British Expats

British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   Australia (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/)
-   -   Oz has problems just like the UK (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/oz-has-problems-just-like-uk-651057/)

j and k Jan 24th 2010 9:54 am

Oz has problems just like the UK
 
Hi, we lived in Perth for 6 months in 2008..... then we'd had enough and came back!

Same s__t different toilet! comes to mind...

Ok there's a beach and sunshine but apart from that it's the same as anywhere.

No fairytale if you ask me (which i'm sure you won't, as most of you will be in we're going and that's that mode!!! just like us!!!)

My advise is to definately go on a recky first.

Is it really worth giving up on friends and family for a distant desert?

And to all those who are leaving the uk because of the immigration problems here........remember over there you'll be a pom! That's what i got on my first day at work: " That's whats gonna **** this country up!" NICE WELCOME

kooga Jan 24th 2010 9:57 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by j and k (Post 8278420)
Hi, we lived in Perth for 6 months in 2008..... then we'd had enough and came back!
Same s__t different toilet! comes to mind...

Ok there's a beach and sunshine but apart from that it's the same as anywhere.

No fairytale if you ask me (which i'm sure you won't, as most of you will be in we're going and that's that mode!!! just like us!!!)

My advise is to definately go on a recky first.

Is it really worth giving up on friends and family for a distant desert?

And to all those who are leaving the uk because of the immigration problems here........remember over there you'll be a pom! That's what i got on my first day at work: " That's whats gonna **** this country up!" NICE WELCOME

What was the negatives about Perth?

Lord_Farquar Jan 24th 2010 10:00 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by kooga (Post 8278427)
What was the negatives about Perth?

It's boring, isloated and backward. :)

kooga Jan 24th 2010 10:01 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8278439)
It's boring, isloated and backward. :)

Well, i come from a town in Wales of just under 20.000 people. Surely it cant be as boring as here

Lord_Farquar Jan 24th 2010 10:03 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by kooga (Post 8278443)
Well, i come from a town in Wales of just under 20.000 people. Surely it cant be as boring as here

Is your town in Wales a five hour flight to the rest of civilisation? ;)

kooga Jan 24th 2010 10:04 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8278446)
Is your town in Wales a five hour flight to the rest of civilisation? ;)

Good point

j and k Jan 24th 2010 10:06 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by kooga (Post 8278427)
What was the negatives about Perth?

Flys,red backs,snakes,sharks,red necks,boredom of housing estates and malls,public schools are less than useless, medicare is less than useless,dental costs, private health costs,private school costs, property costs, aboriginal and white yobs and muggers/gangs, crime same as anywhere,hells angel gangs including the coffin chasers,snobbery-upper class and lower class, rubbish on all the road sides, graffiti.......................................... .................................................. ......................................apart from the things that bite ..same as here!

Lord_Farquar Jan 24th 2010 10:07 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by kooga (Post 8278449)
Good point

Don't get me wrong. I have been to Perth it's nice. But I am a traveller and I would find Perth too isolated to live.

j and k Jan 24th 2010 10:11 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by kooga (Post 8278443)
Well, i come from a town in Wales of just under 20.000 people. Surely it cant be as boring as here

Kooga you might like it??? dunno?? but if i was doing it all again i'd go east!

Good points of perth are the zoo and kings park.... and yes the beaches are lovely!

It's just society that's similar in many ways.

j and k Jan 24th 2010 10:12 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar (Post 8278446)
Is your town in Wales a five hour flight to the rest of civilisation? ;)

Distance comes in handy when it comes to mother in laws!

kooga Jan 24th 2010 10:14 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 
We havent decided where we want to go yet as i need to pass my degree first. Wife is a nurse so we shouldnt have too much trouble finding employment.

77hil Jan 24th 2010 10:15 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 
Why create this thread now if all this happened nearly 2 years ago?

Lord_Farquar Jan 24th 2010 10:16 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by 77hil (Post 8278487)
Why create this thread now if all this happened nearly 2 years ago?

Why not? Is there a time limit on posting after you move back to the UK?

77hil Jan 24th 2010 10:18 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 
Just curious I guess.

Lord_Farquar Jan 24th 2010 10:21 am

Re: Oz has problems just like the UK
 

Originally Posted by 77hil (Post 8278494)
Just curious I guess.

Where in NSW are you off to?


All times are GMT -12. The time now is 6:24 am.

Powered by vBulletin: ©2000 - 2026, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.