Originally Posted by Lorrielou (Post 7729456)

We did a reccie to Melbourne at Xmas time and the weather was gorgeous, the sea was beautiful and everyone was in real holiday mood. We are now going back in wintertime (to validate) just for a comparison and to see if Oz still feels the right place to be, so I would say it's definately worth a wintertime trip.

One other thing I would say is that your children will have 'repeated' a year of schooling in Oz and if you then come back after a year they will be a year 'behind' and may find it a bit daunting to fit back into the system, which is something to think about (depending on what ages they are of course).