Big Move

Veiw At Shaw & Smith Wine Tasting Room

The biggest thing I've done in the last 10 years was not get on my return flight to Brisbane after my summer holiday. If you knew me before my shock snap decision to stay away, you would have never believed that I was going. I didn't even believe it.

I was the ultimate city slicker Brissy girl. Tonnes of close friends, a great career in fashion, Brisbanes' (very small) world at my fingertips.  That was the outside. On the inside I was dissatisfied, miserable & claustrophobic. My love affair with Brisbane was well and truely over. This was no 7 year itch. This was grounds for seperation.

Everytime I've arrived in Adelaide I've gotten this feeling like I can breathe properly again. The air tastes sweeter and I just couldn't get enough of it.



Sun Setting in the hills, taken while walking the dog

 If you've never been to Adelaide you are seriously missing out. Beautiful white sanded beachs being caressed by crystal blue water and that gorgeous clear blue sky summer making it the perfect place to spend lazy summer days. Head into the hills where I live and you move into a different way of life. It's a small town area, where everyone knows your name. Streets are lined with big green trees and there are green rolling hills as far as the eye can see. The best wines in the world are made in your back yard, as well as some of the best fresh produce. There is always something happening, something to check out and see.  How can you not love it?

Citizens here love to recycle. Everything. This is not a wasteful society. You head into the city centre and you see not one scrap of rubbish. In fact they even pay you to recycle bottles and cans. How awesome is that? 

Sometimes I miss my parents and my friends. Sometimes I miss the clubbing and the special treatment we used to get from the Brisbane clubs. I even sometimes miss the silly boys that used to boost my ego. Mostly I'm enjoying learning about myself and learning how to be independant. I love being mostly annonymous and that although everyone here knows everything about everyone else (a bit like Brisbane, huh?)  they only know what I want them to know about me.

Veiw from Glenelg Jetty

So to my friends and family who are still left wondering "Why?" I hope I've explained myself, at least a little bit.