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Re: Visiting Oz First

Hi All,

I can only say this,I always wanted to live in the USA,dont ask why but after several trips out there,loved it,my mate an "Ozzie bird" said why not Australia and for years I kept saying no way,"bloody snakes ,spiders and all that...anyway last year we went to Perth and found it to be 100% better than the USA..and nothing like how I thought it was going to be,I did sort off find Perth about 20/30 years behind the UK.having said that I still found it to be fantastic "for us"..we would'nt have known that if we didnt go over...so go and have a look,it might be the best thing and money well spent ..

Re: Visiting Oz First

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Originally Posted by baggie

sorry for the delay

we stayed north in joondalup we didnt venture down to mandurah furthest south we went was freemantle,

my friend has a caravan down mandurah he goes down most weekends.

we liked the feel of the north suburbs mullaloo and iluka and ocean reef were our faves,

i feel that the reccie was invaluable especially with 2 kids involved we stayed in a house in joondalup so we were'nt really holiday mode as such.

any questions just pm me i'll try my best to help you out

karl

Hi, we are also planning a reccie to Perth and have two children . Did you manage to look at any schools when you went or are you going to decide on one when you actually go? I'm confused as to what to do, as I've heard that you have to be living catchment to get into a school you want, but that means trying to find your ideal location almost as soon as you get out there! Also, have you looked into how long the children can legally be in the country before having to go to school?

Re: Visiting Oz First

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Originally Posted by Pam

hi pam

we didnt look at the schools as our girls are only 4 and 2 at the moment but as we like the north we like the look at beau maris http://www.beaups.vic.edu.au/
which i hear is pretty good,

our friends girls went to mullaloo primary and they were happy with that school.

they are pretty hot on catchments for schools and siblings (same as the uk system really)unless you could afford private education which is cheaper than the uk.

they way we looked at it is we're not going so our kids can become brain surgeons we are going to hopefully bring our girls up in a better enviroment and as long as they get the same level of education as they would where we are now then we will be happy.

the way we look at is we have such a short time with our kids as they grow up and get their own lives every minute is precious so would be great to spend them near to beautiful beaches,clean parks and lovely weather most of the year.

karl