We're all ready to go. Just have to sign and send back the customs form for the removal company, they have to come and pack 25th Aug and then its go go go. absolutely everything is sorted, even a car and house when we land in Melbourne. Very chuffed with our organisation skills as usually everything left to the last minute.

O wait a minute

Thursday last week - phonecall - hubbys dad has fallen and broken his hip. In hosp, going to go to surgery as soon as stable. We visit...

Not the experience i had been expecting. From reading some of the other posters experience i think we got off very easy. Many others appear to have had more thorough medicals.

What was checked:

Urine screen
Blood pressure
Bloods - HIV, Hep B&C
Eye test
GP listen to heart and lungs
Reflex test
X-rays

All this cost a grand total of £560
Considering hubby had a heart attack three yrs ago, i thought there may...

Weve sold the house!!! Whoop Whoop

and it was only on the market three weeks.........im so chuffed.

Two more things to add to the list

*find some storage for our stuff

*find somewhere to live

I signed a contract yesterday and agreed a start date for the first week in October!!!!!! yea!! whoop whoop!!

Things to do list getting bigger
*Visa
*Sell the house
*get a quote for shipping stuff over
*sell the m'bikes
*sell the car
*save some money
*leave the uk

anything else??

Well, what a rollercoaster ride this is?!?!

excitement, frustration and anxiety

I can only relate it buying a house.......do the paperwork, hear nothing for ages, then BAMMM.............its all go

I got an email today asking me to have a phone interview with a hospital in Melbourne........ OMG!

Watch this space