What if you lived in Australia?

[judy84]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Kevin here. With Brexit failing in the U.K and the English economy failing and the government possibly failing one might think that there could be a mass exodus of Brits over to aussieland. Australia has a very successful economy with steady continuous growth and a wealth of natural resources, very low national debt(when compared to the U.K.) and so much more, but this won't happen because the English could not tolerate the Australian super hot summers, all the deadly wildlife ending up in peoples beds and lunch boxes, and not being able to get to their vacation spots on the European continent.

Australia is safe for now, you lucky devils!

Don't worry the USA is safe as well. In the UK we are not obsessed about money and the economy!


We appreciate the finer things in life like cricket (even 20/20) and other sports. We also appreciate a cold crisp Winter's day like today with blue skies and the sun shining, meandering up to the pub to have a pint of real ale. We have some very fine vacation spots in the UK.
I am sure many UK readers of this thread could espouse many other benefits of living in the UK, however it is about Australia so I'm sure we could end it with that.

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by judy84

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I am sure many UK readers of this thread could espouse many other benefits of living in the UK,

Like not having 8 or 9 of the 10 deadliest snakes on the planet But you do have Corbyn as one

[blondifan]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

...you lucky devils!

[effCup]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

there could be a mass exodus of Brits over to aussieland.

You mean another one?

Originally Posted by trailmaster

the English could not tolerate

67.4% of Australia's population has British ancestry, over 76% if one adds those with Irish ancestry. So they must not only have tolerated but perhaps even thrived.

[trailmaster]

Originally Posted by effCup

You mean another one?


67.4% of Australia's population has British ancestry, over 76% if one adds those with Irish ancestry. So they must not only have tolerated but perhaps even thrived.

That was more than 200 years ago. Things have changed in both nations now!

[effCup]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

That was more than 200 years ago. Things have changed in both nations now!

More than 200 years ago Australia's population was largely/overwhelming Aboriginal. So yes, things have indeed changed since then, but perhaps not quite like you seem to imagine?

[trailmaster]

Originally Posted by effCup

More than 200 years ago Australia's population was largely/overwhelming Aboriginal. So yes, things have indeed changed since then, but perhaps not quite like you seem to imagine?

Rapid colonization of Australia started in 1788 with 11 big ships coming from England, then more, more, more, more, more, more,more, etc. Also people back then were more tolerant of heat and cold. They did not have the conveniences such as air conditioning and central heating that we have!

[effCup]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

Rapid colonization of Australia started in 1788 with 11 big ships coming from England, then more, more, more, more, more, more,more, etc.

Yes. So before that (a bit over 200 years ago) Australia's population was pretty much all Aboriginal. After that those largely British & Irish prisoners/guards/colonisers/etc. seemed to tolerate Australia's climate & critters reasonably well. And their descendants likewise.

Originally Posted by trailmaster

people back then were more tolerant of heat and cold. They did not have the conveniences such as air conditioning and central heating that we have!

I doubt there's been sufficient environmental change for those to have triggered any evolutionary differences in the population. Evolution is not all "slow-acting" but it still generally operates at a magnitude of scale different from that of human time/history.

[trailmaster]

Originally Posted by effCup

Yes. So before that (a bit over 200 years ago) Australia's population was pretty much all Aboriginal. After that those largely British & Irish prisoners/guards/colonisers/etc. seemed to tolerate Australia's climate & critters reasonably well. And their descendants likewise.

No. Over time their tolerances changed, got weaker. Just read how many Australian vef members complain about the hot summers. People who live in the U.K like the cool summers. They would never be able tolerate living in Australian cities like Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney, and even Darwin the northernmost city has rather hot and dry summers. As we often say in America "It's a good place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live here"!.

[effCup]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

No. Over time their tolerances changed, got weaker.

Did they? Why? Since air-con. was invented/became widespread?

Perhaps the dinosaurs evolved quickly enough to survive an asteroid impact, leaving no evolutionary niches for mammals including humans to evolve into.