For what it's worth ... I like a bit of honesty.

It's not for SB yet but maybe it will be one day.

He's generalizing on the North / South divide ... nowt personal I'm sure, take it with a pinch of salt.

It's refreshing to read a post where someone gives it like it is.

Can't wait to personally give a ...

"We're here ... 6 months in" type post.

I can assure you ... I'll pull no punches.



Three Legs

PS - Too many on here get their knickers in a twist over f*** all.

It's great - apart from the weather. I feel a bit let down! People tell me that this seems to be quite a late spring compared with the norm.

I can't believe it, not been on the forum for ages and ages and nothing much has changed. Sponge Bob I thought your comments on Perth were very good, we bailed out well over a year ago. Its interesting that you say "ITS NOT ENOUGH" because I know exactly what you mean. We came back mainly because we were better off financially in the UK. In the last year we have bought and sold 2 houses and now are back in the same size house as when we left and financially doing really well, both now self employed and neither of us could get work in Perth.

BUT I am sat here tonight thinking "ITS NOT ENOUGH" so I thought I would login to the forum and see whats happening, I would still go back to Perth not long term and I still want to do Brisbane etc. Getting Donna back to Australia might be a bit harder as she is contented here.

For me its catch 22, Perth was not right and UK is not right, I just have the wanderlust again.

Anyway good to see some familiar faces, Pollyanna and Mrs Dagboy and the rest goodonya.

Sponge Bob - spot on, even if lacking a little eloquence. Even the North/south comments are true to a point - we're from gorgeous Stoke, and Perth offered such a change - wide open spaces, sunshine, sea...and, um that's it in the end.

So, the 3 reasons should indeed be printed on the top of every migration ad, every app form, and at the top of this forum, except make the alteration for point 3 - if you have a burning desire to see the rest of the world, it's way more affordable than travelling from Oz will probably ever be. Once you're here, you're stuck. No quick trips to fandabulous European cities, no cheap flights, no lastminute.com deals.

If you can afford your mortgage, you're job is bearable, and you can get away on hol to catch some sun every now and then - stay put...Perth isn't any better an option that the UK.

Yes it is a bit, after a very cold wet June, its not really done a lot since, by around the start of Sept last year spring seemed to of really kicked in and there were plenty of clear blue days with temps in the low 20's. Tomorrow's supposed to be pretty good, give it another month and it will creep up, by xmas we should be into 4 or 5 months solid 30+ with only a few days where it will rain.

Steve

Sorry but i've got to disagree with that statement.
Our combined UK income was over double what it was is here in Perth, we went on 2 main holidays each year and numerous weekend type trips, had nice cars, no mortgage issues etc, but we swapped them all to move to Perth.
Your saying I shouldnt of done it, but it was the best decision ive ever made in my life. Whats the point of living your life in a bearable job, paying off your mortgage looking forward to a couple of weeks in the sun.
I would say if this is the situation your in id be more inclined to move somewhere else.
Admitedly there are always things that people will miss about the UK and things that Perth(or any other place) wont have , but all things considered as an overall lifestyle the average one you lead in Perth is way out in front of that in the UK.
I guess it all depends on what type of things (outside sleeping & working which most have to do) you want from your life.
Everyone's different, but a bearable job and mortgage in Perth versus the same in the UK... I know which one id choose
Steve

I think that you can think of this a little differently but you need to take a leap of faith and it does depend on the kind of work you're in.

You can move on to another place -and see that part of the world by living there. Much as I really like Perth I can't quite see us staying here until we're old - but then again I can't see us staying in any one place until we're old.

I do sometimes wonder at the courage that people have in selling their house in the UK before they've even arrived in Australia. We would always hold on until we are absolutely sure that we want to stay somewhere forever. We've now rented our house out for 6 years.

Whilst I have every sympathy for people who just don't settle somewhere (one lady I knew arrived in SE Asia at the end of August and was back in the UK by the second week in September!) I find it difficult to sympathise (or empathise) with those that sell their house and then complain about the difficulty of getting back into the UK market if it doesn't work out.

I'll let you explain that to my wife - I've been telling her since her arrival in late August "Just another week and it will be nice and warm"! She keeps looking at the national forecast and asking me why we didn't move to Brisbane.
(I keep trying to divert her attention by pointing to the figures for Hobart and Canberra!)

Sorry, I'm on a bit of a roll here.....

The other side of the coin is that if you are UK based Australia, NZ and the South Pacific are very expensive to see. You can't nip over from the UK 3 or 4 times a year; the only way to really see the region is to live here. See your state first and then hopefully, as the cash situation improves, see a little more.

Which is all great if you can afford to live in City Beach...

It'll soon be humid and showery in Brisbane, she wont want to be there then, we visited Brisbane last year, unfortunately it was a bit of a dump, we were really dissapointed with it, the city was dirty, eating out was much more expensive in lower standards of restaurants, the traffic was worse and its a long way from the coast. If you go over that way for a break head up to the Sunshine Coast, that's a nice relaxing area (more like Perths coastline without having the City closeby)
Steve

Why? What has living in City Beach go to do with anything ive said in my post???
What bearing does the suburb I live in over another suburb have on the overall environment and lifestyle that is available to me in Perth vs the UK.
I enjoy exactly the same things as anyone else would should they choose to live in Perth, regardless of what suburb they live in.

Because City Beach is exceptionally nice, and is the best of what Perth has to offer vs many places in the UK. It's close to the sea, has large blocks, plenty of park land, close to the city - Perth living at it's best.

If, like us, you don't have large amounts of capital to sink in to a home, you have to settle for something small or inland, and it's back to a regular lifestyle - commuting, traffic et al. And all the sentiments from home, as started this thread, really begin to kick in, without the diversions of a heavenly beach life.

Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm just trying to identify that your living situation, and the cycle you're in of the migration experience to Perth dictates how you feel right now.

I miss City Beach, we just moved out of Scarborough. Loved cycling around it, gorgeous place.

One powerball...

Where are you now?

Madeley. Quite nice actually, 10 mins in from Hillarys, off Hepburn/Kingsway. But no City Beach. It lacks a city, and a beach. By comparison that is.