Pro's/Con's
May 13th 2007, 8:09 pm
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Pro's/Con's
Just sent of visa, so got a bit of time on our hands waiting. Thought we'd start this thread, can you say in one sentence what your pro's and con's of moving to oz are. We'll start with the obvious......
Pro - Outdoor life
Con - No family nearby
Wes and Jo
Pro - Outdoor life
Con - No family nearby
Wes and Jo
May 13th 2007, 8:32 pm
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Yippee
Con ~ Leaving my two grandaughters (o and my son) for alittle while till they get there too.
Boo hoo
May 13th 2007, 8:54 pm
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Pro = Way of Life / Weather / Son loves it / We love it
Cons = No Family close by.
Cons = No Family close by.
May 13th 2007, 9:19 pm
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Pros-Better life for family,Less hours at work,More sunshine.
Cons-Miss family,Friends,Football.
Cons-Miss family,Friends,Football.
May 13th 2007, 9:28 pm
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Pro's - Much nicer people, beaches, blue skies, fishing, no football on the TV, no yobbish football supporters
Con's - Cost of living compared to wages, wages, poor supermarkets compared with Tesco's, american crap on the TV (TV in general is rubbish)
Con's - Cost of living compared to wages, wages, poor supermarkets compared with Tesco's, american crap on the TV (TV in general is rubbish)
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May 13th 2007, 9:33 pm
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Re: Pro's/Con's
pros ... useable outdoor space... chance of a life time to declutter... new culture ... distance from family
Cons ... distance from family, MIL coming for months rather than a few hours, stress of whole process... No £1 saturday morning cinema for the kids...
Cons ... distance from family, MIL coming for months rather than a few hours, stress of whole process... No £1 saturday morning cinema for the kids...
May 13th 2007, 11:34 pm
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Con - Missing everything that you've grown accustomed to, things that won't miss until I've left! Probable lower salary. Have to start again from scratch. No job lined up. Will upset a lot of people when we finally go. Will be damn hard work. No football
May 14th 2007, 1:38 am
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Just a few things that come to mind.
Pros:
1.No Tesco's nearby
2.Better lifestyle for kids: more outdoors oriented, allowed to be kids for longer than in UK, no hanging around the streets till all hours culture.
3.Better weather. No more days of drizzle...
4.No rellies nearby
Cons:
1. Expensive to travel overseas (especially when there are six of you).
2. Books are bloody expensive.
3. Television is not good (even if you have Foxtel). Although this isn't really a problem for me as I don't watch it much. You'll like it if you're into US cop shows though.
Pros:
1.No Tesco's nearby
2.Better lifestyle for kids: more outdoors oriented, allowed to be kids for longer than in UK, no hanging around the streets till all hours culture.
3.Better weather. No more days of drizzle...
4.No rellies nearby
Cons:
1. Expensive to travel overseas (especially when there are six of you).
2. Books are bloody expensive.
3. Television is not good (even if you have Foxtel). Although this isn't really a problem for me as I don't watch it much. You'll like it if you're into US cop shows though.
May 14th 2007, 5:02 am
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Pros - kids can be kids, more scuba diving, far far away from family and even more scuba diving, exploring
Cons - actually doing exactly the same job on an oil rig for the same company and same manager, best friends are still 1500 miles away..
Cons - actually doing exactly the same job on an oil rig for the same company and same manager, best friends are still 1500 miles away..
May 14th 2007, 5:05 am
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Pros - Not freezing my ass off every day.
Cons - "Hi how are you" "Well" "Thats good"
Cons - "Hi how are you" "Well" "Thats good"
May 14th 2007, 5:13 am
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can I please add no Colchester United to my cons list .... this will be out most tragic loss
May 14th 2007, 5:37 am
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Pros
Better weather.
Some really nice, friendly people.
The beaches are gorgeous as is the natural wildlife.
24 hour culture in the cities.
The roads are less crowded.
**Probably less chance of being robbed.
Cons
Lower wages.
Absurd, really absurd driving standards.
Some blatantly rude & arrogant people.
English sport is on at daft times in the mornings.
Much smaller visible police presence**.
I can't see why people see emphasize Australia as an 'outdoorsy' kinda place for kids, especially if you're moving to the city. For a child/teen, It's exactly the same as the UK, bar the weather. The same thing happens here. I've seen many groups of teens wandering around the streets at past midnight getting ratted off goon. There's the same youth boredom drinking culture.
Better weather.
Some really nice, friendly people.
The beaches are gorgeous as is the natural wildlife.
24 hour culture in the cities.
The roads are less crowded.
**Probably less chance of being robbed.
Cons
Lower wages.
Absurd, really absurd driving standards.
Some blatantly rude & arrogant people.
English sport is on at daft times in the mornings.
Much smaller visible police presence**.
I can't see why people see emphasize Australia as an 'outdoorsy' kinda place for kids, especially if you're moving to the city. For a child/teen, It's exactly the same as the UK, bar the weather. The same thing happens here. I've seen many groups of teens wandering around the streets at past midnight getting ratted off goon. There's the same youth boredom drinking culture.
May 14th 2007, 5:45 am
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Re: Pro's/Con's
I can't see why people see emphasize Australia as an 'outdoorsy' kinda place for kids, especially if you're moving to the city. For a child/teen, It's exactly the same as the UK, bar the weather. The same thing happens here. I've seen many groups of teens wandering around the streets at past midnight getting ratted off goon. There's the same youth boredom drinking culture.
Interesting point regarding the teens wandering around drunk. We also live in Syndey (well North Shore) and I've not noticed this whereas at home (Portsmouth) the gangs of youngsters were quite noticable in the evenings.
May 14th 2007, 5:49 am
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It's a shame really. The problem (if you call it one) wouldn't exist if the UK government provided facilities such as free leisure centers, pool halls and arcades. Imagine how many budding Steve Hendry's the UK would churn out!
I remember being a teen and being very, very bitter against any sort of authority, because living in a town, the only option was to get drunk at a park. I enjoyed it though! But yeah, when the police inevitably arrived to move on, our arguement would be 'Well what are we going to do then?'. They'd agree.
I remember being a teen and being very, very bitter against any sort of authority, because living in a town, the only option was to get drunk at a park. I enjoyed it though! But yeah, when the police inevitably arrived to move on, our arguement would be 'Well what are we going to do then?'. They'd agree.
May 14th 2007, 5:50 am
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Re: Pro's/Con's
Pro - Similing Faces - Cool
Cons - Distance
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Cons - Distance
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