hi there TWT someone else in the similar position to us then.

We know it aint going to be easy and do not expect it to be one long holiday...........its going to be hard work to start with but we know it is all going to be well worth it !!!!

We got 2 adults and 4 kids.

Great attitude, that's the spirit, we feel the same, at the end of the day life is what you make it

Absolutely.
PS - whats it like in Malaga at the min??

We're in Alicante, warm still which is good, like a desert though so looking forward to going to Aus and having some greenery and speaking English to everyone!! Love it here really but we need to work and there's not enough here for us, its who you know unfortunately.

No telly then?

oohhherrrr

I can see your point of view although I think it got lost within these posts along the way.
I used to want a big house e.t.c and many people clearly see this as "success".
I work in private houses a lot and a lot of them are doing O.K with the X5 on the drive e.t.c (nothing wrong with that). Everything they do is measured in monetary value and many work long hours and don't really see their kids or know them at all.
I live in a small house and my wife does not work. We struggle a little but I am home with my kids every night playing games e.t.c.
Success should be measured by how happy you are and not by how much money you have.
If you are happy here with little you will be happy with little in Oz.
Ignore the many posts against you on here I see your frustrations.

hear hear....
this is one of the reasons we want to emigrate = more family time!!!
none of this keeping up with the jones... we have neighbours like that right now and it infuriates me that the man puts his 'bigger n better tv' over his partner and step sons happiness!!!

I feel the same.
Its hard when you are surrounded by it.

I think some of these posts have been misunderstood. I (along with many others I suspect) completely agree with your first sentence. I haven't read anything here that leads me to believe anyone is showing off, wishing to "do one" better than anyone else or having a "wealth competition".
The posters were simply asking how far their money would go and all the posters seem to be in different circumstances.
It's a pity that what appeared to be an initial innocent request has been misinterpreted or resented.
Unnecessarily in my opinion. (for what it's worth)

Well our Oz funds have just gone up $11,800.
Just sold my car
Just the house and wife's car to go

We will be bringing as many Pacific pesos as we can

When we moved from the UK 3 years ago we tried and tried to bring everything we could, closed savings account, cashed in ISA's, endowments the lot. We even had a house we owned outright and sold that, regret that now.
In the end we brought over 156K did it make us happy......no, we lasted 8 months and went back. We then lasted 10 days in the UK and came back to NZ. We now have about the same as we started with but are very, very happy.
Money does not make it harder or easier its just there (if you know what I mean)

Ian

What made you "ping pong" ? !!

Just explained on the thread "3 months in Brisbane and hate it"

Or radio !!!!!!!!!!

Hello all, have been reading this thread, and to be honest i try not to read these ones as they send me into panic mode, I can see, and i say this with caution, where fluffy is coming from, sometimes it does feel like rubbing salt into the wounds, good on ya all for having lots of dosh, but like fluffy we have worked all our lives (am a nurse , oh a printer and we have always worked full-time , except for the last few years where i have been 30 hrs plus a call, so can average 40hrs), but its just the way our lives have turned out, not through lack of work, i would say just lack of luck (and that's another story )

We are moving to mellie shortly and have very limited funds and being the grand old age of 42 with two kids it fills me with fear :scared: , recently our house has went on the market , and i use another forum, i was dead excited coz it went on for more than i expected and posted the amount on the forum, then i felt awful, and remembered there may be people worse off than me, and went back and deleted the amount and used other wording, and i hope on the forum this has been percieved as good manners