Are there many Australian on this Senior site?

Answer 1

Well sort of. I have Australian Grandparents on my dads side. I was born and raised in South Africa, but I married an Australian and lived here from 1969 to 1073. My daughters were all born here. And I came back in 2001, and have been here eve since. I have been back to South Africa three times. And while living in South Africa had many trips to Australia. There are other Aussies on the site so if you are Australian you should feel quit at home. G day mayte! And enjoy.

Answer 2

I discovered the senior site about a month ago and so far, I haven,t ran across one.

I love the Australian accent.

Can't get enough of hearing them talk.

I have an Australian friend, that I'm very close to. He was here in the US for two years. Both me and my husband miss him.

We came very close to moving to Australia with my husbands work. I think it was for a copper mine. (maybe Kennecott Copper)

I refused to go when I read about the snakes there. Silly but I was still young and dumb at the time. Now I'm just old.

I would like to share an article that a wonderful Australian Dentist wrote about America/Americans.

It's quite long but it was kind of him and is very enlightening.

To Kill an American
You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.

So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is. So they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)


"An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.


An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as Native Americans.

An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in AfghanistanThe only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.


An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.
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An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.

The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.


An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.


When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!


As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan Americans welcome the best of everything...the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least.


The national symbol of America , The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America


Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.

Thanks for the question and for taking the time to read something so lengthy.

Answer 3

I am an Australian living now in New Zealand
Still home sick though

Answer 4

yes if you call a 59 years old senior, what senior site would that be i thought this site was for all ages

Answer 5

Crickey! Yeah they're all over the place. Come on in.

Answer 6

Don't know how many, but they're a cheerful bunch.