Tell you what I will miss...Barr's Irn Bru in glass bottles. Only ever found a place in Coogee that sold it when I was over before.

I;m with you Why. I can't take Glasgow Rangers with me anyway.

as for period items.....get real.....you intend to bring a supply for the entire rest of your menstrual days!!!!!!
or is it just for the three months that you will be able to stand Australia before you give up and go home as you miss Tesco's so much

no need to get nasty - it was a lighthearted comment

oh no!!!!!
if you are a midwife and coming to Australia you may face a grime time from a job point of view (do you know what it is like to be a UK trained midwife and working in Australia?) well I do as I am one
i don't want to upset you but don't paint an imaginary picture of Australia.....it just sets you up for "home sickness"
coming here is an adventure don't make it:
"it's not the same as UK"
"I can't get this here"
"we don't do it like that in the UK"

I hope you aren't a direct entry midwife with out RN.... you might get run out of town as a witch over here......
it's not all bad news they do have "real" midwives here and the numbers are growing...but Australia is dominated by the "male medical model" in a private system and now has one of the highest LSCS rates in the Western world...
Oh and don't mention the biggest swear word HOME BIRTH you will definitely get run out of town!!!!!

so I guess from the above out burst the things I miss are

a child protection system
home births
a fair and equal health system
professional redevelopment
community midwifery

to me they are the treasures of the UK

I am a direct entry midwife but have been unable to get work in the uk so am coming over with no preconceived ideas just happy to have a job I'm starting on a graduate midwifery programme on arrival and from what i can gather should get more support than i would in the nhs but that remains to be seen obviously.

I'm sorry you feel unhappy with the 'australian way' but as someone who has recent nhs experience (albeit as a student) it couldnt be much worse!

that sounds good....i have a bit of a tainted view...sorry.....having not worked in the NHS for ten years i really don't know what it is like.... when i qualified as a midwife there in 1995 it was guaranteed that you had a job....mid isn't all that bad here...there are quite a lot of choices of places to work in Perth.. i did a few shifts in the king edward and joondulup hospitals while traveling around Australia...one of the best places i worked was in Carnavon as a midwife...i got treated really well ( in rural and remote areas you get a cheap house to rent with the job and everyone loves you as you are willing to go and work there)
midwifery is changing rapidly here and starting to become more of a entity on it's own...you will be well regarded as an English trained midwife...they do do some "funny" things though...you will come here and be a pioneer... quite a few of the english midwives i know are advancing quickly in their careers so you will do well i am sure.....good luck to you and send me an email if you want to talk more "midwife stuff" I work in child health now in the community

This is not the case in all states. In Victoria you may change your own plugs.

Buzzy

1. A wind breaker for the beach ( got a friend to bring one out for me as they are only 10 quid) great for when the Southerlys get up in the arvo.

2. Winter clothes, boots, scarfs etc. Had to buy them again when we arrived and met winter that year.


3. Husband brought all his power tools (he is a chippy) wish he had brought a few more.

Scuba Steve _ Hubby is Scottish and you can get iron bru in bottles in Woolworths over here

Is it Barr's though? And in glass bottles?

Yes its the genuine article, the hangover cure for my hubby anyway, the one and only and its pretty cheap too. It's cheaper than then English/Scottish shops here.

...yes, BUT, you do have to go overseas to get anything in a short length leg off the peg. So for me,

5 x pairs of short length leg trousers

..which I recently bought when over in the UK - object to having to pay Aussie hobbit tax (for alterations) every time I need to get a new pair.

I dont know but I want one