sgoxon

You're not wrong. So if not cheap, how about cheapest :wink:

Been in Oz a year now and by and large, we (wife and 3 children) are all loving it. We are missing family and friends a lot and this is exacerbated by my Mum having been diagnosed with a heart condition and my brother-in-law having a serious and un-treatable brain tumour. Sometimes, you feel a long, long way away. Hence looking at the cheapest way of getting back to the UK for us and our 3 kids for a visit. Can anyone recommend who to approach for cost effective tickets to get us back? Can't be doing with long stopovers, too many changes - kids are young enough to be told what to do, but old enough to be very grumpy!

I reckon you'll love it, depending on where you settle. We came to Melbourne via Perth and are loving it. Perth as a city is beautiful, but me not being a city person found it like an oasis, surrounded by quite uninteresting countryside, until that is, you get down to the SW of WA, which is utterly gorgeous. Lots of do in Melbourne, plenty of sport, culture and beautiful countryside all within a stones throw of the city.