ANH100

I moved to Aus 6 years ago and temporally moved back to UK for 6 months. I'm loving being home and all the old feelings of dread and disappointment are returning at the thought of this time here in the UK coming to an end. When i first moved to aus I felt homesick for so long, I eventually came to love aus and got my citizenship etc however I'm scared that i'm going to go through that feeling again when i return. Its about missing family and all that comes with living in the UK....i'm really concerned that i wont want to get on that plane when the time comes.

Has anybody gone through this and if so is there anything you did to make it easier to return? Also does anyone know if there are any services/products on this stuff that can help me? books? Sites? etc? All i can find on line is practical info about moving to aus.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

ANH100

Pomster

ius there any reason yo have to get on the plane, or can you stay longer?

Bernieboy

If you really struggle,call the A team,they always managed to get Mr T on the plane

ANH100

love it.... if only Mr T would come with me to OZ!! I love that man

ANH100

im on mat leave out here at the moment and my job is back there. Husbands job very flexible. but mine is in melb....cant really go without it....

Bernieboy

Good,so don't give me none of yer jibba jabba foo,get some nuts ya hear,or you will feel ma paaiiiin !!!

Pomster

Ah hormones at work! They stuff you up a while.
I cried at the thought of returning to work after 6 months- no one else could look after my precious bub- so I managed to extend it out to a year! It was much easier then.

(Now she is 5 I am happy for anyone else to look after her!!!)

h2oskineil

You may have all this set up???

We have a SKYPE OUT number, which is a local number in Perth that we call to be connected to our friends and family in the UK.
$6.99 per month and the calls are unlimited.
We phone parents and friends everyday, I use my commute time in the car (my mobile calls are free) my wife uses the home phone (our Telstra package gives us free local calls)
With this phone connection always available, it doesn't feel like they are far away.

Then on the evenings or weekends, get on Skype or Apple Facetime (iphone,Ipad) and see each other. My mate lives in the UK and girlfriend in Florida, and they sit and have meals together and share and glass of wine... well almost.

ASUS make a WIFI camera phone if your parents don't have a computer (don't know if it's any good) http://event.asus.com/eeevideophone/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd25Fkia-e0

Family of 3

I got my technology über-challenged parents an iPod Touch for Christmas. They can't do anything else on it, but can make/receive FaceTime calls on it. They love it - they can see Mini daily (although have trouble grasping that he sometimes doesn't have a lot to say.......

ANH100

thats very cute.... yes ive set everyone up here with technology I think its more the thought of being so far away... and the future of travel with kids...

Pomster

we have travelled heaps with little Miss P- it is never as bad as you think ...and gets easier as they get to the stage of being entranced by TV. Miss P aged 5 has made 4 Aus-UK trips and they are OK- not great but OK.

It is also hard being away from family but I found I made more friends since becoming a mum and have more AU support than I did as a non-parent.

ChocolateOrange

If you're really starting to dread it, don't come back?

We have been here for 8 months now and decided at 6 months that we would go back. Now we're just counting down the days. If I had the opportunity to go back now, I would.

ANH100

That must be really hard I totally understand the feeling. just out of interest why did you move in the first place?

ChocolateOrange

We came for a better quality of life but we're based in WA and the cost of living means our life is much harder, added to the fact that the education is awful, fresh food is horrible, houses are Very poorly built, night life is non-existent, meals out are a bit of a joke (V expensive for mediocre quality) etc etc.

We have a lot of problems with education, meaning I now have 2 kids who are home-school and both of whom are desperate to go back to the UK.. My husband is exceedingly bored in his job and misses qualified professionals who take pride in the work they do.

I am sure that had we moved to the East coast we would have been in a better place and could have made a better go of things, but this isn't possible.

Are you back here now?

Bermudashorts

Somebody saying they are moving for a "better quality of life" always makes me think "uh-oh"...