I reckon I'm Australian

[Bally002]

Cant say i disagree with anything you wrote . To me a lot of the problems start at the border , we just need to get the mix right of who we let in and the drug problem also needs to be looked at closely as we are just not getting that right as well  . Lots wrong here at the moment and i don't see the answers , well i have my views on it but i will leave it at that .Now the blm protests im still scratching my head over , maybe people needed to vent their frustrations on something/ anything as they were emerging from lockdown . One thing i do know is all the ranting ,protest and labels they are handing out will not affect me in the slightest . Not now , not ever .

Well we have spoken and you know where I'm coming from.  Just want to be an Aussie like when I grew up. 

I am certainly excited in coming south your way in November and going crabbing.  Just want the experience ticked off my bucket list.  Would love to go fishing for snapper and whiting from your boat.  Looks flash mate.  Mine was destroyed in the fires.

In saying that, I can't trap rabbits anymore.  (Traps illegal).  I can't go hunting anymore.  (Need a good reason).  I have a good reason (100 plus acres) to keep the old shotties but the cost is prohibitive.  I'm lucky, in my mind, to just be able to cut firewood during this winter.

My post probably aligns to trying to be just an Aussie (currency) but I find it's nearly been outlawed.  Hard to find 'true blues' such as yourself.  I miss Pheonix and Pronto.  Pronto rings me occasionally.  I'm sure I outlined what it felt to be an Aussie but that ghost identity is losing traction.  If not lost already.

'True Blues' are getting rarer.  Separated by distance.  And as I added, I'm sick of adjusting to others.

I'd like to use this forum for people who identify as a 'fair dinkum' sheila or bloke to express their thoughts  as to being a down to earth Aussie and celebrate 'our' diversity.  "Tie it up with a bit of wire mate." 

Seeking real Aussies, like yourself.  Post a topic here mate.  I'll support it.

My kind regards as always,

Bally:)