10 Things we love about Australia - in no particular order...

1. The bluntness of their signs - e.g. FOXOFF (fox poison laid here), Stop, Revive, Survive (road safety - stop every 2 hours), 'Will all shoplifters please smile for the cameras on the way out' and 'Free lift to police cell for all thieves...'
2. Pubs are open 24 hours and by law all of them have hotel rooms...so if you've had one too many...
3. The people are so goddamn funny, self-depricating humour, everything's done with a smile
4. SPORT is so important here - they live and breathe it (even if it is the ones played by men with odd shaped balls)
5. The weather is (generally) great - even in winter
6. Their animals (roos, wallabies, koalas et al) are so much more cuddly and fun than our wild animals (ferrets, rats rabbits etc...)
7. They worship eating - fast food abounds, every town has a KFC/McDonalds and copious amounts of kebab houses
8. The beer is served in pumps that are so cold they ice up...honestly!
9. Facilities for travellers are unbelieveable, yet they don't look to fleece you. Sydney is such a travel friendly city - such a contrast from London.
10. The wide open spaces, scenery, lack of traffic jams, well signposted areas...I could go on...

Things we hate

1. They always beat us at sport
2. Their country's infrastructure is so much better than ours
3. They get taxed around 30p (total) in the pound - that includes all GST/income tax - everything

That's about it...and to honest all 3 bad ones are things that are good about Aus anyway. I would move out here without a second thought but it's not as easy for Jen as last time we looked into it (about 2 years ago) there was a surplus of dentists in the major cities making it pretty difficult for her to move...ho hum, only 7 months til we're back in England and all it has to offer....