That’s probably the most misunderstood fact about the place. It’s bloody huge.
It’s a ten hour drive from Melbourne to Sydney. Another 9 from Sydney to Brisbane.
Sydney to Perth to is 3 days! (Or a 5.5hr flight. Same as flying LA to NYC).
It’s quicker to fly to New Zealand from Sydney…than it is to fly to Perth.
And the whole deadly animal thing is actually a huge laugh amongst the Aussies. We enjoy the fact that is scares everyone.
The crocs are literarily never anywhere near populated places. We hardly ever Actually see snakes. The spiders are everywhere I guess, but again, you rarely see the actual deadly ones.
Sharks…as common as anywhere else I’d say. Unless you’re surfing in South Australia. No one lives there anyway.
Appreciate all the information!
The visa explanation was particularly helpful. I’m fairly sure I’d be able to qualify for that skilled visa; but if going that route I’d have to start now and then hope to find a job once the visa is in hand, or someone willing to wait for me; the sponsored visa sounds like the strings attached are a bit complicated, but would probably be an easier process in the short term. @atlas13 Set me up for success the rest of my life.
@simo74 nailed it. Definitely has set me up well though, glad it did same for you
Edit: side note, but all the Aussie guys we worked with were absolutely JACKED. I mean we were all looking around going “Jesus, this is just a bad look for us. We look like the JV football team right now”. I got to tour one of their ships, and they had a pretty sick gym setup. For comparison, my ship had a DB rack, dip and Pullup station, 1 adjustable bench, and a broken smith machine. They had several power cages with full bumper plates, cable machines, a couple plate loaded machines, DBs, I mean It was like a mini golds gym in there. I was very envious
I think being jacked it a very Aussie thing. Aussies are sport crazy and I literally mean crazy. We have a public holiday the day before the Aussie rules football finals … just because footie is great (apparently). Then we get a day off for horse race (the Melbourne cup).
The lifestyle here is very outdoors, with lots of kids playing sports and lots of people spending time on the beach, swimming, surfing etc. All of the main sports (Aussie rules, NRL (rugby league) and Rugby) involve people being fit, fast and strong. So being healthy and looking good is very much part of the culture here.
Aussies are also the most competitive people I have ever known.
Ive had a 45 from memory,Northern Victoria. My memory is getting worse as i age but it seemed over 40 was frequent for a short period of time. I worked outside for a few months picking pears the first year i was there. Took heaps of water. like 12 litres
i actually find that as a minus,In NZ you can get from 1 place to another by car reasonably easily,in Australia its huge distances between places. Ive been caught in a couple of flashfloods in 2 different places in Aussie driving,dude that shit is scary as.
the thing is a 40c day in Aussie doesnt really involve much sunburn even if outside whereas,i found a 32c day in the hawkes bay outside involved sunburn.lol.Ozone ba. Now people reading this threadjack would be wondering why old people are talking about the weather when its a training log but hm.
Got in a little gym session with my mate in the hotel gym. Really good set up for a hotel gym. Dumbells up to 22.5kg (50lbs) a smith machine worn around 170kg of weight, and a whole bunch of pin loaded machines. Everything you need to get the job done. Decided to do a little full body pump session and see how many machines we could max out. I am a little stronger than my mate but his rep endurance is way better than mine. It worked out well, I pushed him you use more weight and he made me do more reps than I ever do. Massive pump which is always nice when you hit the pool after😂
