Hail all,

Category: Travel.

Dear Australia,

Well, the time has finally come to go home. Australia - I've been away far too long. Six months in fact. In the time that I've left you, I have travelled through Canada, U.S.A, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvadorand Honduras. Yet, I couldn't stay away forever, much as I tried to, and am now seemingly forced to leave a place I have truly come to love.

I know, I know... That wasn't the plan when I left you. You cried, your citizens cried, my family cried at my departure. It was destined to only be 3 months, not 6. I know, I know... I was only meant to stay in the U.S.A - possibly Canada if I so chose.

But sometimes travel has a funny way of taking a life of it's own and pushing you into unexpected places. In fact, very briefly, I was to head to Jamaica, a place I had never considered before.

And yet, while I feel at home here, it doesn't have all the comfortsthat you provide. And besides, working here, while fun, didn't provide the level of benefits that you pride yourself on. Australians are a nice bunch, I meet many of them on my travels. It speaks well for you. You lovingly send us on the way, knowing that eventually, we'll return...

I guess "I still call Australia home" shouldn't just be a QANTAS advert. It should bloody well be our Anthem.

So, I'm returning soon. I'll be back home in just a week actually. It's been quite a while. And if you want, I'll buy you a beer and tell you a yarn.

I've been missing VB, I tell ya.

Cheers, and love always,

Sagacious Tien.