CelinaOz

Hi there! PM'd you this morning. X Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks everyone for your help, much appreciated.

Hi lovely people, we've got the shipping people coming this Thursday (eek!) and there's a month until we fly, so I feel like a crazy person at the moment with lots to sort out! I've googled this but not come up with anything helpful. I'm guessing many others on here have been in the same situation as this so I'd be gratfeul for how you did it... You land in Sydney, with two children and 5-6 suitcases. Who do you contact to take you to your hotel? (We are staying in Double Bay for 2 nights before heading to our holiday let in Cammeray so will hire a car after that). Is there a company I can pre-book online a minivan taxi or something? And do they usually hire out/provide child car seats? Thanks Celina x

Thanks ladies. I'm now concerned about my make-up kit - I'm a make-up artist and had planned to put my make-up kit in the container as it's a big wheelie case. I'm guessing my big stash of MAC lipsticks will not fare well in there?! Oh gosh. x

Hi everyone I'm freaking out a bit as PSS have just said that it's best not to ship toiletries (our packers are coming in a week) and I have tonnes of the stuff - hair products, body lotions, shampoo, lots of perfumes. I asked them about it and they said it's best not to take anything liquid as Customs may want to check it, therefore incurring an extra charge. Also not to take anything flammable (so I'm guessing that IS perfume, nail varnish, hair dye???). Eeek. I wondered if this is something that's happened to you or is it something they all say but it's usually fine? I am a bit of a toiletries 'collector', so was planning on taking alot of my stash including all of my expensive perfurmes (and they'd weigh a tonne to take in my suitcase). Any help on this, I'd be most grateful..... Thanks Celina x

Haha, love it! Thanks Maria, we'll get a new machine there.

Thanks Pom Queen, I can live without it so I'll just sell it before I come. X

Hello! Our stuff is being shipped to Sydney at the end of next week (gulp, we're not ready!!), and I was thinking of bringing our Tassimo coffee machine and was trying to check if they sell the discs in Oz at all but I can't find anything recent about it via Google. Anybody know? Otherwise I'll just try and sell it. Thanks Celina x

Didn't see anything - just sent you a test one.

Yes definitely do need some help please! Just booked our holiday let for six weeks (which was super hard to find something available & not for millionaires!). We'll be in Cammeray - so that'll be our base to explore and search for schools and a house. (Arriving 24th Nov - now it's all booked!). Not sure where to start yet to be honest but know I need to be contacting schools soon! X

Ah lovely thanks! We'll have to sort something out after we arrive. Xx

Hi there, my husband just secured a job in Sydney CBD and so there's a lot to sort out for our big move in 2 months, eek! Our girls will have just turned 4 and 7 when we arrive so it'd be fantastic if there are any other mummies with young ones to meet up with. We're looking to move to the Northern Beaches area (from Manly up to Mona Vale). I know I'm going to need some friends to have a natter and cuppa with. I have friends in four other cities - just not Sydney! Celina X

Thanks guys, you make a good point re friends to play with. Just awaiting to confirm my husband's job package (today). I'm finding it hard to find a holiday let to tide us over whilst waiting for our shipment that isn't crazy money. I want to be around Manly/Northern Beaches, which we can just about manage to rent unfurnished but can't find anything remotely affordable to rent furnished for first 3 months. So am wondering how I enroll her into a school that we won't be able to live in the catchment area of initially. What do others do(?) - just send them to a different school for the first 3 months?! I don't really want to do that as its going to be hard to settle my initially shy one in to start with! Any ideas? X

Hi everyone, wondered if you could help me with this one as I can't seem to find an answer anywhere! We are looking to arrive in Sydney on 1st December (still to sort out where exactly!) and I know schools finish in mid Dec for the summer holidays. So I was thinking that there's no point in starting my 7 year old until the new school year (end of Jan). But legally, does she need to attend for those first few days when we arrive? I'd be grateful for any advice. Thanks X

Hi there! We had a quick approval - married 7 years, 2 children.