What is great about Australia, and what isn't

[Bluepower]

I'll tell you some good things about Australia. Google them if you like.


Gallipolli 1914
Battle of Long Tan.
Bondi Beach
XY Falcon
Peter Brock
Margaret Court
Fred Hollows
V8 Supercars
Vegemite
Sunday BBQ



We will protect and defend our brothers to the Death, we WILL lay down our lives that our Women and children should live.

We are reckless, dangerous, boysterous and Proud, crazy silly, funky and noble.

We are courageous, strong and determined.

We are ready, willing AND able.

We are raw and untamed

We will fight for peace,

We are small in number, but big in heart.

We are gert by sea, and some bloody big sharks...

We are Aussies. There IS no bad. :

[steamin63]

Originally Posted by sleekism

Nothing bout footbal! Queenslanders can't drive and screwed up their beaches so they come down the coast to use ours

Queensland: "A sunny state full of shady people"

another insightful comment . :togo:

[StookEB]

Well said CHRIS!!!

[Burnout]

Originally Posted by Bluepower

I'll tell you some good things about Australia. Google them if you like.


Gallipolli 1914
Battle of Long Tan.
Bondi Beach
XY Falcon
Peter Brock
Margaret Court
Fred Hollows
V8 Supercars
Vegemite
Sunday BBQ



We will protect and defend our brothers to the Death, we WILL lay down our lives that our Women and children should live.

We are reckless, dangerous, boysterous and Proud, crazy silly, funky and noble.

We are courageous, strong and determined.

We are ready, willing AND able.

We are raw and untamed

We will fight for peace,

We are small in number, but big in heart.

We are gert by sea, and some bloody big sharks...

We are Aussies. There IS no bad. :

This I agree with one exception; that being there is one bad thing we have failed to recognise and that is as a community we are over regulated by our respective Governments (Federal, State & Local).

[buggerlugs]

And our Judicial system is a joke. If you get caught not paying tax in this country you'll end up in jail. But if you murder someone, they will change it to manslaughter, then say you have had a hard childhood. You'll get 6 years with a minimum of 18 months and still be out in 6 months. Thats IF you get jailed at all.........

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by 99GHIA

What sucks about Oz though is the amount
of dole bludging welfare using scumbags
that have no idea of what it is to work and
contribute to making this country the awesome
place that it is. :

That's about the only bad thing I can think of about Australia. The government hands out money like an ATM machine to the least deserving people and also to causes in the world when the money can be better spent here in our own backyard.

[aussiblue]

Great:

a) Many parts are relatively unspoilt (clean green waters etc)
b) We litter less than many overseas places.
c) Better gun controls.
d) Democracy works.
e) Improving racial tolerance.

Bad:

a) Growing trend to a greed driven culture.
c) Head in the sand approach over some environmental issues (Murray-Darling etc).
d) State jealousies (on par with Football Team and the Holdsen v Ford squabbles)
e) A Commonwealth Government too isolated from what happens in the real world outside Canberra and particularly in distant state's like WA.

[mikestp]

GOOD:
E-series falcons

BAD:
VN commos

[MethodX]

Good food - thanks to all the different cultures.



Bad
A tad too far from Europe and other parts of the world.

[snappy]

I live in and love Australia. It is one of those places that gets your heart racing with pride, and passion. The numerous sporting competitions, public events, and national traditions live on. These are just a few of my favourite things about Australia.

1. Ned Kelly - What an awesome character to have as a villian
2. Thongs - Also known as pluggers or flip flops, they are a required to be Australian
3. Barby - Gathering round the steaming hot plate is a tradition
4. Bathurst - the great race Ford vs Holden
5. Meat Pies - A must in an Aussie diet
6. Our cars - Aussie cars are good quality with desent performance for a good price
7. The laid back attitude
8. The native animals - Although Kangaroos are considered a pest, they are good for shooting oh and tourism :evil3:
9. The Hills Hoist - A clothes line that everyone in Australia has swung on at least once in their life
10. The Beaches - In my opinion, they are the best in the world

Also there bugger all americans :

[Yellow_Festiva]

Hmmm been to 20+ countries.. this is my 2c

Good:

Our strong sense of mateship,
Our unique flora / fauna,
Great weather,
Clean air / water,
Amazing scenery,
Low unemployment,
Good social support network,
The amazing variety of food on offer,
We are still the land of opportunity,
LAND BABY! And lots of it!
Pretty cheap petrol,
The many freedoms we have,
Our many laws / regulations,
Free media,
The amount of competition available to keep prices down,

There are heaps more.... but for now that is it.

Bad:

Many laws / regulations,
The different state / territory laws etc,
Crap / costly public transport,
The Monrachy,
Our over priced communications,
The fact that we are getting Americanised,
Lax / unfair law enforcement / punishment system,

Cheers,

Jason

[Daymoe]

Good:

Meat pies
Heaps of variety in food
population spaced out
good community (Mostly)

Bad:

Telstra
Public transport
too far behind in technology
way too tight gun laws

[Ives]

Good... place to live in.

Bad... too politically correct.

[xy500]

i get so stoked on our history and the characters australia has had, there's a real wealth of aussies that have stood up for what they beleive in with nobility and raw honesty.
we have it so easy here, unemployment is freaking low, especially in wa, if you can't get a job here your trying not to get one!
and i'll never get over the nature here, but i guess theres some of that in most places still!

only bad thing, we voted in kevin rudd, what were you thinking australia?

[StAndArdAU]

Everyone keeps dissing the fact that we are too overregulated ect by the government, but has anyone stopped to think that it may be because of this that Australia IS such a great place to live in?!!? I mean, if we are let too loose, maybe we'd take too much advantage of that!

Good:
The people

Bad:
The other people, yeah, the ones that still live in shanty villages in the bush with no respect for the government funded houses, cars and services that are provided to them, at the expense of us tax payers, and who decide to roam the streets of nice outback towns breaking into the homes of and stealing the property of those who have worked hard and sacrificed alot to afford them. Those who decide to bash the elderly for their empty purces so they can buy another carton of beer, or pack of cigarrettes. Those who we are still waiting for to evolve.

My 2c.

[birdman941]

So the most popular at this point are the women and the beaches.
Pretty nice.
I also notice that employment rate is very high, which is good.

[DoreSlamR]

Originally Posted by birdman941

So the most popular at this point are the women and the beaches.
Pretty nice.
I also notice that employment rate is very high, which is good.

Yes we're in the middle of a mining boom, particularly in WA, Iron Ore baby! China can't get enough of it. GOOD

Shame they sell it back to us at a ridiculous price. BAD

[The Yeti]

Australia

Love it

wouldnt change much at all and not that I would change is worthy of a mention

[paule11]

good : free country tolerant of others beleifs give everyone a fair go great beer and good beaches

bad: some crimes are not punished to lax in courts as buggerlugs has pointed out I fear Australia may be a Muslim country in the future no beer and white pointers at the beach

[King Nothing]

The good:
Awesome beaches/nature
Fantastic looking girls (Don't tell my fiancee I said that! She's a stunner though anyway)
In general people are pretty easy going
Hanging around the barbie with a few mates and a few beers on a hot summer day
Weather is pretty good
Relatively low crime rate
Pretty clean
Great food that can be as healthy (or as unhealthy) as you like. Some of the stuff I've seen/heard about overseas, yuck!
Dropbears

The bad:
Stupidly high housing prices in capital cities
Pathetic court system that doesn't charge offenders properly, with more scumbag kids starting to appear
Tax, tax, and tax. Did I mention the tax as well?
Behind the rest of the western world in technology/internet
Too many PC/bleeding hearts popping up
Dropbears

Top country! Just watch the dropbears.

[Fev]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

And our Judicial system is a joke. If you get caught not paying tax in this country you'll end up in jail. But if you murder someone, they will change it to manslaughter, then say you have had a hard childhood. You'll get 6 years with a minimum of 18 months and still be out in 6 months. Thats IF you get jailed at all.........

nah you'll get the full term.. the only problem is you'll do the term before your even put on trial

[Ando_Leigh]

Just a Quick question at Birdman or anyone else who may know the answer

In the states is it true that if you receive a phone call or a text that you pay half the cost with the person who sent it?
I hope that makes sense.


Good
EASY GOING
THE BEACH (Cronulla)
Some of the best RWD cars at $$$
Weather no extremes really
National parks
Being able to walk most places at night and not fear death
Sport is huge
Clean drinking water
Some people have put this as bad but the rivalry between people from dif states is quite fun State of Origin for one
When u buys something off the shelf u pay the price it says you don't have to add on tax at the register (got caught out a few times)

The bad
Roads NSW
So many add on Tax
Allot of cultures colliding
Government has no spine or brains
So many deadly animals
Lack of good snow
And Holden’s

[birdman941]

Originally Posted by Ando_Leigh

Just a Quick question at Birdman or anyone else who may know the answer

In the states is it true that if you receive a phone call or a text that you pay half the cost with the person who sent it?
I hope that makes sense.

Actually, I don't know, as I have a "no texting" request on my account.
Some plans have unlimited texting,
but I don't know if it's for sending and/or receiving.

[King Nothing]

Originally Posted by Ando_Leigh

Just a Quick question at Birdman or anyone else who may know the answer

In the states is it true that if you receive a phone call or a text that you pay half the cost with the person who sent it?
I hope that makes sense.

I don't know about the states, but I have a friend from China and she told me that you do need to pay for received calls over there.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by King Nothing

I don't know about the states, but I have a friend from China and she told me that you do need to pay for received calls over there.

Same in Singapore, I believe alot of asian countries do this. But the cost is very small. Mind you international sms is cheaper then local sms.

[birdman941]

Maybe I misunderstood, but do you have to pay for your
internet by the amount of bandwidth you use?

[GS608]

not really but say with Telstra you can get 12GB of useage per month (includes upload & download) for $70 1500kbps speed, after you've used the 12GB you get slowed to dial up speeds.

theres better plans around though..

[birdman941]

We pay 100 per month for unlimited internet, phone (digital voice),
and digital cable.
All on the same bill.
Speed is amazing, but I have no idea how much bandwidth I use.

[Fev]

ya our internet is also a bad thing about australia.. it sucks

[JMO]

The Falcon....

That's all I can think of that is *good* at the moment

That is all.