I'm a Brit and I've lived all over Aus. A great watch, pretty accurate to most of the country, and I can hear kookaburras as I type! Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!
Very concise and clear summary, filled with common sense! Some more observations on work-life balance from an Aussie who has spent decades in the corporate workforce: Staying back late, unasked, with no overtime, doesn't necessarily communicate to Aussie employers that yours is a strong work ethic. It can communicate that you can't manage your time efficiently enough to get your work completed in the allotted hours; that you are inflexible and obsessed with small details. It also signals that you live alone and have no social life - which can suggest that your mental health may be fragile - not a good look for getting a raise! Worse, it may well prevent you from being given a managerial role; since an employer will project that you may have unrealistic, out-of-touch expectations of your subordinates.
Emigrated to Australia before Thatcher got into power and never looked or went back to the UK. Being under 18, it was free passage while my non-UK parents paid their 10 pounds. Now, as an aged pensioner, my doctor visits and both times I've been in ICU have been free and my scripts are heavily subsidised by the government so most cost $AU7.70. My public transport is also subsidised and any taxi trip is halved because of mobility issues. There is a big shortage of housing which has yet to be addressed so any overseas tradesman should be welcomed. Preferring the quiet life, I chose to live in a country town about 100kms north of Melbourne which suits me. Gave up driving 18 years ago and got used to it.
@@hannesRSA Back then it was very different. Stopped off at Cape Town, some passengers left the ship while white South Africans boarded to migrate to Oz. Was also the year our species first stepped onto the moon and aphartide (?) was still happening.
Similar to me…although Aussie born of Irish parents…on the aged pension and live in a quiet-ish part of Melbourne…gave up the car about 5 years ago and use public transport all the time..although lucky to live in a suburb with good public transport…appreciate the subsidised scripts..have had a few visits to local public hospital..for scans and day procedures… where the staff have been fantastic and caring
Yes we found that out when we went for our morning walk some people would stop for a short while to pass the time of day and others would just say morning, fine have a nice day. And walk away. Others would avoid eye contact and keep walking others would give a polite quick head nod or tilt. But most are friendly.
Great list! I like your positive attitude! There are always pros and cons of moving to a different country. One's attitude to meeting challenges is the key to living a good life wherever you are.
Thanks, that's very interesting - particularly as I did the opposite! In 1965 I was offered a job at my employer's UK office, and of course I jumped at it. Then three years back in Australia and my (European) wife and I wanted to get back to "the centre of the world": Europe. 54 years later and I'm still here! What do I miss? As you mentioned, kangaroos and koalas. We're all different.
ER Doctor looking to move to Aus and I would actually make less than half of what I make in the US. The better work life balance and safe schools I believe would make it worth it.
Schools and life in general is safe in general. No guards or police at schools. Firearms are very strictly regulated. Pistols for for pistol shooting clubs use only (no carrying or concealed carry in day to day life). Work life balance is way up there amongst the most favourable. Plus all the statutory holiday paid days off, paid maternity / paternity leave provisions, and superannuation. Altogether it stacks up to a great lifestyle with a lot less to worry about compared to many other countries.
@@colonelfustercluck486 and don’t forget the long service provisions. 3 months paid leave after 10 years with the same company. Depends which state you’re in , some are not as generous.
@@leftin74 yes that was remiss of me. I also neglected to mention decent general annual leave... depending on where you live and job, and how long you have worked for an employer... 3 to 5 weeks would be about the correct range? And you must take it..... yes it is compulsory that you take your annual leave
Don't forget your four week holidays and a lot of public holidays better family work life balance. A amazing health care system and awesome time outdoors
Family of 3 here on our 4th week in Melbourne. We’re still in the chaotic stage at the minute, trying to get what seems like a mountain of admin sorted before the Mrs stars her teaching job in January. Your videos have helped a lot up to now, so thanks very much. For anyone who’s been here longer, what are the best responses to ‘How’s it going’ and ‘Take it easy’?
@@michaelh958 remember, everything is good or great , even if it’s not. The Aussies don’t take kindly to criticism from newcomers. As a 10 quid Pom in 1974 I learnt you have to love the place and don’t keep saying that this or that was better where you came from as they will soon tell you to go back where you came from. They had just got rid of the white Australia policy when the wife and I came over and the population was around 16,000000. Would I ever return to live in the uk ? Of course not.
Very interesting video, thanks. I can relate to everything you said. I laughed a little when you mentioned friends! After 22 yrs, I still don't have any friends and I do consider myself a nice person. One, worth getting to know! I don't live rural but see Kangaroo's down bottom of my street ( there's some bushland there ) I've seen a roo bounding down the central reservation when I was heading to another town just a few kilometer's away. I could add a lot of comment's really, I am British, been living here 22 yrs. Oh my.... You touch on the negatives of moving here, I would like to add a HUGE negative for all you Brit's thinking of coming..... I had and still do NOT have family support's when it comes to bringing up children ( I have no family here ) this issue has destroyed me almost for nearly all of my 22 yrs. Sorry to be bringer of bad news.
@@ThatJohnstonLifeYou can adopt grandparents you know. So many lonely oldies who would love to be surrogate grandparents. Christian Church family is a great support here in Australia too.
Build a social circle. Keep trying to meet new folk. Perhaps through the kids, their school activities etc ? You may just find people asking you around for a wine etc
Moved here in 89 from the North of England. One of the best things I ever did. Queenslanders are very similar to Northerners. Coming from a non nonconformist/ Quaker background I don't drink. Most of my friends enjoy a beer or wine. I don't judge them and they don't judge me. Plus I can always drive them home.
Yet another person giving advice relevant to their local area and applying it to all of Australia. Sure, some things are nation wide but many are not. If you live in a city such as Sydney or Melbourne people are generally not as causal and if you are applying for any sort of corporate job you better turn up in a suit. Most of the families I know personally, complain about their kids addiction to screens. And the most common wildlife seen in many areas are dead kangaroos on the road, with the chances of seeing a koala, wombat or platypus in the wild is slim to none. Some good advice in part but people really need to be doing their research for the area they intend to live.
Yet another comment by someone who is from the centers of the universe, Sydney and Melbourne. There aren't koalas or roos in Sydney or Melbourne. Their habitats were lost decades ago. It takes visitors less than a day to figure that out. Brisbane on the other hand... I had a koala in my yard only 19klms from the CBD. I pass roos driving to Sandgate to work, only 20 Klms from the CBD. From memory, he's in I.T. Self explanatory. I'd say those kids don't know how good they have it and could probably do with more parental control... If their parents aren't zombiing around the place staring their phone at the same time. "Do your research" to quote...
@@andrewh.8403 I'm not actually from Sydney or Melbourne, and I've never lived in either. I have however lived in Perth, the Pilbara, the South West of WA, Canberra and elsewhere. My advice stands, do your research for the area you intend to call home.
@@ThatJohnstonLifebrilliant idea!! Think sometimes we just want a change in life moving to oz, some move to uk to do the same. Being static in this big world.
You spoke to 1000 people about moving to Australia? Really? C'mon mate... I get this is Click Bait. Unless you're talking about saying G'day or Hi and moving on, having a conversation about this would take years and years of dialogue.
Spent the last 4 years helping people to move. Got a few followers across different socials. Lots of them speak to me. I think 1000 might even be a bit low
It's true Australians really don't celebrate the achievements of others. I was surprised when I lived in the UK in 2005-06, how often I was told how attractive was, how clever and brave I was. I was even told that my work experience in the UK would impress employers back home, which they couldn't understand that it probably wouldn't. When returning home, my predictions were proven correct. Australians are nice and friendly but also very jealous people. This is from an Australian.
I always hear how the NHS is ‘free’ in the UK yet it is a crippling debt, yet it shouldn’t be if it’s ‘free’….right. Somewhere along the line someone is paying for all that free hospital and medical care.
I want to move out of Australia..After over 70 years of feeling like a square peg in a round hole, I want my last years to be away from heat, drought, floods, bushfires, every venomous snake known, spiders the size of dinner plates or hiding in your clothes ready to bite...sick of it, appalled at our current PM's fawning to trump, having a dying health care system, education that is imprisonment for most kids and a homeless problem that keeps me stressed out of my mind. I am trapped, but believe in miracles. Fingers crossed.
Dying healthcare and education that is imprisonment for kids idk why they didn’t ban people like u from entering no one asked oh but the NHS will leave u dead for 3 days til they can get to your problem 😂😂😂😂 but Australia is so bad yet healthcare is at a standard level so u went to aus just to complain even tho u got a higher pay opportunities that were given to u first instead of the Aussie and u want to complain 😂😂😂😂.
I'm a Brit and I've lived all over Aus. A great watch, pretty accurate to most of the country, and I can hear kookaburras as I type! Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!
Thanks Andrea
Very concise and clear summary, filled with common sense!
Some more observations on work-life balance from an Aussie who has spent decades in the corporate workforce: Staying back late, unasked, with no overtime, doesn't necessarily communicate to Aussie employers that yours is a strong work ethic. It can communicate that you can't manage your time efficiently enough to get your work completed in the allotted hours; that you are inflexible and obsessed with small details. It also signals that you live alone and have no social life - which can suggest that your mental health may be fragile - not a good look for getting a raise! Worse, it may well prevent you from being given a managerial role; since an employer will project that you may have unrealistic, out-of-touch expectations of your subordinates.
Great perspective, thanks for sharing
As an Australian, I just want to say that I love the people of the UK settling in Australia. You are 100 % invited. Come on over friends.
Cheers Joe
Your videos are absolutely brilliant for people looking for advice mate. Keep up the good work and well done
Emigrated to Australia before Thatcher got into power and never looked or went back to the UK. Being under 18, it was free passage while my non-UK parents paid their 10 pounds. Now, as an aged pensioner, my doctor visits and both times I've been in ICU have been free and my scripts are heavily subsidised by the government so most cost $AU7.70. My public transport is also subsidised and any taxi trip is halved because of mobility issues. There is a big shortage of housing which has yet to be addressed so any overseas tradesman should be welcomed. Preferring the quiet life, I chose to live in a country town about 100kms north of Melbourne which suits me. Gave up driving 18 years ago and got used to it.
@@hannesRSA Back then it was very different. Stopped off at Cape Town, some passengers left the ship while white South Africans boarded to migrate to Oz. Was also the year our species first stepped onto the moon and aphartide (?) was still happening.
Similar to me…although Aussie born of Irish parents…on the aged pension and live in a quiet-ish part of Melbourne…gave up the car about 5 years ago and use public transport all the time..although lucky to live in a suburb with good public transport…appreciate the subsidised scripts..have had a few visits to local public hospital..for scans and day procedures… where the staff have been fantastic and caring
Glad to hear Australia keeps doing you well
@@648RolandApartheid. Legislated racial discrimination.
Good to have you here, mate!❤️👍❤️
Thanks, mate!
Yes we found that out when we went for our morning walk some people would stop for a short while to pass the time of day and others would just say morning, fine have a nice day. And walk away. Others would avoid eye contact and keep walking others would give a polite quick head nod or tilt. But most are friendly.
Mate, great video as always. I wish you could give me all your lessons!
Thanks for the kind words.
Great list! I like your positive attitude! There are always pros and cons of moving to a different country. One's attitude to meeting challenges is the key to living a good life wherever you are.
So true 👍
Cheers Robert
Tight editing 👍
Glad you think so!
Legend RJ 🙌
Thanks mate
Thanks, that's very interesting - particularly as I did the opposite!
In 1965 I was offered a job at my employer's UK office, and of course I jumped at it.
Then three years back in Australia and my (European) wife and I wanted to get back to "the centre of the world": Europe.
54 years later and I'm still here!
What do I miss? As you mentioned, kangaroos and koalas.
We're all different.
Glad to hear it's all worked out for you John
ER Doctor looking to move to Aus and I would actually make less than half of what I make in the US. The better work life balance and safe schools I believe would make it worth it.
I guess it depends on what you value in life
Schools and life in general is safe in general. No guards or police at schools. Firearms are very strictly regulated. Pistols for for pistol shooting clubs use only (no carrying or concealed carry in day to day life). Work life balance is way up there amongst the most favourable. Plus all the statutory holiday paid days off, paid maternity / paternity leave provisions, and superannuation. Altogether it stacks up to a great lifestyle with a lot less to worry about compared to many other countries.
@@colonelfustercluck486 and don’t forget the long service provisions. 3 months paid leave after 10 years with the same company. Depends which state you’re in , some are not as generous.
@@leftin74 yes that was remiss of me. I also neglected to mention decent general annual leave... depending on where you live and job, and how long you have worked for an employer... 3 to 5 weeks would be about the correct range? And you must take it..... yes it is compulsory that you take your annual leave
Don't forget your four week holidays and a lot of public holidays better family work life balance. A amazing health care system and awesome time outdoors
Family of 3 here on our 4th week in Melbourne. We’re still in the chaotic stage at the minute, trying to get what seems like a mountain of admin sorted before the Mrs stars her teaching job in January. Your videos have helped a lot up to now, so thanks very much.
For anyone who’s been here longer, what are the best responses to ‘How’s it going’ and ‘Take it easy’?
‘How’s it going’ - 'Not too bad, and yourself?"; ‘Take it easy’ - 'Yoo too!"
All good
@@michaelh958 remember, everything is good or great , even if it’s not. The Aussies don’t take kindly to criticism from newcomers. As a 10 quid Pom in 1974 I learnt you have to love the place and don’t keep saying that this or that was better where you came from as they will soon tell you to go back where you came from. They had just got rid of the white Australia policy when the wife and I came over and the population was around 16,000000. Would I ever return to live in the uk ? Of course not.
This is a question in the unofficial citizenship test haha@@CaffeinatedBlogger
Here in FNQ we have Kangaroos,
Taipans and Brown Snakes in the
Backyard. All ok if you know they
can be there. Keep up the good work
Cheers mate
Very interesting video, thanks. I can relate to everything you said. I laughed a little when you mentioned friends! After 22 yrs, I still don't have any friends and I do consider myself a nice person. One, worth getting to know! I don't live rural but see Kangaroo's down bottom of my street ( there's some bushland there ) I've seen a roo bounding down the central reservation when I was heading to another town just a few kilometer's away. I could add a lot of comment's really, I am British, been living here 22 yrs.
Oh my.... You touch on the negatives of moving here, I would like to add a HUGE negative for all you Brit's thinking of coming..... I had and still do NOT have family support's when it comes to bringing up children ( I have no family here ) this issue has destroyed me almost for nearly all of my 22 yrs. Sorry to be bringer of bad news.
Family is a huge thing for sure
but most prospective immigrants would know if they had relatives in Australia before they left wouldn't they.?
@@ThatJohnstonLifeYou can adopt grandparents you know. So many lonely oldies who would love to be surrogate grandparents. Christian Church family is a great support here in Australia too.
Build a social circle. Keep trying to meet new folk. Perhaps through the kids, their school activities etc ? You may just find people asking you around for a wine etc
Ross make a video on why so many people are leaving Australia?
I'll look into it
@ThatJohnstonLife thanks mate
Mostly cookers are leaving.
@RootedMate lol you rude but funny
Must be the high cost of living for one
Moved here in 89 from the North of England. One of the best things I ever did. Queenslanders are very similar to Northerners. Coming from a non nonconformist/ Quaker background I don't drink. Most of my friends enjoy a beer or wine. I don't judge them and they don't judge me. Plus I can always drive them home.
Designated drivers are unsung heroes
flat white with 2 sugars yes please. I only buy fruit & vege at farmers markets so much cheaper
That's a good call
Two sugars?? Have you got any teeth left? Lol
Any idea if there are roles in banking?
Yeah sure. Plenty
Yet another person giving advice relevant to their local area and applying it to all of Australia. Sure, some things are nation wide but many are not. If you live in a city such as Sydney or Melbourne people are generally not as causal and if you are applying for any sort of corporate job you better turn up in a suit. Most of the families I know personally, complain about their kids addiction to screens. And the most common wildlife seen in many areas are dead kangaroos on the road, with the chances of seeing a koala, wombat or platypus in the wild is slim to none. Some good advice in part but people really need to be doing their research for the area they intend to live.
Spot on.
I live in Sydney and thought it was pretty relevant to me.
Yet another comment by someone who is from the centers of the universe, Sydney and Melbourne. There aren't koalas or roos in Sydney or Melbourne. Their habitats were lost decades ago. It takes visitors less than a day to figure that out.
Brisbane on the other hand... I had a koala in my yard only 19klms from the CBD. I pass roos driving to Sandgate to work, only 20 Klms from the CBD.
From memory, he's in I.T. Self explanatory.
I'd say those kids don't know how good they have it and could probably do with more parental control... If their parents aren't zombiing around the place staring their phone at the same time.
"Do your research" to quote...
@andrewh.8403 there are Roos in Melbourne. I see them regularly in Warrandyte and Donvale.
@@andrewh.8403 I'm not actually from Sydney or Melbourne, and I've never lived in either. I have however lived in Perth, the Pilbara, the South West of WA, Canberra and elsewhere. My advice stands, do your research for the area you intend to call home.
You know when an Aussie accepts you English as a friend they say " how are ya you pommy bastard how's things " 😊
I get called that a lot
@ThatJohnstonLife good 👍
Nice Teeth. Is that from the benefit of the NHS dental care system?
Decent coffee is available in the uk has been for years haha😅
They must be hiding it
I see a lot youtubers who move to the UK and rave about it, I have to ask myself why. 🤣🤣
I'd love to have one on the podcast. Any suggestions?
@ Adventures With Naps would be one (moved from Canada). Peter Ort is an American who loves my home town of Glasgow, again go figure.
@@ThatJohnstonLifebrilliant idea!! Think sometimes we just want a change in life moving to oz, some move to uk to do the same. Being static in this big world.
Can't criticise any of the points you raised.
You sure?
@@ThatJohnstonLife Should I look more closely?
There are three times as many people moving to Australia as moving away.
Net migration is still higher for sure
Australia is experiencing a really severe housing and cost of living crisis. Why would you want to move here.
Because it isn't as bad as everywhere else
You just reminded me why Aussies called you "Winging Poms".
Glad I could help
Catch cry is Aussie Aussie Aussie Oui Oui Oui . Yell that out i when you're away on holidays will bring out fellow Aussies with a responding cry .
After watching the video, I am glad that I came to Canada instead of Australia, from the UK. Health service is entirely free in Canada.
Enjoy the cold
The things that scare me are the snakes and spiders. 😂
You spoke to 1000 people about moving to Australia? Really? C'mon mate... I get this is Click Bait. Unless you're talking about saying G'day or Hi and moving on, having a conversation about this would take years and years of dialogue.
Spent the last 4 years helping people to move. Got a few followers across different socials. Lots of them speak to me. I think 1000 might even be a bit low
Superannuation is a Ponzi Scheme.
It's true Australians really don't celebrate the achievements of others. I was surprised when I lived in the UK in 2005-06, how often I was told how attractive was, how clever and brave I was. I was even told that my work experience in the UK would impress employers back home, which they couldn't understand that it probably wouldn't. When returning home, my predictions were proven correct. Australians are nice and friendly but also very jealous people. This is from an Australian.
I always hear how the NHS is ‘free’ in the UK yet it is a crippling debt, yet it shouldn’t be if it’s ‘free’….right. Somewhere along the line someone is paying for all that free hospital and medical care.
Yep
Australia’s bushfires are a nightmare during weather too hot
They are, but Australia's a big place too
Houses wouldnt be so expensive if the govt. would stop importing people from overseas.
Or they built more houses
Are your kids getting Aussie accents? Does it feel weird? Treacherous? 😃
They never had English ones
The more British, Scottish and Irish people over here the better. (Protestant is better)
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reminds me more to Italian culture than to Brit culture
Good
I want to move out of Australia..After over 70 years of feeling like a square peg in a round hole, I want my last years to be away from heat, drought, floods, bushfires, every venomous snake known, spiders the size of dinner plates or hiding in your clothes ready to bite...sick of it, appalled at our current PM's fawning to trump, having a dying health care system, education that is imprisonment for most kids and a homeless problem that keeps me stressed out of my mind. I am trapped, but believe in miracles. Fingers crossed.
A lady after my own heart... I too cannot wait to leave Australia ( I am British ) you didn't say where you are from. I,ve been here 22 yrs.
The previous 9 years of LNP government is what you’re referring to.
Good luck
Praying helps 🙏
Dying healthcare and education that is imprisonment for kids idk why they didn’t ban people like u from entering no one asked oh but the NHS will leave u dead for 3 days til they can get to your problem 😂😂😂😂 but Australia is so bad yet healthcare is at a standard level so u went to aus just to complain even tho u got a higher pay opportunities that were given to u first instead of the Aussie and u want to complain 😂😂😂😂.
Flat white ....Yeah OK, I suppose, but only if I can't get a Vienna!
Had to Google a Vienna
I learned that chuff means weed in Australian. So i smoked some chuff and really laughed about the name chuff.
😆😂
it means your arse in New Zealand..... like "get off your chuff and give me some help"...
Please tell people to stay away please
51st state of America 😂