ya there is probably enough minerals in the ground to keep Aus going but if the demand and price for those comodities drop then naturally less mines will open etc.
Im pretty sure the ‘big’ Australia thing has been shelved a bit. That was Rudd’s masterplan. He was going to tax the mining companies properly too before he got shafted.
Listening to the way they are going on now it seems the mining bosses here are the Sean Quinns of Australia. It will all come back to haunt them. Well maybe not these lads, but their children.
Ah yeah, you’d want your wits about you in the place. One of Mrs Macs sisters is married to a lad from Craanford who’s been normalised at this stage but when there’s a family gathering and his family and cousins arrive down it’s like looking at the Cotton Eye Joe video.
Fran knows the score.
Congrats Francis. Nice place alright. We’re down by Castletown’s ground. Could hardly be in a finer spot when the sun is shining.
Only saw that arrivals show last night. That party bus looks like the most horrible night out you could have.
well it was full of Glasgow Celtic followers from Tipperary so it probably wasnt for the faint hearted or cultured that night.
the night we did it there was a few birthdays and was a good laugh. by the time of the last pub though you’d have enough of it.
was at uluru for the weekend (ayers rock). just not getting any luck with the aussie weather for these trips. Its normally in the high 30’s but we had planned ‘dinner under the stars’ which is supposed to be unreal but that was cancelled cos of the cloud cover. then this morning we got up for sunset at the rock but the sunset never came really. just got gradually brighter. to top if off, the gates were closed to climb the rock because of the few drops that were falling. sickened. Still though was an enjoyable weekend. Very different landscape. Aussie bogans though must be the biggest creeps known to man. at the resort last night watching some lad sing. Bit of craic there to be fair. Then a few of these boys that work on the tours were out trying it on with every woman in the place. with the taches on them they looked like perverts of the highest order.
You enjoyed Uluru? I have to say I thought it was the biggest pile of shit I ever saw, a big rock in the desert. Maybe it was just me though.
You and Karl Pilkington probably
Karl Pilkington is a twat. I liked Kings Canyon more than Uluru.
Christ, he’s on some rollercoaster.
DUBLIN-BORN AUSSIE Rules legend Jim Stynes says he has been given ‘another crack’ in his battle with cancer.
The Melbourne Demons man was told in recent days that no more could be done to help him.
But, when surgeons rang to insist that the previously ‘inoperable’ tumour on his brain could now be removed, he and his wife cancelled the planned farewell party they’d organised for family and friends.
Stynes’ wife, Sam, told the Herald Sun: “It was looking grim and we did put some plans in place,” she said.
“Jim wanted to spend time with those he loved most, so we planned a barbecue with close family and friends. But once we got the phone call from the doctor we sent out the message and it was probably the best cancellation anybody invited could have received.”
Stynes was the first and only Irishman to win the AFL’s prestigious Brownlow Medal. He is president of Melbourne – though he’s taken a step back from his day-to-day duties.
A year ago, his battle for his health was documented in a Australian TV film, Every Heart Beats True
He is one tough motherfucker
thinking about heading over for a year next year
whats the craic with visas etc?
Kev should be able to sort you out, he knows an immigration lawyer
got sent this link since I was last talking to you about it, seems a good start about getting sorted.
[color="#234786"]http://www.citizenship.gov.au/[color="#ff0000"].
He may well be and all the best to him. I must say I detest the whole thing about fighting or beating cancer. There is almost an insinuation that those that don’t survive aren’t as tough. Luck is the main factor in survival surely.
I would have to say that Radiotherapy/Chemotherapy would be more of a factor in survival rather than luck.
Every cancer patient would have some form of chemical treatment. Why do some survive and other don’t? It’s hardly a question of mental strength and willpower anyway.
Yeah Kev would be in a similar boat as his woman dragged him thousands of miles away from Ireland too. Amazing how under the thumb some lads get.
[quote=“KIB man, post: 517246”]
Every cancer patient would have some form of chemical treatment. Why do some survive and other don’t? It’s hardly a question of mental strength and willpower anyway. [/quote]
Luck has a huge part to play alright
Some people can’t,for whatever reason,tolerate any kind of chemical/radiology intervention.
Cancer is graded by how aggressive/invasive it is,that’s where luck comes into it,hoping you took the least aggressive type which is the easiest to treat.