Helz980

Hi folks ive finally plucked up the courage to post..... My story so far.... 2007 applied for 175 PR visas, granted 2011, reigned from work & oh got redundancy....jan 2012 the big adventure begins....3 days before flying I find out am pregnant which wasn't planned. Anyway we landed in Melbourne, bought a car & travelled to the places we had never been before with the intention of making a base near Newcastle. At 6 weeks pg I found out I was having triplets...very shocked!! But we took it in our stride, hubby was applying for jobs & eventually got 2 interviews & 2 job offers. We were staying with a friend on his living room floor on an air bed (not the best with an expanding stomach! Unfortunately hubby's job wasn't to start until oct 2012 & we were running out of cash then at 18 weeks I was told the twins had died but I had one surviving baby. By this point I was very homesick & made the choice to come home (we were coming back in aug anyway for my sisters wedding) hubby got a temp job with Allianz whilst I was home. Then at 28 weeks our daughter was born weighing 1.1kgs. Luckily she is a trouper & was ok just little. Luckily I was already at hospital having a scan when my waters broke & my best friend was with me. Hubby flew back & stayed for 10 weeks working for his dad & even though we didn't have much it was one of the happiest times in our life espesh when Olivia came home after 6 weeks. Psul returned to oz to work for rio tinto & we stayed until jan 2013. We live on the central coast in a lovely rental, I've got friends & completely thrown myself into mothers groups, swimming, running etc. although I had bouts of missing home I was ok. As Olivia was on a visitor visa we came home for a holiday in August, it was brilliant watching her interact & get to know her family. I stayed longer to pack up our house, sell stuff & put it on the market & returned in October. I was keen to come back however I'm not happy here...at all. 2 weeks ago I had a panic attack about being here (not me at all) I felt like a basket case. I ended up writing a letter to my hubby with all my feelings about not wanting to be here. I want to go because I want our lo to grow up around family, I want her to gr up how I did in the northumbrian countryside running about on the farm, going to the llocal school etc etc. my hubby says he can't provide for us there like he can here. I just feel like I exist on a day to day basis. We had a long talk & have agreed to give it 6 months then reassess but tbh I would go tomorrow. Am scared though as we have nothing in the uk as I sold it all!! But my friend said Helen it's just stuff, you can't stay here & be sad. Sorry for the long post!

Whenever I see the angel of the north I know am coming home... oh & the sprawl of Middlesbrough is just a blip on the landscape compared to the beauty of the Toon & the surrounding beautiful countryside.......

Hey whereabouts are you at the moment? Sounds a bit where am living, beautiful area but this morning I was out for a run & looked & thought what a beautiful place yet I feel empty & like I don't belong! Am originally from the north east & can recommend Newcastle as a place to work, live, socialise.

Hello!! Am feeling the pull home even though my total stay in Oz is 13 months as opposed to HB 22 months. In jan 2012 we left the UK, resigned from our jobs ready to start our Oz adventure (HB dream not mine) we had planned a couple of months travel (had been to Oz 3x before) but wanted to see SA & more of vic.....anyhoo 3 days into our trip I found out I was pg, 6 weeks into our trip I found out it was triplets. Fast forward 18 weeks....we were up in newcastle, staying at friends, HB was waiting for his contract to come through for work & I had to be taken to Sydney for surgery (I lost the twins) at 23 weeks I flew home, we were always coming back for my sisters wedding id had enough. So I left HB out here working. At 28 weeks my lo was born. HB came back to the UK for 10 weeks then flew back to Oz leaving me with lo. In feb 13 me & lo flew out to become a family. We live on the central coast, rent a lovely house, I go to a mothers group, playgroup, swimming lessons, I run by the water nearly every day etc etc. HB works shifts but the most he is away is 3 nights in any one shift. I manage & I exist & that's it. I hate it here & since Xmas I have had anxiety attacks about how homesick I am. But if I say anything to HB all I get is 'I can't provide for you over there like I can here'. Now that my lo is getting older I want her to grow up around her grandparents, I want that support network. Yes the weather is lovely but I spend most of my time I doors cos its so hot! Anyway sorry for hijacking but please go with your gut instinct. I could be joining you on the flight back!

Some days I feel xmasy some I don't! Last year our lo had her first Xmas without her dad as he was here working & we were in blighty. This year it's our first Oz Xmas & first as a family so am doing the full traditional roast etc then heading to the beach later. BUT I miss my family a lot, one of the bonuses about being here is I don't have to see the inlaws! Haha

Hi philip, thanks for your reply. Yes my daughter was born in the UK & I am a permanent resident. She is currently on a years tourist visa. The only thing I would be concerned about re police checks is my hubby has a number of points on his licence would this go against us? Thanks in advance

Hi just wondered if anyone has experience of applying for a child 802 onshore visa? I'm about to start the process for my 1 year old. Will she have to undergo medical, police checks etc like us adults did? Also how long did it take? Thanks!

Hi we have our house on the market with 2 estate agents, they don't seem to be phased about us being over here etc just need to get the bloody thing sold!!

of all the times ive visited/lived in Oz i've seen very few spiders. I've seen 2 redbacks - one was being hunted by a whitetail so i watched a spider fight. We bomb the house & spray the outside as well. Spiders dont really bother me its ants & cockroaches i cant stand, hubby calls me the cockroah ninja!

absolutely love Lake Mac, lived in belmont for a bit. We now live a bit further south on the central coast but Toronto isnt too far away from us & thats the south of the lake

Hello! I live on the Central Coast with my hubby & 1 year old, we live in Woy Woy which isnt far from Erina. Cant comment on local child care centres but i know my friends use a one in Kariong which has its own farm etc. We have lived on the CC since February but am currently back in the UK sorting out my house etc. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions etc

Hiya! Pleased to hear you all got there safely! Me & my baby fly 3rd feb, me on 175 & her on 676....am doing the flight on my own! So any advice for the flight would be appreciated! Xx

Hi folks heading to woy woy to live in the next couple of weeks. Hubby has been out in oz since sept working for rio tinto out in singleton. I lived in belmont lake macq for 6months but don't know woy woy all that well. Just wondered about mother & baby get togethers etc thanks xx

No they won't be covered by Medicare. But remember if they are a tourist & British you/they are entitled to free healthcare due to the reciprocal agreement between us & oz. some places will fob you off & want money but they can't do that. Both me & my husband have had to have medical attention in the past before we had our PR visas-he had his appendix out in 2007 pm me if you need anything else x

I know it might not take 2 months just saying what I was told by immigration

Hi jonny olivias passport took a week!! Her 676 tourist visa for 6 months took a couple of weeks, we need to ccome back for my brothers wedding & will apply for her PR visa then which can take as little as 2 months upwards (that's what immigration told me when I rang) hope this helps x

Hi jonny, it's normally 8 weeks from when a baby is born. Folks sorted for a visa for my baby :-) thanks for the advice

hi I lived in Marks Point for 6 months, I love lake Macq area, spent many an afternoon swimming in the lake whilst pregnant! am back in the uk at the moment & hubby is in Singleton but returning end of Jan with our LO, just looking at places on the Central Coast or whether to go back to Lake Macq when i return!

Thanks folks, spoke to my old agent & I know what we are going to do! Cheers :-)

Thanks that bit I know but I need to find out what I can get so we can travel across in January as the class 101 can take 14 months plus. Thanks though!

Hi folks its been a very long time since I posted!! A lot has happened since I landed in oz jan 12 to activate my pr visa & start a new life in oz: first thing found out I was pregnant 3 days before we flew, then found out it was triplets, then lost the twins, decided i needed home so left hubby out here working, had my baby 11 weeks early! Hubby missed birth but came home for 10 weeks then he returned. Am still in the uk with our LO but needed to know what visa I should be applying for (I know I need to apply for her pr) but I want to go out earlier so we can have some resemblance of being a family. I've checked the immi site but got confused!

Hiya Me & my dh have a 175 visa which means we have permanent residency status in oz. it's basically one down from being a citizen. We are entitled to Medicare etc. Not much else I can say but it's highly sought after & took us a long time to get it!

Hiya We spent 6 months in Belmont which is 25mins away from Newcastle & about 15 from John Hunter. Belmont is on the edge of lake macquerie & the sea. I love the place & Warners bay is lovely too. In fact the coast line is beautiful & unspoiled. I returned to the UK in July but am heading back out end of the year, my hubby is flying back in October as he starts work in the Hunter Valley for Rio Tinto & we will be moving to Maitland area.Good thing about newcastle area is that sydney is not far away and neither are many of the other lovely places up the road! Just a bit of advice if your wife is commuting to JH & you live in Maitland, the travelling is a nightmare due to the volume of traffic & the fact they are making improvements to the highway. Oh & i cant fault JH hospital at all, I was expecting triplets when i was in oz but unfortunately had complications, luckily these were spotted straightaway by the consultant & i was sent to a hospital in Sydney to be seen by a professor. TBH i wish i had continued my care there rather than the midwifery support i got back home. Anyway good luck! PM me if you want any more info