Poms in OZ Time Capsule

[The Pom Queen]

I'm not sure if this is going to work but I thought it would be great for members new and old to share what's happening in their life right now (nothing to personal thank you) and what they think they will be doing in 5 years time. I thought we could then close the thread in a few months and file it away to be opened 5 years later and see where we all are and if our thoughts/dreams come true.
let's pray that when we open it in 5 years time those who are waiting for their visas have been successful.

I'll start but will create it on a separate post

[The Pom Queen]

Firstly I pray that I'm still around in 5 years, I'm a tough cookie and some one needs to be here to reopen the thread, so I'll try and last out lol x
Ok at the moment due to Ill health I'm not working but spending time trying to manage PIO and the other 5 forums. I'm hoping by the time I read this in 5 years the forum upgrade will have gone well and we are still all here.
We currently live in Cairns and I can't imagine ever leaving this place, we are hoping to buy more land to make our garden larger.
I have three wonderful children, one who is hoping to leave home for ADFA soon, so hopefully when I next read this he will be an officer. We haven't been back to the UK and I can't see that we will have been in 5 years time.
My mum is hoping to get a visa and live with us, and my brother really wants to get over but can't find a way in. I'm also hoping that Lemmings will be here living his dream with his beautiful family.
Lol I can't think what else to say, so I'll pass it over to you.

[Tappers2oz]

Thanks for doing this M2M.

In 5 years time i hope to be living in WA with another 1 or 2 kids running around and have completed my Forensics studies(or at least be nearing finished) and be working as a Crime Scene Investigator.
I also hope my Son will calm down and be more settled in school and spend more time studying then being the class clown.

[Guest31881]

Currently living In Goondiwindi and working as a museum curator / caretaker. Thinking of moving on and fully retiring to enjoy our health while we still have it.
In 5 years If i am still kicking I expect to be living on the coast and fishing, taking walks along the seafront and stopping for a cup of coffee as I watch the surf.
Probably living on a permanent caravan site for the over 50's. I already have one grandchild but I expect to have at least one more in 5 years.
I will be a citizen and hold an Australian Passport.
Expect to still getting abusive emails from disgruntled members who object to being banned.

[anlopa]

In 5 years time I hope to have made the trip across the pond and be living close to Brisbane, with a good job and a a nice house. I hope my children will have settled well and gained a good education. But more than anything I hope that we are still a healthy and happy family unit.

[janine the party queen]

5 years time..............I would love to say we will still be here in beautiful Darwin but knowing the Army we could be anywhere in Australia.
I would like to think I would still be doing the job I love but I'm always up for a challenge.
What I do know is we will still be enjoying our new life and all it has to offer.

[reddebz]

In 5 years I hope that my family will still be living in Darwin and enjoying it. I hope that my son will be doing well in school, have lots of friends and that he will be a happy boy. I also hope that we will have another child and that I will be running my own business over there as I do here. Most of all, I hope that we are all still a happy family, settled and looking forward to the next 5 years.

[Caz Brady]

At the moment living in Ireland waiting for things to start happening with visa applications and trying to plan a wedding.
In 5 years time I hope that we will be in Perth living well, don't want too much just to not have to worry where the mortgage money is coming from!......Maybe another baby, my OH is going for 3rd time lucky it's a boy!

[guest37336]

Firstly many thanks Kate for wishing me and mine well, if all goes according to plan we will be out there a lot sooner, maybe as a family of 4, 3, 2 or even 1 if Ruth really gets fed up with me again,

As far as my plans go, I hope Anna, my eldest eventually finds her path in life and decides what she really needs to make her happy. Beck's the little Herbert will generally bounce back time and again and I reckon soon enough she will forging ahead in what she wants to do,

I hope Ruth will be in Australia working/volunteering for a mental health charity which makes her very happy indeed.

If I'm still around I hope to have completed my 'Open Degree' (Creative Writing/Advanced Creative Writing/Political Philosophy/Psychology) with the OU, nothing more than wanting learn a bit more is all.

I also hope to have made a difference to this country in the way it looks at itself, and come hell or high water, and no matter what it takes I will get there.

One last thing, is to be able to live in the outback again and write several books about what it means to me and how intensely I feel about the place.

At the end of the day as long as those I know and love are OK that is fine with me,, my own selfish ideals pale into comparison with what they want to do as I have already had one hell of a ride, so what the hell.

Cheers Tony.

[pablo]

Good replies!CSI and everything!
My plans are fairly basic alas,maybe to have changed occupation,excavator driver or something along those lines,me back and discs have took enuf of a hiding for too long,bricklayings good for keeping yer reasonably fit but thats all as far as im concerned!
To hopefully have a house overlooking the ocean in Victor Harbor SA,thats it,dont need nothing else..........except for foxtell for the footy that is