loidy

Hi everyone, great to see you all still posting...well as you can see i'm now back online.
it's really nice to see nearly everyone is over here in oz now, i reckon at one stage we never thought it would happen!!
we've been here 6 weeks now and are having a great time, we've bought a car and also the dream house we had been drooling over on realestate.com.au for a year!!
at the moment we are staying in mt eliza, vic with my mum and dad but we all went househunting in byron bay a few weeks back and as soon as we saw the house we fell in love with it, it looked even better than on the internet, it has a great pool area and 17 acres just ready to fill up with all my rescued animals!!!
hope everyone is doing well and hope for some updates soon lots of luck to everyone xx loidy
ps: how are you doing myvkee are you here yet?????
pps: have a good time with chippy and family youcan laugh

myvkee

voila ! logging after a long long time and it is really good to see this thread on the first page of the forum. Arriving in melbourne on 16th (november) midnight....arranged a shared accomodation in burwood hwy...dont have any clue but dats good to have a place after landing. loidy it is really good to know that things are working really gr8 for u, summer is on its way so another fun with water rides :-)
hope everybody is having funky time out there.....keeep posting...cheers:-)

caringgoofi

Hi All,
Please hae a look at my timeline and tell me , is it too much of a wait for a post julyer or am i just loosing nerve. Mailed my CO earlier today and asked if she requires any further information from me. lets see what is the outcome. i have seen many ppl who applied after me getting their visas.
Nadir

pogsy

Anyone had any more news recently.

youcanlaugh

Congratulations S4T!!! That's great news. Really pleased for you.

Hello to Loidy and Myvkee. Great to see you are posting from your new locations. Spring finally seems to be arriving in WA! When we arrived it was really cold, but heating up very nicely now.

Went to the local airport today to enquire about getting a commercial Helicopter license as it is something that I've always fancied doing and with all the changes going on at the moment, one more change, like a career change, could easily just be slipped in without any problems I reckon!

youcanlaugh

Loidy, quite a place you've bought by the sound of it. Great news. I intended to buy somewhere with land, but once I saw the sun setting over the ocean (something you lot can't do over that side! ) I decided that I would have to settle for a far smaller plot on the ocean front. Just received the settlement papers for signing today. Got to get them back pronto as the settlement agent sat on them for 2 weeks before I phones them to chase it up. All I've got to do now is get a house designed and built. mmm. Now where's that yellow pages book...

loidy

hi youcanlaugh...your plot next to the sea sounds great to me, i reckon you could have that and land if you were a multi millionaire!! what type of house will you build, its amazing isn't it, you could build anything you want!!!
we definietly will not be watching the sun set over the ocean but we can watch it rise (if we're keen enough....probably won't happen to often!)
have fun with your helicopter training and house designing, it's so great to be here at last isn't it, i have to keep pinching myself....have fun and hello to everyone else, myvkee you'll be here anyday now, have a great flight, xx loidy

youcanlaugh

Hi Loidy,

We've got an Architect meeting us at the plot this Friday which I am pretty excited about. He specialises in modern design houses and I am looking forward to chatting over a few ideas with him about how best to position rooms etc to make the most of the views. I've tried drawing a few designs on paper, but they all end up in the bin. We pay for this meeting, but I reckon it will be worth it, even if we end up going with a project build (one of the off plan houses from one of the big building companies) as we will hopefully have a much better idea of what to change, and where to position things.

I whimped out big time yesterday and bought a wet suit... for the swimming pool! It's freezing, but not if you ask my 5 year old. Her confidence is so high in the water recently that I had to get in there with her a few days ago and bits were almost dropping off me. I wore my wetsuit today and managed well over an hour and loved every minute of it. We also bought my 3 year old daughter a little wetsuit and today was the first time she has got into the pool which was great. They've already paid for themselves in my mind.

I agree that it's fantastic to finally be here. Like you, I still have to stop and think about it every now and again just to make sure it is still real. It's fantastic!!!

myvkee

hello everybody :-) arrived in melbourne finally and still fighting with jetlag...getting sleep at 5-6 in the morning and mucking around like a ghost all night long...well it's raining here little bit chilly :-)

chessp

Hi everyone!! Glad that you are all settling in well. We have just returned from Melbourne and can't wait to go back permanently next year -April. Hubby and I both have jobs lined up, so we are very pleased. We spent two weeks with friends in Melbourne; the place has surpassed all my expectations and I no longer have any doubts about moving there. Glad we made the trip.

Really envy all of you guys that are out there already!!!