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Which is the way of the future here in Australia. Cuts costs for one thing and not paying for something in Australia i'm afraid is a relic of the past. Something they prefer us to forget, in the brave new 'do it only for money world'.
Which is the way of the future here in Australia. Cuts costs for one thing and not paying for something in Australia i'm afraid is a relic of the past. Something they prefer us to forget, in the brave new 'do it only for money world'.
I'll take paying 50 cents to use a toilet that is cleaned after every use over a filthy ***** covered free toilet anyday.
I'll take paying 50 cents to use a toilet that is cleaned after every use over a filthy ***** covered free toilet anyday.
Here in Perth City there is still a free toilet that reflects the old days with an in house cleaner who has her on office and seems to maintain to a high standard. All for free.
But the barefoot bogans .... yuk! I hate that. So slovenly. It'd be alright if we were talking about a shop near the beach but you see them here miles from the ocean, in winter. Dirty feet and toenails on display ..... ewww!
As a nipper in the years of primary school that I done here used to even go to school in bare feet as did many others.Or let me rephrase that I would remove my shoes once through the school gate.
We played football, rode cycles all in bare feet. Normal behaviour in those days. Didn't continue as such when family relocated to England. Think lasted perhaps a week and that was living in a seaside town. Had so many comments and stares that was never game to try and go outside without shoes again.
Don't find so many doing it these days though. Don't recall the last time that I saw someone without shoes away from the beach suburbs.
Don't see kids anymore shoeless either. Perhaps there are just not in my area.
Don't find so many doing it these days though. Don't recall the last time that I saw someone without shoes away from the beach suburbs.
Don't see kids anymore shoeless either. Perhaps there are just not in my area.
Not many, thankfully, but they're still around. Just recently saw two of them, one barefoot, the other in "white" socks. Bizarre. Not sure what the aversion to shoes is all about.
You have to go further north and out, maybe even south of where you are. Different culture/world outside of the inner suburbs of Perth.
Not many, thankfully, but they're still around. Just recently saw two of them, one barefoot, the other in "white" socks. Bizarre. Not sure what the aversion to shoes is all about.
You have to go further north and out, maybe even south of where you are. Different culture/world outside of the inner suburbs of Perth.
I do try to avoid such nightmare scenarios such as ventures into those distant outer burbs at all costs. Seriously affecting to the 'morale'
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I think in many ways Australia is a much more tourist-friendly country than America is. The system of visitor's information centres (indicated by those 'i' signs) is consistent from Hobart to Broome. Amenities like public toilets are generally well advertised in both city and country. In the US, by contrast, accommodation seems mostly restricted to motels on the interstate, hotels in the cities and maybe a couple of good backpackers in even big cities. Supermarkets seem more accessible in Oz than the US.
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