Originally Posted by midlife crisis

Hi Alison

Thanks for your message.I was just wondering if your children had settled in well. My eldest has just turned 14 and would be in the same year as your child. He is very worried at the moment, he doesn't think he will make any new friends.Any help and advice you could give me would be great.

Hope we can meet up when we get out there.

Best wishes

Sheila

Originally Posted by TITSUP

Consider the suncoast hinterland we love it big house big land and its well cheep!!!

happy hunting

Steve

Originally Posted by brasso

Hi! We have been living here on the sunshine coast for 12 months. We got our visa through my husband being a sparky. We live in a place called Mapleton, village community in the mountains, half an hour beach, 15 mins from Buderim. They dont tell you b4 you come that you still have to apply for temp permits, then licences etc....we were shocked that you cant just work over here straight away. You have to go on first aid courses, apply for certificates left right and centre....but when you are set up, being a sparky is a licence to print money, especially if you live in a small community, the locals love to use people near by. We have three small children, 2 of which ahve settled into the little community school and the other in the community kindy....just ACE!!! and they have seasons here too, which we are please about. Look up Mapleton, Mountville and Maleny on the Blackall Range, it is just out of this world....If anyone needs any help with temp accomodation, especially if you have kids, i can pont you in the right direction, as when we got here we travelled around for 10 weeks b4 we settled.....Maggie x

Originally Posted by Rooksie

sounds smashing!!!! much work for plumbers??

cheers

jacs x

Originally Posted by brasso

Just like sparkys, once you have your licence...loads of work and loads of money if you can work for yourself....if work direct for a company about the same or a tad more than in uk. Electricians get about $25 dollars an hour, so with exchange rate about £12 an hour when work direct. If you are a contractor $50-$60 an hour...........Maggie

Originally Posted by Rooksie

Thanks!!!!

are there any catholic schools you know of please?

Originally Posted by brasso

In the village of Mapleton where we live there is just the state run small cute village school. However the town of Nambour is 10 mins drive and they have 3 catholic school in that area alone...the catholic schools are all fee paying schools(private run) but the fees are cheap compared to the UK.
They seem to love schools over here, every where you look there are schools and collages...we are 30 minutes from the coast and i would guess there is over 10 to choose from in the 30 minute parameter drive

Originally Posted by selina

hi all, thought i would make a post in this thread so those of us heading for this area could be updated on our future neighbours! i had my meds requested before xmas so shouldn't be long now but still have property to sell. what about everyone else? are you there, nearly there or now goinig elsewhere? selina xxx

Originally Posted by stevenpoole9

We'll be in Mooloolaba from the 5th - 12th February. We are staying at the Alexandra Beach Resort. We are also staying for 2 weeks on Surfers Paradise, We wanted to have a good look around whilst validating our visas, there's 5 of us, Me, the wife (Tracey) and 3 kids, Ashlee 9, Ellis 6 and Aleysia 3. Hoping for the holiday of a lifetime.

Originally Posted by alison_g

Hi Sheila
Will send you a PM... he will be fine, Bethany took no time at all making a load of friends, alot of the kids at the School (Mt Creek) are either from overseas or interstate and are use to having new kids arrive and they all cope well as alot of them have been in the same position themselves.
Alison

Originally Posted by CathnPaul

We are looking at the possibility of settling in Mt Creek when we get over late on in 2006. What is the age range of the Mt Creek school???

Originally Posted by midlife crisis

Hi

There are 2 schools in Mountain Creek, a primary school from age 5 - 12, and a High School across the road from age 12 - 17. Both schools are pretty big by uk standards, 1200 in the primary and over 2000 in the High school but so far this does not seem to be a problem.

Originally Posted by selina

hi all, thought i would make a post in this thread so those of us heading for this area could be updated on our future neighbours! i had my meds requested before xmas so shouldn't be long now but still have property to sell. what about everyone else? are you there, nearly there or now goinig elsewhere? selina xxx