cass73

I will be heading to village cinemas to watch it with hubby and a couple of friends. I feel nervous all ready, c'mon England

As soon as we buy I will be in touch I miss my uk central heating

Hi pacticenurse I am originally from Newton Aycliffe but was living in Leatherhead in Surrey before we moved to Tas.

When I lived in the uk I never needed to drive however being in Tas I think I'm really going to have to take the plunge and get on with it, does anyone know of any good instructors I'm in Howrah and will need to have a lesson with my 3 yr old in the back (poor child will probably scar him for life). thanks Cass

Hi Wendy i would love to meet up we are in howrah, Me and hubby are in our 30's (hubby only just!) we have two little boys aged 2 and 5 why don't you send me a msg and we can sort something out. cass

Can't be anymore expensive than in Iceland £13 for a pint and a small vodka needless to say it was avery sober honeymoon

I hate to scare you even more but our rental had no insulation at all and poxy electric heaters we froze over winter I just wore lots if jumpers, luckily we have a really nice landlord who paid to get the roof insulated and we got all the trees cut down so at least we will get the winter sun in. where about in Tas are you coming? Is it just you or o you have a family coming along too?

Hi there congratulations on the job. i can't really help much as we are in hobart, but before I came I spent a lot of time on the web looking at schools I narrowed it down to two that really stood out then looked at that area regarding housing, how close to shops work etc. we contacted both schools from the uk and told them our situation they were really helpful thy sent us their prospectives by email. You can not enrol until you have a perm address so this gave us time to look around them once we arrived. We had somewhere to live and my oldest boy started school after 3 weeks of arriving. just do as much as you can from the uk arrange appointments etc and it will be fine and relatively straight forward. cass

Please do :-)

Hard to believe we have been here for seven months and and on the whole they have been a really happy 7 months. With in 3 weeks on landing we had found a rented house in the area we wanted it is really large compared to our place in the uk can't get used to how cold it is indoors in the winter though, have you guys never heard of double glazing. my oldest boy started kindie where he was bullied but I must say how brilliant his teacher was and how she sorted it out really well he is now really excited about starting prep in a couple of weeks. my husband is settled at work and on average see's the kids an extra 3 hours a day than he did working in London,which is fab for all of them. i have been a photography course it would have been impossible in the uk. we have made some lovely friends which is not difficult given how friendly everyone is and the boys have surrogate grandparents. my two yr old has developed so much and never wants to be inside. as for the homesickness it still here every now and then, a certain song can set it off I really miss my friends and the hustle of London, but it never stays long. My mam is visiting next month and my brother in April.. one of the big downfalls is its 3am and am still awake listening to the footie on the plus side its half time and we are 3-1 up. anyone who is about to make the journey to Tas or has just arrived my advice is to throw yourself into it full hearted and see where the journey takes you.

Hi I really don't know about championship I hate the fact that the bbc radio on my dab blocks all sport, my saving grace in talksport.com you can listens to all premier games live so at least I can listen to the match all though some days I wish I hadn't. cass

Hi guys glad you made it here, I'm originally from newton aycliffe we are now based in Howrah so not far from each other

Sounds like a good idea don't think the hubby appreciated being woke up with several expletives

That's great will enjoy having someone to listen/watch derby game with. Talksport now have an station for those of us abroad where you can listen to every premiership game for free but when the opposition equalisers at 2am in the morning you have to find a quieter way of expressing your disappointment :mad:

Thanks guys we ended up going o fortascue bay it was lovely we may try risdon this weekend

Hi we just arrived 8 weeks ago we had two back packs, 2 large cricket coffins an 3 suitcases plus two buggys and a car seat it took some spectacular balancing pushing a trolley each while both pulling a buggy behind us. It wasn't that much fun but it was over soon enough got everything checked in apart from the kids and buggies that went in at the last min as we had them out at Singapore

Hi We live in Howrah and I'm looking to take my two little boys for a day out on Sunday any suggestions no more than one and a halfs hour drive we have already done richmond and mount wellington Thanks cass

Hi I have just moved to Tas with my husband and two little boys aged 4 and two and to be honest you have brilliant days where you can't imagine living anywhere else and then there are days when the homesickness is over bearing we have only been here 7 weeks. My 4 yr old has settled in to kindie and my 2 yr old loves going to the beach everyday even in the cold. if you are almost mortgage free why don't you rent out your house for a coupel of years and hope the pound picks up a bit that's what we have done it also acts as a safety net in case you want to go back to the uk but you have to promise to give it 2 yrs if not you may just jump back on a plane at the first sign of being unhappy. i was really torn by the time we flew really excited about our new adventure and devastated to be leaving my family and friends behind but I knew I would regret not trying so here we are 7 weeks later settled into everyday life. cass

I know its a real long shot but i saw a car at eastland shoping centre with a ha way the lads sunderland sticker made me smile that even this far away from home there is someone else here. if any one knows who this is please let me know ta cass

Hi fluffy we have been here for two weeks now and have just moved into our new house in howrah really enjoying it so far although i am still at a loss why you guys dont have double glazing and better heating but thats just me my husband thinks im a reptile my bloods that cold. We are off looking for some furniture tomorrow to help fill our house its so much bigger than what we had in surrey. hope you guys continue to love it. cass

Today is the day we finally move to tasmania i was up till 1:30 packing then my beatiful children have decided that 5:00am is a great time to get up. i still have so much to do, finish the packing tidy the house and defrost the freezer and all i want to do is go back to bed. the taxi is picking us up at 6:00pm so that gives me a little time to get sorted. iam feeling very excited about the whole thing if not a little aprehensive mainly about the airport and flight with two young children and more luggage than i thought possible. i will say goodbye for now and update again when we reach tasmania :biggrin: cass

booked some immigration insurance, filled ouy forms and stayed on hold for may hours trying to cancle various things, leave for tasmania on the 16th june

its really good news that you are enjoying Hobart and getting settled in, this time next we will be heading to the airport to being our tasmanian adventure we are all really excited if not a little apprehensive.

has anyone heard from stacey irvine or canadiantooz (who may still be flying?) hope you guys are all ok and the flight was not too bad please let us know how it is going and how you are finding tas in your first few days, will be joining you very shortly fly 16th from heathrow arrive in hobart on the 18th:biggrin: Cass x

Hi Davo1 Drunk and on your own is the best way to watch i worked in Parliament and it was shown on the monitors all over the place i also got stopped in sainsburys a couple of times. I think they chose us because we are the only family that has gone to tasmania and i think they were a litttle upset at the lack of tears on the freinds and family bit. hope its not painfull for you to watch and remember alcohol could be a really ggod friend that day ! cass