ok here goes:

Moving from: UK

Visa type applied for: Business (long stay) subclass 457, Hubbie (Mark) is applying for this

Area moving to: Initially it was Melbourne but since then we have changed it to Strathpine, Queensland


Date & description:

Sept '09: watched "Moving down Under" whilst on holiday in Devon and boy did we get hooked as we became more and more interested.

Oct '08: Mark sent a CV and letter of introduction to his employer in OZ. Rec'd email back from them the next day to say they were very interested and wanted him to come over a.s.a.p. (wow, that was a head-rush reading that e-mail)

Nov '08: Put house on market, what bad timing with the credit crunch.

6th Feb '09: My worst day ever, I found a lump in my breast.

19th Feb '09: Did all our medicals but they were unable to send anything off until I had all my relevant treatment etc.

24th Feb '09: My biopsy report came back, it was cancer.

23rd March '09: my 1st operation

19th May '09: my 2nd operation

26th June '09: Got my results, all clear....yippeee

4th July '09: House sold (STC)

13th July '09 - 7th August '09: 4 weeks of Radiotherapy as a preventative for the future

7th August '09: Will be going down to the Medical Panel in Maidstone and submitting the rest of my paperwork to them, hopefully all will be ok so they can be sent off.

7th August '09: going to "RED HOT" to celebrate and then join the waiting game....



Satty