ohippy

Spooky - those are the areas we're looking at AND we have a 7 and 9 year old !

Amazulu

I think water will be a big issue in the near future, but the government is building a desalination plant. I think they are looking at recycling waste water too like they do on the east coast & in the UK. whether this will be enough is yet to be seen.

Chef69

Hi Everybody,
Our time has finally come. We leave Ireland for Perth next week. Hope to meet some of you.

nicanjoe

Hey, can we join your club, we have a 10 year old (just turned) 7 year old, and we have an extra (5 year old). We are also looking in those areas as well as settlers.....creek (I think) in Baldivis. Houses look pretty good, 300 to 375K will get you something nice I believe. Anyone checked out the schools yet?

Nicanjoe

don544

hi
we also have a 7 yr old, and a 11 yr old (girls), we hope to be over in may, and are looking at rockingham/canning vale area.
dom

squeezzii

hi there nick I am in port kennedy which is in the middle of all those areas I hve a 10yr old daughter and my son will be 9 in march.If Ican help you or anyone with any questions feel free.....

nicanjoe

Hi there, I'm not Nick, but I have some questions. I've been looking for dance studios for my 10 year old daughter, jazz, tap, Irish that sort of thing. I've looked under everything I can think of on the net, around the Rockingham or Baldivis areas I can find nothing..... well I did find poledancing lessons which I'm sure my husband would love for ME to join, but that's another thread teehee. Since she is so upset about moving and she dances competitively here, I would love to have a place to tell her about. Also, how are the housing prices in Rockingham, safety bay, Port Kennedy? Are there alot of newer homes? Do they build any two story homes? Are the beaches safe for little ones? Sorry so many questions, any answers would be greatly appreciated.

Nicanjoe

cedar cottage

Hi, house prices in all the areas you have mentioned are going thru the roof. The train is coming and they have gone up at least 10%. There are thousands of new houses being built in the anchorage just behind us and this is probably the only place in Aus where the building industry is not in a slump (Perth) In Rockingham/Port Kennedy there are that many new homes, and some are being sold upon completion, so none of the hassles of building. There is dance studio's in the area, but I dont know where, but I will try to find one.Only the Star Ballroom comes to mind, but I dont know what else they may do. If you are going to look at moving to this area, have a look at our web page and you can go to a ling called Annabella's, she has all info on most things in Rocky, while you are on our site have a look at our furnished accommodation,if we can help, let us know.http://members.westnet.com.au/cedarcottage/ Suzette and Will.

Bella Donna

Hi,

I had some fun recently trying to find dance schools. Dh and I did medal ballroom and latin american dancing in the UK and wanted to find a new teacher here in WA. Took me ages to track down the dance schools. I had a bunch of links but can't find them right now - but do have a look at http://www.dtol.ndirect.co.uk/oz/westaus.htm - you may have some success here. I found several ballroom/latin teachers after a couple of nights of googling and following links all round WA and I came across several teaching tap/jazz. Try also DanceSport if you can google their site - lots of excellent links. I think I started by googling Ballroom dancing, Perth.

We were up in Fremantle last week, and I noticed a studio over in North Fremantle. Was interested for us initially, but then noticed it was jazz/tap/ballet. Don't remember the name but can get dh to check it out for you...?

We're in Port Kennedy, btw. I think we'll be taking our lessons at the studio in the Star Ballroom in Rockingham. If I ever get round to ringing the principal!!

HTH.

Sue

nicanjoe

Thank you so much for your reply, I really appreciate it. I checked the website and there might be a studio for her. If you have a chance to find the name of the studio in Fremantle, that would be great as well. I'm surprised at how difficult this is, in my area, there's a dance studio on almost every corner. This has really helped, thanks again!

Nicanjoe

Dazlin

[QUOTE=JayJay 88]Hi there

We're planning to go to Perth - I have to say mainly because hubby has cousins there so we will have a ready made social circle. We visited in January this year and enjoyed the city - just the right size for us as we're not big city people. I really liked the open spaces and the good set up in the suburbs, and of course the beautiful beaches all around. We're not sure about suburb but Rockingham/Mandurah keeps drawing us - the lifestyle is just what we are looking for, and hopefully the new train line will enable us to work in Perth CBD if necessary, although ideally would want to work either part time, or with less of a commute. I'm in HR and hubby has his own business importing/selling Jap sports cars, which hopefully he could still do in Oz.

Jayne [/QUOTE
Hi we are of to perth next month and have sold everything inc my jap sports car, let me know when you arrive as i will be looking for another nissan skyline. Thanks Daren

squeezzii

hello sue,where exactly are you in port kennedy if you dont mind me asking?

squeezzii

Hi there,sorry couldnt reply till now,you seem to have got answers for your dancing question, the beaches here I'd say, there is definatley a beach to suit everyone here. there is a lovely family beach 5 mins from me, a good surf beach 8mins in the car. There are some double storeys being built in the local area.there is plenty of choice of homes here for definate. natalie

nicanjoe

Hi, I wonder, if you happen to catch the name of the people building double story homes, would you be able to post it on here. Don't go out of your way, but if you do get the name, I could get in touch with them, and get an idea of the cost of two story compared with a bungalow. The family beach sounds great, as none of us are surfers (yet!) . Thanks for your reply.

Nicanjoe

Vegemite Kids

One company that advertise themselves as "The 2-storey builder" is Perceptions. http://www1.perceptions.com.au/2storey.asp

Also Beaumonde http://www.beaumondehomes.com.au/ advertise as 2-storey specialists