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Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 06:21 PM

OK I am in yet another decision making situation.

I virtually made my mind up that I was gonna apply to Western Australia for a job as that has always appealed and I am fed up with my life here in the UK.

Then today I get a phone call, possible jobs on the Bike division in UK coming up and I will help you do X Y and Z to get in if you are interested.

The job I did my advanced driving course to get into and a helping hand to apply ;) or Western Australia and giving up my dog, friends, family and all I know.

Grrrrrrr why did I have to get this phone call....... it always happens.

Life is never simple. :smt022

Rant over thanks for listening :)

Lissa

20-01-10, 06:26 PM

Go to Oz, Shell. You'll always wonder 'what if' if you don't, and you can always come back again.

Go for it, girl!

Lozzo

20-01-10, 06:28 PM

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 06:29 PM

Go to Oz Shell, and marry me so I can go too.

ROFL I want a divorce after.

God it's scary .... I had made my mind up as you know Loz.... but the bike division is what I have worked so hard for and the jobs are like dinosour do do.

Am I being a chicken or do I not simply want to marry Lozzo :-k

20-01-10, 06:31 PM

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 06:34 PM

I thought you weren't all that confident on the bike? Would riding a big heavy bike in all weathers really appeal to you?

If the answers yes then stay :D I know I would stay and do it if the opportunity was available, I would also bugger off to oz in a second given half the chance.

They have an adapted girlie version, lowered etc for a girl that is already on the division, she is my size. She started without having a bike license and did her advanced straight away.

One of the things I will be doing prior to the job being advertised is going up in my rest days and playing on the bikes ..... its also dual role, so car work too so not always out on bikes.

If this dont get my confidence up nothing will :)

Lozzo

20-01-10, 06:35 PM

Do the bike course then apply to WA. Then marry me and take me with you.

5hort5

20-01-10, 06:35 PM

Best of both worlds, move and apply for the same type of job in oz

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 06:36 PM

Do the bike course then apply to WA. Then marry me and take me with you.

You have it all planned :) how romantic you are Lozzo :smt043

husky03

20-01-10, 06:37 PM

go to Oz shell-the way things are going with the police here you know as well as I do that the departments are gonna get cut until theres nowt left to chop-our dog branch has lost 12 handlers the past month,and thats just for starters-go and try it if its doesn't work out you can always come back and join strathclyde:)

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 06:39 PM

you can always come back and join strathclyde:)

would they have me tho LOL ha ha ha ;)

Same here re dog handlers, I was in dilemma not so long back, advanced course or dog handler job and the dog handler job got pulled.

See what pans out with Oz and keep that quiet maybe, apply for bikes and pray I dont get an offer on both else I will be off to :drink:

Richie

20-01-10, 06:39 PM

Are you still here....

Sod off to Oz. If you don't like it go to New Zealand before coming back here.

kellyjo

20-01-10, 06:44 PM

Listen to your heart not your head, what is your gut instinct, which feels right?

(Lozzo seems lovely to me, maybe you should consider his 'proposal' :smt054)

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 06:47 PM

Listen to your heart not your head, what is your gut instinct, which feels right?

(Lozzo seems lovely to me, maybe you should consider his 'proposal' :smt054)

Lozzo is lovely and I will always love him to bits, only thing that getting to me is leaving my nephews (one only 8 months), my mum (go on big girlie say, we been thru lots recently) and Samson my puppy who has already been left by his dad :(

Oz is not a defo as yet but I think I need to know my goals and aim for them

DavieSV

20-01-10, 07:21 PM

Bye then :smt039

Bri w

20-01-10, 07:24 PM

Go for the job.

The WA will take ages to sort out, by which time you will know if the job's worth it.

Will Lozzo marry me :smt054? Must ask the wife if its ok first...

cymroboi

20-01-10, 07:26 PM

why not try the bike division in the uk first ,then if you dont like it or dont get as far as you want ,at least you know you have tried it .you can still be with your family & (lozzo),but still make some research about oz.as back up.i know life sounds good over there but how will you feel 6 months down the line ,missing your friends and family and only being able to call them ........ not meet up for a chat and drink....

DarrenSV650S

20-01-10, 07:40 PM

Go to Oz, Shell. You'll always wonder 'what if' if you don't, and you can always come back again.

Go for it, girl!
+1

And I'll be coming over with you, when I get enough saved up

Holdup

20-01-10, 07:47 PM

Listen to your heart not your head, what is your gut instinct, which feels right?

+1

beabert

20-01-10, 07:52 PM

Australia isn't going anywhere, wait a while and give this a try first. I suppose you could marry me instead then ;):D

Dicky Ticker

20-01-10, 08:07 PM

Shell----Our next door neighbours went to Oz six months ago and are loving it.We were going to have their Lab[Enzo] but they ended up taking him with them,and the cat.I think if you check the quarantine regs,it isn't all that long on the Oz side.

Bluefish

20-01-10, 08:10 PM

Australia isn't going anywhere, wait a while and give this a try first. I suppose you could marry me instead then ;):D

+1, soz can't marry you allready married, oh all right go on then, :D

dizzyblonde

20-01-10, 08:14 PM

FFFS Shell its eaaaaasy

Marry Lozzo and stay here!

TazDaz

20-01-10, 08:23 PM

Down under...easy decision! ;)

I'd love to move to Oz, but still need a few more years experience first! Do it while you can!

malks

20-01-10, 08:29 PM

I've had the thoughts of moving abroad for work ever since being made redundant in sept (ok I've got another job now) but I have made my mind up that if the right chance came I'd be away in a flash.

yes you would miss family and friends, but surely his would be a real test of who your real family and friends are. with email/Internet/skype and stuff the world is a much smaler place these days. if there was an emergency make sure u always have enough spare cash to buy a flight home at short notice.

obviously the job at home is something you have been wanting however is it going to effect your love of bikes seeing they now become 'work' tools? I think it comes down to would u rather have a good job here or the standard of living that oz brings?!?

Jabba

20-01-10, 08:30 PM

Am I being a chicken or do I not simply want to marry Lozzo :-k

Yes. On both parts :lol:

Listen to your head. Listen to your heart. Write down the pros and cons for both and consider them carefully. Then make a rational decision.

This is a "Win Win" situation; you can't lose really ;-)

20-01-10, 09:03 PM

I'd have no hesitation.

Oz.

Family - well they can go visit.
Friends - you'd make new ones. And your old ones would stay in touch, surely?
Dog - get another. Are you really going to make life choices based on a dog?
Bike job - is a job riding a bike really what life is about, Shell? No matter how good it is? You'd be bored silly after a while and you'd grow to hate the bike.
British winters - if you're anything like me, you will hate them more with every passing year.

If you don't go now, you'll get to 50 and always be wondering 'what if'.

As someone else has said, if you don't like it, you can always come back.

-Ralph-

20-01-10, 09:07 PM

Just remember that the grass isn't greener, just because it's on the other side of the fence. Go out there for a holiday or two and get mixing & chatting with some ex pats. Find out the real story and know what commitment your making. I'm sure Oz will be more good than bad, but know about the bad before you go. I know it's a different situation because of the level of drugs and crime and it's a dangerous country, but my friend is finding that Mexico is not the dream life he thought it would be 8 years ago when he went out there.

and giving up my dog

I couldn't do that, is there no way you could take him with you?

PS: there is one just like Samson right now on 'Have I got news for you' on TV channel Dave

dizzyblonde

20-01-10, 09:13 PM

Dogs are for life, I wouldn't give up my dog for anything. I reckon it would send Sam mad if you tried taking him to OZ, the quarentine would be costly and far too long for him.

Stay here, keep the dog and marry Lozzo :-)

-Ralph-

20-01-10, 09:19 PM

Speedy Claire

20-01-10, 09:22 PM

I hink like Ralph suggests you should go out to Oz on holiday first and see what you think. You`re young enough to put plans on hold for a short while and see how it pans out with this other job? Best of luck with your decision hun x

fizzwheel

20-01-10, 09:25 PM

Life is never simple. :smt022

I disagree, life only gets complicated if you make it complicated...

Shelly just go, you'll always be thinking what if and you'll get to stage in your life where you will regret it.

My dad was offered the chance to work out in Australia, but he turned it down as he had just met my mum. He said to me that he has always wandered "what if" and a part of him wishes that he had gone and found out what life was like out there...

I have another friend who emigrated out there a couple of years ago, he said he's found it hard to settle, he's a little shy and has found it hard to make new friends. It took him a while to find a job to. Saying that he has just moved again to a more densley populated area and is enjoying it much much more now and is building up a social life and contacts.

The grass isnt always greener, but if you dont try it you'll never know...

dizzyblonde

20-01-10, 09:34 PM

But wouldn't he only need to quarantine if you bought him BACK?

Pet Passports are used these days, IIRC to take animals to Aus they need to pass some pretty strict stuff to get in. Not sure about the other way around. The Aussies are probably a hell of a lot stricter than the UK on pet import/export. They don't like tropical diseases or grasses accidently going in...in fact they may as well hose you down in sheepdip on arrival...they don't like people going there either:rolleyes:

A friend of mine emigrated to New Zealand a few years back, has never looked back..she says its better than OZ.

RichT

20-01-10, 09:41 PM

or Western Australia and giving up my dog, friends, family and all I know.

I haven't read the entire thread, but I reckon, do the bike thing for a couple or three years and then move to Oz. Your friends and family will always be your friends and family - you're not giving them up... and you could take your dog with you.

Just my 2p worth

Stu

20-01-10, 09:45 PM

What's the job in Oz? How certain are you of getting it?

-Ralph-

20-01-10, 09:45 PM

Pet Passports are used these days, IIRC to take animals to Aus they need to pass some pretty strict stuff to get in. Not sure about the other way around. The Aussies are probably a hell of a lot stricter than the UK on pet import/export. They don't like tropical diseases or grasses accidently going in...in fact they may as well hose you down in sheepdip on arrival...they don't like people going there either:rolleyes:

A friend of mine emigrated to New Zealand a few years back, has never looked back..she says its better than OZ.

Murphy has a PETS scheme passport for going to and from France (or anywhere in mainland europe), not sure it'd get him back from Oz though. In the UK quarantine is primarily to protect against rabies, and PETS scheme animals have been inoculated. No idea what getting an animal into Oz is like.

urbane1

20-01-10, 10:09 PM

As an ex-pat, I would say go to Oz. The change in lifestyle is hard to explain. We have no family here and have not seen our parents for nearly five years. But they are only at the end of a phone/internet line.
We also had a dog, which we brought with us.

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 10:23 PM

+1, soz can't marry you allready married, oh all right go on then, :D

Damn :)

Australia isn't going anywhere, wait a while and give this a try first. I suppose you could marry me instead then ;):D

Ohh marraige offers left right and centre .. woo hooo ;)

What's the job in Oz? How certain are you of getting it?

Not certain at all, just an email in the pipeline kinda thing atm.

FFFS Shell its eaaaaasy

Marry Lozzo and stay here!

Lozzo is looking favourite LOL

I hink like Ralph suggests you should go out to Oz on holiday first and see what you think. You`re young enough to put plans on hold for a short while and see how it pans out with this other job? Best of luck with your decision hun x

Aww thanks hun, I do think people have said wise words. An extended hol is a must, I have a friend that goes out alot and a copper mate that moved over there too :) I have lots of annual leave just have to beg my current job for some time off in a block.

Had a heart to heart with a friend tonight and the recent falling out with others have made me decide maybe a fresh start is needed...... but is that fresh start on different soil? Maybe a holiday would sort my head out and then I could come back to the big wet nose with Samson on the end :)

ArtyLady

20-01-10, 10:27 PM

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 10:38 PM

Is there a time limit on the Oz option?

If not I would go for the bike cop job (I'm dead jealous - I'd love to do that!) that way you get to keep your doggy (I couldn't ever have given up my dog for anything :().

Do that for a while and if you don't like it then look again at Oz and you could even be a bike cop in Oz!!

hth :D

Oz is something that pops up on a yearly basis, they usually recruit at the start of each year, well they have for past 3 yrs anyway. Then they close applications to international transfers. I have had a contact over there, like a pen pal type thing in the job that I have been getting info from. So if I dont go for it this year I could try again another year.

As for Bike job here, again its a rare job to come up and I know lotsa people are interested, I am in with a chance as I have bike license, have already shown an interest by way of an attachment to the unit and am gonna give up rest days to work with them etc.

Bike cop is Oz sounds Awesome...... or a beach buggy cop even better patrolling the blonde surfers making sure they were safe ... towel drying them so they dont catch a cold............... ooops forgot Lozzo would be there :smt107

kwak zzr

20-01-10, 10:41 PM

I'd say stay here a be abike coppa :) i'll miss you if you go OZ :(

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 10:45 PM

I'd say stay here a be abike coppa :) i'll miss you if you go OZ :(

You should be in bed !! I'd miss you too but there would always be the net xxxxx sure you'd get to ya ride out locations quicker without me holding you up ;)

kwak zzr

20-01-10, 10:46 PM

i like you holding me up :) i off to bed now i gotta be up in 6 hours :( night night woozle :)

Shellywoozle

20-01-10, 10:47 PM

i like you holding me up :) i off to bed now i gotta be up in 6 hours :( night night woozle :)

Night night sleep tight xx

Gazza77

21-01-10, 10:31 AM

At the risk of sounding negative, don't forget that applying for a job doesn't mean you will actually get it.

IMO Apply for the Aus job, and see how you get on. What's the worst that happens, a couple of weeks holiday to go for an interview? :cool:

Littlepeahead

21-01-10, 10:31 AM

They have beach buggy cops - where do I apply?

Of course the down side of Australia is that it's full of smug Aussies who will tell you which sports they have beaten England in at every opportunity. And they only sell ultra low alcohol beer these sporting events.

And Hugh Jackman doesn't really spend any time there anymore.

I have lots of friends who have made the move and loved it. But I also seem to have loads of Aussie mates who now live over here, so there has to be something to be said for England.

But you will need to take a language course. The attached may prove helpful.

http://www.dunway.com/html/aussie_slang.html

sunshine

21-01-10, 03:51 PM

if your looked at moving to oz read here - http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=54
but you must also consider the risks and listen to people who tried it but it didnt work out for so look in here - http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=61

Remember oz has no snow thats why im looking at Canada for the snowboarding. if you want a warm Christmas go to oz if you want a white christmas stay here.

Family will visit most years, its a cheap holiday for them they fly out see the sights eat all your food then fly home.
Friends will stay in touch through E-mails and on here, facebook, myspace etc. but you will mainly find new friends easy enough, and if you meet up with people from the british expat forum they will help you start a new life in a new country.
Your dog can go with you and everything else will slot into place as you settle which can take 6 months.

Bibio

21-01-10, 04:52 PM

you cant go shelly, i have only just started to get to know you and we haven't started the phone sex yet. if you leave it will spoil my fantasy about coming down and giving you one. oz is too far away for me to cope.

plowsie

21-01-10, 05:10 PM

Do the bike course then apply to WA. Then marry me and take me with you.
And adopt me.

-Ralph-

21-01-10, 05:40 PM

Go to Oz Shell, and marry me so I can go too.

+1, soz can't marry you allready married, oh all right go on then, :D

Australia isn't going anywhere, wait a while and give this a try first. I suppose you could marry me instead then ;):D

you cant go shelly, i have only just started to get to know you and we haven't started the phone sex yet. if you leave it will spoil my fantasy about coming down and giving you one. oz is too far away for me to cope.

And adopt me.

Guys, I know Michelle's a bit of a blonde bombshell, but my god you guys are f*****g desperate! FFS get down your local red light district and sort yourselves out! ;)

Von Teese

21-01-10, 06:07 PM

Guys, I know Michelle's a bit of a blonde bombshell, but my god you guys are f*****g desperate! FFS get down your local red light district and sort yourselves out! ;)

Lol!

Shells, you know my feelings on this one!

Go for it, so much of a better lifestyle...you could have a house with a pool for godssake! ;)

Milky Bar Kid

21-01-10, 07:20 PM

I no wants you to go!! I tend to think that you should apply for the bike job, then see how things get on and then if you don't like it then you can apply to mover to Oz...

Miss Alpinestarhero

21-01-10, 07:55 PM

Id apply for the job in Auz, if it is something you have always wanted to do then go for it...otherwise you might regret it. Without sounding too harsh, you might not even get the job in Australia? If you were to move there how long would it actually take you to sort yourself out and get over there? If its a fair while then do the bike job in the meantime

instigator

21-01-10, 08:06 PM

I don't know anyone that's moved to Oz and stayed there. They usually always come back.

21-01-10, 11:19 PM

I don't know anyone that's moved to Oz and stayed there. They usually always come back.

I do. And I wish I could have gone with them. Melbourne looks really nice.

And nope they haven't come back, and have made it very clear that they aren't going to.

Von Teese

21-01-10, 11:38 PM

I want to go!!!

Fizzy Fish is there now and she says it is awesome, going to be 39 degrees tomorrow :(

rob13

21-01-10, 11:55 PM

Yeah and about 39degrees FAHRENHEIT here.

Shell how many years you got in?

Couple of considerations....
1 - You stay in UK, apply for the job and get it. Nothing changes in life except when you go to work, you ride around asking Lorry drivers to see their tacho's and do the occasional escort for Stoke City FC.
2 - You stay in UK, apply for the job and fail on the ride/drive. You're in the same place you were, is the other option still open?
3 - You go to Oz after getting the job, you love it and everything in life changes.
4 - You go to Oz after getting the job, you hate it and come back to the UK. Reapply to get back in and then you're on the new pension (extra 5 years) and you're on the regular shift again
5 - You apply for Oz and hold off on the bike job. You dont get the job in Oz and you have to wait another 5 years for the bike job to come round again

Choose your own adventure....

lukemillar

22-01-10, 01:04 AM

I go. I was in the same situation a few years ago and went! Haven't really looked back. Being far away from family sucks at times, though they have been visiting in the past two months and eventually drove me nuts! Quite glad I am so far away at the moment :wink:

Moved from Oz to NZ a year ago - mainly due to work, but I definitely prefer NZ. I miss the warm weather and beaches, but not much else.

Never been to WA, but I have a trip booked in June to dive with Whale Sharks :D in Northern WA. Can't wait.

lukemillar

22-01-10, 01:06 AM

I don't know anyone that's moved to Oz and stayed there. They usually always come back.

Hello! :smt039

Shellywoozle

22-01-10, 01:14 AM

I am gonna go to speak with bike sgt on my rest days ... talk it through.

I been pretty low due to stuff going on in my life at the mo, tonight I left work and 2 people rang me on my way home to find out what was wrong with me and one guy collared me on the way out the gates.

I didn't realise how withdrawn I have become over the past few weeks but everyone else has. Said I am no longer bubbly and mad, just very quiet.

I really think it is time for a big big change and Oz maybe it. But as people have said I may not get any of the jobs, just need a new focus away from the hassle I have in my head.

Thank you all for your advice ..... I think I am gonna sit down with all sgts concerned. I am prepared to give my rest days up to try and do some work with bikes and see if I can manage a big bike and I am gonna see if I can get some annual leave and some money saved up to go on a short break.

I probably wont get either job ha ha ha then I will have to put up with sunny Staffordshire and the chavs ..... not so bad after all I suppose :)

Nic I would still hassle you wherever I was and whatever I do hun, you and Jen have become good mates who I value oooodles xxxxxxxxxxx

urbane1

22-01-10, 03:04 AM

If you gone on a vacation there try to look at the country through the eyes of someone living there and not a tourist.
We have had friends come here on vacation and they see it all rosy. Then they have moved here and found it's not like they thought it would be, and have ended going back.

sunshine

22-01-10, 03:12 AM

A recce trip is advised if your looking at relocating a short holiday even if only over a long weekend in oz would help decide if its the right place to move to. its a long flight as well.

when i linked you to the expats forum i forgot to link you to http://www.workingin-australia.com/ these do expo's the closest to you would be Manchester i think, i found my trip there useful and informative. there are people there to help you with your relocating and looking for work and helping with all the visa's.

lukemillar

22-01-10, 03:19 AM

rob13

22-01-10, 11:42 AM

Long weekend to Australia?? :smt043

What have you been smoking?

Long weekend as in 3 weeks? :D

plowsie

22-01-10, 11:43 AM

Isn't a long weekend in Oz, a flight there and back?

RichT

22-01-10, 11:59 AM

Isn't a long weekend in Oz, a flight there and back?

Yup

Shellywoozle

22-01-10, 12:01 PM

Long weekend to Australia?? :smt043

What have you been smoking?

i was thinking of 4 weeks instead of the 3 months i had in my head.... I knw what I was saying, was tired after works that's my excuse lol

dizzyblonde

22-01-10, 12:05 PM

So when you marrying Lozzo then Shell?

RichT

22-01-10, 12:06 PM

During that trip you could spend a day or two shadowing on the job...

plowsie

22-01-10, 12:07 PM

Yup
In most cases, you'd prob have to call it a long weekend in Thailand with a stop off in Oz lol.

RichT

22-01-10, 12:12 PM

;)

Shellywoozle

22-01-10, 12:58 PM

So when you marrying Lozzo then Shell?

Well I haven't said yes yet lol ............ he wants another orger on our honeymoon night as a present. :( upset me a bit lol :p

Milky Bar Kid

22-01-10, 01:05 PM

Shell, marry me instead....!

Lozzo

22-01-10, 06:42 PM

Well I haven't said yes yet lol ............ he wants another orger on our honeymoon night as a present. :( upset me a bit lol :p

Go on, tell them which one ;)

kwak zzr

22-01-10, 09:13 PM

can it be me :)

Lozzo

22-01-10, 09:29 PM

can it be me :)

No - think female.

kwak zzr

22-01-10, 09:32 PM

i was "woozle" :)

22-01-10, 10:06 PM

Aw Shell. You're tearing yourself apart. You had all but decided. Don't spend a lifetime regretting. Go, and if you don't like, come back.

ixlr8

23-01-10, 01:15 AM

Wow, you couldn't buy this many counsellors...and friends, confidantes, suitors :eek: . See, there for you at the end of a keyboard no matter where you are. :)

Any takers for tossing a coin?

lukemillar

23-01-10, 02:04 AM

i was thinking of 4 weeks instead of the 3 months i had in my head.... I knw what I was saying, was tired after works that's my excuse lol

Erm...

I was quoting Sunshine, wasn't I? :scratch:

Shellywoozle

23-01-10, 03:59 AM

Shell, marry me instead....!

OK come on then on one knee please .... and I want a romantic gesture!

Go on, tell them which one ;)

Milky he wants you :(

can it be me :)

What be you?

i was "woozle" :)

You was me??? :smt064

No - think female.

Thats your only criteria ... oh and with a pulse lol

Von Teese

23-01-10, 04:54 AM

Shell, marry me instead....!
She can't!

Your'e MY byach, REMEMBER???? [-(

sunshine

23-01-10, 08:39 AM

Sorry forgot most people suffer from jet lag a fight to oz doesnt take that long, book a few days off work you could still get a few days in oz, without needing to use all your holidays up on one trip. or move somewhere closer but still abroad?

mister c

23-01-10, 09:12 AM

Sit with 2 pieces of paper. one with Bike written on the top, the other with Australia on. Rip the bike one up & throw it in the bin..... Decision made :)

Seriously Shell, write down the pros & cons of both & see which comes out on top, simples ;)

Lozzo

23-01-10, 09:45 AM

OK come on then on one knee please .... and I want a romantic gesture!

I'll be there with a romantic gesture to get down on one knee as soon as I'm fit to drive or ride to yours ;)

ArtyLady

23-01-10, 10:17 AM

...just need a new focus away from the hassle I have in my head.

...

Will that work???? If so I'm coming too :cool: :D

Shellywoozle

23-01-10, 12:39 PM

Cheers Mister C, will do that later ..... I shall let you know the results

I'll be there with a romantic gesture to get down on one knee as soon as I'm fit to drive or ride to yours ;)

Blimey I am starting to think you are serious hun LOL

MattCollins

23-01-10, 05:15 PM

Remember oz has no snow thats why im looking at Canada for the snowboarding.

You have been misinformed... nothing like Canada though.

MattCollins

23-01-10, 05:36 PM

Shelly,

I might be a little biased, but everyone that I have ever met from the UK has moaned about Oz. The interesting thing is that when they move back to the UK, they are always back within two years to stay and never hear so much as a peep from them again. There must be something going for the place.

Best thing is to try before you buy. The two cities in Oz that I would recommend are Adelaide and Perth. Adelaide because it feels more like home. Perth because it is just nice city, but it is built on sand dunes so it is not for everyone.

If the job is long term your dog can come too if you are willing to spend the money on getting him/her through quarantine.

maviczap

23-01-10, 05:47 PM

and giving up my dog, friends, family and all I know.

And this is the one reason peeps should think twice about moving to the other side of the world.

Fine if you can handle it, but it ain't all sunshine there.

Cost of living is one thing that peeps don't take into account, plus home sickness too.

My sister did it twice, and came back because of home sickness.