Cam

I haven't read this thread properly, but as we've been here 6 months & it's been a very hard 6 months it's always interesting read peoples' thoughts. We love Sydney, but the rents are crippling, and we wonder if we'll ever be able to afford to buy a house for use & our 2 children, yet we own 2 properties between us in the UK. The childcare is shocking!! Huge waiting lists, really hard to get places, and then the quality of care & education is really poor to what we were used to back in the UK, and of course general shopping is expensive. Centrelink and medicare administratively are useless, tax department are constantly wanting money although we declared ourselves out of the country for a number of years. And a whole new medical system where you seem to pay for everything. However, as we spend more time here and move to a nicer place (the dives you rent for so much!! :-( )), and hopefully make some friends and enjoy the Summer we'll feel alot happier, but there is a reality check, Sydney is not perfect, it's a great place but you do have to adapt to different pros and cons.

We shipped all 3 of ours in our half container, arrived just after we got here, but we had packed and sent everything 7 weeks before we left. The company made up a crate for us and they all went in together. Just to say my husband cleaned them to within an inch of their lives with special bike cleaner, looked newer than new and then sprayed them with Virkon S so that we wouldn't have any problems with quarantine, everything went through fine, but boy did we spend alot of time cleaning and disinfecting all our gear. Don't forget to oil them all up on arrival though!! Good luck!!

I'd have said yes, but we're in sydney & I had a baby a month ago, so am starting on a long slow mission to get back into running. Good luck, have you tried any of the Oz running forums? or are there any local running groups? Enjoy, I'm jealous!!