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I had a go last night after a few beers, I'll try again but tonight I won't have the same amount of beer :p

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:rofl:Had the same problem meself last week. Thought shaz would of sorted it by now:rofl:

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Did you think our shower needed cleaning, I keep on telling her ;)

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For F**cs sake slow down -i can only dothis with one finger:sneaky:

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Its not always that simple though. Even with any amount of planning nothing can tell you what it is actually like to live in another country.
And not everyone moves because they think it will be a "better" life, whatever that is....a lot of people move for family reasons, as if you are married to an Aussie then one of you will always be living away from home - that also makes it harder to just go home if you don't like it.

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It's like any major decisions we make, who to marry, should we have kids, where to live ,career. We don't always make the right choice first time but at that time it was what we wanted. There's too much emphasis on 'getting it right' with lots of things and emmigrating is just another one of those things.
Life isn't static and changing our surroundings etc is just a way of keeping our lives vibrant. Some people could do with having a regretful move to somewhere else to broaden their experience. I like to refer to them as the 'Egg and Chips Brigade' Y'know the ones that go on holiday and won't try anything new!!:lol:

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I love what you have written i am going to print it off and look at it when I am having doubts, thank you:)

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Hi THR, :D what company are you doing this market research for?

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Apart from 1 couple who we know, we know no-one in Perth...we have made some friends from being on this site but other then that....

My friend in the UK pointed out the other day, that i had a good circle of friends here, people i can call upon when the car breaks down or im unable to get to the school to pick the children up (cos the cars not working), she couldnt understand how i can give up all my friends and move half way across the world and not know anyone.

I said that i can make friends there, the friends i have here apart from her and 1 other, i have made through work and the children being at school.

I can see where she is coming from but we cant stay in England and wonder what Australia would be like, just cos i have a few friends no matter how good they are.....we will still see them from time to time and theres always the internet.
I intend to get a job and so does Kev when we move so we hope to make friends along those lines...

As for family....well apart from my dad, my family aint worth the light and Kevs mum is pleased for us cos she applied years ago but his dad failed the medical...

Life is what you make it...if you dont try then you never know.

We cant wait and the children cant wait.

Nickie :thumbsup:

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Well, firstly, some of the people that would have admitted to it being a colossal mistake have already left. Secondly, how many people are likely to admit to you that they have made a terrible mistake moving themselves/family half-way around the world and spending a motza in the process? There is one thing doing it in an anonymous forum and another thing doing it face-to-face. And the remainder are either happy to remain in Oz or are yet to make up their minds.

Try a different question - perhaps "Would you be happy to die in Oz?" or "If you had to give up your UK passport for an Oz one, would you do it?" You might get more revealing answers.

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All I know is life's not easy and we're all just following our noses!:)