View Poll Results: WOuld you do it all again? (emigrate that is)
Yes
63
57.80%
Jury is still out on that one
9
8.26%
I'll let you know when I've done it for the first time!
3
2.75%
Yes but to somewhere other than Australia
7
6.42%
No
16
14.68%
You having a giraffe? I'd rather crawl round the desert with a mouthful of rocks
11
10.09%
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Would you do it all again?
#16
Re: Would you do it all again?
Definitely.
Of all the bizarre decisions I've made in my life, this one has turned out the best (thus far)
Of all the bizarre decisions I've made in my life, this one has turned out the best (thus far)
#18
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,991
Re: Would you do it all again?
Yes for sure! but i would have done it 4 years earlier when my eldest son was at an age where he wouldnt have been at Uni and decided to stay in UK! Coming to Australia is the one crazy thing I have done in life which I have no regrets over
#20
Re: Would you do it all again?
Nope - would of liked to come home after the 4 years planned on 457 but got carried away and husband wanted to stay.
#21
Re: Would you do it all again?
No, economics don't make sense now plus the kids are all 8 years older and it's not fair to move them.
#22
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Joined: Mar 2006
Location: Riverland, SA - Beds/Cambs/Nhants was home in UK
Posts: 1,503
Re: Would you do it all again?
Emigration for us is a success, into our 5th year so think it's safe to say that.
Would I emigrate somewhere else though? No. No. No.
#26
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,253
Re: Would you do it all again?
Yes to the country and the job and lifestyle for me and the son but no to the rest. Had I been aware of all factors before i emmigrated I'd have stayed at home with supportive family and friends. Personally, I find a lot of the people you meet here or just not of the calibre of the ones you left behind. But, as i'd gave up a good job in UK that I can't return to and sold a house I would never get back at the price I paid for it, I'm stuck here making the most of it so just as well it's a nice country with plenty of things to do.
#29
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Joined: Jul 2008
Location: South Australia
Posts: 503
Re: Would you do it all again?
No, on balance I feel as though I have lost more than I have gained by moving here - I am talking emotionally and spiritually rather than financially. I came to Australia when I was younger to please my now ex husband which with the benefit of hindsight and maturity was not the right thing to do.
Having said that; I don't hate the place - I make the best of the life I have here but it has never been 'home'.
Having said that; I don't hate the place - I make the best of the life I have here but it has never been 'home'.
#30
'Made in Ulster' Member
Joined: Dec 2008
Location: Brisbane, QLD. (Though an Ulster girl through and through!)
Posts: 6,578
Re: Would you do it all again?
Definitely yes, the right decision, just wish I'd done it 5 years ago, then again I'd not have met my OH so it's been the right time for us both.
Since moving here I have never felt so free in all of my life - free from the politics of a very messed up country, from a family situation which was incredibly unhealthy for all involved, and from a work situation that was, in the end, going to drive me insane, LITERALLY! And no, before anyone jumps in, I didn't move to Australia to run away from all of these things, I made a huge amount of sacrifice too, some of the things I gave up I'll never ever forget. However, I feel I'm in a much better place emotionally, geographically and financially, than I have been for a long time.
God Bless Australia
Since moving here I have never felt so free in all of my life - free from the politics of a very messed up country, from a family situation which was incredibly unhealthy for all involved, and from a work situation that was, in the end, going to drive me insane, LITERALLY! And no, before anyone jumps in, I didn't move to Australia to run away from all of these things, I made a huge amount of sacrifice too, some of the things I gave up I'll never ever forget. However, I feel I'm in a much better place emotionally, geographically and financially, than I have been for a long time.
God Bless Australia