I am doing my Bachelor of Degree in Adelaide, there are few reason i chooses Adelaide for my study, the prior reason is my girlfriend was here half a year ahead me before i arrive on last year July, landed on the Adelaide land with full of excitement and happiness, cause i know i am gonna be going to further milestone when graduate after 1.5 years.

I travelled around in Australia 2 years ago attended a short seminar in Adelaide,it was my first stop, then headed to Melbourne and Sydney after 2 weeks spend in Adelaide. I was impressed with the menace and politeness of local people and the cleanliness of city of Adelaide at that time, that is the reason i am currently here for my Bachelor study. But SAD thing begin, a dream turn into a nightmare after a few weeks i arrived in Adelaide last year. People yelled at me when their car passed beside me shouted to me "****" or shout at my girl friend "slut". That was fine fro me in the first i do not think that this is a racism behind those word, because i witness the same situation where a local people yelled at the Australian as well.

Until last night,i am totally disappointed with Adelaide and thinking of quickly finish my study then leaving this place where most of the local doesn't seem to welcome of my existence, and mind you i pay $1900/subject for my study where an Australian themself only pay $600 for it. The local government emphasis on foreign income on education industry in Adelaide, in fact it ranked second most sources of income to Adelaide but most of the Adelaide people never realise and appreciate on that. What was happen last night is, when i was walking on my way from City back to North Adelaide with my girl friend just thought that a slow winter walk keeping my body warm, there was a car(small and old like a scrap metal),4 paeople including the driver coming from behind slow down on beside us then throw a few eggs towards our direction, yelled and laugh a loud, facet with such a sudden incident me and m girl was totally shock and being frighten by those action. My first reaction was checking on my girl friend to make sure that she were fine then give them a Little foul word back.

Ok, i thought that the story was end after that, and mind you this is not the first time me and my girl encountered this, first time it was along Frome St(and shame on you, there was a driver who driving a BMW) the egg hit my girl friend pants, and she was crying after that, i believe she is just like me feeling really disappointing and hurt . Back to last night, we continue our way back to North Adelaide, just like we thought we were near to our house, again that car with full of uneducated local people coming from the front this time heading toward us, this time they throw a plastic fill with water on us, our pants and shoe are wet. after a few time of this bad luck incident my girl friend start becoming brave enough in fact she is the one shouted "Fxxx Off Stupid" this time.

Back home with a little tired and sad to Adelaide, again really thinking of leaving this place as soon as i can. I am just not sure, are those egg and water bomb are mean to Racist or they are just playing fun and fool on anyone they came across on the street? Australia government keep promoting on multicultural society where i had visited to Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland and not to forget the friendliest Western Australian during my stay, people are really getting along well between local and foreigner. Yes, every person have their own value and perception, racism does appear anywhere but it is the worse in Adelaide. I have never thaught the the place i am keeping promoting to my friend as a must place to visit if you come to Australia because of the clean and the famous Barossa Valley turn me into feeling sour.

Now Adelaide are really turn me down. I am not going to mention about Adelaide again when there is a time being ask about Australia from my friend. I don't know, facing with those situation really bringing me thinking on the bad scenario, or anyone within this forum can may be tell me that Adelaide are welcome to anyone. And i am here because i want to learn a good thing from Australian never hope to see the failure.

Yes, it's very unfortunate that we have people who do not behave well but Adelaide and even Australia is probably not alone.
Adelaide compared to Melbourne or Sydney and even Perth and Brisbane is somewhat of a big country town and yes you can tend to get silly louts doing what they do maybe in towns and smaller cities.

I would not say that it is necessarily racist but the louts that do it may well have been more encouraged to do it more because you do have foreigner looks.
The fortunate aspect is that they are a very small % of people in Australia and not representative of Auustralian people as you have found out from travelling about.

Hope it stays an isolated incidence for you and you have good safe studies.

In no way is that behaviour fun. Australia is really only about one generation away from a 'whites only' immigration policy. We didn't have a lot of criticism rained down on us from the international community because we didn't have a lot of racial incidents, and we didn't do things like refuse to play against international sports teams unless they were all white (that's how South Africa got banned from international sports). So, yes, I think it was racially motivated.

I also think it's a function of there being a lot of loud obnxious drunks around, and they are pretty much accepted as a normal part of life.

All the talk about being a multi-cultural society is a form of propaganda and education in an attempt to make us one.

If it is possible, transfer to a university in a big city, where our Asian immigrants tend to congregate.

I feel sad as an Australian to hear these kinds of stories. I like to think of Australia as an open society which welcomes people from all countries. Racial divisions occur in all countries and Australia is no exception.

I hope you continue living in Australia and pursuing your studies.

That's absolutely awful. My god.

Hm, am Caucasian and got "egged" in the outer burbs of Melbourne and so did one of my Caucasian co-workers. Maybe you just happen to live in the wrong suburb of Adelaide.
But yes my Taiwanese girlfriend told me a few interesting storys from her time in Perth.
The interesting bit is, every little town in Australia has its Chinese graveyard, back from the gold rush days, so Asians should be integrated into society as well.
Was just thinking, people pay 4900 AUD for a PR application, maybe goes into the big tax pot and finally ends via the 1600 $ ceiling insulation packet in the pockets of just that kind of people who are most likely to throw eggs on not white bread people. Everyone any smarter would have got his ceiling insulated yonds ago...

I would think that integration in Australia has worked pretty well Steffen with something over two hundred nationalities here.
That said, I've also said previously you can and do find exceptions here, call them racists if you like but fortunately they are relatively few in number.

I think you'll also find more Australian towns without a Chinese cemetry than what you would find with one and on facts, you do need to revisit the cost of visas too.

I'll move this thread to the general area.

Hi Wanderer,

that is what I was saying. I am white like the other chap and we got "egged" in the burbs, so its not just racism. Its mor say alcohol or boredom. Its not an Australian thing either, every country has places where you don't want to be on your own, even at daytime.

And reg costs for visa: guess it took the case officer 5 mins to refuse mine, (Friday 3:56PM, office closes 4 PM) I wish I could earn several 1000$ that quickly.

Steffen

Edit: I would have got 125 points without the Australian qualification, got the visa refused because I was still studying when I applied for the visa. Would have got another 5 points for the Aust. Qualification...

;( im really saddened to hear your story, i guess it's not the entire australia, it's just some people who does not know how to respect others, hope this won't happen to you again

When i first landed in Melbourne, about 6 hours later I was in a pub in the CBD, and got talking to 2 local blokes, before long they were being quite rude about "asians". I was quite shocked to be honest.

I didnt experience any other evidence of racism though throughout the rest of my trip up the coast. (I am white btw if it matters)

When in Tennants Creek, I got chatting to 2 s.koreans at the hostel, and they both said that they had been called various names along the way, but nothing worse than that.

No doubt some areas of Australia will be worse than others for racism, as it is in the UK and USA, Hopefully you find a place that is a bit more tolerant