Polish immigrant’s praise for his ‘better life’ in Australia

Wojciech Adamczyk concedes it was a tough decision to move halfway across the world.

Wojciech Adamczyk with his partner Leah Roberts in Perth. Picture: Colin Murty

Wojciech Adamczyk conceded it was a tough decision to move halfway across the world in his mid-20s. But after taking the plunge to move to Australia, life is “getting better and better”.

Originally from Stalowa Wola in Poland’s southeast, Mr Adamczyk, 26, moved to Perth in June last year to live with Leah Roberts, 22.

The couple met in Amsterdam in 2015 while on university exchange. They made an agreement to try living one year each in Poland and Perth before deciding where they would live together.

“We made a deal. We will give it a go in Poland and a go in Australia,” Mr Adamczyk said. “It was hard for Leah to feel professionally fulfilled in Poland. Then I moved here, and so far it’s going really well.”

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe yesterday said an influx of younger migrants had made Australia a younger, more economically resilient ­nation.

“The movement to Australia of large numbers of young people over the past decade has changed our demographic profile in a positive way,” Dr Lowe said.

Speaking of the difficulties in adjusting to life in a new country, Mr Adamczyk was now thrilled with his decision to move to Australia. “At first it was pretty hard, but now I love it. I am so close to nature, parks, hiking and beaches. The weather is great, and the people are lovely. It’s awesome.”

Mr Adamczyk works as a management consultant in the Perth CBD, while his partner works as a journalist.

Mr Adamczyk’s story of migration is common among the couple’s friends.

One of Ms Roberts’s friends, also 22, met her 23-year-old French boyfriend while on university exchange in Paris, and the two are now moving to Perth.

Another friend met their partner while on exchange in Brazil, and the pair, 25 and 27, are moving in October.