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I can honestly say that I am so glad we came to live over here, we came 15yrs ago and wish that I could say I was Mortgage free like yourself Cal, but we aren't, however we have a much larger house, live in a lovely area, have some fantastic friends.
Everyday when I drive to work I come over the top of the hill in Gosford and see the beautiful waterfront, the skies in the Winter are fabulous, I was looking at them today and they are so Blue, people in general are chatty and polite, I work in customer service and the amount of people who are strange and mean can be counted on one hand in a 12 month period.
The places we can go out and visit are numerous, no parking fees, thankfully petrol (although is higher now) is not as expensive as in the UK, facilities are clean.
I have popped in to the Negative thread and thankfully refrained from posting in there, it has become a slanging match at times and I wonder why? after all this is 'Poms in OZ' people want to come and live here for a better life, life is what you make it, if you are unhappy then change things, you don't have to moan on a public forum about Australias' downfall.
I am returning to the UK in 2 weeks time to visit my parents, I haven't seen them for over 5yrs, so I will be interested to see what has changed since my last visit, but this I am sure of.........When the captain says "We are about to land in Sydney" I for one will be cheering, 'I am home at last'
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