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It wasnt that easy, cant quite describe myself as a mad lotto winner, I'm a builder, since being back here I've pottered around and built about 45 houses :D Only reason we bought a house for cash was back 4 years ago the market was dead as, you could pick up a house for just $170,000!!! but Similar thing now probably mid 400's. As for struggles plenty of them every day, just keeping up with the laws and litigation here :eek:

Good luck in Tassie, lovely place.

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For me I thinkits a cross between Australia (or the Australia I live in) lacking some sort of adrenalin charge in terms of day to day life, and the fact I'm constantly thinking of being somewhere else.

I'm pretty happy with Sydney, but the problems for me come at holiday time. The rest of the country is all so samey. I remember readin Bill Brysons book about his tour round the States where he lamented that every small town in the US had become a clone with all the same restaurants/movie houses/cafes etc. Aus is a bit like that to me. You drive hours from Sydney and you see the same smalltown as you saw an hour before.

I've put my bait on the hook and I'm angling for Asia again. Whether it ever happens is another matter.

Back home Europe or the prospec of it always kept me looking forward to a new adventure. Here I'm not so sure.

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The longer I'm here the more plain it is to me, that it more about people than countries.

I've been to a few places round the world, not loads, but quite a few, and have enjoyed every one of them. Everywhere is vastly different, but all have plenty going for them. Problems too for sure, where doesn't? But the thing I miss is people. Wherever I end up, it will be because of people not the venue!!

Kong, maybe if you actually made some friends anywhere you might be able to start enjoying yourself. It must be hard work being so grumpy and negative all the time. ;)

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is it WHERE you live or WHAT you live?
perhaps imagine yourself doing 4 years in teh UK or any other country and see if you think that you would get bored after that ...

could be an age thing...

new hobbies might help or developping an existing passion for something.
try a new sport perhaps?

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Normality is everywhere...

There are many in the UK whose lives revolve around family, going to pub, Sat shopping. Australia just gives you a shiner bucket. It is what you make of it I reckon. People bored in Australia may well have that in the UK.

I personally find the UK too fast, too fractured. And not enough time to do all the things anyway.

I am looking forward to catching up on reading here in ''slowville'', and starting a family. That will be a big project so can't ever see me bored. By buying a large plot I guarantee that there is always something to do.

BM

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My guess is it's a suburban thing. Australia must be one of the most suburban nations, with everything that goes with that. Moving out of the burbs and to somewhere more urban may help, something I would consider.

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SEVEN YEARS DIDNT GET BORED.

qUITE LIKELY :D

SEE POLLYANNAS THREAD ON EXPAT SWING MEETS I'M UP FOR IT WILL OK IT WITH THE MRS TONIGHT :scared:

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As I have said many times, for us first time house buyers we can afford to buy a nice part of Australia which allows us to escape the burbs, and to get away from an ordinary life in the UK as well.

If this situation doesn't apply, then think twice before coming to Australia.

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Large plot large family all in place, still bored, I think theres no hope for me.

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A lot of interestng points here.

My problem is that I am OK in the UK. We are moving for family reasons.
Fortunately (mainly due to age) we have a guaranteed good income and a large amount of capital. We could easily live in most places.

If we had had our thins with us ie books, fishing rods etc. and our own house wemay have felt diffrerent.I have said before that it may be easier if we were struggling.Then we would be forced to make things work.

I have been to Australia many times and each time have been less inspired.
I have travelled the world many times and seen lots of places. To me A whale is a whale, a pelican a pelican, a parrot a parrot. When I first ssaw these things I was impressed, not now. I have seen them all before in lots of places. As for beaches I've seen them,not just in Australia but on the west coast of USA,Malaysia, Pensacola etc. In fact the nicest beach I have ever seen is in Donegal.

The point I am making is that something was lacking. It may have been pubs, friends,TV,familiarity. I'm not sure.
I definitely think the 'Holiday' phase soon wears off and then what is left?
The weather does not bother me. I fish in all weathers and love rain sometimes.I don't buy thsi silly notion that people in the UK are 'trapped' inside for 8 months of the year because of rain etc. The same people will be trapped indoors because it is too hot!!

I will probably go but I am answering the original question the best way I can even if it is a bit rambling.

G

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Radical career change?
New country?
New friends?

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What did you do that was so stimulating in the UK? I guess you are probably feeling now how you felt in UK when you decided to emmigrate, maybe you are just a wonderer who will never feel settled anywhere. I suppose it goes back to the old saying life is what you make it and maybe youd feel like this wherever you went. If you didnt get bored back in the UK maybe ask yourself what you did there that you are not doing now. Prehaps you could try emmigrating to Baghdad Im sure you wouldnt get bored there!


jules

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maybe you do need to go back to the UK then...

surely deciding which lane of the motorway to queue in, which studio flat to buy with your 200 GBP budget and what pub to pick up lung deseases from should keep you occupied and out of booredom ...

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Yes Sydney may be an answer.

G

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Perhaps you miss the variety : of things to do; weather (I'm really enjoying the fact it has started to turn cold here); of places to go; of outlook? After all, variety = mental stimulation.

Also, as Kong says, much of Oz has what appears to be the conservative 1950s (UK) attitude - quietly smug and bland.

Knowing that it is so remote from your life experiences doesn't help either.

Jad'n'Rich you may also miss the novelty of being a 'stranger in a stranger land' - ie an Aussie in UK.