- Cultural shock is awful but the good news is that it does pass...it has very little to do with being homesick but ALL about being WAY, WAY out of your comfort zone. - Pauline
- I have lived in the usa for four years and it's my home now and I know that if I returned to oz to live I would miss many things about the usa just like I miss things about oz. But I will always feel like an Australian no matter what country I live in or how long I live there. I just can't imagine ever not feeling like I'm an Aussie. - Tina
- Brought back memories of swinging on the Hills hoist ... and bending it to a 45 degree angle!!! Boy, was I in trouble. - Lisa
- A boss I had once just after I arrived here used to take great delight in saying "holy sheep-shit" (thinking he was making me feel at home) - Judy
- I LOVE all those memories!!!! I LOVED the summer evenings and the trip to the local shops for the lollies!!! Did you all grow up in the same neighbourhood as me??????????? Or is Aussie just that great all over!!!??? IT IS THAT GREAT! And I miss my childhood!!!! OK, off to the therapists now!! - Gaynor
- Sure we all miss home, but I can bet my life that (well, for me anyway) once I go back to OZ to either visit or live there are going to be things I miss here too. - Nell
- Sure, nearly all of us here at MUO will always call Australia home, but at the same time, this country, the USA, is slowly but surely infiltrating it's charm into our lives here. - Alan
- Look at the bright side. It may not have been Australia deprivation..it may just have been an attack of early-onset adult senility! - Steve J
- As excited as I am, I can't help but feel the pull of Australia. Watching the scenery coming up by train from Victoria, I just wanted to soak it all in, to have memories of my wonderful country to take with me to my new home. - Pauline
- I spent last night sitting around here in tears feeling sorry for myself thinking maybe it's time to call it quits, to just pack up the dog and go back home......but hell no, not yet as when or if it becomes time it will be without my tail between my legs, it will be for the right reasons. So I'm here ready to fight another day and see what tomorrow brings, another Aussie in Roswell would be good. - Cassie
- I love reading your installments of your trip.. It does bring a touch of home from Australia into our homes here in the US. - Deb & Dave M
- At times like these the tears seem to flow readily however, will soldier on. - Stephanie
- Yeah, even though I was never a beach bum, I really miss having the beach handy - Ozconnor
- I was a bit disappointed when I woke up, to know that there would be no kookaburras when I took my coffee out onto the porch - Rose
- You don't miss what you have until you ain't got it no more...and I know I took alot about Australia for granted...it really is the lucky country. - Geoff
- They say home is where the heart is but my heart always seems to wander back to long hot summer days with the cicadas singing, sitting on the beach with Streets ice cream running everywhere while I try to eat it before it melts, hopping all over the hot sand at the beach with bare feet trying to find a cool spot and, when flying back to Oz, seeing all those red rooves high above Sydney - Stephanie
- Nationality is a state of mind. I'm a Aussie & it doesn't matter where i live now & where i was born, I AM AUSTRALIAN! (& am proud to be!). - Hoblet
- My Mum gets real sentimental about Christmas, and last Christmas she cried on the phone, saying she wished I was there. Just about broke my heart. - Rose
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