ABOUT ME

Let me tell you a little about myself. My name is Trish and I live with my family in the southern suburbs of Perth, the beautiful capital city of Western Australia.  I am 5 feet 8 inches tall, have naturally dark brown hair and eyes, although I now have the top half of my hair blonde to allow for the odd 'blonde moment' that we gals occasionally have. In days gone by I was more streamlined but, having reached middle age, I have decided that "what you see is what you get" and am now quite comfortably 'cuddly'.

I was born in Mestre, Northern Italy after World War Two, to an English father and Scottish mother.  My father was serving with the Royal Artillery in Italy, and my mother was given the option to go out and join him so, having spent much of the first few years of their marriage apart, she accepted with alacrity and  I was the result of their happy reunion!

I was only a few months old when we returned to England.  My father was demobbed shortly after our return and took up life in civvy street.  He was later called up to go and fight  again in Korea, where he was killed in February 1951 at age 29. I spent my early years living in Hampshire and Essex in England and Roxburghshire in Scotland, before returning to live in Essex with my mother and new dad some 4 months after their marriage.  I had a happy childhood and my new dad was every bit as good a dad to me as any real father could have been.

I met my husband Roger in England in the autumn of 1979, we married in May 1980 and we had our first daughter, Lauren Amanda, in June 1981 .  We emigrated to Australia in November, 1981 and our second daughter Renee-Claire was born here in Perth in January, 1985.  As we had already fallen in love with Australia, it's people and lifestyle we had applied to be naturalised and we became Australian Citizens in the June of 1985.

We have never for a single moment regretted our decision to emigrate to this wonderful country, and although we both still have family and friends back in the United Kingdom, Australia is home for us and always will be.

Perth is, to my mind, the most beautiful of all the capital cities in Australia and I feel so lucky that we chose to come here when we emigrated from England - here are some photographs of our lovely city shown below - with more to see on my Pictorial page.

The people of Western Australia, and those from other Australian states whose acquaintance I have made, are the warmest, most welcoming and wonderful people and I would not hesitate to recommend this country to anyone thinking of taking the plunge and emigrating here, although I will warn you - Australians do not like "whingers" (people who continually moan about things and compare Australia unfavourably with the country they came from) or "Tall Poppies" (those folks who have become very successful and perhaps think a little too highly of themselves), and will quickly bring them down to earth, but offer an Australian your genuine friendship and it will be returned with interest.