BritChickx Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I was just looking at some of my old threads laughing as I realised that I didn't do anything I said I would do! Didn't do my 3 months work, didn't go to uni, didn't get my visa, I DID have lots of fun and met Paul though :wubclub: never thought i'd meet a guy in Aus lol! I was just wondering where you were 2 years ago and if things turn out how they did, or did it pan out completely differently? I still can't believe i'm going back to the UK to Portsmouth with Paul! i always thought I'd go to Aus and never look back :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surflen22 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Your post made me smile! 2 years ago, my engagement had just ended and I was stuck in Ireland jobless, effectively homeless and extremely unhappy. Airy fairy as it might sound, believe life has a way of trying to nudge you along when you're in the wrong place - I'm pretty certain Ireland was wrong for me! A few months later I answered an ad on Seek and within 8 weeks was living in Perth. Now, I moving quickly up the career ladder again, living with my partner (who I met a couple of weeks after arriving) and we've bought a beautiful house in suburbia. I didn't have an inkling things would turn out the way they have....but I'm delighted they did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Well I am running a pool on how soon you'll be in Aus after arriving back in Portsmouth :cute: :wubclub: Its strange where life takes you isn't it You may find Portsmouth keeps you a couple of years or you may find that after 6 months you really are ready to move on and head elsewhere. I found going back 'home' a really hard thing to do as it just wasn't home anymore. I'd done so much and the town and the people in it hadn't changed a bit. It couldn't hold my interest long enough which I was fine with. Once I'd caught up with my family and friends for a bit there really wasn't any reason for me to stay any longer as I knew I didn't need to live round them long term to be happy or content. My heart wasn't there and so I left again after 6 months and have never lived back there again. That was 12 years ago or so now. I visit my parents there sure, but other than that, would never live there again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JK2510 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 2 yrs ago.....had just sold our house.....no visa in sight.....and prospects of that as DIAC stated would the release of SMPs or wait until at least 2012!!! Took the chance/risk moved 5 of us into a 1 bed flat....and waited for the SMPs to be released so our visa would be processed!! As luck turned out we only spent 5 mths there...I never want to see another sofa bed in my life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeorgeD Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I was just looking at some of my old threads laughing as I realised that I didn't do anything I said I would do! Didn't do my 3 months work, didn't go to uni, didn't get my visa, I DID have lots of fun and met Paul though :wubclub: never thought i'd meet a guy in Aus lol! I was just wondering where you were 2 years ago and if things turn out how they did, or did it pan out completely differently? I still can't believe i'm going back to the UK to Portsmouth with Paul! i always thought I'd go to Aus and never look back :laugh: I know you've enjoyed your globetrotting (and so have we following it all), so I'm sure you'll be happy doing whatever you do. It is good to remind people that no matter how certain you are that you are doing the right thing, sometimes when you get there (to Oz) that you discover it isn't for you at that time, and it's OK to go back. It's also good that you left the UK on good terms and that you aren't going back to your own trail of destruction you left behind you. Sometimes emigrating isn't what people expected it to be, and sometimes people just change their minds. A couple of years ago I went through a period where I had moved house once in 30 years, and had a very stable, predictable life. Then I got engaged, married, gained a teenage stepdaughter, a cat, a new puppy, quit my job of 12 years, sold my first house, moved house 4 times, went through the visa process, emigrated to the other side of the world, was homeleess for 3 weeks after being flooded and bought a house in Oz with my new wife, all in the space of 12 months. Life has this uncanny knack of surprising you sometimes, even when you seem so certain about what you are doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shell15 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 2 years ago we were in oz visiting friends who had moved over fro the uk. We realised how much we loved and missed australia and said we would move back one day. Going to book our one way flights today to australia, leaving 2nd of oct! I believe things happen for a reason stacey, if its not meant to be and it doesnt work out then maybe its not the right time. Your still yoing, i think other doors will open for you which do feel right and a new adventure will begin! Embrace life, you only live once. Good luck with your move home by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolac34 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hmmm yes, a lot changes in two years! I was plodding along in my job, studying to be a Company Secretary and planning my wedding for the upcoming October. Not even an inkling of Australia on the mind... Fast forward one year, husband had been made redundant for the second time, no immediate prospects presented themselves so we handed in notice on our house, sold virtually everything we owned, the cat went to my parents and we boarded a plane to Perth on a WHV. Fast forward to today. Now settled in Perth having been sponsored by my Company, cat arrived 2 months ago, everything we didn't sell will be arriving in a couple of weeks, hubby is finally qualifying as a lawyer, my sister arrived to study at Murdoch University last month, my parents are submitting their visa application next week (brother already PR) and we're busy planning where we are going to live next (by the sea with a pool has my vote!) I'm always amazed by how much changes in a year!! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritChickx Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Well I am running a pool on how soon you'll be in Aus after arriving back in Portsmouth :cute: :wubclub: Its strange where life takes you isn't it You may find Portsmouth keeps you a couple of years or you may find that after 6 months you really are ready to move on and head elsewhere. I found going back 'home' a really hard thing to do as it just wasn't home anymore. I'd done so much and the town and the people in it hadn't changed a bit. It couldn't hold my interest long enough which I was fine with. Once I'd caught up with my family and friends for a bit there really wasn't any reason for me to stay any longer as I knew I didn't need to live round them long term to be happy or content. My heart wasn't there and so I left again after 6 months and have never lived back there again. That was 12 years ago or so now. I visit my parents there sure, but other than that, would never live there again. Paul's gonna kill me if I change my mind again haha. I don't think I will this time though, would like to stick around there for a few more years at least. I was thinking of getting my drivers license and harassing southampton uni until they let me study nursing there haha. I know nothings changed... but I miss just hanging out with friends and seeing family regularly, not just that but I miss my old job although things have changed a lot with them so not sure if I can go back to that yet but we'll see! I'm aware people will fuss over me for a day or 2 then it'll all go back to normal but I want to feel settled in a place that feels like home, and it's still my home town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FatCats Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Stacy you are still young enough to change your mind another couple of times! Don't fret too much, everything will fall into place for you I'm sure. X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeboard1980 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I had just resigned from my job here in the UK 2 years ago, as my missus had just got her visa, and we were preparing for the move to Sydney. 2 years later we have been back here for 6 months. What a roller coaster ride its beennot just the last 2 years but the last 6 for me. Wouldn't change any of it though, has made us stronger people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyc88 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Two years ago our visa application was in, but I think the system had just changed for the tenth time since we started the process and we were very disillusioned with the whole thing and with having our lives on hold. I don't think I thought we would make it. Soon after it all changed and we've been here since Feb 11 and very happy with our move! The job situation has been like a rollercoaster, but I don't regret a minute of it. The cats are all settled into our beautiful house and we've got engaged! Never been happier :biggrin: Hope your move brings everything you're hoping for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yuills Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Ok Stacey..rewind....you are going back to the UK...the last time I read you were coming back here or even maybe New Zealand? Sorry things haven't worked out...but you do seem happy to be back in UK.....you are where you want to be at this moment in time so thats all that matters!! Good luck to you both... anyways...yes 2 years things are totally different to what they should be....but life throws a few curved balls every now and then....just got to try and dodge them a bit better. Good luck to you both...xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinsmom65 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Two years ago we were living in Perth. I finally had gotten a good job with the state government, Oh was still at his original job, both girls were in high school and working part-time. Fast forward to now, back in Canada, living in our old home town, both OH and myself are working for our old companies, and my daughters have just graduated high school, with all their old friends from public school. I M a firm beliiever that things happen for a reason, at the time, it can be hard to understand why it is happening at the time, but things always work out. Cheers Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcorners Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hmmm, 2 years ago.... Well we had moved into our newly bought cottage 3 miles from the sea in Cornwall, my partner had only just joined me to start a new job with an offshore drilling contractor. Prior to moving in I had endured 7 awful months living with my Dad and evil Stepmother. So it was pure bliss to have our own home after living with various parents for 18 months. Those few months with him working locally and spending the wonderful warm september weekends on the beach there were absolute bliss! Only a few months later OH's work started sending him to Australia to work on projects in Karratha. Then it was a slippery slope over the next few months of me getting slightly depressed being alone so much, and him getting tired with all the travel back and forth. So we decided to come back to Oz so we could at least live together and make a decent crust for a few years. It's been lovely being together properly and I sometimes have to remind myself of that when I start feeling homesick or bored or generally fed up with living in the outback. Our cottage in Cornwall is still there, still ours, being rented out and hopefully will still be there when we go back. I had so many plans for it! Meanwhile we'll just try and tear some chunks off the mortgage while we can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candygirl Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Yes it is funny how things turn out. Two years ago I never thought I would be going back to Oz this year!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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