Arthur Stevens, along with the rest of his family, has done very well in Australia, since his family emigrated 40 years ago.

He has just returned to Oz from a six-week visit to the UK and spoke to journalist Jan Morgan about his trip down memory lane.

Working as a Newsroom manager at Informatel Online Melbourne, running his own Internet design and management service Artie-Online, and radio work, keeps Arthur busy.

Married to Jacqui, one of the 'Dronfield triplets' it was a trip of a lifetime for both of them.

I talked to him about what it was like to revisit the town of his birth.

"You get to point where you've got to get back to your roots, I had been away from the country for 39 years and this was the first time I'd been back. We caught up with a lot of family, in Keighley, and the Oxenhope and Howarth area, some of whom I could still remember," says Arthur.

"We rented a car while we were there and we drove into Keighley after visiting the Lake district, and the hairs stood up on the back of my neck, it was amazing. I drove down roads, that even though they had changed, I still recognised them.

"For example: my grandmother had lived in Prospect Place, but of course there are just townhouses there now, but I knew exactly where it was, and 40 years on that's a bit weird.

"Also, going up on the Moors sent a bit a shiver down my spine, it was just being there - it was home!"

Arthur says although they enjoyed their holiday the exchange rate meant they will be paying for it for some time.

He said: "What surprised me was when going into a pub for a meal, what you would pay for a dollar here you pay a pound there. It really is two-and-a-half times more expensive, but once you put that out of your mind it was ok. We just couldn't keep worrying about it!"

Spending time back in Keighley meant Arthur was finding the town was a lot more familiar than he thought it would be, even after all these years he knew his way around. One night after a family get-together at the Druid's Pub at Long Lee, he offered to give his cousin, David Binns (the boxer), a lift home.

Said Arthur: "I had been driving around the area so much, that when we got in the car and he said I'd better show you the way, I said straight away, don't worry about it, I know the way!"

Arthur can only wonder what his life would have been like if the family had stayed in Keighley.

"I tend to believe I would have found my way into what I was destined to do one way or another, I've always loved the media. One of the questions we got asked when we were over there was, which is better Australia or England? And I have to say, it's just different, and there is no question... it is just different! Here in Australia it is definitely more open air, we are out a lot more.

"But the actual quality of life in England appears very good, so I can't say one is better that the other.

"But I can say I am very pleased we came over when I was at such a young age, but we have just been lucky. I'm one of 7 and we are all doing well. This country has just been fabulous to us, but it really comes down to you - if you don't put in the energy here you just won't succeed."