by fisho mcspaz » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:28 am
by A Mum » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:36 am
AFLflyer wrote:sounds good A Mum, great experience all round!! maybe all your life at a place like that could wear thin! there would be endless camping adventures around, which would be cool.
by whufc » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:40 am
Bum Crack wrote:whufc wrote:In my only OS travelling experiences which was in Fiji, we found that most aussie tourists in our resort were jack asses, they obviously came from medium type wealth and thought because they were in a five star resort they were all a sudden superstars.e,g ordering fijian barman on the resort to order them a taxi just to go a further 50 meters up the resort, they had no apparentent health issues as they were all fine to party on in the resorts bar that night. Then also complain when the taxi took more than 2 minutes, also my pet hate was clicking at the fijian staff nothing ruder imho.
By the end of our 3 week stay it was so funny we would be 5-10 deep in the line at various restaurants and bars but would get pulled to the front of the line by the local fijians because we had been very polite and respected there culture and participated as much as possible. The local fijians were absoluley magnificant, nothing was to much trouble for them as long as they were shown the same respect back.
Fiji is full of Indians, now they were the rudest people i have ever met even the indians in Aus i find completely rude as well, they were out for nothing more than making another dollar and didn't even try and be nice or polite in their endevour, my wife was spat on by an indian bloke because she didn't by a junk necklace for $50 fijian dollars, we already had spent $200 fijian dollars of the bloke. Lucky i had my wits about me over that or i might have ended up on 'banged up abroad'
If an Indian (or anyone for that matter) spat on my missus, I would have pounded the **** out of them.
by AFLflyer » Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:44 am
Bum Crack wrote:whufc wrote:In my only OS travelling experiences which was in Fiji, we found that most aussie tourists in our resort were jack asses, they obviously came from medium type wealth and thought because they were in a five star resort they were all a sudden superstars.e,g ordering fijian barman on the resort to order them a taxi just to go a further 50 meters up the resort, they had no apparentent health issues as they were all fine to party on in the resorts bar that night. Then also complain when the taxi took more than 2 minutes, also my pet hate was clicking at the fijian staff nothing ruder imho.
By the end of our 3 week stay it was so funny we would be 5-10 deep in the line at various restaurants and bars but would get pulled to the front of the line by the local fijians because we had been very polite and respected there culture and participated as much as possible. The local fijians were absoluley magnificant, nothing was to much trouble for them as long as they were shown the same respect back.
Fiji is full of Indians, now they were the rudest people i have ever met even the indians in Aus i find completely rude as well, they were out for nothing more than making another dollar and didn't even try and be nice or polite in their endevour, my wife was spat on by an indian bloke because she didn't by a junk necklace for $50 fijian dollars, we already had spent $200 fijian dollars of the bloke. Lucky i had my wits about me over that or i might have ended up on 'banged up abroad'
If an Indian (or anyone for that matter) spat on my missus, I would have pounded the **** out of them.
by mighty_tiger_79 » Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:29 pm
A Mum wrote:AFLflyer wrote:sounds good A Mum, great experience all round!! maybe all your life at a place like that could wear thin! there would be endless camping adventures around, which would be cool.
Actually no - I don't think there are endless camping adventures.
Too many brown snakes
Too hot in summer - freezing cold in winter (at night) !
The days in winter are glorious though - 17 degrees and sunny as - wonderful
My husband would move up there again in a heartbeat - but I won't leave the kids and there's no way they'd go now they're older...lol.
Once you've seen the rock and the olgas that's about it.
So it's mainly the lifestyle that keeps people there.
I know someone who has been up there for 30+ years - as far as I know is still there.
And friends of ours stayed - one for 10 years - one for 15 years.
I think most 'young' people last 12 months.
Young families 3 to 5 years.
(once a resident for 6 months you get a zone rebate of around $1500 in your tax return and every year - just for living there!)
And not wanting to start a whole new debate - having lived there and seeing the 'antics' of the dingoes - I have no doubt at all that a dingo did take Azaria.
by Dog_ger » Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:07 pm
by Q. » Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:30 pm
Dog_ger wrote:Please define country of origin when you define Australians please
by devilsadvocate » Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:38 pm
Dog_ger wrote:Please define country of origin when you define Australians please
by redandblack » Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:19 pm
by A Mum » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:03 pm
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:
A MUM - ever thought of writing a book - or you could start up your own thread with your stories here.
you been around the place by sounds of it
by JAS » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:27 pm
redandblack wrote:Want to travel and enjoy it?
Take Pseudo's advice about France and learn a few words and a phrase or two in the local language.
If you know how to say please, thank you, yes and no, the numbers and how to ask for a coffee or a beer, it adds greatly to the trip, wherever you go. The French are wonderful if you have a go at their language, but that applies to many countries. The difficulty in Europe now is that it's becoming harder to find opportunities to speak anything other than English.
by Pseudo » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:34 pm
JAS wrote:...every country I've ever visited I've tried to learn at least a few basics in the local language. Just making that tiny effort has always resulted in being shown the utmost courtesy and good service in hotels, restaurants, shops etc.
by JAS » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:42 pm
Pseudo wrote:JAS wrote:...every country I've ever visited I've tried to learn at least a few basics in the local language. Just making that tiny effort has always resulted in being shown the utmost courtesy and good service in hotels, restaurants, shops etc.
Well JAS I hope you put some effort into learning the local lingo before you start your much-heralded trip down under. Here's a link to help you on your way:
http://www.upfromaustralia.com/aussieslang.html
by Q. » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:18 pm
redandblack wrote:Want to travel and enjoy it?
Take Pseudo's advice about France and learn a few words and a phrase or two in the local language.
If you know how to say please, thank you, yes and no, the numbers and how to ask for a coffee or a beer, it adds greatly to the trip, wherever you go. The French are wonderful if you have a go at their language, but that applies to many countries. The difficulty in Europe now is that it's becoming harder to find opportunities to speak anything other than English.
by The Yetti » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:28 pm
by Mic » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:47 pm
by MW » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:58 pm
by AFLflyer » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:33 am
by fisho mcspaz » Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:53 am
by Drop Bear » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:11 am
fisho mcspaz wrote:My ex is American. He actually lived in Australia for a year before I met him but I don't think that was long enough. Stick him in one of those Australian souvenir shops in Hahndorf and he was quite likely to blow half his savings. He couldn't walk past a kangaroo without going 'This is an Australian animal' and taking a picture of it. (He also thought we really revered our kangaroos because they're on our coat of arms - I had to inform him that we are the only country that eats our coat of arms and that kangaroos are routinely culled because of overpopulation.) We drove across Victoria and the whole way he was saying things like 'Wow, that sign says "kilometres" ' or 'Hey, a winery' or 'There's a mountain'. It didn't seem to matter what it was or how common it was in his own country, the fact that it was in Australia somehow made it a Unique and Noteworthy Cultural Artifact. I don't know about all Yanks but he was definitely the worst tourist I'd ever met.
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