How's life in Australia treating you?
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Having just returned to Australia after a brief trip to the UK life is looking good. It seems that the economy is doing well, people are maintaining optimism and life here is pretty decent on the whole.
I'm unsure if this is just a bubble so wondered how life is for all you other Aussie's?
(p.s this isn't meant to be a pro-Aussie uk bashing thread!)
I'm unsure if this is just a bubble so wondered how life is for all you other Aussie's?
(p.s this isn't meant to be a pro-Aussie uk bashing thread!)
Yup, pretty good here as well, thanks for asking.
Work generally busy, daugther in year 12 and getting into it, wife enjoying (well most of the time) teaching, weather great now the rain has stopped, car running relatively OK, our new to us house OK (although starting a mortgage at 43 is NOT ok) blah, blah, blah.
Dont miss home (London/Cirencester, UK) much at all really. Although I do think about a nice pint of Directors, owning a sevenesque kit car every now and again, but hey cant have everything.
Work generally busy, daugther in year 12 and getting into it, wife enjoying (well most of the time) teaching, weather great now the rain has stopped, car running relatively OK, our new to us house OK (although starting a mortgage at 43 is NOT ok) blah, blah, blah.
Dont miss home (London/Cirencester, UK) much at all really. Although I do think about a nice pint of Directors, owning a sevenesque kit car every now and again, but hey cant have everything.
Good here too.
Busy at work and getting busier by the day, just bought the other half a vw beetle which she loves, daughter enjoying school (year 7 so just started senior school) and just bought a house too. So it's all good.
Just wish car prices were cheaper, but we can do alot more things here than back in the uk, our income is by far more than we earned in the uk too. Oh, and the sun shines a lot more
Busy at work and getting busier by the day, just bought the other half a vw beetle which she loves, daughter enjoying school (year 7 so just started senior school) and just bought a house too. So it's all good.
Just wish car prices were cheaper, but we can do alot more things here than back in the uk, our income is by far more than we earned in the uk too. Oh, and the sun shines a lot more
I'm learning ocker on t'internet. I'm using this as a reference but need to work on the accent - http://www.mcguinnessonline.com/australia/aussie_s...
KL is too hot, humid and busy. Something to experience though.
KL is too hot, humid and busy. Something to experience though.
Life is awesome, very comfortable and very settled here. I used to miss he UK terribly but I dont even think about the place any more. It is not the place I call home.
Kit cars are a bit more expensive here than in the UK but there are a few options to look at and it can be done for $30K or there are used ones around starting at $20K.
Wanchaiwarrior said:
Yup, pretty good here as well, thanks for asking.
Work generally busy, daugther in year 12 and getting into it, wife enjoying (well most of the time) teaching, weather great now the rain has stopped, car running relatively OK, our new to us house OK (although starting a mortgage at 43 is NOT ok) blah, blah, blah.
Dont miss home (London/Cirencester, UK) much at all really. Although I do think about a nice pint of Directors, owning a sevenesque kit car every now and again, but hey cant have everything.
Meh, Boutique Aussie beer is pretty damn epic so I don't feel the need for a British ale all that often. Most independent bottle shops sell a heap of imported European beers though if you are really desperate. Work generally busy, daugther in year 12 and getting into it, wife enjoying (well most of the time) teaching, weather great now the rain has stopped, car running relatively OK, our new to us house OK (although starting a mortgage at 43 is NOT ok) blah, blah, blah.
Dont miss home (London/Cirencester, UK) much at all really. Although I do think about a nice pint of Directors, owning a sevenesque kit car every now and again, but hey cant have everything.
Kit cars are a bit more expensive here than in the UK but there are a few options to look at and it can be done for $30K or there are used ones around starting at $20K.
toomuchbeer said:
Good here too.
Busy at work and getting busier by the day, just bought the other half a vw beetle which she loves, daughter enjoying school (year 7 so just started senior school) and just bought a house too. So it's all good.
Just wish car prices were cheaper, but we can do alot more things here than back in the uk, our income is by far more than we earned in the uk too. Oh, and the sun shines a lot more
Where did you end up buying?!Busy at work and getting busier by the day, just bought the other half a vw beetle which she loves, daughter enjoying school (year 7 so just started senior school) and just bought a house too. So it's all good.
Just wish car prices were cheaper, but we can do alot more things here than back in the uk, our income is by far more than we earned in the uk too. Oh, and the sun shines a lot more
Loving it here too, ok it has been a rubbish summer on the whole with all the rain but business is booming, have got a garage full of toys that I couldn't easily keep in the UK and the other half has completed the private pilots license a while back that wouldn't have been so do-able in the UK.
Swimming pool in the back garden is hovering around 28 degrees and the fridge is keeping the beer at 3 degrees. What more do you need to remind you why you moved?
Swimming pool in the back garden is hovering around 28 degrees and the fridge is keeping the beer at 3 degrees. What more do you need to remind you why you moved?
Well I'm still stuck back in the UK for another 5weeks and I know where I would rather be. This place is so depressing right now. I managed to pick up a short term contract at Heathrow and have been trudging round the M25 for the last 4 weeks through road works that are being worked on by that most mysterious of British public servants, the council road worker. Apparently they are so shy they only come out at night! Well they must boody do because they sure as heck ain't working any other time.
Did I mention the weather......!
Did I mention the weather......!
Bob the Planner said:
I'm learning ocker on t'internet. I'm using this as a reference but need to work on the accent - http://www.mcguinnessonline.com/australia/aussie_s...
KL is too hot, humid and busy. Something to experience though.
Wuss, its the cool time of year for KL at the moment, and it never gets "that" humid KL is too hot, humid and busy. Something to experience though.
madazrx7 said:
Cheers chaps I'll get there (again)
Just had a short but bloody fantastic relationship that turned to crap last Sunday over nothing...
Bugger, Sympathies there mate, gotta be worth patching up if you can! Just had a short but bloody fantastic relationship that turned to crap last Sunday over nothing...
Women - box of frogs the lot of them!
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