Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Mar 26th 2006 | 5:48 am
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Just noticed your thread... we are arriving in Mooloolaba on 30th March to validate our visas. (we have got to return to blighty to complete house sale) We would love to meet for a chat and a drink, it would be great to know people in the area we are hoping to live in. We have 2 kids 13 and 10 who are very excited at the thought of moving to Oz but it would be great for them to meet other kids who have already done it!!
Hope to hear from you before we leave on the 28th...
Michelle, Lol, Emma & Lewis.
Hope to hear from you before we leave on the 28th...
Michelle, Lol, Emma & Lewis.
Mar 26th 2006 | 6:09 am
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Originally Posted by Pearl&Wal
Hi All,
After long hours looking at this site in the UK, it's time to take the plunge and see who's actually out there.
We have been here for 6 weeks now and are living in leafy Buderim. We are Brit Thirtysomethings with 2 kids (9 & 7) and already love the area, life and weather but we're finding it hard to meet people in our situation. Is it just us we wonder?? God we hope not!
We would love to meet up soon with any friendly expats or Aussies for a beer, BBQ etc (except a cup of Australian Tea
).
How do you go about this though? as it's quite a daunting thought as at the moment the kids have a better social life than we do - so whats that about!!
Someone please tell us we are not mad for doing this!!
After long hours looking at this site in the UK, it's time to take the plunge and see who's actually out there.
We have been here for 6 weeks now and are living in leafy Buderim. We are Brit Thirtysomethings with 2 kids (9 & 7) and already love the area, life and weather but we're finding it hard to meet people in our situation. Is it just us we wonder?? God we hope not!
We would love to meet up soon with any friendly expats or Aussies for a beer, BBQ etc (except a cup of Australian Tea
).How do you go about this though? as it's quite a daunting thought as at the moment the kids have a better social life than we do - so whats that about!!
Someone please tell us we are not mad for doing this!!
Hi pearl and Wal,
We have just accepted an offer on our house so will hopefully be looking to be there around beginning of June....... We are not sure yet where we will settle, although Buderim area sounds lovely, we have also looked at mountain creek school. We are both in our 30s and have a girl of 11 and a boy of 8.
Hopefully we will meet up with others too when we get there
p.s I don't think you are mad
.... very wise infact 
Speak soon
Jane xxx
Mar 26th 2006 | 7:56 am
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Check out the new Meet Up forum - Ann is trying to organise a meet up that way.....!
Mar 26th 2006 | 8:48 am
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Hi again,
The kids have managed to make quite a few friends early on (much earlier than us!!) because there are so many activities for them to do in a group.
The Schools they attend has after school clubs/sports every evening so between them they do Football, Golf, Hockey, Swimming, Theatre and Book Club. They also have Football out of School.
We've found that they've made friends as there so dam busy
It's never going to be easy as it's such a change but if they want it there's loads organised for them to do. Out two both had tears before we left but now the'y be devastated if we had to return to the UK and we've been here less than 2 months.
The kids have managed to make quite a few friends early on (much earlier than us!!) because there are so many activities for them to do in a group.
The Schools they attend has after school clubs/sports every evening so between them they do Football, Golf, Hockey, Swimming, Theatre and Book Club. They also have Football out of School.
We've found that they've made friends as there so dam busy
It's never going to be easy as it's such a change but if they want it there's loads organised for them to do. Out two both had tears before we left but now the'y be devastated if we had to return to the UK and we've been here less than 2 months.
Originally Posted by happy chappy
Thanks for the info, it's nice to hear positive things from people who actually live in the area we are thinking of moving to.
I know there are regular expat meets on the Sunshine Coast so you should have your social life back soon
My eldest daughter is nervous about making friends, how have yours got on?
I know there are regular expat meets on the Sunshine Coast so you should have your social life back soon
My eldest daughter is nervous about making friends, how have yours got on?
Mar 26th 2006 | 10:31 pm
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Originally Posted by happy chappy
Thanks for the info, it's nice to hear positive things from people who actually live in the area we are thinking of moving to.
I know there are regular expat meets on the Sunshine Coast so you should have your social life back soon
My eldest daughter is nervous about making friends, how have yours got on?
I know there are regular expat meets on the Sunshine Coast so you should have your social life back soon
My eldest daughter is nervous about making friends, how have yours got on?
My daughter was 11 when we moved here (now nearly 14). She was very upset leaving all her friends behind and I felt like the worst mother in the world. She made friends quickly and now has a really nice circle of friends. She goes to Mountain Creek High School and loves it - says its much better than the secondary school she went to in the UK.
Good Luck
Sarah
Mar 26th 2006 | 11:17 pm
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Originally Posted by sarahge
Hi There
My daughter was 11 when we moved here (now nearly 14). She was very upset leaving all her friends behind and I felt like the worst mother in the world. She made friends quickly and now has a really nice circle of friends. She goes to Mountain Creek High School and loves it - says its much better than the secondary school she went to in the UK.
Good Luck
Sarah
My daughter was 11 when we moved here (now nearly 14). She was very upset leaving all her friends behind and I felt like the worst mother in the world. She made friends quickly and now has a really nice circle of friends. She goes to Mountain Creek High School and loves it - says its much better than the secondary school she went to in the UK.
Good Luck
Sarah
Whenever we go on holiday she always ends up with a couple of new people she knows so it shouldn't be a problem.
How do other kids take to the English acent?
Mar 26th 2006 | 11:19 pm
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Originally Posted by kevinbloomfield
Hi there
As soon as we sell our house we will be over in Buderim or Mountain Creek and would love to meet up for a drink or 2
I'll let you know when we are over
BTW I am 40, wife is 39 and we have a 16 year old son
As soon as we sell our house we will be over in Buderim or Mountain Creek and would love to meet up for a drink or 2
I'll let you know when we are over
BTW I am 40, wife is 39 and we have a 16 year old son
Mar 27th 2006 | 9:11 am
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
No problems about the kids having an English accent at all in our experience. I wouldn't even say there's that much of a novelty value to it as our two both have other English kids in their class as well as a South African lad.
We're actually starting to notice an Aussie twang in the kids already - even the way they already pronounce words such as Yogurt and Maroon - oh how we giggle to ourselves.
We're actually starting to notice an Aussie twang in the kids already - even the way they already pronounce words such as Yogurt and Maroon - oh how we giggle to ourselves.
Originally Posted by happy chappy
I will show my daughter the comments on here and hope it goes some way to convince her she will make new friends easily.
Whenever we go on holiday she always ends up with a couple of new people she knows so it shouldn't be a problem.
How do other kids take to the English acent?
Whenever we go on holiday she always ends up with a couple of new people she knows so it shouldn't be a problem.
How do other kids take to the English acent?
Mar 27th 2006 | 11:11 am
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Originally Posted by Pearl&Wal
No problems about the kids having an English accent at all in our experience. I wouldn't even say there's that much of a novelty value to it as our two both have other English kids in their class as well as a South African lad.
We're actually starting to notice an Aussie twang in the kids already - even the way they already pronounce words such as Yogurt and Maroon - oh how we giggle to ourselves.
We're actually starting to notice an Aussie twang in the kids already - even the way they already pronounce words such as Yogurt and Maroon - oh how we giggle to ourselves.
Whats with the pronunciation of the word maroon, why do the say marone? I can't quite understand that one, they dont say ballone for balloon. Is it a Queensland thing?
Mar 27th 2006 | 1:09 pm
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
No idea - it's a strange one isn't it.
Straight out of Kath and Kim if you ask me.
With Maroon or rather Marone being the colour of Queensland perhaps it's called this to personalise it more. Or perhaps maybe they just can't speak properly.
I wonder how they pronouce Maroon 5 when they tour?
Straight out of Kath and Kim if you ask me.
With Maroon or rather Marone being the colour of Queensland perhaps it's called this to personalise it more. Or perhaps maybe they just can't speak properly.
I wonder how they pronouce Maroon 5 when they tour?
Originally Posted by sarahge
Whats with the pronunciation of the word maroon, why do the say marone? I can't quite understand that one, they dont say ballone for balloon. Is it a Queensland thing?
Mar 27th 2006 | 1:52 pm
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Re: Calling all in Buderim & Mooloolaba area
Originally Posted by happy chappy
How do other kids take to the English acent?
Loads of kids come and go from other countries, we have UK, scots, USA, german, singapore, PNG, NZ, and Mexico in our kids circle alone. They do make friends easily.
