J&T

We're in Duncraig. Been here over a year but our socialising has had to take a back seat as we've been working 7 days a week more or less since we got here. (We're on a business visa hence the lack of spare time) :-( Would love to meet up with new people nearby. Am going to try to make it to the Burns Beach meet this Saturday if anyone's interested in coming too. I'm 39. Hubby 41. 1 daughter 15 and 3 sons 14, 10 & 8 :-) Tracey

Hi Guys. We should be able to pop up to Burns Beach this Saturday after work. We live in Duncraig, so not far away. Although we do plan on going to the Christmas Parade also, so may just say a quick hello as we have 4 kids to organise before it starts and Perth roads are closing at 5.30pm. Tracey and Jon :-)

Hi Emma, How did your daughter's 1st birthday go? We have 4 children, daughter aged 14 in 2 weeks time, son aged 13 in October, and 2 younger boys aged 9 & 7 years. We have found someone to rent our house for the next 12 months at least, would have preferred to sell, but nothing's selling round here at the moment. Our shippers are here 28th & 29th August. We've still not got the car permit yet, so don't know still if it's coming with us or not. I started packing our suitcases 2 nights ago. It's now less than 3 weeks til we go and I'm starting to panic. Still have 2 cars to sell, loads of furniture, books, clothes etc., I don't feel ready yet, we still have too much stuff and the house needs painting and decorating etc., How has it been for you lately? Tracey x

Yeah, we covered just over 2000kms during the week, lol! Very excited, we've now booked a hire car and removals booked today, so it's starting to get to the point where we're pinching ourselves! Feels like time is moving so quickly now! Been spending time say goodbyes to various friends and family. Said goodbye to all my old uni friends today, - still can't believe it's finally happening! Ooh, your daughter's 1st birthday is going to be tough for you all. I feel for you. Will your family come out to visit? Are they all okay with you going? My mum cries now nearly everytime I talk to her, and my in-laws are coming across a bit more resentful towards us. We totally understand, there's too many emotions flying around at the moment, it hard at times, and sometimes we feel so guilty for being so excited! Are you shipping any furniture out? Happy 1st Birthday to Jess for Monday!! Tracey x

Hi Emma, Just been catching up on this thread as haven't been on here for a while. How's things going? See you have booked your flights for 7th Sept! We're flying with Singapore Airlines on 6th Sept! Had booked a 3 week furnished rental at Spearwood, now looks like our furniture is heading out a little later than planned, so desperately looking for another furnished rental for another couple of weeks (it's getting tough)! We had a good reccie, drove round loads of suburbs, looked round some schools, houses, car garages, shops etc., As we're going out on a business visa, where we live really depends on where the business we buy is. We saw some businesses whilst we were there, have been searching from the UK for a while, a couple of businesses in the pipeline, but nothing sorted yet. So where we are heading at the moment is completely unknown. Are considering renting close to Perth, so commuting isn't too far! (Don't want to rent a house too far south and then end up with a business in Joondalup or somewhere!!). So far, (from previous holidays in Oz and our recent reccie), from what we have seen, our favourite suburbs are; NOR - Currambine, Connolly, SOR - Baldivis (Definately our favourite so far), Secret Harbour (2nd favourite). Also liked Leederville, Subiaco areas, but didn't get chance for find out much about the communities around there. There were quite a few other suburbs that we had "a good feeling" about too and some we just didn't like. I don't want to name these places as everyone's opinions differ and I don't like getting into arguments if you know what I mean. Lol Drove round lots of suburbs close to Perth, up to Hillary's and down to Mandurah and some of the hills in between. Could have done with more time, but hey-ho, we saw as much as we could in a week! PM me if you like! Tracey x PS, Congratulations on getting your visa!! :smile2:

We fly out on 6th Sept. Flights all booked, just waiting to hear back from Oz about shipping our car over. It's holding us up! Removals were provisionally booked for 6th Aug, now we're looking at 20th August. Still not got a case officer and been told can take up to 28 days to get permission to take the car once co allocated. The way we're going, we'll end up either leaving the car behind, or flying out before the removals come! :-(

Hi Emma, We are aiming to fly out on 2nd Sept this year. We are also flying out on 2nd July for a week to have a look around Kelmscott. My Grandad lives in Kewdale, so I know that area a little bit. We mainly know NOR of the river which is very british. Never seem to be as many posts on these sites regarding SOR but SOR seems more Australian to us. We'll see what we think when we head out there in 2 weeks! What date are you flying out? Tracey x