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Originally Posted by sachkrimbo
Dear All,
Please forgive me if this has been done a million times, I am completely new to forums/chat rooms etc.
My husband has recently been 'given the nod' that he may be up for redundancy and we have decided to check out our options before he gets pushed. We have thought about emigrating on lots of occasions, last being before kids started school, but haven't taken the plunge because of family commitments in England. I am a nurse and have checked out jobs, it seems there are opportunities for me to get a job but not sure about my husband (who is in IT). Anyway, after all that, our main concern is whether we would be swapping one 'rat race' for another, obviously a lot of that is up to us but is the quality of life really better, are the streets really paved with gold  Anyone who has moved with kids ( 6 & 3), do you think it has really benefitted them?
Thank you to anyone who isn't completely bored with all this and responds. |
Hi there
We've not emigrated yet, but are about to (shippers have been today and will be flying out in September). We have kids aged 5 and 1. I m in IT, my husband is a teacher. I have never been to Australia before but my husband spent a year there and swears it is so much better than the UK. I have trawled the internet loads over the last year (this is how long the visa took) and now am really excited and looking forward to it. There seem to be loads of IT jobs (just look on the websites detailed in the stocky posts) and I have contacted a few agencies who said that they always have jobs available so for me to aply nearer the time. (I'm an analyst by the way). My thoughts were if we are gonna do it, do it now while they are young. Although we have friends who went 2 years ago with older kids (9 and 11) and they love it and have settled, Kids miss home but don't want to come back to the UK.
That's about all I can offer at the moment - good luck
Sheila