(Also being on opposite sides of the world doesn't help speedy interactions. I was also going to make a joke about you being in Wales but me being south of New South Wales but I'll leave it there. )
Susan
https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/australia
Well sort of close to being on the opposite sides of the world, though I don't think Brian lives in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, but instead lives a bit east of there
This isn't the place to debate geography but I must say I'm in old North Wales which doesn't quite have an equivalent in Australia!
Most of my family are Australian though, either in Melbourne or Sydney areas.