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Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by Danny B
(Post 5537475)
Yes it was absolutely the right thing to do. Our move to Canada had been planned for a while and we decided to go when UK house prices were at their highest, when the exchange £ > $ rate was good and most importantly when my 11 yr old Son had finished his last year at a middle School.
If we left it any later we would have struggled as houses are not selling, the exchange rate has dropped (& dropping) and it would mean disruption to his secondary School education. We have all been very lucky, I got a job doing what I was doing in the UK, my Son & Daughter have both settled into their new way of life & new Schools fine, and my Wife has made lots of new friends. Is life better for us? I think it is, I did start to write them all down but I don't want to go on about how great I think the place is :p Can I see myself living here forever? Who knows, certainly for the next 20yrs but I would like to retire somewhere where it is hot & cheap :D |
Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by brits1
(Post 5539506)
Snipped the drunken ramblings
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Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by Danny B
(Post 5541448)
Dear oh dear, someone has been on the sauce tonight :)
Jackie |
Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
We are really struggling with the urge to go back to the UK at the moment. We have been here in Perth over 3 and a half years and homesickness has hit suddenly and very hard. Perth is lovely and we love the relaxed life here but I think when you have grown up in one place it is in your soul. My husband and I went to the same places growing up, the same primary and junior schools and have a lot of similar memories. We now want to share all that with our kids, we want them to grow up with their extended family around them, to enrich their lives. Maybe we have just appreciated how important people are.
We have a big house 5 acres of peace and quiet, big car but the wages aren't as good here and we have run out of things to do, or maybe the will to find things to do. We want to go camping with the dogs, drive to a nice country pub and have lunch on a Sunday, hop on a plane and see the rest of Europe we haven't seen. What good is nice weather when we have no family to share it with, we take the kids to the parks and we see big Aussie families there and that just makes us lonelier and feel sadder for the kids. I am so settled and happy here and adore the weather but we want the absolute best for our kids and it is time to go home. I am also desperate for a good curry. Happy but homesick wirral girl |
Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
That's why we're moving to QLD-found a good curry house ! Could not find that in Perth..........
Originally Posted by richgina
(Post 5544739)
I am also desperate for a good curry.
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Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by melaniee
(Post 5544824)
That's why we're moving to QLD-found a good curry house ! Could not find that in Perth..........
Well not sure about Indian, but i got a chinese last sat night, i asked for chicken curry and fried rice. The curry was full of vegetables and a couple of pieces of fatty brown chicken (puke). The rice was full of prawns and pork (puke)...in the bin it went. I have found one place to do a nice Indian curry called 5 Rivers in Woodvale. But one place is no good is it really. |
Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by richgina
(Post 5544739)
We are really struggling with the urge to go back to the UK at the moment. We have been here in Perth over 3 and a half years and homesickness has hit suddenly and very hard. Perth is lovely and we love the relaxed life here but I think when you have grown up in one place it is in your soul. My husband and I went to the same places growing up, the same primary and junior schools and have a lot of similar memories. We now want to share all that with our kids, we want them to grow up with their extended family around them, to enrich their lives. Maybe we have just appreciated how important people are.
We have a big house 5 acres of peace and quiet, big car but the wages aren't as good here and we have run out of things to do, or maybe the will to find things to do. We want to go camping with the dogs, drive to a nice country pub and have lunch on a Sunday, hop on a plane and see the rest of Europe we haven't seen. What good is nice weather when we have no family to share it with, we take the kids to the parks and we see big Aussie families there and that just makes us lonelier and feel sadder for the kids. I am so settled and happy here and adore the weather but we want the absolute best for our kids and it is time to go home. I am also desperate for a good curry. Happy but homesick wirral girl It's just ashame when things don't work out for us as we expected, but at least we have tried;) |
Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
It was Melbourne yesterday. Australians love twisting statistics :)
Originally Posted by northernbird
(Post 5525980)
I read something yesterday that in 10 years time Brisbane will be the largest city in Australia.
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Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by themerlin
(Post 5547646)
It was Melbourne yesterday. Australians love twisting statistics :)
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Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by richgina
(Post 5544739)
We are really struggling with the urge to go back to the UK at the moment. We have been here in Perth over 3 and a half years and homesickness has hit suddenly and very hard. Perth is lovely and we love the relaxed life here but I think when you have grown up in one place it is in your soul. My husband and I went to the same places growing up, the same primary and junior schools and have a lot of similar memories. We now want to share all that with our kids, we want them to grow up with their extended family around them, to enrich their lives. Maybe we have just appreciated how important people are.
We have a big house 5 acres of peace and quiet, big car but the wages aren't as good here and we have run out of things to do, or maybe the will to find things to do. We want to go camping with the dogs, drive to a nice country pub and have lunch on a Sunday, hop on a plane and see the rest of Europe we haven't seen. What good is nice weather when we have no family to share it with, we take the kids to the parks and we see big Aussie families there and that just makes us lonelier and feel sadder for the kids. I am so settled and happy here and adore the weather but we want the absolute best for our kids and it is time to go home. I am also desperate for a good curry. Happy but homesick wirral girl Good luck with your choice....you have stayed a good time to know how you feel and you do all of a sudden wake up and think "what about the future and my family.. kind of thing" Jackie who really wants the Autumn to happen tomorrow!!!! it was a cold and clear skies over Lancashire yesterday....bliss.....yes the sun has sizzled my brain!! |
Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by melaniee
(Post 5544824)
That's why we're moving to QLD-found a good curry house ! Could not find that in Perth..........
Jackie who is heading back to the "Curry Mile" in Manchester...maybe to some not as glam as Queensland..but to me it is Paradise... |
Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Originally Posted by Danny B
(Post 5537691)
What's good about Canada, well when I say Canada what I actually mean is Kamloops in British Columbia as that is where I live right now.
Affordable housing, low crime, great Schools, lots of all year rounds sports right on our doorstep, small town feeling without being too small (80k population) and a 3 hr drive to Vancouver if you need a big city fix. |
Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
As long as you are happy-it does not matter where you are at the end of the day !
Originally Posted by brits1
(Post 5548407)
Jackie who is heading back to the "Curry Mile" in Manchester...maybe to some not as glam as Queensland..but to me it is Paradise...
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Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
God yeah ! ;)
Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz
(Post 5547621)
Serious? you are moving to QLD for a good curry?:D is curry that bad in Perth?
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Re: Why do so many of us leave Perth?
Like Colombia? Best country I've ever been to/lived in/visited though :thumbup: (Eng excepted :D) |
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