scotsmum

Hi! I am cuurently 26 weeks pregnant and we are considering going from 457 to PR, i know we have to wait till baby arrives to complete the medical but i just wondered if anyone has experience of applying while pregnant. I also wanted to know if i would be eligable for paid parental leave, say we get the PR after 12 weeks of baby being born, according to government website i can get paid leave as long as i apply within 34 weeks of babys birth? is this still true if i have not been pr at time of birth?? sorry if this sounds confusing!!!! just trying to work out if financially its worth getting pr as we are undecided if we will stay past next year!! thanks for any help!!

thanks everyone!! my daughter is in it most days and similarly we usually have her friends/our friends around for the odd party too so i think we would miss it too much! good to know it can be used most of the time too.. if only i could bring my house and pool with me!! thanks again!:biggrin:

Just looking for opinions on having a house with pool!! At the moment we live in perth and have a pool with our house, since we use it almost every day in summer we had intended on getting a pool when we move to brisbane. Now im wondering as its not quite as hot over there do you think you really need a pool there? I know when it gets below 30 here we dont use ours as much! obviously not having a pool will give us lots more options in finding a home too... but will we miss it?! decisions, decisions!!!:huh:

hi! how is the settling in going? we are due to move to brisbane in april, we are in WA at the moment! We are a scottish family but we lived in ireland for 10 years before coming here so i guess we think of ireland as home now since thats where our house and friends and family are now!!

Yeah the fresh(but often frozen) air of scotland is hard to beat!! and the scottish water i miss that!! my mum and dad live in brisbane and we have been over to visit a few times, recently in january when it was very humid and hot but to be honest i didnt find it too bad, my wee one found it warm but we had the added bonus of her wanting to nap in the afternoons which gave us a rare treat of some peace!!! i think it all balances out, they dont get the cold winters like we do in perth, and i think the rest of the year around spring and autumn are generally nice and sunny, my mum and dad are scottish and love the weather there, like everything i suppose you adapt and get used to it!! good luck with your decision, they all sound like exciting places to try!

Hi! we are also moving from perth to Brisbane in a couple of months..and a mini sunny Scotland would suit us too!!! we were there in January and drove around some suburbs, the gap being one, we found it a bit isolated but we want to be closer to the city for the hubbys commute, it is lovely tho, some fab houses but very hilly!!! I got travel sick driving around haha!! not sure what rental market is like but I think its better than perth as there is more choice and they don't seem to go as fast... but maybe that's coz its xmas time?? we have had a few quotes and range is from 4k to 6k for a container, its crazy, going to cost us double to get our stuff from wa than it did to ship across the world!! best of luck with the move...exciting!!!

hi nats! small world, im from Cumbernauld, although left there over 10 years ago!! slightly less sunny than perth haha!! citizenship will be great, were only on 457 visas but gonna sort our pr when we come to Brisbane!! Yeah its a bit of a brave move while preggers, we were supposed to come in 2 weeks time but postponed it till april..works out better for us with work and stuff but it will be a bit of a panic finding and moving into a house 6/7 months pregnant!! my mum and dad live in Brisbane so at least I have somewhere to stay at first and someone to do my washing and cooking for a while haha!!! no idea about hospitals and stuff yet, we do have our insurance so ill need to start looking in to it! are you all sorted with what one ur using? iv found the docs here excellent so far, got my next scan next week so that's exciting!! ill try and pm you my email address, might be an easier way to keep in touch! take care!!

Hi Nats!! Congrats on the baby!! exciting times ahead!! im still in perth but due to come to Brisbane in april, hoping to be around toowong/Paddington somewhere I think!! im due in july and would luv to have a fellow bump buddy for support lol!! I think u replied to my post a while back about moving from perth to Brisbane, were both from Scotland? Anyway would be good to meet up when I finally get there :biggrin:

Thanks madcatjane! i was just reading an old post of yours about eatons hill as we have been looking around that area as the houses look quite nice there! I have my daughter enrolled in a kindy program near my mums house in toowong until we know where we will be living, the time just seems to be flying in!! I will go and look up the facebook page now as i am keen to try and meet some other mums and kids for the wee one to play with as soon as possible! Thanks for your help, i might be back on to you with another hundred questions haha!!

Can't be of any help but interested in the answers as were also trying to decide where to live!!! I was told indooroopilly is a good suburb near the city with good school but not too sure!! It's all very confusing!!

Hi Debbio....not sure where we will settle, will be heading to toowong for the first few weeks till we try and Suss out suburbs...are u in brisbane?

Hi! We are hopibg to move from wa to brisbane, just wondering if anyone has done it and whats best way to ship our car and furniture?! Any recommendations as they all seem super expensive so far!!

Thanks for the replies...my head is spinning with all the planning!!!!:chatterbox: Nat I had actually found one of those threads last night and it was great...I'll be on the rental site tonight...gotta start looking at schools too...good to know uv made the same move and enjoying it!!! keith and Linda we will be moving jan/February so my wee one is ready for school...hubby will be starting a recruitment company so can work from home in the begining but will need to commute to cbd once office is established, I work with Salvation Army so there's lots of options for me so I'm not fussed about the commute. In perth we are about 20 mins by train to cbd so ideally would like something similar... My parents live in toowong so would also be nice to be sorta close to them!!! Well I better get back to my research.....thanks again!

So after living in perth for 2 years we have been offered the chance to move to Brisbane!! Just looking for advice from anyone who has made a similar move...what did u like about Brisbane/miss about perth?? Also looking for advice on where to start looking for a house, ideally we would like somewhere family friendly as my daughter will be starting school, and probably max of 30 mins from cbd?? Hoping to get house with a pool if poss :biggrin: thanks!!

Hiya girls... were another scottish family living in edgewater, we have a 3 yr old daughter! I work part time but would be great to meet up with some fellow scots :0)

im here over a year, moved with hubby and 3 yr old, def missing all my friends so would be great to meet up :0) living in edgewater but work in the city so could always meet for afterwork drink ; 0)

hi! not technically irish but was there for 10yrs b4 coming to oz last year :0) miss my crazy irish buddys so always up for meeting new folk! im in edgewater, 31 here with the hubby and 3 yr old :0) could def do with some mummy free time :0)

well its all systems go...we arrive in perth on 6th October :0) ill have my 2 year old with my and looking for places to go, people to meet to keep me sane!! hubby will b working from home for first few months so i want to find things for us to do! anyone local have any ideas or fancy meeting up:biggrin:

yeah same name is weird!!! least we won't forget it lol!! i have a few things to ask so i might just send ye an email.. :biggrin: will be great to have someone to meet when we get there!!! its getting real exciting now :0)

oops stupid new phone email address is laurajess81@gmail .com!!!

hi!! yeah we will definitely meet up, its all just going so fast now! we have shipping company in on Wednesday and then move in with our neighbours the following week!!! will be strange but fun im sure haha!! were gonna b living in joondalup i think, although having a nightmare getting it sorted !! Derek boss also getting us accomidaguon for first few weeks! Laura, my name is also Laura gallagher haha my email is laurajess81@mail.com so ill keep in touch n look forward t catching up in the sun!!!!

hi sinead and laura... im 30 (just!!) and im arriving in perth on 6th october with our 2 year old daughter.. were originally from scotland but been living in ireland for 10 years... stressed to bits now but hopefully it will all be worth it when i get there, really keen to get out and start meeting people as i wont be working initially and dont want to be going crazy chasing a 2 year old all day! im hoping to be around ocean reef too so would be good to meet up!!

hi.. great thread! my hubby and i are moving to perth on 5th october with our 2yr old daughter.. plannig on living nor but no house picked yet, hubbys boss out finding a house now... im totally stressing now about what to ship, what to pack and the thoughts of goodbyes are killing me but im sure it will all be worth it!!! were leaving from meath but originaly from scotland... hope to meet up with some new people once we get out there!!! anyone recommend good suburds for commuting into cbd? think he will drive but ould like to have option of the train if needed!!!

Hiya, i dont know how they work in australia but i have one set up in my house that my mum and dad use to watch tv wherever they are, it worked great in africa and now in india, think it can be bit sluggish if internet reception isnt great but id imagine in australia itd be pretty good. were going to get one for when we arrive in perth, great for the football and soaps!!

Hi!! Hope someone here can help, we just bought a new car in may and have now been offered the chance to come to Perth for 2 years, I know we can't import the car as were meant to be moving in January so won't have owned the car for 12 months. As far as I can see we can't hand car back until we have paid half the installments?!? Has anyone been in similar position?! Don't want to have to miss our chance because of the car!!! Thanks :0)