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hi katie, thanks for your message.welcome to wollongong.glad you like the place. ya that would be good if we could meet up with ye at some stage. our 8 year old would love a playdate with someone round his age! we live in figtree.Iam sure you should find a job here.where are ye based?

hi katie, thanks for your message.welcome to wollongong.glad you like the place. ya that would be good if we could meet up with ye at some stage. our 8 year old would love a playdate with someone round his age! we live in figtree.Iam sure you should find a job here.where are ye based?

hi ciaran, sorry for delay in replying. ya i think your kids will love it here.i will send you a private message once i get a chance with some more info on the place but i think ye should like it here. my girlfriend had looked into the schools and rankings etc .there is some pretty good ones around but you need to live in a certain area to attend a certain school. so we tailored where we lived around the school we wanted to send our boy to. good luck with all the paperwork in the meantime! we had all that red tape last year.its a pain. hope things run smoothly.let me know if you have any questions. cheers, graham

Hi ciaran, Thanks for your message. It was the first reply I got! That's Great ye are moving out. To be honest we were the exact same before we arrived in Wollongong And wondered what the place was like. Thankfully, I ccould not fault the place. It's lovely And great for kids. There is loads of things to do ie beach, outdoor swiming pools, sports and a waterpark called jamberoo nearby. We have an 8 yr old and he loves it. The school he gos to is very good too. Our only fault is that we find it difficult to meet people but then again we have only been here almost 3months. The people here are nice and friendly though. It has everything Sydney has except on a smaller scale and less traffic. If you need any more info before your move just let me know. I can give you my email address.

hi, we are a couple of irish people who moved from ireland to wollongong back in january. We know there is loads of irish in sydney but there dosnt seem to be any irish in wollongong! Surely some irish must have filtered down by now. If any irish or uk people around this area please get in touch if ye are looking to meet people who are also new to area and dont know anyone. thanks!

Thanks for that. Ya I was thinking the same about shellharbour , that it might be quiet. I used live in the UK for 3 years up untill last year , in Ipswich and cambridge and both were a little quiet...much preferred london. But with my girlfriends 8year old child wollongong might be a good mix of both-not too busy and not too quiet. Thanks for your help. I have my medical now next week in Dublin and once all gos well should have the visa fairly soon hopefully. I will keep in touch if need any more info,which iam sure we will !

thanks thats great,we will either be living in shellharbour or wollongong.do have any recomendations? both areas seem nice from what we've read but unsure

do's anyone know any good childcare agencies in the illawarra region. we are an irish couple moving to shellharbour in next few weeks and will need to organise childcare/babysiting for our 8year old son at times.any info much appreciated :biggrin:

Hi,we are an irish couple currently awaiting our 457 visas to move to australia.I am a dentist and girlfriend is a mental health nurse.We have an 8 year old child also.Just wondering if there is many irish prople in the wollongong area or in shellharbour.Where is best to live- wollongong or shellharbour? My girlfriend will be working in shellharbour,I will be based between wollongong and shellharbour..Just hoping there might have been a few irish down that direction we could meet up with and that they are not all just stuck in sydney.:biggrin: