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Waited 6 months for this, and it has finally been accepted, me my partner and son are moving to Australia!!!!!!!! OMG still can't believe it, and just had to let it out....
"I have traveled through the Realm of Death and brought back novelty pencils"
GamesWorkshop wrote: And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
the band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light,and somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout but there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out.
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
No no mate really, make sure you have someone who can supply you with plastic crack. Because your wallets gonna have a full blown hear attack the first time you walk into a GeeDub.
So where abouts are you moving to, if you don't mind my asking?
As for the local wildlife... - Crocs you really don't have to worry about unless your moving to the Northern Territory. The big Salties up there will get 4 or 5+ metres easy.
- Spiders you really can't do much about aside from either learning to like and live with them or stocking up on the Mortein.
- If your moving to the Eastern part of Oz then you have all kinds of fun snakes to avoid. Eastern Browns, Kind Browns, Tigers and both Inland out Coastal Taipans.
But seriously, if you are a beach going family then watch out for Blue Ringer Octopi and Jellyfish. They're what'll get ya.
Oh also in the time honoured tradition of greeting anyone new to the country...... Feth off, We're full!
Gold Coast eh? I went there for a holiday once, pretty nice there. Don't be freaked out about spiders and stuff, I've lived here all my life and never really run into any crazy ones. But yeah, as everyone else has said prices are ridiculous here.
Veteran Sergeant wrote:In the grim darkness of the far future, the guy with a rifle is the weakest man on the battlefield, left to quake in terror, hoping the two or three shots he gets do the job before somebody runs screaming across the battlefield to hit him with an energized stick.
Im not too sure about LGS and clubs up around Brizzie/Gold Coast but im sure you'll be able to sus out the local gaming situation when you get there.
For clarification, Mortein is a bugspray.
Whats hows your grasp on Aussie slang? It can be quite the hurdle for people who don't know it. My cousins husband is American and it took him ages to wrap his head round all the little things we say.
mikeyboy69x wrote: Its the frickin spiders / crocs / snakes am worried about, might just walk around in a space marine suite..... pesky things won't do jack to me then!
I suspect that you underestimate the size of our spiders...
mikeyboy69x wrote: Its the frickin spiders / crocs / snakes am worried about, might just walk around in a space marine suite..... pesky things won't do jack to me then!
I suspect that you underestimate the size of our spiders...
Indeed, might I suggest he play Skyrim to get an idea?
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
mikeyboy69x wrote: Its the frickin spiders / crocs / snakes am worried about, might just walk around in a space marine suite..... pesky things won't do jack to me then!
I suspect that you underestimate the size of our spiders...
I'll just leave this here.
To be fair, this was North Queensland, so you're a little south of them.
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
And thats not a small bird either.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
I read somewhere that you're ten times more likely to suffer a stroke after seeing what aussies pay for GW products then you are to die from a bite of one of Austrailia's many fanged fauna.
Congrats on making the big move, and welcome to Australia.
And don't worry too much about the gouging on GW products, I'm sure you've got plenty of friends and family back in the UK. Just make an order on the UK site with their address, and when they get they can mail it to you. If you do it in bulk the mail out doesn't cost much.
“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
mikeyboy69x wrote: Its the frickin spiders / crocs / snakes am worried about, might just walk around in a space marine suite..... pesky things won't do jack to me then!
I suspect that you underestimate the size of our spiders...
I'll just leave this here.
To be fair, this was North Queensland, so you're a little south of them.
See photos like that make me question the sanity of not being able to carry a weapon in Australia.
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
Nicorex wrote: Gratz! have fun. Watch out for Kangaroos.
Not usually a problem inside the cities. Although if you're out bush, watch out for the wombats. Seriously. If you hit one on the road, it WILL wipe out your car's underside. WE call them furry speed-bumps for a reason. Many are the wombats who have been hit by a car, wrecked the car, and then waddled off and died several weeks later.
There are a couple of gaming groups on the Gold Coast (area between Brisbane and south to the New South Wales border ) and Brisbane isn't that far from the GC, really (an hour and a bit maybe by car? That wouldn't even get you across Sydney) so you won't be starved for opponents.
Yes, you can stock up on Mortein - but we also have RAID! now, as well.
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
chromedog wrote:Although if you're out bush, watch out for the wombats. Seriously. If you hit one on the road, it WILL wipe out your car's underside. WE call them furry speed-bumps for a reason. Many are the wombats who have been hit by a car, wrecked the car, and then waddled off and died several weeks later.
Yes this QFT x1000. My uncle totalled his Land Cruiser when he hit a wombat. It completely destroyed his engine block. This was fully kitted out with a bullbar and all too. He reckons the wombat was easily on par with a decent sized German shepard.
chromedog wrote:A thong is a "flip-flop" in Australia.
Not butt-floss.
Oh hehehehe. Yeah i forgot about that little difference in names... Hehe now i can only picture someone trying to smoosh a spider with a Gstring.
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
Somehow I have the feeling that the spiders are too big to squish with a Thong, footware or otherwise.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: See photos like that make me question the sanity of not being able to carry a weapon in Australia.
We just smash spiders with thongs. No need for projectile weapons.
I was thinking a knife actually, I assume Crocodile Dundee isn't accurate and you lot don't wander around with hunting knives on your belts. Though I have to say I'd strongly approve of a culture that did stuff like that
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
No, Crocodile Dundee isn't an accurate representation.
The same way that Jersey Shore isn't an accurate representation (if it is, then I suggest nuking that area and starting again).
None of the local spiders have developed an immunity to the house brick or sneaker, yet, though.
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
Sydney funnel webs make a crunchy sound if you step on them. Somewhat akin to stepping on a mouse ive been told. So while not yet immune to shoes, Funnel webs make you pay for it with by grossing you out.
