Happy New Years V!
Naw, from what my girlfriend told me... it is terribly different from the states, but it is a good life. Rent is very expensive. Seafood, even though you have the ocean frontage, is very expensive.
On cause people keep spending the money to begin with.
But......... life is safe, low crime rate, good people. She read me the big community outrage of a few tools stolen out of the back of a Jeep like car? Don't remember what she called the vehicle. (It was unusual, a roundabout?)
The whole town was in a whirl.
no ideal, a chrysler jeep...wrangler maybe?
Baked beans/spagetti noodles for breakfast, not a bowl of grits to be found as it is illegal to import corn products!
i never new corn products we illegal to import, sheesh! And im going to assume 90% of the population eat cerial, juices, toast or fruit for breaky. baked beans make you fart big time & spag noodles are for kids..lol
:tongue2 It is also my understanding that slang terms in regards to sports teams is dangerous. One should never say they root for another team and others misinterpreted comments.
Her new love promptly told her that she was implying that she was "sleeping" with the entire team.
Needless to say she was a laugh a minute due to her ignorance of ozzie ways.
Yeah some terms are definately different, support, barrick, Go-for ect ect is the normal conversion to Root i guess. Understanding Ozzie isn't an over night thing you know 
Well, after a year there, she successfully adapted, got married and has been there ever since. At our last conversation when I asked her if and when she was coming back, she promptly retorted..... NEVER!
I asked her what her favorite pastime was and she said that slot machines were really big and the parties she attended were even better! Your seasons are opposite from here in the states and that on Christmas you have been known to have a bar-b-que on the beach.
Its good doing stuff like that around the beachs, not just at christmas. Its crowded down my way when it comes to that, but the further north you go the more freedom space you enjoy. Some beaches you'd be lucking to see anyone for miles. Also taking an esky full of piss (American translation - portible ice box full of coldies) into the mountains to swim in the rivers & waterfalls is totally worth it.
I have yet to take her up on an invite, but hope to do so before my parking meter expires. Enjoy your cockatiels, dangerous Barrier Reef sharks, spiders and snakes.
Everything In OZ can potentually kill you, basicly you have the top 10 natral killers in the world stationed here, & it if looks cute & cuddly like a stuffed toy, watch out, cause in the wild they can hurt you too...lol
I envy your ballerina (men in tutu skirts) *
You lost me there, that word doesn't even exist to me , maybe your thinking of the pacific islanders!*
skiers and water show you have every year at the .....what is that place called? You have this giant open air theatre right on the water. Sorry for my ignorance, but I saw pics that she sent me and it was awesome.
What state? Im assuming your talking sydney harbor in NSW, the theatre would be the sydney oper house which is right on the water. Ive been there, its ok, i prefer QLD or the state im in now, Victoria
It blew my mind that one of our Wriggly chewing gum factories was located there!
Whats 1/8th of a dollar between friends, you supply the factory, we supply the cheap asian work force cause they have the smallest hands..lol
