3rd Month in and my honest opinion about Ozzie life
Apr 2nd 2009, 9:45 am
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Apr 2nd 2009, 9:52 am
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Another one! Worked in Lewes for several years, I used to commute from Brighton, and I was so glad I commuted every day when it was hit by the 2000 floods. Loved the fireworks, had loads of friends there and I still go back each year for visits and a few samples from local hostelries.
Apr 2nd 2009, 1:31 pm
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Ex Sun Street myself - watching the barrow boys on bonfire night was just amazing. The planning and organisation that goes into that night is beyond belief. My favourite part of the country especially the cider farm at Firle gives me a headache just thinking about it !
Apr 2nd 2009, 10:17 pm
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Part of me after 12 years of living in OZ wants to throw in the towell and go back to my town I came from where I'm still intouch with all my friends and family close by and thinking of sending my son to the school I went to. There is a great community spirit and its what I know. I had a good school experience until I left at 16 and was bored with the area. But to raise kids there was great !
I just feel a bit of a looser after 12 years in Oz going back to where I came from but sometimes it just seems so much easier just to go with what you know!.. The village is Ickenham in Middlesex..
I never in a million years thought I would feel this way and want to go back let alone sending my son to the same school I went to as feel like I've gone round in a big circle.
I lived in the US before OZ and still feel like I want to go back to my village.
I just always get nostagic for the place I came from as my roots are so strong and I keep looking at other places in England to settle but just seems really hard when everyone is in the one place ' Ickenham'
I just feel a bit of a looser after 12 years in Oz going back to where I came from but sometimes it just seems so much easier just to go with what you know!.. The village is Ickenham in Middlesex..
I never in a million years thought I would feel this way and want to go back let alone sending my son to the same school I went to as feel like I've gone round in a big circle.
I lived in the US before OZ and still feel like I want to go back to my village.
I just always get nostagic for the place I came from as my roots are so strong and I keep looking at other places in England to settle but just seems really hard when everyone is in the one place ' Ickenham'
Apr 3rd 2009, 3:15 am
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Apr 3rd 2009, 8:08 am
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Thanks and yes your right .. alot of people wouldnt even dare get on a plane to OZ let alone do 12 years in OZ and 3 in US.
Husband has successful business and I've had a child here so not as if we didnt achieve anything
Husband has successful business and I've had a child here so not as if we didnt achieve anything
Apr 3rd 2009, 10:20 am
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We have now been living in Sydney for almost three months and here are my impressions:
In the beginning, when summer here just started everything looked really like the holiday brochure, sun , sea and sand!! We were rejoicing the heat and the blue sky, which we had hardly seen in UK...Ah! UK, as we left it, was grim, even raining on the day we left for Sydney from Heathrow...
Slowly, we sorted out Medicare, a flat to rent and settled down in Dee Why. We paid the $2,200 for our little girl's schooling and hoped we all slowly settle down to life here...
Yet, far from this, I still miss the blighty...My daughter has become really naughty and cites her reason for changing her behaviour the fact the she wants to go back to UK because she is unhappy here...Even though, recently she's been making lots of friends, who come to our flat regularly....
My OH wants to make a go of Sydney...Yet, my daughter and I want to go back...
Don't get me wrong...This is a beautiful country, with beautiful weather and we've met a lot of people here who are really nice...Yet, I never feel like it's home...or my home
I was told by so many Brits here that it takes six months to get over the home sickness...
I don't know if I can last that long!!
It's really tearing us apart...My daughter is so unhappy to stay here and my OH is so sad to leave...What one to do??
Going back will not be easy either...We still have our flat in Hove, Sussex...But I won't have a job and these days, UK is in recession so...
Between a rock and a hard place...Not nice to be in this
In the beginning, when summer here just started everything looked really like the holiday brochure, sun , sea and sand!! We were rejoicing the heat and the blue sky, which we had hardly seen in UK...Ah! UK, as we left it, was grim, even raining on the day we left for Sydney from Heathrow...
Slowly, we sorted out Medicare, a flat to rent and settled down in Dee Why. We paid the $2,200 for our little girl's schooling and hoped we all slowly settle down to life here...
Yet, far from this, I still miss the blighty...My daughter has become really naughty and cites her reason for changing her behaviour the fact the she wants to go back to UK because she is unhappy here...Even though, recently she's been making lots of friends, who come to our flat regularly....
My OH wants to make a go of Sydney...Yet, my daughter and I want to go back...
Don't get me wrong...This is a beautiful country, with beautiful weather and we've met a lot of people here who are really nice...Yet, I never feel like it's home...or my home
I was told by so many Brits here that it takes six months to get over the home sickness...
I don't know if I can last that long!!
It's really tearing us apart...My daughter is so unhappy to stay here and my OH is so sad to leave...What one to do??
Going back will not be easy either...We still have our flat in Hove, Sussex...But I won't have a job and these days, UK is in recession so...
Between a rock and a hard place...Not nice to be in this
Apr 3rd 2009, 4:28 pm
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What about the ' pokies ' down at the local RSL's ??
Apr 4th 2009, 1:02 am
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Just to echo your feelings there, jacqui, a mate of mine with whom I had previously lost touch, just told me recently that he and his OH wanted years ago to emigrate to OZ and give it a try here but instead chose to stay at Southampton...
When I asked why? he said they didn't have the guts to do it and opted for the easy option...
So, in the end, Jacqui, it is better to have tried and not liked it rather than never have tried and live with the regret of what if...
Our best wishes for you...Just remember everyone here is rooting for you!
Apr 4th 2009, 1:08 am
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after living in Brisbane for 18 years, I am always homesick and visit reguarly with the hope of relocating permanently, each time I visit I am reminded of what a beautiful interesting place the U.K is and how extremly bland Australia is,of the cities and towns along the east coast there is very little differance to see in this mono culture, any main arterial will have a service station, two fast food outlets, a tyre fitter and a car yard, when you see it repeat you are in another suburb, in summing up there is everything I need, nothing of what I like
That's just sums up really how I see the small towns here...Well done
But you couldn' say the same about any of the villages dotted around Sussex coast, norfolk coast or any other part of UK..Each has it's own character and history...
Also, the notion of people here being laid back is a misleading one...I'd say most people here are fine, law abiding and polite lot...But those that are deemed "laid back" are actually rude, careless, have no manners and don't give a hoot about anything in life unless, it:
* involves watching AFL (Australian footy)
* involves drinking large amount of alcohol
* involves denigrating women and sullying every women's reputation
* involves eating huge amount of red meat
This is what is seen by outsiders as "laid back"...
Apr 4th 2009, 1:51 am
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and the ignorance of different cultures, religious background.. never come across so much rascism in my life apart from when I was about 7 at infants school
Apr 4th 2009, 1:53 am
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and thanks Sydeny and the rest of you for rooting for me
We'll see what happens. I just have to convince the other half
We'll see what happens. I just have to convince the other half
Apr 4th 2009, 9:41 am
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Alot of peeps in here giving Oz a right slagging, wrongly so in my view. You can't go stereotyping any race of people ozzie or not. No-one here is going to change because they upset outsiders sensibilities, so why moan about it, accept people for what they are. I do alot of my work in rural towns, and I have had some very good experiences with the locals, always willing to stop and have a chat and lend a hand when you're in the shit.
To be honest I reckon if any migrants have a problem with the way Ozzies live their lives, then it's their problem.
To be honest I reckon if any migrants have a problem with the way Ozzies live their lives, then it's their problem.