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A move like that is not irreversable! Hard but not impossible. Wouldn't you rather do it and decide it's not for you based on experience than never know and always regrett never trying? Starting again is hard, but life is for living - not being stuck in the same routine day in and day out. You may love it! If not, you will know for sure where you want to be and be happy for the rest of your days knowing you have chosen to be there.....where ever that may be! :D

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People seem to forget that often their relatives are far enough as it is to preclude anything other than planned, 'a few visits a year', maybe once a year. However once they are in Australia, all of a sudden this gets forgotten and it seemed like they were around the corner- which it would seem like......

My mother lives on the other side of the country and I've seen her 3 times in 7 years! The last time she was a bit cheeky so I walked out - and haven't seen her since. (The second to last time, a few weeks earlier, I saw her was to introduce her to my wife! :scared: )

But we really 'get on' well over email so it's not so bad.

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hello margaret :)
We ve been here 18 months now,and its the biggest thing we ve ever done in our lives,we up rooted our then 17 yrs old daughter who got cold feet at the last minute and didnt want to come,sold our house,so we were homeless and sent all our worldly goods to the other side of the world.Has it been easy?not always,is money tight?yes it is,has our life changed?unrecognisable,do we miss england? not at all,have we done the right thing,absolutely YES!
It was a risk,we d never visited australia before,to be honest its not somewhere id even craved to come for a holiday,we just wanted more out of life than working full time for what was essentially 2 weeks holiday a year,we didnt seem to do much else.We were attracted to the more out door lifestyle.We went through the tra,medicals and visa process,never really thinking we d ever actually do it,but we sold our house almost straight away and it was like a daze to be honest,i dont think i really registered that it was real,i know it sounds odd but it felt just like i was going on holiday,it was until we were on our was that it suddenly hit me,OMG im homeless!
We we arrived in brisbane and have made loades of friends,hubby got a job within 3 weeks,im gradually building up my business and my daughter although has found it hard because she had already left school is gradually making a life for herself.Money is tight,we didnt have alot to bring with us, we have a large mortgage but there is so much to do and see here that doesnt cost anything,the lifestyle is so relaxed,we re well away from the fast paced liestyle of the uk,its definately the best move we ve ever made,i would go back now,it was a risk but one worth taking :D so dont worry just take each day as it comes and enjoy exploring your new life,whats the worst that can happen,if you dont like it here you can always move on to somewhere else,the world is a big place.
As for friends and family well the webcams are great and i probably talk to my brother more now im here than i ever did in the uk,and you can look forward,or not :scared: to visits.

tracey