Victoria - The place to be?

Submitted: Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 18:10
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Question - If Victoria (is) the place to be (as per the rego plates on their cars) why are they not in Victoria? Why do they need to be anywhere else?

Just a crazy view of the rego plate.

Tasmania is "Your natural state" does this mean their all starkers?

South Australia has many choices as we cannot decide where to be or what to support.

Seems that New South and Queensland do not have any slogan, probably a good option then cannot be made fun of, although probably happens anyway.

Slow work day here!

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Reply By: Member - Cruiser (NSW) - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 18:24

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 18:24
Another numberplate slogan

Victoria - The State On The Move

Got that right, they are all moving north during winter.
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Follow Up By: Hairy - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 18:50

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 18:50
Cant really blame them I suppose?
Ive been there once and I would move too!
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Follow Up By: kimprado - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 19:54

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 19:54
Hairy

What are you alluding to?

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Kim
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Follow Up By: Hairy - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 23:12

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 23:12
Who...Me..???
But there does seem to be a lot of mexicans on the move.
And why were at it can you leave your silly bloody road rules at home?
People seemed to be concerned about our speed limit, or lack there of it and want to make Australian road rules generic......WHAT ....does that mean we have to learn to turn right from the left lane?
And you reckon scrubby town has problems!!!
LOL
Cheers
Hairy
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Follow Up By: kimprado - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 15:29

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 15:29
Hairy

Thank you for a well thought out reply to my question.

You mentioned Scrubby Town. I did a Google search and found nothing. Is the town worth a visit. Does it have running water and a pub?

LOL

Regards

Kim

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Follow Up By: Hairy - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 21:08

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 21:08
Kim,
Pubs aren't flash therefore we all have our own private drinking holes which you may be privileged enough to see some time.
As for the water we will be selling it to you mob soon so be nice!
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Reply By: Member - Oldplodder (QLD) - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 19:11

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 19:11
Qld used to be "The sunshine state".

Now Beattie is trying to push "The smart state".

Smart about what, reckon he hasn't much of a chance at the next election, hasn't been too smart about health, or education, or police, or infrastructure, or water, or ..................... :o).
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Follow Up By: Member - 'Lucy' - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 00:08

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 00:08
Nah! It will never be 'Beattie's smart thinking state'

However there is every chance it will be: 'Beattie's effluent drinking state'

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Follow Up By: greydemon - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 17:04

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 17:04
WA at one time was 'The State of Excitement' then it became 'WA Home of the Americas Cup'

Then we lost the cup and people added an 's' after WA.

Nowadays I don't think we are anything but we are working on 'WA the State of total Burkes' but have to wait until the Crime and Corruption Commission finishes it's heariings today.
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Reply By: Kev M (NSW) - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 19:48

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 19:48
I thought that Victoria was the "Place to Bet"

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Reply By: Jimbo - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 20:56

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 20:56
Just today it was officially recorded that Victoria has the fastest population growth in the Country.

Melbourne is the fastest growing city.

FACTS.

No opinion offered.
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Follow Up By: Off-track - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 21:27

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 21:27
Was that based on outright numbers or as a percentage of total population?
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Follow Up By: Sarg - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 23:45

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 23:45
Yeh? Not according to THE AGE newspaper

Boom _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx population west

* Asa Wahlquist
* February 28, 2007

WESTERN Australia has confirmed its position as the boom state, overtaking Queensland as having the fastest-growing population in the nation.
The state's population grew by 2 per cent in 2005-06, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show.

And Perth was the fastest-growing city, with inner Perth recording a growth rate of 12.4per cent in just 12 months.

Overall, Australia's population grew by 265,700 to 20.6million. Natural increase, or the excess of births over deaths, contributed 131,200 people, while net overseas migration contributed 134,600.

Professor of geography at the University of Adelaide, Graeme Hugo, said that although Queensland was continuing to show strong growth, "for the first time for a long time Western Australia has grown faster ... It is clear the resources boom translates into growth in the capital city, rather than necessarily in regional areas."
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Follow Up By: Member - 'Lucy' - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 00:20

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 00:20
Facts:

(1) The AGE is the greatest piece of leftist diatribe since the BIG ISSUE

(2) Jimbo is well known bolshevik

(3) That 2.0i EPA vandalistic, yellow terror that Jimbo is attracting immigrants to to Victoria like blow flies to a whatever.

Oh! Jimbo, I luv your style mate - 'more front than Meyer's mate. (ROFLMAO)

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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 00:48

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 00:48
And after all the bullcrap here are the facts from a highly respected newspaper the Herald Sun, no mention of that faraway place called WA but they're not really oztralian are they :)

MELBOURNE is closing the population gap on Sydney as people continue to flock to the suburbs.

The number of people to call Melbourne home last financial year increased by 49,000, the nation's fastest growth for a capital and its surrounds.
Most newcomers headed for the western and northern suburbs.

It propelled Melbourne's population to 3,684,461 as at June, compared with 4,293,105 in Sydney, which grew by 37,200.

Victoria's population hit 5,091,666, up 68,500, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show.

Queensland topped the states with a 76,400 increase and NSW was third with 58,800.

Demographer Bernard Salt said Melbourne was on the road to reclaiming its title of biggest city.

"Melbourne had been Australia's biggest city for 40 years before Federation when Sydney got its nose in front," he said.

The report into Australia's population trends reveals Victoria now boasts 22 people per square kilometre -- the highest density outside the ACT.

A Port Phillip pocket incorporating St Kilda is the most crowded part of Victoria, with 5700 people per square kilometre.

Council areas Melton (+6814), Wyndham (+6660), Casey (+6429), Hume (+3979) and Cardinia (+3142) recorded the biggest growth statewide.

Mr Salt said the figures pointed to Melbourne's population imbalance between east and west finally being corrected.

"Melbourne for 150 years has favoured the east and southeast and the city was lopsided as a consequence," he said.

"History may say that between 1995 and 2025 there was a correction in the imbalance as Melburnians filled in the suburban blanks on the western and northern fronts."

Sea-changers continue to flock to Greater Geelong (+2640) and the Surf Coast (+1105).

Baw Baw (+1107) and Mansfield (+211) are the second-fastest-growing areas in regional Victoria, while Mildura, Bendigo, Ballarat and Shepparton districts are among Australia's fastest-growing inland regions.

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Follow Up By: Off-track - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 01:48

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 01:48
So I guess it was opinion and not fact afterall hey jimbo?
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 14:22

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 14:22
Ray.

Long shot, but would you have trip notes from that trip we did couple of yr ago with the EO people round Pyrenees?
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 14:31

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 14:31
What I do have is the oziexplorer track file. I'm about to leave home for work but I'll email it tomorrow if it's of any use to you.
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Follow Up By: kimprado - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 15:41

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 15:41
Mad Dog

Those figures appear to be outdated. Casey is currently taking in far more than the figure you posted. Current population is around 230,000 and will mature at 340,000.

Regards

Kim
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 17:23

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 17:23
Supposed to be the net growth, latest figures from the Bureau of Statistics .

Might have taken in more but maybe a swag left for Qld maybe :)
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Friday, Mar 02, 2007 at 00:32

Friday, Mar 02, 2007 at 00:32
Ray

"What I do have is the oziexplorer track file"

why not post then in PlotSwap

Regards

Richard

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Reply By: Member - Duke (TAS) - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 21:08

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 21:08
Zig-n-Zag,
Beachport is not the place to be at the moment, Arrived at the Beachport C/ Park yesterday for a week on our way Nth. A bit breezy today or is this just a gentle seabreeze like it is most of the time down in Tassie.Drop in for a drink if you have time.
Duke
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Reply By: Sarg - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 21:15

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 21:15
It was the "Garden State ", but with the water restrictions they dropped it. In reality they realised it was full of pansies and fairies.
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 21:21

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 21:21
You need to move to Vic to feel at home Surge.

You'd be in your element LOL
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Follow Up By: Sarg - Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 23:49

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 at 23:49
OOOHH- touchy ,touchy. Further more ,you're not too good at football either.
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Follow Up By: Member - 'Lucy' - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 00:25

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 00:25
'Pansies & Faries"

Hell! Jimbo, I've never heard of these whatevers, has this Sarg dude discovered some new 'under the covers' psuedo swear words.

Maybe he should buy a JEEP and feel liberated.
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Follow Up By: Member - Robert A (QLD) - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:01

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:01
I thought Sydney was full of 'Pansies & Faries"
I say there are 2 states to be in "Drunken and Queensland"

Rob
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Follow Up By: disco driver - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 11:58

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 11:58
Drunken and Queensland!
Aren't they the one and the same???

Disco
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Reply By: Gob & Denny - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 17:57

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 17:57
Victoria The Roadworks State!!!!!!!!
you cant drive anywhere without having to slow downfor them

steve
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Follow Up By: Brew69(SA) - Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 21:18

Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 at 21:18
Got it in one. And what about "Victoria..... We'd kill To Win An AFL flag State"
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