A British woman who has made a new life on Australia's spectacular Gold Coast has revealed a "tricky situation" leaving her uncertain about what to do. But everyone on social media has said the same thing.

According to the Australian Government's Department of Home Affairs, there are currently more than 1.1 million Britsliving in the country, drawn by the beautiful beaches, sunny weather, and generally higher standard of living. This makes people born in the UK Australia's largest migrant community, representing 14 per cent of foreign-born residents, and 4.3 per cent of the country's total population.

Abs Roberts, who is living on the Gold Coast on the east of Australia, regularly posts content on TikTok, where she has more than 8,000 followers, about herlife Down Under as a British ex-pat. In a recent video, she shared what she described as a "tricky situation".

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"Honestly, living my best life out here," she said. "I absolutely love the lifestyle, I can never, ever see myself living back in my hometown, ever.

"The only thing that's holding me back is family and friends. But I'm just in two minds. I'm like, I want to be here forever, I know that for a fact."

Continuing, she said she misses her family and friends back home, but flights to any destination from Australia are "so expensive." "It's just so far," she said. "It's really not that easy just to jump on a flight home and go home. Like, I just can't fork out that type of money.

"I haven't seen anyone in over a year now, no one from my hometown is here or visited or seen me, and I'm just in two minds. Do I stay somewhere forever where I genuinely am so, so happy and the best version of myself, or go back home?"

Abs added she doesn't think she'd be "miserable" in the UK, but can't deny she is "so happy" in her new home. "The only thing pulling me back is family," she said.

"Do I go back to my hometown and be by everyone who I grew up with and surround myself by people who genuinely love me, or live my best life here? Obviously I've made some amazing friends here, of course, I genuinely love them to pieces too, but I'm just stuck in two minds because it's very tough.

"Australia is so far and I'm in two minds what to do because I really, really, really miss my family and friends so much, and I just really don't know what to do."

People in the comments were unanimous in what she should do. One said: "STAY THERE TRUST ME!!!!!! You come home you won't go back!!" They added: "Gen don’t come back, you get roped into stuff and before you know it you’re back a year and plans are in place, you got your s*** sorted there LOCK IT IN."

Replying, Abs said: "That is what I’m thinking, I don’t want to get stuck in and never come back... Built a whole new life, wasn’t easy but it was something they grew me as a person x."

Another, who said they were from London originally, and had lived on the Gold Coast for the past 16 years, said: "I miss all my friends and family but the lifestyle here is so much better. I went home in October and nothing really changes. Stay here I think as your life will be so much better."

And someone else wrote: "If you go back to the UK you’ll have an amazing time seeing everyone but it probably wont be long until you just want to be back in Aus again! You’re glowing."