Wanted Down Under 2014

[MrsReiver]

I know all you addicts are out there! I am not the only one.

Apparently you can catch chlamydia from koala bears...

How many wanted Down Unders are people going to have to watch til they realise that Australia ain't like getting a beach hut in Thailand and living in a pound a day?!
Hell, even Thailand isn't like that anymore

NO SHIT SHERLOCK OF COURSE ITS DIFFERENT TO A DECADE AGO

Nice tache.

And how can you move based on a prediction of how your non-existent business might do?

Their little girl is a cutie though

They would be happy on the beach in Cornwall FGS. they are children.

YY Thursday and love the name Carmen.

It looks like Benidorm.

Oh, they still have their Grandparents too. They must be very young.

Auntie is v young.

My mum has a friend who's son has emigrated to Mexico with his two children.
It's makes her v sad. My mum is a colossal pain in the ass sometimes, but I couldn't do that to her.

I think people imagine life would be like one long holiday. It's the same, except warmer.

I just don't get it.... they always say that they want to move to Australia for the work/life balance, to enjoy the outdoor lifestyle, and have more time with the kids...

But you could have all that here in the UK, without having to leave your family behind and break their hearts! Why not just move to Wales, or Cornwall or somewhere?!

I live near the coast - we go to the beach most days, and visit some beautiful beaches and mountains most weekends. Our work life balance is great - and it is TOTALLY what you make it, working in Oz wouldn't suddenly change that.

If people are so pissed off with their lifestyles, why don't they just change them - without moving across the world? I'm not saying that some people don't benefit from migrating to Oz, but for some of these families it just seems so painful

Whyyyyy?

What a dump of a place. Why would you go there...WHY?? They'd be fools to leave their families to take up what looks like a much worse life.

I just couldn't do that to my family. It seems so selfish.

Dave needs to get over the fact he's not a feckless single traveller anymore.
GROW UP DAVE

I hate the emotional blackmail!

Our parents and grandparents would miss us but they would tell us to follow our dreams!

Mind you, this is his dream, not hers, and we wouldn't be the first in our family to emigrate.

Update on the BBC website now.

Honestly, Carmen has just slept her way around Australia!

Absolutely agree. My nephew lives in Sydney and he is very happy there and settled. But he and his wife have always worked like dogs, had each of their 3 kids in "daycare" from 6 weeks old, have a poxy garden and hardly anyone goes to visit them. Another few years and their kids will want to come over here

In the last series NC used to go round to their house when they got back and make them twiddle the cards again.

Yes I thought that about the comment about when they took the kids to the Zoo "Oh the kids just really enjoyed it"

It's a ZOO. They have them here too. Not really worth moving across the world for is, it? And also, you don't live in the zoo. You live in a shitty apartment in the middle of skyscrapers...

I used to work in Australia. I did love it, but the daily grind is the same as anywhere else. I went to Sydney once, and met lots of backpackers 'living the dream' - working 9-5 in an office block, living in squalor, for their year out. Not my dream, thanks.

After returning from Australia, Laurra changed her mind on a move, and decided that emigrating to Australia could be right for her family. She and Dave put their house on the market and moved into a rented property. Unfortunately, in December 2013, the sale of their home fell through at the last minute. The couple have since decided to rent out their house, with a view to making the move to Australia later in 2014.

Oh noooo. That's just so sad for her family. So, so sad.