Originally Posted by Buzzy--Bee

So is housing in Oz a bit like bacon in Sainsbury's - "Buy one get one free?"

Buzzy

Originally Posted by Grayling

This is in Derby.

The cost of housing in parts of Brisbane is more than most UK cities like for like.

You could buy a nice house in a reasonable suburb near London for what housing costs in many areas of Brisbane.....especially the western suburbs.

G

Originally Posted by annqldau

I've been in Australia for 3 years and must say that once you get over the fact that some parts of it are a cross between England, American and Tenerife and that the familiarity to England is cosmetic only you can settle down very well and make a good life here.

We've met loads of good mates here who make life fun, even if some did follow from the UK but that just increased the social outing options.

Schools here have much more to offer than the local secondary schools in our previous areas.

Jobs are on a par with UK if you make the effort to shop around and not just stick with the first one . Although the holiday entitlement is slightly less sick days are seen as holiday entitlement by most like the UK Civil Service used to do.

Houses are cheaper around here than the UK and you get more for your $$$ so come on down where the sun shines most of the time and the water is warm...

Originally Posted by The Crow

You, you bl**dy Australian you....

Originally Posted by Wheeler-Jones

I concur.

I love it here - I loved it the first time (before I moved to UK), and I love it with so much more appreciation now.

Still trying to get settled since we have only been back for 2 months, but already meeting people and getting out there and making the most of it. I am finding my money going alot further, my wages higher (and I was living in greater London!) and just feel better about the future for me and the family.

I don't have rose tinted glasses on, I too agree there are things the same, and things not so good, but ultimately this places works well (for me).

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Originally Posted by tiredwithtwins

hello,
gosh have you been there 3 years already!???
time flies when your stuck in the uk
glad to hear you love it ...
sue xx

Originally Posted by MartinLuther

I agree with Ann.

I managed to buy 2 houses for the price of 1 in the UK. The smaller house is still bigger than the one I had in the UK.

Originally Posted by Brisben

I don't agree they are cheaper, you do get more, but it costs you more !!

I agree with the rest though, expecially the warm water

Originally Posted by bigAPE

I bloody hate Australia.

• I broke my little finger playing Aussie Rules a month ago ago and it still hurts
• I sprained by thumb marking the ball a week ago and it still hurts
• Lor, Fraser and the Crows got me drunk at the weekend in Olinda and I sprained by foot falling off the step on the way out the pub... and it still hurts
• I went to the Telstra Dome on Sunday with the other AusKick coaches to help out as a Goal Umpire while my two sons played footy on the ground infront of 40,000 people and scored seven goals while hundreds of strangers cheered them on, then on the way back up to the stands after I spilt a hot pie on my hand... and it still hurts!.

All in all it sucks here, everything hurts !



Al

Originally Posted by annqldau

Yep been here 3 yrs and had our implant earlier in the year just missed the quiz.

Originally Posted by annqldau

I've been in Australia for 3 years and must say that once you get over the fact that some parts of it are a cross between England, American and Tenerife and that the familiarity to England is cosmetic only you can settle down very well and make a good life here.

Originally Posted by OzWannabee

Hey Ann, not too far behind you, we've just done the quiz and I was very pleased to get 95%. Paul, of course, had to do one better and get 100%. I'm a bit worried about what they do in your citizenship ceremony in Gympie!!

We've loved it since we stepped off the plane - no going back for us!! I thought I would be really really homesick but I havn't had any!

Originally Posted by themerlin

Wow just made me think, 7 years for us next month

Originally Posted by annqldau

7 year, you're doing very well you are nearly ready for your 10 year long service leave...LOL.

Originally Posted by annqldau

Supose it depends if you were North or South in the first place. If you lived in North you get more for your $$$'s I think than you could have got for that price in UK (in our case) size wise but costs more and most Northeners won't have made as much profit as Southeners. If you lived in South you probably made more on your UK house if you'd lived in it since before the 90's and it probably cost less to buy similar size house here or bigger.