LoneRanger

Also got my own company here in the UK but resigned to the fact that I will have to work for someone in Australia and as a matter of fact quite looking forward to it, the thought that I can switch off at weekends and the end of my shift, something that never happens here!

I have been self-employed for most of my working life and might find it hard to work for someone, however, needs must and as always whoever I work for will get 100%.

I will probably set up something myself once I get there and suss out the lie of the land ie. builders merchants, local prices, accountants, tax, legal requirements, banking, market forces etc.

I have a building company and I am a Joiner / Carpenter to trade although I have developed other skills like block paving, brickwork, tiling etc to a really good standard as a result of waiting on sub-contractors and being let down by same.

I like your attitude, work hard, play hard and would never go back! Good luck to you.

LoneRanger

LoneRanger

Thats the kind of answer / experience that I was looking to achieve with this thread, you know the free time part that we all don't seem to get back here in the UK.

BadgeIsBack

It's been so long since I lived in the UK on a regular basis (8 years) and only 2 summers, one June-Sep, 2000, and one whole one, 2003 that I honestly can't remember how bad summer really is in the UK.

2003 was a cracker.

My brother always mentioned the rain when I rang home from OS. I reckon the Uk gets a wet season in august and therefore around May is the nicest.

iPom

Well I lived there and there's plenty of it. I don't know if you were in the UK since this Winter gone because it was the most dismal, depressing winter I've ever experienced in the UK for a long time.
The whole of Jan, Feb, March and much of April was grey, overcast and cold.
I have absolutely no compunction in saying that even in Winter here, the sun's shining more often than not.
Certainly the UK has lovely things and a few weeks of nice weather (currently I believe) but it's nothing compared to where I live now. It's about choice in the end. If you're going to swap your exact life for another copy on the other side, what's the point?
But give people credit that when they emigrate, they can, if they want, undertake a certain amount of 're-invention' that the opportunity gives them. A lot of people can see more possibilities when they do this, whether or not you believe they're just swapping one thing for another.

PeteY

I do think thats a wonderful turn of phrase, one that i agree with completely.

It also ties in with what i was trying to (haphazardly) say. You do not necessarily need to emigrate to have your re-invention. I guess i just find it frustrating watching people on forums such as this, clutching at straws, hoping that a move to oz is going to suddenly change them from being a TV and chips person into a mountain biking extremist (exaggerated for emphasis ). In my opinion, it wont...

soapy©

worked for me, but im sure it all started when i started using tampons

iPom

Of course not. I have a health problem which is better with more sun so a warmer climate just helps me out full stop. We'd have gone to France if it wasn't for the fact that my OH is Australian and our kids needed a family who gives a damn.

No, of course not. Change has to be because you want it, but sometimes doing something massive like this can help free people's minds to the possibilities. It might be an extreme form of life coaching but for some, it truly works.

iPom

Yeah, but they're not meant to go in your ears and up your nose.

soapy©

eh what was that
oh right, took them out now

iPom

Ewwwww, put them back in!

soapy©

the wax on them makes them more waterproof

DebraH

while i didn't exactly LOL this has made me laugh

soapy©

sorry

iPom

Well that's no good. Who wants them waterproof?

DebraH

what for, i thought it was funny