PerthPomToBe

What areas are you looking at? The rental market is a pain in the a?>e here!! :-)

Some hoodies and cosy socks. It does feel cold in the mornings and evenings. Bring some throws and blankets etc in the container, it will be warming up soon but they will always do for next winter. Good luck! x

I might be interested, I will have to ask my OH though when he gets home from work. Ill let you know.

great thread! Definitely check the paintwork, we took it for granted that the chips etc would be fixed before we got the car like they do in the UK but they don't, I think they would have though if we had mentioned it before we bought it.

I don't think it would do any harm to inquire about it from home. At least then it might make things a little clearer for when you arrive and you never know, you may make some contacts on the way

I do miss proper chippy chips, I haven't found anywhere that do them like back home. You can get a decent fish supper at freo though. I also miss the good old British pub! Really miss a Sunday pub lunch. Mind you if that is all I am missing then I think I'm doing all right!

When I was first given my flight details from my OH's company I groaned, it was going to take us 30+ hours to get to perth from aberdeen. It turns out though that it worked brilliantly. We got our first flight from aberdeen to heathrow just after tea time so we had our tea at the airport and jumped on the flight, ofcourse this was the exciting bit for the 2yo as he had never been on a plane before, we deliberately kept him awake untill we got on the second flight to Hong Kong and by this time it was about 10pm so he was shattered and slept the whole flight till about an hour before we landed so that was basically his nights sleep. We had a wait of 7 or so hours in Kong Kong and in this time we got food and found a kids play area and had him running around and playing and again kept him awake until the next flight. Once we were on the last leg of the flight he was sleeping before the plane had even taking off so in affect was having his afternoon nap and when he woke up he was quite happy watching Barney on the tv with his earphones on. I took a whole trunki full of things onto the plane for my son but barely used any of it apart from the clothes and pyjamas, nappies etc. Try not to stress too much, it wont be nearly as bad as you imagine it can be.

Hi, I too was really worried about my sons excema before we moved so I took a heap of diprobase and oilatum with me. It ran out within a couple of months so I went to the pharmacy here and they gave me really good stuff called "Cetaphil". It is the Daily advance Ultra hydrating Lotion one they gave me and it is the best thing! It is not as thick and greasy as anything I used in the UK but it worked a treat, I think because it lets the skin breathe as well. 6 months in and my sons skin has all but cleared up and we hardly ever have to use the cream anymore, it only seams to flare up a tiny bit at the back of his neck from time to time with his clothes rubbing on a hot day. I would recommend that you shower the kids regularly especially after being to the beach or in the pool etc to wash any sun cream or chlorine off of them. For sun cream I use "Sun Sense" the sensitive one. It hasnt made him flare up yet but as I say, I still like to wash it off him when we get home just in case. I just wanted to add that remember that sunscreens in the UK are made to EU standards and may not be as suitable to the Aus sunshine. I would always recommend that buy and use sunscreen that is designed for the climate here. Hope this helps a little Bev x

Offering to pay more rent on a property is unfortunately a very common occurrence over here. There is a serious shortage of rentals available and some people will do just about anything for the right house.

$600 is a bit extreme for a satnav and im sure you could have haggled them down a bit. When we first arrived we went and got the satnav and a digital camera at the same time and they knocked about $150 off for us with a bit of bargaining. You can haggle with pretty much all the stores here as they all work on commission. We also managed to get 25%, over a $1000 off our furniture package by playing 2 rival stores against each other, the stores are the same and have the same name but just in different locations. I have become really good at haggling here which is something I could do in the uk. Every penny is a prisoner!! lol Bev

No help with childcare fees at all on a 457 im afraid and it sucks cos childcare is so expensive here.

I cant remember the name of mine but sure it is a tom tom and it is brill. We got ours from JBHiFi and it was a great deal, you can haggle the price down with those guys too.

I am not 100% positive but think you will just have to prove her dependence on you guys. Does it not say anything about it on the DIAC website?

I didnt think there was a time limit for you to apply for your PR. We were told we could apply for it any time we wanted, our sponsor company wont pay for it before 3 years but we can go through the motions ourselves if we want to.

Shame the weather aint though!! x