Australia

[cassi]

Firstly does anyone know of any Australian Job websites? Like jobcentre.com australian version lol..and any australian estate agents just to get a taster of prices.

Well the reason being is that nothing is concrete but me and Alan have really had enough with this country..the other day i was having a rant about taxes, prices and inheritence tax and i got so angry i burst into tears...I would roll over in my grave at the thought of them taxing money that id like to be passed onto jakob which i have worked for and already paid tax on once.

Alan gets 40% tax from his wage!!!!!!!! Now im sorry but i wouldnt mind paying tax if it got used properly but it dosnt...it goes to anyone that cant be arsed to go to work, gets a free house and loads of money!!! (obviously if you have children and you dont go to work to stay with them its different) But i will have to go back to work because i wont get any benifits if i dont because of Alans wages..however its funny that they never look at what is going out of your wages every month!!!

Everytime i look in the paper another kid has been stabbed at school...when jakob is in school he will probably have metal detectors there its disgusting...everytime there is a football tournament who gets arrested?? idiot hooligans from here..its always our country made to look bad and we wonder why the scots dislike us????? There is rapes and murders here ALL the time!!! My car got stolen in the middle of the day from outside our house a few months back...i wouldnt walk outside in the dark on my own because id be scared...there is pedo's all over the country and thats to labour its just going down the pan and it really scares me and i dont want to bring jakob up in a place like this.

When i was in school i got bullied so bad that when i was 10 i saw a tv docu about solvent abuse and how it could kill instantly so i went and locked myself in the shed with a can of petrol and went untill i passed out.
I then went through years of depression and self harming and im scared sick that my baby is going to get bullied like that. I have so many bad memorys here and i just want a whole new start so yesterday Alan mentioned how Australians are begging for electronic engineers at the moment and alan has all the qualifications for it.

So we are strongly considering this option. Obviously it will hurt me so much to leave my family behind if we do it..and i know that bad things happen in aus too and that kids get bullied anywhere..but i doubt its as bad as here, when i lived in Sweden and went to school it didnt matter how much of a geek you were you didnt get bullied everyone had friends and if you worked hard you didnt get dissed for it..my grades went from D (England) To straight A's because i wasnt scared and didnt spend every lesson listening to people been nasty to me.

Im just sick of this country ripping people off now and ive had enough.

sorry for my novel but im just not happy here anymore.

cassi x

 

[Strangeness]

Sorry I don't know any websites or anything but maybe you could google what you're looking for? All I wanted to say though is I know how you feel about this country and it's a complete joke living here now. I hate it but won't have the option to relocate. My auntie moved to Australia quite a few years ago now. She paid £10 for her and her husband to go by boat and they had no house or anything to go too, they just went to hostels for a while and found themselves jobs and somewhere to live. Think she's been there for 30-40 years now though and they got to go that way because they wanted people to move there and advertised in the paper. I really wish I had the option to do something like that! She loves it out there and is now an Oz citizen. I think there are a lot more restrictions now though so you'd have to look into to it properly! But I really hope you can do it hun, it'd be amazing! Good luck! xxx

 

[cassi]

A friend of mine and her fella just sorted a job and house over there and they are off..i know there is someone on here that did it i think? was wondering if they would be of any help not sure who it was now?

 

[Minxy]

I'm sorry you're finding Britain so tough but all I'd say is research any move SO carefully. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

It's seems a big part of our culture now to slag our own nation off but I'm not sure a country that attracts so much immigration can be all bad?! Some other European countries have much higher taxes and cost of living than here, and just look at crime stats in places like the US!!

We've still got so much to be proud of here, with a freedom and access to services (free healthcare) that others would, and have, killed and died for. That's where a lot of taxes go.

No offence meant to anyone, just had to have a say.

Cassi, do what you have to do for your family's happiness and future, but remember us Brits with fondness?? Hope you find the lifestyle you're looking for xx

 

[cassi]

The only reason crime rates in US are higher is because the country is SO big and they have so many different areas..they have states in US much nicer than our whole country! we have such a high immigrant rate because its SO easy to get into UK and for them to get money off the government.

And it dosnt mean the country is good it just means that people can make more money here if they dodge the taxes than in their own country. It really isnt a good thing that we attract so much immigration...This country is going down the pan...I dont hate my own country i am quite patriotic but its about time we started facing the facts...but hey everyone will still vote for labour next year and the year after and the year after...esp people sponging from our taxes. And we definatly DONT get free healthcare...what do you think 40% of our wages go to every month!!! its a great trick isnt it.

 

[rach]

cassi manda has just come back from australia maybe you could pm her and ask her if she knows anything xxxxxxxxxx

 

[budge]

cassi have you seen wolf creek?

you'll not want to go australia after seeing that!

 

[cassi]

Yeah lol you aint getting me in the outback!!! haha!I think il stick to the shopping centres..just so im safe you know thanks Rach i will do

 

[beanie]

Me and my OH really wanted to go to Oz but now Seren is here I want her to be near her family. We are looking at moving to somewhere like Devon, Cornwall or Dorset. I understand what you are saying, the attitudes I come across sometimes make me sad to be here but there is crime everywhere. Australia has bad crime too, and there were always things about immigration and race protests when I was there. Britain actually has one of the lowest immigration rates, the Daily Mail just want you to think otherwise.

 

[K X]

I agree with what you are saying but the Scots DO like the English! My OH and husband to be is from Glossop (derbyshire).

I wouldn't want to move away from here but I can understand why other people would. Oz is beautiful. It's really hard getting a citizenship for there tho. Good luck in your search hun.xxx

 

[cassi]

thanks for all your help and info..i had the impression the scots didnt like us, Alan is a scot and during the world cup all him and his mom wanted was for England to lose and fall flat on their faces. Also when i was in spain there was alot of scots at the hotel we were staying and during the england sweden match they all supported sweden and cheered when sweden scored!

 

[skatty]

Cassi, I think the Australian Embassy will be able to point you in the right direction.

I personally think you should go for it, you can always come back and its better to regret something you have done than something you didn't do

I am living in Denmark now (similar to Sweden) we pay up to 40% taxes but the crime rate is lower, the health service is fantastic as is public transport, chilcare is much cheaper and discounted for lower incomes and its so clean! It was about 10 years ago that I spent a year in Oz but I remember it being a fantastic country

 

[K X]

They r a minority! My daughter is half English, and I work with 8 English people (that includes OH), we r gettin over run!

Nah a lot of us up here don't like the English, but it's for a mixture of reasons not primarily football!

I have no probs-think English men r sexier (no offence Cassi!)

 

[beanie]

My family are Scottish and have always wanted England to do well (apart from my dad but he supported Germany)

 

[K X]

Where bout in Scotland is ur family from?

Always wondered if u had a "Scottish" connection coz ur name is Shona aint it? That is such a Scots name

 

[K X]

Germany??

 

[beanie]

Ayrshire. Beautiful place. Yeah Shona is a good scots name, my sister is called Lyndsay, I think that is the Scottish spelling??? I don't have a scottish accent (wish I did though) and think of myself as British rather then Scottish or English but if I had to say which one I think of myself as more Scottish if that makes sense?

 

[K X]

It makes sense. I like the name Shona, but not so sure on the Gaelic version Shonagh!

I don't have a Scottish name- Karrina and my sisters are Nicola and Lisa...Boring

 

[beanie]

They nearly went for the Gaelic spelling, pleased they didn't

He supported Germany as we lived there for about 10 + years. Its like my second home so I have a soft spot for them.

 

[cassi]

tell me about it I LOVE SWEDEN! its the best place i have ever lived...except for the fact that there is only 1 system bologat (the only place you can get alcohol there is like 1 per town and its open weekdays till 5pm and closed weekends!!! and its soooo expensive!!! i went out and had a small baileys once and it cost me 70KR which is like £5 lol!!!

Alan is from Irvine in kilmarnock sp? He dosnt have a scottish accent, and they also lived in germany cause his mom and dad was in army..his dad is irish. His mom has a great scottish accent and app you cant understand his uncle.,.havnt met him yet but he said when i do i wont be able to understand a word he says!! lol

Cas xx