For those of you that followed our European tour in 2007, you probably gather by now that we much prefer travelling in Europe...so far! I can honestly say that I have not been overly empressed with our Australian visit thus far. I am finding it much the same as New Zealand. These guys have had it too good over the past several years and are now gouging the tourists. People that we have spoken to in our travels so far are basically of the same opinion. Our neighbours in the motel informed us that the Gold Coast was their favourite part of the country so we are hoping that our opinion will change from that point. Like NZ, the people here are extremely friendly and even they think tourists are being ripped off! On a sad note, we have seen at least 2 dozen dead kangaroos along the road side so far. I have been told they are not the brightest animal on the block.
Canberra is the capital of Australia and like most capital cities, it is full of people bussling around, trying to look busy doing nothing! One thing I have come to realize, GOVERNMENT is like a cancer. It continues to grow out of control and feed off the taxpayers with no obvious benefits. The opulence is shameful and disgusting, but it never ends. For example, the original Australian Parliament Buildings were impressive. Old architecture and classy. Then they build this huge Albatross, obviously to house the 1000's of additional useless staff simply to fill the empty space. This is what governments do, they build fiefdoms that become a sanctuary for the many useless beaurocrats who never seem to accomplish anything?
Then we have the Aboriginals setting up tents on these beautifully manicured grounds, destroying the surrounding area, just like they often do Canada. They burn open fires (even burning a few trees), put up nasty looking signs about how they have been mistreated over the centuries and nobody has the guts or political will to come down hard on these law breakers! If it were you or I setting up camp on government property, we would be arrested and fined within minutes. Now lets talk about discrimination!
Canberra is the capital of Australia and like most capital cities, it is full of people bussling around, trying to look busy doing nothing! One thing I have come to realize, GOVERNMENT is like a cancer. It continues to grow out of control and feed off the taxpayers with no obvious benefits. The opulence is shameful and disgusting, but it never ends. For example, the original Australian Parliament Buildings were impressive. Old architecture and classy. Then they build this huge Albatross, obviously to house the 1000's of additional useless staff simply to fill the empty space. This is what governments do, they build fiefdoms that become a sanctuary for the many useless beaurocrats who never seem to accomplish anything?
Then we have the Aboriginals setting up tents on these beautifully manicured grounds, destroying the surrounding area, just like they often do Canada. They burn open fires (even burning a few trees), put up nasty looking signs about how they have been mistreated over the centuries and nobody has the guts or political will to come down hard on these law breakers! If it were you or I setting up camp on government property, we would be arrested and fined within minutes. Now lets talk about discrimination!
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