Absolute nonsense. There is a whole thread devoted to the worst of our culture, "Alcohol Fueled Violence" Have a read of it, nothing to be proud of. Many families are grieving, I had a tear roll down my face when I heard on the news the following and I didn't even know the young chap:
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A Sydney teenager who was seriously assaulted on New Year's Eve has died in hospital.
Daniel Christie, 18, passed away after his family took the decision to switch off his life support.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-11/teenage-boy-assaulted-on-new-years-eve-dies/5195566
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Top 7 reasons why my wife and i will move back to Australia one day are as follows:
1.) Climate
2.) Air Quality
3.) Standard of Living
4.) Education and health care
5.) My Super is there and we want to invest there
6.) Great people with an awesome sense of humor who really know how to enjoy life!
7.) Great Wine at good value
New Zealand is simply beautiful
Even its weeds by the road sides are beautiful - lupins, vipers bugloss, briar rose, tobacco plant, broom, poppies and more. I’ve even see hollyhocks. In the north, of course, the lushness is a knockout.
Why did I never before consider visiting the place? Now I even lazily dream of buying a cottage just north of Queenstown, lake below, mountains above. In fact, had I millions I would knock on the door of Paradise itself.
Sigh. Back home today
Andrew Bolt's blog;
New Zealand is simply beautiful
Even its weeds by the road sides are beautiful - lupins, vipers bugloss, briar rose, tobacco plant, broom, poppies and more. I’ve even see hollyhocks. In the north, of course, the lushness is a knockout.
Why did I never before consider visiting the place? Now I even lazily dream of buying a cottage just north of Queenstown, lake below, mountains above. In fact, had I millions I would knock on the door of Paradise itself.
Sigh. Back home today
Nowhere in Australia (except, maybe, Tassie) do we have its well defined seasons. My wife and I made plans to retire to that beautiful country, but fate intervened.
A couple of winters in New Zealand, particularly in the South Island , should pretty quickly reduce Andrew Bolt's enthusiasm.
For that matter it's frequently a maximum of about 14 degrees in mid summer in any part of the country.
And, let's not forget the odd earthquake or a thousand. About half of Christchurch is still displaced.
But if you like cold weather, and don't mind having your abode shaken from under you, New Zealand is the most wonderful place, not just for the incredible scenery, but for the courtesy and genuine warmth of its people.
I regularly switch between Melbourne and Taipei (Taiwan) which is quite similar to Korea in terms of living standards so here are my thoughts:
Safety: In Australia you would be wary to walk alone on the streets at 1am..also all the horror stories on certain train lines. In Taipei you will see granny's walking around at 1am trying to sell you all kinds of food, groups of grandpas praciticing taichi in the park and kids playing in playgrounds. Yes kids out playing in the midnight. You will almost never see a drunk and rowdy person on the street.
For me it's pros v cons.
There are aspects of Oz I find irritating to the core and I fear those aspects are worsening. But for the moment, the pros outweigh the cons.
Unfortunately, all the best countries get screwed up by politicians and fo gooders.
Good to see you Julia
So I recently came back from a trip to Seoul in South Korea, and was very impressed with the place as a whole. Specifically, I found that:
1. Things were cheaper, and food was in particular much cheaper (you could easily fill yourself up with street food for AUD $1-2)
2. Shops were open till later, with retailers closing nightly at around 10pm and a lot of restaurants closing at around midnight to 2-3am
3. Subway system was very efficient. They have a card system where you load money up on the card and just swipe each time you want to use public transport. This card can also be used in taxis and some vending machines. Further, although you may have to change 'lines' on the subway to get to your destination, you never really have to wait more than 5-6 minutes for a subway.
4. Related to (3), there was absolutely NO vandalism on the subway. No graffiti, no ripped advertisement posters (even though these were clearly within reach and could be easily pulled out) and no rubbish.
After my trip, I came back to learn that public transport ticket prices had risen again, with no visible improvement in services. This reminded me of a question my friend asked me a long time ago: why do YOU want to live in Australia?
The only reason I could think of was "because I grew up here and this is my home". But other than that, I couldn't come up with anything else. I think it is one thing for things to be expensive, but everything here is clearly over priced, meaning we pay much more than what we get in return for value. It just seems that everything in Seoul (and Hong Kong, I have been in previous years too) is more efficient than here in Australia, yet we pay lots more.
I know if I moved to, say, Seoul, and worked, I would earn less money, but it sure seems like a better alternative to living in Australia at the present time.
So I want to know, given the cost of everything here in Australia, why do you want to live here?
Why do I live in Australia.
Because it has a free medical system.
Because it has a free education system.
Because it has whole of life free income streams.
Because it has free public transport.
Because it has subsidised medicines.
Because it has subsidised housing.
Because it has subsidised electricity.
Because it has subsidised licenses.
Also the weathers good.
Communist.
The weather is only good because the politicians can't control it
So I recently came back from a trip to Seoul in South Korea, and was very impressed with the place as a whole. Specifically, I found that:
1. Things were cheaper, and food was in particular much cheaper (you could easily fill yourself up with street food for AUD $1-2)
2. Shops were open till later, with retailers closing nightly at around 10pm and a lot of restaurants closing at around midnight to 2-3am
3. Subway system was very efficient. They have a card system where you load money up on the card and just swipe each time you want to use public transport. This card can also be used in taxis and some vending machines. Further, although you may have to change 'lines' on the subway to get to your destination, you never really have to wait more than 5-6 minutes for a subway.
4. Related to (3), there was absolutely NO vandalism on the subway. No graffiti, no ripped advertisement posters (even though these were clearly within reach and could be easily pulled out) and no rubbish.
After my trip, I came back to learn that public transport ticket prices had risen again, with no visible improvement in services. This reminded me of a question my friend asked me a long time ago: why do YOU want to live in Australia?
The only reason I could think of was "because I grew up here and this is my home". But other than that, I couldn't come up with anything else. I think it is one thing for things to be expensive, but everything here is clearly over priced, meaning we pay much more than what we get in return for value. It just seems that everything in Seoul (and Hong Kong, I have been in previous years too) is more efficient than here in Australia, yet we pay lots more.
I know if I moved to, say, Seoul, and worked, I would earn less money, but it sure seems like a better alternative to living in Australia at the present time.
So I want to know, given the cost of everything here in Australia, why do you want to live here?
I am learning Japanese language and will try to transition to some form of employment here in the near future. However I would like to pursue trading as a sole source of income in the not too distant future.
After 12 years in China I'm over the moon to be back here in Australia. We are loving the fresh air and the open parks for kids. The downside is the expense but even then there are bright spots...the other day my son fainted at daycare, they called the ambulance and my wife accompanied him to the hospital, the lady cilento children's hospital. They took such great care of him....the cost, $0.00 even in Victoria I recall an ambulance ride was $1000 ten years ago!
I love Australia, but my reference is Canada and China....
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