Exclusive: Damien and Victoria Byron took a leap of faith when they packed their bags and moved from the United Kingdom to Australia with two young children.
The Manchester-born couple were in spontaneous pursuit of the great Australian dream, a familiar pilgrimage that dates back to the first voyage of "ten pound poms".
"We chose to literally sell every single thing we owned, apart from a couple of suitcases each," Damien told nine.com.au.
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A year on, the family can definitively say that moving to Australia for the second time was the right move.
They now have permanent residency and have the freedom to move back-and-forth whenever they please.
It's unlikely they will return to the UK though.
"We absolutely love it, and I've got no plans to move anywhere else, but when we moved the very first time to Perth, when we said, 'This is it forever', I think it added a lot of pressure," Victoria said.
"It's not a holiday, we're still figuring everything out. We're still always learning."
Damien said the initial feeling of "failure" has dissipated.
All members of the Byron family now have permanent residency and hope to become Australian citizens soon.
"It feels good now that we've managed to do it again and make it work, and everyone's here and happy," he said.