Austalia

[funlove]

Some of my Kenyan friends who reside in the US went to Australia for the Rugby Sevens and from what they are saying it's a wonderful place to live in if you can get a good job. There are also very many beautiful women.

They made videos which I found interesting.

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[Alectrona]

looks like they had a blast in sunny qld

[funlove]

looks like they had a blast in sunny qld

Definitely. For me I have always wanted to go to Australia and this trip was godsend, but unfortunately for me I could not break away from work commitments.

[JordanC]

Nice. Are they thinking of moving there?

[Soulthinker]

Thanks Funlove for the videos.

[funlove]

Nice. Are they thinking of moving there?

No.

For me it was an eye opener. As I said before I have always wanted to visit Australia, and there visit reinforced my good impression of the place.

The flight is very long from the US. If I was to go there I would plan my visit to coincide with my visit to Kenya. The flight from Kenya to Australia is not as long.

[funlove]

Thanks Funlove for the videos.

Good to know you enjoyed them. Always nice to see a different perspective.

[Sin Mari]

No.

For me it was an eye opener. As I said before I have always wanted to visit Australia, and there visit reinforced my good impression of the place.

The flight is very long from the US. If I was to go there I would plan my visit to coincide with my visit to Kenya. The flight from Kenya to Australia is not as long.

No, but it's still a bloody long flight. LOL

[funlove]

No, but it's still a bloody long flight. LOL

How long is the flight from Nairobi to Australia? From the West coast the flight to Australia should be at least 14.5 hrs. Any flight that is more than 8 hours starts becoming unbearable to me. At least with 8 hours I can imagine myself at the plantation and flying is slightly better, lol.

[Alectrona]

unless you live in new zealand, australia is too far from everything

[Sin Mari]

How long is the flight from Nairobi to Australia? From the West coast the flight to Australia should be at least 14.5 hrs. Any flight that is more than 8 hours starts becoming unbearable to me. At least with 8 hours I can imagine myself at the plantation and flying is slightly better, lol.

You can't take a direct flight (unless you go to Western Australia, I think), so you'll have two flights to get here. You can go via Thailand (Nairobi - Bangkok roughly 9hrs, then Bangkok - Sydney roughly 9hrs), or you can go via Dubai and that's 5hrs, plus about 14.5hrs.
You can also go through South Africa, but I don't know how long that is. I"m sure there are other variations on the flight path, but it's all going to be around the same time wise...give or take an hour or so.

Like I said...it's a bloody long flight. I'd recommend going via Dubai on Emirates. They're my favourite airline, by far, and I enjoy that flight more. Although going via Thailand breaks up the time better.

[Sin Mari]

unless you live in new zealand, australia is too far from everything

True, True. We live in the best country in the world, but we're too damn isolated.

[Alectrona]

True, True. We live in the best country in the world, but we're too damn isolated.

very true. it's a bloody pain in the arse

[Nyx]

that is what only i don't like here, too far from everything :mad:

[Alectrona]

that is what only i don't like here, too far from everything :mad:

i know mynxie, it's such a downside to living here

[Nyx]

i know mynxie, it's such a downside to living here

I guess we can not have everything just one thing bad but so much more better

[Alectrona]

I guess we can not have everything just one thing bad but so much more better

very true. the time and expense to leave a country as beautiful and wonderful of ours is really nothing, compared to how lucky we truly are

[funlove]

You can't take a direct flight (unless you go to Western Australia, I think), so you'll have two flights to get here. You can go via Thailand (Nairobi - Bangkok roughly 9hrs, then Bangkok - Sydney roughly 9hrs), or you can go via Dubai and that's 5hrs, plus about 14.5hrs.
You can also go through South Africa, but I don't know how long that is. I"m sure there are other variations on the flight path, but it's all going to be around the same time wise...give or take an hour or so.

Like I said...it's a bloody long flight. I'd recommend going via Dubai on Emirates. They're my favourite airline, by far, and I enjoy that flight more. Although going via Thailand breaks up the time better.

Damn....I didn't think it would be that long. I just assumed since the distance is significantly less from the World Map then the time would be less too. Maybe it's not economically feasible to have direct fights from Kenya to Australia, not too many people flying in both direction.

[funlove]

unless you live in new zealand, australia is too far from everything

New Zealand is also another place I would really like to visit. I guess if in Australia it would be economical to go to New Zealand as well. How long is the flight from the closest point of Australia to New Zealand. I would think it would be at least 6 hours.

[Sin Mari]

New Zealand is also another place I would really like to visit. I guess if in Australia it would be economical to go to New Zealand as well. How long is the flight from the closest point of Australia to New Zealand. I would think it would be at least 6 hours.

No, it's only 3hrs or maybe 4hrs. It's not long. It takes longer to fly to Western Australia from the east coast (of Australia) than it does from the east coast to New Zealand.

I think the whole no direct flight from nairobi has more to do with refueling the plane. But yes, they probably wouldn't get enough passengers on a daily basis to Kenya from Australia.

[Soulthinker]

Oz is a wonderful country and yes it is a bit isolated. Of all the countries in Asia I would visit Oz than China,Indonesia,or the Phillipines.

[funlove]

Oz is a wonderful country and yes it is a bit isolated. Of all the countries in Asia I would visit Oz than China,Indonesia,or the Phillipines.

Oz is not in Asia. I think the continent where Australia, New zealand and maybe a few other countries is called Oceania.

[Sin Mari]

We're in "Australasia".

[funlove]

We're in "Australasia".

What is Oceania? Is Australia or Australasia part of it? Some of the explanations on the web don't make any sense.

[Sin Mari]

What is Oceania? Is Australia or Australasia part of it? Some of the explanations on the web don't make any sense.

No idea. Never heard of it.

[Soulthinker]

I learn something every day.

[Alectrona]

No idea. Never heard of it.

me neither.

[funlove]

No idea. Never heard of it.

I came up with the name Oceania from the soccer World cup qualifying format. You have the following groups; Africa, Asia (includes teams from Middle East, India, Pakistan and other countries in the area), North America (also includes teams from Central America & Caribbean), South America and Oceania (Includes New Zealand, American Samoa, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Cook Island, Tonga and a few more countries).

After looking through the list of countries I now see that while the groups are based on continents they do have some variations. Australia actually plays in the Asian qualifying group for football reasons, while Israel plays in the European group for political reasons (don't want them playing in Iran and vice versa).

[funlove]

@ Alectrona and Sin Mari - After a few more clicks I think I was somehow right initially, at least according to wiki.

New Zealand is not on the same continental shelf and so is not part of the continent of Australia but is part of the submerged continent Zealandia. Zealandia and Australia together are part of the wider region known as Oceania or Australasia. Australia is sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul, Australinea and Meganesia.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_%28continent%29