So far so good
Jul 27th 2005 | 3:17 pm
#1
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So far so good
Hi all,
We're back on line for the first time since arriving in Perth. Thanks for all the good luck messages when I posted 'we're off next week'.
We've been here 2 weeks now. We stayed with my aunt and uncle when we first arrived but moved into a short term let in Quinns on Saturday. I bought my aunts car the first day we were here as she had just bought herself a new one, and I now have a WA Drivers licence. We have found the house we want to buy and are due to move in 31 August. We tranferred our money through Hifx and that came through to our Oz bank account on the same day Hifx sent it, so no problems with that.
My 8 yr old daughter started school on Tuesday. Tuesday morning she was really nervous (understandable). After 3 days at her new school she is loving it. All the other kids are really friendly and have made her really welcome and she really likes her new teacher. She has already got a part in a play her class are doing next week and this morning we watched her complete her first cross country run (2 laps round the oval) at school. Her teacher has noticed that she is already losing her English accent!
We are still sorting out what to do with our 16 yr old son. They are so many options for him but we think to help him settle and make friends that school would be the best option.
My husband, Alex, also has a few options workwise, and is deciding now which option is best (go self employed and sub contract or work for someone else for a while, he's had a few offers of work after only looking for one week). He came over as a landscaper on the skills assessment, but does mainly hardlandscaping, especially brickpaving. He has done other construction work in the past and so had many options. There seems to be loads of work for anyone in the construction industry. He has decided to do tiling (something else he has done in the past. He offered his services for free for a couple of days to learn how they did things over here, and the tiler he was working with was impressed enough to offer him a job, and give him contacts if he wanted to go sub contract). Tilers are on better rates over here than brick pavers so that just about swung it for him. Either way, he's starting work on Monday (just has decide who's offer to take).
We're all settling in absolutely fine and feel very much at home already. Everything seems to have gone so smoothly so far and I feel really lucky. The only major thing to worry about next I suppose is our furniture arriving safely. The ship is due to arrive in Fremantle next week, so hopefully all will be ok and we should have our furniture ready for when we move into our new house in a few weeks time. We have used Eagle Relocations, so will let you know how we get on when it arrives.
Sorry for rambling on so long but wanted to put in as much info as poss for anyone in similar situation (worries over kids settling in, same sort of jobs, or using same companies etc).
Good luck to everyone still trying to get here, hope it all works out for you soon
Tracy
We're back on line for the first time since arriving in Perth. Thanks for all the good luck messages when I posted 'we're off next week'.
We've been here 2 weeks now. We stayed with my aunt and uncle when we first arrived but moved into a short term let in Quinns on Saturday. I bought my aunts car the first day we were here as she had just bought herself a new one, and I now have a WA Drivers licence. We have found the house we want to buy and are due to move in 31 August. We tranferred our money through Hifx and that came through to our Oz bank account on the same day Hifx sent it, so no problems with that.
My 8 yr old daughter started school on Tuesday. Tuesday morning she was really nervous (understandable). After 3 days at her new school she is loving it. All the other kids are really friendly and have made her really welcome and she really likes her new teacher. She has already got a part in a play her class are doing next week and this morning we watched her complete her first cross country run (2 laps round the oval) at school. Her teacher has noticed that she is already losing her English accent!
We are still sorting out what to do with our 16 yr old son. They are so many options for him but we think to help him settle and make friends that school would be the best option.
My husband, Alex, also has a few options workwise, and is deciding now which option is best (go self employed and sub contract or work for someone else for a while, he's had a few offers of work after only looking for one week). He came over as a landscaper on the skills assessment, but does mainly hardlandscaping, especially brickpaving. He has done other construction work in the past and so had many options. There seems to be loads of work for anyone in the construction industry. He has decided to do tiling (something else he has done in the past. He offered his services for free for a couple of days to learn how they did things over here, and the tiler he was working with was impressed enough to offer him a job, and give him contacts if he wanted to go sub contract). Tilers are on better rates over here than brick pavers so that just about swung it for him. Either way, he's starting work on Monday (just has decide who's offer to take).
We're all settling in absolutely fine and feel very much at home already. Everything seems to have gone so smoothly so far and I feel really lucky. The only major thing to worry about next I suppose is our furniture arriving safely. The ship is due to arrive in Fremantle next week, so hopefully all will be ok and we should have our furniture ready for when we move into our new house in a few weeks time. We have used Eagle Relocations, so will let you know how we get on when it arrives.
Sorry for rambling on so long but wanted to put in as much info as poss for anyone in similar situation (worries over kids settling in, same sort of jobs, or using same companies etc).
Good luck to everyone still trying to get here, hope it all works out for you soon
Tracy
Jul 27th 2005 | 3:28 pm
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Re: So far so good
Glad everything is going so well Tracy, you sound like you and your family have really settled already, well done 
Lisa
Lisa
Originally Posted by tracyd
Hi all,
We're back on line for the first time since arriving in Perth. Thanks for all the good luck messages when I posted 'we're off next week'.
We've been here 2 weeks now. We stayed with my aunt and uncle when we first arrived but moved into a short term let in Quinns on Saturday. I bought my aunts car the first day we were here as she had just bought herself a new one, and I now have a WA Drivers licence. We have found the house we want to buy and are due to move in 31 August. We tranferred our money through Hifx and that came through to our Oz bank account on the same day Hifx sent it, so no problems with that.
My 8 yr old daughter started school on Tuesday. Tuesday morning she was really nervous (understandable). After 3 days at her new school she is loving it. All the other kids are really friendly and have made her really welcome and she really likes her new teacher. She has already got a part in a play her class are doing next week and this morning we watched her complete her first cross country run (2 laps round the oval) at school. Her teacher has noticed that she is already losing her English accent!
We are still sorting out what to do with our 16 yr old son. They are so many options for him but we think to help him settle and make friends that school would be the best option.
My husband, Alex, also has a few options workwise, and is deciding now which option is best (go self employed and sub contract or work for someone else for a while, he's had a few offers of work after only looking for one week). He came over as a landscaper on the skills assessment, but does mainly hardlandscaping, especially brickpaving. He has done other construction work in the past and so had many options. There seems to be loads of work for anyone in the construction industry. He has decided to do tiling (something else he has done in the past. He offered his services for free for a couple of days to learn how they did things over here, and the tiler he was working with was impressed enough to offer him a job, and give him contacts if he wanted to go sub contract). Tilers are on better rates over here than brick pavers so that just about swung it for him. Either way, he's starting work on Monday (just has decide who's offer to take).
We're all settling in absolutely fine and feel very much at home already. Everything seems to have gone so smoothly so far and I feel really lucky. The only major thing to worry about next I suppose is our furniture arriving safely. The ship is due to arrive in Fremantle next week, so hopefully all will be ok and we should have our furniture ready for when we move into our new house in a few weeks time. We have used Eagle Relocations, so will let you know how we get on when it arrives.
Sorry for rambling on so long but wanted to put in as much info as poss for anyone in similar situation (worries over kids settling in, same sort of jobs, or using same companies etc).
Good luck to everyone still trying to get here, hope it all works out for you soon
Tracy
We're back on line for the first time since arriving in Perth. Thanks for all the good luck messages when I posted 'we're off next week'.
We've been here 2 weeks now. We stayed with my aunt and uncle when we first arrived but moved into a short term let in Quinns on Saturday. I bought my aunts car the first day we were here as she had just bought herself a new one, and I now have a WA Drivers licence. We have found the house we want to buy and are due to move in 31 August. We tranferred our money through Hifx and that came through to our Oz bank account on the same day Hifx sent it, so no problems with that.
My 8 yr old daughter started school on Tuesday. Tuesday morning she was really nervous (understandable). After 3 days at her new school she is loving it. All the other kids are really friendly and have made her really welcome and she really likes her new teacher. She has already got a part in a play her class are doing next week and this morning we watched her complete her first cross country run (2 laps round the oval) at school. Her teacher has noticed that she is already losing her English accent!
We are still sorting out what to do with our 16 yr old son. They are so many options for him but we think to help him settle and make friends that school would be the best option.
My husband, Alex, also has a few options workwise, and is deciding now which option is best (go self employed and sub contract or work for someone else for a while, he's had a few offers of work after only looking for one week). He came over as a landscaper on the skills assessment, but does mainly hardlandscaping, especially brickpaving. He has done other construction work in the past and so had many options. There seems to be loads of work for anyone in the construction industry. He has decided to do tiling (something else he has done in the past. He offered his services for free for a couple of days to learn how they did things over here, and the tiler he was working with was impressed enough to offer him a job, and give him contacts if he wanted to go sub contract). Tilers are on better rates over here than brick pavers so that just about swung it for him. Either way, he's starting work on Monday (just has decide who's offer to take).
We're all settling in absolutely fine and feel very much at home already. Everything seems to have gone so smoothly so far and I feel really lucky. The only major thing to worry about next I suppose is our furniture arriving safely. The ship is due to arrive in Fremantle next week, so hopefully all will be ok and we should have our furniture ready for when we move into our new house in a few weeks time. We have used Eagle Relocations, so will let you know how we get on when it arrives.
Sorry for rambling on so long but wanted to put in as much info as poss for anyone in similar situation (worries over kids settling in, same sort of jobs, or using same companies etc).
Good luck to everyone still trying to get here, hope it all works out for you soon
Tracy
Jul 27th 2005 | 3:29 pm
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Re: So far so good
Great to hear you are all settling in so well.
Jul 27th 2005 | 3:41 pm
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Re: So far so good
Oh, good one, things working out very nicely!!
Are you coming to the girls night out at The Burswood on Sat 13th of August?
The thread is on page 2 or 3 I think.
Meeting at Paddy Hannan's pub from 7.30 pm.
Are you coming to the girls night out at The Burswood on Sat 13th of August?
The thread is on page 2 or 3 I think.
Meeting at Paddy Hannan's pub from 7.30 pm.
Jul 27th 2005 | 3:48 pm
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Re: So far so good
Originally Posted by Simone
Oh, good one, things working out very nicely!!
Are you coming to the girls night out at The Burswood on Sat 13th of August?
The thread is on page 2 or 3 I think.
Meeting at Paddy Hannan's pub from 7.30 pm.
Are you coming to the girls night out at The Burswood on Sat 13th of August?
The thread is on page 2 or 3 I think.
Meeting at Paddy Hannan's pub from 7.30 pm.
Glad to hear you are settling in well.
Jul 27th 2005 | 10:42 pm
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Re: So far so good
So far so good Tracy.
Hope that continues for you all and thanks for sharing your experiences.
Hope that continues for you all and thanks for sharing your experiences.
Jul 27th 2005 | 11:15 pm
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Posts: 2,873
Re: So far so good
Originally Posted by tracyd
Hi all,
We're back on line for the first time since arriving in Perth. Thanks for all the good luck messages when I posted 'we're off next week'.
We've been here 2 weeks now. We stayed with my aunt and uncle when we first arrived but moved into a short term let in Quinns on Saturday. I bought my aunts car the first day we were here as she had just bought herself a new one, and I now have a WA Drivers licence. We have found the house we want to buy and are due to move in 31 August. We tranferred our money through Hifx and that came through to our Oz bank account on the same day Hifx sent it, so no problems with that.
My 8 yr old daughter started school on Tuesday. Tuesday morning she was really nervous (understandable). After 3 days at her new school she is loving it. All the other kids are really friendly and have made her really welcome and she really likes her new teacher. She has already got a part in a play her class are doing next week and this morning we watched her complete her first cross country run (2 laps round the oval) at school. Her teacher has noticed that she is already losing her English accent!
We are still sorting out what to do with our 16 yr old son. They are so many options for him but we think to help him settle and make friends that school would be the best option.
My husband, Alex, also has a few options workwise, and is deciding now which option is best (go self employed and sub contract or work for someone else for a while, he's had a few offers of work after only looking for one week). He came over as a landscaper on the skills assessment, but does mainly hardlandscaping, especially brickpaving. He has done other construction work in the past and so had many options. There seems to be loads of work for anyone in the construction industry. He has decided to do tiling (something else he has done in the past. He offered his services for free for a couple of days to learn how they did things over here, and the tiler he was working with was impressed enough to offer him a job, and give him contacts if he wanted to go sub contract). Tilers are on better rates over here than brick pavers so that just about swung it for him. Either way, he's starting work on Monday (just has decide who's offer to take).
We're all settling in absolutely fine and feel very much at home already. Everything seems to have gone so smoothly so far and I feel really lucky. The only major thing to worry about next I suppose is our furniture arriving safely. The ship is due to arrive in Fremantle next week, so hopefully all will be ok and we should have our furniture ready for when we move into our new house in a few weeks time. We have used Eagle Relocations, so will let you know how we get on when it arrives.
Sorry for rambling on so long but wanted to put in as much info as poss for anyone in similar situation (worries over kids settling in, same sort of jobs, or using same companies etc).
Good luck to everyone still trying to get here, hope it all works out for you soon
Tracy
We're back on line for the first time since arriving in Perth. Thanks for all the good luck messages when I posted 'we're off next week'.
We've been here 2 weeks now. We stayed with my aunt and uncle when we first arrived but moved into a short term let in Quinns on Saturday. I bought my aunts car the first day we were here as she had just bought herself a new one, and I now have a WA Drivers licence. We have found the house we want to buy and are due to move in 31 August. We tranferred our money through Hifx and that came through to our Oz bank account on the same day Hifx sent it, so no problems with that.
My 8 yr old daughter started school on Tuesday. Tuesday morning she was really nervous (understandable). After 3 days at her new school she is loving it. All the other kids are really friendly and have made her really welcome and she really likes her new teacher. She has already got a part in a play her class are doing next week and this morning we watched her complete her first cross country run (2 laps round the oval) at school. Her teacher has noticed that she is already losing her English accent!
We are still sorting out what to do with our 16 yr old son. They are so many options for him but we think to help him settle and make friends that school would be the best option.
My husband, Alex, also has a few options workwise, and is deciding now which option is best (go self employed and sub contract or work for someone else for a while, he's had a few offers of work after only looking for one week). He came over as a landscaper on the skills assessment, but does mainly hardlandscaping, especially brickpaving. He has done other construction work in the past and so had many options. There seems to be loads of work for anyone in the construction industry. He has decided to do tiling (something else he has done in the past. He offered his services for free for a couple of days to learn how they did things over here, and the tiler he was working with was impressed enough to offer him a job, and give him contacts if he wanted to go sub contract). Tilers are on better rates over here than brick pavers so that just about swung it for him. Either way, he's starting work on Monday (just has decide who's offer to take).
We're all settling in absolutely fine and feel very much at home already. Everything seems to have gone so smoothly so far and I feel really lucky. The only major thing to worry about next I suppose is our furniture arriving safely. The ship is due to arrive in Fremantle next week, so hopefully all will be ok and we should have our furniture ready for when we move into our new house in a few weeks time. We have used Eagle Relocations, so will let you know how we get on when it arrives.
Sorry for rambling on so long but wanted to put in as much info as poss for anyone in similar situation (worries over kids settling in, same sort of jobs, or using same companies etc).
Good luck to everyone still trying to get here, hope it all works out for you soon
Tracy
Jul 27th 2005 | 11:31 pm
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Re: So far so good
Originally Posted by tracyd
Hi all,
We're back on line for the first time since arriving in Perth. Thanks for all the good luck messages when I posted 'we're off next week'.
We've been here 2 weeks now. We stayed with my aunt and uncle when we first arrived but moved into a short term let in Quinns on Saturday. I bought my aunts car the first day we were here as she had just bought herself a new one, and I now have a WA Drivers licence. We have found the house we want to buy and are due to move in 31 August. We tranferred our money through Hifx and that came through to our Oz bank account on the same day Hifx sent it, so no problems with that.
My 8 yr old daughter started school on Tuesday. Tuesday morning she was really nervous (understandable). After 3 days at her new school she is loving it. All the other kids are really friendly and have made her really welcome and she really likes her new teacher. She has already got a part in a play her class are doing next week and this morning we watched her complete her first cross country run (2 laps round the oval) at school. Her teacher has noticed that she is already losing her English accent!
We are still sorting out what to do with our 16 yr old son. They are so many options for him but we think to help him settle and make friends that school would be the best option.
My husband, Alex, also has a few options workwise, and is deciding now which option is best (go self employed and sub contract or work for someone else for a while, he's had a few offers of work after only looking for one week). He came over as a landscaper on the skills assessment, but does mainly hardlandscaping, especially brickpaving. He has done other construction work in the past and so had many options. There seems to be loads of work for anyone in the construction industry. He has decided to do tiling (something else he has done in the past. He offered his services for free for a couple of days to learn how they did things over here, and the tiler he was working with was impressed enough to offer him a job, and give him contacts if he wanted to go sub contract). Tilers are on better rates over here than brick pavers so that just about swung it for him. Either way, he's starting work on Monday (just has decide who's offer to take).
We're all settling in absolutely fine and feel very much at home already. Everything seems to have gone so smoothly so far and I feel really lucky. The only major thing to worry about next I suppose is our furniture arriving safely. The ship is due to arrive in Fremantle next week, so hopefully all will be ok and we should have our furniture ready for when we move into our new house in a few weeks time. We have used Eagle Relocations, so will let you know how we get on when it arrives.
Sorry for rambling on so long but wanted to put in as much info as poss for anyone in similar situation (worries over kids settling in, same sort of jobs, or using same companies etc).
Good luck to everyone still trying to get here, hope it all works out for you soon
Tracy
We're back on line for the first time since arriving in Perth. Thanks for all the good luck messages when I posted 'we're off next week'.
We've been here 2 weeks now. We stayed with my aunt and uncle when we first arrived but moved into a short term let in Quinns on Saturday. I bought my aunts car the first day we were here as she had just bought herself a new one, and I now have a WA Drivers licence. We have found the house we want to buy and are due to move in 31 August. We tranferred our money through Hifx and that came through to our Oz bank account on the same day Hifx sent it, so no problems with that.
My 8 yr old daughter started school on Tuesday. Tuesday morning she was really nervous (understandable). After 3 days at her new school she is loving it. All the other kids are really friendly and have made her really welcome and she really likes her new teacher. She has already got a part in a play her class are doing next week and this morning we watched her complete her first cross country run (2 laps round the oval) at school. Her teacher has noticed that she is already losing her English accent!
We are still sorting out what to do with our 16 yr old son. They are so many options for him but we think to help him settle and make friends that school would be the best option.
My husband, Alex, also has a few options workwise, and is deciding now which option is best (go self employed and sub contract or work for someone else for a while, he's had a few offers of work after only looking for one week). He came over as a landscaper on the skills assessment, but does mainly hardlandscaping, especially brickpaving. He has done other construction work in the past and so had many options. There seems to be loads of work for anyone in the construction industry. He has decided to do tiling (something else he has done in the past. He offered his services for free for a couple of days to learn how they did things over here, and the tiler he was working with was impressed enough to offer him a job, and give him contacts if he wanted to go sub contract). Tilers are on better rates over here than brick pavers so that just about swung it for him. Either way, he's starting work on Monday (just has decide who's offer to take).
We're all settling in absolutely fine and feel very much at home already. Everything seems to have gone so smoothly so far and I feel really lucky. The only major thing to worry about next I suppose is our furniture arriving safely. The ship is due to arrive in Fremantle next week, so hopefully all will be ok and we should have our furniture ready for when we move into our new house in a few weeks time. We have used Eagle Relocations, so will let you know how we get on when it arrives.
Sorry for rambling on so long but wanted to put in as much info as poss for anyone in similar situation (worries over kids settling in, same sort of jobs, or using same companies etc).
Good luck to everyone still trying to get here, hope it all works out for you soon
Tracy
Jul 28th 2005 | 3:04 am
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Posts: 8,147
Re: So far so good
congratulations on surviving the first couple of weeks!!
hope you continue to enjoy your new life!!
sue x
hope you continue to enjoy your new life!!
sue x
Jul 28th 2005 | 9:05 pm
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Re: So far so good
Originally Posted by Simone
Oh, good one, things working out very nicely!!
Are you coming to the girls night out at The Burswood on Sat 13th of August?
The thread is on page 2 or 3 I think.
Meeting at Paddy Hannan's pub from 7.30 pm.
Are you coming to the girls night out at The Burswood on Sat 13th of August?
The thread is on page 2 or 3 I think.
Meeting at Paddy Hannan's pub from 7.30 pm.
Tracy
