Originally Posted by arkon (Post 4292960)

Well they clearly must do, either that or my town with a population of 20k is also made up of a couple of million scoats.

The amount of people that say things like "there must be more choice/variety/diversity " because the country is bigger is amazing. Once you ignore the vast middle of nothingness and the vast stretches of no population between towns and cities, I find it really hard to believe the actual population density here is better than the UK.

Originally Posted by arkon (Post 4292960)

Well they clearly must do, either that or my town with a population of 20k is also made up of a couple of million scoats.

The amount of people that say things like "there must be more choice/variety/diversity " because the country is bigger is amazing. Once you ignore the vast middle of nothingness and the vast stretches of no population between towns and cities, I find it really hard to believe the actual population density here is better than the UK.

Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 4293077)

We are definitely far less dense here than where we were in the UK:D Oh and I've not seen a scroat yet - well not as far as I'm aware.

Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 4293077)

We are definitely far less dense here than where we were in the UK:D Oh and I've not seen a scroat yet - well not as far as I'm aware.

Originally Posted by moneypen20 (Post 4293077)

I've not seen a scroat yet - well not as far as I'm aware.

Originally Posted by cresta57 (Post 4293094)

They look a bit like a weasel..........................................a catweasel

Originally Posted by jc_hoops (Post 4292829)

"Well said G....for god sake people shit happens in other countrys....Perth has been hitting the head lines a lot recently....America has guns....and??????....drive by shootings in Notts...hhhmmm not just random believe me...It boils down to one thing be a responsible human being...stay away from drugs and you will have a happy safe life anywere in the world....all this moving for the sake of my kids is bollox...Britian has one of the best educational systems in the world...Your lifes must be sooo bad if you think moving countrys will make you the happiest people alive....Living in a different country is good...but look hard at the reasons you are doing it...Britain r.i.p is a stupid thing to say....we are leading the world in so many things."


I don't normally respond to individuals now, but.....NO, moving to Aus for my kids education is not "bollox" matey, if there is any "bollox" going on,
it's your statement on Britain’s educational system, now that's bollox.
The education system over there has been pulled apart by the ar$ewipe PC lobby. whoever came up with the tests for primary schools should be strung up. The system does not provide one bit of assistance to new pupils that have come from other areas of the EU. No access to extra English lessons, or anything like that, no, there are just dumped into the class and teachers are expected to just carry on ! Meanwhile, the pupils that have been putting in the extra effort, just get left to there own devices. Now, this is just not my "personal" experience, but I happen to know more than one teacher that can back this up, as well as quite a few "irate" parents too.

As for my life, well it was not bad, just the state of the city and country that I had been calling home all my life was the bit that pi$$ed me off.

So, I'll happily say it again, UK RIP and my prime reason for leaving, simply because it had become a $h*thole

Your right about one thing though, UK is leading the world at something, it's called illegal immigration, and most of it just happens to be coming it's way. :curse:

Oh, one other thing, to all the people thinking of coming here because you are "fedup " with the UK, don't be ashamed of that reason, it's not a "stupid" reason as some makeout on here. Just do the obvious, get yourselfs out for a holiday first, have a look around some of the cities, and chat to the locals and anyone else that you can get some decend info from. Then read this site and it will all be a lot clearer.

Oh, and don't be affraid of the crime, it is no where near as bad as it is in London, let alone the rest of the UK..........oh f**k, that's blown it. I've just made a statement based on "personal experience" of living in London of just over a year ago, how stupid of me to start making judgments via personal experiences, and not using the book of "la la land" or "Living the rural experience in Britian" :eek:

Originally Posted by Mid Lifer. (Post 4293215)

This fella is speaking the truth.I used to live just up the Uxbridge Rd from him(looking at his screen name I support the same football team too:thumbup: ) and believe me it IS a Real shithole.My little experiance of the education system in London.I decided to go the old Catholic route to give my eldest a chance.Hey if its good enough for Tony Blaire its good enough for me.The only difference being I AM a Roman Catholic(has he converted to Cherie's faith yet? ).So I did the right thing started to go to mass again got the kids to go through their 1st Holy Communion etc , got the letter from the priest but we were deemed to be just outside the catchment area.PANIC stations cos I had put this school down as 1st choice the next option was a local shithole which was further away from me than the Catholic school. Mrs told the education official over the phone "my daughter is going to that school over my dead body" ."
Anyway I got off my arse and actually swapped houses with my Mum cos she was inside the catchment area. I appealed and luckily a space came up for my daughter with 2 weeks to go before the start of term.Now my second daughter is 9 and the catchment area is shrinking further so she is gonna be shit out of luck ,not to mention my 5 year old boy.
The chance came up for Aus and I am not ashamed to say crime in my area and shit schools in my area is high on my list for reasons for coming. Yeah I know that Aus has some crime and drug problems but any one who says it is nearly half as bad as inner city life in UK is delusional ,lived in an ivory tower or just lying.
You want a snapshot of what life might of been for my eldest daughter had we sent her to that school back home watch Kidulthood---It was filmed in West London not very far from me or the poster above...

Originally Posted by cresta57 (Post 4293094)

They look a bit like a weasel..........................................a catweasel

Originally Posted by arnie2oz (Post 4293126)

short for scrotum ? Surely at your age Pen.....:D

Originally Posted by esperanza (Post 4293303)

OK so the area you are talking about might be a dump. That is not the same as claiming that all of the UK is.
Whilst there are lots of problems in education there are also a lot of schools where kids are happy and leave with qualifications. Even so-called 'bad' schools have their success stories.
If you want to live somewhere better, you don't have to go to the other side of the world - you could move elsewhere within the UK. I think that's why some people say you should move because you actively want to go to Oz, not just to get away from the UK.