Heres one for the Discovery Channel likers - Nature

Rez · Post by **Rez** » Wed 7th Jun 2006 10:55 pm

Doog · Post by **Doog** » Thu 8th Jun 2006 08:58 pm

Australia is absolutely rife with all kinds of crawling, flying wildlife and those crabs get everywhere (mostly coastal regions though).

Gives a whole new meaning to nipping out for a bit.

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Thu 8th Jun 2006 09:00 pm

That's me only problem with Oz doog. Everything with a pulse can kill you.

Home to all the worlds most poisonous critters!

Doog · Post by **Doog** » Thu 8th Jun 2006 09:29 pm

Probably the main reason why my parents decided to stay here even after they both retired with bloody good pensions.

I can't afford to go back (and I wouldn't without my parents while they are still alive).

They devote their lives to yours at the start so it's only fair that you devote your life to theirs at the end.

Rez · Post by **Rez** » Thu 8th Jun 2006 09:36 pm

Doog wrote:I can't afford to go back (and I wouldn't without my parents while they are still alive).

They devote their lives to yours at the start so it's only fair that you devote your life to theirs at the end.

Will you go back one day Doog, to stay ? What accent do you have ?

Doog · Post by **Doog** » Thu 8th Jun 2006 09:51 pm

I am an only child and I have no relatives here so it would be a very hard decision. Our house here is bought and paid for so it would pass on to me and I would be the one to decide whether or not to sell it and move on.

I would most likely go back to Australia to stay because I still speak with an accent (thanks to my parents) and I am still patriotic towards the country of my birth (a lot more so than I am towards Scotland and also thanks to my parents)

I do have friends here but they all have families (wives and kids) so I would wish em all good luck and see where the wind takes me.

I am single and will probably remain single while I am still here.

Rez · Post by **Rez** » Thu 8th Jun 2006 09:59 pm

wow... how does the cost of living compare... if you sold the house here, with the money what could you buy...?

Doog · Post by **Doog** » Thu 8th Jun 2006 10:17 pm

Cost of living is cheaper compared to the UK and I could easily afford a NICE city centre apartment.

It's a couple of years away and it won't happen overnight after the process begins but it will happen.

JW · Post by JW » Thu 8th Jun 2006 11:44 pm

Thats alot of crabs man