The Cabbie Down Under

Direct from the steaming streets of Sydney and covering the plushest suburbs to the seediest corners, Adrian Neylan's blog makes for a good read. Like all taxi drivers he seems to have the gift of the gab and like all Aussies (in my experience) he reckons Australia is the place to live (and not without good reason). Not everyone shares that view though:

Last night I carried an academic of Pakistani heritage home to the Eastern Suburbs. He'd been to dinner with friends at a Japanese restaurant and raved about the multitude of culinary choices in Sydney. When I inquired if he'd ever consider returning to his homeland, he scoffed at the thought.

Prior to driving taxis I managed a backpacker hostel in Far North Queensland . . . Each morning when checking-out guests I posed the same question to each party: 'Would you like to live in Australia?' Surprisingly, amongst thousands of guests from a wide variety of countries, two nationalities consistently rejected the idea. Guess who..?

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