Tulip Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Just saying that most people here are moving to Oz, or are unhappy in Oz and want to move home. That's just the purpose of the forum. I didn't say people here hate Oz, nor that everyone who's in Oz and happy doesn't go near a computer. But if you're on this forum it's likely you're looking to move to Aus, live in Aus and want to go back to the UK, and generally want to sympathise with others. Most people that are in Oz after emigrating lose use for the forum. Gosh, no need to get one's panties in a twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Just saying that most people here are moving to Oz, or are unhappy in Oz and want to move home. That's just the purpose of the forum. I didn't say people here hate Oz, nor that everyone who's in Oz and happy doesn't go near a computer. But if you're on this forum it's likely you're looking to move to Aus, live in Aus and want to go back to the UK, and generally want to sympathise with others. Most people that are in Oz after emigrating lose use for the forum. Gosh, no need to get one's panties in a twist. Are they Lace or Cotton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairystar32 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Its very personal really. Some love it, some hate it and some dont care either way. Everybody is different We love it, never want to leave and felt like we were 'home' when we stepped of the plane. We spent many mnay years in the UK dreaming of emigrating but also researched and came with our eyes wide open. You face all the same issues here as in the UK, but its a different lifestyle too. Depends what your after and what you make of it and your attuitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairystar32 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Lots of us Love Australia have intergrated and are VERY happy and comment on this forum. We did not seek it out after we migrated, but rather found it BEFORE we migrated and stuck around to help others and ask questions whilst we are here and support friends we have made or you know, just to chat! I have run a few fora, and my experience has been regardless of whether they are sitting at home or not (with modern ubiquitous mobile computing they may not be), people are far more likely to comment if they have strong views and are unhappy, than if they are satisfied and happy with moderate views. Who would seek out a forum such as this if they had migrated, integrated and were enjoying themselves? If the migrant had integrated well and had few problems I see that the attraction to socialise online with others that simply share the same homeland may not be so strong. Most of the posts I have read on this forum have been either factually based enquiries or emotionally-laden accounts seeking validation. So I think your comment is not justified. BigD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm but mild Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Lots of us Love Australia have intergrated and are VERY happy and comment on this forum. We did not seek it out after we migrated, but rather found it BEFORE we migrated and stuck around to help others and ask questions whilst we are here and support friends we have made or you know, just to chat! Thanks for posting this, it's nice to hear such a positive experience, I seem to be reading the more negative ones I guess, since finding this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 And its bloody hard living in a country where you have to constantly tread on egg shells. It is exhausting. I think I'd find it 'exhausting' constantly looking for things I don't like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Yes and no, some prefer the UK some prefer oz, please do nit go by the glossy tv programmes as they are a crock of shite of what it is really like to live and work down under, suck it and see s my only advice. Totally agree,the shows only show the sugar coated version of Oz.Its like showing aussies emigrating to the UK "Escape to the Country! I guess if you've got an opportunity to go,I'd probably do it,but go with an open mind(and eyes),and no doubt you won't be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 when i talk to people back in the uk they say you must be mad coming home you live near a nice beach?????? we dont live on the beach its a myth that we only found when we moved here I never lived near the beach when I lived in Oz,I'm more of a country girl,but even if you do have time to go to the beach,would it get boring after a while?I guess for some folks,the beach is enough excitement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacaranda Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 If you genuinely seek adventure buy a landrover/motorbike and drive from the UK to China and back again taking a year.Moving elsewhere to experience the groundhog day working life elsewhere isnt going to satisfy your need for adventure I've heard the "We're moving for the adventure"line so many times,its not funny!Could'nt agree with you more actually.I don't call looking for a new place to live,looking for a job,settling kids into school and so on an adventure!Its an "experience"!Holidays to me are the adventure.(And no we don't do Benidorm!lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheArmChairDetective Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Its very personal really. Some love it, some hate it and some dont care either way.Everybody is different We love it, never want to leave and felt like we were 'home' when we stepped of the plane. We spent many mnay years in the UK dreaming of emigrating but also researched and came with our eyes wide open. You face all the same issues here as in the UK, but its a different lifestyle too. Depends what your after and what you make of it and your attuitude. I think I'd find it 'exhausting' constantly looking for things I don't like! Excellent posts. Added to your rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Just saying that most people here are moving to Oz, or are unhappy in Oz and want to move home. That's just the purpose of the forum. I didn't say people here hate Oz, nor that everyone who's in Oz and happy doesn't go near a computer. But if you're on this forum it's likely you're looking to move to Aus, live in Aus and want to go back to the UK, and generally want to sympathise with others. Most people that are in Oz after emigrating lose use for the forum. Gosh, no need to get one's panties in a twist. Gosh, no need to come out with your "facts" that you have no way of proving, I see most people in oz who are on this forum are quite happy living in oz and not as you say "unhappy" in oz, in fact I would most people on here are quite happy with their life and just come on this forum to help those wanting to make the move and because they have friends on here, it's not all about moving to oz...it's a social forum as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Could you please point out where I presented a fact? I seem to recall I used the words 'most', not all, and 'likely' instead of absoloutely. The irony is that I presented an opinion and you took great dislike to it and seem to have a vendetta now; didn't you start a thread about that just recently, about how you were disgruntled that people had taken heed against you for having an opinion? Seems a little hypocritical of you to jump on me for sharing mine. Of course the forum is social, forgive me for offering my views on what I've seen so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsitallabout Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I Think so yes! But if you had asked me 2 years ago I would have said NO WAY! Is any country all cracked up to be? Lifes what you make it. Good & bad in every country you choose to live in. We really enjoy living here & we make the most of it. Australia is certainly a beautiful country which has lots of offer, but then thought that of the UK too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobby1000 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 You do know that Australia is a big country don't you? you don't know what it is like, you know what a tiny part of Melbourne is like, you didn't like it, but others do and others love many other places in all of the other states. Australia keeps getting voted top or near to the top on these surveys and polls, the UK never features. I'm afraid i wholeheartedly disagree with this my ropey friend If you have to live somewhere to know what it is like (as you suggest) then you are entirely clueless as you have never lived here at all. I, on the other hand, have lived for 4 weeks in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne, I have lived for 12 months in the Northern suburns of Melbourne and I have lived for 12 months on the surfcoast. 120km from Melbourne. I have worked here for 2 years. I have rented 2 houses and lived in 4 including temporary accommodation. I cannot say what the whole of Australia is like (who can?) however since I have been here I have given in it a bloody good go having travelled and stayed over in Ballaratt, The Grampians (amazing, incidently), Lorne, Port Campbell, Mount Gambier, Victor Harbour, Christies Beach, Adelaide, Lakes Entrance, Beechworth, Merimbula, Jervis Bay. We are 3 weeks off our trip to Perth, Fremantle, Kalbarri, Denham, Coral Bay, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Springbrooke National Park, Bellingen, Port Macquaire, Sydney and on a previous 6 month visit in 2000 I visited and stayed in Darwin, Katherine, Kununarra, Broome, Bunbury, Busselton, Pemberton, Walpole, Albany, Esperance, kalgoorlie, Townsville, Mission Beach, Cairns, Cape Tribulation, Daintree, Cooktown and spent a month in Tasmania (as well as visting a lot of the places we will see in 3 weeks time). I have seen almost all of Australia (although regrettably have only ever travelled on a train from Townsville to Brisbane and therefore missed this bit.....) I think I have a pretty good idea of what Australia is about. I am also aware (having spent 30 hours on a train between Kalogoorlie and Adelaide that it quite big). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobby1000 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Oh hang on, I forgot Port Headland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobby1000 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Thats your experience. I know British, Irish , Scottish and Welsh families that have all moved to Australia and have never been better off and enjoyed there life more than they ever did at home. Go into a Irish bar or a bar where british get together in oz. They dont whinge about oz, they whinge about the state there home is in mostly from my experiences. See it at work as well. They love the country and appreciate it and the people. Might be a surprise to some but they fit in and get along well with everyone as well. Dont listen to a selected fews views and let it put you off. Australia has so many opportunities and a great way of life if you take advantage of it. Yeah I agree. Its why I generally put "this is only my experience" in front of most of my posts. It would be stupid for me to suggest others wont like it. I can only answer the OP from my own perspective. In terms of what you say however, I do agree, if a bunch of Brits get together and want to moan about "the state of their home" as you put it, then they will all get along famously. You seem to get 2 groups of Brits here: Those that moan about Australia, and those that moan about Britain........but none of that, to me, is normal life. For a normal life you would have to properly intigrate into society and I have found this hard because I have found it impossible to make Aussie friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobby1000 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 I think I'd find it 'exhausting' constantly looking for things I don't like! It is equally exhausting looking for things to like. I guess it depends if you are a glass half full or half empty person at first.....then, eventually (and I think 2 years is a fair time period) you stop looking and you make a decision: Do we like it? No. Lets go home then! It's pretty simple really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest26012 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Is oz all it's cracked up to be? It's a personal thing in my opinion! I don't know what anyone means by is oz all it's cracked up to be? We were ok in the uk and moved here with no expectations, to be honest! As has been said many times it will suit some but not others! It suits us and that's because to us, our lives have improved here! We have Ozzie friends but mostly poms to be honest! But that's not a problem at all! If you come here and you have given it a fair crack and are unhappy then good on ya for trying! Having said that, if you are unhappy somewhere then you tend to see the negatives of where you live and that's just human nature! Oz, for us, is all its cracked up to be, whatever that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellers and Whitehead Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 ropey Hoff, I always wondered from your posts if you take the p%%s and this confirms u do.ha! Did u just delete your funny post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 ropey Hoff, I always wondered from your posts if you take the p%%s and this confirms u do.ha!Did u just delete your funny post? i did delete it, I think Blobby needs a rest, I did wish him luck on his return to the UK though, you never said if you were using the current exchange rate to work out your bills in Oz and the UK? Unless I missed it, are You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellers and Whitehead Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 £75 per week UK, 495$ Sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 £75 per week UK, 495$ Sydney i was on about your electric bill, everyone knows rent is dearer in Australia, especially in Sydney, where did you live in the UK, they say London is comparible to Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 It is equally exhausting looking for things to like. I guess it depends if you are a glass half full or half empty person at first.....then, eventually (and I think 2 years is a fair time period) you stop looking and you make a decision: Do we like it? No. Lets go home then! It's pretty simple really. Yes, you have served your mandatory two-year stretch, so you CAN go home. Let's just hope you are not one of the fifty per cent who regret it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobby1000 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Yes, you have served your mandatory two-year stretch, so you CAN go home. Let's just hope you are not one of the fifty per cent who regret it! Where did you get that statistic from? I imagine when we are skint, overworked, our friends let us down, or families get over involved, our rusty car breaks down, we remember there is a Tory government in power, we get turned down for a mortgage due to the economic climate and we have not seen the sun for 2 weeks we may "regret it" for a moment. But it's all about what is "better" and to us, Australia is not all it's cracked up to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Where did you get that statistic from? I imagine when we are skint, overworked, our friends let us down, or families get over involved, our rusty car breaks down, we remember there is a Tory government in power, we get turned down for a mortgage due to the economic climate and we have not seen the sun for 2 weeks we may "regret it" for a moment. But it's all about what is "better" and to us, Australia is not all it's cracked up to be. Yes exactly, it is as simple as that. I must admit that is a new statistic on me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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