Originally Posted by bethandneil (Post 4342711)

As for the overweight child, i was actually commenting on the fact that the child was obviously, completely spoilt in every way, due to the fact that her parents were allowing her to ultimately make the decision on the move to oz, she was 10 for goodness sake.

Originally Posted by Libby1971 (Post 4342543)

I have spent 10 years researching this move. Do you honestly think I would have missed the fact that I can't teach RS in the Aussie state system? I do know of another subject that I might be able to teach and said so but they edited that for the show.

Originally Posted by Libby1971 (Post 4342543)

Hi

I have spent 10 years researching this move. Do you honestly think I would have missed the fact that I can't teach RS in the Aussie state system? I do know of another subject that I might be able to teach and said so but they edited that for the show.



Thank you

Originally Posted by curly (Post 4342721)

just watched today's programme, how sensible to show all those multi million dollar houses!!!!!!! (not!!!) :ohmy:

Originally Posted by Libby1971 (Post 4342543)

Hi

Thanks to Pollyanna for stressing support for the families who took part in filming and the reminder that those families may be using this forum.

The show from yesterday was my family.

The bedroom shown was the junk room which was being used as such because we were clearing the loft and decorating prior to selling the place. We were asked to use the kitchen, it was dinner time (that section of filming took place from 11am until 10.30pm), I was cooking dinner, trying to feed kids and cope with a film crew rummaging around my junk room and as I didn't have a dishwasher, would you like to suggest what else I could have done to please a TV viewing audience 5 months later?

I have spent 10 years researching this move. Do you honestly think I would have missed the fact that I can't teach RS in the Aussie state system? I do know of another subject that I might be able to teach and said so but they edited that for the show.

We were told before filming with Nadia began which option we were to choose as everything had already been arranged for that area.

I am sorry that my husband's attire is not to your choice but it was our holiday, his choice of clothes and nothing to do with you.

There is a wealth of information we have gleaned from this trip especially for our children who managed to spend time in a classroom with kids their own age at the school I was filmed at. Nearly all the filming was really positive and so much more could have been shown of that. I was disappointed with the negative slant but haven't had time to feedback that to the BBC. I suppose it made good TV.

I am sorry if this comes across as blunt and rude but I have found some of your comments offensive, rude and way too personal. It is exactly the kind of behaviour that I deal with day in and day out from hormonal teenagers and thought that people had outgrown by now. It also reminds me exactly why I am leaving the UK.

Thank you

Originally Posted by Babycatcher (Post 4337402)

Three chose OZ and surprise surprise teenager chose UK!
p.s. I thought that about their house too! And the kids bedroom :eek: !!!
Now if I had the BBC in filming even I would give it a clean and I HATE housework!
Good luck with your move - how far are you along?

Originally Posted by Libby1971 (Post 4342543)

Hi
The bedroom shown was the junk room which was being used as such because we were clearing the loft and decorating prior to selling the place. We were asked to use the kitchen, it was dinner time (that section of filming took place from 11am until 10.30pm), I was cooking dinner, trying to feed kids and cope with a film crew rummaging around my junk room and as I didn't have a dishwasher, would you like to suggest what else I could have done to please a TV viewing audience 5 months later?

Originally Posted by tofster (Post 4341135)

Yes - it's the 3/4 length hater trouser here again.
I have to say that despite the usual format weaknesses here, today's was a better programme. (I do have a job, honest !)
I agree with the imbalance of wages/house prices. I can't imagine what an employed hairdresser gets paid, but would it allow a big house near the capital? - same chance as the UK I would guess. Then again, we don't know their legacy. They may have a fortune stashed from a deceased relative, plus whatever the lady sold her UK business for.
What I do think is spot on is LesleyHunter79's post (is that your year of birth you youngster ??) about the lifestyle opportunities that are overlooked. Yesterday the barbie family said they had possums sleeping in their hanging baskets, kookaburras in the garden and the beach is an option everyday. Two or so shows ago, they looked at one house with an acre and koalas living in the trees.
Can someone put a price on that for me ??!!

On a closing note, I would just like to confirm I am neither Trinny nor Suzannah, but thought the chap carried his 3/4 trousers off very well - they suited him, he had a tidy pair of sandals - NO SOCKS (vital) and always had ether a collared shirt or a trendy t-shirt and a good hairstyle and I thought the lady was very stylish. Aaah, I'm almost proud to be British again - almost.

All this coming from me sitting here in my comfortable joggers, slippers and fleece top ! (but I'm not on the telly!)

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4341785)

Actually Religious Studies might be a good one for Aus - a lot of private schools here are church schools, esp Lutheran or Catholic, and you stand a far better chance of a job if you know about the religion, though not necessarily teaching it, even better if you follow it - many schools insist that even their admin staff practise the religion of the school.

Originally Posted by bethandneil (Post 4341696)

back to the children being given way too much say over the move to oz, did anyone see the show on friday?
OMG the child was an absolute BRAT, she was grossly overweight and spent the entire time whinging about dolphins then refused to swim with them because the water was splashing her face!:ohmy:
What really got me was when the father said, although both him and his wife wanted to go "if billy decides its the uk then i guess we'll stay in the uk" the child was 10 for goodness sake.
It was infuriating!:mad:

Originally Posted by bethandneil (Post 4342711)

I would say that with your spelling and grammer, you could possibly be a closer relation to the oh so intelligent Jade Goody!

As for the overweight child, i was actually commenting on the fact that the child was obviously, completely spoilt in every way, due to the fact that her parents were allowing her to ultimately make the decision on the move to oz, she was 10 for goodness sake.

Originally Posted by Clelandj (Post 4341894)

I caught the start of todays programme and couldn't resist turing the TV off after the third repeat of the title so I missed the ending bit, but I (like many others on here) don;t think I could stomach another finishing touch of having "friends" et al making cow eyes at the camera and getting all mushy.

The decision to move, to Australia or anywhere else for that matter, has everything to do with life change and not mearly tranfusing current conditions to another climate/continent! Moving is also not the grand solution for all the ails you, however it does (in many cases - including my own) give people a chance to create some decent clearance between your old, cluttered and complicated life and the start of something new.

I and my family are looking forward to Perth, if it works then all is good if we fail and feel the need to try somewhere else then so-be-it. The decision to move was made quickly (1 month) and the visa is being sorted as we speak, luckily being sponsored is making the whole process pretty painless.

I am in many minds about how to take the show to be honest, in many ways it is useful from a geographical point of view but I mut admit that much of the voyeuristic elements can seem more like watching a car crash than daytime TV. I wish the families on the show, regardless of their decisoin, much luck in the future and also to all those on here making, made or thinking about moving.

(Jings this was a long one, sorry!)