Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Oct 20th 2006, 7:07 pm
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Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Hi everyone,
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
Oct 20th 2006, 7:11 pm
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Originally Posted by lang81
Hi everyone,
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
Hi Craig
We too are going to Perth and are hoping for our visa any time now. We are ideally hoping to go January.
As we live in London, we want to live in Subiaco/West Leederville because I reckon moving anywhere else could be a bit of a culture shock and we want to do this gradually if you know what I mean.
So by the time we get there, you will be settled but if you are up for it, we would love to meet for a drink.
My husbands a chef and I will either be working as a veterinary nurse or as a secretary/PA which is what I am doing now.
Good luck with your move.
Samantha
Oct 20th 2006, 7:22 pm
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Good luck in Oz.
Can I ask how much the flights were. The best I can find so far (Glasgow to Melbourne) is about £1750 via Expedia and Qantas (2+2).
How did you book the stopover adn what baggage allowance are you getting?
Cheers David
Can I ask how much the flights were. The best I can find so far (Glasgow to Melbourne) is about £1750 via Expedia and Qantas (2+2).
How did you book the stopover adn what baggage allowance are you getting?
Cheers David
Oct 20th 2006, 7:35 pm
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Hi mate,
We paid 1330 UK pounds for 2 tickets, flying with Qantas 29th Nov. This includes our 3 nights in Hong Kong.
We booked with the flight centre in Glasgow and the agent was really helpful.
Apparently there are not many seats left for flights over the next month and when you go into December the price rises again.
Don't know how to get extra baggage but from what i have read hear you can't get get it if you are doing a stopover.
Cheers.
We paid 1330 UK pounds for 2 tickets, flying with Qantas 29th Nov. This includes our 3 nights in Hong Kong.
We booked with the flight centre in Glasgow and the agent was really helpful.
Apparently there are not many seats left for flights over the next month and when you go into December the price rises again.
Don't know how to get extra baggage but from what i have read hear you can't get get it if you are doing a stopover.
Cheers.
Originally Posted by pippin lara
Good luck in Oz.
Can I ask how much the flights were. The best I can find so far (Glasgow to Melbourne) is about £1750 via Expedia and Qantas (2+2).
How did you book the stopover adn what baggage allowance are you getting?
Cheers David
Can I ask how much the flights were. The best I can find so far (Glasgow to Melbourne) is about £1750 via Expedia and Qantas (2+2).
How did you book the stopover adn what baggage allowance are you getting?
Cheers David
Oct 20th 2006, 9:53 pm
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
We are away to Perth on Nov 20th and we are in our early 30's too! (English and Indian couple here - although the English one of us grew up in Australia and the Indian one of us grew up in England...but anyway)....
The Perthies do Coffee mornings but it would be kewl to organise a meet up!
Where in Perth you hoping to settle?
Me and the OH will be in Joondalup initially as that is where my Father lives
All the best!
The Perthies do Coffee mornings but it would be kewl to organise a meet up!
Where in Perth you hoping to settle?
Me and the OH will be in Joondalup initially as that is where my Father lives
All the best!
Oct 21st 2006, 1:42 am
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Originally Posted by lang81
Hi everyone,
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
Oct 21st 2006, 1:55 am
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Originally Posted by lang81
Hi everyone,
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
Before we came out I was reading so many negative posts about Perth that I nearly changed my mind and went East. However, I did have to remind myself that there are a lot of expats in Perth who are incredibly happy and just don't post on here.
Yes it's laid back - but this is Oz !! As for isolated, I think of it as like the UK (only much much bigger). If you fly for a couple of hours from the UK you can get to other areas and that's the same here - what's the difference ? Oh yes, WA is loads bigger.
Boring ? Depends what you want from life but I can't see that it's missing anything that any other area has got.
When you get here, where will you be staying ? There are meets in Hillarys, Rockingham and Mandurah and we are a friendly bunch really
Oct 21st 2006, 2:48 am
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Originally Posted by lang81
Hi mate,
We paid 1330 UK pounds for 2 tickets, flying with Qantas 29th Nov. This includes our 3 nights in Hong Kong.
We booked with the flight centre in Glasgow and the agent was really helpful.
Apparently there are not many seats left for flights over the next month and when you go into December the price rises again.
Don't know how to get extra baggage but from what i have read hear you can't get get it if you are doing a stopover.
Cheers.
We paid 1330 UK pounds for 2 tickets, flying with Qantas 29th Nov. This includes our 3 nights in Hong Kong.
We booked with the flight centre in Glasgow and the agent was really helpful.
Apparently there are not many seats left for flights over the next month and when you go into December the price rises again.
Don't know how to get extra baggage but from what i have read hear you can't get get it if you are doing a stopover.
Cheers.
Started looking into our flights for our first 'holiday' back to Blighty next october(3 yrs on) and SO want to do hong kong as a stopover so I'll be interested in what you think of the place.
Oh and we certainly count ourselves as seome of the happy ones over here. There's a lot of us here! It's a beautiful place, just come and have a good look and you'll find the place you feel comfortable with! Good luck!!
Oct 21st 2006, 5:02 pm
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Hi there,
When we arrive we are staying in Bassendean. Hopefully we will meet some expats when we get there.
When we arrive we are staying in Bassendean. Hopefully we will meet some expats when we get there.
Originally Posted by ohippy
You need to stop stressing about where you want to live and see things for yourself.
Before we came out I was reading so many negative posts about Perth that I nearly changed my mind and went East. However, I did have to remind myself that there are a lot of expats in Perth who are incredibly happy and just don't post on here.
Yes it's laid back - but this is Oz !! As for isolated, I think of it as like the UK (only much much bigger). If you fly for a couple of hours from the UK you can get to other areas and that's the same here - what's the difference ? Oh yes, WA is loads bigger.
Boring ? Depends what you want from life but I can't see that it's missing anything that any other area has got.
When you get here, where will you be staying ? There are meets in Hillarys, Rockingham and Mandurah and we are a friendly bunch really
Before we came out I was reading so many negative posts about Perth that I nearly changed my mind and went East. However, I did have to remind myself that there are a lot of expats in Perth who are incredibly happy and just don't post on here.
Yes it's laid back - but this is Oz !! As for isolated, I think of it as like the UK (only much much bigger). If you fly for a couple of hours from the UK you can get to other areas and that's the same here - what's the difference ? Oh yes, WA is loads bigger.
Boring ? Depends what you want from life but I can't see that it's missing anything that any other area has got.
When you get here, where will you be staying ? There are meets in Hillarys, Rockingham and Mandurah and we are a friendly bunch really
Oct 21st 2006, 7:09 pm
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Re: Finally, the flights are booked. Perth here we come ...
Originally Posted by lang81
Hi everyone,
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
After much stressing and indecision the good lady and i have finally decided to book our flights to Perth.
We were undecided as to where to settle but eventually we agreed on our first choice, so Perth it is.
After reading all the pros and cons of various cities on this forum we decided that we should try it out and see for ourselves if it is too isolated, too boring, too laid back etc etc....
So the digs are sorted and after a 3 night stopover in Hong Kong we will touch down at 07:25 on the 4th Dec.
If it doesn't suit us then we will just head east and try somewhere else.
I can't believe that we are now on our way, the whole process seems to have happened so quickly.
It would be great to meet some guys from the forum when we arrive.
Please pm me if you would like to meet (Scottish couple in their early 30) up and hopefully ease my wife's fear of being "so alone" in OZ.
Good luck to everyone who is going through the waiting game right now.
Craig.
We too are off to Perth but not until 29 April, so hopefully you'll still be there then. We're also a scottish couple in our early thirties, and I have to admit to feeling the same as your wife and being a bit worried about not knowing anyone and making new mates - it's all a bit daunting the thought of having to make new mates in your thirties!!!! Don;t get me wrong, OH says I shouldn't have any bother as I never shut up and will talk to anyone.
Would be great to meet up for a drink if you're still around by the time we get there. We're heading for in/around the Joondalup area. If your wife wants to PM me for a chat she's more than welcome.
Good luck and maybe see you soon!!!
Nikki
