Hi all,


yes totally agree with u all, sarah & don are my role models now. They were down to earth and honest. Gr8 to c they made it n it made me feel more at ease in going. Gr8 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

could u please let me know though bout the Larner Family i set sky plus and it ran out of free space in the last 15 mins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think they were going but did i miss anything in partic.

Thanks all

Diane & Mic

You can watch Wanted Down Under for up to a week after the show has been aired online through http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

They're still going to Oz, just waiting to sell their house.

I must admit, this episode moved me to tears at one point, well actually two, the first when he got down on bended knee and proposed and the second was towards the end when i suddenly realised that all my mixed up thoughts of emigrating are completely normal, that i'm not going completely mad - A big thanks to the Larner family for being so honest, it made me feel loads better after a good cry and now i feel more positive than ever.

I also enjoyed Don and Sarah's show, i'd love to find out how the boy's are enjoying their new school, anyone know if they post on here?

Just watched the Jones and Larners. Glad all is going well for both families but was shocked at the primary school in pacific pines 1200 pupils

Actually my youngest's school in the UK had over a 1000 aswell New primary is opening next week.

And that was only one class.

Hi

Once again, thanks for the positive comments about my babies, even if they are almost as tall as me now!!!!

One or two of you asked questions so forgive me if I answer tham all at once... Sorry for not answering them sooner but I was in training for a trip held yesterday for the ladies on another forum to several wineries. I have a reputation for being a lightweight and needed to be able to manage 2 glasses of wine before falling flat on my face!

Sub/ susan, you asked about primary schools. All of them are huge, usually around 1000 in them although it can be more. There are no catchment zones for them though. Some good state ones are Reynella East, Aberfoyle Park and Hallett Cove. Hubbie has just started working at Prescott Primary, on Pimpala Road - it's private costing $50 a week but he says it is the closest thing to a UK system that he has seen. Plus in Aussie schools, there is almost no differentiation done - when the work is pitched according to the child ability. At Prescott it is standard to differentiate and they prefer to hire UK staff as a result because they know how to do it properly.

ozzydreamer, prices are changing ALOT. I can't comment on Brisbane really as we haven't settled there but our house has gone up by $15k since July when our offer was accepted. By the time we finish the improvements, we will have added another $30k to that and that assumes no further rise in house prices. Brisbane is going to be worse I should think.

I think the British dream of coming here and being mortgage free is becoming a thing outside of reality.

simonp, the drive to Woodforde varies according to traffic. In the morning we left at 6.50am to get to school by about 7.40 because I kept creating last minute masterpieces for my lessons which needed copying and I like to have at least 2 cups of tea before starting my day! If I left at 7.15am, I wouldn't get to school until 8.25am at the earliest which isn't funny when you are then stressing about the day before it starts. We did do the drive in about 40 mins when we first got here but left our place at 10.30am.

Gonnago, absolutely you can borrow Emily for shopping! She will love to have a shopping buddy...Marion shopping town is her favourite, including Cold Rock Ice Cream where you can choose your base and your add ins. Fantastic!

Renshen, (I hope I got spelling right?) Upper Coomera is powered by the hugely motivated Lee Callum. Quite possibly the most enthusiastic and hard working head teacher I have ever come across. It is a big school, 2500 students at time of first filming but has all the kids on one site. It has some really good systems in place and I would have liked a job there had we been staying. ICT isn't great but the school is still getting extra funding to get the things Lee wants it to have.

tartankoala, you cheeky b*gger! A cross between David Brent and John Culshaw indeed. We didn't know who the latter was but when we had a google look, you were right. Bob denies it of course but he is. And I will thank you not to praise him for being a lazy slug, he is far too comfortable resting on his laurels and it is hard enough to get him doing anything as it is without you giving him any encouragement!

I can't think of anything that anyone else asked. If I missed something let me know and if there is anything else I can answer, let me know.

Had a great day out today at Port Adelaide on a dolphin spotting river cruise costing less than £2 a person. Can't be bad...And it gets better coz OH is doing the cooking!

Libby

Hi Libby,
I just wanted to say hi and what a lovely family you are all, I watched your show last year and was close to tears when your eldest daughter was telling you and her dad she didnt want to move to OZ, but a year on you all look so settled and I have to agree with everyone else you certainly have 2 daughters that must make you very happy and proud, good luck with your new life in OZ I hope all your dreams come true.

Dear Libby,
Really great to see your update and see that things are going really well for all your family. Best wishes.

Today's progamme was really good, but had a little twist at the end.

Very true quote about it always being a dream, it is for many and is better left as such for some. If their kids had been older maybe it would have worked out for them, or maybe in a few years time they can give it another go? Who knows.
Least they don't mind going back to UK as they appreciate what they left behind, sometimes people don't do that until it's gone, UK life isn't so bad

is it me or do the Bristows post on here as im sure i`ve seen their names!

great programme today great to see some of sa..shame not more of adleaide!!

Just finished watching today's programme. What a lovely family. I can't help think that WDU were partly responsible for their troubles. They gave them the choice of the beach the country and the city. What they didn't mention was that you can get to the beach in 20 mins or less from most parts of Adelaide - so they could have had a good compromise. Instead they took them to Victor Harbour because they wanted to be by the beach. We have been there a couple of times and it is a lovely place, but boy are there very few employment opportunities. Since the guy, (sorry forgot the family's name) was offered a job there, of course, that's where they would head. Then once the holiday feeling had worn off, they headed to her sister in Perth - which they didn't like either. Wonder why they didn't try another part of Oz?

Wishing them luck back in the UK.

Its stupid I know, but I was really gutted this morning when they announced they were going home, and just wondered if a month or so was really long enough to get the feel for a place.