Ten Reasons why New Zealand is better than Australia
1. There are no snakes.
None at all. Not even small, shy, vegetarian ones. St. Patrick must have gone the long way round on his way to Ireland.
2. There are no poisonous spiders.
Apart from one, which isn't very poisonous, and is only found in the sand dunes on one particular beach near New Plymouth. It's so rare that there might actually only be one individual spider left.
3. It doesn't get too hot in the summer.
In many parts of Oz summer highs are in the mid 40s for months on end. It's exceptional here if the temperature hits 30 degrees. The average maximum daytime temperature in summer is 23 degrees - just about perfick!
4. We don't have droughts.
It rains a lot. Another thing we have in common with Ireland.
5. The indigenous people are treated much better.
While the relationship between the white European settlers and the Maori has had its fair share of problems over the years, the Maori have fared way, way better than the Aboriginal peoples of Australia.
6. NZ is a nuclear-free zone.
This means no US nuclear submarines in our waters, and no nuclear reactors just itching to go into meltdown.
7. New Zealand is not involved in the conflict in Iraq.
Nuff said.
8. You can see the whole country in a four-week road trip.
It would probably take four years of driving around Australia to see it all. Who could be arsed?
9. The All Blacks have a much cooler strip than the Wallabies.
No contest.
10. There are almost no Australians in New Zealand.
Helen
2 comments:
Not many Aussies, but two Brits too many :D
Fixed my last blog post for you, BTW. I thought that I ought to, seen as you're the only people who read it.
I might be the only person who comments on your blog, but I'll bet I'm not the only person who reads it.
If you put a hit counter on your blog, I reckon you'll be surprised at the number of hits it gets. We certainly were when we put one on ours a while back.
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