Lanky Lad

16 hours ago, Evandale said:

I have lived in a few places in Australia, I personally havent come across any noisier people than I have in Europe and yes I am an immigrant and have never been reminded of it.  My solitary piece of Shatford under the Avon here in Australia must be exceptionally unique!

Remember I am NOT really saying where I am is the sole reason  for my post....  I intended a "reminder" for those thinking about emigration or in the latter stages of the visa application.  I will also add that those who have "family and friends" high in  the list of things "I  love and hate leaving behind" ...will need a serious mind shift about just that if they want to make a success of a move to Aus. 

Another misconception about Aussie is "Community Spirit"   - out on the verges of the bush and  small - and I mean small towns - may  be an exception but its even mentioned  on 7 news a while back...Aussies hardly get involved  with neighbors other than "over the garden fence" ! Our fence is 6 feet high and so are most on  anything built in the last 15 - 20 years from what I see.  Granted if your house is burning...  the street will come out to help or in any other "disaster" scenario.

I am currently thinking about another post - about the Aussie traders!!!     One man and his ute!   I will ponder it a while  and let  this  thread cool off!

42 minutes ago, Lanky Lad said:

No edit???      NOT 500 feet away = 50

Feet away!!!

On 9/22/2017 at 10:24, calNgary said:

Great little update that made me chuckle, but LankyLad ,honestly, MOVE ...lol

                Cal x

BUGGER, this is the third attempt at a reply..is there a anti waffle mode trigger on postings!!   

The intent of my post is getting lost.. the message to those thinking of the move or STILL waiting visa's and  have maybe been here once.... vacations do not  tell you what  living here is like, anymore than visiting London  for a week would  do either. 

BUT the essence is  - yes its loud brash and to  some,  full of ignorant pigs who dont give a s**t if their BBQ / wannabe Disco session  keeps the heart attack victims awake.   The message is really back in the UK, immigrants are expected to engage with the British way of life... most  never will - and   the same applies in Aussie. IT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE. We have "engaged" with it and accept it..... but  the memories of wandering around Cornwall villages - does  creep in the mind at times when 5 dogs 200mters apart are having a chat. The guy behind us and  is girlfriend( both geriatrics) sit in their hot tub chatting... we are on the patio having a gin and are about 500 feet away... and hear every word!   Aussies are loud... and none  can  really drive a car!  Nobody ever teaches them road sense (LOL)  Road sign says 60 ( km per hour)  is this advisory or  compulsory???    UK  -its advisory...here -  go less than 65 on a 60 road and  you will get a ute 6 inches of your back bumper....fact!    Leave a safety zone from the car in front of you..... and you will never get home...because the car alongside you will dive in the  slow down to get your zone back... you pi** off the   guy  behind you and he speeds up pulls out and he dives in  your safety zone...so you  drop back.... ad infinitum!  But that's another topic.....

14 hours ago, Gbye grey sky said:

We moved to SE Queensland.  A wonderful neighbourhood, we are very lucky.  Parties are rare and do not go on late.  One neighbour in the next street (which we back onto) even delivered flyers giving advance notice of a special celebration and apologising for any noise.  We slept in the spare bedroom at the front that night just in case and didn't hear a thing.

The main impediment to sleep are the birds.  They are so beautiful though I can't resent them for it.

Where we are - was almost 9 years a go a small new development...which had slowed down on building due to international banking crisis at that time. BUT on Google maps..we could see the area/streets outlined and knew it would eventually get bigger.  BUT the  house behind ours is 6 years older...so we just thought the area would not grow to fast..and until around two years back..it did'nt - but then  house building issues and banks seem to have cleare3d up and the speed up happened.  On what was what we thought to be an interconnecting road strip of land...suddenly became a house lot   In six weeks the shell and roof are  in place and  the inside plumbers and electricans and  house fitters are swarming all over it - so it will not be too long  before another BBQ is in operation!

Birds.... in the UK  at the back of us was a woodland valley - which prevented any house building and we had lost of birds in our garden I got the  count up to 15 or 16 if I counted the heron that dropped down almost vertical from tree height into my tiny  4foot x 20 foot pond.. and cleaned out all my goldfish!  Here we get the Mynah which is another failed import and swarms almost like starlings at tghis time we get rainbow lorrikeets and  out front Galahs... but all the tree felling has taken  the birds habitat away and we see less of the native colourful birds.

3 minutes ago, ScottieGirl said:

It wouldn't make any difference. Lived in Sydney for 17 years and it was always noisy. High density living, poorly insulated houses and hot weather mean that with the windows open you can always here someone. I moved fom an inner city area with lots of younger folk having parties to a family burb with lots of kids screaming and playing outside. Didn't have to be your next door neighbours, sound carries. Not necessarily arguments either people could be having fun, not necessarily late at night. My neighbours had their poolside wired with a stereo.  You have to get used to it like the Aussies do.

Spot on....  I expect  folk will not understand ..IF they have only been on vacation  trips and not strayed in  out of town area where few tourist tread.  Our kidz ( mid 30s)  do not have any issues about things like I  write about - so obviously  my older outlook is .... just that!   My generation was likely the last where we were taught to respect others and be considerate!

I  once mentioned to the  guy behind us that two young doctors had moved into the next door.... and worked early shifts....    ie  they need to sleep.   Water off a ducks back!

Central Coast, NSW

It was October 28th 2008 - 5 years after our first ever trip to Aussie. 

December 30th 2008, Manchester Airport  - With the long sought after and expensive Contributory Parent visa   safe in  the boss ladies bottomless handbag -  she , me, daughter and then boyfriend -  now husband , - are waiting for a late flight to London Airport  which will  deposit us at  Bangkok and  then on to Sydney.

Coming up to nine years in Oz.... the Kids are doing great and my wife and I have a 4 year old grandson - who speaks without a trace of Aussie accent.

So what it like - is the usual question from those planning the big move...OK..well those "reccie's"  ie the vacation in Aussie to see if you can deal with the heat... are not adequate to  give you a taste of REAL life downunder... 6 months or a year may be about enough to give you an idea. Like dealing with council officials who take  9 months to get to your file....I kid you not.    That smiling young lady  you chatted with,  conceived the night before and does not intend to do anything to tax her strength until after the  birth! Same for the guys  without  the screaming and mess to deal with later! If you are lucky  you will buy or rent a place next door to  geriatrics, who do not have BBQs where  everybody gets rat legged  before driving their ute home at 3 times the speed limit - while  playing  some crap rapper at disco strength audio. A lot  don't get home early because their ute is likely stuck in some poor sods bedroom and if they are lucky.. the occupants  were not in bed!   Now  the fave sport  here for the led heads...is the saloon car racing....  souped up engines and a saloon body  shell wrapped around a super strength roll cage. Snag is your local hoon  tries to emulate  their  hero in a well used third hand car that was over driven  before they  bought it...... never the less... it travels fast enough to smack into your  house - having ploughed through a tree, your fence and if it avoids your pool... it will  end up  next to the ute  but in your living room...sorry rumpus room! 

Its a dogs life .... honest... talking of which,  your local council in the UK   (before we left the UK)   will usually act fairly fast if you complain about loud music , dogs left outdoors day and night who get so traumatized from  lack of love and at interaction with their owners - so they bark  at every  noise, bird, cloud that passes over and just for the hell of making a noise to here somebody scream SHUT THE F__K UP.   Over here.... complain to the Rangers.. you will be expected to negotiate with your neighbour  - who is adamant his dog never barks at all...well being out all day  and  drunk by night.. they don't hear it.  The good  news is you get to live in a different house...because yours will mysteriously get burned out... or somebody breaks in and  and trashes every wall  ( no bricks inside the shell...just a wooden frame with plasterboard tacked on)  And now every neighbour with a dog...totally ignores you! 

The police are seldom seen  in  your area... unless they live nearby.... so kids roaring about on semi skeletal scooters or motorbikes without a decent exhaust pipe to brag about... are a common sight!  WE have a house about 100 meters away... their 14 year old arrives  home from school about 3.30pm - mom and dad are out at work..and HE is wannabe drummer..... you can use your imagination for the rest.  Now all those police not serving the local community can be found  at the local station...going off the amount of police cars we see parked.    Neighbour disputes in the UK and the offenders can expect a visit from the police to read the riot act, not the aussie police... they tell you to  take the offending miscreants to court!   ...Do so and sure as hell your house is in jeopardy  - so  there are no disputes with neighbours...ever!  

Now those police sitting in the local cop shop.... that is those not tasked to hide behind bushes with speed camera, or park up on the motorway to catch speeders...( we know where all their spots are and slow down! ) --- are making sure they have time to attend to Bikies gatherings or hoons  racing about in make believe super cars so the y can chase them until inevitably they stop after seeing the hoons becoming embedded in a tree up the road. That  hoon now stuck in a bedroom or a tree depending on luck...suddenly gets the attention of at least 5 or 6 police cars and a guaranteed spot on 7 news! I think they get attendance money for some  jobs.  Sadly an older guy  living near us, died in  the night... three police cars and two ambulances  arrived. We thought everybody in the house was dead. 

So if you want to check out what its like living in  in Aussie... just imagine  you are moving to WestWorld.....    but in truth for all the s**t that  goes on.... we would NOT  move back to the UK

On 26/01/2017 at 18:16, Lazy Cow said:

Hi there,

 

I did try to search for this info, but (yes, I'm a sad sack :twitcy:!) didn't manage to find anything, so please be kind...

Friends are going to spend some of their honeymoon in Sydney, this April and I was wondering whether anyone had any suggestions for things to do or see that might not be mooted in the usual tourist guides.

And that's it really :smile: .

Thank you,

LC still in sunny Adelaide, still loving it, still hoping Australia Day will one day move from the 26th January :wubclub:.    

For those who did not know - Arthur Phillip  Aussies First Governor  sent on  three of his fastest ships  in his "First Fleet" to make landfall and find fresh water and a safe anchorage.  The  first ship landed in what  was known as Botany Bay on 18th January - when Phillips arrived and they  reported not finding a decent water supply they left for what we know to day as Circular Quay/Port Jackson and arrive d on..... 26th January...