"Screw Working in Staines"

Fuzz · 4 Feb 2008 at 13:49

MikeHunt79 said:
Do they drive on the left in Aus?

Yup they do, I've driven from Sydney up to Cairns. :cool:

MikeHunt79 · 4 Feb 2008 at 14:32

nokinidea said:
Yup they do, I've driven from Sydney up to Cairns.

Nice...

Also, I know it was mentioned that property prices were lower, I was also wondering how wages would compare to say London... I'd imagine they'll be lower, but I'm kind of curious on how it compares.

cheets64 · 4 Feb 2008 at 16:17

The grass is not always greener on the other side.

Cr0fty · 4 Feb 2008 at 16:24

cheets64 said:
The grass is not always greener on the other side.

Of course! It depends which side you are stood on

Gilly · 4 Feb 2008 at 16:28

The grass is usually not greener on the other side.

Azagoth · 4 Feb 2008 at 16:34

Gilly said:
Yup, and nasty weather and lot and lots of things that can kill you.

So true, and then you run into the sea to avoid the snakes and spiders and you're still in the proverbial faecal matter!

Fuzz · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:03

Azagoth said:
So true, and then you run into the sea to avoid the snakes and spiders and you're still in the proverbial faecal matter!

Ay, jump in the`water in Perth and a Great White will chew your leg off
Jump in around Cairns and the Box Jellies will sting ya to death
Further noth and the Salt water crocs will drag you under

Such a nice place.

To be serious though, I spent 4 months out there travelling around, scuba diving and mountain exploring and the closest encounter I had was a bronze whaler shark circling me on a night dive.
I remember on one 4x4 excursion it came to an abrupt halt as a rare and dangerous snake was heading home across our path.
The hotel I stayed in in Cairns had moohasive spiders in some of the undergrowth, I never found out whether they were dangerous or not. They didn't try and get in the apartment so they stayed alive.

The wages are a lot lower over there but everything is in proportion, so if you go over with a tidy lump sum, you should be able to live quite comfortably.

JaffaJedi · 4 Feb 2008 at 18:48

I Liked working in Staines, until my job and 150 other jobs emigrated to Poland

My Sister lives in Sydney and loves it (7years now)

Fuzz · 4 Feb 2008 at 19:01

Found a pic of that spidey outside the hotel.

No idea whether it was dangerous or not but I wasn't going to poke it and find out!!

The husband was about the size of our normal small spiders over here. :eek:

JaffaJedi · 4 Feb 2008 at 19:22

Thats the only thing that puts me off Oz ^^

Amp34 · 4 Feb 2008 at 19:26

Evangelion said:
Nope. 99% of Australians are immigrants themselves. My own father was English.

Hu, hum..

Fixed...

Vanilla · 4 Feb 2008 at 19:52

RDM said:
Yes, and in New Zealand. Though New Zealand has a really odd rule about giving way to someone turning right if you are turning left...

Yup, if you are about to turn left and someone coming at you wants to turn down the same street you let them go first. I guess it removes a few delays to the people behind that car.