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If someone visited Australia from any other country

Would it be too expensive to stay for long? Everything is so overpriced in comparison to every other country, but in Australia you make more money, so it balances out to be pretty much the same with every other country. But since you're visiting from a different country and don't get payed as much, it would be really expensive to visit right?
I heard that a soda there costs five dollars, but everywhere else its like maybe a dollar or two. So yea.

Oopse wrong section

May 31, 2013

23 Comments • Newest first

cytherea

Enjoy your brutal death by spiders/snakes/dropbears/redfern dwellers

Reply May 31, 2013
Bleky

[quote=ImSoExotic]Bleky you are just being a racist prick. I think that you shouldn't come to Australia and should just stay in your basement.[/quote]

Wow that's pretty disrespectful and immature.

Reply May 31, 2013
vboyphantom

lol. we get movies 3 months after the release. :C
And things are pretty expensive but we get more money so C:

Reply May 31, 2013
elpanaj8

@onigiri123: :S I didnt knew that ._." I am going to try and be careful on the web x_x from now on

Reply May 31, 2013
onigiri123

@elpanaj8: Unfortunately, the notion of equality has resulted in people needing to become 'racist'. I'm not offended but I know that the jokes are derogatory to some.

Australia is apparently in the top five countries for being the most racist.

Reply May 31, 2013
elpanaj8

[quote=onigiri123]@Bleky:

I am here as a representative for the coloured people. As you can see, I'm a citizen of this country and will not tolerate the attacks on our people.
I am sick and tired of you calling us apes, King Kong, slave etc.[/quote]

u may xcuse every single person that call u in this place that way but i must say something u might feel attacked or even insulted :S but for me a guy who lives in a south america country "VENEZUELA" calling for example negro somebody sometimes and almost every single time is just for love meanins x_x it might sound crazy but in my country the meaning of racism is almost dead to the point where almost every body accepted others no matter what color their skin is :S

Reply May 31, 2013
Williamham

[quote=LlamaBanana]Before the 60s I think they were classified as animals lol.[/quote]

Yes that is true, when Australia was first colonized it was declared terra nullius because the British couldn't see any signs of human life here. The Aboriginal people have been discriminated against ALOT in the past and only very recently are people learning to pay more respect. Bleky, those posts are just disgusting and plain rude.

Reply May 31, 2013
LlamaBanana

[quote=Bleky]Do you guys keep the abbos on leashes too? I'd be kinda scared with them walking around in the open.[/quote]

Before the 60s I think they were classified as animals lol.

Reply May 31, 2013
xd34throwz

I'm from Melbourne

Reply May 31, 2013
onigiri123

@Bleky:

I am here as a representative for the coloured people. As you can see, I'm a citizen of this country and will not tolerate the attacks on our people.
I am sick and tired of you calling us apes, King Kong, slave etc.

Reply May 31, 2013
ryuushinou

@Cronske: Okay I'm horrible with geography.. I totally meant South Asia such as Indians and Sri Lankans.

Reply May 31, 2013
iBattleMages

My sister is in Australia right now with her boyfriend. My sister's originally Canadian. She says it is expensive, but she enjoys it there.

Reply May 31, 2013
onigiri123

[quote=Biccy15754]Don't come to Melbourne. Everything here is definitely overpriced[/quote]
But the weather's great! I've worked on my tan for the past two days. So sunny and nice.

Wages and prices are higher relative to America.

And that Indigenous joke...why.

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ryuushinou

[quote=Cronske]There's really not that many. Most of them are In the Northen Territory anyway. It's mostly Lebanese, Asians and Greeks in Sydney/Melbourne.[/quote]

You forgot the middle eastern people. I've noticed a significant increase of their population in my area(Syndey)...

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bubblecup118

[quote=Bleky]Do you guys keep the abbos on leashes too? I'd be kinda scared with them walking around in the open.[/quote]

careful about racism. It is a very sensitive topic in the media lately

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Bleky

@Cronske: I've seen a bunch of youtube videos of them just making a mess o.o

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Bleky

Do you guys keep the abbos on leashes too? I'd be kinda scared with them walking around in the open.

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oBec

Don't come to Melbourne. Everything here is definitely overpriced

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bubblecup118

Don't know where you got $5 from. It's pretty much only that in sporting places and events.

Normal if you buy from a vending machine it's roughly $2. For $2 you can buy a bottle (not chilled) though.

For money saving tactics buy a home brand one. A big bottle for 80c roughly.

Also just to get used to the language, we don't call it soda here, we call it a soft drink

Also as you said wages are much higher here (we don't rely on tips for resturant) so it balances things over. On the good side, going on a holiday for us is cheaper now.

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Mesmus

It's expensive here because so many things are imported.

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itzJustinx3

I live in Australia and sodas are like $2.50 or even less sometimes BUT Yes there are things that are overpriced. I don't notice it much because that's what I grew up with

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WhyUNoFun

Soda cost an average of $2.50 to $ 4.00

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