Ponging back..countdown
Sep 29th 2012, 3:35 pm
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Re: Ponging back..countdown
...boy is the shipping expensive!
we are now in an airport lounge waiting for our flight to Singapore- heading back down under...
we are now in an airport lounge waiting for our flight to Singapore- heading back down under...
Sep 30th 2012, 7:11 am
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Safe flight!
How do you feel about leaving the UK again now you are on your way?
I've heard stories that moving interstate here is as expensive as coming out from the UK!
How do you feel about leaving the UK again now you are on your way?
I've heard stories that moving interstate here is as expensive as coming out from the UK!
Sep 30th 2012, 8:28 am
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happy landings!
Oct 2nd 2012, 4:28 am
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I felt surprisingly sad at leaving my lovely lovely friends (we had a bbq and invited all from various spots and several cried- which set me off) and they have been truly amazing.
Equally surprising my sister to whom I was always close, did not even call to say goodbye -and my brother (not esp close) was upset.
But all in all, it seems the right time to leave and embark upon our next adventure. Cold weather and rain was just the right tipping point!
Equally surprising my sister to whom I was always close, did not even call to say goodbye -and my brother (not esp close) was upset.
But all in all, it seems the right time to leave and embark upon our next adventure. Cold weather and rain was just the right tipping point!
Oct 3rd 2012, 1:28 pm
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All the very best and welcome home 
Oct 8th 2012, 11:30 am
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You are probably here by now....to cold and rain! Slow start to spring this year!
Hope you had a good journey
Hope you had a good journey
Nov 22nd 2012, 9:03 am
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We were in Melbourne for 10 years, company dragged me back to UK to give me the elbow, and we decided to make it a sort of gap 18 months....which became 2 years as my mother was ill.
We always planned to return to Melbourne but it is strange now that we are packing and sorting, that I am feeling a bit wobbly! I know it is the right thing, especially for our small daughter, and we had a lovely life out there, with some fab friends, but sometimes the comfort factor seems to be of utmost importance.
Family have not been around for us much (despite living reasonably close), so I guess my comfort factor is not madly wanting to pack up, find a school for daughter and find a new job again. My employer has been lovely and has let me work part time to be able to pack the house up etc and the thought of job hunting again is a pain.
It will all be OK once we are back I'm sure. It seems such bloody hard work right now!
We always planned to return to Melbourne but it is strange now that we are packing and sorting, that I am feeling a bit wobbly! I know it is the right thing, especially for our small daughter, and we had a lovely life out there, with some fab friends, but sometimes the comfort factor seems to be of utmost importance.
Family have not been around for us much (despite living reasonably close), so I guess my comfort factor is not madly wanting to pack up, find a school for daughter and find a new job again. My employer has been lovely and has let me work part time to be able to pack the house up etc and the thought of job hunting again is a pain.
It will all be OK once we are back I'm sure. It seems such bloody hard work right now!
