Janmoo

Oh and the pommies best friend our all time favourite the VEGEMITE now that i dont get. Why would you have bovril on yer cornflakes maite

I kno bloody tim tams and yukky cornflakes! And what the hell is goin on with the milk and butter? Pure vile lol

I remember years ago a man sayin to us on a sydney ferry....if it sounds too good to be true it probably isnt! Sooo true. Ni cant do sun anyway coz im 52 im into spray tans and botox because of my years in aussie sun!

Lived in adelaide for 6 years found prices horrific. Bought 1991 mitsubishi wagon $3900! Home a year now and im drivin about in a spotless audi TT i bought for £2300. On drive.com.au same car same year $18000! We were earning 3 times what we get here and we couldnt afford to eat out. We dont drink. Houses were absolutely freezing no double glazing central heating and those bloody tin roofs! No thanks. We kept our house thankfully so we tucked up in a house we built here which even in adelaide would cost$1m at least. Hubby is a builder and was horrified at the build quality over there. I couldnt sleep for the cold and couldnt stand the noise of the blower thing on the wall! I really hope you get settled soon. Have you thought of moving to another area? I love being back. Being able to jump on a cheap flight to europe do the beach thing and come home. Financially the move to and from oz crippled us too but we are slowly recovering. We have plans to retire to spain NOT to resorts but costa de la luz. We ve been there loads and on boxing day it was 21 degrees! 2 hours and u can be home. We travelled all over oz during our 10 holidays before the move but when we lived there we werent able to go anywhere! Rent for a bungalow in a HUGE development, unfurnished was $375 a WEEK. Travel to work was horrendous taxi to bus, then 2 trains and taxi! Nooooo thanks. Luckily we got out because I think the recession is gonna hit Oz big time with the decline in demand for metal etc from china. Trust me we arrived back from oz with 2 suitcases and no money as u say ikea is gud. Also ebay i got sofa there for £125 . We furnished house between gumtree and auctions! Stay strong it will get better. Food cheap in aldi and lidl.

Hi there we moved back a year ago after 6 years in adelaide. We d done our homework been in oz 10 times on hols have our best friends over there. Landed great jobs paying treble what we got in uk. So why did we come home? Because of the LIFESTYLE!!!! Thank god we didnt sell our house or we would be in a hostal by now. As for settling back into uk omg it was such a joy to be back in a properly built house with double glazing, woodburning stove and no cardboard walls or tin roofs! Sheer joy. Back to normal cheap eating out cheap food cheap houses. Over there our house would cost at least $1m aud! And i bought myself a nice little bright red audi TT for £2300!!!! Same one year etc in adelaide was $18000! Sorry but goin to the beach on a sunday for a few months of the year didnt do it for me. Due to the prices our lifestyle plummeted. Now for £80 we can hop over to europe do the beach thing as often as we like. Pomme sammy its like everywhere it has changed but homes home warts n all. The travel thing has got way cheaper people hop over to europe for long weekends and the housing market is on the up. I feel so much more secure in the uk over there when ud no money it was terrifying at least here we ve got a safety net called Welfare State. The whole australia thing was good at times horrendous and mundane. Life is what you make it really. I dont miss paying 100 bucks for plastic shoes and crappy jeans! Get ur £10 out for the marks and spencer dine in meal including a bottle of plonk! Good luck!