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[QUOTE=ezzie;5829791]That's fantastic....where have you moved back to in the UK? That really must have cemented the feeling that moving back was the right decision.

[quote=chance to be;5828385] Hi Ezzie

I live in Newmarket which is about 12 miles from Cambridge
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ezzie

Gorgeous! Lucky sods. My daughter is determined to go to Cambridge (not on overseas student fees she won't!!!!!) I wouldn't put it past her either, she's got nerves of steel and the tenacity of a terrier that one.

We heard actually driving into Cambridge now and parking is not for the faint-hearted and requires a pre-packed picnic basket for all the traffic jams!

[quote=chance to be;5830116][quote=ezzie;5829791]That's fantastic....where have you moved back to in the UK? That really must have cemented the feeling that moving back was the right decision.

northernbird

Cambridge has a few brilliant park and ride facilities. Driving into Cambridge shouldn't be done unless absolutely necessary, its an absolute nightmare. Probably one of the worst cities I have been to for traffic.

gsxrmad

[QUOTE=ezzie;5829791]That's fantastic....where have you moved back to in the UK? That really must have cemented the feeling that moving back was the right decision.

[quote=chance to be;5828385] Hi we are moving back to northamptonshire next week! WE are sooooo excited.
My 17 year old got himself lost last night!!!! No money left his phone at home etc... he rang us from a call box, just got 1 word then would cut off!!! Nightmare, we tried ringing the mobile who he had rung us earlier with to say he was going to the pub after work and would get a lift home. The guy (so called work mate said'we lost him' and put the phone down, and turned his phone off!!! As you can imagine all things going through my head now!!!My husband went to morley, cause he sometimes meets people there, but could be in burswood!!! We really did not know where to start. Finally 2am he walked up the street, I gave him a big hug and said I was so scared. He said you were scared, I was crapping myself, throught i would have to sleep on the side of the road.
Anyway he was drunk got himself lost in DUNCRAIG, flagged down a bus driver, who took him back to the station, then brought him up to hocking for free!!! I could hug that man, I am going to ring and buy that man a few drinks. It could have turned out so differently.
My son said, 'Ill be glad when we get home and I know where the bloody hell I am!!!'
So will I!

northernbird

you should teach him 1800 REVERSE. then he can call from anywhere.

gsxrmad

Thanks, i think that is half our problem! we just do not know enough about this country to survive! if you have grown up here you now all the little things, we still have to think what the emergency number is or which is the closest hospital etc.. however in england you are brought up with it and know what to do with out thinking!!

northernbird

I wasn't brought up here. I had to learn all these things, they don't come handed on a plate. I think a lot of people expect to come and it be the same which as you well know it isn't. It is hard work and takes time to learn these things but you have to want to.

Good luck on your return.

gsxrmad

Thank you.
Yes it is really hard work, and we are just tired now!! Tired of asking silly questions, we are selling our car at the weekend and have no idea what to do!!! Need to get some transfer papers from the licencing centre I think.Everything is so different here and I think thats why every comes, because they are looking for something different from england but speak the same language!! However the language thing is debatable!!!!

northernbird

http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/licensing/yourvehicle/1385.asp

Its all quite simple.

brits1

[QUOTE=chance to be;5828385] That's lovely...I am so pleased that your children have settled well into your schools...most of the "friends" I know who have gone back have all said the schools were excellent, their children have settled in well etc......good luck to you all......nice to hear a good word said about the British Education System which on whole is one of the best in the world......

brits1

[QUOTE=gsxrmad;5830601][QUOTE=ezzie;5829791]That's fantastic....where have you moved back to in the UK? That really must have cemented the feeling that moving back was the right decision.

Good luck on your return...I have friends down in Rockingham who are from Northampton....with 3 boys all struggling to like living in Perth and keep saying they are all going home asap, their ages 17,18,20....they have found it so hard.....
All the best

ezzie

Phew! Glad that one turned out OK. Yes, that driver definitely deserves a drink or three. What a smashing bloke....there are some lovely people in Oz aren't there. Do you think the same would have happened back in the UK. How old is your son then?


"Anyway he was drunk got himself lost in DUNCRAIG, flagged down a bus driver, who took him back to the station, then brought him up to hocking for free!!! I could hug that man, I am going to ring and buy that man a few drinks. It could have turned out so differently.
My son said, 'Ill be glad when we get home and I know where the bloody hell I am!!!'
So will I![/quote]

St.Georges Girl

I couldn't agree more with your post. The trouble is, aussie kids are closeted because they don't have to travel outside of their little boxes. In the main, they go to school with virtually the same kids all the way through. In the UK, that just doesn't happen and most children separate when they leave primary school. It's sad at the time, but then they move on. Children in our old village were at the various bus stops at 7am waiting to travel distances of 7-10 miles or more to school, it was and quite normal. They also have longer Senior schooling hours, so some aren't getting home until way after 5pm. There's nothing unusual in that, my niece and nephew have been doing it for afew years now.

Took the words right out of my mouth. It's even advertised on tv early evenings. Before you could do that, we bought our son a phone card, then when he was old enough (in our eyes) a mobile phone on a bill, not credit.

Yes it probably could happen in the UK, especially if you lived in a more rural area, but who knows, it's down to alot of factors isn't it.

rabsody

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I remember falling asleep on the train from London on the way home from work one night (after a night on the piss so it was my own fault!). Ended up at the end of the line in Ashford. I lived in Maidstone which is about 20 miles away. There was a single solitary taxi left and no one else around. Panicking a bit now being drunk at a deserted train station I asked him how much to Maidstone "20 something quid" he replied ... I only had 10, no cards or anything

He said "go on love, hop in" and took me all the way back for 10 quid. This was over 10 years ago and I never forgot that.

There are good and bad people everywhere.

gsxrmad

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My son is 17 but thinks hes 25!!!!
He left his phone at home, typical when you ned it you forget it!!
Rang transperth to se if they could track the man