DH and I are so on the fence here so we need some random strangers on the internets opinions please 😅 we have to DD (nearly 3 and 12 weeks old) and we have an opportunity to move to Australia. I have family in Melbourne and have been a few times and known from a young age I’d love to travel round or experience living there. DH has never been but has always wanted to visit and would be happy to move and try it if that’s what we decide. His job is on the skilled occupation list but until we go further with the migration agent we’ve chatted to we won’t know what are of Australia we could potentially move to but we don’t really mind either way.
Our issue here is that we just can’t get over the guilt of leaving our families here. Mine and DH parents are here and my sister and her DD. We see the grandparents every few weeks and our daughter loves her cousin. We just have never felt settled in the UK and know we would love the Aussie way of life. Plus with everything just going downhill in the UK it’s not getting much better and we aren’t bothered about staying, it would only be for family. But that’s a big thing! Financially we only really have this big move in us or buy a house here. Also need to add that the last time my mum went to visit her sister in Oz she said it would maybe be one of the last times she could do the trip with how long and gruelling it can be. My dad would probably not be able to do it and my DHs dad would defiantly not as he’s not very well so it would be down to us to come see them and it’s so expensive so we would hardly see them I think! I’m just so torn! What would you guys do?
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Unsure05 · 30/05/2023 09:56
Hell121 · 30/05/2023 11:35
I’m not sure portugal or southern Spain has a wealth of job opportunities.
Lateliein · 30/05/2023 11:52
I'd never move to australia. Remote, hot, insular, racist, impossible to travel to without feeling like death for a week.. It is literally the other side of the world. Life is short...enjoy who you're with. Not the few perks of where you are.
Lateliein · 30/05/2023 11:52
I'd never move to australia. Remote, hot, insular, racist, impossible to travel to without feeling like death for a week.. It is literally the other side of the world. Life is short...enjoy who you're with. Not the few perks of where you are.
Lateliein · 30/05/2023 11:52
I'd never move to australia. Remote, hot, insular, racist, impossible to travel to without feeling like death for a week.. It is literally the other side of the world. Life is short...enjoy who you're with. Not the few perks of where you are.
CallItLoneliness · 30/05/2023 11:41
If you like the sun and the surf....Melbourne may not be for you. I'm sitting here in a poorly insulated house and it is about 11 degrees outside. Having said that, the "best of both worlds" deal is, in my view, Melbourne. Excellent museums, lots of cultural things, and beaches that are good 4-8 months of the year, depending on your cold tolerance, good lifestyle.
This, BTW, is bullshit: you don’t get the fun of going to a new country with different food, history, buildings etc unless you’re prepared to travel a LONG way. unless you don't think of New Zealand as having a unique culture, or New Caledonia, or (if you live in Perth) Singapore. It is further than France, for sure, but so is your nearest major city in Australia. The distances here are BIG.
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Lastqueenofscotland2 · 30/05/2023 12:04
Everyone I know who moved there has come back…
Mostly due to cost. And this was before the insane rental crisis that seems to be ongoing at the moment. Even on significantly more than they earn in the U.K. housing costs just decimated it.
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