Different Locations and writing styles in the one story

Months ago I was thinking of adding a single chapter set in England, then jumping to a different time period to what was otherwise a book set in Australia. The responses on the thread gave several examples where this type of ploy has been used and worked in other works of fiction.

What I've finally ended up with is a book almost equally divided between two countries with an 8 year gap between the two sections and it has become cleary apparent to me, that although the story continues in Australia is based around the same original plot elements, some of the same charachters and a host of new charachers introduced, that the style of writing is quite different in the two sections possibly because I identify with Australia quite differently then I do to England.

Although I have read books that crossed continents, all of them have made the switch to the other country earlier on in the book, and I'm wondering if anyone has read a book where the first half and second half read almost like two different writers have written them? My story is from the same pov throughout.

I can't helping thinking now that I actually need a chapter that starts in Australia to balance the writing styles out, so the reader isn't thrown completely off guard when they get to the Australian sections.

If I write an early chapter set in Australia it would have to be from a diferent pov - part of me is stuggling with wanting to have the focus from the start on Australia not England, so I guess I would need to somehow mixed both voices and invent a new start in Australia that has the same relevance in some way as does my current first chapter and be able to tie into the ending to bring it full circle again....................mmm...

Thanks for the ideas Puma - they have helped. Isabell's mother's pov might be the most interesting way to go, either that or yes, the Australian fellow before he leaves for England.

Only as a 10 year old boy as that's 14 years prior to the start of the English section but that concept is very interesting to me. I've almost finished playing with the last of the second half and before I got back through it one more time - to fix up my tense throughout I'll play with a new begining.