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Personally I do think you are mad. Is your life that dreadful in the uk to want to move to the other end of the earth with your son and leave behind family support and friends. You'd still have the same daily life routine here. Same **** different country as such. I've been here almost 2 years. I live in Sydney and I do like it for diversity, city and beach life along with the stunning Blue Mountains. On the other hand I miss the beauty of the U.K. Local woodlands beautiful countryside. Culture and depth of history. The build up to Christmas, coming home to snuggle up in front of the fire. Which you can still do here June-August. I'm in a new build now but still miss having double glazing and insulation. I'm lucky as we haven't put down permanent roots and both wish to move back home at some point. But for now we are appreciating Sydney life as its a great City in my opinion.

I haven't inspect any as yet. There's only 2 of us so we're not too worried about space. It's temporary accomodarion we kept our nice house in England. The ice heads who moved in opposite us in Oatley put us off! On the whole it's a nice suburb not enough going on there for us. There's been an incident this week with a guy trashing parked cars and shouting at the owners to come out and fight.

Balmain is a nice suburb in Sydney with close up Harbour Bridge Views. We've been checking it out. We can get a 2 bed apartment some with pool and gym complex from $575 to $650 which is quite reasonable.

Happiness and contentment developed along with jobs a nice area to live and family support with the little ones. Happy mum happy thriving children. A good husband or father would be able to see that and make the decision to stay for his family. That alone should make him happy and content. Tricky situation and I don't come on here to argue I offer support.

Hello, please please stay put. You couldn't possibly have predicted what would of developed in those 2 years. It sounds like you are happy and you have work along with help with your children. Surly your husband must of realised how you were in Oz compared to how you are now. If he loves you he should support you and except that the UK is where his family is happy. How has he been in the uk? Has he suffered depression?

Hi Meetoo welcome to Sydney! We've been here a year and we move to Glenmoore park on the 1st November. I'm looking to make friends out that way, so feel free to PM me. I notice your from Leicester, my son went to university there and we lived not far from there.

Hello, Your not not losing the plot it's all natural feelings and I went through them last October when we left. In the final few months before we left I had serious doubts and really should of listened to my inner feelings. The morning of our flights I almost pulled out. I have two grown up sons in the Uk and miss them along with the rest of my family, friends, work, our beautiful home and the beautiful countryside along with lots more. I loved my life back home. A year later and I still feel the same. I've had many wonderful experiences and made some new friends and enjoyed my time here. In many ways it's made me a stronger person and more appreciative of what I have. Thankfully we kept our home and will return sooner or later. I wish I'd listened to myself and no one else, that's a valuable lesson I learnt. Only you can decide what to do. It's your life your decision but if you do decide not to go then you must never have any regrets. Just leave it in the past and never look back. If you do leave then embrace it with open arms and see what develops. Good luck and be happy with your life choices. Feel free to PM me for support

Hi Murta, I'm getting on a lot better now thank you. How's things with you?

Hi Lychee, sorry I haven't been on in a while. I hope your move went well. I'll send you a PM

Hey Dave I sent a PM before I read this so I now know how long you've been here lol.We'd like to meet up

Hi I moved to Sydney a few weeks ago with my partner. He's working and I'm job hunting. I'm looking for friendship so if there's anyone with time on their hands and would like to meet up that would be nice. Boredom is starting to kick in!

Thank you Celt down under. It's mind blowing plus my nerves about homesickness are kicking in now. Any hints and tips on coping with the stress of it all and settling in when we get there?

Thanks starlight so are the eastern suburbs nice?

I was there in March. Haven't got any certain plans yet I suppose I need to do more research. Primarily work comes first so time to start the job hunt and see what develops from there.

Hi we're thinking about moving to Victoria possibly Melbourne. I'm just wondering what the job situation is like for a mechanical engineer/fitter. I'm a hairdresser. I'm hoping to make new friends once there as one of my fears is being lonely. Thanks guys Karen

Thank you, we're looking at flying over in October. Be nice to keep in touch and maybe meet up some time

Thanks Rachel, good luck with your move

Hi just looking for approximate cost of shipping over the contents of a 3 bed house and storage over there once it arrives. Many thanks

Hi I hope your feeling more positive today. Maybe you should take any job until a better job comes along. It'll bring in some income and get you out the house meeting people it may even open up a lead for you. Try and remember why you went to live in Australia in the first place and renew your enthusiasm. Being stuck in applying for work will bring you down if nothing's coming up. Carry on with your life and set a few hours a day applying for work. I agree with chortlepuss join a gym and swim out in the sunshine it'll give you a boost. Also don't give up on your camper van try and get it fixed then you can move on and try somewhere else. Take any job for now it may just lead to a bright future for you

Hi Kylie, we had our visa granted a few weeks ago and are very excited. Telling the family has been hard I haven't told my sister yet as our dad passed away a few weeks ago as well and she's just so low. Finding the right time will be difficult but lll have to tell her. We started clearing the garage and loft. We like the Gold Coast area. Good luck

Hi emj I was just wondering how is your house sale going? Did you get an activation date on your visa? We have to land no later than the 4th march next year, but hoping to go sooner.

My other half has a brother in Brisbane so that's an option but if a job offer comes up we'll probably go wherever that is to start. At least you'll have your in-laws Emmie, who'll know the area etc that must be some comfort. I'm so pleased for you Jayne one month in must feel good if alls going well I bet it's a relief your there and starting to build a new life, I think the build up to leaving is hard. I hope your house sale goes through emj and you can join your partner very soon. Everything you've said is basically running through my mind. I do love our countryside and cities, I have a good life here with nice friends. We'd like to rent our house out for a few years before we sell. I'm gonna look at it as a 2 year army posting then if we're settled it'll be easier to except because we will have put down some roots and it'll feel like home. I was a military wife for 9 or so years most of them spent in Germany. I do feel grateful for this opportunity and intend to make the most of it. It feels like there's a door waiting for us to step through into a new adventure a bit like stepping into Narnia .. Talking to others in the same situation is an enormous help, thank you

Hi Emmie, I was the same full of excitement the day the visa was granted but the following days the reality hit me hard I was very weepy. I love my family but don't tend to see them regular. I'm not thinking about the goodbyes yet it's just a drain on my energy and emotions. Have you's got jobs to go to and where will you's settle? I'm more focused now than ever and keeping positive .. Most of the time

Hi guys I'm just wondering how everyone's doing? Those who have made the move and those still preparing. We had our visa granted a few weeks ago so now the planning starts. I'm still nervous but don't seem to have as many wobbles

Congratulations