20-01-2006, 09:01 AM
...I looked further into this , as discussed with Hagar ( and others );
the Forums devoted to SAfricans in Australia seem to indicate that there are a great many of them : less than ecstatic , about the fab barbies'n'beers lyfestile Down Under ; many struggle financially ( long-term ) , the others acknowledge that whatever Australia might be , it never will be S.Africa , the others yet : seem unhappy with the cost of accomodation , the kreepy-krawlies up one's legs , the simpleton preoccupation of locals with sheilas and lager and with the few sports and games ( all invented by the English ! ) which all usually end up with yet more lagers and barbies...
If anything , it seems to me that it is the retired Brits , rather , who really fit superbly-well into that life there , the ones who like hunting and shooting and fishing and mowing the lawns...
...provided that the financial side is all O.K. , including the ongoing compulsory private medical cover , for as long as one lives there ( and it certainly ain't cheap ! ).
the Forums devoted to SAfricans in Australia seem to indicate that there are a great many of them : less than ecstatic , about the fab barbies'n'beers lyfestile Down Under ; many struggle financially ( long-term ) , the others acknowledge that whatever Australia might be , it never will be S.Africa , the others yet : seem unhappy with the cost of accomodation , the kreepy-krawlies up one's legs , the simpleton preoccupation of locals with sheilas and lager and with the few sports and games ( all invented by the English ! ) which all usually end up with yet more lagers and barbies...
If anything , it seems to me that it is the retired Brits , rather , who really fit superbly-well into that life there , the ones who like hunting and shooting and fishing and mowing the lawns...
...provided that the financial side is all O.K. , including the ongoing compulsory private medical cover , for as long as one lives there ( and it certainly ain't cheap ! ).