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Post by shallowboy on Jan 9, 2006 0:22:54 GMT 10
Hi. Just wonderin if some of the australians here will be able to help me out (i know theyre a lot of em in here!)
Im planning to go on vacation to Australia soon, gold coast and stuff. Just wondering, is it safe now especially for the foreign visitor (asian). coz i was watching CNN a few weeks ago and the racial riot thing was pretty bad. It looked very scary.
I havent been to australia since i was a little kid and so it seems like a nice vacation place, but i hav some doubts. I hope its safe! so leigh, nightflyer and all the other aussies in here, please tell me what the situation is like, before i book tickets and stuff.
And its winter there now right? if i go mid february, hows the weather gonna be like?
thanks dudes!
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Post by shallowboy on Jan 9, 2006 11:51:32 GMT 10
guess noone wants to help me
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Post by christina on Jan 9, 2006 12:38:35 GMT 10
I'd help you shallowboy but Im not australian
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Post by ringworld on Jan 9, 2006 15:32:37 GMT 10
guess noone wants to help me Well, they're probably WORKING at this time and not PLAYING on the computer...hehe... Either way, that should be a cool trip for you...lucky you a lot closer than it would be from here...16+ hours...I must say that they have some of the best candy...a friend and his wife spent 2 weeks in Australia and brought me back a bunch of different candy...and a couple bags of chips (chicken flavored) he said they had hamburger flavored too...hehe...I also got the requisite t-shirt and a jar of Vegemite...wasn't as bad as I imagined...hehe...
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Post by shallowboy on Jan 9, 2006 15:39:06 GMT 10
hehehe we get walkers Roast Chiken flavored chips and Roast Beef Flavored chips. Theyre weird but yummy! MMMM i love vegemite, i havent had some in ages, but its yummy, in a beefy, salty sorta way. You eat it on toast, the best way to eat it! Ill get you something.....dont worry.
When people come back from aussie, they always seem to get me those little Koala bear clip thingys, man ive got 100s. Wanna go to Warner Brothers World, just to live out my movie fetish eheheh get my picture taken in a Batmobile etc heheheh
Hope the aussie people come and post soon, i need all the info i can. Just want it to be a safe trip thats all!
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Post by ringworld on Jan 9, 2006 18:15:13 GMT 10
hehehe we get walkers Roast Chiken flavored chips and Roast Beef Flavored chips. Theyre weird but yummy! MMMM i love vegemite, i havent had some in ages, but its yummy, in a beefy, salty sorta way. You eat it on toast, the best way to eat it! Ill get you something.....dont worry. When people come back from aussie, they always seem to get me those little Koala bear clip thingys, man ive got 100s. Wanna go to Warner Brothers World, just to live out my movie fetish eheheh get my picture taken in a Batmobile etc heheheh Hope the aussie people come and post soon, i need all the info i can. Just want it to be a safe trip thats all! Okay, now I want some of those chips... Yeah, I forgot the koala bear key chain...hehe... Yep, we sure want a safe trip... You will probably see some posts tomorrow...
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Post by nightflyer on Jan 9, 2006 19:28:35 GMT 10
The racial riots? I assume you are talking about the aboriginal riots a while back. If that is what you’re referring to; it was a very isolated incident.
As for safe; I believe so. Where all pretty laid back around here, and in Queensland they'd be even more so; sunny all the time, lots of woman or men for ya, and plenty of alcohol to drink.
At the moment its summer here, which continues officially till the end of Feb, but usually stays warm till March. Although in Queensland it’s usually always warm.
Don’t let any racial thing worry you to much; anywhere can be like that; it just depends on individuals not a nation. So I hope you do come and have some fun.
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Post by shallowboy on Jan 9, 2006 21:52:44 GMT 10
thanks for the info nightflyer...youve been a great help.
Well i was actually talking bout the racial tension between the aussies and the middle easterns (who are still considered asian i guess)
I saw the footage in December on CNN and it looked kinda bad...i just hope it was some isolated cases tho, but it was scary! It really did put me off wanting to go to aussie, but i still wanna give it a go.
Ill be going to the goldcoast...thats in Brisbane or Perth right. Wanna do the whole theme park thing. WB movie world and all the others. Ive heard of Dream World as well, but im not too sure what that is.
So dude, wanna suggest any good places in that area where i should go. Its gonna be a family thing, so just some nice family places, like theme parks, restaurants, places to go shop etc etc!
Kinda excited....its pretty pricey going, but i havent been to a far-off vacation in a while! Thanks nightflyer, your awesome!
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Post by shallowboy on Jan 9, 2006 21:54:22 GMT 10
actually im still sorting out thru brochures and prices, so any help would be much appreciated. My friend, who is a horndog said not to forget the beaches heheeh but im not a beach type person really....im really a kid at heart, so theme parks here i come!
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Post by Leigh on Jan 9, 2006 23:02:51 GMT 10
btw, it's KOALA, not koala bear ... and if u come to aussieland, u gotta come to melbourne
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Post by actor101 on Jan 10, 2006 4:57:43 GMT 10
There ya go Shallowboy. Take Leigh up on his offer. I heard Melbourne is a nice place to visit. If i get a chance to go i will sure visit there.
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Post by nightflyer on Jan 10, 2006 9:02:10 GMT 10
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Post by ringworld on Jan 10, 2006 9:27:34 GMT 10
btw, it's KOALA, not koala bear ... and if u come to aussieland, u gotta come to melbourne Worse part is that I know that...not a bear, it's a marsupial...
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Post by shallowboy on Jan 10, 2006 13:20:02 GMT 10
thanks for all your help guys!!!! I appreciate it a lot! And thanks for the links nightflyer and for the kind offer Leigh! Ok, i just came back from the travel agents, and man, been sifting thru prices. Theyre so frikking expensive, theyre like SOOOO expensive. Im so sad I really wanna go for a nice cool holiday, but I dont know if ive gotta end up going to somewhere in asia after all. I mean its sooo much cheaper here in asia, but i wanna go somewhere outside of asia, I would so love to go to Disneyland in Hong Kong or Japan, but im not too sure with the chinese new year holidays coming up if everything will be shut! Im still hoping for aussie tho, but dudes, its WAY too expensive. Gonna break my bank for this one! ANd i wanna get a koala for ringy! bear or not! I wanna get him one to keep him company on those lonely nights hehe
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Post by Leigh on Jan 10, 2006 13:28:18 GMT 10
come to Aussieland and keep ME company on my lonely nights ...
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