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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 27th 2006, 7:44 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,958
Posted By Buttercup

Re: Happy at last

I hope that I feel the same as you do next year. Banjo has me worried :scared:[/QUOTE]


Woody, I am a great believer in the human instinct. So i can promise you that we (humans) can only feel...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Aug 24th 2006, 4:38 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,958
Posted By Buttercup

Happy at last

I have posted a couple of times on this site as it was my life line when emigrating to Oz and also deciding whether to return to the U.K.

Looking back i remember the how awful i felt leaving...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 16th 2006, 10:06 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 6,658
Posted By Buttercup

Re: Can't decide - UK or Oz!! may return to UK for a 1-2yr trial - help!

I am beginning to realise that we'll always wonder about the otherside of the world. Deep down i feel that my career and family will be happier in London at the moment and maybe like you when the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 16th 2006, 12:49 am
Replies: 57
Views: 6,658
Posted By Buttercup

Re: Can't decide - UK or Oz!! may return to UK for a 1-2yr trial - help!

We are in the same position. And it's driving me insane. Basically my husband wants to stay as he lived here for years growing up and i don't as i am a London lass. We've been here 3 months and...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 10th 2006, 6:18 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,530
Posted By Buttercup

Re: Does anyone worry you forget the bad stuff?

I read your thread and I so know what you mean !!! When i talk to my friends back home about how i feel they think I am mad. But i agree completely that the sun isn't everything. I was telling my...
Forum: Australia
Feb 6th 2006, 9:00 am
Replies: 26
Pss
Views: 1,265
Posted By Buttercup

Re: Pss

How long ago did you send it off? Our's left London in end of October and it's at brisbane port but it's been there since Xmas eve and we still can't get at it :( Is that normal??
Forum: Australia
Feb 4th 2006, 11:43 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 581
Posted By Buttercup

Re: indecisions indecisions

I completely understand your position. I suffer from the grass is greener syndrome !!! And there is not a day goes by when i think of London. But if you get that gut feeling that you can't explain...
Forum: Australia
Jan 1st 2006, 9:29 am
Replies: 11
Views: 998
Posted By Buttercup

Re: finding it a little hard

Cheers guys ....this is what makes expats so good... the way that everybody helps one another !!!!!You've made me smile :) . I am sure you are right about the moving out and finding our own...
Forum: Australia
Jan 1st 2006, 1:19 am
Replies: 11
Views: 998
Posted By Buttercup

Re: finding it a little hard

[QUOTE=fraser]Hang in there mate,

Thanks Fraser.... It's what i need to hear... i think you're right especially with the New Year Festivities.
Forum: Australia
Jan 1st 2006, 1:09 am
Replies: 11
Views: 998
Posted By Buttercup

finding it a little hard

Hi people,

Well were do i start... We've been here 4.5 weeks now and are staying with the outlaws on the Sunshine Coast. I guess i am finding it a little hard to adjust...whether it be heat or...
Forum: Australia
Dec 10th 2005, 9:18 am
Replies: 6
Views: 516
Posted By Buttercup

Re: babies

[QUOTE=bondipom]The maternity allowance is currently just over $3,000.

Thank you for that !! So basically lots of paperwork just like the UK not a problem . I consider myself a pro after family...
Forum: Australia
Dec 10th 2005, 5:03 am
Replies: 6
Views: 516
Posted By Buttercup

Re: babies

Thank you for that. ;) Someone said that they had a baby bonus of $4000 is that true? If so am i eligable for that? hmmmmmmmm very nervous
Forum: Australia
Dec 10th 2005, 4:45 am
Replies: 8
Views: 570
Posted By Buttercup

Re: When is it home?

[QUOTE=jad n rich]Noticed a few times a lot of people who are really unhappy at first settle when they buy or build a house, it seems to make them settle, well for a while anyway, dont know if its...
Forum: Australia
Dec 10th 2005, 4:31 am
Replies: 6
Views: 516
Posted By Buttercup

babies

Question?

If i was pregnant after just arriving in Oz ( 2 weeks)...would i miss out on baby bonus scheme and such like. Would i be covered with my Medicare card?

Just hypothetically speaking...
Forum: Australia
Dec 10th 2005, 4:27 am
Replies: 8
Views: 570
Posted By Buttercup

When is it home?

O.k can people tell me it's only nerves !!

We have arrived in Oz after 2 weeks in L.A and NZ. It's been nearly 2 weeks now ( we are staying with the in laws until xmas) . I realise that we are...
Forum: Australia
Nov 14th 2005, 7:49 am
Replies: 44
Views: 1,853
Posted By Buttercup

Re: Random Acts of Kindness

Hi everyone,

Just woken up and had some brekkie, looked to see what happen to the thread and i am sooooo pleased to see that there are so many nice people out there. What a great way to start the...
Forum: Australia
Nov 13th 2005, 10:00 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 1,853
Posted By Buttercup

Random Acts of Kindness

Yes it's me again...
I was chatting to my husband and he had told me the following story..... As we were packing the house we realised that we had tons of loose change. So my hubby took it to the...
Forum: Australia
Nov 13th 2005, 9:48 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 749
Posted By Buttercup

Re: One week to go

Hey i may just take you up on that !!
Forum: Australia
Nov 13th 2005, 8:58 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 749
Posted By Buttercup

Re: One week to go

we're heading to Caloundra first on the Sunshine Coast....then maybe Melbourne. Who know's but it's something different.
Forum: Australia
Nov 13th 2005, 8:54 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 930
Posted By Buttercup

Re: We Got It!!!

congratulations !! It feels good doesn't it !!
Forum: Australia
Nov 13th 2005, 8:52 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 749
Posted By Buttercup

Re: One week to go

Just trying to give something back to all the those that helped me !! Being positive gives us more strenght to carry on.
Forum: Australia
Nov 13th 2005, 7:40 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 749
Posted By Buttercup

Thumbs up One week to go

Well i had my leaving party last night. Yes i did have a sore head this morning !! No i didn't cry ( i surprised myself ). It all feels so surreal at the moment. Everyone keeps asking how we feel but...
Forum: Australia
Nov 1st 2005, 10:25 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 2,021
Posted By Buttercup

Re: Anyone leaving this year??

We are leaving on 20th Nov. Got 2.5 wks left at work...Flying Via L.A and Auckland then onto Brissie for 1st Dec.....
Forum: Australia
Sep 24th 2005, 7:11 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 948
Posted By Buttercup

Re: Marmite - can it come with us?

EEEERRRRRR No it can't !!!! It's banned in Oz didn't you know....yes on the grounds that it tastes like poo in a jar !!!
Forum: Australia
Sep 24th 2005, 7:03 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,071
Posted By Buttercup

Re: shipping chocolate?

My mum posted out to me some Hula Hoops ..... and when they arrived the air pressure had popped the bags..:( I am over it now.....but it took a while.
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