sunnyj

Hello, I was just wandering, we are always hearing about the thoughts of brits moving to oz. What are the thoughts of Austalians that have lived or live in britain.
What do you think of britain in comparison with oz (not just the weather) you know like, standard of living, cost of living and the difference in lifestyle?
Do you prefer blighty to oz or do you wish you could return to oz?

I just thought it would be interesting to know their views!

Pants

My Hubby is an Aussie - born and bred and he loves the UK. Yes he knows the skies are grey, its busy, over crowded etc but he actually refers to the UK as home..reckon it cos we have most of our friends and my family there.

He loves the UK sense of humour and the way we all socialise. Don't get me wrong he didn't grow up in the outback here far from it and he worked in Sydney from the age of 20.

He loves the greeness of the Uk and I have to add a good ruby murrey!!!and great beer in the country pubs, easy travel to Europe etc....proper fish n chips...mmhhhhh all seems to be food doesn't it..!!he has just told me he loves the history and the fact it's not HOT...likes the lifestyle..variety of pubs..sorry he's just reeling this of to me...

I know there are things he doesn't like but these are just a few things of what he does like......


we are heading back to Uk soon

jad n rich

Its a dump how can you compare it to how we really live


Friday night, the aqua sea and its white foamy crest waves are gently breaking on the beach that is my back yard, in the morning we may see a dolphin or two jump from the water while we eat a late breakfast as the children play on the beach. Tonight we will barbeque fresh lobsters and fillet steak on the patio as the moon sets drinking a glass of aussie bubbly. Then retire to our 5 bedroom home with not a neighbour in sight, yet we are just half hour from the city and mountains. Drop off to sleep listening to the waves break gently on the shore.

Peter

Barbeque lobster...:scared:

Bix

So what do you enjoy about Aus then ?

bundy

Mr B is an aussie born and bred too. I plucked him from a tiny outback town and transplanted him to the thriving metropolis of Cambridge 4 years ago. And he's blossomed.

His list of likes would be something along the lines of:

Choice of beer
Interesting pubs
History, history, history (the college he works in is 500 years old)
Short distances between places
Rugby Union
Europe being so close by and easy to get to
More opportunities for pommie-bashing
Finding his family roots


His list of dislikes:

Price of beer
Lack of Tooheys
Materialistic culture
Mobile phones and designer labels
Soccer and soccer culture
Lack of space
Lack of sport on TV ( )
Crappy public transport
Traffic and pollution
Cost of living

He really enjoys it here, but it's not his home.

Peter

Nundle isn't quite what I'd call an outback town. Cunnamulla, yes, Nundle, no. Cute little New England farm town. I have relatives around that area.

bundy

No, you're right, it isn't actually in the outback, it being the right side of Bourke and having things like grass and a postal service.

I wouldn't call it a 'cute little New England farm town' though. It's a rural town, yes, and it's certainly on the edge of the New England area. Not exactly cute either!

Whereabouts are your rellies?

jad n rich

Ahh, only needing to work 20 hours a week to support a family of 5 plus the very cheap cost of living. Frequent trips to Papua New guineas friendly barbados like coastline. The great opportunites for the children, and the way they are still like children at 15/16 far less bad influences here than in that sin pit UK. The climate sitting outside till late with the cool summer breezes and the blue evening sky. Fishing from the back yard, letting the kids surf the deserted beaches it just goes on and on

jad n rich

Sorry that was so good it came up twice, delete.

Peter

Have a few in Scone, and a couple more in Murrurundi. none actually in Nundle itself. On my mother's side. They're around the Hunter area, Newcastle, Bulahdelah, Musswellbrook, etc.

And Nundle is cute to me. Definitely a lot cuter than some country towns I've seen. Cute isn't probably the right word. Does "bucolic" count?

bundy

Ahh, but Scone and Murrurundi and Musswellbrook are all much more refined. Horse racing and all that.

Nundle may look cute on the outside cos it's a pretty place, but there are some tough nuts there. And it's not looking at its best at the moment due to the drought

Bucolic would count!

TrickyTree

My other half is Aussie but she to also loves England.

She loves the fact that Europe is right on the doorstep (currently in Rome the lucky devil). She also loves £28 per hour when she can earn no where near that in Oz. The green countryside and the fact we can travel to most places from Nottingham in a few hours. She comments that there is not much difference in the standard of living and for buying the basics she thinks its actually dearer in Oz. The lifestyle is the main difference she says much more outdoor in Oz.

cheers

TT

Peter

LOL, people in Murrurundi would love to hear you call them refined. The words "hick" and "cow-cocky" are how they're usually described, sometimes by themselves.

bundy

Yes, shouldn't really have included Murrurundi in that statement. Still stands for Scone and Mussie though