Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
Feb 24th 2008, 2:35 am
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Feb 24th 2008, 5:35 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
Our friends went on a reccie to Sydney loved it got the visa sold their house.
she and DD went over ahead of him were there 2 weeks and came back to the UK saying they hated it! he was mad. they stayed in the UK
a very expensive holiday!!
she and DD went over ahead of him were there 2 weeks and came back to the UK saying they hated it! he was mad. they stayed in the UK
a very expensive holiday!!
Feb 24th 2008, 7:18 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
...I'm still stunned and in shock by the bloke who went home 'cause he couldn't earn 200,000 dollars!!!! I don't know too many people on 80,000 dollars! ... So back on track with the thread. Wifey and I moved out to Brisbane 10 years ago.. Went wrong from the start. Could not secure a decent job! (well...any actually). House full of redbacks, garden full of eastern browns and small child constantly in tears hating school.) Ran out of money and came back home after 7 months.
Anyway, knowing we would go back down under (ping pong) as it was 'unfinished business' and something we wanted to do. We took a deep breath, worked BLOODY HARD! to recoup money (and some) Moved out here 10 month ago... and life is absolutly fantastic! Its just that initially I guess it was not at the right time in our lives 10 years ago!
Anyway, knowing we would go back down under (ping pong) as it was 'unfinished business' and something we wanted to do. We took a deep breath, worked BLOODY HARD! to recoup money (and some) Moved out here 10 month ago... and life is absolutly fantastic! Its just that initially I guess it was not at the right time in our lives 10 years ago!
Feb 24th 2008, 7:54 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
Respect mate. I really don't think I would have come back after that experience. Glad it's working out for you this time.10 days!!! What the....? I was still in holiday mode for at least 4 weeks before I actually realised I am not going home..
Feb 24th 2008, 8:44 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
I get scared when i read people hate it as soon as they land 
Whats the drive like from perth airport , Hope its ok. never been before, not expecting paradise but not expecting crap either????
My husbands told me we've got to give it 2 years before we decide anything
Whats the drive like from perth airport , Hope its ok. never been before, not expecting paradise but not expecting crap either????My husbands told me we've got to give it 2 years before we decide anything
Feb 24th 2008, 8:53 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
Even if you hate the place as soon as you land, you have to give it a chance don't you?. I know the saying 'you'll regret it if you don't try' is a bit of a cliche, but you how can anyone say they know for certain it's the wrong thing straight away. People need to give it a few month and then decide. The jet lag alone is enough to make you feel like it's the wrong thing.
I expect they'll be back, even if it's not forever - they'll need to get it out of their system.
Thing is though, this might be the 22day of a long trip, a holiday, a bar one night with others beckoning, a trip in to town when you're tired...
not a migration!
You should only really consider migrating to a place you actually like or feel you have a connection with.
Feb 24th 2008, 9:12 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
Probably have to admit that if someone had given us tickets back to the UK in the first 10 days we might have taken them.
It is not being unprepared, or lonely. It is the fact everything is different, everything is unknown (no matter how much research you have done). Where do go for Calpol for the kids? Which shops sell food and which ones sell car parts? How much did that cost? How do you get at your money? How do you sort a mortgage? All stuff we researched, we found on the web or talking to people out here but when you are suddenly faced with them as a point in time decision it can get stressful and you realise you are way out of your comfort zone.
Then there is the fact that nothing is yours (unless you have bought before you came across), it is not your house, it is not your furniture hell the only thing you do have is the clothes you bought through the airport, you have no internet (which is like having a limb servered for a former BE addict
)
We both felt out of our depth, we were spending all our time in the car looking at houses rather than spending the time with the kids and we both wondered what we had gained other than some large red numbers on the bank statement.
3 months in now, get the keys to the new house next week and the dog has turned up, things are settling down and we are here for the duration.
But I can understand why people might go back so soon.
It is not being unprepared, or lonely. It is the fact everything is different, everything is unknown (no matter how much research you have done). Where do go for Calpol for the kids? Which shops sell food and which ones sell car parts? How much did that cost? How do you get at your money? How do you sort a mortgage? All stuff we researched, we found on the web or talking to people out here but when you are suddenly faced with them as a point in time decision it can get stressful and you realise you are way out of your comfort zone.
Then there is the fact that nothing is yours (unless you have bought before you came across), it is not your house, it is not your furniture hell the only thing you do have is the clothes you bought through the airport, you have no internet (which is like having a limb servered for a former BE addict
)We both felt out of our depth, we were spending all our time in the car looking at houses rather than spending the time with the kids and we both wondered what we had gained other than some large red numbers on the bank statement.
3 months in now, get the keys to the new house next week and the dog has turned up, things are settling down and we are here for the duration.
But I can understand why people might go back so soon.
Feb 24th 2008, 9:18 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
Airports are always awful, always surrounded by the industrial estates that need to be near them & always in an area where land is available (ie cheap) for future expansion. Think of Heathrow, Dublin, Charles de Gaulle, Miami.....
none of them are nice & you're always going to be knackered when you get there.
Don't worry, a few weeks to adjust & everything will be fine
Feb 24th 2008, 9:34 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
An a positive note.
After all the jumping through hoops involved in getting the visa I went for a looksee to Adelaide.
Landed, got out of the airport, into the taxi and towards the city.
Within 15 minutes I knew that this will be a great place for us.
After all the jumping through hoops involved in getting the visa I went for a looksee to Adelaide.
Landed, got out of the airport, into the taxi and towards the city.
Within 15 minutes I knew that this will be a great place for us.
Feb 24th 2008, 10:21 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
If you are heading to the northern burbs and take the Tonkin and Reid highways then its pretty much a non descript sandy and industrial area you go through, in fact it looks like those scenes your see on the news from Iraq. Guaranteed not to inspire.
Feb 24th 2008, 10:37 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
It depends which way you go. If you take the Graham Farmer freeway you'll head towards the city which looks great, particularly if it's night time.
If you are heading to the northern burbs and take the Tonkin and Reid highways then its pretty much a non descript sandy and industrial area you go through, in fact it looks like those scenes your see on the news from Iraq. Guaranteed not to inspire.
If you are heading to the northern burbs and take the Tonkin and Reid highways then its pretty much a non descript sandy and industrial area you go through, in fact it looks like those scenes your see on the news from Iraq. Guaranteed not to inspire.
Feb 24th 2008, 11:30 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
It still amazes me how many people migrate without jobs. In a way, I admire their/your optimism and sense of adventure, but I really couldn't do it, and we don't even have kids to worry about. It really must put extra pressure on an already stressful situation.
We moved out here on the basis of my husband having a job (new job, local terms, not a transfer) and we were on 3 months' probation. It scared the shit out of me, having gotten rid of all our belongings and rented out the house. We chose to ship hardly anything in case we were on our way back before it arrived! We even made the MiL promise we could have a room if it all went tits up. (And she lives in Swindon so you'll know how glad I am it went well...)
I know it's different here, as without a job you don't have a visa, but we have hardly any savings and I would seriously worry I would starve.
We moved out here on the basis of my husband having a job (new job, local terms, not a transfer) and we were on 3 months' probation. It scared the shit out of me, having gotten rid of all our belongings and rented out the house. We chose to ship hardly anything in case we were on our way back before it arrived! We even made the MiL promise we could have a room if it all went tits up. (And she lives in Swindon so you'll know how glad I am it went well...)
I know it's different here, as without a job you don't have a visa, but we have hardly any savings and I would seriously worry I would starve.
Last edited by Kooky.; Feb 24th 2008 at 11:30 am. Reason: typo
Feb 24th 2008, 11:39 am
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Re: Going home after 10 days, can anyone beat that ?
It depends which way you go. If you take the Graham Farmer freeway you'll head towards the city which looks great, particularly if it's night time.
If you are heading to the northern burbs and take the Tonkin and Reid highways then its pretty much a non descript sandy and industrial area you go through, in fact it looks like those scenes your see on the news from Iraq. Guaranteed not to inspire.
If you are heading to the northern burbs and take the Tonkin and Reid highways then its pretty much a non descript sandy and industrial area you go through, in fact it looks like those scenes your see on the news from Iraq. Guaranteed not to inspire.
Feb 24th 2008, 11:44 am
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