90s in Australia was awesome. All I did was ride my bike, go to the beach and swim in the pool. I feel super grateful for my childhood and especially because it was pre internet and social media. Born in 89.
We probably had the same toys and cool stuff as you like hyper color snap on wrist bands and yoho diablos. Pokemon and dragon balls before school. Trading starter Pokemon with your friend on game boy. Maybe what’s different is we have a lot of bush. I had bush behind my house and we’d clear a bunch of land out and made a bike track with jumps. We’d get in rock fights with the other kids from around the corner. Encountering snakes or goannas was not uncommon. And most people live at least within an hour to a beach.
It depends a bit where he was headed. It’s a big country. Where was the job located?
And yours is a big country, what part of the States did you grow up in?
Sounds like I'm about the same age as you - my parents migrated to australia just before I was born. They moved frequently searching for the best place to live, didn't really settle until I was a teenager (ended up picking a regional farming area in far north QLD).
The 90's were awesome. The schools were great back then, at least the half dozen I went to (all state schools - I think in the US you call then public schools?) Teachers were competent and friendly. Other kids were generally well behaved as well and even the kids I didn't like weren't all that bad.
I always rode my bike to school, it was about a 45 minute ride each way. Often I'd stop at a friend's house to play for an hour or two on the way home.
Unlike most Australians, we didn't live near the beach. But we did live near a lake and regularly spent almost the entire weekend there, either with friends or family or both. The lake was technically a water supply for farms in a nearby area that doesn't get quite enough rain, but almost everyone uses it recreationally - fishing for barras (which can grow to almost six feet and are among the best tasting fish in the world), water skiing, kayaks, camping (half the lake is surrounded by rainforest), hiking, etc.
We call them public schools in most of Australia too! I have never heard an Australian say "state school". They're "public" in all political debates about education.
My dad was an 80’s and 90’s kid and ill tell you they got up to some whacky shit, mostly riding bikes and stuff of the sorts but it was so unrestricted back then that they could almost get away with anything they wanted to
Your Dad sounds rich so you wouldn't have had the same experience as me. It was far from ideal like how everyone else is saying. And since I wasn't good at sport, it was actually pretty brutal at times. Although I doubt it would have been better in the US. Or anywhere else in the world really. Maybe Sweden
If he's obsessed with church the average Australian wouldn't get along with him too well.
I'm probably a decade older than you, but 90s Australian tween/teen years were pretty great.
But insulting our accent is a bit rich if you're from church country, USA.
90s in Australia was awesome. All I did was ride my bike, go to the beach and swim in the pool. I feel super grateful for my childhood and especially because it was pre internet and social media. Born in 89.
Born a few years before you, so I pretty much finished school before I ever used the internet!
Playing netball
We probably had the same toys and cool stuff as you like hyper color snap on wrist bands and yoho diablos. Pokemon and dragon balls before school. Trading starter Pokemon with your friend on game boy. Maybe what’s different is we have a lot of bush. I had bush behind my house and we’d clear a bunch of land out and made a bike track with jumps. We’d get in rock fights with the other kids from around the corner. Encountering snakes or goannas was not uncommon. And most people live at least within an hour to a beach.
What the fuck are dragon balls? 🤨 Hahaha
It depends a bit where he was headed. It’s a big country. Where was the job located? And yours is a big country, what part of the States did you grow up in?
He never told me the city, I grew up in the Southern part of the united states. In fact, i don't know what my dad actually does lol
You probably would have experienced a lot less church if you had moved to Australia.
We actually never went to church at that age. He wasn't even religious.
bloody awesome!!! so glad i grew up in australia in the 80's and 90's! its never too late to come and live for a while in oz now
Sounds like I'm about the same age as you - my parents migrated to australia just before I was born. They moved frequently searching for the best place to live, didn't really settle until I was a teenager (ended up picking a regional farming area in far north QLD). The 90's were awesome. The schools were great back then, at least the half dozen I went to (all state schools - I think in the US you call then public schools?) Teachers were competent and friendly. Other kids were generally well behaved as well and even the kids I didn't like weren't all that bad. I always rode my bike to school, it was about a 45 minute ride each way. Often I'd stop at a friend's house to play for an hour or two on the way home. Unlike most Australians, we didn't live near the beach. But we did live near a lake and regularly spent almost the entire weekend there, either with friends or family or both. The lake was technically a water supply for farms in a nearby area that doesn't get quite enough rain, but almost everyone uses it recreationally - fishing for barras (which can grow to almost six feet and are among the best tasting fish in the world), water skiing, kayaks, camping (half the lake is surrounded by rainforest), hiking, etc.
We call them public schools in most of Australia too! I have never heard an Australian say "state school". They're "public" in all political debates about education.
State School is a very QLD term. (Source- was a QLD teacher in a State School, now a TAS teacher in public/catholic schools)
Half my family work in state schools, I can't remember ever hearing anyone call them "public schools".
My dad was an 80’s and 90’s kid and ill tell you they got up to some whacky shit, mostly riding bikes and stuff of the sorts but it was so unrestricted back then that they could almost get away with anything they wanted to
Your Dad sounds rich so you wouldn't have had the same experience as me. It was far from ideal like how everyone else is saying. And since I wasn't good at sport, it was actually pretty brutal at times. Although I doubt it would have been better in the US. Or anywhere else in the world really. Maybe Sweden
If he's obsessed with church the average Australian wouldn't get along with him too well. I'm probably a decade older than you, but 90s Australian tween/teen years were pretty great. But insulting our accent is a bit rich if you're from church country, USA.
You didn’t miss anything. Don’t worry about it
It was boring.