Nu-Shooz

Very true, some stink, some don't.

Nathan84

I think you have to take the rough with the smooth. Nothing will go perfectly according to plan when you move abroad. I guess the main question is where do you feel most at home and happy. For some they move here and love it for others not so.

I do also think there is a slight anti-england feeling among a small minority Im not saying it's really bad but there is a slight them against us mentality amongst some Aussies.

I guess at the end of the day you can say you gave it a go rather then wondering what if.

St.Georges Girl

Where is your karma button gone, have you been a naughty boy?

Are they the couple from Luton C?

How old are you Hertford? I know Ware quite well and I also think it's nice.

Nu-Shooz

We met a couple from Ware and visited them. What a lovely village. Their house was a tiny terraced but cost 3 times more than the house we lived in oop North.

northernbird

yes they are, they now live in Quinns.

Londonuck

Funny i saw that aswell. Man they how did they get all that stuff from their place in Luton over to Oz!

Hertford

I'm sixteen in two weeks time. I love Ware. I'm a trainspotter, and Ware has a branch line -> Main line link station. Perfect for me.
However, Dad thinks it's too crowded and too rough. I've tried to tell him that Ware is actually one of the safest places in the UK to live, as long as you aren't around late on a Friday or Saturday night when the pubs empty out. Ware is a little crowded, it really shows on Musley Hill. Only one lane of traffic can go up or down the hill at a time, drivers going down have to pull over to let traffic pass them to go up the hill.

Ware is a town. I love Ware, but it's expensive. A semi-detached three bedroom house is £225,000 in Ware.

milly123

I think the main reason , is Belonging,

We know and have met quite a few people that have lived here for over 20yrs +, but still say they would go back if it was not for the children now being australian,s etc. The children get their belonging for Australia, as the parents get their's for the memory's and gut feelings for what they had.

How people say they still won't to die in the country of there birth.

Budawang

I think a lot of Brits come to Australia with very unrealistic expectations. They expect a sunnier version of the UK when in fact the culture is quite different. This means they don't always make much effort to adapt and integrate.

Another reason so many return is simply that so many go to Oz in the first place.

MrsB

I would never and have never put Australia down in front of an Australian!!!!!

And to answer your second point - because they openly admit to slagging off the UK to make them selves feel better about their decision

dave99

I didnt realise when I came to australia that you are forever branded as a pom, as an outsider. I constantly get asked where I am visiting from, (I often say from my house a few miles away :P), how long am I staying etc.

When I explain I have been here years they are always shocked saying my accent hasnt changed, as if its something I should have done by now.


I thought that after awhile we would be accepted but australians constantly like to make it clear that this is their country and you are only visiting.

ABCDiamond

I have never had that happen to me. I find most Australians are quite happy for most others to choose Australia as their new home.

I will assume that there are exceptions, but I have been lucky enough not to come across them in my 18 years of living here. And I still have a Mancunian accent.

Lee and Laura

Spot on!

I think its good to know where you belong but why should you be tied to it all your life? Life is about experiencing and living to the full....regrets would depress me more.

ballan

Having lived on Oz for 25 years I have found that the majority of Brits return because they miss close family, or were unprepared for the transition workwise.Men seem to settle easier having work mates and a routine to follow.Wives on the other hand find it harder to adapt particularly if they are not working and have no close relatives to relate to.Often is the case that new emigrants buy housing in the new suburbs which take time to develop all the infrastructure around it, and public transport difficult
Perth for example now requires at least $A550000 for a reasonable house in a good suburb, if you pay $A350000 you will end up in an outer or new suburb

Sammy T

I'm sure everyone's reasons are different but that "sense of belonging" is a common theme.
We have only been here less than 3 months but I just don't fit in here. I'm at the homesick stage of missing my family, even though we didn't live that near them in the UK, its just knowing that I'm not going to see anyone for at least a year or 2 that makes it hard. We are also struggling financially as OHs salary is less than half what he got in the UK but our monthly costs are about the same, not less!
We are living in a nice rental, in a great area, kids have settled well at school but it still does not feel good at the moment. I think there is a case of seeing the UK with the rose tinted spectacles on, and its easy to knock everything here from the awful clothes, to the expensive food etc - I'm not very positive at the moment and I can feel that spiralling towards to the point of just having to return to the UK.
However, we moved our money over when the exchange rate was poor (because we thought it was going to get worse, not better) but now the rate has really picked up again (which makes me feel sick) so we would lose a lot more if we changed it back to £sterling now, I don't know where we would return to in the UK, the children don't want to go back at all, so its really hard at the moment, knowing what to do for the best and how to plan for the next year.

Sam