Splash77

for me I'm just going with what i have and that is nothing!!!! i will start again ....i know what area I'm going too and I'm gonna try and get my old job back...i won't be returning to the uk anytime soon...

yes big regret!!! and i can't wait to return to australia. i could be here all day writing about whats happened to our lives since returning to the uk...but I'm not going too. but put it this way i will be returning on my own with (NO) husband. wish you luck :hug:

can't give advice because I'm not sure...however, i know what your going through and i wish you all the luck in the world!!!! (you are making the right choice):hug:

thankyou so much...much appreciated :hug:

hi just another quick question...do you know where to get the photos done as uk photo booths are not acceptable? thanks

thankyou so much for that x

could some please tell me if i can renew my australian passport from the uk or do i have to be in oz thanks:confused:

Sorry to hear this... But I would think very hard about the move back to the uk. I would seriously NOT come back to the uk. It is a sespit I would take your rose tinted glasses off and stay where you are... I don't mean to appear rude in anyway at all but this country has gone down the pan so much... they call australia the lucky country for a reason Don't make the mistake by returning to the uk it has not a great deal to offer anymore unfortunately

Hi yes fortunately I have australian citizenship .. So that's no problem.

Thank you for your quick response much appreciated

What do you mean?

Hello, trying to find job vacancies in mining industry in australia ... Does anyone have any contacts? Thank you:-)

:smile:Hello, does anyone out there know of any contact's for mining in australia? Thank you:-)

We left shortly after gaining our citizenship... We returned to the UK.. We returned due to my sister having a illness I thought I was doing the right thing returning to support her... Which I'm glad I did show my support but hand on heart (DONT DO IT) its the biggest mistake I've made ... I should of just come back for a while and then returned but as times gone on my 17 year old son has met a girl and now I can't persuade him to go back... I could not leave him he's far too young....so I'm stuck in this cold grey dump waiting for him to change his mind... Australia is the best place in the world!!! Especially after coming back and seeing how people are living it's disgusting....stay where you are YOU WILL REGRET IT X

Dont do it … you will regret it!!! :-]

as hard as it seems & I've been there you are making a mistake moving back to uk, we came back after 5 years and have regretted it ever since i now know every single day I'm here (uk) why we moved in the first place its the most depressing place on gods earth.we have oz citizenship and will go back eventually nee one or 2 personal matters are sorted hope it works out for you

stay put in oz we've been back in uk for 2 years after 5 years in oz biggest mistake we've ever made …but will return to oz as soon as poss

My experience was this... We emmigrated in March 2008 it was really hard to begin with, because I truly didn't really want to go .... Well I did and I didn't, but more didn't if I'm truthful, I was frightened of leaving my mum & dad and family ... Anyway I made the move I was really quite down about being there for quite a long time .... But time passed, found a good job and I was ok.., but still always had England in my head everything I did I was always thinking about England, when I went to sleep it was the last thing on my mind and the first thing when I woke in the morning. Anyway time passed and I started to really think I could move back to UK and buy a beautiful house in the Cotswolds,, then suddenly my sister was seriously iLL so I though knackers to this I'm off home ... Anyway long story short I've ended up back where I started ... Skint, rented house, crap job, and living day to day missing bills and just scraping bye! What he hell!!! That is my story it's far too long to go into but that's the outline... I even nearly never took my citizenship because I was that pee'd off with everything... But I did and I'm so glad I did because I have lived in both countries and really seen each one has to offer and the uk is not for me anymore..., you only have to look around to see the state this country is in a HUGE mess.... I'm just one of the lucky ones who has the choice to go back to oz thank god .... I NOW KNOW....

Yes and these are only based on my experiences and where I live..I live in Doncaster so that is enough said really I was looking through rose tinted glass's I know this sounds crazy but I watched a lot of he midsomer programmes when I lived in oz and it was like wow please let me live in one of hem houses with the straw roofs and the beautiful little villages but in reality it's not like that (for me anyway) having everything in oz and now really struggling just to live day to day (missing bills)Im finding it a real struggle it's dull grey and depressing wages I really thought bein back in England is what I wanted but it's really not I miss the Laid back lifestyle the weather which I never thought I would say the parrots the wild life the clean beaches the friendly hospitality in the shops ... Now I know why weaves in the first place good luck anyway with your move back I hope it's everything you've dreamed about x

yes that was then…this is now my account hasn't been hacked gpo1971 no wind up…yes i said some bad things but hey, everyone makes mistakes this is a forum to express how we feel ,, so that was then, this is now! yes i did have certain issues but taking step back and looking at the bigger picture i was wrong to say things about australia…but i disagree with people copy and posting things on threads when that was quite bit ago…anyway the truth of the matter is since being back in england I've now realised this is NOT where a wanna be so some of the problems i did outline about oz where MY problems at that time of my life and they certainly rant as bad as the problems I'm having here in the uk…but thanks for everyones good wishes hope you all have a nice day….

Thanks guys for all your supportive comments this country is just not what it was it's a disgrace

yes it does bobj thank you ….oh and I'm a woman lol x

A few of you's on here will remember me on here, how I dreamed of being back here in England, I wish I'd never bothered I hate it here yes I was certainly looking through rose tinted Glasses when I moved back so fed up with this gloomy grey depressing lifestyle.... Well I'm making plans to come back and to stay for good... god I was so close to saying stick your citizenship WHY I felt like that I will never Know... moving back to the UK has learnt me so much in a way I'm glad I moved back because I would of always been thinking an daydreaming about being here but in reality it's not what I thought, I now know the reasons I left in the first place. I've learnt so much and realised after selling our home our cars giving up our wonderfully paid jobs it was the biggest mistake of our lives! But I'm determined and I'm gonna get my live back in order.... Yes I have family here in the UK but I now realise you can't live in there pockets And they art gonna pay your bills when times are tough so here's to the future... I never thought I would say this but Australia is the best place to live in world!!!

Get a grip are you on drugs?? Yes there is beautiful places still here but there's a huge amount of unemployment in the north where all the mining villages were...

im from Doncaster, I moved back from oz last October and I can honestly say its the worst move I've made... I couldn't wait to get back to England coz I missed it so much (I know there will be people reading this thinking wtf) but its a an absolute mess, I've been to some beautiful areas for a look since coming back (but they are all quaint little villages with money) and also been to London BUT then you come back to the north and its a total mess....I've been looking for work last October and I might be in a chance finally of becoming a porter.... We have gone from 150,000 a year living in oz to £4,200 year living on job seekers allowance what the hell have we done.... And it's all down to thatcher making this beautiful country such a devastation she has destroyed community's and Doncaster is the biggest **** hole I've ever lived in, yes I'm from Doncaster and I've lived here for 30 years but this place is totally destroyed through thatcher, this town used to boom now it's full of smack heads, unemployment and homeless I hope she rots in hell...