Pommie Granite

Hello,

Kind of a far out post...but here goes:

After spending months/years researching Oz from the web while in Britain, I guess it can be easy to have a picture painted about life in your chosen city

I was wondering how long it is/was before this image is shattered/forgotten...if ever ?

Sad to say, but I'm feeling kind of bored of my life in Melbourne already ,and we won't arrive in Melbourne for another couple of months.

Do you reckon this comes from too much planning ?

Anyone else felt like this?

PG

Ozzidoc

Probably....it's a big commitment and will require a lot of adjusting when u do get there....u need to start looking forward to "having your life back", where you are living for yourselves and for each day as it comes.

Good luck with everything.

Pommie Granite

Many Thanks

I hope you're right. I think that I'm just bored with my life in Melbourne cyberworld.

Once we get to REAL Melbourne , I'm sure we'll start really enjoying life as an adventure


PG

thebears

Take some time out from the PC mate.

You wont get bored here (summers coming and throughout this so called winter we have been outside all weekend, every weekend).

Pommie Granite

Cheers....i'm sure you're right

Although Yahoo Weather is telling me it's pretty cold there at the moment

chrispy

I know exactly what you mean, have been trying to set up a specific job in Perth for more than a year and have spent loads of time researching where to live, what to do, how to adjust etc and now feel a bit cyberspaced out -- we haven't even started the visa process yet although hoping it will go quickly as we will be sponsored. One of the exciting thing initially was the prospect of the nice large house with pool and all the trimmings... now the house prices are through the roof it has rather dampened my enthusiasm..

hopefully will be much better when we get there.. hope it is the same for you.. if it is any concellation, i have some friends who went to Perth and they have a great life and love it.

chrispy

I know exactly what you mean, have been trying to set up a specific job in Perth for more than a year and have spent loads of time researching where to live, what to do, how to adjust etc and now feel a bit cyberspaced out -- we haven't even started the visa process yet although hoping it will go quickly as we will be sponsored. One of the exciting thing initially was the prospect of the nice large house with pool and all the trimmings... now the house prices are through the roof it has rather dampened my enthusiasm..

hopefully will be much better when we get there.. hope it is the same for you.. if it is any concellation, i have some friends who went to Melbourne and they have a great life and love it.

Pommie Granite

Cheers mate.

I guess the moral of this is that you can only do so much planning and research before you get hacked of with it.

Hopefully for you house prices will be on the way down and £GBP strengthened a lot by the time you move out there.

All the best

thebears

Nah this aint cold

Pommie Granite

Even it is, I wouldn't mind. I kind of like cold weather as long as its also sunny - gives that fresh feeling.

rugbymatt

Well then Australia should be perfect for you!