(16th September, 2008.) |
This photo was taken eleven years & one day ago,
on the 16th of September, 2008.*
An auspicious date that I'll always remember.
It was the day I packed two suitcases of my nicest clothes & a large box
It was the day I packed two suitcases of my nicest clothes & a large box
(mostly filled with hats, props & my CD collection)...
And I moved from New Zealand to Australia.
For the first three years I was based in Newtown (in Sydney)
For the first three years I was based in Newtown (in Sydney)
and from mid-Winter 2011 (until late 2015) I lived in Melbourne.
I made SO many wonderful friends & clients in the (nearly) eight years I lived in Oz.
I made SO many wonderful friends & clients in the (nearly) eight years I lived in Oz.
And now I am living back in NZ, I miss you all (over there) very, very much!!
At the time I thought that uplifting my roots & moving to a whole new country
At the time I thought that uplifting my roots & moving to a whole new country
was the most challenging & confronting thing that I'd ever done. Now, in hindsight,
I think that returning home to Aotearoa (after nearly ten years away)
has been equally as heartbreaking, hard & challenging.
But here's what I now know: Home, it's not really about geography or a physical place.
But here's what I now know: Home, it's not really about geography or a physical place.
It's people. And that is why Sydney & Melbourne are still very much my
two home(s) away from home.
Thanks for ALL the delicious, precious memories, friendships,
Thanks for ALL the delicious, precious memories, friendships,
relationships, professional gigs & Aroha, Australia!
“One never reaches home," she said.
"But where paths that have an affinity for each other intersect,
the whole world looks like home, for a time.”
Hermann Hesse
* My Mum looks so heartbroken in this photo. She was losing a second son to Australia.
Hermann Hesse
* My Mum looks so heartbroken in this photo. She was losing a second son to Australia.
(This blog entry originally appeared as a Facebook post on 17/9/2019.)