This video is a cracker Lisa! Again, you are doing a great service by pointing things out that almost no one clarifies about living in Australia and then likely don't appreciate enough. Though I have been a sceptic about Australia when I was a very young adult, I remember when I first returned from living overseas for several years, I was really happy about many of the things you mentioned such as a great coffee culture, strangers saying a friendly hello, general friendliness in public dealings, the easy going, laid back approach to life and how people just generally let you be. :) I just couldn't overlook the benefits no matter how I had been spoiled before. :)
I found your video to be very sensible for a change and covered the diversity of Australia very well. Spikes on helmets are generally only needed when the female magpies are protecting their young, other times you’re safe.
Great video! I’m a Service Engineer living in the UK but thinking of relocating to Australia! I lived in Perth 10 years ago on a WH and it was the best time of my life!
@@dreamingofdownunder have you got a conversion for UCAS to Australia points system? Doing health and social care level 3 in Enniskillen got 1 year with a pass mark put the link here and then I'll subscribe
Hello, I am back in the UK. I got a sponsored work visa back in 2018. Long story short, the job wasn't what I was sold and it was generally a disaster. Plus I was in a very remote part of Oz. Anyway, that experience taught me a lot about myself and in hindsight I should have asked a lot more questions and visited Tasmania before I signed up. I now have 2 new opportunities for sponsored work visa's. The first is with a different company, much smaller in Perth where I have a second interview this week. The second is with my current company in UK that is setting up in Oz and I can go in the first wave, all sponsored again but in Brisbane. I am a bit apprehensive about doing all this again after the last bad experience, but this time I am asking a lot more questions and will visit Perth to decide if I am made an offer this week. One thing I did find difficult was emigrating on my own, my family made a big song and dance about it last time with a last meal as a family out, cards and emotional phone calls, it made it ten times harder. This time I probably won't tell them and just go and let them know a month or two in Perth or Brisbane. :)
Oh wow! Glad you've got an opportunity again and I hope it goes better than last time! I'm sure you'll enjoy Perth or Brisbane more. It is certainly hard saying goodbye to family. Even now when I go back to visit after 7 years, it's still hard leaving again!
@@dreamingofdownunder Thanks. I got the Perth offer, just trying to find out what the expectations are to move to Brisbane with my current company now. As suspect its very fluid as we have not got a business started :) I am thinking it is best to stick with my much bigger current employer and help setup Brisbane, as the worst that can happen is I simply transfer back to my old job in London
Welcome to our wonderous country and congratulations on escaping from Pomgolia . You are a beautiful breath of fresh air and no I'm not pissing in your pocket , you don't know how refreshing it is to watch an honest summation of someone who is not a loud whinjing pommie or yank buggers who have never been here or if they have its been on a 10 day package tour that stayed in a tourist destination and immediately become experts on God's country Australia . You along with a small but genuine group of immigrants who are on u tube give a fair and balanced look at ourselves without all the usual stereotypical bullshit about everything trying to kill you , or its too hot , or its so exspensive , or it's so far away from civilisation , as an ex Pomgolian (71yrs here) myself I thank my late parents every day for bringing me to this paradise and assuring me a future full of promise and contentment , we may not be the best place on earth but for me we're way ahead of whichever is. , you have my subscription which I give out sparingly and look forward to more informative reactions ,
Great video 👌...im looking at making the move from the UK but have never visited...any suggestions? 35 year old bricklayer...just a little apprehensive making the move on my own I guess. Really appreciate the insight 🙂
Thanks Gary. You'll be fine moving over on your own. You just have to put in a lot of effort to meet people etc. Since you haven't visited before, make sure you do lots of research on things like weather and rent/property prices in the different cities, as it varies hugely. Things like the rainy season up north would affect outdoor work in the summer, as well as heat and humidity. Hope you make it over here! I'm really glad I made the move!
Great information. We're looking at moving from the UK probably not too far from where you from listening to your accent 😊 we're looking at perth and really feel confident with that decaion following your informative videos thanks
Well said. Thank you for the grace you bring to our wonderful country. "Don't bite your bottom on camera!" Some might try but that's a different channel.
I'm a single mom two boys babies and i would to move here in Australia 🇦🇺 from Jamaica.. how is the hospitality jobs there? How can apply permanent residency for me and my two sons?
Thanks for the cool new content. In regard to the food options you mentioned, I find it quite difficult to find Bio food. In stores and for affordable prices. I realised it as my partner only buy and consume bio food back in France and in Australia it is very limited and expensive. I think the market has minimal demand for it and probably won't change in years to come. Also, I have seen cyclists with spikes sticking out of their helmets, and I always wondered why. Now I know, so thanks for that haha.
Hi my gf is in curimundi and she said she hasn't seen any contrails from airplanes which they have all over the USA I was just wondering if you noticed any white lines that inundate the skies everyday making them look a milky whitish grey? I've been studying this since 2010 I'd appreciate any insight, thanks.
Quite rare to see these. Australia doesn't have the volume of commercial or miltary air traffice as Europe or the US. You will see them occassionally - however much less than the Northern Hemisphere.
@@libatalklieb5793 Not yet, but 70% of my family live in europe (mostly Italy, I'm half Italian/Aussie); my sisters have travelled extensively in Europe. A few of my cousins have travelled here & want to move here...I'm hoping to teach for 12 months in the UK next year....so far, I can't see any obstacles ....
@@davidjohnpaul333 Your cousins wont want to stay here once they live here and work and find all their money has gone into paying bills. Even Indians hate coming here to live, that is how bad this country has become. The Australian government is crying for people to come and work here on farms, but no one is coming. Who in their right mind would want to live in whoop whoop to work from dawn to dusk for shit money and no life style?
Hi Lisa, I’m wanting to move over in 5 years but I will be 45 by then, i own a successful electrical company in the uk, would this be possible? My brother has perm residency, I want to move with my wife and 2 kids
Hi, here's a link to the government website for the visa I got (189). You do have to be under 45 though. immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189 Here's the list of eligible occupations for that visa and a few others. immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skill-occupation-list# Your best bet would be to find a migration agent for advice, as they'll know about all the visas. I've heard good things about True Blue Migration and The Down Under Centre. Best of luck!
@@dreamingofdownunder hi Lisa, we arrived two days ago and absolutely fell in love, I’ve got a meeting lined up with an electrical company over here with someone I know from the Uk who could potentially sponsor me and my family so hopefully that’s another option, I’ll keep you posted for future reference. Got lots planned over the next three weeks so lots to look forward to
@@dreamingofdownunder I am in pain all the time since the age of 15 but I still can exercise and walk everywhere but I am constantly tired . I hope you are ok .
Plenty of snakes, but you could be less than a metre from one in the grass but you would never know, even if you almost tread on one. They will either stay perfectly still and hope the huge scary human doesn't see them, or they are off as soon as they feel you approaching, believe me, they are more scared of you. I have tiger snakes everywhere behind me and in my yard but I can honestly say that I've never seen one, only their shed skin or slide marks under the fence or house. In all fairness the only time people beside actual professional snake catchers get bit is if they attempt to catch or kill it. Then naturally they are going to strike with intent to bite, and in most cases it is a defensive dry bite injecting no venom. They need that venom for prey and wasting it is too much an effort to replace. True fact. Exactly the same with spiders, you may see plenty, but don't poke them and they won't bite back. I'd be more worried about a drop bear attacking from above than a snake biting on the ground or being taken by a mob of dingaroos. But the biggest danger, especially in the cities is a species of human called taxi drivers.
Go to the USA!… It’s the land of plenty, the land of bang for your buck and the only true land of opportunity!… I will let an Aussie tell you more about the USA: ruclips.net/video/ZsaZnl-vWyQ/видео.html
Neighbours in Australia are not Friendly, I've lived all over Australia This woman lives in a fantasy.. Just watched a indigenous man Wants to beat up a man with a Scots accent outside shopping Centre... don't come to Australia..
This video is a cracker Lisa! Again, you are doing a great service by pointing things out that almost no one clarifies about living in Australia and then likely don't appreciate enough. Though I have been a sceptic about Australia when I was a very young adult, I remember when I first returned from living overseas for several years, I was really happy about many of the things you mentioned such as a great coffee culture, strangers saying a friendly hello, general friendliness in public dealings, the easy going, laid back approach to life and how people just generally let you be. :) I just couldn't overlook the benefits no matter how I had been spoiled before. :)
....Of course the natural beauty, the weather, the diverse, wonderful nature also rates a mention. 😄
This is a woman I would love to get acquainted with. She can raise valid points and share her experiences in a well spoken manner
Thank you!
You need help.
@@libatalklieb5793 You can't tell from text its a compliment.
@@mydogzty You are fantasizing about someone you can't have.
@@libatalklieb5793 no you're mistaken and talking to a random person about my life isn't going to accomplish anything, bye.
I found your video to be very sensible for a change and covered the diversity of Australia very well. Spikes on helmets are generally only needed when the female magpies are protecting their young, other times you’re safe.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! I’m a Service Engineer living in the UK but thinking of relocating to Australia! I lived in Perth 10 years ago on a WH and it was the best time of my life!
Thanks! Hope you make it back over here!
❤ Someday I will move there. I’m tired living here 😢 at United States. Australia is the best country
Hope you make it over here.
@@dreamingofdownunder have you got a conversion for UCAS to Australia points system? Doing health and social care level 3 in Enniskillen got 1 year with a pass mark put the link here and then I'll subscribe
Only working in the banks we would cop abuse sometimes from customers . Thank you for your kind words . You are so well spoken .
I hope you heath is okay. I am born Australia. Enjoy life I wish you the best.
It's a good thing to learn our health system is a good one too! :)
It is good compared to America, otherwise it's shit.
Hi Lisa love your show I was wondering what is that picture behind you? It looks amazing it look good on one of my walls 😊
Thanks Warren! I was on a house sit so I’m not sure who the picture was by!
Hello, I am back in the UK. I got a sponsored work visa back in 2018. Long story short, the job wasn't what I was sold and it was generally a disaster. Plus I was in a very remote part of Oz. Anyway, that experience taught me a lot about myself and in hindsight I should have asked a lot more questions and visited Tasmania before I signed up. I now have 2 new opportunities for sponsored work visa's. The first is with a different company, much smaller in Perth where I have a second interview this week. The second is with my current company in UK that is setting up in Oz and I can go in the first wave, all sponsored again but in Brisbane. I am a bit apprehensive about doing all this again after the last bad experience, but this time I am asking a lot more questions and will visit Perth to decide if I am made an offer this week. One thing I did find difficult was emigrating on my own, my family made a big song and dance about it last time with a last meal as a family out, cards and emotional phone calls, it made it ten times harder. This time I probably won't tell them and just go and let them know a month or two in Perth or Brisbane. :)
Oh wow! Glad you've got an opportunity again and I hope it goes better than last time! I'm sure you'll enjoy Perth or Brisbane more. It is certainly hard saying goodbye to family. Even now when I go back to visit after 7 years, it's still hard leaving again!
@@dreamingofdownunder Thanks. I got the Perth offer, just trying to find out what the expectations are to move to Brisbane with my current company now. As suspect its very fluid as we have not got a business started :) I am thinking it is best to stick with my much bigger current employer and help setup Brisbane, as the worst that can happen is I simply transfer back to my old job in London
@@MrCraptakular Best of luck either way.
Welcome to our wonderous country and congratulations on escaping from Pomgolia . You are a beautiful breath of fresh air and no I'm not pissing in your pocket , you don't know how refreshing it is to watch an honest summation of someone who is not a loud whinjing pommie or yank buggers who have never been here or if they have its been on a 10 day package tour that stayed in a tourist destination and immediately become experts on God's country Australia . You along with a small but genuine group of immigrants who are on u tube give a fair and balanced look at ourselves without all the usual stereotypical bullshit about everything trying to kill you , or its too hot , or its so exspensive , or it's so far away from civilisation , as an ex Pomgolian (71yrs here) myself I thank my late parents every day for bringing me to this paradise and assuring me a future full of promise and contentment , we may not be the best place on earth but for me we're way ahead of whichever is. , you have my subscription which I give out sparingly and look forward to more informative reactions ,
You just made me vomit.
Hi Lisa, really enjoying your videos! Please keep them coming 🙂
Thanks for your comment Debbie! Glad you enjoyed it.
A very positive review, and you've almost nailed the accent. 🤗👍🤓
Thank you! The accent isn’t intentional, ha ha!
Great video 👌...im looking at making the move from the UK but have never visited...any suggestions?
35 year old bricklayer...just a little apprehensive making the move on my own I guess.
Really appreciate the insight 🙂
There's plenty of work for tradies at the moment. So, You'll be right.
Thanks Gary. You'll be fine moving over on your own. You just have to put in a lot of effort to meet people etc. Since you haven't visited before, make sure you do lots of research on things like weather and rent/property prices in the different cities, as it varies hugely. Things like the rainy season up north would affect outdoor work in the summer, as well as heat and humidity. Hope you make it over here! I'm really glad I made the move!
You will make a motza of money…
Also looking to move over with the wife and baby, how is it for joiner/carpenters?
@@nicneamnicneam895
Great stuff
With a trade you can work anywhere
Great information.
We're looking at moving from the UK probably not too far from where you from listening to your accent 😊 we're looking at perth and really feel confident with that decaion following your informative videos thanks
Glad I could help. Hope your move goes well!
Thank you for this. I’m planning a trip to Sydney in October to visit. May end up being a scouting trip 😂.
Have fun on your trip!
nice video ,thanx
Thanks for watching!
thank you so much 🙏🏼 very well explained and inspired me ☺️
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it!
Well said. Thank you for the grace you bring to our wonderful country. "Don't bite your bottom on camera!" Some might try but that's a different channel.
Thanks! Yes definitely a different kind of channel!
Please make a video. The best place to live in Australia according to nice weather,affordable buy home etc etc.
Thanks for the great suggestion! I'll add it to my list.
Marble Bar is a great place to start
The Simpson desert.
Me and my family are really considering making the move 🤔
I'm a single mom two boys babies and i would to move here in Australia 🇦🇺 from Jamaica.. how is the hospitality jobs there? How can apply permanent residency for me and my two sons?
Thanks for the cool new content. In regard to the food options you mentioned, I find it quite difficult to find Bio food. In stores and for affordable prices. I realised it as my partner only buy and consume bio food back in France and in Australia it is very limited and expensive. I think the market has minimal demand for it and probably won't change in years to come.
Also, I have seen cyclists with spikes sticking out of their helmets, and I always wondered why. Now I know, so thanks for that haha.
Thanks for watching! I haven’t actually heard of bio food, so maybe it’s not well known here. Glad I solved the helmet mystery for you!
Yeh we all ride around with helmets with pikes on them.
By bio food do you mean organic?
@@francinelynn334 Yeap, exactly. I forgot the term. :)
Chào bạn hiền rất vui gặp bạn trong buổi trò chuyện hôm nay chúc bạn nhiều niêm vui nhé
Are you gay?
Hi my gf is in curimundi and she said she hasn't seen any contrails from airplanes which they have all over the USA I was just wondering if you noticed any white lines that inundate the skies everyday making them look a milky whitish grey? I've been studying this since 2010 I'd appreciate any insight, thanks.
Quite rare to see these. Australia doesn't have the volume of commercial or miltary air traffice as Europe or the US. You will see them occassionally - however much less than the Northern Hemisphere.
Cute doggo🐶🐾
Great video, I'm glad you love it here...Sydney is the best 👌 😎
I presume you haven't been to Europe?
@@libatalklieb5793 Not yet, but 70% of my family live in europe (mostly Italy, I'm half Italian/Aussie); my sisters have travelled extensively in Europe. A few of my cousins have travelled here & want to move here...I'm hoping to teach for 12 months in the UK next year....so far, I can't see any obstacles ....
@@davidjohnpaul333 Your cousins wont want to stay here once they live here and work and find all their money has gone into paying bills.
Even Indians hate coming here to live, that is how bad this country has become.
The Australian government is crying for people to come and work here on farms, but no one is coming. Who in their right mind would want to live in whoop whoop to work from dawn to dusk for shit money and no life style?
Thanks David! Glad you enjoyed the video.
@Chris Becker Typical Aussie dope
So nice City 🌆❤❤
Hi Lisa, I’m wanting to move over in 5 years but I will be 45 by then, i own a successful electrical company in the uk, would this be possible? My brother has perm residency, I want to move with my wife and 2 kids
Hi, here's a link to the government website for the visa I got (189). You do have to be under 45 though. immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-independent-189
Here's the list of eligible occupations for that visa and a few others. immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skill-occupation-list#
Your best bet would be to find a migration agent for advice, as they'll know about all the visas. I've heard good things about True Blue Migration and The Down Under Centre. Best of luck!
@@dreamingofdownunder hi Lisa, we arrived two days ago and absolutely fell in love, I’ve got a meeting lined up with an electrical company over here with someone I know from the Uk who could potentially sponsor me and my family so hopefully that’s another option, I’ll keep you posted for future reference.
Got lots planned over the next three weeks so lots to look forward to
I have fibromyalgia too !
Oh wow! Hope you're not too affected by it.x
@@dreamingofdownunder I am in pain all the time since the age of 15 but I still can exercise and walk everywhere but I am constantly tired . I hope you are ok .
@@louisaklimentos7583
What better UK or Australia
I personally prefer Australia for the sunnier weather and beaches. I’m sure a lot of people would disagree though!
Please 😂
dont forget number 16 princess harry and his bar tart are not here
Is there any snakes. I'm terrified of snakes.
Plenty of snakes, but you could be less than a metre from one in the grass but you would never know, even if you almost tread on one. They will either stay perfectly still and hope the huge scary human doesn't see them, or they are off as soon as they feel you approaching, believe me, they are more scared of you. I have tiger snakes everywhere behind me and in my yard but I can honestly say that I've never seen one, only their shed skin or slide marks under the fence or house. In all fairness the only time people beside actual professional snake catchers get bit is if they attempt to catch or kill it. Then naturally they are going to strike with intent to bite, and in most cases it is a defensive dry bite injecting no venom. They need that venom for prey and wasting it is too much an effort to replace. True fact. Exactly the same with spiders, you may see plenty, but don't poke them and they won't bite back. I'd be more worried about a drop bear attacking from above than a snake biting on the ground or being taken by a mob of dingaroos. But the biggest danger, especially in the cities is a species of human called taxi drivers.
Don't come. We are infested with deadly snakes and many more animals that will kill you. You won't see or hear it coming.
why aren;t you an aussie ???? yet ???
Almost! Just got to get my citizenship.
Should start saying "Taxpayer" every time you say the word "government" because that's how it works
This country is a rip off.
😅 maybe go live overseas for awhile. Go visit nzed if you want to see expensive.
@@123456789oldenholden I wouldn't go to NZ if you paid for my trip.
Go to the USA!… It’s the land of plenty, the land of bang for your buck and the only true land of opportunity!… I will let an Aussie tell you more about the USA: ruclips.net/video/ZsaZnl-vWyQ/видео.html
Neighbours in Australia are not
Friendly, I've lived all over Australia
This woman lives in a fantasy..
Just watched a indigenous man
Wants to beat up a man with a
Scots accent outside shopping
Centre... don't come to Australia..
Why are you here?
Awesome