Quote: (04-15-2013 02:25 AM)scotian Wrote:
Are cigs really $20/pack?
Yup, Australia has lead the world in reducing smoking, and part of that is probably the highest nicotine taxes in the world.
Their most recent initiative has been to ban cigarette companies from having their packaging in appealing colours, and instead the are ONLY allowed to be covered in pictures of various body part afflicted with smoking related diseases, such as;
mouth cancer
fucked up eyes
gangrenous feet
etc
it is G's worst nightmare.
Quote:Quote:17-28C in the day, 10-17C at night
What kind of temperatures can I expect in Perth in May?
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How about those butt fuck towns like Karratha up north? I'll be working outside.
25-35C, now is dry season so less humidty, rain and cyclones.
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I've ran into some rowdy Australians throughout my travels and these were the educated, traveled ones, just how bad are the blue collar Bogans I'll be working with in the mines?
Guys you meet travel because they have curiosity that need sating.
They guys who stay behind are f*ckwits, when back in town from FIFO, they tend to go on methamphetamine benders, go into Northbridge or the casino and glass cunts!
Met some decent FIFO guys recently, engineers, not tradies. Their idea of fun when bored was to go home at 4am after a night in Fremantle, pull out a .22 rifle and blast the shit out of phone books in their lounge room. They had pics on their phone to prove it.
But the tradies, these type of people have no intellect or knowledge beyond year 7 or 8 education, only know mainstream banal TV events like the biggest loser, have shit diets and moron girlfriends who slut around when they're 'up north'.
In other words they are simple. Especially in Perth they are bad, for North Americans, equate them to carnies with $150k p.a. job.
Go read the website 'things bogans like' to get an idea.