11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
#46
Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
True, In spite of all the things I don't like and have a rant about there are things and people who I'll really miss.I'm having a good time here because I know I'm leaving
It was one of my ambitions since I was a kid to live here and I've achieved it.It would be worse had I never tried it and I do realise that many are trapped or too unwilling to have the upheavel of going back.
Also I know people who prefer it here.
Where in Scotland are you from?
It was one of my ambitions since I was a kid to live here and I've achieved it.It would be worse had I never tried it and I do realise that many are trapped or too unwilling to have the upheavel of going back.
Also I know people who prefer it here.
Where in Scotland are you from?
Life here in some ways is a Catch 22, and in others there are no wrong or right answers. What we do in life is our decision alone as the moves we make were ours by choice.
To the OP, good post and good luck with your future life.
#47
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
I am a little confused - Jan 07 to Nov 08 as written? Or Jan 08 to Nov 08 as per 11 months? If the former, you have a big wake up call waiting for you when you get back to the UK.
Unfortunately, we have had a bit of housing boom and many of the properties created are also of cheap and poor quality. Needless to say, you are moving back at a good time to buy one of these new homes - if you are able to find the 40% deposit needed to get a good mortgage.
Crime has got worse - only now you cannot do anything about it because you will either get attacked or banged up. We don't have insects running around killing people; we have groups of kids instead. And who knows where crime will go over the next few months as unemployment explodes out of control.
British roads are brilliant. I can park my car for free on any of the motorways at any time. And as 50mph is the new 70 on all major routes, I can enjoy an extra 30 minutes on top of my 180 minute daily commute to admire the grey and miserable skyline and all the glum faces around me.
Food prices have also gone up, and fuel prices will surge further now we have nearly exhausted all our natural resources. We have lost a huge portion of our farming because our non-monopolised supermarkets have driven the price down so far, the farmers cannot survive. We now eat gristle instead of beef and have to import milk from other countries!
Oh yeh, and its full of Brits. And Aussies and Kiwis and representatives of pretty much every other country on earth. That is the world we live in today. Thankfully, we do live in a multicultural society - otherwise I would have to deal with the bad manners and laziness of many of the Brits all the time.
Welcome Home
At least you had the opportunity to give the grass on the other side a chance - it just wasn't to your taste. It's good to have another whinging pom amongst us to put the world to rights.
Unfortunately, we have had a bit of housing boom and many of the properties created are also of cheap and poor quality. Needless to say, you are moving back at a good time to buy one of these new homes - if you are able to find the 40% deposit needed to get a good mortgage.
Crime has got worse - only now you cannot do anything about it because you will either get attacked or banged up. We don't have insects running around killing people; we have groups of kids instead. And who knows where crime will go over the next few months as unemployment explodes out of control.
British roads are brilliant. I can park my car for free on any of the motorways at any time. And as 50mph is the new 70 on all major routes, I can enjoy an extra 30 minutes on top of my 180 minute daily commute to admire the grey and miserable skyline and all the glum faces around me.
Food prices have also gone up, and fuel prices will surge further now we have nearly exhausted all our natural resources. We have lost a huge portion of our farming because our non-monopolised supermarkets have driven the price down so far, the farmers cannot survive. We now eat gristle instead of beef and have to import milk from other countries!
Oh yeh, and its full of Brits. And Aussies and Kiwis and representatives of pretty much every other country on earth. That is the world we live in today. Thankfully, we do live in a multicultural society - otherwise I would have to deal with the bad manners and laziness of many of the Brits all the time.
Welcome Home
At least you had the opportunity to give the grass on the other side a chance - it just wasn't to your taste. It's good to have another whinging pom amongst us to put the world to rights.
Brilliant post!!! I can't wait to not have to cross the road whever I see school children - they scare the sh*t out of me here in London!
#48
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
I am a little confused - Jan 07 to Nov 08 as written? Or Jan 08 to Nov 08 as per 11 months? If the former, you have a big wake up call waiting for you when you get back to the UK.
Unfortunately, we have had a bit of housing boom and many of the properties created are also of cheap and poor quality. Needless to say, you are moving back at a good time to buy one of these new homes - if you are able to find the 40% deposit needed to get a good mortgage.
Crime has got worse - only now you cannot do anything about it because you will either get attacked or banged up. We don't have insects running around killing people; we have groups of kids instead. And who knows where crime will go over the next few months as unemployment explodes out of control.
British roads are brilliant. I can park my car for free on any of the motorways at any time. And as 50mph is the new 70 on all major routes, I can enjoy an extra 30 minutes on top of my 180 minute daily commute to admire the grey and miserable skyline and all the glum faces around me.
Food prices have also gone up, and fuel prices will surge further now we have nearly exhausted all our natural resources. We have lost a huge portion of our farming because our non-monopolised supermarkets have driven the price down so far, the farmers cannot survive. We now eat gristle instead of beef and have to import milk from other countries!
Oh yeh, and its full of Brits. And Aussies and Kiwis and representatives of pretty much every other country on earth. That is the world we live in today. Thankfully, we do live in a multicultural society - otherwise I would have to deal with the bad manners and laziness of many of the Brits all the time.
Welcome Home
At least you had the opportunity to give the grass on the other side a chance - it just wasn't to your taste. It's good to have another whinging pom amongst us to put the world to rights.
Unfortunately, we have had a bit of housing boom and many of the properties created are also of cheap and poor quality. Needless to say, you are moving back at a good time to buy one of these new homes - if you are able to find the 40% deposit needed to get a good mortgage.
Crime has got worse - only now you cannot do anything about it because you will either get attacked or banged up. We don't have insects running around killing people; we have groups of kids instead. And who knows where crime will go over the next few months as unemployment explodes out of control.
British roads are brilliant. I can park my car for free on any of the motorways at any time. And as 50mph is the new 70 on all major routes, I can enjoy an extra 30 minutes on top of my 180 minute daily commute to admire the grey and miserable skyline and all the glum faces around me.
Food prices have also gone up, and fuel prices will surge further now we have nearly exhausted all our natural resources. We have lost a huge portion of our farming because our non-monopolised supermarkets have driven the price down so far, the farmers cannot survive. We now eat gristle instead of beef and have to import milk from other countries!
Oh yeh, and its full of Brits. And Aussies and Kiwis and representatives of pretty much every other country on earth. That is the world we live in today. Thankfully, we do live in a multicultural society - otherwise I would have to deal with the bad manners and laziness of many of the Brits all the time.
Welcome Home
At least you had the opportunity to give the grass on the other side a chance - it just wasn't to your taste. It's good to have another whinging pom amongst us to put the world to rights.
The OP could always create their own website...NotWantedDownUnderInAPlaceInTheSunDownUn der.Com
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
I'm an Australian living in the UK & must say I've been intrigued by this conversation. I think that once you get over home-sickness you know whether you want to stay or not (some know immediately). I love it here but will never stay. There's too much about home that I miss. Funnily enough, some of the things you hate about Australia, I love (I miss the spiders & insects (they're not bugs)) I must say I was amused most by your Point 9 about expensive groceries. I don't know where you shop in Australia, but if you have found more expensive fresh food prices than the UK you must have walked into Tiffanies or Versace by mistake
Good luck for the future
Good luck for the future
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
First of all - best of luck back in Europe. Are you heading back to Germany or somewhere else?
Agree to disagree with several of your points, but have to totally agree with you about the team-naming thing - drives me nuts. It can't be the Australian Womens Netball team - or dear me no - it has to be the ****ing 'Opals'. If they had a team in the special olypmics they'd probably call them the 'Deacons'.
Agree about the NSW state government too - what a collection of useless cluster-****s. I wouldn't trust 'em to run a parish council, let alone the most populace state in Australia.
Anyway - happy onward travels.
Agree to disagree with several of your points, but have to totally agree with you about the team-naming thing - drives me nuts. It can't be the Australian Womens Netball team - or dear me no - it has to be the ****ing 'Opals'. If they had a team in the special olypmics they'd probably call them the 'Deacons'.
Agree about the NSW state government too - what a collection of useless cluster-****s. I wouldn't trust 'em to run a parish council, let alone the most populace state in Australia.
Anyway - happy onward travels.
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
I was home for Christmas, and I was mainly talking about fresh food. It is true that some grocery items are cheaper in the UK eg Chocolate (which probably explains British teeth)
#53
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
You made one fatal mistake, you decided on Sydney. Half the Sydneysiders are looking to move elsewhere. Not a good choice
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
It's kind of like an Aussie moving back home after time spent in Liverpool, and complaining about how the English worship The Beatles, all have perms and moustaches and nick the wheels off your car. (I'm joking!)
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
You made fatal errors which you probably don't understand and a little more proper research would have worked wonders. But british people in general make the same mistakes over and over and i se it on every ex pat forum..
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
Happens to migrants all over the world, not just Brits. I bet there are a fair few Aussies who have moved back having realised that the country they migrated to just wasn't right for them. No amount of research can make you "fit" int o a country where you just don't feel right.
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
Jumped in boots and all didn't you without understanding the post or it's point. Your not very bright are you?
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Hadrdly a fatal error though, discovering that for some of us it didn't work.
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
Assume there is a descriptive adjective to describe what I think of the insulting post here.....
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Re: 11 months in Oz and we are out of here (thank god!)
Your thicker than mud. Re read my post and see if you can get your dumb head around it, I doubt it. A clue, stop thinking Australia in general as it's a massive country with a massive diversity and start thinking location. Now I've given you the clue work it out!