You don't need to explain to ANYONE why you're leaving anywhere. Just do it, go, and be happy. I'm one of the original nomads, don't like the grass growing under my feet too long and left the UK in 1987 for Canada, then moved on to the US and moved to Central Europe 7 years ago. Not done moving yet...life's too short to live in one place.
I left the UK for 6 months. That was in 2004. I never came back. 20 years on and I doubt I'll ever live in Britain again, particularly as its got even worse in that time. I've lived in many countries, some bad (Philippines, Qatar, India) and some great (Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Costa Rica). And I've seen enough to know there's much better than Britain out there. I wish it wasn't the case, but the UK is being left behind. All the best.
So very true, immensely sad to see the state my home country is in, but the sad reality of poor governmental oversight on so many levels. Sad thing is, the USA is worse based on population density and healthcare (lived there 30years). And now, I see Australia heading down the slippery slope copying both in so many ways.
@@Basman59 Yes, sadly my friends who also left the UK for Australia are moving out from there too. Another country with high depression rates, high cost of living and overall poor quality of life. Unless you're in the top 1% of wealth it's no longer possible to live a comfortable lifestyle in these countries.
@@mkleng Philippines and India are noticeably third world, yes. Vietnam is in parts, but is rapidly developing and offers a better standard of living than Britain in some of the richer parts. I guess in 10-15 years or so Vietnam will be closer to Singapore/Japan/Korea levels of wealth. Costa Rica is mostly developed, but has some parts you need to avoid. I'm now based in Seoul, South Korea, my favourite place that I've lived, and very lucky that they're so business friendly and have allowed me to get residency this way.
Glad to have you here, the seasons is changing soon to Autumn then Winter, so it will get a little cold but not like the UK, hope you have a good time here.
Good on you, I did this in 2010 to Spain for 5 years now Germany for 9 years best decision you could make! I know many of happy people who left to go to Australia too, plenty of experience gained too. Good luck to you !
Thank you ! Yes I am having the best time you could think, living and owrking in Germany! I considerd even looking at comparisons in the UK and its not even close the standard of living. I applied for German passport since with Brexit they gave us residence cards :) I am fluent in German so it is not an issue for the language just waiting for all the beaurocracy which takes time 🤐@@My_Secret_ArtSketchbook
If you're starting from Sydney, work your way up to QLD around April as it's starting to get into Winter so QLD is better to be in for these months, then travel to WA and back through Victoria
My mum tried to go back to the UK after 30 yrs in the US. She lived there for about a year & then gave up. Number 1 reason: The Weather. Good Luck. I'm sure you'll have some great adventures.
I did the same thing as your mum States 30 years back to UK lasted 27 months then GFC hit so left. Did not go back to the USA thankfully. Hope she is doing well wherever she is.
People really underestimate the effect the UK weather and lack of sunshine, constant damp grey weather can do to your mental health. I am a Nurse and left the NHS a year ago for Australia after getting my permanent visa. I have never looked back and looking at the state of the UK, nothing has changed. Yes, Aus has it's issues just like most countries but when you can go for a walk in the sunshine or an afternoon at the beach it makes a huge difference. I simply could not handle the UK winter any more from October to April just pure grey cloud covered misery, then you MIGHT get a week of summer and your're back into winter again. Plus the cost of living, houses ridiculously expensive, the greed everywhere. UK is a bad place to live.
I spent 2 weeks in Sydney and loved it, friendly people, nice beeches, great fish and chips. When people are walking about they are looking up and not down at the ground like in the UK. BTW Manly beech is better than Bondi in my opinion. Enjoy! 🙂
The food's great. Getting outdoors depends some on where you are.... if you are spending time in a city, check that it is a city with beaches. For example where I live in Brisbane, it is not a beach city. I think you'll find the distances are greater than you expect. Good plan not to be in the north in summer as that is cyclone season. Good on you and good luck.
You are not allowed to work on a travel visa. You also have to go out of the country after 6 months and then fly back into it. The nearest place to fly too is New Zealand, although its not cheap. When I went out to Australia for a year, because I didn't fly out and fly in after six months. When I applied for a visa to go back I was banned for five years. I did leave the country when the year visa was up. Australia is incredibly strict, and migrating there is very difficult indeed. It's very difficult to get sponsorship too. Don't take the train from Sydney to Brisbane, even training it to Byron Bay takes 12 hours on a very uncomfortable old train. Brisbane is even further than Byron Bay, if you are planning to go from Sydney to Brisbane, it's best to take the flight. The country is huge.
Hey chicky... Fly to Cairns, hire a car and drive north up to Cape Tribulation...If you like nature and the outdoors, you will love it. It's where the rainforest meets the beach. During the winter would be a good time to do this.
Don’t go to Ali’s springs do your research, Perth is a nice place a bit isolated but that’s got its benefits ,I live there since I emigrated ,youl need to work if you come here it’s a bit expensive but good do it your young
I wish i had moved there when i had the chance but i wouldnt now because i feel its going to be one of the most controlled countries.. i would love to move to Switzerland.
On the animals, huge spiders bigger than your hand in your toilet, and snakes on the beach is not fun! Accommodation is also very expensive, everywhere.
Here is what all people setting off abroad should keep in the back of their minds, for comfort and reassurance: 1) It's not a one way ticket. It's no big deal to just turn around and come back if it truly doesn't work out. However, don't be too hasty to give up if you go through some unhappiness or challenges. 2) Think of the entire planet as one city and each place you go is just a colourful new suburb where people do things differently. People really freak themselves out when they move abroad as if they've gone to another planet. 3) You only live once. Living somewhere foreign to you offers you a module of education you cannot get any other way. Also, you need to put interesting stuff into your biography! Working the daily grind, commuting from your hometown to work and watching the entire townscape devolve into fried chicken shops, Turkish barbers, betting shops, mobile phone and vape shops, Eastern European delis and poundshops cannot be your destiny. Whirl around the planet! Changing your 'four walls' is incredibly good for the spirit. You really never know what opportunities are out there, just craving you to collide with them and make some magic. Go get 'em!! 🗺✌✌✌✌
Hi Claire! RUclips recommended this video to me. I've lived in Australia before, and found it a mixed bag, but it's fascinating if you enjoy beaches, scorching sunshine and deadly bugs, haha. I hope you have an amazing life there. :) Claire is my favourite girl's name, by the way. 😊 (I'm a March baby too. - Ed.)
I have been planning to move to Australia or Thailand but my mother doesn't believe it will happen. She thinks I'm stuck here like the rest of us. Now I just want to prove her wrong. For years, I've wholeheartedly believed that every part of this country is going to keep deteriorating and I've been proved correct. Nothing is going to change this trend. We have a government whose only goal is to fuck us over and a population who gave up decades ago. My partner is from Thailand. Sometimes I feel like it was a mistake to get her to come here as she earned more than me. Her position does not get paid well in the UK at all compared to Thailand. Then there's my father who got remarried and has lived in Adelaide, Australia for almost 15 years. I'm giving myself until September 2025 to realign my career to the skills that these countries want. If something big for me doesn't happen in the UK by then, I'm outta here. I want to work to live, not live to work. Especially not in a country where you can't even do anything other than stay at home.
Post BREXIT UK has turned into a bloody nightmare particularly for the native Britons. The land of Oz needs more of its exiles, the US will be preoccupied with a civil conflict soon and life in Canada has gotten more expensive than in the EU.
In fact no we dont need more immigrants from anywhere we already have more than we can handle thats why everything is so expensive here and we why we have a housing drisis - stay were you are.
@@user-bi8wp6wy3l Don't pay any attention to this clown talking about a housing drisis. If I had my own place I would make room for your right beside me in my own bed. There's a an overall shortage of white women in Canada and if you came over you would get dozens of offers providing you with a place to stay ;)
I left the uk 48 years ago to australia ,you will like it here Britain is broken ,finding a place to live might be a bit of a problem as the rents are high ,just come good luck darling ,old jimmy
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Really I have lived in Australia for more than 60 years boat people that try to come here illegally end up being put in detention centres on small islands. I believe the British government was trying to copy Australia and implement something similar. Are you taking from your actual knowledge or from what you have seen on Utube ?
There are many, many people trying to move to the US from the UK, so much so that the US has had to limit how many green cards they will give to British people yearly..
You don't need to explain to ANYONE why you're leaving anywhere. Just do it, go, and be happy. I'm one of the original nomads, don't like the grass growing under my feet too long and left the UK in 1987 for Canada, then moved on to the US and moved to Central Europe 7 years ago. Not done moving yet...life's too short to live in one place.
I quit England for Australia in 1969. Zero regrets!
That's the first place all English people run away to Australia 🦘 for the longest.
I left the UK for 6 months. That was in 2004. I never came back.
20 years on and I doubt I'll ever live in Britain again, particularly as its got even worse in that time. I've lived in many countries, some bad (Philippines, Qatar, India) and some great (Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore, Costa Rica). And I've seen enough to know there's much better than Britain out there. I wish it wasn't the case, but the UK is being left behind.
All the best.
So very true, immensely sad to see the state my home country is in, but the sad reality of poor governmental oversight on so many levels. Sad thing is, the USA is worse based on population density and healthcare (lived there 30years). And now, I see Australia heading down the slippery slope copying both in so many ways.
@@Basman59 Yes, sadly my friends who also left the UK for Australia are moving out from there too. Another country with high depression rates, high cost of living and overall poor quality of life. Unless you're in the top 1% of wealth it's no longer possible to live a comfortable lifestyle in these countries.
@@JohnHarthomstowCEOso, Australia is getting expensive to live as well? ohhh
Amazing.. thanks for sharing.
Aren’t those third world countries?Where are you based now?
@@mkleng Philippines and India are noticeably third world, yes.
Vietnam is in parts, but is rapidly developing and offers a better standard of living than Britain in some of the richer parts. I guess in 10-15 years or so Vietnam will be closer to Singapore/Japan/Korea levels of wealth.
Costa Rica is mostly developed, but has some parts you need to avoid.
I'm now based in Seoul, South Korea, my favourite place that I've lived, and very lucky that they're so business friendly and have allowed me to get residency this way.
Give New Zealand a visit while you're there. You may fall in love with it.
Glad to have you here, the seasons is changing soon to Autumn then Winter, so it will get a little cold but not like the UK, hope you have a good time here.
Good on you, I did this in 2010 to Spain for 5 years now Germany for 9 years best decision you could make! I know many of happy people who left to go to Australia too, plenty of experience gained too. Good luck to you !
sounds like you're having an amazing time too! Thank you :)
a britain is wef ran @@clairemather
So now you have Spainish and Germany passport?
Thank you ! Yes I am having the best time you could think, living and owrking in Germany! I considerd even looking at comparisons in the UK and its not even close the standard of living. I applied for German passport since with Brexit they gave us residence cards :) I am fluent in German so it is not an issue for the language just waiting for all the beaurocracy which takes time 🤐@@My_Secret_ArtSketchbook
Ur doing whats best 4 u,enjoy ur self weather nice there,look after ur self and always b aware god bless,
Wishing you the greatest time 😀
G’ day mate, hope you have a bonza time!
If you're starting from Sydney, work your way up to QLD around April as it's starting to get into Winter so QLD is better to be in for these months, then travel to WA and back through Victoria
My mum tried to go back to the UK after 30 yrs in the US. She lived there for about a year & then gave up. Number 1 reason: The Weather.
Good Luck. I'm sure you'll have some great adventures.
I did the same thing as your mum States 30 years back to UK lasted 27 months then GFC hit so left. Did not go back to the USA thankfully. Hope she is doing well wherever she is.
Has your mum considered Spain/ Morroco? It's very warm there too so lots of Vitamin D.
People really underestimate the effect the UK weather and lack of sunshine, constant damp grey weather can do to your mental health. I am a Nurse and left the NHS a year ago for Australia after getting my permanent visa. I have never looked back and looking at the state of the UK, nothing has changed. Yes, Aus has it's issues just like most countries but when you can go for a walk in the sunshine or an afternoon at the beach it makes a huge difference. I simply could not handle the UK winter any more from October to April just pure grey cloud covered misery, then you MIGHT get a week of summer and your're back into winter again. Plus the cost of living, houses ridiculously expensive, the greed everywhere. UK is a bad place to live.
good luck young lady, be careful
I spent 2 weeks in Sydney and loved it, friendly people, nice beeches, great fish and chips. When people are walking about they are looking up and not down at the ground like in the UK. BTW Manly beech is better than Bondi in my opinion. Enjoy! 🙂
fear nothing claire , trust yourself. and if in doubt ask a local.good luck.
The food's great. Getting outdoors depends some on where you are.... if you are spending time in a city, check that it is a city with beaches. For example where I live in Brisbane, it is not a beach city. I think you'll find the distances are greater than you expect. Good plan not to be in the north in summer as that is cyclone season. Good on you and good luck.
thank you thats really kind and thanks for the advice, definitely good to know :)
You are not allowed to work on a travel visa. You also have to go out of the country after 6 months and then fly back into it. The nearest place to fly too is New Zealand, although its not cheap. When I went out to Australia for a year, because I didn't fly out and fly in after six months. When I applied for a visa to go back I was banned for five years. I did leave the country when the year visa was up. Australia is incredibly strict, and migrating there is very difficult indeed. It's very difficult to get sponsorship too. Don't take the train from Sydney to Brisbane, even training it to Byron Bay takes 12 hours on a very uncomfortable old train. Brisbane is even further than Byron Bay, if you are planning to go from Sydney to Brisbane, it's best to take the flight. The country is huge.
Don't let the door smack your arse on the way out Love .....
Hey chicky... Fly to Cairns, hire a car and drive north up to Cape Tribulation...If you like nature and the outdoors, you will love it.
It's where the rainforest meets the beach. During the winter would be a good time to do this.
Yes, a truly amazing place. We saw a croc swimming along parallel to the road. Met a Cassawary and it`s young too.
There's seven elevens everywhere in Australia ( shops )
Don’t go to Ali’s springs do your research, Perth is a nice place a bit isolated but that’s got its benefits ,I live there since I emigrated ,youl need to work if you come here it’s a bit expensive but good do it your young
I wish i had moved there when i had the chance but i wouldnt now because i feel its going to be one of the most controlled countries.. i would love to move to Switzerland.
Controlled by who the Chinese?
On the animals, huge spiders bigger than your hand in your toilet, and snakes on the beach is not fun! Accommodation is also very expensive, everywhere.
We left. Acquired an Irish passport and now reside on a small island in the Atlantic. Life's good.
Mount cuthar in brisbane great viewing point
Go to kings park in Perth western australia
Come visit in Sydney
Here is what all people setting off abroad should keep in the back of their minds, for comfort and reassurance:
1) It's not a one way ticket. It's no big deal to just turn around and come back if it truly doesn't work out. However, don't be too hasty to give up if you go through some unhappiness or challenges.
2) Think of the entire planet as one city and each place you go is just a colourful new suburb where people do things differently. People really freak themselves out when they move abroad as if they've gone to another planet.
3) You only live once. Living somewhere foreign to you offers you a module of education you cannot get any other way. Also, you need to put interesting stuff into your biography! Working the daily grind, commuting from your hometown to work and watching the entire townscape devolve into fried chicken shops, Turkish barbers, betting shops, mobile phone and vape shops, Eastern European delis and poundshops cannot be your destiny. Whirl around the planet! Changing your 'four walls' is incredibly good for the spirit. You really never know what opportunities are out there, just craving you to collide with them and make some magic. Go get 'em!! 🗺✌✌✌✌
I'd like to move to the UK and stay forever in the land where my great-grandparents came from.
You should, UK Countryside is breath taking Yorkshire Dales
People are moving OUT of UK because of conflict with China and Russia. I had known this for few years through youtuber
lol good luck with that....
@@user-kl4bh4lq6r Freezing cold too.....
@@My_Secret_ArtSketchbookeh! Never heard that one before 🤔
Hi Claire! RUclips recommended this video to me.
I've lived in Australia before, and found it a mixed bag, but it's fascinating if you enjoy beaches, scorching sunshine and deadly bugs, haha. I hope you have an amazing life there. :)
Claire is my favourite girl's name, by the way. 😊
(I'm a March baby too. - Ed.)
From UK it's easier to travel around Europe. Although Australia is a dream land.
Go to Alice Springs 😅
You have to visit Lucky Bay in Esperance Western Australia 🇦🇺 best beeches in the world 🌎
So you’ve never been to a country you’re moving to?
You can't just apply for citizenship. You need to first become a permanent resident through either skilled, sponsored work or family migration.
The world is not a theme park. Christ wants you to embrace him and motherhood.
We were out on this beautiful world to experience what it has to offer
😂😂😂 Australia 🇦🇺 dang my family moved here in 1986 and I’ve been trapped here ever since 😂😂😂
Crime is escalating in Australia. The weather is much better, but you have to be careful out there.
And Canada. Even Americans who moved there are now going home! The mad woke Justin Trudeau has f..ked the country!
The crime here is no worse than anywhere else in the world......
I'm in SE Qld and very little crime here.
UK is much worse. Knife crime, terrorist attacks.
Wish I was
I have been planning to move to Australia or Thailand but my mother doesn't believe it will happen. She thinks I'm stuck here like the rest of us. Now I just want to prove her wrong.
For years, I've wholeheartedly believed that every part of this country is going to keep deteriorating and I've been proved correct. Nothing is going to change this trend.
We have a government whose only goal is to fuck us over and a population who gave up decades ago.
My partner is from Thailand. Sometimes I feel like it was a mistake to get her to come here as she earned more than me. Her position does not get paid well in the UK at all compared to Thailand. Then there's my father who got remarried and has lived in Adelaide, Australia for almost 15 years.
I'm giving myself until September 2025 to realign my career to the skills that these countries want. If something big for me doesn't happen in the UK by then, I'm outta here. I want to work to live, not live to work. Especially not in a country where you can't even do anything other than stay at home.
mmm not bad
Post BREXIT UK has turned into a bloody nightmare particularly for the native Britons. The land of Oz needs more of its exiles, the US will be preoccupied with a civil conflict soon and life in Canada has gotten more expensive than in the EU.
In fact no we dont need more immigrants from anywhere we already have more than we can handle thats why everything is so expensive here and we why we have a housing drisis - stay were you are.
@@user-bi8wp6wy3l Don't pay any attention to this clown talking about a housing drisis. If I had my own place I would make room for your right beside me in my own bed. There's a an overall shortage of white women in Canada and if you came over you would get dozens of offers providing you with a place to stay ;)
Good move 😃
Have a look at Sydney opera House
A beautiful building, your lucky going
To Australia
I don’t blame you I’m planning on leaving soon
I went in 2005, never looked back.
I don't blame you good luck. I'd leave if I could.
Hi Claire, Keep your ears open for fruit picking jobs. Great outdoors and make lots of friends.
Amazing thanks for the advice :)
Why? Can you write little
Lived in Oz for 6 months. Enjoyed it but was not for me. Have fun.
Perth is the best city ...
Don't let the door hit you on your way out
I don't think she is bothered....anywhere is probably better than the UK at the moment.
@@Chaggy1978 even at our worst, we are 100 x's better than convict country
Jealous would love to move to Perth western Australia but I need more money to retire there I am the right age
What religion are you
got to monkey mia ..organise a stay there!!!!!!
My wife and I move down under in 1974. No regrets ever.
Australia is f'd too.
Not fucked like the UK.
You too??😮😂
I left the uk 48 years ago to australia ,you will like it here Britain is broken ,finding a place to live might be a bit of a problem as the rents are high ,just come good luck darling ,old jimmy
Its funny because I have just watch another video about 5 minutes ago entitled Why I am leaving Australia. You guys should swap places.
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Australia is no different to UK with boat people
Living in a country is far different to going on holiday
So where are Australians going?
Really I have lived in Australia for more than 60 years boat people that try to come here illegally end up being put in detention centres on small islands. I believe the British government was trying to copy Australia and implement something similar. Are you taking from your actual knowledge or from what you have seen on Utube ?
Rather innocent bearing in mind there are 70 things that can kill you in the the Australian environment.i
113 subscribers lol
Australia 🇦🇺 is great for the money bloody backpackers at 15% tax 😂😂😂 New Zealand is better for lifestyle 😂😂😂
The more disposable income you have the better the lifestyle you can afford.
Get out now if you’re younger I’m 45 now. And wish I did it . I’m stuck in rip off Britain I would love to get out of this rat race .
Australia isnt far behind the UK.
Out of the frying pan into the fire
What garbage
@@user-bi8wp6wy3l It's not garbage, all western countries are going communist.
Australia 🦘 is full of English and Irish invaders.
Well at least you are not moving to the states! Lol!
There are many, many people trying to move to the US from the UK, so much so that the US has had to limit how many green cards they will give to British people yearly..
@@SweetThing But they let millions over the Southern border who will only be a burden. That makes a lot of sense 🤪
@@SweetThing They don’t seem to want to limit the millions pouring over the Southern border.
Good luck it was a good decision. The Uk 🇬🇧 are turning into a total dump .
Spot on.
Just say it like it is... you're leaving because the UK once Great Britain 🇬🇧 is almost finished...as a cohesive and prosperous nation!
brit out,yellow ching in.😂
the uks probably not a bad place if you are super rich and live in a good crime free area other than that it absoluteley........SUCKS👎🏻
Australia 😅😅😅 haha the same expensive shit to live as Canada or States good luck