monkey hanger

for anyone in the U.K contemplating migrating to Australia or anywhere for that matter, try a simple inexpensive test.
For 3 months do not have any physical contact with your family and friends,
do not visit places you like to go,by all means ring or e-mail but no physical contact including birthdays etc..
If you can do that then your chances of a successful migration is high,if you can't? it's alot cheaper than getting there and finding out the hard way.

kporte

Given the geography, possibly a bad choice of words

london52

Perth in winter is very very boring and it the winter seems to last for ever at least the UK has so much to do when the weather is bad

BAY

Have to disagree. A Perth winter is better than a UK summer. Evenings may be chilly but the days are lovely and warm, with clear blue sky All it does in the UK in summer is rain and flood.

Syedney

Ludicrous analogy mate..

Sorry to be blunt but you have obviously never experienced a proper summer in UK...

PJLondonSydney

Well done to those who have given the move in either direction a go and then decided that it isn't for them - even to those who constantly flipflop. However, unfortunate as it is, a lot of people who are unhappy in the UK and then are unhappy in Australia (and the reverse) might have to deal with the fact they are unhappy people and the problem is not solved by moving. Anyway I work in an office in Brisbane with a South African, two Brits and a Canadian. They wax lyrical about Qld in some ways I can't fathom, but it does make you think that there must be something good here if they love it so much. Nobody seemed to have a positive thing to say about the UK when I lived in London, even accounting for a self deprecating sense of humour. As for those who don't think they belong or suffer prejudice because they are Brits (or Aussies), have you ever thought it might not really be because you are Brits (or Aussies) but it might be because you are a little too determined to remain British or Australian at all cost, become insufferable and then sweat on any opportunity to cry foul to explain why people don't warm to you? Another thing I have noticed is that Qld seems to be home to a lot of interstate migrants as well, who, along with the rest of the population of the state, think it's one of the best places on earth yet do so with a matter of fact confidence as opposed to arrogance.

kporte

The winter in Brisbane is better than 95% of summers I had in Scotland.

BAY

Not ludicrous .....

I lived in the UK for 42 years before emigrating to Perth one year ago ... so I think I know what I'm on about

So tell me how many days of 100% pure sun with pure blue skies did you have last summer in the UK ? ... or were my relatives, friends and weather reports all telling fibs ?

Syedney

Sorry to be pedantic, but are we not talking about England now..

I discounted Scotland a long time ago...

I mean don't get me wrong, it's lovely with it's beautiful landscape and some nice colourful heritage...But weather in Soctland? the same greay and dump...

kporte

You said the UK and the last time I checked, Scotland was part of that.
I don't recall England being fantastic weather wise either.

stm1971

The first winter is always the easiest. Wait until you have lived through a few.

Once you acclimatise, winter in Perth can seem very cold, especially at night in WA's poorly built houses.

northernbird

I would agree, the other morning it was 12 degrees when I got up and I was absolutely frozen.

london52

That is funny.
Perth has more annual rainfall than London, so how do you square that one
And you forgot the floods in Perth last year then and the bloody frezzing weather with the paper thin houses.

london52

Scotland has pish weather, where I lived in the south near Kent the weather in the summer was excellent warm and long summer nights most of the time.

Syedney

The weather in South of England has always been lovelier than any other part of UK...

So you may have lived in UK for 100 years but if you only lived in Scotland or up north (ie north of Watford gap) then chances are you've probably not seen much of the golden sun...

Please don't give me the "I have lived XXX years so I know."

Because I have met people in UK who have lived longer than myself but have never been outside the Blighty!!

So my point is: it means nothing to start a conversation with that kind of arguments...


UK does have summer and in fact the last few days have been absolutely brilliantly sunny in Brighton!!