Should we invade Australia?

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What´s happening in Australia?

Suddently interesting, more or less "wacky" people I happen to stumble across so often turn out to be Australian I start to think it can´t be a coincidence.
Like the stand up comedian Steve Hughes, and also Jim Jefferies (depending on my mood for the day, some days he´s a bit too much).
An Egyptian anchorite, Fr. Lazarus St. Anthony.
The "researcher, truth seeker, radio host, film-maker and one of the leaders of global awakening movement" Max Igan (definitely don´t agree with everything he says, but he has some very good points).
And the latest (thanks to traven in "what are you listening to THIS VERY SECOND?", I think),C W Stoneking.

Is Australia the AS land of freedom and opportunity, the promised land of oddballs?

We're too full to be invaded.

If you irrigate 1/10 of the Outback, I'm sure you could admit a few million more people.

Really? Even this yellow area?



(yes I know that part is mostly a big f*****g desert and uninhabitable)

But I'm not sure invading a country would be the best of plans. And besides, it's full of wildfires and deadly wildlife with very hot weather, no thank you. I like the lack of deadly spiders and snakes but that's just me.

How about my idea about irrigating 1/10 of the Outback?

That'll take a lot of water... with all the melting sea ice causing the sea levels to rise, maybe we should find a way to divert it all to the Australian outback.

Thats why I live in Canada.

Exactly! You´d think it would be a piece of cake, considering what man can do today.
I´m actually pretty sure it will happen. We need more and more space, the deserts around the world won´t stay uninhabitet forever.

Dillogic, you wouln´t hardy even notice some of us being there.
Personally, I would love to stay out of the way, rescuing roos and stuff

there is so much publicity about australia's deadly animals, but they never attack people or they are rare to the point of insignificance.
there are not many people people in australia who are injured by deadly animals.
australia could probably support 50 million people as it is, but it would be a crowded way of life and i would hate it.

They exist and can get into your house. I prefer my own country's wildlife. No big carnivores or venomous snakes/spiders/scorpions. Just better peace of mind knowing that. Whenever I see a spider in my house I can just let it out and know that touching it won't kill me and it probably won't even bite. But in Australia you'd have to know by look if it's able to kill you or not. And if we're going to be invading the outback then I'm sure they've got their own ecosystem of deadly nopes.

Obviously I had a peaceful, loving kind of invasion in mind

Not a huge fan of deadly snakes either, or any snakes for that matter, but the Australian fauna is to die for for an animal lover.

You should see the first Crocodile Dundee. I really liked that movie!

i have not seen a funnel web (the deadly spider related to the black widow) for about 10 years. they are black and unmistakeable. they are rare to be seen to the extent that most australian people have never seen one.

i have also not seen a snake for more than 5 years and the last one i saw was a red bellied black snake in the country and it was eager to be on it's way.
"scary animals" is an advertising tag that promotes australia in the minds of the sensationalistic, but in reality, you never see those types of animals in day to day living.

whatever. it is good that we are not swamped by immigrants, but i do not care who comes here or not other than i would like not to have a population of 50 million to thread my way through.

australia is a nice place to live and you probably would like it much.

Never seen a wild snake and hate hot temperatures. Ideal temperature range is 0-10 celsius for me. I assume that would rule out Australia. I can't stand temperatures over 20, and correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it like that all year? I'll be staying put for now.

It's usually in the 20-30 range in most parts of inhabited Australia during the summer. On occasion, one could receive 40-degree temperatures.

In the southern part of Australia, especially inland, it can get pretty cool, sometimes below zero Celsius. Very few places in low altitudes get snow.

Canberra, the capital, gets frosts frequently and occasionally gets snow.

Melbourne goes down to the single digits Celsius. Almost never gets snow.

Adelaide--the same--except it NEVER gets snow.

Sydney--usually pretty mild by day even in winter. Very pleasant.

there are not many places with that annual mean temperature so i guess it is better to stay put.