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....and have serious doubts as to whether I will even retire there now.
I've done only the odd visit to Oz over the past 20 years and
copped a dose of culture shock each time. The PC, rampant
AGW, commies and restrictive bull**** even just to go buy a
packet of Codrals at the chemist shop are disgusting in the
extreme - and don't even get me started on the tax!
As "unboiled" frogs
40deg we've been away for so long we no
longer fit in. Our offshore lifestyles are way above anything
we could hope to retain in Oz, and the country is so bloody
expensive you can say goodbye to the luxuries you take for
granted overseas.
I'm resolved never to go back except for the odd visit every 5
or so years, and those pilots I do know in Oz with any talent I
give encouragement to get out of the place in order to realise
their full potential. Staying in the so-called "lucky country" is
anything but.