View Poll Results: Are you happier in Australia ?
Been here less than 6 months and NOT as happy
3
2.24%
Been here less than 6 months and unsure
10
7.46%
Been here less than 6 months and Happier 
21
15.67%
6 months to 2 years and NOT as happy
9
6.72%
6 months to 2 years and still unsure
15
11.19%
6 months to 2 years and Happier
43
32.09%
More than 2 years and NOT as happy
5
3.73%
More than 2 years and STILL unsure
3
2.24%
More than 2 years and Happier
25
18.66%
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Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Jun 12th 2005, 1:14 am
#1
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Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
A common thought for many people considering moving to Australia will be, "Will we be happier there?"
For those already here, how do you feel now, for the time span that you have been here, compared to your life back in the UK:
For those already here, how do you feel now, for the time span that you have been here, compared to your life back in the UK:
Jun 12th 2005, 2:28 am
#2
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 11,149
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
The same.
Jun 12th 2005, 3:10 am
#3
surfer chic from Teesside
Joined: Mar 2004
Location: Halls head, WA
Posts: 1,431
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Originally Posted by bondipom
The same.
yes, I agree, life is generally the same for me, as was in UK, same shit, different bucket type of thing, but havin a bigger house, close to the beach, more money and nicer weather make it alot easier to deal with
laura
Jun 12th 2005, 3:32 am
#4
Dutch expat/Aus citizen
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: South East, Perth (was Holland)
Posts: 5,789
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
About the same(some things worse, somthings better I guess).
Was happy in Holland, am happy here.
It's hard to compare though too, because in Holland I was still a student, here I am working full time.
Better things here are: more/better friends(my old friends that I've known since high school, and new friends I've made via expats), doing more(due to friends, being in a new place, and the weather a bit.
Worse is: no family(yet), working
, big city(so more traffic, feel a bit less safe etc)
But yeah, to conclude again: about the same (I haven't voted on the poll, 'unsure' doesn't fit exactly...)
Was happy in Holland, am happy here.
It's hard to compare though too, because in Holland I was still a student, here I am working full time.
Better things here are: more/better friends(my old friends that I've known since high school, and new friends I've made via expats), doing more(due to friends, being in a new place, and the weather a bit.
Worse is: no family(yet), working
, big city(so more traffic, feel a bit less safe etc)But yeah, to conclude again: about the same
(I haven't voted on the poll, 'unsure' doesn't fit exactly...)
Jun 12th 2005, 3:58 am
#5
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Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Happier.
Aus is as we expected it to be. Good and not so good bits.
We knew before we came that no where in the world is utopia & nothing can ever, ever, ever replace friends and family you leave behind.
We resigned ourselves to starting again, meeting the challenge head on and taking Aus for what it is, good and bad.....and we love it.
Happier....
warts and all
Aus is as we expected it to be. Good and not so good bits.
We knew before we came that no where in the world is utopia & nothing can ever, ever, ever replace friends and family you leave behind.
We resigned ourselves to starting again, meeting the challenge head on and taking Aus for what it is, good and bad.....and we love it.
Happier....
warts and all
Jun 12th 2005, 5:04 am
#6
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,439
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Poll results lookin good so far!
Jun 12th 2005, 5:16 am
#7
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Posts: 4,432
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Originally Posted by Jim2004
Poll results lookin good so far!
Jun 12th 2005, 6:02 am
#8
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Joined: Feb 2005
Location: perth australia
Posts: 136
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
We are very happy would be happier if our stuff would get here (20th this month should be here )and if it would stop raining 
but bigger house then we could ever hope for in the uk 10 minute walk to beach 10 minute drive to work along said beach what more can i say but
)and if it would stop raining but bigger house then we could ever hope for in the uk 10 minute walk to beach 10 minute drive to work along said beach what more can i say but
Jun 12th 2005, 6:24 am
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Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Originally Posted by Megalania
Survivor bias.
Pity about not giving an option for feeling "the same"
oops... Maybe just vote not sure, as that means about the same as "not sure it's any different = the same"
Jun 12th 2005, 6:31 am
#10
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Joined: May 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,131
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Originally Posted by Homer
We are very happy would be happier if our stuff would get here (20th this month should be here )and if it would stop raining but bigger house then we could ever hope for in the uk 10 minute walk to beach 10 minute drive to work along said beach what more can i say but
)and if it would stop raining but bigger house then we could ever hope for in the uk 10 minute walk to beach 10 minute drive to work along said beach what more can i say but Katie
Jun 12th 2005, 6:44 am
#11
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: May 2004
Location: Birkdale QLD
Posts: 7,642
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
We're happier, not necessarily because we're in Australia or Brisbane, but because we no longer have to travel every week as we did in the past 4 years. It's nice to have a home to come back to every day and be able to attend to the dog and the garden. We're just happier with a simpler life.
Mrs JTL
Mrs JTL
Jun 12th 2005, 6:54 am
#12
da Bonehead
Joined: Jan 2004
Location: Lion in da jungle
Posts: 22,767
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
7.5 months and counting.
I guess you could say we were just plodding along lifes pathway whilst in the UK. Didn't really have any major problems but were not content for all that.
The process to emmigrate was a difficult one for us and since being here we have faced more challenges than I care to recite.
It seems as soon as one hurdle is overcome something else jumps up to bite us in the arse.
After obtaining PR a month ago we thought our turn had come to relax a bit, but no, some other major stuff has raised it's head so the next few months will challenge us yet again.
We've come through so far and will do so again.
I think our experiences have made us more self fulfilled people and in spite of everything we are much happier here than we were in the UK.
Role on citizenship
I guess you could say we were just plodding along lifes pathway whilst in the UK. Didn't really have any major problems but were not content for all that.
The process to emmigrate was a difficult one for us and since being here we have faced more challenges than I care to recite.
It seems as soon as one hurdle is overcome something else jumps up to bite us in the arse.
After obtaining PR a month ago we thought our turn had come to relax a bit, but no, some other major stuff has raised it's head so the next few months will challenge us yet again.
We've come through so far and will do so again.
I think our experiences have made us more self fulfilled people and in spite of everything we are much happier here than we were in the UK.
Role on citizenship
Jun 12th 2005, 11:37 am
#13
Forum Regular
Joined: Jun 2004
Location: future Victorian
Posts: 104
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
This reminds me I was quite shocked when bessie mate from UK ask me over the phone 'are you happy' ....a simple enough question ...but at the time I'd only been here 3 months and it made me realise I was spending more time 'trying' to be happy, than actually being happy! That was over a year ago and now I would say yes, definitely happy here now!
Jun 12th 2005, 11:44 am
#14
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 7,834
Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Originally Posted by Bix
7.5 months and counting.
I guess you could say we were just plodding along lifes pathway whilst in the UK. Didn't really have any major problems but were not content for all that.
The process to emmigrate was a difficult one for us and since being here we have faced more challenges than I care to recite.
It seems as soon as one hurdle is overcome something else jumps up to bite us in the arse.
After obtaining PR a month ago we thought our turn had come to relax a bit, but no, some other major stuff has raised it's head so the next few months will challenge us yet again.
We've come through so far and will do so again.
I think our experiences have made us more self fulfilled people and in spite of everything we are much happier here than we were in the UK.
Role on citizenship
I guess you could say we were just plodding along lifes pathway whilst in the UK. Didn't really have any major problems but were not content for all that.
The process to emmigrate was a difficult one for us and since being here we have faced more challenges than I care to recite.
It seems as soon as one hurdle is overcome something else jumps up to bite us in the arse.
After obtaining PR a month ago we thought our turn had come to relax a bit, but no, some other major stuff has raised it's head so the next few months will challenge us yet again.
We've come through so far and will do so again.
I think our experiences have made us more self fulfilled people and in spite of everything we are much happier here than we were in the UK.
Role on citizenship
Jun 12th 2005, 1:04 pm
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Re: Poll: Are you happier in Australia ?
Originally Posted by MrsMangle
This reminds me I was quite shocked when bessie mate from UK ask me over the phone 'are you happy' ....a simple enough question ...but at the time I'd only been here 3 months and it made me realise I was spending more time 'trying' to be happy, than actually being happy! That was over a year ago and now I would say yes, definitely happy here now!
Parents ask cos they're worried, siblings ask cos they miss me and friends ask cos they've never been to Aus and think it's outback country with creepy crawlies in my bed and snakes and crock's in the garden
Of course I appreciate people asking cos it shows they care, but how often do you have to keep jumping through "I'm happy hoops" before people really believe you?
Perhaps after 20 years some bugger will stop asking. Only another sodding 19 years to go then
Is this normal?
Does anyone else feel they have to constantly justify their happiness with people back in UK?
