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Ours are in year 2 & come home with spelling lists including words like marsupial, Australian, platypus, kangaroo & monotremes. Obviously Australian animals are the go in our school! ;)

As for the OPs question, better off financially, & alot better off lifestyle-wise. Small village in Hampshire compared to bayside Brisbane.

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Those who drive bulls sans bollocks.

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About the same.

We'll be first home buyers soon, and can only afford a cheaper area, and only because we live very modestly. We have fun, but it's cheap fun mostly :D

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Are you sure Jill isnt a pseudonym and you're really Mandy Skeggs!! LOL!! :D

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Hey simone!

Have you started looking at houses then? how much deposit do they require?

fabie!

ps: enjoy the week end!

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:confused: sorry that one has gone right over my head, please explain, then I'll know if you have upset me or not LOL :D

Jill

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The school book they came out of covers all of QLD according to the teacher. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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Did you not see "A New Life Down Under" with the whinging pom moaning how she longed for M&S knickers cos Oz knickers were no good.... ?

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Thats exactly what I said to her teacher :D

But I did find the meaning in an old Australian Dictionary. And it is about pairs of Bullocks being driven as transport, or even the people who drove them. :)

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Normally about 10%. Which we have(for about a $190.000 house)

But hsbc won't give us a mortgage yet because Pascal is still on a temp spouse visa, and some of the other banks MIGHT, but I'm quite sure they'll either charge more interest, or want more deposit(20%). And that I am not willing to do, and don't have enough deposit for that.
So, we're waiting. We don't mind really, we're happy where we are, the rent isn't that high so we are saving, and hopefully the house prizes won't go up much in the next year.....

:)


P.s. in 1993, year 6, we were learning about eutrophication(and erosion, ph levels etc), and I can still spell it really quickly. Was top 3 of my class speller back then... wouldn't be now! :D

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We are from the north east of England, had 45,oooK mortgage, bought 20 years ago though, made good profit, now got a bigger mortgage with view to selling and buying without mortgage in a few years time. Too late to reconsider if Australia is an option now Badge :confused: .

Depends how you like to spend the money.

For me we are financially same, however, we both have to work to achieve what we want. Wheras in UK I needn't have worked.

Australia gives us a good lifestyle, house with swimming pool in a good area, in my opinion the kids are better off here, but then we could be better off moving to another area of UK, who knows. I still love the UK, always will. But we chose Australia and love it. Just think we are lucky to live where we want.



Marie

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so its a person who drives with two bullocks then :confused: :D

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Persons with bollocks who drive bulls without.

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What happens if the drivee has had an op and had the aforementioned removed. Is he still licenced to drive said bulls without :confused: ;)

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Wouldn't pass muster.