Originally Posted by Tiawamutu

That link is not working, it is saying error for some reason

Originally Posted by Dawn

Hi Suzette, thanks for the link, your houses look so lovely but out of our budget im affraid, we looking for something very basic for about 3 weeks whilst we look for a long term rental, thanks anyway. x

Originally Posted by Dawn

Hi Suzette, thanks for the link, your houses look so lovely but out of our budget im affraid, we looking for something very basic for about 3 weeks whilst we look for a long term rental, thanks anyway. x

Originally Posted by Dawn

keep you posted about rentals, were looking at the mo so let you know about our findings x

Originally Posted by ElshaUK

I am moving back to Australia in Dec 2006 and I cannot wait. Haven't booked my ticket yet (still need to get my fiance his visa). I am a citizen, and we have been together for 8 years, so cannot see it being too much of a problem.

I am so excited at the thought of living back in Joondalup again Sad but true!!!!

I miss daylight at the moment, there is more night time in the day than day time!! Anyway 'whinge' over

Good Luck to all those that are moving to Perth!

If anyone needs a handyman for painting/decorating, reticulation, pergola's etc then PM me. My Dad has his own business running from Joondalup! Mention Ex-Pats and he will give you a good quote

Susan

Originally Posted by ElshaUK

Margaret,

I love the new part of Joondalup where the names are mostly places in London,

Nottinghill Street,
Putney Place,
Blackfriars Road,
Aldgare Street,
Regents Park Road,

to name just a few

I have lived in the old part (near Joondalup Primary) and the new part (near hospital) and both are lovely

I first moved to Joondalup in 1993 when it was very small (before lakeside shops opened).



Susan

Originally Posted by ElshaUK

I am moving back to Australia in Dec 2006 and I cannot wait. Haven't booked my ticket yet (still need to get my fiance his visa). I am a citizen, and we have been together for 8 years, so cannot see it being too much of a problem.

I am so excited at the thought of living back in Joondalup again Sad but true!!!!

I miss daylight at the moment, there is more night time in the day than day time!! Anyway 'whinge' over

Good Luck to all those that are moving to Perth!

If anyone needs a handyman for painting/decorating, reticulation, pergola's etc then PM me. My Dad has his own business running from Joondalup! Mention Ex-Pats and he will give you a good quote

Susan

Originally Posted by hutchy

Hi to everyone heading out here to Perth........Tiawamatu, you are from sunderland, i think i spoke to you briefly before as thats where i am from.........I have been in oz almost 2 yrs but live in rockingham which is where most of you seem to be heading........All i can say is it is a great place to live........Not far from the city 30 mins roughly although i dont go up there much but once the train line goes in it will be fantastic to just hop on the train up there.........We have a local shopping centre 2 mins by car then all the way along to Mandurah there is shopping centres and plenty of warehouse type stores which sell everything.......I am near Rocky beach which is gorgeous,and we have a pod of dolphins which u can pretty much see most days...........The foreshore itself is full of nice restaurants/coffee shops/icecream shops.....At the moment there is lots of construction work goin on down the foreshore,new apartment blocks /hotels etc which will see the house prices soar in the surrounding ares.........It will bring a lot more visitors to rocky and obviously all the business owners will benefit............I have found the local people to be very friendly and helpful ,,,,,,,,our neighbours are smashing and from the minute we arrived they made us welcome..........we often sit outside in the summer and gather for a few beers while the kids all play.........Best part of the street are expats and Rockingham is full of poms.....At the moment being winter the foreshore is a bit quiet but the summer is great, and there is always stuff goin on down there,for the kids and grown ups........plenty of parks,,,,,,bbq areas which are free...we have lots of bands playing there in the summer which are free.........New years eve is a must there......last yr was live music all nite till 12 with a fantastic firework display.there was around 20.000 people there,,,,,lots of food stalls fairground rides.etc.........My kids go to rocky high and have settled in well...........made lots of friends here,,,,,,,and dont want to live back in UK.......they are 15 and nearly 13......so 2 yrs ago was a hard time for them leaving but they have adapted to their new life great........I have some pics of the dolphins and the beach and house if anyone wants to see them pm me and i will send them onto you.......For any of you who would like to meet up once you get here i will gladly have you round to mine for a bbq once the summer is back or if you just want to meet for a chat.......You can
never have enough friends and since we are alreday here we may be able to help out with any questions you guys may have..........I must apologize to the folks already here as i have not got involved with any of you since my arrival and it all sounds like great fun, especially the perth ladies......1st reason, hubby takes the car to work and if i do have it im not confident goin to far from rocky, the other main reason is i was crook not long after i got here but recovering slowly........so hoping if anyone around the rocky area plans anything local i would like to join in and meet lots of people.........I dont work so have plenty of time to mingle and would happily have a coffee morn etc to meet the ones that are here already........well good luck to all those comin out you will love it........Speak soon hopefully........jan hutchinson.xxxxxxxx

Originally Posted by worzel

We should be in Perth by early October. We ended up with Perth by a process of elimination really as other places were too expensive, too muggy or too weird (you know where I mean!).

We will probably end up in the Nothern Suburbs somewhere but as Perth is the one place we didn't visit two years ago that is only because that seems the norm.