So.... reasons why wouldnt you go to australia?

[General Twinkletoes]

People oppose better internet?

But... why?

You probably know most of this already but it's basically the Opposition declaring "Fibre is expensive and outdated, we can just use mobile broadband for baseload!" and the public responding "That sounds reasonable! Stop wasting our money on fibre!" without having much understanding of the limitations of mobile broadband, or how easy it is to upgrade a fibre network.

In addition it's a government-run business, which means that the wholesale prices will be enough to make back the $50 billion in x number of years, at which point they sell the business and make money. Apparently according to some rules somewhere, because it's guaranteed a return eventually it doesn't have to be accounted for in the budget, and it's evidently really easy to rile people up about expensive investments that aren't in the budget.

That's just a whole load of stupid. Australia is a pretty damn rich country compared to most, and you can get better internet is a lot of poorer countries. Why must the government be run by such old people who don't realise the internet is very useful

 

[ShadowsofHope]

Mainly just the massive spiders keeping me from ever stepping foot on Australia.

I'd have at least 50 heart attacks in the course of one week, likely. And if I died from any of them, that'd simply be luck, as I'd no longer have to have to share land mass with any of them..

 

[njrk97]

1)
2) Every animal can kick your ass.

dont worry us autralians will protect you as you shop for our overprice souvenirs
or saxon hale if the situation gets too out of hand(giant godzilla spider out of hand)

 

[Arakasi]

-Fucking hot weather. Its not as common as its made out to be in media, but damn, when it gets hot, it gets hot.
-Spiders. Bastards will invade anywhere, mostly huntsmans, but damn they're annoying.
-Racism. Too common, I despise it.
-Culture. If you like beaches,BBQs and beer you are fine, if you don't, welcome to hell.
-Government. Ever wonder what its like to have a douche and a turd running for Prime Minister?
-Accents. I don't know if its just me, but it hits my ears like a chainsaw blade.
-Videogame prices/censorship. You only really have to worry about censorship (but not really, because not that many games are censored) because you can easily get cheap ($60 instead of $110) from the internet. [www.ozgameshop.com] But if you want to buy a game from a shop, yeah, avoid Australia.


I should add that I have lived here my whole life.
Not a fan.
Though, I can't imagine it being that much better anywhere else.

 

[Auron225]

Because I don't want to die =D In all seriousness, I would like to visit it someday - but I don't want to live there cus I wanna live somewhere else.

 

[Soviet Steve]

That one is easy - It's way too hot there.

 

[Galletea]

1 It is way too hot for me.
2 Censorship pisses me off.
3 Games cost too much.
4 Invasive spiders. Not scared they're going to kill me, but they piss me off, building their webs and being in my house and making me jump.
5 It is too hot.

 

[BathorysGraveland]

Well I live in Australia and the main reason I wouldn't come here if I lived elsewhere would be the speech. The fucking accent and the slang-language are horrible. Annoys my ears to no end.

 

[Supertegwyn]

Reason I wouldn't go? I cannot be arsed to sit on a plane for a total of 24hours.

24 hours? It's a 12 hour flight from here to London (last time I did it)

OT: I already live here, so I wouldn't not go to where I am

 

[Supertegwyn]

People oppose better internet?

But... why?

You probably know most of this already but it's basically the Opposition declaring "Fibre is expensive and outdated, we can just use mobile broadband for baseload!" and the public responding "That sounds reasonable! Stop wasting our money on fibre!" without having much understanding of the limitations of mobile broadband, or how easy it is to upgrade a fibre network.

In addition it's a government-run business, which means that the wholesale prices will be enough to make back the $50 billion in x number of years, at which point they sell the business and make money. Apparently according to some rules somewhere, because it's guaranteed a return eventually it doesn't have to be accounted for in the budget, and it's evidently really easy to rile people up about expensive investments that aren't in the budget.

That's just a whole load of stupid. Australia is a pretty damn rich country compared to most, and you can get better internet is a lot of poorer countries. Why must the government be run by such old people who don't realise the internet is very useful

The government are FOR good internet, it's the opposition who are against the NBN.

 

[TheLizardKing]

My advice for tourists.

There are ALOT of dickheads around here and if its on a Thursday - Saturday do not even consider going to a bar/pub/nightclub , because of the massive amounts of drunken idiots looking for a fight. This applies to pretty much every town/city here (There are a few exceptions, but not many in my experience).

Shitty weather 95% of the time

There really isn't anything interesting here except for Uluru, but even that is stretching it a bit.

Ridiculous prices on things. It's ok for us because we get paid quite a bit but for a tourist it would seem expensive (I'm not sure if this is true, but I've read a lot of complaints on here from people from other countries about their wages).

But, uhh, the food is nice, i suppose. Maybe visiting here would be nice but living here Isn't.

 

[WalrusPowers]

1 It is way too hot for me.
2 Censorship pisses me off.
3 Games cost too much.
4 Invasive spiders. Not scared they're going to kill me, but they piss me off, building their webs and being in my house and making me jump.
5 It is too hot.

1 Live in Melbourne.
2 Getting fixed soon. Hopefully.
3 http://www.ozgameshop.com/
4 This, I agree with. Centipede crawled up the drain while I was doing dishes once. Ugh.
5 Air con, dude. Also Melbourne.

There really isn't anything interesting here except for Uluru, but even that is stretching it a bit.

Carnarvon Gorge. Oh, the memories.
http://www.carnarvongorge.com/

Carlo Sand Blow in Rainbow Beach
http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.9638091.5324/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg

OMG PLATYPUS
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xxc93whR1qm8fzgo1_500.jpg

 

[FamoFunk]

Reason I wouldn't go? I cannot be arsed to sit on a plane for a total of 24hours.

24 hours? It's a 12 hour flight from here to London (last time I did it)

OT: I already live here, so I wouldn't not go to where I am

What the hell did you fly on lol?

I flew to NZ in October and it was a total of 22.5 hours plus 4 hours waiting in Singapore, I can only assume to get to Australia would knock off a few hours depending where in each place you went.

 

[Muspelheim]

I'd love to go to Australia sometime. But... Yeah, spiders. I really don't like spiders, not when they're bigger than a fivecrown coin, at least. And with my luck, a horde of incredibly rare Bloodsucking Demonspiders will no doubt jump me as I step off the plane.

Also, the heat. I've been to Egypt a few times, and the heat was... Managable, but I certainly don't like that baking warmth. And I went there during the cool period, I can't imagine how it'd be during full summer. And I doubt Australia would be much better. I'd have to lace blocks of deep frozen fish from the supermarket to my head.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

Pretty much because of snakes. I'm scared shitless of them, so if I by coincidence happened across one, I'd shiver all over and run the fuck out of there.