British backpacker Daryl moves back to UK after detailing what she HATES about living in Australia

A British backpacker has detailed the six things she ‘hated’ about living in Australia – including the scorching summer, cockroaches and chorizo.

Daryl, from Sussex in England, was on a working visa when she lived in Cronulla with her Australian boyfriend James from October 2018 and June 2019.

The couple decided to return to the UK because they were ‘missing home’ after spending eight ‘beautiful’ months in the beachside suburb of Sydney.

Earlier this week, a resurfaced video emerged of Daryl sharing the things she wished she knew before relocating to Australia – including pricey fruits and vegetables, ‘weird’ chocolate, ‘loud’ birds and Aussie slang.

And in another light-hearted YouTube video, the young traveller listed the things she ‘hated’ about living in the country.

‘I don’t actually hate living in Australia, I absolutely adore it, I really love it. It [was] an amazing experience but it’s just a few things that I don’t like,’ she said.

British backpacker Daryl (pictured) has since moved back home to England after detailing the six things she ‘hated’ about living in Australia

HOMESICKNESS

One of the things Daryl hated about living in Sydney was moving away from her family and friends to be on the other side of the world.

‘I feel like anybody who moves away from their family and friends will experience at some point – homesickness is the worst thing in the whole world,’ she said.

‘It’s awful, what can you do? We’re out here, we’re having a great time… you have to enjoy the experience but it’s the worst thing about living [in Australia].

‘We are literally on the other side of the world so it’s hard to just pop back home for like a week… it wouldn’t even be worth it if we were to go back for a week.’

However, Daryl said she was able to overcome the homesickness by keeping in touch with her family and friends as much as possible.

‘You realise that absolutely nothing is changing while you’re away so it makes it a bit easier,’ she said.

SCORCHING SUMMER

Daryl said another thing she struggled with in Sydney was the scorching weather during the ‘hottest summer’ when she was living here.

‘Summer was incredibly hot,’ she said.

‘So we used to go to the beach kind of first thing in the morning so we could still play in the water and everything before the midday sun. 

‘We used to sometimes go out for lunch around 12 o’clock and we’d see people running up and down the seafront when it’s like peak heat.

‘I don’t know how they were doing this but I was like “how are you not passing out?” It’s crazy I suppose you would just get used to it but for me, it was too hot.’

She lived in Cronulla with her Australian boyfriend James from October 2018 and June 2019

She lived in Cronulla with her Australian boyfriend James from October 2018 and June 2019

HIGH COST OF LIVING 

Daryl said while living in Sydney, she noticed the high cost of living. 

‘Everything is really expensive, apart from public transport,’ she said.

‘The first thing we were shocked by when we came here, we went to get some dinner – a pepper or a “capsicum” you guys like to call it – it cost over $3.

‘We thought “how are you justifying spending this much on vegetables?” but with that being said you do earn more money [in Australia] so it is all relative but it’s still expensive.’

FOOD

‘Although they have some incredible food, there are some foods that we don’t really eat [in Australia] because it’s not the same as what we had in England,’ she said.

Daryl said she noticed the ingredients she purchased in Sydney to recreate her favourite dish – chicken chorizo pasta – didn’t taste the same.

‘I used to make this amazing pasta – it’s delicious and the chorizo is the best part of the dish. But then we came here, we bought some chorizo but it’s kind of soft and it’s just like a sausage – it’s not the same in any way whatsoever,’ she said.

‘I’ve tried cooking it in different ways and it just isn’t the same.’

She said the chocolate in Australia didn’t taste as good as England and she noticed there was a lack of flavour options for crisps. 

Daryl (pictured) criticised the slow wi-fi as well as the food and bugs

Daryl (pictured) criticised the slow wi-fi as well as the food and bugs

BAD INTERNET

‘The internet is so bad. I read somewhere online and it said that Kenya has better internet than Australia,’ Daryl said, as she laughed.

She said when she was doing some temp work in Australia, she said the internet completely stopped working when other people logged in. 

‘You can’t get on the internet, you can’t make a call out. If people call in, you cannot hear anything,’ she said.

BUGS

Besides the snakes and spiders, Daryl said she couldn’t stand the pesky flies and cockroaches in Australia.

‘There are a crazy amount of flies – it’s ridiculous and cockroaches. So we have had, I can’t even tell you how many cockroaches we’ve had in here, they’ve been like babies and adults,’ she said.

‘When we moved in, we didn’t have fly screens and it was summer so in the evening when it was a bit cooler, we wanted to open up the windows, you’d get these cockroaches flying in.

‘Then we got fly screens but it doesn’t stop the cockroaches coming in, I don’t know how they come in, no idea.’

Daryl said she would do a deep clean of her flat and vacuum everything but the cockroaches still found its way into her home.

‘I haven’t ever seen any cockroaches when I was [vacuuming] so I don’t know where they hide in the day, don’t know how they get in – they’re horrible,’ she said.

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