And nothing to do with body odour in the hot weather lol.

Been ping ponging since 2003 haha, did 6 months 2003/2004, 3.5 years 2008 onwards, 6 months 2011, 6 months 2013 and have just landed back for another go... need to do at least a coupe of years this time to get the 5 year rrv..

any other serial ping pongers on here?

Some of it ping pong, some not.

Started in '89 on a WHV, due to exceptional skills was asked to stay but global events meant it easier to apply from the UK at the time.

So i went: OZ-UK-OZ-US (secondement)-OZ-UK-NZ(secondment)-OZ-Colombia-OZ-Korea-UK-OZ-UK-OZ(briefly) -UK currently but will be Oz again at some point.

So I can't say it's all been ping ponging but the gravitational pull has always been back to Sydney.

I/we have definitely lived a life less ordinary but figuring out my pension is like herding cats

Not the biggest here but -

• Australia 2001 - 2005
  
• Back to the UK 2005 - 2011
  
• Australia 2011 - present.

Hopefully that will be it for us, stressful enough relocating overseas once let alone going through it all twice!

Wouldn't change a thing though, it has never been boring and we see it all as being an adventure.

Uk 1973 - 1985
Oz 1985 -1996
Uk 1996 - 1997
Oz 1997 - 1999
Uk 1999 - 2010
Oz 2010 - present.

well looks like i lose haha, can't beat having the choice tho hey

Choice is the best. I can happily live in either place. Should life allow it, I will continue to do it.

He's the biggest something alright!







Are you mental?

Don't you think one stressful move is enough ........or are you one of these strange people who get a buzz off being stressed.

I have little recollection of the one in the 80s. The ones in the 90s were very mobile. I was single, free, and only moved what I needed. The one in 2010 was made easy as my company sorted everything out for us.

Oh right. Fair enough.


I wouldn't like to be a ping pong'er with kids, pheewwww! It makes me sweat just thinking about it!

I was just wondering if Valespark had popped in here yet to comment

(welcome back Pete!)

You called

Third time for us, but a new city and a new state.

Good to see you here. Hope Sydney works out for you...otherwise there is plenty of room in Melbourne!

So glad I read this, I am getting those wanderlust feelings again.
We emigrated to NZ in 2005 came back in 2006. Hubby and two kids at the time. We now have three, 18 15 and 5.
We came back because of me, I hated it, I got really homesick and fell pretty ill.
The feelings of guilt leaving my mum and dad and my sister and brother were immense, I hardy see my sister and brother now.
My mum and dad are now 74 and not in the greatest of health.
My hubby is 50 in Nov 2015 and I keep thinking this may be our last shot at trying again. My dad would tell me to jump on a plane as he says we should have stayed in NZ.
I keep thinking Aus might be better as we have kids going to Uni etc. And we have some family and friends there but we also did in NZ.
Part of me wants to pack and go now and part think what the hell are you thinking. When I told my hubby my thoughts the other night his eyes lit up as he loved living in NZ.
Has anyone ping pomed and dealt with homesickness differently.

My old user was Jo-b, I remember Northern Bird as we were the early adopters of the forum I think back then.