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I Hate Living In Australia

Get Me Out Of Here!!

By: An EP User
Written on February 17th, 2013
I have been here 5 years. It has been the most torrid and deflating time of my life. I have lived in a few countries around the world and nowhere compares to this despot of a place. It is over regulated, over priced, and unfortunately over rated. They sell a place with a fair go attitude.............that just does not exist. Your experience and qualifications are useless, unless you pay high fees to have them recognised.Then it doesnt m,atter. The decent jobs are 'reserved' for friends and mates. They take delight in putting you down at every opportunity. However their sense of humour quickly evapourates when you fire back. They take and take, with both hands and truly are racist. They call this the ' Lucky Country!' That was actually a tongue in cheek quote penned by an Australian. He was saying and they dont get it that its a bloody good job we have the resources we do or we would be f....d!!!
I have advice for anyone reading this or contemplating coming here. First of all dont come here. Do not beleive the bull **** they say about jobs jobs jobs. They are here but you will not earn enought to live well. They will suck you into buying a crap hole of a house for the price of a mansion and then hit you with any number of fees and bills. The driving is shocking. They have no manners or culture to speak of and in general they dont want you here, just the cash you have.
Yes I have had enough of it here and will be leaving asap. Im lucky I have dual citizenship of other countries. I will be leaving with a smile and thank f..k thats over.
People wake up..............this place sucks big time.

Thank God for this forum.
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    Paulkfc
    Paulkfc

    I hope that you've managed to find a better place by now. I can only imagine that you ended up in Sydney - a horrible place despite it's international image.
    I'm an Australian who's tried to make a go of Sydney for the last couple of years but I have to admit your description is apt. Over priced, unfriendly and basically a waste of time. Jobs for mates and everyone else be damned.
    I'm leaving also - enough is enough.
    Good luck to you

    May 14
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    tommy4711
    tommy4711

    This place is so bad and you have been here for 5 years?
    Why are you still here?

    Mar 23
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    Flurgie
    Flurgie

    You have hit the nail on the head here, I could not put it better myself . Luckly for me I got out december last year

    Mar 22
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      Spankerr
      Spankerr

      How long were you here for Flurgie ?

      Mar 23
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    Spankerr
    Spankerr

    Did Aus make you insane ? How is NZ ? Is it a different ambience ? Yes, I will be leaving. Without a doubt before the end of 2013. I have started selling everything. :)

    Mar 14
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      australiablows
      australiablows

      How could it not? It has tried at every point and turn to do so.

      Mar 14
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      australiablows
      australiablows

      NZ is ******* fantastic.

      Mar 14
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      australiablows
      australiablows

      Personally if you had the choice between ******* nz or some other country, I would choose ANY other country besides NZ or AU

      Mar 14
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      australiablows
      australiablows

      They still have bogans, and even worse, they have bogan gangs there, take a look at the figures of how many NZ young people are leaving in droves.

      Mar 14
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      australiablows
      australiablows

      But NZ is still a stop-gap measure, it is still a ****** up place to live.

      Mar 14
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      australiablows
      australiablows

      http://thinkingshift.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/how-to-spot-a-bogan/

      Mar 14
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    australiablows
    australiablows

    Move to New Zealand, its easy to do, please do it before you go insane like I did.

    Mar 14
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    Spankerr
    Spankerr

    I have never been able to work out why it feels this way. Maybe because it started out as a penal colony and therefore there were the rulers and the ruled. The resentful timid but angry prisoners and the bullying guards. Maybe it all grew from there. In the 1970s we saw the introduction of the seatbelt laws - good on the surface and seemingly a benefit to society, but when you accept that it is someone else's right to make decisions for you and you only have to follow the rules ............. maybe that leads to a place like this where every thing you do is regulated and defined by some authority. you loose something of what it means to be human when you cannot take responsibility for your own decisions..........................................

    Mar 4
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      muffett
      muffett

      this country is a police state, aussies are apathetic, they have no passion about this country....... laws are passed and aussies just dont care..... there is no freedom here, it is a lie ... this place is expensive and conservative .....over controlled and lacks passion.....maybe it does stem from the colony and white guilt .....

      Mar 4
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    muffett
    muffett

    i was born here, i have travelled to many places and spent 2 years in the middle east. I cant stand this country it is banal. people are rude it is backward and insular. I want to move OS to taste life again. so i am a true blue aussie ....and i agree with all of you ...leave while you can ,

    Mar 4
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    andalusie
    andalusie

    that's is so true!!! i have been here for almost a year and I can honestly say that compared to all the other places I lived at this place totally sucks..!
    i am leaving in two months and can't wait. Looking down on Brisbane from the plane flying back to Europe will be one of the happiest days of my life.

    Mar 4
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    Spankerr
    Spankerr

    When we were applying for emigration I felt positive and full of hope. I had no negative ideas about Australia at all. I was looking forward to all the good things I imagined we would find and enjoy and I was looking forward to being part of this society. But once we got here, it didn't take long for that "feel good" factor to evaporate. Not long at all. I would suggest to any person considering moving to Australia, that they take an extended visit first. But during this visit, remember not to confuse their superficial "friendliness" ( while they are taking money from you ) with genuine humanity and warmth. Try to strike up a meaningful conversation. Try to find out how someone actually FEELS about something. See if you can make people laugh WITH you in a genuine sense rather than AT someone or something.

    Feb 18
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    doriseena
    doriseena

    I felt exactly the same, we were ripped off, never made an ozzie friend, when I complained to my husband, he said I was not trying enough, well do I need to try this hard. We left and I have never looked back. I will never return...but you are right clicky, jobs for them..regardless of your experience...humourless, shallow, backstabbers..before I moved there I had no reason to hate them...I do now.

    Feb 18
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      Spankerr
      Spankerr

      how long were you in Oz for ?

      Feb 18
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    Spankerr
    Spankerr

    So many people report similar experiences of their time in Oz. If you are thinking of emigrating to this country, read what is written in this forum. I used to think it was only me who felt this way. Not any more, not since I found this forum. I now know there is nothing wrong with me. I am simply incompatible with a place that is full of deceit, cynicism and superficiality. Tell everyone you know. It is also interesting that this forum exists. There is nothing else of a similar vein, regarding any other country.

    Feb 17
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