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I agree - what a lovely family. I was all teary when the brother was crying and the other brother put his arm around him and went and got him some tissue - bless him! What a lovely, unassuming family.

As you say though, lets have a little more diversity with the families ;-)

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I'm going to apply to present WDU next year. Only requirements seem to be:

Purchase 4 dresses and a white and black top, wear repeatedly. Shoes not required.

Learn to say:

'Well that all looks very inviting'

'So, very different to their life back in the UK' and

'Will this throw the whole move into doubt?' with all the expression and interest of someone reading a recipe for porridge.

Find random houses well over participants budget and claim they are 'something to aspire to'.

Sorted! Easiest money every made and i can hang out with my family in Oz while I'm there.

:thumbsup:

Tx

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I'd do Nicki Chapman.

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RedT :thumbup: totally agree on that one...... you never know she could be presenting it in a cold warehouse in London somewhere and that beautiful background is nothing but a blue screen LOL .... hmm maybe not!

Yeah variety would be nice on this programme, there seems to be loads of families on it this year, but what about the couples!!! :blink:

To be honest they are being paid to make a programme thats entertaining and pulls at the heart strings, so in reality would they really choose one of us lot to go on it.......a family or couple that are in the process of getting a visa, who want to seriously go......I suppose it wouldnt be good tv if both people said, yeah we love Oz, we are going and we aint going to cry over the F&F as everyone knows were making the move....and we aint going to argue in front of the camera crew as it's what we both want. They don't want people on there like that, they want mixed views, emotions and kids who tell there parents they're not moving! :cool: ....Lets hope that new programme on channel 4 is more informative

Right, I'm off to fill out my job application for WDU presenter :lol:

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What's the new programme on C4? Must get my CV up to date.... :rofl:

Tx

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I don't know, look at all the drama with DIAC changing rules and requirements every few months/weeks.

The excitement of formfilling, the ruthlessness of trying to find a cheap solicitor to verify documents, the wondering if something shows up in the medicals!!

Plenty of cliffhanger endings :sneaky:

Pick 4 people who wish to go through the visa system and follow them from start to finish (of course that may be 2013).

It would be better than some stuff on TV at the mo.

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Smashing! Something else to make my husband watch just to torment him :rofl: Hopefully this one will be slightly more realisitic, he refuses to watch WDU now and all he sees are the houses which I show him in the evening after he's been fed (and therefore he's more pliable). Thank the lord for Sky+!

Tx

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Wasn't todays WDU fab. I'm seriously considering CAIRNS. I want to work at Cairns base hospital on "tropical shirt friday".
Easily impressed me! :)

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Originally Posted by Leedelta
Anyone notice that none of the families ask "where can I buy fish n chips or a decent curry?"

Is it edited out or do these become pressing questions when one becomes an expat?

I did my homework, I know where I can get Tayto crisps in Melbourne ($2.50 a bag!!)

Maybe instead of inviting friends round for a barbie, expats invite everyone round for a curry night instead

Just wait and watch it will be mentioned in one programme at least and maybe curry instead of steak and prawns.

Jane

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Yes it was a good episode. And what a great view from the hospital ward! :cool: The husband had a bit of a hard time with the boss at the restaurant though. That part put my hackles up actually :frown:. The second house looked great :thumbup:.

Also, something which has changed in the format of this latest series is the presenter is never seen with the family. I reckon she only does one trip to Aus with her three frocks and records the commentary for all of the episodes in just a few "shoots". And the editors reuse a lot of her comments.

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Good idea, no qualifications needed but you do have to evoke the following response from the average male viewer :lol:

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:rofl:

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What a lovely family yesterday, but what an arse of a chef - I felt so sorry for the chap. Given that he admitted he hadn't worked in the kitchen for a few years, I think it was all a bit harsh. Having done waitress work in the past, and therefore seeing kitchens in all their glory, it didn't surprise me that the only work snapshot on this programme I've seen where the boss was downright rude was in that environment. I know they are stressful places, but trying to bring someone down in front of the cameras is plain rude. Loved the second house and it was obvious to me early on that they would vote to go. I really felt for the girl though, it's a lot for a teen to take on board and credit to her for voting as she did.

The format this time is pants in my opinion and Nicky Chapman isn't adding anything to the mix, especially changing "the all-important" prefix to everything ie, all-important barbie, all-important pool, etc. Apart from that I'm enjoying the series and I think the families have so far been really nice.

Good luck to them.

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But would she say "Well that all looks very inviting" :eek:

Where would she prefer, the city,coast or country....

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Ooh - err! :o

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Where would she prefer, the city,coast or country....[/QUOTE]

She'd prefer it up her pale pommy jacksie.

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I agree with Damson.
Who the hell did that chef think he was, trying to show the guy up. To be honest, i was cringing watching when he was shouting his name a number of times, and he took no notice of the chef. He was probably ignoring him on purpose, thinking "i've come here to film a few hours work experience, i don't know anyone here, and he's speaking to me like i'm a piece of shit".
It certainly wasn't a good advert for his man management, but perhaps he's trying to come across as aussies answer to Gordon Ramsey. What a tosser.
I know there's bosses in every trade that'll give you a hard time, but at least you're not getting shown up on national telly. :thumbdown:

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The impression we're now getting (people still in the visa black hole) that we might end up with said 'shitty house, worse money, etc etc. Thats why we come on this site for useful information from expats rather than just fluff from WDU. Could you not help us out? What's Your Story Morning Glory?

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Come on then so whose coming up on this weeks installment of Not Wanted Down Under?

Poor sods. Lets see who the BBC torture next..................... :blink:

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I have all the episodes on Sky+ and deleted the ones for areas I would not consider or are curious about.............the only one I have seen so far is the Roberts who went to Darwin.................they said that may see in 6 months would be about now...............does anyone know what they are doing now?

Also who decides which city/town they will go to the people or the BBC?

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I wish they'd do one in Canberra instead if revisiting previously covered locations

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Yeah I don't think I've seen one ever about Canberra. :confused:

I liked Darwin though, looks like a nice place.

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Yes, I liked Darwin too. And also Cairns.

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After watching todays WDU, I've went off Cairns. Strange how the BBC can make it look so favourable last week and not so in this episode.
Its Darwin the rest of this week and NZ on Thursday. I think I'm going to stop watching it.
I entered the GMTV competition to win the Australia holiday with buisness class flights. :fingerscrossed:

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Hi,

I am trying to enter but it gives A, B , C as the answer options but what is the question please?

Michelle

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Name the long running Australian soap opera?

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sorry I should have said, I don't have the options either....it just said ABC

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Me too. The answer is A.

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From memory I think option A was neighbours.

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Thanks for that!

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It's the salt water crocs which give me the heebie jeebies :eek:

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Do you think that the safe netted areas would keep them out? Just reminds me of the film Alligator.

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Nope last time I was Sydney shopping never saw any:) but as long as you don't fell like skinny dipping up north you should be 50% fine.

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I would think that they probably would keep them out. I have a bit of a phobia of crocs so a more southerly move is the only option for my family.

Regarding today's WDU, the wife had her heart so strongly set on moving to Aus that the hubby didn't really have a choice but to vote for moving. An interesting remark she made was "Divorced Down Under". With the stress and clashes of opionion between partners when planning and making the move, I imagine that outcome would be very common.

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Well you can always throw the shopping at them :D

:ohmy: Skinny dipping ...Moi? ;):p

Edit: Ah, got ya about the crocs(tm) :o

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she did seem really keen, I don't know if I would have gone for it if everyone else had doubts, especially the husband who had higher earning potential. I wonder how their relationship will fair in the long term if they do decide to go for it, there is a risk of it causing resentments later on if the rest of the family have reservations. It must be a really difficult situation to be in, it was obviously a childhood dream for her but he seemed to have a really established buisness in the UK and you could see that was a worry for him. Best of luck to them if they decide to go for it.:thumbup:

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It's Perth tomorrow yippeeeeee......:thumbsup:

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Is there a Melbourne one this series at all I wonder? They seem to be showing the same places all the time :( All the episodes are the same apart from the families! Classic 'nuclear' family, one not sure, show's at least one UK flag, house gets valued less than what they expect, cost of living more than they thought, but they all raise OZ flags at the end!...ZZZZzz lets have some reality and variety please ;)

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It is reality. Anyone wanting to move to Oz is obviously delusional, didn't you know. ;)