kiwichild

Adelaide is a far prettier city than perth, and friendlier.

Tumbleweed

city life is city life though wherever you are in the world there will be problems with drugs and crime in the city.there is more to wa than perth though, why not take a look up north and the south west before going back??

BadgeIsBack

I reckon most people's problems could be solved by making new friends, and moving areas.

harveyhare

Have you been in Adelaide recently ?
Its not very pretty believe me.

We went to Perth and are relocating there soon found it much better than Adelaide but thats just our opinion

Di

C&R

I personally think there is too much emphasise based on making friends = happiness. Be happy with yourselves, and each other, and take less time wanting to bond/be part of a group. It makes you feel more settled within yourself and less of an alien through not having a big group of friends. Most other expat friends abroad tend to be 'acquaintances' the people you connect to because you are from overseas and the one thing you have in common is the fact you expatriated to the same country. Making friends with Australians, well, not sure - am not in that country yet. After a few years, if you have more then three friends you know you can rely on in an emergancy, then you are lucky. Don't feel a failure for having any less.

Phew, got that out the system !

capacity

Well said - we have not made any aussie friends here as they are superficial in our opionion and dont give a damn where you came from or your background - the bottom line - we are just different - example - went to a birthday party - it was very far from where we lived so had to drive a distance - arrived at the front door and the host did not even invite us in - we stood very awkwardly in the entrance hall - till my husband said (quietly) "I am out of here - are you coming or should I come and pick you up later" - only after about 10 minutes did she invite us in and offered us a drink - to me this was very odd - at home we would have had all the families around - barbie going - drinks flowing - kids in the swimming pool and on the jumping castle and just all having a good time - when I told an aussie girl in the office of this experience, she looked at me strangly and said "that is what we do here - you drop the kids off and come back later" - that is when I knew "we were different".

kiwichild

Welcome to OZ and in particular Perth! I'm a white New Zealander and have struck similar shit, so welcome to the 'not quite good enough club' LOL

They can be a real snotty rude bunch of pricks when they want to be.

Hope your experiences improve

hevs

Thats kind of what i love about the Aussies. Why should they care

I think its more superficial to care about someones background.... Or am i just strange

juri

We will probably return to the UK in 2007 but there are many things we will miss. Perth has many good things as well as bad things to discover and will for us make a fantastic potential place to retire to. Everyone is different and the above are only my individual observations.

In summary any new wannabe migrants should consider what they have in the UK. In my humble opinion if you are leaving many good friends and close family behind, have teenagers and do not have a lot of money to bring you should consider your reasons very very carefully. If deciding to come thoroughly research everything especially jobs, schools, houses and areas to live. Once here give it a good 2 years before making any long term decisions.

PJK[/QUOTE]
Excellent post. We have been here over 2 years and I agree with everything you've written.
Our kids are younger ( 5 and 1) and that is the major reason for us staying here. I think they would still be better off here than in the UK (schooling and drugs).
The adventure disappears after a while, it doesn't take long to visit all the sights then it is down to day to day living.
I think we would have the same standard of living, job hassles, financial situation etc as we would if we went back to the UK.
This is a better location, cleaner and better weather but, it's sterile and, after 2 years you realise how good the friends you left behind were.

kiwichild

It's superficial to treat people like they don't matter unless you can see an advantage in knowing them. It is also insulting and demeaning to treat human being in this manner. If you can't see that then you need to grow up.

kiwichild

Good point. And you realise how empty and shallow this place is.

hevs

Such a mature presumption from someone i've never met

The point i was trying to make was that Aussies don't care about your back ground etc and IF they like you they DON'T CARE what you do or where you live or how much money you have they just like you for what you are.

Anyway i'm off to watch Peter Pan.......

hevs

Names like pull hards by any chance?

hevs

oh, and tart

kiwichild

You are a ****wit, but then you have already proved that point