NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Aug 5th 2007, 4:15 pm
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Paula Eddie and Family
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hi. We have just been granted our visas and are looking to move to the Rockingham area. We are a young family, with two boys, one is 3 the other 4 months. We are looking for somewhere with a community atmosphere and away from the hussle and bussle of town life, would you recommend Rockingham for us? We are coming over in November to have a look at houses and schools etc, do you know the local primary school?
You said you are living in units, could you tell me what these are exactly?
Any other advice you could give us which you think would be of use would be great.
Many Thanks
The Morgans
You said you are living in units, could you tell me what these are exactly?
Any other advice you could give us which you think would be of use would be great.
Many Thanks
The Morgans
We built our house here and so as my sister and her family and lots of our friends from UK,hope this helps you good luck on ure search but really think you would love the atmosphere here on Settlers.
Aug 7th 2007, 4:41 pm
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hi there,
If anyone has any questions about our area please feel free to PM us. We don't check as often at moment as in process of buying house and moving in 3-4 weeks. I am always happy to tell everyone about anything that we know about or can easily find in our local library.
We emigrated in November 2006, and travelled for a few months before deciding to settle in Rockingham/Perth area. We ended up in Rockingham quite by mistake and love it.
Within a week of getting interviews my husband had a 3 month contract in IT. His contract was going to be extended but he got a permanent job in the week leading up to the renewal. He therefore finished one job on the friday and started a new one on Tuesday (we were away the monday)
We fit in well with our community and the fact that we live in Units is a bonus, we spend much more time with our neighbours than I am sure we would in permanent accomodation.
I work in Childcare and would be most welcome to help anyone overcome the working with children check issues that I had. PM me if you are unsure on this.
Anyway hope that this is of some help to anyone looking at South of Perth.
Angie
If anyone has any questions about our area please feel free to PM us. We don't check as often at moment as in process of buying house and moving in 3-4 weeks. I am always happy to tell everyone about anything that we know about or can easily find in our local library.
We emigrated in November 2006, and travelled for a few months before deciding to settle in Rockingham/Perth area. We ended up in Rockingham quite by mistake and love it.
Within a week of getting interviews my husband had a 3 month contract in IT. His contract was going to be extended but he got a permanent job in the week leading up to the renewal. He therefore finished one job on the friday and started a new one on Tuesday (we were away the monday)
We fit in well with our community and the fact that we live in Units is a bonus, we spend much more time with our neighbours than I am sure we would in permanent accomodation.
I work in Childcare and would be most welcome to help anyone overcome the working with children check issues that I had. PM me if you are unsure on this.
Anyway hope that this is of some help to anyone looking at South of Perth.
Angie
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Aug 8th 2007, 9:32 am
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Rocko since Feb 07
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hi angie we will be arriving in perth later in the year keen to look at an area south of rockingham called silver sands as the houses look a little cheaper than perth and we could get somthing near the coast for a reasonable price. Do you know of his area? Glad to see your doing well all the bset.
chris and vee
chris and vee
Angie
Aug 8th 2007, 6:34 pm
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hi Angie, were due to move to Perth at the end of the year, havent a clue what part of Perth to settle in as we havent been before, Im a nursery nurse too so would welcome any advice you can offer me.
Aug 9th 2007, 5:55 am
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Rocko since Feb 07
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hi Angie,
My partner and I visited Perth in Dec 2004 and ended up staying for several months as we made friends easily and the place was absolutely stunning. We are now in the process of applying for visas to come back on a permanent basis and being a little excited (just a bit), I am already looking at houses.
I have visited Rockingham and indeed, it is a very beautiful place however, I have been looking at houses in the northern subs. Have you heard of Butler? Do you know whether it is a good place to live?
Do you have any advice for us on the whole process ie visas, flights, stopovers, renting before buying...
Thanks
Chrissy
ps. I bet it's warmer there then it is here. We have had torrential rain for weeks now and its the high of our summer lol!
My partner and I visited Perth in Dec 2004 and ended up staying for several months as we made friends easily and the place was absolutely stunning. We are now in the process of applying for visas to come back on a permanent basis and being a little excited (just a bit), I am already looking at houses.
I have visited Rockingham and indeed, it is a very beautiful place however, I have been looking at houses in the northern subs. Have you heard of Butler? Do you know whether it is a good place to live?
Do you have any advice for us on the whole process ie visas, flights, stopovers, renting before buying...
Thanks
Chrissy
ps. I bet it's warmer there then it is here. We have had torrential rain for weeks now and its the high of our summer lol!
Hi Chrissie,
We live in Rockingham and are only just exploring WA for the first time. I am sorry but we wont know much about Perth suburbs. We are in one Suburb of Perth but it is a whole hours drive to Central Perth. Hubbie works in Central Perth and he may know people who live in Perth. To be honest he is too busy to think about this at the moment. He has started a job 2 months ago and is still on probation, he was being trained and the person training him walked out. He was left doing 2 peoples jobs and they are still recruiting to replace him. He is in IT. The company is CSC for anyone looking to apply for work in Perth.
Recommendations for flights - Qantas or British I cant remember which offer a stop over en route and the fares were on discount if you open a bank account with Commonwealth bank in the UK. We paid less than 700 GBP per person.
Hope that helps
Angie
Aug 9th 2007, 5:58 am
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Rocko since Feb 07
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hello Angie
I have PM you, i just want to say thankyou for a lovely post- reading it gives us lot still in the UK positive feedback about areas we have looked at, and although we see them on websites etc we dont get the real picture unless we are hearing from families who are actually there living it,
Keep up the good work, have fun in the sun and thanks again for the offers of answering questions- best get yourself a beer dear, my PM is a long one-lol,
Take care
Debbie x
I have PM you, i just want to say thankyou for a lovely post- reading it gives us lot still in the UK positive feedback about areas we have looked at, and although we see them on websites etc we dont get the real picture unless we are hearing from families who are actually there living it,
Keep up the good work, have fun in the sun and thanks again for the offers of answering questions- best get yourself a beer dear, my PM is a long one-lol,
Take care
Debbie x
Hi there,
I tried to answer your personal message but I keep being asked the same questions by so many people. After consideration I wonder if you can post your questions here and that way I can reply to all questions and address several common issues that you bought up.
Thanks
Angie
Aug 9th 2007, 6:53 am
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hello Angie
I have PM you, i just want to say thankyou for a lovely post- reading it gives us lot still in the UK positive feedback about areas we have looked at, and although we see them on websites etc we dont get the real picture unless we are hearing from families who are actually there living it,
Keep up the good work, have fun in the sun and thanks again for the offers of answering questions- best get yourself a beer dear, my PM is a long one-lol,
Take care
Debbie x
I have PM you, i just want to say thankyou for a lovely post- reading it gives us lot still in the UK positive feedback about areas we have looked at, and although we see them on websites etc we dont get the real picture unless we are hearing from families who are actually there living it,
Keep up the good work, have fun in the sun and thanks again for the offers of answering questions- best get yourself a beer dear, my PM is a long one-lol,
Take care
Debbie x
SCHOOLS QUESTION
We want to know about Schools- Rockingham Beach Primary School doesnt appear to have a website but i found one for Rockingham lakes Primary School and do like the look of it but its in Port Kennedy so a bit far really, sorry to be cheeky but have you heard any good reports about local primary schools please? And do they have after school clubs? Just incase i can only find work with hours that dont suite school hours,
ANSWER
I have no children myself and have asked a friend with grown up children and these are some that they consider to be good schools.
Primary schools: (PUBLIC)
Hillman primary - good reputation
Charthouse primary - good reputation
Rockingham beach primary - good reputation
(PRIVATE) both for kindy to age 17.
Maranatha Christian college tel: +618 9528 2838
Tranby College: +618 9524 2424
The good Schools that she told me are locally are:
Safety Bay Senior High - Public
Rockingham Senior High - Public
Kolbe Catholic school - Not sure
Christchurch Grammar (Boys) - Private
Methodist Ladies College (Girls) - Private
After school clubs I have no idea - some schools have daycare if you need kids to be at school late.
Kids start school at 5 years old here.
4 year olds go to Kindy part time maximum.
You pay something towards even the government schools here, and you buy the books and pencils etc.
CHILDCARE QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDING WWCC.
NVQ level 3 - As far as I know it is recognised, I think that its probably the same NVQ that is offered over here at Rockingham Tafe - You would need to check.
WWCC - To work with children in WA you need a working with children check.
CRB- The CRB isn't recognised but I found an agency that would accept it until I could get the working with chilldren check, especially since it was only a few months old.
FEDERAL POLICE CHECK- You can get a federal police clearance which can only help but again I would say the more up to date when you want work the better. I used the one I had to have for the visa, the immigration person I spoke to gave me the original back once the visa had all been sorted out as they scan everything in.
FIRST AID CERT - It seems to depend on which agency you want to work for as to which first aid cert they will accept. Many acknowledge that the Paediatric is better than the one that they require, but still cant let you work on it. It would make a lot of sence to get then St John ambulance senior first aid once you get here. I dont know if they offer the same course in the UK or not.
RENT OR BUY
We didn't have problems getting a rental because he only wanted to rent it for 6 months and no-one else wanted it, but have heard horror stories about others getting rentals especially at the moment. From our experience the standard of rental accomodation here is not as good as it is in the UK. We were paying $170 a week for a small furnished 2 bed unit 4 streets from the beach. We tried to get another rental and every one that we could afford (up to $200 a week) there was fights over, there were several applications for the one we wanted and someone else got it. It actually worked in our favour. We had a property where the oven wouldn't cook a pizza for $170. There are ways we could have got the owner to do things but I really didn't want the hassle of going to court over this and the owner let us out of our 6 month contract instead.
We have just bought a place. We paid under $300k but the house needs serious renovation, a new kitchen, bathroom, electrics etc. etc. You can get a house all done for 330K but property prices and mortgage rates are both on the way up.
Hope that helps everyone with all the questions that I have been asked.
Angie
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Aug 9th 2007, 7:36 am
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Angie
Aug 9th 2007, 7:39 am
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Tabitha,
Would love to meet up. Just dont check this often enough I will PM you my private email then you can email which is checked much more.
Angie
Would love to meet up. Just dont check this often enough I will PM you my private email then you can email which is checked much more.
Angie
Aug 9th 2007, 7:44 am
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hey Hukna
We are also going down this route, my husband is due to join in October. We are a family of 4 two girls 15 and 17. There are also a couple of others some already over there who have similiar aged children to you. I sure they would willing share their experience regarding schools.
What branch are you in and where do you originate from if you don't mind me asking!
Good luck with you move
Kate
We are also going down this route, my husband is due to join in October. We are a family of 4 two girls 15 and 17. There are also a couple of others some already over there who have similiar aged children to you. I sure they would willing share their experience regarding schools.
What branch are you in and where do you originate from if you don't mind me asking!
Good luck with you move
Kate
Angie
Aug 9th 2007, 7:50 am
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Chris,
They dont usually have learning mentor supervisors as far as we know.
I am sorry I really dont know what to advise.
They always want teachers in the outback.
Sorry I cant be of more help.
Angie
They dont usually have learning mentor supervisors as far as we know.
I am sorry I really dont know what to advise.
They always want teachers in the outback.
Sorry I cant be of more help.
Angie
Thanks for your post, always nice to hear something positive.
We are just awaiting on immigration to see if we can move into Western Australia as we were state nominated to Tasmania but came back to england after 5 months but now 2 years later want to return but to a different state.
My question is at present I am a Learning Mentor/Cover Supervisor in a secondary school but have one year left to complete my degree in supporting learning. I will also have a CELTA too.......
Are vacancies in schools hard to come by? and what qualifications do you need to basically do what im doing over here?
Thanks for any info you can give me and good luck and hopefully we will be able to post a more positive message soon......
We are just awaiting on immigration to see if we can move into Western Australia as we were state nominated to Tasmania but came back to england after 5 months but now 2 years later want to return but to a different state.
My question is at present I am a Learning Mentor/Cover Supervisor in a secondary school but have one year left to complete my degree in supporting learning. I will also have a CELTA too.......
Are vacancies in schools hard to come by? and what qualifications do you need to basically do what im doing over here?
Thanks for any info you can give me and good luck and hopefully we will be able to post a more positive message soon......
Aug 9th 2007, 7:52 am
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Aug 9th 2007, 7:55 am
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hi. We have just been granted our visas and are looking to move to the Rockingham area. We are a young family, with two boys, one is 3 the other 4 months. We are looking for somewhere with a community atmosphere and away from the hussle and bussle of town life, would you recommend Rockingham for us? We are coming over in November to have a look at houses and schools etc, do you know the local primary school?
You said you are living in units, could you tell me what these are exactly?
Any other advice you could give us which you think would be of use would be great.
Many Thanks
The Morgans
You said you are living in units, could you tell me what these are exactly?
Any other advice you could give us which you think would be of use would be great.
Many Thanks
The Morgans
Have answered the school question if you read the answer to Debbie.
Yes I would say the area would be OK.
Units are similar to flats or small houses in UK, some are on one level and others like ours was like a small 2 bed terrace house.
Angie
Aug 9th 2007, 8:02 am
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Re: NEW MIGRANTS IN ROCKINGHAM WA, 1 hour south of Perth
Hi there,
I am trying to ask someone if I can post there website here, they have lots of info that would help you. So once I get the go-ahead I will post that here.
Angie
I am trying to ask someone if I can post there website here, they have lots of info that would help you. So once I get the go-ahead I will post that here.
Angie