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11 hours ago, Marisawright said:

I know why you reacted to Bristolman like that - but you know I'm not an Australia-basher, I live here and I like living here.  

What I'm trying to say is that I can't see how it's SO much better than the UK, it's worth spending your life savings to get here. 

And let's face it, the survey is about the number of people who'd like to move here.  That doesn't tell you anything about how good Australia is, it just tells you how many people have stars in their eyes.

It’s so far in front of the U.K it’s embarrassing.  Just got to realise you have to find the right part of God’s Country as it’s so varied, and understand you’re not going to live like a Pom.  A bit of effort is all that’s required 

Brilliant beers available in Oz.  Just steer clear of the commercial stuff as you would anywhere 

15 hours ago, Zack said:

Australia is so far removed to what it was when we arrived here.WE  can't really see what the attraction is for anybody to live Australia now

The attraction is that it isn’t pommyland!  That’s more than enough 

1 hour ago, Sandgroper said:

Well I guess we are fairly recent migrants (the last 5 years) and our move has resulted in a better salary, bigger not necessarily better housing, brighter prospects and a better education for the kids IMO a better all round family lifestyle so yes it was worth all the pain and effort for us.

And as fairly recent migrants we can absolutely see why families want to migrate.

Logical for anybody, but many simply aren’t good enough to get the tick.  

7 hours ago, Zack said:

Australia is so far removed to what it was when we arrived here.WE  can't really see what the attraction is for anybody to live Australia now

When did you lose you eyesight?

3 hours ago, bristolman said:

Yeah that's pretty uncomfortable. High teens, low 20s is perfect. 

For an Eskimo 

Supposedly hitting 26 today but going by the last few days probably not 

No surprises really.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5461885/Australia-coldest-winter-record-say-weather-expert.html?ito=social-facebook

1 hour ago, Skani said:

Really?  Where did you see/hear that?   We've had a striking reduction in snowfall here in Tasmania since the early/mid 1990s....and I'd love it to return to the "old days".  

I’ll trCk it down 

News today the long range forecast for Australia has this winter being the coldest/wettest on record with massive snowfalls.  

24 tomorrow.  Bit of a shock after months of warm/hot weather 

People are leaving Sydney en masse.  Country towns in NSW are taking the majority eg Goulburn.  Perth would be quite a change from Sydney, the quintessential ‘sea change’

29 today nary a cloud.  Another perfect day in God’s Country 

56 minutes ago, Goofy2018 said:

That's great for you but not everyone would agree. Like Marisawright has already said, this type of statement is not helpful for anyone. It's a lot more valuable to people to give them nuanced comments when they're asking for advice.

My opinion after 50 years

23 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Why?  Which parts of Australia have you lived in?  And which parts of the UK have you lived in, and how long ago?  Just curious.

Every part except Tasmania and NT

8 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

As we were commenting on another thread, that's the kind of unhelpful generalisation that doesn't help anybody.    There are good and bad places in Australia, just the same as there are good and bad places in Britain.

Case in point - you love living where you are now.  But I've seen you make negative comments about other parts of Australia, so you clearly don't think it's all better than the UK. 

Also, of course, you need to allow for personal preference.  I've seen you comment on the weather and it seems you're happiest when the temp is in the high twenties.  My idea of hell.

Any part of Australia is better than the UK

Can’t imagine not living in Australia.  Certainly better than existing in Britain 

On 25/02/2018 at 22:20, bristolman said:

Our house in Brisbane was pretty ordinary, very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer. 

So why didn’t you fix it as normal folk do instead of whinging about it?  Insulation and air con isn’t that hard to organise

They’d only get me there in a pine box, and even then I’d fight!

7 hours ago, Zack said:

 Hail srtipping trees, and smashing  the  pathetic 3mm thick windows,in the poorly build  Houses in Qld.And all over Australia. Houses in Australia need to be built for the weather here.But that would make them completely unaffordable. They are like Ovens in the summers prolific heat, much hotter now, than 35 years ago,and  like fridges and damp in the winter..

Never read so much bs.  50 years and lived in houses in every state and territory and they’ve been fine and certainly not ‘damp’.  Strange post this

We got rain!!!!!  At last after many months we have some.  Only 10mm so far but badly needed 

Hit 35 today.  Not one for the wimps

2 minutes ago, Toots said:

Kind of the same as Escape To The Country.  I stopped watching it when a woman was looking round a lovely big kitchen and stated " Oh the kitchen isn't very big is it".  Good  grief.  

Or those ‘downsizing’ and every house shown is ‘too small’

4 hours ago, ali said:

@calNgary  I guess you deserved double being the family on the first show - not only did you watch but you took part lol

What a goose!