50 Reasons why we live in Paradise

by Charles Blackwell

(Each week Charles will be sending us a new reason, so keep check out this page)

1.So easy to represent your country in sporting events
2.No Land tax
3.We have a hospital that is fully funded and nurses and Doctors don’t have to pay for supplies out of their own pocket like in many NSW hospitals.
4.No income tax
5.No beggars on the street
6.Children can walk or ride to school without fear of predators
7.No high priced funerals to turn next of kin broke.
8.Kids are not violent and abusive in school as in most mainland public schools
9.Norfolks phone calls to Australia are cheaper than those from Australia to here.
10.We do not get armed robberies here as they do on mainland Australia
11.Jenny Jauczius,s letter describing our feelings under our blue sky.
12.So much more accessible and cheaper here to see overseas visiting artists.
13.No traffic jams so least obnoxious fumes.
14.Access to govt members to discuss concerns etc.
15.Immediate access to hospital emergency treatmentLife is of a higher standard with less worry here.
16.We do not need cages at school to house students bicycles to prevent them being stolen. The stats show that nearly every school in Australia need cages.
Below are the previous 15 reasons as to why we are a very fortunate community and that if we have some minor drawbacks they pale into insignificence
17.We are not continually in fear  of Bushfires and the only effect we get from Australian bushfires is a red sunset.
18.We don’t have massive flooding here like they do in parts of Australia as we are lucky enough to have plenty of high ground
19.Another money saving reason for young mothers. School fees  extras are much, much lower than in Australia where public school extras are well over $600.00 per annum. Ours are far far less.
20. No inheritance tax
21. We  do not have a long waiting list for dental treatment here as they do in Australia. It was revealed on Wednesdays news that there are 600,000 people on the waiting list in Australia for dental treatment, many have been waiting for up to two years.
22. Here is the 22nd great reason  to live on Norfolk Island.We have no great distance to go to work or play—many on mainland Australia have to travel an hour or more to work  or to sporting venues. As well as time and money to travel those distances the stress is of a high level.  Not here on tranquil Norfolk.
23.We are fortunate to have a limit of two stories for buildings so that we dont feel hemmed in and claustrophobic like one does in many cities in Australia
24.More about Paradise. Here there is no necessity to have high speed police car chases with the result everybody is in a far safer environment.
25.On Norfolk Island the social environment is far superior as in nearly every occasion young children are invited along as well.
26. On Norfolk Island there is no littering of the streets as in nearly every town and city in Australia. If there is something dropped on the road our environmentally citizens soon pick it up.
27. We have one of the most beautiful swimming bays in the world
28.On Norfolk Island we do not have money guzzling Parking Meters          
 ( Although Gold Coast bikini clad meter maids would be nice)
29.Another great reason to live here. We don’t have smog like the big cities have.
30.Why it is quite remarkably safe and good to live on Norfolk? At no time can we get the type of devastating floods that they are having in Queensland  because our terrain is such that it is impossible as only small areas at a time could possibly be effected.
31.My branding
NORFOLKISLAND
IN ALL THE WORLD—NO PLACE LIKE THIS
If people are badly inconvenienced or in distress they are inundated with help from the rest of the community as we have all experienced and even seen in last weeks paper.
32.It takes only minutes to go to work  or play  on Norfolk
Most people in Australia have to travel long distances to work and again at night to get home-Less stress for us.
33. Driving Licences here are cheaper than Australian mainland and New Zealand.
34. We have some of the purest water on earth if caught properly in a suitable tank.
In Australia and New Zealand their mains water which is the drinking water for 99% of the population has to be treated before arriving at the tap.
35.Here on an average we have far cheaper sporting club fees than those on Mainland Australia.
One example the Golf club fees.
36.Hardly any distance to travel to daycare, Announced last week that most daycare centres fees have now gone up to $100.00 per day in Australia—not on Norfolk Island
37.Her we don’t have payroll tax for businesses. ( Every cost including tax that businesses have to pay has to be added to the final price of goods)  Many goods here are dear enough now without adding more costs to them.
38. Her we can walk out at night without fear
39. Car insurances here are far cheaper than in Australia. One company over there is advertising on TV that they will guarantee to be $300.00 less in car insurance than any other company. We do not pay  $300.00 in total so theirs must be pretty high.
40. We are so lucky here because if a Tsunami hit only a small portion of  damage would be effected as most houses are well above a large wave height. Govt house is at least 40ft above sea level and quality row buildings are also set up on higher ground.
41. Short distance and ease of travel time to the airport for those that don’t  think my 50 reasons to live here are good enough and  so wish to leave.
42. We don’t have soul destroying bushfires here as they do in Australia.
43. We don’t have traffic lights like in other places so less carbon emitted into the atmosphere.  One up for a greener planet.
44. No high priced boat registrations here like in Australia
45.No crocodiles or snakes here to endanger lives
46. Car maintenance costs per year are far less here than in Australia because  we have less distance to travel
47. No wait here in the hospital emergency like there is in Australia
48. No need for soup kitchens here like in Sydney.
49. No Golden Staph in our hospital like there is in many public hospitals in Australia
50. I could continue with many more but how things might change after the election
51. No homeless people begging on the streets like in Sydney so no need for Salvos.