Lady Tottington

So the flights are booked for end of November, notice is in at work, told the realestate agents we are breaking the lease (gave them 5 weeks notice they have someone lined up to take over). Selling stuff on gumtree like no tomora, kids have places at local school, registered with nhs dentist, other half starts new job week after we land, got a car sorted, shippers booked, gosh its happened so quickly but to be honest its nice that we don't have time to think, just need to get moving. Eeeek YORKSHIRE Im coming HOME [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

So we have booked our tickets one way , we leave on 26th November our aussie driving licence runs out on the 26th October, should we risk it and just use our UK licence or should we renew our Aussie licence?? ??? Cheers Lady T Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Ok cool, but I feel a very big ache in my heart to be leaving my daughter, even though we agree and we are happy with the decision, the ache is still there. And less of the "old" cheeky [emoji6] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Oh Taff I feel your pain aswell but I totally understand and we too have talked till we have exhausted it. The hardest thing for me also is to admit she is a young lady and not a little girl anymore, we have booked her ticket back to UK next July for her uni hols, and will book next xmas tickets and we have to just get on with it, even though there is tears in my eyes as I wright this [emoji24][emoji24][emoji24]. She totally understands why we want to return, she has seen how upset and isolated I am here. Thank you x Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Thank you Quoll x Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Thank you, I booked the flights today!!! [emoji41] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Omg 4 days, excuse the french but I would shit myself [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] 5 weeks is stressful enough. [emoji85][emoji85][emoji85] thank you x Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Hi PIO's, We are so excited, my OH has landed a job back in Blighty, we were originally hoping to leave Australia in February but he has had an offer thats too good to miss. So its all panic to get it all sorted, sell and ship our stuff, booking flights tomorrow (hopefully) and leaving approx 6 weeks today!!! [emoji50] the cars are going to be the hardest. Gum tree might be our new best friend over the coming weeks. I actually feel physically sick that our daughter is staying on here for another 2-3 years, (at uni) its making this move all seem so much harder. I know in my heart of hearts if we don't grab this opportunity with both hands we will regret it. Part of me is relieved, part worried and I feel lots of stress ahead!!!! Wish us luck!!!! Lady T [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

So its all on track to return to Blighty, we had quotes from shipping companies and are happy but has anyone shipped their white goods back? I am seriously thinking about the washing machine (expensive and great machine), but then I started thinking about the Fridge/freezer again cost us alot and only 3 years old with all the bells and whistles, then I started steessing about our Queen Mattress again it wasn't a cheap one but would it fit on a UK King bed?? Maybe I need to get a grip, but I think about how much this 8 year adventure has cost, and the fact we sold everything to come in the first place, then how much more expensive it would be starting again on our return?? Any advice or thoughts would be greatly welcomed [emoji4][emoji4][emoji4] Cheers Lady T Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Thats fantastic, so pleased your all sorted, hope we too move so smoothly, just had 2 quotes for shipping, and still toying with the self move cube? Who did you use for shipping?? [emoji4] Welcome Home too Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

I was registered with the HPC and I let it lapse in 2010, ive been looking at renewing it and its going to cost around $750, because they charge for re-registering and I have to get proof of continuous work ect. I guess its totally up to you. Sorry I couldn't really help [emoji5] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Thats awesome enjoy, im still on countdown, [emoji5][emoji5][emoji5] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Thank You s713, shame you can not return home, but never say never [emoji5] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

All the Best, thats fantastic news! We keep pricing our one way tickets up for January 2018, but I am maybe going to wait a couple more months before booking. Good luck [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Thanks Scottiegirl, hmmmm we was thinking how much was all the packaging going to cost? After looking into it we are going to pay someone else to do the stress (and packing), this whole process is going to be stressfull enough with no the added pressure, thanks for your advice though [emoji3] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

We still own a house over there which is in quite a rural location, yet only 15 mins to local town and 40 mins to good old Trafford. Great links for M62. This wont be our forever home but it will be a great start. Our intention is a maximum 5 year plan there then move, somewhere still rural but down Shropshire/ Mid Wales way. [emoji5] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Thats awesome, so pleased it all worked out for you guys, I hope I too can post in a couple of years with 100% no regrets [emoji4][emoji4][emoji4] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Thank you Quoll [emoji4] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

I actually went home for Xmas 2016 and that was the best Christmas I've had in 7 years, it was awesome [emoji5] I cried all the way to Manchester airport for the departure, so didn't want to leave. No ive never heard of the self moving, when we came out, crown said that they had to pack everything because they did a kind of intinary for every single Item, so everything we had started packing the opened and repacked. I will look into it though, thank you [emoji16] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Lets hope so VeryStormy, that would be a lot easier if he does [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6] Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Yeah I think we will just have to get a coupke of quotes, then take it from there. My better half works in I.T security Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Its been one hell of a journey, after my partner was working in the FIFO industry for 5 years, 4 cycles of IVF, 2 live births, a miscarriage, never feeling so lonely, and so emotional,our (partners) parents health deterating we have decided to go HOME, we are so excited but it does come with its complications. Our daughter was 13 when we arrived here and is now studying at Uni, has got her circle of friends and is pretty content. Me and OH on the other hand are miserable, homesick, skint (yes we both work), we argue alot due to our circumstances and want to chuck in the towel for our life back in Yorkshire. One of the inlaws had a heart attack last year and was on deaths door and I see my mother is deteriorating with some form of dementia, my little boys hardly know their grandparents, nor their uncles, aunts and cousins. The guilt we feel for not being there for the oldies is huge, we feel so helpless and this is when you realise just how far away Australia is. We believed that moving to Australia would be a dream come true, and honestly it was for the first 2-3 years, we had our ups and downs but on a hole it was good, gorgeous house, pool, good jobs, daughter went to fantastic private school, two beautiful babies which we never thought we would have. The sun shines most of the time, but even that becomes a burden and limitation. Its a very lovely (lonely) part of the world BUT its not home, it just doesn't feel right, I feel trapped, lonely and teary, i started having anxiety, I miss my old life so much, moving here wasn't a mistake or anything. Infact I certainly don't regret doing it, its been an experience (an expensive experience) but its part of us now. We are planning on leaving for rainier shores in the New Year, I would go home tomorrow if I could, we are very fortunate we only sold one of our houses and still have one to go back to (when the tenent leaves). We are trying to line up tradies to get it renovated before our return. Our son is due to start (UK) school this Sept this year but I've contacted the UK education authority and he can start Sept 2018 as his birthday is end of June, so that works really well, I'm able to get a job as soon as im ready, thats not a problem, straight back into the NHS, so the main obstacle is my OH to get a job which he is trying to do prior to leaving Australia. Then its the heartbreak of leaving our daughter here. Leaving her has made me so sick to my stomach, but she is 21 soon and totally independent, she has her own life, she keeps saying when she finishes her course and gains her experience, she will return to be with us. (Approx 3years) I guess thats what I have to hold onto. Although she is a grown woman, I feel she is still my little girl!! We are not telling our family or friends that we are returning as too many people would believe us to be bonkers to return, yet I believe until you have made this journey you would never know how it feels. I am so looking forward to being able to pop round to family and friends for a cuppa, proper pubs, cheaper shopping, a mini mortgage, decent TV, home comforts, curry, cheap holidays in the south/west country and Europe and cant wait to drive the M62 [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6] (compared to the M1 it will be bliss) If anyone could recommend shippers that would be awesome, we used Crown to come over, but we need quotes and timing of container to get to the other side. So we can plan well in advance! Thanks Lady Tottington Sent from my SM-T580 using PomsinOz mobile app

Hi, I took a trip back to Blighty last Sept for twelve weeks, hired a vauxhall Astra from Europcar for the duration, it cost me 980 quid, ??? hope that helps