Ds going to aid

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Please tell me I'm not being mad contacting my cousins and nephews in Australia after my DS (18, 19 in jan 2019) to say he is coming to their side of the world in Feb ext year?
His friend moved there at 17 due to his dads job, my DS has booked the fights visa, other transport to meet up with his friend in Feb 19 when they ate both 18/19+
They plan to do the East Coast tourist trail then work on the agri type working holiday thing.
I have a cousin by marriage in Sydney, who did similar 10 years ago and is now settled on aus. I'm looking to them to be a mentor (prob only for my reassurance)
I also have family in Perth, so far away from the east coast, but feel the need to alert them my child will be on the same side of the world as them.
Rambling post, on short, my dc is going to aus in Feb and he sorted it all by himself

Not aid- Aus!

And?

I think it’s a good idea to let them know, and give your DS their contact details for emergencies. That way if they get a call out of the blue they’ll know it’s genuine and he may want to meet up with that side of the family too.

It’s better than getting a rambling call from my mother in another country to tell me my brother was in hospital in the country I was in, but she had no details so I had to narrow it down to where he could be and find out what the hell was going on.

who says you are going mad ?

I mean, Perth is a long way from the East coast, but the Sydney relative will probably be delighted to be able to either host them or at least point them in the right direction / give them some advice.

Tell your family in Sydney and Perth that your DS will be there, provided you would normally exchange "news" with them. If you don't, then don't say anything!
But don't pressure them to host him, or have meet ups. Your family may not appreciate it, and DS certainly won't! If DS wants to meet them, he needs to get in touch himself.