Loneliness and Estrangement: Finding Happiness When Moving to A New Place

My Experience Living in Newcastle

Doody Richards
5 min readNov 28, 2023

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Newcastle has a stunning coastline. View from the cycleway—photo supplied by the author.

I lived in Sydney for a decade before relocating to Newcastle, so it was a place I called home and fell in love with. It’s hard not to be awed with the Sydney Opera House. The sails can blend into any urban backdrop, from the skyline to the bluest horizon of the Pacific — it all…

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Doody Richards

A Travel writer based in Newcastle, Australia. Passionate about exploring places, people & cultures. Published travel stories in various magazines and a memoir.