STATS THREAD FOR THOSE IN OR MOVING TO AUSTRALIA

[MrsBigD]

As I'm useless trawling through threads and remembering who's who... here's a stat thread to summarise everybody

SYDNEY

Arfishymeau
already here - Eastern Suburbs Sydney
kids: 1 permanent DD of 3.8, 2 x DSS of 20 & 15 (hols as at Uni/Secondary school in UK. Hoping they'll transfer)

MrsBigD
looking at moving there April/May 2008, no idea which area yet but looking like North Shore somewhere
kids: dd currently nearly 5, ds 2 in 2 days

Thanks Hauntedsandcastles, we really appreciate any help given.

Have you settled in okay?

We have thanks.

I love Adelaide, we are quite close to the beach, shops etc. We are in an area where the schools aren't great, but we are only here ion a short rental (dh's cousin house, which means a good rate!)
DD is too young for school so we have a while to sort it. I do have her on a list for a kindy tho.

one bit of info, off top of head...if you do come here, you should aim for the southern suburbs (will compile list in due time)....

thanks, much appreciated, I am sure that we will have plenty of questions in due course and by the time we get there you will know all the best things to see and do in Adelaide.

by the way, isn't it a bit late there or am I mistaken in the time difference

inthepink, Sorry internet went down!

It was about 11pm I suppose. Not late by my standards.

If you can't get me around here I'm at
[email protected]. Just ask away, I'll do my best to get you info. Welcome to the South Aussie club, it was getting lonely here!

Thanks HauntedSC, will be in touch, dh has been checking various websites for jobs, most seem to be in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, there are a few in Adelaide but seeing as the plan is to move in 2+ years we will have to see where the best deal is for him. I looked at the other thread on Adelaide and it sounds super, can't wait to visit next summer - seems a long way off but am sure it will creep up on us in no time. I will e-mail when we have more questions (which I am sure there will be plenty of!!)

No probs, by next summer I'll know the area better too...hopefully.

Hello everybody,
Some of you might already know as the aussie who is happily living in London. However after a recent visit to Australia I think we might have decided to return. I KNOW, I KNOW i have said many times that I love London, i still do. But somehow I think australia might be better for the children and it certainly is a lot friendlier and probably safer too. There is so much to think about if we are going to do this.
If we do return , we will be living in Sydney but where I dont know.

Cori, what made you change your mind? Are you moving from London?

I just realised how much more pleasent people are in Australia for one, also I think it is probably safer for children to grow up. I am quite tired and upset ab hearing about teenagers being stabbed on their way to school. I know for fact Australia is not perfect, far from it but on balance it probably is safer and kinder society.

Nothing is decided yet, but we will be moving from London.

Can i join, I will be looking to move about a year after I qualify as a nurse (2008) unfortunately I have to do a year post-reg in the UK or it would be sooner.

Its definately on the cards now and something to look forward to, I cant wait, feel like I am waiting for my life to start over there

Have you been there before mosschops? Where would you like to go?

yes dh spent a year travelling, and I went out for a month with the kids and dh, we did the east coast, so havent been to Melbourne or Perth.

Dont know at present where I would like to be, preferably somewhere with smaller spiders , depends where I can get work and accommodation is reasonable. I'm planning my mid-life crisis in Byron Bay though

saying that, it will have to be a city, I am a city girl through and through. probably sydney or melbourne

Hi Melbournemum
I've been off line for a while. Good to hear you love Sandringham! Sounds lovely.We'll be in Oz in 3 weeks.

Hi All,

I live in North Lakes, (North of Brisbane) I have a son Oscar 4, and a daughter Megan 2. We moved from the UK a few months ago and are yet to make any friends.
Does anyone fancy meeting for a coffeee???
Tanya

Hi there just wanted to say hi to everyone. I'm what you call a local aussie after 37 years here but both DP and I are of Brit stock. Thought I'd add to the Tassie contingent as Ozjo might have been feeling lonely . I live south of Hobart in the Huon Valley, a beautiful part of Tassie, which is where a lot of Brits make their home as it's just like they never left, quaint village, picturesque scenery right down to the b**y cold winters .

Kids: DS1 16
DD1 15
DS2 12
DD2 11
DS3 7
DD3 2
and jellybean due Feb 07

mum26plus.......oh my god, you will have 7 children! I am awestruck...nice to see someone else from Tassie uses mumsnet! mosschops, just to say there is a shitload of work going for nurses, myself and my partner are both psych nurses, and have worked in pretty much all over the place. There are big nursing agencies in all the main cities....we loved Melbourne, really good vibe to it ( better pubs than anywhere else in Oz).....

Hi Ozjo, yep number 7 on it's way. Most people think I haven't got a brain in my head having this many. I think it surprises them when I tell them I was doing my B.A in psych before number 6 arrived and would have kept doing it but she was a determined litte thing, determined she was getting all the attention and I wasn't going to do anything I wanted. I lived in Melb for 12 years and hate going back now, I find it really dirty and smelly, I think Sydney's much cleaner but prefer Adelaide if I had to move.

uhoh, lost track of this thread shall update it later when I'm bored in the office

Might get a trial run for moving to Australia soon by moving 40 miles West of London LOL what an opportunity to get rid of all the junk dh has accumulated...

hi please may i join!
myself DH,DS 3, and DD 1 all moving to brisbane september 2007.
I am a nurse, hubby is a fitter.

Blimey Mum26plus, 7 kids! Here in London that would be bringing us close to ruin! We've got friends with 5 kids and they're constantly broke. Saying that we only have 2 (plenty for me ) and are constantely broke too LOL

Here's the updated list for everybody

ADELAIDE

Sandcastles (previously melissasmummy)
10 weeks
DD 3
dh emigrated here when he was 4, came to uk for holiday, met me, spent 17 yrs there with me, now in Oz as he was just missing family too much! Love it here (even tho I have no really friends yet sob)

InThePink
thinking of moving to Oz in a couple of years time, will be coming next year for a holiday to see. We are currently living in Dubai.
ds aged 5

BRISBANE bound4oz
DS 3, and DD 1
moving to brisbane september 2007.
I am a nurse, hubby is a fitter.

tanyac
North Lakes, (North of Brisbane)
son Oscar 4, and a daughter Megan 2.
We moved from the UK a few months ago and are yet to make any friends.

bouj
I'm aus, dh english. been back 2 years now
kids: ds1 3.5yrs, ds2 17weeks.

eidsvold - proper aussie
KIDS: dd1 - 4yo , dd2 - almost 2, bump - due end of mar 2007

flannelettepyjamas (formerly yummimummy)
4 years
DH (Aussie), DD 15 months. Bump due end March (same day as Eidsvold - spooky)

mymama
born and bred aussie
hoping to spend a year in uk NOv 2007 - Oct 2008.
kids: dd 8 , ds1 5 , ds2 3
have many uk friends just emigrated last 2 years who tell me that speaking english is the only thing the two countries have in common.

Giggly
In Glasgow moving August 2007

HOBART OzJo
been in Australia about 7 years, lived briefly in Adelaide and Sydney, then aprox 18 months in Melbourne, Perth, Darwin, we've been in Tassie about 2 years, love it here, it's really good for kids, Mt Wellington looms over everything, it's really beautiful.
Kids: I have Dd 3 and Ds 1
Miss the pubs, and my mum, though mum makes it out about once every one or two years, and having two small children, it's not as if I get to go to the pub that often anymore.....

Mum26plus
south of Hobart in the Huon Valley
Kids: DS1 16
DD1 15
DS2 12
DD2 11
DS3 7
DD3 2
and jellybean due Feb 07

MELBOURNE MelbourneMum
kids: ds1 (3) and ds2 (16months)
moved back to Melbourne in March after 6 years in London

tangox3
Moved to Melbourne (Camberwell) mid-August
kids: ds 2, bump due 4th Nov
Come from NZ but have lived overseas since 2000.

Dejags
Permanent Residence visa application lodged April 06
Temporary business visa application lodged August 06
Will move as soon as the first one is processed. DH will work in Melbourne CBD - I will be a lady of leisure.
2 children - DS1 = 5; DS2 = 2

Sydneygirl
DH, and two DSs aged 3 and 1.
been here for almost 6 months and are living down on the Mornington Peninsula.

Teabags
Myself, DH, DS(16 months) and bumnp (due Feb 07) are moving there in 6 weeks

PERTH

HumpyDumpy
Been here 8 months
Got a DD 2years old Aussie DH.
I'm abit of an erratic poster, as don't always have access to a computer as DH takes laptop to work.

Israel
been here 2yrs last week...
Married
Kids: dd 15yrs / ds 6yrs
Working full time...art teacher

Suzywong
2 years
boys 5 and 3
Australian dh
bloody love it but miss Boots and Waitrose

SYDNEY Arfishymeau
already here - Eastern Suburbs Sydney (Coogee)
kids: 1 permanent DD of 3.8, 2 x DSS of 20 & 15 (hols as at Uni/Secondary school in UK. Hoping they'll transfer)

jenkel
Looking to move immediately after Christmas 2007,
looking to go to North Shore as family around that area,
2 dd's, 2 1/2 and 4 years.

MrsBigD
looking at moving there April/May 2008, no idea which area yet but looking like North Shore somewhere
kids: dd currently nearly 5, ds 2 in 2 days

PeppaPigsMum
since May
Northern Beaches (previously in Melbourne for 7 months)
kids: 1 dd - 2.5 yrs
on a long-term business visa - dp working, i'm a SAHM at the moment. still deciding whether we'd like to stay or not

Mogwai
Mogwai and Mr Mogwai moving for 12 months January 07 with 18 month old DD
Mr Mogwai working in Randwick. Mrs Mogwai possibly lady of leisure, possibly working.
Addicted to Domain.com.au, worried about "unfurnished" and considering eastern suburbs so Mr Mogwai can be near to work

Robinpud
coming to Sydney for 1 year ( but who knows?!) exchange arriving on 22.01.07
dh ,dd aged 9, dd aged 5

Sunnydelight
Moving to Sydney next April, holidaying there first for three weeks in November (shame it wasn't January, I could have joined the meet up!). I'm pretty convinced by people on here to go North Shore, but don't know quite where yet.
Kids: DS1 13, DS2 7 and DD 3.
It would be great to know people in Sydney - particularly others with "widely spaced" families!

TribeofFive
Moving endDec06/Jan07
Suburb not decided yet
DH,dd13,ds4,dd3,dd1 and hopefully ds15 summer07, AND the cat

Cory
might move back to Sydney because she likes it more than London

UNDECIDED skye77

currently in SA

mosschops
will be looking to move about a year after I qualify as a nurse (2008) nfortunately I have to do a year post-reg in the UK or it would be sooner.

UK

DERBY

Astrophe
Australian, living in Derby for 3 years (returning to Aust 2009??)
Lived on the north shore, so thats my specialty (ask me anything )
Kids: DD 2.3, DS 6 months

GLASGOW

Katyjo
previously Port Melbourne
We haven't quite decided yet.
We were living in Melbourne but came back last september, got married in december, had ds in march (we have been together for 12 years but everything happened at once!)

boundforoz - whereabouts are you hoping to live in Brisvegas??

bound4oz - need somewhere to live?? We are in Brisbane and heading to the UK 1st week October for 1 year and will be renting our house out. How perfect would that be