Australia roundup

[kambuckta]

@TheAllSeeingEye

Yes well someone has to say it, it stinks that newzealanders, who incidentally couldnt claim dole in Oz on arrival since 1986,

sorry to burst that old bubble/excuse/stereotype,

are treated worse than literal terrorists syrians/lebs/iranians, “ex” communists croats/serbs and boat people - again mostly from communist countries, mostly the children of the wealthy who could afford to send their kids to uni in Oz, i.e. Communist officials!!

All these shady charcters can get jobs in highly sensitive government agencies and they DO because I know some personally, while new zealanders … gee … who knows what state secrets new zealand might want to get a hold of… ? FARCE.
Anzac my eye. Prove me wrong Australia, you gutless backstabbers.

Anyway go back to the love in, " brothers"

Wow.

:eek:

[kambuckta]

@TheAllSeeingEye

Canberra here! but originally from NZ.

Really loving the whole ‘special visa’ thing for new zealanders which offers zero social protections…

What ‘social protections’ are you talking about?

… bars us from most jobs in canberra

You must be an Aus Citizen to work for the Public Service.

voting

You must be an Aus Citizen to be entitled to vote.

even Insurance in some cases

Cite?

while demanding I still pay full taxes and medicare levy for services I will never be entitled to use or have a say about…

Never?

meanwhile 12000 asylum terrorists from Syria, pardon me refugees, will get everything handed to them, even pensions they havent earnt, or jobs they neednt apply for, where applicable.

I just LOVE this old meme…but like all memes, it gets really old really quickly.

Australia, be ashamed; I used to think you were awesome when I last lived here in the 90s.

Well, you know what they say, if ya don’t like it here…

[Cazzle]

We could just collectively ignore that thing until it gives up and goes away, like it apparently did in the 90s.

[GuanoLad]

@kambuckta

Bellarine Peninsula, not quite the GOR.

Cool! I’ve been to Queenscliff. It’s pretty. And the fish and chips were delicious.

[Wallaby]

Welll, I’ve been keeping it a secret, and not many realise that I am actually from Down Under also.

Melbourne.

[kambuckta]

@Wallaby

Welll, I’ve been keeping it a secret, and not many realise that I am actually from Down Under also.

Melbourne.

With a name like Wallaby? Who’da thunk it?

[Richox]

@Wallaby

Welll, I’ve been keeping it a secret, and not many realise that I am actually from Down Under also.

Melbourne.

are you a brush wallaby or a scrub wallaby? or, god-forbid, some other kind of wallaby?

[Wallaby]

@Richox

are you a brush wallaby or a scrub wallaby? or, god-forbid, some other kind of wallaby?

Swamp.

[jabiru]

@kambuckta

Well, you know what they say, if ya don’t like it here…

I work with quite a few Kiwis who also complain about changes to our ‘special’ relationship. Funnily enough, they stay here.

[Girl_From_Mars]

@GuanoLad

Cool! I’ve been to Queenscliff. It’s pretty. And the fish and chips were delicious.

Fascinating - we used to visit a great aunt who lived in St Leonards back in the 80s, and I have memories of the FnC in Queenscliffe being awesome - but I’ve not tried it again since then. Heading to Fairhaven tomorrow, perhaps I should make a small detour…

[kambuckta]

@Girl_From_Mars

Fascinating - we used to visit a great aunt who lived in St Leonards back in the 80s, and I have memories of the FnC in Queenscliffe being awesome - but I’ve not tried it again since then. Heading to Fairhaven tomorrow, perhaps I should make a small detour…

St Leonards and Fairhaven…yep! Queenscliffe (sic) and the FnC?? Not so much!

Are we on the same Melways Map GFM??

[Battle_Pope]

@Eliahna

We could just collectively ignore that thing until it gives up and goes away, like it apparently did in the 90s.

Quick, someone tell the Dept. Of Immigration he’s a bikie!

Canberra here as well,

[Caneknife]

Mackay , Qld here.

[Girl_From_Mars]

@kambuckta

St Leonards and Fairhaven…yep! Queenscliffe (sic) and the FnC?? Not so much!

Are we on the same Melways Map GFM??

Ah no, I live in the inner north of the CBD, just visiting a friend’s beach house for a few days. Will take a recommendation for the best FnC around though!

[penultima_thule]

@Girl_From_Mars

Will take a recommendation for the best FnC around though!

Kirribilli Seafoods.

[Richard_Pearse]

@Girl_From_Mars

Australian living in Melbourne, but lived in NZ for 15 years a while back (plus a lot of other countries as a kid).

You give me ear worms.

[kambuckta]

@Girl_From_Mars

Ah no, I live in the inner north of the CBD, just visiting a friend’s beach house for a few days. Will take a recommendation for the best FnC around though!

Queenscliff is still pretty damned good…the store on the pier being the best.

Speaking of inner-north Melb, many years ago we had an Aussie Doper get-together in a cafe in Brunswick St Fitzroy…the one on the corner of Cecil St (appropriately). Most of those SDMB members have fallen by the wayside now, but a few of us are still hanging around like bad smells (Waves at Eliahna)

[Isamu]

I’m another Aussie! Spent the first half of my life in Hawthorn, Melbourne Vic and the second half (so far) in Japan. Same time-zone (more or less), but opposite seasons.

That’s not a waribashi. This is a waribashi!

[stui_magpie]

From Melbourne here, but started out in country NSW so I can bag Victorians when it suits me, even though I’ve been here 30 years.

[Girl_From_Mars]

@Richard_Pearse

You give me ear worms.

That’s where the name comes from - scrolled through the list of songs on my iPod when I signed up, and it was the first decent option to come up!