Why are we going
 

Has any one thought deep down why they want to go Australia, is it the prospect of a bigger house, lots of sun, more leisure time.
Is it the people are unhappy with their lives in U.K. Why?

Me myself i had the idea of a bigger house, better life style and of of course more sun.

I think most of us see the so called Australian dream, but it is often viewed through rose tinted glasses
I think a lot of people dont realise what they have or what makes the happy including myself.

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I'm just going for the adventure! :D

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I'm with Jackie

What an adventure, if you've got the itch and the chance to scratch it then do it... :cool:

Lou
xx

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Hopefully a wonderfull adventure and the chance of a lifetime. Better than living with what if's. :D

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We are not expecting to have a bigger house, our car is likely to be older than the one we have now and we don't expect to be getting a better life style if you defined that by income.
What we are hoping to gain is a better environment for our children to grow up in, and to be able to work at least a few less hours giving us more quality 'family time' plus a generally better climate so we can spend more time in the great outdoors (which we love doing in the uk but can't do in the winter months).

(oh and i would like a slightly bigger garden too if i am being honest!! :rolleyes: )

Tiggs

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Quality family time. Here to busy always running around need to break the routine and where better than Australia.

Stacey xx

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A better life for my daughter.
Growing up in Perth v Growing up in Wolverhampton :rolleyes:

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To be nearer to half my family. To appreciate what Australia has to offer, don't expect to work less or have bigger house or money, or even say it's to get more sunshine. Loved every second I've spent on holiday in Aus can't explain why but I feel like I belong there and hopefully one day I will ;)

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IMO life is better for us,than it was in the UK,but life is what you make it,sometimes when anything goes wrong(which it will) it is so easy to blame the country you live in rather than the decisions that you have made!

After 4 years here it is still good and occasionally have to pinch myself to believe i"m not on holiday...but then again grass still needs mowing,washing still needs to be done,house still to be painted.....sigh!

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Me too! I see or we see it as a chance to experience something else in this world. It's one life and there's a whole world out there....we just want to try and live some of it....

Cheers

Ginny

p.s. work our backsides off here for naff all....not expecting anything different out there.

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u cud have read my mind...scared though but excited tooooooooo!!!

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Great isn't it! :scared:

Cheers

Ginny

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Our main reason was a toss up between "because we can" & "why not?"

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In the UK:
Big mortgage we were struggling with in the UK
Business collapsed after 9/11 tragedies
8 months of the year inside with three children and when you do go outside, it takes half an hour to boot them up with waterproofs, then you go out for a walk and the rain stings their faces and their socks are soaked through just getting to school ....and the baby is crying because he's cold.
Family who weren't really active or interested in anything but themselves.
Bought up three children with no help even when me and last baby nearly died on delivery ... no-one came to help.
Stress, stress stress.
Cold



In Australia:

FAMILY live here - and they're good interested and interesting Aussie people with no agenda going on other than they're good people
Smaller mortgage with more space to live in - Good Aus land to buy and build on
Children have been outside non-stop since we got here. We're in the mountains, it's cool in the evenings but sunny, but it's DRY!!!
Husband still being kept on by British company because they don't want to lose him, so he's working from home here in the Blue Mountains - and if he's had enough he can step outside into the bush for a walk.
I have family coming out of my ears here who are just so nice
We're in a great environment for the children.... We've got them into a school that is slightly fee paying and a Montessori style of learning with excellent results, but there's no way we could have done that in the uk due to cost.
There's really no comparison.

I have had the odd moment of wondering what the heck I'm doing, given that the kids are so British, but we've only been here a week. I'm probably being too hard on myself. :D

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Keep with that attitude and I'm sure you'll do just fine when you get here! Its not all big beautitul houses here (far from it to be honest) - it is generally bigger cars but they are more expensive - and you generally wont get a better income - in this area you would possibly struggle with the bigger garden too but obviously thats very regional - we've been lucky and got a lovely garden but some are very small.

What you will get though is a better life style for the kids. We've only been here 3 weeks and our daughter has been outside constantly. We've been able to buy her a swing set (and know that it will actually get used rather than just rust up!) and we've got a park literally just across the road that shes in every day.

The change however is absolutely HUGE! Yes they do speak english but it is definitely a foreign country. When you first arrive you are dishing out money hand over fist - everything has a price - eg setting up new phone, gas, elec etc all have 'set up fees'! You buy a car and you then have to add Rego & Stamp - as long as you know all this before you come though its not a problem - just expensive! :)

My daughter loves it though and thats the main thing. I like it but am no more happy than I was in the UK - it just takes time though I suppose. Any aussies we have met haven't been able to help us enough - they've been great! Our social life (in just three weeks) is over and above (well above) what it was in the UK - mainly with other Expats that my husband works with but I'm hoping that we get to meet lots more Aussies soon and learn about their way of life straight from the horses mouth!

good luck everyone - an adventure it certainly is! :scared: :D

Rach xxxx

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Hi, I also had the idea of a bigger house, better life style and more sun. I also wanted a better life for my children.

I can get a much better house than in the UK, although not necessarily with a big garden. The weather is great at the moment but in the summer it was so hot that I found it too tiring to do anything. We have not necessarily had a better lifestyle as my husband works longer hours for less pay and it is dark when he gets home at 6.00 pm. The weekends however are good and there are loads of great places to visit.

I was not unhappy with my life in the UK, and until I emigrated here I didn't appreciate what I had. We also thought that you only have one life so why not live it, but at 45 we realise that we prefer our life in the UK. We miss longterm friendships and most of all we miss our families. We will probably go back to the UK, not because we don't like Australia, but simply because we don't see our future here.

You are right to think of doubts before you go, as you will not then be disappointed when you arrive (I think I was too optimistic).

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I have always had a love of travel and in fact I left home at age 15 and moved 2200km away on my own. Didn't go back until I was 22. In that time I had lived all over Canada and had a wonderful adventure. My husband also loves an adventure and is more than happy to try anything. Our children are still young enough that they are portable, so why not? We know we will both have to work and that our home will have a big mortgage, but who cares?! We are only given one life to live and my family (hubby, kids and I) feel that it should be lived to the fullest of one's abilities. As for why Australia? Again, why not? It's beautiful, exotic, warm and friendly, tropical, on the oceans, etc. I come from a land of cold and snow, so never having to shovel my driveway again is one of the great benefits of emmigration.