Originally Posted by Mercedes

If you were doing so well in the UK what made you want to go to another country? Didn't you realise that it would be harder. It takes time to get established and you have only been there for a short time.

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

How old are your children?

Originally Posted by sassenach

the problem with this forum is that on this side you will find a pro brit side thus wont give that good an impression of australia aprt from some of the countryside out of the cities which are mundane beyond belief .
On the otherside you have the pro aussie its fantastic the best place in the world brigade thus you wont get a true reflection there either .
Im afraid the only way to find out is to come here and experience it all for your self .
All i can say from my point of view is the the cities suburbs remind me of poshed up council estates they are bland ,uninspiring ,lack architectural design,cheaply built,overpriced ,and full of keep up with jones type .
The older areas where there seems to be a good mix of hardworking older migrants [ie italians ,greeks ,yugoslavs ]seem to have a more neighbourly feel and we still get little old ladies gossiping on the corner and walking to the shops and they often say hello if passing your house ,you will be hard pushed to find a good cultural mix in the likes of the burbs north of perth and the likes of rockingham as its little britain in those places .

Originally Posted by FPM

What the hell is that meant to prove. So you found some Godzones, big deal

Originally Posted by sassenach

the problem with this forum is that on this side you will find a pro brit side thus wont give that good an impression of australia aprt from some of the countryside out of the cities which are mundane beyond belief .
On the otherside you have the pro aussie its fantastic the best place in the world brigade thus you wont get a true reflection there either .
Im afraid the only way to find out is to come here and experience it all for your self .
All i can say from my point of view is the the cities suburbs remind me of poshed up council estates they are bland ,uninspiring ,lack architectural design,cheaply built,overpriced ,and full of keep up with jones type .
The older areas where there seems to be a good mix of hardworking older migrants [ie italians ,greeks ,yugoslavs ]seem to have a more neighbourly feel and we still get little old ladies gossiping on the corner and walking to the shops and they often say hello if passing your house ,you will be hard pushed to find a good cultural mix in the likes of the burbs north of perth and the likes of rockingham as its little britain in those places .

Originally Posted by LouiseD

I thought the same thing - am very confused now

Are we supposed to be happy that someone is enjoying Australia?
Are we supposed to change our mind and be happy in Australia because someone else is happy in Australia?
Are we meant to admire the scenery?
Are we meant to pop all our lovely piccies onto the net for all to see?
Are we meant to give a stuff?

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

Great for them, but it doesn't do anything to dramatically alter my point of view. What about you FPM, are you staying now?

Originally Posted by paulainspain

The boys are 9 and 7 years

Originally Posted by LouiseD

Me too Rosie - it's done it for me! Changed my mind completely now - amazing what a few of somebody else's piccies can do isn't it?

Originally Posted by LouiseD

I thought the same thing - am very confused now

Are we supposed to be happy that someone is enjoying Australia?
Are we supposed to change our mind and be happy in Australia because someone else is happy in Australia?
Are we meant to admire the scenery?
Are we meant to pop all our lovely piccies onto the net for all to see?
Are we meant to give a stuff?

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

Why oh why oh why weren't they forced upon us sooner.

Originally Posted by blowfly

This is not true.I know many Australians in the uk and many have been there for years having never returned home.At the present moment uk is full of Australians and London would probably fall to bits without them!Even in the East Midlands I met a woman who had been there fornearly 20 years, married to an Englishman.The village I lived in had many nationalities and that included many Australians.They did tend to be people not interest in sport, fishing etc,they tended to be involved in the arts and theatre.

Originally Posted by LouiseD

All this time we've been sad - if only we'd had those piccies to look at every day - what a different year it would have been. I'm going to print them all out and hang them round the house to cheer us all up.

If I'd have had them back in March, maybe my 17 year old daughter wouldn't have left here either

Originally Posted by Rosie Cheeks

Blimey, your funny Mrs, had me in stitches!

No wonder your off back, you need to preserve that SOH.

Ps you got any darts

Originally Posted by LouiseD

Well you certainly need a sense of humour to get through the days here don't you?