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  1. 23rd December 2012, 10:14 PM #1
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    Eight Years On.... A Xmas To Remember

    Eight years ago today I landed at Brisbane Airport with my family and four suit cases, We'd left England for a new adventure, my brother was supposed to have arranged an apartment for us, but had decided to go to Canada for xmas and forgotten to book it
    We'd left -2 degrees and arrived to about 38 degrees, we eventually managed to find a room in a grotty little motel where we just sat in front of an air con unit and thought we were going to die It then started raining like we had never seen before.........what had we done ?? It certainly was a xmas to remember.

    Well eight years on it's certainly been an adventure, good times and bad times, happy times and sad times. If I could go back and start again I'd know to do some things differently, but we still love this great country and the people we've met so far. Do we regret emigrating to Australia........not at all.

    "Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year" to you all


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  2. 23rd December 2012, 10:27 PM #2
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    how old were your family members when you left and what prompted you to leave?
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    Jerry, this country is richer thanks to your presence and your decision to migrate doubled the mean intelligence quota of both countries.
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  4. 23rd December 2012, 10:46 PM #4
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    Jerry,

    Our story is very similar to yours, with our arrival date behind yours by about 23 months. We arrived on the 5th November, moved into a rental 3 weeks later, and made some really good friends. Spent our first ever "hot" Christmas on the beach at Surfer's, and the evening and Boxing Day with our new friends.

    Would we ever think of going back? Hell no. This is a beautiful country, with a warm and friendly population, and no way in a million years would we want to go back.
    People ask "Don't you miss home?", and the answer is "How can we miss home, when we are home?".

    So a very merry Christmas to all, and for making some foreigners welcome, our gratitude.
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    Quote Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton View Post
    how old were your family members when you left and what prompted you to leave?
    My boys were 7 + 4 years old, the wife and I were getting on a bit The main reason was to give the boys a better lifestyle and security, I think we must have been going through a mid life crisis too, as we were at a crossroads of where and what to do. We did think of buying a B+B in Wales (great off roading) but decided Australia would be better and warmer It took two and a half years and a few $$ to get visas but was worth the wait.
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    how did you get the visas here, do you have family here?
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    welcome to 'home', jerry

    i was brought out here at age 5 1/2, went back a few times in '78 and then '81 but this is really my home, too. couldn't imagine living there now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton View Post
    how did you get the visas here, do you have family here?
    My wife is the brainy one so we got permanent residence visas on her qualifications, I have a brother here too who sponsored us. Next on our "to do" list is "citizenship"
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    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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    ah that makes sense now. Have you been back to England since being here?
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