Dm1

24 minutes ago, Lavers said:

Thanks for the input guys and loopylu I have factored all these things into my budget best i can. Also i think things like that will start happening in the UK also.

I've looked on the job sites for my trade as a boilermaker / metal fabricator and there seems to be plenty of jobs available with good rates of pay.

Theres a few guys at my place who have just come back from Aus and they say that they struggle to get skilled men just like they do here, so I'm confident that with my experience I will find a job.

The thing is you never know if you're doing the right thing or not financially but then I'm not thinking of moving for financial reasons, so as long as we can live fairly comfortably then that will do for me.

I'm a supervisor in the UK but I can earn the same money in AUS back on the tools.

I reckon you should be able to get work ok.. 

9 minutes ago, Loopylu said:

If that is the case then I would stay put unless you have a permanent job already lined up to move to here.  My view is that the economy here is not great and, unless you are well paid, the cost of living here is high and there are lots of hidden extras.  You have to pay alot of out of pocket here for medical care.  There is no free dentistry and private dentistry is very expensive.  If you have private health insurance it covers less and less each year....  Schoolbooks and materials are also not free here so you have to pay for those.  When we had three in school, the school resources cost us about $1000 a year.

You have hit quite a few nails on the head there.  The economy has slowed greatly over the past few years.. there is jobs but rates of pay have at best stagnated. Im actually getting less now than i did over 7 years ago.. 

I would ultimately choose Australia but atm i would fancy a couple of years back in the uk whuch i will probably do in a few years time when the youngest has finished his schooling.. 

10 minutes ago, Lavers said:

Maybe that's the reason so many people return "home" and some of the tv programs wont help the issue either haha

I do think its a  better life style for kids but it can be stressful for the first while. I had the jitters for about 6 months then i settled. I have been here over 7 years now. No regrets but its been hard work. Once you get your head around how much they love all the administration etc here then its a bit easier. Just a different way of going.  Can be frustrating at times, even for Aussies.. 

19 minutes ago, Lavers said:

I think the migrants from the so called lesser countries will be moving for a better life, where as people like myself from the more established countries are just moving for a different life.

I'm under no elusion that I will encounter the same issues which I encounter in the UK but would like to see what its like when 9 times out of 10 you have decent weather at a weekend where we can all go out and hopefully the kids have a bit more to do than hanging around on street corners getting pissed at 11 yrs old.

When I get home from work I am knackered and just want to chill so I don't think that the minute we get to Aus that we will be going down to the beach every night. 

Nothing wrong with my life in the UK but what's wrong with trying something different.

Thats it.. i didnt come here becauae i jad a horrible life style.. like yourself i was looking for a different life experience.  And its definitely that.. 

1 hour ago, Paul1Perth said:

The weather

Definitely one positive

57 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Good luck with that. People who are desperate to believe the grass is greener, which is the case with most of them, just won’t believe you.

Im hearing you.. thing is, grass might be greener but it still needs cut.. 

32 minutes ago, Toots said:

Most of us on this forum know this already.  We always say if you have a good life in your home country, why move to Australia.

Most people i know that has moved here did have a good life in their home country. They moved for the chance of a better one or just for something different. The same principle could be used with a car or house ir any aspect of live yet people change cars and move house etc.. 

2 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Of course, just like any country, there are good points and bad points. Balance them out and it’s no better and no worse than anywhere else. The trouble is that prospective migrants tend to imagine it’s something extra specit

 

The thing is it actually can be worse.  Personally Its been fairly good to me to date but that was due to a lot of good fortune. 

6 minutes ago, newjez said:

What don't you like? It can help to vent your spleen.

I dont need to vent. Just letting potetial migrants know it not all roses.. 

Hi newjez.. In Australia..

1 minute ago, Dm1 said:

Been here in Oz for a while now.. up sides but plenty of down sides.. 

Been here a while now.. up sides but plenty of down sides..