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Forum: Australia
Oct 6th 2009, 12:14 am
Replies: 86
Views: 10,671
Posted By gail.crease

Re: which is better Melbourne or Sydney

My theory is Sydney feels busier because it's got more tourists. I drive to Melbourne CBD every day which is relatively easy and stress free. Its significantly quieter in Melbourne than Sydney.
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Forum: Australia
Oct 5th 2009, 8:51 pm
Replies: 86
Views: 10,671
Posted By gail.crease

Re: which is better Melbourne or Sydney

Totally agree :thumbup:
Forum: Australia
Oct 5th 2009, 11:10 am
Replies: 86
Views: 10,671
Posted By gail.crease

Re: which is better Melbourne or Sydney

We've just returned from a second trip to Sydney and totally agree. I retract all comments I've made in the past on Sydney. Melbourne is way better :thumbup:. Sydney is like a warmer London. If...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2009, 11:05 am
Replies: 86
Views: 10,671
Posted By gail.crease

Re: which is better Melbourne or Sydney

We live in Melbourne and have visited Sydney.

IMO Melbourne CBD (include St Kilda and surrounding suburbs) is more exciting. It never feels crowded and the tram system is great. The people are...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2009, 6:58 am
Replies: 255
Views: 15,332
Posted By gail.crease

Re: What makes people give up UK life?

I think it's unique to PM. I've talked to other people in Elwood and down in Bayside and it's not as windy. We live on the 10th floor right on the water's edge. It was idyllic when we first...
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2009, 11:00 am
Replies: 255
Views: 15,332
Posted By gail.crease

Re: What makes people give up UK life?

That could have been written by me. Our lives have been far from conventional. If it wasn't for kids we'd be ping ponging back and forth each year to get the best of both worlds. We feel we should...
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2009, 10:49 am
Replies: 255
Views: 15,332
Posted By gail.crease

Re: What makes people give up UK life?

It's the wind.....most days in the winter we'll be blown over in Port Melbourne. It make it feel more like 5 degrees rather than 14 degrees. We like to ride our bikes but it's too windy most days....
Forum: Australia
Sep 14th 2009, 11:57 am
Replies: 255
Views: 15,332
Posted By gail.crease

Re: What makes people give up UK life?

Ditto.....we've had the same experience. If I knew then what I know now we wouldn't have bothered coming. It's ok but not worth the expense. For the money it cost, we could have moved into our...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 1st 2009, 3:59 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,666
Posted By gail.crease

Re: Moving to UK - if's & maybe's - am I dreaming?

Reception is the same as prep in Oz not kindergarten. Year 1 is the same in both places.

Both my kids have ongoing medical problems. At first I thought the medical care was better here but it's...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 1st 2009, 1:50 am
Replies: 32
Views: 38,234
Posted By gail.crease

Re: Thought's on Farnham anyone???

We lived in Elvetham heath in Fleet. We loved it. It's has a fantastic community feel. Most of the people there are from different parts of the UK and overseas so it's easy to make friends. It's...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 1st 2009, 1:43 am
Replies: 32
Views: 38,234
Posted By gail.crease

Re: Thought's on Farnham anyone???

We lived in Fleet too. We loved Farnham and would have lived there but found a lovely new housing estate in Fleet which swayed us a few years ago. We like it so much that, although we're in Oz,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Sep 1st 2009, 1:05 am
Replies: 36
Views: 5,385
Posted By gail.crease

Re: Considering a move back to the UK

Spain is part of the EU so you'll have not problem getting medical care. On the flip side, we have medical cards to use in Spain (or any part of the EU) which is the EU equivalent of having an NHS...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2009, 1:06 pm
Replies: 159
Views: 13,714
Posted By gail.crease

Re: Melbourne?

Lots of interesting points by everyone.

Here's my 2 cents worth.

Melbourne - Sporting capital....one difference to London is you can actually get tickets to anything you want to. We could...
Forum: Australia
Mar 6th 2009, 10:36 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,629
Posted By gail.crease

Re: Flying with a baby, advice please?

We were made to open and taste every sealed jar we had. I pointed out that it would all go off but they didnt' care in London. This was 2 years ago and they may be a bit more relaxed about it now....
Forum: Australia
Mar 5th 2009, 11:04 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,629
Posted By gail.crease

Re: Flying with a baby, advice please?

We flew with our son to Australia when he was 6 months old. He was a good size and only just fitted in the basinette. So if your baby is big he/she may not fit in well. It was quite small and he...
Forum: Australia
Apr 9th 2008, 10:13 pm
Replies: 1,069
Views: 163,963
Posted By gail.crease

Re: The Melbourne thread

Hi Steve

We're in the same boat. My hubby is in IT Project Management (it's a buoyant market BTW) working for ANZ bank and I'm an accountant working for Telstra. We have to live really close to...
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2007, 8:47 pm
Replies: 1,069
Views: 163,963
Posted By gail.crease

Re: The Melbourne thread

Cool pics Bordy.....no need for me to take any now:)
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2007, 6:15 pm
Replies: 1,069
Views: 163,963
Posted By gail.crease

Re: The Melbourne thread

I've abandoned that one as there were too much snipeing going on especially from the guys surprisingly. I'm sticking to Britvics from now on. Poms in Oz isn't bad. A few people there moving to...
Forum: Australia
Mar 22nd 2007, 4:19 pm
Replies: 1,069
Views: 163,963
Posted By gail.crease

Re: The Melbourne thread

Just wanted to say Hi.

Usually I lurk on this website as some of the posters are quite scary. This seems like a nice thread especially as I recognise a lot of people from Britvics. Hello Buzzy,...
Forum: Australia
Mar 2nd 2007, 7:57 pm
Replies: 125
Views: 11,258
Posted By gail.crease

Re: Anyone in Surrey/Hampshire?

Hi

Just seen this thread. We live in Fleet (previously lived in Surbiton). We have 2 kids aged 3 and 5 months old. We're off to Melbourne and Perth on 29th March for 2 weeks on our reccie...
Forum: The Update Forum
Jan 4th 2007, 9:50 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 3,164
Posted By gail.crease

Re: 2 Months in!

Great post....so glad it's working out for you. I see so many negative posts here about Australia it was starting to get me worried.

Good luck and enjoy your new life.:beer:
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 3rd 2007, 10:14 pm
Replies: 83
Views: 6,627
Posted By gail.crease

Re: People in England... returnees and yet to go's.

I'm new to this website and this is the first thread I've read. I'm a ping ponger. I grew up in Merseyside during the 80s. It was a terrible place to be at that time (glad it's improved a lot now)....
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