Stay or go back to the UK.

[surfbum99]

Hiya,

We moved from Ipswich, Suffolk 6 months ago to Brisbane after getting my VE175 visas. Been living and working in Brisbane for 6 months now.

Only trouble is, well I'm getting bored of it, beaches, think I've been to everyone from Noosa down to Bryon. Everything costs money as usual, dreams about going again to see Sydney, Ayers Rock well everythings costs.

Think I fancy going home to live say in Royal Tunbridge wells, get a job back with my old firm...dont know sometimes. here no bonus, no overtime.

[anj1976]

these are initial hiccups, i am sure, once u go back, u would want to come back and things do stabilize in a while.. give it time

[surfbum99]

Well here, I don't get a nice annual bonus, or overtime payments like in the UK and I've been offered my old job back.

Sometimes wonder what the appear was in the first place.

Could stay for the 4 years just to get the AUS passport, dont know.

Bit boring sun all the time, no seasons, high costs of childcare, have to pay private medical insurance, yet everyone says public hospitals are fine, yet they all go private. Miss the cheap package holiday to somewhere new in Europe.

Its not as good as I thought it would be when I backpacked around AUS 9 years ago. Now with wife and kid, same old story going to work like a robot.

Dont know really

[anj1976]

weigh the pros and cons. talk to your better half. go for a vacation back home, meet people. I know it is easier for me to say but a new place is always boring initially but once u r off the initial year or so, things start settling. dont give up so easily.

[surfbum99]

Its just if I dont go back now, I will miss the window to get my old job back which was very good money as it was with a finanical clearing house in London.

I could get another job in a few years who knows the future.

But I can say, I think Australia sometimes is over-rated.

[jojo]

The grass is always greener! Maybe you just get bored easily or have forgotten the reasons why you moved now that the novelty has worn off!! If you went back, you'd soon get bored with that too I'm sure!?? Just analyse your thinking and yourself before you "up sticks" again

Jo xxx

[Dolly]

Why don't you try over this way.....we get the 4 seasons here, snow in winter, brilliant hot sun in summer but not full on all the time....it's perfect!

Before you decide on going back to the UK, why not give another State a try?

Dolly

[anj1976]

try checking communities, socialize more, meet people and I am sure you will start feeling better or call friends over fro a holiday from UK or maybe family..

[amaslam]

When you moved from the UK why did you move away?

When you moved to AU what did you expect when you moved here?

If you move back to the UK won't the same reasons you originally left still exist?

These are just the most obvious questions.

6 months in one place versus a lifetime in another is not even a fair comparison.

Start with the above before you move back to the UK and find yourself bored again down the line.

What does the wife think? That's always a major factor in any move (it's not just you anymore).

Originally Posted by surfbum99

Well here, I don't get a nice annual bonus, or overtime payments like in the UK and I've been offered my old job back.

Sometimes wonder what the appear was in the first place.

Could stay for the 4 years just to get the AUS passport, dont know.

Bit boring sun all the time, no seasons, high costs of childcare, have to pay private medical insurance, yet everyone says public hospitals are fine, yet they all go private. Miss the cheap package holiday to somewhere new in Europe.

Its not as good as I thought it would be when I backpacked around AUS 9 years ago. Now with wife and kid, same old story going to work like a robot.

Dont know really

[bannie]

Originally Posted by surfbum99

Its just if I dont go back now, I will miss the window to get my old job back which was very good money as it was with a finanical clearing house in London.

I could get another job in a few years who knows the future.

But I can say, I think Australia sometimes is over-rated.

Which financial clearing house did you work for in London?