BBC - Wanted Down Under
#391
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 948
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Hi I Am New To Thi Site So Wanted To Say Hello To You All
Good To See Some Of You Already Know About This Programme, Are Any Of You On It? We Are The Jones Family Who Went Out With The Bbc In August To Film Our Bit In Brisbane/gold Coast, We Are Just Waiting Confirmation From The Bbc To Find Out When It Will Start (january Sometime Towards The End So I Was Told) Will Keep You All Informedwhen Know. Hope You All Enjoy It......
Sarah
Bedfordshire
Good To See Some Of You Already Know About This Programme, Are Any Of You On It? We Are The Jones Family Who Went Out With The Bbc In August To Film Our Bit In Brisbane/gold Coast, We Are Just Waiting Confirmation From The Bbc To Find Out When It Will Start (january Sometime Towards The End So I Was Told) Will Keep You All Informedwhen Know. Hope You All Enjoy It......
Sarah
Bedfordshire
lesley
#392
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Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 10,784
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
yes, but if you work a 70 hour week , like the chap in question, this average would get close to $80000 with o/t rates. so above average pay could reach the £40k stated. i personally wouldn't want to work those hours but each to their own
#393
Just Joined
Joined: Jan 2007
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in Western Canada!
Good luck!
Diana
#394
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
I've just watched the first three episodes.
I think it's a much better show that A New Life Down Under, much more realistic, the good and the bad. It hasn't been edited to make the families look stupid like ANLDU was.
The bit where the families back in the UK send their video messages brings home just how hard this emigration lark is. It's not all beer and skittles, there's a lot of heartache too.
I think it's a much better show that A New Life Down Under, much more realistic, the good and the bad. It hasn't been edited to make the families look stupid like ANLDU was.
The bit where the families back in the UK send their video messages brings home just how hard this emigration lark is. It's not all beer and skittles, there's a lot of heartache too.
#395
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
I've just watched the first three episodes.
I think it's a much better show that A New Life Down Under, much more realistic, the good and the bad. It hasn't been edited to make the families look stupid like ANLDU was.
The bit where the families back in the UK send their video messages brings home just how hard this emigration lark is. It's not all beer and skittles, there's a lot of heartache too.
I think it's a much better show that A New Life Down Under, much more realistic, the good and the bad. It hasn't been edited to make the families look stupid like ANLDU was.
The bit where the families back in the UK send their video messages brings home just how hard this emigration lark is. It's not all beer and skittles, there's a lot of heartache too.
#396
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Nadia (and the researcher) clearly has never looked at a map of Perth.
There are quite a few other mistakes in the programmes as well. It's fun.
Gina
#397
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
OMG! I do. Most definitely, that is why I need to go home.
Last edited by St.Georges Girl; Jan 27th 2007 at 11:39 am.
#398
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
They've called "Malaga" country as well, and "Clarkson". And there was one other suburb - can't remember which one - and they called it on the coast making it sound like it's miles away from Perth, say like Bunbury, but it was just a Perth suburb that's on the beach.
Nadia (and the researcher) clearly has never looked at a map of Perth.
There are quite a few other mistakes in the programmes as well. It's fun.
Gina
Nadia (and the researcher) clearly has never looked at a map of Perth.
There are quite a few other mistakes in the programmes as well. It's fun.
Gina
I wish you could remember, we live on the coastal strip and it's nothing like 'the country'.
#399
Australia's Doorman
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: The Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Posts: 11,056
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Just downloaded and watched a couple of episodes featuring Adelaide and Sydney respectively. I fully expected it to be a bit of lunchtime escapism (like that other show Nadia did in Spain) and whilst it was, I was still quite surprised . Okay, so some of the information was total bullshit, but I think they went far further than many of these programmes have in depicting the down-sides as well as the up-sides. Highlight of the two programmes I watched was when the the couple looking to move to Sydney were offered Wollongong as a 'country' option!!?!!! WTF? Wollongong might be a lot of things, but 'country' it isn't. Anyway - hello to the families that appeared in the programme, good luck with your move, above all else trust your gut instincts rather than than the lop-sided horse-shit you'll hear from a lot of the people on this site. Oh and hello to all the new folks that signed up on 26th of January which is officially the most depressing day of the year in the UK and coincidentally - Australia day.
#400
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The family from Bournemouth were nicebut unfortunately, one of life's victims. They have nothing in the UK but at least out here they would have a chance. They just couldn't take the step up to get it. Ut speaks volumes about where they are and why.
We did not like the family from Ireland moving to Sydney. Their son was a tool.
#401
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Just downloaded and watched a couple of episodes featuring Adelaide and Sydney respectively. I fully expected it to be a bit of lunchtime escapism (like that other show Nadia did in Spain) and whilst it was, I was still quite surprised . Okay, so some of the information was total bullshit, but I think they went far further than many of these programmes have in depicting the down-sides as well as the up-sides. Highlight of the two programmes I watched was when the the couple looking to move to Sydney were offered Wollongong as a 'country' option!!?!!! WTF? Wollongong might be a lot of things, but 'country' it isn't. Anyway - hello to the families that appeared in the programme, good luck with your move, above all else trust your gut instincts rather than than the lop-sided horse-shit you'll hear from a lot of the people on this site. Oh and hello to all the new folks that signed up on 26th of January which is officially the most depressing day of the year in the UK and coincidentally - Australia day.
#402
Australia's Doorman
Joined: Jan 2005
Location: The Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Posts: 11,056
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Good explaination of the site and how to download from it from Rodders earlier in this thread.
#403
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If anybody could let me have Thursday 25th Jan episode (Brisbane) I'd be extreeeeeeeeemly grateful
For those interested, I believe the schedule for the upcoming shows is as follows:
29/1 Brisbane (teacher)
30/1 New South Wales (Barber)
31/1 Adelaide (Car mechanic)
1/2 Queensland
2/2 Perth
5/2 Sydney
6/2 Adelaide
7/2 Brisbane
I hope this is correct as I'm setting my EyeTV on my MacBook Pro to record them!
Cheers
TicTac
For those interested, I believe the schedule for the upcoming shows is as follows:
29/1 Brisbane (teacher)
30/1 New South Wales (Barber)
31/1 Adelaide (Car mechanic)
1/2 Queensland
2/2 Perth
5/2 Sydney
6/2 Adelaide
7/2 Brisbane
I hope this is correct as I'm setting my EyeTV on my MacBook Pro to record them!
Cheers
TicTac
#404
Banned
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Bournemouth, Dorset
Posts: 338
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
THANKYOU GUYS FOR YOUR REPLIES REF CARPENTERS,THE WAGES HERE IN BOURNEMOUTH UK IS £ 8.50 START OF AND £10.50 AFTER A FEW MONTHS AS EMPLOYED, I THINK THATS CRAZY FOR A SKILLED WORKER, THATS WORKING AT SUNSEAKER FITTING OUT BOATS.HARD TO GET ONGOING SELF EMPLOYED, SO HOPING OUR LIFE WOULD BE BETTER IN QUEENSLAND $25/$35 DOLLARS ISNT BAD CONSIDERING EVERYTHING IS A BETTER PRICE IN QUEENSLAND THAN UK ANY ONE NEED A CARPENTER!!...??...I AM OFF TO BRISBANE/SYDNEY/ADELAIDE IN 11 DAYS, WITH MY FATHER, ONLY GOING FOR 2 WEEKS, MY SISTER WORKS AS CABIN CREW FOR EMIRATES AND SO SHE IS GETTING ME A 90% DISCOUNT, LEAVING HUBBY AND KIDS AT HOME BUT GONNA GRAB THE OPPERTUNITY WHILST SHE STILL WORKS FOR EMIRATES,HOPE TO GAIN SOME INFO ABOUT QUEENSLAND BEST AREAS TO LOOK AT FLYING TO SYDNEY ONLY AS HAVE TO SO MAKE THE MOST OF SEEING IT, AND WILL POP TO ADELAIDE SEE DADS FRIEND WHOS LIVED THERE A LONG TIME HE LEFT ON THE £10 TICKET, ALSO MUST SAY I THOUGHT ADELAIDE LOOKED LOVLEY ON WANTED DOWN UNDER ANY ONE THINKING OF MOVING THERE....STILL GOT MY HEART ON BRISI/QUEENSLAND.
#405
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Hi Gracie,
enjoy your trip to Oz .
Can you please *not* write in CAPITAL letters. It is called "shouting", is hard to read and kind of rude . Just turn off your "Caps" key.
Gina
enjoy your trip to Oz .
Can you please *not* write in CAPITAL letters. It is called "shouting", is hard to read and kind of rude . Just turn off your "Caps" key.
Gina