2 years in Rockingham
 

Hi all

thought i would update now we are reaching the 2 year milestone!

well what can i say ...WE LOVE IT :D started off rough, with medical problems, and then when we arrived we couldnt get a rental for love nor money..thought we would be going back in week two because we had nowhere to live. OH couldnt get a job even though he was a fitter.. thankfully i am a nurse so i had a job to come to.

anyway now the children have blossomed..we have been in our own home for 5 months (finally i could put my pictures up!) OH is finally settled in work, just been offered a 10% pay rise. I have now been made a Sister...

I love Rockingham..i even like Rockie City shopping center..i know Rockingham gets bad press but it is lovely.

i have met many people..some i thought would be good friends and turned out that they weren't..

Overall we are happy with our decision and wish everyone who is trying to get here all the best.

Debbie

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Nice to hear some positives about my local town - noce one debbie! :)

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Congratulations, glad all is good for ya's.:thumbup:

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Glad to hear you're loving it... Western Australia's best kept secret is just how good Shockingham is nowadays....

but shushshhhhhh we dont want everyone coming down here do we????:thumbup:

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Too late we are moving into a rental port Kennedy today , not seen anything yet . Feeling depressed about moving there as no idea about anything . We been staying in a temporary rental Connolly ( north ) and got used to it . Hope south is better . We were told not to touch rockingham by agents in both northern suburbs and mandurah . But us too could not get a rental only one we could get was over priced and been empty a while !! It's near the stargate shopping centre port Kennedy . Kids are enrolled into port Kennedy primary , and warnbro high . Any advise appreciated my friends .

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When you move your old security that was is a big jigsaw that has been thrown onto the floor into many scattered pieces.

It takes time, hard work and networking to get even on even keel and moving forwards.

Persevere, keep doing the right things it will come ,if you wanna talk any time get in touch.

If you can afford private school great, p kennedy should be ok, but keep a sharp eye on warnbro

Anthony

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Congrats on the 2 years :thumbup:
Very true on the friends situation i have found that out to over the years!

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Today put application in for living waters waiting to hear about appointment to see principle . Went to see warnbro large school impressed with some of the tech side of things but kids look like tramps . Sorry to any of you who's kids go there but . Lip piercings pink hair red hair drawings all over some boys hand . Some kids wearing jeans . No order or discipline kids swearing . My boys went to a state school in England and I thought that was bad , well the kids are probably ok and I have my tounge pierced so I am no fuddy snob . But to see a school that's meant to be one of the best in the area like that , oh and obviously my son wants to go there !!!! As he can wear trainers and be lazy like usual . I am not so sure .... !! . He got into trouble back in the uk with police as got in to wrong crowd !! Smoking at 14 etc so I am over worried about him getting worse . Will let u all know what happens

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good luck on your app for living waters..two of my friends their children go to Living Waters and they like it..mine go to Safety Bay High and they are doing really well there. my son is surfing at school as we speak!

i hope you enjoy living in Port kennedy...the beach there is stunning...and also a bit naked LOL!

cheers

Debbie

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Glad you are enjoying life.

We are moving to Safety Bay in 4 weeks and its great to here positive views of the area. Our 2 girls are going to SB primary until the hols and then our eldest will be starting SB high. Any advice on schools would be great. We were over last year validating and got a good feel for the area so fingers crossed.

The shippers are in as I type and everything now is starting to feel VERY real.

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we have friends too who have kid at Living waters... they are really happy/pleased with it.... Best piece of advice???? Go to everything you are invited to... even the opening of an envelope..

as for trainers ? yup its customary to wear trainers to school... kids can then run faster when they get stopped by the police or truant officers ... less likely to be brought home in disgrace ... which has to be a good thing IMHO

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Haaa that's a good one ... Ref trainers lmao . The thing with living waters have I got to go to church ? As that is something I can't be arsed with . Rather go to an envelope opening lol . Harley has his interview this morning at living waters . If no joy will try maranatha :)

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I have to say that I can see where rocky gets its bad rep but this is going back years now???. Stacks of new housing, retail developments and transport links have changed the area into one of the best around. Only 30min on train to city and I thinks rocky has the best beaches around (and walking distance from home I might add!)

A nice new marina and a shops/bars are on the way!!! I would have to say that this is one thing that rockingham lacks by the way.... Bars and resturants!! They might have the Number 1 beach in wa but everyone knows more needs to be developed!!

Even still, totally happy here after 7 months and would not think about going anywhere else :)

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I went to Safety Bay Primary from 1958 until 1963. Only 4 classrooms in those days.

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They built a new school last year so hopefully it has changed a bit lol