Originally Posted by ValeSpark (Post 4724302)

Melbourne for us as well, although no idea where yet!

As Kapri says, BritVics is a useful site and really nice people. We met loads for the first time on Sunday and had a great time.

P.S. Any hints for the following appreciated, needs / wants:-
1. Good school (primary now, senior in 3 years)
2. Airport within 1.5 hours, as I will be flying most weeks
3. Not legoland
4. Largish block, with good family beach within 20 minutes.

Thinking of Frankston, but don't know how long to the airport, or how nice the area is, but the High school looks excellent.

Pete

Originally Posted by Kapri (Post 4725009)

Hi Hon :D it was lovely meeting you both at the weekend.
You know we were looking at Frankston as the beach looks good and I am applying for a job there. However I have just read the Where to live in melbourne PDf that Bordy has and i have changed my mind. Above average crime rate :eek: I think we might try Mt Eliza instead. Still close to Frankston but without the problems.

Originally Posted by CynOpt (Post 4724613)

Hi Yellowspot, we're Somerset based too, and we're headed to melbourne, on date of receipt of visa+(number of days notice-days holidays left). Skills assessment went in last week.

Had originally looked at just the areas we visited the family in when we were there in Feb, particularily out Gisborne way, and the West of Melbourne generally ( oh dont ask about "the west" on the britvic site, its a sore subject over there )
But from looking on here in the 8 weeks since we got back, I think we missed MOST of it, so will probably wait to decide until we get there.

Thats the problem with not realising how much you want to live there until the week before you have to come back, we could have made much better use of time if we had gone over knowing how much we would like it.

Originally Posted by baxter-s (Post 5784994)

hi we have just moved to melbourne , we live in bonbeach , not far from frankston , were a family of six looking to meet some new friends, really homesick at the minute , its our first time in oz , here on a working 4 year visa but awaiting residency visas , were keen to know any one from uk anywhere up north, london luton were my husband is from , we have 2 boys , 2 girls , ages 10, 8, 4, 8 months
we look forward to hearing from anyone , baxter-s:)

Originally Posted by baxter-s (Post 5784994)

hi we have just moved to melbourne , we live in bonbeach , not far from frankston , were a family of six looking to meet some new friends, really homesick at the minute , its our first time in oz , here on a working 4 year visa but awaiting residency visas , were keen to know any one from uk anywhere up north, london luton were my husband is from , we have 2 boys , 2 girls , ages 10, 8, 4, 8 months
we look forward to hearing from anyone , baxter-s:)

Originally Posted by baxter-s (Post 5784994)

hi we have just moved to melbourne , we live in bonbeach , not far from frankston , were a family of six looking to meet some new friends, really homesick at the minute , its our first time in oz , here on a working 4 year visa but awaiting residency visas , were keen to know any one from uk anywhere up north, london luton were my husband is from , we have 2 boys , 2 girls , ages 10, 8, 4, 8 months
we look forward to hearing from anyone , baxter-s:)

Originally Posted by Jasonmb (Post 5785189)

Hi

We are not there yet, but will be soon - March:thumbsup:
We have 16 and 10 year old boys and a 7 year old daughter, looking at Mount Eliza. There seems to be a few on here around the Frankston area and quite a few heading that way.

Keep in touch and we would love to meet up when we arrive, :thumbsup:

Tracy
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