Yes, 'the great Australian salute' originated from brushing away these creatures. Many Australians will argue this is not a problem and they do not even notice them. Flies like to breed in moist dung and Australia has 137 million sheep and 24 million cattle. Apparently Australia never had a problem until they started importing cows and sheep from Europe and South Africa. CSIRO scientists have begun a program of spreading a super dung beetle to break up the flies' breeding medium(From Dale, 1998). This dung beetle program is obviously NOT WORKING ... and flies can be extremely frustrating to immigrants!!!

Mieliepap and boerewors can also be bought at the Central Market in town. Boerewors is also available the following butcher shops:

Hawthorn Meat Store, 2 Egmont Terrace, Hawthorn, Tel 8271 3051 (Contact is Darren Klippel).

Champion At Wembley Meat Service, Marcelleria Italiana, 207 Glynburn Rs, Firle SA 5070. Tel 8331 8878

Rossistors Butcher shop, 170 Unley Road, Unley. Tel 83731560

David Jones butcher in Rundle Mall.

Viva Gourmet - Burnside Shopping Village.

Barrosa Fine Foods in the Central Market.

Dan Murphy's on Port Rush road has a few SA reds. I have seen some Kanonkop Pinotage and a few Nederburg wines. Not a great selection.

One of Australia's healthiest national traits, which involves taking a sceptical view of people who are rich, powerful or successful, and cutting them down to size when they appear pretentious. (From David Dale's book)

I know what you were thinking :-) Ok, if you are not surfing the net, watch the news for a few weeks and be amazed by the number of fires (arson) being reported.

Daar is heelwat toepaslike boeke in die vele boekwinkels hier en verder kan jy gratis boekies oor verskillende dele van die verskillende state by die toepaslike toerisme rade kry. Vir meer inligting oor Suid-Australië, probeer die South Australian Travel Centre, 1 King William Street, Adelaide, Tel: (08) 8303 2231.

At the SA Travel Centre you can get various booklets, eg on South Australia as a whole, on the Barossa Valley, on the Eyre Peninsula, etc.

One useful, humorous and easy readable book, which provides insight about living in Australia, is The 100 things everyone needs to know about Australia by David Dale, 1998, printed by McPherson's Printing group.

Lastly, but not least - try the good old telephone book. You will be amazed at how useful it is

Going to live in another country (either temporary or permanently) is like riding the roughest roller coaster ever! If you feel like testing yourself, your spouse and all your relationships, relocating is for you.

Be prepared for feeling sad, depressed, euphoric, glad, homesick, frustrated, angry, relieved, remorseful, grateful and sometimes for feeling nothing at all. The ride seems to be at its roughest in the first six months. This is, however, variable and depends greatly on EXPECTATIONS, personal circumstance, FINANCE and attitude. It helps to realise that what you experience is normal and to keep faith that things will improve. It eventually does start to go better. One day you wake up and realise that the lows are not so low any more and that the dips come at longer intervals.

Another thing that helps is to talk to others who are going through the same experience. This is where the SA Network is helpful. The Network provides the opportunity to meet positive people who can appreciate what you are going through, without being typical 'when we's'.

Australia uses 240 v, 50 Hz - Type I Electrical Outlet (see http://electricaloutlet.org/type-i). Yes, most of your electrical goodies from South Africa will work after replacing the plug.

Transport SA is the government agency that manages drivers licenses and motor vehicle registrations. Motor vehicle registrations can be renewed online at EzyReg.

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