I have lived in Perth for around 4 years now, and am a true SOR gal. :)
Chance first brought me to Perth, I applied for a Rio Tinto Internship. Out of the many many applicants in a variety of fields, they chose me and they chose Australia. So I spent the summer between my 3rd year at Uni and my Masters working for Rio Tinto Exploration in the Pilbara and Kimberly, and living in Perth.
And I loved it. I don't know why, it just felt right. And it wasn't all the blue skies and sunshine because it was winter and rainy and windy and cold!I went back home, told The Boy I was moving to Perth when my Masters was over and he could come with me if he wanted. i.e. I'm going and you can't stop me but I hope you love me enough to see sense. We'd been together a year by this point, and two by the time we moved. Photo below is the first night we spent in our first apartment together. I'd been here 6 weeks and the Boy had just arrived. I picked up the keys a few days before (I'd been living in hotels before that) but had been so busy with work I hadn't had time to do anything house-y, and the furniture hadn't been delivered yet, so we slept on the floor in the living room of a totally empty 3 bedroom house. :)
And now its home and I couldn't imagine my life back in the UK. It just wouldn't work. There are no jobs doing what I want to do, there is no beautiful foreshore to run around, no massive country to explore and a less laid back atmosphere. Not to mention the weather ;)I miss my friends and family, but we have good friends here. At some point every one has to fly the next (or have it whisked away from under them). I just flew further.
Now we have our residency, bought our first house, and have just been granted our citizenship!
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