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We have a number of fixed term and permanent roles for C++ developers in Central Melbourne. You must have recent C++ experience to be considered for this role. You will also need to either be in Melbourne or moving to Melbourne imminently as the hiring manager likes to meet everyone face to face before making a final decision. It is a lovely environment to work in and out of all of the Australian companies I have recruited for, the culture here is definitely the best. If you are interested or want to know more, please send a message to me or email me at carolyn.philip@vixtechnology.com

Is there anyone here, with PR, planning to move to Perth who has a background in IT Project Manager, Master Scheduling and is experience at using MS Project to schedule multiple projects? If so, Vix Technology has a role in Perth you might be interested in. If you would like to talk, send me a message. I will be back in the office after Christmas and can be emailed at carolyn.philip@vixtechnology.com. We have a lot of roles coming up in the new year and I am very happy to have speculative CVs from people who are moving to Perth in the next 3 months. We cannot offer sponsorship or relocation.

Hi all Before I explain the help I need, I just want to let you know that I have Kate's permission to post this request. I am looking for some information from anybody who has used a recruitment agency anywhere in Australia over the last couple of years. I have recently set up my own business, one part of which helps people applying for jobs by assisting with writing CVs, cover letters and selection criteria. Over the last couple of weeks I have been approached by a lot of new and potential immigrants, asking for advice about which recruitment consultants are really helpful to new immigrants. I am therefore putting together a document giving advice as to which agencies and individual consultants have been really helpful to people who have moved here. I was therefore wondering if you have used a recruitment consultant or a recruitment agency who has been really helpful (ie returned calls, answered emails, made a real effort to help you find work rather than just putting you on their database), would you be able to tell me so I can include them in the document? I am doing a sheet for all the major cities in Australia. If you can help I need the following information: City: Recruitment Agency Name: Recruitment Consultant's Name: Recruitment Consultant's Telephone Number: Sector in which they work eg Banking, Finance, IT, Admin, HR, Oil and Gas etc If you only have the persons name, the agency they work for and the city they work in that would be appreciated. I can find the rest out. I am happy for the information to be listed below or for people to PM me. Please note, I am not looking for horror stories or details of recruitment agencies to avoid, only ones you would personally recommend. I will then approach the consultants direct and get their permission to include their details on the list. Once I have gained permission from all the consultants to have their details included, and compiled the lists, I will be happy to email a specific city list to anyone who requests it. Many thanks Incata

Hmm. Sounds a lot like Perth! I have flown with MAS in the past and as others have said, found them excellent. I would have no hesitation flying with them in the future. However, right now the thought of flying anywhere gives me the collywobbles. If we go anywhere, any time soon, it will be by boat. Less far to fall if someone tries to blow it up.

No heating costs because there is no central heating. The houses in WA are freezing in the winter.

Yes, I felt I belonged when I moved to Canada. I felt like I had finally found, "home". I only left Canada because I met the person who I thought may become my husband (he did), but the understanding was always that we would go back to Canada when he left the Armed Forces. Suffice to say, the visa system for Canada had changed by the time he left and it was impossible for us to get in as neither of us worked in a shortage profession. The Canadian Armed Forces weren't accepting lateral transfers at that point either. So we had to say goodbye to Canada and we came to Australia instead. I have really tried to let go of Canada, but I can't. It captured me and I miss it so much. It was the place I found myself and discovered who I wanted to be. I am one of those who feel that they belong somewhere, I just can't find a way to be there.

Are you all aware that if you paid by credit card that the credit card company are liable and have to refund your money? Just a thought which might help some of you.

Whiteman Park do nice weddings near the Mussel Pool. They havea couple of wedding coordinators who can help you sort things out. The park is free to enter so it is easy to go and have a look in your own time and see if it is a place where you would like to tie the knot. If it came to renewing our vows, it would certainly be the first place on our list.

Stanmore has some nice areas to it, but also some rough ones, so it depends where you chose to live. We know the military patch in the area very well (although we did not live there). It is in one of the less salubrious areas and has a lot of abandoned military houses which have been boarded up, graffitied and ignored. However that is down to the MOD and not the local council. I would however, make the choice not to live nearby as it does tend to attract some of the less salubrious elements of the local society. Shopping wise, you have a quite decent Morrisons nearby and some good sports and recreational facilities. There are some lovely (if pricey) restaurants on the high street. The local hospital has a poor reputation and the out of hours GP care is dreadful with doctors who do not speak proper English and struggle to either understand or make themselves understood. However, this is a problem for the area between Stanmore and Watford generally, so if you chose this area it is something you should be aware of. A couple of people I know in the area have given up on local GP services and pay an annual fee to see a private GP who provides a much better service. However, it is a whole lot better than Watford and I would not be particularly worried about living there.

In Perth my son's eczema has been worse. However we buy E45 from the specialist British shop in Joondalup and it clears it up a treat.

Curiosity? I'm now interested too, if anyone knows the answer.

Others have suggested in different threads, that the solution is to move to Europe for 6 months and then go to the UK from there, as you will then have freedom of movement. Not entirely sure of the details but may be worth looking into.

Unfortunately unless your seats have passed the Australian safety standards and have the 5 ticks, they will be illegal over here and if you are caught using them, you will be fined. They are quite precious about it so you won't have any choice.

We bought ours from http://www.oo.com.au. We found what we wanted in the shops and then bought them online, saving over $100 per car seat, which was worth waiting for the 2 days it took to get them delivered.

I have anaphylaxsis and in answer to your question, yes the epi-pen will save his life should it be required. However, in the UK, they suggest that at the same time, you take liquid anti-histamines which help stop the reaction (which is caused by histamines in the body). If you have not taken anti-histamines the Paramedics or Drs in Emergency will give you them. Don't bother with tablets as they take too long to be absorbed. When I (or my son) have an anaphylactic reaction our first line of defence is the hospital dose of liquid anti-histamines. I have used the epi-pen on a couple of occasions when it has taken the ambulance a long time to arrive and it does help. It is also correct that the reactions happen more quickly and are more severe each time. If your son has a reaction he will also be given steroids in the hospital and be told to take them for up to 5 days afterwards. You should also be aware (as should your son) that cross-contamination can be an issue and this can cause a much milder reaction. This is where the food causing the allergy has touched something else, but is not actually in it. It will often causes swelling and hives, but not actually cause the airway to close up. This milder reaction can be solved by taking the maximum adult daily dose of anti-histamine, although if you have any cause for concern, it gets worse or breathing becomes compromised, an ambulance should be called and an epipen administered. However it is great news about his boss and I hope your son manages to live with the allergy. It takes time to accept and get used to it, but in 6 months or so he will probably be quite blase about it. You, however, are likely to be terrified every time he eats something that contains any type of fish! I am allergic to sesame seeds and my MIL freaks out every time I eat anything with nuts in. No matter how many times I tell her I don't have a nut allergy, she thinks sesame is similar and therefore I must be allergic to anything which looks like a nut or a seed. She's coming out in a couple of months. Peanuts all round :wink:

I spent 9 years struggling first as the girlfriend, then the fiancee and then the wife of a sailor. It's not a great life. Thank goodness we are now free of it!

You are making a big decision, becoming an RN wife. You need to understand before you take this huge step, that as long as your other half is in the RN you will always come second. He will never be able to put you first. He will never be able to guarantee to be there for birthdays, Christmas', birth of children, first days at school and all those important milestones. When the RN calls, he has to obey. He can be on leave, on holiday with you, or at a friends stag party and get recalled to duty. He has no choice, he has to go. He can be posted to sea for up to a year at a time (on the small ships) with no annual leave. If you want to see him, you have to fly (at your own expense) to whichever port, in whichever part of the world, that you know he will be in. You can then find that a last minute change of plans means he will not be at that port after all and you spend a few days there on your own. You can turn up at the port and find he has a couple of hours off on the Saturday and the Sunday afternoon and that is it. If he is going to be on duty within 8 hours he won't even be able to have a drink with you. When the ships are on deployment you can easily go for 30 days without hearing from him. When it comes to missing him, your family will not be able to compensate or fill the gap that him being away leaves. It is not a romantic life, being a sailors wife, so if you are going to move to the other side of the world, you need to be properly prepared for that.

I always find the Angel of the North absolutely beautiful, especially at Twilight. Have you seen it? http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/attractions/Angel/multimedia/Photos.aspx

I really don't think that the football score is going to be the deciding factor here :wink::laugh:

Technically incorrect. Bigamy is the crime of marrying while still married to someone else (in countries where it is is illegal). Polygamy is the practice of having more than one spouse (not a crime in some countries).

Just some additions and further thoughts: Our rental had an oven but no dishwasher, which was the same as all the other rentals we saw in the sub $600 per week range. However the oven was the cheapest money could buy and the temperature inside (measured with an oven thermometer) was nowhere near what it claimed to be on the dials. It was awful. Whether or not the utilities charge you a month in advance varies from state to state. They do not do this in WA. You do not need private health cover unless you earn over a certain amount every year. You also will have to pay for visits to the doctor (part refunded by medicare), unless you find a doctor who bulk bills. ABL is quoting private school fees. You do not have to pay for state schools unless you come over on a 457 visa, in which case you will pay $4000 per child per year (from Jan 2015 in WA). You can just change the plugs on TVs and DVD players so there is no need to replace them unless you want to. Other websites to look at for rentals are http://www.realestate.com.au and http://www.riewa.com.au Binglee is not in every state (it has not reached Perth yet). You are lucky in that you have Aldi on the East Coast - again not reached WA yet.

+1 Absolutely right. Quite agree. Specifically ovens, fridges and freezers are so much more expensive here. We did not have an oven so bought and imported our own from the UK and still saved a fortune, even with paying shipping and GST and import duty on it.

Polygamy is not legal in Australia.

Get your house sprayed by a professional inside and out. That should solve the problem (unless you are out somewhere and sit on one).

BM, my mother in law never made me feel guilty. That was purely down to me as I felt sad that she was losing out on seeing our kids grow up. We did the best we could for us and the children, but unfortunately it was not the best thing for her. However, when she was our age with young children, she did something similar and I think she understood that while you are trying to make the best life you can, you cannot make it perfect, you just do your best and get on with it. She is very excited about coming out to see us in a couple of months and will be staying for 3 - 4 months, which will be really nice. I would suggest you try and keep your feelings to yourself and support your son. Cry when you are on your own and smile and be supportive to his face. Otherwise you risk a rift. We had a rift with my in-laws when we came out here (now resolved) as my mother in law kept telling my eldest she would never see him again, which upset him dreadfully, which in turn made us very annoyed. My son refused to speak to her on the phone for a couple of months and eventually we had to quietly tell her that it was her behaviour that had caused it. Next time she called we made my son listen to what she had to say (we held him on my lap with the phone to his ear so she could apologise and reassure him that she would see him again) and after that things got better. As I said, we are now more close than we were when we left. If you search for other threads on here, you will see the effect that parents can have on their children who are emigrating, and it rarely ends well for the parent being left behind. Your son has to do what is best for him and if you are supportive he will turn to you. If you aren't, he will turn away from you. It also means that once he is out here, if it does not turn out the way he hopes (as it did not for me), he will be able to talk to you about it, which will mean you will stay close. If he is worried about upsetting you I can guarantee you will be the last person he talks to about anything, whether it be the highs, or the lows, of moving and living abroad. I am sorry to be blunt but yes you do need to keep your feelings to yourself and cry when you are on your own, if you value your relationship with your son and want it to stay strong. He is excited about his new adventure and if you don't support him and encourage him, it will be even worse for you in the long run. He will be fully aware that you are upset (as all children who leave their parents are), but if you can overcome your feelings and be there for him, he will be ever so grateful and it will bring you a whole lot closer. He has to live his life and follow his heart, no matter where that may take him. Sometimes it takes leaving a country to realise how much you had in the first place, and some people need to leave properly and go half way around the world, in order to be able to come home. Chin up!