Hi, what do you do for jobs, where will you live ? Where do you live in the UK. I'm Australian and lived in Newcastle and then many years in Sydney in the eastern suburbs including bondi beach . I then moved to the UK and lived in London for 10 years and Cardiff for 6 years . I returned last year to Australia with my welsh husband and two year old son. I returned so that our son could get to know his grandparents and extended family. He adores being outside and Australia is a wonderful place for a two year old. And on balance we don't regret moving back . It has been wonderful catching up with all my old friends and family and being able to swim in the sea for so many months of the year but I doubt we will stay more than a few years. The truth is after living in the UK I'm am bored senseless living back in Oz , but that's not the main reason we probably won't stay. The faCT is the country has changed dramatically and I don't think for the best. It is ridiculously expensive, there is an arrogance here - I tire of hearING Australia is the best , we are best country to live in etc etc . People are obsessed with money, house prices etc. But the real deal for me is I don't wish my son to grow up in such a male dominated sexist , aggressive culture. I have found the level of violence and aggression here deeply disturbing . And then there's the racism . In some ways it's like going back to the fifties . Have a look at the inter national education tables , we are rapidly falling way behind. The truth is apart from the son and the sea I can't see why anyone would want to move here.
