Paul2004

oh shite! .... thnx!!

sorry, u r posting your views, which is fine, but it just don't help me

i'd like to know more now, but am working on my last post for the night/morn anbd gotta run

.......thanx again.

(headin to the Gold Coast in late 2005, was kinda hoping things wasn't this bad! )

Say what you see tho! ...... I appreciate that!

jad n rich

Is your wife from Perth?, sorry you lost me there. Its just that you were saying australia does not take immigrants who will be a burden to them, it got me wondering with specialists in OZ costing around $160 to $300 a visit (kids specialist) medicare rebate $67, I'd imagine psychiatric care would be quite expensive to the country, so what chance would someone needing expensive medical care on a regular basis have of getting in, immmigration wise.

Ceri

You may have stumbled into the wrong forum (?) , but it's the same all over the world.


I'd take things on a forum with a pinch of salt if I were you There is a tendency with some people in the UK to blame the world for their sh*tty life, for their house, for their town etc.
Australia has higher official violence figures than the Uk. you are more likely to be raped in Aus than in the Uk - higher official figures on that one too.

It depends where you come from in Britain or anywhere for that matter - lay down with the dogs and you are more likely to catch fleas. To be honest the rubbish I read here, it's whinge whinge whinge - Uk this, Uk that - yawn, funny I didn't think Uk was the same all over - town to town differs, village to village differs, country to country differs.
Immigrants this , Blair this and that, traffic in my town this and that - all which can be changed . Move town , vote Blair out - "Immigrants " that's really funny!! when some of the Brit's here are not highly skilled, coming out on marriage visa's etc etc , or "skills" such as hairdressing, bricklaying etc etc , hardly a doctor of physics is it? - As for illegal, Brits are on the top of illegal immigrants in Aus lol

Just for a start -there are brothels full of illegal Asian women paying off their fares here in Aus, besides sweat shops here, yes thery do exist in "sunny Aus". lol.

As for politics and taxes lol.

A forum full of people wanting to move (or moved )is not going to be unbiased. The millions of people who do not want to move and quite happy in Britain are not going to be on an emigrating, or an Expat forum.

Take things with a pinch of salt on these forums, and move to Britain if that is what you want, there are lots of beautiful uncrowded places in the UK (I come from one on a beautiful coast), and low crime areas - not all are sad crime ridden estates, built up towns. I for one was always happy with my home back there and I do go back there for holidays , and will be returning there. I never emigrated to escape anything in the first place - life is what you make it, not what anyone else makes it.


cheers

bondipom

Anyone wanting to enquire about the mental health situation here should put Cornelia Rau into the google news search. They will find very similiar stories to those generated by the NHS.

bondipom

No pay up front for NHS services but you can pay for fully private care without government rebate. The prohibitive costs stop this happening much. As here such services are rationed, probably to a greater degree but it is hard to compare. Oz does have more doctors per head of population but there is still a shortage which the governments imaginative response is to bring in more immigrants rather than increase the number of Uni spaces.

jad n rich

We stuck UK guests on the OZ exerience bus down through the gold coast to sydney. Seems the gold coast and NSW hinterland is full of british!! illegal immigrants who've overstayed the visa and support themselves with the areas natural resources which grow rather well there, and I dont mean the bananas.

Un-Co

[QUOTE=jad n rich]We stuck UK guests on the OZ exerience bus down through the gold coast to sydney. QUOTE]

My God what did they ever do to you???

Paul2004

Last post from me tonight as am well gone from da booze

Sorry, but am strugling now and NEED an escape!

I'm off the booze for my own health as I am an Alcoholic, I aint afraid to admit it now! (well sozzled Jim!!) but i AM struggling with current life situ

totally agree, but she is a SADS suffererer and sunshine helps!! ..... the UK don't offer a lot in that dept.


Hi Stormz, I've listened to the CD now, will report tomorrow via PM.

Sorry, been feelin a bit cack for not gettin back sooner!

I KNOW what your sayin here!! .... the NHS, the drugs!! ...... believe me I have had murders over the last 7 - 10 days!! especially the last 2!!

Ok, ppl are gonna read this and say "***** that Jim don't beat around the bush with HIS private life does he!!!" but i've said b4, and if relevant, I'll say!!

my other half had a real good attempt at slicing her blased wrist (sorry 4 swaering, don't norm do on Expat, but am myeself just sooooo pissed at the situ now!) on Sat night!

I won't go there now with WHY??? ....... but she did!

I took her to A&E on Sat after advice from my GP (if she ever tried this!!) and to be honest what I got was just sooooooo crap!

A day at my local hospital, they told me they HAD to admit her to a ward, and after a good search around, they found a bed!

BED was a room in a ****** rehab centre 5 mile away (distance was no prob if it was right!!) with ppl waking round off their nut!! .... my partner was sposed to spend a night in his ****** (again sorry for language) room with a bed, a chest of draws, and that wa pretty much it!! ...... no other ppl there, not even a bloody window!!!

When she phoned me and said "get me out of here!" and I see the place, I told the person in charge she is better off here at home with me, even if I have to drink tablespoons of cofee to keep me awake, I'll do it!!

Ok, I've slipped now, been on the booze since fo*k knows when , but i'll NOT sleep till the morn and she wakes!

Oh ****** boll*x ....... lost my thread now!

i'm gonna hit the hay now, but the NHS (which i think was my point?!?) is ruybbish! ......... total ****** cack!!!

I need sleep, gotta go.

I love u guy's !!!!


Oh and m partner (if anyone is intersted) has been asleep since roughy 12am. this is a record of recent as we're now lookin at 4.5 hours!! ....... more than 40mg of Tamazepam ever did!! and this with 'anti histamine' tabs!! ....... (bought over the #conter!) |

All on the 'feel good' factor as we've had a good day today!

personally, as usual i'm talkin shote, and blabbwering about my 'private' life again, which i know uy think is crap.

sorry, but at the end of the day i aint go no one else !!!

....... awwwwwwwwww .......... poor Jim!!!!!!! .........

Oh belivwe me! ....... I feel like a right ***** for spowting rthis, buit ..........

oh i dunno

i'm off to bed,. hope this makes 'just a little' sense!

bibi fellow expats!
Oh and that cun* who gave me the karma with derogatory comments earlier! ....... go suck on an an old cow's udders!!! ........ *****!!!! ...... i REALLY didn;t need this now!!!

anyway, sorry, gota run.

nun night!

Stormz

My wife was born in S`ton but grew up in Perth. I`m not sure if she had to pay anything to get her psychiatric help that year, but if she did it woudln`t have been much.

jad n rich

Jim and storms, must be time for you blokes to get some kip now, whats it now 4/5 am there.

Wish you both the best, emigratings hard for anyone, problems just come along with you tho, sadly australia cant make them go away Just research exactly what sort of help is available here for anything be it schools health care whatever, some stuffs better some worse.

Good luck with it all

Stormz

Don`t need too much luck (except with a job), as I`m from Perth originally.
btw I`m not complaining about life in the UK except for the mental health system.... I hope my earlier post was balanced in the good/bad of both countries.

I can`t get to sleep yet, I`m on nights and I think my boss would kick me in the head if he came in and I was asleep at the helm I`ll be outta here at 7am, and back in tonight at 7pm.

janeyray

I think most of the Aussies show us their feelings when we are the butt of their jokes at the bbqs! We certainly felt up against it in more ways than one ..sometimes. Take it or leave it but the Aussies dont like the British

janeyray

MMmmmm but they dont see it as the same all over the world. Most are so desperate and caught up with the 'emmigration ball rolling' syndrome that they can't wait to leave the UK and want to leave NOW..Most think that going to OZ will:

help solve problems
give them more cash
they'll have a better quality of life
a beach/holiday lifestyle
a more outdoorsy way of life (even though most have never set foot in a pair of running trainers)
a larger house
a pool
a larger car (4x4)
better education
fewer immigrants
better health care
less hours at work (?)
work to live (?) not live to work
and it goes on and on and on.

and all of the above I put my hand up to. I freely and happily admit I was one of those..'can't wait to leave.. the UK is useless' people. Planning to go to another country is a great exciting experience and good luck to all thoses doing it! BUT most issues bought up about the UK go for any counrty in the world. Everywhere has it's good and bad points.
I dont often see or hear of anyone leaving the UK for another country 'just for the fun of it, to have an adventure or just to try something new?

pako

I dont often see or hear of anyone leaving the UK for another country 'just for the fun of it, to have an adventure or just to try something new?[/QUOTE]

I'm leaving the UK so that my husband can go home and spend some quality time with his family, after 7 years in the UK he deserves it. I want to get to know his family better also. We're not all leaving because we hate the UK or wanting an idealistic life elsewhere. People have many different reasons for leaving. Peoples situations are not black and white...there are many shades of grey.

You may not hear some peoples points of view as some of us prefer to remain out of all the petty arguements and just take posts for what they are.....just peoples points of view...some of us are lurkers

Brisben

I'm leaving the UK so that my husband can go home and spend some quality time with his family, after 7 years in the UK he deserves it. I want to get to know his family better also. We're not all leaving because we hate the UK or wanting an idealistic life elsewhere. People have many different reasons for leaving. Peoples situations are not black and white...there are many shades of grey.

You may not hear some peoples points of view as some of us prefer to remain out of all the petty arguements and just take posts for what they are.....just peoples points of view...some of us are lurkers [/QUOTE]


Well i am partly going for the expirience, obviously some of the above reasons apply, but just as much of me wants to expirience something totally different without the problems of language barriers etc... so there you have it. Of course everywhere has it's problems, but isn't thats what lifes all about, seeing how other poeple live and then making judgement on what's best for you and your family??