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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: cantangulon on 04 April 2008, 01:48:34
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When the kids finally grew up and left home 4 years ago and after making sure they were settled/happy etc. I sold everything I had, house, furniture, cars and such. I have spent the last 4 wonderful years travelling around. 2 years in Oz where both my Mother and Sister live. I felt like a teenager again. HOWEVER....real life has come a knocking. Money all spent, visa expired. Time to face the real world again. Back in the UK in two weeks. Have to find a job, somewhere to live and a car as soon as the plane lands. Not easy at 50 and very worrying but I wouldn't swap the last 4 years for anything.
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glad you enjoyed it but all good things come to an end
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good while it lasted ,eh, welcome back to the real world :'(
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at least you wont spend the rest of your days wishing you had done it . 8-)
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You''ll soon get yourself sorted and maybe go travelling again one day!
Good luck! :y
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I keep saying to the wife "we need to do it now". In a few years time we might have a bit more money but will we be capable.
Glad you enjoyed it and im sure you'll get yourself sorted :y
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Thanks...gonna start saving as much as possible asap
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what field of work are you in?
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worked in banks most of my life. Time to try something new. I did run a pub for a few years, that was fun, perhaps I'll try it again.
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If you need a DJ... ;)
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After two years in OZ it's going to be tuff comming "home" i guess. My brother moved out there nearly ten years ago, he has been back home several times on hollidays but says it would be very hard to come back and live here again. At least you will have some great memories of your "time out" I hope you come back and find work quickly. good luck :y
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worked in banks most of my life. Time to try something new. I did run a pub for a few years, that was fun, perhaps I'll try it again.
I really would look in other directions, the pub trade has changed a lot in the last four years and the industry is on its knees :-/
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Depending where you were in Oz, bring a thick jumper.... You may need it.
I have a feeling it wont be long before you go back though :y
Welcome to the real world, its not all that bad. ::)
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loads of great memories. Wish I could stay. I have been back to UK on visits to see my girls but apart from seeing them, there is nothing in England for me. From reading posts on here and stories in the papers it appears UK no longer a great place to be?
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loads of great memories. Wish I could stay. I have been back to UK on visits to see my girls but apart from seeing them, there is nothing in England for me. From reading posts on here and stories in the papers it appears UK no longer a great place to be?
It get's worse on a daily basis i'm afraid, we live on a stunning island that everyone is slowly making a sh*t hole >:( I have two years to decide if i emigrate to OZ before i'm to "old" to do so, and with every passing day it becomes more and more tempting
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Its certainly not what it used to be... If it wasn't for the grandkids, I think I would have gone 'down under'. Its certainly a nicer way of life. You will deffo miss it!
Never mind, as you say save like hell and go back.
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loads of great memories. Wish I could stay. I have been back to UK on visits to see my girls but apart from seeing them, there is nothing in England for me. From reading posts on here and stories in the papers it appears UK no longer a great place to be?
Not really. What I can't understand is what drugs Brown was taking when he said we don't need to put a cap on immigration.
That said, the rate at which britons are leaving for the sunny climes of Australia, we may as well pack up shop and move our nationality there.
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If you are able to go, do it now, unfortunately I left it too late but I had to think of my kids then. Now I'm too old. It is a great country and so big, room to move.
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If you are able to go, do it now, unfortunately I left it too late but I had to think of my kids then. Now I'm too old. It is a great country and so big, room to move.
I have been offered a sponsership with a company out there and could go tommorrow if i wanted, it's just such a big decision to make, however as each day goes by it also seems like an easier one :-/
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Try it for a holiday first. where I am on the Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise) suits me. Loads to do places to visit great restaurants and clubs. Beautiful girls. Wide relitively empty (compared to Leeds) roads warm blue sea which was at 25 degrees on Monday, most things are cheaper than UK and the wages have almost caught up. Property at similar prices but usually bigger and with a pool and a cheap V8 on your drive with Petrol at $1.30ish a litre. It is a big move especiaaly if you have lots of friends and family but I made more friends here in a week than I made in a year in England. There are of course quieter places than Surfers and cheaper places. A few months back I saw a house with 30 acres for sale for $17,000. Great if you like the outback.
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My brother and also my cousin live in Perth so that is where i would head if i were to go. With luck hollidaying there later in the year to go and get a taste of the place. My mum and dad go next week for three months with a veiw of buying somewhere over there which if they do would make my decision easier still