Skybluefaz
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Thinking about it. Anybody done it? Be interested to get opinions on whether the lifestyle is actually better or it's just in my head.
Got to consider the negatives. Sure.Fuck that..... stuck in the far corner of the world in a racist cultural backwater where its just too fucking hot to be healthy for atleast 1/3 of the year.....wild fires a plenty & an ever increasing chance of annual droughts so bad you'll be queuing up in 43C blazing sun to take your turn at the community water standpipe....
.......living the dream...bonza!
I know two people who have done it, one works in IT and one is a mental health nurse and they love it and have zero regrets. I had the opportunity to do it but as an only child with elderly parents it wasn't really possible, get more than a bit jealous seeing the life they're leading now compared to the lives they had back here. And of course they've had relatively little covid disruption.Thinking about it. Anybody done it? Be interested to get opinions on whether the lifestyle is actually better or it's just in my head.
Biggest negative is the massive spiders and snakes!Got to consider the negatives. Sure.
Fuck that..... stuck in the far corner of the world in a racist cultural backwater where its just too fucking hot to be healthy for atleast 1/3 of the year.....wild fires a plenty & an ever increasing chance of annual droughts so bad you'll be queuing up in 43C blazing sun to take your turn at the community water standpipe....
.......living the dream...bonza!
Thinking about it. Anybody done it? Be interested to get opinions on whether the lifestyle is actually better or it's just in my head.
Cheers Dave, I'm a couple of years in as a Web Devloper and completing a degree this year, the wife is a senior primary school teacher so I think we have desirable enough skills to get in. Got two kids (6 and 9), if we were going to do it I'd like to do it before the eldest hits secondary school age.I know two people who have done it, one works in IT and one is a mental health nurse and they love it and have zero regrets. I had the opportunity to do it but as an only child with elderly parents it wasn't really possible, get more than a bit jealous seeing the life they're leading now compared to the lives they had back here. And of course they've had relatively little covid disruption.
The mate who works in IT was living in Bristol and on his salary could afford to rent a very small flat. Over there doing exactly the same job he has a huge apartment overlooking Sydney Harbour. His apartment block has a gym, pool etc.
The mental house nurse (wifed up with 3 kids) had an end terrace, the sort you see all over Cov. Again he's going the same job there and has a much larger house with a pool and is literally 10 minutes walk from the beach.
Both say the culture is completely different. You're not a slave to work and they now have less hours, a lower work load and more flexibility.
If you move to Sydney you can go and watch Sydney FC aka The Sky Blues.
Starting to favour Queensland tbh, cheers for the knowledge.I've visited for extended periods, and know of others who have as well, the place is amazing and you won't regret it at all, lifestyle is so much better then what we have, everything seemed a lot more community based, standard of living is higher etc. Prices are crazy though ($4 for a bottle of water, $11 for a pint.)
Of the state's I've visited, I found Queensland to be the best, with the gold coast being the best city, I never want to come home when I'm there.
Great to hear, I didn't used to mind the shit weather here but the older I get the more I dislike it.Moved to Melbourne 5 years ago. Best decision I ever made. Lifestyle is just so much better here, everyone seems generally more optimistic and friendly. Standard of living is better. Some things are more expensive, but you earn significantly more so you're better off overall. Weather here is perfect - winter normally around 10-20 degrees, summer 25-35 (yeah, maybe 2-3 days a year over 40), but everything is designed for it (just like the UK is designed for cold). Don't miss the constant overcast grey skies and drizzle at all. Melbourne's a great city if you love sport, live music etc. Always lots going on. Worst part is the time difference for Cov games - midweek games currently start at 4am here.
I absolutely loved Melbourne.Moved to Melbourne 5 years ago. Best decision I ever made. Lifestyle is just so much better here, everyone seems generally more optimistic and friendly. Standard of living is better. Some things are more expensive, but you earn significantly more so you're better off overall. Weather here is perfect - winter normally around 10-20 degrees, summer 25-35 (yeah, maybe 2-3 days a year over 40), but everything is designed for it (just like the UK is designed for cold). Don't miss the constant overcast grey skies and drizzle at all. Melbourne's a great city if you love sport, live music etc. Always lots going on. Worst part is the time difference for Cov games - midweek games currently start at 4am here.
I absolutely loved Melbourne.
Although we were there for Christmas Day and it was cold and raining.
Needless to say our mates back home ripped the piss out of us as we’d told them we’d be on the beach having a BBQ for Christmas.
Ended up on the piss around St Kilda instead with loads of Wolves fans who were out there for the Ashes.
Would love to do an Ashes tour.Ended up on the piss around St Kilda instead with loads of Wolves fans who were out there for the Ashes
I was so close to moving to Melbourne a few years ago. It ultimately came down to a choice between myself and the other candidate. I was absolutely gutted...it has always been my dream to move to Australia, such an amazing country. Sadly for me that dream is now over as I hit the big 4-0 this year. Holidays instead will have to suffice
Got to consider the negatives. Sure.
He hasn't got to the negatives yet.Got to consider the negatives. Sure.
Starting to favour Queensland tbh, cheers for the knowledge.
Cheers Dave, I'm a couple of years in as a Web Devloper and completing a degree this year, the wife is a senior primary school teacher so I think we have desirable enough skills to get in.
Is that pretty much all around Oz? I always envisage them hating us.Got a son out there (Melbourne) and have been out there quite a few times and spent a lot of time out there. It is a fantastic place to live, and the people are the friendliest people I have ever come across, in fact I would go so far as to say I have never met and Australian I could not get on with. Fantastic sense of humour.
The life style is different in as much as they build their work around their life, whereas over here we build our life around our work, very different mind set. I honestly do wish I had gone out there as a young man as there are lot's of opportunities to make a good life for yourself. The weather is fantastic, it really is a great place to live.
As soon as things settle down and I can get a flight I will be back out there.
Three of us had just done a couple of months in Thailand and then flew onto Oz for 5 weeks in December 2006.Would love to do an Ashes tour.
Were you trying to say something to me here?! You ever been to Oz?#nothingness
Were you trying to say something to me here?! You ever been to Oz?
Yeah I don't want regrets. Life is too short. All our money is really in the house though. Tbh that scares me a bit, the notion of selling up fucking off and not having the house here to come back to. Got to be brave though I suppose.Go for it @Skybluefaz - I've done things like that a few times, and I guarantee you won't regret it.
If it doesn't work out, just come back after one year. At least after that point you know you have tried. We've literally just lost a year anyway, so you might as well give it a go! Good luck.
Remember you saying now actually. Is that done with? Or do you think you might still go?Was literally booked to move to Sydney with my other half's work before covid hit and fucked everything up
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