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We arrived 6 mths ago in SA,Adelaide to be exact on a perm 5 yr 176 visa. Things where great at first i suppose it was a bit like an extended holiday,we got a beautiful rental house in a nice suburb and things seemed great....but....then reality started to set in,hubby took 9 long weeks to find work and when he did it was'nt in a job he was used to doing,he couldnt get work at his normal job,before we came we looked into it and everything seemed ok but a different story once we arrived.My son who is 23 also came with us and 6 mths down the road and hundreds of job applications later he still has not found work!! We have met lots of other Irish and english families whom we meet on a regular basis and some are here since november and still cant find work (all of them tradesmen) they are in a dilema now as money is running out and they have to make a discision to stay or go! The SA goverment do not help in anyway if you cannot find work,and Adelaide is all about who you know rather than what work you have expierence in,the building sites that we know of and have some friends working on them have slowed down and lots of men been let go too.The nice climate is great but you cant live on sunshine alone and for me its an every day struggle to get up and get through the day. I miss my family so so much it hurts,its like been in mourning and I just cannot settle here,apart from the sun there is nothing different.Its so exspensive to live here that we still have to watch every penny or cent ...lol...groceries are unbelievable...my grocery bill has almost trebled from home,clothes,shoes,cinema,any chilldrens places all very very dear!! So my journey has been hard and lonely...i dont regret coming but its not for me,ive made some lovely friends but they will never be like the ones i left behind,its been a great expierence and i will go home with a different attitude to life and my home country now and its true the grass isnt always greener...