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Moving to Australia and tattoos

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  • #52
    jimthemental
    Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    I'm a former barman and I've worked at that over here in an Irish pub. I've been to a load of bars around Melbourne and to be honest unless they are Irish or British themed they are badly laid out holes of places catering to hipsters drinking schooners of piss aussie beer with absolutely no craic allowed. Or maybe I'm in St. Kilda too long.


  • #53
    Pdfile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭Pdfile


    jimthemental wrote: »
    I'm a former barman and I've worked at that over here in an Irish pub. I've been to a load of bars around Melbourne and to be honest unless they are Irish or British themed they are badly laid out holes of places catering to hipsters drinking schooners of piss aussie beer with absolutely no craic allowed. Or maybe I'm in St. Kilda too long.

    if its the craic thats not allowed then thats not on,


    if its falling all over the place starting fights with everyone, puking all over the place and being a cnut in general then its easy to see why thats not allowed...


    its annoying how many get them two confused... but then again, thanks fcuk i'm not such an eejit ( though i have done it before, jack daniels is a bitch of a mistress.... )


  • #54
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,258 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    markesmith wrote: »
    What do you expect? Anyone from Ireland who goes to Australia is an unimaginative tool

    A few years before everyone was going to America on a J-1
    Things swing in round abouts.

    Next will be Canada or NZ getting a big influx of Irish as the new "cool" place to spend 6-12 months.

    Don't hate what they do.
    At least they are getting out of a depressed Ireland for a while.
    Some of them will make the big move and stay for years. For others, it doesn't suit and they prefer home.


  • #55
    jimthemental
    Registered Users Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭jimthemental


    Pdfile wrote: »
    if its the craic thats not allowed then thats not on,


    if its falling all over the place starting fights with everyone, puking all over the place and being a cnut in general then its easy to see why thats not allowed...


    its annoying how many get them two confused... but then again, thanks fcuk i'm not such an eejit ( though i have done it before, jack daniels is a bitch of a mistress.... )

    No I don't mean anything that bad, fair enough if you're getting rowdy they should get rid of you but I've been out sober with my crowd and been asked to leave bars. Now the worst thing I could see that my crowd had done was get a bit too loud when they were taking the piss out of each other.

    On the other hand I was in Cock n' Bull in Sydney at Christmas and it looks like you could have gotten away with anything.


  • #56
    EUSSR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88 ✭✭EUSSR


    Cook Islands is nicer.


  • #57
    astonaidan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭astonaidan


    well this is awkward, I joined my first gym over here am getting a tattoo over here, But ive always thought i was cool as **** at home even if i was a "nerd", Plus who actually uses the word nerd when they get past 14


  • #58
    Father Damo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Father Damo


    Rabies wrote: »
    Next will be Canada or NZ getting a big influx of Irish as the new "cool" place to spend 6-12 months.


    NZ is too much like home to become popular. High cost of living in terms of wage, a semi recessionary economy and sh1t weather. Half of New Zealanders seem to live in Australia, mainly for the above reasons.

    Canada has cold weather 8 months per year and a quota system, not like the he who applies gets it system for Oz.


  • #59
    the keen edge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,533 ✭✭✭the keen edge


    astonaidan wrote: »
    well this is awkward, I joined my first gym over here am getting a tattoo over here, But ive always thought i was cool as **** at home even if i was a "nerd", Plus who actually uses the word nerd when they get past 14

    You go girl!:pac:


  • #60
    BunShopVoyeur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭BunShopVoyeur


    Father Damo wrote: »
    What in the fcuk have you ever done with your life, out of curiousity? Likely nothing, like most people stuck back home.


    Going to Australia for a year. "Doing something with your life" :D


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  • #61
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    I went travelling for a year (well, 2 periods of six months) in my 20s and it was the best experience of my life. I didn't go to Australia though - South East Asia and New Zealand, but I'd love to go sometime. I can see why people would want to go there, nice weather and plenty of work. That said, I can't understand the appeal of spending 12 months in an Irish ghetto and not seeing the rest of the country. Still, if it's what someone wants to do, let them at it.


  • #62
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Never mind OZ! Im going to the place to be, Canada!


  • #63
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Father Damo wrote: »
    What in the fcuk have you ever done with your life, out of curiousity? Likely nothing, like most people stuck back home.



    Outside of the city centres the vast majority of suburban Aussie bars are sh1te. The busy- ish ones are full of old men wasting away their lives on poker machines. The quiet ones dont have anyone drinking in them at all. Barely any have live bands playing. Aussies under a certain age dont have a "local" the same way we do. Its hardly any wonder most Irish frequent places with a bit of live music, young crowd and where you can drink from a pint glass.

    Lol.

    Keep going. You are funny.

    http://www.northies.com.au/home.html


  • #64
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    old_aussie wrote: »
    Not heard of Christchurch NZ mate

    http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/christchurch-suburb-says-goodbye-4676386
    ye I know about that but California will be bigger, the big one is due any time now, could happen in the next year or 5-10 years, nobody is sure exactly when but its due


  • #65
    mandrake04
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    BunShopVoyeur wrote: »
    Father Damo wrote: »
    What in the fcuk have you ever done with your life, out of curiousity? Likely nothing, like most people stuck back home.



    Going to Australia for a year. "Doing something with your life" :D

    Maybe he means it's better than sitting at home on the dole for a year or two, rather than those begrudgers who sit on the dole and get all bitter & twisted and post shite on AH.


  • #66
    OneArt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,910 ✭✭✭OneArt


    I moved to Germany and now I am forever going to be afraid of being shot if I cross the road at a red traffic light :(


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  • #67
    heate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭✭heate


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    old_aussie wrote: »
    Not heard of Christchurch NZ mate

    http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/christchurch-suburb-says-goodbye-4676386
    ye I know about that but California will be bigger, the big one is due any time now, could happen in the next year or 5-10 years, nobody is sure exactly when but its due

    What kind of person thinks of earthquakes when deciding where to move to! It's nuts nobody has abandoned cities in California nor Christchurch NZ.
    Sure these floods in Dublin - must leave Dublin because it's going to happen and wipe out the population!
    Poppycock!


  • #68
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Doom wrote: »
    Whats the story with lads when they move down there, the hair gets bleached, pumping iron, next tattoos....acting all like they're the coolest fcukers ever, when infact they were nerds at home!!!:rolleyes:

    I know about 6 lads like this, Aussies must be laughing their holes off
    you mirin' brah?


  • #69
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,657 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    Doom wrote: »
    I bet you're one of them.....go on admit it

    Nah.


  • #70
    booboo88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭booboo88


    markesmith wrote: »
    What do you expect? Anyone from Ireland who goes to Australia is an unimaginative tool
    Thats a bit uncalled for, nothing wrong with people going to australia.
    mandrake04 wrote: »
    Think you are dreaming mate or you just made it up, there is no such Pub as O'Neil's in KX or Sydney.
    I honestly thought he meant the o neills tracksuits:o


    Think it might be time for bed


  • #71
    mandrake04
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    heate wrote: »
    What kind of person thinks of earthquakes when deciding where to move to!

    A DIY fanatic.


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  • #72
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My brother's been there for 7 years and is well set up and successful there.. I see the appeal of that and will likely make it down that far over the next couple of years if I can interviews set up for the "career job" I got going in Ireland before leaving. I don't want too big a gap in my CV so a stop off in OZ would be wise.

    What I wont be doing though is going down there to work in a field for 3 months and then drink with my friends from back home every night in whichever city I live in.. That's perfect for some people and I've nothing against it but I'd much rather work in a completely different culture and see something new.


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