opalrelocations

How long have you been in Australia? is probably one of the first questions people ask me when we meet. It can be in any manner of places, at the checkout queue in the supermarket, waiting for the bus, waiting for people at the airport and it comes from all different types of people. When I’m asked I always feel a little self-conscious of my Yorkshire accent, after all this is what has probably given me away. When I tell the questioner “11 years” I already know the response: ‘wow you sound like you have just stepped off a plane, isn’t your accent cute”   Whilst I always answer the question with a smile, and sometimes truth be told I may answer “all my life” or “about 10 minutes”. I always then feel the need to explain why I don’t sound like an aussie after all this time. The thing is I spend an awful lot of time speaking to my family back home, even after nearly 11 years. I video call my sisters and parents nearly every day, even if it’s just for 5 minutes while I am w...

It seems that everyone writes blogs these days. Some are funny, some are honest, some touch on taboo topics and some are trying to sell you something. What they all have in common is that they are written on subjects that people are interested in, and believe me there are some crazy ones out there!! I find myself drawn to reading the most unusual of blogs and get caught up in the stories, when I look up hours have passed. Some of my favourite blogs feature travel and coffee – two of my favourite things 😊 It came to me this morning that maybe I should jump on the band wagon and blog about the life and times of a Barnsley girl living in Brisbane, Australia who happens to relocate families from around the world into Australia for a business. Great idea, right? So here goes my first post… You will have to bear with me sometimes, I like to talk a lot and I think that it will come across that way too, and it might take me a while to get to the point… I probably should give...