Oooooooo that is a tough question but do not want to go back to the UK.
Loved France, loved my house, cried when I left it :embarrassed: Miss my sunflowers and vines !
You know as you said how it goes there with work, you always need to earn more to pay the charges, ours got to the point where even if we both worked 24-7 we still wouldn't be able to pay, never mind anything to live on afterwards.
Migration is never easy but if you can make it in France and stay strong then you can make it any where !
Australia is big skies and lovely beaches , friendly people and very different to life in France. We have lived in both WA and QLD. We prefer WA as it does feel more laid back than QLD.
Still was a shock moving into suburbia after rural France but the kids have settled in so well and they enjoy their schools and for my eldest the freedom of getting a bus and being out and about with out having to get Mum to drop him off, he loves it.
As for normal jobs, we are both working here and working long hours but here we do get to keep the money, less tax of course. Which you need as the cost of living is high here.
Feel free to send me a private message if you would like any questions answered.
Sam