Andrea's Story
Andrea – a Queenslander – and her husband had taken their two youngest sons to Germany (the country where she was born) in early 2019, and was there when the pandemic was declared in March 2020. While...
16 Apr 202337min
Peter's Story
Peter was in south-west China when the pandemic was declared, on a regular business trip and visiting his wife's family. Already experiencing lockdowns in China from early 2020 even before the pandemi...
9 Apr 202329min
Daniel's Story
With business interests that takes him all over the world, Daniel found himself stuck in Zambia in August 2021, trying to get back home to Perth, Western Australia. Unfortunately for him, he was impac...
26 Mars 202333min
Judy's Story
Judy and her partner, a Kiwi, moved to New Zealand in November 2019. With family in both countries it was their intention to go back and forth between the two. Stuck in New Zealand in 2020 when the pa...
19 Mars 202330min
Carl's Story
Carl had been living in the UK since 2005 but came back to Australia regularly to visit his mother – who lives in Queensland – and to take care of his tenanted property. When his mother was diagnosed ...
12 Mars 202327min
Kerry's Story
Kerry had been working in Singapore since 2017 — her first experience as an expat. By 2020, she was feeling homesick and lonely so she returned to Melbourne for six weeks in February, just before the ...
5 Mars 202338min
Mary and Cubby's Story
Since 2014, retirees Mary and Cubby have been staying in their family apartment on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, spending five months of the year in the UK. They were there when t...
26 Feb 202336min
