Eight Years On.... A Xmas To Remember

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Originally Posted by Chops

Jerry, Dave and Justin, welcome to our humble abode,, (yeah I know, but better late than never ;))
I suspect making a huge decsision such as shifting countries is a difficult one, but in this case it sounds like you've made a good one.

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Thanks Chops, I know in our case it was a very easy decision, we were looking to leave the UK and go somewhere, and considered a number of places, France, Cyprus, Gibraltar, several Caribbean islands, before deciding on Oz.

I was lucky enough to secure a job during our reccie mission, and they paid for relocation, visas and a number of other things. The decision was very easy!

My wife and I made a pact that we would take 6 months to decide whether we like it and wanted to stay. It actually only took 6 weeks to come to that decision:D

So all of you that think the grass may be greener elsewhere, take it from someone who has done a Fair bit of travelling and moving in his life, there Is nowhere I'd rather be.

(Apologies if I've hijacked your thread Jerry!)

G'day jerryd :)

Glad you and family like the place,and Dayboro is a nice area :) and you have that fantastic series Landy :D

My wife came out here in 72 with her ex-husband, went back to visit her mother in 96,and do the "James Herriot Walk", but said she was glad to get back home


Have a happy and safe festive season

cheers

I have not been to England besides London so i guess it does not really count. I do have a few friends who have been over there and want to go back permanently.
I personally think Australia is the best place on earth, but each to their own.
Congrats to both of you and your families for making the move and it seems like you have both settled in nicely and had the right attitude to the whole thing as i know some people come over and do not or do not try to adapt to the new customs at all.
Good to 'av ya 'ere!

Jerry, I had little choice as i just followed the parents on to the plane:p

But VERY glad I did.

Since I really have no real early memories of 4 and 5 in the UK, I am totally taken with this place.
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JC

Well it's good to have you and your family here Jerry.

I married a Scot and I entered a world where people still feel the pull of their homeland and their rich memories after decades out here. Her family loves Australia and what it gave them, but it must be a tough one all the same.

All the best.

Jerry, glad to have you around.
The country can always use more quiet gentlemen, such as yourself
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Will catch up in the New Year.
Dave.

Similar story but we did it cold then hot.

Left South Africa in November 1996 for the UK & the cold. Many times during those first few months we questioned the move but as things steadily improved we came appreciate being in the center of the world with all it's opportunities & adventures. Thanks UK for the education you gave to our kids & the opportunities for travel & experiencing other cultures.

But its too blooming cold in the UK so after much paperwork & money, we were accepted into Qz - the holy grail of immigration. Arrived Brisbane airport in November 2006. Looked at my wife while waiting for a taxi & commented that we had no house, no job & all our wordly possessions were in containers somewhere. Just for a moment, I felt extremely desperate. At least the weather was warm.

6 years later & we are having a ball. THANKS OZ! Have a very Merry Xmas & a prosperous new year.

We too are 6 years on, wish we had done it 20 years earlier too.

And looking forward to Australia day, as we are now proud citizens..

Happy Christmas. :p

Hey Jerry it was 7years for us in Nov when we emigrated form england the only difference being it was -4 when we left england and it was 45 when we landed something like hottest day in Sydney in 75years or something..

we were fortunate as we had a friend put us up for 2 weeks but the mooment we landed we picked up a ****box corrolla that had the windscreen the size of great Britan and acted like a massive magnifying glass and the aircon blew hot air!!! thats what you get for renting a bomb.

would I go back to the UK no way I love this country to the point where I feel no connection with the UK other than the family left behind and the passpot I hold

I feel like I was born here I feel so strongly about the place. :)

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Originally Posted by dullbird

Hey Jerry it was 7years for us in Nov when we emigrated form england the only difference being it was -4 when we left england and it was 45 when we landed something like hottest day in Sydney in 75years or something..

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So that would make it New Years day 2006.

I landed here with my parents, aged 13 in 1969, 2 days before Christmas. Haven't even wanted to go back for a visit. Talking about it with my father the other day I rate it as one of the best decisions they ever made.
Citizenship one Friday night in August 1982, then straight in the Rangie to go camping at Yadboro arriving around 2am :D:D:D:D


Martyn