Johnbrina

Thank you very much for your kind advice, means a lot. I really hope my sister certainly understands even just a small bit and hopefully will visit us sometime when we are over there.

It sounds like your sister is similar to mine then, it's so hard isn't it, it's like your torn between wanting a better lifestyle for yourself and your family but your leaving your other family behind. The thing I keep saying to myself is "one life, once chance" and it's so true isn't it. Stay strong, don't live your life through what other people want you to do, do what feels right for you and your family

Lizzie Bee, We discuss it every now and again with our kids, they are 6 and 4 so younger, we say things like when it's raining...'the sun shines a lot in Oz' or when my son said today will there be an indoor play area like the one we have at home I said 'I'm sure there will be but I bet there is lots of outdoor play areas too which is even better'. We've tried to explain by showing them on our world map how far we'll be but have explained that we'll talk to family and friends on the computer by skype. And that they'll visit us for hols or we'll come home when we can to visit. I guess you just have to introduce it into you life bit by bit with conversation. Hope that helps

Thank you so much for your comments, It's nice to hear we are now alone at all

Thank you everyone for you kind comments, it's so greatly appreciated, after just under a month our Sister has only just started speaking to us but it's very cold and distant, I guess time is s healer, this isn't something we'll forget about as you only live once and you get one chance in life, we certainly don't want to have any regrets and say 'I wished we'd actually given that a shot', it's better to have tried something than have big regrets. Hope you all get through it too, If only we could put our family in our pocket and take them with us hey Thanks again all

Thanks Chris, Sound advice! My family seem really relaxed about it but im sure as the leaving date approaches I will be in your shoes. Im sure she will come round but I dont think she will know why we are doing it until she visits. I hope all goes well for you in QLD, best of luck. Let us know how your settling in.

Hi, This is our first post so new to this, but my wife & I are hoping for some clarity. We have been thinking of moving to Perth for 3-4 years now and decided on new years day we were going to take the plunge this year. I have been researching for a good few years and decided Perth was the best pace for us to raise our 2 kids who are 4 & 6. So we selected a visa agent, paid the fee and started the process. We then told our family, and my Sister in law has gone crazy thinking we are making a huge mistake and we do not know what we are letting ourselves in for. My wife Sabrina is so close to her sister and virtually brought her up from a baby. However she is now 27 and married! We can understand she is frustrated but to ignore us and the kids since telling them we are going is hurtful. Did anybody else go through this process? Does time heal? Sabrina is so torn now, and thinking of pulling out but we are so concerned that if we do not do this we will regret it forever! Sorry for blabbing on & thanks in advance.