Backhomeatlast

A girl I met took me to Ravenswood in north-eastern Queensland to meet her family, thats about it.

alicecat

and that's a ghost town!!!

Seriously though does anyone actually live in Ravenswood? Last time I went it was truthfully a ghost town. Concrete steps that led to buildings that were no longer there as they had been taken when everyone left when the gold ran out.

Did you stop by Charters Towers when you were there because at least that is a mark on the map?

brits1

Hi I enjoy reading your posts, I would just like to know why you returned to the U.K? I am curious as most West Aussies I have met have never left W.A and when I ask would you like to go to Europe etc...most reply "No...got everything here and the U.K......no..cold,wet & crowded"...it's just nice to hear from someone who has travelled and chooses to live in another country...and if you don't mind me saying...it's not often I meet an Australian who has lived abroad......mind you I do live in West Australia....no offence meant....by my last comment....I really have not met many W.Aussies who have travelled even out of this state....

brits1

This was lovely to read....I remember saying to my husband just before we left for Perth..."should we not try living say in North Wales"..(we are originally from Manchester...although happy where we lived we wanted a "change") my OH said..."No...we have our tickets and visas, we have sold our home..let's give it a try"......I use to say I had no regrets...life's for trying new things" etc..but now really if I am honest I do wish we had just changed areas......save a lot of heartache in the long run but you cannot turn back the clock...we are heading home this year with our sons (14 & 16) and they are really wanting to return home as well..which is great...my husband and myself would like to move nearer the coast but we are moving back so our sons can be near to their friends and family...we are hoping to move more into Cheshire though...just for a change..and about 15/20 min drive from where we use to live....it will be lovely for all of us but in time my husban and myself will look to then live where we would like to...it might be where we settle.....but you are right in everythng you say...a move to a different area can do wonders.....I love the U.K and I am sick to death of people coming onto this site and "knocking" it all the time...so thanks....and to Backhomeatlast....brill threads and everything you say about Perth is true...been here 10years trying to make it work..but not anymore....Thanks

saveme

The love of field and coppice,
Of green and shaded lanes,
Of ordered woods and gardens
Is running in your veins......

brits1

By the Australian author Dorothea Mackellar "My Country".....very nice....

kelbelinoz

no you are not mad! Sounds like you're having a mare at the mo, what with the pool and the septic tank!!! talk about swimming in s**t!

Has it stopped raining yet? x

nicola411

My 9 year old yes the 5 year old no.

It was the beach for us this weekend as our pool pump died last week and the bloody thing is green as grass.

When do you guys go home?

saveme

Well spotted!

Sorry, I was trying to catch a homesick Pom out who would swoon at those luscious images of 'Blighty' (very evocative but out of context?) and then I would paste in the rest. I've got it on tape read by Ruth Cracknell. Many of my Aussie friends know it by heart.

kelbelinoz

well, i'd like to say soon, but as our uk vet didnt tell me about re entry into uk for dogs requires rabies.....and subject to 6 months quarentine......we are going to do at least another 3 months. Feel crap making my lovely dog do anytime in quarentine as she already had to do it to get in here...

but in reality it's 4 people v our dog. We are so desperate to get back and buy another house and call it home.

I feel like I'm in limbo, and spend a lot of time on rightmove (and expats!) Hoping houses continue coming down in uk.
Been on propertysnake too. Amazing to see how much houses are coming down.

Are you staying? x

nicola411

NO chance in hell are we staying but like you have a few things to tie up first before we can make the long but worthwhile journey home. We are in the procsess of getting the business up for sale now and finishing the renovations on the house so that can go up for sale too. We cant leave without selling both you see as we need the money to get our old life back.

Also I have to deal with the OH who doesent really want to go but is going as he knows I cant live here as this place drives me loopy loo...
So really how long is a piece of string...
I have just got everything crossed that they sell and sell quickly for a great price. Am I dreaming?

Hopefully we will be back for the start of the UK school year in September.
I am just looking into getting our Yorkshire Terrier chipped and ready for the big move so she doesent have to serve any time in quarentine.

Backhomeatlast

Come to think of it here parents did look odd

alliekate

I quite liked Ravenswood - really creepy isn't it ? Apparently a few hundred people live there now (?) , not sure where exactly ...... and I stood on those steps !!! Really sad place.

The most amazing thing for us was going to the lookout point above the new mine - That was one of the most awesome things I have ever seen. I think it must be one of those fly in-fly out things, but it looked a really scary place to work. And in that heat - no way !

A xx