adelenaylor

I feel for you, I've been here 11 years and I'm missing home and everyday gets harder... I am in the middle of selling a house dur to separation and I'm still sitting on the fence as Wether I should go back or not... The only thing that's stopping me is my 20 and 18 year old boys... I think once the seeds there it will always be there and you have to go back even for 6 months and see Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

Have to agree @Rainman.. Especially Christmas day and going to the pub before lunch...

Been here nearly 11 years, 4 years ago I started feeling I didn't belong but yet im still here due to circumstances.

I live on the Sunshine Coast too and there's not much to do, im glad I've experienced the Ozzie life but I much prefer the UK one.

Isolation, the feeling of not belonging in Australia. Missing family and friends. Nothing like a proper belly laugh with friends.

Im interested in this too, I have kept my bank account opened and I have been transferring a bit of savings In there hoping that it might help in the long run

I agree and I don't have the luxury of air con. Sunshine Coast is beautiful if you don't work and can lay in a pool Al day.

5 times in 10 years and I'm looking at going again this year. Went twice last year, im suffering home sickness badly. I go on my own so it works out alot cheaper.

I did read someone else on here had the same issue. The posts that replied said you just needed to get a UK passport within the 6 months of you arriving. I just know you can enter on a Ozzie one as my son does.

He can travel on his Ozzie one.

there is nothing like walking into a English pub and the feeling of been at home.:smile:

Hi Kiwiiinaus When I went to ceremony I must have been the only one that didn't have a smile on my face, that's because my hearts not in it at the moment. I would say for me getting it just meant I could keep my options open with what ever I decide to do. I have my partner here and my 2 boys and no one else so I miss all my family back home. My 2 boys are adults and one has flown the nest so im worse than ive ever been living here. Im generally a happy person too and of late I haven't been so im working on that first and trying to figure out what im going to do. My heart wants to move back home but its also pulling at staying here for my boys, they wouldn't come, maybe down the track they might but not now.

I have loved this site and enjoyed reading everyones stories. its given me the " im not on my own" and they are others out there. I enjoyed Australia for the first 6 years, but for the last 4 years have been different. Unsure if that's the fact of a relationship break down or, missing the uk is the cause of my relationship breakdown. But as of yesterday I became an ozzie and feel if I walk away I always have that option of coming back. ive had some lovely people message me. im new on here and still getting used to it.

10years ago I left my dog in the UK to move to Australia, with the wondering of rent and worrying about the dog we decided against bringing her. It was a difficult day handing her over but she actually went people I knew and she was a lot more spoilt than at home. But it's a choice only you can make x

A big part of my marriage break up is because I miss home, not the only reason though. I love my job here and do my best to keep myself busy every day, but to be honest I work harder and don't appreciate what I have here. Its a beautiful place but not for everyone. I get told often by my husband that I will regret moving back, it's a real difficult decision and I'm struggling with it big time. My heart wants to go back but my head says I can't. I do sometimes feel like I should do what I want but then it changes to say don't be selfish and stay for the kids. As a single person I know I would be financially better off in the UK, I worry I won't survive over here with how expensive things are. So many things to consider which is why I have put this up x