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21-08-2008, 01:02 PM
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Boss equipped 2004 Cobra
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Location: Florida-USA
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I am asking this respectfully,
about what are the best and worst things about Australia. I am familiar with some of the Fords (FPV in particular), but I am asking taxes, laws, areas good and bad, what Territories are maybe better than others and so forth. I am not attempting to stir the pot or start arguments. The reason I inquire, is from what I know at this point, I may want to relocate or have an extended visit. Thanks!
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21-08-2008, 01:15 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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best: drinking at 18
worst: queensland |
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21-08-2008, 01:19 PM
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Location: Raxacoricofallapatorius
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Stamp duty GST on top of a fuel excise. privatisation of once govt run departments, power, water, electricty, telstra etc toll roads good aus dollar is pretty strong at the moment, makes for good deals on parts out of US Womens beach volleyball There are some pretty remote places that are so quiet you can hear your heartbeat we dont have george bush bikinis
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21-08-2008, 01:22 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Our health care system is pretty good.
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21-08-2008, 01:24 PM
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21-08-2008, 01:30 PM
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Sales Representative
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Location: Young
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Good: Aussie Ford cars
 Bad: Aussie Holden/GMH cars :P
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21-08-2008, 01:30 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cattai, Sydney
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Great weather, great holiday locations, great fords, No hummers(mostly) and no bling bling everywhere you look(although rice is makin its way around) great women, good beaches lots of trees and and greenery. once you get far enough out of a city you can drive for a day or 2 and not see a single town(central aus) Minus- craphouse roads in NSW(cant speak for other states) billions of signs dictating what we're supposed to do or not do umpteen speed camera's every 5 km's u drive AFL
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21-08-2008, 01:37 PM
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Boss equipped 2004 Cobra
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Location: Florida-USA
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What's Telstra?
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21-08-2008, 01:39 PM
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
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Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
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I left Australia for work and have been gone for 5 and a half months.
Now I thought Australia was a great place and being away from it I can confirm that Australia is awesome.....there is a reason people are cueing up to get in.
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21-08-2008, 01:40 PM
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Adapt or perish...
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Location: Dip!@#$
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Anything bad about Australia is found anywhere south of Coolangatta. :P
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21-08-2008, 01:51 PM
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FGII XR6, Focus Sport, XR
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Geelong, Victoria
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Great women, cars, views, weather(a lot of the time), holiday spots.
You can choose deserts, rainforests, beaches, farm land, etc. Best country ever!!
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21-08-2008, 02:00 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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just remember since everyone wants to come to australia we're startin to get run out lol..
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21-08-2008, 02:30 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Location: Gren A Waverrey
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BAD:
Youth of Australia becoming more shallow, stupid, lazier and disrespectful No apprecation of relative affluence Toyota Springvale Stupid road rules Bad drivers/poor driver culture in Australia Collingwood Football Club/Eddie McGuire (same thing) GOOD: Weather (no extremes) Nature Relatively safe Good culture (at least in Melbourne) Sporting choice (NBL, NRL, AFL, Netball, Women's Basketball etc.) Cultural Mix (can't just live on McDonald's for takeaway - thank heavens for Italians. Lasagne, pizza and pasta FTW!) Ford Australia Geelong Football Club (my raw opinion though -clearly) Human Rights Sanitation Health Care Food Clean Water Lots we take for granted...
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21-08-2008, 02:33 PM
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Vegemite and Meat Pies.
these make up for the bad things. |
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21-08-2008, 02:44 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Barossa Valley, South Australia
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Pros:
Australia is nice and laid back and casual. We enjoy our sports. Some of the best, if not the best, beaches in the world. Some great countryside to explore. Some of the best wines in the world. The best wine region in the world (Barossa Valley - biased opinion though. See my location :P) Great beer, much better than the horse p*ss you guys have over there in America, apart from the microbreweries. They make some good ones. Belgium would reserve my vote as the best brewers in the world though. Great women, as already mentioned. Cons: Not really too much I can think of that hasn't been mentioned already. Our treatment of indigenous people in the past, and to some extent, now, has been appalling. The current government and all the "global warming" crap going on at the moment. No-one doing anything about the River Murray - SA's water lifeline.
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21-08-2008, 04:26 PM
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21-08-2008, 04:29 PM
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I'd say the main good point is the relaxed easygoing culture. We're supposedly similar to Canadians as personality goes if that helps?
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21-08-2008, 04:32 PM
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21-08-2008, 04:34 PM
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21-08-2008, 04:36 PM
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Afterburner + skids =
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Nope, nothing against them, but I would hardly compare us to Canadians!
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21-08-2008, 04:47 PM
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Life begins at 40
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Melbourne. Socialist capital of Victoriastan.
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Try having a public meeting, or speaking out against the government in China.
Try running a farm in Zimbabwe, if you’re white. Try being a homeless kid in Brazil, they shoot them over there. Try being sick in the United States with no health insurance. Try living peacefully in Darfur. Anyone who thinks that the problems we have in this country are bad, should try living overseas for a while.
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21-08-2008, 04:53 PM
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Afterburner + skids =
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21-08-2008, 05:03 PM
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On the search for cubes..
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all of the above = gods country mate(no religon fight here)
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21-08-2008, 05:23 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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What is great about Australia is easy.
It's Australia and it rocks!!  : Even better if you are in Queensland cause as we all know Queensland is the best state. 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.  :
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rich bogans.. you know that!
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1999 Ford Fairmont Ghia
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