Latest Go Hard or Go Home

• I might even just miss London’s weather …

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | WHAT will I miss most about the UK? I was asked this question a few days ago and I am still struggling to come up with an answer.

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• I’ve gone hard, now I am going home…

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | This week’s column is not an easy one to write because I have made one of the toughest decisions in my life.

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• Real ‘Made In Chelsea’ worth crossing the Thames for

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | The ‘reality soap’ TV show ‘Made in Chelsea’ doesn’t interest me in the slightest. People-watching in Chelsea, however, is something I’d recommend tuning in to.

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• Sometimes, there’s just no hiding my Aussieness

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | Overall, I think I do a pretty good job of fitting in with the Brits. It helps that our homelands and cultures are so similar. But there are times when I feel like a bit of an alien.

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• When possessions are worth more than life itself

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | Since catching the travelling bug almost four years ago, I was proud of the fact that I’d never lost my wallet, phone, handbag, or anything of serious value during my travels. That was until this month when I lost my passport at the airport.

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• I have a big confession to make

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | I am going to be honest with you. I don’t care about the Rugby World Cup. Or the AFL Grand Final!

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• Hanging up the backpack?

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | I love travelling, but lately I’ve realised this love is not as unconditional as it once was.

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• London foxes are far from fantastic

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: There is one skill that I did not expect to pick up when moving to London; the ability to survive a face-off with a fox.

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• There’s a brand ‘new’ craze sweeping through Britain

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: According to Sky News, wild swimming is a new “craze” sweeping through Britain where people swim in natural waterways, like rivers and lakes. Come again?

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• Tim Tams vs Penguins – is there even a contest?

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | After receiving a little package of Aussie goodies from my folks, I thought I’d repay them the favour and send them some treats from the UK, including the dreaded Penguin.

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• Should I stay or should I go?

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: It’s that time of year when Antipodeans begin their mass evacuation from the UK and I am asking myself, ‘Should I stay or should I go?’

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• UK ‘English’ is all sixes and sevens

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | I refuse to give in to the taunts. I’ll continue to talk the Australian way, because calling White Out ‘Tipp-Ex’ is just not cricket.

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• Love shines through the chaos

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME | Through the destruction, violence and despair caused by the recent riots in the UK, there was one thing that brought a smile to my face – seeing all the love being sent from Down Under.

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• London, where is the love?

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: A recent incident has crushed what little faith I had in the goodwill of my fellow Londoners.

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• I heart Kiwis

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: There’s a myth here in the UK that Australians and Kiwis don’t get along. I’d never heard of this so-called rivalry until I moved to the UK and, well, I really don’t like it.

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• To she pee, or not to she pee, that is the question

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: When it comes to festivals, everyone seems to have a different idea about what items are ‘essential’.

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• Keep calm and carry on…queuing

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: There’s a well-known joke that Londoners love to queue. But forming an orderly line is so central to life in this part of the world, it’s no laughing matter.

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• Loving living the nomadic life

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: Like most Aussies living in London, spending a couple of years abroad was something I had dreamt of doing since my teens. But maybe living abroad actually isn’t every young Australians’ cup of flat white.

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• All a bluster about the weather

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: The Brits are famous for indulging in a bit of a whinge from time to time, but when it comes to the weather, Aussie expats take the cake.

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• Aussie homesickness and the cyber-age

  

  GO HARD OR GO HOME: Living on the other side of the world has given me a renewed appreciation of many Aussie things back home.

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