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I believe now my place is back in the uk, own biz in gas plumbing ( its different here and they dont give you a chance ). No mortgage, europe can make enough money now to work 3-4 days a week and take feb off to visit son and kids in Perth, this was told to e a few times by family, I thought i knew best, an expensive learning curve but i will earn it all back. Time to put Oz to bed, otherwise a life in limbo deciding what and where to do and live. Oz is fab, UK is fab too ( in my case ) I dont see what many see here in Perth but thats me not Perth, I love hate both places and will never run down either country to pals. y grand children are aussies. I will wait my time, other half feels she must try it here herself and hopefully she will miss our younger son and see this place is not the utopia she believes from the uk. ( does it exist ). Anyhow I a pleased this thread has not become a Oz v Uk thread and some good responses and replies, i am by the way mid -fifties so not a good job prospect i guess and i need to settle down and make roots. mine will be the UK.

I had brilliant uk life, making loadsa money mortgage free o the south coast but I just had to give perth another try for my elder so and grandkids, the emotional pull and emotional blackmail from my son persuaded me too. I built up a vision of Perth etc, luckily rented house due to weak pound. My younger son disliked Oz and 19 now/ fiance' obsessed with return saying she will return without me ad younger son. older is her stepson. I arrived first, 3 months and already know it was wrong, Job situ dire, money draining away and I a struggling, seen gran kids 3-4 times, son if I am lucky once a week and its pretty boring in Perth, the lustre has gone. I realise my elder son in reality doesnt want t be married and if he could he would return to uk, however, he cannot so would rather I wasnt' in the hope younger son will follow too. I now need to cut my losses and get away back and re start gas biz, rent back there til my house can be tenant free, more over my girl is arriving end of May, Itold her how I feel and she said she keeping some household stuff round my parents for my return. No concern about me leaving, says she got to try it. she 10 pound pom lived here for many years. she wont listen to anyone re the job market, she a care assistant. shipped 50 boxes over full of cr7p and heavily in debt as not paid storage bills. all her things. I fear its more than just money this trip will cost. however, its not Australia or Perth its how and what we see and want. very expensive lesson learned. I await her arrival, we need to talk and then part our ways, thats life I guess. a ssaid before Australia is not better or worse than uk, its different, if its going well in the UK why change. I have definitely scratched that itch re Oz now.

yes agree with both posts, I have tradie quals and previous maintenance work history here, never known it to be this bad work wise. but the guy who called re the job i applied for didnt seem to happy when i said i would travel, they provided transport so guess its the fuel thing. I live in Hocking. the bus drive was a fall back job which i thought would be simpler to get. seems i was wrong. never mind, will persevere I guess. just an initial shock to the system. thanks for the replies though

Been here 6 weeks now, moved to NOR as lived here before, knew job situ was poor due to downturn in mining but never realised just how bad. paid 3 months rent in advance but noticed seems more jobs SOR, in fact had guy call re a job application but wanted someone sor. If i break lease to move sor i assume any rent in advance will be repaid although I realise they in a advantageous position as have my money, guessing i will have to pay for advertising though the rental is brand spanking new and only 360pw any advice or stay put. My pal says they needed bus drivers in Freo, i have the necessary lic etc but its a long way to go.

Thanks

I do but they didnt show my TFN on them, however drama over, found my numbers were on a wps file, convereted this and up they popped lol, Thank you anyway

yes total of 6 years

Looking through my docs I cannot locate my TFN, grrr how do I go about finding it. due to leave 20 March for Perth

Can you apply for a british passport whilst in Australia and pay for it with an Australian Credit Card?

now you have me worried about arriving there, did well before but this time I am concerned, son tends to portray Perth as full of rainbows still, as he of course wants me there. I have gas fitter ticket and HR li but really concerned. renting house here now and rent from that should cover rental there, but that elusive job at 55 looks to be meaning a lot of patience if i waited 6 months a lot can happen here and there. £ plummeted again doh!

We fly out on the 9th Oct, At the moment my life looks great here in the UK and I see no problems now lol. Think we follow you too!

deffo torn, son 19 has pals here but failed to get into services, dad 81 not too well mum early signs dementia older son in perth 3 grandkids i self employed gas, no debts no mortgage and first time i lost that adventure spirit, love the grandkids but in reality life there will not be better for me except for their company of course. think just nerves and age lol. starting again tiring,

yes lol, i thought the same, only thing drawing me to Perth is grandkids

agree, but I,m 55 thought i be over all that. strange really.

after selling house going through all the paperwork and hassle finally exchange this week, had bad dream woke up feeling jittery, elderly dad pops round says will miss me and my son but understands we have family out there, after he left I,m like "nah dont want to go, turn the clocks back, i doing too well here mortgage debt free etc etc. crazy, or normal? and i have lived there before

like a guy watching his horse heading for the finish post, that's me watching the pound at the moment, house completion end of month,

Think we just send a portion of funds over to tide us over, rental etc, problem is no one knows how long this be for. I voted remain, but we got the Leave vote and within 2 weeks those politicians who proclaimed a new Britain away from the EU have all disappeared. Thanks Boris, Gove & Nigel, think your bluff has bitten you on the backside

Time for a re think, seems the doom mongerers were right, pound in free fall, too big a hit to take at the moment,

As expected exchange rate costing me over 50k at the moment, grr

We;re part of the EU now and doing very well, why change it on a 'it might be better' vote

British in their beach huts?

I have never voted tory but really labour?, ruined the country, ruined many peoples pensions, Blair started out fine then grew horns, many of our military killed on inveneted stories, TBH, not one of the parties have covered themselves in glory for years, Thatcher made mistakes but if she were to be making a visit to the EU in her prime they would have been shaking in their boots on her arrival. tough leadership is what the UK needs

Cameron is such a weak leader that I suspect when he leaves any EU meetings they snigger at him behind his back, The only argument I see from the Brexit campaign is immigration. Surely there is more to it, and really, do we believe the money saved from th EU if we leave will be spent on NHS and education. However everytime the brexit vote is deemed to be in front at the polls the pound weakens. There has been no definite plans either way. I see immigration has been a problem with voters for years in the UK and in Europe and yet the issue has not been addressed, I think more should have been done on that issue as it is the only argument brexit has. but the reality is if we do leave the EU then it is more down to the incompetence of a weak prime minister. I have sold house, should be in region of 250k pounds to transfer over, even a slight drop in the pound will be a lot of money 'lost'. A remain vote would be the opposite.

Tell your kids or grandkids that when they ask if it ll goes wrong, I,m sure they will thank you. the world has changed and moved on, we need Europe, they need us, yes there are problems but going alone because it 'might be better' is to big a gamble

BRITAIN WE ARE IN THE LAST CHANCE SALOON ....ONE LAST CHANCE ...TIME TO LEAVE Rather dramatic I think. Also if we do end up with the leave vote and it goes pear shaped the usual culprits will speak up saying nothing to do with them. Not happy with the EU membership at the moment?. then lets open the door the door and jump into the unknown and the darkness, it might just might be a bit better. couldnt be worse could it, er could it?