harrisj67

Is someone trying to get a rise out of this blog? It's about think hard about returning before rushing back. Australia and the UK are worlds apart in more ways than the obvious; for some it suits and others it doesn't. Simple really. Deciding that you would rather return does have a negative impact on your feelings towards the departing country, so those returning can be excused for their dislike of Australia; I remember my dislike of the UK before I left!! I think coming over here (and returning) takes guts and hopefully the experience makes you appreciate life somewhat more. Failure...nah! What a load of tosh! Glad to see that you're enjoying the UK!

How ironic! :-) yeah Mordy does have a certain aspect...wish it was closer to where we work, but then it probably wouldn't be Mordy! What changed our mind? Well, I think the reason for returning would be to have our families nearby. We have missed them sorely since the birth of our boys; both the support network and the ability for our aging parents to get to know them. However, we grew to realize that we wouldn't be able to see the rellies every time we wanted as they have busy lives. Parents and twin brother said this directly and were concerned with our decision. We had already made our minds up about staying and then I went down to Mordy beach with my eldest and saw the Mordy Nippers and thought this is why we're here. That pretty much solidified my resolution. I know how strange and, perhaps, somewhat trivial, but not for me. I still would love to have a stint working in the UK, but job as they are (quite fragile), this is looking unlikely.

Scousers, I feel for you and can relate. It was said earlier horses for courses and that holds firm; each lifestyle has its good sides. I have siblings who live in homes that define UK living and all are successful; none would even consider moving Downunder. A brother with an apartment in the Alpes and my sister with 36ft yacht in a beautiful location in Cornwall. The only holidays we have taken here are those back to the UK and yet we live in a wonderful country for vacations. As I say both locations have their good sides. Saying this there are massive issues in Europe and the UK, and we're being sheltered from this (for now). I hope you resolve your predicament, as it is very upsetting to be so homesick; if someone said "Listen, I'll sort out your affairs, go home." I'd have jumped at it a year ago; job or no job!

How this thread rings loud. So good to hear like minded people. We've had it all in the last year or so; redundancy, us wanting our 2 young boys to grow up with rellies, new cuz's for our boys, family weddings and parent's being seriously ill! Wow! At the end of the day, we came here for a very sound reason and that reason has both been realized and is still the same; we want a better life for our family. Naturally, that is quite subjective, but it true for us. We are just lucky that our families understand why we made the move and are selfless; they'd love us to return. Yes, no doubt we will feel homesick again, but we feel confident we'll never want to return permanently to the UK; it was quite amazing how devoted to going back we felt just 12 months ago!

It's great to be looking over the posts after a long stint of not writing/reading. We were dead set on returning to the UK after a 7 year stint in Melbourne. We love Melbourne and the life it has given us. However, having just started a family (2 boys 3 and 18 months) life has been draining and we missed family. We told All that we were returning, which pleased those back home and saddened those in Oz! Though happy, our family back home were concerned that we were returning for the wrong reason...i.e. them! They said that the family had moved on and were busy with their own lives, didn't we have a really good lifestyle and isn't the UK having a tad difficult time of it at the moment? Anyway, to cut a long story short, they were right and I think we were hoping to immerse ourselves in our families, but that would have been short lived and we would have returned to a lifestyle that we had worked so hard to leave a decade earlier!! I know we have grown in the time we have spent Downunder, but we would not have departed these shores due to a dissatisfaction with our new home, instead we were missing our family. It is a sacrifice and that's that! I feel that we needed to go through this phase of homesickness in order to further settle down. Glad we didn't return as this would have been rash and a mistake. I agree with the sentiment of this thread. Please consider long and hard before taking that leap back!