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Hi,
Some great posts listing what has driven us all to want to leave our home country.
I'm under no illusion that Australia is the land of milk and honey and that everything will be perfect. It's going to be hard adjusting to a new way of life, finding a new home, a new job and making new friends. However I believe thats what the difference is with us here - we are willing to try and adjust. We are not going to Oz demanding that everything is the same as it is in our home country, but without the bits we dont like.
To me the most important thing is my family, their health and their happiness! Both my husband and I work full time and often long hours just so we can live in a nice house in a reasonable area (which is going down hill rapidly). I want my son to see more of us and enjoy growing up, not to feel that his parents aren't there for him and spend his time stuck indoors in front of a computer or television. If he can have half the childhood I had then I will be a very happy mum. I want him to play outside, without me having to go with him. For him to be surrounded by people who value their family and respect the adults around them. Surely this is not too much to ask!
I work hard to try and teach my son right from wrong and respect other people and their property - I dont want this undone by him getting caught up with other children who's parents dont seem to have the same values.
It's sad that we are all so desperate to get away from this once great country that we have called home. There are aspects of Britain that I will miss terribly but unfortunately there is a growing number that I wont. :(
Good luck to us all in our new lives in Oz - here's to family happiness and health!
Lou :D
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