swans

Disregard above,made a mess of it.

www.northoftyne.co.uk. Then click onto Bamburgh castle

GD/U

Mummy3

We have just celebrated our first year, at first I thought a lot was expensive, but there are some things that are cheaper. My folks just arrived and we said don't judge it on the drive from the airport!!!
Loving it now, hey it's winter and we just sat outside for lunch!!!

OzTennis

As in the paper made it up or misquoted the family or what?

It's what families they reported on want to read about. And families above like to look down on them and tut, tut. And families above and below them think they are celebrities and want to emulate them.

ozzieeagle

Which way you coming in.... If your talking about down the Hume then 100pct agree... One of the worst gateways to a City I've ever seen, I've moaned about it heaps on these forums.. If your coming down the Tullamarine Freeway then not sure what you mean. Around Pascoe Vale/Strathmore/Essendon it's quite picturesque with the hills, green vistas and quite large houses.. beyond that area the views mostly stop as there are freeway walls and elevated freeway.

Problem with that is... The Hume is for people from Sydney and the Tulla from the Airport.










Around these exits at Bell St your looking at houses in excess of 700K for the most part.

It's about the clearest photos I could find... I'll try and take one myself tomo.

moneypenny20

Met a couple years back who moved out with their two children, one of whom was a 17 year old daughter. She didn't want to come and the only way she would was if they came out by boat. They'd arrived about three days earlier. Daughter decided she hated Aus so the whole family flew back again a few days later. Container hadn't arrived and all his work tools were in it so he couldn't even work when they got back. He was really upset but was obviously wrapped around his daughter's finger.

FPE88

How the hell did they get a visa?

OzTennis

I would guess that this couple could live in Newcastle and Bamburgh, Seahouses, Holy Island, Alnwick etc might as well be on Mars; and if they ventured there per chance they would say how cold is and hanker for Adelaide! It is a lovely part of the world; we spent a very enjoyable week at Alnmouth and visited all these places and more.

OzTennis

OzzieE - the couple I mentioned had made their mind up by the time they were going past Essendon airport! To be fair they had grave doubts after getting visas and making the long trip etc and panicked whilst tired and jetlagged.

Organicised

Your average pom these days is pathetic. Harden up princess!

old.sparkles

Thanks for the generalisation there

With All Due Respect...

Must bite lip! So much to say, but nothing constructive! Even harder to deal with as I would agree with your statement in as much I'd agree with it if it also includes the 'average' Aussie (and I'm both).

Gonna get back to the dregs of my bottle and pass out. Good night to those of you lucky enough to be living in Australia right now! I ain't arf jealous, and some people don't appreciate what they don't or can't have until they really can't have it (including us ping pongers!).

Organicised

Any time

Grayling

Doesn't that include you?

Organicised

These days means recent. So no

Grayling

But you are very much a Pom aren't you?

Must be full of self loathing