Nerine

This is really aimed at people who've left their country of origin, lived in another for some time and then moved to Australia.

Which, if any, expat group do you tend to gravitate towards or feel an affinity for - that of your homeland or your subsequent country? With so many Kiwis and Brits in SE Queensland it's quite nice to have a foot in both camps. Have you found the same?

welshviking

To be honest I feel all over the place a bit really, kinda shared out between countries, and we have't go to Oz yet,


You?

Hutch

The latter.

Nerine

Me? well, I'm surprised that I feel more empathy towards Kiwis. I'm still very proud of my British heritage and our traditions and there's no way I'd loose my (very) English accent (much to my kids' disgust ) but I do feel more of a draw towards Kiwis, possibly because I've not severed ties with NZ yet. It's an interesting one.

I often wonder what it would feel like to go back to Britain to live, how easy it would be to fit in.

jce

I was born in South Africa, moved to the UK and now in Australia

I learnt from my parents who moved from the UK to South Africa that mainly associating with expats is the best way not to settle and end up going back!

So here now I always tend to gravitate to aussies rather than Brits.

Geelong Gent

Nerine I am the opposite I feel more akin to my british heritage. Perhaps leaving friends in my mid 20's in NZ and finding them still in the same rut some 15 years later

Perhaps I have also discovered more to England than east enders and hankerchief dancing.

Buzzy--Bee

Yes Mrs Buzzy feels the same mate. Me, I'm an Englishman living the life of an Australian. To avoid confusion, I refer to myself as Victorian, which makes my Dad laugh as that's exactly what I've been referring to him as all his life!

Buzzy

Nerine

I guess I should say I'm a Queenslander then? (visions of balconied wooden houses spring to mind)