The Journey so far @ Canberra!

[man_act]

Thank you Sunita. Emailed you now

[royen]

In Canberra look for furnished apartments at Kingston. Best way to look into prices would be to look into wotif.com. I found Canberra to be extremely small both in terms of size and opportunities.

Canberra would be ideal for public sector jobs. 2 bedroom apartment hotels prices range from 170/night.

Regards,
Royen

[melbourne]

Originally Posted by sunita.sanjaykumar

Hi Melbourne,

My husband is a Hospitality professional and I am a Policy and Planning Manager (General). We both found jobs directly with companies through Seek....

Sunita

Thanks!

[chiffonscarf]

Originally Posted by sunita.sanjaykumar

Hi Friends,

Its been long since I logged into the forum... Feels good to be back to share with you all our journey so far.

We arrived at Canberra on 6th Jan,2012. Have some great friends who supported us in our initial phase, such a blessing with two young kids in tow .

We managed to rent a nice Townhouse within 3 weeks ( but it seemed like eternity and a zillion applications for rentals!), it is located in a good suburb with good Primary school. The rent is a bit steep at $560 per week, but it helped that it is a fully furnished 3 Bedroom set up which we needed for our family so we didn't have to put down money into buying things to set up, we just moved in with our bags!

Son who's 9 yrs started school (Year 4) in February and has settled in well , enjoying school and made some nice friends too.

We purchased a New Hyundai Accent (Demo car deal!) as we couldn't find a suitable second hand which we were comfortable with.

Husband landed a job in his line of profession two weeks ago and I have an Offer to join in a nice Uni job starting April.

Made some nice new friends too which is an added bonus....


So things are looking good as of now, despite all the initial anxieties we still go through.

That's all for now.... shall keep the forum friends posted on how we progress....

Sunita

Hello Sunita, Thank you for sharing your story and indeed inspire me a lot! Godwilling, I'd like to lodge my ACT 176 application (with my family) soon. Just to clarify if primary education in Canberra is free? My son is same age as yours. Also, you house rental comes 560/week i.e. 560x4 per month? Am I right? Thank you in advance

[SGAus]

Hi Sunita,
Its nice that you are settled. Has it taken you 2 months to settle with a job. How have you applied to UNI job? Is it easy to get the job. Please tell me your experience. Is it in teaching side are you managed to get.

Originally Posted by sunita.sanjaykumar

Hi Friends,

Its been long since I logged into the forum... Feels good to be back to share with you all our journey so far.

We arrived at Canberra on 6th Jan,2012. Have some great friends who supported us in our initial phase, such a blessing with two young kids in tow .

We managed to rent a nice Townhouse within 3 weeks ( but it seemed like eternity and a zillion applications for rentals!), it is located in a good suburb with good Primary school. The rent is a bit steep at $560 per week, but it helped that it is a fully furnished 3 Bedroom set up which we needed for our family so we didn't have to put down money into buying things to set up, we just moved in with our bags!

Son who's 9 yrs started school (Year 4) in February and has settled in well , enjoying school and made some nice friends too.

We purchased a New Hyundai Accent (Demo car deal!) as we couldn't find a suitable second hand which we were comfortable with.

Husband landed a job in his line of profession two weeks ago and I have an Offer to join in a nice Uni job starting April.

Made some nice new friends too which is an added bonus....


So things are looking good as of now, despite all the initial anxieties we still go through.

That's all for now.... shall keep the forum friends posted on how we progress....

Sunita

[sunita.sanjaykumar]

Hi,

there are 3 types of schools in ACT, Public (my son goes to one and I am quite happy with that so far, Secondary/High school I may think of moving him to Private school) which is free, Private and Catholic which are paid. you can check this link for more information DET - Home


You are right on the rent....

ask away if there is any more questions you would like me to answer.

sunita

Originally Posted by chiffonscarf

Hello Sunita, Thank you for sharing your story and indeed inspire me a lot! Godwilling, I'd like to lodge my ACT 176 application (with my family) soon. Just to clarify if primary education in Canberra is free? My son is same age as yours. Also, you house rental comes 560/week i.e. 560x4 per month? Am I right? Thank you in advance

[sunita.sanjaykumar]

Hi,
You are right, it took both my husband and me 2 months to find suitable jobs. We moved here in Jan. took us 3 weeks to find a rental after which we could concentrate on finding jobs in earnest so in all about 5 weeks to land a job and start working.

I am in a non teaching General role in Uni. Apply though SEEK or by searching directly at the website of ANU or Canberra University.

Sunita

Originally Posted by SGAus

Hi Sunita,
Its nice that you are settled. Has it taken you 2 months to settle with a job. How have you applied to UNI job? Is it easy to get the job. Please tell me your experience. Is it in teaching side are you managed to get.

[cic]

hi
just read 2 pages of your column and find very informative,

Congratulation on your settling in Canberra

I am to living here in Canberra, Hope to see u some Day.

[SGAus]

Thanks for the info.

Originally Posted by sunita.sanjaykumar

Hi,
You are right, it took both my husband and me 2 months to find suitable jobs. We moved here in Jan. took us 3 weeks to find a rental after which we could concentrate on finding jobs in earnest so in all about 5 weeks to land a job and start working.

I am in a non teaching General role in Uni. Apply though SEEK or by searching directly at the website of ANU or Canberra University.

Sunita

[atsurti]

Thanks for sharing the info.