Coz I had a koala cuddly toy when I was a kid and been fascinated with the place ever since. Never been but its my spiritual home.

Couldn't get into Scotland cos of the tight immigration legislation so went to Aus cos we heard the lettuce and bananas were cheap

Oh man you were had

yeah scotlands immigration isn't tight! hehehehehehe

i guess it was because I'd spent enough time over here to know mostly what to expect.

I think because I wasn't really here on "holiday" the last 2 times I was over. Lived with family in melbourne (croydon north) and just after Xmas had 2 weeks up in queensland then back to melbourne before going home. it was only those two weeks that i felt like I was on holiday. Rest of the time I was just looking after the kids and getting xmas over a done with!

i knew that by coming over here I'd get a bigger house (albeit a rented one when i owned back in the UK), I'd have a yard, and that generally the weather would be better. other than that I was just going with the flow!

[hi there again,we both had the idea that its better for the kids/careers over here as our main reason,take that away and you start doubting the reason you are here. because we can {BIC}which is not a good enough reason to stay.we gave up a good life in uk we were from the outskirts of london,then move to the south coast {new forest}for the last 6 years.I knew from this experience that you have to give yourself at lease 2 years to settle in.