Not everyone likes Australia.

[tommy.irene]

It's grim Down Under: Family who swapped Hull for life of luxury in Australia return home two months later in shock from cost of living and lack of Robinson's fruit juiceSiobhan and Andrew Goodfellow spent £10,000 to start new life in Australia 
But two weeks after the move, the couple decided they'd made big mistakeNot being able to buy daughter Savannah's favourite squash was last strawCouple have returned to Britain - just two months after moving to Australia 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341588/Family-swapped-Hull-life-luxury-Australia-return-hom...

[twyngwyn]

They must have been shopping in the airport ?:|

[j*oono]

We were 10 pound poms.  That meant that it was dirt cheap to get here but you had to stay for at least two years or else you had to pay the full fare plus your return fair.

It didn't take any effort for myself and siblings to settle down here because kids just do, but it was very difficult for my mum.

It was pretty obvious that they were waiting out the two years but guess what?  When the time came it was decided that we were better off here in Australia.

My mum loved Australia but I don't think she ever really settled down here.

[i-need-a-martini]

My mum loved Australia but I don't think she ever really settled down here.

I think that's the case with many migrants Joono. And fair enough too.

[monman12]

AM3 has pointed out the answer.

Recently I researched, for a friend, the relative cost of living in UK/AU. Here are some highlights:

2013 Annual average wage in UK  = $36,712

Australia Full-Time Adult Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings  = $72,592

Living expenses UK & Aus.

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=United+Kingdom&country2=A...

Which whilst showing a lot of prices in UK are lower, the 64.81% greater median earnings in Australia overall make our purchasing power 16.63% higher, i.e. overall we are 16.63% better off with everything taken into consideration.

[clair.de.lune]

My mum and her family were ten pound poms

[rabbitearbandicoot]

we were 10 pound poms the first time, then mum took us back because gran was ill. The second time we paid.

[sandym3369]

We came here 21 years ago right away I felt like I was home. Love the place . It was sixteen years before I got to go back to the UK for a visit.  We now try to go every two years. But I would not want to live there .

[icyfroth]

There's nowhere else I'd want to live than in Sydney, Australia

[tommy.irene]

I love living here in the Canary Isles..

[cherry*135]

That looks nice.

I quite like living here Sth Coast, Sydney