Booma

we live a bit further down the coast. the whole area is beautiful & wonderful for families. theres lots of expats in the area as well but i dont see many posting on here. everyone in the area is so helpful & if you join in community activities it helps you get settled & make friends & contacts for work. most people seem to start out with casual jobs but get permanent jobs after a while.

some things that surprised me is:

how family orientated things are.

that pubs arent central to socialising & a lot of people never go at all.

how well travelled people are. especially when the people live in small villages. that really surprised me for some reason.

how cold it can get in winter in some places & that you can go skiing here.

how green some of the countryside is away from the tropical areas.

Is that the white tail? Are they not the most deadliest ones, and it was in your back garden :err:

i got bitten by a white tail in the garden. it burned for a while but thats all. my ozzie hubby told me it was ok but i made him catch it & took it to the hospital so they could identify it but they told me the white tail doesnt deserve its deadly reputation.

here is a link to some information to put your mind at rest http://australianmuseum.net.au/white-tailed-spider

there are some deadly spiders but they arent running around chasing you or anything. you have to be unlucky or do silly things to have any problems.

perhaps you should try to get a job before you move back so you dont burn bridges & find yourself in a trickier position than you are now. unemployment rates in perth at the end of feb look a lot better than a lot of the uk especially the area you want to go to.

Exactly. So many of our friends (GPs, consultants, nurses) are looking to take early retirement, change career or leave England. Even those still in training are looking to take their skills elsewhere (drug companies, overseas, law, business).

The trust my husband works for has just been on a recruitment trip to India where they appointed several new consultants, which is great, but they will all need significant training in working for the NHS. It's a shame that no one wanted to apply for the jobs from this country though and we're losing the home grown talent.

 

 

 

I dont know know why my last post posted twice when I was replying to this one!

my mother wants my father to leave as well. he keeps hoping if people complain enough it will get better but he always sounds so down when i talk to him these days. he fells like he owes it to people to keep going but my mother thinks he should look after himself.

my father is a doctor & he thinks the nhs is in serious trouble & lots of british doctors & nurses are leaving or talking about trying to leave due to the strain they are under trying to give good care when everything is being cut back & treatments for people arent as good as the could be & should be. not sure why anyone would want to pretend everything is fine when doctors & nurses keep saying its a mess & getting worse every day. people should be complaining so something can be done before its to late.

no you arent crazy. ive meet loads of happy migrants in oz who never visited before they moved.

congratulations on the safe arrival of your little angel. she is beautiful.

First, do think about why you want to return and check your reasons are valid.

 

However, I will add some reply to a post above.

 

We are finding work much more plentiful than WA. I am earning the same as I was for fly in fly out in Oz and am home every night by 5pm.

 

The weather has actually been wonderful with the only real wet time this weekend. But even with that we have been out and have just returned from a walk round a big park - lots of families there as well (not having to worry if there giving their kids skin cancer). Tomorrow the forecast is fairly heavy rain, so might go to Windsor Castle.

 

Not seen any "doom and gloom". All my friends are doing very well - including those in the North.

that a uninformed thing to say. the nhs disagrees & provides recommendation for protecting children.

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/safety-in-the-sun.aspx

putting it on hold is a good idea. i wasnt in uk long before i knew i wanted to move back to oz but i didnt know you could put the insurance on hold when i left & had to do another waiting period when i came back to oz.

the first time i lived in oz i didnt make any friends but this second time im living in the same village i was the first time but ive made a handful of brilliant friends & im expanding that group as time goes on. the only difference is my attitude. i feel blessed people gave me a second chance when they saw i was back. i cringe to think of the things i said when i was here before. always complaining things not as good when really they are just different & better a lot of the time. i didnt leave anyone with a very good impression of british people back then. as migrants we should look to ourselves before blaming other people if we cant make any friends.

my hubby reckons the only reason the top 5 countries are in the top 5 is cause moaning brits dont move there. he better only be joking :mad:

:eek: wow

never had any problems myself. you either have bad luck or you dont pick good people.

i forgot to mention jenolan caves. my hubby always recommends visiting to anyone who comes to see us & nobody has been disappointed. you can do day trips from sydney but your wife might like to go with you to this. its interesting for all the family.

http://www.jenolancaves.org.au

im guessing I'm not the only person who thinks once you've been to see them and one or 2 other things there's not a great deal else to do tourism wise? although there's a few places in the ferry I still have to visit. I think double bay (think that's the name) might be my new South Perth

there is a lot for tourists to do in sydney. you need to get out & about more.

our school takes students your daughters age to sydney & one of the things the kids think is brilliant is vaucluse house. it is a living museum of pioneering life in a upperclass home & is inexpensive to visit.

http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/vaucluse-house/visit

the powerhouse museum already mention is also a favourite with the kids.

the zoo at taronga is excellent & so is the aquarium.

I just saw this and some of these places look stunning, it makes me want to travel more and more when i see pics like this..

 

'Australia is the flattest continent on Earth. So pretty dull right?'

http://www.buzzfeed.com/simoncrerar/australia-is-flat-and-boring?bffb&utm_term=.ugMzG89El&utm_content=bufferb7a00&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.bp4zky8eA

those places look brilliant. it will take more than one life time to see all oz has to offer.

 

Bang right on cue.

 

Please go to the "I Love Australia" forum where you will also find lots of people bashing on the negatives of UK left right and centre, agreeing how dismal things are at home and why they want to get away from it all.

 

You yourself, are not "Moving back to UK" and nor do you even "live in the UK".

 

You live in Australia and are now "Australian", that's YOUR home, you love it and you even went as far as getting your citizenship.

 

You sold out to the place, and you love it good on you, we get that.

 

But... why are you "lurking" around and "chiming in" on a "Moving Back to the UK" forum when you have no intention of moving back home and are settled ??

 

Go to the forum you belong on, the one that relates to the country you have adopted as YOUR home and let the rest of us enjoy OUR home the UK and if we want to Oz-Bash we can - just like those who bash life in UK on other forums.

 

Britain is no longer your country any more.

 

You're pretty much Australian, even to the point of being unable to handle anyone who dare say anything negative about it just like a true Aussie.

feel better now?

From doing lots of reading on here and having met a chap from Oz who openly made the following statement "you might have a problem if you were black" when I asked if we would easily make friends if we moved to Oz, I would like to ask others of there experiences.

 

My children are mixed raced as I am and although most people do not notice I am mixed race, my children have darker skin and clearly mixed race. We live in a mostly white area and we have had 1/2 occasions when my daughter has been called brown, I am not blind and I know racism exists in the UK, though we have moved forward a lot compared to back in 60'70's. My question is would this be a problem in Oz, is it likely my child could be bullied, I am not asking this because I believe ppl from OZ are all racist, this is purely to help us make an informed decision, it may be the person from Oz who I spoke to was the wrong person but some ppl have posted threads that people use the term wog openly and I am trying to get some honest open feedback.

 

Post not intended to cause offence.

 

Maria x

i am east asian & find oz is very welcoming even though i dont live in a big city. people dont seem to care where you come from as long as you are a good person. the only person i got problems off was one british person & one aboriginal person but they were mean to everyone. one thing to keep in mind is ozzies do sometimes use words british people think are offensive but you must remember you are living in oz & just cause something is bad in other countries doesnt mean its bad here. taking offence if none is intended will make you unhappy & stop you from making friends with good people. i am lucky to be married to ozzie so i check with him each time i heard a word that shocked me & so far none have been used to cause offence here. they even call some police cars paddy wagons which shocked me very much when i first heard it. italian & greek people call each other wogs and coon cheese got its name from the man who made it so you see not everything is as it seems at first.

Entirely that

 

And it's therefore completely location dependent

 

Sydney is not more expensive than other places in Aus for essentials of life like groceries, utilities and transport. But the housing is very expensive. It's very easy to drop $4-$5K a month on housing costs in this city and that's $60K a year after tax. Which leaves precious little from $100K gross, and certainly not enough to live on

it depend what you think of as sydney as well. my hubbys nephew is in penrith area & manages on just over $65ish before tax with a young family. they are ozzies so get family payments of the govt as well but even so they bought a fab house in a nice area. they manage well but dont live extravagant.

No - it is a fact that the US did not support the British military engagement.

i saw a bbc documentary that said they gave missiles & other support. the doco interviewed people connected to arranging the help who said the assistance provided more or less saved the day.

The only person who can decide that is you! When I migrated 30 years ago, Australia was the place to find "a better life", with cheap housing, great career opportunities and good pay. Today unemployment is actually higher than the UK. Australians work longer hours and have shorter holidays than most Brits in an equivalent job. House prices are high.

 

That's why so many end up returning - because life in Australia is not necessarily better any more, just different. Finding a job in Oz is more challenging now and once you've got one, life in Australia is pretty much the same treadmill as in the UK, except for what you do with your leisure time. If you're an outdoor/beach kind of person then you'll love your weekends so much it will be worth putting up with a likely drop in salary and distance from family, but only you can judge whether the trade-off is worth it.

a lot of what you say depends on where you moved from & where you moved to. you lived in sydney i think & that is nothing like where i live. so much depends on where you pick to settle.

I could be doing with a Zimmer frame! I think If I remember correctly we're doing Fraser from noosa or rainbow. I get confused wo H the names. If I see a tourist information place I'll stop and ask for tips

yes you should do this. did you know you could of got to go swimming with baby turtles near 1770 at lady musgrove island. what a shame if you didnt know about it.

At the age your children are I can't see any adverse issues, however, don't wear your rose tinted glasses! you will no doubt be welcomed back with much fuss and it will be lovely, however, real life will then kick in and everyone will resume theirs, perhaps you will see parents aren't really that different. I personally have noticed the inclination to have 3/4 children here in OZ (WA) and i have to say by my observations, much loved and treasured by their parents. And in terms of schooling, well I totally disagree with comments, my daughter is supposed to do 20 minutes homework and 15 minutes reading, in reality, its more like an hour plus the reading, every night, with maths and spelling tests on Fridays based totally on the homework, she is year 3, and she is thriving, I don't believe she would be behind if we returned to the UK.

after teaching in both countries i dont think she would be behind either. parents in the uk are conditioned to think constant testing is a good thing & dont always see the value of teachings kids to think instead of to pass exams.

Whitsunday islands and reef scenic flight..

 

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when i was on my whv i worked on hamilton island there doing housekeeping & it was fab. so beautiful & so fun with so many things to do & see. you can pick up lifts on peoples boats to other resorts & uninhabited islands for a day real easy. best time ever & bet your enjoying it.