3 Years in Australia: What We Learned Returning to the UK (10 Things)
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Speaking from personal experience, after you have lived in Australia for 7 years, you are for all intents and purposes, an Aussie. Albeit with an English accent. I'm an Australian and a Canadian accent. I've been back to Canada and the United States, (I have family in both countries), and although it's great to catch up with relatives, and Canada is a spectacular country for scenery. I don't fit in there anymore. Don't get me wrong. I'm proud to be Canadian. But I'm also proud to be Australian. Canada is the country I come from. And Australia is the country I belong to.
Well said!
You've summed that up so well, David.
Good on ya cobber, the 2 greatest countries on earth
Takes 30years to become a local in Tasmania.
@@coralb3459I absolutely agree about Tassie
Myself and wife left Manchester 37 years ago, the inspiration your giving to your generation is admirable, we did it with no internet. So the help you give is fantastic.
Welcome back, you’re a brave person traveling that distance with two toddlers. I’m with you, was not impressed with Emirates, (for me, airline of choice is Singapore Airlines). It takes a while but you will reach a point where it’s great to go for a visit but you’re glad to get home. I was returning from a military deployment to the Middle East after 6 months. There were about 50 of us, we landed in Bahrain waiting for boarding on a Hercules. There was a massive window looking out over the airfield, as we were standing there, in the terminal, a Qantas 747 took off……I can assure 50 military personnel standing there with a tear in their eye……guess we didn’t realise how much we missed home. 😊
Singapore is good, I agree.
Travelled Qantas once UK to Australia. I was unimpressed. Older stewardess gave my 10 year old step son a hard time for no reason. I was disgusted. Complained and my wife was given $100 to spend from their shopping catalogue in an effort to stop the complaint becoming official. Never travelled Quaintarse again. Singapore Airlines, Thai, Malaysian - never had a problem.Thanks for reading my comment, from a retired Aussie armoured corps soldier.
As a teenager I went to the uk and lived with an Aunt and Uncle for six months. I visited several more times over the years. After my uncle died my Aunt who was 80 did her first overseas trip and came to visit….for 3 months. Sitting at the airport with her when she left, she said I’m pleased I came, I now understand you and why you’re are the way you are.😂
That's so sweet!
Next holiday, pack up the four of you and head south, stopping at camping grounds at various towns along the coast. The weather will be a bit cooler and every town is different with lots of local treats and sights to see.
Great advice.
It took my mother nearly 20 years to see Australia as “Home” after leaving Germany in 1960
Australia wasn’t so cosmopolitan back in the sixties and seventies.
Same with my mum. Emigrated in 1964 and always longed for the UK and was homesick. Went back in 89 for a visit and I think only then did she really settle. Australia was the home she made with her family so it was home.🏡
My parents were ten pound poms in 1958 and they called England home for years.
Australia has been so so good to them and I am super glad they stayed ,they got naturalized in 1990s as they were worried that Bob hawk was got to kick out all the not naturalised,because they were English they were able to vote from day one and my grandmother immigrated in 1963 aged 62 and got the pension from day one twice the British widows pension she was receiving .
Those endless nazi jokes no doubt...
When my husband and I make the move (hopefully within the next year), I have no plans on ever returning to Trinidad, not even to see family, there's facetime for that.
That's hilarious! I wish you safe passage and a beautiful life :)
Finally a video where a woman is admitting to her husband that he is a big help, brought tears to my eyes.
i tell my husband this every day. Is it rare???
Some husbands are helpful some are not
Here’s to helpful husbands ❤
@@zoeolsson5683Many are viewed and an extra child about the house. 😂
Enjoyed the video, thanks. But I would have liked to hear more about Sam's observations, especially those that had changed, about the UK now that she's had a 3 year space to be objective. Also more about how she may now even view Australia differently.
Travelling with little kids isn't easy, I'll give you that but I didn't expect it to be (what felt like) 90% of the video. Cheers.
I agree.
Second this for Sam
I dont mean to be rude i am just calling it as i see it. Sam appears to be very flippant about not receiving help with her kids. I agree its not easy for anyone with little ones but hey they are your kids sort them out yourself and stop moaning about how hard everything is with them.
I've watched you guys on RUclips for about a year now today I pressed the subscribe button 😊 as an Aussie born I truly believe in multicultural Australia and you and your family are a shining example of what it's all about , living your best in Australia 🦘 keep the videos coming . Cheers from North West Tasmania
Multicultural = two white British people? 😂😂😂😂😂
As an Aussie living in UK almost twenty years ago, one thing I noticed was no one on the Motorways cares about the speed limit. Several times on the London Orbital M25, I was keeping up with the traffic, looked at the speedo - 100mph (160 kmh). I was very surprised. Speed limit signs said 70 mph. Can't remember seeing any highway cops the whole time I was living there, only the cops who look after you if your car is broken down on the motorway - yellow and blue squares all over their car. usually a volvo or range rover back then.
Got to know an English lawyer, who told me with the last fifty infringement fines he had defended for clients in court, the result was not guilty every time! - he simply looked for the mistakes made by the prosecutors. He said, every time he examined their 'full disclosure' he always found mistakes fatal to the prosecutor's case.
In the UK every speed camera was required by law to be signed to warn drivers approaching the speed detector. Not here in Australia. Cops are much more pleasant in the UK, probably cos the average bobby is not armed and on a more equal footing with the public - though I do recall Transport police (at rail stations) were armed with assault rifles - H&K G36 rifles at Victoria and Waterloo Stations.
Regular traffic jambs on the motorways were tiresome. We in Australia measure a country journey in hours. Not in the UK. For instance, a drive from London to Portsmouth might take you say 1 hour or might take two hours depending on traffic. A drive of 25 miles in England is considered a big day out for a Pom! Not in Australia.
Poms don't seem to have taken on Aussie drive through grog shops, though, I noticed petrol stations in the UK sometimes sell grog. Walked down the grog aisle of a UK supermarket, long aisle with one side wine all from Australia, the other side, wine from the rest of the world! Made me feel proud!
We went back to the UK last year to visit my 89 year old sister-in-law. We found driving the narrow streets particularly unnerving with the confident local drivers not giving way and driving at speed weaving in and out because of parked cars. We were honked at quite often by drivers behind us for giving way on the narrow streets to cars where cars were half and even totally parked on the footpaths, some even parked on the opposite side of the street facing oncoming traffic, weird to us but totally legal in the UK. The mega gyros/gyratory system (roundabouts not food) were terrifying because the route numbers were painted on the lane surface but required a fresh coat of paint. We ended up going around these gyros a few times in order to change lanes to enter or exit the correct road. I was disappointed with the kids selections at M&S Summer 2023 and didn’t buy any clothes for my grandchildren, for the first time!
This 'not knowing where home is' is very prevalent. I got it bad after travelling for a long time, I felt homesick for places that weren't home. It's weird, hard to explain. But it doesn't take that long to adjust.
I totally agree. Confusion about where home is means it is time to decide and stay there. My Australian aunt told me "Know where you belong" She lived in Germany and London for many decades.
Loved this video, thank you very much for making it! Great to hear how Sam managed so well and also I found it encouraging that she's still very content living in Australia after going back and staying in the UK again. Makes me feel like when it's my turn to move to Australia, it'll be the right decision! Thanks for the vids Ross!
That was very interesting; thank you. Congratulations mate - she came back for you 😁😁
Not long back I looked at my old home town in Scotland on Google maps. It was depressing. Everything looked dull and rundown with dingy little $2 shops everywhere. Talking to an old mate, he remarked that I was lucky that we left when we did because he reckoned the Thatcher era was brutal and a lot of the UK's problems are from that era. Life here can be tough but I'd rather be here than there.
Great interview Ross. Sam it was lovely to hear about your experience. I was a single parent for 14 years, so I do agree with you that it is exhausting
I was a “single mother” for a few years as my husband was away for work 90% of the time and the thing I learned was it’s hard, there was NO “me time” when you’re playing 2 ppl. I had all my family in another state just had a few friends who had their own work to do so pretty much no support for years.
If I needed help, I had to ask, people can’t read minds, they do want to help they just don’t want to impose themselves. So the worse that can happen is they say no and then you know.
I just had to make peace with it or I’d lose my mind. It is what it is, no matter how hard it is, the more I sat in the drama the worse I was as a mother.
Once I let go and just took on the whole situation, I was able to say, it is what it is, “me time” won’t exist for a few years. Best to get on with it.
Motherhood is an unselfish job, but it's not forever, and it's well worth it!
A very honest account. I admire you.
Well done Sam really enjoyed hearing all about your trip .
Hi Ross and Sam. That was a great video. I’m Australian born and bred, so I watch your videos for a totally different perspective. I was really interested to hear Sam’s thoughts about her trip. Wow, what a journey. You did well 👏👏👏. Adding to your thoughts about “home”, I wonder if things might change once you get your Australian passport. It’s just a thought. Anyway, thanks again and stay cool. I’m in Central Queensland, so I totally get the heat (and the humidity, ugh.) I come from Canberra and normally live in the Blue Mountains. I miss the cold weather too.
It's strange I lived in New Zealand for 10 years. Lovely country and people. Had two children there. But I badly needed to come home. It wasn't so much because I missed family as the fact that it felt so isolated. I came home and never regretted it. I felt alive again and in the thick of everything. Now one of my children lives there so I do vist which is great but after a while of being there I remember why I wanted to leave.
I've lived in Australia for 4 years now and there's definitely a lot of things I miss about the UK.
The weather is definitely better here, as are wages.
Fish and chips in Australia is crap though, but the main thing for me is I find people rude and not particularly smart. The driving here is awful, no one says thank you or shows any regard for other people, everyone is arrogant and they can't seem to think for themselves.
Back in the UK people will say good morning or let you out when you're driving and show various forms of common courtesy, they're aware of the world around them and pretty open minded.
The best people I've met over here seem to be in the country, but I just find city folk incredibly rude and arrogant.
Australians are originally from England and Ireland most can trace Thier history back to the UK pommes and convicts .
It could be the particular area where you are living. Move to Darwin - everyone is friendly up here!
@jdxx59 good point. I must say we just did a trip up cape york for a month or so and met a lot of friendly people. Seems the best place to be is away from the city and up north.
Why the hell would you be expecting the aircrew to be asking you if you need help looking after your children. That's not why they are there.
Go away
No need to be rude!
I fly internationally a lot , never seen any airline vounteer assistance, but seen it given when its needed. They aint a child minding business.
I have to agree i thought the same thing. Kiddie help is not an entitlement.
Agree. If you are going to travel overseas as a lone adult with small children, then you shouldn't expect that there will be assistance along the way. People may offer out of kindness but that's an added bonus.
Fly with China Eastern next time if you can!! I flew as a single mother with 2 boys, 6yo and a 2yo from London to Shanghai, the crew was beyond fantastic! Helped me in every way they could!
Glad you had a good experience, will take a look next time
Not a comment on this video as it was a great watch, but I can't help feel irked when expats talk about the UK as if it is the worst place on earth. There are loads of beautiful places in this country, as there are in Aus (I went last year and loved it). Yes, we don't always get the weather, but it does also rain in Aus! What I'm saying is there are pros and cons to both
You're absolutely right, and we enjoyed our lives in the UK too. If anything it's more disappointing that basic things are deteriorating and frustrating that we had to move to the other side of the world to get a better quality of life
@ThatJohnstonLife absolutely. I have nothing but admiration for people who make the move ❤have you noticed any big issues in Aus? We found it so expensive, but we were in the touristy places so not surprising really! 😊
Yes it rains in both places , but when it's not raining in UK it's mostly grey , drab and depressing with no sunshine.
@ProcyonAlpha see, that doesn't really bother me, but then I can't stand anything hotter than 21 😂 different strokes and all that :)
Home is where the heart is
Well done you. My son's first flight was from Sydney to Perth at 8 days old. I also had a 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter with me. Yes, it is a little traumatizing. Especially the first flight. Moved to the Middle East for ten years and had many, many flights. Both into the UK and Europe and back to Australia. I become fastidious with a child routine. Onto the plane into your seat. You can watch the in-flight entertainment until the meal. Then you go to the toilet, settle back into your seat, blanket on, and sleep. When you are awake you can in flight entertain yourself again. They always told me they didn't sleep, yeah right amazing what a dose of drugs with your meal can do. Always take the aisle seat for you. Lessens the chance of an escapee. Sorry about your experience with Emirates we always found them fantastic.
a lot of this hits home. I'm in the UK and in the process of understanding visas etc. I got an "urgent" appointment with a specialist for March 2025..apparently thats the earliest date they can do in a 60 mile radius (and I can't go somewhere else in the country for some reason..not that im sure it would make any difference). The NHS is totally screwed and one of the big factors thats triggered me looking at doing something that gives us a better life.
Thanks for your insight. Sounds like the problems aren't getting any better
I traveled once with my 14-year-old daughter on an Emerites flight, being 14 years old I paid for an adult airfare , they wanted to feed her a child's meal. I told them she was intitled to an adult meal.After a long discussion they gave her an adults meal. Tight bastards,
Sam you’re such a natural… we do like to see more of you! Lovely to hear you’re living your best lives in Oz! I started following you guys since you stepped on that plane! ✈️ thanks for sharing!
Move to AU in 2000, went back for the first time in 15 years in July. It was very green and overgrown, wet, grey, good to get to the pubs and into the countryside, things cost more and exchange rates are not in our favour. By the end I wanted to get back home to AU. Coming from Perth, the UK looks dirty, run down, too much traffic, too narrow roads, parts look a total dump. A lot of shops have shut.
Will always love the beaches and weather here 🏖🏖
If yoi look at your daughters UK passport, it has not come from the UK. It was issued by the British consulate in Australia 😉
The airport people lied to you about the pram - you could have checked it in together with other baggage (2 pieces of baby equipment are FREE btw - buggy AND car seat). Or you could have driven her in her buggy all the way to the plane and they would have taken it in just before you sitting boarding.
Hope you've told your dad and Karen how great they both were as parents. They might just really like to hear that. Great honest reflection
Very sad about the lack of help, how shameful. You did great with your girls. Good on you 👏 👍
Home is just where you find your happiness. If thats in many different places, all good. We dont have to be constrained to one place.
The colours and what you are saying there have a terminology. Australia is a big sky country. That is what the first wave of European, the convicts, said. Poetic, isn't it. Apparently, in England and Europe, the sky feels quite close.
That is exactly right. The sky is bigger in Australia.
Maybe you should think about moving south if you don't like the summers in Qld. In Victoria you'll get a proper winter (by our standards😉) where you'll definitely need jackets & hats. We've got beautiful beaches, summer's totally bearable, snow resorts in winter, autumn is stunning. Just a thought 😊
I'm a Victorian and cannot cope with the heat and particularly the humidity of Northern Australia. I enjoy the varied weather here, even that of of 'four seasons in one day.'
Or up in elevation to Toowoomba, Warwick or Stanthorpe. Mind you it gets cold up there in winter. Snow is not unheard of. But the wineries around Stanthorpe and fresh apples and stone fruits are nice. And the trees in Autumn turn red and gold.
We flew with emirates here and they were absolutely shocking!!! No one was remotely interested in providing customer service of any type and at one point they lost my baby’s bottle which they’d taken to put in a jug of hot water for 20 minutes! By the time I got it back from them it was literally scalding hot. I was furious and they couldn’t have cared less. Never again!
I went to England in 1984 with my mum to meet my grandad in Chesterfield, I was surprised by the accents I could understand everyone with no problems, however, they couldn’t understand my Australian accent and found myself either having repeat myself or mum had to interpret for me. 😃
Might have changed a bit since then
Just pop down to Tassie for the seasons. I found the same in QLD with basically wet & dry season.
Uk is not the country it used to be … I mean world wide is the same I guess … but my friends complained that when they went back it resembled more like the Middle East Pakistan or any other country rather than the uk …. They felt out place and out love with the place they grew up with 😢
Nostalgia clouds all our judgements
Just like the Brits move to other countries, people from Pakistan or Middle East or India would move to countries like the UK or other European countries or the US. So can't blame the situation. But I can say that most of the Asians do not like the UK. Especially because the homes are extremely small when compared to let's say a middle class's house in countries like India. They are in the UK just for work especially Healthcare professionals.
It’s interesting that you mention colours being more bright and saturated in Australia. My impression is just the opposite. Eucalyptus trees are gray and don’t give this lush impression as trees in Europe. After travelling a few times between Sydney and Melbourne this impression of dull, grayish landscape only grew. You can of course find numerous breathtaking views, especially along the coast, but I wouldn’t say that the colours are more intensive than in Italy, south of France or even Austria. Maybe it’s time to visit Brisbane😉
But that's one of the things that makes Australia special. I'm in Melbourne & it's very green, but it's a different green to Queensland. All the states & territories are very different. I love visiting Queensland because I love the brighter greens & vibrancy of Queensland. Some of the most beautiful landscape in Australia, in my opinion, is in the NT. Thr tropical greens against the red dirt is stunning.
you haven't been tot he right places or at the right time. Try Caves road Western Australia going toward dusk.. and the trees will shimmer at you (all gum trees) shades of pink, blue and gray. Magickal. if you want to see beauty you need to have your eyes open. Drive slow and take lots of breaks so you can enjoy the scenery. Then go to the places like coral bay or Esperance, pink lakes, and white sands, and blue blue oceans. Try Karijini national park.. if you don't see the brilliance of colour.. you just haven't been to the right places. The fact you are calling them eucalypts is a good indicator, they are gums, red gum, blue gum, ironbark gum, paperbark gum, salmon gum (the pink gum tree).
@@reezy6677 I love the NT and the top end, i grew up in the Pilbara, when you are travelling from the city you can see the soil colours change from the browny dirt colour through to a pinky colour then red and at different places a deep red/blue type of purple colour. Melbourne is dull and gray, but its a city. When we do distance drives (and Melbourne to Sydney is a short drive) there is variations in the landscape. Best to dot he longhaul, do the nullarbor or go to the NT up the gunbarrel i say.
@thevocalcrone I know what you're talking about. I've been to all those places & more, & fully intend going back to all. I didn't get to spend nearly enough time in Karijini. The colour palette of this country is amazing.
The LIGHT is very different.
The shop shelves are empty because of the dire truck driver shortage in the UK, some say it’s recovering, depends whose report you read.
Lets not consider the millions of ''refugees'' ...
Why don't you import some more Indians? over here in Australia the Indians are taking up trucking jobs.
I'm with Sam - I hate the heat in Summer. I'd never be happy with that.
I'm fom south coast NSW and moved north to Lismore but after 2 years came back down south again...nice place but the heat was too much. I love the cool Winter and day trips to the southern highlands - Bowral etc
I have heard that Towoomba in QLD has a nicer mild climate. Do you think that the heat and humidity makes it hard for Sam to really be happy ?
I lived in Manly, NSW for 23 years. We moved to Victoria in 2005. Because I couldn’t handle the heat & humidity any longer. I love the weather down here & experiencing 4 seasons in one day.
Now you have been back do you think you will go again sooner rather than later?
Your description is 100%. I get it!
Surprised with the vibrant colours as, when I travelled to NZ from Brisbane years ago, I felt the same. Wonder if you went there (Christchurch) you would notice?
Love watching you videos
Great insights guys... I am sure this is good info for people considering an international move 🙂
Excellent questions,Ross. Good honesty, Sam. Pretty fair, too, Sam, about you literally flying you and your kids to the other side of the world. Hard.
Cheers Chris. Appreciate it
yes passports bring back memories; I worked in China and my boss was my nephew. His daughter was born in Guangzhou in mid November and they were going back to Australia for Christmas. I casually said you did well to get an Australian passport for her in time. My nephew went white! oops. Fortunately he was on good terms with the Consul in Hong Kong and managed to get a passport for her within three days (you can't do that now as the Embassies/consuls can't issue full passports any more). I lost my passport in China and has to get a temporary one so I could leave China and come back to Australia to get a new one and that was an interesting exercise.
Kmart is my go to shop for the family because I'm from a large family..enjoying your content.😊
Awesome! Thank you!
It does take a lot longer than you think to get over the idea that the UK is "home." I have been in Australia for 24 years, and it's only in the last few years that I've stopped expecting Christmas to occur in winter.😂
😂
Fly Singapore and they smash into you if you have an aisle seat and throw the food at you for good measure. Trying to chill on Singapore Airlines is like trying to relax in a cage full of Lions.
Sam you were so brave. I never took my girls home to UK. I still call UK home even after over 40 years here but i call Oz home when I'm there. My girls and now grandchildren here Australia is definitely home. Good video.
I was born in England and am an Australian citizen. My daughter was born in Australia and has a UK passport. In 2010 we flew to England via Hong Kong overnight. Initially we wanted to fly with our UK passports but we were told we had to use our Australian passports as we needed to re-enter with those. Eventually we flew to & from Hong Kong on the Australian passports and from Hong Kong to London & back to Hong Kong on our English passports avoiding the Heathrow crush for non residents.
Seems a bit hectic
I feel sorry for the Hubby. But the idea the missus is complaining because she's travelling with toddlers. Why couldn't you wait until she grew up a bit and actually had an Aussie passport. She won't remember the trip . Sorry but a real stupid move imo.
you only have 2 children! thank god you aren't a single mum. you would find it very hard. you are very lucky to have husband to help.. try 5 kids no husband and a full time job.
You wouldn’t have had the time to feel sorry for yourself. ❤❤
My mum had 4, dad die in nam...
I’m not fond of summer here either, but thankfully I live in Victoria. I have experienced summers in Queensland, and as much as I like many aspects of life there, I couldn’t stand the climate full time.
Ground staff can't intervene with children unless requested by the guardian/parent. It appears they responded as soon as requested. Airline staff are not day care I suppose.
Maybe you should try new Zealand. Lots of English people there.
Sorry. You're wrong. You do need a visa to get an entry permit into Australia if you're not travelling on an Australian passport, regardless of whether or not you were born in Australia.
Brilliant video guys, well done sam you have amazing endurance and not just bing married to ross. 😆 been out here now for 2 years do not miss the u.k but only family due to go out soon. not looking forward to that flight. they seem to be going up in price all the time. al thethings you said about rubbish, everything on top of you, cars to close to many on the roads i totally agree with. i worry with britain being a little island its got so many people living there it might sink. 🤦♀. benwatching you guys for years now Aurora 5 and the Sierra now walking where did that time go? i too am very greatful for the health service over here in aus and how quick you can get a scan x-ray, dentist.
The shops and shopping centres are spacious, open and so clean. I'm loving independent sellers and markets the quality is often worth maying for and they are more enviromnetally friendly and ethically sourced where back home it cheap and cheerful. Also i havent felt the need to go on holiday abd we have beauiful beaches and things to do on our door step.
I watched a report that claimed that some of England will sink. There is encroachment by the sea in some places. Much of the area has been mined/tunnelled under and sink holes occur.
The light is different in Australia, for sure.
Met a Pom some time ago, who returned to East End London to retire after living in Australia for forty years, he came back to Australia. Said to me the cheapest house in East End in 2005 was AU$1million! crazy house prices.
Women connect with people, especially family.....more than things, so home will always be were your loved ones are.
Did you have to do all the running around or did friends come to see you? It annoys me because we ALWAYS do the visiting.grrrr
Yes, it's as if they are the ones who have flown halfway round the world to visit.🙄
Thank you for sharing. My family's significance going back to the 16th century; however, it has undergone changes following the war. My great grandmother's grandfather was Russian (THE FAMILY of Russia at the time) and she is related to THE FAMILY still in power in England. Fortunately, my family is known for giving new homes to people, building schools, hospitals and genuinely caring for the people of their country. My great grandmother is known for "pushing" children of the less fortunate to be educated, bringing new educational methods to her country, convincing her father to incorporate them to be a law and incorporate them into the schools of the less fortunate.(this has been at the time when "people" in their position miss treated the less fortunate who's lives they were to improve and at the time when in some country titles have been given to murderers for example for killing the French...... From a very young age I have been though decency, caring, responsibility and respect for my fellow human beings. I am kind and respectful to anybody I interact with. In Australia, we built our wealth in a most decent way. I love my adopted country Australia while at the same time I feel deep love for my birth country. I would not wish to be in a sport stadium or any competition where my birth country and Australia would compete against each other. It would be un-fair to ask me to choose. I think the more cultures we carry in our hearts the better and more understanding people we are, and with the knowledge of languages we are in a position to have a deeper understanding of the world around us.
Covid was years ago ? It is still everywhere - even in Aus
I caught covid about two months ago. It's still around.
It's the norm now
Give it a few more years and you will feel at home for sure, now that you have been back to UK.
Thanks Rachael
so when are parents coming here either in-laws or parents for a holiday
Ross’s mum and Sam’s dad & step mum have been here but not much video about their experiences or what they thought about the place.
First visit back home, NZ, gave me the feeling that things were familiar but not comfortable. I no longer fit in
Very common for many migrants
i went emirates from Dubai to Sydney several months ago, The srewardess was hopeless. She stood preserving her makeup an d beauty while people struggled with overhead lockers. My seatbelt was broken and she threatened to call her supervisor when I asked for help.. The seat on front of me was broken and the man couldnt move the seat up so I ate my mealsunder my chin Noone collected rubbish and so by the time we landed in Sydney the whole section was floating in rubbish. The whole 13 hours.
I had come from Vienna and had to disembark down the back stairs. I am 74 and wanted the handrail for security, A 'popsy' blocked the rail while she took selfies with the lights of Dubai. The queue behind just had to wait, For the price it was crappy. Never again.
Is there something different in the sunlight of Australia?
We arrived in Bangkok from Sydney with a 8 month old child and as soon as we got into the terminal we were greeted and told to go through the consulate gates Because we had a child and we all know how hard it is to line up to be processed. I have never forgotten that experience and if any smart country wants to impress its visitors then parents with small children should be always given priority.
Great hospitality
I wonder if the empty shelves in shops were an effect of Brexit, perhaps?
Maybe
Emirates is usually good, unless you’rte flying on one of their massive four-engined mega-planes. I have flown Emirates a few times to Europe,, but I flew back on one of those BIG planes once and I will never do that again, if possible! The passenger to flight crew ratio is the problem, as well as the fact that the damn plane is simply way too big. They cram on hundreds of people, many more than on the twin engined planes, and yet they only put on a handful of extra staff to deal with all the extra passengers. Singapore Airlines is better, but I will NEVER fly QANTAS after their corporate behaviour in recent years. Prettyy much the same reason I will never buy Starbucks coffee, or Bud Light. If I want to be preached to, I’ll go to a church somewhere, thanks. I just want you to transposrt me to my chosen destination, safely, in relative comfort, and without trying to induct me into whatever activist group you think I should be engrossed in. Provide a service and keep your politics to your bloody self thanks.
I agree! I don't drink beer OR coffee--but if I did--it would NEVER be Bud light, or going to Starbucks either. I am DEFINITELY not 'politically correct" in any way, or ever will be. The world has gone crazy with a lot of ridiculous nonsense that they expect us to go along with. Nope....
Your Dad sounds a nice bloke
Perth Airport.
Hop on a Dreamliner
Hop off in London. Easy!
It's weird that you are upset the airport staff and cabin crew didn't help you with your kids until you asked. It's not the responsibility of strangers to care for your children. If it's too much to travel internationally with two little ones on your own, then you shouldn't do it.
Why Aussie citizen but UK passport ? Idk if I agree with the having it both ways. People can't commit to 1 place and that causes all the headaches. Why not Aussie passport?
My parents are from England they said England is always home but Australia is too they love Australia more they did go back to England after a lot of years a lot for a two month visit too many changes this was in 2007 they were 10 pound poms
Crew aren’t there to provide childcare, even for a minute! Theresa million things to do, they are there for your safety, that’s all passengers. Not a crèche.
But it's supportive to lend a hand even if you're busy.
@@rosequartz7841 you can’t! It isn’t allowed when it comes to other peoples children… and we are always flat out, the primary role is safety and security, that it!
Hi Ross and Sam, I've followed you guys for a couple of years now - this was such a great video. Without being controversial, there is one thing I'd like to ask if I may (don't answer if you don't want to). There's heaps of stories on RUclips etc about the large Muslim population in London and the changing culture, my niece and her husband (who is English) live just outside of London and are planning to move back to Australia later this year (earlier than they had planned). Is it really as bad as it's made out to be and is the Mayor as bad as he seems to be?. I know it may be a question you'd rather not answer, but it's an interesting and challenging change that's happening in English culture at the moment and in other parts of the world.
Also, My wife and I are originally from country Victoria and moved to Brisbane in 1992, both of our children were born in QLD. I really can't handle the humidity up here during the summer (I can't work anymore due to a physical disability, and I spend each day in the house with the aircon running). We were in Victoria recently for my Dad's funeral, and it was 37 degrees but I found it was really pleasant due to no humidity (even my adult children couldn't believe it was so hot). The plane landed in Brisbane at 10.00 pm and it was 38 degrees with 82% humidity - it was unbearable. Perhaps a move to Victoria would be good for you weatherwise, where there is really low humidity.
Expecting airport/airline staff to help come on pull the other one 🤪🤣
Ping pong poms.....go backwards and forwards before you finally settle. Family and friends cant be replaced, but the UK is a 3rd world country now.
The winters are depressing, the overcrowding is noticeable but the amount of illegal immigrants, no borders and no laws is the real nail..
I was last there in 2019, will never go even on holiday...
Take back control 😂😂
Just FYI for anyone watching, Australia is not like the US re. Birthrite citizenship. At least 1 parent must be a permanent resident or citizen to become an australian citizen. i.e. not like the US, come on holiday to give birth so your kid has citizenship.
I've flown on many airlines and from my experience Emerites are the WORST! Try going via Japan or China or even Finland.
Will look at alternatives next time for sure
The empty shelves at shops are BREXIT. Plain and simple.
Dont be so REDICULOUS there are no shortages of anything, obviously you do not live in the UK.
does aurora have an australian accent?
Next time fly Singapore or Thai.Both brilliant airlines
That's so true.. I find it easier with a few more kids in the house then my boys don't argue 😂
So you didn’t show them her Australian passport
Only one question, when are you trying for a baby boy?
Mmmm Different experience, but the same. Daughter born in Taiwan ROC. Mum from Taiwan ROC, me aSkippy so Aussie passport . Held up plane for 45 minutes while explained no “entry stamp” in passport. Photographic evidence not valid 😢
Simply being born in Australia does not guarantee you the right to stay. It hasn't been that way since the 1980s
Currently does if you're permanent residents Jeff
Empty plane yet the government and airlines abandoned 65000 people overseas for 2 years!🤬