tfarrell Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Only arrived in Oz on the 6th of August and returning home to Dublin on the 16th of Jan. I am so happy and excited to get back home to see all my family and friends and to start life again. My eldest who is 6 is really looking forward to going back to her little school and see all her school friends and my 3 year old will be going into playschool soon as we are back. My husband has now got a few contacts for work so fingers crossed he gets something but I have also been offered some work in my old job so Im hoping things are going to go well for us once we return. Just a few things left to sell here and then we are off. We have a lump sum of savings from when we sold our house so we just need a small mortgage when we get home. Hopefully the right house comes up for us as I know it will be tricky staying in my Mams till we are on our feet. But we will get through it. I know some may say we havent given it enough time but the fact is I dont like it here in Australia. I prefare Ireland. It has some great things about it but its not home for me. Im glad I came as I know I would have also wondered if the grass is greener. So roll on Jan 16th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroo.bruce Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I came here on holiday longer than that....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensdad Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hope everything goes well for you, at least you tried which is a lot more than others have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroo.bruce Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 But don't forget also the reasons you left Ireland in the first place, they will still be there, the first 12 months are always the hardest,i think you should of least given it a bit longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfarrell Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 I haven't forgotten the reasons why I left at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amibovered Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good on you for giving it a go, and enjoy your return to Ireland, seems like a great place from my brief experience on holiday there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul B Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good luck, i have been here since July. Been here loads before on business and holiday but wanted to give it a go paying tax and rent. While i love it here i dont think i can ever call it home. No rush to go back but i know it will not be permanent here, after making that decision everything seems clear now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good luck with the next step in your life adventure!! Good on you for making the decision to move to where your life will be all that you want it to be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Pollard Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good luck with the move, I hope to be going back in July and it can't come sooner. Xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublin4 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good luck to you. I'm from Sandymount myself and I do miss the place. I would love to be able to go home when the wife & I are ready to settle down, I want my kids (if we have them) to be brought up in, and be Irish! I don't think it will happen though. My wife is an Aussie, and while she does not hate Dublin, she doesn't love the place either! Shame, but we want to live in a place that we both love, not a place either one of us have to tolerate for the other. So for us it was a choice between London and Paris, and it looks like it's gonna be London. The great thing about that is it's only a 50 minute flight back home for me, and a quick hop onto the Eurostar for The Mrs to visit Paris when she wants us to. Thankfully for me, my girl doesn't want to ever go back to live in Brisbane. Thanks be to God! Do you know what I miss most about home though, other than my family, the streets and the air itself................The people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozellis Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 good luck to you, ireland is beautiful, your kids are young, at least you can afford to go back, i have known a few people that want to but through finances can't we have done it twice but now we shall stay put, as one person said the biggest or one of the biggest things alot of people miss are....the people....customer care, road manners etc etc. all the best x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good luck with your move back Toni. I think it's always really tough when you come from such a close knit family like yours. Hope it all comes together for work etc. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzybangs Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good luck Toni, glad everything seems to be going so well for you, Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane1968 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Good luck in Ireland , life is too short to be unhappy Di x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I came here on holiday longer than that....lol Who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 But don't forget also the reasons you left Ireland in the first place, they will still be there, the first 12 months are always the hardest,i think you should of least given it a bit longer And don't forget the reasons you are leaving Australia if you ever change your mind goes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroo.bruce Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 And don't forget the reasons you are leaving Australia if you ever change your mind goes as well. Yes true, but if you researched in the first place and even came on holiday I'm sure you'd of had more of an idea of what it was like Ps Change your profile pic cause I'm sure people won't take you serious the way you're holding your hand on your hip....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perthbum Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Yes true, but if you researched in the first place and even came on holiday I'm sure you'd of had more of an idea of what it was like Ps Change your profile pic cause I'm sure people won't take you serious the way you're holding your hand on your hip....lol But I am gay, that is how we do the pose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kangaroo.bruce Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 But I am gay, that is how we do the pose. Oh yea sorry,i remember now that picture madplumber took of you during ths mardi-gras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojogunne Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Yes true, but if you researched in the first place and even came on holiday I'm sure you'd of had more of an idea of what it was like/QUOTE] You can research a place all you like and holiday there, but until you live and work in that country you will never know what it's really like for you. You don't get an appreciation of the day to day humdrum of life just by researching and visiting a place. You have to do it and then decide. Some people think what they left back home was better, some don't. One thing I will say, going back home can be hard work. For the first year or two I wondered why I had come back. That was down to financial reasons as we had spent so much emigrating and coming back and starting again. A few years down the line, I was so happy to be back here and enjoy what the UK had to offer. By the way, it was NZ I lived for a few years, not Australia. I worked in Australia for a while and found the way of life there a bit like in New Zealand, but with a bit more money floating about, which helps in life. Having said that, money can't buy everything. Possessions yes, happiness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfarrell Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 WOW kangeroo bruce has alot of time on his hands... but appreciate the replies... thanks everyone :-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie bound Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hope all goes well for you guys most people dont understand how great Ireland is and how we help each other out unless they have actually lived there....If we had less austerity and more sunshine most of us wouldn't dream of emigrating, best wishes for the future and well done for giving it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legoman Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Only arrived in Oz on the 6th of August and returning home to Dublin on the 16th of Jan. I am so happy and excited to get back home to see all my family and friends and to start life again. My eldest who is 6 is really looking forward to going back to her little school and see all her school friends and my 3 year old will be going into playschool soon as we are back. My husband has now got a few contacts for work so fingers crossed he gets something but I have also been offered some work in my old job so Im hoping things are going to go well for us once we return. Just a few things left to sell here and then we are off. We have a lump sum of savings from when we sold our house so we just need a small mortgage when we get home. Hopefully the right house comes up for us as I know it will be tricky staying in my Mams till we are on our feet. But we will get through it. I know some may say we havent given it enough time but the fact is I dont like it here in Australia. I prefare Ireland. It has some great things about it but its not home for me. Im glad I came as I know I would have also wondered if the grass is greener. So roll on Jan 16th. Thats exactly what its all about, you came and saw for yourself what Australia could offer you, you prefer what you had back in Ireland. and are returning to what is your preference. That itch been scratched now. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Dont know where OP is living in Oz but here in Perth the Irish community is thriving. Both my daughter work with loads of Irish, no chance of them getting into the Oz slang. Makes me laugh cos neither of them ever been to Ireland but they come home talking like a Dublin navvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackerjack Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Dont know where OP is living in Oz but here in Perth the Irish community is thriving. Both my daughter work with loads of Irish, no chance of them getting into the Oz slang. Makes me laugh cos neither of them ever been to Ireland but they come home talking like a Dublin navvy That may be the case but its not just community the op misses its family and that is irreplaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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