Sassy Duck

Sums up Perth in a nutshell for you. Reputation for being the biggest retirement village in the world?? Haha are you just making this up as you go along?

Perhaps he/she should change their user name to home and bitter.

Light plane crashed into the swan river, pilot and passenger died and fireworks celebration cancelled. We saw it happen along with thousands of others...very sad news. :daydreaming:

Exactly what I was thinking! He said he earns in excess of $200k. I would feel pretty well off with that salary!

Read my comment again. I did not say you were stupid I said your comment was stupid. Think you'll find your original comment was pretty rude but hey ho.

No he couldn't because I don't and never have harped on about how great Australia is, and I am certainly not blinkered...what a stupid statement. Thanks for your input though. :dull:

Haha classic, you try to justify everything! No need to get nasty...you give...you take..simples.

And? That's your justification then :daydreaming:

We made the move back to the uk after spending 5 years in oz. First year novelty, after that we realised we'd made a massive mistake. Moved back to oz and honestly couldn't wait to get back! It's not perfect, nowhere is, but as much as I like the uk, I just don't like living there. We went back for a visit in November which confirmed we'd made the right decision. We had citizenship so easy for us to return. Good luck, hope you'll be happier on your return.

Jeez do you ever give it a rest! Unbelievable!

We went back in November and was pretty surprised at the price of meals out and only had one decent meal in four weeks. In fact we went for a roast in one pub and all eight of us had to send it back as it was so bad! £12.95 each! They didn't charge us thankfully. This was in Witney. Have to say it was nice paying less for a pint and we did have a steak and a pint for £10 in Weatherspoons! Not the best but ok when you just want to satisfy your hunger.

Really?? What a load of tosh.

We moved back to the uk in 2011 after spending five years in NSW. The reasons at the time were that grandchildren were arriving and thought it was time to spend some time with the family etc etc. Also the exchange rate was in our favour as an added bonus. Fast forward five years and we're back in Australia. First six months was a novelty and then all the reasons we left came flooding back. We didn't spend much time with family, people had moved on as expected and for us our lifestyle went down hill. We do spend a fair bit of time between both countries and we're in the uk at the moment which has only confirmed we have made the right choice for us. The damp weather is just awful! It was cold the first week we arrived and although it's milder now, it's just so grey and damp. We'd forgotten how damp it gets and how depressing it feels with the lack of light. We love crisp autumn days but don't think we'll see much of those unfortunately! Next time we visit will definitely be in the summer!

Yes there is.:daydreaming:

We moved back to the uk in the middle of the recession. People told us there wasn't any jobs etc but we had no problem securing jobs. OH secured a job in Perth within two weeks, second one he applied for. Yes I've heard it's harder to get a job here but they're always advertising for retail and it pays a lot more here and we've found hardly any difference in our outgoings here compared to the uk, apart from the price of going out for a drink. Not saying you will land a job straight away but you have just a good chance of anybody else with your experience. Granted it's a risk and being on your own only adds to that, but if you haven't any assets etc in the uk and nothing for you there....then it's only a cost of a flight. Could you have an extended holiday for six months, stay with your sons and see how you go?

Oh dear :daydreaming:

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That may be your experience but definitely not mine, one size doesn't fit all.

Why are people conned?? If you're moving to another country you surely do a lot of research? Different living in another country I know, but surely most people would never move to another country based on a brochure or watching a tv program!

You sound just like Bristolman lol

Did I miss something? Where did he/she mention Muslims??

I don't think anybody does it that often. Although it's only a few hours flight away, you finish work at five on Friday, get a late night flight and arrive late in Barcelona or where ever....so you have Saturday & half day Sunday before you fly back for work on Monday. Unless of course you take Monday off but then you're eating into your annual leave allowance. Some people would use their leave to book weekends away but I'd say the majority like to save it for the one/two week summer holiday, week at Christmas etc. Also it gets more expensive if you go on a weekend. I would expect most people only do it twice maybe three times a year.

Its not the fairest as I am under no illusion about oz, the same as I'm under no illusion about the uk. I just post on my experience on both countries, as I spend a fair bit of time in both. I have to say that I was quite shocked that we had to sit watching tele in oz with a beanie on haha & I'm always happy to see a radiator when I'm back in the uk! :laugh:

It does get bone chillingly cold in the uk and we all know that and accept it, but we have heating etc to cope. In oz it doesn't get anywhere near as cold except in the houses because they have poor insulation & no heating. I hate that! It can be 14 degrees at night but feels like 6 degrees inside! A lot of my rellies have been saying how bad the weather has been lately in the uk, as usually by April we are starting to see the warmer days. It was snowing in Reading & Swindon the other day...pretty unusual for the end of April.

Awesome Australia?? Oh come on...why not just Australia? No need in imo..as I said just commenting on how cold it is for the time of year.