After 7 months in Australia, I decided it was time to go home
*Just some reflections on my solo trip*
7 months ago, I left Canada and I travelled to Australia (working holiday visa!!), and last Tuesday I caught my flight home. 56 hours!!! Well, not 56 hours straight flying, but you know what I mean door to door. I flew Perth to Sydney to LA to Toronto to London (Ontario lol) I had a 6-hour layover in LA and I had a 20-hour layover in Toronto. (Yes, I know I could have easily gone on standby for an earlier flight, or even took the train or ye olde Greyhound -- but I was looking forward to spending a day in Toronto.) And now it's been nearly a week since I left and I have many mixed feelings about everything.
I arrived in Sydney, Australia early September 2018, I did some travelling around -- to Melbourne, and to Tassie, but I decided that I loved Sydney, so I decided to base myself there. I found a job, and found the worlds best flatmates I'd ever had. I made friends, I went on dates, I went to the beach, I took little weekend get-aways, I joined a dance class, I went down to Sydney Harbour at least once a week because I thought it was just amazing -- never in my life did I imagine this would happen, it felt so random, building a little life in Sydney, Australia but here I was! The months went on, and before I knew it, my 6 months at my job was coming to an end -- so I had to decide what I was going to do next. I got a slight inkling -- maybe I'm ready to go home?
The top three things I wanted to see in Australia, were The Great Ocean Rd, Tasmania, and Rottnest Island -- well I'd already done 2/3 things I thought, and everything else I saw was gravy. Did I want to extend the visa? Did I want to stay until September? Have I done enough and seen enough of Australia? Then it hit me -- I also did something else -- and when I realized it, I think I was pretty much set to go home. That was to live and work abroad -- and I'd done that. I had my life, I got a job, and I made it on my own -- abroad, and realizing that was so important to me. So I decided to travel up the East Coast, explore a little of the West Coast, and Rottnest Island and then go home. I left Australia with more confidence in myself, I got to know myself a little bit better, (Find me if you will.) I also learned to trust myself a bit better -- which was important to me, because I have spent most of my life doubting my decisions.
Of course, I bawled my eyes out as I flew out of Sydney, and slowly and slowly watched Australia fade in the distance -- but I know I'll come back.
So now, bring on the post-trip blues. I've been back just under a week, and I'm starting to get "homesick" for Australia -- also I'm really bored. I'm staying with my parents for the next week before I head back up to Ottawa. (Where I'd been living the last 10 odd years, I got my job back -- they always said I'd have a position with them, for whenever I returned.) All I can think of right now is -- where did the last 7 months go? It's already almost like it didn't happen, it's a really odd feeling.
Submitted April 30, 2019 at 06:10AM by LadyMaryCrawley91 http://bit.ly/2WdAqtd
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