New series of Wanted Down Under

[sailorsgal]

I think it starts next week.

Just watching now. Mum seems nice - she's only been out of UK once, to France. That'd be a hard move for her.

Morning all. Mum seems very realistic, Dad not so much....

Winding me up no end. Typical case of 'oh life would be one permanent holiday here because there's a beach and sunshine'. Oh and a carnival. He just said himself, why can't they do that in the uk.

I missed the start what is the dads job, I saw the bit where they said a degree but no idea what for!

It's like whenever we go on holiday DH and i always say 'ooh I could live here' when we have spent 7 days there ON HOLIDAY DOING NOTHING.

He is a engineer of some sort but has worked his way up from the shop floor and so didn't get a degree. I can't see him leaving work to study full time to get it. Or if via the OU part time that could take 6 years ..

Dad is clueless.

What a waste of time.

He's a mechanical engineer but not with a degree. So not eligible for a skilled worker visa. Seems as though the producers used to do the groundwork in the old days - now the families are a bit on their own.

I think jenna would struggle without her mum, carl just said himself her mum has brought the 2 boys up.

I love that he'd worked out that they'd be £750 better off but they'd actually be £250 worse off. Numpty.

What research did he do?! Hilarious.

I love how a carnival blew the dads mind . He needs to get out more in the UK. I live on the South coast and there is always something on in the summer

Where do they currently live? Somewhere without fairs?

No Carnivals or calculators! Hell on earth obviously.

Honestly he was like her third child. He was convinced he'd walk into a job - no. That they'd be loads better off - no. That carnivals don't exist in the UK.

Funnily enough update says they haven't gone.

I'd love to see more like yours, with big gardens...property porn Aussie style!

Perhaps the problem is that they show them new builds, which do have very little outside space, as they now build 3 houses on what would have been a single plot.

Older homes have heaps of room inside & out, yet I guess more people want modern new builds, which also cost $$$

I guess Carl's research was based on engineer with degree salaries.

The family are still in the UK. Jenna got made redundant from her old job, and is now a teaching assistant. Carl still wants to go out in the future ( no mention that he's contemplating doing a degree or not).

oh no, they haven't gone?

Jenna seems brilliant. Loved her, 'you wouldn't move here for a school fair' comment. She has her head screwed on.

He has been researching beaches rather than jobs and visas.

My fav thing on this show is the twisty cards but the next best thing is the spreadsheet of costs done on excel but not the total- so they add it up on camera. It's so stupid, like excel can't do adding up.

Missing the point maybe but why not try and enjoy life/change here in the uk? Visit the odd carnival of a weekend? Grrr! ignores storm outside

I'd like a closer look at the grocery shops. (I currently try to freeze frame on this!). On one of the programmes they had something like shredded wheat in the list. And it was really expensive in Oz or NZ. But it's imported so it's going to be expensive and you wouldn't buy it - you'd substitute.

I love a school fete- its a good day out. So are car boots. But instead of being in his community he's been online looking at photos...

I wouldn't be able to do the budget thing. I shop the offers in Asda, and every weekly shop is different.

Today's just showed you how great the UK is.