Oh my God your music is The Whitlams (and I should've clicked from the subject line of the post that I knew that). And in particular that song that my mate used to drive me insane with re: it's ridiculous lyrics. OMG. Total high school flashback. (I wonder what he's up to now? He was tremendously awesome and a hell of a guitarist)
*coughs*
I can tell you how the Brits see Australia (because the one thing I'm almost guaranteed to hear after the answer to "Where are you from?" (which is "I was born in NZ and grew up in Australia") is "Why would you want to move here"). The Brits glorify Australia to rather epic heights. This is primarily because of, you guessed it, Neighbours and Home and Away.
I keep telling them that Australia really isn't like that. That's just a country like everywhere else, full of just as many wankers and awesome people as anywhere else, and that it's really not that exciting.
Particularly Sydney. *coughs*
I also warn them the hell away from Canberra. (Which was hilarious when I actually met someone who had a relative who'd been there and was all "Uh, yeah, I hear it's boring?" and I just about died laughing) I try and steer them towards Melbourne and Adelaide.
So, um, yeah. The Brits glorify the Antipodes to rather insane levels. Except when then the Ashes are on, natch. :D
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on 2009-07-25 04:20 pm (UTC)*coughs*
I can tell you how the Brits see Australia (because the one thing I'm almost guaranteed to hear after the answer to "Where are you from?" (which is "I was born in NZ and grew up in Australia") is "Why would you want to move here"). The Brits glorify Australia to rather epic heights. This is primarily because of, you guessed it, Neighbours and Home and Away.
I keep telling them that Australia really isn't like that. That's just a country like everywhere else, full of just as many wankers and awesome people as anywhere else, and that it's really not that exciting.
Particularly Sydney. *coughs*
I also warn them the hell away from Canberra. (Which was hilarious when I actually met someone who had a relative who'd been there and was all "Uh, yeah, I hear it's boring?" and I just about died laughing) I try and steer them towards Melbourne and Adelaide.
So, um, yeah. The Brits glorify the Antipodes to rather insane levels. Except when then the Ashes are on, natch. :D
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