It's the best country in the world, it's where I was born, it's my home, I miss it like I'd miss an arm, and I cannot wait to get back there. The snakes and spiders stuff is not a major issue. Personally I think our accents are lovely, but I wouldn't say they were sexy on us girls like one of the other reviewers did. It's a much more cheerful, optimistic country than England certainly is (I don't know about Scotland), we do have good beaches, and our winters will make you laugh and laugh and laugh.
But, like everyone knows, for gaming it sucks. Also, it has this illusion of being an absolute paradise of a wonderful country, but that's really not the truth. We've been in drought for years, so you basically are not allowed to use water for anything but drinking and washing yourself and your clothing (seriously. cars don't get washed for months). It suffers from bush fires on a yearly basis. Summer temperatures get to the mid-40s and anybody who doesn't use sunscreen during those months is considered a fucking idiot. If religion bothers you, it's quite a religious country, particularly in certain parts of Sydney. The beaches get sharks, blue-bottles and box jellyfish, it is mostly desert, it takes ages to get anywhere, and it is far away from every other country that has a proper connection to it that's older than 50 years old. Our prime minister is also a tosser.
If I wasn't Australian I probably wouldn't want to live there myself, and as much as England pisses me off, for those points that I've just mentioned I must say here is a nice alternative. I love Australia and I really love that I'm Australian, but do not go there thinking that it's a country without faults.
And yeah, keep the Scottish accent. We like them. Well I like them. More than the generic Southern British accent that has started to grind at my skull.
