There's an article on the BBC website about "Boomerang Poms" looking at issues of living and working in Australia, and when so many Brits come home: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36299682

There's an article on the BBC website about "Boomerang Poms" looking at issues of living and working in Australia, and when so many Brits come home: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-36299682

Shouldn’t ever read too much into these quotes from players but Josh Hodgson is on fire over there, why on earth would he even consider an SL return with his career on an upward trajectory? Very interested to see what he can do for England against the Kangaroos this year, should be nailed on for the 9 jersey.

Yeah, he has done amazingly well. Most people wouldn't have had him in the best three hookers in SL when he left. In this form, he is probably in the top three hookers in the world.

Poms who come to Australia have an odd expectation that being born in England will make them "special" in the colonies.
Australians are either surprized or bewildered by that, and when poms learn that Australians think of them a pasty little people with an odd superiority complex, they head off back home.

It's also easier to get skin cancer.

Thought he'd be home in 6 months to be honest.

I've been a couple of times and you realise quickly that it's actually a bit backwards culturally when compared to the UK. If you except the indigenous culture, which has a very separate and distinct identity to the mainstream of Australia, then there is very little depth to the culture. This is particularly an issue when you get outside the major metropolitan areas, then it's a bit like living in a small northern ex-pit village except you're at least 2 hours drive from the nearest medium sized town.

Yeah. That is a great example of the type of arrogance that has Australians somewhere between bewildered and bemused by poms.

What an odd sweeping statement to make. I've personally had 3 sets of Aunties & Uncles as well as 6 good friends move to Australia over the years. Of them the ones to return, which has been about half. It's been because they either miss family, especially when new ones are born, got a better job over here, or once the warm weather and beaches novelty wore off, they just preferred England.
I've spent a fair bit of time In Australia over the years, plenty of my relatives are Aussies and I've never heard anyone say anything about 'pasty little people with an odd superiority complex'. Whinging Poms yes,which is pretty funny when it seems it's one of their favorite past times as well. Also I don't know anyone that's gone over that thinks they're special just because they're in the Colonies. I mean seriously who thinks that way.

Australian cities regularly score well in the Economist Intelligence Unit rating of the world's most livable cities. Melbourne is Number One in 2016, and Perth and Adelaide are also in the top 10. Sydney only fell out of the top 10 -- falling from 7th to 11th -- because of 2 terrorist attacks in 2015. Silly really. Sydney is obviously one of the nicest places in the world to live -- eclipsed only by Leigh, Widnes, Oldham, Bradford, Chorley, East Hull, and Rochdale.

Thanks for setting me straight.
Next time I want to know what Australians think, I'll be sure to ask you.

Have you ever been to any of the places you mention I dont think so not even France were you pretend to live

My wife has relatives in oz back in the 60s to 70s they went out their 4 or 5 of them after 2 yrs 2 came back and after a year went back again and with their breading their is now 25 to 30 of them with their kids getting married and having kids

I've seen some beautiful places in Australia, but then I've seen some pretty beautiful places all over the world, and many of those places have a richer and deeper cultural history than mainstream Australia. Back in the day one of the attractions for some Australian players to sign for London Broncos was the culture they had access to, London has been a melting pot of cultures for over 2000 years, a few hours drive can take you to all kinds of interesting places in the UK, hop on a Eurostar or an Easyjet and you can be in Paris or Rome or Barcelona in a few hours. If I were a top class RL player I'd go to Australia for the challenge of the NRL and to make some money, the rest of it wears thin quickly. Obviously if it's what you're used to or you have personal attachments it's a bit different.

LOL Sorry I didn't realise you knew all Australians or for that matter all the English that have gone over there. Just giving you my experience and my families who live there. Sorry it doesn't fit with the crap you said.