Hi
I am a ridiculously regular Mumsnet reader, though not as regular when it comes to posting. I am here in disguise as I need to make absolutely sure no one from RL sees this and 'recognises' me, outside chance i know but at the mo. our plans are very vague and thus top secret!
So we are thinking, increasingly seriously, of moving to Oz but there are so many thoughts and questions that throws up. I would be grateful if anyone who knows first hand could give me some advice or share their experiences.
We would plan to go in 4/6 years time.
A bit of History. My parents are both deceased. I have one brother who is moving to Melbourne area some time around Easter 2009. He is my only real family and i would love to live near him.
My DH who has been the driving force behind the idea for our move has elderly parents who live close to us. He has given some thought to the practicalities of elderly parents and what would happen if/when. He has a son by his first marriage who is 10. At the moment Dss stays with us every other weekend and additionally summer hols/Xmas. He of course is our main worry. Both of us, DH esp. is torn by doing the right thing by his son but also grasping the opportunity - he is 38 so time is a factor. There are so many issues around him and us, in theory, living on opposite sides of the world, i dont really know where to start in expressing them.
Also wondered about standards of living. Here in the UK we earn between 50K - 60k, i work PT as a teacher, we are mortgage free and wondered what kind of lifestyle we might expect.
This has turned into a very long post. Thankyou so much if you have got to the end and even more so if you get as far as a reply!
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Those of you who have taken the plunge and moved from the UK to Oz I have so many questions-can you help/advise?
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Tobermory · 03/02/2008 19:54
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