July30 we are staying

Ok peoples you might have read between the lines that there is some home sickness. Your absolutely right . Reality is this’s  what’s inevitable when you live on the other side of the world for the 1st time . Australia really is the lucky country. We have a good climate ,a massive land mass and only 22 million people .There is a large middle class and a system that has enough empathy and the capability to keep the lower class out of the gutter . We knew it wasn’t going to be easy settling down here , especially when you consider you can stuff the whole Australian population into LA and its surrounds. Built up , busy , tough and every man for themselves mean that socially they run a tight ship . Saying hello on the street and getting the yanks to loosen up takes much more than expected . They’re good people ,will always help but there is a sense of armour to their phsche. Here in Hermosa Beach they have a special little place that really is a sanctuary. For LA is a big fuckn joint and a lot of day trippers flood in to this little beach locale. As I’ve said before parking is cut throat and the streets and town centre swell up on a weekend or holliday period. A lot of families have left the area for holidays . We have come at a tough time to assimilate . Their year finishes in June , their tired , sporting teams have finished their seasons and this part of the world you don’t have your traditional Aussie neighbourhood.With330 million people this part of the world has identified their advantage will be education . Hence the kids have been hit by a tsunami of expectations and a standard well in advance of what they have been used to in Australia. They don’t have the sporting DNA we have . You can’t just put your kid a bball team or footy club . They only play two hybrid 8 week seasons of bball . Poor little Leroy plays in another suburb with a group of kids who are all older and from the same school . It won’t hurt in the long run but this gives you an idea that parents and adults get a lot less opurtunity to mix and thus you get a picture now have how slow it has been to make a connection. It will get better soon , and in reality we are very spoilt to be able to say we are Aussies who live in LA . Not many do and I don’t know anyone from Mornington that have done what we have . We are committed to seeing out our 2 year contract and in 12 months I suspect this blog will have a more diverse view . I hope so .