5 weeks in australia
 

Hi everyone, we arrived on 18th jan so been here 5 weeks tomorrow and loving it !!!!
Have a rental property in Thornlie perth.
Kids have started school and settled in well no probs.
Hubby started work this week so a little lost with myself but will soon find a job.
Just a small warning to all HGV class 1 drivers your licence cannot be transferred.
Had Excess ship our furniture and they were EXCELLENT arrived 2 weeks ago with no damage to anything.
Have medi-care sorted, tax file numbers only took just over a week to arrive, so as they all say all good here!!!!
Just 1 question if anyone can help do i need a tv licence here (if so promise i will get 1 lol)

So be happy everyone and go for it the sunshine does you good. Talk soon Tracey xxxx

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no TV Licence needed!!

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Excellent just got even better !!!!

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Hi Tracey

Think we may have bumped into you at one of Janes Northampton meets with your hubby, glad to see all is well and will be on our way over to Perth in apx 6 months time, looking forward to it, may see you guys then

Good luck

Mick n Claire

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lol

good luck with it all

Lee

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Hi again yes i think we did meet, it was the only meet we went to, but we do keep in touch with jane, we often speak on msn but sadly not close enough to her to visit, good luck with your big move and i promise you you'll love it when you get here !!! If your close to us give us a shout and we'll meet up for coffee Tracey xx

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If anyone out there is close to Thornlie and fancies a coffee and a chat drop us a line, would be nice to make a few friends lol.
Tracey xx

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Glad it's going well for you all.

Dave

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hi ya Tracey,

We are moving out to Perth next Thursday , and are looking to move to the Maddington area. Thornlie i know is just around the corner.

when we get there i'll give you a shout and we can go for a coffee and the Metro.

debbie

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Hi Tracey,
Glad you have settled in and enjoying it!
You might not get this in time, but a group of us meet for lunch at the Quay cafe, Hilary's on thursdays at 12. Try and make it if you can.
Tracey

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Glad to hear that everything is going well and that you are settling in. :thumbup:

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Australia is really a great place. Hope i could travel there too :)

Good luck and enjoy!

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TV Licence!! would you really pay for the crap on TV here :-))

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Great to hear you are lovin it, each time I read that someones move has turned out well and they are enjoying life down under, it just makes me wish I was on my way now, carry on enjoying and all the best for yourself and family :thumbup:

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haha! truer words never said. There are ways of getting up to date TV shows from Sky, etc.

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Hi debbie, that will be great give us a shout when you arrive and good luck with the big move !! Tracey xx

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hi tracy
just read your thread and sounds like you are enjoying yourself out there,
me and the other half are due for be coming over in jun/jul and we're heading to perth or near that area.
Have you got any advice for us on job hunting (other half is a teacher and i a lorry driver but both of us are willing to do any type of work), areas to live or areas to avoid (again both open minded towards where we want to live) and any other information that might be help us settle.
We would be happy to meet up with and your family for coffee when we get there if we're not to far from you
Any information would be helpful and greatly appreciated
Hope to hear from you soon
Jase and Sarah
:D

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Hi sarah & jase
My husband subscribed to seek (free) and was sent jobs for his trade daily (hgv mechanic) not a problem for his trade over here but not sure about teaching I'm not that clever !!! with 2 kids of my own dont think i could cope with 30 in a class room all day lol.
We were lucky with property as i've an uncle over here that got ours for us but i do no that rentals at the moment are hard to get and as for areas i'm not to clued up just yet but i'm sure someone on here is and would be able to help you. Where we are in thornlie is nice and have primary & secondary school side by side which is excellent for us, and only 5 mins away on bike or car.
Just bear in mind the hgv licence is not transferable over here they changed it all last year not good for us cost us a fortune to get it over there and now it's no good to him got to resit it again.
There's hundreds of jobs evey week on a wednesday and a saturday in the local papers so dont think you'll have a problem getting something, we came with the same attitude we'll do anything.
Are you bringing your furniture with you? If so i will strongly reccommend Excess international cost us just under £4.000 to ship a 20 ft container over with our gear in (3 bed semi ) only took 6 weeks and everything intact when it got here, most impressed and very professional at there job.
Anyway It's good to talk to you got to go now cus it's thunder and lightning here big time lol keep in touch Tracey, Dean xx

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I don't see why not, we paid a licence fee for crap TV in the UK for years :rofl:

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hi ya tracey how is life with you in thornlie.

we have been here now for about 2 weeks and we are renting a home in Seville Grove, which is not far from where i said that i would be moving to , are you still up for that coffee or are you working yet???

hope everything is weel with you and the family speak soon

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Absolutely:D