I am just revisiting this thread after giving up on it when first posted - it all got very personal! I too am an Australian living in England, wanting to move back with my Irish husband. I came to the UK convinced it was the place for me to live in for the rest of my life - definitely wearing rose-tinted specs! Now after 4 years, getting married and having a child I can finally appreciate Australia, pros and cons.

Some people cop a lot of flak on this site for talking up their perceived positives of moving to Australia - there's always someone to point out the negatives. I'm not denying there's a downside but if you move to another country (or down the road) with the negatives in the front of your mind, I'd say chances are it won't work out for you. For example, look at all the families on New Life Down Under - before they even left the first family was saying "I don't really want to go, too far away from family etc etc" and surprise surprise it didn't work out for them! Contrast them to the single dad in Perth who just went with an open mind and loved it!

I am sorry to get carried away here but these thoughts have been brewing in my head for a couple of days - I was losing sleep!

A shortened list for me would be:

Pros
better weather
more relaxed attitude
broader curriculum at school
more sports in school
beautiful countryside (so does UK too)
Malt Milo
Manly Beach
Won't be living in Tottenham!

Cons
No Eurostar
Isolated
TV is crap but that's not the end of the world
Media's bad
John Howard

both those lists have the potential to go on and on...

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Australia and Britain are of course free countries and you can use the British Expat site if you want (as far as I know). However here is a dramatic idea - why not set up an Australian Expat site (and an Irish one while your at it) and take all the Ozzies and Irish with you?

Australia and Britain are of course free countries and you can use the British Expat site if you want (as far as I know). However here is a dramatic idea - why not set up an Australian Expat site (and an Irish one while your at it) and take all the Ozzies and Irish with you?


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Get off your high horse. Why don't you go set up a grumpy bastards forum??

Get off your high horse. Why don't you go set up a grumpy bastards forum?? [/QUOTE]


I don't ride horses - I leave that to randy women who can't get a man.

I don't ride horses - I leave that to randy women who can't get a man.
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Stumpy bastard?

Stumpy bastard? [/QUOTE]


I didn't like to ask

Pros

Great weather
very friendly people
less stressful life
far less anally rententive folks live here
beaches to die for
far better transport system
Adelaides roads are a dream (best laid out city i have ever been to)

cons

bank charges
doctors charges
higher taxes

Pure meaningless Psychobabble

G

Probably but how long since you farted?

Just now

G

LOL, try catching a bus from glenelg to the city, on the weekends.

As for the city, it's the size of a bloody postage stamp, so how could it not be well laid out



scottm

You have negative thoughts - she has positive. Try not to be so narky.

Get an umbrella in the eye?

Stumpy bastard? [/QUOTE]

I thought you said "grumpy bastard". Are you now calling me a stumpy, grumpy bastard?

Meg the moron had problems with her hormones and could not find a tampon. The more she searched the worse it got so on her dress was an expanding spot.
So Meg the moron sat on the john to try and make out that she was having a shit. But Meg the moron did not realize that British Expats are not stupid gits.

Please wash your hands before using your keyboard again.

Gees, you are having a low day. Transported metho habitué?

I feel a song coming on!




scottm