Reaction To Do We Regret Moving To Australia? (from the UK)
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In this video I react to the experience of someone from Britain who moved to Australia and whether they regret it or not. This is looking at things like Australian culture and lifestyle, transport, weather, cost of living, property and more.
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I left the UK in 1985 to come to Australia
& have never wanted to return to the UK.
In my mind, Australia is the best place in the World. 🇦🇺
1970 . and havnt thought about moving . in fact . i live in what they call a bad area in west sydney , n couldnt be happier , lol
@@durv13 Awesome Mate.
I think what Australia calls a bad area
is Good from a UK perspective.
I was in a Bad area in the UK
& have never seen a bad area in Australia that bad lol.
@@crazyham 100%
My brother in law, from the UK and now living in Australia for 28 years, was surprised at how much brighter it was over here, even on an overcast day.
I’ve heard that quite a bit from Brits in Aus tbh
I was part of a land rover add for england that was shot here because of the light.
Australia won more gold medals than France at the latest 'international wine Olympics ", we came 1st. So yes , Australian wine is the best in the world
I came to Australia from England in 1972 at the age of thirteen, it was hard for my parents as they left my two eldest brothers in the RAF. Australia provides some fantastic life styles. I am not much of a beach goer, but I love to get around in the outback. You know you are in the outback when you travel for six hours and pass one car. After a while distance doesn't seem to bother you much. I remember a days outing from Horley to Brighton the distance of about twenty five miles. As a keen pistol shooter I would finish work around six jump in my car and do a thousand kilometers just to get to a competition. House prices at present are ridiculous and the rental market is just crazy, fortunately I own my own home about fifty kilometers from the city by road. I can see Sydney from my back veranda and that is about as close as I want to get.
an ex came out about the same time as you, it was funny hearing her family talk about how far they thought things were in the UK, they came from Sussex area and said it took 4hrs to get to top of Scotland, that's an outing for most Australians and how long it takes to visit your closest neighbour for others here lol
1970 here when i was 5 . 60 now n havnt regretted a milla second here lol . were truly blessed
We actually do have mountains here in fact the 3500km long Great Dividing Range is the worlds’ fifth longest mountain range. Plenty of National Parks offering hiking tracks. Will involve a drive.
Here in Brisbane we have great walking trails just a few short kms from the CBD.
And a 19km Grand Cliff Top Walk has just opened in the Blue Mountains. Although you can do sections of your choosing, the totality is a two-day walk along the escarpment in the Blue Mountains National Park, and through locations linking Wentworth Falls, Leura and Katoomba.
yeah, they just arent particularly tall though
@@jamiekirkpatrick3634So what if they are not tall . Fall off the edge of the cliff , you would most likely die ! Either does the UK or Portugal or Cyprus or the Chec republic have tall mountains .
It's essential for children to learn to swim here in Australia. My grandchildren started at 6 months. Learning the correct technique from young will ensure they will be safe later in their childhood.
I haven't swam here in about 10 years. It's not essential.
@@BiasCutt children do swimming lessons at school, it is essential to do them unless you have some sort of medical condition.
but every person should learn to swim, whether they go swimming or not.
New Zealand and Southeast Asia are the most favoured destinations for Australians to holiday.
naturally . australia is part of the asian pacific .
Umm Australia has mountains, I think she needs to travel a bit more. The blue mountains, great dividing range in NSW, the highlands/alpine areas, the Otways and the Dandenong ranges in Victoria. There is also mountain ranges in QLD and Tassie.
Well, the eastern side of Australia has hills and mountains. As you move west, it gets flat and maybe some slopes.
You should definitely look into it, could be the best decision of your life and your kids will love it for sure 👌👍
Yes agree. I know he will enjoy the high quality of life here.
There is a high demand for many skills in Aus. If you are a professional in construction, tech, medical, education….you’ll easily get work.
There’s work in every industry at the moment
I have lived in Australia my whole life, my mother was born in Glasgow and my Father born in the Channel Islands. When I was 29 I applied for my british passport and dual residency then moved to Glasgow. I spent two years there and absolutely loved it. Incredible place with brilliant people and an amazing culture of nightlife and fun. I never wanted to leave. Unfortunately Covid came along and shut down the office I was working in, and my travel partner at the time lost her job too, so we decided to swing back to Australia for a bit to recollect ourselves.
I then realised just how amazing Australia was. So many things that I didn’t even know I missed became so clear to me. Seeing it in a new light made me realise that Australia will always be my real home, and a fantastic one at that.
Perth to Bali is a 3 1/2 hour direct flight
My nephew does Nippers and loves it. It's a good opportunity to learn open water safety and stay active, especially as today's kids spend so much time watching screens. BTW, the narrator said London has the same population as the whole of Australia. Nope! Aus has 27 million & London metro area 14.8 million. As for jobs, maybe get advice from a migration agent while you're still in Malaysia? 😊
I think Tourism Australia should offer this lady a job.
In '62 Mum,Dad & I migrated to Melbourne on the "ten quid pom" scheme. So,£30 for us.....but..... I wasn't coming without my cat. £42-10 later ......... He travelled separately & was supposed to be isolated.Ha ! He had the run of the ship & slept in the 2nd engineers cabin......typical !
1970 we came . 10 pound pommies lol
Aussies goes to New Zealand to ski. Loads of Kiwis come to the Gold Coast to get the warmth. Its reasonable priced to go to NZ. Its only 8 hours to Singapore from Brisbane. Brisbane is cheaper than Sydney and Melbourne
Although housing is expensive, don't discard the thought of an apartment as a less-expensive option. There's quite a range. We live in a large 3-bed apartment 15 mins from the CBD, right next to a Metro station and bus stop. The complex has a gym, pool, cafe, little restaurant, convenience store, and a small park with a play-in, run-through fountain. Across the road is a huge park, and there's a servo a short distance away. There's a lot of children in the complex because parents have the benefit of the outdoors without the upkeep.
I was chatting with a man in the lift today. He was initially a bit startled when I said "Hi." He explained that he's fairly newly arrived from Bath, and still finds it strange that occasionally people in Australia will just talk to him.
My work employed someone from Cambridge through an online application and then a Zoom interview. If you're the right person for the job, it doesn't matter where you come from.
There will always be pros and cons when you relocate anywhere, even from one Australian state to another. Most Aussies are laid back and welcoming. However, we have our outright nasty pricks as well. If you can handle having the piss taken out of you on a regular basis and you aren't afraid to dish it back, you'll do well.
We are unique and polyglot, you need to roll with it.
Hey nicci, You have never been fortunate enough to have met me, so how come you can describe me so accurately? Nasty prick. Oh I say.
NZ is beautiful ........I did a lap around the South Island on a bicycle..........probably the hardest ride I have ever done.........coolish weather, wind, lots of rain sandflies you can experience everyday.. lovely people, great food and a beautiful photo around every corner..........worth every minute.........however Australia for living and work is the place to be.. cheers
We would welcome you mate. You're an amazing person.
At one point in time it was cheaper to fly to New Zealand from Canberra than fly from my home town in NSW to Sydney.
I really think it would be worth your while to look into the job aspect of moving to Australia. At least find out now so that you will know how it all works. I do know that there are a list of professions that we are actively encouraging foreigners to apply for because we don't have enough people with those skills to fill the positions.
As kid I got my bronze medal in life saving. Every kid should do it
I'm a born and bred Aussie (my ancestors haven't lived anywhere else since the 1830s). I wouldn't even consider living anywhere else. People who like to travel overseas have asked me in the past why I don't want to travel and the truth is, why would anyone? Australia is like a concentrated microcosm of the entire world. We have barren deserts, we have tropical rainforests, we have white sandy beaches, we have hot weather areas, we have cold weather areas, we have people living here from all over the world who bring their cultures (and most importantly their cuisine) with them. Anyone who chooses to leave this country usually only do so to further their chosen career path, and they almost always regret it.
NZ is absolutely beautiful. We have an arrangement with NZ where we can move to each other's country and are treated like citizens. NZ is basically a state of Australia with a funny accent where they got their vowels all mixed up. 😂
Aussies are welcoming, funny, friendly and will give you the shirts off of their backs if need be.. We are very much like the Brits and share a lot of the same slang.
A lot of Aussies & Kiwis have family in both countries. Going back & forth is easy. Most Aussies have holidayed in Bali at some point. It’s different and fun.
Any skilled person should be able to find work. There’s good public transport in larger cities. Don’t just look at Sydney. The other cities & larger towns are great.
I live in Cairns. We are heading into Winter and it is beautiful 💖
Melbourne’s tram network is the biggest in the world!😮
The woman made some good points and were pretty spot on. My wife is from overseas, so I am somewhat familiar with the migration process, albeit from 10 years ago. I'd suggest having your visa in place, you have up to 12 months to be located in the country. Once you have it, then start applying for jobs, once you've decided where you want to live. If you want to get your kids into Nippers then it is as easy as rocking up to your local Surf Lifesaving club and enrolling them. I was too old for Nippers when it started, but I was a surf lifesaver for a few years, I had my Bronze Medallion which is the level of proficiency required, which gives you the life saving techniques and the first aid training. But it is great socially and keeps you very fit. If you're after a slower paced lifestyle and a warmer, dryer climate then Perth is the place, there is a good expat community here in the Northern suburbs, along with the Saffers (South Africans). House prices are lower than the east coast but are catching up, it still is (I think) the cheapest mainland state in the country. If you're after a faster paced lifestyle the maybe Sydney or Melbourne, but you will pay for it.
People are leaving Sydney in droves because of lack of affordability. Perth is one of the best places for lifestyle and a great place to bring up kids.
Because of internet access, many opportunities to earn income can now be in regional areas. The advantages for families are much more relaxed lifestyle in regional areas and reduced cost of housing.
If she wants mountains and walks she needs to come down to Tassie.
The beach culture is very strong, swimming is a compulsory subject in school from age 5. When I wasc15 I was a fully qualified lifesaver. I was surfing and spear fishing from age 13.
There is another part of Australia that is always ignored. Covers 1/3 of the landmass and it is called Western Australia. Unemployment is low and FIFO (fly in fly out) jobs are always available in the mining industry. We came here as 10 pound tourists in 1974. We both found work quickly. Me in a brick works loading trucks with bricks by hand ( before palates ). About 30 tons per day.
It was a job In a couple of months I was employed by a soft drink company as a quality control supervisor. Never looked back and never regret migrating to Australia.
She said she wouldn't come to Adelaide for the weather well today it's forecast is 23 and sunny what more could you want.
I doubt this will surprise you mate, there IS work available outside the CBD's
Theyll take ya seriously 💯 bruz they hire whoever fits an is the right person for the job so don't hesitate or think any different
You can go walking in the Mountains in different parts of Australia. Also huge walking tracks that go through all different terrains. From that video, she is very positive, its a glowing video. If you want to know how to get a job in Australia, do a How to do get a job video reaction, someone did a How I got a job in Australia while still in Sri Lanka video.There is no reason why you can't learn.
New Zealand is relatively close. From Sydney New Zealand is a three hour flight, but Perth is a five hour flight, so the country is closer that substantial parts of Australia..
You’ll get here. Make it soon - your son is Nippers age and every kid needs to experience that!
One of the things I reacted to is the amount of planning they did before arriving - looking for jobs ahead of time stood out to me. Relocating to any new country is a fascinating mix of, "I think I might like that culture and national structure better than mine, " blended with an equal measure of, "Life is life no matter where you go." Wherever you live, you need work, a place to live, and a feeling like life in general is working out ok. People that jump to other countries will often just decide after a surface-scratch that oh hey, this would be great. Sometimes it is, sometimes not - you ultimately never know until you end up in your new place whether it's good for you, BUT... you improve your chances of a good life by checking out the mundane side of it ahead of time.
In my case, I am ex-USA and moved to Norway 14 years ago, never looked back and now there's no way I'd ever return there. If somebody told me I couldn't live here anymore and had to find a new country, just purely for a cultural fit I think Australia would be near or at the top of my list. "No-nonsense for good and bad, but mostly good" makes a solid foundation to build a life on unless one is a whiny little bitch. :-D
As long as you have a working visa in Australia you’ll find a job relatively quickly
NZ is just a 3hr flight "across the ditch" as we Aussies and Kiwi's call it. South East Asia, and the Polynesian Islands of the South Pacific are not far away, especially if your living in the top end.
A lot of folk say theres no point learning to swim I dont go in the water. The point about kids learning to swim early or any other safety and awareness courses is not that they need to because for their particular lifestyle its necessary. Its for that one ocasion where you may end up in a situation where that knowledge may save your life. Bushwalking Fishing boating falling into water. Its learning a useful skill and preventing accidents.
And a great tradition is the 'roadie' (road trip). My son absolutely loves going on a road trip. I am a single mum, so I do all the driving, but nothing beats the drive down the east coast of Australia! I drove 2 of my children from Brisbane to Tasmania (took the car over on the Spirit of Tasmania from Melbourne (very large ferry) and back. They loved it (well it was good for them, anyway😂🤣). Lovely to explore the country and all the country towns along the way.
Also check out Tasmania! And I love the Blue Mountains. Only 2 hours from Sydney by train
What a great summary and very representative of living Australia. If you travel to the right areas there is walking with hills and mountains.
People on the east coast often visit New Zealand. Not as much from the west coast because of the distance. People here more commonly holiday in Bali as it's relatively cheap, but it's common for people to visit other parts of Asia - Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, etc. So you might no have easy access to Europe but you do have relatively easy access to Asia.
As for jobs, if you have skills or are willing to work in a lower skilled job, it's not that hard to find work. As she said there are plenty of jobs in hospitality, tourism, retail, call centres etc. that will hire people with little experience if they have the right attitude. In my experience companies don't discriminate against foreign workers. It really depends on the job, on how big the pool of applicants is, on your skills, on how soon they need someone to start. Plenty of companies sponsor people's visas so they can come to Australia because they struggle to find people with certain skills or experience here.
Yes, it really is quite easy to get work here. Especially if you have specific skills
Ben Nevis is the highest Mt in the UK at 1,345m and Mt Kosciusko in Oz shit's all over that at 2,228m, nearly twice the height. Tassie's one big mountain and you can't go more than 115k from the ocean. Can't get lost either, just keep turning left.
lol Tassie is like Scotland!
My wife's school interviewed a teacher from South Africa (via Zoom) to come and work with them. As he had the right visa to work in Australia before he (and his family) arrived he was able to interview and they were able to hire him. They landed, found a place to live and started a new life here with employment from the beginning.
In the early 70,s when my parents emigrated all us 5 kids here there was no Tec and we had to send letters ! lol
Brother There is a great channel called the Johnston life. Ross and his wife are former British people who moved to my state of Queensland during COVID. Hes a school teacher and he gives a lot of tips and ideas on All the red tape behind moving to Australia.especially for uk citizens. Youre such a likeable bloke ,id love to see you at least holiday here. We need people like you who want to come here and make a real go of it. People who are happy to just be happy and accept us for who we are and build a bright successful future here. Please come for a visit soon and hopefully youll fall in love with the place and stay with your family
I obtained my Bronze Star medallion in Life Saving while at school, it was a sport option. Both of my children started swimming lessons at 3. Before then we taught them in our pool at home. My daughter was the youngest in Squads by about 2 years. My son did Nippers, preferring the more varied activities & it was fantastic! Even if parents don’t enjoy swimming, kids need the skill. Why restrict them from enjoying our waterways? Why not give them the skills needed to potentially save themselves or others?
It's easy if you are skilled in areas where there is a lack of people, like anything medical. Britain had India as part of the Commonwealth and many Brits lived there, so Indian food became the most popular. Here in Australia, the Chinese were here early, so we had a taste for Chinese food before anything else. Indian food came much later. Look at the Australian government site re immigration and look for preferred jobs. We have a shortage of many kinds of workers. If your skills fall on that list, you're in. Most Australians go to Bali in Indonesia for a cheap holiday. NZ is cheap, too, and only a few hours away. NZ is amazingly beautiful.
It depends on what you do for a job as to whether its easy or not. Hospitality is a walk in, they always seem to be screaming for workers. Wifey's pub closed the kitchen because they advertised for 6 months and basically no one applied. We always had people from all over the world in civil construction and thats one job you can start as a labourer and move up as you learn. Us Aussies are pretty picky these days and there's lots of jobs that a lot of Aussies just don't want to do.
Indonesia is a 1 hr flight from Darwin. Australia's population is 30M. The UK is 68M. The land area of Australia is 7,688,287km2 and the UK's is 241,930 Km2 or 3% the size of Australia. The UK is densely populated. Australia is sparsely populated. It is hardly surprising that public transport and the roads network reflects that.
I was part of the "nippers" and what you saw was a "Beach Flags" competition which is like musical chairs where there is 1 less flag than competitor per round until the final that you saw on the video. Surf Lifesaving in Australia is hard work and you must earn your Bronze Medallion first, I'm sure there are many videos on UA-cam about SLS competitions and shows like Bondi Rescue of course.
Indian restaurants are owned by Indians from many regions of India, and they have discovered what dishes sell here and which ones are less popular. Naturally, with our wide range of food cultures, (and I mean from every part of the globe), we have very different palates from those in the UK.
Well my nana and pop loved Australia n stayed lol my dad became a citizen
Nippers is great for kids. It takes about 10 hours to drive from Melbourne to Sydney.
I started travelling internationally when i lived in Darwin in the Northern Territory. We would holiday in Thailand, Singapore and Asia in general as it was actually cheaper flights then traveling to the other end of Australia. We are just not close to America and Europe in general. We do have mountains - we have the great dividing range. To get good Indian or Chinese food in Australia you need to leave South Australia, in my experience, their idea of Indian and Chinese cuisine is just plain weird and not authentic. Best Indian and Asian food i have had is still in Darwin but then that is not surprising we have a large Asian population.
I went to China to work for one year and had a few doubts in the first two months. I stayed for nearly five years and only came back due the GFC making my job there disappear!
China is awesome, I try to go there every year (except for covid years) Going back to Beijing in august.
@@Jonathan-Sundi was down South - Zhuhai and Shenzhen
@@ianmontgomery7534 Never been to Shenzhen but would be awesome. I was fortunate enough to spend a few months a year in China for 20 years or so through my job. Mostly Shanghai and Beijing but worked and travelled to a lot of places in the Coal Mining Regions (Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces) Great food, great people and great infrastructure.
@@Jonathan-Sundmy girlfriend in China came from Baotou so I spent a couple of weeks up there. Great place for power stations!
@@ianmontgomery7534 Baotou, I went there many times, used to always stay at the Shenhua International Hotel, a great hotel ( for Baotou standards 😂) Also one of the coldest places I’ve ever been to. Good hotpot can be found and if your lucky you can have dinner in a mongolian yurt 🛖 with accompanying singers
New Zealand is a few hours flight across the (Tasman Sea) Pacific Ocean from Sydney EAST coast ✌🏼
Getting a job as a migrant depends entirely on your profession/trade, the acceptance of your qualifications here and if you have a potential employer advocating for you and of course your
English language ability. In virtually every "skill shortage" identified area ( which your visa is also dependent on) you will find work quickly especially if you are prepared to be
flexible about WHERE you live/work. ( the skills in demand list is on the DFAT Govt. website).
LOL! The beer hasn’t improved as much as you have learned to choose better beers and acquired a taste for the good stuff!
I have heard that some businesses are hesitant to hire uk citizens as they believe they are only here for a short period of time on a working holiday visa. I think if you make it clear you are relocating and not just on a working holiday you will have more luck. Then the usual skills and experience will also come into play.
We go to Bali rather than NZ as it's so much cheaper. There is a lot of jobs Aussies don't want. MOst of our tour guides in WA is from Ireland and UK.
G'day Mate. Have a look at Eli from Russia vids about her Aussie experience. You'll have a chuckle. Cheers to yoou and yooure fumily Matt. ❤❤❤❤
Can you please give us a detailed bit about your fascination about Australia two-way traffic logic
You can only work in Australia if you are approved for the correct visa for your purposes. Work means both paid and unpaid, helping out friends and volunteering, none of which you can do on a tourist visa!
Job availability depends on skills, accommodation is the hard part. If you can work in or from a more rural area, that would be ideal.
Indian food in UK
is not Indian
its adapted for Uk taste
I think it depends on the type of visa, to regulation about the job
In Victoria it is compulsory for all kids to learn how to swim, all kids do swimming lessons as part of their school curriculum during school time.
Work/life balance here is second to none & outdoor activities are a must 🇦🇺❤️🦘💪
Mate, just do it. You'll never regret it, and your kids will love it. Research work online, make some calls, send some emails.. you'll have a handful of interviews waiting when you arrive.
Plenty of good Indian restaurants and you can go to David Jones Food Hall for gourmet foods
Very important note: when you visit ocean beaches around Australia, make sure to swim only where lifeguards are on patrol and always swim between the red and yellow flags because they are marking the safe section of the beach. Outside that, you will get caught in a rip and exhaust yourself, trying to fight against the dangerous current while the shoreline gets further away! STAY BETWEEN THE FLAGS!
nippers is a fantastic program .they teach surf safety , first aid, health care , skin care sun safety. resusitation and general water safety . great program.
there are heaps of Indian restaurants, just a google away
TALK TO THE LADY WHO MADE THIS VID RE JOBS - she made it sound so easy to get a job (Im a certified Australian and although I got jobs over the years - interviews and getting new jobs frightens the life out of me),.
More poms the better. Just don't settle in Syd or Melb. So many regions that have so much to offer...
Yakandandah. Forever !
If you're moving to Australia anytime soon, BRING A TENT. Our idiotic Government has brought in over 1,000,000 people over the last 18 months, and we had a shortage of housing BEFORE that. There are thousands of Australians are living in tents, in cars, under bridges, etc. etc. etc. and hospitals and schools are becoming overwhelmed by the huge numbers arriving.
Yes imagination is an issue right now. Close the doors for a while so we can look after Aussie citizens first.
Contacting Aussie recruitment agencies in your field would give you an idea of jobs availability.
New Zeeland. Full of very strange people mate. 😮😮😮😮
Check out New Zealand Conspiracy Loons, the channel has some of the best nut jobs I've ever seen
If you have obtained a right to work in Australia any job is open to you. Even if you apply from overseas you still have to have obtained that right before you can start. I suppose if you were a high flyer and an Australian company wanted you they would probably work through all that for you.
Go for it nothing to lose if it doesn't work out, you just go back simple really
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea New Zealand and south east Asia are all relatively close lol
Be careful choosing an agent because not all of them do the job properly. I’ve seen episodes of Border Security where some people have got the wrong visa and they are sent back to where they came from, thousands of dollars lost because they didn’t have the right paperwork!
just google positions vacant in Australia & you can send in your resume to any that interest you, some of the more involved & higher paid positions will advertise a month or 2 in advance & you if at a distance , most interviews will be done over skype
Come on over mate, you would be very welcome here :)
You need to have a work visa to be seriously considered for a job here in Australia
Homesickness is real. But in Australia we have:
* mail
* faxes
* internet and email.
* video calls
* internet video calls
* metal capsules with jet engines, you know that fly through the air. Fast. VERY fast
Lots of people wine in Australia 😊
Plenty of jobs around the country atm
No but I regret leaving oz, home
so....yes, the job thing, I think you don't have to have one ...IF...you have money already and these people seem have a lot of it, they are going on holidays a lot it seems. Travel isn't cheap for Australia.
Australia is New Zealand's #1 source of tourists.
You will never know if you don't go,
Come on down, we'd love to have you.
New Zealand... from the East Coast 😊
It would be a bloody long trip 😂
Jobs is all depending on what you want to do here! Plenty of jobs around. Just need a skill to get in faster.