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Probably the one in the Warrumbungle, he was obviously going to an important function and still did not think twice and stopped to get us out of the mud (sudden very heavy rain for 2 days, we were asked to all get out of the camping site due to fear of flooding). No idea how he spruced up...

YES 1966...I arrived in Australia in 1965 and the currency changed a few months later, apologies should read back before posting.

Don't think that having been here 58 years I will ever be "considered" Australian either, though I have acquired Australian citizenship. But I agree with you those long term "temporary"visas are atrocious, furthermore I dont consider that fleeing a country because you fear death by hunger is...

Different details, but I have a similar story... I call myself an "accidental" migrant🤣 Australia was never ever on my radar

and it has improved tremendously in the 58 years I have been here, and yes there is still room for improvement particularly the disadvantaged, older women on the scrap heap, housing for the younger set... etc. but I would not live anywhere else

Yes thankfully, Australia has changed a lot since I came here 58 years ago, no medicare in any shape or form back then

The lot : culture, land, people, lifestyle, hot cross bun odd (we landed at Easter never had one before), ever-present sense of community- I am an accidental migrant... Per chance I turned up here 58years ago for 2 years (to improve my accent ha! ha! - and would not have turned up here if French...

Wanting to rule over your children after your death is what I find disrespectful/distasteful. Remember you are the one that brought them up. I come from a country where 3/4 of the parents estate is split equally between the children, but you can do whatever you want with the last 1/4. If you...

Wanting to rule over your children after your death is what I find disrespectful/distasteful. Remember you are the one that brought them up. I come from a country where 3/4 of the parents estate is split equally between the children, but you can do whatever you want with the last 1/4. If you...

Jarred Santos, not quite. Currency decimalisation happened 14Feb 1966, however adoption of "my lovely French metric system" happened in July 1974.

Yes, my daughter was born 6weeks later, and we were struggling to pay our mortgage, having bought our house a year before (the rates were yet to reach 18%, and the petrol crisis was coming, not an easy time). Back then we both had to work. ... never stopped working for the next 40 years.

I shop at both IGAs: Paddington was an eye opener for an IGA when it opened quite a few years ago , a long time before the pandemic, and you still find a beautiful array of goods you do not find at the one in Newtown. However I still like the simplicity, down to earth, of the one in Newtown (btw...

I did receive such a message, but fortunately I knew I had not used a tollway recently. I do not have an e-tag as I very seldom use tollways... they still targeted me!

agree but that reasoning should also apply to those born "Australian"

10 out of 10 but then I was naturalised and am a Justice of the Peace two things that makes you think and study and more importantly remember ... I suspect that being born in Australia would not automatically be an advantage

as an octogenarian I qualify as an oldie... and hate cash... before 1974 I used cheques as much as possible... never paid interest on any of my credit cards... and I know a lot of people in their 70's wo are quite happy to use cards

same as I do overseas (check for locals eating there), look inside... Chinese the majority, food must not be dumb down to so-called "European taste"

Grateful that the sun shone long enough today for meeting other people in a park at lunch time for 2hours...