Comments on: Keep on the sunny side

By: Manic

Manic — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:24:59 +0000

Sim-O: Tell me about it! Poisonous/venomous creatures are lurking in every nook and cranny on land (never mind the threat of bushfires, floods, and floods that put out bushfires). If you try to retreat seawards, you're faced with sharks, the particularly nasty blue-ringed octopus, and the spineless-but-lethal box jellyfish.The population pattern of Australia (with the majority of occupants clinging hopefully to a narrow band along the coast) has in the past been unkindly compared with scum washed up on shore…http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/2006/publicatio...… but if you take the evidence collectively and consider carefully how harshly this ancient and evil continent treats its recent arrivals, then the message should be pretty clear; Australia, quite simply, wants us all to Fuck. Off.bigdaddymerk: Read the above and decide for yourself if I'm a monster or a refugee.;oP

By: bigdaddymerk

bigdaddymerk — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:19:39 +0000

I much prefer those Aussies that make the UK their home;Rolf HarrisKylieManicRupert Mur….never mind!

By: Sim-O

Sim-O — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:31:09 +0000

I saw a documentary about the 10 most dangerous animals in the world.I think 7 are in Australia.We watched it wondering how the Australian tourist board let it go out without a fight.BDG: no-one mentions the flies, apparently. A friend recently came back and said it was not too dissimilar to Britain except f***ing hot and choc full of flies.

By: Manic

Manic — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:04:44 +0000

If you try to eat the wafers first, you can make a Kit Kat last a whole day. More if there's turbulence.And yes, visitors to Australia (who, typically, rarely get further than Sydney) can be as annoying as ex-smokers and the recently engaged.Every. Sodding. Conversation.

By: bigdaddymerk

bigdaddymerk — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:29:26 +0000

I'd really love to go to Austriala but one thing (well two really) that puts me off is the amount of people who come back from 3 weeks in the sun and act as if it's the best place on earth. I know it has some amazing geography, some great places, but surely it isn't *that* good that my mate has to mention his travels round oz as part of every fucking conversation?"I'm thinking about converting the garge"….."ohh when I was in Sydney…."…agggggggggggghhhhAlso the flight, I'm not going till I can get there in less time than it takes me to eat a kit kat and watch whatever dross they're passing as the inflight movie.

By: Manic

Manic — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:28:14 +0000

There's lots to love, Sim-O… and you're right. It's made up of little things you often don't realise are there until they're suddenly not any more. Let's just take the single issue of climate into account:Hottest day in the UK since records began: 38.1

By: Sim-O

Sim-O — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:12:10 +0000

Glad some bugger does.But then I'd only miss it if I left.