Jemma Fehmi

If you have plenty of support from friends or partner I'd say you'll be ok :-)

Thanks everyone for your support..its the most i've had since i've been here. I am happy to say i have booked my flight back for a weeks time. Because i didn't have a job for so long i haven't got anything to go travelling with. Australia will always be here and i can always come back to travel on a 3month visa. We only travelled a month out of 5 and we managed to do so much in that time! We've been together a couple of years, feels like the end of a great part of my life, but i will 'keep carm and carry on' I just can't wait to get back now so i can get on and for all this to be over (its very hard living with someone who you know you have to leave behind!) Thanks for all your kind advice!

It helps to know I'm not the only one feeling this way, whenever I speak to guys at home they just say I'm being silly, I'm in a amazing place. And yes I am grateful for the opportunity but I'm a family person and to be out here with only one person (who isn't very supportive) its tough! I know I should give it time but my partner isn't as understanding as you guys and wants me to leave now as I feel homesick quite often (he can't handle the emotion) so I'm looking for cheap flights over the next couple of weeks! Bye bye oz

Thanks for the advice :-)

Hes on 457 visa and i'm working holiday (the opportunity to be sponsored in a matter of weeks from him) I have been here since september 2012

Hi, im very homesick and it wont go away. i have only been out here since sept 12 but ever since i left home i have been homesick. It comes and goes but when it comes back it seems to get worse. Im out here with my partner, we came to travel but my partner fell in love with it, got settled in a job etc so we decided to stick it out for a while. Staying in OZ has been his decision from the start and i have just followed as i didn't want to loose him but now i feel that i'm giving up a hell of a lot for that one person. I haven't made many friends here and I'm still job hunting (finding it very difficult and demoralising) so i am truley relying on my partner constantly which is making us both grumpy poms. I feel that i have no life here at all yet i loved my life back in the UK. So this seems to be clear what i should do (although my partner says i'm rushing into things) but for some reason i can't help but wonder 'what if i stay?' 'am i making the right decision?' 'will i regret it once i'm home?' My auntie says "if in doubt don't do nout" but i am sooo unhappy!