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I had an email from Helen Crawley the researcher at the BBC who helped find the ‘contestants’ to appear on The BBC’s Popular Wanted Down Under Program.
She was writing to remind me that the advert I posted a little while back is now out of date (I’d imagine she was getting a little tired of the phone calls and emails so sorry Helen 
)
She has asked me to update the contact details. So if any of you folks are interested in appearing in the Third Series of Wanted Down under then you need to email the BBC at: wanteddownunder@bbc.co.uk.
Helen was a little none committal though saying the BBC ‘may still need applicants for series 3 should we make one’ so keep this in mind when sending your emails off.
Having said that, with the popularity of the first two series of Wanted Down Under I would be very surprised if they don’t make a third or perhaps even a forth series.
So there you go folks, it’s official and you heard it here first (perhaps 
). If you want to apply for the third series of the BBC’s Wanted down Under program then email the BBC at the address above.
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Hi we are the Dade family made up of carl (37) Sam (38) Thomas (12) Charlie(8) and Tilly-rose (3) . We have thought for many years about moving to Oz with some of our friends already making the move and love it. We are both self employed Carl a horticultural worker (rose Grafter) he is also a qualified specialist baker. I have had my own photography business but we the present climate i have bulit up my self as a sucessful bebt collector..I have a HND in business studies.
Thomas is at high school loves football and is in the excerlated education programe and gifted and talented in sport and education.. Charlie in middle school and loves drama and dance. Tilly well is tilly..
We would love to take part in your next series. so we can finally make the move with some great help.
thank you
Sam , Carl, Tom, Charlie, Tilly-Rose
hi there my girlfriend lynsey(28) and i(31) are looking to start a new life in australia, im a fully qualified electrician and lynsey a fully qualified hairdresser. i have my own electrical business in bradford, yorkshire and lynsey has her own mobile hairdressing business based in bradford. our ambition is to move to aus and start up my own electrical company and eventually open a salon for lynsey. i have previous experience of aus from 2002 when i worked as an electrician in sydney on a working holiday visa. we see the programme as the perfect opportunity to start a new life and start a family giving our children the best start in life we can.
kind regards
michael and lynsey
Hi there me and my wife have considered moving to oz but find it quite daunting trawing through all the web pages on it,i am 37 year old roofer with 19 years experience my wife is 30,she is a house wife,but she already has lots of aunties who live in Brisbane and Melbourne and have lived in oz for many,many years,which she speaks to quite regular,we have 3 children there ages are 13,8,and 7,the eldest has been to oz with me and my wife 5 years ago and would love to go.
Please excuse the typo’s. Iam 34.
My husband is due to retire from the Army in 18 months time after 23 years service (39 yrs old). I am a Secondary Design and Technology Teacher we have an eight year old son who loves the outdoors and is an excellent footballer. Both us our jobs (my husband’s trade is a Pharmacy Technician) are on the skills shortage lists and we are considering a move to New Zealand. Our families were both in the forces and are scattered all over and are enthusiastic about travelling down under to visit us and we have relatives (my sister and her family, also about to leave the forces) who would probably follow us out there too!! So we have very little reason not to go have spent years living and working overseas and visited oz. Only thing stopping us is having not experienced New Zealand, keen to try and would love the help to get down under. Fingers crossed.
Good day to you all ,
we are looking to start a new life in australia/new zealand we are currantly researching the both and there are a few differences in both my husband (matthew 42) is ready to up and go tomorrow although i am a little more reserved as i have a job i love and i am very close with my family we are planning a visit to new zealand in january i have a brother ,sister in law and there three children that live in australia and they love it it took them two years to get over there but they love it, we would love to take part in your programme iam 32 we have two children molly 14 and maisy 9 who are excited about the move and change in lifestyle
looking forward to hearing from yourselves regards
Rebecca Dewell
Hi, I was on the website for wanted down under and came across your comments. I just had to reply because it is the exact same situation as me and my husband. We have 3 children and my husband would up and move tomorrow but I am really worried. I hope your trip goes well and would love to hear how far you have got and the area you think suits with children.
Kirstin
Our whole family would love to emegrate to Australia, we looked into this approximately 7 years ago, however the death of my mother 6 years ago and my father 2 years ago put a hold on our plans.
We are looking for a new life as “our” family. We very much enjoy spedning time together its just getting it here and also the weather in which to do it. I am currently employed in the Private Health Care Sector as a PA and my husband runs his own contract cleaning company, however is also a telecomms engineer/rigger after working for BT for 11 years.
We are not looking for miracles just a happy and contented family life with more time to spend with each other. Our new motto has to be work to live not live to work.
We would love to relocate to Brisbane, my husbands sister currently lives in NZ and would also relocate should we get out there. We haven’t seen her for 6 years!!!
IF you are looking for someone to go and be part of your programme please get in touch, we are hoping to be out there by summer next year.
Would love to Ashley, however please read the article for the correct contact details
Good luck!
Hi,
My husband and I really want to immigrate to Perth Australia. We are both over 45 so cannot pass the Skills Assessment. We looked for vacancies in Perth on the web site and found loads of Facilities jobs which is our expertise.
We are both very hard working and believe we have a lot to offer Australia even though we are older. (Martin 57, myself 52) (We are young at heart and enjoy life)
Martin’s dad lives in Perth as well as his sister. We are finding it so frustrating as we would dearly love to work and eventually retire there. (we are going to apply for migration through sponsorship and AoS means – wish us luck)
Please can we have the opportunity to be on your show and help us achieve our dream? Over 45’s have a lot to offer as well you know!!
Very much appreciated. Martin & Karen
Hi my name is Debbie, my husband Robert and our 3 kids 5,9,13 would love the oppertunity to be on your show.
we Have been thinking of moving down under for a while now but have no real idea how to go about it.
As we only wont to do this once it would be great to have your expertise in the country , how to find jobs, house schools ect.
we wont a better life for our kids and this seems the perfect place we did look at spain a few years ago but decided this was not for us.
My husband is a floor finisher and we know this is a sought after trade down under i am a support worker for the elderly and disabled, so i hope finding jobs would not be too difficult.
Please please help us fulfill this dream to give both ourselves and our kids the best start in our new life downunder.
We are definatly going to do it it would just be so much nicer and easier with your help.
Thank you
Debbie Mcbride. x x
Hi There,
After spending about a year pondering on the idea of potentially moving to Oz, myself and my partner of 6 years have finally decided to take the plunge and see if it’s really for us! We are in our early twenties and are currently renting a really nice house in Nottingham but can’t help but feel tied down and enthusiastic about emigrating. I currently work as IT recruitment consultant and my partner is a qualified fitness advisor with hopes of getting into the fire service.
We love the idea of having the opportunity to start a new life in a beautiful place and be different from the crowd! We have friends and family who are currently in process of relocating and we are keen to find out more and the best way to go about it. We think wanted down under would be a great opportunity to find out about employers, property and generally get the feel for life in Oz! At present apart from work we don’t have any major commitments and are looking to settle down and start a family of our own in Sydney!
We are not really sure which visa would be most suitable for us?
Please help us make a positive change in our lifes and really make the most of our future.
Thank you,
Sabina
hi,
my name is glenn barlow and im married to alison for 9 years, i am 39 my wife is 36, we ave two children 19, 17, we have been interested in moving to australia for a number of years now but our funds have not been sufficient to acheive our goal, now they are in place. i crrently work for the r.a.c. as a breakdown patrol i am a fully qualified vehicle technician i also have a class 1 licience which i am entitiled to drive articulated vehicles, my wife works for the nhs as a nurses assistant for a number of years she has experience in other fields of the medical industry.we have a mortgage on our home and would be able to acheive a mortgage of approx £150,000. all we do my wife and i, is work long hours to have a nice home and give the children all they need, but the time has come for us to spend more time with each other and to give chelsea and glenn a good start in life. we have searched the net for about 4 years now tring to decied what part of oz would suit our needsbut the country is so diverse its hard to make. we started watching wanted down under and fell in love with perth, the climate people, work prospects, for the whole family, and their outlook on life, also the culture, low crime rate, and too many more reasons to mention, we would love the oppoortunity to appear on your program and to experience a new life whatit would bring. please could yo help me and my family to change our lives fo r the better. thankyou for your time.
glenn barlow
my partner was born in wondi,queensland in 1972,we have 4 children and we have been trying to move over to oz for many years.
my partner is a foreman/machine driver in a groundworkers firm and have all his tickets, but everytime we try to find out which visa is best for us we don’t get a straight answer.anyone who could help us go the right way, we would be very happy!
hi my name is victoria cawte and im a single mam with a 6 moth old son matthew.my dream is two have a better life for my son matthew and will keep trying till my dream happens.im prepared two work v hard and have quailfications in both dance teacher and fitness instuctor and have a relative living there can you please help me and my sons dream come true.
Hi, I am 36 years old and my partner john is 41years old we have 3 boys aged 12, 9 and 6. I am a qualified midwife working 30 hours a week at present. We have been thinking of emigrating to Australia for some time now, and I was offered a job last july in the main city hopsital in perth, since then cant think of nothing else but to move out there. We would love to appear on your show so we could decide if Australia has the expectations we are looking for as we want a better life for our kids.Please help me and my family find a better life.
Thankyou
Alison Woods
hi, can’t believe i’m able to contact the show i love watching it i’m a big fan but i was wondering do you have to be from the uk to apply to the show as me and my family live in ireland at the moment but are interested in making the big move to australia i am 34 and my husband is 35 he would come under the skilled worker as he is a brick layer, we have four children all boys ages 2,3,6,and 13, very energic boys and we mainly want to make the move for them as in ireland there’s not much to do as the weather is always bad so ther’s nowhere to bring them and with the ressesion hitting everyone bad over here my husband got made redundant and is finding it impossible to find work so we would rent out our house for 12 months and rent in australia as we have never been there before and don’t know much about it only wat we’ve seen on the show and what other people have told us we have joined up with an agency to try get perminent visa’s but this will take anything up to a year please help me and my family look for a better and fuller life, thanks
kind regards
Edel Maloney
Want to go to australia,
My partner runs his own business
We have 3 children under 8. I am a stay at home mam and we are not married. need help
regards Pamela byrne
me and my family would love to stay in australia i am a air conditioning engineer and my with is a dental nurse if you can help it would be lovely thanks can you get back to me
regards bryan burrows..
I am 34 and have two boys aged 9 and 11yrs, we have talked about moving to Australia for several years now, my boys are very much outdoor children and would love to get involed with all the sporting activities which the country has to offer, we enjoy the heat and living the outdoor life, although we have never visited australia before we would love to take part in your show to experience the different areas to live and view the properties and visit some schools etc and hopefully find a p/time job for me (mum)
hayley colgan & Family
My hubby (29) and I (31) and our 4 kids (14,13,10 and 6) are considering a move to Australia. My hubby is a water leakage technician. We really want to leave Britain behind for Australia. We are not sure where to start. We have been doing lots of research. We really want to do this and any help and advice would be gratefully received.We would love to appear n the next series as we have watched the previous ones and they have really helped the people on it. We would rent for the first six months until my hubby had settled in a job(he would need a job offer before moving out there) then we would hopefully get a mortgage for around £150,000. I hope we can achieve our dream so our children can have a better future.
I would love to relocate permanently to Australia I need some help especially in terms of getting a job.
My family and I visited Australia in Oct 08 for two weeks to visit family , my daughter did not want to go at first but ended up not wanting to come home , my son also did not want to come home . We all fell in love with Oz and would like to emigrate, I said to my family over there I wanted to claim political asylum so we could have stayed. I would recommend going out for a holiday to make sure it is for you.
HELLO,MY NAME IS GAIL ,I AM 38 AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO LEE(39) FOR OVER12 YEARS,I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS MEGHAN (11) AND LEAH(10) WE HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN A EXCITING NEW LIFE FOR OUR FAMILY IN AUSTRALIA FOR SOME TIME ,WE HAVE THOUGHT AND TALKED OF NOTHING ELSE,ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BOTH NEVER VISITED AUSTRALA WE CAN'T WAIT FOR A NEW CHALLENGE,WE DO HAVE A VISA APPLICANT CURRENTLY IN PROCESS FOR A PERMINENT RESIDENT FOR QUEENSLAND , AUSTRALIA, YOUR PROGRAMME HAS REALLY HELPED US AND ANSWERED A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS WE HAVE ASKED OURSELVES.
WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THIS WONDERFUL,COLOURFUL COUNTRY .