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Moving your family halfway around

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

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

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

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That's the scenario the Pedley-McKnight family

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were struggling with in 2015.

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

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

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It is my dream come true.

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This is what I wanted for them.

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

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ones in the UK too much to bear.

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

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A week down under revealed what life could be like.

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So what do you think of this?

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SQUEALING

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So, one-year on,

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

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He wouldn't say yes or no -

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it was just a definite maybe.

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Straddling the Pacific and Indian oceans,

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Australia's the smallest continent on earth.

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Home to just over 23 million people,

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

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developed world.

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

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

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families moving abroad.

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Danyel Pedley-McKnight passionately believed Australia was the place to

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give her daughters the healthy

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outdoor lifestyle she craved for them.

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But with the girls disinterested,

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her husband worried about leaving their life in the UK,

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and a failed visa attempt already behind her,

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

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

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

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To reach Perth in Australia,

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the family spent almost 18 hours in the sky,

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flying from London via Dubai.

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It was harder than I expected, to be fair.

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I am genuinely exhausted.

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

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

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It's like labour - it's gone.

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While Guy worried about how far they'd come.

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

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Lauren was tired and emotional.

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It is just how far away it is from everyone.

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I think I need a tissue.

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As the family headed into Perth,

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

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Leeya and Lauren to follow her dream.

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The Pedley-McKnights lived in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

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

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Lauren, who was ten,

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and Ashlee, who was seven.

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Right foot - green.

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Together for almost 20 years,

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Danyel and Guy were proof opposites attract.

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I'm very outgoing,

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I'm quite happy to take risks,

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

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You're not overly fussed about trying anything new.

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A bit boring, really, aren't you?

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A bit boring, yeah. A bit boring.

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But Danyel's latest dream was

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threatening to shake Guy out of his comfort zone forever.

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Since attending an immigration seminar four years earlier,

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

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

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

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Guy wasn't keen, but,

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convinced the country offered the girls a better life,

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Danyel pushed ahead and signed up

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with an immigration company to secure a visa.

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

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

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But six months and thousands of pounds later,

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the visa had failed to materialise.

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So we'd lost £2,600, I think it were.

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I was quite angry that we'd lost

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that money and the company could do that to you.

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It was a difficult time for the couple,

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

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she was more determined than ever to follow her heart.

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

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I will say things like,

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

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

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

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The more she talked,

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

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The girls will have a few hours at school.

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

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Guy will be doing his dream job.

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

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

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

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

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

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But having made a costly mistake before,

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

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

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

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Guy was also wracked with guilt at

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the prospect of leaving his parents in the UK.

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

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

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

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

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Special days like birthdays or anything, or Christmas,

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it would just be us,

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and it wouldn't be like a family day

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because we won't have any family over there.

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

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Australia was where they belonged.

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We can't keep living our life in limbo.

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We've done it for the last four years.

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We need to make the decision.

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This week, in Australia,

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

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going to do for our life and where we live.

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If we were to get over there

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

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

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

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..then we won't go.

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

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the family visited Perth.

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Home for the week was in Quinns Rock,

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a coastal suburb 25 miles north of the city.

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But did their first taste of

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Australian living meet Danyel's expectations?

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

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An Home And Away house.

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Danyel sounded pleased.

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-Let's go and have a look.

-Cool!

-Oh, my word!

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No complaints yet.

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-Wow!

-Everyone was happy

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and discovering a pool in the garden

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put excitement levels through the roof.

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What's that, Ashlee?

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It's a pool!

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It was everything Danyel wanted and even Guy seemed impressed.

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It's thumbs up from me.

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

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I wanted my husband and my children

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

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But Guy wasn't committing to anything.

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

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

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With so much riding on this trip,

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Danyel hoped the coming week would go to plan.

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Even though I've had this dream for forever,

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

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

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In the UK, home for the Pedley-McKnights

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was a five-bedroom house in Bradford,

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but Danyel had lost heart in it.

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

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

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If Danyel got her way,

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

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and she knew exactly what she wanted.

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

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

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

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It needs to be grand.

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To find out what kind of house they could have,

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we showed the family three properties -

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

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

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

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Offering schools, recreation and shopping facilities

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and only ten minutes' drive from the beach,

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

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Wow! Double garage.

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-Oh, my God!

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

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-Wow!

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

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

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A tin fence,

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-just doesn't look right to me.

-Danyel skilfully shifted the girls'

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attention to the impressive walk-in wardrobe.

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

-Yeah.

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-What do you think that?

-Look at the size of that!

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Look at the size of that, eh!

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-You could live in there, Ashlee.

-Yeah.

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-A walk-in wardrobe.

-But Guy was outnumbered and the open plan

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

-Wow!

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-That looks nice.

-It was a good start for Danyel and,

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

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But Guy had spotted another blot on the landscape outside.

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I don't like that brick wall there.

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-Why?

-I just don't like it.

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Once again, Danyel sidestepped Guy's negativity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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I realistically think it's 290.

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I think it's going to be 260.

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

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Time to find out if Danyel was right.

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Oh, my God!

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I knew it, didn't I?

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

-That is cheap.

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

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

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

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You could get a small pool.

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

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Hopefully, the next home would be as promising.

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

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Although further inland, it was

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still only 15 minutes from the beach

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and excellent amenities, including parks and shops,

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meant it should be perfect for the family.

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

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Guy's happy with the location but

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was the house somewhere the family could call home?

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Wow! It's big.

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-Good size.

-Yeah.

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Master bedroom, isn't it?

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If you have a look in there...

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And another roomy wardrobe kept Lauren on side.

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Ever since mum started talking about it,

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

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

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

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

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This is a lot bigger than I expected.

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It does feel nice.

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But, moving on, Guy spotted a familiar problem.

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Metal tin again.

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-Horrible fence you don't like.

-Horrible fence.

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And the bathroom presented another issue.

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

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

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

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

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-but it is quite small still.

-The house wasn't measuring up,

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but what about the garden?

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

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Danyel knew she was beat.

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

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-No, not ticking at all.

-No.

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It wasn't perfect,

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but could the family afford a house like this?

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I'm going to dread this price.

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

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

-That's what I think.

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They had £250,000 to spend.

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Wow!

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

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Yes, we didn't like this house but

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

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Yeah.

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Here we go, girls.

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Staying in the northern suburbs,

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the final stop was the popular area of Tapping,

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just 30 minutes from central Perth.

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The area has schools and parklands perfect for children.

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This is nice. You can feel the area.

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

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

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but did they agree?

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-Oh, my God!

-What do think of this?

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SQUEALING

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Hopefully, inside wouldn't be a let down.

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Oh, my God!

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

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excited about a move.

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

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

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-Oh, this is nice.

-The couch would fit there.

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

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-Could you live with it?

-I'd live with the tin fence,

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it'll be all right.

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Everyone was on the same page and

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the cinema room was further cause for celebration.

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Wow! Look at that!

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-Oh, my...!

-That's nice, isn't it?

-Really nice.

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Oh, wow!

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And the garden had a welcome surprise for Ashlee.

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-A pool!

-It's what?

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A pool!

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

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

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Just me to be sold.

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Meanwhile, the family needed to find

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out how much a dream house in the sun

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

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What do you think now, price-wise?

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-325.

-I think 350.

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I feel sick.

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

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

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I was hoping it wasn't.

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Just 100,000.

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

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

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

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Property one delivered much of what Danyel had hoped for.

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

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Although not spacious enough,

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the location of property two had

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

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

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home but with a price tag to match.

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Remaining optimistic,

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Danyel still felt it could be something to aspire to.

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So how did the day impact on

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

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ALL: Australia!

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-Australia.

-Oh, my God!

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So my first box ticked.

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

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result for Danyel.

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But knowing how risk averse Guy was,

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

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down under.

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

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

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

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How are we doing, Steph?

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

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him with a suggestion he could

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realise his dream of becoming a policeman down under.

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She's dangling that carrot.

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

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

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While the girls were looked after by a childminder,

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the couple explored work options in Perth.

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For Guy, the day started at the

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Western Australia Police Academy in Joondalup.

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

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Ben Atherton was happy to give Guy

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the lowdown on the recruitment process.

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28-week training course here at the academy.

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There's a lot of classroom-based training -

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a lot of scenario-based training -

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and spend a few days with current serving officers.

0:17:520:17:55

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

0:17:550:17:57

You would have to get permanent residency.

0:17:570:18:00

Unless the couple could qualify for a permanent residence visa

0:18:000:18:03

straightaway, Guy's plans to become

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

0:18:060:18:09

Meanwhile, we'd arranged for Danyel

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to meet human resources manager

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Jenny Milne at a motoring organisation.

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

0:18:170:18:21

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

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have you got any thoughts of where you think

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I might fit within Western Australia's HR?

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I think at the HR business partner

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level would be a really good start for you.

0:18:300:18:32

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

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

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but Danyel refused to be put off.

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

0:18:430:18:46

Yes, there's definitely HR manager roles.

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

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Encouraged, Danyel was ready to talk money.

0:18:520:18:56

What are the salaries?

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£45,000.

0:18:580:18:59

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

0:19:010:19:04

Around £15,000 more could fuel

0:19:050:19:08

Danyel's argument for making the move.

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Meanwhile, concerned about his short-term prospects,

0:19:110:19:14

Guy had gone to meet Bronwyn Butcher,

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a recruitment specialist in the retail sector.

0:19:160:19:20

And after his earlier disappointment, it was good news.

0:19:200:19:23

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

0:19:230:19:26

that I think I could place you in.

0:19:260:19:27

What type of income would I be looking at?

0:19:270:19:30

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

0:19:300:19:35

So that's quite promising, that.

0:19:350:19:37

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

0:19:370:19:40

It was a great result for Guy.

0:19:400:19:42

But when he reunited with Danyel,

0:19:420:19:44

it was clear her negative news had overshadowed the positive.

0:19:440:19:48

They don't have any jobs currently for me.

0:19:480:19:52

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

0:19:520:19:55

her spirits soon soared.

0:19:550:19:57

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

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-on good money as well.

-Why don't we just stay here

0:19:590:20:02

and send you for some interviews over here?

0:20:020:20:05

Why not?

0:20:050:20:06

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

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between work in Australia and the UK?

0:20:110:20:15

BOTH: Undecided.

0:20:150:20:17

-What?

-Just had some great

0:20:180:20:20

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

0:20:200:20:23

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

0:20:230:20:26

-That's a copout.

-It's not a copout.

-It is.

0:20:260:20:28

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

0:20:320:20:36

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

0:20:360:20:41

Would a day exploring the Australian lifestyle she so desperately desired

0:20:410:20:45

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

0:20:450:20:51

Keen to let the girls experience a typical Australian activity,

0:20:510:20:55

the family headed to Trigg Beach for

0:20:550:20:57

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

0:20:570:21:00

Surfing is a way of life.

0:21:000:21:03

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

0:21:040:21:08

It is my dream come true.

0:21:080:21:10

This is what I wanted.

0:21:100:21:11

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

0:21:110:21:16

Well done, Ashlee!

0:21:160:21:17

Well done!

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

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the day won Leeya and Lauren over, too.

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

0:21:240:21:27

I can definitely imagine myself doing this all the time.

0:21:270:21:30

Guy, on the other hand, still had doubts.

0:21:300:21:33

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

0:21:330:21:36

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

0:21:360:21:39

That still is the massive pull

0:21:390:21:41

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

0:21:410:21:45

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

0:21:450:21:49

them all choose Australia over the UK?

0:21:490:21:52

ALL: Australia!

0:21:570:21:59

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

0:22:010:22:03

-The lifestyle...

-I knew it from the start of the day.

0:22:030:22:05

..it's just Australia.

0:22:050:22:06

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

0:22:100:22:15

Guy moving wouldn't break the bank.

0:22:150:22:17

The couple would rely on proceeds

0:22:170:22:19

from the sale of their home to fund the move.

0:22:190:22:21

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

0:22:210:22:25

Are you ready, then?

0:22:250:22:27

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

0:22:270:22:30

A really good-sized front room.

0:22:300:22:32

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

0:22:320:22:35

A good-sized rear garden.

0:22:350:22:36

Recently landscaped.

0:22:360:22:38

Ideal for a growing family.

0:22:380:22:40

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

0:22:400:22:44

Picking up on every little bit.

0:22:440:22:47

In the current market,

0:22:470:22:48

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

0:22:480:22:51

For a quick sale, at 139,950.

0:22:510:22:53

That's low, that.

0:22:530:22:55

In the current market,

0:22:550:22:56

I'd value property at 145,000.

0:22:560:22:59

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

0:22:590:23:02

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

0:23:030:23:08

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

0:23:080:23:12

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

0:23:120:23:15

I know, but we don't have to.

0:23:150:23:16

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

0:23:180:23:22

starting with their weekly shop.

0:23:220:23:24

Fresh mash - that's an expensive one there.

0:23:240:23:27

But you could buy potatoes, if you needed to.

0:23:270:23:29

-Stop being lazy.

-Chicken is £1.75 more.

0:23:290:23:35

Over all, the couple would pay

0:23:350:23:36

almost £30 more for food every week.

0:23:360:23:39

Next they compared the bigger monthly bills,

0:23:390:23:42

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

0:23:420:23:46

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

0:23:460:23:50

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

-It's massive.

0:23:500:23:53

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

0:23:530:23:58

And 40 better off for TV, cable TV.

0:23:580:24:01

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

0:24:010:24:04

Let's just look at that.

0:24:040:24:05

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

0:24:050:24:09

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

0:24:090:24:12

Let's just move on.

0:24:120:24:15

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

0:24:150:24:19

every month in Australia.

0:24:190:24:22

-OK.

-I'm all right with that.

0:24:220:24:23

-That's manageable.

-OK.

0:24:230:24:26

Danyel hoped their potentially higher salaries would make up the

0:24:260:24:29

shortfall and she was right.

0:24:290:24:32

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

0:24:320:24:35

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

0:24:350:24:40

So if we were back in the UK,

0:24:400:24:42

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

0:24:420:24:45

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

0:24:450:24:48

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

0:24:480:24:51

-just for me.

-Even with higher outgoings,

0:24:510:24:54

the family would have more disposable income down under.

0:24:540:24:57

1,282 better off a month.

0:24:570:25:01

Wow!

0:25:040:25:05

And even recalculating to see

0:25:050:25:07

where they'd stand if Danyel remained

0:25:070:25:09

in part-time work, things looked good.

0:25:090:25:11

We are still 10,644 a year better off.

0:25:110:25:15

Here.

0:25:150:25:18

It was a great result.

0:25:180:25:20

So how would their findings

0:25:200:25:22

influence the decision between finances in Australia and the UK?

0:25:220:25:26

BOTH: Australia!

0:25:300:25:31

I'm so glad you did that.

0:25:330:25:35

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

-I'm so glad you did that.

0:25:350:25:37

-It's a no-brainer.

-I thought I might have to kill you.

0:25:370:25:40

Realising their finances could

0:25:440:25:46

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

0:25:460:25:50

but there are some things money can't buy.

0:25:500:25:52

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

0:25:520:25:56

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

0:25:560:26:00

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

0:26:000:26:04

ALL: Hello.

0:26:040:26:06

Are you having a good time?

0:26:060:26:07

Don't get too sunburnt, Guy.

0:26:070:26:10

How do you describe Danyel?

0:26:100:26:12

She's awesome. She's mega.

0:26:120:26:14

Guy's quite...

0:26:140:26:16

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

0:26:160:26:19

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

0:26:190:26:22

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

0:26:220:26:25

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

0:26:260:26:29

She's like my person

0:26:290:26:32

and it's really hard to imagine

0:26:320:26:36

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

0:26:360:26:38

being five minutes away, being ten minutes away.

0:26:380:26:41

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

0:26:410:26:44

I just could not imagine him not being there.

0:26:450:26:49

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

0:26:510:26:55

I'm really going to miss them.

0:26:550:26:56

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

0:26:580:27:01

No. No.

0:27:030:27:05

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

0:27:050:27:08

Life without you here

0:27:100:27:12

would just be

0:27:120:27:15

pretty hard,

0:27:150:27:18

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

0:27:180:27:24

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

0:27:240:27:28

then we absolutely support you with that.

0:27:280:27:30

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

0:27:320:27:34

I just love you too much.

0:27:340:27:36

You just need to stay at home with us.

0:27:360:27:38

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

0:27:380:27:40

I can't.

0:27:430:27:45

Do you think that was harder

0:27:490:27:52

or easier than you thought it was going to be?

0:27:520:27:54

Harder.

0:27:540:27:55

Yeah. We know the lifestyle out here is better.

0:27:570:28:00

I know that now. I can see that.

0:28:010:28:04

But just to see...

0:28:040:28:06

..the girls upset at the moment is tough.

0:28:080:28:10

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

0:28:120:28:15

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

0:28:200:28:24

tougher than anyone had expected.

0:28:240:28:26

With their final decision inching ever closer,

0:28:260:28:29

would the family decide the

0:28:290:28:32

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

0:28:320:28:35

When Danyel arrived in Perth a week earlier,

0:28:350:28:38

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

0:28:380:28:41

but the country more than met her expectations.

0:28:410:28:44

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

0:28:440:28:48

it can be a reality.

0:28:480:28:49

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

0:28:490:28:53

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

0:28:530:28:57

about the kids spending their lives here.

0:28:570:29:00

The family faced an incredibly tough decision -

0:29:000:29:03

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

0:29:030:29:07

everything they loved in the UK.

0:29:070:29:09

I feel a little bit like...

0:29:090:29:12

After watching those family videos,

0:29:120:29:15

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

0:29:150:29:18

When we watched the video,

0:29:180:29:19

it just made us all upset and made

0:29:190:29:21

us remember our family back in the UK.

0:29:210:29:25

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

0:29:270:29:30

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

0:29:300:29:32

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

0:29:340:29:38

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

0:29:390:29:43

-Australia.

-UK.

0:29:530:29:55

-Australia?

-Yeah.

0:29:560:29:59

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

0:29:590:30:03

about the family and stuff.

0:30:030:30:04

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

0:30:040:30:07

It's been really great.

0:30:070:30:09

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

0:30:090:30:12

the family just next to us.

0:30:120:30:14

I didn't expect you to vote Australia.

0:30:140:30:16

I can't believe it.

0:30:160:30:18

Ultimately, I think

0:30:180:30:19

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

0:30:190:30:24

-Didn't expect...

-No, I didn't.

0:30:240:30:27

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

0:30:370:30:43

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

0:30:430:30:47

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

0:30:470:30:51

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

0:30:510:30:54

she'd spent years dreaming about.

0:30:540:30:57

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

0:30:580:31:03

Bradford.

0:31:030:31:04

Hopefully not for long, though,

0:31:040:31:06

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

0:31:060:31:10

Getting to this point hasn't been straightforward,

0:31:100:31:13

despite Guy signing up to Danyel's dream.

0:31:130:31:16

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

0:31:160:31:18

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

0:31:180:31:23

I knew that.

0:31:230:31:24

We've been together for 19 years.

0:31:240:31:26

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

0:31:260:31:30

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

0:31:300:31:33

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

0:31:330:31:36

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

0:31:360:31:39

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

0:31:390:31:42

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

0:31:420:31:44

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

0:31:460:31:49

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

0:31:490:31:52

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

0:31:520:31:57

There - swimming with dolphins, look.

0:31:570:31:59

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

0:31:590:32:02

Danyel put her feelings aside

0:32:020:32:04

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

0:32:040:32:08

and they had a ball.

0:32:080:32:09

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

0:32:090:32:13

I'm not sure...

0:32:130:32:15

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

0:32:150:32:18

It was really cool.

0:32:180:32:20

Despite her reservations about making the country home,

0:32:200:32:23

Leeya had to admit Australia was pretty awesome.

0:32:230:32:26

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

0:32:260:32:29

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

0:32:290:32:33

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

0:32:330:32:37

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

0:32:370:32:41

I were a big sulker.

0:32:410:32:42

I didn't want to come home.

0:32:420:32:44

I almost didn't get on the plane!

0:32:440:32:45

OK. Good boy.

0:32:470:32:49

With Guy's change of heart,

0:32:490:32:50

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

0:32:500:32:55

But it wasn't long before

0:32:550:32:56

the subject of moving to Australia raised its head again.

0:32:560:32:59

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

0:33:010:33:03

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

0:33:030:33:06

I was still kind of nagging him for

0:33:060:33:08

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

0:33:080:33:12

I were torn. I'm still torn.

0:33:120:33:14

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

0:33:140:33:18

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

0:33:180:33:21

Six months later we were still talking about it and

0:33:210:33:24

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

0:33:240:33:28

Come here, boy.

0:33:280:33:29

Yeah, we had arguments, we had discussions.

0:33:290:33:31

There were some real tense times, to be honest.

0:33:310:33:34

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

0:33:340:33:38

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

0:33:380:33:41

As the dust settled on her dream,

0:33:450:33:47

Danyel shifted her attention to improving the life

0:33:470:33:51

she already had in the UK.

0:33:510:33:53

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

0:33:530:33:57

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

0:33:570:34:00

doing the same things we've always done.

0:34:000:34:02

If it wasn't going to be that,

0:34:030:34:05

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

0:34:050:34:08

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

0:34:080:34:13

she'd spent 19 years working for

0:34:130:34:14

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

0:34:140:34:18

whilst also studying for a degree in human resources.

0:34:180:34:21

Guy was fully supportive of her decision.

0:34:210:34:24

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

0:34:240:34:26

that she was making these plans to go forward.

0:34:260:34:29

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

0:34:290:34:31

family life better back in the UK.

0:34:310:34:33

Spurred on by his wife's determination

0:34:350:34:37

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

0:34:370:34:41

applied to join the special police force in West Yorkshire.

0:34:410:34:45

I talked about doing it for a long time.

0:34:450:34:47

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

0:34:470:34:50

"Let's do it."

0:34:500:34:51

Busy improving their life in the UK,

0:34:560:34:59

Danyel's Australian dream was slowly fading

0:34:590:35:02

until things took an unexpected turn

0:35:020:35:04

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

0:35:040:35:07

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

0:35:070:35:10

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

0:35:100:35:12

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

0:35:120:35:15

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

0:35:150:35:18

So let's give it a go.

0:35:190:35:20

You don't mind that flight?

0:35:200:35:22

You don't really notice it till...

0:35:220:35:23

You don't even feel that, do you?

0:35:230:35:25

-It's easier.

-It's easier.

0:35:250:35:27

Almost a year after their trial week,

0:35:290:35:31

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

0:35:310:35:36

She came home from work, I were making tea

0:35:360:35:39

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

0:35:390:35:42

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

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

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

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

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and went into a bit more detail.

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

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so I think I jumped up and down.

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We had a bit of a kiss and a cuddle

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

0:36:020:36:05

-Hiya. Hello.

-You all right?

0:36:050:36:08

-Come in here.

-Sit down.

0:36:080:36:10

-You all right?

-All right, darling?

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Danyel wasted no time spreading the word.

0:36:120:36:16

I went shouting to the girls,

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

0:36:170:36:19

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

0:36:190:36:22

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

0:36:220:36:24

-I think she were a bit too giddy.

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

0:36:240:36:26

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

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When you've been stringing me along for years,

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

0:36:310:36:33

-I think that's unfair.

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

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

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Her excitement wasn't shared by Leeya.

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

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

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

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

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Unfortunately for Leeya,

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

0:37:000:37:04

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

0:37:040:37:06

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

0:37:060:37:08

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

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

0:37:100:37:13

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

0:37:130:37:15

I haven't felt like that this time.

0:37:150:37:17

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

0:37:200:37:22

Very, very scary.

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But you've got to think of the girls

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

0:37:290:37:31

Danyel's finally got the green light

0:37:340:37:37

to start planning the life she craves.

0:37:370:37:39

I started purchasing magazines.

0:37:390:37:42

I was downloading application forms.

0:37:420:37:44

You know, redoing the CVs.

0:37:450:37:47

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

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

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she's confident about her work prospects down under.

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

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

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

0:38:030:38:06

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

0:38:060:38:08

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

0:38:080:38:12

-Hello there.

-Nice to meet you.

0:38:120:38:14

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

0:38:140:38:18

-I believe you're moving to Australia.

-Yeah.

0:38:180:38:21

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

0:38:210:38:24

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

0:38:240:38:26

I felt something in my stomach.

0:38:260:38:28

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

0:38:280:38:31

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

0:38:310:38:33

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

0:38:330:38:38

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

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

0:38:430:38:45

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

0:38:450:38:46

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Definite.

0:38:460:38:48

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

-Nothing.

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But, as the couple work towards making the move,

0:38:510:38:54

the possibility of swapping Bradford for Perth is still getting

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a mixed reaction from Ashlee.

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I wouldn't like to live in Australia

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because we're leaving all the friends and family.

0:39:020:39:06

But if they moved out,

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I would because it's...

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

0:39:120:39:16

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

0:39:180:39:22

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

0:39:220:39:26

and have to make new ones in Australia.

0:39:260:39:28

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

0:39:280:39:31

never mind going across the world to a new school.

0:39:310:39:34

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

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-I thought you wanted to go.

-I do.

-Why are you crying?

0:39:380:39:40

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

0:39:400:39:43

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

-No.

0:39:430:39:46

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

0:39:460:39:52

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

0:39:520:39:57

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

0:39:570:39:59

Is that what you're saying?

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

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You won't be speaking to any of them.

0:40:030:40:04

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

0:40:040:40:07

'I know Leeya doesn't want to go'

0:40:070:40:09

but when we were out there she was really happy,

0:40:090:40:12

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

0:40:120:40:16

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

0:40:160:40:20

she'll love it again.

0:40:200:40:21

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

0:40:210:40:26

Even though Guy's fully signed up this time,

0:40:260:40:28

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

0:40:280:40:32

It's going to be really, really upsetting.

0:40:340:40:36

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

0:40:360:40:39

That day's just going to be horrendous.

0:40:390:40:41

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

0:40:430:40:47

And Lauren knows just how he feels.

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

0:40:510:40:56

and to leave them is really hard,

0:40:560:40:58

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

0:40:580:41:01

because Australia's better for us...

0:41:010:41:04

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

0:41:050:41:11

but it'll be hard to leave them.

0:41:110:41:13

Danyel, on the other hand,

0:41:170:41:19

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

0:41:190:41:23

My dad, he actually said,

0:41:230:41:25

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

0:41:250:41:28

Because he knows it's my dream.

0:41:280:41:30

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

0:41:300:41:33

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

0:41:330:41:36

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

0:41:360:41:38

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

0:41:390:41:43

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

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back down on Australian soil.

0:41:470:41:49

In an ideal world, we'll be moving over

0:41:490:41:52

in about September time this year.

0:41:520:41:54

Is that what you think?

0:41:540:41:55

-That's your ideal?

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

0:41:550:41:58

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

0:41:580:42:01

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

0:42:110:42:16

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

0:42:160:42:18

I can handle January.

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Go!

0:42:190:42:20

You're going fast. Come on, Ashlee.

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

0:42:270:42:31

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

0:42:310:42:34

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

0:42:340:42:36

-I can't guarantee it.

-No.

-But I don't think we will.

0:42:360:42:39

-OK.

-I'm a big realist.

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

0:42:490:42:53

but the important thing is

0:42:530:42:55

Guy finally agrees with Danyel about pursuing her Australian dream.

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Fingers crossed everything works out

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and the lifestyle they all fell for during their trial week

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becomes their reality sooner rather than later.

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

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