moving to NZ maybe

[Blobber]

Alternative is to go and see if life is what you want; travel lite and don't commit loads of your savings upfront. Then if it's what you want and life is good then consider bringing stuff over. I came the other way with one bag and after two years still only had one bag. I then decided I was staying and have a bit more now.

Funny what makes folks travel, what bought you over this way?

 

[Burdekin]

Funny what makes folks travel, what bought you over this way?

Travelled and moved about loads in Oz so was always up to see somewhere new. Best mates came over when I was at Uni so couldn’t go and something I wanted to experience. I always wanted to see and travel Europe and the first two years that’s what I did. I’ve always said you need to make wherever you are work for you and I learnt that from working in remote mining towns really early on, I had a great time working in a lot of remote places with not much there but normally these places are full of great folk and great places to work. Aberdeen works for me. I couldn’t have what I have here if I lived in Sydney as Sydney offers a totally different life. Here we have a lovely granite house in the city centre, I have a fantastic workshop in the city centre and we have a fantastic holiday cottage right on the North Sea 1hr from Aberdeen. You’d need to be super rich if you lived in Sydney to have what we have here and lifestyle.

I always had the mindset that if a place wasn’t for me I could move on. Australia is only a days travel and when I only had one bag I could have packed up and been home in 24hrs. It’s important to just go and live the place you’re at, meet people, travel and see the place. It’s just how I do things but I wouldn’t bother taking stuff with me, just makes it more complicated. Go and have fun for two years and don’t worry about taking stuff you won’t need it.

If I was moving to Nz I’d take nothing with me and have the mindset of finding the place that works for me the best. If you take a load of stuff and say move to Auckland and then it’s a hassle to go move somewhere else. If you have kids then it’s maybe not what you can do easily but don’t be afraid to move about for the two years. Invest two years in your life making memories. I worked with a Newcastle guy in my early 20s in Bunbury in Western Australia, him and his wife lived the ultimate Australian lifestyle that they’d dreamt of for years. They moved to Australia and created the life they always dreamt of.

 

[Am333rcr]

thanks for the input and ideas to think about

 

[Dilkris]

The only downside is the geological instability, as far as I can see. I planned to take my Ford Escort, back in ‘74. Almost all sorted but wife-to-be didn’t want to leave her family, so I had to find another job just before we married.

So I guess you've been thinking since 74 - "if only" and "what if...."

 

[Onoff]

So I guess you've been thinking since 74

...I wish I still had that Escort.

 

[darkie]

i just think now or never really Mrs loved it there and thos is the only rime i have been.
we where there for a month last albe it on holiday.

i am 40 and she is 37.
thanks for all the replys

Burdekin is right.

Living in a place and going there on holiday are two different things, and two totally different holidays.

I am sure if I came to England on holiday I would love it, (maybe even buy a cheap MG), but would how I feel actually living and working in London?

Grass is always greener on other side.

 

[Am333rcr]

i wont be hastie. We have been thinking about going over for a shorter time where we are thinking base might be.

 

[Burdekin]

You want to move here, way better than NZ.

Only joking. My wee hometown in Oz. Always spotless, well kept, extremely friendly and plenty of local shops. All pretty common up our way.