Forty years in Auss

[astroron]

I landed in Australia forty years ago today:D
Wow:eyepop: where as all that time gone :question:
All in all My life has been a good one in this great country over that time :)
Thankyou Australia for the journey :thanx:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Dennis]

Hi Ron

Congratulations – that is a fine achievement!:)

Cheers

Dennis

[Mliss]

.:clap: Ron :thumbsup:

So, what planet were you originally from then? :P :D

aw, you know i'm kidding ;)

[PCH]

Aye lad, very well done.

Like you we've been here since 1982 - almost 30 years, and never regretted a single moment of it. Over here in lil' ol' WA, it seems like paradise compared to many other places in the world - my homeland (pommieland) included. But not Norway it seems - lol :lol:

[Ric]

Congrats Ron

I think that definitely qualifies you as one of the locals. :D

[GTB_an_Owl]

congratulation Ron

geoff

[h0ughy]

thats a few times around sol experienceing the best of Aus

[astroron]

Thanks Girls and Guys, I don't think I will make another forty years ;) But if what ever time I have left is anything like those forty years, It wont be to bad at all:D
Cheers:thumbsup:

[scagman]

Happy arrival day Ron.

Just think how many extra nights viewing you've been able to have since you left there.

[AndyK]

Congratulations Ron!
My 40 years isn't up until October next year.
Just wondering how you got here ... ship or plane? ... and if by ship, which one?
I arrived here from the UK on the Chandris Line "Britanis" in October 1972. I left Southampton in September 1972 ... on my 21st birthday as it happened.

[traveller]

Well done Ron,
I came to Australia on March 4 1986. Landed in Adelaide in a scorcher 35c, nothing special about the temp, except when you consider I left in -10c in the Northern hemisphere.
Bo

[TrevorW]

Ok now thats enough be a good boy and go home now !!!

:P;):thumbsup:

[astroron]

The weather for observing over the last couple of those forty years has been so bad, I could have been back in the UK,and there wouldn't have been any difference:rolleyes: :lol::lol::lol:

[astroron]

Andy, I came out on the fifth Jumbo to bring us "Ten Pound Poms" :P to Australia :)
I used to see the Chandris Line ships come into Steamer point Harbour in Aden loaded with British people in the 1960's,so am quite familier
with those ships :)
Cheers :thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

Poor Ron, after 40years you STILL don't know the difference between the Northern and Southern Constellations. :rofl:

Seriously though, happy anniversary old chum. So glad you made the decision to to move over here. :)

[astroron]

Bo, I left England and it was just about freezing C and arrived in Aus with the temp at about 38c in Darwin and 100% humidity:help:
When we got to Brisbane and walked across the white concrete to the Igloose of the old airport, we where soaked with sweat before we had walked 20mts:eyepop:

[astroron]

:hi::hi::hi: JJJ welcome back :D
Why do you think I have an ARGO NAVIS :question:
I need one to show me Alpha Centauri:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[astroron]

:hi: Trevor, As the Song says,
'I still call Australia home ';):)
Cheers:thumbsup:

[astroron]

Third Rock from the Sun Mel;):P
Cheers :thumbsup:

[DavidU]

Well done Ron.:thumbsup:

[gary]

Hi Ron,

Great to hear you have now been living in Australia for forty years to the day.

We're obviously not a very influential lot as collectively we haven't totally
managed to re-program your accent. :)

Best Regards

Gary & Mai

[barx1963]

Well done Ron on sticking with us!
I grew up in the Latrobe Valley which was full of ten pound poms back in the 60s and 70s. You could tell the poms because when they first met each other they would ask "which ship did you come out on?"' while the Aussies always asked " which footy team do you barrack for?"
My mum was a ten pounder, when we went back to the UK in the early 70s for a couple of years, she always said that England was a nice place to visit but wouldn't, like to live there.

Malcolm

[mithrandir]

Well done Ron. :)

40 years is enough to stop being called a transient.

Give it a few more and we'll have to upgrade you to resident.

You'll still need a few generations to be for the descendants to classed as locals. This I know as I'm half local - Dad only migrated here in 1926.

[GeoffW1]

What, Ron, have you STILL got a pommie accent?

Go see more Paul Hogan movies :P

[blink138]

august 6th 2013 will be my 40th year in oz, arrived by plane from the city of liverpool when i was 10, already very interested in astronomy thanks to "the race into space" cards i collected from my mums tea packets! any other poms remember those cards? there was also cards for all of the dinosaurs to collect
brilliant stuff
pat

[barx1963]

I remember the Race into Space cards. We lived in England in 70 and 71 so that would be about the right time frame. Thanks for reminding me. I think you could buy an album and collect all of them to complete the album.

[Karls48]

That remind me that I arrived in Sydney in November 1969. I have never look back. But I miss seventies - lots of freedom, no political correctness and I was young then.

[acropolite]

Congratulations Ron, I can't imagine Australia without you...

[blink138]

yes malcolm i had the whole deal too, i was a bit of a scallywag because i used to tip some of the tea in the garden so i could get the next card ha ha!
did you do the dinosaur thing too? i gather we are from the same vintage judging by the "1963" in your avatar
amazing port vintage by the way
pat

[Kevnool]

Well done Ron.
What a great decision you made then.

Cheers Kev.

[Suzy]

Congratulations on your 40th anniversary! :thumbsup:

I marvel at your love for Aussie- the constant travelling around the country, the regular bush walks, enjoying the southern skies- you embrace Aussie to it's full glory. :gday:
:lol: And still... after 40 years your accent is a thick as! :P

I'm not far behind you- arriving 36 years ago from Sri-Lanka and I took to Aussie like a duck to water- for a start there was tv! :eyepop: So much has changed now- more people- you mentioned on fb the population has nearly doubled - so alas more traffic on the roads and the city centre has quadrupled. I miss the good old days when things were quieter and simpler, but at any rate, it's a fantastic country and indeed "the lucky country". I love it here and could never think of leaving.:)

Just thought it appropriate that I pop this link here to help commemorate this wonderful milestone anniversary.
"It's always Australia for me" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmqeh63KQ&feature=fvsr)by Olivia Newton-John (as you know, I'm a huge fan of hers. :P The scenery in this clip is fantastic- from the snow to the dessert, to the beach, and to the cities. We truly have so much here in this country to enjoy don't we! And the song itself is truly touching.

[astroron]

Thanks Dave,catch up on chat one night:)
Cheers:thumbsup:

[astroron]

Thanks Gary& Mai, I was a truck driver for a while and a big user of the CB,one would have thought I would have picked up more "Strine" than I have:rolleyes: but as they say you can't keep a good Pommie accent down:P
Cheers:thumbsup:

[astroron]

Thanks Andrew and Malcolm,, I loved being a "Ten Pound Pom" as it got up the noses of the pommie bashers when I said you paid the rest of the cost for me to come :lol::lol::lol::lol:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[astroron]

Thanks Phil,its been quite a journey,and I can't imagine me without Australia.
Cheers:thumbsup:

[Jen]

:clap::clap: congrats Ron :D you were here before i was hahahaha :lol:

[astroron]

Yes Karl the Seventies was a much freeier and softer time back then.
I have only been back twice in Forty years,so as you see no desperation of going back :D
Cheers:thumbsup:

[astroron]

:hi:Kev, I always say I have only made a few good decisions in my life , of those two stand out (1) Coming to Australia, and (2) buying my own home.
I think you may agree not to bad decisions Hey?:D:D:D
Cheers

[astroron]

Thankyou Suzy for a wonderful message :thanx::thanx:
I really enjoyed the video from Olivia, I have not seen that before :)
Yes we will soon be celabrating your 4 decades in Australia ,You little nice lady from Sri Lanka :):):)
My accent can be classed as worldly,not anywhere in particular but a bit of everywhere:rolleyes:
I can still say:gday:with the best Aussie accent:rolleyes:
It seems you got TV before me as i have only just got it ;):lol::lol::lol:

Rons "Little house in the country" with its great dark sky's is great testimony at what Australia has enabled me to obtain :D
Here's hoping for a few more years to enjoy it's bounty:)
Cheers :thumbsup:

[astroron]

Your a reletive newcomer aren't you Jen :question: hahahahaha
Cheers :thumbsup:

[bartman]

Onya Ron!!!!
Congrats!!!!!
I (we ...family ) have been back and forth two times between Dutchland ( the Netherlands ) and Oz ... :)
2026 will be my 40 years.... however, its been 25 years now and loving every moment here in Perth@!!!!!
Cheers
Bartman