LincolnH

Hey Snifter could you suggest any villages/towns just on the outskirts of the city that are nice on the Clifton area side of the city. Thanks

Awesome reply thank you very much. I have loved my time in Australia and has been an amazing life experience. For the first 5 years I thought I would not return to UK but my mindset has changed now. There is much to miss from family and friends to the English sense of humour and Europe and your doorstep. You don't realise how far from the world you are till you live down under. I will do some research into those areas you have suggested thank you very much for your help. The Visa is something I am just starting to look into, she is of Maltese background and has family there so could easily obtain a Maltese passport although i am not sure that will help these days. Thanks again

Hi guys. I am 34 from England and my partner is 30 (Australian) no kids yet just a dog! We have just built a house in the outer suburbs (near Cranbourne) but are thinking of moving to UK next March.. I have no family here and partners mum and dad live in Sydney. Her sister lives permanently in UK so moving back would give us both opportunity to be close to family (shes closest to her sister of all her family) . Her Dad is very narrow minded and cant understand why anyone would want to leave Sydney. He moans alot at my partner for living in Melbourne so I don't think he will be happy to hear we plan on trying out a move to the UK. But at the end of the day its our life and not his and I am not gonna just stay here to keep him happy and sacrifice my own happiness. I feel if you don't live in the city suburbs then life in Melbourne can be quite boring with not much to do. My main reason for moving home is that I want my children to know my sisters and brothers children. My partner is amazing and very open to the idea although she cant commit to forever as shes never lived there which i completely understand. I really want to make it permanent and realise that choice of location is absolute key to ensuring she likes it. Her sister lives in Bristol which I am open to as it means shes got family close by. I don't mind a couple of hours drive as in reality its better than a 24 hour plane journey! I was wondering if anyone could suggest any places in UK that are similar to some of the Melbourne suburbs in terms of cafe culture/ restaurants pubs close by? I realise the weather is very different just want to find somewhere with a good community that has everything close. Thanks in advance!

Hi and thank you all so much for the replies/advice! We currently live in Melbourne and my partners parents are in Sydney and in reality we only probably see them 4 weekends a year (12 days total) where as if we were in the UK and came back for 3 weeks a year then time spent with her parents would almost be doubled! My partners father is the main problem as he is constantly putting his kids under pressure to live near him ( he is very old school) where as although i see his point he should just encourage his kids to be happy instead of thinking about himself. My partners sister moved to the UK with an Engish boyfriend last year and they are very settled. Her dad was pretty upset with this and was pretty negative towards her sister and her partner. My partner is very close with her sister and her having kids over there would only improve her life and our childrens life if we were to live there too. I see it as at least we will both have family in the same country plus our kid will see his aunties uncles and have cousins where as in Australia it will just be grandparents. Her brother is also in the UK but travelling and has got himself and English bf aswell (hes gay) so potentially my gf, her sister and brother could all end up living in England because of 3 English men! Her dad would hate England if that were the case! Our house will be built it 2 months and I am looking forward to moving in, it can be rented out if we move back anyway so that is not too much of a problem. My Fiancee is 30 and wishes to have children soon, she says she would move to UK but it would break her parents hearts and not sure if she can say forever. Its a very hard situation to be in and to find a solution too! We have friends in Melbourne but not like my friends back home and my gfs best friends are all in Sydney really it just makes sense to me but would be a hard decision to leave our newly built house to move to a rental property in the UK while we sort ourselves out especially if we have a new family member We are actually flying to Manchester in 2 weeks 3 days for 3 weeks so will be nice to have a trip back and see everyone and hopefully will help us develop our 'talks' about this Thanks again

Hi, I've come on here to hopefully get advice from people who are feeling similar/experienced similar. I travelled the world with 2 best mates ( both recently returned to U.K. After 6 years) and now live with my Australian fiancée in Melbourne. We are currently building a house and talking about having children (exciting times). But the more we talk about kids the more I feel like I belong in England . I want my kids to grow up knowing there nephews aunties n uncle and feel I miss my family terribly. The first 4-5 years I never really felt homesick but the novelty seems to be wearing off abit now and I'm not sure what to do. My girlfriends sister lives in U.K. But her parents live North sydney so when we have kids we will literally have no family in Victoria atall where as in England we will have all my family and my gfs brother and sister live there. My gfs dad is very homely and would never move from where he is/never been abroad and constantly moans about how his kids have moved away. This is not fair on them as he is putting his happiness before there's but my gf feels so bad she starts crying about leaving him whenever we talk about moving to the UK. She says she will but deep down I know she wants to stay here , it's exciting we are building our first house but in the back of my mind I wish it was in the UK not some suburb miles out of Melbourne with nothing more than a Coles/RSL and a red rooster. I feel our life would be so much 'fuller' if we lived back in the UK. I just don't know what to do... sorry for rambling Male, 33 years old