DeltaJockey wrote:GregC wrote:DeltaJockey wrote:I'm always entertained by how little the rest of the world knows about the real Australia.
Unfortunately, with our connected world, that notion is quickly disappearing!
I am sure your country is great and diverse. Keep in mind there are 39 million Californians, many who might be interested in moving
Yes diverse is the word! Most overseas people know Australia for it's beaches , deserts and rainforests. I used to live in the mountains of the south where my kids were born with many feet of snow around the house, but the majority of Aussies live in cities and suburbs, with "large shopping centres and freeways". We are one of the most urbanised populations in the world. You are most welcome to join the party Greg
, plenty of diverse living environments to choose from!
I didn't get to see that many beaches. I Spent most of my time in the outback at Woomera, but on various customer or company visits did get to Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle (DoD Customer was based there) and Melbourne, so I did a few places on the East and South coast, but never the West and North.
You realise what a large country Oz is when your 10 hours into a 14 hour flight from Abu Dhabi, you want to get off the plane, you are just crossing the west coast and then realise you have another four hours of flight to Sydney! And you'll spend about three hours watching desert with the odd highway.
I loved my time down under. Made a lot of friends in the customer community and a lot of hard partying in Woomera (not much else to do there when you're not working....
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I was out there long enough on one trip (two months) that when I got back to Wales my missus accused my of having caught the accent.
And I found myself saying "dahta" instead of "dayta"
