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Hi all, Having gone through all the same stresses of moving to Oz as you are now the first thing you need when you arrive is a comfortable, quiet place to de-stress while you consider where you want to finally end up. We are new to offering accommodation and only moved in in November and have been preparing the totally self contained house and are nearly ready to accept guests, if you are new to Oz we are happy to impart any of the "local knowledge" we have picked up in our 5 years here (Sydney 1st and have moved into 6 different places in that time - rental / serviced appts etc, so we feel your pain.....) Will have more details ready soon - just wanted to get us "out there" Keep the faith, it is worth the pain !! Paul & Jackie

Does anyone understand how this system works ?? Someone told me the government stop health insurers paying 100% - why ?? What a great idea, you find out you have some serious illness, so you have to worry how much you will have to pay as well. Unimpressed of Sydney......

I am a qualified Accountant and hubby and I came over via the skills list and have got permanent residence. It took me a few months to find a job though I was being quite choosy, but there is certainly a lot of competition for jobs. We have since met people who have come over on a 457 visa with a company and with hindsight we would have probably done this as most companies fund part of the move and your visa costs for you. We have found as PR we have had to pay a lot more ourselves (of course the advantage is that we have flexibility on where we work and live and how long we stay). So for what it's worth I'd recommend probably qualifying and moving with a company you are already working for if possible. Good luck

Hi All, I would like to go to the Soundawave Revolution festival in Parramatta on the 25th September 2011 - see http://www.soundwaverevolution.com/content/home The problem is my wife is more ABBA than ANTHRAX and I don't want to go on my own, so any of you new or old poms (bring your Oz mates) that like decent music who want to meet up and enjoy the gig ? Paul