Just stick at it and don't give up on your new home. People complain about Melbourne's weather because you can't plan outside things ahead of time but it is actually very mild weather most of the time and when it does get hot or cold, you know that it will change in a couple of days, back the other way and relief is coming soon. That's why it's the sporting capital and outside events are so popular, mild weather. Self talk is important with change. My mum and dad both moved from UK to Australia in their 20's and lived their whole lives in Australia. They met on the ship coming out here. Mum loved Australia and always considered herself as Australian, rather than English. Whenever asked she'd say "I've lived in Australia way longer than I grew up in England so I'm Australian". Dad on the other hand got stuck on his home country. He would always talk about how great things are in UK even though you knew he had no real idea about the country anymore and lived his whole life talking about going back home. When they went back on holidays he'd seem to hark back to the old days where mum would always tell us that the place was really unrecognisable and people over there were different to Aussies. Two people who had the same experiences but saw their life changing move in a completely different way. One with full acceptance and the other with full reluctance. Good Luck & I hope it works out well for you. :)
Always remember with every obstacle you face, you never failed, you attempted. It would be a very boring world if everything was perfect, challenges create the true character of a person and give strength to admit the truth a person is trying to hide from themselves. Wish you good health and happiness wherever your dreams take you.
I think it takes at least 9 months to start feeling comfortable in a new place, the best thing to do is become so busy that you do not have time to think about old friends etc. At first you meet new acquaintances who you might think of as substitute friends who pale into insignificance compared to your close friends you left behind but eventually this flips and you gradually start feeling closer to your new friends. You change so much during your 20s it will feel like a dream in a few years.
welcome the the friendliest city! moved here 5 years ago and wont leave! It gets easier the longer you stay, and life is easy in Australia if you work hard for it!
I get the loneliness and being homesick, but you also get to start afresh. A chance to build into your life the things that you really want, not just things you stumbled into by default growing up. Aussies are pretty friendly lot, so I’m sure you’ll make lots of new mates, too. You’ll also have heaps of experiences that’ll make **your friends** feel FOMO. When you’re a bit older, you’ll look back on this time and be glad of all the great things you got to do and experience. 😊
It's interesting, your situation is unique and little different to most "I just moved to Australia" content out there. As you were born here and have so much family here (your parents are Australian too, right?). So it's like you're almost readjusting to being Australian again. Like a reverse culture shock, where you've lived away from your country of origin for a long time. That's a whole other thing from an American who has no connection to Australia or never been here before. Both are unique experiences. I guess two cultures live inside of you, maybe sometimes clashing 😆. Did you experience that period of adjustment when you moved to America? Or perhaps you were too young. I do feel like there's something uniquely Australian in our DNA or make up that we never lose no matter where life takes us. Things like our attitude to life, our resilience, our sense of humour and taking the piss, our connection to and love of nature and outdoors - especially the ocean. The longer you are here, the more the Aussie with in will re surface. Before you know it, you'll be shortening words and using slang like a local lol 😆 With food, Australia is very multicultural and that's reflected in the cuisine offerings. In particular there's a lot more variety of authentic Asian cuisines here than in the US. Makes sense with our proximity to Asia. And also Southern Asian/Indian cuisine. As those countries are where most of our immigration comes from. Where as in the United States has a lot more authentic Mexican and Spanish influenced cuisines than we have in Australia. Which again makes sense, with the close Proximity to Mexico and immigration patterns. I think Salsas, Mad Mex and Guzman Y Gomez are probably about the closest-"ish" to Chipotle here. But yeah unfortunately we're not known for having much authentic Mexican cuisine. Australians in general tend to support local and small business than chains, which I love. We'll often go to our local fish and chip or burger/chicken place over Maccas or KFC. Same with Cafes and local coffee shops and baristas. Most Aussies wouldn't be caught dead in a Starbucks😆. It's mostly International students and tourists who go to those places for sugary ,low quality over priced "coffee". If you get a chance, and you have a big appetite, maybe try a HSP from your local kebab place. I'm surprised you've had trouble getting a job, given the skilled worker shortages in every industry in Australia at the moment. Especially in the tech industry. Fingers crossed you get something good soon🙂 And there's nothing wrong with hospitality work in meantime. Many people with uni degrees come here on working holiday visas and do casual hospo work because it often pays $30 or so an hour and penalty rates on weekends and public holidays. The decent wage and flexibility is desirable for travellers. Aussies are not as classist as some other countries. People don't look down their nose at anyone based on their occupation. Tradies for example are pretty respected here and often earn good money. Both Melbourne and Sydney can be hard at first to build a social group. Big cities and all. I found that moving to Sydney from Qld many years ago. Work is a good place to meet people, also community volunteering, or taking some type of arts class or photography class for example. Or a join local fitness group. There's also local walking clubs and bushwalking groups that meet up. Trivia night at your local pub can be a fun thing to do with people too. I never had a car the whole time I lived in Sydney (moved back to Qld about 18months ago), didn't need it. Aussies living in or around suburbs near cities tend to be less car reliant.(rural or regional areas is different of course). We also walk a lot, whenever possible rather than jumping in the car just to go a short distance to local shops or whatever. And cycle. Lotta cyclists out there! And remember, Australia is a big and very diverse continent! Get out and see more of it when you can🙂. Melbourne can get quite cold in winter and even now. If you ever feel the desire for warmer weather and sunnier skies ...take a short break up north to Queensland. It's currently 27°C and sunny where I am in South East Queensland at the moment. The new Bonza airways (yes that's really the name 🙈) has regular, $79AUD fares to the Sunshine coast, Cairns and the Whitsundays. All of which have warmer weather year round, beautiful beaches, rainforests near by and lots of things to see and do, many of which are free. 😎 Like you say, you are and will continue to grow, become more independent and confident than you ever thought possible. Which can only be a good thing. If your interested, maybe check out Ashleigh Fay Vlogs. She's an American who moved to Tasmania about a year ago to complete her master's in Antarctic Fur Seals. She did that and is now working in a totally different Industry for a while (think it's retail) til she gets to the next step in her career. She posts a lot of coffee and coffee shop content too as she's a huge coffee enthusiast. She was in Melbourne last year for the coffee festival. Wow didn't mean to type so much, I'll blame it on a lazy Sunday afternoon lol. All the best with everything.
Sorry it's been rough. I'm from Melbourne but I moved away when I graduated and never managed to move back. What I've noticed when I go back to visit is that I really feel like an outsider. Even though I know the culture very well, it's still tough for me to meet people there. So I would tell you not to feel bad about not finding your people quickly. It's just difficult, even though people in Melbourne are probably more open than people in a lot of other places. I'm moving from Utah to Belgium in a few months, so I'll probably be able to empathize with you a lot more then!
Hey Eliie, being a Mebournian,,I hope you've been able to start enjoying the AFL season since it started, it's pretty big here , now that it is cooling down , beaches are too cold, but places like the dandenongs are lovely, and the pubs are great
Welcome and hope it all works out, have a daughter that has lived in the UK for the last 9 years and also found communication with the time difference hard, forever having to adjust call times around her work and ours as well as her social life. Took a a few years for her to find her happy place, covid didn't help as we couldn't visit and vice versa.
You should be proud of yourself. Despite having family in Australia it is still a massive thing to move to a completely different country especially when you are so young, super brave. You will find a job you enjoy more I'm sure. Cousins are awesome. I moved to Australia when I was 8 from Canada and missed my family, especially my cousins so much. It is great that you will have 2 homes, welcome back!
Here's a headsup, now YMMV, but worked out a treat for me and that is to live in Sydney for a few years bc I did and I had the best time of my life. Firstly I am from Geelong and have never lived in Melbourne, have only gone out in Melbourne so I think I am in a position to offer an unbiased opinion. Decided to go up after splitting up with my GF of 3 years , was in my late 20's and thought now is the perfect time so applied for a job, flew up for an interview and got the job (back when there weren't as many programmers and you could land a job in at most 2 interviews). Flew up with just a suitcase and leased the first flat I found in Bondi which was the only suburb I knew. For the first 2 weeks I dont think I spoke a word to anyone, but then met some Kiwis and some locals tha tI worked with and with that I went from zero to 2 groups of friends. Ended up meeting 3 more groups, all very different, ie Kiwis, Oxford st group, the Lesbians, the Beautiful people (I called them that bc they were all kinda good looking, was I the token ugly guy?) and my cousins group of friends. Now I am kind of an introvert (MB INTP, yeah its BS but you get the gist of my personality), however I somehow became Mr Not-so-much-popular-but I somehow would attracted people without even trying. I was nothing like what I am like here in Vic but in Sydney I felt a freedom that I never felt before and just DGAF. I think the clubbing scene has now changed but Sydney back then had the best clubs I have ever been to with the most amazing music. And raves as in the old school style where you'd ring a number after 6pm to get the address of a real warehouse that had been decked out ike in the movies. Sundays however was the best night with "The Tender Trap" at Les Girl in the cross (60's cabaret stye music where they would play weird /strange versions of songs like Tequila on xylophone and Zorba The Greek played on lead guitar) where one of the girls in my Lesbian group would dress up as Marlene Dietrich where she looked soo cool that I'd be all "I m not worthy" LOL and she'd dance in that Fred Astaire style (club was so famous it has its own wiki) and Klub Kooky which was a few minutes away which played ?? can't describe the genre of music but it was unique and the DJ would mix classic's like Song to the Siren (This Mortal Coil version) and My Bloody Valentine's "Soon" and "Blow a Wish" with a cruisy almost ambient dub back beat?!?, like I said , don't know the genre but it sounded so cool. i went out every night and did not watch TV for 3-4 years and I realised that Melbourne is what I thought Sydney would be like (Melbourne is full of black clothed snobby hipsters) and Sydney is like what I thought Melbourne would be like, ie very friendly bc most people are from somewhere else and are keen to meet new people, whereas it seems u need to grow up in Melbourne to make friends. You're still young, I reckon give it a chance, Sydney is way more beautiful than Melbourne in weather and the layout, eg Sydney is on the ocean and has surf beaches wheres mekboure is on a bay.
You were born here. I think you came home rather than relocated to a foreign country. You need to put your head into that space rather than dwell on what you have left behind. Time to get up and go girl!
It feels that you just needed a best friend. Someone to lean on and say.. 'its ok'... plus a little bit of local guidance. Doing such a huge move during a massive upheaval of the working structure of the entire world. You have been amazingly brave! You would thrive at my workplace, which involves so many different industries and has heaps of opportunities. Just get in the door in any area and the ability to move internally to a hugely broad range of different departments is fantastic. I live in Melb btw. It also offers great potential to work while travelling. Wouldn't it be great to give your friends a bit of FOMO.. (the pay is better than a fish and chip shop)
I hope you find what your looking for and Australia is a great place to live you know because you lived here before so keep up what your been doing and it will work it self out about the weather La Nina has moved away so our weather patterns are stating to go back to normal just look out next summer it's going to be very hot
6:55 Potato cakes?? Jealous. Greetings from a Melburnian who moved to San Diego 30 years ago. I am very much enjoying your videos and can relate to many of the things you are experiencing. One of those is homesickness, which never really goes away, but can be alleviated by staying busy, or enjoying some things that you miss, such as food! Important question: what footy team do you barrack for. On an unrelated note, go Saints!
I’m moving there next month and this really helped my confidence of moving! Thank you so much!! And also I haven’t looked but if you have/ or can make a video about shipping your things over that would awesome because I have yet to see a good one yet haha
I have a similar experience to you. I wasn't born here in Australia, but moved here with my family when I was Eight years old till the age of Sixteen when we moved to Southern California, I loved living in LA. Lived there for 16 years years. To make a long story short, I wouldn't move back to California or any part of the USA. I've been back for Holidays and still consider the US my second home, but still, we in Australia , have a far better life here. You will appreciate Australia more, when you have spent several months here in Australia 🇦🇺 and you go back to America. Losing friends and starting a new life isn't easy I got depressed having lost contact. Friends are important, but a country like Australia is 10 times better than the US. Oh yeah I still have a Greencard 😊 you future is better here. Gooluck.
i agree with you so much! i really love australia and i’m going back to california for a bit in 2 weeks so i’ll really get to do the full comparison, but aus is the best for so many reasons. thank you for sharing your experience!
The grass is greener on the other side is too true in too many ways. If/when you move back you’ll look back at your time here with fondness where the struggles don’t seem as important as they do in the now. Good luck you’ll find your strides.
There is a difference between Melbourne city and the rest of Australia. It would be like saying living in America is xyz when you spent most of the time in New York
Depends on where you are within Melbourne. I've been told Melbourne is a horrible city but every single overseas visitor I've ever had has thought Melb was quite possibly the best city in the world. I was living in the inner North with local knowledge though. Don't get stuck in the suburban middle ring 10-30kms from the city.
If you're looking to make friends in your area start going to things like the pub on a Friday or fitness classes and a talking to like minded people, well that's how it's done in my area east of Melbourne. What are some restaurants in Melbourne you recommend?
It's very hard for children to maintain a commitment to two different cultures. This is why children of new migrants can often seem more 'aussie' than aussies themselves, they make the commitment to the new culture and go with it totally. This might have happened to you in the US. In a way it might be torture for you to return only to find you're not 'aussie' any more in spite of all the wonderful dreams you have of your childhood. Sometimes a big cry can help with that loneliness. You are attractive, intelligent and full of the US work ethic - an employer would be lucky to have you - so you will get a great job before too long I'm sure. Good luck and lots of hugs !
Ellie, since you are in Australia, maybe you could try to visit a neigboring country near OZ, which is the Philippines. Takes about 6-8 hours by plane. Same time zone as Perth.
Well the weather in Melbourne can be a bit off and we are moving into winter so it's going to get cold . Having said that where I am up in Queensland if it goes below 20C we're cold.
Please don't confuse your viewers by conflating Melbourne with the rest of Australia. I moved from Adelaide 7 years ago and I have had the same experience much different to the rest of the country.
oh, melbourne! we plan on moving down to the city in a few months, i'm just getting some remote work done for my 462 visa. i'll have to reach out when we make it down ☺️
Do yourself a favour and move to Brisbane. Consistent beautiful weather like California. Beautiful surf beaches on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Reasonable public transport. Similar size to Melbourne. Melbourne climate sucks. Admit that culture is great in Melbourne but nothing else. Brisbane has culture too. Everyone is Melbourne and Victoria live to holiday in Gold and Sunshine Coast and Brisbane on their vacation. That’s all they talk about other than AFL is the next vacation to Queensland.
Acceptance fomo is illustrative of just how much the canine psyche, the norm of belonging to a pack, has burrowed in under human radar. Blame man's bestie for being a bad influence, and get a budgie.
I'd move to Australia as well, but I'll have to give it some thought, and some more thought, and take another sip of stout at 3:30 am...... Wait on! I'm already here! Bloody stout! It's not me. Typical Aussie. Oi Oi Oi!
Well..OK...a couple of questions. First up, why did you feel the need to lie in the first place? Secondly, in view if your track record, why should anyone believe anything that you now have to say?Obviously, your credibility is zero.
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Just stick at it and don't give up on your new home. People complain about Melbourne's weather because you can't plan outside things ahead of time but it is actually very mild weather most of the time and when it does get hot or cold, you know that it will change in a couple of days, back the other way and relief is coming soon. That's why it's the sporting capital and outside events are so popular, mild weather. Self talk is important with change. My mum and dad both moved from UK to Australia in their 20's and lived their whole lives in Australia. They met on the ship coming out here. Mum loved Australia and always considered herself as Australian, rather than English. Whenever asked she'd say "I've lived in Australia way longer than I grew up in England so I'm Australian". Dad on the other hand got stuck on his home country. He would always talk about how great things are in UK even though you knew he had no real idea about the country anymore and lived his whole life talking about going back home. When they went back on holidays he'd seem to hark back to the old days where mum would always tell us that the place was really unrecognisable and people over there were different to Aussies. Two people who had the same experiences but saw their life changing move in a completely different way. One with full acceptance and the other with full reluctance. Good Luck & I hope it works out well for you. :)
Always remember with every obstacle you face, you never failed, you attempted.
It would be a very boring world if everything was perfect, challenges create the true character of a person and give strength to admit the truth a person is trying to hide from themselves. Wish you good health and happiness wherever your dreams take you.
I think it takes at least 9 months to start feeling comfortable in a new place, the best thing to do is become so busy that you do not have time to think about old friends etc. At first you meet new acquaintances who you might think of as substitute friends who pale into insignificance compared to your close friends you left behind but eventually this flips and you gradually start feeling closer to your new friends. You change so much during your 20s it will feel like a dream in a few years.
welcome the the friendliest city! moved here 5 years ago and wont leave! It gets easier the longer you stay, and life is easy in Australia if you work hard for it!
Ha ha bullshit friendliest city lol..Melbourne loves giving itself all these titles .how's those African gang stabbings going in the city lol lol
Nice where did you move from?
Just take your time.
I’ve got 2 homes
Vic is my birth & raised.
Another country Abroad is my ancestral homeland and enjoy both in different ways.
I get the loneliness and being homesick, but you also get to start afresh. A chance to build into your life the things that you really want, not just things you stumbled into by default growing up. Aussies are pretty friendly lot, so I’m sure you’ll make lots of new mates, too. You’ll also have heaps of experiences that’ll make **your friends** feel FOMO. When you’re a bit older, you’ll look back on this time and be glad of all the great things you got to do and experience. 😊
that’s so true! i feel like a i really get to embrace who i am in australia. and exactly right about giving my friends some fomo LOL!
It's interesting, your situation is unique and little different to most "I just moved to Australia" content out there. As you were born here and have so much family here (your parents are Australian too, right?). So it's like you're almost readjusting to being Australian again. Like a reverse culture shock, where you've lived away from your country of origin for a long time. That's a whole other thing from an American who has no connection to Australia or never been here before. Both are unique experiences.
I guess two cultures live inside of you, maybe sometimes clashing 😆.
Did you experience that period of adjustment when you moved to America?
Or perhaps you were too young.
I do feel like there's something uniquely Australian in our DNA or make up that we never lose no matter where life takes us. Things like our attitude to life, our resilience, our sense of humour and taking the piss, our connection to and love of nature and outdoors - especially the ocean.
The longer you are here, the more the Aussie with in will re surface. Before you know it, you'll be shortening words and using slang like a local lol 😆
With food, Australia is very multicultural and that's reflected in the cuisine offerings. In particular there's a lot more variety of authentic Asian cuisines here than in the US. Makes sense with our proximity to Asia. And also Southern Asian/Indian cuisine. As those countries are where most of our immigration comes from. Where as in the United States has a lot more authentic Mexican and Spanish influenced cuisines than we have in Australia. Which again makes sense, with the close Proximity to Mexico and immigration patterns.
I think Salsas, Mad Mex and Guzman Y Gomez are probably about the closest-"ish" to Chipotle here. But yeah unfortunately we're not known for having much authentic Mexican cuisine.
Australians in general tend to support local and small business than chains, which I love. We'll often go to our local fish and chip or burger/chicken place over Maccas or KFC. Same with Cafes and local coffee shops and baristas. Most Aussies wouldn't be caught dead in a Starbucks😆. It's mostly International students and tourists who go to those places for sugary ,low quality over priced "coffee".
If you get a chance, and you have a big appetite, maybe try a HSP from your local kebab place.
I'm surprised you've had trouble getting a job, given the skilled worker shortages in every industry in Australia at the moment. Especially in the tech industry. Fingers crossed you get something good soon🙂
And there's nothing wrong with hospitality work in meantime. Many people with uni degrees come here on working holiday visas and do casual hospo work because it often pays $30 or so an hour and penalty rates on weekends and public holidays. The decent wage and flexibility is desirable for travellers. Aussies are not as classist as some other countries. People don't look down their nose at anyone based on their occupation. Tradies for example are pretty respected here and often earn good money.
Both Melbourne and Sydney can be hard at first to build a social group. Big cities and all. I found that moving to Sydney from Qld many years ago. Work is a good place to meet people, also community volunteering, or taking some type of arts class or photography class for example. Or a join local fitness group. There's also local walking clubs and bushwalking groups that meet up. Trivia night at your local pub can be a fun thing to do with people too.
I never had a car the whole time I lived in Sydney (moved back to Qld about 18months ago), didn't need it. Aussies living in or around suburbs near cities tend to be less car reliant.(rural or regional areas is different of course). We also walk a lot, whenever possible rather than jumping in the car just to go a short distance to local shops or whatever. And cycle. Lotta cyclists out there!
And remember, Australia is a big and very diverse continent! Get out and see more of it when you can🙂. Melbourne can get quite cold in winter and even now. If you ever feel the desire for warmer weather and sunnier skies ...take a short break up north to Queensland. It's currently 27°C and sunny where I am in South East Queensland at the moment. The new Bonza airways (yes that's really the name 🙈) has regular, $79AUD fares to the Sunshine coast, Cairns and the Whitsundays.
All of which have warmer weather year round, beautiful beaches, rainforests near by and lots of things to see and do, many of which are free. 😎
Like you say, you are and will continue to grow, become more independent and confident than you ever thought possible. Which can only be a good thing.
If your interested, maybe check out Ashleigh Fay Vlogs. She's an American who moved to Tasmania about a year ago to complete her master's in Antarctic Fur Seals. She did that and is now working in a totally different Industry for a while (think it's retail) til she gets to the next step in her career. She posts a lot of coffee and coffee shop content too as she's a huge coffee enthusiast. She was in Melbourne last year for the coffee festival.
Wow didn't mean to type so much, I'll blame it on a lazy Sunday afternoon lol.
All the best with everything.
@Teagirl,,, u had me at HSP,,,the best
😂 You need to get a life!
😂 You need to get a life!
Sorry it's been rough. I'm from Melbourne but I moved away when I graduated and never managed to move back. What I've noticed when I go back to visit is that I really feel like an outsider. Even though I know the culture very well, it's still tough for me to meet people there. So I would tell you not to feel bad about not finding your people quickly. It's just difficult, even though people in Melbourne are probably more open than people in a lot of other places. I'm moving from Utah to Belgium in a few months, so I'll probably be able to empathize with you a lot more then!
Hey Eliie, being a Mebournian,,I hope you've been able to start enjoying the AFL season since it started, it's pretty big here , now that it is cooling down , beaches are too cold, but places like the dandenongs are lovely, and the pubs are great
Welcome and hope it all works out, have a daughter that has lived in the UK for the last 9 years and also found communication with the time difference hard, forever having to adjust call times around her work and ours as well as her social life. Took a a few years for her to find her happy place, covid didn't help as we couldn't visit and vice versa.
You should be proud of yourself. Despite having family in Australia it is still a massive thing to move to a completely different country especially when you are so young, super brave. You will find a job you enjoy more I'm sure. Cousins are awesome. I moved to Australia when I was 8 from Canada and missed my family, especially my cousins so much. It is great that you will have 2 homes, welcome back!
Here's a headsup, now YMMV, but worked out a treat for me and that is to live in Sydney for a few years bc I did and I had the best time of my life. Firstly I am from Geelong and have never lived in Melbourne, have only gone out in Melbourne so I think I am in a position to offer an unbiased opinion.
Decided to go up after splitting up with my GF of 3 years , was in my late 20's and thought now is the perfect time so applied for a job, flew up for an interview and got the job (back when there weren't as many programmers and you could land a job in at most 2 interviews).
Flew up with just a suitcase and leased the first flat I found in Bondi which was the only suburb I knew. For the first 2 weeks I dont think I spoke a word to anyone, but then met some Kiwis and some locals tha tI worked with and with that I went from zero to 2 groups of friends. Ended up meeting 3 more groups, all very different, ie Kiwis, Oxford st group, the Lesbians, the Beautiful people (I called them that bc they were all kinda good looking, was I the token ugly guy?) and my cousins group of friends. Now I am kind of an introvert (MB INTP, yeah its BS but you get the gist of my personality), however I somehow became Mr Not-so-much-popular-but I somehow would attracted people without even trying. I was nothing like what I am like here in Vic but in Sydney I felt a freedom that I never felt before and just DGAF. I think the clubbing scene has now changed but Sydney back then had the best clubs I have ever been to with the most amazing music. And raves as in the old school style where you'd ring a number after 6pm to get the address of a real warehouse that had been decked out ike in the movies. Sundays however was the best night with "The Tender Trap" at Les Girl in the cross (60's cabaret stye music where they would play weird /strange versions of songs like Tequila on xylophone and Zorba The Greek played on lead guitar) where one of the girls in my Lesbian group would dress up as Marlene Dietrich where she looked soo cool that I'd be all "I m not worthy" LOL and she'd dance in that Fred Astaire style (club was so famous it has its own wiki) and Klub Kooky which was a few minutes away which played ?? can't describe the genre of music but it was unique and the DJ would mix classic's like Song to the Siren (This Mortal Coil version) and My Bloody Valentine's "Soon" and "Blow a Wish" with a cruisy almost ambient dub back beat?!?, like I said , don't know the genre but it sounded so cool. i went out every night and did not watch TV for 3-4 years and I realised that Melbourne is what I thought Sydney would be like (Melbourne is full of black clothed snobby hipsters) and Sydney is like what I thought Melbourne would be like, ie very friendly bc most people are from somewhere else and are keen to meet new people, whereas it seems u need to grow up in Melbourne to make friends.
You're still young, I reckon give it a chance, Sydney is way more beautiful than Melbourne in weather and the layout, eg Sydney is on the ocean and has surf beaches wheres mekboure is on a bay.
Doing good mate. Acknowledging the good and the bad are both important
You were born here. I think you came home rather than relocated to a foreign country. You need to put your head into that space rather than dwell on what you have left behind. Time to get up and go girl!
that’s great advice! you’re so right 💗
That's right, embrace the great Aussie girl inside.❤🇦🇺
So proud of you ellie ❤ here for you always 🎉
i love you ash!! 💗
Great content. Had a laugh when you questioned the weather living in Melbourne 😂
Welcome to Melbs. You'll learn to appreciate the crazy weather and all the odd things.
It feels that you just needed a best friend. Someone to lean on and say.. 'its ok'... plus a little bit of local guidance. Doing such a huge move during a massive upheaval of the working structure of the entire world. You have been amazingly brave! You would thrive at my workplace, which involves so many different industries and has heaps of opportunities. Just get in the door in any area and the ability to move internally to a hugely broad range of different departments is fantastic. I live in Melb btw. It also offers great potential to work while travelling. Wouldn't it be great to give your friends a bit of FOMO.. (the pay is better than a fish and chip shop)
I hope you find what your looking for and Australia is a great place to live you know because you lived here before so keep up what your been doing and it will work it self out about the weather La Nina has moved away so our weather patterns are stating to go back to normal just look out next summer it's going to be very hot
6:55 Potato cakes?? Jealous. Greetings from a Melburnian who moved to San Diego 30 years ago. I am very much enjoying your videos and can relate to many of the things you are experiencing. One of those is homesickness, which never really goes away, but can be alleviated by staying busy, or enjoying some things that you miss, such as food! Important question: what footy team do you barrack for. On an unrelated note, go Saints!
"Home is where the heart is"
I’m moving there next month and this really helped my confidence of moving! Thank you so much!! And also I haven’t looked but if you have/ or can make a video about shipping your things over that would awesome because I have yet to see a good one yet haha
I have a similar experience to you. I wasn't born here in Australia, but moved here with my family when I was Eight years old till the age of Sixteen when we moved to Southern California, I loved living in LA. Lived there for 16 years years. To make a long story short, I wouldn't move back to California or any part of the USA. I've been back for Holidays and still consider the US my second home, but still, we in Australia , have a far better life here. You will appreciate Australia more, when you have spent several months here in Australia 🇦🇺 and you go back to America. Losing friends and starting a new life isn't easy I got depressed having lost contact. Friends are important, but a country like Australia is 10 times better than the US. Oh yeah I still have a Greencard 😊 you future is better here. Gooluck.
i agree with you so much! i really love australia and i’m going back to california for a bit in 2 weeks so i’ll really get to do the full comparison, but aus is the best for so many reasons. thank you for sharing your experience!
@@elliemajelly have a great life ❤
The grass is greener on the other side is too true in too many ways. If/when you move back you’ll look back at your time here with fondness where the struggles don’t seem as important as they do in the now. Good luck you’ll find your strides.
thank you angus! i truly agree with you, thanks for your kind words 💗
There is a difference between Melbourne city and the rest of Australia. It would be like saying living in America is xyz when you spent most of the time in New York
Depends on where you are within Melbourne. I've been told Melbourne is a horrible city but every single overseas visitor I've ever had has thought Melb was quite possibly the best city in the world. I was living in the inner North with local knowledge though. Don't get stuck in the suburban middle ring 10-30kms from the city.
If you're looking to make friends in your area start going to things like the pub on a Friday or fitness classes and a talking to like minded people, well that's how it's done in my area east of Melbourne.
What are some restaurants in Melbourne you recommend?
that’s good advice! and honestly i haven’t gone to any restaurants so far in the city city other than yarra botanica
Great video, I love your honesty 😊
It's very hard for children to maintain a commitment to two different cultures. This is why children of new migrants can often seem more 'aussie' than aussies themselves, they make the commitment to the new culture and go with it totally. This might have happened to you in the US. In a way it might be torture for you to return only to find you're not 'aussie' any more in spite of all the wonderful dreams you have of your childhood. Sometimes a big cry can help with that loneliness. You are attractive, intelligent and full of the US work ethic - an employer would be lucky to have you - so you will get a great job before too long I'm sure. Good luck and lots of hugs !
ah you’re so right! thank you for your kind words 💗
Ellie, since you are in Australia, maybe you could try to visit a neigboring country near OZ, which is the Philippines. Takes about 6-8 hours by plane. Same time zone as Perth.
Instead of using trains & buses when in Melbourne the trams are free and make it so much easier to find your way around
Well the weather in Melbourne can be a bit off and we are moving into winter so it's going to get cold . Having said that where I am up in Queensland if it goes below 20C we're cold.
Grief is part of dealing with change… that’s the way it is!
Please don't confuse your viewers by conflating Melbourne with the rest of Australia. I moved from Adelaide 7 years ago and I have had the same experience much different to the rest of the country.
i'm planning to move to US from melbourne, i can't stand it here anymore, this country is a boomer retirement village for those under 40
what area are you in? i'm moving a few hours north of melbourne in 4 weeks! the only person i'll know out there is my boyfriend 😂
oh, melbourne! we plan on moving down to the city in a few months, i'm just getting some remote work done for my 462 visa. i'll have to reach out when we make it down ☺️
omg!! message me on instagram 💗💗
@@sleepsweetasmr where are you moving from if you don't mind me asking?
Do yourself a favour and move to Brisbane. Consistent beautiful weather like California. Beautiful surf beaches on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Reasonable public transport. Similar size to Melbourne. Melbourne climate sucks. Admit that culture is great in Melbourne but nothing else. Brisbane has culture too. Everyone is Melbourne and Victoria live to holiday in Gold and Sunshine Coast and Brisbane on their vacation. That’s all they talk about other than AFL is the next vacation to Queensland.
One of the best things about saving up for things, you won't need to save up for an assault rifle.
it must be hard to learn a new language. is australian hard to learn?
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We speak english 🤦♂️
Your accent is slowly creeping back in Ellie
biggest compliment yet
Acceptance fomo is illustrative of just how much the canine psyche, the norm of belonging to a pack, has burrowed in under human radar. Blame man's bestie for being a bad influence, and get a budgie.
I'd move to Australia as well, but I'll have to give it some thought, and some more thought, and take another sip of stout at 3:30 am...... Wait on! I'm already here! Bloody stout! It's not me. Typical Aussie. Oi Oi Oi!
Sorry, Gen Z. You are gathering maturity. I wish the best for you.
Geb Z...
You can’t make chipotle at home lol
At least you have less chance of getting shot !!!!!
(Remembering all the victims young and old)
Well..OK...a couple of questions. First up, why did you feel the need to lie in the first place? Secondly, in view if your track record, why should anyone believe anything that you now have to say?Obviously, your credibility is zero.
Gee. In Australia .. we have .. houses!
GEE.
.. in those houses
.. we have kitchens .. fridges .. cupboards .. shelving .. cutlery .. crockery ... ovens & cookers.
Gee .. in Australia we have grocery stores.
Gee. We (actually) buy (uncooked) food.
Gee.. we buy this food. We bring the food home. In our car. We unload the car and bring the food etc .. into our house. Into our kitchen.
Now .. this .. will.. BLOW YOUR MIND!!!
WE COOK FOOD!!!
You know ... living in Australia ... You are also .. just "living".
The same is true moving interstate. You exaggerate and are just showing up your Americaness.
Judge Brian