Thanks for those, keep them coming, messages via PM's are fine too.
I could swim, but the kids have grown up in the UK, so cant swim as far as the missus and I, so that option is a bit harsh on them.
Sadly nowadays, I think nothing at all is done if you steal a loaf of bread.......there again, I think you would lose your UK airside pass (but I would still have my ASIC!!)..........relatives tried that approach with a silver tankard a century and a half ago.....thats how we ended up in Oz in the first place!!!! Good on em!!