Oz - it's a love/hate thing

We love.....the wildlife - roos, echidnas,pademelons, emus, koalas, kookaburras, pelicans etc.
We hate.....the wildlife - camping and being kept awake all night by possums eating the tent, pissing up the sides and shitting in our vestibule. Oh, and flies - swarms of them up your nose, behind your sunglasses, in your ears - grrrrrrr
We love.....meeting a real person called Fud/Ned.
We hate.....getting stuck in a 5 hour conversation with Fud/Ned about the life-cycle of indigenous tree fungus.
We love.....how it's socially acceptable to indiscriminately call people "cock 'eds".
We hate.....being called "a cock 'ed".
We love.....how it's warm enough never to need to wear a jacket.
We hate.....how it's too bloody hot to wear anything including ones own skin.

We love.....how the Aussies hate (sorry, have a friendly rivalry with) the English.
We hate.....being mistaken for "faaackin' Poms".
We love.....how everyone is so friendly and greets you with a cheery "g'day, how are ya".
We hate.....having to tell thousands of folk each day that we're "very well thanks".
We love.....all the opportunities for watching live sport, especially in Melbourne.
We hate.....having to watch Rafael Nadal pick his fancy velvet pants out of his fancy Spanish arse.
We love.....the diversity of scenery.
We hate.....how you have to drive so bloody far on such bloody long, boring straight roads to experience said diversity.
We love.....catching and eating lots of beautiful fish from the ocean's fresh larder- baramundi, snapper, trevally, tommy ruffs, jimmy hills, oysters, mussels etc.
We hate.....being chased from the ocean by fresh sharks and jellyfish intent on catching and eating us.

....The End (of Oz)