Back in the UK...nearly 3 years on!!
Mar 8th 2007, 9:28 pm
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Mar 8th 2007, 9:30 pm
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Good luck. The first few weeks are the strangest I think. I wasn't sure where we were really suppose to be? I knew I didn't want to live in Aus but wasn't really sure of anything. We had to live with my parents for a few months though so that was tougher than the normal!
Mar 8th 2007, 9:32 pm
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Glad to hear you are ok. Nice when things go well on the return isn't it.
Mar 8th 2007, 9:34 pm
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Thanks to everyone for your messages. I wish everyone who's returning good wishes, I'm sure you'll be settled back into things sooner than you think.
To those who have to stay, or for now at least, try and think of it as more of an adventure, a long holiday but you will return...... Says she who use to go and meet hubby on his diiner break, in a pair of dark glasses and cry until he wished his lunch break were over!!!
To those who have to stay, or for now at least, try and think of it as more of an adventure, a long holiday but you will return...... Says she who use to go and meet hubby on his diiner break, in a pair of dark glasses and cry until he wished his lunch break were over!!!
Mar 9th 2007, 8:43 pm
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Good luck. The first few weeks are the strangest I think. I wasn't sure where we were really suppose to be? I knew I didn't want to live in Aus but wasn't really sure of anything. We had to live with my parents for a few months though so that was tougher than the normal!
We will be stopping with my Mum for a while although it may be hard I will try and take the time to contemplate on what we have done and decide whats next.Things will be strange for some time I am sure and I may feel like you that I don't belong anywhere.Only time will tell.
Mar 9th 2007, 11:11 pm
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glad to hear things are going so well for you janey 
i remember you posting when i first joined, and thanks to you and other posters we have given our move to aus some very serious though and have aproached it with a ''its not forever'' attitude ... its an adventure that we can 'come home' from if we dont settle.
good luck, and congratulations on the birth of your little un 
sue x
i remember you posting when i first joined, and thanks to you and other posters we have given our move to aus some very serious though and have aproached it with a ''its not forever'' attitude ... its an adventure that we can 'come home' from if we dont settle.
good luck, and congratulations on the birth of your little un
sue x
Mar 10th 2007, 7:53 am
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glad to hear things are going so well for you janey
i remember you posting when i first joined, and thanks to you and other posters we have given our move to aus some very serious though and have aproached it with a ''its not forever'' attitude ... its an adventure that we can 'come home' from if we dont settle.
good luck, and congratulations on the birth of your little un
sue x
i remember you posting when i first joined, and thanks to you and other posters we have given our move to aus some very serious though and have aproached it with a ''its not forever'' attitude ... its an adventure that we can 'come home' from if we dont settle.
good luck, and congratulations on the birth of your little un
sue x
I remember you. Did you ever make it to OZ? I know you were going but then things went a bit pear shaped didn't they?
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Mar 12th 2007, 10:47 pm
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lol ... thats understatement of the year!!
im currently looking after my old mum who had a stroke about 14 months ago, so plans to go to aus went well and truly pear shaped!! we are heading out for a holiday in may though ... think we have earned it
glad to hear 'home' is home again,
take care
sue x
Mar 14th 2007, 4:44 am
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Well done Janey,
Glad to hear that you're happy in your life back in blighty!
I'm quite jealous of you right now, we've only been in Perth for 3 months but I'm already wanting to go home! Sure the beaches and weather etc are great but that doesn't compensate for missing all of our family and friends in the UK. Many people say that you haven't given it enough time etc or that you should wait the full 2 years to get citizenship etc, I can see thier point but you cant just stay somewhere because it may make it easier in the long run if you want to come back! Don't get me wrong, I have good days and bad days here but this place isn't home and I feel that it never will be without friends and family etc. I even miss the UK weather which is crazy!!
My OH's family are all going to Greece in June for her brothers wedding and it breaks my heart that we cant be there, but you never know, we may be back in blighty by then! lol
I start my first day at work tomorrow over here which isnt helping but I think I'd rather be starting a new job back in England.
Time will tell I suppose.
Glad to hear that you're happy in your life back in blighty!
I'm quite jealous of you right now, we've only been in Perth for 3 months but I'm already wanting to go home! Sure the beaches and weather etc are great but that doesn't compensate for missing all of our family and friends in the UK. Many people say that you haven't given it enough time etc or that you should wait the full 2 years to get citizenship etc, I can see thier point but you cant just stay somewhere because it may make it easier in the long run if you want to come back! Don't get me wrong, I have good days and bad days here but this place isn't home and I feel that it never will be without friends and family etc. I even miss the UK weather which is crazy!!
My OH's family are all going to Greece in June for her brothers wedding and it breaks my heart that we cant be there, but you never know, we may be back in blighty by then! lol
I start my first day at work tomorrow over here which isnt helping but I think I'd rather be starting a new job back in England.
Time will tell I suppose.
Mar 14th 2007, 6:22 am
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Well done Janey,
I'm quite jealous of you right now, we've only been in Perth for 3 months but I'm already wanting to go home! Sure the beaches and weather etc are great but that doesn't compensate for missing all of our family and friends in the UK. Many people say that you haven't given it enough time etc or that you should wait the full 2 years to get citizenship etc, I can see thier point but you cant just stay somewhere because it may make it easier in the long run if you want to come back! Don't get me wrong, I have good days and bad days here but this place isn't home and I feel that it never will be without friends and family etc. I even miss the UK weather which is crazy!!
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I'm quite jealous of you right now, we've only been in Perth for 3 months but I'm already wanting to go home! Sure the beaches and weather etc are great but that doesn't compensate for missing all of our family and friends in the UK. Many people say that you haven't given it enough time etc or that you should wait the full 2 years to get citizenship etc, I can see thier point but you cant just stay somewhere because it may make it easier in the long run if you want to come back! Don't get me wrong, I have good days and bad days here but this place isn't home and I feel that it never will be without friends and family etc. I even miss the UK weather which is crazy!!
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We came here thinking we'd be able to control those homesick feelings. After all, we're grown ups for goodness sake!!!
You are just one of many many people who are not enjoying life here as much as they thought. If you feel you don't want to stay, then don't. I am shackled by circumstance, so can't go back just yet. The only thing I would say though, if you go back after a short length of time you may well start to have the ping-pong feelings of "Did we give it enough time?" "Did we try hard enough?". If it really isn't for you and you can't see yourself living the rest of your life without your family with you, and you miss too much from the UK I would say go back sooner rather than later.
Just as a bit of info; we had friends who moved out here the same time as us (July 2004). They travelled all over Aus for ages trying to find somewhere to settle, didn't like most of it for one reason or another, eventually settled in Perth. They bought a house, got jobs etc etc and moved back after about 8 months I think. They are loving their lives back in the UK as it has given them another perspective and they see their homeland through different eyes now and the LOVE being back home. That's saying a lot because they hated it before!
Mar 14th 2007, 7:39 am
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Isn't it amazing the things you miss that you didn't think you would?
We came here thinking we'd be able to control those homesick feelings. After all, we're grown ups for goodness sake!!!
You are just one of many many people who are not enjoying life here as much as they thought. If you feel you don't want to stay, then don't. I am shackled by circumstance, so can't go back just yet. The only thing I would say though, if you go back after a short length of time you may well start to have the ping-pong feelings of "Did we give it enough time?" "Did we try hard enough?". If it really isn't for you and you can't see yourself living the rest of your life without your family with you, and you miss too much from the UK I would say go back sooner rather than later.
Just as a bit of info; we had friends who moved out here the same time as us (July 2004). They travelled all over Aus for ages trying to find somewhere to settle, didn't like most of it for one reason or another, eventually settled in Perth. They bought a house, got jobs etc etc and moved back after about 8 months I think. They are loving their lives back in the UK as it has given them another perspective and they see their homeland through different eyes now and the LOVE being back home. That's saying a lot because they hated it before!
We came here thinking we'd be able to control those homesick feelings. After all, we're grown ups for goodness sake!!!
You are just one of many many people who are not enjoying life here as much as they thought. If you feel you don't want to stay, then don't. I am shackled by circumstance, so can't go back just yet. The only thing I would say though, if you go back after a short length of time you may well start to have the ping-pong feelings of "Did we give it enough time?" "Did we try hard enough?". If it really isn't for you and you can't see yourself living the rest of your life without your family with you, and you miss too much from the UK I would say go back sooner rather than later.
Just as a bit of info; we had friends who moved out here the same time as us (July 2004). They travelled all over Aus for ages trying to find somewhere to settle, didn't like most of it for one reason or another, eventually settled in Perth. They bought a house, got jobs etc etc and moved back after about 8 months I think. They are loving their lives back in the UK as it has given them another perspective and they see their homeland through different eyes now and the LOVE being back home. That's saying a lot because they hated it before!
If we went back I'm quite sure that we would have the feelings of "Did we give it enough time" etc as I'm an indecisive bugger at the best of times! I would also no doubt regret not getting citizenship considering the amount of money/stress that it took to get to this point, but to stay here suffering for 2 years just to get it would be crazy. Like you're friends, I was also beginning to hate the UK before we left but I think I would look at it differently now. All that crap traffic and bad weather etc is just home to me now and tbh I'll be looking forward to it! I'll still get fed up of the traffic after a while though and the amount of idiots on the streets, plus I'm sure that I'd get a bit fed up of the weather again but missing family and friends will never go away and I think thats the main thing.
Plus I'm starting to miss all sorts of things, things like missing going to the football every saturday and even Soccer AM on a sat morning! (I know I'm a typical bloke! lol). I'd also give anything to walk round Tesco's! I think I've lost the plot at times but I'm sure many people go through it.
I'm going to see how things go with the new job tomorrow and for a few days and then we'll decide what we plan to do.
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Mar 14th 2007, 8:08 am
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Hi Tracey,
If we went back I'm quite sure that we would have the feelings of "Did we give it enough time" etc as I'm an indecisive bugger at the best of times! I would also no doubt regret not getting citizenship considering the amount of money/stress that it took to get to this point, but to stay here suffering for 2 years just to get it would be crazy. Like you're friends, I was also beginning to hate the UK before we left but I think I would look at it differently now. All that crap traffic and bad weather etc is just home to me now and tbh I'll be looking forward to it! I'll still get fed up of the traffic after a while though and the amount of idiots on the streets, plus I'm sure that I'd get a bit fed up of the weather again but missing family and friends will never go away and I think thats the main thing.
Plus I'm starting to miss all sorts of things, things like missing going to the football every saturday and even Soccer AM on a sat morning! (I know I'm a typical bloke! lol). I'd also give anything to walk round Tesco's! I think I've lost the plot at times but I'm sure many people go through it.
I'm going to see how things go with the new job tomorrow and for a few days and then we'll decide what we plan to do.
If we went back I'm quite sure that we would have the feelings of "Did we give it enough time" etc as I'm an indecisive bugger at the best of times! I would also no doubt regret not getting citizenship considering the amount of money/stress that it took to get to this point, but to stay here suffering for 2 years just to get it would be crazy. Like you're friends, I was also beginning to hate the UK before we left but I think I would look at it differently now. All that crap traffic and bad weather etc is just home to me now and tbh I'll be looking forward to it! I'll still get fed up of the traffic after a while though and the amount of idiots on the streets, plus I'm sure that I'd get a bit fed up of the weather again but missing family and friends will never go away and I think thats the main thing.
Plus I'm starting to miss all sorts of things, things like missing going to the football every saturday and even Soccer AM on a sat morning! (I know I'm a typical bloke! lol). I'd also give anything to walk round Tesco's! I think I've lost the plot at times but I'm sure many people go through it.
I'm going to see how things go with the new job tomorrow and for a few days and then we'll decide what we plan to do.
Mar 14th 2007, 8:02 pm
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Well done Janey,
Glad to hear that you're happy in your life back in blighty!
I'm quite jealous of you right now, we've only been in Perth for 3 months but I'm already wanting to go home! Sure the beaches and weather etc are great but that doesn't compensate for missing all of our family and friends in the UK. Many people say that you haven't given it enough time etc or that you should wait the full 2 years to get citizenship etc, I can see thier point but you cant just stay somewhere because it may make it easier in the long run if you want to come back! Don't get me wrong, I have good days and bad days here but this place isn't home and I feel that it never will be without friends and family etc. I even miss the UK weather which is crazy!!
My OH's family are all going to Greece in June for her brothers wedding and it breaks my heart that we cant be there, but you never know, we may be back in blighty by then! lol
I start my first day at work tomorrow over here which isnt helping but I think I'd rather be starting a new job back in England.
Time will tell I suppose.
Glad to hear that you're happy in your life back in blighty!
I'm quite jealous of you right now, we've only been in Perth for 3 months but I'm already wanting to go home! Sure the beaches and weather etc are great but that doesn't compensate for missing all of our family and friends in the UK. Many people say that you haven't given it enough time etc or that you should wait the full 2 years to get citizenship etc, I can see thier point but you cant just stay somewhere because it may make it easier in the long run if you want to come back! Don't get me wrong, I have good days and bad days here but this place isn't home and I feel that it never will be without friends and family etc. I even miss the UK weather which is crazy!!
My OH's family are all going to Greece in June for her brothers wedding and it breaks my heart that we cant be there, but you never know, we may be back in blighty by then! lol
I start my first day at work tomorrow over here which isnt helping but I think I'd rather be starting a new job back in England.
Time will tell I suppose.
I worked for Telstra for a bit, not that was awful! Good luck in your new job, I'm sure it will be far better than the job I had!!
Mar 16th 2007, 7:32 pm
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Hiya!! If I'm completly honest I dont miss much about Perth at all. I suppose I miss going to the wonderful beach at Hillarys but even that became normal and mundane after a while.
I love being back here, I love the weather BUT have found myself just lately wishing for the rain to stop, but thats taken three years! After leaving OZ I didnt mind what the weather did as long as I didn't boil alive!!
It was definitely the right thing for us to do...moving back has been great...honestly. We are ordinary people with an ordinary family who like everyone else wanted better for their children, but what is better is being somewhere the whole family wants to be, not somewhere mum and dad want to be! Although I wanted to come home just as much as our daughter did!!
We don't have flash cars here, we don't live in a massive house. We have a mortgage and work to get by like everyone else. We are however enjoying our lives and like the area where we live. Our daughter has fixed friends now and is happy in the thought that she can go to the 'big school' with a best friend. Something thats taken her three years to get back is a 'best friend'.
We are off on holiday to America for three weeks this year and looking forward to that. We want to return to Australia on a holiday probably in 2008/9 but will visit the east coast, barrier reef etc but this time it will be 'just a visit'.
I do pop on here sometimes, but not as a craving to return to OZy person. I'm lucky I suppose in that we enjoyed most of our time in Perth, had a great time coming back (travelling) and are having a good life now, I can sit back and think about our time in Perth without the wish to return.
Everywhere has it's ups and downs and if I'm honest the only down in my life right now if the lack of time I have during one day, I'm so busy, after living an 'early retirement style boring' 16 months in Perth though I know which lifestyle I'd choose anyday!
Take care
I love being back here, I love the weather BUT have found myself just lately wishing for the rain to stop, but thats taken three years! After leaving OZ I didnt mind what the weather did as long as I didn't boil alive!!
It was definitely the right thing for us to do...moving back has been great...honestly. We are ordinary people with an ordinary family who like everyone else wanted better for their children, but what is better is being somewhere the whole family wants to be, not somewhere mum and dad want to be! Although I wanted to come home just as much as our daughter did!!
We don't have flash cars here, we don't live in a massive house. We have a mortgage and work to get by like everyone else. We are however enjoying our lives and like the area where we live. Our daughter has fixed friends now and is happy in the thought that she can go to the 'big school' with a best friend. Something thats taken her three years to get back is a 'best friend'.
We are off on holiday to America for three weeks this year and looking forward to that. We want to return to Australia on a holiday probably in 2008/9 but will visit the east coast, barrier reef etc but this time it will be 'just a visit'.
I do pop on here sometimes, but not as a craving to return to OZy person. I'm lucky I suppose in that we enjoyed most of our time in Perth, had a great time coming back (travelling) and are having a good life now, I can sit back and think about our time in Perth without the wish to return.
Everywhere has it's ups and downs and if I'm honest the only down in my life right now if the lack of time I have during one day, I'm so busy, after living an 'early retirement style boring' 16 months in Perth though I know which lifestyle I'd choose anyday!
Take care
I'm glad you are enjoying life at home and have no regrets about going to Oz then leaving again.
Mar 16th 2007, 7:39 pm
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We are going to the Gulf coast for two weeks (but only visiting the parks once or twice for the children!) will be driving around a lot, Miami, The Keys and then we fly to NY for a week. We are staying in an old Victorain house in Brooklyn.