Bobopaulsy Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'm not getting a lot of time to post recently due to work kids etc but I found this forum fantastic and wanted to give an update of how we are ..... "Living The Dream" Arrived 1st November 2013.... 457 visa my wife is MH Nurse and I'm a nobody lol and we have 3 kids 15,9,4 Housing.... Stayed with friends for a whole month and they were fantastic with us up in Alkimos. Even used their car for week or so till we got ours. The rental market was just quite simply horrendous and estate agents are certainly not user friendly. They were only interested in getting people through the doors on open houses and recommending people who has 3-6 months deposits!!!! We settled for an extremely nice house in Aveley just outside Ellenbrook where the market was just a bit less aggressive. Biggest regret we settled for a house without a pool just so we could get a house. However by the end of this year we hope to buy and have a pool! Visas & Jobs Wife loves job and already has been told they'll support her to get onto PR visa. A colleague of hers went from 457 to PR in 4 months so here's hoping !!!! Most things been ok with temp visa however I found it hard to get 2nd job after Xmas due to this I reckon. I got a job a week after I arrived but it was horrific and really disheartened me, lack of management, no internal structures, no training at all !!!!! However now went back to car sales and work where I bought my car as it came up and they knew me enough to take a chance lol(details on other thread if you need help or advice) and I love it do much now they can't get me to take a day off lol Schooling 15 and 9 year old only lasted 2 days at their schools and hated it !!!!! A few issues but we took them out and enrolled in private school and started last week. Seem more settled now and I get a smile as the 15 year old leaves home with pretty dress, no make up, hair in a bobble, proper school bag !!!!!!!! (Yesssss ) Wee man of 4 just loves kindy so he's sorted now they all at same school. Swan Anglican Cost wise we are $1300 a month for 3 kids so not at all that bad apart from the $800 for books etc and same again for uniforms lol Cost of living Ok yes it's dearer for food , way dearer for alcohol lol BUT we earn better so we are living a similar life as we did in UK and that was my first ambition.... Oh and yeah renting is just stupidly expensive lol Out and about Done quite a bit, free prison, cottesloe a few times Bought season passes to Splash Water park at Bullsbrook which was brilliant investment Spent Australia Day at Langley Park from 2pm to 10pm and was best best day of my life.... Oh yeah note to self next year remember to take beverages as I stupidly thought I'd be able to get a beer there lol do it was a water and soft drink day lol Spent last Sunday at adventure world and yet another brilliant day Socially We're not over active but spend slot of time with friends in Ellenbrook and other friends in Alkimos. We have no family here and have never been before so it will take time. Also with my long hours and wife's shifts it is a bit difficult I've not had chance to play/coach football yet which I was very keen to do, particularly coaching however with our working hours that will have to wait. Outcomes Loving it Loving it Loving it Definitely "Living Our Dreams" ****Please do remember this is my opinions only**** Sorry if I bored you Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Great, you sound like you're settling in pretty well and taking it slow is a good thing. I'm pretty sure Langley park would have been a dry event anyway so even if you'd remembered your beers, if caught you would have had it confiscated and might have ended up with a fine. Australia day is very special though, glad you enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Sounds like your settling nicely....lovely post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Thanks for posting Bob:wink: It's great to read that people are settling in, we're only 6 months away now and I reckon that will fly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 A great read for those yet to make it over. Interested in your take on private schools and how they are affordable. Whilst still in the UK and comparing all ones outgoings to how much one earns here, makes $1,300 sound a lot on top of the rent etc, for a regular incomes. I'm guessing as you said, that once you start earning the dollar it shrinks the perception of the outgoings. Really pleased it is working out for you and that you are 'Living the Dream'. Good for you! Certainly didn't Bore any of us. Keep us up dated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odies Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 not boring, we expect more now.thanks for the lovely honest post. My family send to private school also ,and all their friends to, if it is right for your children which it sounds like it is the money is not worth the worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshowdeb Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Sounds like money well spent if the kids are happy, and how great to have them all at the same place! It sounds wonderful, hope you find time to update us all again soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jac2011 Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Lovely to hear your update especially as a MH nurse myself, if you don't mind would your wife mind sharing how she found finding work and how she is finding settling in? I am so worried about not being able to find work once we have a visa in place! I am not sure whether to risk making the move without a job in place. Always lovely to hear peoples experiences of setting in, thankyou. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenPen Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Lovely post and not boring at all, it is great for us about to embark on this dream to see the realities and to have a glimpse of that to come! How do you find the cost of the private schooling? I agree it sounds a lot on top of everything but for 3 it seems relatively OK what did your children dislike about the public school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peata Whyted Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Great post Bob, really looking forward to getting there now! I will need a car when we get there (company has given us a 2 week rental). I will be on a 457 too, and know getting credit can be an issue! If you think you might be able to hook us up, let me know. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda@no9 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 So glad you are loving it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millar.wall.1985 Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Yea really pleased your all soo happy! hopefully we will be as happy as you are when we arrive and make a similar success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chardy Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Great, you sound like you're settling in pretty well and taking it slow is a good thing. I'm pretty sure Langley park would have been a dry event anyway so even if you'd remembered your beers, if caught you would have had it confiscated and might have ended up with a fine. Australia day is very special though, glad you enjoyed it. Langley park had a limited alcohol policy this year which worked well on the whole. Great to hear folk settling so well ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Great post Allan, sorry to hear about the initial difficulty with school but glad that's sorted. Sounding good my man xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebradeb Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Thanks for posting Bob:wink: It's great to read that people are settling in, we're only 6 months away now and I reckon that will fly! where you moving to flatpack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beandownunder Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 glad you're all settled now, my question is... did your container arrive and did your wife find the keys that she lost from work???...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobopaulsy Posted February 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 BDU..... Container arrived in plenty of time, actually arrived one day at work and my darling wife is so patient..... She had it all unpacked by the time I got home... Result !!!.... And to be honest I'm in Australia who cares about the keys now lol !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatpack Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 where you moving to flatpack? Both my sisters live in Carramar so somewhere around there, close enough but also far enough away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebradeb Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Both my sisters live in Carramar so somewhere around there, close enough but also far enough away! nice, and good that you have family there... lots of advice ready and waiting for you. sounds like we will arrive around the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrobbersdog Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Great to hear you are settling in. Great post. We live in Aveley and our daughter (8) also goes to swan valley Anglican after approx 4 weeks at the public school and loves it. Good luck with PR, fingers crossed you will be able to get that pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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