We're off to Rockingham, to begin with. Hubby's relatives have lived there 30+ years and love it. Aunt & Uncle are in Safety Bay & cousins in Waikiki.
We hope to be out there permanently before the end of September, as long as the house sells (putting it on the market in 2 weeks time). If not, then we'll pop over July/August to validate - would be great to meet up with some of you if we're on a whistle-stop tour
Looking forward to meeting you all at the first of our (many!!) BBQ's
sorry Laura - we're in Leeming, Rockingham is very popular with Brits - the surrounding suburbs seems a bit more popular at the moment though rather than Rockingham itself - lots of new developments I believe. My in laws loved Madurah when they visited
Ali
I think thats where we are going to start in Mandurah. I love the canels.... If we EVER get there?????
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:cool:Jo, Jerry, Bradley n Max (dog) 22nd May 2008 VISA GRANTED !!!!! yipeeeeeeeeeee House sold 23/09/08 fly out 21/10/08
Not to mention the teenage stabbings! Sorry just being arogant..
Yes because that doesnt go on in the uk does it ......not. It wasnt an actual stabbing a boy was caught with a knife at school which has also happened in a number of high schools. That particular one hit the headlines because it was the third one in WA and they were emphasing action needed to be taken.
I have been living in Safety Bay for 8 months and feel the safest I have ever felt in my life. My son was frightened of living in the Uk with teenagers hanging about street corners etc Something I havent seen in my area. Perth or any surrounding areas are not perfect or free from crime by no means but I certainly havent had any problems.
Woohoo a Rockingham Thread! why didn't we think of this Ness?
Yes we are going too, just need a spouse sub-class 100 for Mrs B, hopefully a quickie!
Not leaving until early Jan 09 as Mrs B is to be made redundant in November (deffo, nice to have lots of notice - her firm is relocating to Perth (Scotland)) anyway if she stays to the end she gets big bonus :-)
Currently looking at Cooloongup, but will rent for 6 months and get the lay of the land before we buy. Staying with my cousin in Mindarie (in the north) for first week when we arrive so will probably need a holiday let for 2 or 3 weeks to give us time to organise our 6 month rental, just horrified at the prices of holiday lets!
Deffo have to set up some meets when we all get there.
Cheers
Wayne
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Hi Wayne - What is drawing you to Cooloongup? Not usually an area selected by anyone I know! Please feel free to PM me if you would like any further comments/info....
Hi,
We are heading for Rockingham area. We fly out on 24th May for a Reccie and are staying in Warnbro for three weeks while we have a good look around for schools and jobs etc .
Hopefully if and when our house sale goes through we should be coming for good in July/August time. Yippee!
Hi enjoy your reccie ohhh we want to hear all about it when you get back, hope you will be taking notes you'll be bombarded with questions,good luck. Lou
Hi there. We are currently trying to decide between Queensland and WA.
You hardly ever hear people talk about living in Cooloongup or Warnbro and yet these areas seem a little cheaper. Is that because they're seedier?
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hi there
thats were we want to go mainly because the hospital is there..i am a nurse but also waikiki, the houses on real estate look good so i also dont know why....
see you there
debbie
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Anyone who is already in Rockingham/Mandurah area or will be by 8th June we plan to hold another meet up at a local park all details are on our web site under local events
Everyone is more than welcome to come along & meet some new people
We rented in old Warnbro when we first arrived and really liked it there, you can have a million dollar house with an old shack next door - a real mix - we`d have liked to buy there but couldn`t find what we were looking for at that time. My friend lives in WAikiki (Harrington Waters) and that is a lovely new estate with a brand new primary school and just over the road from the new train station.
Not usually an area selected by anyone I know! Please feel free to PM me if you would like any further comments/info....
ohhh we want to hear all about it when you get back
, hope you will be taking notes you'll be bombarded with questions
