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Thanks Joanna. I agree with you and everyone is different. I think that I have settled well because I had been coming here for 20 years in fact had been here 9 times before we had the visa. and we had been visiting my aunt who has sadly passed away so it wasnt like we had been just coming on holiday. I think also we have settled because we wanted to be part of Tassie , its quirky ways, and probably excuse its frustrating part( and that is having to wait for things to come over from the mainland) but any frustrations are forgotten. I still pinch myself bacause I cant believe how lucky we are to live here. My son has settlesdi n so well and has started to get a Tasmanian accent He loves it over here and wouldnt want to go back to the UK , he has made his life over here now and for someone who hated change, lived in the same house all his life until we moved here, left his first girlfried behind ( I still remember the wailing and moaning from her as we left for the airport) he was the one I worried about most . He went to Sydney on a training course for 3 days and when he got back he said I'm really glad to be back home in Tassie. It smells so clean. This is from an apprentice mechanic who looks like an oil slick most days.
You do miss friends and family in the UK but it is amazing how many plan their trip to come over and see you 4 are turning up for Christmas and New Year. I do get a little upset about not seeing people I have 1 daughter and 1 stepson in the UK the oher in Abu Dhabi the worlds a small place now and they can visit and maybe they will fall in love with the place . Joanna's right to come over here and think that you wont miss family and get homesick even just a bit then it is a foolish thought . It happens to everyone even if they wont admit it. But at the end of the day Tasmania is my families home now and we love it . I am going for my first trip off the island in a couple of weeks after 2 years .................to Melbourne thats far enough!
Sally
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