Mummy in the foothills

I like her already, sounds like some of the girls I was was in school with.

mbike

Yep,

After 7 years of rentals (6 months in in uk, 5 years in Aus, 6 months in uk), it is very, very nice to be able to call somewhere home again. Especially as we found our ideal home in a beautiful par of the country with just fun bits of DIY left to finish like knocking down a partition wall in the kitchen to fit in our side-by-side Fisher & Peykel fridge and freezer.

brits1

I cannot wait to be off to B & Q.....lol...all the very best of wishes for your new home

mbike

We still call B&Q "Bunnings" (and crisps "chips"). It's hard to shake off those kind of things.

btw, if you can't wait for a DIY store, I can only imagine how you'll feel at being able to go to proper supermarkets again. Sainsbury's, Tesco, Waitrose even Asda are light-years ahead of Coles and Woolies in every way. Shopping has actually become a pleasure again

Cumbrian Lass

after reading all the threads here,it gives me good hope that we might end up back in the UK this year.We are always getting "what do you want to come back to this dump for"etc etc etc.At the end of the day its the people that haven't even ventured out of the country for more than a month.They have no idea what its like to be away from home for years and years,and not to have that connection with the Brits.
Are you all still glad you moved back ?

mbike

I think it helps not to think of things in absolutes. Leaving Aus and coming back to the UK felt right when we did it and feels even better now we're here and settled. But who knows where we will be in 10 or 20 years. Let's face it, the distance isn't too great and the cost of of relocation is basically about the same as a posh holiday. We became citizens and got passports before we left as a sign of our commitment to Australia, so leaving was never going to be a massive, definitive split. Do what you FEEL is right and try not to overthink things. And whatever you do, don't listen to the naysayers at either end!

paranoidandroid

Uhm hmm Of course!

Beedubya

Somebody on a thread posted this a while back and I have retained it for future doom and gloom merchants in the UK who think I live in a sunny paradise


Them: Why do you want to come and live back in this miserable hole? How could you bear to leave Australia with it's endless beaches and sunshine and streets paved with gold?

Me: Have you ever lived in Australia?

Them: No.

Me: Well then.

I think this is just perfect.

brits1

Shucks...wish I'd read that thread when we were leaving Aus...would of saved me lots of well thought out replies to some rude questions etc...

Cumbrian Lass

I get this all of the time "why the hell do you want to go back to this dump (UK)??????
Now i just say to them "well have you lived here in Alberta or any where else in the world for that matter" the answer is always NO,so they dont know any different LOL
If you havent been any where else in the world ,you dont know...havent got a clue....so close your mouth LOL

brits1

I must admit....we did not say "lollies, chips or soccer" etc while in Aus....tried but just could not get the hang of it...my Italian friend (who was actually born and bred in Aus) said "I don't understand why you Brits start talking Aussie.....we dont"....lol...anyway I do slip up now and again with Dollars and Freeway's etc and still say Bunning's....I enjoy shopping once again...no thats a fib...I don't mind it lol....never keen on food shopping (well it's different for most women..it's a chore..lol)but I go now without the dread I use to have in Perth...more from the lack of choice or competition really....my "fav" place is really Sainsbury's (only because I love having a pot of tea and their toasted tea cakes are to die for...honestly) it's lovely to be able to shop then either stop for something to eat in the supermarket cafe or stop on the way home and not worry about items melting etc...lol...so there is some good in having cooler weather here in the U.K, the other evening my OH and myself went to try a different supermarket and spotted a lovely country pub on the way back home (it was 7pm during the week) stopped off for a glass of wine (small)...my OH a guest cask beer ....well what a way to end a food shopping trip....lol

brits1

I think thats the part that made me stressful of our return home.....now when I think of the damage caused to my much needed beauty sleep by those "type "of people ..uurrrggghhh what a waste....never mind...it's made me a bit wiser...a lot older..lol...and in some ways I think it's sad how some people react....hopefully I will always be encouraging where I might not once of been so if someone says "Hey I am off to outer Mongolia: etc I will wish them all the best.

Cumbrian Lass

are you glad you did move back though ?

Beedubya

I have been here 30 years so yes I do say some Aussie words like chips instead of crisps, real estate instead of estate agent, station wagon instead of estate car, etc. but don't worry I am prepared to revert back.

You make it sound just so lovely and simple and I know it's not going to be a picnic moving back but I have my one way ticket and I have 28 more sleeps to go and as jittery and scared as I am I am out of here!!

Cumbrian Lass

where abouts are you moving back to Beedubya ?