cash cows

You would have manure for brains to pay that sorta bux!

Shyte !!!!! At those prices they don't have to rely on volume of sales to turn a tidy profit. Who said bushrangers were extinct LOL

If you don't like it don't go. Simple as A B C.
Cheer's Bob. :)

LOL no Bob. You go but you don't pay those prices.

Nah, half a dozen under the belt and you'd pay anything, plus line up for the $9 hamburger the next morning..........isn't that the way it usually works?

Gramps you are right on the money there.It is like all things if you don't like what you see you you don't pay the $$$.
Cheer's Bob.

Landy,nah don't touch the stuff.But if i did i wouldn't buy a hamburger to waste it after i had eaten it .Lol.
Cheer's Bob.

>>> If you don't like it don't go.

So you would have known before going the prices were that inflated? No, neither did anyone else.
What if you had gone there, expecting the usual inflated prices of $5 for a small paper cup of beer and $4 for 2chips in a paper cup?

I am sure it is no different if you were to go to a footy match or cricket those sort of prices,not to mention the ticket to get in.Yes you no before you go as the they are (most )are rported on this site.Read "WHINGED".& you don't have to have a beer or the chips or any thing else you just don't "BUY".Fuel yes you do if you need to get anywhere.The rip offs are very wide spread in the CITY not just country,This site is becoming more like the site for" WHINGER'S". Cheer's Bob.:)

Where ever your friend got those prices from, I can't tell.
I was at the Deni Ute Muster last weekend, none of those prices are correct.

bucket of chips $11.20 WRONG --> around $2.50
can of bundy $12.50 WRONG --> @ the bundy bar $5
can of beer $12.00 WRONG --> @ the bundy bar $2.50
plain hamburger $9.00 WRONG --> almost everywhere $5 to $6

SantaAus

Im, with you footloose not all of us have a unlimited amount of cash like others who travel ,So I weed out the thieves and just walk away or just go without,

I travel on a very limited budget because I love to travel when the wallet has some left in it,And why shouldent we weather we spend a little or a lot in these towns.

So if its too expensive dont buy it or go elsewhere,I remember the towns that are friendly or have reasonable costs and I go out of my way to go back to them if I can.So its up to us all ,Stop paying big bucks for something that way overpriced.

dj patrol

I take the point that fuel stops in remote areas need to charge more but the ones i am complaining about are the ones actually closer to their suppliers who charge extra to those further away.I would like to afford the luxury of a 200 litre tank but there is just not the space or power to tow around an extra 200kgs of fuel The stations that charge like this are usually not interested in the concept of servicing anything except their bank balances My last word. Thereare great places and great people everywhere and the best people I have met are those at really remote places I have found plenty to enjoy but please dont let Australia become like some places in europe where the locals pay a different price to the tourists .

Having lived and worked in some outback towns I'd have to agree. Many have always had a "locals and blow ins" sort of culture. Then there's land holders and townies. Then there's the floating population. And in some cases a deep suspicion of strangers.
Thankfully I've seen a lot of changes in most country towns. Tourists are welcomed in most, as some survive mostly on the tourist dollar.

The Darwin award goes to a girl in a Cape York town, several years ago. While serving my wife she told her mate that she couldn't wait to see the end of the tourist season. Now that's bloody rude.
I've been back and strangely enough she doesnt work there any more.

G'Day BJ,

Not surprised they treat you like trash if your attitude to them is one of "dumb ar$e country hicks!" Is it them or you?

Cheers
Scoey!

No NO quite to the contrary, I am extrmely nice to all people i meet on my travels and all people in general. I NEVER stated that i walk around the town saying that you are all dumb country hicks, why would i do that!! Please read my post properly before wrinting a follow up like this!! You are just trying to cause conflict!! Why would you do that??

When i am in another country or in another town, I know i am the visiter and extend my respect to the locals of said country and town. If i am nice to someone and they treat my like I am a piece of cr@p, of course i am going to get mad. I never say anything of course it is not the right thing to do and it is not my town or country. I voice my protest on places like this to try and get the message out that some people are just darn right RUDE. Just because they live in country town does not give them the excuse to treat poeple from out of town badly!!!!

I treat all country folk who come to Melbourne extremely well.

I guess that the fact is just because someone lives i the country and is a country folf doesn't make them a good person, as everyone seems to think.

P.S. Read posts properly before responding badly to a post.
Thanks

It's not country wide but I have seen the attitude which BJ42 mentions too.

I live in a town in the North West of WA that is a tourist haven in the winter time, mainly because of our beaches and the fishing, I must admit you have your times when touro's become a bloody nuisance, i find a certain age group, arrogant, rude, have little respect for others, and always in a hurry, example was last week camped at our favourite camp spot at Ningaloo in comes visitor asked me if I was local, I said yes, asked me about driving on the beach, I said sands a bit too wet at the moment, off goes visitor, hour later in walks visitor, he was that bogged in wet sand that you could not see his wheels, this is not the first time I have had to help some one after they had asked my opinion about driving conditions in this area, crossing Yardie Creek is another classic case, in particular when the mouth of the creek opened after good rain,
As for being a dumb arse country hick could not care less what some one else thinks of people who live in the country, I know that I have great live style, work four and a half days a week, camp and fish the days off, does not get any better, in fact I am making the most of it because with increased tourism comes more rules and regulations and before you know it we will be like the east coast. Only have to watch the Four Corners programme the other month to see how this great piece of coastline is loved too death and the negative aspects of of all those people who stay on it in a short space of time.

Cheers
Spango

G'Day again BJ,

I re-read your post as you asked and still got the same impression. Maybe because I come from a small country town or a "back water" as you call it. I don't mean to cause conflict as you suggest, my follow up was simply to pose the question to you, that, was it your attitude to country folk that couses a dissrespectful attitude in return? Quite clearly you think not.

Personally, terms such as 'back water' and 'dumb ar$e country hicks' paint a pretty clear picture to me about your attitude, and to suggest that they are jealous of you because they're 'stuck in thier own back water' is ridiculous! I'd rather live in my town than Melbourne any day!

Maybe your attitude isn't deliberate or even a concious thing - but believe me, it comes across loud and clear to me. Look - I don't mean to offend you, as I'm sure you didn't mean to denigrate country people, I was simply offering an opinion as you did. Take it in or ignore it - your choice! :-)

Cheers
Scoey!

LOL we're getting a bit tetchy here are'nt we :)))

IMHO, percentage wise, there are just as many dumb ar$e country hicks as there are rude arrogant city-based tourists. The difference between the country and the city is while some will try to rip you off in the country, EVERYBODY will try to rip you off in the city hahahahaha

Amen to that Gramps! ;-) I was going to say that the rude country people that are mentioned actually go by a different name when being referred to by country people; and that is ar$eholes! :-)) hehe! they come in all shapes and sizes but when a city person finds one in a country town or vice versa it must be a country Vs city thing!

Cheers
Scoey!

Its getting worse in the cities. Had a woman looking over my shoulder while I was using an ATM. I nearly called the cops. But instead I frightened here away by smiling...before using the machine of course.
Had another woman pull my shopping trolly out of the way while I was looking at an item in a fridge. Ican now assure Mark Latham that the Ozzie male isn't always politically correct :))
I suppose that I was lucky that a member of the sisterhood wasn't standing behind me with a lump of 6x4 !!
I hate rude, ignorant people wherever they are.

Scoey,

hahaha we call 'em ar$eholes too :)) See, city and country folk are'nt completely different species LOL

Footy, Footy, Footy. Why are you becoming such a thrillseeker and taking all these risks at this stage? There's no way in the world I'd stand in the way of some of the ladies at the local supermarket. Especially when they are armed with one of those four-wheeled WMDs. Have'nt you noticed the height the front edge of those things is set at? It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it LOL

Gramps, isn't my strategy obvious ? I'm trying to get banned from doing the shopping !! :-)))

Getting banned is easy.

If I go shopping, the bill is usually a bit bigger, as I don't look for the "specials"
Also, going shopping when hungry is also good, as all sorts of snack foods migrate into the trolley. :))

Stu, I do the grocery shopping every week. It used to be my big day out. High point of my social life. But then I changed days and met the shoppers from H E L L. It's bad enough having grey hair and being invisible. but the battle strategy of some of these people is incredible. I must be the only one on permanent retreat all the way around the battleground.

However when some mum and her child smile and wave me on, it can still make my day.
A bloke did that once, and I looked at him pretty carefully. He had a little cross on his collar:))))

Geez I've only been back for a couple of months and I need to go away again...

hey there city dude,
before you go calling country people dumb a@#e you should do a little thinking . its wankers like you who upset the locals in small towns with your big city mexican out look . country people supply the food on your plate the leather you ware & the wool in in your socks & usually if they give off a bad attitude its you who has made them that way. so if you dont like it dont go. the rural sector is better off without wankers like you . i bet your one of the idiots that leave gates open & cut the hell out of private tracks & leave your rubbish everyware. as for reading your post i have & you deserve a reply like this as you are the problem not country people .!!!!!!!!
as for being jelous ???? of you ....lmao why the hell would anyone want to give up freedom us country people enjoy every day that you might once or twice a year?anyway i have had my say read it & weep you ignorant mexican (no offence to all the nice vics out there just people like this that give melbornites a bad name !!!)

Yes, WA has a problem there. All the kitchen hands are making a fortune as TA's in the mines. Naturally we have been left with the unemployed over here. But don't worry Dave, pretty soon they'll have enough non English speaking people there on visas.

already happening although to a certain extent it seems to be failing in regards to skilled migrants. barminco tried getting Phillipino workers over but found the word skilled and migrant werent exactly the same so most quitly disapeared

The number on visas has more than doubled in the last 2 years AFIK. But for those who don't know English and are skilled in IT or whatever , no worries. We just outsource. So what are we going to do with Australians without decent jobs ? Who cares. I'm taking my obscene 14 million dollars home to the US.
Grrr....it's still the lucky country for some !

Yes mate and add fuel or fares to get to the event and it basically becomes unaffordable for a family day out.

The worst thing I know has to be the self serve lollies at the movies , they have to be about $15/kg.

As far as I am concerned if it isnt outright illegal , I will have a go at taking my own.

Glenn