Been in Perth 4 weeks and loving it !!!
May 20th 2008, 3:17 am
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Location: Perth, WA
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Been in Perth 4 weeks and loving it !!!
Been here in Perth 4 weeks. Absolutely loving it. 
Staying in Ocean Reef. Our 5year old son is going to Beaumaris Primary School and loving it. Weather has been great. 
For anyone with last minute nerves just do it. You won't regret it.
Have done all the usual stuff for new people. Visited Kings park, Hilary's, Mullallo beach, Midaire marine.
Registered with medicare and applied for tax file number . Easy. Set up bank account with Westpac. Easy.
Bought Toyota Corolla Automatic. You have to be prepared to haggle over price. They insist its the lowest price they can go to until you say take the cash or leave it. Never driven an auto before but its a peice of cake.
The only slight negatives are the price of food and finding a long term rental. With the exchange rate bombing it makes food and general shopping a bit more expensive than the UK. And finding a long term rental for us has been a challenge but I think thats because we are fussy and want to live in a soecific area.
Overall having the time of our lives.
Staying in Ocean Reef. Our 5year old son is going to Beaumaris Primary School and loving it. Weather has been great. For anyone with last minute nerves just do it. You won't regret it.
Have done all the usual stuff for new people. Visited Kings park, Hilary's, Mullallo beach, Midaire marine.
Registered with medicare and applied for tax file number . Easy. Set up bank account with Westpac. Easy.
Bought Toyota Corolla Automatic. You have to be prepared to haggle over price. They insist its the lowest price they can go to until you say take the cash or leave it. Never driven an auto before but its a peice of cake.
The only slight negatives are the price of food and finding a long term rental. With the exchange rate bombing it makes food and general shopping a bit more expensive than the UK. And finding a long term rental for us has been a challenge but I think thats because we are fussy and want to live in a soecific area.
Overall having the time of our lives.
May 20th 2008, 4:13 am
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Re: Been in Perth 4 weeks and loving it !!!
Very pleased to hear it...and welcome to WA 
May 20th 2008, 5:01 am
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Re: Been in Perth 4 weeks and loving it !!!
Been here in Perth 4 weeks. Absolutely loving it. Staying in Ocean Reef. Our 5year old son is going to Beaumaris Primary School and loving it. Weather has been great.
For anyone with last minute nerves just do it. You won't regret it.
Have done all the usual stuff for new people. Visited Kings park, Hilary's, Mullallo beach, Midaire marine.
Registered with medicare and applied for tax file number . Easy. Set up bank account with Westpac. Easy.
Bought Toyota Corolla Automatic. You have to be prepared to haggle over price. They insist its the lowest price they can go to until you say take the cash or leave it. Never driven an auto before but its a peice of cake.
The only slight negatives are the price of food and finding a long term rental. With the exchange rate bombing it makes food and general shopping a bit more expensive than the UK. And finding a long term rental for us has been a challenge but I think thats because we are fussy and want to live in a soecific area.
Overall having the time of our lives.
Staying in Ocean Reef. Our 5year old son is going to Beaumaris Primary School and loving it. Weather has been great. For anyone with last minute nerves just do it. You won't regret it.
Have done all the usual stuff for new people. Visited Kings park, Hilary's, Mullallo beach, Midaire marine.
Registered with medicare and applied for tax file number . Easy. Set up bank account with Westpac. Easy.
Bought Toyota Corolla Automatic. You have to be prepared to haggle over price. They insist its the lowest price they can go to until you say take the cash or leave it. Never driven an auto before but its a peice of cake.
The only slight negatives are the price of food and finding a long term rental. With the exchange rate bombing it makes food and general shopping a bit more expensive than the UK. And finding a long term rental for us has been a challenge but I think thats because we are fussy and want to live in a soecific area.
Overall having the time of our lives.
May 20th 2008, 7:40 am
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Re: Been in Perth 4 weeks and loving it !!!
Welcome to Perth 
May 20th 2008, 8:45 am
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Re: Been in Perth 4 weeks and loving it !!!
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Hope the good vibes continue for you
Dave
Hope the good vibes continue for you
Dave
May 21st 2008, 11:44 am
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Re: Been in Perth 4 weeks and loving it !!!
Been here in Perth 4 weeks. Absolutely loving it. Staying in Ocean Reef. Our 5year old son is going to Beaumaris Primary School and loving it. Weather has been great.
For anyone with last minute nerves just do it. You won't regret it.
Have done all the usual stuff for new people. Visited Kings park, Hilary's, Mullallo beach, Midaire marine.
Registered with medicare and applied for tax file number . Easy. Set up bank account with Westpac. Easy.
Bought Toyota Corolla Automatic. You have to be prepared to haggle over price. They insist its the lowest price they can go to until you say take the cash or leave it. Never driven an auto before but its a peice of cake.
The only slight negatives are the price of food and finding a long term rental. With the exchange rate bombing it makes food and general shopping a bit more expensive than the UK. And finding a long term rental for us has been a challenge but I think thats because we are fussy and want to live in a soecific area.
Overall having the time of our lives.
Staying in Ocean Reef. Our 5year old son is going to Beaumaris Primary School and loving it. Weather has been great. For anyone with last minute nerves just do it. You won't regret it.
Have done all the usual stuff for new people. Visited Kings park, Hilary's, Mullallo beach, Midaire marine.
Registered with medicare and applied for tax file number . Easy. Set up bank account with Westpac. Easy.
Bought Toyota Corolla Automatic. You have to be prepared to haggle over price. They insist its the lowest price they can go to until you say take the cash or leave it. Never driven an auto before but its a peice of cake.
The only slight negatives are the price of food and finding a long term rental. With the exchange rate bombing it makes food and general shopping a bit more expensive than the UK. And finding a long term rental for us has been a challenge but I think thats because we are fussy and want to live in a soecific area.
Overall having the time of our lives.
May 21st 2008, 2:46 pm
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Re: Been in Perth 4 weeks and loving it !!!
Im heading to Perth in a couple of weeks hopefully, just waiting on my 457. Very nervous about leaving friends and family and pretty muhc having no one ( except my fiance who is coming too) but its just such a fantastic opportunity. Reading posts like yours make it less daunting!!!xx
