Can't believe it! You have just summed up all my feelings in one post!! We have not 'made the decision' yet, but have pretty much decided we will not be here long term, we are trying to pull out of some land we just signed a contract on..they want a $4,400 cancellation fee!! Don't want to be tied here just now.
Hopeing to go back in July for 3 weeks to see what we think, don't want to make a mistake in going back, it's such a hard decision, the kids faces are a picture when running around barefoot, but then so were they when they saw grandparents and family!
Anyone tell me what to do??!!!!!!
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Oh Why is life so hard, where is that Crystal Ball when you need it !!
I quite fancy living Sunshine Coast way, so perhaps if you decide to come back to the UK for good we could buy your land of you , just got to talk OH round LOL
Noone can tell you what to do! Could it be that you need to move to another part of Oz???
Before going back full time (if you do) I would urge you to read others posts! There are people that have gone back to UK and it has been the best decision ever. Equally there are those that have gone back and cant understand why they returned to UK. My view would be.......if you are going back for "people/family" will you see them any more than before you left??? What would happen if your friends/family moved away and you were on your own???
Look at your reasons for staying and your reasons for going. Which list is bigger???? Sometimes it can help to write things down in B&W. If you stay I hope that you work everything out. If you go back to UK may you find what you feel is missing here.
Look at all options and I wish you a mountain of love and luck in whatever you do.
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I too was curious (as I suspect are others) and not earlswood bashing. Earlswood talks alot of being unhappy and prefaring life in the UK - I personally was interested in his thoughts.
Why don't you start about why you're wanting to go back Earlswood
Ali
I have posted "the reasons you are returning to to the UK" on a "Moving back to the UK" FORUM.....ERRRRR, am I missing something
I am on contract for a few more months and then will decide if I go back or try somewhere else in Oz....I just find Oz boring and very expesive with low wages for my particular job (electrical estimating and planning) got some friends but do find them quite superficial and materialistic for me (I want for nothing save for a bed on a office floor) maybe I am just a "victor meldrew" I may think differently if I had a family.
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after reading all the posts i dont think anyone is earslwood bashing ,like them im intirgued to know why HE wants to return as its mentioned alot about how unhappy he is here but never serious statements of why(women dont count ,lol).So come on earlswood thats all we wanted to know and now youve told us,lol,
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I also cant wait to have seasons ... christmas time when its cold, appreciating the few hot days in summer ...instead of ground hog day brisbane when its sunny and warm or raining and warm
I totally agree about Brisbane, I dont know why so many people want to come here! Maybe like me, initially it looks so apealling all that lovely sunshine, but it does get a bit boring having no seasons.
I love the cold winters where you can rug up warm and curl up in front of a nice warm fire, the the nice spring days where you get a taste of warm sunshine and the feel of summer is just around the corner, then when your sick of the heat autumn comes and the trees look lovely
I lived in Victoria for 19 years and say to anyone who is missing the seasons, maybe try there before heading back to the UK. At least you get the four seasons there, which is what your used too, not so much of a cultural shock, even though they are the wrong way round
Hopefully I will be back there soon
I also cant wait to have seasons ... christmas time when its cold, appreciating the few hot days in summer ...instead of ground hog day brisbane when its sunny and warm or raining and warm
I totally agree about Brisbane, I dont know why so many people want to come here! Maybe like me, initially it looks so apealling all that lovely sunshine, but it does get a bit boring having no seasons.
I love the cold winters where you can rug up warm and curl up in front of a nice warm fire, the the nice spring days where you get a taste of warm sunshine and the feel of summer is just around the corner, then when your sick of the heat autumn comes and the trees look lovely
I lived in Victoria for 19 years and say to anyone who is missing the seasons, maybe try there before heading back to the UK. At least you get the four seasons there, which is what your used too, not so much of a cultural shock, even though they are the wrong way round
Hopefully I will be back there soon[/QUOTE]
I agree about the weather, I find it to hot in perth and I am honestly scared like the locals to actually go out in the full sun for more than an half an hour without factor 300 on...and boy when it does rain I actually "love it", If you like the rain you will not be dissapointed as it can rain for weeks on end like stair-rods I actullay like running in the rain.
I think you have hit the nail squarely on the head as far as Perth is concerned. I think it is one of the best places there is for families with young children. Like you, I have no children and frankly I find Perth pretty stultifying for the sorts of things that interest me. I would never bother to go there at all were it not for my sister and now my mother as well.
Sydney on the other hand is absolutely nothing like Perth. I think it is a miles better option for a singleton in a whole host of ways.
I would suggest that you give Sydney a chance before you make a decision about Australia for you. At the end of the day, Sydney might not tick enough of your own boxes but I am sure it would tick many more of them than Perth does. And if Sydney does not tick enough boxes, you wouldn't lose anything long-term by giving the place a go for a year, I suggest.
A couple of years ago there was an interesting article in a Britih newspaper about a British builder. Apparently he had PR in Oz but actually only spends 6 months of the year there. He has development projects happening in both countries and seems to shuttle between the two regularly. With the slowdown in the UK, he's got a valuable second string to his bow in the shape of his Australian interests, I would think.
For you in the next 4 years in the UK, there must be money to be made on building the Olympic Village ready for 2012? I went past the site on a train 6 months ago - at the minute all that is happening is clearing the ground, but I would guess that they will begin building within 12-18 months. They won't be ready for the electrical fixes for another 30-36 months or so, I reckon, because there were no construction matierials on site as yet.
But when it comes to crunch point with the construction schedule running late, electricians, plumbers etc are going to be naming their own prices for getting the project finished with a week to spare before the visitors start to arrive, I strongly suspect.
If I'm roughly right about the time scale, you've got time to have a look at Sydney on your way home, I reckon!
I actullay like running in the rain.
