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I don't-as long as they work and pay their way (which I know of course a lot of them do not). However be prepared for the racism against you in Australia even when you do work and pay your way!
Originally posted by malpjc how many people do you reckon would honestly say that they don't mind immigrants moving to the uk, |
Not so much trying to give him a hard time but if the morning papers depress him in the UK, what does he think he's going to find in Australia? These are the first 6 stories copied and pasted straight from today's Herald Sun, for example:
Hopper jailed over sex with schoolgirl Man jailed for faking his own death Video rapist gets six years High-ranking cop faces sex claims Jail for tobacco shooting murder Arson attack on MP's office Elderly man falls down cliff Yesterday there was a story about a Melbourne father who died after his hosptital operation had been cancelled several times due to a shortage of beds in the intensive care unit. My only point was that there needs to be reasons to emigrate other than getting out of the 'shitty UK'. Mortgage free living and laid back lifestyle are fair enough reasons to go....good luck in finding them, they are certainly achievable in some areas. (Check out Hevs' thread on the Aus forum a few weeks back re 'Living the Dream Mortgage Free'). :) |
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[i]. For example, I could never move to Australia because I have screaming fit if a daddy long legs comes into the room! Massive Grizzly Bear comes into the room. |
[QUOTE]Originally posted by HiddenPaw
Hopper jailed over sex with schoolgirl Man jailed for faking his own death Video rapist gets six years High-ranking cop faces sex claims Jail for tobacco shooting murder Arson attack on MP's office Elderly man falls down cliff " Elderly man falls down cliff" l did'nt know elderly men fall off cliffs in Australia as well as the Uk, that should really put them off immigrating. |
Originally posted by malpjc wherever we go ,we won't be scrounging and living off other people,we won't complain that their way of life offends us and that they should stop doing it and i will be buying car tax and have insurance so it doesn't put the cost up for everyone else,when i have heard people say things similar to what you have said they haven't lived in the same enviroment,why don't they let people into australia as easy as they do in this country,and before anyone accuses me of being a racist ,i am not,there are as many good and bad people from all races,i used to work up london in peoples houses so i have experienced what i am talking about.the most polite family were asians and they asked me to sit and have breakfast with them ,very nice people.the point i was making about the indian families moving next to the pakistan community is because there is a history of them "not getting on" and i don't think it's a very good idea to fan the flames. how many people do you reckon would honestly say that they don't mind immigrants moving to the uk,i'm not saying we shouldn't do our bit but we are the country that have the most and when you see that there aren't enough hospital beds and people actually die in hospital corridors and the nurses and doctors work upto 100hours a week for crap money but it's ok to house and put these people up in hotels, it just isn't right.i'm only moaning about the ones who arrive here with no intention of doing a days work.i'm afraid if anyone thinks that's ok then they are not on this planet. one of my first posts was about a charity job in romania,perhapsyou would like to read that before you think my comments are a little concerning and offensive I don't get on with Daily Express and Daily Mail 'readers' - but, amazingly, we all seem to co-exist OK. Stop using immigrants as a scapegoat. If you bother to do your research, you'll find that, overall, immigrants add more £ to an economy that they take out : and they tend to work a damn sight harder than the indigenous population. And, they add hugely to a country's culture. Oz would still be incredibly dull if it wasn't for the non-British immigrants that arrived in the 1970s+. Thugs, spongers etc exist in all countries and cultures. And, for someone who claims not to be a racist, you do a damn good impersonation of someone who is. So, if you're thinking of emigrating and need to get the forms, I'll happily drive you to the Australian High Commission. |
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Originally posted by wombat42 You would have a screaming fit if a harmless insect comes into the room, |
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What a bunch of miserable, whinging, self-pitying, ungrateful, pathetic useless bunch of moaning gits. I am sorry if this sounds a tad harsh but why the hell did you lot leave England if it was so great in the first place? Please go back to the UK and stop dragging the rest of us down with you!
This is the husband of the nice lady that tried to write something encouraging for a fellow Brit in need of some SUPPORT. Although I see he has decided to put his comments in the "moving back to the uk" section albeit "losers who could not make it anywhere" section Originally posted by wombat42 You would have a screaming fit if a harmless insect comes into the room, living in Canada, l would hate to see your reaction if a Massive Grizzly Bear comes into the room. |
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For God's sake, I was just trying to inject a little humour into the thread. And anyway, it has been while since a grizzly bear stormed through our bedroom! Hang on a mo, there is a cougar at the door copulating with a racoon!
Originally posted by wombat42 You would have a screaming fit if a harmless insect comes into the room, living in Canada, l would hate to see your reaction if a Massive Grizzly Bear comes into the room. |
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Originally posted by love_it_here the "moving back to the uk" section albeit "losers who could not make it anywhere" section |
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Originally posted by love_it_here What a bunch of miserable, whinging, self-pitying, ungrateful, pathetic useless... Although I see he has decided to put his comments in the "moving back to the uk" section albeit "losers who could not make it anywhere" section |
Originally posted by Colette Malpjc Hi I have been reading all these posts and most of them are interesting but I feel they are all of the mark. Like you and your wife we are moving to Oz and will be taking with us around 160k, we will be moving to Perth and we have already been once but we came back after 2 mths due to there being no work at that time for my hubby. My husband is a brickie and we moved over to Perth in 2001, they had just introduced a new GST tax on new builds so no houses where being built, we panicked and returned home, all in all it cost around 8k. We now know that the building game is booming in Perth so have decided to go again and our house is on the market. In Perth you can easy have a 4/5 bedroom house for around 120k in a nice area. How do we know this? because we have some friends there already and they have just had one built for that amount. I am not going for the house thingy I have a nice 4 bed detatched house here already. What I am going for is a different lifestyle something different than the norm. I do not want to spend the rest of my life living in this little boring town, although I do not look at it as I will always live in OZ only a life style change for the next couple year at least whether it be good or bad, I hope its good but unless you go for it you will never know. Life is hard wherever you live we all have to put up with the crap but we are very fortunate to be able to have a new start.... If I had one wish it would be that the world would end and that everyone went to heaven and lived happy ever after, but until that happens I can only search for happiness in my life on earth. You probably think that last statement was a bit shocking!! Well this world is shocking all the evil in it and theres no getting away from it, its everywhere and it depresses me. I am just very sensitive, cruelty and suffering play on my mind and make me ill. You have to go with whats right for you and your wife. What we are planning on doing is leaving our money in the building society in the uk for a least 6mths, we are selling up because we dont think the housing market will go mad again, at least not for another 10yrs, so if all fails we will still be able to afford a house again. We will rent for 6mths and if we like Perth and all is well we will then transfer our money and build. The only difference is that our children are 12 & 13 so all my children will be coming with me. My advice to you would be to leave your money in a high interest account in the UK for 6mths, move over to Oz and see how it goes. Good luck! And as the saying goes.......you've got to be cruel to be kind!!!! Colette :) couldn't agree with you more,you sound similar to my wife who worries about all the bad things that go on in the world. all the best to you and your family,hope it turns out ok for you |
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Originally posted by love_it_here Cripes! They are giving you a hard time, aren't they? I can completely understand why you want to make the move. My husband and I moved to Canada a couple of years ago for many of the same reasons. Although it has not been without its challenges, we definitely made the right decision and we are much happier with our lives than we were in the UK. I think what you need to do its do your research (especially with regards to jobs and making sure that your qualifications are recognised) and make a decision based on your own particular set of circumstances. Also I would advise against buying a place in Australia straight away. I am sure that - just like in Canada- Australia has many different lifestyles to offer, depending on where you settle. It can take a while for you to decide where that place is. My husband and I have settled in the interior of B.C. and if you had of told me two years ago when we arrived in Canada that that is where we would have ended up, I would have been very surprised! Finally, although it is important to listen to other people's advice, they can never know how miserable you are in a situation or what will make you happy. No one on this forum even knows you for heavens sake! They each have their own agendas, prejudices, perceptions and experiences, which, although have value, may not apply to you. For example, I could never move to Australia because I have screaming fit if a daddy long legs comes into the room! Chin up! |
Originally posted by MikeStanton In Europe, there is a history of Germans not getting on with almost everybody else. But, do we see Germans being killed or dragged through the streets in revenge attacks? No. I don't get on with Daily Express and Daily Mail 'readers' - but, amazingly, we all seem to co-exist OK. Stop using immigrants as a scapegoat. If you bother to do your research, you'll find that, overall, immigrants add more £ to an economy that they take out : and they tend to work a damn sight harder than the indigenous population. And, they add hugely to a country's culture. Oz would still be incredibly dull if it wasn't for the non-British immigrants that arrived in the 1970s+. Thugs, spongers etc exist in all countries and cultures. And, for someone who claims not to be a racist, you do a damn good impersonation of someone who is. So, if you're thinking of emigrating and need to get the forms, I'll happily drive you to the Australian High Commission. are you serious,how do immigrants add more £ to the economy than what they take out. how many immigrants would we have in the uk if they all had to apply for a visa with the same rules as applying for an australian visa,there wouldn't be as many would there. i am not a racist,i have some mates that are all different races,the difference is they are not lazy sponging sods.there was a story today in one of the daily papers about a 19 year old male that has got 4 kids with another on the way,ok fair enough he stayed with the mother but they get £1,000 a month in benefits and he says he hasn't got time to work,well he's just another wanker who's taking the piss,and by the way he's white and english,i feel the same about these people that scrounge of the rest of us,no matter what their race.do you not mind having to pay more and more tax etc to keep these people or are you rich enough not to worry about it,it appears that wherever i go i am going to put up with crime etc but at least in australia i can have my house without a mortgage and have nice weather and not be paying for other lazy people,i remember before you replied to one of my posts saying that i couldn't get a house mortgage free as my £150,000 wasn't worth anything in oz,i just don't understand where you get your info from |
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Originally posted by love_it_here What a bunch of miserable, whinging, self-pitying, ungrateful, pathetic useless bunch of moaning gits. I am sorry if this sounds a tad harsh but why the hell did you lot leave England if it was so great in the first place? Please go back to the UK and stop dragging the rest of us down with you! This is the husband of the nice lady that tried to write something encouraging for a fellow Brit in need of some SUPPORT. Although I see he has decided to put his comments in the "moving back to the uk" section albeit "losers who could not make it anywhere" section |
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Originally posted by malpjc why do people leave if they think the uk is so good,i put my post on the returning to the uk section because i wanted the harsh truths and not just the good bits which is what i would have got if i had of put it on the oz forum,thanks to both of you ,best wishes Some people actually move to and from the UK for POSITIVE reasons! :rolleyes: e.g. -opportunity to work overseas -opportunity to travel -relationship -change of scenery -because you can |
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