Australia, a third world country.

I can not speak for the rest of Australia but out here things have & continue to improve steadily & exponentially.
It was not that many years ago we had no mobile service, now we have 4G. It's not so long ago we had dial up internet that worked occasionally, now we have ADSL & NBN & fibre is on the way. Not that long ago every storm, windy day or heavy rain took out all comms. Now the weather has to be very bad & it's temporary. 3 years ago if it rained more than a heavy shower you could not drive anywhere. Now we have sealed roads all the way to Brisvages (though, why would you want to go there? & it doesn't rain any more!). Medical service continue to improve, Freight improves & almost everything is better.

We still have our issues, the power can be unreliable, a couple a bridges would be good, the airport needs it landing beacon thing up-graded, big storms take a lot of stuff out but we still usually have mobile service & a mechanic in town would be nice.
But, all these things can be worked around. In fact we really are not that isolated any more. A BIG WET will stuff life up for a bit, a Cyclone could wipe us out but in the great scheme of things life continues to improve for most people out here.
Not the same as a city but better than Bangladesh!
Jonesfam
PS Almost no adventure to living here any more.[bigsad]

You'll be getting soft Paul, I can remember when a cloudy day would kill all the ewes, in Karumba, CDMA would drop out between there and Normanton and there were no Goldwing or Land Rover dealers in either metropolis.
Tut, tut, tut, bitumen roads:no2: ....could I interest you in a low mileage Kia Carnival? :tease:
Why would you want to come to Brisvegas? [bighmmm] How many ice skating rinks are there in Doomadgee, now? [bigwhistle] And I still have the recipe for coffee. [biggrin]
All the best to you and your tribe for Christmas, mate. [bigsmile1]

Ian
You & the people like you are the only reasons I can think of for going South of Cloncurry!

Have a good one to you & yours &
To all AULROians.
(If that's even a word?)

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Originally Posted by jonesfam

Ian
You & the people like you are the only reasons I can think of for going South of Cloncurry!

Have a good one to you & yours &
To all AULROians.
(If that's even a word?)

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'Tis now!!
Glad Owen didn’t knock you around [biggrin]
Have a merry one.

I have to smile when people in Australia complain about third world conditions, harden up and come and live in the back blocks of PNG, on tap water, power,, internet, mobile service i wish, not to mention roads., schools, police or hospital facilities DYI all the way

Take a dose of cement you pussies.

When people can afford and buy $1000 vacuum cleaners and $200 toothbrushes the country is not third world.

Australia is the richest country in the World when houshold wealth is considered.

Here many of you drive $100K plus cars and are whinging about your NBN being slow. So you want to pay more tax do you?

Funny my NBN at 11MBps enables me to stream HD video without any buffering. What more do you want?

Try to live in an Indian village about 100Km from Jaipur where the electricity goes off every night at 8PM, no NBN there. The school is the roof of a mud brick house, No refrigeration or TV. No cars . Tractors the only conveyance.
No medical centre and the vet is an 80 year old bloke who has home remedies hanging from the trees.
Now THAT is third World.
Regards Philip A

Yes Indeed,

Ok so we know what a "Third world Country" is . One never hears of a first or second world country , which is Australia ?

Now in the event of a CME or EMP or other SHTF event, where would you rather be . In a "Developed " country where you carry on like lemmings or zombies in your day to day world dependant on technology & infrastructure, or on a Third World Country and carry on business as usual .

Most of Indonesia has better internet and pay less than 5% of what Australians are charged. In western Vic the internet connection is slower and less reliable than villages in Kalimantan without running water or power............................why?

There was a time when "Utilities" included power, water were supplied by Government at a subsidized rate because they were considered essential services.

You know why they charge so much for power and phone services?.......................................Be cause they can.

Free enterprise folks, get used to it, if they consider the market will support extortion, that's what happens.

Telstra on NT town's naughty list after 11-day blackout costs businesses thousands - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

It's the tiny Northern Territory town that Telstra hung up on in the build up to Christmas.
Key points:

• A faulty air-conditioner caused a telecommunications blackout which lasted nearly two weeks
• Business owners have been considering launching a class action against Telstra over losses during the period
• Telstra says it responded to the situation as best as it could, and businesses will be considered for reimbursement

For 11 days this month the town of Batchelor was left stranded without internet services with businesses reporting thousands of dollars in losses.

"You can't just pop down to Bunnings to pick up some new bits sometimes for telephone exchanges,"

Bull**** ! The A/C failed at Warranwood exchange in metro Melbourne , and thats exactly what they did. Some Domestic portable A/C units were purchased & positioned through the equipment room, Stayed that way for a few months at least . Same thing in another exchange in the Dandenongs , might have been Monbulk but its been about 10 years now . Probably still like it .

Bottom line is Telstra don't give a rats arse about customers and is why I left.