or the Sabre Tooth Squirrels

Too far, too expensive (to traval back), too hot, too may bugs and their santa has to wear short and t-shirts how weird!!

Santa in shorts is so not right Good luck with your move pinkkristen

Many more Brits choose to immigrate to OZ over Canada , if Canada was a better country to live in then would'nt more Brits immigrate there then OZ?

Tee hee, i so know, where in yorkshire are you and where in canada are you dreaming of being ???

I think people get scared of winter rather than embrace the 4 proper seasons and the fact that life constantly changes around you. It keeps you on your toes and provides variance to the lifestyle. Some like it and some don't, to each their own. Embracing winter does require removing ones arse from the couch and not being monotonous. I like the fact that the seasons change in greater detail for me here. The rules of Darwin apply, if you don't adapt you will be left behind and likely unhappy for 2 to 5 months of the year depending on where in Canada you live. Personally I stare down winter and scream bring it on!

Oz seems to have a notion of a paradise in the sun and I think is more compatible with the UK in terms of sport (cricket rugby) and media while Canada is more North American with a mix of winter and summer. I also think the OZ government has a better immigration system at the moment.

Both countries as well as the UK are great places and none deserve to be slagged off. It ticks me off when people do that.

We did consider Australia, but with my Mother being Canadian, and Dad getting a job here that sort of clinched it........

And yes I'm not crazy about the cold but at least it is a dryer cold that England.

good friend moved to oz (married a ozzie) got bitten by a brown snake in garden. survived though.
give me tornadoes, floods and mozzies in manitoba.

My BIL and family live in Tasmania, they love it....they have snakes and huge spiders tho'....i'll take the snow any day thank you very much, spiders can't live for long at -20

They have the most poisons snakes of any where in the world.

In Tasmania?

Unless you're in the bush I doubt you'd see snakes or spiders much. In Canada there are some pretty dangerous spiders as well, such as a the black widow.

They live in Hobart, and yes...they have spiders, the kids think it's amusing to send me pictures

More people die from bee and wasp stings in the UK each year then people die in OZ from snake bites every year. Only around 2 people a year die from snake bites in OZ and mostly because they picked up or tried to kill the snake,.Regarding spiders no one had died from a spider bite in OZ in 30 years.
Yes OZ has animals that can kill people but so Canada. The USA has rattle snakes, venomous spiders, mountain lions, bears and sharks that kill people all the time.

The whole sea, surf and sand thing does get old quick. After 4 years in Miami I swear to god it was years before i hung out on the beach again and when I did, in vancouver (which has beautiful beaches) i got more sun burnt than anywhere i'd ever been before!

Don't get me wrong I prefer sunny/warm weather, just think there is more to moving to a place that the weather alone. Again, as is invariably the case on here, perception and personal preferences take precedent.

True. You should n't feel the need to defend oz. Each to his own. I imagine oz is a great place to call home. My brother lived there for a year and loved it. A little too far removed from the rest of the world for me. I had an idea that i might try it some time back, but i would have been losing too much. Had i been younger and not as established I may have given it a go. Vancouver has been a great fit for me.

This thread was never intended to put down OZ but more to demonstrate that making a decision to move somewhere is more involved than how sunny a place is. But each to his own. Canada is not perfect either.

I've found as you get older being closer to the UK becomes more of an issue as your folks get older etc. I left 20 years ago and did n;t care until the last few years really. I've had so many relatives die in the last couple of years and nieces/nephews born it makes you realize what's important. Life stages play into your decision as well.