Welcome. If you are looking for some Christmas spirit next year, the Boulevard is a street where all the houses have Christmas decorate and lights. It used to be a tradition of ours to go there near to Christmas. As a child it was very exciting. I live in central Victoria now so I hope they still do it.
Welcome to Melbourne… I’m born, raised and love living here. Our Christmas is very different to Europe, I lived there for a few years and loved the night markets and Christmas spirit. Hope you enjoy the Aussie lifestyle, warm weather and beaches, only problem are the flys and maybe a few creepy crawlers in the house. 😀
Thank you so much for these videos. We have been thinking about this move for some time and your journey has made us see, although hard, it IS possible. We are taking the next 5 years as a planning and financial boosting stage, with an aim to start the full process in 2030. Thank you again, we look forward to seeing what '25 has to offer for you!
You are so welcome! It Is difficult but it is possible, the thing to keep in mind with a 5 year plan is age, depending on the visa you get there is an upper age limit, so do your research now then you know what you're aiming for, best of luck to you.
@@luchamalife Yeah so, part of the reason for seriously thinking about it now is that we are 28 and 29 with 3 children. So aiming to make this move a reality before being late 30's would be optimal.
@@paulrichardson5892 it would be impossible, just simply because we have exhausted any and all savings/spare income to clear debts etc. ready to rebuild. We believe we will need around £20k saved to make it happen
What a year 2024 was! Hopefully 2025 will allow you to enjoy your home state and surrounds, do some exploring and really begin to plant some roots. 💚💛💚💛💚
Happy New Year to you both and your family and all the best for 2025. I sort of feel that once you go through a whole year and all the seasons in a new location it all gets easier after that. My initial interest in your videos was because as someone who came to Australia as a small child in the 1960s my life has been peppered with knowing people that have also moved to Australia, but then my experience way back then is so different to making that move these days. Your experience is in fact, ironically, more like my experience of relocating back to the UK for work 20 years ago and then perhaps even more ironically coming back to Australia to live in a part of the country that I didn't know. I tend to project myself a few years hence when moving to think about all the stuff you will accumulate in your new place which sort of provides a funny sense of belonging , like your plastic Christmas tree! Then there is the other aspect of the things about place that are continuous in your life, for me although I haven't lived in Melbourne for over 30 years I still consider it my hometown, although through the eyes of a person who has now had homes in other places. So what would be interesting to know as your journey progresses is how you now relate to the UK, because whatever the migration experience is originally motivated by, the connection with the place you leave is often altered in unexpected ways when you move to a new place.
there should be a ban on poms (moving here) until we get our own non colonial national symbols, all this indignity is due to the many many anglophilles in immigration over generations who have swamped little england with sunshine with fellow anglo's from the UK/NZ....all that in an illegitimately stolen occupied country.
Thanks for sharing Brian, that's a very nice though provoking message and something we have discussed many times. We had already moved around in the UK, being many miles away from the nearest family already may have helped us make the bigger move to Australia.
Glad to see that you have generally settled in well and comfortably. When my parents and older siblings migrated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from the UK in the early 1950s, by an ex-war ship, as 'ten pound poms,' they were moved to a Government migrant hostel which consisted of ex-military WW2 metal Nissan huts, sparcely furnished, with two families sharing it, divided by a curtain, on the then outskirts of Melbourne. Having only been allowed to take no more that one hundred pounds and a small number of personal belongings ( due to post war rationing rules) they moved in to a rented house in a country town to begin a new life. A far cry from your experience ! Yes, the Myer windows were a disappointment this year. As for the Christmas lights and decorations I suggest that you go a few nights before Christmas at the start of the long summer holiday break of five weeks. The children can sleep in the next day. It's worth it. Make sure you go to the Yarra River as well where there are also wonderful light displays and decorations. Many people do up the front on their houses in a Christmas theme and some streets are renowned for that display. I LOVE Melbourne, the city I was born in, and I LOVE Australia. Emigrating was a decision that blessed our family in many ways and I'm sure that will be your experience, too. As for travel, we have 'kangaroo hopped' from and to on the Australian - European journey, both to see other countries in Asia and enrich our travel and to prevent jet-lag. You were wise to do that, also. It is five hours of extra travel from Darwin to Melbourne, too. I wish that 2025 is a good year for you and that your family enjoys life in Oz.
Thanks for sharing, yes we are definitely starting to settle. Next Christmas we will visit Melbourne and stay later, maybe even stay the night to make the most of the light show and decorations after dark.
As someone who also made a big move to Melbourne, Australia. I find it very interesting to compare and contrast our experiences. I arrived in 2019. The job hunt for new arrivals is brutal, so it's not just you. Fortunately you have a backup option. I'm curious if you think shipping your items was worthwhile? I got rid of a two bedroom house worth of stuff. 😂 Perhaps, later in the year you can do a video on what you did well with the move and what you would have done differently.
I originally arrived in 1987 on a working holiday. The 80s were the 'golden era' for jobs all around the globe, they just grew on trees. I moved all around Australia to cities, regional towns and outback hamlets. I'd arrive in a new place and find a job and accommodation the same day I arrived, all over the country! I did some really weird jobs, but it was a whole lot of fun. After my year, I returned permanently settling in Melbourne at the end of 1990, slap bang in the middle of the recession 'we had to have' ( according to Keating anyway). This time it took an entire fortnight to get work! I remember panicking if I was ever going to work again. One thing I do know that every migrant must accept. Don't expect to walk into the same level i a job, at the same pay as you had back home, unless you are in a specialised skill area such as medical, or engineering. Be prepared to take a big step backwards to go forwards. It's ok. Migrants the world over have to do that. I'm glad that I didn't arrive to this rental and job climate now. It must be so hard.
Thanks for watching, at the moment I think I would have brought less, I would have used a move cube or something similar but I guess over time that view might change. Good idea regarding the video idea, I'll keep that in mind.
Very good choice of the final destination in Australia, Melbourne is the most woke city in Australia with the most Tesla cars, so guys you chosen the best destination for you, you will fit to Melbourne well as Melbourne is the same as England with corrupted and stupid government. So I do not understand why the Britons move to Australia to the place same as England, even the weather in Melbourne is same as in London, woke get broke! Good luck in New England called Melbourne Jacinda is same as Starmer! Everyone who has a brain flees from Melbourne!
Great video guys! Can I ask where you have settled in Melbourne? Hope to be moving over this year for a job in the east suburbs of Melbourne and trying to pick a suburb to live with a family in is a minefield 🤯
I subscribed guys. One of a handful as it isn't a go to for me. I want to support your channel and hopefully make you feel more welcome. For your UK viewers they might want some more dollars and cents breakdowns (converted to pounds) on the actual costs involved in moving. That sort of detail would extend the length and informational quality of your videos too. UK viewers would have to be interested in the impact on their start up money including moving fees, airline costs, Air B&B costs and your opinion on the all important cost of living. Also rental costs and your stated plan to eventually buy a house. More on that too. I am guessing you were born in Melbourne and I know that can be a big factor in your choice of city to settle in. Brisbane has cheaper houses, cheaper public transport, cheaper child minding (important for those younger immigrants) and can be described as more laid back than Melbourne. I'm just exampling Brisbane but I don't favour a city because I lived there. I moved from Sydney where I was born, to Queensland in the early nineties. Even 30 years ago it was too expensive for me to live in the area I wanted to live. It took me a full year to get a permanent job and although qualified in two different areas, the job was as a glorified labourer! So please never think it's your accent that prevents you snapping up a job. It's just super competitive in some areas. There is another expat videographer, "That Johnston Life", who moved himself and family to Brisbane 3 years ago. He and his wife were luckier with quick job placements but he is a teacher so . . . a bit easier I guess. I watched all their early vids and he and wife always included costs and thus pull more UK views. I enjoy others experiences, trials and tribulations moving to another (this) country. So, more please and longer videos and the best of luck to you all.
Thanks for sharing Jed and thanks for the sub, yeah we are still finding our feet with what the audience likes to watch but I guess it will all take shape over time, currently less than 10% of the audience is from the UK
Great video guys. Best wishes for this year. 🎉
Thanks Daniel, you too
All the best
Thank you
Welcome. If you are looking for some Christmas spirit next year, the Boulevard is a street where all the houses have Christmas decorate and lights. It used to be a tradition of ours to go there near to Christmas. As a child it was very exciting. I live in central Victoria now so I hope they still do it.
Sounds great! We will look out for that next year
Happy new year guys, I hope 2025 is good one for you.
Thank you, you too!
Myer windows use to be lovely now they are very boring. Hopefully they will have a rethink for 2025. Welcome to Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you
You are right. Singapore is an amazing country and there is lots of things to do. 15:30 is a great photo of the family ❤
Thank you, glad you like it
Welcome to Melbourne… I’m born, raised and love living here. Our Christmas is very different to Europe, I lived there for a few years and loved the night markets and Christmas spirit. Hope you enjoy the Aussie lifestyle, warm weather and beaches, only problem are the flys and maybe a few creepy crawlers in the house. 😀
Thank you, yeah the flys were a bit of a shock!
Thank you so much for these videos. We have been thinking about this move for some time and your journey has made us see, although hard, it IS possible. We are taking the next 5 years as a planning and financial boosting stage, with an aim to start the full process in 2030. Thank you again, we look forward to seeing what '25 has to offer for you!
You are so welcome! It Is difficult but it is possible, the thing to keep in mind with a 5 year plan is age, depending on the visa you get there is an upper age limit, so do your research now then you know what you're aiming for, best of luck to you.
@@luchamalife Yeah so, part of the reason for seriously thinking about it now is that we are 28 and 29 with 3 children. So aiming to make this move a reality before being late 30's would be optimal.
@@springpeak Sounds like a great plan
dont wait 5 years . do it now. cant stress it enough.
@@paulrichardson5892 it would be impossible, just simply because we have exhausted any and all savings/spare income to clear debts etc. ready to rebuild. We believe we will need around £20k saved to make it happen
What a year 2024 was! Hopefully 2025 will allow you to enjoy your home state and surrounds, do some exploring and really begin to plant some roots. 💚💛💚💛💚
That's the plan!
Happy New 🎉to you all. May 2025 be a good one 👌🥂🏴🇬🇧🇦🇺
Thank you, Happy New Year to you too
good luck for 2025.
Thank you, you too.
Happy New Year to you both and your family and all the best for 2025. I sort of feel that once you go through a whole year and all the seasons in a new location it all gets easier after that. My initial interest in your videos was because as someone who came to Australia as a small child in the 1960s my life has been peppered with knowing people that have also moved to Australia, but then my experience way back then is so different to making that move these days. Your experience is in fact, ironically, more like my experience of relocating back to the UK for work 20 years ago and then perhaps even more ironically coming back to Australia to live in a part of the country that I didn't know. I tend to project myself a few years hence when moving to think about all the stuff you will accumulate in your new place which sort of provides a funny sense of belonging , like your plastic Christmas tree! Then there is the other aspect of the things about place that are continuous in your life, for me although I haven't lived in Melbourne for over 30 years I still consider it my hometown, although through the eyes of a person who has now had homes in other places. So what would be interesting to know as your journey progresses is how you now relate to the UK, because whatever the migration experience is originally motivated by, the connection with the place you leave is often altered in unexpected ways when you move to a new place.
there should be a ban on poms (moving here) until we get our own non colonial national symbols, all this indignity is due to the many many anglophilles in immigration over generations who have swamped little england with sunshine with fellow anglo's from the UK/NZ....all that in an illegitimately stolen occupied country.
Thanks for sharing Brian, that's a very nice though provoking message and something we have discussed many times. We had already moved around in the UK, being many miles away from the nearest family already may have helped us make the bigger move to Australia.
I hope that 2025 brings you new employment and blessings 🙂
Thank you
Glad to see that you have generally settled in well and comfortably. When my parents and older siblings migrated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from the UK in the early 1950s, by an ex-war ship, as 'ten pound poms,' they were moved to a Government migrant hostel which consisted of ex-military WW2 metal Nissan huts, sparcely furnished, with two families sharing it, divided by a curtain, on the then outskirts of Melbourne. Having only been allowed to take no more that one hundred pounds and a small number of personal belongings ( due to post war rationing rules) they moved in to a rented house in a country town to begin a new life. A far cry from your experience ! Yes, the Myer windows were a disappointment this year. As for the Christmas lights and decorations I suggest that you go a few nights before Christmas at the start of the long summer holiday break of five weeks. The children can sleep in the next day. It's worth it. Make sure you go to the Yarra River as well where there are also wonderful light displays and decorations. Many people do up the front on their houses in a Christmas theme and some streets are renowned for that display. I LOVE Melbourne, the city I was born in, and I LOVE Australia. Emigrating was a decision that blessed our family in many ways and I'm sure that will be your experience, too. As for travel, we have 'kangaroo hopped' from and to on the Australian - European journey, both to see other countries in Asia and enrich our travel and to prevent jet-lag. You were wise to do that, also. It is five hours of extra travel from Darwin to Melbourne, too. I wish that 2025 is a good year for you and that your family enjoys life in Oz.
Thanks for sharing, yes we are definitely starting to settle. Next Christmas we will visit Melbourne and stay later, maybe even stay the night to make the most of the light show and decorations after dark.
I hope 2025 is good for you all. Good luck with your job hunting. Maybe starting your own business will be a better choice for your family.
Thank you
As someone who also made a big move to Melbourne, Australia. I find it very interesting to compare and contrast our experiences. I arrived in 2019. The job hunt for new arrivals is brutal, so it's not just you. Fortunately you have a backup option.
I'm curious if you think shipping your items was worthwhile? I got rid of a two bedroom house worth of stuff. 😂
Perhaps, later in the year you can do a video on what you did well with the move and what you would have done differently.
I originally arrived in 1987 on a working holiday.
The 80s were the 'golden era' for jobs all around the globe, they just grew on trees. I moved all around Australia to cities, regional towns and outback hamlets. I'd arrive in a new place and find a job and accommodation the same day I arrived, all over the country! I did some really weird jobs, but it was a whole lot of fun. After my year, I returned permanently settling in Melbourne at the end of 1990, slap bang in the middle of the recession 'we had to have' ( according to Keating anyway). This time it took an entire fortnight to get work! I remember panicking if I was ever going to work again. One thing I do know that every migrant must accept. Don't expect to walk into the same level i a job, at the same pay as you had back home, unless you are in a specialised skill area such as medical, or engineering. Be prepared to take a big step backwards to go forwards. It's ok. Migrants the world over have to do that.
I'm glad that I didn't arrive to this rental and job climate now. It must be so hard.
Thanks for watching, at the moment I think I would have brought less, I would have used a move cube or something similar but I guess over time that view might change. Good idea regarding the video idea, I'll keep that in mind.
Very good choice of the final destination in Australia, Melbourne is the most woke city in Australia with the most Tesla cars, so guys you chosen the best destination for you, you will fit to Melbourne well as Melbourne is the same as England with corrupted and stupid government. So I do not understand why the Britons move to Australia to the place same as England, even the weather in Melbourne is same as in London, woke get broke! Good luck in New England called Melbourne Jacinda is same as Starmer! Everyone who has a brain flees from Melbourne!
@musinga
Agree , job hunt for new arrivals is tough , i don't get why that might be , any clues how to improve the odds ?
What was your loss on the EV?
Financial loss was significant, I bought when demand was high and sold at the point when nobody wanted an EV, lesson learned!
Well done on your move! I had to listen to your podcast rather than watch due to the jumpy voice syncing video.
Hi, sorry about that, we had some audio issues on this video
Great video guys! Can I ask where you have settled in Melbourne? Hope to be moving over this year for a job in the east suburbs of Melbourne and trying to pick a suburb to live with a family in is a minefield 🤯
Thank you, yes it is a minefield, we are in Edithvale
Hi guys do you have a link for your caravan videos please
Hi sorry, link is now in the description
Singapore Airlines is a better airline than Qantas, so you did well 😂.
Singapore Airlines was great
I subscribed guys. One of a handful as it isn't a go to for me. I want to support your channel and hopefully make you feel more welcome.
For your UK viewers they might want some more dollars and cents breakdowns (converted to pounds) on the actual costs involved in moving. That sort of detail would extend the length and informational quality of your videos too. UK viewers would have to be interested in the impact on their start up money including moving fees, airline costs, Air B&B costs and your opinion on the all important cost of living. Also rental costs and your stated plan to eventually buy a house. More on that too. I am guessing you were born in Melbourne and I know that can be a big factor in your choice of city to settle in. Brisbane has cheaper houses, cheaper public transport, cheaper child minding (important for those younger immigrants) and can be described as more laid back than Melbourne. I'm just exampling Brisbane but I don't favour a city because I lived there. I moved from Sydney where I was born, to Queensland in the early nineties. Even 30 years ago it was too expensive for me to live in the area I wanted to live.
It took me a full year to get a permanent job and although qualified in two different areas, the job was as a glorified labourer! So please never think it's your accent that prevents you snapping up a job. It's just super competitive in some areas.
There is another expat videographer, "That Johnston Life", who moved himself and family to Brisbane 3 years ago. He and his wife were luckier with quick job placements but he is a teacher so . . . a bit easier I guess. I watched all their early vids and he and wife always included costs and thus pull more UK views.
I enjoy others experiences, trials and tribulations moving to another (this) country. So, more please and longer videos and the best of luck to you all.
Thanks for sharing Jed and thanks for the sub, yeah we are still finding our feet with what the audience likes to watch but I guess it will all take shape over time, currently less than 10% of the audience is from the UK