Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

Yes, I know every inner city the world over has it's problems :( life aint a bunch of roses anywhere, but like I said you can't blame a person for trying to better their life:)

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

its not perfect but its nowhere near as bad as you make out. :sneaky:

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

New here, had to reply to this one.

I'm an Brit now working as a Paramedic in SE Queensland, all I can say is I have a laugh when I hear colleagues complaining about workload, they really don't know how good they got it here!
Even the most deprived area I sometimes work in here is no where near what I've experienced in 16yrs as an inner city Paramedic in my old part of England.

Same **** different place (but less of it)!
Queensland Health - unhealthy, but not as sick as the NHS!
Queensland Ambulance Service Management - just as good/bad as my old English counterpart.

Illegal things happen here as in my old English city, as when in my old English city I don't allow it to impact on my home/family life/quality off duty time.

Lifestyle, lifestyle, lifestyle.

Work to live AND don't live to work!

Wolf

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

Wolf,

I think I know wht you are talking about. My friend (also a midwife) moved to Brisbane last July, now works in a large hospital as a midwife. She emails me regularly. She says how staff moan about how busy they are and the state of the hospital. She agree's it's not perfect, but compared to working in the Uk its a 'doddle' her words, not mine. She is stress free now. As you say it's all about lifestyle.

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

Nope, just an australian/english family who've live a significant amount of time in BOTH places.

There are dozens of these slag UK threads, as I said in another one, australias a westernised society, same problems as anywhere.

Whats sad is people dont realise that till they get here. This week were seeing another 2 lots of poms go back to Uk, its cost them a bloody fortune to do this, sell house, sell cars, ship furniture, 5 airfares, buy house, buy cars, then reality shock, so sell house, sell cars, 5 airfares, add currency fluctuations and fees, a few months of unemployment........... and they are set back tens of thousands and years financially.

And you know what, I reckon if they had come with more realistic expectations it might have worked out for them. Why do people feed themselves the paradise speel, build it up so much? its just a normal country with its ups and downs like anywhere else and at the end of the day you just go to work school and do your chores and have boring routines and bills to pay.

Please just stop building it up to be some bloody utopia and it would work out for far more people.

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

I don't think anyone mentioned Utiopa did they? :blink: And for all the families that pack up and head back, there are twice as many find a better lives for themselves and their families. Sounds like someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning!;)

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

[QUOTE=jad n rich;4697552]Nope, just an australian/english family who've live a significant amount of time in BOTH places.

There are dozens of these slag UK threads, as I said in another one, australias a westernised society, same problems as anywhere.

Whats sad is people dont realise that till they get here. This week were seeing another 2 lots of poms go back to Uk, its cost them a bloody fortune to do this, sell house, sell cars, ship furniture, 5 airfares, buy house, buy cars, then reality shock, so sell house, sell cars, 5 airfares, add currency fluctuations and fees, a few months of unemployment........... and they are set back tens of thousands and years financially.
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I don't think its sad at least they gave it a go! Its only money easy come easy go! better that than to live a life time of regret wondering what if. I personally think it takes MORE balls to return to the UK and admit Oz wasn't for 'them' (whoever them maybe;) ) than to stay and be unhappy.

I will be arriving in June but am a stubborn bitch so if I hate it will probably stay just to prove a point :rofl: :rofl:

We all have dreams we just need to decide which ones to live and which ones to keep as dreams

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

I'm sure in the 60's people where saying the place was going to the dogs, and in the 70's , 80's , 90's
I think it's just part of getting older, moaning at the younger generation and saying how there is no respect anymore.

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

I do casual shifts in medical reception so well aware of whats what here. Sorry you dont like my honesty, or concern for people/friends going back but thats tough. If we get a do you have paedophiles in the sun thread/or horrors of being a paramedic again I will probably be just as forthright :D

BTW on nursing there was a article recently where 70 staff in one hosptial in perth had been attacked by kids on ICE, not enough padded rooms to contain them, now Howards just allocated 150 million to help the problem (australia wide not just perth) , maybe if you lived here you would see why these type of threads look naive.

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

I thought most went back because they missed family and friends more than they expected, not because of any inner city crime rate or Oz being similar to the UK

Di

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

[QUOTE=acbh2;4697606]Good for you, but coming out and shooting 50 grand down the pan does matter to some people, plus its not just the money its the emotions that go with it, broken marriages, kids who end up not knowing if they are coming or going, mucking about with their education, making new friends they say good bye to again. Not that easy for everyone.

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

I'd say at the moment wages, working conditions and cost of living seems to be as much of a factor as family/friends in those going back. Its a real shame more going back dont post the details, but its personal and painful for many so its understandable.

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

You forgot to mention the $150m ICE campaign in this thread ...

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

couldn't agree more! I work with aussie paramedics, trust me the job over here ain't that good! $21 p/hr, restricted up to the eyeballs with what they can do/can't do even the 'intensive care paramedics' can't give most of the drugs needed to keep someone alive! Ummmmmm

Re: Why move to OZ when UK is so good??
 

LMAO. My bad. :rofl: