all people who live in Australia (the lucky country) are truly blessed with health,quality education, above average levels of home ownership and wealth and many of us are lucky enough to own a caravan and spend time touring this beautiful country, yes we are very blessed.
Yuglamron said
09:18 AM Oct 3, 2012
Heard someone on the Ray Hadley show yesterday saying his wife had just returned from a European holiday.Said that she could buy a TV dinner in the UK for less than a dollar Australian.The same meal here was nearly $6 I Wonder about the quality of the meal though.
Funny that she never mentioned petrol which two weeks ago was One Pound Eighty Pence per Litre. I was told by someone just back from holiday
With the Aussie dollar buying sixty pence.....................I'll let you do the math.
I think you have to buy a TV licence just to watch TV over tthere too .Over a Hundred Pounds.
I will have to Google that and find out the exact cost.
Done it's, 145 Pounds Fifty Pence just to watch a TV and beleive it or not you can still buy a licence to watch Black and White TV for 49 Pounds.
Yes we do live in the "Lucky country."
Cheers
Trevor
-- Edited by Yuglamron on Wednesday 3rd of October 2012 09:27:38 AM
_wombat_ said
02:00 PM Oct 3, 2012
Australia the lucky country, how often do you hear that? Having travelled all over the world I know this is true, people complain about the cost of fuel here in Aus, I say to those people go overseas and then come back and tell me that, I bet you will not.
bill12 said
02:20 PM Oct 3, 2012
Now you know why there are so many Poms over here. Its not just the weather, is the wages ans lifestyles. You drive from on end of UKto the other in one day-try that in OZ!But I must admit its a great place to visit with the dollar so high. See ya soon, Bill
-- Edited by bill12 on Wednesday 3rd of October 2012 02:22:42 PM
Cruising Cruze said
02:32 PM Oct 3, 2012
so true Wombat
Cruising Cruze said
02:36 PM Oct 3, 2012
we are so grateful that we came to this lovely country
John
gypsy rover said
02:19 PM Oct 4, 2012
My parents had the choice of Canada, South Africa or Australia when they emigrated. I thank my lucky stars they chose Australia.
Cheers!
Chris
glassies said
05:32 AM Oct 9, 2012
Me too my parents were ten pound poms and we were freebies dad went back after 2 years and mum stayed on ,we did it tough but one thing im grateful of is mum Could never afford to go back to england with four kids im soooo glad so we Stayed put and mum is so pleased because at first she hated it due to missing her family
All good now mum met someone else we all grew up moved out of home so shes gotten on With her life and us with ours
john
Heard someone on the Ray Hadley show yesterday saying his wife had just returned from a European holiday.Said that she could buy a TV dinner in the UK for less than a dollar Australian.The same meal here was nearly $6 I Wonder about the quality of the meal though.
Funny that she never mentioned petrol which two weeks ago was One Pound Eighty Pence per Litre. I was told by someone just back from holiday
With the Aussie dollar buying sixty pence.....................I'll let you do the math.
I think you have to buy a TV licence just to watch TV over tthere too .Over a Hundred Pounds.
I will have to Google that and find out the exact cost.
Done it's, 145 Pounds Fifty Pence just to watch a TV and beleive it or not you can still buy a licence to watch Black and White TV for 49 Pounds.
Yes we do live in the "Lucky country."
Cheers
Trevor
-- Edited by Yuglamron on Wednesday 3rd of October 2012 09:27:38 AM
Australia the lucky country, how often do you hear that? Having travelled all over the world I know this is true, people complain about the cost of fuel here in Aus, I say to those people go overseas and then come back and tell me that, I bet you will not.
Now you know why there are so many Poms over here. Its not just the weather, is the wages ans lifestyles. You drive from on end of UKto the other in one day-try that in OZ!But I must admit its a great place to visit with the dollar so high. See ya soon, Bill
-- Edited by bill12 on Wednesday 3rd of October 2012 02:22:42 PM
John
My parents had the choice of Canada, South Africa or Australia when they emigrated. I thank my lucky stars they chose Australia.
Cheers!
Chris
2 years and mum stayed on ,we did it tough but one thing im grateful of is mum
Could never afford to go back to england with four kids im soooo glad so we
Stayed put and mum is so pleased because at first she hated it due to missing her family
All good now mum met someone else we all grew up moved out of home so shes gotten on
With her life and us with ours