7 months since we arrived in perth
Apr 15th 2004, 8:11 am
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7 months since we arrived in perth
I used to love logging on to british expats before moving over here, and eventually our lives are now settling down so i am able to log on once again and hopefully share with you who are still waiting for that magical moment. Any regrets? none what so ever, has it been hard? very. We were waved off by a leaving party of friends and family from our home in England. We spent the night at the hotel airport with immediate family and friends, little did I know that was to be my last night with my father as I knew him. They waved us off at the airport, tears all round, I felt quite ill rather than the excited feel which I had hoped for. We got on the plane, we couldn't believe we were moving to the other side of the world leaving all our family and friends behind.
We flew with singapore airlines, recommend them. We arrived in Perth, some old friends of mine met us and kindly put us up in their granny flat in Leeming 12 km south of perth for 8 weeks. We arrived as temporary residents, badly advised, we have since become permanent residents, had to leave Australia and obtain our visas in Bali. We liked Leeming but on visiting Port Kennedy we decided that it had everything to offer that we were personally looking for. We bought a house - 8 minutes walk from beach. Joe my youngest son settled immediately into school. Tom, 17 unfortunately returned to England, as temporary residents we had difficulty getting him back into education. He has since decided to remain in England with his father, he came out in February to go to Bali with us. Initially Grant found it very difficult to find work but has recently managed to get work through an agency and enjoys his job working at the naval base. I am working as a theatre nurse, I worked initially at Charlies but I have now got a contract with Peel health campus down at Mandurah. We love the way of life over here. I would compare it with America, you need a car to go everywhere. There are no pavements in the suburbs - you walk on everyones front lawns. The beaches down here are beautiful, we love the outdoor life. We have been here for one full summer and except for the odd extremely hot day the weather suits us perfectly, although autumn has arrived and we have yet to experience winter.
Our Home is typical for over here 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, games room with pool table and bar, formal and informal living areas, outside entertaining area - table tennis, and of course heated swimming pool.
I hope I have managed to give you a flavour of our new life, before moving over here all I ever wanted to know is what it was realy like, well for us its just heaven!
We flew with singapore airlines, recommend them. We arrived in Perth, some old friends of mine met us and kindly put us up in their granny flat in Leeming 12 km south of perth for 8 weeks. We arrived as temporary residents, badly advised, we have since become permanent residents, had to leave Australia and obtain our visas in Bali. We liked Leeming but on visiting Port Kennedy we decided that it had everything to offer that we were personally looking for. We bought a house - 8 minutes walk from beach. Joe my youngest son settled immediately into school. Tom, 17 unfortunately returned to England, as temporary residents we had difficulty getting him back into education. He has since decided to remain in England with his father, he came out in February to go to Bali with us. Initially Grant found it very difficult to find work but has recently managed to get work through an agency and enjoys his job working at the naval base. I am working as a theatre nurse, I worked initially at Charlies but I have now got a contract with Peel health campus down at Mandurah. We love the way of life over here. I would compare it with America, you need a car to go everywhere. There are no pavements in the suburbs - you walk on everyones front lawns. The beaches down here are beautiful, we love the outdoor life. We have been here for one full summer and except for the odd extremely hot day the weather suits us perfectly, although autumn has arrived and we have yet to experience winter.
Our Home is typical for over here 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, games room with pool table and bar, formal and informal living areas, outside entertaining area - table tennis, and of course heated swimming pool.
I hope I have managed to give you a flavour of our new life, before moving over here all I ever wanted to know is what it was realy like, well for us its just heaven!
Apr 15th 2004, 8:16 am
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Re: 7 months since we arrived in perth
Originally posted by carolerussell
I used to love logging on to british expats before moving over here, and eventually our lives are now settling down so i am able to log on once again and hopefully share with you who are still waiting for that magical moment. Any regrets? none what so ever, has it been hard? very. We were waved off by a leaving party of friends and family from our home in England. We spent the night at the hotel airport with immediate family and friends, little did I know that was to be my last night with my father as I knew him. They waved us off at the airport, tears all round, I felt quite ill rather than the excited feel which I had hoped for. We got on the plane, we couldn't believe we were moving to the other side of the world leaving all our family and friends behind.
We flew with singapore airlines, recommend them. We arrived in Perth, some old friends of mine met us and kindly put us up in their granny flat in Leeming 12 km south of perth for 8 weeks. We arrived as temporary residents, badly advised, we have since become permanent residents, had to leave Australia and obtain our visas in Bali. We liked Leeming but on visiting Port Kennedy we decided that it had everything to offer that we were personally looking for. We bought a house - 8 minutes walk from beach. Joe my youngest son settled immediately into school. Tom, 17 unfortunately returned to England, as temporary residents we had difficulty getting him back into education. He has since decided to remain in England with his father, he came out in February to go to Bali with us. Initially Grant found it very difficult to find work but has recently managed to get work through an agency and enjoys his job working at the naval base. I am working as a theatre nurse, I worked initially at Charlies but I have now got a contract with Peel health campus down at Mandurah. We love the way of life over here. I would compare it with America, you need a car to go everywhere. There are no pavements in the suburbs - you walk on everyones front lawns. The beaches down here are beautiful, we love the outdoor life. We have been here for one full summer and except for the odd extremely hot day the weather suits us perfectly, although autumn has arrived and we have yet to experience winter.
Our Home is typical for over here 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, games room with pool table and bar, formal and informal living areas, outside entertaining area - table tennis, and of course heated swimming pool.
I hope I have managed to give you a flavour of our new life, before moving over here all I ever wanted to know is what it was realy like, well for us its just heaven!
I used to love logging on to british expats before moving over here, and eventually our lives are now settling down so i am able to log on once again and hopefully share with you who are still waiting for that magical moment. Any regrets? none what so ever, has it been hard? very. We were waved off by a leaving party of friends and family from our home in England. We spent the night at the hotel airport with immediate family and friends, little did I know that was to be my last night with my father as I knew him. They waved us off at the airport, tears all round, I felt quite ill rather than the excited feel which I had hoped for. We got on the plane, we couldn't believe we were moving to the other side of the world leaving all our family and friends behind.
We flew with singapore airlines, recommend them. We arrived in Perth, some old friends of mine met us and kindly put us up in their granny flat in Leeming 12 km south of perth for 8 weeks. We arrived as temporary residents, badly advised, we have since become permanent residents, had to leave Australia and obtain our visas in Bali. We liked Leeming but on visiting Port Kennedy we decided that it had everything to offer that we were personally looking for. We bought a house - 8 minutes walk from beach. Joe my youngest son settled immediately into school. Tom, 17 unfortunately returned to England, as temporary residents we had difficulty getting him back into education. He has since decided to remain in England with his father, he came out in February to go to Bali with us. Initially Grant found it very difficult to find work but has recently managed to get work through an agency and enjoys his job working at the naval base. I am working as a theatre nurse, I worked initially at Charlies but I have now got a contract with Peel health campus down at Mandurah. We love the way of life over here. I would compare it with America, you need a car to go everywhere. There are no pavements in the suburbs - you walk on everyones front lawns. The beaches down here are beautiful, we love the outdoor life. We have been here for one full summer and except for the odd extremely hot day the weather suits us perfectly, although autumn has arrived and we have yet to experience winter.
Our Home is typical for over here 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, games room with pool table and bar, formal and informal living areas, outside entertaining area - table tennis, and of course heated swimming pool.
I hope I have managed to give you a flavour of our new life, before moving over here all I ever wanted to know is what it was realy like, well for us its just heaven!
Sounds like you're enjoying it...... We should be there by August... hoping to buy in Fremantle, love it there.
What does your husband do and how long did he have to hold out for work ?
Apr 15th 2004, 10:25 am
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Many congratulations on a great post-you sound really settled and here's hoping it continues.
Apr 15th 2004, 10:34 am
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Nice to read your post.
We too are in Mandurah. Very happy. Daughter loves it.
Whisky
We too are in Mandurah. Very happy. Daughter loves it.
Whisky
Apr 15th 2004, 10:42 am
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Re: 7 months since we arrived in perth
nice post - encouraging for us folk who are coming out there! thanks and keep them coming!
Apr 15th 2004, 11:16 am
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Really helpful post! We are hoping to move to Perth either mid 2005 or early 2006. How did you find house prices for 4 beds - that is what we would hope for.
Glad all has gone well and you've settled in well.
Lucy.
Glad all has gone well and you've settled in well.
Lucy.
Apr 15th 2004, 12:55 pm
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Glad things have gone so well. Keep posting...
Apr 15th 2004, 4:10 pm
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We are getting closer too. 3rd viewing on the house tommorrow.
Fingers crossed for a quick sale hope to be in Perth Sept. Hubby may validate early so daughter and I can get out early as if we sell quick we'll have nowhere to live in the UK
All you Perthies should make for a good meet up sometime ?
Jill
Fingers crossed for a quick sale hope to be in Perth Sept. Hubby may validate early so daughter and I can get out early as if we sell quick we'll have nowhere to live in the UK
All you Perthies should make for a good meet up sometime ?
Jill
Apr 15th 2004, 4:32 pm
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Re: 7 months since we arrived in perth
Nice reading.
We visited Mandurah and really liked it there.
It had a nice feel to the place.
I hadn't heard of Peel Campus .Are you enjoying working there?
Di
We visited Mandurah and really liked it there.
It had a nice feel to the place.
I hadn't heard of Peel Campus .Are you enjoying working there?
Di
Apr 15th 2004, 5:18 pm
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Re: 7 months since we arrived in perth
Originally posted by carolerussell
They waved us off at the airport, tears all round, I felt quite ill rather than the excited feel which I had hoped for. We got on the plane, we couldn't believe we were moving to the other side of the world leaving all our family and friends behind.
They waved us off at the airport, tears all round, I felt quite ill rather than the excited feel which I had hoped for. We got on the plane, we couldn't believe we were moving to the other side of the world leaving all our family and friends behind.
I know I'm going to get ill as well.....
I hope it just stays away till the 14th.
With my wedding day I also only got nautious on the morning itself...
We have our leaving party on the 10th, and I want that to be happy!
Keep posting
Jill, I think with so many people in Perth, and so spread out (north, south) there'll have to be 2 meetups....
And seeing as we'll be living somewhere in the middle, I'll help arrange both!
And I don't care that I'm not even british
Apr 16th 2004, 2:47 am
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hi carol
we used to e mail each other in england and then for some reason your aol account wouldnt pt my e mails -if i remeber rightly you flew out same day as us and believe it or not we are also in port kennedy
we used to e mail each other in england and then for some reason your aol account wouldnt pt my e mails -if i remeber rightly you flew out same day as us and believe it or not we are also in port kennedy
Apr 16th 2004, 6:38 am
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Hi Carole
So good to see such a lovely posting it makes a change, you have chosen a lovely area & we are pleased to see you like it as much as we do.
I dont know if you are interested but there is a web site set up about Rockingham & Mandurah
www.emi-great.com
They have a similar forum to this & have posted a notice on it about having a get together for people in the area. If they get some interest theyre going to have a BBQ or something.
May see you there!
So good to see such a lovely posting it makes a change, you have chosen a lovely area & we are pleased to see you like it as much as we do.
I dont know if you are interested but there is a web site set up about Rockingham & Mandurah
www.emi-great.com
They have a similar forum to this & have posted a notice on it about having a get together for people in the area. If they get some interest theyre going to have a BBQ or something.
May see you there!
Apr 16th 2004, 11:35 am
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Re: 7 months since we arrived in perth
[good to hear everythings going well for you,
we are also moving to Perth in October and are interested in the Mandurah area, really like the houses on the canals!
I am also a nurse in theatres, working in recovery, do you know if they are short staffed in this area at the peel health campus? Also is it a very friendly, sociable place to work, nights out etc? How big is the hospital?
sorry to bombard you with all these questions, but it would be good to hear a personal opinion.
many thanks
we are also moving to Perth in October and are interested in the Mandurah area, really like the houses on the canals!
I am also a nurse in theatres, working in recovery, do you know if they are short staffed in this area at the peel health campus? Also is it a very friendly, sociable place to work, nights out etc? How big is the hospital?
sorry to bombard you with all these questions, but it would be good to hear a personal opinion.
many thanks
Apr 16th 2004, 2:50 pm
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hi carole,
we met a few weeks ago in Dewsons car park and started nattering ...like you do!!...we then met again a couple of weeks later, when you had just got back from Bali.....we must have a proper get together....
we are also friendly with sheridan and andy wood!!!!!...small world eh????
we met a few weeks ago in Dewsons car park and started nattering ...like you do!!...we then met again a couple of weeks later, when you had just got back from Bali.....we must have a proper get together....
we are also friendly with sheridan and andy wood!!!!!...small world eh????
May 13th 2004, 9:58 am
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Re: 7 months since we arrived in perth
Originally posted by igual
[good to hear everythings going well for you,
we are also moving to Perth in October and are interested in the Mandurah area, really like the houses on the canals!
I am also a nurse in theatres, working in recovery, do you know if they are short staffed in this area at the peel health campus? Also is it a very friendly, sociable place to work, nights out etc? How big is the hospital?
sorry to bombard you with all these questions, but it would be good to hear a personal opinion.
many thanks
[good to hear everythings going well for you,
we are also moving to Perth in October and are interested in the Mandurah area, really like the houses on the canals!
I am also a nurse in theatres, working in recovery, do you know if they are short staffed in this area at the peel health campus? Also is it a very friendly, sociable place to work, nights out etc? How big is the hospital?
sorry to bombard you with all these questions, but it would be good to hear a personal opinion.
many thanks
There is an open-day at the hospital each year, but we've missed the last two because it clashed with something else. There is a poster on this board "Paula M" who has worked as a midwife there, she could answer more specific questions about working there I expect, try sending her a PM.