The things I'm missing out on..
November 05, 2015
I had an exam this morning... ew
Then I spent the rest of the morning and
the hot afternoon walking around the city looking for a place that sold nice
cardstock and pretty craft supplies for some invitations I'm making.
About halfway through my trek, I realised
the exact store I was looking for, a Paperchase! I tried to remember the last
place I'd been to one because I knew they'd have what I needed.
...
...
...
Then it dawned on me...
I live in Melbourne, Australia.
The land down under that has ZERO
paperchases.
And I've only been to the UK once!
So here is a quick list I compiled after
feeling really stupid of things that would be nice to have in Australia. Don't
get me wrong I love my 'sun-burnt country' but there are times (especially as
the thermometer rises and the bugs and creepy crawlies start appearing
everywhere) that I think it would be nice to be somewhere else...
#1
The Great British Bake Off and Comic
Relief Bake Off.
There is just something not quite the same
about the Australian Bake Off (not to mention you have to pay for it) when
compared to the small snippets I have seen of the original. How long I will
have to patiently wait for it to broadcast down under I don't know but be sure
to know that I am waiting!
#2
Free museums!
Imagine my surprise when I found that all
the museums in the UK were free!
As a bit of a nerdy person I love a good
trip to the museum but with general admission costing $14 these trips become
few and far between.
#3
Books in hardback editions.
For some reason when every British author
I follow published a book it is a hardback version and I get a little bit
excited. Then when it get printed for Australia, for some unknown reason it is
ALWAYS paperback. I for one will always prefer a hardback book with a pretty
dust jacket.
If someone knows why this is the case
please do let me know.
#4
More frequent trains.
Now I don't actually know how possible
this actually is so please don't take this the wrong way but having a train
coming every couple of minutes would be much nicer than missing a train in
Melbourne and often waiting up to 25 minutes on my line for the next one.
#5
Paperchase
And finally paperchase, because seriously
they would have done today and saved me HOURS of walking and Googling today. I
don't think there is an Australian equivalent or that really there ever will
be.
Did I miss anything? Please do add
anything you think I'm missing or maybe from another country that Australia
could do with. I'm sure there are many. Let me know in the comments!
xx
Caitlin
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