Perth here we come!
 

This site has been a great source of information for us over the last few weeks. We were recently in Perth for a job interview (for my OH) which was successful and we are now awaiting our 457 visa. We are so excited and looking forward to joining all of you that are already in Perth. We hope to arrive July/August time. There's me, my hubby and our little boy who's 18 months. There will be lots of questions we will be sending your way I'm sure but just wanted to officially say hi now we've joined up!

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Hi there and welcome to the site. We too are hoping to go to Perth and keeping everything crossed. What does your OH do? Good luck with everything and don't be afraid to ask anything, plenty people on here with all the knowledge.

Nikki

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thanks Nikki, Dave's a Supply Chain Manager. Have you been out to Perth before? When are you aiming to make the move?

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No, we are one of the mad one's who have never been to Australia before but we look at it as an adventure and would rather regret something we have done than something we haven't! How long are you planning on staying there or are you hoping to get a PR visa once you are out there? We are hoping to get our visas about July/August time and hopefully move out there not too long after that.

Nikki

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Could not agree with you more. Some things are just worth trying; you can at least say you've given it a go rather than wishing you had! We are going on the 457 Visa which is being sponsored by the employer. The job contract is initially 3 years and yes our quest is for permanent residency. We fell in love with OZ when we visited the East coast a couple of years ago and even more so when we went to Perth. Are you going down the permanent visa route / MODL etc? Do you know people in Perth / ideas on which part you're going to

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Could not agree with you more. Some things are just worth trying; you can at least say you've given it a go rather than wishing you had! We are going on the 457 Visa which is being sponsored by the employer. The job contract is initially 3 years and yes our quest is for permanent residency. We fell in love with OZ when we visited the East coast a couple of years ago and even more so when we went to Perth. Are you going down the permanent visa route / MODL etc? Do you know people in Perth / ideas on which part you're going to

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Yep, we are going down the permanent route. OH is a brickie and is on the MODL. We know no-one in Perth and all the family and friends here think we are mad as we are always doing something or going somewhere and think we are going to be back in 6 months, but we will make friends out there I am sure and people will visit. We are thinking of settling down Mandhura way, but if I am entireley honest, it is only because that is where most people talk about, I haven't really heard of any brickies in the North of Perth! Send me a pm and tell me all about Perth and what you thought of it when you were out there.

Nikki

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Have a safe trip when you go and good luck.

Dave

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Nikki

Hi. We are heading to Mandurah, just a soon as the house is sold. It a beautiful place about 80km south of Perth. The new railway link to the city is planned for July (hopefully) and this will take 45 mins.
Mandurah has alot to offer but if you havent been there then I would recommend having a look at North of the river too. Both are lovely and some of the suburbs northside are more developped. I would recommend popping to the Thursday meeting at 12.30 hrs every Thursday at Hillarys (northside) and meeting all the lovely people. They are knowledgeable and friendly and very welcoming.
If OH is a brickie then he wont struggle with work north or south. If you are looking for being closer to the city for commuting then north may be worth considering.
When we 1st came on to this site North was the "in" place and Mandurah was just a retirement holiday place but that has all changed. People looked at us a little strangely when we said we were going to Mandurah (and that was just 2 yrs ago!!)
Mandurah is still being developped and has lovely restaurants, marina, dolphins.

Feel free to pm me anytime

Watty'n'Arls
:) :)

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Mottram, good luck too.:) :)

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Hi Watty n Arls

Gordon and I arrive in Perth on Monday 9 July. Funnilly enough - we will be staying not too far from Hillary's at first.

We would love to go to our first Thursday meeting - where at Hillary's does everyone meet? Is it in a certain bar?

Would they mind if we tagged along?

We have never been to australia also. My hubby is a bricky too.

Laura

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Hi there,

We meet at the Quay Cafe in Hillarys from 12pm onwards, we have tables reserved so if you cant find us or are not sure just ask the very friendly staff and they will point you in our direction.

Good luck with your move and hope to meet you both soon.

Sam

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Thanks Sam - this is great - count us in!!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Welcome to the site. Good luck with your application.

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Hiya all,

we too are going to perth 15th June completely blind,never been before but cant wait to get there,,, off to Port Kennedy in a rental for 4weeks...
good luck to every1 and see you out there soon.

Jo

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Hi Jo,
We arrived in Perth on 8th Feb. Had never been before, left friends and family in UK etc, etc and so far its the best decision we have made for our future. We live just down the road from Port Kennedy so feel free to ask anything and I will try and help. If I can't someone else will.

Speak soon
Lynne :)

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Lynne i havent been on BE much lately and i hadnt realised that you had actually moved!!
hows things? have the girls settled ok?
have you done a two month update yet?!!! :D
Adele x

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Hiya Adele,
Have pm'd you. didn't want to take over the theard.
Lynne x

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Thanx a lot lynne,
Glad to hear you are enjoying it, makes me feel not so worried about it all, im beginning to believe the people who say we are a bit mad having never visited before.. lol....but really looking forward to it, just so much to do here still, .... counting down the weeks tho..... 9 to go. :)
cheers
Jo

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Hi there,

We have just got our visa and are hoping to move to Mandurah in July. Never been before and have no family or friends out there!

My mam and stepdad are waiting for thier visa to come, they went last year for 4 weeks and know a few over there but not many!

My OH is a painter.

Hayley

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Hi Gordon & Laura

Sorry for the late reply, just signed in. Hillary's meet is an open house and definitely not clicky.

As someone else has put it is at Hillary Boat Harbour at 12noon, you cant miss the group as there is an Oz flag and a Tigger on the table and the group is big (although we did!!!). They were lovely and welcoming and so friendly. One of the women there set up an information guide for expats at Joondalup library and by all accounts is very good (she won an award for it). Everyone welcomed us and one of the group invited us to a barbie on 1st meet.

OH will have no problem with work NOR or SOR it is one big mass of development.
If you have kids then it is no problem too.

Good luck and hope it goes well.
watty'n'arls
:)

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Gee - thanks for that!!! Everyone is so nice.

Loads of things to see and do when I get there.

Maybe one day soon we'll all get to meet.

Just realised - I think I've been on this computer all day - how sad is that!!!!

Laura:p

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Laura

In time it will settle, but I have to admit that at first we were on morning, noon and night!!!

Where are you from? Im a Glasgow lass that moved to Manchester when I was younger.

PS certain brit shops do Irn Bru!!

:rofl: :rofl:

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I'm from Glesga too!!!! Originally from Shawlands (but my husband keeps reminding me that when I was born it was Castlemilk!!!). Gordon is from Linwood. We both live in Barrhead now.

Where in Glasgow did you live? What brought you to Manchester?

I cant actually live without my Irn Bru - I'm addicted to it....

Catch up soon.

Laura

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Sent you a pm

:rofl: :rofl:

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me and my boyfriend are heading to perth soon! we have visited twice before...really excited, but am i the only person that thinks...OH MY GOD, AM I ACTUALLY DOING THIS?!?!?!?

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I know what you mean, we go through phases of thinking 'this can' be true, it doesn't feel real' and then think 'oh my god, we should be there in a few months!' to be honest though we are really excited and can't wait to arrive :) :)

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Weve been here for 5 weeks now, and im still thinking........... I cant believe weve really done it!!:D

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its crazy...especially as we were set on going in october, and because of the new citizenship legislation, we are now going in june. it has all happened so quick! how are you finding perth then???

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So far its great.

Got a nice rental in Connolly nor - my advice, check out the private ones, we found less people fighting for them!
My husband soon found a job with a resonable starting wage. I suppose I should start looking!!!:ohmy:

Just need to start getting out to meet some folks now. Hope to go to Hillarys next Thursday.

Where are you heading?

Leeane

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i love hillarys!!! i am new to this site (only joined last night), but seems really cool...do people that meet on this site actually meet up and stuff? my boyfriends sister and her boyfriend (stacey and ben) moved out in dec2005, and their 4 bed house has just been built, so we are very lucky that we can stay with them, as we are hoping to build ourselves! they live in sommerly. not sure of areas at the mo, and where everything is - is it close to sommerly???!

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From reading previous threads yes people from this site do meet in Hillarys although I havent been myself yet.
Sommerly is just up a bit from us. Esy reach of Hillarys
Check out the suburbs map on aussiemove.com it may help you find your way about.

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Contain your excitement, there aint much to do here in boring Perth. It is another world from the UK and the Eastern states.

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I never understand this comment about Perth!! :blink:
Wanted to write more but just cant bother my arse tonight:mad:

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I CANT UNDERSTAND THIS!!!!

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I can :rofl: but Perth has a lot going for it too, space, clean, beaches, it comes down to making the best of it. Plus all the jobs are here.

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and the sun...what im most looking forward too

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we're hoping to find somewhere NOR in either hillary's, sorrento or may be further up in Ocean Reef. We were there a few weeks ago and really had a good look round with a relocation agent. hear it's really hard at the moment though to get a rental? thanks for the tip

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We're with this view. Most places have plus and minus' but for us it's the outdoors / climate that is a big part of it, olympic size swimming pools, cycling tracks everywhere and good weather should keep my triathlete hubby more than busy! me and the little fella get tired out just watchin :)

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[QUOTE=When we 1st came on to this site North was the "in" place and Mandurah was just a retirement holiday place but that has all changed. People looked at us a little strangely when we said we were going to Mandurah (and that was just 2 yrs ago!!)
Mandurah is still being developped and has lovely restaurants, marina, dolphins.

Feel free to pm me anytime

Watty'n'Arls
:) :)[/QUOTE]

When I first came on this site in 2001 and asked about Mandurah, nobody had heard of it. I think I found one post mentioning it, that was all! The only reason we picked the place was because all the I.T. jobs are in Perth and my sister lived in Bunbury, and it seemed ideally situated between the two.

With all these brickies moving to Mandurah, I hope I can find someone to build my new extension - any jobless brickies out there, contact me! Just waiting for the shire to approve, then we can get started.

In answer to another person's question, yes people from this site do get-together. We have met up with fellow expats from this board a few times. There is a weekly Wednesday morning meet at the Mandurah Dome cafe that OHippy organises, I haven't been yet but keep meaning to.

Have been in Mandurah now for nearly 5 years, any questions, feel free to PM me.