamin. Not sure if they came back or what.
(23-07-2015, 04:45 PM)Niall Wrote: [ -> ]Do you have some sort of immunity to suffering from head rushes bearing in mind you're upside down all the time?
(23-07-2015, 04:50 PM)Stef205 Wrote: [ -> ]can you import a tanker of e85 fuel for me please? let me know a price.
(23-07-2015, 04:50 PM)Stef205 Wrote: [ -> ]can you import a tanker of e85 fuel for me please? let me know a price.
(23-07-2015, 04:56 PM)highwayman306 Wrote: [ -> ]Have you ever been Walk-about?
(23-07-2015, 03:26 PM)JJ0063 Wrote: [ -> ]How many times a day on average do you say 'mate'?
Do you ever just wait for a mate?
(23-07-2015, 04:58 PM)ozpug Wrote: [ -> ](23-07-2015, 04:50 PM)Stef205 Wrote: [ -> ]can you import a tanker of e85 fuel for me please? let me know a price.
Tuners love that stuff here. Can get it from the pump at some service stations. I'll need a deposit before I make some calls
There's an ethanol distillery beginning construction soon not far from me.
(23-07-2015, 04:56 PM)highwayman306 Wrote: [ -> ]Have you ever been Walk-about?
I have actually. I like to follow creeks up mountains to see what I can find. And a bit of mountain biking.
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Mountain_biking
(23-07-2015, 05:19 PM)highwayman306 Wrote: [ -> ]Cool, I wouldn't mind exploring the terrain...its just the creepy crawlies that scare me I'm not afraid of spiders here in pom-land but elsewhere...
(23-07-2015, 05:48 PM)ozpug Wrote: [ -> ]Would love to see the place but scary venomous spiders scare me right off the idea!(23-07-2015, 05:19 PM)highwayman306 Wrote: [ -> ]Cool, I wouldn't mind exploring the terrain...its just the creepy crawlies that scare me I'm not afraid of spiders here in pom-land but elsewhere...
I've copped a spider web to the face on more than one occasion. Golden Orb spiders love to set up at face height on trails... My approach is to sort of brush across my face/hair with my hand and then try to flick what I've gathered in one motion. If that motion fails I proceed to roll on the ground violently flailing my limbs about. At least with golden orbs you can see them from a distance as they are quite large. Smaller spiders tend to fall on you from time to time but if your calm you can coax them onto a stick and they'll go on their merry way.