Guest chris955 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 What are you going to miss when you head back home ? For me it will be Friends Family The wildlife Rainforests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Wide car parking spaces My shower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siamsusie Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Not having to tip Oh thats one of the most wonderful aspects of Australia:tongue: My home ...I would miss not being able to afford to live near the river My pademelons and birds The meat My family and friends and the friendliness of the Australian people I would miss Tasmania greatly, I have always classed this state as my "home for life" And I have no intention of going back EVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tigers Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 There are plenty of things in AU that are not available over here.... I am able to do some of these things at home, so its not the actual 'thing' that I miss, its the experience, the quirkiness, surrounding and memory I miss. But just like a holiday, its nice to be home! Outdoor swimming pools Melbournes trams Festivals in the park Lygon street (italian restaurants) Quirky towns Vic Market Farmers markets Baby and kids markets Beautiful wild birds in the trees Children's farms with Kangaroo's etc Close knit mothers group meetings once a week My friends beach house Undercover parking and undercover shopping on a hot day Philadelphia sweet chili pour overs Turkish bread Buying meat, veg and fruit, fresh from the local market Cabana and cheese Going to peoples homes and taking a 'Plate' (I do this now here! Start a new trend! hehehe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tigers Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 AND the big marked parking spaces like Quoll said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 There are certainly many of those things you can do in the UK but as you say often it is the place, the surroundings etc. I agree about the parking places, it's also strange the closer you get to the city the smaller the spaces become :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepywombat Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I have no plans to leave but if I was going to head back to the UK, I would miss (in no particular order) The clean beach (less than a minutes walk from my door) The sunrise from the beach or my balcony The sunset from the nearest hill! The public transport (yes - even on Sydneys Northern Beaches it is better than I experienced in the UK!) The walks on the beach after work Falling out of a cab at the beach and sobering up sitting on the steps to the sound of the surf Getting all sweaty with housework and running into the sea to cool off Being able to walk down the street or pop into a shop in swimmers and not get looked at as if strange The awful driving skills of the natives (and been-here-a-long-timers) The way I can cross a street and cars wait for me even if they have a green light The easy-going nature of the place The 'feel' of it Sand EVERYWHERE!!!! ALWAYS!!! The 'amazing-ness' of everything our forefathers acheived here in such a very short space of time The idiots Being able to walk around with no shoes/thongs on The Northern Beaches men and their arrogance The sexiness of the local rowing club boys/men! Radishes that are bigger than tomatoes Watching people trying to reverse park (how funny!) Pokies SLSC men See-weed wrapping round my legs $13 bottles of bubbles in the RSL $20 bottles of bubbles in the hotels The ferry & home to & home from work across the harbour Crappy tasteless waxy cheese The views from West Head and Long Reef Losing my swimmers in the heavy surf Trips outback to do Red Dirt Drives (in rentals!!!) The fantastic friends I have made And finally - before you get too bored... Myself! I have 'found' myself here and I don't want to go back to who and where I was before I got here... I love it!! Cx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalkyhill Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 BYO restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tigers Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 BYO restaurants. Thats quite common in the UK now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tigers Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Babychino's in every coffee shop, only a few do them over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris955 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Yes there are certainly BYO restaurants in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalkyhill Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Thats quite common in the UK now I maybe never noticed them, but I can't remember there being many where I lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I really miss surfers paradise now that we are back home, we loved it there, we went in the 24 degrees water everyday boogie boarding with the kids, the surf was great and just to see the kids outside, instead of being stuck in doors like they are in the uk was magic. The weather was sunny and fabulous and we were out and about all over the place, its a different life over there and we all really miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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