StraighttothePoint

Yep as above along with old sweatshirts, or jumpers, for in the house at night and also thick socks to save bringing slippers. When it rains here it rains and so you may need good quality rain jackets. However the good news is that you could through the stay in June and only see minimal rain, it really just depends on your luck.

Everything about visas is here on this site. http://www.immi.gov.au/ Standard Processing Visa times based on customer charters http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charters/client-services-charter/standards/ As for type of visa. Is that not part of the any job transfer offer and the conditions attached to that? Ask the employer how they intend to handle that and see what they say. If you then do your own homework, using the above, this will let you double check what they are offering and/or if there are any other options. Does the office transfer include a permanent job, is it a temporary jop offer so that you can assist with company set up in Perth, etc etc. Need to find that all out first I guess.

Arwen and Ali must be earning too much!!! I can just about afford a look in the door of that place As for a meal. If you like meat it has to be Maccas but if you prefer chicken then Red Rooster is the go...... And for a serious comment - if no alcohol is required then the Country Road cafe (lovely courtyard setting, food is excellent, tables can be booked and you will not be in a busy crowded place) but if grog a must then what about giving the bar on the corner of Shafto Lane a go, The Generous Squire (food ok priced, nice inside.) As an aside I have been going to The Belguim Bar for years now and even before it was the Belguim Bar. I even remember when they actually put the prices of the beer up on the chalk board above the bar - note they do not do that now so as not to scare you off!! Anyway Ali / Arwen can you remember what it was before the BB?

By coincidence it has recently been discussed. Here is a link the thread from earlier this month that covered the TV issue. http://www.perthpoms.com/forum/transport-shipping/11096-uk-tvs.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara Jeez way too hot!!

Yeah sorry, apologies, if you are having to get to work for that time of day, and you need to get up at 5.45am every morning to start the days commute, then you are right it is as you say and you can do your commute in just over an hour. I think what I was trying to portray, badly, was that not everyone will be as lucky as you guys and be as near to a bus stop and then they will possibly need to go a bit further after arriving at the city station. Also not everyone will be able to budget for two cars but as you know up there that is probably a greater need for them than in some other locations. The 67 minute commute is doable from there but as I said depending on circumstance my 90 minutes would not be unrealistic for some people either. Your husbands travelling to work by motorcycle looks like a good method as well but again not everyone can do that. Also sorry if it came across that you thought I was having a go, I am not. It is just that Yanchep is unique. It is, as we both keep saying, a nice place and as we both suggest not for everyone. You are definately not mis-representating the place or fabricating the truth but if people want to live there then undertsanding the fine lines between an acceptable city commute / distance from work, schools and other amenities it will be something that is of interest. I think when people on these threads talk about commutes, and it is being discussed a bit more these days, there are times quoted that only ever consider the actual public transport journey times or the time sitting in the car. Commuting, I was always taught, was from the minute you left the door until the minute you arrived at your place of work. Looking at what you said above it looks like the best, most efficient, method from Yanchep in terms of time is by motorcycle and that would probably be the case for most commutes. Maybe the Asian community has the right idea!! Every time you see one of their major cities it is swamped with motorcylces and scooters

Think that is the point and you make it well, not for everyone, and really think it depends on the age of the kids. The younger the better given the location. Look at Scot01's comments re high schools. Also is it really only an hour to Perth by public transport? I don't think that can be right, surely it is more. In addition you have the time from leaving your door until you get on the public transport so a commute via that form of transport has to be longer. You need to get to a bustop, say 10 minutes, 5 minute wait and then the Transperth website says from the stop before Marmion Avenue to Clarkson station by bus is 45 minutes alone. Then a wait at the staion and then just under 35 minutes to the city. It is more like 90+ minutes commute I am afraid than an hour. Not wanting to be picky but just want to make sure anyone reading this thread can get their heads around how far out it is in terms of distance. Like you say it is a nice place, with a good feel about it and it will develop over time and have more things locally but for families with teens who are about to need higher education at school, post school activities, further education at uni's or TAFE or those young folk needing to consider their work opportunties it is not, in my humble opinion, the best of options in terms of a location. Hats off to your husband if he commutes to SOR - you must never see him though

Passed there last week and it looked to us that there was more sand than anything else!! First schools expected 2014 according to Lancorp but knowing how it works here would not hold my breathe. All the below should help. http://www.det.wa.edu.au/schoolsonline/home.do Type in Alkimos for nearest current schools http://www.landcorp.com.au/News-and-Media/View/?article_id=20604 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkimos,_Western_Australia

Like you we love(d) the feel of the place but it has some fairly major drawbacks when you really look at the nitty gritty of it all. The issue here is that there are so many families here where the kids are young / little and so making choices re housing in the more remote, cheaper areas is a bit easier to do. It makes sense to get settled, get established and build (a future) from that point. Yanchep I feel falls into a location that allows that to happen for a lot of people. For us we would have retired there, probably not now, but it would have been ideal for that. If your husband is on the road then that helps but you and the kids have a life as well. Perhaps asking yourselves these questions may focus the mind and the pending decision. I am not saying do not do it beacause Yanchep is nice but just make 100% sure you are making a solid mid term decision. Where are all the amenities for your two kids as they get older? Kids like Cinemas? Young teenage girls like going to the malls? Sports, watching just not playing? At 13 only a few years before your son is not a "kiddie" and he may want a part time job to help him save for a car (at 16!!). Where does he get one? The shops in Yanchep can only recruit so many kids - think how many will be chasing work in a few years time up there with all the young families arriving. How does your 13 year old get to college, university, a job? All of which may not be near him in Yanchep. Only 3 or 4 years and that problem hits you big time up there. Want to do anything when in Yanchep? You have to continually get in a car and drive south. You can only go to the beach so many times. Do you want a full or part time job? Where will you get that? Train station in Yanchep not in my life time I reckon based on how long things take to happen here. Winter in Yanchep what happens then? The square root of B*&&%r all I would guess. House values? Yanchep may not be the best place to maximise your outlays and if the market takes a real hit then being that far out may mean negative equity a lot faster than other places. Very possible as we head down a road of debt in this country. If you like golf it would be good - hence the retirement idea. As I say I am not against Yanchep but it could be a step too far for a lot of folk. Yes for the adults it looks and feels appealing. Yes they say it will develop but who are "they"? Estate agents, land developers? Of course they will say that and of course it will develop but how many years will it really take? If it was me, and I keep saying it on this site, the aim has to be to live as near a northern suburbs train station as possible and that way your kids have at least a chance. Hope that this is not too blunt but just wanted to broaden the post a bit. Hopefully others will come on and challenge some of these points and we can then get the usual balanced thread.

Hi A lot of the background information on this is already here on this site by the bucket load. Possibly the best thing to do is if you were to read through some of those first it would give you an understanding of what lies ahead and then when you have the basics you can ask some more detailed questions. Simply type in Rockingham Suburb in the search field located at the top right of the page and all the relevant threads will come up. Also there are a couple of other links below to get you started. In addition if you send me a PM with your e-mail address I will send you a costs calculator sheet and a list of the key information sites you will need to take your investigations to further. http://www.perthpoms.com/forum/migra...-perth-wa.html http://www.perthpoms.com/forum/educa...g-schools.html

Try reading through these replies on this thread as a starter. http://www.perthpoms.com/forum/migration-issues/10029-first-twelve-weeks-where-did-you-stay-how-much-did-cost.html You will most likley need to book a short term rental and there are some contacts in the posts that were added to the thread.

If I was a betting man........... If she is that young, and that is her thing, then I would perhaps get prepared to have one, very bored 18 year old on your hands. Mandurah, nightclubs and excitement all in one sentence - seriously, really...

Ask and ye shall receive....

Spot on Porty..... I take it you did not like Little Britain then? If there was ever one comedy show that "boxed" people up for laughs then that was it.....

Ah problem that JJB company is bust now in the UK. Wonder what we can call those folk now??? The Tracky Dak Brigade perhaps

Your posts are all usually spot on Peanuts but you have lost the plot with that statement..... If you go into a garage and have a look at the books on the top shelf, you know those ones with the ladies bits and bobs on them, then you most ceratinly can judge a book by it's cover!!

According to Wiki the term "bogan is Australian and New Zealand slang, usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for an individual who is recognised to be from an unsophisticated background or someone whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour exemplifies a lack of manners and education". Crips that is a wide reaching interpretation of the word!! One multi millionaire Aussie who I know wanders around with his butt hanging out his raggy shorts, swearing like a trooper, saying it as it is and so on. So he could be classed a bogan? Wow, interesting. I thought he was just a hard working, likeable bloke from Perth. Just shows you...

You may know from reading these threads that I go back and forward every year for large chunks of time and so have a foot in each camp so to speak. For what it is worth I think I have a decent grasp on reality in terms of the two locations and can hopefully gauge the general differences. Not saying it is not different depending on where you are from in both places just that in general terms...... For me anyway, swearing here seems to be that folk tend to do it without thinking and it sort of flows into general conversation. This can, in certain circumstances, be quite funny depending on the tone being used and what the topic is. However what is bad though is that the "c" word is common here and that is not one that ever sounds acceptable in my book. And by the way not just being said by the men. Boy racers I think is more a UK term. The problem here is that Aussies like speed, fast cars and bikes and they like noise to go with them, grunt. The issue is though that it is not always boys that make the noise and that is because of the affluent society in which we live here in my view. V8's are common, V6's more so and then there are big Harley motorbikes that seem to be built to deliberatly make as much noise on start up as possible. The vast majority of these machines are not owned by boy racers but by folk with cash to spend and therefore the use of them is spread over a wide age group, both men and woman. Success to many here is having cash to spend on their toys because they can. This is before we even begin to talk about any souped up or re-modeled engines, the boy racer brigade or the Asian dragsters on Leach Highway. This group come out at night and regularly have their fun, usually burn outs, and road races. I find road noise here much worse because of the passion for it and add to that the night owls and you have a different society. It is exactly that different and I would think that most suburbs suffer so getting used to it is another change that folk probably need to adapt to in my honest view. As to what is a bogan? I have always thought that they were honest hard working folk that lived in the less well off suburbs, that they were part of our society and who worked hard to get on with their lives. The problem we all seem to be facing now, both in the UK and here, is that we seem to have developed other layers in society where we have groups of people who just seem to be a result of years of circumstance. They are here as well and they are the ones that are probably more the issue than bogans. Bogans we can handle. Now apart from me sounding like a right old f##t hopefully this will add to the debate and raise enough concern to put you off coming Only joking.....

Before the job what about the visa's? Can you get here first of all? Not sure from your post if you have checked that? No visa, no entry. http://www.immi.gov.au/visawizard/ http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i/visa-charges.htm If you can get a visa then just start by searching www.seek.com.au Just put in claims for the job description and select insurance as the classification. Also try e-mailing some of the big insurance companies direct and see if they can help re roles. Also as Very above says... Have a read of this recent thread if you have not already read through this site. He makes a good point albeit everyone is different. http://www.perthpoms.com/forum/news-gossip/11216-two-reasons-move-oz-escape-new-life.html

It certainly sounds as though you have thought this through and that you have a plan. Excellent way to get you involved in what you like both in terms of vocational training as well as establishing a foothold, debt free, in this area. You could only make a mistake and if so all you do is change direction and try again. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I have visited most of the small towns near Perth over the years and although Northam, was not my favourite, it was what it was - a typical Aussie country town - and you get exactly what is written on the tin. Good luck with the plans.

Well would you believe it.... I always thought it meant "No Opportunity Really" and was put on the job adverts as a way of covering the employer if they did not like you at the interview. And then of course the band played Dixie......

On the basis that the mining boom is all but over, and as the resources sector begins to contract, then that will result in a lot of currently employed HGV drivers potentially looking for work in the coming years. Therefore with that in mind to put this onto the skilled list would be very surprising. Mind you governments do some silly things and so who knows what will end up on the list to satisfy their political ends.

Hi A lot, if not all, of the background information on those topics is already here on this site in spades. Possibly the best thing to do is if you were to read through some of those first it would give you an understanding of what lies ahead and then when you have the basics you can ask some more detailed questions. Just go to the list of threads and you will see some very up to date stuff on all the things you note. There are a few links below to get you started. In addition if you send me a PM with your e-mail address I will send you a costs calculator sheet and a list of the key information sites you will need to take this further. However as Del says the visa is the starting point. http://www.immi.gov.au/visawizard/ http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i/visa-charges.htm http://www.perthpoms.com/forum/migration-issues/10759-real-cost-living-around-perth-wa.html http://www.perthpoms.com/forum/education/11260-important-information-required-regarding-schools.html

No - I just need to stop using a bucket instead of a glass!!

Yeah in late June especially light nights can go forever given certain conditions. In Fife, where I go back to, there can be nights where it is only dark for 4 /5 hours. The further you go north, and near the top bits, midnight is very doable.