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Another attendee who would highly recommend you attend before you start your house purchase - so much to listen about from those that no and not those that think they know.

Sorry, meant to add. We asked about sedating out dog before the flight and was told it could be the worse thing to do as she will be looked at and assessed prior to being loaded on to the flight and if she wasnt alert and "normal" she wouldnt be allowed to fly. My only gripe was i could claim the Virgin Airmiles ;-)

we used Pet Air in 2011 and the animal arrival reception centre in Sydney. it was a long 28 day days but when she came back to us she had never looked so good. we were so worried about what we were doing to our poor dog and leaving her to do this journey alone. I can honestl say, it looks like she had the best 28 days than all of us, she was rested, clean had a lovely coat, lost the excess weight she had and was so bright and happy to see us. i couldnt recommend Pet Air enough.

it depends on what you'er after and why. If its a short term to start off then there are plenty of short term lets by fellow migrants who understand and accept you don't have much in the line of local references (but you will pay a little more) but their homes have everything you will need to get established whilst waiting for your items. ​If you are after a 12 month or longer then local references do become a must (not essential, but you stand a better chance of winning the application. short term letting will give you the chance to get that first local reference, get the the chance to demonstrate your commitment to staying and gives you the chance to get established (driving licences, jobs, medi care, schools and all the other essentials that you need an address) If you need any help with the short term i know where we stayed was great and could recommend it (but might be a little pricey for what you may want) ​Good luck.

It really depends on what you are after. Adelaide some will say is a little bit of a sleepy hollow, but that's how we like it. Its a very small city but has everything you could want, plus it being small means you don't have too far to travel. Everyone has differing likes and dislikes, for us we thought we would like to live very close to the beach, we have and find we don't get there too often with everything else going on in our lives, our next step is the find our own home, ideally we want to find a bit of land (no change of finding space near the beach unless you are a multi millionaire) in or near the hills to build our own home. With it being Adelaide/South Aus we can do this and still be close to the city and still be able to get to the beach. Another thing we love, when we do go to the beach, its not like the UK (for the 5 days a year its warm enough to get to the beach) you don't spend 2 hours driving around looking for a parking space, then another hour carrying everything to the sand to find no space to sit. Every beach we go to we just rock up anytime, park close, or even drive on the beach (depending which one we go to) . If you listed your likes and dislikes i am sure you will be able to get an answer about each of the cities in Australia to match them. We have so far seen Brisbane, Melbourne and a small bit of WA and we are glad we chose SA and Adelaide (although Perth/WA is a close second)

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Why spend your days wondering, if only? As i have said before on here, i want to go to my grave at 110 at least, and be able tosay "wow, what a ride that was" life is not a dress rehearsal I understand you having second thoughts with children involved, i am sure we all did/do. We live in SA and our only regret is we didn’t doit sooner. If your kids have any interest in sports, this is the place to be (Australia). Our daughter is loving the opportunities presented to her in her chosen sports. Beach life isn’t that bad, for $200 you can get yourself a decent shade to put up, we never travel to the beach without one so we always have shade. you learn very quickly to live with the extreme sun, only 1 day in 2 years have we really had to think about our day due to the sun, it was 46 degrees and we were planning on going shopping (secretly i had booked a resturant and hotel for our anniversay but i had to tell her we were shopping to get her out of the house) , so instead we had an hour in the pool before taking her "shopping" then had a nice evening in our hotel with the air con turned to its coldest setting. We even have relaxed somewhat about the spiders, when we first arrived we wouldn’tgo into a room without looking in first, never mind in the dark in bear feet. Now we don’t seem to care, but have occasionally had to step back out quickly andgrab the spray and broom!!!! Honestly we have had some bumps on the way, but we didn’t come into thisblindly thinking the road is paved with gold and all our problems would be sorted. But expecting issues helped get over them. I appreciate its expensive, again, you cannot take it with you when you havegone - plus you can always start again if it doesn’t work out. We have our 2ndanniversary coming soon - the time we agreed we would sit down and look at whatwe have done and the decision to move and assess if we made the right decision.I don’t think we are going to bother as its already known what we are all goingto say. it hasn’t been easy but its been the right decision and we certainlyaren’t going back. Good luck with the choice you make.

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Great post Warrior Steve. Why go to your grave wondering what it would have been like if i has just given things a go. i want to go to my grave at 100 mph say WOW, what a ride. You have to plan for some bumps along the way on your move down under, if you dont, it will bite you. life isnt all sun sand and sea, but its a darn sight better than a chilly, windy day in Scarborough (N Yorks), maybe not for the icecream and fish and chips ;-) If you want work then you need to keep trying, no one is going to call and give you a well paid job without you earning it. As for Aussies, try integrating yourselves into their communities, show them you are willing to do things their way and you will be rewarded with friendships. BUT, dont come here expecting it to be like the UK, it isnt, this is why many of us live here and not the UK.

But, basically what % will we be paying in tax here in Aus as opposed to the UK?

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A couple of questions if you dont mind. We are about to move into a semi permanent rental and are now considering having FOXTEL installed (already have permission to have it installed). We are in SA and wondering 1 Typically how long it takes and how we should go about getting it installed? 2 Can we state where the antenna must go? No internet, again not sure how long this will take, so if you could please help. 3 How long from contacting them to having it ready to go? 4 Any recommendations?

Having experienced coming to Australia without a job, i would advise going with who will get the greater income and stability in the job. If you are in nursing then you will get a job in most places without a hitch (i believe) but your husband might not (sorry i dont know what he does). Have a look at what the company is offering, removal costs, relocation costs etc etc i am sure this will help sway your decision. But more importantly, nothing i forever, you could take the job, try it for a while, if your heart still yearns for WA then while he is working he can look to find another position in WA.

Suzy, i would give Pet Air UK a ring to get a rough quote, get your dogs measurements to give them so their estimate will be a good one. To measure, 1 From tip of nose to rear end (not including tail) 2 From top of shoulder to floor 3 From top of head to floor 4 Width across shoulders. 5 Weight. Look on their website i am sure it tells and advises how you can measure your loved one. Pet Air will give you 2 quotes (Gold, which they do everything & silver which you have to sort out the blood tests etc) we used their gold service and found this to be ideal as we didnt need to worry about anything, thus we knew all the forms and certificates will be right.

Suzy, i would give Pet Air UK a ring to get a rough quote, get your dogs measurements to give them so their estimate will be a good one. To measure, 1 From tip of nose to rear end (not including tail) 2 From top of shoulder to floor 3 From top of head to floor 4 Width across shoulders. 5 Weight. Look on their website i am sure it tells and advises how you can measure your loved one. Pet Air will give you 2 quotes (Gold, which they do everything & silver which you have to sort out the blood tests etc) we used their gold service and found this to be ideal as we didnt need to worry about anything, thus we knew all the forms and certificates will be right.