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Question for all the kiwis:

what's your favorite part about living in Australia? Anything in specific? I don't know if y'all have had a chance to live anywhere else for a comparison.

Don't even know where to begin to answer that question.
Lifestyle is also a major draw card, Australia in pockets is very multicultural, so you dont have to be an anglo-saxon to fit in (don't get me wrong there are still large amounts of the population who are racist).
We also have a very laid back lifestyle, really outdoors especially in summer. Lots of cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs.
Health care is very good, don't have to pay for much of it, government pays a huge portion of it, therefore we all have to pay a small amount in our taxes. Education is also good, obviously if you are wanting exclusive schools you will have to pay more $$. University is also easily accessible and you don't have to pay your school fees until you earn over a certain amount per year after graduating.
It's pretty easy to get jobs and if you know how to, can be easy to climb the corporate ladder.
Crime rate is relatively low (major crimes).

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Originally posted by narcism Crime rate is relatively low (major crimes).

penal colony

Didn't that transgender guy move back to Israel because he couldn't get a job?

You have to be fairly fucking shit at life if you struggle for so long to find a job in Australia, then again Adelaide is a hole so it's not too surprising.

The only way you would struggle is if you were too fussy.

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Originally posted by narcism Don't even know where to begin to answer that question. Lifestyle is also a major draw card, Australia in pockets is very multicultural, so you dont have to be an anglo-saxon to fit in (don't get me wrong there are still large amounts of the population who are racist). We also have a very laid back lifestyle, really outdoors especially in summer. Lots of cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs. Health care is very good, don't have to pay for much of it, government pays a huge portion of it, therefore we all have to pay a small amount in our taxes. Education is also good, obviously if you are wanting exclusive schools you will have to pay more $$. University is also easily accessible and you don't have to pay your school fees until you earn over a certain amount per year after graduating. It's pretty easy to get jobs and if you know how to, can be easy to climb the corporate ladder. Crime rate is relatively low (major crimes).

sounds good to me!

That was actually a very good answer by Jolz, I don't think there's much I would add to it.

The lifestyle is the biggest one for me. I just love how fucking chilled out and relaxed things are here.

I also hated having xmas/new yrs in winter. So used to it being summer and having summer holidays all in the same time.

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Originally posted by narcism I also hated having xmas/new yrs in winter. So used to it being summer and having summer holidays all in the same time.

Lol, yeah I know exactly what you mean. Christmas time cooped up indoors just seemed so wrong when I was in the UK/EU. It should be outdoor BBQ'ing time!

I absolutely love cold weather, but sometime I just wonder if that's a by-product of living through Brisbane summers, with that fucking shit humidity. That said, it was 15C today up here, and I was wearing a beanie

One of these days I'd like to visit Australia. There's an assignment actually out in Learmonth. It's solar weather stuff. not really my forte, and I know Learmonth is in the middle of nowhere; but hey, it's Australia, right?

Also, Perth.

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Originally posted by tubularbills I know Learmonth is in the middle of nowhere; but hey, it's Australia, right?

You just love the desert, don't you? Though I dunno, I had to Google that... there's nothing around at all, but it's coastal, so not total desert. You'd potentially get some cyclone action in the summer months, I guess.

Try for east coast, man. Really, really do

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Summer here in Jan/Feb, you might as well escape your freezing-ass cold winter for a couple of months Which city/cities were you thinking of?

That's my plan. Leaving this for a while would be sweeeet:


I was thinking the east coast, you know Melbourne, Sydney, etc. Anything you would recommend?

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Originally posted by FuzzQi I'd go either a month or two, before or after to escape the heat lol

What kind of temperatures are we talking about? I really like the heat so I don't have much problem with 30+C�. Or is it more like 40�?

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Originally posted by narcism Come to Melb in the last week of Jan & then go to Rainbow Serpent Festival

Yes Dom mentioned it in the random talking thread, it looks interesting. If I go there and I go around that time I really should attend.

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Originally posted by Lilith Perth and Sydney are fine for Jan-Feb, most everywhere else is prone to be silly.

Silly as in mothafurginating-heat-wave?

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Originally posted by Sushipunk but it's coastal, so not totl desert.

*That kind of describes where I'm currently at. while proximity to water may sound nice, it actually makes life worse. when the seabreeze kicks in and your winds come off the water, your humidty skyrockets. I'm talking heat index values greater than 50C (ambient temps around 45C). this place sucks I can't wait to get back home.lol

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Originally posted by tubularbills what's your favorite part about living in Australia? Anything in specific? I don't know if y'all have had a chance to live anywhere else for a comparison.

Quite a lot of Australians are 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation migrants.
I've lived on-off in France, New York, Zimbabwe and Belgium for a few months at a time during my 20's, born in South Africa and raised in England before ending up here as a teenager.
There's a reason I came back... most everywhere else has some kind of severe malfunctions happening with too much regularity or just way too unstable. Economically it has some ups and downs like everywhere else, but never seems to bottom out to the point of absolute collapse.

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Originally posted by Cloudburst Silly as in mothafurginating-heat-wave?

They get silly, if you head inland at any point, expect to be in the 40C's

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Originally posted by Cloudburst Yes Dom mentioned it in the random talking thread, it looks interesting. If I go there and I go around that time I really should attend.

I recommend it to any music fan, it really is the best festival australia has. I have had many friends who i have brought along and now all they talk about all year is the next "rainbow". It will be running from Fri 27th Jan til 30th Jan. http://www.rainbowserpent.net/

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Originally posted by Cloudburst What kind of temperatures are we talking about? I really like the heat so I don't have much problem with 30+C�. Or is it more like 40�?

Hmmmmm you would probably be ok in that case. I get uncomfortable above 30 though so for me it's agony. On the plus side the water temperature is awesome.

I am thinking about going to LWC this year if I can wing it. Hopefully Australia doesn't suck.

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Originally posted by FuzzQi I get uncomfortable above 30 though so for me it's agony.

Like, a third of the year in Brisbane

sigh

Hoping I will acclimatise, I'm used to the frigid NZ climate

Bunch of dickheads over in Perth!

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/l...0919-1khml.html

FKNLOL

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