What It's Like Living in Australia vs UK

We'd love to hear what it is you love about both countries in the comments below 👇🏼 Follow us on insta for more of our lives inbetween videos @thebamfamalaminaustralia Have a great Sunday! Much love, Ben, Maz, Lily, Ella, Miakat, Kokopop and Tallulah AKA The BAM Famalam xx

Our Australian family had a lovely year living in Birmingham in 1999. I agree with most of the things mentioned here. Prices for most things were much dearer in the UK at that time, but prices have increased in Australia over the last 20 years. Some of the things that I enjoyed about living the UK in comparison to Australia: historical sites - castles, Roman sites, grand houses - and re-enactments, short distances between tourist sites, easy access to continental Europe. The description in this video is reasonably specific to regional Queensland, as mentioned in the video. Winters are cool in the south, although warmer than the UK (maybe with the exception of Tasmania in comparison to southern UK). Life in Australian cities is more cosmopolitan than described in the video and most of the major cities have large and efficient public transport networks. Here in Melbourne, we have a commuter rail system with 17 lines and 219 stations with 660,000 trips daily, in addition the world's largest tram network, with 24 routes and 1,763 stops, and 364 bus routes. So, not just for day trips.

It's a bit late sorry, but a HUGE WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA. I LOVE to see our latest Aussies enjoying life. These kind of vids inspire and remind me how lucky I am to have grown up in Queensland Australia. I was born at Southport on the Gold coast in the old Southport hospital (no longer there) you're positivity is infectious and we need more people like you guys. It's so great to see you laughing and really enjoying your new home. Thanks for making us smile and I wish you the very best in you life on the beautiful sunshine coast 😃😃😃😃

Returned home from Australia.missed home too much.missed football with the lads,pub with mates ,all of Europe on my door step.and the history and architecture of Europe

Great video guys. Your relaxed and honest style is so refreshing. We're waiting for the borders to open! 😉

I enjoy your videos so much I’m watching them all again!

Loved the Insight! Can’t wait to get over there. If you want to experience changing of the seasons. Melbourne would be fun to visit in Autumn 🍂

Love you guys! Thanks for the info! Glad to hear the healthcare over there is just as amazing at the NHS! Xx

Ooh this is another good video. Such a good point about seasons too. Hadn't thought of that too much. I do live autumn....but I love sun more!!!

Hi guys … you both would be a great asset to any country … your courage and energy would succeed anywhere … best of luck to you and yours …

You're a lovely couple, it's nice to have English people moving to Australia, hope to see more. Love the extra bit at the end.👍😊💜

Enjoy your vids. Very sunny attitudes. 👍

Colder areas of Aust do have lovely autumn colour, just depends where you live.

Planning a move from Ireland with my wife and kids within the next year. Covid has held it up. Iv lived in Perth before and excited to do it with the family for a better life. Good to see expats side of things thanks

Hi guys, great info. If you like the seasonal colours why not head inland from Maroochydore & pop up to places like Flaxton & Mapleton. Great food & views to the coast.

New Subscriber to your channel. I love your video content. My parents moved here to Australia from the UK back in the 70's ( known as 10 pound poms lol ). I was born here and love being Australian. Would love to visit the UK one day though and experience a White Christmas. It is definitely on my bucket list. Glad you are enjoying our beautiful country and what it has to offer. Best thing about Australia is that it is very multi-cultural and we all just blend in well together. I love the diversity and hope you guys do too. Wishing you a happy life here. All the best to your family 😊💜😊

glad you moved over . a welcome addition to oz. its a massive effort on your part to move to a foreign country 12000 miles from your home country, albeit we both speak english . \brits always fit in well here. i have worked with quite a few brits, jordies and scots . all great contributers and fully welcome.

I enjoy your videos. Thank you .Greetings from the U.S.A. 🗽

Thanks for the video. I am a different vintage to you but have lived across both countries for decades. Australia gets ever more attractive. Growing up in a small Suffolk town I felt stifled by the snobbery as a "council house person" as my school mates described me. It was better later when I worked in the UK as a CEO for a couple of years a decade ago but I could still never persuade the security guards and receptionist not to call me "sir" - I said my first name or "mate" would do. I have never been asked In Australia what school or university I went to - a degree was good enough, but I later discovered I only got an interview in the UK because I went to a particular uni. In my line of business I now find the UK a bit insular and exceptionalist - probably different in other lines. Australia took a long time (decades) to master trading links and business culture with Asia - helped having a PM who could speak Chinese. In my line we have joint ventures in Asia. I once called in on an Asian partner to find a UK delegation there . To my surprise I was invited to do the business dinner. I need not have worried , they had no idea how advanced this Asian company was and were trying to sell them out of date technology. A couple even had poor reactions to some of the banquet dishes on offer. In China you do not tell the Chinese that "post Brexit Global Britain" is looking to re-establish its historic presence in the Far East with a Union Jack on every brochure when 1.8 billion Chinese are taught in school that the British Colonial Opium Wars were a national humiliation which still hurts. So the more relaxed, more socially egalitarian Australia with a future in an increasingly prosperous Asia is definitely the go.

Great video!