Months have
passed since the last post because I’ve been debating back and forth whether or
not to continue with it. My intentions
were always to keep it going, but then time got the better of me, getting
bogged down in settling back in, and it seemed too late. But what the heck, I’ll do it anyway. The
main reason is to stay in touch with all our overseas friends, enlightening
them on life in Oz, and hopefully in the process coax them over for a holiday
(or frighten them off it for good!). It
will provide a platform to air out our own thoughts about coming back here to
live and give us a chance to see life in Australia from a new perspective,
learning about bits and pieces that we never gave any thought to before. I heard a quote the other day, not sure where
it was from now, but it said something along the lines of “You must immerse
yourself in another world/culture/life to fully understand your own”. Don’t quote me on it! But that’s the gist. And we definitely feel that living in
Austria, even only for a year, has changed the way we see and deal with things,
altered our perception of what is truly important to us, and given us a new
understanding of ourselves.
So, to our
friends and family here in ‘Straya’ (as the die hard true blue aussies call
it), you’d be forgiven for not being too interested in reading on, since we are
just here around the corner and can talk to you everyday. But to all our chums far and wide, here is a
lovely picture to start it all off…..
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| One of our lovable native creatures - The Red Back Spider ! |
