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maybe its an age thing but when i was growing up in uk me & my friends used to dream of going to much more exotic places then Europe. Europe was somewhere we associated with holidays with our parents.

I live on the south coast but further south than batemans bay. If you plan to make a bid for nsw sponsorship it would be important to know that none of the places you mentioned are considered far south coast. There are 4 geographic regions & you should use the correct name for them in your application if you choose the south coast. Theres the Illawarra Coast which is places just south of Sydney like Wollongong, then the Shoalhaven Coast which includes Berry and Nowra areas, then the eurobodalla Coast that includes batemans bay and then the Sapphire Coast down near Bega & Eden etc. If you google search by the region names you'll be able to see exactly what towns are in each. I live in the Eurobodalla but my husbands family lives all along the coast with some in the Illawarra & some in Shoalhaven regions. There is lots of employment but it depends on the type of work your looking for. I love living where we are as its just so beautiful but you need to be able to get a job to enjoy any place. When we fly to Queensland we go to Canberra because my husbands sister lives there & it's a big airport & I prefer big planes but there are regional airports if you don't mind smaller planes.

There is a facebook page called Brexit Job Losses that you might find helpful.

My mum sent me this link of a horse in Herefordshire running & deliberately face planting in snow. looks like it was having fun. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-hereford-worcester-43285875/horse-face-plants-into-snow-drift-in-herefordshire

we see them all the time because we have lots of bush around the house.

These are the wildlife I've seen at our place in the last couple of days

we visited tasmania a couple of years ago. seemed like every second person we talked to had a british accent. my ozzie husband said he was starting to wonder if we had got on wrong plane ?

short answer then is yes we did it & it was better than i expected.

my parents just went back. from the messages they sent they dont seem very happy to be back home.

since we started using these we never see any roaches. I put new ones out on the day the season changes. makes it easy to remember to do it.

I were in a similar spot but I didnt have children at the time. we were back in uk around 3 months when I realised it were a terrible mistake. it were lovely seeing family & friends but just didnt feel like home anymore & didnt offer the type of lifestyle we wanted & enjoyed in oz. my husband is ozzie & even though he hates living in uk he said we had to stay at least 2 years. he was worried I would change my mind again if we came back to oz to soon because I were the one who wanted to go to uk. we didnt have money to do it right away anyway. we saved up & moved back to oz after 2 years were up & Im so happy & settled now. we even started a family now ? I feel very lucky because we know other people that moved back to uk without oz citizenship & now they cant get visa to move back to oz & they are stuck with lots of regrets. maybe first thing for you to do is find out if you can even get a visa to come back. no point thinkink about it if you cant even get a visa. hope it works out for you.

we went to canberra this weekend to see husbands sister & we all went to canberra show after lunch today. it was raining in the morning but stopped in the afternoon & we didnt even realise there was any flooding till we saw the news. came as a bit of a surprise.glad your house was ok.

I wasn't going to comment on this but I was sort of in your shoes a few years ago. The big difference is that I would have died rather than leave oz without my husband. He hated living in uk but moved there with me when I wanted to go back because he couldn't live without me either. Turns out I was wrong about uk & we are back in oz but that's not the real point of my post. I dont want to be rude but reading what you say & comparing you to me & my husband it sounds like you love each other but you both don't love each other enough. where you live seems to be the most important thing to both of you when being together should be the most important thing its very hard & very sad but maybe you just dont belong together & you should just get on with your own life & let him get on with his.

neighbours had bell on their cats neck but it wasnt long before it could walk without it ringing. it was killing so much wildlife but then it disappeared. Pretty sure one of the other neighbours sent it to cat heaven.

in my opinion oz is amazing & a totally wonderful place to raise kids but getting settled in a new country is hard work. a poor relationship is unlikely to survive the strain it puts on you. better to sort out your relationship first & then decide what to do. I hope things work out.

we ping ponged back to oz & it's the best thing we ever did. its a massive waste of money going backwards & forwards but we don't regret it & I feel especially lucky that I could come back. we have friends in uk who are stuck there because they didn't get oz citizenship & now they can't get visa. I'm much more settled this time round & got to pinch myself sometimes at how happy I am now. our kids are growing up spending most of the time outdoors & we all live a life other people go on holiday for. good luck with your move. you won't be sorry.

it isn't hot in winter & don't dismiss it till you try it. It is incredibly interesting & have never seen anything more beautiful

my parents are visiting at the moment & they said today they not looking forward to going back to UK. My mother never liked living there but my father refused to leave. They said they are going to look at coming to oz but I think they might be to old now but my father is a doctor so who knows. I hope they can come

Thats the thing though. not everyone driving around has to pass a test in oz. i learned in uk so could just drive in oz even though I didnt follow all the proper oz road rules. My husband made me to some driver lessons in oz cause he said I were going to kill someone. I wasn't happy to do it but it did show me how different some things are.

We made new traditions where we go to the beach in the morning after breakfast & presents & then spend the afternoon relaxing at home by the pool reading & playing with the kids. we eat lots of fresh seafoods, cold meats & salads at lunch and usually have a BBQ back at the beach in the evening. there are usually lots of other families doing the same thing & everyone just seems to mix & join together especially anyone that has kids with them. we pay volleyball & other random games & its a wonderfully relaxing day for us.

i knew 3 months after returning to the uk it was a big mistake. my husband had never wanted to move back in the first place but he insisted we stay there for at least a couple of years to be sure i didnt change my mind again. we ended up moving back to oz after 2 years & this time i am much more settled. sometimes you just have to try things to know for sure.

i grew up in london & live in a small town in oz & used to think the same way as you when i was here the first time. i dragged my husband back to london only to realise what an idiot i had been & how horrible my attitude had been to the people around me.we moved back to oz but this time i came with a different attitude & my experience this time has been the total opposite. we live in the same small town we did last time but i dropped the condescending & moaning attitude & got to know the people this time & have learned things about their very interesting & well travelled lives i never knew before because they are happy to talk to me now i'm not horrible to be around. the only difference is me. maybe you should think about the vibes you give off or do yourself & the people around you a favour & move on.

i felt the same when we moved back though i hadnt been in oz as long as you. my husband didnt want to go back to uk in first place so wasnt well pleased when i said i thought going back was a mistake because it was me changing mind again. we did move back to oz & im very happy we did but the process did waste a lot of money & it took time to recover financially from that. if the whole family regrets the move then start saving & come back but be realistic about the financial side. although money cant buy happiness you got to be practical.

apart from the fact 90% of oz isnt desert the arid & desert areas are anything but boring. i spent time working with tour company in central oz & saw hauntingly beautiful & diverse scenery & unique plants & animals. what a shame you didnt really see what was there to be seen.

for me it was a lack of emotional maturity. i just wasnt ready to live away from my family & the things i knew. its much easier to blame a place or other people when you arent happy though & i know i certainly did. it was a very expensive coming of age for me. when i see people say all of oz is the same i just think they mustnt of seen much of it. or they passed through it without really seeing what was around them. it is a hugely diverse land with a range of climates & landscapes but you cant appreciate anything when you dont open yourself up to it.