Guest Aldo Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 If you can put it down to one (single) thing that made you decide to go home what would it be? I not asking for a list of things you don't like about aus, just one thing that if you could have changed would have possibly made you stay. For me it was the social life (or lack of) I crave social interaction and i prefer it on neutral ground (not peoples back gardens). I like to spontaniously think hmmmm i fancy a few beers with so snd so then in 15mins be supping a beer with them. If i could have done that in aus i might still be there today. Sausages, supermarkets and all that nonsense don't bother me much but my social life is everything. What about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest17301 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 You can socialise anywhere Aldo...I like other peoples houses and pubs/clubs equally. Depends what I'm out for really. I reckon your reasons for leaving were surely more complex.. Having said that am looking forward to being able to sample some of Perths nightlife/restaurants with my Mum coming to see us in a few weeks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aldo Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 You can socialise anywhere Aldo...I like other peoples houses and pubs/clubs equally. Depends what I'm out for really. I reckon your reasons for leaving were surely more complex.. Having said that am looking forward to being able to sample some of Perths nightlife/restaurants with my Mum coming to see us in a few weeks.. Your right, it was i myriad of things that i didn't like in aus but if the social thing was more to my liking i might very well have stayed and tried a bit harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bod Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Yes there were lots of things that were not right for me. But I do believe I would have stuck it out a while longer if I got on with work better than I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parko Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Aldo How long was you in ozz for? Parko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowbrummer Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 parko if his woman hadnt have faked an o********m and people werent entertaining in their backyards, he would have contemplated another 2 months mate, but having said that the bulls are happy! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunbury61 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 if you can put it down to one (single) thing that made you decide to go home what would it be?I not asking for a list of things you don't like about aus, just one thing that if you could have changed would have possibly made you stay. For me it was the social life (or lack of) i crave social interaction and i prefer it on neutral ground (not peoples back gardens). I like to spontaniously think hmmmm i fancy a few beers with so snd so then in 15mins be supping a beer with them. If i could have done that in aus i might still be there today. Sausages, supermarkets and all that nonsense don't bother me much but my social life is everything. What about you? family ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunbury61 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 If you can put it down to one (single) thing that made you decide to go home what would it be?I not asking for a list of things you don't like about aus, just one thing that if you could have changed would have possibly made you stay. For me it was the social life (or lack of) I crave social interaction and i prefer it on neutral ground (not peoples back gardens). I like to spontaniously think hmmmm i fancy a few beers with so snd so then in 15mins be supping a beer with them. If i could have done that in aus i might still be there today. Sausages, supermarkets and all that nonsense don't bother me much but my social life is everything. What about you? Aldo , dont talk ****e , with you there are deeper issues. The fact that you keep posting is an issue .......Thats not a criticism ,YOU WOULD NEVER SETTLE THERE. I first took interest in this site....because i was thinking of going back .....all those negative posts have jogged my mind , and iam selling up and cutting all ties ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Feeling of not belonging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embydoops Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Impatient Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Nice one Aldo, I like the thread idea, keep it simple - the one biggest reason. Lot better than all the fighting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cuba267 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Have to agree with bunbury there Aldo. You certainly have an unresolved issue with Australia...you can't appear to let it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Impatient Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 You certainly have an unresolved issue with Australia...you can't appear to let it go. Yeah, we all have issues, but Aldo is at least entertaining. No danger of rose tinted specs with Aldo to look after us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cuba267 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Yeah, we all have issues, but Aldo is at least entertaining. No danger of rose tinted specs with Aldo to look after us! Oh yes, he's def entertaining:smile: But wouldn't it be a tad better to be taken seriously:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Impatient Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 But wouldn't it be a tad better to be taken seriously Life is too short to be serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cuba267 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Life is too short to be serious! Wise words indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 I'm in Australia, but for me it would have to be education. I never thought I'd be saying this as we've lived in Perth before and were really happy with the schooling the girls had there. Went back to the UK and they all thrived there too. Now in NSW and the older two in particular are 'treading water'. I always knew they'd be repeating work and came with the attitude that they should treat it as revision. Fine except that what my year 9 is doing here, my year 5 was doing in the uk and she's bored rigid to the point that she's stopped trying and her grades are slipping. I've spoken to the school and apparently it's all her fault! I'm sorry this so long - I just don't know what to do; going back to the uk isn't an option and I'm scared to change school in case it's the same there. It's so sad watching your bright, intelligent child lose her 'spark'. So, that would be my reason. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy123 Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Thanks for an honest post Aldo. All the knockers, would of it been better if he left because he missed his Mum? Everyone is different and what Aldo describes is true the Aussies would rather have a BBQ in the back yard than spend all night in the pub. Each to there own i guess. Personally I'd rather be in a backyard with mates than in a pub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treesea Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I agree on the education front - children in the UK seem way ahead of where Australian children are at the same age. It took my daughter a couple of years just to catch up with her peers when we first came back, because they had covered so much more ground than she had. For me it was the call of the land. I remember having a dream, set, of all places, in Bridlington, which I hadn't visited in over 30 years, and looking out onto the silver North Sea, then waking up and thinking "Home! I've got to get home!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Locke Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Displacement. A total lack of connection to the place, the people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bod Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Have to agree with bunbury there Aldo. You certainly have an unresolved issue with Australia...you can't appear to let it go. Aldo is doing a service to those still out in Aus who are confused and think it's only them that don't like Aus for what ever reason. I call him the peoples champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy123 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Aldo is doing a service to those still out in Aus who are confused and think it's only them that don't like Aus for what ever reason. I call him the peoples champion. A bit OTT don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clarebob Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Not gone home yet (only here 8 months) but main reason for thinking of going home is I have a feeing of panic when I think I'll be here forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Perth Princess Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Unhappiness. Although I think Perth is a great place, and really we have a good life here, I have been deeply unhappy for the past year and I can't even explain it to myself. It's just a general sense of loss for my old life and all who were in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bod Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 A bit OTT don't you think? Yes of course he is odd but anybody who emmigrates to Aus must be a little odd. Even odder is living in Blackburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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