Hi just a little message for those planning the big move. We started all our planning about 4 years ago and then last September got our visa,s. the goodbyes were awful and found them really hard to the point it was making me not want to come. We left for the airport and took the 25 hour flight and so far life has been amazing ( early days I know ) we booked a holiday rental for 4 weeks so 2 weeks in now in and it,s fab just accross the road from mooloolaba beach. We hired a car for a week and ny husband the day after we arrived got a job he starts tomorrow. We started to drive around some areas we liked the sound of mountain creek and buderim and they really a lovely places well so is everywhere here. The first house we viewed and applied for we got which was great as it is in the catchment area for the school we want (mountain creek) which we loved when we looked round. The children start there next week. We have just bought all the uniforms and books and pens which they have to have and it was a small fortune especially with 5 children . So we have 4 starting school and my youngest starts daycare in Tuesday the same day the others start school which is just round the corner.
we did quite a lot of research before we left mostly on here which was great but until you get here you just don,t know what it,s going to be like . So far for us it has been better than we could of imagined. The cost of living is higher and I do prefer the food in England as I am a vegetarian and there doesn't,t seem as much choice but I just think so what it,s not England and just have to get used to what's on offer. Now just can,t wait to move into our house and for the container to arrive and then hopefully really settle and hope the kids settle at school it will then be perfect.
fornthose worrying about leaving loved ones, both our parents have booked fllights come one set in oct for 3 weeks then my parents in dec for 3 months so I just focus on that when I,m missing them.
thanks for reading and if I could be any help to anyone who is soon to be making the move just ask
karen xxx
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