UK and Australia by Simon Joshua Peel
Two months ago I moved house, moved country, moved continent. From the UK, my home since my birth on Sunday August 19th 1984, to Australia on Tuesday 29 March 2016. I've been away from home for far longer before but this time there is no planned return flight home. If all goes to plan, I will spend more of my life in the Southern Hemisphere than the North. In 31 years, 7 months and ten days it will be, bizarrely enough, the 1st January 2048 and I will be 63 years old.
By then I hope to have worked out the small differences between the culture I grew up in and the culture I am now living in. A country that was spawned from mine, speaking a language that is the same as mine, shouldn't be too hard to work out and that mentality is why I keep getting caught of guard. My wife is Australian and having spent a couple of years living in the south of England we have come to this conclusion - that the people of our respective countries are influenced by the geography that surrounds them.
To over generalise, the English are understated and subtle like their green and rolling hills. The Australians are larger-than-life and dramatic like their impossibly vast landscapes. Each unique and loveable in their own ways.
Hopefully these photographs will show you what I mean.
Words and images by Simon Joshua Peel
http://www.simonjoshuapeel.com.au/