What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
Jul 16th 2010, 2:25 pm
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What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
Keen to find out what people found hard up until leaving, and then upon arrival in Aus.
Jul 16th 2010, 2:35 pm
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Re: What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
The useful reply is...I was so bloody busy I didn't have time to be nervous!
Jul 17th 2010, 1:48 am
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Re: What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
Were we doing the right thing?
Will I cope with all this stress without killing anyone in my family?
Will I survive all the goodbyes?
Will we ever get on that plane?
I could go on but it's really quite a horrible memory!
Will I cope with all this stress without killing anyone in my family?
Will I survive all the goodbyes?
Will we ever get on that plane?
I could go on but it's really quite a horrible memory!
Jul 17th 2010, 5:03 am
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Re: What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
Cant remember that I felt nervous about anything really. I was far more nervous moving to PNG.
Jul 17th 2010, 5:32 am
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Re: What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
I was nervous that all the negative people on his forum were right. I hadn't seen any of the negatives that they talked about during my reccie and holidays in Australia, and though maybe it would be different once I lived here, and all the negatives would affect me too.
3 years on, and I still haven't seen any of those negatives....
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Jul 17th 2010, 5:40 am
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Re: What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
I can't say I was ... in retrospect, given I was marrying someone who I'd known for 2 weeks and was going to meet her in a maternity ward straight off the plane, so this surprising.
To be honest I didn't mind leaving the UK at all, I'd had no job for 3 years, no home so what the hell?
Life is, as they say, too short not to.
To be honest I didn't mind leaving the UK at all, I'd had no job for 3 years, no home so what the hell?
Life is, as they say, too short not to.
Jul 17th 2010, 10:40 am
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Re: What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
I can't say I was ... in retrospect, given I was marrying someone who I'd known for 2 weeks and was going to meet her in a maternity ward straight off the plane, so this surprising.
To be honest I didn't mind leaving the UK at all, I'd had no job for 3 years, no home so what the hell?
Life is, as they say, too short not to.
To be honest I didn't mind leaving the UK at all, I'd had no job for 3 years, no home so what the hell?
Life is, as they say, too short not to.
Not nervous - as nothing to lose. I knew there was work, and I knew we'd slot in somewhere.
My wife thought I'd get us out of any trouble. They were trusting days!
Jul 17th 2010, 12:41 pm
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Re: What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
It is a good story to tell at BBQs though ...
Seems like a bloody long time ago now.
Jul 17th 2010, 1:22 pm
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Jul 18th 2010, 12:04 am
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Re: What were you nervous about before heading to Aus?
Planning isn't everything!
