Surely you have made a mistake ? that must be Southampton you are talking about ? ( or Bristol or Brighton or Portsmouth or.............) Thats modern day Britain. BUT don't think it doesn't happen in Oz too ? Probably to a much lesser extent but it does. I read the Aussie papers online most days and like most papers it seems they only try to dig up the bad news ? But Violence on the street or in the home is not just a British problem. So don't go to Oz with your eyes closed . Its not Paradise . But then again where is , Good luck and best wishes "MO"
Mo, I Laughed about making a mistake bit !!!
I Know it's all over Britain, and some places far worse then where we are now, and some people have had more serious problems. I also look at the Ozzie newspaper, its a great idea, just grounds you bit and keep u in touch with things out there !!!
Im definate not expecting too much from OZ, but just to spend more time with each other as a family and hopefully for the kids to be happier and safer .... Ive seen London decline and got out, I'm now watching Hastings decline, so im attempting to get out (if the DIMC let me) but I know it may well catch up with me eventually....... but the Jonsey family are definately going to have bloody great fun in OZ in the meantime!!!!!
GOOD LUCK TO US ALL..........
__________________ Finally living in Mount Martha, Melbourne......... and loving it !!!!!!!!! TRA passed - Feb. 07 ...........Visa granted (136- General Plumber) 14th June !!!!!!!! Landed in Oz 9th December 2007!!! PIO Skilled Trades database for Victoria: http://www.freewebs.com/victorianskilledtraderslist/index.htm
Please give Sally-Anne her visa Mr Case-officer, I'm going to Melbourne and she has promised to be my hair messer. I would also like my new friend Jo to come and see me when she visits Melbourne.
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Felicity + Michael - We're 'Pozzies' - Happy and Lovin' it!
Melbourne since September 07
My partners job is on the MODL. The TRA is ready to be sent by the agent . BUT I can't decide whether I can go. It is really hard to explain the circumstances on a public forum but it's doing my head in. On one hand we are lucky to be in the position we are in but is it for us. I read these posts and think, yes, the UK is crap in parts, we live 6 miles from where the latest so called terrorists were arrested for allegedly wanting to behead a soldier. I thought at the time, yes we MUST move but is Australia really the solution, I'm not so sure. I walked through my city yesterday and thought it is a fab place, I just havent looked at it before. If it was in Oz I'd think WOW, so whats the difference? Australia has it's problems surely?. I wouldnt be homesick for family I do know that. We have good careers and good salaries, I think thats more by luck and cant see us earning the same over there. I worry that if we are struggling moneywise then our homelife would suffer. I have never been to australia so why on earth do I want to go and why do I think it will be wonderful? My dilemma, I suppose, is why should we continue along this path. I can only come up with 'because the opportunity is there' but is that enough? The grass is always greener or is it? AaaaaaGgggggggHhhhhhhh!!
The only way to know for sure is to go and try .
It is as simple as that.
Any advice given on here will not change that. (No offence meant to the Pomsinoz peeps)
Only you can choose your path,we can show you many,but only you can choose.
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fizz jo hays and chelle are all dudes
dan is a princess.
i am a babe. so there.
HI your Q's totally mirror mine!! Its like a double edged sword isn't it! We're going to go thro' the process c how far we get & if poss go out to Oz for Xmas & N year. If we get the feel for the place then its the right thing to do. Maybe you need a visit too. It will cost a lot I know but I'm of the opinion you have to try before you buy. Also if youre anything like me you'll bottle out the 5 yrs down the like think S--- ther must be more to life than this I WISH I'd given it ago & now it's too late, were too old the kids are too old etc etc!!
Hi PamJ
You do have a dilema, I admit.
But I think it depends on each individuals situation..... as for us, I have no siblings and not a great relationship with my parents. My hubbys parents have passed away and his elder brother is going to live in Spain and now thinking of OZ too. So we are lucky we dont have that added complication. Although i'll mis mates and so will the kids, but mine can come and visit and the kids will make new ones!!
My hubby works his ******** off, 6 long days a week just to keep our heads above water (4 growing teenagers certainly drain you financially) and on the Sabath... he sleeps!!! It's just existing... not living.
And the only jobs available for my kids are in the local Fish n Chip shop..... (although that has many benefits!!!) ha ha ha!!!!
So it was an easy choice for us.
I hope you can come to the right decision, and people suggest on here to make a list of pro's and con's, it may help. It's not as ifs forever, you can always come back if you dont settle and I for one did'nt want to be sitting in my fireside chair when im old and grey, frightened to actually put the gas on as I cant afford it, and wonder what it would have been like IF I went to OZ..............
Good luck with it and keep us updated
__________________ Finally living in Mount Martha, Melbourne......... and loving it !!!!!!!!! TRA passed - Feb. 07 ...........Visa granted (136- General Plumber) 14th June !!!!!!!! Landed in Oz 9th December 2007!!! PIO Skilled Trades database for Victoria: http://www.freewebs.com/victorianskilledtraderslist/index.htm
That is the main reason we are trying for Aus,we do not want to be sat here in 10 yrs time thinking "what if",we may not get to go to Aus,but at least we got up and tried.
If we do get accepted ,then all for the better,we"ll be off like a shot.
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fizz jo hays and chelle are all dudes
dan is a princess.
i am a babe. so there.
Please give Sally Anne her visa Mr Case Officer..She is letting me go on holiday with my other girlie friend Hayley..Brisbane is a wonderful place but I need to venture down to Melbourne and know nobody else willing to put up with us.:)
I'll put up with you girlies and Felicity is heading Melbourne way too.
Just think, at this rate we will all be having loooooooooooooong weekends away in a different state each month...........can't wait!!
Lesleyx
I just keep squeezing my head and asking 'why am I doing this?'
It's an impossible question to answer, it's akin to asking should we buy to let, will we make a sh*t load of money in a couple of years if we did. But I keep thinking it HAS to be easier to answer. It's just another country FFS. WHY is it going to be the answer to all our prayers? All I keep reading is the weathers fab, the beaches are great, we all live outside eh? THIS country isn't THAT bad surely that the sunshine elsewhere makes it much much better to live. I have the feeling we will continue because the opportunity exists but my heart isnt in it if I am honest. Then I read the returning to the UK forums and that strengthens what I believe anyway...this country isn't that bad after all. I am not usually pesemistic.......honest.! Maybe it's because I have PMT LOL!!!!!
I just keep squeezing my head and asking 'why am I doing this?'
It's an impossible question to answer, it's akin to asking should we buy to let, will we make a sh*t load of money in a couple of years if we did. But I keep thinking it HAS to be easier to answer. It's just another country FFS. WHY is it going to be the answer to all our prayers? All I keep reading is the weathers fab, the beaches are great, we all live outside eh? THIS country isn't THAT bad surely that the sunshine elsewhere makes it much much better to live. I have the feeling we will continue because the opportunity exists but my heart isnt in it if I am honest. Then I read the returning to the UK forums and that strengthens what I believe anyway...this country isn't that bad after all. I am not usually pesemistic.......honest.!
