So I'm moving to Australia...

[bj229r]

Wait until you get there and get a phone there.

yup....do they even HAVE Verizon or Sprint there? On the other hand, friend of mine had a verizon phone,dropped the account, and had a NEW company unlock it over the air and reprogram it? Would not have thought that possible

[-tronski-]

the only tips I can give you is:

• Always swim between the flags
• Only tourists and the english drink Fosters...up the in QLD (Queensland) they drink this horrible rubbish called XXXX (four ex) which is the left overs from real beer which they ship north to the fools up there! Try Extra dry or the ubiquitos VB (Victoria Bitter) or Carlton branded beers if you can get it up there
• There are dangerous snakes and spiders that can inhabit the suburbs - but your more likely to get run over by a rogue Koala high on exstacy
• Australia is not an "eastern" country, but you be based in the eastern states
• Americans are very well liked, sometimes even the loud ones...but most places cant stand dickheads....(we mostly save that for the locals) 
• Footy (football) is Rugby League or AFL (Australian Rules football)...and in QLD it can be a religious experience. Spouting off about how good any other sport can be is a clear violation of the no dickhead rule
• Its a ute not a truck
• If you can't take a joke - dont come to Australia
• Always swim between the flags

 Tronsky

[macerxgp]

If you like guns, don't go there. You can have one... But you need all manner of licenses, and STILL you gotta leave it at the range. Plus, a lot of em have to have a giant bolt welded to the bottom and attached to chains when you shoot. 

[Oogly50]

I'm 14 so I don't plan on drinking beer any time soon... (Atleast, not as much as any normal alcoholic would...   )

I'm pretty psyched to go up there though... ESPECIALLY the girls there... 

[MajWoody]

It's not "up there" it's dan unda.   

[SPKmes]

I'm 14 so I don't plan on drinking beer any time soon... (Atleast, not as much as any normal alcoholic would...   )

I'm pretty psyched to go up there though... ESPECIALLY the girls there... 

the girls there are quite nice.....til they talk that is.

[Xasthur]

^^^ Hahahahaha, that's pretty funny coming from a Kiwi! 

Wow.... mention Australia and all you guys can do is cry about how scared you are of the bloody insects here!

Stop being such wusses, you big girls. We have fly spray and other insecticides in this country... funnily enough... they work!

I get redback spiders at my house sometimes.... They're bigger than average spiders and the big red stripe suggests that they might be deadly... so just stay away from them or unleash chemical warfare on the area from which they came from. If you keep up a fairly regular insecticide surface spray around your windows, doors and other openings you will not have a problem with 'deadly' creatures.

The beaches are always clearly signed when dangerous jellyfish and sharks are around. If you take Tronksi's advice and always swim between the flags at beaches with lifeguards no harm will come to you. I did surf lifesaving when I was a kid... was at the beach all the time... never had a problem. Don't be like all the damn fool tourists who ignore the flags... our beaches are dangerous. The flags denote the safest area of the beach in which to swim and help the life guards keep a track on you. If you get in trouble, stay calm, tread water and raise your arm. Help will come swiftly.

Australians don't have a problem with Americans.... as long as they aren't loud-mouthed, obnoxious bananas.... and many are. I find it worst when a group of Americans travel together... they seem to encourage each other to make a scene of themselves and talk absolute rubbish. Having said that, I doubt many people will give you a serious hard time about being a yank if you're a good kid. If you're a knob jockey then you may have issues... but that will be to do with being a knob.

Someone already said this too... learn to take a joke and also understand that you will be called 'mate' by everyone from your best friends to complete strangers.

Australia is typically a pretty laid back place, especially the Gold Coast.... Not the best place in the country to live but one of the best for a holiday.

Also, as you'll be playing AH in a completely different time zone you should try looking up some of the Aussie and Kiwi players.... good bunch of guys and I'm sure the Raw Prawns wouldn't mind you flying with us.... provided your voice isn't at a pitch that will make us cringe and you don't talk relentless crap like most other kids...

We fly Rooks and you'll recognise our accents immediately... it sticks out like dogs' balls when there are yanks on with us.

Australia is a good place... just don't forget your sunscreen.

[Vulcan]

Vulcan, in your super american geocentric world, Australia is west.

But, since the world is identified spatially using the Greenwich (Prime) meridian (Zero degrees), you'll notice that Australia is EAST.  This is why the oriental countries are know as "The Far East"

I'm sorry your education has failed you, but the young man moving was correct in his assessment as Australia being an EASTERN country.  Perhaps you might learn prior to trying to be a jerk to someone.

According to your stunning assessment then France is an Eastern country, as is Germany, Finland Norway, Italy and so forth.

Maybe you should try dictionary.com:
east⋅ern     [ee-stern]   
6.   (usually initial capital letter) Oriental.

western     [wes-tern] 
6.   (usually initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the non-Communist countries of Europe and the Americas: Western trade agreements.

westernize       (wěs'tər-nīz')
tr.v.   west·ern·ized, west·ern·iz·ing, west·ern·iz·es
To convert to the customs of Western civilization.
west'ern·i·za'tion (wěs'tər-nĭ-zā'shən) n.

By definition NZ and Australia would call themselves Western countries, only a complete idiot would use that map to decide if a country was Western or Eastern.

[Angus]

And yet Australia is on the same longitude as the far east....roughly.
Buti it's a western country. And they have Crocodile Dundee 

[DiabloTX]

only a complete idiot would use that map to decide if a country was Western or Eastern.

Well, consider who he is, it comes with his posts.

[thrila]

I hope you enjoy thongs, oz guys wear them all the time- especially on the beach.  One of the first things you do will be to buy a pair.

[Oogly50]

Wherever Australia is.... east, west, south, WHATEVER.  The point is I'm going there...  It's really no big deal to me.  Vulcan, you can relax now. 

Xasthur, thanks for the offer, but my internet has seen better days and now I'm a warp magnet.  I stopped playing AH about a few months ago.  When I get into Australia I'll see if I can get back in the mood for Aces High.  How is the internet connection down there? 

[Dragon]

I sent my daughter to Australia for 3 weeks 2 years ago with a group called People to People.  They traveled along the west coast from the Great Barrier Reef down to the island with the penquins.  Although it cost us close to 9 Large, she loved every bit of it.  They were there in July (Stephanie turned 11 on the 10th while they were there) and it was winter time in the southern hemisphere.  The memories and the pics are worth more than anything to her.  Good luck down under.  Life is a bit different down there, the food, activities, sports, school, but they do tend to like people from the States.  As to the phone, talk to your friends in the states via Yahoo or something or get a phone card or 2 before you leave.  Whereabouts are you going to be living?  You are going to have to learn Cricket and Rugby, good luck with the first one.  LOL.  Keep in touch Oogly.

 

[john9001]

careful the swagman don't grab your tucker and run off to the billabong.

[Fugita]

Oogly50, watch the movie "Wolf Creek" before you go.