Emigrate to Australia.

I'm working on a career to get me into Oz! I LOVED it when I visited a mate last year.

Went to Perth but I got on much better with the true Ozzies - in pubs, on trains etc.
 
I've got family there that emigrated and never looked back. Its great if you like beach culture, sunshine and heat. There really isn't a lot else culture-wise. There is literally no history anything 20 years old is an antique.

If you get the chance I'd say go get out while you still can this country is heading down the crapper.
 
A close friend of ours moved out there about 10 years ago to Perth.

He came back the other year as his dad passed away, we spoke a little and he said he could not believe how much it had changed. He said he would never come back.

Just go and don't look back, you will not regret it. ;)
 
Blackjack Davy said:
If you get the chance I'd say go get out while you still can this country is heading down the crapper.
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Agreed - just this century! It's amazing how the attitudes stink in England and we praise the chav culture and pride ourselves on idiots....

This EU fiasco with the immigrants shows just how being a decent human has left England in favour of money....
 
I lived there for almost two years and it was a high point of my life.

I had an awesome job, convertible 370z, lived right in the middle of Sydney city in a 23rd floor apartment with walk in wardrobes ($1200 a week :eek: ). Right at the bottom of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, where the cars get on, is where I lived.

The weather is lovely, the life good but as people said it's a little roguh around the edges. I wouldn't say a violent place (you know I never saw one fight) but aussies are just very brash.

Only returned to the UK because a family member was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After that I travelled the world for a year and settled back in the UK as my dad is quite old.

Go. You've got nothing to lose.
 
I moved to Sydney from Cambridge 3 years ago, its a very personal journey and you won't know until you give it a go.

Though don't be put off by people talking about the cost of living in this thread - its hugely variable. Just don't expect to live in Vanilla's flat by the harbour bridge (-:

My experience has been that i'm happier, fitter, healthier and wealthier.
 
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Just on the whole 'get out while you can, UK is going down the toilet blah blah' - true or not, that doesn't limit anyone to Australia. The world is a pretty big place and if your sole goal is to just be somewhere that is not the United Kingdom of Toilet-Beckoning then (1) you're not looking at this properly and (2) choices are good, Australia is but one of them.
 
I moved to Australia in 2005. Temporarily moved back to the UK in 2009 for work reason. Hated it and couldn't wait to get 'home' again, so was back after 2 years. I find I miss far more things from Australia when I'm in the UK than things in the UK when I'm here. I suppose that defines what home is.

It's not for everyone but I didn't want to get to a point in my life when such a move was impossible and then regret not giving it a shot.
 
British Expats Forum is the best place to start for advice.

I'm an Australian who emigrated to the UK, where I met and married my (English) wife, and had my first child. You can track my progress in the following threads:

* Help, the packers are here and they want my computer!

* 12 months in Adelaide.

* Two years in Adelaide.

* Three years in Adelaide.

* Four years in Adelaide.

* Five years in Adelaide.

Australia is definitely not for everyone. Don't go unless you have a compelling reason to do so.

:)
 
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Just on the whole 'get out while you can, UK is going down the toilet blah blah' - true or not, that doesn't limit anyone to Australia. The world is a pretty big place and if your sole goal is to just be somewhere that is not the United Kingdom of Toilet-Beckoning then (1) you're not looking at this properly and (2) choices are good, Australia is but one of them.
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It's a very fair point that there's lots of options out there but as you say it's entirely subjective about what constitutes going down the toilet. The UK still has many fine things about it and a number of negatives, it's up to the individual to weigh up which of the pros and cons affect them and which matters most to them. There's not a single country which is perfect for everyone, there might be some where the negatives don't affect you (as an individual) much but that doesn't mean it's right for everyone. As I think you're also pointing out running away from something doesn't necessarily mean that what you're running towards is going to be better if you're leaving for the wrong reasons.

For what it's worth one of my cousins moved out to Australia with his partner (now wife) and loves it. Both are in the medical profession and have found lots of opportunities and the outdoorsy lifestyle really works for them but I can't say it's ever really appealed to me, I suspect I'd like to visit but think that's probably about it. Then again prior to visiting I didn't expect to like San Francisco as much as I did so who knows whether it could be an option in the future.
 
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I'd suggest you take an extended holiday there and get a feel for the place first.

I genuinely didn't like Australia as much as people made out I should. The UK for all its faults has a lot going for it. Australia isn't simply the UK in the sun; they are a very different and often unrefined culture, often blunt to the point of rudeness, self-centred and simplistic in the outlook amongst other things.

I found for example, that most Australians simply do not get or understand dead-pan humour; they just think that you're moaning. And whilst moaning is a British tradition, the Australians don't really seem to have time for it.

The sunshine can be a lot of fun, but the weird concrete-cum-wild-west architecture and lack of substantial history is something I found tedious and boring. Everything is a very long way apart and every other animal there can seemingly kill you.

It's a big, big, big place and you end up aware of just how far away from the UK you are. At times, it may as well seem that Blighty is on another planet.

Australia is essentially an unrefined, bland, isolated albeit sunny and expensive imitation of the UK and US. I often felt that Australia was trapped 20 years behind the rest of the Western word.

That said, I met some incredibly friendly, kind, and spirited people and the landscape can be breathtakingly beautiful at times. It does have a lot going for it.

It seems to me that people never really seem to mention the drawbacks. I think it would be very wise for you to try and spend a substantial period of time there and see if it works for you before committing to anything long-term. It's a great place to visit, but I don't think I'd personally want to live there.
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Pretty much exactly the same impression I got the first time I went. I can quite happily visit for a holiday, but I could never live there.
 
My Dad moved out there. He definitely does not want to come back. He loves his job, the people, and the country. There is so much to do out there, and so much to see.
 
The question you need to ask yourself is: could you handle being that close to Magnolia? He'd almost be next door.
 
Probably not a bad time to be considering it if you have cash to take with you given the way the exchange rate has gone in the last year or two (basically from ~1.5AUD to ~2.1AUD to the pound). That said, I imagine it is still a ludicrously expensive place to live (in the metropolitan centres at least) compared to prices in the UK so it really depends on what the job market is like.
 
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