Wanted Down Under [Archive] - Poms In Adelaide

Ben

21-01-2008, 11:01 AM

Django

21-01-2008, 11:14 AM

:biglaugh::biglaugh:

The couple today made me laugh. A guy runs his own resturant and knew that he would have to work for someone else before he left England. His reason for not going was he didn't want to work for someone else.:shocked:

I didn't laugh much. Well at least Wednesday's will be worth looking forward to with PIA's very own TV star at centre stage. ;)

Pete

stephb

21-01-2008, 11:37 AM

who is that then?! it would be much more interesting to watch someone i have some (albeit tenuous) link with!
im getting frustrated that noone seems to be going to adelaide- i want to see where im going!!
though i missed the first week i think, was there one then?!

cornish Busdriver

21-01-2008, 12:09 PM

Monday 28th.
Wanted down under ADELAIDE

Ben

21-01-2008, 12:50 PM

Monday 28th.
Wanted down under ADELAIDE

Are you in this one Cornish ?

Libby1971

21-01-2008, 12:57 PM

I'll let you into a secret.:err:

Wednesdays Wanted Down Under is about Adelaide....

Libby

Ben

21-01-2008, 01:02 PM

Ooh Thank You Libby :)

cornish Busdriver

21-01-2008, 01:10 PM

True pure Cornish.
why??

Ben

21-01-2008, 03:00 PM

Pardon?
Not with you mate.

cornish Busdriver

21-01-2008, 06:03 PM

Opps sorry ben.
was answering someone else.
No not in it :(

Ben

21-01-2008, 07:11 PM

Ahh, ok CB :)

andy&jill

22-01-2008, 11:13 AM

Anyone else sick and tired of this series?

I am fed up with families being given a free holiday, shown around everywhere (Houses, Schools, Prospective Employers, Social etc etc) and then, after only THREE DAYS, they get all sloppy because of some crappy made up video messages full of fake crocodile tears and want to go home!

AAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

Phew, that feels better!

Thanks all!

xxxx

Could'nt agree more ben, did you watch the one today with the three blubby kids, Who makes the decisions in that house!! We are are all going to miss family, But come on gimme a break, the kid starts blubbing about missing her nanny coz "shes an elderly person" Never mind they got a free holiday out of it, and realised oz is 10.000miles away.

:realmad:

Andy

ralph n bev

22-01-2008, 12:46 PM

applebobs

22-01-2008, 01:13 PM

Ben

22-01-2008, 01:15 PM

I don't think anyone here is "dissing" those that find it isn't for them, for whatever reason.
Anyone that goes out there to do a proper RECCE and then finds that it isn't for them has no-one to answer to but themselves in my opinion.
My problem is with the families that blatantly don't want to move there in the first place and use the program as a free holiday whilst moaning their way around whatever part of Oz/NZ they are shown, at great expense and time by the locals.
Then, as a final insult, they get all mock homesick, totally forgetting the reason(s) that they want to move their families over there in the first place for.
Distance?
Don't these people know BASIC geography? Or the fact that if they are thinking of moving in the first place, then surely old Auntie Gladys that they haven't seen in twenty years really should NOT suddenly become an issue once there! T-e-l-e-p-h-o-n-e people! W-e-b-c-a-m FFS!!

I admit that in a way I have it lucky. After 19 years in the Royal Navy, the strings to my family (not including wife/kids here obviously) are quite stretchy, albeit NEVER broken. I just can't understand these people and never will, thats all.

Ben

22-01-2008, 01:19 PM

first post so please be gentle . . . . got a dilema . do we sell house here or rent out and keep as safety net . cant afford to go for a taster . wanted down under doesnt shed any light all seem to want english life . thought whole point was to live aussi life

Hiya! :)

Advice that I have been given is that if you are going to go, then do it. Do not keep any kind of safety net in the UK as this will only draw you back eventually, after not really trying to settle in the first place. The way the housing market is going anyway, you would (probably) be better selling.

There's plenty on here that will give you better advice than me though, welcome to the site and have a good trawl through the forums. :)

sluggy

22-01-2008, 01:46 PM

I understand where you are coming from, but have to comment on some of the things you have said...
Has anyone ever thought, just for a moment , that these families are making the best decission for THIER families.
Not Yours. THIERS.
Todays family was the usual "We want more family time" dribble.
Why is that dribble?..it's what we want, and others don't know our current circumstances.
The dad found out that hed be working more hours for less money, nothing new in that . Especially in Adelaide
Even the most basic of on~line research would of told them this.
Most of the families have found that the jobs arnt what there made out to be.
Again the on~line research
I think the "being able to go to the beach everyday for the afternoon, bieng able to cut down my hours , being mortgage free , and still having enough wages coming in to enjoy the lifestyle you already have in Britain , Dream , soon dissapears once you speak to people out there. Does ANYBODY actually think like this still?? When on your reccie, when you see what hours they work , what spare time they have , what they do with it etc. Then compare it to yours.
Thats why a PROPPER reccie is a good thing.
Not a , drag your how ever many kids , under what ever age, around as many theme parks n zoos to make them want the move as much as you , reccie.
We went ,without kids , reccied , realised its not what its cracked up to be, came home , felt the reccie was money well spent.
FOR US
Not any of you just us.
Just like the people on the program are doing. It all depends on what you have now here, and what your expectations are of Adelaide. We thought wed love it too. We ate slept and breathed everything Oz. Went to meetings bought books resurched till blue in the face.
It was going to be the best thing for us all.....Agree with you here - it's all about expectations. My wife and I vowed not to look through rose tinted glasses as this is not a spur of the moment thing. I think anyone who is serious about going would have lost the glasses very quickly. We have a great life here (St Albans), a good house, good well paid jobs etc- but i would never let my kids out to play on there own, i would not take them into London or any other city and I have not found a park or play area where we have felt comfortable or safe. My opinion only of course. If we had relocated to Ireland, I still would have researched just as much. This is a decision affecting my family after all.
We would have had a healthy £300k to take out with us, we had all our family backing to go, though they would have been sad.
2 out of 3 of the kids really wanted the move .
The reccie was to find where we wanted to live , we would have chosen Stirling lovely place.
What im saying is , dont diss the people who dont want to move to Oz. I don't think people were dissing them for not going, i think it's more about the way the programme is pitched, the editing etc and as you say, the rose coloured glasses they seem to have. Everyone i have seen posting on this site seems to be fully aware of their expectations and understanding of the realities - if not they ask.
Who find that they prefer thier part of Britain, and thier lifestyles here.

Think of it more on the lines , that there will be more chance of your family getting the visa , the more people reccie and dont like it !!
Then you can all go to the fabbytastic beach everyday , and live happyever after but dont forget the rose tinted glasses!!!;) Thanks, we will

Unch&dougs

22-01-2008, 01:49 PM

For what it's worth in, my opinion, people have a totally unrealistic expectation of moving to Oz.

They want the 5 bedroomed house with pool and underground monorail etc but want it without a mortgage - do they not have a mortgage over their 3 bed semi here?

They want a job that pays the same, or better, than their current job - did they not have to work hard and get to where they are here?

They want a fantastic social life - did they not have to make an effort here?

We are going out with our eyes open. We know we will not be able to afford a house without a mortgage. We know that our qualifications are virtually worthless in Oz. We know we will need to make an effort to meet people and make friends. What we are doing is looking for a new life - not having the same one with a bit more sun.

Somebody once said "If we had to overcome all potential obstacles prior to setting out then no adventurous undertakings would ever take place".

I do not "dis" (is that the word? Is it even a word?) anyone deciding not to go - you do what is best for you. I would just like to see more realistic people featured.

ralph n bev

22-01-2008, 01:52 PM

My problem is with the families that blatantly don't want to move there in the first place and use the program as a free holiday whilst moaning their way around whatever part of Oz/NZ they are shown, at great expense and time by the locals.
Then, as a final insult, they get all mock homesick, totally forgetting the reason(s) that they want to move their families over there in the first place for.

I dont know about this years people , but last years were chosen from people who had applied for a visa , I think. Or was that one of the other many ozzi t.v programs that were on when we were going through the process?
Think about it.
If the trip is only for a week would you travel there and back with whingy jet lagged kids , just for the chance to look at 3 houses and maybe , visit a typical workplace and if your lucky hug a koala or snorkle on a reef ??
:nah:
These people want the move , you can tell, its the way the programs edited , so that which ever place they visited doesnt come out of it too badly in my oppinion. So its down to the people not the place. Does that make sence.
I think probably the Ozzie gov pay for it all, usually its good advertising.
Not as much this year though .
Still people will still only listen to what they want to hear, pull out of the program what they want to think is true etc , its human nature.

Just like its human nature to want whats best for your family.
Adelaide wasnt best for ours. Just like it isnt for a lot on the program.
Theres only you who can decide if its best for you and yours.
Thats what its all about, weve decided to stay put , then in a few years time downsize and move to the lovely North Yorkshire countryside. That way we will still have family close enough to visit on a weekend , be able to holiday abroad a couple of times a year ,cheaply!
Keep the kids in their excellent school , and carryon running our successful ltd building company something that we were unable to do out there.
Everyones different , with totally different circumstances, it would be a boring world if we all liked the same things in life.

Hazel M

22-01-2008, 03:29 PM

The couple today made me laugh. A guy runs his own resturant and knew that he would have to work for someone else before he left England. His reason for not going was he didn't want to work for someone else.

I didn't laugh much. Well at least Wednesday's will be worth looking forward to with PIA's very own TV star at centre stage.

Pete

I agree - it does anoy me though that it didnt seem to cross his mind that after a few months of working for someone, there would've been nothing to stop him working for himself again and starting his own business, as was suggested by the chappie in the city option that they didnt go for (this i thought was also a bit odd coz another reason for not wanting to move was that they would have been too far from the city!) They could live there if they wanted! No-one stopping them!!
:realmad:

One other thing that is annoying me with this series is that they do keep insisting on showing houses over their budget (like with the couple in Cairns on Friday). . .
They dont seem at all to mention the build your own option - much much cheaper and (in my opinion) heaps better.
When we went for our recce I have to admit I was quite gutted that the houses for sale that we looked round were more expensive than the one we currently live in here - I was dissapointed about that (although it wouldnt have stopped us wanting to go). But then later the same day - we stopped on the way back to where we were staying, just by chance, noticed a few show houses with an office next door. We spoke to the chap inside the office and were gobsmacked at what we could buy if we had a house built. You can get a decent sized plot of land for under $100k, then the build price for a 4 bedroom house, very spacious, jet bath en suite and 2nd living room etc was $122k, fully fitted with kitchen etc and decorated. This makes such a difference to the price you pay for a house. It seems bizarre that it works out cheaper to have the house built to your own spec and situated where you want it than it is to buy one already built. As the builder said, the only down-side is that you would have to rent for 9mnth to a year while it is built. No probs for us as we would rent initially in any case. Everyone a winner!!
:D
Why dont they let people in on this on the series - it might make the difference to a lot of people........

cornish Busdriver

22-01-2008, 05:30 PM

Totally agree with you Unch&dougs.

I think Wanted down under is giving people the wrong impression of living in Oz and theres no-way anyone could decide to move by just spending one week in one place.
People know before they go how far Australia is away and that they will be leaving family and friends behind and if they cant except that then why bother going on the program in the first place and save us all the watter works.
As Ben said havnt they heard of Telephones, E-mail and Web cams.

People do have a totally unrealistic expectation of moving to Oz.
Life is cheeper when you are on holiday because of the currancy conversion but when you are living there on there wages they find out its not.
People seem to think that all houses have a pool and they dont.
If you are morgage free here then you could be morgage free there as well but realisticly doubtful if you want a bigger house.
We have a morgage here and we know that we will have a morgage there as well with higher payments.

Luckily me and the missus will be in fairly well paid jobs, she's a theater nurse (9yrs) and im a bus driver and already had job offers which we sorted out on our recci last june.

We are not going for a cheeper life coz it aint gonna happen, were going for a more relaxed sunnier lifestyle.

Enough of my rant i think

Hazel M

22-01-2008, 05:50 PM

Completely agree - the lifestyle has to be the main factor, it certainly is for us.
I anticipate that the cost of living is going to be around the same as now (in the UK), some things loads cheaper, but then other things are wildly more expensive. Swings and roundabouts..
You just have to accept that and go with the frame of mind that its a new life and opportunities for the childrens lifestyle that they do not have here.

Ben

22-01-2008, 06:48 PM

If people want a holiday then they should go on a holiday.
All this talk about cheaper this and cheaper that is subjective really, as the price you pay in relation to your income is (obviously) all that matters. I fully understand that for a while after the move you may be thinking "HOW MUCH!! For TEA BAGS!!" for example but thats just the cost of living, isn't it?
Like you say, swings and roundabouts. We know we get ripped off over here with just about everything we buy, what makes it so different over there, and why should we honestly think it would be?
Everyone has their own reason for wanting to go, but like CBD says, it ain't gonna be cheaper!

We want to move for a number of different reasons, two of which are our Childrens future and more relaxed lifestyle (no I don't mean working less, just different priorities).

cornish Busdriver

22-01-2008, 09:05 PM

Gday Ben and Hazle M. :)
I think that we are and many other are going for the right reasons a more relaxed lifestyle,better security and to put our faimly priorities in perpective.
I just feel that to many people are watching wanted down under and getting the wrong impression of Adelaide / Australia as they make it seem all to easy.

Trakki

22-01-2008, 09:26 PM

I think people need to remember what this thread was originally about before we get into the I'm right and you're not posts. This thread was about the series wanted down under and what people think of the series. What you have to remember is that these people (whether they just wanted a free holiday or are/were serious about moving to Oz) only have a week in one area and are asked to decide based on that week whether they want to go. They have houses shown to them that they have not chosen that quite often is not to their taste, the 'worker' has a job chosen for them. What you don't see is what hey do in the times that they are not filming. I'm sure a serious person would spend this spare time looking at opportunities for themselves but you have to remember also that the programme is edited for the viewing figures.

Everyone on this forum has a different reason why they want to go to Oz and as such there are going to be disagreements. We are going as we have nothing for us here and I work for the NHS and have been told by many nurses in Oz that there is a slight improvement to working conditions there. There are lots of other reasons but I am not going to go into them.

Please don't turn this into a t1t for tat argument and lets get back to discussing the programme like adults.

Sorry but had to say it, :realmad: I'll put my dummy back in now :wubclub:

cornish Busdriver

22-01-2008, 09:39 PM

Hiya Tracy.
Opps we were getting a bit OTT on some things i admit.
It only took 1 week to get our visa's from the time our police checks were due so hoping your visa aint to long.
Just wait for the phone call at stupid o'clock in the morning (05:30)
Goodluck on your visa

andy and lindsey

23-01-2008, 12:05 AM

Has anyone ever thought, just for a moment , that these families are making the best decission for THIER families.
Not Yours. THIERS.
Todays family was the usual "We want more family time" dribble.
The dad found out that hed be working more hours for less money, nothing new in that . Especially in Adelaide!
Most of the families have found that the jobs arnt what there made out to be.
I think the "being able to go to the beach everyday for the afternoon, bieng able to cut down my hours , being mortgage free , and still having enough wages coming in to enjoy the lifestyle you already have in Britain , Dream , soon dissapears once you speak to people out there. When on your reccie, when you see what hours they work , what spare time they have , what they do with it etc. Then compare it to yours.
Thats why a PROPPER reccie is a good thing.
Not a , drag your how ever many kids , under what ever age, around as many theme parks n zoos to make them want the move as much as you , reccie.
We went ,without kids , reccied , realised its not what its cracked up to be, came home , felt the reccie was money well spent.
FOR US
Not any of you just us.
Just like the people on the program are doing. It all depends on what you have now here, and what your expectations are of Adelaide. We thought wed love it too. We ate slept and breathed everything Oz. Went to meetings bought books resurched till blue in the face.
It was going to be the best thing for us all.....
We would have had a healthy £300k to take out with us, we had all our family backing to go, though they would have been sad.
2 out of 3 of the kids really wanted the move .
The reccie was to find where we wanted to live , we would have chosen Stirling lovely place.
What im saying is , dont diss the people who dont want to move to Oz.
Who find that they prefer thier part of Britain, and thier lifestyles here.

Think of it more on the lines , that there will be more chance of your family getting the visa , the more people reccie and dont like it !!
Then you can all go to the fabbytastic beach everyday , and live happyever after but dont forget the rose tinted glasses!!!;)

Hi Bev

Whilst I can appreciate that Adelaide isn't for everyone I just want to reclarify that the points that you have made are entirely based on yours and your families needs and wants ( I know that you stated this, but it is all to easy for people reading your post in the UK to be sent into a tailspin thinking "oh my god - they work how many hours?!!!! and £300k, I wont have anything like that amount - how am I going to manage???"). In order to do this I will tell people a little bit of our situation

We arrived in Adelaide in October with a LOT less than you had to bring. Andy is a nurse and we are managing to live on his wages alone and shock, horror can save a little too. His working week is a full time week of 37.5 hours (exactly the same as he worked in the UK). There is overtime and agency work readily available should he want more. I am not working at the moment as I am waiting for my qualifications to be assessed (yes that is a bind - many people will find that in order to work here qualifications need to be assessed and reassessed all at huge cost to yourself! and nothing is done quickly:o)

We are in the process of having a house built in Aldinga - its a lovely 4 bedroomed/ 2 bathroomed house and I am sooo excited about it. Our mortgage here in Australia will be a lot bigger than the one we had at home (we had a relativley small mortgage) our house in turn will be a lot bigger, but had we moved within the Uk then we would have increased our mortgage too. All that said, we have no loans car repayments, credit cards etc. Our outgoings are just the mortgage and bills - everyday expenses that we would have had wherever we lived.

We have found that we have lots of time to do family things. Whilst in the Uk things could be planned, come the day of the event you would look outside the window and see grey clouds or rain or it was just too darn cold to do things here I can make plans be it with Andy or the lovely friends I have made to meet in a park with a picnic or at the beach ( its not a myth people really do go to the beach in Australia - although you may find that you have 20 ft of space to yourself rather than 20 inches:biglaugh:) - all free! My children have a fantastic social life and attend many events/clubs that they just wouldn't have the opportunity to do in the UK. We were not fortunate enough to have many holidays in the Uk and certainly not foreign ones but did enjoy camping and caravaning - something that we intend to do again here (again without the threat of being up to your eyeballs in mud! - I dont intend to go camping in Queensland!).

I will say and I have heard it said many times that when you first arrive in Austrailia money runs through your fingers like water (it does!), but now we are nearly 4 months in and things are starting to settle down. We knew it was an expensive road to tread when we started the whole process off in the UK - but at the moment we are living the Australian dream! Who knows if its going to be for ever? I will never say never but certainly at the moment I have no intentions of going back!

These are my thoughts and our situation - with no rose tinted glasses!;)

Lindsey

Tina P

23-01-2008, 12:29 AM

Hi

Great post Lyndsey, its all true - well done.

Tina
:p

Django

23-01-2008, 12:29 AM

Great post Lindsay glad things are going well for you.

Pete

The Monaghans

23-01-2008, 02:58 AM

This is all very well ladies and gentleman, but I'm still none the wiser as to who it is that's on the show on Wednesday! Is it you Lib?

Libby1971

23-01-2008, 03:50 AM

Yes, us, Warts and all

Blackcat

23-01-2008, 07:35 AM

Enjoyed you post Lindsey and very true what you said, we too are loving it. Glad all is going well for you, hope to meet you again sometime, Gina

ralph n bev

23-01-2008, 10:57 AM

Hi Bev

Whilst I can appreciate that Adelaide isn't for everyone I just want to reclarify that the points that you have made are entirely based on yours and your families needs and wants ( I know that you stated this ......

Lindsey

Hi Lindsey,
Im really glad its working out for you. Im sure everyone who wants to emigrate is too , so your bound to get the well done , what a good post etc etc. off everyone out there who are living it , loving it .
But like you say these are YOUR circumstances, this is your family.
Same as the folks on the program who dont like whats on offer for their families.
This is what im trying to say.

By the way.
We too are into camping and caravaning , in a big way, there are some lovely sites around Adelaide . When we were on the reccie we stayed at quite a few in the campervan . The best in our oppinion was West Beach , think thats what it was called. Brilliant facillities . We also liked the basic Bellair national park one too.
Weve just traded in our 4year old 5 birth caravan in for a 2008 6birth.
Using the cash wed put away for the rest of the visa process for the balance !!
We will be using it (in the rain and mud!!) for the first time this weekend, but the weather here has never stopped us getting off, we go every other weekend through out the year.
Think were going to have to make sure we pick somewhere well away from a river too !!
Or you may see us on the news bobbing along the river, out to sea !!

Just watching Libby on the tv now , its deffinatley working for them. Still the emotional pulls which is natural .
Bobs loving it , hes taken a step back , like lots would like to do.
What a difference to their lifestyle. It will be great for everyone to see something possitive on the show.
What a difference it has made with all the extra space and storage to the new house too !!!!

applebobs

23-01-2008, 11:34 AM

just watched show . thought you came across great ! how did you get to be on wanted down under ? hope to get out this year for recci . have two boys 10 and 12 . think they will take a lot of persuading !

andy and lindsey

23-01-2008, 11:37 AM

Hi Lindsey,
Im really glad its working out for you. Im sure everyone who wants to emigrate is too , so your bound to get the well done , what a good post etc etc. off everyone out there who are living it , loving it .
But like you say these are YOUR circumstances, this is your family.
Same as the folks on the program who dont like whats on offer for their families.
This is what im trying to say.

By the way.
We too are into camping and caravaning , in a big way, there are some lovely sites around Adelaide . When we were on the reccie we stayed at quite a few in the campervan . The best in our oppinion was West Beach , think thats what it was called. Brilliant facillities . We also liked the basic Bellair national park one too.
Weve just traded in our 4year old 5 birth caravan in for a 2008 6birth.
Using the cash wed put away for the rest of the visa process for the balance !!
We will be using it (in the rain and mud!!) for the first time this weekend, but the weather here has never stopped us getting off, we go every other weekend through out the year.
Think were going to have to make sure we pick somewhere well away from a river too !!
Or you may see us on the news bobbing along the river, out to sea !!

Just watching Libby on the tv now , its deffinatley working for them. Still the emotional pulls which is natural .
Bobs loving it , hes taken a step back , like lots would like to do.
What a difference to their lifestyle. It will be great for everyone to see something possitive on the show.
What a difference it has made with all the extra space and storage to the new house too !!!!

Thankyou for taking the time to respond Bev! I would like to respond by saying that yes there are both positives and negatives to being here - the obvious negative would be that of leaving family and friends behind, grocery shopping - limited choices and spiralling costs (that said my life is not all about money - both Andy and I worked for the NHS for nearly 20 years so it cant be, can it :o). Whilst some people come to Adelaide on a reccie before making the jump, many (like us) cannot/could not afford that luxury so use fantastic forums like these to glean as much information as they can on what to expect from there new lives. Its great that you are able to share the information that you gleaned from your reccie with people but that said (and I think that many people would agree with me) what you saw was a snapshot of what life is actually like here - not the full blown Blu Ray HD version that living here actually is.

Lindsey

Libby1971

23-01-2008, 11:45 AM

Thanks guys for your positive comments.

I suppose they showed the junk room and made out all 4 of us slept in it! I could kick myself for decorating when they came but hey ho!

Anyway, we got on the show by having an email from our agent. The BBC contacted them and if you wanted to take part, you rang one of the researchers. We had a chat for about an hour and half. A few days later they rang and asked if they could do preliminary filming at our house. That went fine until Bob made an outrageous comment on a very touchy issue and I went nuts! I was having a real go at him - apparently from that minute we were on the show although we didn't know it at that point. The fact that we weren't put off shouting at each other, or rather I should say me shouting at him, meant we made good TV. They told us the following week and as we were the first family selected for that series, we got to choose where we went. We went to Brisbane because it was the only place where filming fell during school hols. For me, it was invaluable. I had never been to Oz before adn although I knew we probably wouldn't go to Brisbane within a couple of days, it helped me get the ground running when we got here as I knew shops etc.

At that time, we were actually thinking of heading to Melbourne! Adelaide didn't pop up as an option until Oct 06! We got here in April 07 so almost been here a year now. At the time of filming we had been here about 4 and a half months I think.

The dog is now huge and a monster pain in the a*se!

I am def feeling more positive now than at the time of filming.

Libby

Richard & Amanda

23-01-2008, 12:39 PM

Hiya Libby,

Didn't realise it was YOU on the telly till I just read this post - Hi!!!!

The program was great - I will be getting my mum to watch it on bbc i-player cos I think she is a little skeptical we might be making a mistake - not that she has said it in so many words.

Hubby will be watching it when he gets in as well.
it was great, brilliant to see the kids settling in so well - what an improvement in your lifestyle that is something to aspire towards the house is lovely.

Well done!

cornish Busdriver

23-01-2008, 01:47 PM

Gday Libby.
Watched ya on tv this morning.
Good to see an update on how someone who has made the move is realy getting on.
Not trying to be rude but you all look so much better and happier than the first episode we saw you in.
Your house looks realy nice in a realy nice area.
Hope to run into u when we come over.

Django

23-01-2008, 01:54 PM

Hi Libby,

It was fabby. The only down point for me was that it seemed more air time was given to repeating the stuff from the first programme and repeating stuff over and over again.
Good to see that you are all more settled in Oz. Can't wait to sample the outdoor life style with the better weather.

Pete

everhopeful

23-01-2008, 03:00 PM

Hi Libby and family so nice to meet you, so to speak. This was a great show, thanks, after all thats been said about the previous episodes.

One question I have for you about your house, which looks lovely by the way, even with the room thats a "work in progress". I understood that you could only by a new house in SA but yours did not look like a new build. Have I misunderstood the rules.

Thanks

Joanna

Looking forward the the other "revisited" programmes.