Laxor

Keep in mind that Orange is proper four season climate with often a few snowfalls each year. The winter minimums are a couple of degrees colder than London and the July maximum is 8-9c

Olympic park is going to pick up in the next decade (a lot of residential and commercial zoning on the way) plus a tram line. But for the moment I agree with the other posters, it wouldn't be very lively.

Pymble is very leafy which would add to it as well. I notice that yesterdays storm brushed most of northern/north western Sydney. Amazing the difference in what Kurnell experienced compared to say, Palm Beach.

Why does Australia do it so much better? Due to the UKs proximity to Europe I'm surprised generally at lack of variety and service. Does it also come down to consumer demand? The coffee in the UK is like what you found in Australia 20 years ago. The pub culture is great but when you have work mates in London raving about the quality of coffee at starbuck's one starts to wonder.

The locals seem like they have a chip on their shoulder and the outer suburbs are awful. Give me the northern suburbs of Sydney any-day.

Not sure if Foxtel differs from state to state. Fox Sports show all premier league games live and about 3 La Liga games a week UCL is shared between SBS (free to air) and ESPN The Championship is on Setanta (was last season anyway) Bundesliga is on Sentanta Channel 10 (free to air) broadcasts F1 There is a motorsport channel on Foxtel called Speed Cant remember where the FA cup is shown however the FA cup final is always on SBS

NRL AFL? Crap atmosphere boring sport.

Anti-siphoning laws mean that free to air networks get first dibs on the World Cup and FA Cup Final. 'Soccer' might not be a big deal in Cairns but its grown significantly sine 2005. 10,000 Australians are going to Brazil, that's more than what England is taking!

How funny!

HMMMM how many people around the world would believe the capital of Australia had 29 days below 0 last winter to English capitals 8ish...

Just on the the guns issue. Campbelltown has its social problems but gun violence isn't one of them. The Greenacre/Bankstown/Lakemba/Punchbowl area is where the majority of the drive by shootings that are on the news have occurred.

The blue mountains does get snow every few years but it doesn't settle for long. Hope someone else can help you further.