We're going to Australia
[Katie Voiceover] Previously on the island life of us, we made a monumental journey from our tiny island home back
to Australia and in this episode we are sharing how life in the big smoke has been for us so far
Hey guys so we're in Aus. We're in Australia and we've had haircuts.. and i've shaved at least twice
so for those of you who might be new to the channel we've been living the island life together
for almost a decade now and our two beautiful children have grown up on the island with us we've
been isolating on the island for almost two and a half years during the pandemic and have recently
made it back to Australia for much needed catch up with friends and family and medical appointments
when we were last in Australia, Ophelia was not even six months old and Arlo was not quite two
and they're now.. Filly's two, now you're two and eight months and Arlo is four and a bit
so a lot of people have asked us how the kids have been adjusting and honestly i think the reverse
culture shock is probably harder for jase and i at this point definitely the kids are doing amazingly
well it's been really fun to see them experience things in australia kind of for the first time
[Jase] What are you doing bud?
It's Aussie Sumi isn't it? Do you want to show Aussie Sumi to the camera to our friends on youtube
Do you want to show her? Who's this Filly?
Sumi.
Being back in Australia now with access to this phenomenal healthcare system has been a massive
relief and yeah at the same time it's a little bit overwhelming because we've been away for so
long and not been able to get back for our regular checkups we've got a lot to do in a small space of
time so we've had a lot of specialist appointments and checkups for the kids and both of us
things like our dentist appointments and our skin cancer checks um i've had some health
things going on that needed following up jace has got a broken finger that needed following up
um things like that but because we haven't been able to address these things as they've presented
it's feeling like right now we've got all these things to deal with at once which we we kind
of do but that's just the situation and we're very grateful to be here oh she does thumbs up
for aussie health care and daddy's broken finger daddy's breaking bigger thumbs up
yeah it's overwhelming but we're very grateful that we have access to the healthcare that we have
here incredibly lucky. Exposure to illness has been a bit of a thing since we've been back because our
kids have picked up every little bug um it's limited some of the things we can do and some of the
people we can see but it is really good for the kids to be exposed to all those common illnesses
and yeah boost up their immune system yeah so we're told anyway.. it hasn't been all that fun
*Kids screaming* [Katie] How you going there every body?
[Katie] good times.. We've been thoroughly enjoying the conveniences of life in Australia especially
when it comes to food feels like it couldn't be easier to make a sandwich when you can just go
and buy bread and ready to eat vegetables and salad don't need to pull the vegetables out
of the ground after traveling for an hour to get there and i think even the kids have noticed the
convenience of food here they've made a couple of comments to us about um yeah not to worry if
we spill something because it's okay we can get more it's aussie so we're definitely feeling that
*Filly talking - Mummy* Shhh I'm blocking my mouth. Yeah but you're still talking
good blocking but you can't keep talking
while it's been really great having all the aussie foods back in our life i've been having
a really hard time with some food allergies it's an issue that's been going on for me for
quite a few years actually and now being back here in australia i've had a couple of reactions
and conveniently at the time that i'm seeing an allergist and trying to figure some stuff out
but it has resulted in a few hospital admissions for me and we're still not at the bottom of it
To the ambulance..
[Jase] why is she going to the ambulance?
To go at the hospital. [Jase] Why, what happened?
She got a little bit sick. [Jase] Why what made her sick?
Pineapple. No... Kiwi fruit
[Jase] Are you keeping Mummy brave Filly? good girl .. say bye Mummy bye see you soon
*Jase laughs* [Katie] Don't laugh
[Paramedic] Hi guys. [Jase] the amazing care we've received and I have variable consent to put you on youtube? You do, yes.
[Jase] So dramatic darling. [Katie] Dramatic, oh my Lord.
[Jase] We're going home.. *Katie sighs*
[Katie] What a very safe world to live in.
[Jase] So where are we again?
In ED. [Jase] How many times have we been in ED this week babe? Three. Three times to ED, twice for me
once for Filly which she probably didn't need..
i feel like maybe um
We just like making up for (lost) time because like we just have to be able to utilize
We would never want to weigh down the health system like that.. We keep going on about how good the
health system is so clearly we just really love it so we just keep coming back
[Jase] so what actually happened? I ate some chips
in the car got a swollen tongue some chips sea salt chips kettle
Who bloody knows..
Kettle, why are you putting kiwi fruit and pineapple in your chips
Don't think it was in the ingredients list.. no i think it was in that other little bar
a milder reaction.. anyway responding getting better quicker this time so
we're just here for observation it's how we date these days
that's how we date these days.. so we just left the kids screaming with grandma
Thank God for Mum
so but better that happened here than back on the island yeah but it has had us thinking a lot
about the differences between what we eat on the island and what we eat here and how we eat so many
um things that are packaged and have preservatives and things like that in it and it's looking like
it might be something like that that is the problem for me as well as being anaphylactic
to kiwi and pineapple definitely which is a shame living on a tropical island and not being able to
eat pineapple but it is what it is.. So I guess one of the challenges is we do really need to
get to a bit of a resolution with that and have a plan before we can safely return to the island um
but luckily we've got some amazing people working with us and yeah yeah we'll figure it out very
lucky it'll be right which actually reminds me i feel like because it may be because of
our video title last week if you are following along and you're worried that we've left the
island forever we haven't we are going home we're just on a family and medical holiday basically um
a long overdue visit but we will be going home to the island eventually so obviously when you live
the island life that we do you accept a certain level of disconnect from your friends and family
but the last two and a half years have just been utterly extreme i mean it comes it comes with the
nature of the lifestyle yeah definitely but this was not foreseen and coming back and just having
that connection again and seeing the people who we care about uh it's just really really
important and it's it's been very therapeutic for us as well yeah we've really needed it um
*kids singing* Hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray
Flower.. very nice, so fancy
[Lynette] It's Arlo's birthday in Aussie
what sort of shark is that? Show me? Aww Happy Birthday Arlo.. thank you Grandma
[Jase] ah cuddles, cuddles, cuddles, cuddles... ahhh kids
[Katie] Who's this Filly girl? [Jase] Who is it? [Katie] Is it baby Maynard?
[Katie] Is it Maynard waking up
okay one two three go.. *everyone being silly ofr a photo
so the convenience of aussie life and shopping centers and the
novelty of everything does wear off pretty quickly and we really felt nature pulling
us back within the first few days so we have actually been loving showing our kids uh the
beauty of Australia and just reconnecting with nature getting back in the ocean yeah for me
getting the kids in the surf is something that just completes me i just love it it is so much
fun and seeing them enjoy that passion which is so deeply embedded in me is just brilliant yeah i
love it i love it the kids have been out they've both been they both stood up on a surfboard now
it's been pretty magic i think the last couple of years on the island have really taught us
how good nature and the outdoors and the adventure lifestyle that we live it's so good
for the children and carrying that on while we're here in Australia is different for us compared to
how we used to live when we bounced back to australia so we've really enjoyed it so far
so we hope that this video reassures people that we are still going to be living the island life
um this is part of island life is actually coming back to Australia and and grounding
ourselves a little bit every so often but we will be heading back to the island soon and
there's a lot more to come from us so we'll see you soon see you in the next episode oh make sure
if you have any questions um leave them in the comments below we love reading your comments and
the support we've been getting recently has been wonderful so thank you so much to everybody who
has been thinking of us and sending lovely kind messages about our return
to seeing family in Australia. It means the world. Filly you wanna come say goodbye
quick
[Filly] Byee.. You gotta wait until your in the camera..
Bye!
*Filly's doll voice* Bye bye
this is Aussie Sumi by the way.. Uepi Sumi is still at Uepi.
[Ophelia} it's still at Uepi.. you can't take.....
It's still back at... ?home
all right off you go love. [Ophelia] I just went to drop Sumi off.. Fair enough okay
Gosh these chairs are noisy yeah.. just make sure you lean in yep