Negative/positive....good/bad....pros/cons.
You HAVE to have a ballanced view, negative posts provide that. I am well aware that Oz isn't a rose garden as is my oh, we are aware that it isn't going to be easy.
The negative threads don't tell us anything new. As for people being put off going to Oz because of the threads then I would have to question their comitment in the 1st place, after all, you can't make a bigger life changing decision and the only place you can move to that's further away from 'home' is the moon
so if a couple of negative comments put you off then you haven't thought about emigrating anywhere near enough.
Paul.