Australia ranked third most desirable country to live in :)

catefrances

Austicman wrote:

Deadly wildlife, Maggot bags, snot blocks. Whats not to love about Oz!!

lions and tigers and bears. oh my!

Jeanie

Austicman wrote:

Deadly wildlife, Maggot bags, snot blocks. Whats not to love about Oz!!

Stop talking about bloody snot blocks would ya???

I've developed a raging craving for one ever since you brought them up the other day!

Austicman

catefrances wrote:

lions and tigers and bears. oh my!

I was thinking more along the lines of the massive blue ringed octopus

catefrances

Austicman wrote:

I was thinking more along the lines of the massive blue ringed octopus

oh my... dont even joke about those little buggers ted. i only recently encountered my first one in the wild. my youngest was with me and i had to explain to her that while they sure are pretty, they are rather dangerous.

soulsinging

that's a point in their favor for me studying there next year.

catefrances

soulsinging wrote:

that's a point in their favor for me studying there next year.

ooh come on down then conor. lord knows australia could do with more international students.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i desire to live in Australia.

Jeanie

MrSmith wrote:

i desire to live in Australia.

Well where the bloody hell are ya mate?

catefrances

i mean honestly, if anything's gonna eat you it'll be the crocodiles. and theyre way way up north.

Jeanie

catefrances wrote:

i mean honestly, if anything's gonna eat you it'll be the crocodiles. and theyre way way up north.

Now cate, no false advertising.

The main critter that'll eat you alive is the mozzies!

soulsinging

catefrances wrote:

ooh come on down then conor. lord knows australia could do with more international students.

lord knows conor could do more international women

catefrances

Jeanie wrote:

Now cate, no false advertising.

The main critter that'll eat you alive is the mozzies!

ah come on jeanie, you know mozzies'll just suck all the blood out of you.

Jeanie

catefrances wrote:

ah come on jeanie, you know mozzies'll just suck all the blood out of you.

Yeah, and if you're unlucky enough to get caught up where there are too many of them, they'll get most of it too!

I mean there are times when I'm sure I need a transfusion from blood loss!

Scubascott

Ahnimus wrote:

I don't get to freeze my ass off? That sucks.

Yeah. Weird that the other three countries in the top four are all. . . well, fucking cold! I think they forgot to take that into account.

I have a canadian friend who says he much prefers australia because he hates spending six months of the year locked indoors with nothing to do but drink beer and watch ice hockey on TV.

Scubascott

Jeanie wrote:

Only time I've ever seen these "deadly" creatures in on the tele or in zoos and aquariums.

Heh. You need to get out more!

I don't think I could even count all the encounters I've had with deadly wildlife, and its not like I'm out looking for them like Steve Irwin used to. They're just out there. Spend enough time in the bush or in the water and you'll see 'em for sure.

dunkman

are Norway and Iceland 1 and 2... well thats utter shite cos one pint of Guinness costs about the same as a nuclear missile.

ergo those countries suck... how much is alcohol in Australia? if its a decent price then i'm moving them to number 1.

Scubascott

dunkman wrote:

are Norway and Iceland 1 and 2... well thats utter shite cos one pint of Guinness costs about the same as a nuclear missile.

ergo those countries suck... how much is alcohol in Australia? if its a decent price then i'm moving them to number 1.

Not as expensive as nuclear missiles, I think.

You might find it frustrating having to sit around for hours waiting for your guinness to warm up though. It comes cold here. . .

dunkman

Scubascott wrote:

Not as expensive as nuclear missiles, I think.

You might find it frustrating having to sit around for hours waiting for your guinness to warm up though. It comes cold here. . .

shouldnt Guinness be served cold though... i had a pint of it in the Dublin factory and it was cold there...

weirdly enough you're the 2nd person in 2 days who has mentioned that Guinness should be warm...


i just checked wikipedia... "..Draught Guinness is served cool with the beer line run through a cooler to chill the liquid to the required temperature.. "

Scubascott

dunkman wrote:

shouldnt Guinness be served cold though... i had a pint of it in the Dublin factory and it was cold there...

weirdly enough you're the 2nd person in 2 days who has mentioned that Guinness should be warm...


i just checked wikipedia... "..Draught Guinness is served cool with the beer line run through a cooler to chill the liquid to the required temperature.. "

I don't know. I don't even drink the bloody stuff. I just thought that was how it was served in the UK. I think (I could be wrong) that guinness is made to a different recipe for the Australian market? Apparently the original recipe didn't do well here.

I drink VB. It comes cold, and it costs about 3 or 4 dollars for a schooner, unless you're in some fancy shmancy pub in Sydney full of yuppies. Then it costs about $75 for a midi.

dunkman

Scubascott wrote:

I don't know. I don't even drink the bloody stuff. I just thought that was how it was served in the UK. I think (I could be wrong) that guinness is made to a different recipe for the Australian market? Apparently the original recipe didn't do well here.

we get Guinness cold and then they brought out Extra Cold for the summer market...

I drink VB. It comes cold, and it costs about 3 or 4 dollars for a schooner, unless you're in some fancy shmancy pub in Sydney full of yuppies. Then it costs about $75 for a midi.

i take it most pints will be cold in Aus.. i'd hate to have a warm pint in a hot country... yuktastic!! how much is in a schooner? a pint being roughly half a litre...


i cant believe i'm actually working out if Oz is the most desirable country for me bases on its booze prices and measures :rolleyes:

Scubascott

dunkman wrote:

i take it most pints will be cold in Aus.. i'd hate to have a warm pint in a hot country... yuktastic!! how much is in a schooner? a pint being roughly half a litre...

Yeah all beer is cold here mate In NSW it comes in either a schooner, which is a little bit smaller than a pint (I think its officially 460 ml) or a midi, which is about 325 ml or something. Different states have different sized beer glasses with different names. Just to make life interesting. Usually when you buy guinness it comes in a pint glass, not a schooner.

We also have laws against women wearing clothes, our streets are paved with tim tams, and we all ride kangaroos to work.

dunkman

Scubascott wrote:

We also have laws against women wearing clothes, our streets are paved with tim tams, and we all ride kangaroos to work.

i like the 1st one... dont give a fuck about the other 2... over here we all have ginger hair, wear skirts and chase haggis around the streets.

Jeanie

Scubascott wrote:

Heh. You need to get out more!

I don't think I could even count all the encounters I've had with deadly wildlife, and its not like I'm out looking for them like Steve Irwin used to. They're just out there. Spend enough time in the bush or in the water and you'll see 'em for sure.

I get out plenty scott. And I've seen my fair share of wildlife. Thank god for the dog I say or I'd have been taken out by a black snake a long time ago.
I just find it laughable that people are so frightened of all the "dangerous" wildlife in Australia because they think it's all like Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee. It's not like we set all these critters up at the airport as a welcoming committee.

I just don't really consider the wildlife dangerous. I mean I know it is, but I've grown up with the notion that if you leave it alone it'll pretty much leave you alone. Right?

Jeanie

dunkman wrote:

are Norway and Iceland 1 and 2... well thats utter shite cos one pint of Guinness costs about the same as a nuclear missile.

ergo those countries suck... how much is alcohol in Australia? if its a decent price then i'm moving them to number 1.

I think it would have to work out much cheaper for you here dunk.

The Australian dollar today is = to 0.423762 British Pounds or 0.591232 Euro.


http://www.pintprice.com/region/Australia/

And the few times I've had guinness it's been cold.

pjfan31

As far as i am concerened, Australia is the best country in the world. As far as deadly creatures go, I live on the North Shore in Sydney and in the space of a week I have Killed 2 deadly spiders, 1 funnel web and a white tail so they do exist. (Sorry all u really really greenies but i wasnt goin to let them hang around) But earlier in the year i got bittten by a black house spider, so u don't have to live in the bush to get these spiders.... Yikes

Smellyman2

dang polluters!!

http://naca.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/australians_39worst_per_capita_emitters39_135130

illegal pants

it's ok here

i had to call this guy in Green Bay (some shop) and he asked me to look out my window and tell him if i saw any koalas :eek:

Heineken Helen

Jeanie wrote:

Look out Norway and Iceland!

We got a new regime! We'll whoop your arses next year!

Seriously but, in my rankings Australia is THE most desirable country to live in, in the world.

Where are the Kiwi's though??? I always figured if I had to live anywhere other than Oz that Kiwi would be the place to be.

well in my rankings, it's Ireland

I mean Norway and Iceland have fuck all daylight in the winter, too much of it in the summer (how do ya sleep in THAT?) and they're way too expensive. Everything that moves in Australia can kill ya Canada's simply too big and shouldn't be on this list by default.

So yep, Ireland should be number 1

Heineken Helen

catefrances wrote:

WOOWOO!!! GO OZ!!!

but you know people, in winter you will not be freezing your arses off here, so australia is trully the most desirable country to live in my unbiased opinion.

well it rarely goes below freezing during the day in winter here and at least in the summer you can go outside without dropping dead from heatstroke... and... eh... what's a drought?

Heineken Helen

Jeanie wrote:

Now cate, no false advertising.

The main critter that'll eat you alive is the mozzies!

:eek: with all the talk of mozzies eating ya alive and crocodiles killing ya and stuff... you two are REALLY doin a great job convincing us that Oz ain't so dangerous after all :eek:

deadly shells for fuck sake???