Sick of Australia, Looking for Nice Area in England
Apr 16th 2003, 6:26 am
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Re: Sick of Australia, Looking for Nice Area in England
Hi Adamant,
It really does depend what you`re looking for and realistically what sort of money you have to spend.
Devon, Cornwall and The Isle of Wight are all lovely places to visit, living there is another thing, as a retired couple it maybe your cup-of-tea. Can you elaborate a bit more on what type of life you`re looking for and without stating exactly how much you have, a rough idea would be of some help. Do you know anyone over here?
Good Luck
Marlo
It really does depend what you`re looking for and realistically what sort of money you have to spend.
Devon, Cornwall and The Isle of Wight are all lovely places to visit, living there is another thing, as a retired couple it maybe your cup-of-tea. Can you elaborate a bit more on what type of life you`re looking for and without stating exactly how much you have, a rough idea would be of some help. Do you know anyone over here?
Good Luck
Marlo
Apr 16th 2003, 6:42 am
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Re: Sick of Australia, Looking for Nice Area in England
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Stoney
stomp, stomp....uh-oh, look out, the trolls are coming out!
Originally posted by pommie bastard
Yea no countryside , brown , no history and bugger all near it yes I believe you , you mean full of Poms.
Well in the UK all the flowers die, the trees lose all there leaves and most of the birds bugger of to Africa in winter, it's awful.......................
and its full of POMS
Yea no countryside , brown , no history and bugger all near it yes I believe you , you mean full of Poms.
Well in the UK all the flowers die, the trees lose all there leaves and most of the birds bugger of to Africa in winter, it's awful.......................
and its full of POMS
stomp, stomp....uh-oh, look out, the trolls are coming out!
Apr 16th 2003, 7:09 am
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Re: Sick of Australia, Looking for Nice Area in England
Originally posted by LouiseB
stomp, stomp....uh-oh, look out, the trolls are coming out!
stomp, stomp....uh-oh, look out, the trolls are coming out!
Apr 16th 2003, 10:15 am
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Re: Sick of Australia, Looking for Nice Area in England
Got just the place,Midwales,on the English/Walsh boarder,s
5 Bedroom stone cottage set in1.6 acres fantastic view,s 5 min,s from market town 1hour from coast.
5 Bedroom stone cottage set in1.6 acres fantastic view,s 5 min,s from market town 1hour from coast.
Originally posted by AdamAnt
We are not British Expats but I'm hoping you will not mind giving some advice to 2 Aussies sick of living in Sydney about nice places to live in England for a few years perhaps for good.
The drought last summer was the last straw for us. We went to Tasmania in January to get away from the heat and dust and only returned a couple of weeks ago. On arriving in Sydney and travelling back home through the same old grubby streets, I thought "not back to this again". While the summer weather is over, its more than that. We have seen most parts of Australia and travelled a lot elsewhere. But we feel Australia has become too small for us, too much the same all over.
We are retired with enough money (I think) to be able to afford a nice house in England not too expensive. We like to travel but need our comforts.
Your suggestions will be gratefully appreciated.
We are not British Expats but I'm hoping you will not mind giving some advice to 2 Aussies sick of living in Sydney about nice places to live in England for a few years perhaps for good.
The drought last summer was the last straw for us. We went to Tasmania in January to get away from the heat and dust and only returned a couple of weeks ago. On arriving in Sydney and travelling back home through the same old grubby streets, I thought "not back to this again". While the summer weather is over, its more than that. We have seen most parts of Australia and travelled a lot elsewhere. But we feel Australia has become too small for us, too much the same all over.
We are retired with enough money (I think) to be able to afford a nice house in England not too expensive. We like to travel but need our comforts.
Your suggestions will be gratefully appreciated.
Apr 16th 2003, 11:30 am
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Much depends on what you want from living in UK,
A good place to look is
covers England, wales, Scotland etc. Although it gives a biased view towards tourists, if you see a place you like the look of you can research some more on the net, or post here and someone is bound to live near by.
A good place to look is
covers England, wales, Scotland etc. Although it gives a biased view towards tourists, if you see a place you like the look of you can research some more on the net, or post here and someone is bound to live near by.
Apr 16th 2003, 11:35 am
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Re: Sick of Australia, Looking for Nice Area in England
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Stoney
Keep taking your medication and keep out of the sun loads of skin cancer in the Uk is there not?
Originally posted by pommie bastard
Yea no countryside , brown , no history and bugger all near it yes I believe you , you mean full of Poms.
Well in the UK all the flowers die, the trees lose all there leaves and most of the birds bugger of to Africa in winter, it's awful.......................
and its full of POMS
Yea no countryside , brown , no history and bugger all near it yes I believe you , you mean full of Poms.
Well in the UK all the flowers die, the trees lose all there leaves and most of the birds bugger of to Africa in winter, it's awful.......................
and its full of POMS
Apr 16th 2003, 11:40 am
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Re: Sick of Australia, Looking for Nice Area in England
Originally posted by AdamAnt
We are not British Expats but I'm hoping you will not mind giving some advice to 2 Aussies sick of living in Sydney about nice places to live in England for a few years perhaps for good.
The drought last summer was the last straw for us. We went to Tasmania in January to get away from the heat and dust and only returned a couple of weeks ago. On arriving in Sydney and travelling back home through the same old grubby streets, I thought "not back to this again". While the summer weather is over, its more than that. We have seen most parts of Australia and travelled a lot elsewhere. But we feel Australia has become too small for us, too much the same all over.
We are retired with enough money (I think) to be able to afford a nice house in England not too expensive. We like to travel but need our comforts.
Your suggestions will be gratefully appreciated.
We are not British Expats but I'm hoping you will not mind giving some advice to 2 Aussies sick of living in Sydney about nice places to live in England for a few years perhaps for good.
The drought last summer was the last straw for us. We went to Tasmania in January to get away from the heat and dust and only returned a couple of weeks ago. On arriving in Sydney and travelling back home through the same old grubby streets, I thought "not back to this again". While the summer weather is over, its more than that. We have seen most parts of Australia and travelled a lot elsewhere. But we feel Australia has become too small for us, too much the same all over.
We are retired with enough money (I think) to be able to afford a nice house in England not too expensive. We like to travel but need our comforts.
Your suggestions will be gratefully appreciated.
Another option is a home exchange for a long stay try some of these sites may help , you could get lucky and find some one who wants a long holiday.
http://www.excite.co.uk/directory/Re...Home_Exchanges
Apr 16th 2003, 2:52 pm
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Ta Muchly!
Thanks, was not expecting so many good, useful replies.
Well, now to spiral back to a bit of reality:[list=1][*]renth: Lots of nice places in WA but been there etc.[*]pommie bastard: I'd caravan / motor home happily, trouble & strife needs lots of porcelaine about and at least 2 walls for the books; might trim that a bit![*]pomijean: We have been to the SW so know of what you speak and it is definitely on our list.[*]Ceri: Good sense says we should rent as you suggest.[*]GengaKev: Wife fancies being a bit of a Local Heroine but maybe a summer one![*]dotty: Driving around between a few reasonably well selected locations, visit real estate agents is eminant good sense.[*]kevmitch: Pretty sure we do not want to live in big cities, some where central to south would still allow exploration of the NW.[*]footie chick: You are right, God will have to wait a while, we hope.[*]Wanderlust: We have acquired contrarian habits, only venture out when all is quiet.[*]Stoney: The winter does worry us a bit but maybe we can join the swallows in Africa.[*]Marlo: No immediate family in Aus or UK. Think we are looking for something reasonably simple in "the bush" but nearish to good facilities and with good porcelain![*]plumber39: Thanks but I think the house and garden would be a bit much for us.[*]karawara88: we are a bit of old bods, like "finding" stuff by "accident", some of the tourist stuff not for us.[*]pommie bastard: House Swapping is a very sensible suggestion but would anyone in the UK want to come to Sydney for the winter while we have their house in UK summer?[/list=1]
All in all, I think renting for 6 months during the UK summer makes most sense. The question is where and how much we should budget.
Perhaps you can think of some place that you would like to retire to given a reasonably modest pension income? Somewhere a little out of the way but not remote, suitable for 2 and where a good rental would be reasonably easy to find.
Well, now to spiral back to a bit of reality:[list=1][*]renth: Lots of nice places in WA but been there etc.[*]pommie bastard: I'd caravan / motor home happily, trouble & strife needs lots of porcelaine about and at least 2 walls for the books; might trim that a bit![*]pomijean: We have been to the SW so know of what you speak and it is definitely on our list.[*]Ceri: Good sense says we should rent as you suggest.[*]GengaKev: Wife fancies being a bit of a Local Heroine but maybe a summer one![*]dotty: Driving around between a few reasonably well selected locations, visit real estate agents is eminant good sense.[*]kevmitch: Pretty sure we do not want to live in big cities, some where central to south would still allow exploration of the NW.[*]footie chick: You are right, God will have to wait a while, we hope.[*]Wanderlust: We have acquired contrarian habits, only venture out when all is quiet.[*]Stoney: The winter does worry us a bit but maybe we can join the swallows in Africa.[*]Marlo: No immediate family in Aus or UK. Think we are looking for something reasonably simple in "the bush" but nearish to good facilities and with good porcelain![*]plumber39: Thanks but I think the house and garden would be a bit much for us.[*]karawara88: we are a bit of old bods, like "finding" stuff by "accident", some of the tourist stuff not for us.[*]pommie bastard: House Swapping is a very sensible suggestion but would anyone in the UK want to come to Sydney for the winter while we have their house in UK summer?[/list=1]
All in all, I think renting for 6 months during the UK summer makes most sense. The question is where and how much we should budget.
Perhaps you can think of some place that you would like to retire to given a reasonably modest pension income? Somewhere a little out of the way but not remote, suitable for 2 and where a good rental would be reasonably easy to find.
Last edited by AdamAnt; Apr 16th 2003 at 3:03 pm.
Apr 16th 2003, 3:00 pm
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Re: Ta Muchly!
Originally posted by AdamAnt
Thanks, was not expecting so many good, useful replies.
[*]pommie bastard: House Swapping is a very sensible suggestion but would anyone in the UK want to come to Sydney for the winter while we have their house in UK summer?[/list=1]
Thanks, was not expecting so many good, useful replies.
[*]pommie bastard: House Swapping is a very sensible suggestion but would anyone in the UK want to come to Sydney for the winter while we have their house in UK summer?[/list=1]
Do not forget that most Poms think Australia has no Winter you should be on a winner.
PS a lot of retired people in the UK do this too.
http://www.seniorshomeexchange.com/
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Apr 16th 2003, 3:23 pm
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Two suggestions ... try the remote corners of the UK like Cornwall or the Welsh coast, or try some historic places like Chester, York or Edinburgh. Consider the South Lakes.
Also visit Dublin (in Ireland) and the Isle of Man.
Also visit Dublin (in Ireland) and the Isle of Man.
Apr 16th 2003, 3:55 pm
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Re: Ta Muchly!
Originally posted by AdamAnt
Thanks, was not expecting so many good, useful replies.
Well, now to spiral back to a bit of reality:[list=1][*]renth: Lots of nice places in WA but been there etc.[*]pommie bastard: I'd caravan / motor home happily, trouble & strife needs lots of porcelaine about and at least 2 walls for the books; might trim that a bit![*]pomijean: We have been to the SW so know of what you speak and it is definitely on our list.[*]Ceri: Good sense says we should rent as you suggest.[*]GengaKev: Wife fancies being a bit of a Local Heroine but maybe a summer one![*]dotty: Driving around between a few reasonably well selected locations, visit real estate agents is eminant good sense.[*]kevmitch: Pretty sure we do not want to live in big cities, some where central to south would still allow exploration of the NW.[*]footie chick: You are right, God will have to wait a while, we hope.[*]Wanderlust: We have acquired contrarian habits, only venture out when all is quiet.[*]Stoney: The winter does worry us a bit but maybe we can join the swallows in Africa.[*]Marlo: No immediate family in Aus or UK. Think we are looking for something reasonably simple in "the bush" but nearish to good facilities and with good porcelain![*]plumber39: Thanks but I think the house and garden would be a bit much for us.[*]karawara88: we are a bit of old bods, like "finding" stuff by "accident", some of the tourist stuff not for us.[*]pommie bastard: House Swapping is a very sensible suggestion but would anyone in the UK want to come to Sydney for the winter while we have their house in UK summer?[/list=1]
All in all, I think renting for 6 months during the UK summer makes most sense. The question is where and how much we should budget.
Perhaps you can think of some place that you would like to retire to given a reasonably modest pension income? Somewhere a little out of the way but not remote, suitable for 2 and where a good rental would be reasonably easy to find.
Thanks, was not expecting so many good, useful replies.
Well, now to spiral back to a bit of reality:[list=1][*]renth: Lots of nice places in WA but been there etc.[*]pommie bastard: I'd caravan / motor home happily, trouble & strife needs lots of porcelaine about and at least 2 walls for the books; might trim that a bit![*]pomijean: We have been to the SW so know of what you speak and it is definitely on our list.[*]Ceri: Good sense says we should rent as you suggest.[*]GengaKev: Wife fancies being a bit of a Local Heroine but maybe a summer one![*]dotty: Driving around between a few reasonably well selected locations, visit real estate agents is eminant good sense.[*]kevmitch: Pretty sure we do not want to live in big cities, some where central to south would still allow exploration of the NW.[*]footie chick: You are right, God will have to wait a while, we hope.[*]Wanderlust: We have acquired contrarian habits, only venture out when all is quiet.[*]Stoney: The winter does worry us a bit but maybe we can join the swallows in Africa.[*]Marlo: No immediate family in Aus or UK. Think we are looking for something reasonably simple in "the bush" but nearish to good facilities and with good porcelain![*]plumber39: Thanks but I think the house and garden would be a bit much for us.[*]karawara88: we are a bit of old bods, like "finding" stuff by "accident", some of the tourist stuff not for us.[*]pommie bastard: House Swapping is a very sensible suggestion but would anyone in the UK want to come to Sydney for the winter while we have their house in UK summer?[/list=1]
All in all, I think renting for 6 months during the UK summer makes most sense. The question is where and how much we should budget.
Perhaps you can think of some place that you would like to retire to given a reasonably modest pension income? Somewhere a little out of the way but not remote, suitable for 2 and where a good rental would be reasonably easy to find.
Apr 16th 2003, 7:12 pm
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Re: Ta Muchly!
Originally posted by muppetking
Have you considered Cirencester and its environs.......beautiful and you are likely to stumble off the beaten track and discover some gems!
Have you considered Cirencester and its environs.......beautiful and you are likely to stumble off the beaten track and discover some gems!
Apr 16th 2003, 10:35 pm
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Re: Sick of australia,looking for nice area
Originally posted by pomijean
You are so brave posting on here,you,ll upset all the pommy bashers.I lived i Sydney 20 years,its a one street s---- hole,anyhow please go into www.cornwallcam.co.uk the photos on monday 14th of devon and somerset are magnificient as lonely planet said, England is the most beautiful island in the world
You are so brave posting on here,you,ll upset all the pommy bashers.I lived i Sydney 20 years,its a one street s---- hole,anyhow please go into www.cornwallcam.co.uk the photos on monday 14th of devon and somerset are magnificient as lonely planet said, England is the most beautiful island in the world
Apr 17th 2003, 12:22 am
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A minor point here how come all these good people who spend so much time rubbishing the UK can find all these nices to live when asked?
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Apr 17th 2003, 3:36 am
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Re: Ta Muchly!
[QUOTE]Originally posted by pommie bastard
A minor point here how come all these good people who spend so much time rubbishing the UK can find all these nices to live when asked?
I've actually heard you mention a few nice places in WA PB
just another minor point.
A minor point here how come all these good people who spend so much time rubbishing the UK can find all these nices to live when asked?
I've actually heard you mention a few nice places in WA PB
just another minor point.
