Pommy99

:DWell it is anybody's guess but I think Adelaide is all in all a really expensive place to live. Bar petrol, everything else is as or more expensive than the UK. The 'market' is small here and monopolies exist. You can't drive 40 miles to one or two other towns to buy something cheaper if it is expensive in Adelaide, and the shopkeepers know it. Bring as much money as you can!! The best things in Adelaide are free....the beach...the sun....(mostly) the friendly people. Come with an open mind and open wallet and never make the mistake of comparing here to the UK as that will only lead you to feel homesick. The place is expensive, beer tasteless but cold, and the TV is terrible , but you might just fall in love with it. Good luck.

Thank you to everyone for their replies.

Thanks guys but it would be interesting to hear from readers still in the UK.

I've been here nearly four years now and read the british news papers online. The Daily Mail paints a picture of a lawless, violent crime ridden place where decent values in society have broken down. The ploice are never there when needed and honest decent middle class working famalies are taxed to the hilt as the economic depression forever deepens. If you still live in the UK, do you think this is an accurate picture??

Hi, In September I will have been here 4 years (two with PR) Can anyone tell me how long it takes from taking the test and applying, to having citizenship granted? After that how long do you have to wait for a ceremony? I'm in Unley. Has anyone had a private ceremony? Also can I take the test bafore I formally apply? Thank you for reading my post.

Thanks to everyone for their kind and considered comments and suggestions. They are all appreciated.

Just did mine yesterday. Very easy but expensive as they have to be Biometric as OBVIOUSLY everyone from the UK is a terrorist!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try Henley Beach.

Hi, we (family of 4) have been here almost 4 years now and it has beeen up and down as we anticipated. I am not earning nearly as much as I did in the UK (about half in fact) and my husband can't find work at all as his skills are very specialised and not needed in SA. Both my kids are at school (one very good school on very average). If we hang on another 6 months we will get citizenship, so if we go back to the UK we can always return here in years to come if we wish. So given all that why haven't we left? Well Adelaide is a nice city, the weather is mostly great and traffic is pretty easy compared to Manchester. However, I think it's a pretty backward and non progressive backwater where bright kids leaving school have no future. Australia is on the whole unsophisticated with way too many racist attitudes, and I don't want my kids to grow up like that. So whay am I still here?.....................because I'm worried that in the 4 years since we left Britain has become an even more overcrowded violent lawless cess pit where religious minorities are taking over. Brown's Britain seems a very worrying place with bleak years to come. Should we ... 1. Go home? 2. Wait for citizenship then go home? 3. Stay ad consider moving interstate in the hope that it's more with the times? Its a big problem because I think Adelaide is going nowhere, but Britain is going backwards but is still streaks ahead of SA. in some ways. What would you do? Serious answers only please. Thanks for reading my post.

I also went to see Martin Matthews www.adelaideosteopath.com who was really good and reasonable too. He is from England and got me and my wife fixed up quick.

Good work, you are as good as here already!!

Thanks everyone for your answers.

CITIZENSHIP.......HELPFUL ASDVICE NEEDED HI this is my first post so please be gentle with me. I want to apply for citizenship in September then move back to the UK for 2 years to sort my business then come back for the ceremony at some point in time (without my wife and kids as they will stay in the UK for convenience). 1. Can I go back to the UK inbetween the application and citizenship being approved? 2. Once approved can I come back on my own to attend the ceremony and represent my whole family so they all become citizens? 3 Is this legal? I would be so grateful to hear from anyone who knows these answers. Have a great day. Pommy99