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nomadic1


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Tomorrow, June 10, marks 50 years since I landed (as a very young girl you understand) in Australia.  When I landed the tallest building in Sydney was the AMP building (now known as the OLD AMP building).  Nowadays you can't even find it - it's dwarfed by its neighbours.  Anyways, as you might have guessed, I'm having some very nice Australian wine to celebrate.

Cheers everyone!



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Good on ya Lynda, and I recon we have been better off by having you here too. Don't have too much of that wine , you know what happens when you do..........Enjoy..Sarg.

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Have a great day Lynda and enjoy that wine.

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Happy Anniversary Lynda. May all your travels be good ones

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Happy Anniversary ten pound pom! Enjoy your day.

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I remember that AMP building when it was new... and I was 20ish. Congrats nomadic. Have a glass for me too.

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Thanks for all your kind words. I have had a good day wandering around Airlie Beach. And I've had an adequate amount of wine - and thoroughly enjoyed it too.

Ruth, happy anniversary to you too.

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Now I'll have to tell them I was a 10 pound pom too! Here's the riddle: I was born in Australia, I moved to England, I came back as a 10 pound pom! (2 days before nomadic1)
In those days my Dad discovered that if you had been out of Australia for more than 5 years and resident in a Commonwealth country for at least 3 of them, you could migrate to Australia. Now is that mad or not?

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Happy Anniversary to you both!

I know somebody who came to Australia from England on a tourist visa, got a job within a week and is still here after 50 years.

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I have a feeling we've met that person.

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I giggle to think nowadays they'd have him locked up in a detention centre as an illegal immigrant biggrin. My Dad came out in 1923 and was never naturalised yet always voted... things have definitely changed.



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And my Dad was here from 1946 and ditto to the above.

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