Wanted Down Under - Adelaide

[dglamoore]

Ok who has watched it and what did you think??

I was really good and did not watch it this morning - will wait til Greg gets home and watch it together.

Don't forget it's Adelaide again on the 26th starring the Ashtons :lol: :lol:

Lisa :D

[Moosh]

From what I gather they were in Flagstaff Hill. Mum said that it could have also been in the McLaren Vale and Victor Harbour but she couldn't be sure.

[dglamoore]

Yes the first house in Flagstaff Hill was stunning although very pricey!!!!! The rental they stayed in was at Glenelg right on the beach - also nice but should be at £800 PER WEEK :shock: :shock:

Was great to see Adelaide itself and definitely still feels the right place for us :lol:

Lisa :D

[Moosh]

I think they were being ripped off. You could stay in a 1 bedroom Penthouse suite at the Oaks Plaza in Glenelg for $350 a week. And that's considered pricey!

[Angela]

I thought Adelaide looked very homely, somehow it felt right compared to Sydney & Perth. I've been to Sydney as its very cosmo, not my sort of thing, very busy, busy.... 8)

Flagstaff was nice but like Lisa I thought pricey & a rental at £800, my god !!! you can tell the BBC footed the bill :wink:

Emotional on the video family / friends footage but nothing I did not expect

Eagerly awaiting Monday
Angela :)

[paula]

I do hope ABC will one day show the series Wanted down under over here. Angela sums up Adelaide very well when she said she feels it's homely.
Since Perth has had it's booming economy it has become expensive & lost something in the the process.

[Tyke]

I do hope ABC will one day show the series Wanted down under over here. Angela sums up Adelaide very well when she said she feels it's homely.
Since Perth has had it's booming economy it has become expensive & lost something in the the process.

Adelaide is HOME and HOMELY to us :-)

[dglamoore]

Don't forget the show on the 26th (this friday) is the Ashtons in Adelaide (catchy title :P ) and Adelaide is featured again on the 31st.

Lisa :D

[Angela]

Hi Lisa
Thanks for the reminder about Friday, can't wait, & also the one on the 31st - great that Adelaide has been included in this series. :)

Angela

[grants]

Have got them all series linked on Sky +.

Adelaide just looks perfect and I know it is the right place in Australia to live with a family.

Can't wait but still feels so far away. Getting fed up waiting for skills assessment to come back so I can then send SA Government application for sponcorship and then the visa. Have sent an email to Nursing and Midwifery Council asking them to let me know if my assessment will come soon as now has been 8 weeks.

[scooterdan]

Adelaide looks great to us to......still waiting for our TRA to come back...!

My agent says should be expecting something mid Feb so not long now!!!

Wish the series would show some ppl with not a lot of capital behind them though!

[andy and lindsey]

I cant imagine that many of them will vote for the Uk as they were all sourced via migration agents, therefore had already got the process started before they were approached by the BBC - but then I may be wrong!

Great show and very informative but I do wish that they would stop throwing in the picture of Ularu (sorry dont rate my spelling!) with wanted down under on every ten minutes - Then again just incase we forget what we're watching :lol: Then again for 23 hours and fifty five minutes a day I do think Oz

Lindsey

[andy and lindsey]

I take it all back the family this morning were undecided - To set up in Perth though with no capital is a mean feat though!

Lindsey

[Moosh]

Todays one with the Ashton family - what surveillance company was it? I used to work for one. It appears that the TV programme doesn't show the facts in its entirety.

[The Ashtons]

YES that was us but i must say the BBC do a fantastic job when it comes to editing a program a few lines were cut and pasted especialy Billies experiance on and off the boat ok yes the swim was traumatic nothing was explained to any of the swimmers and the boat never stopped so 4 a first hand experiance of jumping into choppy waters trying to hang on to a rope whilst being pulled at so many knots was scarry to say the least.out of the thirty swimmers taking part only ten carried on the dive, the rest said it was too difficult.For myself and the point of view with work i dont think as a stranger in a new life could take on covert work.After loads of research i have found plenty of work in the field i enjoy so no problem.
Has 4 the beer im sure theres a tipple to suit every palet.
sorry to chomp but understandably the BBC need to make a show 4 tv not 4 us alone

[Tyke]

YES that was us but i must say the BBC do a fantastic job when it comes to editing a program a few lines were cut and pasted especialy Billies experiance on and off the boat ok yes the swim was traumatic nothing was explained to any of the swimmers and the boat never stopped so 4 a first hand experiance of jumping into choppy waters trying to hang on to a rope whilst being pulled at so many knots was scarry to say the least.out of the thirty swimmers taking part only ten carried on the dive, the rest said it was too difficult.For myself and the point of view with work i dont think as a stranger in a new life could take on covert work.After loads of research i have found plenty of work in the field i enjoy so no problem.
Has 4 the beer im sure theres a tipple to suit every palet.
sorry to chomp but understandably the BBC need to make a show 4 tv not 4 us alone

I would not worry about the editing.It's what you want that counts and don't do anything you "think" people want.

There are plenty more beers here :-)
I've done my best in the name of market research and tried most.
Must admit that I don't mind Coopers - try some of the Boag's Tasmanian beers.
I note you are discussed in another forum :wink:

[dglamoore]

Bet it felt odd watching yourselves on TV. Will be good to meet you in the flesh so to speak in OZ :lol:

Lisa

[Angela]

Hi Ashtons
Loved it yesterday, great to see you all on the tv, my boys were very chuffed at seeing Billie & that shes a girl (bless).

Jane I have sent you a pm about the suburbs as I was not sure you would be making a post, do you have your visa now?

When do you plan to go?

Angela

[MummyJarvo]

Hi Angela and Ashtons

Just saw the T.V show after videoing it - Samantha also commented 'I thought Billie was a boy' when she saw it. The girls have both posted messages to her on the kids forum.

Must admit we thought that the choice of job selected was a bit strange, they don't seem to try to hard to find the right jobs on that show (we have only watched the Adelaide ones though)

Getting some people round to give us the lowdown on renting our house out next week and then we'll have to get ourselves moving.

[Angela]

Lisas checked & theres another Adelaide episode on 31st Jan & 6th Feb - great news for us Adbrits !

Angela

[leeandkellie]

i've never missed an episode of wanted down under yet it was that prog that made me finally make my mind up. we watched the show on fri an i could sympathise with Billie i kno what it's like to jump into deep waters like that i have serious problems with snorkels liam my 10yr old is the oposite he loves jumpin from boats out at sea. cant wait for the next adelaide one on wed i'll definatly be watchin it.

[G'n'T]

hi, just checked on sky, according to them wanted down under on tues 6th is also about adelaide, just thought you all may be interested

[Moosh]

All those families from Luton on that programme!! They are following ME!

[dglamoore]

All those families from Luton on that programme!! They are following ME!


hehehe you have stalkers :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Good to see you back on here. Hope you are feeling better and Jon is looking after you :D

Lisa

[leeandkellie]

how the heck do u get on that program?

would be great to get on it most of them get offered jobs straight away.

[dglamoore]

Think most of the people were chosen last year through migration agents - lucky things! Although I would take a lot of it with a pinch of salt as it's not as clear cut as it looks thanks to creative editing :wink:

Lisa :lol:

[leeandkellie]

well we'll never get on then as we're not gonna use an agent we're gonna diy lol

[dglamoore]

Adelaide again tomorrow :lol: :lol:

Series finishes Friday....which could be a good thing as don't think I can bear hear the same old lines anymore :shock:

Lisa :lol:

[scooterdan]

Must say i was dissapointed with the show as a whole..... dont think it had a good cross section of people!!! Although i did learn alot about Adelaide...looks fab! And that damn Nadia is so annoying!!

I have emialed BBC about a second series but there are no plans yet!

[Angela]

I have found it very repetative but on the whole loved seeing Adelaide & other parts of Oz, surprised that Melbourne was not included at all !!

Is it true 40% brits return to the UK after 2 yrs..............hmm hoping that we will be the latter 60% that don't :wink:

Thanks for checking if there is a follow up series, it would be great to see how / if the choice they made has worked out for them :)

Well we will all see soon enough, not much longer now!

Angela

[Tyke]

I have found it very repetative but on the whole loved seeing Adelaide & other parts of Oz, surprised that Melbourne was not included at all !!

Is it true 40% brits return to the UK after 2 yrs..............hmm hoping that we will be the latter 60% that don't :wink:

Thanks for checking if there is a follow up series, it would be great to see how / if the choice they made has worked out for them :)

Well we will all see soon enough, not much longer now!

Angela

I did a poll in another forum because I was so sick of the whingers.

I gave more boxes for the unhappy ones.
Amazed that some ticked "Don't care" LOL

Are you happy in Adelaide
Deliriously Happy. [ 24 ] [18.75%]
Happy. [ 82 ] [64.06%]
Don't care. [ 8 ] [6.25%]
Unhappy. [ 9 ] [7.03%]
Very unhappy. [ 3 ] [2.34%]
Returning to the UK. [ 2 ] [1.56%]


This was from 128 votes so I think it is fairly representative.

I ticked deliriously happy by the way.
You HAVE to give it at least two years here :-)

[Moosh]

That was a good idea Tyke. There has been a lot of negativity on there for a while now.

I've never been quite able to understand the reasoning behind making the massive move to Australia and then 4 months down the line they up and move back again. What a waste of time and money.

[dglamoore]

We will be giving it at least 2 years to settle - especially with the amount it is costing to get there :shock:

The poll was great and showed a truer view of those that had settled compared to the other whinging poms having a rant :lol: :lol: :lol:

Lisa :D

[Tyke]

We will be giving it at least 2 years to settle - especially with the amount it is costing to get there :shock:

The poll was great and showed a truer view of those that had settled compared to the other whinging poms having a rant :lol: :lol: :lol:

Lisa :D :D

If you think about it.....

How long does it take most people to get to Oz including the planning and deciding before the Visa application??

2- 3 years???
Surely you have to give it that amount of time here!!!! :)

[RandC]

Totally agree, it is not a decision any of us have probably entered into lightly. I also feel that if you are movin your kids and taking them away from friends and school etc (my eldest doesn't want to go :( - needing major bribery!) you owe it them to give it a proper go - which is realistically going to be at least two years. Also I HATE packing!!! couldn't do it again so soon :lol:

Cari

[Libby1971]

Hi

I just wanted to say that this is a lovely site, a terrific forum that is so supportive of everyone. I find that lovely. I visit several forums and this is by far my fave - in fact i have stopped using one. No surprises why.

The creative editing of the BBC is irritating, I grant you, largely because it comes across like the families haven't looked into it and also because everyone is portrayed as being so gloomy and miserable. What a shame! I know we were really enthusiastic and I am sure the Ashtons were too. But nonetheless, this is a TV series and drama=figures/ ratings. It worked very successfully on the group of kids in my school who saw the programme before I did - "Miss, we were watching. And we were waiting for the vote. We didn't think you'd go for Australia, Miss. But you did. Miss, you voted for Australia...does this mean you want to go live there then?"

Word on the grapevine is that there is a possibility for a follow up series and a second series being discussed. All decisions will be made over the next month or so.

By the way Ashtons, I thought Billie did really well. I like swimming but only if I can touch the bottom every so often. I don't like rivers, lakes or seas where fish have the option of nibbling my toes! She was very brave.

:wink:

Libby

[Angela]

Hi Libby

Is this a silly question (but then that's me :wink: ) are you the teacher who was also on WDU like the Ashtons, who chose to work at the college?

Hi Tyke

I had also seen that vote, thanks, we think as a family unit you have to give it 2 years minimum, we've been thinking of emigrating for 4 years its only been since 2005 & our holiday to Queensland & Sydney that finally helped 'me' agree with my OH - Adelaide here we come :)

Angela

[Libby1971]

Hi Angela

It isn't a silly question at all. Yes I am that teacher.


Libby

[Jane.Mason]

Hi All

I think the next series may be covering New Zealand (that's what we've been told).
It is a difficult move and one you don't take lightly, but i do think that you need to give it two/three years.
Whilst we were there in October both my best freind and a close family freind passed away, this really hit home and showed us just how far we were away. I could have quite easily got on the next flight back home. What made it worse was that we had been out of mobile range and uncontactable when my freind died so found out three days later. It was OK though i still managed to do the reading for my freind that we had always talked about together just recorded by modern technology.

SORRY TO BE SO MORBID

On a brighter note though this didn't put us off and we are hoping to be out there by the end of April.


Jane

[donna T]

I agree - 2 -3 years before taking any more major decisions.
We started this process 18 months ago after much discussion and for us we have to view it as a big adventure. I couldn't put the kids and grandparents through all this if we were going to turn tail at the slightest setback. However tough the first few years I feel we owe it to ourselves to give it our best shot.
Can't wait :D
Jane - I am so sorry about your friend and family - that must have been really tough. Good for you for seeing it through

[Davyfella]

We must be the strange ones, our decision to move was a spur of the moment thing. I had a friend at work who emigrated to New Zealand a couple of years ago, and out of interest, before I went to bed one night, I fired off a CV to the company he is at.

By the time I woke up there was an email, they wanted to interview me and wanted to know when I could start.

That was about a month ago.

Well we gave it a couple of days, or was it hours thought and decided that OZ would be better with more scope for emplyment in the Aircraft world, so we contacted an agent and got the ball rolling.

Some ask if we have been there before, I say no need I grew up watching Home & Away, Flying Doctors and Mad Max films, I know what Oz is like. we decided on Adelaide, for the more temperate climate and the cheaper houses. We bought our house here in Belfast 8 years ago for £36000, it is now worth £180000, so we plan to be mortgage free, and I want to spend the rest on a gas fired barbie, a Holden Crewman Ute, and an Esky to go in the back.

Well gotta go and watch Lost on Sky, at least that is on over in Oz!

[Jane.Mason]

Hi Donna

Thanks for that

It did make us think but we also realised that we are only 24hrs away, we checked airlines and could have been on a flight within an hour (not expensive either). We also realised that Modern technology (if your not in the Flinders) is pretty amazing. I'm not saying that it was plain sailing and that i wasn't in tears most nights but with mobiles and skype we managed it.

However, in hindsight it perhaps showed in the filming that i didn't enjoy Adelaide. That would be wrong as it was the best experience ever and well worth it.

Jane