CathnPaul

Going off your picture, are you ex old hammers???

As a reply, we are going over to be nearer to family and as we also went on holiday...also felt that we have left 'home' behind... In fact its almost everything everybody else has said!!!

Perthforme

Planable weekends, The aussie life style and for me too it feels like home
The bonuses of bigger house for less money just sweetens the deal

CathnPaul

I agree, more space for the rabble to run around in and clean!!! but a lot more space for a lot less mortgage.

Welshie

I'm going because it's a fantastic place. Spent holidays there every year for the past 7 years. Have also travelled around it a lot so I know where I want to settle. My little one is four and loves the place. Everytime I touchdown in Sydney I know 'I'm home', it just feels so right and it makes my family happy.

Basically it's what YOU and your family make of it. For some it doesn't work out and some will try and put you off, but only you can decide.

Good luck and I hope it works out for you.
Rachel

CathnPaul

I am really glad this thread was started, as the 'home' feeling is something we had only voiced to ourselves... and hadnt come across with anyone else before. Cheers for the thread..

Mr Pencil

Yes, that’s something my other half always says when we get to Australia - she’s come home.

jateai

I lived there for 15 years of my life and regret ever leaving so I want to go home.

Paul2004

We're goin cos Oz is like the UK with sun, plus everyone is on Prozac ...

Hutch

I'm a dual national, though I spent the majority of my life in the UK. I definitely see it as going home - quite apart from the fact that all our 'nice' rellies leave out here, it just feels as comfortable as an old pair of shoes. I have no problem with the UK at all, beyond the minor irritations of life that we'll undoubtedly encounter in a slightly different form out here. You don't have to hate somewhere to want to leave it - and I strongly believe that those that do are destined to fail to integrate because the problem's not with either country - but with them.

MisterTwo

Me and Laneylou are going because we had a holiday there in 2001 and loved it. We had the points so we thought why not?

We were starting to get tired of the UK and all the political correctness etc. I also feel that there are more opportunities for running your own business in Oz, and petrol is a lot cheaper too!

Obviously Australia has it's problems and is by no means perfect, but at the end of the day if you have the opportunity then you must go for it. Great weather, lots of space with not many people. Think about it: Victoria is the size of Mainland Great Britain with 4.5 million people, 4 million live in Melbourne. 60 Million live in Great Britain - what more can I say.

wsbtroyno21

I went for LOVE !!! I have been here since August this year and emigrated to be with my Aussie bloke. I am loving it here.....much less stress....better weather...friendly, laid-back people......bigger houses for a lot less money.....lots of open spaces and the outdoor lifestyle....I could go on and on. The only downside was leaving my family back in Scotland.

Wendy

Australia_bound?

We're hopefully going as I can't remember a time when I haven't yearned to be in Australia some 20 odd years and counting wanting to be somewhere is far too long to wait.
Got loads of family out there and love the place. I think UK is a great place to live but I want something else (and look on it the other way how many Australians don't live in Aus???? must be something about not appreciating what you have!!!).
Will be immense once we get to Aus my 7 year old son loves it there and is always asking when we can go back (but we won't tell him about going to live there as it may not happen no matter how much we want it)

ianandhelena

close-stalybridge but been a latics fan since age 14...

annqldau

Mid life crisis, had 40yrs of Brit fancied 40 yrs of something else.

Aus doesn't have the lingo problems of other places and general background vibe similar to Brit. Did here rumour that lot of them did come from Brit in the first place, some even got free passage.

Have met loads of 10 pound pomm decendants who say their parents hankered after Brit at times but they have visited and wouldn't move there much prefer their Aus life.

Centurion

My wife and I worked on the "pointy" end of criminal and civil enforcement system for years. Over that time I felt that the UK was not a place to start a family for many reasons, mainly social and demographic based. The UK was simply not somewhere I wanted to live anymore.

Actually I think its really hard to think of many other places to migrate to. Realistically the options for many will be Canada, Australia or Europe. I realise there are others but for your average person I reckon those are the choices.

We travelled Europe extensively and really never floated my boat as somewhere to live. We were then going to tour Canada to get a feel for the place and then Brisbane. Went to Cairns first and drove throughout Queensland. Got to Brisbane and then never really made it to Canada in the end.

So a few years on here we are in Brisbane and although "never say never" we will never return to the UK.