Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
Feb 18th 2008, 12:50 pm
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
Yeap, it took guts to come out here and it will take guts to go back, cut our losses and start again. http://www.mom2mom.ca/ipbb/style_emo.../default/7.gif Character building stuff I guess.
Feb 18th 2008, 10:19 pm
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
Hi
My advice FWIW would be to book lots of things to do - and do them, especially the things you couldnt do so easilly in Oz, like weekend breaks, Ryanair abroad, footie matches, theatre, gigs - whatever is your interest.
We were discussing this the other day. When you are gearing up to move abroad, you often get so consumed in that proceess you do little else and are in limboland, so you get bored and think by moving you will have more to do. Then, if it doesnt work out and you have to go back (or want to), you go back into limboland in the other direction.
I reckon we spent about 4 yrs in limboland and I was determined to get out of the rut I had created. So, its something different every week - even if its just to catch up on an old mate - Sometimes hard work, but I really dont want to get back into old habits again.
But do put things in a calander and buy those tickets in advance else its easy have a "lazy day" and think, i wont do anything this week.
Good luck with your move back
C
My advice FWIW would be to book lots of things to do - and do them, especially the things you couldnt do so easilly in Oz, like weekend breaks, Ryanair abroad, footie matches, theatre, gigs - whatever is your interest.
We were discussing this the other day. When you are gearing up to move abroad, you often get so consumed in that proceess you do little else and are in limboland, so you get bored and think by moving you will have more to do. Then, if it doesnt work out and you have to go back (or want to), you go back into limboland in the other direction.
I reckon we spent about 4 yrs in limboland and I was determined to get out of the rut I had created. So, its something different every week - even if its just to catch up on an old mate - Sometimes hard work, but I really dont want to get back into old habits again.But do put things in a calander and buy those tickets in advance else its easy have a "lazy day" and think, i wont do anything this week.
Good luck with your move back
C
Just completed our 43rd flight in 3 years since returning from Vancouver.
Mind you, i'd go back tomorrow.
Feb 19th 2008, 4:29 am
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Feb 22nd 2008, 3:38 pm
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
no worries!!! Just that stating the obvious is never that helpful!!
Feb 23rd 2008, 12:05 am
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
To some, the obvious is only obvious in hindsight.
No harm done.
No harm done.
Feb 23rd 2008, 12:47 am
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
when you get back to the UK you might get the 'everything is TOO familiar and nothing has changed and i dont like that' feeling.
If so take trips out to new parts of the UK, when i first moved back and was feeling a bit down I found that trips to new areas with different accents/ landscape/wildlife/ attitudes/foods/even the different ITV set up is a nice break from over familiarity and was really uplifting.
Lets just say thatif you are from say blackburn in lancashire and you take a trip to cornwall or east anglia, you get quite a different feeling, in fact people might say to you 'oh, your not from round here are you?' its quite funny as after being in another country it seems so quaint that you can get that with a simple drive. sure the UK has some issues but the countryside as a healer is on the doorstep as are those little pubs IN the countryside!!
on a couple of occasions we rented cottages in devon in the middle of nowhere and despite some rather crappy weather i found myself enjoying those weeks like never before, drinking local cider, eating the local 'white pudding' (just what the hell is white pudding??? I thought when i went to the butchers) hiking on dartmoor dog and all, all a pleasant and 'softer' time than in the small towns of lancashire.
If so take trips out to new parts of the UK, when i first moved back and was feeling a bit down I found that trips to new areas with different accents/ landscape/wildlife/ attitudes/foods/even the different ITV set up is a nice break from over familiarity and was really uplifting.
Lets just say thatif you are from say blackburn in lancashire and you take a trip to cornwall or east anglia, you get quite a different feeling, in fact people might say to you 'oh, your not from round here are you?' its quite funny as after being in another country it seems so quaint that you can get that with a simple drive. sure the UK has some issues but the countryside as a healer is on the doorstep as are those little pubs IN the countryside!!
on a couple of occasions we rented cottages in devon in the middle of nowhere and despite some rather crappy weather i found myself enjoying those weeks like never before, drinking local cider, eating the local 'white pudding' (just what the hell is white pudding??? I thought when i went to the butchers) hiking on dartmoor dog and all, all a pleasant and 'softer' time than in the small towns of lancashire.
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Feb 23rd 2008, 2:00 am
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
when you get back to the UK you might get the 'everything is TOO familiar and nothing has changed and i dont like that' feeling.
If so take trips out to new parts of the UK, when i first moved back and was feeling a bit down I found that trips to new areas with different accents/ landscape/wildlife/ attitudes/foods/even the different ITV set up is a nice break from over familiarity and was really uplifting.
Lets just say thatif you are from say blackburn in lancashire and you take a trip to cornwall or east anglia, you get quite a different feeling, in fact people might say to you 'oh, your not from round here are you?' its quite funny as after being in another country it seems so quaint that you can get that with a simple drive. sure the UK has some issues but the countryside as a healer is on the doorstep as are those little pubs IN the countryside!!
on a couple of occasions we rented cottages in devon in the middle of nowhere and despite some rather crappy weather i found myself enjoying those weeks like never before, drinking local cider, eating the local 'white pudding' (just what the hell is white pudding??? I thought when i went to the butchers) hiking on dartmoor dog and all, all a pleasant and 'softer' time than in the small towns of lancashire.
If so take trips out to new parts of the UK, when i first moved back and was feeling a bit down I found that trips to new areas with different accents/ landscape/wildlife/ attitudes/foods/even the different ITV set up is a nice break from over familiarity and was really uplifting.
Lets just say thatif you are from say blackburn in lancashire and you take a trip to cornwall or east anglia, you get quite a different feeling, in fact people might say to you 'oh, your not from round here are you?' its quite funny as after being in another country it seems so quaint that you can get that with a simple drive. sure the UK has some issues but the countryside as a healer is on the doorstep as are those little pubs IN the countryside!!
on a couple of occasions we rented cottages in devon in the middle of nowhere and despite some rather crappy weather i found myself enjoying those weeks like never before, drinking local cider, eating the local 'white pudding' (just what the hell is white pudding??? I thought when i went to the butchers) hiking on dartmoor dog and all, all a pleasant and 'softer' time than in the small towns of lancashire.
Feb 29th 2008, 2:50 pm
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
"Just completed our 43rd flight in 3 years since returning from Vancouver".
That's one massive carbon footprint!
That's one massive carbon footprint!
Mar 1st 2008, 5:29 pm
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
After 2 years of living in Sydney, my boyf and i have decided to move back to the UK. We absolutely love it here but have reached the next stage of our relationship (i.e. marriage/kids/house) and cant imagine doing that without our families around us...
All our friends here think we are mad and think we will regret it (and sometimes i think they are right). The scary thing is we cant come back here if we dont like it. (we went to see a migration lawyer and we dont have enough points for an easy return etc)
But anyway - we've made the decision and will get back to the midlands in August this year.
Does anyone have any tips for making the whole process easier? and not missing Aus so much?
All our friends here think we are mad and think we will regret it (and sometimes i think they are right). The scary thing is we cant come back here if we dont like it. (we went to see a migration lawyer and we dont have enough points for an easy return etc)
But anyway - we've made the decision and will get back to the midlands in August this year.
Does anyone have any tips for making the whole process easier? and not missing Aus so much?
Mar 2nd 2008, 2:26 pm
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
Very suited to Australia-Has no real opinion of his own-plus whats so safe here? We are on an island full of hooning kids, drugs, petrol pinching, the locals live in fear! OH YES A GREAT PLACE TO BRING UP CHILDREN! Everyone is saying LEAVE.......Should I go on? Not mention the riots in Sydney, graffiti.....etc etc Its the people and family they want to be with- don't u get it? What a moron-AGAIN QUITE SUITED TO AUSTRALIA FIT RIGHT IN!
As the others have said don't post unless u have something constructive to say-its not easy going back I assure u-
As the others have said don't post unless u have something constructive to say-its not easy going back I assure u-
Mar 2nd 2008, 2:45 pm
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
Look for me personally I have a VERY sad story living here and I dont really want to go into that now-Basically it comes down to where u feel u belong no matter how hard it is or the weather! I feel I dont belong here I have been here since I was 12 and it feels as foreign now as it did back when I came through Sydney harbour-I have family here AND the UK-its very diificult-3 of us want to go but my son wants to stay because of the family-we have said when u are old enough u can come back-So cant simply dismiss Australia but I really do WANT TO!
U have to sit down and say where do I feel "me" If its the UK great-it wont be easy we wont have money as we have spent it on land but we are going to live on the canals and hopefully find piece at last....
Please please dont wait 35 years like I did
Mar 2nd 2008, 3:17 pm
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Re: Any tips for settling back in the UK after life in Aus?
Good luck to you. 35yrs same as me.If I had had the money I would have been gone years ago.Still....going to give it a try even though we are scared and obviously concerned that things work out.regards.
Mar 2nd 2008, 3:49 pm
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