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So recently, a fellow fanpopper Snerkie geplaatst a soapbox artikel entitled “Sydney = Overrated”. If u haven’t read that article, u may have to in order to get what I’m saying. To start, My name is Ali, I’m 17 and I live in Sydney.

Second, I want to pick a little bone with Snerkie.
u say Sydney is Un-Australian. Um... isn't that is what is so great about Australia? That that we are so MULTICULTURAL. Now u say u are not racist, but seriously, everyone has a right to live in Australia (given they're not terrorists, murderers of dangerous) and that fact that u put Un-Australian in bold worries me.

No Sydney is not great. When I was 12 my family moved from Melbourne to Sydney. I remember being so overwhelmed door the enormity of it all, I kept comparing it to Melbourne. Melbourne had trams and was easier to get around, Sydney didn’t. Melbourne had all my friends, Sydney didn’t. Melbourne was Melbourne and Sydney wasn’t. But then as I realized I was going to be in Sydney for awhile, so I sucked it up. I discovered buses and I got new and in some cases better friends.
I’m not blind of stupid. A lot of people smoke, there isn't a great rubbish regime and the homeless people are scary. But let’s just go over the highlights of Sydney. Snerkie liked the harbour, and she’s right, it’s beautiful and the locals enjoy it too, not just tourists. But what about the weather? It’s almost always sunny and the beaches are as close as 30 minuten away. Sydney is also very green, being so moist. There are a vast species of trees, mostly native. The national parks are close and easy to get to, most people have them on their back yards. Yeah I know, brand hazard, but hallo that’s Australia for you.

door now your thinking get off your soapbox(hahaha) Shizzali, you’ve only been to Melbourne and Sydney. You’ve never been to Adelaide, so quite being so defensive. Well that’s true. I’ve only every been to Rural NSW and Victoria, and I’ve loved it, but I never thought I took it for granted. I’ve also been holidaying in Europe and Canada, so I’m not ignorant.

To finish I have a few meer points, so beer with me. Snerkie says that on TV “they say how beautiful Sydney is and it's like the hart-, hart of Australia”. Well there’s her problem, Since when do u believe EVERYTHING u see on TV (WWE isn’t as sincere as she thinks, obviously). I credit Snerkie for taking that trip to explore meer of Australia, my friend and I are doing a road trip around Australia when we finish school volgende year.

So that’s it from Shizzali, u may have gathered I like my feelings known. As a final point, I’m not saying that Sydney isn’t overrated, to some people. Everyone has a right to their opinion and to publiceer that opinion, and I’m exercising that right. I hope u enjoyed it, I certainly enjoyed writing it!

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Highlights of a trip to the Outback, August-September 2006
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 Firemen trying to control the Victorian bushfires this weekend
Firemen trying to control the Victorian bushfires this weekend
I woke up this evening around eight o'clock -feeling tired and irritated. Due to the extensive heatwave that has swept through most of the country this weekend, I had been unable to sleep for nearly two days. I live in the outer suburbs of Sydney (away from the coastline) and the temperatures reached as high as 46 degrees celcius today. I'm a person that prefers the summertime to winter as I tolerate the heat much better than the cold but these high temperatures were just too much to deal with.
I turned on the radio and the first news item was about the out-of-control bushfires in the state...
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