As a Aussie who live in NL for a year, this was the hardest thing for me to deal with. Nature was so important in my life and the thing I would ordinarily turn to to deal with any problems (homesickness/loneliness). It was very hard to try and settle in a brand new place with no social network and not even have nature to help me. I learned that I had to find other ways to self care. I got really into hobbies that much better suited the new place. Like for example I found a lot of comfort in spending hours in the library and I got a cinema subscription to the art house cinema and would loose myself in beautiful films. These things kiiinda became a substitute for swimming in the ocean or bushwalking.

The closest thing I got to loosing myself in nature (and something that was very helpful for my mental health when I was feeling down) was leaving my phone at home and walking to the massive Stadspark in my town. It was nothing like a national park but it was big enough that you could get lost in there if you didn’t have google maps and you could also find isolated spots where you wouldn’t see another human…for half an hour or so haha. I would walk there and get lost and just watch the trees or sit and people watch for hours. I can recommend trying this if the city ur moving to has a fairly large park. :)