hi all! like the title says we have arrived in brisbane!! been here less than 24 hours but wanted to give you all a update so here goes..... left heathrow at 10.50am on monday morning, flew with malaysia airlines, which were brilliant, great with the kids, loads on the telly for them to do, films, or games which the kids loved! had a 2 hour stop in kuala lumpur, which was good as we could have a fag!!!! got to brisbane at 10.20pm on tuesday night, got picked up from airport and brought to our hotel, we all had showers and went to bed which we feel was the best thing to do so we could get with the oz times for bed etc. got up this morning and so far i have got a stinking cold!! hubby has got 2 blisters on his feet!!! we have seen 8 HUGE huntsmen spiders!! had a lizard climbing up the wall in our hotel room! had a little bit of rain, kids have been swimming twice and the youngest has been in the sand pit!!! (bless) spoke to my parents twice today ( they are devastated we have gone) been and checked out a few shops ( will have to do more of that when i feel better!) so far all in all its brill and wouldn't change any of it ( apart from needing to get my parents here asap!) will keep you all updated as we go along, as we still need to buy a car, sort out a house and get the kids into school!!!
what fun we are going to have in the next couple of weeks!!!
sheena x
Hi there! Well, what a fabulous post! Good on you all! Dead chuffed for you.... and a massive THANKYOU for taking the time to write and let us know. We do sometimes gets posts on here that worry those about to join Oz... but this one was superb!
I shall be in Brisbane, with all of my lot, ob June 14th... I cannot wait!
Soooooooooooooooo pleased for you all! Keep in touch with us, and continue to enjoy your massive new adventure and way of life.
Sheena and family ... I am so pleased for you. You sound in really good spirits despite the spiders and rain!! Thanks for such an inspiring post!
Will be over ourselves late may/ early june and look forward to all our fun starting too!!
The very best of luck..!!!
Debsx
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hi all! like the title says we have arrived in brisbane!! been here less than 24 hours but wanted to give you all a update so here goes..... left heathrow at 10.50am on monday morning, flew with malaysia airlines, which were brilliant, great with the kids, loads on the telly for them to do, films, or games which the kids loved! had a 2 hour stop in kuala lumpur, which was good as we could have a fag!!!! got to brisbane at 10.20pm on tuesday night, got picked up from airport and brought to our hotel, we all had showers and went to bed which we feel was the best thing to do so we could get with the oz times for bed etc. got up this morning and so far i have got a stinking cold!! hubby has got 2 blisters on his feet!!! we have seen 8 HUGE huntsmen spiders!! had a lizard climbing up the wall in our hotel room! had a little bit of rain, kids have been swimming twice and the youngest has been in the sand pit!!! (bless) spoke to my parents twice today ( they are devastated we have gone) been and checked out a few shops ( will have to do more of that when i feel better!) so far all in all its brill and wouldn't change any of it ( apart from needing to get my parents here asap!) will keep you all updated as we go along, as we still need to buy a car, sort out a house and get the kids into school!!!
what fun we are going to have in the next couple of weeks!!!
sheena x
Hi Sheena,
So pleased for you all - 8 huntsmen in 24 hours geeee ain't you lucky LOL - sure you will soon get sorted with car home schools etc -
Enjoy the easter break
Gizmo
p.s. just a word of warning the aussies see the word fag the same as the amercians do !!!! LOL
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G'day Sheena, Phil, Phil and Jamie
Well chuffed you got there ok. Did the flight drag or were you too excited for that? Got to admit I'm not looking forward to the flight. Too long and too boring.
Get yourselves down to South Beach for a wander. We loved it down there.
Got to go back to work now. Just to let you know, it's chucking it down, freezing cold and blowing a gale. Typical Barrow weather eh.
WOW Congrats to you all, those planes can be a nightmare with all that circulated air, its inevitable you'll get a cold i no i always do!
im so excitied about moving but im worried about my mum on the flight, she hates flyin as it is, but to go all that way, im just worried for her. she'll be out of her comfort zone and without mike so... only time will tell, hopefully she'll be distracted by the films...shes just a big kid really.
hopefully your overdose of huntsmen sightings will mean you wont see some for a while!...hopefully.
been here less than 24 hours but wanted to give you all a update so here goes..... left heathrow at 10.50am on monday morning, flew with malaysia airlines, which were brilliant, great with the kids, loads on the telly for them to do, films, or games which the kids loved! had a 2 hour stop in kuala lumpur, which was good as we could have a fag!!!! got to brisbane at 10.20pm on tuesday night, got picked up from airport and brought to our hotel, we all had showers and went to bed which we feel was the best thing to do so we could get with the oz times for bed etc. got up this morning and so far i have got a stinking cold!! hubby has got 2 blisters on his feet!!! we have seen 8 HUGE huntsmen spiders!! had a lizard climbing up the wall in our hotel room! had a little bit of rain, kids have been swimming twice and the youngest has been in the sand pit!!! (bless) spoke to my parents twice today ( they are devastated we have gone) been and checked out a few shops ( will have to do more of that when i feel better!) so far all in all its brill and wouldn't change any of it ( apart from needing to get my parents here asap!) will keep you all updated as we go along, as we still need to buy a car, sort out a house and get the kids into school!!! 
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