Pedley-McKnight Family Wanted Down Under Revisited

Moving your family halfway around

the world is a massive challenge at the best of times,

but it's even tougher when you've never visited the country you hope

to call home and some of your family don't want to go.

That's the scenario the Pedley-McKnight family

were struggling with in 2015.

Today, we'll find out where they're living 12 months on.

Danyel Pedley-McKnight was desperate to uproot her family to Australia.

It is my dream come true.

This is what I wanted for them.

But her husband and oldest daughters found the thought of leaving loved

ones in the UK too much to bear.

It'll just be us over there - no-one else that we knew.

A week down under revealed what life could be like.

So what do you think of this?

SQUEALING

So, one-year on,

are the family living in the UK or on other side of the world?

He wouldn't say yes or no -

it was just a definite maybe.

Straddling the Pacific and Indian oceans,

Australia's the smallest continent on earth.

Home to just over 23 million people,

its population continues to rise at one of the fastest rates in the

developed world.

With over 10,000 beaches and a sun-soaked climate,

it's no surprise the country's the number one destination for British

families moving abroad.

Danyel Pedley-McKnight passionately believed Australia was the place to

give her daughters the healthy

outdoor lifestyle she craved for them.

But with the girls disinterested,

her husband worried about leaving their life in the UK,

and a failed visa attempt already behind her,

she faced an uphill struggle if she was going to make it happen.

Desperate, she knew a week trialling the country she longed to call home

would be her one and only chance of making her dream come true.

To reach Perth in Australia,

the family spent almost 18 hours in the sky,

flying from London via Dubai.

It was harder than I expected, to be fair.

I am genuinely exhausted.

Danyel was excited to have made it down under for the first time.

Now I'm here, and I'm looking at the sun, I've forgotten all that now.

It's like labour - it's gone.

While Guy worried about how far they'd come.

That's something that's playing on my mind, to be honest.

Lauren was tired and emotional.

It is just how far away it is from everyone.

I think I need a tissue.

As the family headed into Perth,

Danyel knew she could have a battle on her hands convincing Guy,

Leeya and Lauren to follow her dream.

The Pedley-McKnights lived in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

They are dad, Guy, mum Danyel, Leeya, who was then 12,

Lauren, who was ten,

and Ashlee, who was seven.

Right foot - green.

Together for almost 20 years,

Danyel and Guy were proof opposites attract.

I'm very outgoing,

I'm quite happy to take risks,

so I'm quite impulsive and he's not.

You're not overly fussed about trying anything new.

A bit boring, really, aren't you?

A bit boring, yeah. A bit boring.

But Danyel's latest dream was

threatening to shake Guy out of his comfort zone forever.

Since attending an immigration seminar four years earlier,

she'd been determined to move her family to Australia.

I just came back absolutely buzzing with the idea that we need to move

there because it's the best thing since sliced bread.

Guy wasn't keen, but,

convinced the country offered the girls a better life,

Danyel pushed ahead and signed up

with an immigration company to secure a visa.

The day that I registered for that company, I were like, "Yeah, OK.

"Within six months, we'll probably be in Australia."

But six months and thousands of pounds later,

the visa had failed to materialise.

So we'd lost £2,600, I think it were.

I was quite angry that we'd lost

that money and the company could do that to you.

It was a difficult time for the couple,

but Danyel refused to give up and, three years later,

she was more determined than ever to follow her heart.

When we're out for the day, if it starts to rain,

I will say things like,

"Oh, if we were in Australia, it wouldn't be like this."

Or when we're in the car and it's really sunny, I'll say,

"If we were in Australia, it would be like this all the time."

The more she talked,

the more vivid Danyel's vision of life in Australia had become.

The girls will have a few hours at school.

I'll be at work, but not as many hours as I have to put in now.

Guy will be doing his dream job.

We'll come home and then go swimming in the back garden

or what have you. We'll have this massive, grand house.

We can afford to have family come and stay with us.

So as unrealistic as it is, that's my dream.

Come on, it's raining. Let's go.

But having made a costly mistake before,

Danyel knew convincing Guy to move would be a mammoth task.

It's all our finances, jobs, a house.

Can we afford it? Are we going to be stable?

Guy was also wracked with guilt at

the prospect of leaving his parents in the UK.

If owt happens, it's not as though you can just jump on a bus

and that's why I'm just torn, I really am.

Leeya and Lauren shared Guy's concerns about leaving loved ones.

I'm so close to my family and my cousins especially.

Special days like birthdays or anything, or Christmas,

it would just be us,

and it wouldn't be like a family day

because we won't have any family over there.

The week ahead was Danyel's best chance to convince Guy and the girls

Australia was where they belonged.

We can't keep living our life in limbo.

We've done it for the last four years.

We need to make the decision.

This week, in Australia,

it's really important to us because it's going to depend on what we're

going to do for our life and where we live.

If we were to get over there

and even if I thought it was absolutely everything I dream of,

and if it ticks every single box, if my girls look at me and say,

"Mummy, we can't go..."

..then we won't go.

To find out if Australia offered the lifestyle Danyel dreamt of,

the family visited Perth.

Home for the week was in Quinns Rock,

a coastal suburb 25 miles north of the city.

But did their first taste of

Australian living meet Danyel's expectations?

It looks like a Neighbours house, doesn't it?

An Home And Away house.

Danyel sounded pleased.

-Let's go and have a look.

-Cool!

-Oh, my word!

No complaints yet.

-Wow!

-Everyone was happy

and discovering a pool in the garden

put excitement levels through the roof.

What's that, Ashlee?

It's a pool!

It was everything Danyel wanted and even Guy seemed impressed.

It's thumbs up from me.

I feel like a kid that's been given a Christmas present.

I wanted my husband and my children

to think it was just as great as I do and, so far, they have.

But Guy wasn't committing to anything.

It's the biggest decision we're going to make in our lifetime,

so we've just got to weigh it up this week, see what happens.

With so much riding on this trip,

Danyel hoped the coming week would go to plan.

Even though I've had this dream for forever,

the girls and Guy haven't and I need to convince them.

Well, I hope Australia convinces them and I won't need to.

In the UK, home for the Pedley-McKnights

was a five-bedroom house in Bradford,

but Danyel had lost heart in it.

We stopped decorating. We stopped doing everything we wanted to do

because I think, "Well, I'm just going to leave it anyway."

If Danyel got her way,

the couple's budget for a house in Australia was around £250,000

and she knew exactly what she wanted.

I'd want the open plan kitchen-dining area, the pool,

not too far from the beach but not too far from the schools.

That would be great. But it needs to be new.

It needs to be grand.

To find out what kind of house they could have,

we showed the family three properties -

two on budget and a third which could be their dream home.

Only after they'd seen each one did they find out its value.

The search began in the well-established suburb of Clarkson.

Offering schools, recreation and shopping facilities

and only ten minutes' drive from the beach,

it was the kind of area Danyel wanted but was the house up to spec?

Wow! Double garage.

-Oh, my God!

-Guy was happy before they'd even parked up.

-Wow!

-But moving to the master bedroom, Guy quickly found a fault.

I hate that fence. I just don't like it at all.

A tin fence,

-just doesn't look right to me.

-Danyel skilfully shifted the girls'

attention to the impressive walk-in wardrobe.

-What's that, a walk-in wardrobe?

-Yeah.

-What do you think that?

-Look at the size of that!

Look at the size of that, eh!

-You could live in there, Ashlee.

-Yeah.

-A walk-in wardrobe.

-But Guy was outnumbered and the open plan

-living-kitchen area was exactly what Danyel had been dreaming of.

-Wow!

-That looks nice.

-It was a good start for Danyel and,

with three other bedrooms, the girls would have their own space, too.

But Guy had spotted another blot on the landscape outside.

I don't like that brick wall there.

-Why?

-I just don't like it.

Once again, Danyel sidestepped Guy's negativity.

In ours, you can be overlooked from someone's upstairs.

If this is high, you can't be overlooked in the garden.

I think, even if the inside's nice, the outside's not.

After a really positive start, Danyel could have hit a wall.

But she was still keen to know what the house cost and whether their

£250,000 budget would be enough to cover it.

I realistically think it's 290.

I think it's going to be 260.

Seen some beauty houses. I think I'm going to say that it's on budget.

Time to find out if Danyel was right.

Oh, my God!

I knew it, didn't I?

-I knew it when I said it was on budget.

-That is cheap.

She may be a dreamer but Danyel was on the money.

So that 5,000, we could buy a pool.

I don't think you'd get a pool in there.

You could get a small pool.

House hunting was off to a great start for the Pedley-McKnights.

Hopefully, the next home would be as promising.

It was in Carramar, an area slightly closer to central Perth.

Although further inland, it was

still only 15 minutes from the beach

and excellent amenities, including parks and shops,

meant it should be perfect for the family.

I like that it's a cul-de-sac road end.

Guy's happy with the location but

was the house somewhere the family could call home?

Wow! It's big.

-Good size.

-Yeah.

Master bedroom, isn't it?

If you have a look in there...

And another roomy wardrobe kept Lauren on side.

Ever since mum started talking about it,

I've always wanted a walk-in wardrobe, haven't I?

Once again, the open plan living area was a winner.

Oh, my God! Look at the size of this!

When I walked in and saw that room, I thought that might have been it.

This is a lot bigger than I expected.

It does feel nice.

But, moving on, Guy spotted a familiar problem.

Metal tin again.

-Horrible fence you don't like.

-Horrible fence.

And the bathroom presented another issue.

It's a bit tight, isn't it, that bath?!

Don't you think it's smaller? I think it's smaller.

Danyel stayed schtum, so Guy put it to the test.

It is small but... Obviously I'd be over the end of the bath,

-but it is quite small still.

-The house wasn't measuring up,

but what about the garden?

I think it's just really tight, living on top of each other.

Danyel knew she was beat.

I just don't think it's ticking our boxes, this house, is it?

-No, not ticking at all.

-No.

It wasn't perfect,

but could the family afford a house like this?

I'm going to dread this price.

It's going to be more because of the area.

-Yeah. I think it's going to be more.

-That's what I think.

They had £250,000 to spend.

Wow!

Oh, my God! I'm feeling really positive again now.

Yes, we didn't like this house but

I'm feeling positive again now with regards to what we could afford.

Yeah.

Here we go, girls.

Staying in the northern suburbs,

the final stop was the popular area of Tapping,

just 30 minutes from central Perth.

The area has schools and parklands perfect for children.

This is nice. You can feel the area.

You can feel the difference in the area, can't you?

We'd found what could be the Pedley-McKnights' dream home,

but did they agree?

-Oh, my God!

-What do think of this?

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Hopefully, inside wouldn't be a let down.

Oh, my God!

It was exactly what Danyel needed to get Guy and the girls

excited about a move.

Oh, wow! I'm assuming it's the master bedroom.

And the open plan living area was just what she wanted.

-Oh, this is nice.

-The couch would fit there.

Even the sight of a fence didn't put Guy off.

-Could you live with it?

-I'd live with the tin fence,

it'll be all right.

Everyone was on the same page and

the cinema room was further cause for celebration.

Wow! Look at that!

-Oh, my...!

-That's nice, isn't it?

-Really nice.

Oh, wow!

And the garden had a welcome surprise for Ashlee.

-A pool!

-It's what?

A pool!

With areas for entertaining, Danyel and the girls felt at home.

I think these three are sold now. It's just you.

Just me to be sold.

Meanwhile, the family needed to find

out how much a dream house in the sun

really cost and whether their £250,000 budget would cover it.

What do you think now, price-wise?

-325.

-I think 350.

I feel sick.

You could just tell it was going to be around that price.

It's not a million miles away, I guess.

I was hoping it wasn't.

Just 100,000.

Yeah, I were hoping it wasn't 100,000 away, but, you know.

Discovering the dream house was out of reach wasn't Danyel's perfect

ending but, on the whole, it had been a successful day.

Property one delivered much of what Danyel had hoped for.

Discovering it was £5,000 under budget was a great start.

Although not spacious enough,

the location of property two had

impressed the family and it wasn't beyond their reach.

The final property of the day proved to be the real dream

home but with a price tag to match.

Remaining optimistic,

Danyel still felt it could be something to aspire to.

So how did the day impact on

everyone's choice between property in the UK and Australia?

ALL: Australia!

-Australia.

-Oh, my God!

So my first box ticked.

Five out of five votes for Australia was a brilliant and unexpected

result for Danyel.

But knowing how risk averse Guy was,

she knew he still needed to be convinced he'd find suitable work

down under.

Back in the UK, Danyel was a human resources manager in a supermarket.

I've worked for the same company now for almost 19 years.

I've done the HR role for about five years.

How are we doing, Steph?

Guy had worked at the same company for 21 years but Danyel had tempted

him with a suggestion he could

realise his dream of becoming a policeman down under.

She's dangling that carrot.

It's a big carrot. It's a big difference in the job what I do now

but it would be something I'd love to do.

While the girls were looked after by a childminder,

the couple explored work options in Perth.

For Guy, the day started at the

Western Australia Police Academy in Joondalup.

Morning, Guy. I'm Ben. Welcome to the Police Academy.

Ben Atherton was happy to give Guy

the lowdown on the recruitment process.

28-week training course here at the academy.

There's a lot of classroom-based training -

a lot of scenario-based training -

and spend a few days with current serving officers.

But Guy was about to be hit with some bad news.

You would have to get permanent residency.

Unless the couple could qualify for a permanent residence visa

straightaway, Guy's plans to become

a police officer could be on hold for another few years.

Meanwhile, we'd arranged for Danyel

to meet human resources manager

Jenny Milne at a motoring organisation.

After a quick look round, Danyel was ready to talk business.

Now you've had a chance to look at my CV,

have you got any thoughts of where you think

I might fit within Western Australia's HR?

I think at the HR business partner

level would be a really good start for you.

The role wasn't as senior as Danyel's current position and Jenny

informed her there weren't any suitable vacancies at the company,

but Danyel refused to be put off.

So do you know if there is any jobs available in Western Australia?

Yes, there's definitely HR manager roles.

There's HR advisor roles in both permanent and contract.

Encouraged, Danyel was ready to talk money.

What are the salaries?

£45,000.

Wow! That's a lot more than what I would be earning now at home.

Around £15,000 more could fuel

Danyel's argument for making the move.

Meanwhile, concerned about his short-term prospects,

Guy had gone to meet Bronwyn Butcher,

a recruitment specialist in the retail sector.

And after his earlier disappointment, it was good news.

I'm actually working on some roles right now, Guy,

that I think I could place you in.

What type of income would I be looking at?

Anywhere between £46,000 to about £67,000.

So that's quite promising, that.

That's more than what I am on right now.

It was a great result for Guy.

But when he reunited with Danyel,

it was clear her negative news had overshadowed the positive.

They don't have any jobs currently for me.

However, when Guy told her about his prospects in retail,

her spirits soon soared.

They said, "Yeah, there's vacancies out there now for me" -

-on good money as well.

-Why don't we just stay here

and send you for some interviews over here?

Why not?

So how did the day's discoveries play out when it came to choosing

between work in Australia and the UK?

BOTH: Undecided.

-What?

-Just had some great

information in retail but I'm still just...

There's that much information going round in my head at the moment.

-That's a copout.

-It's not a copout.

-It is.

The lure of a job with a good salary wasn't enough to convince Guy and

Danyel's undecided vote could mean she was beginning to waver, too.

Would a day exploring the Australian lifestyle she so desperately desired

for Leeya, Lauren and Ashlee put Danyel's dream back on track?

Keen to let the girls experience a typical Australian activity,

the family headed to Trigg Beach for

a surf lesson with some students from Carine Senior High School.

Surfing is a way of life.

It was exactly the lifestyle Danyel had dreamt of for the girls.

It is my dream come true.

This is what I wanted.

I wanted to see the girls outside and I wanted this for them.

Well done, Ashlee!

Well done!

Ashlee had always been sold on her mum's idea of moving but

the day won Leeya and Lauren over, too.

I probably would want to move over here if we did this at school.

I can definitely imagine myself doing this all the time.

Guy, on the other hand, still had doubts.

If I could pick my family up, and Danyel's family up,

and bring them to Australia, I'd be here straightaway.

That still is the massive pull

and that's going to be the hardest decision we need to make.

Danyel and Guy had lots to discuss but had the day done enough to make

them all choose Australia over the UK?

ALL: Australia!

It's a no-brainer for me, to be honest.

-The lifestyle...

-I knew it from the start of the day.

..it's just Australia.

Danyel's dream had survived another day but she still needed to convince

Guy moving wouldn't break the bank.

The couple would rely on proceeds

from the sale of their home to fund the move.

They expected it to be worth around £150,000.

Are you ready, then?

We sent round two estate agents to see if they were right.

A really good-sized front room.

Doesn't it look good, don't you think?

A good-sized rear garden.

Recently landscaped.

Ideal for a growing family.

A good-sized bathroom but probably needs the grouting re-doing.

Picking up on every little bit.

In the current market,

I'd put this property on at 145,000.

For a quick sale, at 139,950.

That's low, that.

In the current market,

I'd value property at 145,000.

For a quick sale, I'd value the property at 140,000.

Potentially, we could have lost £10,000 equity out of the house.

No, we haven't. Potentially, we're only talking 5,000, aren't we?

What I'm saying is, their advice for a quick sale...

I know, but we don't have to.

Concerned, the couple moved on to compare finances down under,

starting with their weekly shop.

Fresh mash - that's an expensive one there.

But you could buy potatoes, if you needed to.

-Stop being lazy.

-Chicken is £1.75 more.

Over all, the couple would pay

almost £30 more for food every week.

Next they compared the bigger monthly bills,

basing their mortgage on the first property they'd viewed.

That's £633 more than what we pay now.

-That's huge, isn't it? It's like a wage.

-It's massive.

Staying positive, Danyel pointed out areas where they could make savings.

And 40 better off for TV, cable TV.

What we talked about depends what type of package we've got.

Let's just look at that.

We'll go with that figure, yes. Don't say, "But, but, but."

Just leave it at that. We're £40 better off.

Let's just move on.

The calculations revealed they'd pay out just over £200 more

every month in Australia.

-OK.

-I'm all right with that.

-That's manageable.

-OK.

Danyel hoped their potentially higher salaries would make up the

shortfall and she was right.

Based on Guy working in retail and Danyel working full-time,

their joint income would be almost £1,500 higher than in the UK.

So if we were back in the UK,

our income would be more, still, full-time.

But that is big tick for me, full-time.

£700 - a massive amount more money a month...

-just for me.

-Even with higher outgoings,

the family would have more disposable income down under.

1,282 better off a month.

Wow!

And even recalculating to see

where they'd stand if Danyel remained

in part-time work, things looked good.

We are still 10,644 a year better off.

Here.

It was a great result.

So how would their findings

influence the decision between finances in Australia and the UK?

BOTH: Australia!

I'm so glad you did that.

-It's a no-brainer, isn't it?

-I'm so glad you did that.

-It's a no-brainer.

-I thought I might have to kill you.

Realising their finances could

flourish in Australia had put Guy more in favour of a move,

but there are some things money can't buy.

And as the family prepared to watch messages from loved ones together,

Danyel knew this could be the hurdle she couldn't overcome.

Let's just put it on and just do it then.

ALL: Hello.

Are you having a good time?

Don't get too sunburnt, Guy.

How do you describe Danyel?

She's awesome. She's mega.

Guy's quite...

He laughs with us but he's not so good with...

He hasn't got a clue what we're saying, has he?

The girls are their world, really. They do a lot with them.

Your friends are the family that you choose but Danyel's both.

She's like my person

and it's really hard to imagine

how you'd carry on without your person being there,

being five minutes away, being ten minutes away.

He is... He's like my big brother.

I just could not imagine him not being there.

It's like a big part of my life missing.

I'm really going to miss them.

I weren't going to cry. I said I wouldn't cry.

No. No.

I just... I want to see my grandchildren grow up.

Life without you here

would just be

pretty hard,

but we love you and we want you to be happy and...

if Australia is where you are going to go to be happy,

then we absolutely support you with that.

I just don't want any of you to go.

I just love you too much.

You just need to stay at home with us.

That's it. I can't say any more.

I can't.

Do you think that was harder

or easier than you thought it was going to be?

Harder.

Yeah. We know the lifestyle out here is better.

I know that now. I can see that.

But just to see...

..the girls upset at the moment is tough.

That's changed my decision, I think, a bit.

Confronting the reality of being on the other side of the world was

tougher than anyone had expected.

With their final decision inching ever closer,

would the family decide the

emotional cost of a move was too high a price to pay?

When Danyel arrived in Perth a week earlier,

it was the first time she'd set foot in Australia,

but the country more than met her expectations.

Being here this week has shown me it doesn't have to be a dream,

it can be a reality.

The week had allayed some of Guy's concerns about moving.

Every day I've come here, I've felt better about Australia,

about the kids spending their lives here.

The family faced an incredibly tough decision -

whether to pursue the life Danyel wanted for them or stay close to

everything they loved in the UK.

I feel a little bit like...

After watching those family videos,

it's definitely put a different spin on how I feel.

When we watched the video,

it just made us all upset and made

us remember our family back in the UK.

This is one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make.

I'm just torn, I really, really am torn.

It's just so hard. Right now, I just don't know what I'm going to do.

It was time to see where the family would call home.

-Australia.

-UK.

-Australia?

-Yeah.

Even though I've voted Australia, I'm so upset that...

about the family and stuff.

I don't want to be this far from the family.

It's been really great.

It's just I can't see myself moving all this way when we could have

the family just next to us.

I didn't expect you to vote Australia.

I can't believe it.

Ultimately, I think

this is where the family should be, but it's going to be tough.

-Didn't expect...

-No, I didn't.

After a week of tears and laughter, Danyel had finally persuaded Guy

and, surprisingly, Lauren, to sign up to the move.

Leeya and Ashlee were going to take a little bit more work, but overall

it looked like Danyel was well on her way to getting the life

she'd spent years dreaming about.

It's April 2016 and the Pedley-McKnights are living in...

Bradford.

Hopefully not for long, though,

as the family are currently making plans to move down under.

Getting to this point hasn't been straightforward,

despite Guy signing up to Danyel's dream.

As I voted, I voted, yeah, Australia, yeah.

I could see us there but it still wasn't a 100% vote, to be honest.

I knew that.

We've been together for 19 years.

I can read him. He voted Australia and he said the right things,

but I had this feeling that he didn't mean it.

I just sort of said, "I know you just voted Australia there

"but you didn't look as excited as I thought you would have done."

And I said, "You didn't really mean that vote, did you?"

And he said, "No, I didn't."

It were devastating. I felt like I were heartbroken, really.

We talked about it again and said, "Let's not let it ruin the holiday.

"We've got two weeks here. Let's just have some fun and we'll talk about it when we get home."

There - swimming with dolphins, look.

With plans to stay in the country for another two weeks,

Danyel put her feelings aside

to make sure the girls could make the most of their time down under

and they had a ball.

We swam with dolphins and it were really, really fun.

I'm not sure...

In the water you could, like, hear them talking to each other.

It was really cool.

Despite her reservations about making the country home,

Leeya had to admit Australia was pretty awesome.

I sort of made myself think I wouldn't like it

because I didn't want to go but when I got there, I really did like it.

Of course, Danyel loved it so much she didn't want to go home.

Leaving Perth and then coming back to the UK, I've got to say,

I were a big sulker.

I didn't want to come home.

I almost didn't get on the plane!

OK. Good boy.

With Guy's change of heart,

the family had no option other than to settle back into life in the UK.

But it wasn't long before

the subject of moving to Australia raised its head again.

Probably about a month after we got back, Danyel was saying,

"So, what are we doing?" I couldn't make a decision.

I was still kind of nagging him for

an answer but he wouldn't say yes or no. It was just a definite maybe.

I were torn. I'm still torn.

I can see it. I could see going to live in Australia to see what it would be like

but then I could see, I don't want to leave the family.

Six months later we were still talking about it and

he was still saying, "I just don't know. I don't think I want to."

Come here, boy.

Yeah, we had arguments, we had discussions.

There were some real tense times, to be honest.

We generally had moments where we didn't speak to each other

and it was quite upsetting. I was getting upset quite regular.

As the dust settled on her dream,

Danyel shifted her attention to improving the life

she already had in the UK.

I just decided that if Australia was never going to happen,

then something else had to happen because I couldn't just carry on

doing the same things we've always done.

If it wasn't going to be that,

it would have to be something else because I wasn't happy.

Danyel gave up her job as an HR manager for the retail firm

she'd spent 19 years working for

in order to do the same job part-time at a local college,

whilst also studying for a degree in human resources.

Guy was fully supportive of her decision.

In a way, it took a bit of pressure off me

that she was making these plans to go forward.

They were plans to make our life and our home life and our

family life better back in the UK.

Spurred on by his wife's determination

and his visit to the police academy in Perth, Guy's also recently

applied to join the special police force in West Yorkshire.

I talked about doing it for a long time.

It's just like getting myself into the right frame of mind and saying,

"Let's do it."

Busy improving their life in the UK,

Danyel's Australian dream was slowly fading

until things took an unexpected turn

when Guy's parents viewed footage of the family down under.

They said, "Yeah, I can see why you want to go out there.

"I can see why you want to live over there."

So, that were a bit of a light bulb moment really, thinking, yeah,

the family say, "Yeah, it's OK for you to go,"

So let's give it a go.

You don't mind that flight?

You don't really notice it till...

You don't even feel that, do you?

-It's easier.

-It's easier.

Almost a year after their trial week,

Guy finally had the news Danyel had given up hope of ever hearing.

She came home from work, I were making tea

and I just says, "OK, let's decide. I've made a decision.

"We're going to go. Let's do it."

I think I kind of looked at him as if to say, "Yeah, OK. I've heard this before!"

Then he said, "No. I've spoken to my mum."

And he told me about his conversation with his mum and dad,

and went into a bit more detail.

I think I just saw it in his face that he meant it,

so I think I jumped up and down.

We had a bit of a kiss and a cuddle

and I think I were like, "Yay, we're going to go!"

-Hiya. Hello.

-You all right?

-Come in here.

-Sit down.

-You all right?

-All right, darling?

Danyel wasted no time spreading the word.

I went shouting to the girls,

"Your dad's changed his mind and he wants to go!

"We're going, we're going." I think I went just a little bit giddy.

I think you were a bit too giddy at the time.

-I think she were a bit too giddy.

-I don't think you can be too giddy.

I don't think you can be too giddy about something like that.

When you've been stringing me along for years,

I don't think you can say I'm too giddy.

-I think that's unfair.

-Unfair, is it? But you were a bit giddy.

Look at that. First time she's come right close to me.

Her excitement wasn't shared by Leeya.

I were really shocked that he actually wants to go and...

When it's just me and Ashlee that don't want to go against my mum

and my dad and Lauren, I just realised I might end up

actually going and it's not my choice if we do or don't go.

Unfortunately for Leeya,

Danyel's confident Guy's now completely on board.

Go down this way, darling. Do you want to hold him?

I haven't felt that it wasn't genuine.

I haven't felt like he was going to change his mind

like I always used to. Always, in the back of my mind,

I was used to think, "It's not going to really happen."

I haven't felt like that this time.

It's a very, very scary thing to do.

Very, very scary.

But you've got to think of the girls

and you've got to think of their growing up.

Danyel's finally got the green light

to start planning the life she craves.

I started purchasing magazines.

I was downloading application forms.

You know, redoing the CVs.

It's just been sort of full throttle ever since.

And with a degree soon to be added to her CV,

she's confident about her work prospects down under.

The lady that I actually met while I was over on the trial week,

she's contacted me as well to say that she would be able to consider

offering me something part-time, if that's what I'm interested in doing.

I just need to let her know when I get there.

So, potentially, I've already got a part-time job when I get there.

-Hello there.

-Nice to meet you.

To help fund a move, the family home has just gone on the market.

-I believe you're moving to Australia.

-Yeah.

When I saw the "for sale" sign the other day when I came home,

I've got to say, I did feel a little bit sick.

I felt something in my stomach.

I suppose it's that bit that it feels real now

and I said that to Guy - "How do you feel about that?"

He said, "It feels a bit real," but none of us weren't smiling.

It looks like Guy and Danyel are finally on the same page.

We've got a Plan A and a Plan B.

We've got Plan A, which is Australia...

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Definite.

-What can I buy you to make you want to go?

-Nothing.

But, as the couple work towards making the move,

the possibility of swapping Bradford for Perth is still getting

a mixed reaction from Ashlee.

I wouldn't like to live in Australia

because we're leaving all the friends and family.

But if they moved out,

I would because it's...

better, and warm, and you get to do more activities.

And Leeya's still adamant she doesn't want to leave her friends.

It would be really, really hard to leave them, not see them every day,

and have to make new ones in Australia.

It's harder when you have to go to a new school,

never mind going across the world to a new school.

But just like mum, Lauren's excited at the prospect of making the move.

-I thought you wanted to go.

-I do.

-Why are you crying?

Are you just fibbing to me and you don't want to go?

-You're just telling me so that I'm happy?

-No.

There's loads more to do and, like, to have in Australia than in the UK.

So, like, against each other, I know Australia is better for me.

You won't be able to hang around with your friends.

Is that what you're saying?

And she's confident her sisters will soon come round.

You won't be speaking to any of them.

No, I won't speak to any of them.

'I know Leeya doesn't want to go'

but when we were out there she was really happy,

so I think if we get out there, she'll, like...

adapt to it. But Ashlee, I feel like, when we get there again,

she'll love it again.

Did your dad tell you that I scored three past him on Monday?

Even though Guy's fully signed up this time,

he's still uneasy at the prospect of leaving family in the UK.

It's going to be really, really upsetting.

I think the weeks up to it are going to be awful.

That day's just going to be horrendous.

I don't really want to think about it, to be honest.

And Lauren knows just how he feels.

I'm upset sometimes because, like, I'm really close with my family

and to leave them is really hard,

but then I know it's the right thing to do

because Australia's better for us...

..and I know that we can, like, see them because we can come home

but it'll be hard to leave them.

Danyel, on the other hand,

is taking comfort from her family's words of encouragement.

My dad, he actually said,

"I'll be able to die happy knowing that you're living your dream."

Because he knows it's my dream.

And, yeah, my dream is something different for the children.

My parents have raised us - they've done what they want to do -

it's my turn to do the same thing for my girls now.

The wheels are definitely in motion for the family to make the move

and, hopefully, it won't be too much longer before they touch

back down on Australian soil.

In an ideal world, we'll be moving over

in about September time this year.

Is that what you think?

-That's your ideal?

-You've got to have positive thinking, haven't you?

Because if you haven't got owt to work towards, what's...?

The earliest I think's going to be January, the earliest, next year...

by the time I get across. That's what I believe.

I can handle January.

Go!

You're going fast. Come on, Ashlee.

But there's nothing to say it won't happen as fast as I'm saying.

There's nothing to say we won't be there before Christmas.

Is there, though? You can't guarantee it.

-I can't guarantee it.

-No.

-But I don't think we will.

-OK.

-I'm a big realist.

They might disagree on when they'll make the move,

but the important thing is

Guy finally agrees with Danyel about pursuing her Australian dream.

Fingers crossed everything works out

and the lifestyle they all fell for during their trial week

becomes their reality sooner rather than later.

Meantime, we wish the whole family a very happy future.