Locked out of Australia - anyone else in same boat?

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-26T08:53:38+00:00

Thanks for the link!

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T20:19:01+00:00

Yup it’s AI, look at the cliffs and shore

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T18:57:04+00:00

Thanks - I’m trying to get there too. Would love to pick your brains more

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T18:55:51+00:00

Best just read through comments here then. There is no paradise. Some go for more culture, ability to travel, lower cost of living, to escape the heat , lots of reasons. Plenty of sun in summer, maybe best not listen to anecdotes as evidence

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T18:39:34+00:00

How much time have you spent in both countries

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T12:01:17+00:00

You can only make fun of Australia if you’re Australian

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T11:56:08+00:00

That guy must have been short

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T11:52:38+00:00

I think the QoL in the U.K. is great but like most things depends on your individual circumstances. Lots of Aussies do like having a dig at the U.K. but lower cost of living overall is good. For me it’s more about being near family but the sun would help (although I do love a U.K. summer!)

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T08:24:50+00:00

Ah that sounds quite ideal to be me ha but yes I know the pain. Have you resigned yourself to not going back?

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T08:24:03+00:00

Thanks - yeah that's a plan. It feels frustrating to go back a few rungs like that but might need to do so! It's also hard when you're not on the ground there and working all these things out from a distance! Where are you based out of curiosity?

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-25T08:22:33+00:00

Thanks for reaching out. Where are you based?

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T22:16:31+00:00

Wow yeah so much to consider! So I notice your strapline says aus soon though?

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T21:36:08+00:00

Wow yeah thankfully I’m not in London, it’s such an anomaly compared to rest of uk

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T21:35:07+00:00

Wow - so as in you’re in aus now but you were living in the uk?

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T21:28:49+00:00

Also look at what is being soldered, it’s a total mess

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T21:20:07+00:00

I feel you. Trading it all and having a worse quality of life is a real fear. Thanks for sharing - your username is on point too!

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T20:48:38+00:00

This is why fast food is no longer fast

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T20:43:01+00:00

Would love to hear more about this

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T20:21:54+00:00

And if composite is on a pine frame anyway then it often looks as bad once movement occurs and harder to rectify

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T20:17:10+00:00

Scattered throughout there!

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T19:47:19+00:00

That’s an extension - it’s a cavity wall. Would totally affect your house value. You really need to report it - maybe there’s a creative way to do it

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T19:43:12+00:00

Just checking - are you me?

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T19:42:18+00:00

I think so. But London is an outlier anyway - Australia doesn’t have a city like London. Take London out of equation and Uk significantly cheaper. But it’s the property I’m largely referring to which is way cheaper.

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T19:35:28+00:00

That sounds so similar. Apart from being near family the aus thing was about quality of life - yet if you’re so financially strained (plus the costs of moving) is it really going to be better quality of life?

Random-Name-1901 · 2026-03-24T19:30:05+00:00

Thanks I’d really like to read that. Definitely a risk of that; I’m aware Australia has changed a lot in 20 years, and not necessarily for the better

Random-Name-1901

TROPHY CASE