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Hi Tony, My husband Gavin would be interested but we're not moving out til end of Oct so we'll see if you need people once we arrive. We'll be living in SOR - Mandurah - whereabouts are you? Cara :wubclub:

Hi, We wont be in Oz til the end of the year but my husband will definitely like to know the answer to this as he loves Cheltenham! We will alo be living in South Perth - Mandurah. Cara

Hi everyone, We got our 176 visa's last June, did a reccie Sept 2011 and Loved it! We are aiming to move to Mandurah Oct 2012, we are very lucky as we have friends to stay with when we arrive. We cant wait to go but need to save up for flights, shipping, shipping our dog, money for when we arrive, deposit on rental, buying a car...... We have wanted to do this for years but actually started the process about 18months ago. Just cant wait to start our new lives! :-) Would definitely love to make friends and would be great if there were some meet ups arranged. Love the idea they're planning on building a Disney Land 20mind from Mandurah! How exciting! Cara x

Hi guys, We are also taking our dog Tia, she's a lab x dalmation. We also treat her like our baby lol so have the same worries about how she'll cope with the flying & quarantine. I have found out the quarantine is about 1/2 an hour from where we'll be living and there are about 3/4 visting slots per week so will visit her as much as poss - but we'll play it by ear as it may upset her more? I have heard that dogs dont have any concept of time, dont know if thats true. The most important thing is she sees us the other side so she knows we are there. But the way we see it, it is a much better option than leaving her here without us which would be unbearable and she really does know us as her mum and dad. And she will have a much better life out there. Here we live in a ground floor flat, albeit very large but we dont have a garden just a patio. We will be outside a lot more so therefore she will be outside a lot more with us. We noticed on our reccie trip that people take their dogs a lot more places than they seem to in the UK even if it is on a lead for a lot of the time at least they have the opportunity to be with you more. We often saw utes driving past with dogs standing in the back seemingly loving the ride and also in peoples cars going places. We're definitely doing the right thing but wont stop me crying my eyes out when we send her off lol Cara x