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Leave for three years in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea at the end of November... looking forward to it, but still elements of uncertainty, understandably I think.
Have just moved to London!Who here has left Oz to go live overseas?
Tell us your story.
Why?
Where?
How long did you last?
Regrets?
Good move?
Difficult etc etc
How did everyone fund these changes? Was it just working and saving your pennies up to afford life in another country without a job for a few weeks/months until you were working? Was it having a job lined up before you left Australia? It's obviously a lot harder than just "wanted to travel/live overseas so i left aus" lol
What are the steps you need to take to be able to do this?
How did everyone fund these changes? Was it just working and saving your pennies up to afford life in another country without a job for a few weeks/months until you were working? Was it having a job lined up before you left Australia? It's obviously a lot harder than just "wanted to travel/live overseas so i left aus" lol
What are the steps you need to take to be able to do this?
Got used to the rain yet bro! what scared me home.I'm currently 5 weeks in to a 12 month stint living in Vancouver. Moved here from Perth on a working visa.
All good so far, amazing scenery and a great place to live. Definitely no regrets at this stage and hard to imagine there being any.
It was a bit painful sorting out the house, telstra, phone, bank etc but all definitely worth it.
Although I'm here with my wife so 2 incomes is certainly handy..
Its been summer since i landed (early June) so its just starting to get dark and rainy now, from what I've heard I think I'm definitely gonna struggle!Got used to the rain yet bro! what scared me home.
I lucked out on this front.. redundancy payout funded my move to londonHow did everyone fund these changes? Was it just working and saving your pennies up to afford life in another country without a job for a few weeks/months until you were working? Was it having a job lined up before you left Australia? It's obviously a lot harder than just "wanted to travel/live overseas so i left aus" lol
What are the steps you need to take to be able to do this?
It's tough, probably had 6 weeks straight of rain at one point.. very different from WA! don't forget the snow . How do you go with your accent? people loved mine but did struggle to under stand sometimesIts been summer since i landed (early June) so its just starting to get dark and rainy now, from what I've heard I think I'm definitely gonna struggle!
So far so good, it's more so the slang / Aussie terms for everything.. Had some funny moments with things like a stubby holder, footpath, taxi, mobile, toilet (washroom) etc.. The all time classic has to be the growler though. I can't get used to hearing the locals say "growlers are so much cheaper" or something along those lines!It's tough, probably had 6 weeks straight of rain at one point.. very different from WA! don't forget the snow . How do you go with your accent? people loved mine but did struggle to under stand sometimes
haha yeah man, its the R's also. We say Socka they really pronounce their rs Sock errrrrrr.So far so good, it's more so the slang / Aussie terms for everything.. Had some funny moments with things like a stubby holder, footpath, taxi, mobile, toilet (washroom) etc.. The all time classic has to be the growler though. I can't get used to hearing the locals say "growlers are so much cheaper" or something along those lines!
7 years! you must like the rain . It is a beautiful city and lifestyle if you can get over the weather and let go of certain parts of Australian lifestyle.Very similar to above. Moved to Canada over 7 years ago. My wife is Canadian and she lived in Australia for 8 years with me. It never really felt like home for her and we were always travelling back for holidays. We didn't really like that we could see how our lives were going to plot out so we bit the bullet and moved to Vancouver - a city I had only spent 6 days in ever.
My only real regret was that I didn't have a job to go to. It took me a while as an immigrant to land a decent professional job. Apart from that, it was a great move and we've made our life here now. As for the future, we just upgraded to a house where ideally we'll be living at least until my boys are teenagers (a decade away).
7 years! you must like the rain . It is a beautiful city and lifestyle if you can get over the weather and let go of certain parts of Australian lifestyle.
I am currently thinking about doing one of these work in the US for 12 month things seeing as I graduated uni earlier this year. Can't seem to find any full-time work here so was thinking, why not go live and work in the states for a year. Has anyone done anything like this? I want to do it but I just feel the whole leaving family and friends behind is whats making me not go ahead with it.
I am currently thinking about doing one of these work in the US for 12 month things seeing as I graduated uni earlier this year. Can't seem to find any full-time work here so was thinking, why not go live and work in the states for a year. Has anyone done anything like this? I want to do it but I just feel the whole leaving family and friends behind is whats making me not go ahead with it.