Having a moment

I'm having a moment of reflection. A moment which is making me feel extremely grateful for everything I have experienced so far, but also reminding me that in just over five weeks I will be leaving what I have here, and returning to the UK.

Everyone knows that time goes fast, but I never would have thought it would go this quickly. How is it that I have such little time left here in Australia? I remember at the start of my journey it felt slow, nicely paced in fact. Then all of a sudden, I woke up and it was September. Now it's coming to the end of October. This Thursday is Musti's leaving party/ everyone's good bye party. People are starting to jet off travelling now and so we thought we would all go out together for one last night in 'The Valley'.

Of course I am excited to see my family and friends, and celebrate Christmas back home. But it hurts me so much to think that I have to leave behind all the brilliant people I have met here. When I left the fabulous people in my life back in England, I knew I would be returning. But I don't know when I'll see my Aussie friends and family again. I am dreading going to the airport with Macca and having to sit on a plane for almost 24 hours, alone.  Him and his family have done so much for me and given me a home here, something which I never would have guessed would happen. I feel guilty prancing off back to England, but I know they will always be here if I return.

This weekend we went to Coolangatta, where we first met. It's one of my favourite beaches I've been to in Australia, because of the memories I have there but also because of how chilled out and beautiful it is. Siobhan and I had the best weekend there back in August. I blogged about it previously so take a look, it was one of the funniest weekends I  have had.

Siobhan has played a big part in my Australia experience. I don't know what I would have done with out her really. She helped me settle in when I arrived, took me on many adventures, introduced me to wonderful people, understood me and most of all- entertained me. Thank god she only lives round the corner from me in London.

This week I will give in all my assignments and complete my semester at Griffith University. After that, I hope to go to Fraser Island (possibly on my own), just for a few days. Siobhan and I have a flight booked to Sydney on Monday 11th November and after that we are heading to Melbourne. In my last week, Macca and I are planning to travel to Noosa and a few other spots on the Sunshine Coast. He has taken time off work, because otherwise I would have a lonely last week!

I'm going to head off before this becomes a depressed blogging session. I don't want it to be depressing because I am reflecting on having the best time of my life. The best 5 months which have challenged and surprised me....

and I wouldn't change it for the world!