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How do you like it?? Please if you can... tell me a story! :-D

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G'day,

I'm an immigrant in Australia from Asia. Arrived in Melbourne 16 years ago and has never regretted the move.

Compared with the place where I was born, Australia is much-much-much better. The best thing is b'cos of the Australians ourselves. Yes... all Australians are immigrants (including the Anglos... since the original Oz are the Aboriginal) and so open to newcomers and make everyone feel at home. In Melbourne, if you walk during the day, there are so many people with different race and background around. Truly a multicultural place. I live west of Melbourne suburb called Point Cook and getting along with my neighbours very well.

Not a very interesting story I suppose, but just want to give you a snapshot of what's in Melbourne, as provided by the other answerers.

Cheers...

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No and would not want to either!!!!
Me & my dog I think its great my dog likes the black stump better.
I am born and breed in Australia, and love it. I think that people from overseas probably think that we all have kangaroos and koalas as pets, wear corked hats and throw shrimps on the barbie every opportunity that we get, but that is so untrue.

I live in a 3 bedroom house with a small backyard on a main road, have 2 cats - very normal.

The view from my deck is amazing, its of the mountains, so nothing better than eating dinner on the deck looking at this wonderful view whilst my daughter is bouncing around in the jolly jumper and my husband in cooking the BBQ (yes we have heaps of BBQ's, it's quiet hot in summer and it saves heating the house up if we cook outside on the BBQ)

Holidays are usually to the beach, which is only a few hours away, day trips to the mountains, which is only 20 minutes away, so we might pop up to the mountains for a walk, or lunch in a little cafe. Socially, movies are great, i live near the cinemas in Australia with the biggest screen (not sure how big, not IMAX big, but pretty impressive!)

I am not really sure what type of story I can tell you, I live a pretty normal life here, when I was younger we use to stay with my mum's friends who owed a dairy farm and ride the 3 wheeler motorbikes and do to their local show where there were sheep shearing contests and motorbike riding competitions, but I figure that's not really an Australian thing do much as a small community thing.

There is our slang though, which is pretty funny at times when you are speaking to people from the states or the uk
Thongs - is something you wear on your feet, not a G-String
Dunny - toilet
G'Day - Hello
Ooroo - Bye
Barbie - BBQ
Bogan - sort of Australia's rednecks, where flannel shirts, drinks beer, not all that smart
Bottle-o - Bottleshop, Liquorshop
Cut someones lunch - to move in on their girlfriend/boyfriend

there is heaps more at this website http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-sl...
I live in Melbourne, it is a great city, always something to do, and people to meet.

great public transport and you can get anywhere using it.

i was also part of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in 2006
as with batako above me im also from melbourne,im 5th generation anglo Aussie and what can i tell you,We have a great standard of living,generally a friendly and tolerant society (melbourne is very cosmopolitan)i love melbournes weather great summers and a defined winter not like our northern cousins i.e brisbane,sydney,darwin saying that we have less rainfall than the three i just mentioned its just our winters are colder as we are in the south.
sport is a big part of our culture and Melbourne was voted the sporting capital of the world-these include Aussie rules footy ,cricket,rugby league and rugby union,horse racing,F1 grand prix,soccer,moto gp, and more.
i enjoy b.b.q's going to the beach having a few drinks with friends and living a normal life.

quick note to batako,even the Aborigines immigrated down from asia-so really we are all immigrants