Hiii,

Feel like I’m starting every blog with “I’m in Australia” lol. Promise it will stop after this one hahaha. We’ve been living in Perth 23 days as of the day I’m posting this, this is the period that everyone said to watch out for with having negative feelings towards living away. I asked on my instagram for some questions about living in Perth & with that being said here’s my first impressions of living in Perth.

“Have you felt homesick yet?”

Short answer is no. But being fully honest I thought on my first night that I was going to book a flight home sooner, I was crying at 3am and just couldn’t shake myself. As it turns out that being overwhelmed is a normal human reaction to 26 hours of traveling and having slept about 3 hours of it… I wouldn’t say now that I was feeling homesick that night because I literally had got off the plane and couldn’t sleep with jet lag. Everyday since I have counted my blessings to be in such a beautiful country. Although if I’m being honest I did feel a little bit of FOMO when the Derry/Dublin match was on and we weren’t at it… but that feeling last 5 minutes and I spent the rest of the day being grateful for where I am!

“How was the jet lag?”

Honestly… thee worst feeling I have ever experienced in my life. Briefly mentioning in the first answer about that overwhelming feeling that nothing is right, eventually I got some sleep. I got 3 hours to be precise. We tried to stay out all day to avoid napping on day 1, we managed to get to 3pm and completely crashed. Slept for an hour and slept for another 4 that night. This same pattern happened for 3 nights. Eventually we forced our way through an entire day with no naps and went to bed at 11pm and this let us sleep our first night through. Feel like I’m writing a blog about newborn life but it’s true hahaha! The only way I can describe jet lag is that you literally feel wide awake one minute, then so tired, but can’t sleep, then you’re frustrated and the cycle continues until your body caves to sleep. As you can imagine not a fun experience. But ending on a positive note I now casually sleep 8-9 hours every night. Blissful.

“We chatted about this in the gym, how’s the lifestyle irl?”

The best way I can describe the lifestyle here is balance! You see so many people out walking together everywhere, wholesome food in every cafe, casual drinks on a Tuesday night to have a catchup. Anything goes here. One thing I’ve noticed massively in Perth specifically is how easy going people are, like they have their routine they stick with it and that’s not a problem because it fulfils all their needs. I can’t wait for myself to be in a routine too when we start working!

“Is it hard speaking to your family with the time difference?”

I personally haven’t struggled with the time differences, mainly because my friends and family I am chatting to don’t work day jobs! I can call them at 7pm my time and it’s late morning for them. It really is a blessing and feel very grateful that this is the time schedule that works for both of us. I know other friends and family who live in Australia and really struggle with the time differences because of their jobs or the people they are ringings jobs! As for now though I am happy to say that it’s not an issue for me!

“Is it as expensive as everyone says it is?”

In my personal experience no. We’ve been here 3 weeks, ate out for at least one meal everyday, had a bev most nights, going and doing activities every other day, bought a car, paid for all of our courses, weekly groceries and rent & we haven’t even touched half of the Australian government recommended amount to bring. If you were coming out here to work straight away then you definitely wouldn’t need too much money because you’d be paying for less outings and eating out. If anything most things here are them same or cheaper than home at the minute. 

“If you had opportunity to live anywhere else in the world would you?”

Absolutely! I would love love love to work/live in Canada for sometime. I’ve always had a notion but never as much as Australia. On a personally level I have give myself until 2026 to do my own thing, travel, live away from home, wherever the wind takes me. With that being the case I’d imagine we probably will live somewhere else! If anyone reading this is considering moving away, do it. The experience is worth everything! I often think while we’re here “this will be a memory one day”, that’s a bit mental isn’t it?

“How did you get a job and house?”

Hahaha this is a funny one… We’re not actually working yet. We have agreed that there isn’t going to be many times in our lives where we will have the opportunity to have 4 weeks off work to do whatever we please, especially in a beautiful place like Perth. We are looking for work by all means, but we are also being mindful to be present and to soak off this experience while we can. In terms of finding a house, shared accommodation is norm over here! We were absolutely blessed with timing of one of my friend and her partner getting a house in Perth. They kindly gave us the opportunity to move in with them and we jumped at it! It can be difficult to find accommodation but if you know anyone here contact them, its likely they know someone or get onto the Facebook groups “Irish around Perth” etc if you’re from home. 

That’s all the questions! Thank you to everyone who asked a question and support my instagram, genuinely it makes my heart so full! 

Promise I’ll stop typing soon lol, there was a few things I wanted to chat about myself, here’s my debrief:

I am absolutely in awe of living here. I love the can do attitude, the open minds, the low stress energy, it’s honestly the most refreshing feeling in the world. Three things I noticed about my health since being here: I sleep easier and longer, my skin is clearer and my mind doesn’t overthink half as much. I know I might be seeing life through rose tinted glasses at the minute, but I’m so okay with that because it feels good! Being outside most of the day and eating fresh food is so good for my soul. Being 15/20 minutes from beach life or city life is exactly where I belong! Everything feels so right being here and I am unbelievably grateful to be feeling all these positive feelings right now. I cannot wait to see where the next 11 months take me on this working holiday visa ❤

Feel free to leave questions in the comments or dm me on instagram! I’m always up for a chat and especially love travel chats!

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CYA x