melanieanne63

Hi Guys would love to hear of peoples experiences of emigrating to NZ alone, most things I am reading are from couple.... I am doing it alone and would like to hear how other got on...
Melanie

Droidling

Take a look at this thread,it was one of the better ones :-

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=669883

melanieanne63

thanks droidling.... that has just depressed me ha ha

lisamct

I came over on my own and despite many panics before I left (as you'll read in that old thread!) it was all good.
I wonder if its actually easier to come alone, no worries about having to consider other people in your choice of flights, location, rentals etc. There is a lot to organise before you come and when you first arrive but just make lots of lists and, when you know your the only one to do it you just get it done.
I was lucky that I came over to a full time job and great colleagues who met me at the airport and showed me around town the first few days which made things a lot easier to start with.

I'm on nights tonight so cant focus my brain to write much more but any questions just ask away.

RobDon

Calm down, calm down!!!! You are a Scouser!!
You will be made up with NZ when you get here whether on your own or not.
If you have the bottle to move to the other side of the world on your own I am sure you will be sound when you get here.

allisonwantstoemigrate

I'm going on my own too!

I've moved and lived abroad before...but that was to Germany...not the other side of the world!

I go from yup lets go to no i'll stay in a matter of hours.

So scary!!! Sometimes I wish I was going with someone so that they could stop me having the wobbles.....

JenR

yeah I agree some stuff will def be easier - you'll be able to go where your job is without worrying about whether your OH will be able to get one in the same place! And I've found kiwis pretty friendly, maybe because lots of them have travelled so they know what it's like to be in a new place. I've def found that people from work socialise together a lot more than I was used to in the UK for example.

Good luck!

jmh

I did it the other way round, travelling to the UK on my own, getting married, getting divorced, and back home (NZ) on my own. Difference this time around is that I have family here of course.

The hard thing is not having anyone to share your troubles with and to sound off too. But it is easier not having children to worry about, and as a solo traveller you don't have to make compromises for someone else. Let us know if we can help you with specific issues.

Kate D

I did it alone just over three years ago. The obvious down side is that there is no-one to share the load with or the freak out sessions. The big upside I found is that it forced me to research, read and absorb like mad before I went out there, and then to make a full on effort to get out and about, meet people, join groups etc once I arrived. This was especially true whilst camping in my place for six weeeks before the container arrived. And that all worked really well - I met people in my first few weeks that are good friends to this day.

I compare it with three years down the line and I just moved to Australia with the Aussie bloke I met in NZ. Great to have someone to share the load but much easier to be complacent and just have another "quiet night in" because we can, or just catch up with his family. If I don't start getting out there soon and actively socialise more, it will get harder the longer I leave it:-)

Kate

melanieanne63

Hi Guys
thank you for your comments and your right... I have travelled and lived abroad before and done it alone but not for a few years now and I guess you get a little less impulsive and think things through a little more when you get a bit older, which is the reason in the first place that I am making the move... Lisa are you a nurse, fingers crossed I will have a job to go to, well Thant is one thing I have to do before going is get a job,at least that wouldn't be a worry...
Melanie xx

melanieanne63

Kate good luck in Oz... have fun and alison we should stay in touch as we are both in same situ and we could vent to each other..

allisonwantstoemigrate

melanie...fab idea

will pm you my email!