Hi Surfbum:
Thanks for the post. I do wish you luck in life, and I don't discount that you may well be back in Australia. Right now you don't see the path back, but 2013 is not that close. This year is going to be basically going to be taken up by baby and re-settling in to the UK life.
But keep on thinking, also keep saving as money in the bank doesn't hurt you and does open up opportunities if you give them enough thought.
You still gave it a go when many people just think about it for a lifetime.
Thanks for the post. I do wish you luck in life, and I don't discount that you may well be back in Australia. Right now you don't see the path back, but 2013 is not that close. This year is going to be basically going to be taken up by baby and re-settling in to the UK life.
But keep on thinking, also keep saving as money in the bank doesn't hurt you and does open up opportunities if you give them enough thought.
You still gave it a go when many people just think about it for a lifetime.
Hi there,
We as a family moved to Brisbane in April 2009 on a perm skilled visa 175, after alot of research and waiting. I had been there backpacking before when I had backpacked all around Australia in 2000, but my wife had never been to Australia, but was getting bored in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Anyway, we firstly made the mistake of selling our house in Suffolk before we left. I had got a I.T job secured in Brisbane before we'd had left and all was set. My wife thought she could get into Queensland Uni or just get a basic job to start with. I also shipped all our household goods and car over there.
We arrived and everything went firstly well, loved the beaches, weather, people, got my car over from the UK and Visited lots of places. Got into my job well and met lots of new people.
Then my wife couldn't get into Queensland Uni as it was too expensive and found it hard to get even a very basic job like Checkout at Coles or on Queensland Rail, and then she fell pregnant with our 2nd child which is due in May 2010.
We saw Riverfire along the Brisbane River and all the fireworks, went to Australia Zoo, been to 36 different beaches and Islands.
But my wife couldn't get the UK out of her head, some days where better than others. She also started getting bored of the beaches and found the heat in the summer too much making her tired during the day. She also hated shopping there, compared with the shops in the UK. She didn't like the bugs and spiders, and thought Queenslander houses where far too cold in the winter months, and air conditioning on all the time in the summer.
She said we could stay first of all, but wouldn't buy a house here.
Our daughter was enjoying Kindy and was all set to go to her new Primary School in Brisbane.
We had a crap Christmas and didn't feel very Xmas at all.
In the new year, she was worried that if we went back in 4 years time after at least getting our Aussie passports that I would come back to a less paid job etc. A job came up that was good paid and also she was in her 2nd trimester of pregnancy so we came back last week. Even with the lovely new Airbus A380 which is great, there isn't anything good back 21 hrs travel. We didnt have to money to try Sydney or Melbourne which could have been better suited to her.
Didn't want to go back at all to Suffolk so now we are living in Tunbridge Wells.
Ever since I've come back I've had sessions of depression and ups and downs. Biggest one is all the money wasted and for no achievement , as we didn't even get our passports.
Pretty down coming back to the cold, dark days and all the rubbish around Heathrow.
I personally feel that I've made a big mistake, but my wife is happy to be back and will be giving birth in May. Its been very hard to start again in Tunbridge Wells not knowing a sole and getting a Primary School place when its so over-subscribed at every Primary.
She said the only way we would go back is if I can pay off our debts, buy a house etc before our Visa runs out in 2013 and she'd go back to get the Passports and rent the house out.
But that is a tall order and for me it could be too much, who knows.
Its been a roller coaster ride and in the end its led to nothing really, at the moment. I'm back to going on the train to London on Monday, great!
At the time though she wasn't prepared to give Sydney or Melbourne ago as we just didn't have the money short term for moving again.
Anyway, baby on the way, I'm not allowed to moan about being here again and got to work for the next 4 years earning as much money as I can!!
