higgys

Hi Everyone we have been in Australia 5 years, and we feel exactly the same we just kept hanging on in there (not sure why now when I look back) and before we knew it 5yrs had passed, i suppose we were waiting for things to change and hoping it would get better. Well it hasnt and I dont think things will ever change its so behind in everything, and I think thats the way the aussies like it. Its time for us to sell up and head back home, I'm planning on moving back in July/aug so our son 13yrs can start year 9 this year and hubby will stay on if the house hasnt sold. I am worried about our son going into year 9 as he would have missed 2years of UK high school, and they are more child like here, we spent last christmas back in the UK, and I noticed the difference when he was with his cousins who are 9months younger. But i'm assured he will soon adjust, still my biggest worry though. We have decided not to tell people we are moving back yet, as its early days, we are going to tell poeple we are thinking about moving north to be closer to hubbys work. I know its a cop out, but we cant be doing with all the negativity and disgust that we would receive by wanting to leave there fabulous country. we have seen it happen, a family were planning to move back and instantly they were pushed aside never invited to anything again, (plastic aussie friends) we will be honest as things start to progress forward. Now we have made the desicion to move back home, we have been so much happier, even though we know at times its going to hard, being here has made us stronger individuals and were much closer as a family.

We have been here 5 yrs and have decided to move back hopefully July this year. Reading your posts we feel the same, and its nice to see were not alone. It would be easier to stay here, but we would be very unhappy. We have tryed to make the best of everything Australia had to offer us, but that constant yearning for the UK just wont go away, and its making us unhappy. Its been an emotional roler coaster these past 5yrs, and we have had to work so hard for everything we have acheived, which in the long run has made us stronger people, and closer as a family. By knowing this we feel that we are ready to take on the next journey in our lives, and i'm sure we will come across some hurdles. But we just have to go back. Uk is were we belong. Going back to Face book it sure is a curse, I stopped using it, as every time i popped on for a nosy, it made me very depressed.

Myself and OH and our 13yr old son have decided to move back to the UK this year after 5years, we have done very well for ourselves here good jobs, lovely home weve had a great experience and been to some beautiful places and we do like aspects of the australian life style. But Our yearning for the UK just wont go away, we miss all the places of interest you can visit, all the hsitory, walking through the lakes, bike trails, being so close to Europe. No matter how hard we try, we just cant make australia home. we have been back to the Uk, and each time we all never want to return to OZ. I'm concerned about how our son will adjust to the UK education system, has anyone been in this situation moving teenagers back to the UK? Even though it is the right thing to do for us as a family and we feel very positive about it, its still a little scary to have to start over again.

hello we are returnng to the UK this year after being in Australia for 5years, our son will be going into UK year 9 this september 13, we have been told by the local school admissions that our choice of schools are at full capacity and we will have to appeal, but we have to wait until jun / jul. I have been told though by family and friends who have children at our school of choice, that there could possibly be a child leaving before the year 9 intake. So fingers crossed this is the case, otherwise we will have to go through appeal process, which sounds pretty stressful. I'm also worried about how our son will hold up, as he is only due to start high school in OZ year 8 on a couple of weeks, so he would have missed 2 whole years of UK high school. has anyone been in this situation? our move back is the right thing to do, but the whole education system and transision is very scary.