TheBrettFamily

Thank you @FirstWorldProblems and @Tulip1. A little more information on us, my husband is 28 and is a senior hedge fund analyst in London, I am 31 and work in the music industry. We currently live on the South East London/Kent border and would be looking at either Sydney or Brisbane is Oz.

Would love some advice on this... My husband and I are seriously considering immigrating to Australia. We spent 8 weeks travelling up the East Coast from Sydney to Cairns in an old campervan in 2018 and fell in love with the place. We had a daughter at the beginning of 2020 and so it feels a bit like now or never to go before we have to start thinking about taking our daughter out of school etc. As much as I love Australia, I do also love the UK and the life we have here especially with family being so close by. We do quite well financially at the moment, we have our own home plus a rental property, nice car and a good £1000+ spare every month to spend/save for holidays etc. My question is, if we were to go to Australia for 3-4 years and then decide to come back to the UK, are we making bad financial moves in going back and forth or would it not make much difference? Of course there are moving costs involved etc but it seems that you get so much more for your money in Australia - better paid job, bigger house etc. If we chose to come back after, will we effectively feel poor after? Has anyone had any experience of going back and forth and doing better off because of it? Of course I am sure we are going to love it and want to stay, it’s just that I like to think long term and consider every eventuality. Thanks for your help!