ScotsQuine

I was 22 and married before I finally went to college! There was a great mixture of ages in my 'Mature Adults' classes, 16 Year olds straight from high school through to 40-60 year olds who were either retraining or just educating themselves with new skills. You are the best judge when it comes to your children Jordan99, follow your gut instinct!

Check out wow careers, Masters Home Improvements were looking for forklift drivers at their Baldivis store. Not sure if positions are filled or not? They don't worry about accents, they have lots of different nationalities working in their stores!

I found this on the Moving Back to UK page... http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/moving-back-uk/220325-shipping-car.html

We hadn't yearned, nor planned to leave Scotland. My oh simply came home one day in 2001 and said that his company wanted to transfer him to Houston, 4 weeks later we were all on our way to Texas! 10 years after that move, and after living in another 2 countries we ended up here in Australia! Will it be forever? Who knows...

I refer to it as the UK, but I also say that I am Scottish, not British :wink:

Singapore at number 3? For the local schools this doesn't surprise me. For the majority of the Singaporean kids, they have to live and breathe schoolwork and their extra curriculum activities, it is drummed into them from pre-K! Some of the international schools in Singapore have an entrance exam, which will result in only the high achievers gaining entry. There is also another one of the international schools there that no longer accept children who need extra help in class. And those existing pupils with any special needs are exempt from taking part in exams because it lowers their overall school results. Not all results are as clear as some would like...

So very true! My Bil told us that he was too busy when we tried to arrange an evening meal in a convenient restaurant for all the extended families, he relented and came eventually! lol

We were very luckily to be entitled to free flights back to the UK annually through my OHs company, but even so we have only been back to visit family in Scotland once in the last 10 years! We gave the mil the option to use our free flights to fly over to visit us when we lived in Asia, we were told it's too far to travel, can't you just visit us? She was only 58 years old and in great health! Both my parents passed on many years ago, so like another poster, going back to Scotland doesn't conjure up lots of excitement for me. We practically had to drag our son onto the plane, he had no interest in visiting the UK at all. Our daughter who initially was full of excitement to visit the in-laws and friends, then asked if we could change our flights so we could 'Go home' 6 days early! My oh and I would rather spend the money and annual leave visiting other countries, seeing new sights and having a relaxing holiday which doesn't involve driving from one relatives house to another and sitting inside doing nothing but drink endless cups of tea haha

Yes, Ventolin inhalers can be purchased over the counter here in Perth, our local chemists vary from $6.40 - $9.60 for one. You do need a prescription for a preventative though, I was $39.30 for my husbands one yesterday. As mentioned above it really does depend on what triggers your sons asthma? My husband hasn't found much difference to his asthma here compared to the other 4 countries we have lived in. But on the other hand, our 21 year old sons asthma is triggered by the cold weather, and he has to use his reliever a lot during winter here even with using his preventative twice a day? Guess what I'm time trying to say is that it might make no difference to him, or it might. Everyone is different...

My dad always told us to make sure you leave enough money in your bank account to pay for your own funeral, and spend and enjoy the rest of it while you are alive! edited to add that he died debt free and happy

Be aware that not all IB schools cover the same subjects, I had a friend struggle to find an IB school in Houston (2007) that included geography! I found this IB site invaluable when we were moving countries http://www.ibo.org/school/search/index.cfm?programmes=&country=GB&region=&find_schools=Find

I think we are all aware that there is racism and alcohol fueled violence in MANY countries, it is not just limited to UK or Australia!

A good idea is to find an item (white goods, ie fridge, washer) that you like online, http://www.appliancesonline.com.au is a good one, check that its in stock, and then check delivery charge by adding in your postcode, take a screen shot/print out with you to the store (saves time them having to check it!) showing stock availability (an item MUST be in stock to allow a price match) and delivery cost (if any, some are free!) and find somewhere to price match it on identical items! https://www.masters.com.au/kitchen-appliances will price match plus deduct 10% off the price!

This quote could in fact relate to Australia too Carrotcruncher. I know quite a few people (British and Aussies) who are having a real hard time of it here in Perth. Australia like the UK is not a utopia, both have many problems with unemployment, drugs, violence etc... Why is there always so much negativity on this forum when someone decides to move back to the UK? It is their choice for their own personal reasons, why shoot them down for it? I personally have no interest in ever living in Scotland again but what gives me the right to bad mouth either country, none!

0% in Singapore? I can assure you that for the 5 years we lived there my OH was definitely NOT taxed at that rate - I wish!

Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) Subclass 121 was replaced by the ENS Subclass 186 visa in 2012

How do I cope? With lots of mosquito repellent lol

Signed!

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If you click on the jobs & careers section, there are a couple of stickies with info re nurses that may be useful to you

Our sons asthma was always triggered by the cold in Scotland, resulting in many trips to the local A&E. While we lived in Texas and Singapore, both with high humidity levels, he never had any issues with his asthma and he never required any steroids or the use of an nebuliser over those years. Pure fluke? Who knows? We are now in Perth, and again, over the last 3 years we have been here he hasn't had any episodes, but he does use his reliever inhaler more during winter compared to the hot summer.

In my opinion it would really depend on the health of your dog come 2016? We flew an 11 year old German Shepherd dog from America back to Scotland many years ago. He then had to go through 6 months in quarantine, which he came out of with no problems whatsoever. He then lived till a good old age of 15 and a half

That would be a glorious day in Scotland Don't get me wrong, I'm not 'Bashing' either country, merely pointing out that yes, some people do feel that the cold weather here is awful! I detested the cold while living in Scotland too. I suffer from Raynauds Disease and the last couple of evenings my hands have been suffering already

It can feel awful... Perth yesterday was a nice 23-25 degrees during the day, but come evening, I was sat on the couch watching tv with a blanket and a hot water bottle, and it's not even winter yet! And until 10 years ago I lived in the north east of Scotland so I do know what a cold winter is lol