Your View on Australia

[SGAUS]

Just wondering
What is your view on Australia? What do you think of when you think Australia?
Answers regarding 1950's onwards would be great!

[JockSporran]

Skippy :-)

[keyplus90]

Its not the bombs they are scared of, it�s the smaller bundle of $$$$$$$$$$$$, here you go at least one of them decided to open his mouth�.

Pakistan, of course, has always been regarded as a bit of a hardship posting - unfairly, as it is a marvellous test of a touring cricketer's mettle. But just now, cricket values, as well as western values, are somewhat askew. By making players rich beyond the dreams of mammon, for example, the Indian Premier League has naturally increased their scope to discriminate between assignments. Only mouth almighty Andrew Symonds has so far had the nerve to say it, but every cricketer must feel the sensation in some degree: why tour Pakistan, where every bus backfire sounds ominous, when you can drop in on India, where too there are bombs but you can pull down seven figures in six weeks

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http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/magazine/conten t/story/366186.html

[jedimistress]

My idea is of lots of space for everyone, friendly people and nice big men. I imagine it is lovely, remote, peaceful and to watch a sunset every night....wow.

However my friend bought a house there and flitted between countries for years, said it is like a council estate in the sun, and came home permanently in the end. He said the people were loud and coarse.

I used to run SYHA hostels in Scotland and while we welcomed Germans, English, French, Japanese as they all made lovely considerate guests, we dreaded the Ozzies coming especially their Haggis tours. They would be up all hours keeping the whole hostel awake, would pee the bed and generally be inconsiderate to others.

One village, Kyleakin was overun by 6 Haggis tours each day and was known as the most drunken town in Scotland. It made radio 1. People were getting ****** and doing toilet and having sex everywhere, on the green, on people's doorsteps......I'm not a prude, but that was what it was like....the ozzies were just like Brits abroad. The type you see on TV and cringe.