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·Hello Everyone,
Firstly this is a really useful site! I'm still having a mooch around all the stickies :ranger:
but just want to ask a few - hopefully not stupid questions;
We are in the very first stages of our move as in we have just decided to go for it The plan is to sell our house and go over to Australia with an appropriate amount of savings - we will wait till we have our target. We will rent until we know where we would like to buy and will hopefully by then be fine to get a mortgage.
We've never been to Australia before
o please dont think we are crazy to move somewhere we've never been!) but I am research lady at the moment and would never take a decision like this lightly....its took 3 years since the first thought of it before deciding that its a possibility!
We've decided on Brisbane and the places we have been looking at is around the Eastern part - it seems to have some nice places for young families - Me and the other half are mid 20's and we have a 4 year old and a 1 year old.
Ok enough about me - here's the questions.
1st - To anyone who moved with children, how did they settle in. My kids are my main priority and I would hate to open them up for possible teasing because they are not Australian, is this a silly worry?
2nd - Has anyone imported their car over there? I'm planning on taking mine and I'm just wondering what processes I need to do also will I have to re-register it to get a australian licence plate - confused :confused2:
3rd - Medication - I have asthma - its not bad but do they do inhalers over there?
4th - Childcare - can anyone give rough costs of childcare costs out there?
5th - Flying with young children - whats best airlines for space etc....those who have done it what tips can you give us? is it best to just go straight with one stop off or make loads of stops? Think this is what I'm most worried about I don't want my children to be uncomfortable, stressed etc
thats enough from me I reckon. Although any advice on lovely family towns will be extremely appreciated.
I'm actually very nervous and just want to prepare as much as I can to hopefully keep stress levels low
Thank you in advance for reading this mammoth post I really appreciate any/all advice given and will probably drive you all mad with questions in the next 12-18 months (sorry!)
Firstly this is a really useful site! I'm still having a mooch around all the stickies :ranger:
but just want to ask a few - hopefully not stupid questions;
We are in the very first stages of our move as in we have just decided to go for it The plan is to sell our house and go over to Australia with an appropriate amount of savings - we will wait till we have our target. We will rent until we know where we would like to buy and will hopefully by then be fine to get a mortgage.
We've never been to Australia before
We've decided on Brisbane and the places we have been looking at is around the Eastern part - it seems to have some nice places for young families - Me and the other half are mid 20's and we have a 4 year old and a 1 year old.
Ok enough about me - here's the questions.
1st - To anyone who moved with children, how did they settle in. My kids are my main priority and I would hate to open them up for possible teasing because they are not Australian, is this a silly worry?
2nd - Has anyone imported their car over there? I'm planning on taking mine and I'm just wondering what processes I need to do also will I have to re-register it to get a australian licence plate - confused :confused2:
3rd - Medication - I have asthma - its not bad but do they do inhalers over there?
4th - Childcare - can anyone give rough costs of childcare costs out there?
5th - Flying with young children - whats best airlines for space etc....those who have done it what tips can you give us? is it best to just go straight with one stop off or make loads of stops? Think this is what I'm most worried about I don't want my children to be uncomfortable, stressed etc
thats enough from me I reckon. Although any advice on lovely family towns will be extremely appreciated.
I'm actually very nervous and just want to prepare as much as I can to hopefully keep stress levels low
Thank you in advance for reading this mammoth post I really appreciate any/all advice given and will probably drive you all mad with questions in the next 12-18 months (sorry!)