Rachel L; what do you think of wheelers hill then some of the houses there are massive, we are down the rd from you in Rowville, we have been here for 11 years now & love the place. may i ask where in the Uk are you from.
Hi Arthur - Wheelers HIll is just great. We're renting, so not sure if we'll be able to afford to buy here when the time to bring over our money comes.... but in the meantime, we have lots of room, the most amazing park (Jells Park), great school (Jells Primary) and I've got my daily dose of parrots in the garden. I do miss being close to the city - I went there this evening to meet friends, and wow, the lights, the buzz... but when you've got kids you've got to make some lifestyle decisions. We moved from Worcester, although we're not originally from there. We're from Oxford and Birmingham. How about you? R
Oxford is real posh if one may say, we are from Lancashire town called Blackburn its a town thats for me has stood still for a couple of centuries, but to be honest there has been lots of new industry there.
I worked as a contracting electrician through the north west of the UK then for 9 years working as an electrician on BT then we applied to migrate to Australia, we love the place our daughter was 11 years old when we made the move.
people ask how long did it take for her to adapt to Australia i honestly tell people it took about 20 mins after the plane landed for her to love this place.
I was offered a job as i left the Airport, i was unwell at the time having pneumonia due to working in the frigging snow in Blackburn before we left. But after a few days all was well & its been OK ever since for us.
My wife works in a local factory close to scorseby rd & stud rd thats about 3 mins drive from your place. as you rightly say Jells park is fantastic & the schools are also good round there.The company she works for are moving in July just down the rd into Carabean Estate again thats 2 mins from Jells park.
May i ask what do you both do for work if its not to forward asking you.
Myself i work for the education dept here in Melbourne working at Vermont Secondary College as a networks technician i do all the data cabling & fix all the computers 500 of the bloody things, then look after all the servers also help kids & teachers with software issues 1600 of kids & staff i also do emergency electrical work for them seeming i have an A class electrical license.
so as you may imagine its full on all the time, where the wife works they pack lady's stocking & tights for the shops like Target, Myers, David Jones there is about 80 people there most are working 3 days one week then 2 days the week after, most are casual workers some are on full time the wife is on full time she sorts work out for the other lady's.
My girl is now 23 old she is in her last year at Uni doing a teaching Degree a double degree in foods/technology.
I keep trying to talk her out of it all seeming i know whats its like all day but she wont have any of it from me she says "Shut it Dad" im going to be teaching so thats the end of the matter.????? Females what can i say.
i hope all goes well for you both if you need help with the schools just ask there is a massive difference between private & state school if your child is academic then most state schools can offer the child a great education it all depends on what the parents want & also what the child wants to do in there pathway of education.
hi tracy
we have been drawn to point cook , mainly by the short distance to central melbourne , and the house prices seem reasonable , but as with these things it difficult to judge an area from estate agent pictures and info we find on the web .
we have two young daughters 4 and 6 so any area we choose has to be good for them also
many thanks mark and sharon
Hi Mark and Sharon
I loved Point cook It was all very new when i moved in as land was still being devloped the primary school they had there was really good and they looked after my son very well and he devloped very well. The school had lots of activitys for the children and lots of information nights for the parents on simple things like how to listen to your child read (sounds silly but the information you got was fantastic) never seen this done since.
Point Cook is very family orientated as it has alot of young familys the only draw back was you had to travel into Werribee, Hoppers Crossing to find things (5 to 10 min). So if your daughters want to join in sports they will need to travel. But saying that we travel to go to things over here, and 10 minutes is not that bad for what you are getting. they had just finished the mini shopping centre but still not as good as Werribee.
As for things to do you have Altona beach (great family beach) about 10 to 15 minutes away Werribee beach 5 minutes away you are close to Geelong. The trip into the cbd is about 45 minutes away and you have a train line into the city.
Hope this helps, if you need any more help just let me know either by pm or on this thread
Geoffrey
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We moved to Mount Martha in Dec 07 and I hated every second of it. The estate agent called it 'God's waiting room'.
After a month of me just crying we relocated to Mooroolbark and soon to live in Olinda which is fantastic in the hills. Billanook College is just wonderful my boys are 8 and 10. We just love the school. Private paying approx $10k each per year. Well worth it. Good luck! karen
My husband, our 4 children and I may be moving to Melbourne quite soon, just waiting on a job offer, fingers crossed... We have been looking at the Bayside area to live and would like some advice on areas to avoid and any that you would recommend? We are looking for an area as near to the beach as possible and my husband will be working in the city so easy commute needed. Schools are also a big factor, the children are currently in great schools in England so we want to continue that! Our children are 1, 4, nearly 7 & 12 so we need from nursery level through to secondary! I noticed that you live in Brighton, we live in Brighton in the UK so it would be wierd to end up there! Thanks for your advice...
I am in the same boat i have been looking at Berwick and I am unsure what it would be like for my two sons who will be 15 and 17.
I need it close to transport as i dont drive can anyone tell me of any others that may suit my needs
schools Shops etc
We are just starting out on the long road to (hopefully) a skilled migrant visa. There are 4 of us, my husband (who is a software engineer), myself and two children aged 9 and 6. We have been looking at Melbourne partly because there seems to be IT work there and partly becuase it seems to offer a good quality of life.
Trouble is, I've been reading other threads where people have been moaning about various aspects of life in Melbourne and it's confusing me.
We've moved around the UK a lot and I've always found that it takes about a year to get a feel for a new place and to settle in. I think some of the problems some people are having come from not having moved so often so expecting to settle in straight away. I expect it to be hard now whenever I move so I'm never disappointed!
The other thing that strikes me about people who may be having problems in Melbourne is that maybe they have not been used to big city life before? I've lived in a number of big cities and they all have the same problems with transport, grafitti etc etc and I'm assuming that Melbourne is just like any other big city, you take the rough with the smooth.
What would be really good would be to get opinions from people with children about how you can live and work in Melbourne, get a decent standard of life and a good education. I suppose what I really want is to be reassured that there is nothing wrong with Melbourne and that we could make a good life for ourselves there.
Hi Linda,
We don't have children to take with us but I am familiar with Melbourne because I have family there and I think you are right, every city has grafitti etc and Melbourne no more than any other. In fact compared to London... well, there is no comparison! We love it and confess to being a little baffled by some of the negative posts - but everyone to their own opinion! I think you are exactly right, living in a new place is hard and if you expect it to be it will be less of a shock. With your attitude, you can't fail to love it, I'm sure.
Make sure you let us know how you get on.
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Can anyone give me info on Cheltenham and Mordiallioc areas.
Thanks
Bev
Hi Bev, we lived in Cheltenham for 5 years when we first arrived here. My son went to Cheltenham primary which at the time (in 2000-2002 when he was there) it had a very good name and prided itself on its very high standard of teaching.I still have friends in the area and their children now are in secondary schools around the area and all seem very happy. Its a nice suburb, we moved as we wanted to be a bit more rural and away from the traffic which is pretty heavy on the Neapean Hwy, but the beaches were great and Southland shopping centre is huge.
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