Australia is the greatest place on earth because...
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KoichCPA
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Ok, enough of the misery. What do you love about Australia?
I have sweet public service job that pays me more than enough so I can max out the extra leave I get compared to the private sector and spend 6 weeks of the year overseas. When I am home, they pay me to study so I can eventually leave them and get an even better job.
Apart from that, not much, most of the patriotic shit is total wank.
Mark
Not blessed, or merciful
Shannow
Stunt Plough Rider
Getting born in Oz is winning the ultimate lottery.
There are 6 Billion poor bastards who lost, and 20 odd million who won...amazing odds.
There are 6 Billion poor bastards who lost, and 20 odd million who won...amazing odds.
Overall things are good here. What Josh said though - the patriotic/jingoistic bullshit leaves me cold.
Australia must be a land of opportunity though, for moronic bogans are able to build McMansions and go overseas to places like Bali and give the rest of the country a bad name. The Balinese equivalent (if there is one) wouldn't have a hope of making it to another country.
The weather's generally good, the people generally nice and things generally seem to work well.
Plus Australians are just awesome at self-congratulation. If you like that, it's the place to be. If you listen to use there's no better place to be or more talented people in the universe. We even did well in the winter olympics. Take that, Tonga and Zimbabwe. Go Australia. Gold gold gold. Hang on, this was meant to be a positive thread.
Australia must be a land of opportunity though, for moronic bogans are able to build McMansions and go overseas to places like Bali and give the rest of the country a bad name. The Balinese equivalent (if there is one) wouldn't have a hope of making it to another country.
The weather's generally good, the people generally nice and things generally seem to work well.
Plus Australians are just awesome at self-congratulation. If you like that, it's the place to be. If you listen to use there's no better place to be or more talented people in the universe. We even did well in the winter olympics. Take that, Tonga and Zimbabwe. Go Australia. Gold gold gold. Hang on, this was meant to be a positive thread.
FerretallicA
HMAS Slagdestroyer
Southy
Proud Brisbane Metaller
Just being here is a positive thing, must be, people are willing to get here, and when they are here, they are completely unwanted by the public at large. So we gotta have something awesome going for us.
Personally I like the weather...possibly, I dunno, never been asked to think about it before
Personally I like the weather...possibly, I dunno, never been asked to think about it before
Bucko
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KoichCPA
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Bucko
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...because of nearly everything
Lifestyle, climate, freedom of choice, space, opportunity, almost no natural disasters if you live in a city (rural is obviously a very different story) etc.
Despite the little things we complain about, we don't have any problems that come close to those in certain other parts of the world. Melbourne just got ranked #2 Most Liveable City in the world once again too, bit of a boost considering the bad rep lately.
A few years ago I remember the top 10 most liveable cities in the world list featured FIVE Australian cities. That's one pretty liveable country.
Lifestyle, climate, freedom of choice, space, opportunity, almost no natural disasters if you live in a city (rural is obviously a very different story) etc.
Despite the little things we complain about, we don't have any problems that come close to those in certain other parts of the world. Melbourne just got ranked #2 Most Liveable City in the world once again too, bit of a boost considering the bad rep lately.
A few years ago I remember the top 10 most liveable cities in the world list featured FIVE Australian cities. That's one pretty liveable country.
I think those ratings are a pile of arse though! How much do they take into account Melbourne's overcrowding, ridiculous sprawl, average public transport, rising expense and shit local beer? Then on a national level there's the ridiculous centralisation we have here, with much of the population concentrated in the capital cities. It is a good place to live as long though as you're living in the right areas.
Then on a national level there's the ridiculous centralisation we have here, with much of the population concentrated in the capital cities. It is a good place to live as long though as you're living in the right areas.
Mark
Not blessed, or merciful
Yeah, the urban sprawl takes some of the shine off places IMO...
I actually quite like the country towns, especially now i'm really over the big city life.
I actually quite like the country towns, especially now i'm really over the big city life.
I actually think our public transport gets a worse rep than it deserves. It does need improvements of course as there are some problems with it - trains aren't frequent enough (hence the overcrowding), they should run 24 hours, and the punctuality/cancellations particularly in summer is really bad.
But it still holds up against alot of other cities I've been to because of a few other factors. Firstly, one ticketing system across all modes of transport (and only 2 zones, as opposed to 6 in London for example) makes it one of the most simple & cheap ticketing systems I've come across. Most cities you need to buy a separate ticket on buses to that on trains and some even different tickets between underground & above ground train services. To buy one ticket and be able to jump on all trains, buses & trams with it is pretty good.
The other thing is that coverage is pretty good. In addition to the tram system being the world's biggest, providing pretty good inner city coverage, having 16 metropolitan train lines is also pretty good. Los Angeles which has a sprawl about 4 times the size of Melbourne only has 5-6 train lines, no trams, and their buses pretty much run up & down one road each so if you need to take 2 roads that's 2 buses. It's also an easy train system to follow as all services start in the city loop and just sprout out to a different outer suburb.
But we could definitely do with trains running more frequently to solve overcrowding, both trains & trams should run later than 1am, and they gotta do something about trains breaking down and tracks buckling in the heat during summer.
PS. I love that heritage trams still run on the St Kilda to North Richmond route. I catch them to work from Chapel St, and work on Church St. My office has a great view overlooking Richmond with the city skyline in the background, and those old green & gold rattlers running up & down Church St kinda makes the view I reckon, I love them! Such a part of Melbourne. But I heard in 2012 they are being retired
But it still holds up against alot of other cities I've been to because of a few other factors. Firstly, one ticketing system across all modes of transport (and only 2 zones, as opposed to 6 in London for example) makes it one of the most simple & cheap ticketing systems I've come across. Most cities you need to buy a separate ticket on buses to that on trains and some even different tickets between underground & above ground train services. To buy one ticket and be able to jump on all trains, buses & trams with it is pretty good.
The other thing is that coverage is pretty good. In addition to the tram system being the world's biggest, providing pretty good inner city coverage, having 16 metropolitan train lines is also pretty good. Los Angeles which has a sprawl about 4 times the size of Melbourne only has 5-6 train lines, no trams, and their buses pretty much run up & down one road each so if you need to take 2 roads that's 2 buses. It's also an easy train system to follow as all services start in the city loop and just sprout out to a different outer suburb.
But we could definitely do with trains running more frequently to solve overcrowding, both trains & trams should run later than 1am, and they gotta do something about trains breaking down and tracks buckling in the heat during summer.
PS. I love that heritage trams still run on the St Kilda to North Richmond route. I catch them to work from Chapel St, and work on Church St. My office has a great view overlooking Richmond with the city skyline in the background, and those old green & gold rattlers running up & down Church St kinda makes the view I reckon, I love them! Such a part of Melbourne. But I heard in 2012 they are being retired
TROOPER MICK
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having spent 9 months in intensive care with my youngest son without a doubt the best thing about living in Australia is the public health system, some people may argue that but the fact is if your in a life threatening situation there gonna come through and not slam you with a massive ass bill at the end of it
FerretallicA
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Shannow
Stunt Plough Rider
Best part of Oz is going to work grumpy, getting to your car, and fining that both of them have been smeared with silastic.
The new, improved high tech egging.
This is getting old.
The new, improved high tech egging.
This is getting old.
Shannow
Stunt Plough Rider
Oh... you were serious?
It's great going broke because you or a family member gets sick, isn't it ?
Oh, that's other places.
